If someone asks you, where are the rivers and lakes? Then you tell him that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and rivers and lakes are a way of life, and it is also an ultimate faith. —Epigraph

"My lord, it's not easy for your sword to cut these stumbling things, or I'll use my saber to clean them up." Yu Qian stopped Liu Tianyou and smiled.

"Oh, really?" Liu Tianyou plunged his sword into the soil.

"Your lord, your sword is for commanding thousands of armies. It's not for chopping bamboo, so you still have to rest. Yu Qian waved his saber, which was crisp and neat, and in a short time a slippery bamboo fell to the ground.

"Hehe, it's still Brother Yu doing this job." Liu Tianyou picked up the bronze sword inserted in the soil, carried the long Nan bamboo, and said to Yu Qian, "You are responsible for cutting bamboo, removing bamboo leaves and branches, and you General Gong and I will go over there to tie up the bamboo row." ”

"Got it, Shogun." Yu Qian responded, raised the saber, and cut down six or seven Nanzhu at once, his face did not change color, he did not panth, and his physique from picking salt was different.

"Brother Yinqu, you haven't done any farm work, do you know how to tie bamboo rows?" Gong Changyu said with a smile.

"No, but you can teach me." Liu Tianyou answered, carrying Nanzhu to the river beach and walking leisurely.

"I'm not an expert either, but when I was in the Zhu family's compound, I also used to discharge from the water to the area of Shuifu Temple, more or less." Gong Changyu rested the torch on a stone and sat down.

"General, don't rest, the willow coffin won't be able to leave when it's dawn." Yu Qian urged in the distance.

"Damn, Yu Qian, you are 'the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry'." Gong Changyu shook his head helplessly and stood up, "You hurry up and cut it, I can carry three or four at a time by myself, to ensure that you can't be busy." ”

"I believe this, when picking salt in western Guangdong, I pick one hundred and twenty catties, and you pick more than one hundred and eighty catties." Yu Qian gave a thumbs up and praised.

"Yu Qian, Yu Qian, don't mention the matter of picking salt, it's angry!" Gong Changyu said.

"General, there's nothing wrong with picking salt. Drip your own sweat, eat your own food, don't rely on your parents, don't rely on your ancestors. Walk right and sit firmly. No shame! Yu Qian took a pipe of hookah, lit it on the torch, and took a few puffs.

"Brother, you don't know my suffering. I went to pick salt out of desperation. I lost a lot of money gambling in the Zhujia compound, and I couldn't get along anymore. My aunt couldn't tolerate me anymore, and my uncle took this path to help me quit gambling...... I won't talk about it, I'll talk to you about it when I have time later. Gong Changyu said, his eyes full of resentment.

"General, I wish that there is food and drink in the courtyard, why did I send you to work as a coolie?" Yu Qian said while cleaning up the thorns.

"It's hard to put into words." Gong Changyu had two bamboos on one shoulder and four on two shoulders, and followed up, his steps were very fast, and he caught up with Liu Tianyou in a few moments.

"Brother Yinqu, be careful, the river beach is slippery."

"Brother Changyu, I'm familiar with this river beach, you don't have to worry." Liu Tianyou replied in front......

In the bamboo forest, Wei Chaohui held a torch and led a few soldiers to look for those sturdy kudzu vines, and did not help Yu Qian cut bamboo. This made Yu Qian very unhappy.

"Wei Chaohui, don't be stunned, you guys also come over to help." Yu Qian beckoned to Wei Chaohui and the others.

"Brother Yu, didn't you see that we were looking for vines?" Wei Chaohui ignored Yu Qian, took a few soldiers with him, and wanted to go to the other side.

"Wei Chaohui, it's enough to find the little things of the vines alone, are you grinding foreign workers?" Yu Qian shouted.

"Brother, you can cut the bamboo first. I'll come back and help you later. Wei Chaohui said with a smile.

"Dozens of bamboos, how can I be busy alone?" Yu Qian's saber was horizontal, "Wei Chaohui, you can come over quickly!" ”

"Okay, okay, can't I help you?" Wei Chaohui took off the rifle on his body, hung it on the tree, and came over to Yu Qian.

"That's like my good brother." Yu Qian rolled a roll of dry cigarettes, "Do you want to take a puff?" ”

"Brother, I don't have a habit of smoking." Wei Chaohui shook his head again and again.

"Hey, take a sip, smoking can be refreshing." Yu Qian forced the cigarette and handed it over enthusiastically.

Wei Chaohui had no choice but to take the cigarette roll and try to hold it in his mouth, who knew that his mouth would be burned by accident, only to feel the hot pain, he smiled embarrassedly: "Brother Yu, I'm really not used to it, you see I'm burned by the cigarette roll." ”

"Habit becomes natural, take your time, don't rush. It's like we eat, bite by bite. Yu Qian also gave himself a cigarette.

"Oh. Where did this tobacco come from? Wei Chaohui asked curiously.

"When I was outside the city of Luzhou, I asked a fellow villager for the seeds, and I kept them, and when I arrived at Lenghu Mountain, I opened a small piece of soil alone and planted it myself." Yu Qian said with a smile.

"It's hard for you." Wei Chaohui suddenly remembered Zhu Shuiqiang, "Zhu Zhuzhu is alone in the forest, there are wild wolves there, he will be fine, right?" ”

"It's going to be fine. The wolves were then hurried into Death Valley, or beyond. ”

"Zhu Shuiqiang, this guy drank like that, and was tied up by us, I will be unconvinced."

"I'd rather be tied up than have to work."

"Although I have only been in Lenghu Mountain for more than 20 days, I can see that the master has a bit of ink in his stomach, and he is unwilling to live under General Gong, I don't know if you can see it?"

"This ...... I didn't pay attention. Zhu Shuiqiang has picked salt with us, I have some understanding of him, I usually like to hang his children, brag and don't make drafts, say one thing and do another. The hard-earned money was given to someone else overnight at the table. He had only one purpose for joining the army, as long as he captured a city, robbed some silver taels, and when he had saved enough 10,000 taels of silver, he would disarm and return to the field. ”

"Huh? Incredible. I joined the Blue Wolf Army to oppose the harsh taxes of the imperial court and to make the people's lives better. However, as soon as the old lord of the Blue Wolf Country died, his son Feng Quan completely abandoned his original purpose...... also killed my whole family, and I really woke up to the fact that it was a big mistake to join the Blue Wolf Army. ”

"Brother, in fact, the situation of Qingheguo today is inseparable from one person."

"Prince Fu Zheng!"

"Yes. That guy is very ambitious, and he uses the name of the emperor to collect money everywhere and fill his own pockets, which makes the people complain and make the people miserable. ”

"Let's not talk about these troubles in the court. Hurry up and chop the bamboo, and go back to sleep when you're done. Wei Chaohui yawned.

"Yes, yes, work." Yu Qian spit out the cigarette on the ground and buried himself in cleaning the nanzhu in the thorn bushes. There was smoke on the ground, and slowly there was an open flame, and he didn't even notice it.

Seeing this, Wei Chaohui, who was dragging bamboo outside the thorn bushes, hurriedly stepped on the small fire with a few feet, and shouted loudly: "Brother Yu, this forest is very dry, be careful of lost mountain fires, don't litter cigarette butts." ”

"Brother Wei, I'm used to this." Yu Qian couldn't help but be stunned, and looked back and laughed.

"If I hadn't found out in time, something would have happened." Wei Chaohui warned Yu Qian, "So it's very unsafe to smoke while working." ”

"Oh, got it." Yu put on his saber and walked under another bamboo, not daring to smoke again.

Longtan Tiger's Den waterside, the sound of flowing water rattling, this is a river with extremely turbulent water flow, Liu Tianyou in the evening They are not familiar with the water falling, and it is reasonable to fall into the water here.

Gong Changyu and Liu Tianyou were seriously tying up wooden rafts, and the soldiers were carrying Nanzhu back and forth. An hour passed, and the two bamboo rafts were finally tied, and the torches brought with them were almost burned. There was no way, Gong Changyu had to ask Wei Chaohui and Yu Qian to find some pine blocks in the forest for lighting, and loaded them onto the bamboo and wood rows, so that they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brother Yinqu, you can go into the water now." Gong Changyu clapped his hands.

"Okay. Brothers, hurry up and move the coffin to the bamboo raft. Liu Tianyou was the first to jump on the bamboo row.

"Yes, sir." More than a dozen soldiers put down their swords and muskets, took off their shoes, and saw the willow coffin carried onto the bamboo raft.

"Brother Yinqu, what time is it?" Gong Changyu stood by the water and washed his face with cold water.

Liu Tianyou took out the fire dragon pocket watch from his arms, looked at it carefully under the torch, and was shocked: "It's half past three." It's not good, Jiang Changyi and they are likely to come to our side! ”

"My lord, it's Jiang Changyi who is here, and he doesn't know the mountain road?" Yu Qian said.

"Don't forget, we left Zhu Shuiqiang halfway, maybe he would have gone to snitch a long time ago......" Mr. Wei said.

"He dares!" Gong Changyu drew his sword and stuck it on another bamboo row.

"Brother Changyu, Zhu Shuiqiang, is this person reliable?" Liu Tianyou asked.

"Who knows? He said nonsense that the military advisor was the princess of the blue wolf country, and the general tied him up ......," Yu Qian said.

"Wei Chaohui, are you tied strongly?" Gong Changyu suddenly felt right, "At that time, there was a sharp stone under Zhu Shuiqiang's feet, this guy is very ghostly!" There is a high probability of escape. ”

"Do you want to go back and have a look?" Wei Chaohui held the torch and shook it a few times.

"It's too late. Brothers, bring your weapons and go to the bamboo rafts! Gong Changyu pushed the soldiers escorting the coffin one by one onto the bamboo raft.

"I don't know how to hold the penny, who will control the bamboo chop?" Liu Tianyou stood on the bamboo row and asked eagerly.

"I'll do it anyway." Wei Chaohui jumped on the bamboo raft, propped up the penny, and with a few strokes, the bamboo raft slowly drove away from the river beach.

"Brother Changyu, Lenghu Mountain is very dangerous now, you can come up too, come to Jingbei camp with me." Liu Tianyou beckoned, he was very worried about Gong Changyu's situation.

"No, I have to stay. My daughter-in-law is still in the camp! Wei Chaohui, remember to be cautious when rowing bamboo rows through the rapids, otherwise you will not be able to reach the speed. Gong Changyu put away his sword and wrapped his robe, "Yu Qian, you come to row this bamboo row." ”