As soon as the general died, the rest of the Qing army began to be restless, and they got up one after another to prepare to fight with Yang Yi and them, and when they were in chaos, they saw a group of bloodstained ordinary people holding nail rakes, shovels and other farm tools running towards the Qing army who were tied, and then ignoring Li Shu'er and them, one by one, smashed the farm tools in their hands and planed them towards those Qing soldiers, and in a moment, they all turned the Qing soldiers who could not resist into bloody corpses.

Until this time, an old man wearing a blue coarse cotton robe who looked like a private school gentleman trembled and gave Uncle Li a deep salute and said, "The old man of Chiyu Village has died in the village, and he has kowtowed to the benefactors who have taken action for righteousness. ”

After speaking, the old man knelt down towards Li Shu'er and them, and the villagers behind him who had just finished killing the Qing army also knelt down with the old man.

Seeing this, Li Shu'er hurriedly held the old man, and at the same time shouted to the villagers behind the old man: "All the villagers, get up, let's stand and talk, ah?" ”

"The old man should have not reached the first, and he thought that in this Chiyu Village he ended his life by opening a museum and teaching apprentices, and he did not disgrace the teachings of the saints, how did he think that there was no pure land in this troubled world, and today these brutal soldiers bravely broke into the village, killed people and set fires, looted money and property, and turned a good village into a hell on earth, if it wasn't for the grace of the fathers in time, I am afraid that all the old and young people in the village will become the ghosts of these beasts, hey." Thinking of the tragic situation in the village, the old man couldn't help but wipe the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and sighed.

"Where did these Qing troops come from?" Uncle Li glanced at the corpses of those Qing soldiers, frowned slightly, and asked.

"Although the old man does not leave the village, but there is a nephew who does some rushing and trafficking outside on weekdays, the news is quite well-informed, according to my nephew, it seems that the long hair attacked Huaiqing (now Qinyang, Henan) for more than 50 days and did not resist, afraid of being surrounded and annihilated by the imperial court reinforcements who arrived, so he entered the territory of Shanxi through Yuanqu, along the way and the green battalion soldiers who blocked it were repeated hard fights, and the army raised by the imperial court spent white flowers and silver was all wine bags and rice bags, and the long hair was a touch of collapse, but did the work of killing people and goods, is there still a way for the people to live in this world?" The more the old man spoke, the more angry he became, pointing at the sky with his hand, and his anger was in the form of lust.

Uncle Li's expression was also a little gloomy, and he comforted the old man and said: "Don't be too angry, old man, in this troubled world connected by military disasters, even the emperor Lao Tzu is helpless, and the grass people can only ask for more blessings for themselves, what can be done, hey." ”

"By the way, don't kneel here, let's hurry up and treat the wounded and extinguish the fire, this cold winter, if you don't have a house and warm clothes, how can you survive this winter?" When Li Shu'er saw that some houses had been burned down and collapsed, he couldn't help but remind the villagers.

"In this world, the rich wolf is in charge, where is there a way for the poor to live, the old and decrepitable scholar, but there is also some bloody nature of fencing and long songs, it is better to take the villagers to vote for the long hair, so as to avenge the dead relatives!" The old man looked at the burning houses with his hair wide open, and shouted with great grief and indignation, which drew a response from the male villagers behind him.

"*, this is the reason why the longer the hair grows more and more," Uncle Li sighed, looked at the old man and said: "Old gentleman, everyone has their own ambitions, and the poor do not dare to persuade him, but he has one thing to ask for the old man, and I hope to grant it." ”

"If you have something to do, you just have to say it clearly, and the old man will definitely do it." When the old man saw Uncle Li'er's spitting, he was anxious, and his voice became louder.

"We want to go to Cangzhou City in Zhili Prefecture, but the road is far away, and there are female dependents, we want to sell a few mules and horses to the villagers to travel, and by the way, we want to ask for cotton robes for me and my apprentices to keep out the cold, I don't know if it's okay?"

"Engong has the grace of reinventing us, don't say a few mules and horses and a few cotton clothes, just want our net worth and life, it is all taken for granted, how dare you shirk?" As soon as the old man heard Uncle Li's request, he immediately agreed, and arranged for a few villagers to lead the mules and bring cotton clothes over in a row.

The old man was very prestigious among the villagers, and in a short time several villagers came with three or four green mules, followed by women carrying new blue coarse cotton robes and warm hats.

"The village has just suffered, and I can't help you." The old man looked at the cotton robe in the woman's hand and said to Uncle Li apologetically.

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as we can shelter from the cold and wind, and we are all outsiders, and we don't pay attention to the ointment and food, this is also a kind of practice." Uncle Li smiled, and said in his heart that we want to eat is still too rancid, this is a mess, and some of them are good to wear.

Let's say that Uncle Li took the cotton robe and handed it over to Yang Yi and Wei Ergou to change into, and he also took off the robe and put on a cotton robe similar to the old man's style.

"Old man, thank you, there is still a war horse left here, leaving it to you is afraid that it will buy you a curse, we rode away, and it is enough to leave a green mule, here are a few silver tickets, you can keep it to get through the difficulties, ah." As he spoke, Uncle Li took out a few silver tickets from his robe to compete with the old man.

The old man hurriedly retreated, waved his hand again and again, and said: "I can't help it, just a little thing, how can I ask the public to spend money on money, in this way, won't we become a mercenary villain?" ”

Seeing that the old man had moved the pedantic nature of the scholar, Uncle Li smiled helplessly and said: "I can't hide it, my silver is easy to come by, and you have suffered a great calamity, and there are many places to use the silver, so put it away for the time being, you can't let these women, children, old and young suffer from hunger and cold with you, right?" ”

Li Shu'er smiled very warmly, with a compassionate look in his eyes, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou would not have believed that Li Shu'er, who had always shown his obscene face, would still have such a generous and benevolent side, everyone really has two sides.

The old man's lips trembled and he took the silver ticket, suddenly knelt down again, and shouted with tears in his eyes: "Engong Dade, Feng Zixin will never forget, my village will build a shrine for Engong and others, worship for the world, incense continues, if you violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" ”

"Okay, okay, we're going to leave too, take care." Uncle Li looked at the weeping simple villagers, jumped on the war horse as if he was fleeing, and let the peach wood demon, who was unwilling to wear the peasant woman's clothes, ride on the green mule, and then beat the horse and left first.

"Eh, what are we going to do, rub!" Wei Ergou took the burden of dry food such as pot helmets handed over to him by a village woman, looked at the back of Uncle Li who was leaving, and shouted.

"You two walk, otherwise you should be seen as flawed, how can anyone ride a mule......" Li Shu'er did not look back, but his attitude was very clear, that is, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou could only be infantrymen.

"Grass, when will the two of us become subordinates, don't you bring such fun, will you be okay?" Yang Yi looked at Wei Ergou dissatisfiedly and complained.

"Let's go down, brother, it's okay, endure it for a while, turn around and find a chance to scare this old liar to death, hehe" Wei Ergou looked open, grinned, hugged Yang Yi and went to chase Uncle Li and the peach wood demon.

After walking far away, Yang Yi turned around and saw that the old man and the villagers were still standing in the snow and watching them.

Catching up with Uncle Li and the Peach Wood Demon, seeing Yang Yi looking at him with an angry face, Uncle Li, who knew it, smiled, jumped off the horse, stretched out his hand to shine on the horse's buttocks is whip, the military horse was in pain, "sigh and law" screamed, raised his four hooves and ran into the distance, and gradually disappeared.

"What do you mean? If you give us the crotch on horseback, we're the most helpful, aren't we? Yang Yi and Wei Ergou were all confused by Uncle Li's actions, and looked at him very puzzled and asked.

"Two fools, stealing military horses, deserve to be beheaded, the reason why I rode this military horse away is for fear of being discovered by the Qing army's meticulous work, so that the people of a village will be implicated. It's a relatively remote place, and you won't be found if you let go of the military horses, and besides, if one person rides a tall horse or a green mule, do you think it matches our identity, isn't that obviously telling others that we have a problem? Li Shu'er squinted his eyes and watched the horse disappear into the distance, slowly explaining the reason why Yang Yi and Wei Ergou were not allowed to ride the mule.

At this point, Yang Yi and Wei Ergou knew Li Shu'er's good intentions, and they couldn't help but give a secret thumbs up to Li Shu'er's rich experience in the rivers and lakes, and they were completely convinced.

"It is said that Uncle I am a cultivator, and I am not afraid of the heat or the extreme cold at all," Uncle Li intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the peach wood demon who was thinly dressed but could not see the cold state at all, and continued: "But considering that there will inevitably be long hair along the way, what do those guys believe in worshipping God, as long as they see Taoist temples and Confucian temples and other buildings, they will be demolished, and they will be killed when they see monks and Taoists and talents, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, they have to dress up as this old pedant, a poor old pedant riding a military horse with a bright line, Am I not blatantly dying? ”

"From now on, we are the four grandchildren, remember? I'm a grandfather, she's a granddaughter, both of you are grandsons, let's go to Wu'an County, as long as you meet a soldier and a military officer, just say this set, remember? Uncle Li looked at Yang Yi and Wei Ergou and arranged.

"What the hell, we're both grandsons, aren't you scolding around the corner, that's not good, pay attention next time." Wei Ergou looked at the smiling Uncle Li and protested dissatisfiedly.

"Okay, if you want to learn my ability to be shocking and discolored, you have to have the heart to be a grandson, otherwise, you can figure it out for yourself......" Uncle Li looked at Yang Yi and Wei Ergou and said with a pun.