Fan Ge didn't say it directly, but just said: "Go and invite the coach, say that there is a distinguished guest here." ”

"Guest?" One of them seemed a little confused. However, seeing that Fan Ge was very resolute, he immediately ran away.

Fan Ge said: "Brothers have been here for so many years, (xìng) is almost grinding, but the wild (xìng) has not changed, and it is becoming more and more like a bandit." ”

After speaking, he laughed self-deprecatingly twice, and then led Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing inside.

The path leading to the cottage is very smooth, and there is a kind of neatness and rigor that is special to the soldiers.

Su Jinyao has an understanding of this. From ancient times to the present, the military is a special embodiment of duty, so the rigor shown is by no means ordinary seriousness or strictness. It's something that's imprinted in the bones, and I can't say what it is, but everyone can feel it deeply.

Although Su Jinyao is not a soldier, what she has experienced is even more harsh, so she feels this kind of thing that is neatly organized to the line at once.

Gu Shangqing was also very surprised, and said, "You guys are really clean here." I think that if the real bandits are as well-trained as you, I'm afraid that the court will be nervous. ”

Fan Ge smiled and led them around the front yard.

Because I didn't go to the front before, I just thought that this place should be a little bigger than the ordinary cottage.

Now when I walked to it, I found that this cottage was extremely regular, with symmetrical barracks on the left and right, and the school field in the middle. War drums and flagpoles are lined up on both sides, and there are many equipment used for peacetime (cāo) practice.

This is definitely the state that only those who have led the army for many years will have. It seems that Feng Jihe has not relaxed his management of his subordinates for so many years.

At the same time, Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing had doubts at the same time, why did a man who has such a military soul imprinted in his bones choose to be a deserter?

Or is it really as the archers say, there is another hidden (qíng)?

If it is really hidden (qíng), why have they stayed here incognito for so many years, but they have never thought of entering Beijing to rehabilitate themselves?

Falling grass is a coward

Gu Shangqing and Su Jinyao both had too many questions, but they couldn't figure out why they would rather be deserters, and would rather occupy the mountain here as the king than wash away this disgraceful mark on (shēn)?

Just thinking about it, the man who had run to report the news ran back again, followed by a group of people, and the one who walked in front should be Feng Jihe.

The reason for this affirmation is because Feng Jihe is definitely the kind of person who has to kick the right step when he walks.

Feng Jihe should be in his forties when he looks at his face, and his actual age should be younger than he looks, perhaps it is this mountain wind and gangsterism that makes him look older.

Feng Jihe (shēn) was followed by seven men in blue suits, who also looked to be in their thirties, but they looked very humble after walking behind Feng Jihe (shēn), which should be the apprentices that Fan Ge said.

Feng Jihe saw Fan Ge and Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing he brought, his face (qíng) was full of doubts, and he asked first: "Old Fan, where is Lao Zhuang?" ”

"Master Zhuang......" Fan Ge didn't know how to speak, turned his head to look at Gu Shangqing and Su Jinyao, but scratched his head a little, not knowing how to introduce it.

And Fan Ge found out, are they a little sloppy? A random person popped up and said that it was the daughter of General Gu, and they believed it?

At this time, I wonder if everyone has already been brought up the mountain, is it too late?

Feng Jihe saw Fan Ge's embarrassment, so he turned to Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing, hugged his fists, and asked magnificently: "Two children, I don't know what you have to do on my Pingba Mountain?" ”

Gu Shangqing kept looking at Feng Jihe from the moment he saw him.

When Feng Jihe finally opened his mouth to ask him, Gu Shangqing took a step forward and shouted, "Feng Xianxian, do you remember me?" I'm Shang Qing. ”

"Shang Qing?" Feng Jihe's eyes were more puzzled, but if he looked closely, he could see the excitement and joy in his eyes.

Then, Feng Jihe took two steps forward suddenly, walked in front of Gu Shangqing, and looked him up and down carefully.

After a long while, Feng Jihe's lips trembled and asked, "You, are you really the eldest young master of the Gu family?" ”

"Yes, I'm Gu Shangqing. When the third uncle led the troops to the battle, I was only a teenager. However, in our family, I have met Officer Feng Xianxian, and I still remember that you made me a marble-and-bullet crossbow, which was a marble-fighting crossbow. ”

After Gu Shangqing finished speaking, Feng Jihe took two steps back, and his hands trembled, as if he wanted to stretch out to Gu Shangqing and let him hold it, but after trembling for a long time, he suddenly knelt down with a "plop", pestle his head, and said loudly: "Young Master, I'm sorry for the general, I'm sorry for the Gu family." I ......"

Gu Shangqing didn't immediately go to help Feng Jihe, but turned his head to look at Su Jinyao, and then looked at the seven apprentices who also knelt on the ground immediately behind.

Su Jinyao stepped forward and said, "Can you please make things clear (qíng) first, and then we will talk about the past?" I always feel that people like Feng Xianfeng shouldn't be deserters. ”

Hearing Su Jinyao speak, Feng Jihe raised his head and looked at Su Jinyao but didn't know him.

He looked at Gu Shangqing again and asked, "...... this girl is?"

Gu Shangqing smiled slightly and asked, "Feng Xianxianguan, take a closer look, who does she look like?" ”

"Like whom?" Feng Jihe looked at it for a while, but still shook his head and said, "I have never seen this girl." And judging by her age, when I went on the expedition, I guess she wasn't born yet, right? Should I know her? ”

Gu Shangqing nodded and said, "Indeed, when you and the third uncle set out on the expedition, she was not yet born. Therefore, she is the widow of my third uncle. ”

Hearing this, Feng Jihe's shoulders stiffened slightly, and he looked at Su Jinyao again. When I look at it again this time, my eyes are full of (rè) eagerness and expectation.

After watching it for a long time, Feng Ji said "tsk" twice and said, "Like, the heroic spirit between the eyebrows and eyes is very similar to a general." ”

After speaking, Feng Jihe laughed dryly twice and said, "If you don't say it, young master, you don't feel like it." But after you say that, the more you look like it, the more you look like it. Only the Jiangmen Tiger Girl will have this kind of natural spirit, which is planted from the mother's womb, and it is worthy of being a general, a (shēn) heroic (bī) person, and the Jin State does not belong to the Rang Xumei. ”

When it came to the last sentence, Feng Jihe actually (rè) burst into tears, and the tears in the corners of his eyes at the end did not hold back and flowed down.

The seven apprentices behind him (shēn) were also stunned, using their knees as their feet, they moved a few steps forward, and they all looked at Su Jinyao.

After looking at it for a while, two more people wiped their tears and said, "Indeed, this girl has the spirit of a general in her bones, and seeing her is like seeing the general of the year." ”

Feng Jihe also nodded vigorously, and then everyone kowtowed to Su Jinyao together.

At this moment, Su Jinyao was a little at a loss, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Don't meet each other, I haven't seen my father, and I don't know who I look like at all." Rise up and tell me what is going on. ”

As soon as Su Jinyao said this, Feng Jihe suddenly came back to his senses, and hurriedly got up (shēn) and said, "Yes, yes, what the young master said." Please young master, the eldest young master will come in with me to speak. ”

Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing followed Feng Jihe inside, and the other people in this cottage had already gathered here.

Feng Jihe said: "Only a small part of these people on the cottage are my subordinates. Others were originally on the mountain, and a large part was collected from Hujialing and Guozi Mountain in front. But after they followed us, they also managed and practiced the same way, and now there are more than 400 people in the whole cottage, and they are all trained and strong soldiers. ”

Gu Shangqing asked: "In this way, when I attacked Guozi Mountain and Hujialing before, I almost encountered any obstacles, because you mobilized the elites of those two mountains here?" ”

Feng Jihe nodded and said, "The two mountains over there were originally fleeing, they weren't the material for bandits, I arranged for them on the mountains just to give them a place to escape from the world." Only a few times, they will go down the mountain to collect food. We also give money for grain collection, and we don't rely entirely on robbery. ”

Speaking of this, Feng Jihe looked a little embarrassed, scratched the back of his head, and said, "I didn't expect to be a soldier in the end, and I would have to fall into the grass." If the general knew about this, he would definitely regret handing over these people to me. ”

But after saying this, Feng Ji smiled, but the smile was very bitter, and the tears were shining in his eyes again.

Su Jinyao patted Feng Jihe's shoulder and said, "I think you must have a hidden (qíng), it seems that you have really endured a lot of grievances." ”

Feng Ji hooked the corners of his mouth, but his smile was more ugly than crying, and said, "It's not us who are wronged, it's General Gu." ”

Traitors in the barracks

Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing now believe that something must have happened back then (qíng) that made Feng Jihe leave with these people.

Maybe maybe they're not the only ones doing deserters. But what happened, Su Jinyao really couldn't figure it out. Only by asking Feng Jihe can he find the answer.

Therefore, everyone came to the Juyi Hall in the center of the stockade, which was completely unexpected by Su Jinyao, and it was not like the place where the bandits and bandits gathered in the TV scene, it was animal skins, wine jars and the like.

The layout of the justice hall is also very regular, and behind the coach's seat, a topographic map is hung. If you look closely, it turns out to be the territory of the Cloud Dome Country.

On a large table in the center, there are several models of mountains and terrain, which look like a simple sand table.

However, the highest mountain in the middle is not Pingba Mountain, where they are located, but Hetou Mountain, which is more than 60 miles away from here.

For such a sand table, Su Jinyao is also interested. Although she didn't know how to deploy strategy and tactics, she looked at the top of Hetou Mountain, which stood alone, and asked curiously: "This is your next target?" ”

Feng Jihe was slightly stunned when he heard Su Jinyao's question, and asked rhetorically, "Why did the young master ask such a question?" ”

Su Jinyao pointed to the surrounding terrain and said: "This sand table should be a topographic map of the general attack target, and a strategic map of the deployment of personnel on both sides. In this way, you can see the location where they can be ambushed in a three-dimensional and intuitive way, as well as the blind spots that are easy to be overlooked. If it's two armies facing each other, this can be useful. But now it's a spoke-shaped sand table centered on Hetou Mountain, which means that you are aiming at Hetou Mountain, and you want to concentrate on attacking it and dominate the overall situation one by one. ”

After hearing this, Feng Jihe first gave a thumbs up, then sighed, and said, "The reason why we are targeting Hetou Mountain is because there is a temple here that spans three states. The most famous thing about this temple is not that the incense is prosperous, nor is it that the temple is huge and magnificent, but because the warrior monks here are all from the rivers and lakes, which can be said to be the hidden dragon and crouching tiger, and there are many capable people. ”

"You also want to recruit capable people?" Su Jinyao looked at Gu Shangqing and felt that this matter (qíng) did not seem to be as simple as they imagined.

Feng Jihe smiled bitterly and said, "I have this thought, but I don't have enough strength." ”

After speaking, Feng Ji put his hand together and said, "Young Master, eldest young master, this place is empty, it is not convenient to speak, it is better to go a little back, there is a relatively small hall, which is where we usually speak." ”

The "we" Feng Jihe refers to should be him and several of his henchmen.

Su Jinyao nodded and motioned for Feng Jihe to lead the way.

There are two back doors in the Juyi Hall, one is directly leading to the backyard, and there is a gray cloth curtain hanging on the door, which looks like it is some years old, and the word "Yi" is written on it with an ink pen.

The other door was smaller, and after going out was a hallway, at the end of which was a curtain.

However, this curtain is a bamboo curtain, which is very delicately braided, using different shades of bamboo skin to make up a simple "book" word. It even exudes a bit of bookish air.

Feng Jihe brought Su Jinyao here, and in order to show politeness, he personally lifted the curtain, but made a "please" gesture, asking Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing to go first.

Su Jinyao gestured with her jaw, and then walked in first.

I saw that there were more than 40 square meters in size, and it was rectangular. There are some calligraphy and paintings hanging on the left and right walls, which are more elegant; There are also two pots of flowers on the windowsill, but they are not precious varieties, but they seem to have been transplanted from the more distinctive and vigorous plants on this mountain.

There were no long tables in the hall, but four pairs of mahogany chairs on the left and right, each with a coffee table in the middle. In the center is a pair of Taishi chairs, which are the main and secondary main seats. A little further back, there is a desk and a chair, on which are the four treasures of the study.

This small hall is quite like a conference hall, and the desk should be a seat for the master.

Feng Jihe intended to invite Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing to take a seat, Su Jinyao waved his hand and said, "My brother and I just sit under you." You're still the boss here, we're guests after all. ”

Feng Jihe excused himself for a moment, and finally said: "Being a soldier and fighting, there are not so many things about mother-in-law and mother-in-law. Okay, I'll sit on this throne first, and when I'm done in a while, you'll take over, young master, and I'll take your seat again. ”

Su Jinyao didn't speak, nodded slightly, and sat with Gu Shangqing in the first and second positions on Feng Jihe's left. This is the first and second guest after the main and secondary main positions.

And Feng Jihe's seven apprentices didn't even sit down, and no one dared to sit opposite Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing. Instead, they all walked to Feng Jihe's (shēn) and stood still.

This can be regarded as a degree of respect for Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing. Although Feng Jihe said that there is no mother-in-law and mother-in-law, it seems that his binding force on his subordinates is still very strong.

After each of them sat down, Feng Jihe first took a long breath, and the table (qíng) became extremely serious.

Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing also sat down in full clothes, waiting for him to tell the story (qíng) one by one.

Feng Jihe didn't speak immediately, but his eyes became distant, and his gaze seemed to travel through time and space, falling on an invisible point, where there was the imprint of time, and there was also the pathos that they had been unable to say to people for so many years.

Finally, Feng Jihe spoke: "Young Master, Great Young Master, we ...... Not deserters. We were on orders, because there were traitors in the army, and suddenly they were in trouble when the war was tense. On the one hand, we have to deal with foreign enemies who are eyeing each other, and on the other hand, we have to guard against our own backward roads, and we have no back-up, so it can be said that we are suffering from internal and external troubles. General Gu was besieged in it, and he (shēn) was the general who led the troops, the first commander of the barracks, so he could not leave without permission, otherwise he might be framed. Therefore, he ordered me to rush out with a team of men and horses to ask for reinforcements. ”

"At that time, the situation was really critical, and there were not many people on the side of the general (shēn) who could be trusted, and some officers and soldiers were so timid and afraid that they had already turned against each other because of the rampant traitors. I originally wanted to live and die with the general, but the general said that I was familiar with the terrain and knew how to observe the surrounding forms, so I could try to get as few ambushes as possible before I had a chance to rush out. Therefore, I led 2,000 men to break through overnight. ”

Speaking of this, Feng Jihe's eyes were filled with tears, he shook his head, and said with a heartache: "Of the two thousand people, there are less than five hundred left overnight. When I broke out of the siege with this last man, General Gu had already started a decisive battle with that traitor. ”

Two holy decrees

Feng Jihe is not a storyteller, and what he says is a bit flat.

But Su Jinyao sounded a different meaning, and another scene was displayed in front of her.

She seemed to see the kind of situation (qíng) at that time, the generals who were attacked by the enemy fought bloodily, and a large number of brave and fearless soldiers fell in pools of blood in order to break out of the siege.

In the end, the person who left was full of pain (shēn) and trauma of the soul, and even more so with the stigma of a so-called "deserter".

Su Jinyao took a breath and asked, "Since I asked you to come out to ask for backup, why don't you go back to the capital to report on your work and explain what happened on the battlefield (qíng)?" ”

Feng Jihe smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "If it's really that simple, why are we still hiding here?" ”

After speaking, Feng Jihe didn't go on, but said, "Young master, you wait for me for a while, I'll go get something." ”

Su Jinyao nodded, and Feng Jihe got up (shēn) and left. When he came back after a while, he held a long box in his hand and put it in front of Su Jinyao.