Chapter 509 Fifteen catties of grain

Along the way, there were almost no decent obstacles, most of the rebels took off their armor and weapons, and found a place to hide, lest they be caught by the officers and soldiers after the war, and the remaining fierce people fled into the mountains and forests as bandits, but they did not dare to attack the cavalry. After Li Xiaoche fled, he sent people around Jinyang to collect the defeated soldiers, and many of the rebels who really couldn't eat also defected.

When he came, he traveled day and night, and when he went back, Fang Xie let the team line up, let the cart walk in the middle of the team, there were cavalry on both sides, and the battle flag was also planted on the cart, which looked like a team of more than 10,000 people from a distance, so a small group of rebels and mountain bandits and horse thieves would avoid them even if they were found.

Fang Xie was pondering all the way, remembering what was hidden behind the short conversation with the emperor and the old man.

The emperor's performance was as close as ever, and this closeness made Fang Jie's heart warm when he was in Chang'an City. But now, he felt more and more that there was something cold hidden behind this intimacy. Fang Xie thought of the past few years since he left Fan Gu to Chang'an and then to the present, and his heart was slightly bitter.

At the time of Fan Gu, he was a qualified imperial border soldier, a natural scout, because of his existence, the horse thieves within a radius of hundreds of miles from Fan Gu were all plagued. But he was inexplicably involved in Li Yuanshan's conspiracy and almost became a funeral companion for Wu Xiangsheng. Then entered Chang'an, he never did anything to be sorry for this empire, and he never thought of being sorry for this empire, although Fang Xie didn't think he was a typical Sui person for a long time.

But now, it seems that everything he has experienced exudes a sense of distrust.

The emperor used him to defend against him, and Fang Xie is understandable. After all, he hadn't even figured out where he came from, how could the emperor not have doubts? To be honest, it is not easy for the emperor to be able to do what he is now. Fang Xie even thought that if it was Li Yuan who was the emperor and Luo Yao, and Yang Yi would change positions, he would not be dead.

So Fang Xie didn't have any resentment in his heart, just a little helpless.

The old man's words had been lingering in his mind. Fang Xie had faintly guessed who the old man was, and the words he said hit Fang Xie in his heart, word by word. He asked Fang Xie if you had forgotten how you came to be? He said that every step you take is destined to be a river of blood, can he really see through the heavens?

Could it really have been arranged by God?

Riding slowly on his warhorse, Fang Xie looked up at the sky.

It was as if he was sitting there looking up at the sky on the low wall of a dilapidated farmer's yard on the way to escape many years ago, and his expression was full of doubts. Coming to this world in the first place was a mysterious thing in itself, beyond what Fang Xie had learned from his education in his previous life. Even in this world, it is difficult for people to accept, let alone modern people?

Then he was inexplicably involved in the power of Da Sui and Meng Yuan, Buddha Sect, Luo Yao, these people.

So much so that he didn't know himself more and more, and couldn't see himself clearly. Especially what makes him uncomfortable is that it seems that he himself doesn't know about the Dao, but others do. Fang Xie could be sure that Luo Yao knew a lot, and he could guess some from the old man's words.

"Mister"

Fang Xie asked Zhuo Buyi beside him: "Do you know Wudang Zhang Zhenren?" ”

Zhuo Buyi shook his head: "No one in the rivers and lakes dares to say that they know Zhang Zhenren...... After all, in terms of age, he is at least 100 years old. Almost no one of the generation on the rivers and lakes has ever crossed paths with Zhang Zhenren, and they have only heard of him. Wudang Mountain has always been low-key, and it has never been as flamboyant as Qingle Mountain. My understanding of him only comes from many rumors. ”

"Let's talk about it."

Fang explained: "I dare to be interested. ”

Zhuo Buyi asked: "Do you think that person is Zhang Zhenren?" ”

"Seven or eight out of ten."

Fang Xie nodded.

"Why are you in the camp?"

Zhuo Buyi muttered, and then suddenly thought, "Yes...... Emperor Duo Luo Yao's vigilance is not only those hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, but also Luo Yao's own cultivation. So it's understandable to bring Zhang Zhenren with him, if it's really him, Luo Yao may not dare to take risks, it's not that Luo Yao is not confident, but Luo Yao doesn't think it's worth it. ”

"Hmm"

Fang Xie snorted: "That's why I'm curious about Zhang Zhenren, more than a hundred years ago, the most famous person in the Great Sui was none other than Wan Jiantang Wan Xingchen, and more than a hundred years later, the most famous person in the rivers and lakes was none other than Xiao Yijiu of Qingle Mountain." Zhang Zhenren is younger than Wan Xingchen and younger than Xiao Yijiu according to his grade, but he has never been as famous as the two of them, which is a bit abnormal. ”

Zhuo Buyi said: "Legend of the rivers and lakes, Zhang Zhenren has used many names to break into the world, eighty years ago Zhang Chuping who swept the south of the Yangtze River with a sword, seventy years ago Zhang Donglin who swept nine ditches and eighteen villages with a pair of fists, and Zhang Liulu who destroyed the thirteen gates north of the Yellow River with one palm fifty years ago, are all short-lived and there is no news, so some people attribute these names to Zhang Zhenren, but he himself has never admitted it. ”

"Some people say that his real name is Zhang Fengshan, and some people say that his real name is Zhang Sanxiao, he is noncommittal, but because he lives in Yiyang Caolu, Sanqingguan, Wudang Mountain, people also call him Zhang Yiyang."

Zhuo Buyi said: "But in the past forty years, there have been no rumors about him. The disciples of Wudang all said that the real person could not go out of retreat, and he did not ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes for a long time. So people have gradually forgotten this name, and even ignored that there is such an old monster alive in the rivers and lakes of the Great Sui. ”

Fang Xie asked: "In your opinion, how is Zhang Zhenren's cultivation better than Xiao Yijiu?" ”

"No comment."

Zhuo Buyi shook his head: "Some people say that Zhang Zhenren is better, but because he hasn't appeared on the rivers and lakes for too long, this point of view has been ridiculed by more people." Xiao Yijiu's Great Zhou Tian...... Very strong. ”

Fang Xie nodded: "No matter what, there is a real person by the emperor's side......"

Halfway through this, he suddenly thought of something, and his face changed slightly: "The emperor ...... is waiting for Luo Yao to kill him. ”

Zhuo Buyi also understood, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Meng Yuanren stabbed Luo Yao from behind, Luo Yao must be furious, I can't say that he will kill the emperor in a rage, and the emperor must have more than one Zhang Zhenren by his side, the emperor still wants to use himself as bait to solve as much as he can solve the civil strife in Dasui, and he doesn't want to leave hidden dangers for the prince." ”

"There is a premise"

Fang explained: "Will Luo Yao really kill the emperor because of the reason that Meng Yuan people used force against him?" ”

"Maybe there's some reason we can't think of it."

Zhuo Buyi said: "So much so that Luo Yao has to go." ”

"You want to go back?"

He asked.

Fang Xie was silent for a while and shook his head: "If you don't go back, if the emperor hadn't guessed that Luo Yao would go, he wouldn't have let me leave in such a hurry." He wants to keep me and serve the crown prince......"

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The march lasted for nearly a month before the team returned to Fangu, and along the way, the cavalry was relieved to deal with some of the bandits who were the culprit, and the soldiers were like hunting, and they were not called fighting but slaughtering those remnants. When I returned to Fangu, the climate was already a lot warmer, and along the way, I saw that some people were particularly sour in their hearts about the wasteland. The seeds planted by these victims may be the food they have not been willing to move even if they starved to death, because Li Yuanshan has been defeated, and the people have come out of their respective hiding places and are ready to rebuild their homes.

They hope that after the autumn they will produce some grain so that life can continue.

But even for the shortest cycle of growing coarse grains, I don't know how many people will starve to death in the past few months.

What they planted was not only hope, but also life.

Because there was no shortage of food in the cottage, the food that robbed the rebels' western camp was enough for the army to hold out for a long time. Therefore, along the way, the liberation left enough food and grass from the Sui army camp to eat along the way, and distributed the rest to the people along the way. Although everyone didn't get much, at least it added some weight to their hopes. These people, who have experienced the scourge of war, will also be grateful to Dade for such a small help.

What Fang Xie didn't know and didn't think about was that it was because of this seemingly insignificant act of kindness that his name gradually spread among the victims.

There is a small square adult in the capital, who loves the people like a son.

If Fang Xie knew the way, he would also feel guilty.

When Fang Xie returned to Fangu, he found that perhaps because the news of Li Yi's defeat had spread, the victims had come out to find a place where officials and soldiers were stationed to gather, and they just felt that it would be safe to do so. Around Fangu, the ruined villages have been regrouped and inhabited, with men hunting in the mountains to make a living, and women cleaning up dilapidated houses before clearing the wasteland.

Fang Xie admired Sun Kaidao for seeing far enough, and on the day he returned to Fan Gu, Fang Xie saw a long queue outside Fan Gu City. Those are the people who come to receive seeds, according to the household registration, each household is given fifteen catties of seeds, if diligent to open up the wasteland and plant, before the winter can lay some coarse grain to cope with the long winter.

This is not a big investment, but it can be exchanged for the support of many people.

When the official army entered the city, the people in line spontaneously moved out of the way, and everyone had a kind smile on their faces, and their eyes were full of closeness and respect. Fang Xie was not angry Sun Kaidao's self-assertiveness, and only half a month's consumption of the army in the cottage was enough to meet the needs of these people for seeds, and these people were absolutely reluctant to take the fifteen catties of seeds per household to eat.

When he was about to enter the city, Fang Xie suddenly found that there was some commotion in front of him, he urged his horse forward, looked carefully and found that it was the people in line who were making trouble, Chen Xiaoru was just about to order people to restrain the order, but Fang Xie waved his hand to stop it.

It was dozens of people beating three men, and the beaten people were screaming and pleading. But the people who beat people had no intention of stopping, and they almost didn't even have the strength to call for help. It's strange that with such a long line, everyone else just looked at it and no one cared, but many people were applauding.

"You brute! It should be killed! ”

A man in shabby clothes kicked hard and scolded angrily: "General Fang is merciful, each household will distribute fifteen catties of seeds so that we can survive the next winter!" You scum received the seeds yesterday, cooked and ate them when you went back in the evening, and you actually came back today! Brute! If you take one share, others will have one less, and then another family will not survive the winter and starve to death! ”

"Kill him! Such a slut! ”

During the tearing, one of the people who was suddenly beaten revealed the khaki yellow coat inside the shabby clothes, which was the clothes of the rebels, and the crowd immediately boiled when they saw this scene.

"Shoot him!"

"Shoot him!"

"This group of scum actually dared to sneak in to get food and kill him!"

The angry crowd rushed forward, punching and kicking.

Fang Xie didn't send anyone to stop it, but just quietly watched as those people beat those three people to death. The body was dragged and dumped on the side of the road, unrecognizable. I don't know how many people spat at the corpse before leaving, and the earthy yellow coat was torn and shattered.

After venting their anger, the victims returned to the side of the official road and continued to line up, returning to the position where they were standing, but no one argued because of this.

Fang Xie urged the horse to continue moving forward, and it was difficult to calm down in his heart.