The New Year has passed, and it is indeed very lively. However, the river was still preparing to go north, and everyone came to say goodbye to the river. Only He Hua hesitated: on the one hand, it is the school of dreams, and on the other hand, it is to accompany Brother Jianghe to go together, and you can't have both fish and bear's paws.

Jiang He: "Sister, how are you studying now?"

He Hua: "Hehe, Brother Jianghe." I already know most of the meanings of the words, and my husband even praises me for my rapid progress. However, according to my husband, even if I make rapid progress, it will take three years to consolidate, so I ......."

Jiang He knew that his studies would take three years, and he would not be able to go north with him, but it was impossible for him to stay in Jianyang City for another three years, and there were still many desperate places that needed his rescue.

Jiang He pondered for a moment: "Sister, you stay here and continue to study, learning is not something that can be completed overnight, and you must not give up halfway." Seeing He Hua nodded, he continued: "Now is not the time to enjoy life, there are still many places that I need to contribute. If my sister finishes her studies and I haven't come back yet, you can learn from Li Yun, Huang Gong and other capable officials how to help the people live a better life. I hope that the next time we meet, my sister will be a big girl who can be on her own. ”

He Hua nodded, indicating that she understood.

Jiang He said goodbye to Ying Long, Li Yun and others, and entrusted Li Yun to take care of his sister, and after she finished her studies, let her learn something that is beneficial to the people and the world. Li Yun agreed one by one.

Jiang He was ready to set off, one person, one horse, and some dry food, and Li Yun and the servants were ready to prepare silver taels and Jiang He refused.

He Hua said goodbye to her brother with tears, and suddenly Jiang He seemed to think of something again, and turned around and said: "Sister Yes, I encourage you to study, but remember: those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black." ”

He Hua was speechless, shouting tears and just nodded, Li Yun also said that he would treat He Hua as his sister and would urge her, so Jiang He was relieved to go on the road.

Later, due to some special circumstances, Jiang He was not able to return to Jianyang City, nor did she have the opportunity to see her former sister in charge of herself: she learned from Li Yun, and then used statistics to help Li Yun allocate money and grain; she also worshiped Luban as a teacher, and created the original design of water warehouse distribution, called: "Tianshui Warehouse" The most wonderful part of this design is that during the rainstorm, the water source can be collected and stored, which effectively avoids flood disasters, and the stored water can be released into the farmland river through the water tank in the dry season......

Jiang He rode forward, and when he was bored, he chatted about life with the horse that sat down, so he stayed day and night for fifteen days, and finally stepped out of the Yangzhou boundary, looking at the stone tablet with a long history: Qingzhou boundary. Jiang He was full of emotion and wanted to return to the north, not knowing what the north is like now.

Da da da, the horse's hooves patted the ground, with the sound of the wind blowing the trees and shaking, like a heavenly sound, the river was still intoxicated with the beauty of the sound of nature, and suddenly found that a big man flashed out of the avenue, the tiger's back and bear waist was very majestic, although it looked like five big and three thick, but it was indeed powerful, holding a rusty five-ring iron knife, blocking the aisle.

Jiang He stopped and didn't ask, but the other party couldn't hold back and said loudly: "This... This tree: Yes yes... It's me who planted, this way.. Be.. I.. I.. I.. I.. I.. I'm open, to.. Want.. To think about. Cross this road.. The road, staying.. Buy.. Buy.. Road.. Road.. Wealth. ”

Jiang He looked at the big man in front of him who couldn't even speak clearly, and read it silently, before he suddenly realized: "Oh, it turns out that you are a thief, can you speak well?"

Dahan instantly felt that his IQ had been insulted: "Waste.. Speech.. Few.. Say less, put people.. And.. And horses.. Stay.. Stay, no, no.. Yes, yes.. It's a put.. Money.. and and.. Marliu.. Under.. Under. ”

Jiang He thought that this thief was a little interesting, and wanted to make fun of this guy who robbed the house, so he said, "What are you talking about?"

The thief spoke in a hurry, and stumbled even more because of the hurry of his speech.

Jiang He: "I don't understand, what did you say?"

The thief once again opened his mouth and said: "Money. . . Money and.. Horse.. Remain. ”

Jiang He: "What? Do you want to leave the money and horses to me? That's embarrassing, haha. ”

The bandit once again felt that his IQ had been insulted, and he yelled, and rushed directly with the rusty iron knife.

However, observing the subtle rivers, I still noticed that when this reckless man swung his knife and slashed down, he used the back of the knife.

"Break!" Jiang He shouted, and cut the swinging iron knife with his hand.

This time the reckless thief was stunned on the spot, he never expected that the other party was so powerful, and he broke the big knife empty-handed, although his knife had not been maintained for many years, and it was already rusty, but how could it be a twenty-kilogram guy, and it was actually broken.

Jiang He threw the broken knife on the ground and looked at the stunned thief with a smile: "Do you find the government to surrender yourself, or will I execute you on the spot?"

The thief fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and couldn't say a few words: "Big.. Adults.. Plentiful.. Spare my life, I.. I have.. There is a.. A brother.. Elder brother.. Brother, he.. He didn't.. Can't.. No way.. Raise.. Raise yourself.. Feed.. No.. Leg.. Raise your own ......"

The big man became more and more anxious, but the more anxious he became, the more speechless he became, and in the end he was already incoherent and gibberish.

Jiang He felt that although this thief was reckless, his nature was not bad, and there must be hidden secrets. I stopped scaring him: "Okay, get up, don't be nervous, talk slowly." I won't kill you, and I won't send you to the government, but you can't be a thief in the future, whether it's robbing houses or stealing chickens and dogs. ”

The big man knelt down and didn't get up, but just kowtowed again and again: "One.. Certain.. No.. Won't be in.. In the dry.. Do bad things to.. Later.. Good.. Good.. Good to do.. Behave. ”

Jiang He picked up the big man and asked him to tell him about his brother......

Time passed, and the big man explained intermittently, quickly and slowly. After half an hour, Jiang He sorted out the cause and effect: Dahan and his brother have depended on each other since childhood. The elder brother is very good to him, and all good things are given to him, and he and his brother both want to join the army, but the elder brother is weak and knows that he has no hope of joining the army, so his brother decided to let him eat all the delicious and nutritious things, so that he is better and stronger, and the two brothers have a desire to join the army. In order to train himself to be stronger, his brother also helped him find a local blacksmith to exercise his strength, he had "tongue biting disease" (that is, stuttering) since he was a child, and was often ridiculed, and only his brother understood him, often comforted him, and also helped him intercede with the blacksmith, so that the blacksmith took him in as an apprentice.

Everything was so beautiful, so natural, until the Yellow Emperor recruited the militia and was about to go on the road happily, and the blacksmith master also gave him a five-ring iron knife to help him join the army. As a result, when he was about to go on the road, he heard the villagers call his name, saying that they saw his brother being bitten by a wolf from afar, and asked him to hurry to find the hunters in the village to rescue his brother. When he saw his brother, he was clinging to a tree with both hands, and two hungry wolves were biting his legs and pulling them down.

He was very angry and watched his beloved brother being bullied by wolves. Furious, he rushed forward in three steps and two paces, and swung his knife with all his might, cutting the wolf in two, and the wolf let go of his mouth in great pain. One of them was killed on the spot, and the other severed wolf (the top half) was still struggling to continue biting his brother's leg, so he hit the wolf's head again until he was sure that the hungry wolf was no longer able to recover, and then carried his brother home, because of this incident, his brother lost both legs. The elder brother later strongly persuaded him to continue to join the army, but he was not relieved to let go of his brother who had no legs, so he discussed with his brother to sell his property and land, and carried his brother to prepare to join the army together.

He had no choice but to give up his desire to join the army, and left his hometown with his brother, wandering around, he ran out of entanglements, and he didn't have the face to see his father and fellow villagers again, so he started to buy and sell money and grain in this narrow way. However, he only wanted money, and neither wanted the lives of others nor pursued women. Moreover, it is generally when there is little money and food left before they go out again. Most of the people who were robbed spent money to eliminate the disaster, and none of them really accused him of robbery, and the government was ignorant and did not send anyone to arrest him.

Dahan has been a bandit for less than a year, and he has blocked the road four times, the first time he robbed a few hundred Wen; the second time he robbed a poor man, Dahan saw that he was too pitiful, but gave him two steamed buns; the third time he robbed a big household, a full five hundred taels of silver, but Dahan felt that he couldn't be too greedy to be a bandit, and he was too embarrassed to have a lot of money, so he cheekily took ten taels of silver and returned the other silver taels to him; the fourth time he fell into bad luck, he didn't get a penny, and he also folded the only big iron knife that filled the façade, but fortunately, he also decided to change his mind and be a good man in the future, and he didn't have a knife。

Jiang He: "Take me to see your brother." ”

Dahan was a little hesitant, but after thinking about it, he decided to nod and agree.

So the big man helped Jiang He lead the horse, and took Jiang He along the way for a while, Rao into the woods on the slope of a mountain, and after walking a short time, he saw a dilapidated thatched house. The hut was low and poorly made, with rough planks haphazardly grouped together, and the gap in the middle was fitted with other planks or woolly grass, leaving no windows, and only one exit to enter. Well, maybe it can't be called a door, it's completely different from ordinary doors, a large piece of wood that can be removed at any time, and now it is lying on the ground, which looks even more desolate and poignant, and on the outside of the hut there is a small mound of raised mounds, on which is placed an iron pot, and under the mound there are black charcoal smoke marks.

The big man took the lead and entered the thatched hut: "Brother.. Brother.. I.. I replied.. It's back. ”

A slightly magnetic voice came from inside: "Well, it's good to come back, let's eat something and rest first." ”

Jiang He then stepped into the hut, which was already narrow, but now it was even more crowded, a large uneven stone, on which lay a large plank, supported by the same rough sticks, on which were placed a number of bamboo scrolls, and beside the large stones were piles of thatch, and on this simple bed sat a middle-aged man with a broken leg, with a sloppy beard, and his eyes were indeed bright. Originally, the middle-aged man was concentrating on reading a book, but suddenly saw a young man break in behind his younger brother, and he was shocked.

Middle-aged man: "You, who are you?"

Dahan wanted to explain to his brother, but he was in a hurry to describe it, so he stammered and spoke incoherently.

Jiang He then briefly said it for Dahan, and Dahan simply kept silent, just nodded and said that what happened was like this.

Jiang He: "Your brother's situation, I have understood the rough, it is indeed misguided, fortunately, your nature is not bad, and there is a chance to change your face, instead of sinking like this, it is better to go out and do a career, first, to stop the precipice to avoid going farther and farther, and second, life is expected to be able to live a normal life." What do you think?"

Middle-aged man: "I, I'm so crippled, what can I do?"

Jiang He: "Then are you willing to let your younger brother do the predatory work like a bandit to feed you?"

The middle-aged man looked at his younger brother, his face turned red, and he said ashamedly: "No, of course not......!

Jiang He: "Don't worry, I will arrange for your brothers, you can't talk about brocade clothes and jade food, and the basic food and clothing are still okay." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he wept with gratitude, supported the simple bed with both hands, bowed his head, and proved his gratitude with the actions he could express.

Jiang He then asked Dahan to put his brother on his horse and help organize the belongings he could carry: some shabby clothes and books.

Although Dahan is reckless, he still has a careful side, he is worried that the heavy scroll will bring a burden to his brother on horseback, so he set off with the scroll, Jiang He wanted to help, he just smirked.

In his honest eyes, Jiang He slightly saw his gratitude to himself, and the look that he didn't dare to bother his benefactor.

The three of them traveled all the way north, the big man was very happy, but he didn't speak, he would be used to dancing with his hands to express his meaning, his brother would explain from time to time, his brother wanted to express what he wanted to express in doing this, although Jiang He also observed through his own eyes that eight or nine are not far from ten, but his brother has been communicating with his younger brother in this unique way for a long time, and he understands his brother's every move.

Through a few days of communication and dialogue on the road. Jiang He already knows that the eldest brother's name is Zhou Bin and the younger brother's name is Zhou Kui, the two have depended on each other since childhood, and their lives have been difficult, but the two have never given up their vision for the future. Especially Zhou Bin has a good opinion on the military layout and the changes in the battlefield, although he has not been to the battlefield in person, and is still in the stage of talking about the army on paper, but he can have his own set of views on the war situation just by relying on a few words in the book, which shows that he has excellent talent.

Jiang He calculated in his heart, although Chiyou was defeated and sealed, but the two emperors of Yan and Huang have not been able to unify the country, and there are countless bandits and bandits divided in the mountains.

Although his younger brother Zhou Kui is reckless and honest, he is quite powerful, and if he trains well in the army, he must be able to become an excellent soldier

The three of them chatted as they walked, sometimes chatting about military and political affairs, talking about whether road bandits and bandits were recruited or beaten, how to surrender or how to encircle and suppress and attack, and exchanged views with each other; sometimes they talked about Zhou Kui, and they were also quite embarrassed about how to treat his tongue-biting disease.

Jiang He also tried to bear such a thaumaturgy with damage to see if he could transfer, but unfortunately it was as ineffective as Zhou Bin's broken leg. So he thought that the Shennong Immortals might be able to cure this strange disease, but it was a pity that he and the Fuxi Immortals traveled to the south to deal with the vision, and they didn't know when they would be able to return, and let the Shennong Immortals help him take a look at it when the time came.