Chapter 22: Qiming Appears

Many people may not know much, here is a lot of explanation, this so-called "pole army", it is actually the Tang and Ming dynasties, the court set up a tax-free system in Xiangxi - Xiangxi people are exempt from taxes, the country is in emergency, men have to go to be soldiers, it has continued from the Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng was abolished by the new policy of "changing the land and returning to stay", but the tradition has become, the family of the pole soldier, the court has allocated land to him, and the people who died in the war have 20 to 40 acres per family, and the descendants will always enjoy the land without paying taxes.

Some people say that the Ganjun is actually a mercenary army with Chinese characteristics.

The largest source of soldiers is the ancient city of Miao and Han Phoenix, but the surrounding states and counties also have a source of soldiers, these generations of inheritance of the army children, since childhood in the city gate try to hold the 180 pounds of the town gate knife, the only glorious profession when you grow up is to participate in the "Pole Army", with the head for silver dollars for daughter-in-law, the record is clear, not to mention the long term, light from Daoguang 20 to the first year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, this short 36 years, from the "Gan Army" to pull out 20 commanders, of which 7 are the officials of the court, 21 general soldiers, 43 deputy generals, 31 staff generals, 73 guerrilla and other officers of the third rank or above.

Prestige.

That's exactly the case, so when he knew that this Longwu Village was the descendant of the Gang Army, and it might be the elite light warrior among them, even the heroic Luo Fugui and the well-informed Qu Menghu couldn't help but hesitate a little, and their hearts were empty.

This is a bunch of man-eating mountain tigers.

However, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, hesitate to hesitate, but Qu Menghu's momentum has not decreased, he glanced at the stone pier in the grass, and said with a sneer: "It's just a bandit's den, I have been to Nanyang, little eighth master, and I have fought life and death with ghosts, so what is there to be afraid of?" ”

Hearing these bold words, Luo Fugui also smiled.

He said that if this is the case, then go in, just be careful, I want to see, why do these guys collude with the demons of the Luban Sect......

After that, when he saw the little carpenter next to him, he came back to his senses and smiled awkwardly: "Thirteenth brother, I'm not talking about you." ”

The little carpenter didn't care: "My master was taught by Luban, but then he dispersed and didn't let me join. ”

Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to go to the tiger mountains, the young man has ambitions, but he is not reckless, Luo Fugui squatted down, took a deep breath, but opened his mouth and spit out a small green snake from his mouth, and then said "chirp" in his mouth, the green snake heard it, and swam towards the grass, and after a while, it was gone.

After finishing this, Luo Fugui raised his head, saw Qu Menghu and the little carpenter next to him with a shocked face, couldn't help but smile, and said, "What, afraid of snakes?" ”

Qu Menghu's face was a little stiff, and he said that he was not afraid, but he was not afraid, so he wondered where that snake lived in your body?

Luo Fugui laughed and said very calmly: "It's called the altar snake, and it takes a lot of alcohol to feed it, but once it is cultivated, it is used to drive the mountain and repel insects on weekdays, and it is very good. ”

After hearing this, Qu Menghu couldn't help but grit his teeth: "I said that your alcohol consumption is so good, it turns out that it is all a lie, and the wine is poured into the altar snake." ”

He blamed in his mouth, but he was very happy in his heart, Luo Fugui is not a person who blows big words, since he said so, this time he entered the mountain, there must not be too much trouble.

First there is the positioning of the Red Peak Gu, and then there is the altar snake to open the way, Luo Fuguiqi tricks one after another, the three of them continued to move forward, during which they did meet people, but they all bypassed it in time, and after traveling for almost half an hour, they came to a misty valley, and in the middle of the valley, there is a very large village, in addition to the stilted wooden building built near the mountain, there is actually a stone ancestral hall in the middle, which is quite atmospheric.

The three of them came to a bamboo forest on the edge of the village, and Luo Fugui pointed to the ancestral hall surrounded by a group of houses and said, "Those few people are inside." ”

Because of the distance and the shelter of the house, the little carpenter could not see the situation in the ancestral hall, but he could see that there were more than 20 people on a large flat ground outside, ranging from children of seven or eight years old to young offspring in their twenties, all of whom had heavy stones tied to their legs, some of them were running and jumping on the flat ground, and some of them were jumping up and down in the dirt pit next to them, which was very lively.

There are also people carrying a Daguan knife, dancing towards the morning sun, waving the tiger and the wind, obviously with a good foundation for more than ten years, to be able to have such solid steps.

Ho, ho, ho......

On the other side, there were six stick boys of average height, weight, and age, shirtless, learning sticks under the guidance of a lame man.

Just one word, that is "fierce".

Where is the village here, it is clearly a military camp.

Seeing this, the little carpenter subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and Qu Menghu said in a low voice: "I know the lame one." ”

Luo Fugui squinted and asked, "What, there is a saying?" ”

Qu Menghu nodded and said: "Xiong Cao, the master who taught me swordsmanship, is known as Miao Jiang Xiong Yidao, and there are three people with the same name as him, and the four of them are called 'knives, guns, sticks and axes', among which this lame one is called Miao Jianglong Yibang." ”

The little carpenter also remembered at this time: "I remember, I remember, at that time, when Master Xiong was still teaching us to practice knives, this man came once and said that he wanted to compete with him, but I don't know what happened later." ”

Qu Menghu said: "Of course the master won, after that competition, the master told me, saying that this dragon stick, the means are mostly the method of battle formation, big open and close, pay attention to the means of killing, too strong, do not talk about the turn, so he can fight and win, but having said that, the master has a high opinion of him, saying that if he fights alone, the dragon stick is a little worse, but if it is a multi-person fight, life and death fight, this dragon stick is strong...... Body and stick are one', this person is talking about, I never thought that I hadn't seen him for many years, and he was actually lame. ”

Luo Fugui touched his chin and said, "In this way, this is indeed the place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden." ”

After saying this, he glanced at Qu Menghu and opened his mouth, but he didn't say it in the end, but Qu Menghu was so good that he immediately understood what Luo Fugui wanted to express, and said hesitantly: "I'm just saying, Master Xiong can defeat him, and I can naturally do it." ”

Luo Fugui looked at the little carpenter again.

The little carpenter didn't say much, but at the critical moment, he said amazingly: "Dry, the bold day dragon and tiger, the timid day hugging the chicken mother." ”

Anyone here can retreat, but he can't, after all, everyone rushed here to help him find his master, if he retreated, what reason did others have to help him?

He must remain absolutely firm.

Everyone is so determined, Luo Fugui put his heart down, he took the two of them to the depths of the bamboo forest, and after waiting for a while, he saw someone walking out of the ancestral hall, led by a one-eyed old man, that person's status was very high, and there were several people around him, and standing next to him was a thin old man, the man was a little hunchbacked, holding a dry tobacco stick in his hand, the little carpenter looked carefully, and found that it was very similar to his master.

It's just that the pendant of the master's dry tobacco pole is a red knot, and the thin old man's hand is a piece of black jade.

There were three people standing next to the thin old man, but they were the three who got on the bamboo raft last night.

I don't know what's going on, but the little carpenter took a first look at the thin old man, and felt that he must be his own Uncle Qiming.

The main reason may be that there is a certain demeanor in his eyebrows and eyes, which is too similar to his master Lu Da.

The one-eyed old man sent Uncle Cheap out, and they stood in the school field in front of the ancestral hall and chatted a few more words, and then Uncle Cheap gave up his hand and left.

There were two young students in the village who led the way in front and led them away, while the one-eyed old man stood in place, watching the group leave, his face became a little gloomy, and he said a few words to a bearded man next to him, and the man listened, arched his hands, and then ran to the lame dragon stick on the side of the school field, and spoke in a low voice.

After listening to the stick, the dragon gave an order, and the six juniors in front of him grabbed the shiny stick in their hands and ran towards the bamboo forest.

It doesn't matter whether these people in Longwu Village, Tiezhai Po are the descendants of the group of warriors who followed Xu Fu to the sea back then, just talking about light body kung fu, they are absolutely powerful, one by two, running fast, like leopards in the mountains.

When he saw the men coming here, the little carpenter's heart fluttered, as if he were playing a drum, and he thought he had been discovered, and turned to run.

As soon as he turned around, he was grabbed by Qu Menghu and pressed him to the ground.

Luo Fugui also hid.

The six people flew past more than ten meters beside them, and then went around in the direction of the mountain road they had just come, and when they were far away, the little carpenter came back to his senses and knew that these people were not coming for them, but to follow Uncle Cheap and his party.

Obviously, the people of Longwu Village, and Uncle Cheap are not actually in the same group.

The two sides only came together for some reason.

What is the reason?

He was puzzled in his heart, and Qu Menghu's words came from beside him: "...... Tomb of King Miao. ”