The corners of the old man's mouth twitched a few times, and the hand holding the knife softened.

After the girl stopped the old man, she hurriedly untied the ropes from my hands and feet.

I looked at the two of them strangely, and was about to speak.

The old man squatted on the ground dejectedly, buried his head and said, "Sister Lan, send him back to XX." ”

I was stunned and just let me go?

I am a person who is soft or hard, and when I saw that the old man was declining first, I felt a little unreasonable.

pinched his sour arm and sat down and said, "Old man, I know your mood, life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten... ”

The girl named Lan Mei Cub tugged at my clothes and told me not to talk anymore.

I didn't finish a sentence and went back, and the girl hurriedly said, "Go to the hall and dry your clothes before leaving." "Hurriedly pulled me out.

I thought about it for a while, but I still confessed: "Old man, I'll tell you honestly today, I know about Ge Lingjiang." ”

The old man looked up sharply.

I said, "That woman was buried in the mountain behind Fanjing Mountain." ”

Then I ignored the fact that we were looking for the gathering platform, and only said that we showed people the Yin Mansion and then how to fall into the cave, and then found Yu's tomb, but it turned out that it was not a ship coffin, but a sarcophagus, and the corpse inside was Ge Lingjiang, Ge Lingjiang was first lifelike, and then the corpse changed, and then Yu's eight-treasure copper bell was found in the sarcophagus, and then how Yu put the four elephants and five elements of the qi to raise ghosts and jade, ignoring the matter of the Ba people warriors killing people.

The old man and the girl were already dumbfounded, and the little girl led us to the fire in the hall, poured us a cup of bread and roast for each of us, went to the kitchen to fetch some fried peanuts, and then we continued to talk around the fire.

It turned out that the old man's name was Yang Jiatong, and his granddaughter's name was Yang Qiaolan, after the Qing Dynasty changed the land and returned to the stream, the ethnic minorities in the Wuling Mountains "made up households" and "naturalized", and all changed their surnames to and transplanted Han surnames, and the Tujia people changed their surnames to Peng, Bai, Li, Ma, Cai, and Yang.

After a few glasses of soju, I chatted with the old man Yang Jiatong about this plate of fried peanuts, and the atmosphere eased a lot.

I asked, "Old man, I shouldn't have asked this, but I still can't help but want to know what the relationship between your elder Yu and this Ge Lingjiang is." ”

The old man drank the remnants of the wine and said: "This matter, it's too long to say, you small babies are still young, you don't know some ancient things in Wuling Mountain, and I also heard some old people say."

At that time, Yu was still the king of our ancestor Biz (as the Ba people called himself), the son of Jamu. Later, when I don't know what it was, an army came to the Han region in the east, and the chief official was named Ge Zhang.

It is said that Ge Zhang is a great person, who can travel 800 miles a day in the mountains, soar through the clouds and fog, go to the sky and enter the earth, as if he is a god descending to earth.

Later, this army lived on our side, and there was no contact between the two sides, anyway, the well water of our White Tiger Army did not violate the river water, and then one day, Jamu had a dream, and dreamed that the Queen Mother gave him a dream, saying, "Bazi Chief, Bazi Chief, don't heavy horses (army) and cattle (farming), don't be impatient and don't worry, the days of development are ahead." If you reconcile with Ge Zhangxiu, you can swim in Wuxi smoke and water.

After Jalan Mu woke up, he took Yu to hunt in the mountains the next day, and suddenly Yu found a money leopard with a sister baby in his mouth and wanted to go back to the nest, Yu shot the money leopard with an arrow, and then saved this sister baby, this sister baby is Ge Lingjiang.

Ge Lingjiang was only five years old at that time, Yu sent Ge Lingjiang back to Ge Zhang, Ge Zhang was very grateful, and gave a lot of gold, silver and jewelry to the Ba people, and the relationship between the two sides slowly improved.

Sometimes Yu will also send some mountain goods to Ge Zhang, who knows, this comes and goes, ten years later, Ge Lingjiang's sister is already a girl, and she falls in love with Yu. “”

Old man Yang Jiatong continued: "At that time, Yu was already twenty-five years old, according to legend, he was five feet tall, with a wide head and a broad face, and a burly body. Otherwise, why did you move the heart of Ge Lingjiang's demon girl. ”

I thought to myself, "I guess it's still like this, I thought completely wrong in the stone tomb at that time." ”

The old man Yang Jiatong touched his beard and said: "Later, Yu became the king and became Tima, Ge Lingjiang went to find Yu every once in a while, Yu also fell in love with this foreign girl, but there is no impermeable wall in this world, Ge Zhang asked Yu Xingshi for the crime, saying that Ge Lingjiang had already said that he had given a big official, and Yu was not allowed to deal with Ge Lingjiang anymore anyway."

But one day Ge Lingjiang ran out and came to Yu's tribe, saying that his father had locked her up, and she ran out secretly this time, and now she doesn't want to go back.

Ge Zhang, who learned the news, immediately led the people to find Ge Lingjiang, and asked the Ba people to hand over Ge Lingjiang, Yu knew that he was at a loss, but he was reluctant to rest assured that the person he loved left, so he quietly left the tribe with a part of the white tiger soldiers that night, and later estimated that the news was leaked, Ge Zhang took people to Yu's new station, the two sides have been friendly, and the two sides have been cooperating over the years, I don't know what it is, but this time it was tense, and it almost fought.

Later, I heard that Ge Lingjiang committed suicide, and Yu finally disappeared, some people said that he died, and some people said that he took people to Yelang Country, which is not clear.

Later, legend has it that Ge Zhang put a vicious curse on Yu, so that Yu and his family could not turn over for generations. ”

Putting aside the myths and legends that the old man Yang Jiatong said, at least at that time I had a rough understanding of the relationship between Ge Lingjiang and Yu, and why the Qixing Mountain Qi Gathering Platform ended hastily without being completed.

But at that time, Ge Zhang came from the Central Plains, and that group of people did not record any big officials accompanying him except him, and he was also married to a certain big official since he was a child, who is this big official? Also, that stone tomb and qi gathering platform should be a secret garrison of the White Tiger Soldiers before Ge Lingjiang's death, and Yu had already been stationed there with people and horses, so when did Yu leave with people later, so why did he raise ghost jade in the cave? Did Yu really go to some Yelang country? Where is Yorokoku?

I woke up suddenly, didn't I? Could it be that Ge Zhang wants to marry his daughter to Ziying's young son??

Thinking about it like this, it seems that the logic is beginning to become clear, Ge Zhang does not seem to be as loyal as he recorded, if Ge Zhang can restore the rule of the Qin Dynasty and his daughter remarries the Qin Emperor as the queen, then he will be the national ruler, this little emperor grew up beside him since he was a child, and he is not his puppet of Ge Zhang. When the time comes...

As soon as I thought of this, I realized that Ge Zhang was really too deep in the city, and this comparison was with Lu Buwei! Isn't it fun for everyone in the Qin Dynasty?

When the old man Yang Jiatong saw that I didn't speak, he thought that I was still immersed in the story he had just told. said: "Come on, fine baby, drink." ”

I asked again: "Then just now Sister Lan said that you still killed someone, what is going on?" ”

The old man drank the wine and said, "Do you know who did the murder in XX Town this year?" ”

I jumped in shock. I know about this, some time ago there was a lot of rumors in the county, three men were killed, their bodies were cut into pieces and hung in the kiln house, and the bodies were found only when they were stinking.

I exclaimed, "You did this!" ”

The old man was silent for a moment and said, "Lao Tzu originally wanted to kill these mongrel family members together, but later he was moved by kindness. ”

I said, "Why are you going to kill them?" ”

The old man's countenance, which had been softened, turned fierce again in the firelight. "They... What they did to Lan Mei Cub! ”

The girl named Lan Meicub threw herself into the old man's arms and wept bitterly.

Only then did I know why the old man looked bitter and hateful. It turns out that there is indeed another hidden story.

I said, "Why didn't you report to the official, old man." ”

The old man said: "Report a hammer, there is a baby's father who is an official in the county." We, the ordinary people, where can we win. It is common for this brother-in-law to flirt with the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law, and Lao Tzu can be regarded as doing the right thing for heaven! ”

In fact, as soon as he said it, I could already guess who it was. That guy is a local tyrant, relying on his father's bit of power, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and doing all kinds of evil.

Suddenly, there was a noisy dog barking in the distance, Lan Mei cub panicked, stood up and said, "Grandpa, what's the matter?" ”