Chapter Twenty-Seven: General Pass
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This jade belt, which is thousands of miles long, divides the fertile soil of the Central Plains into north and south.
Since ancient times, Qinling has been called the dragon vein of the Central Plains, looking at Bashu in the south, and adjacent to the Qinchuan River in the north, in which the flowing rivers have been watered and nurtured more than ten generations of dynasties.
It is rumored that in the pre-Qin period, Li Shengren, after writing the Tao Te Ching, which is regarded as the supreme treasure of Taoism, rose to immortality, and since then it has been regarded as the origin of Taoism, attracting countless monks to come here to pay homage and worship.
There are also many poets in the previous dynasties who came here to drink and write poems, and many ancient sentences were circulated, which made countless scholars rush to it, and they all came to this Qinling Mountains to imitate each other and show off their romance, but most of them were Dongshi imitations, and the literary style of the sages was far from the same.
The three of them happened to be here.
It was a cold winter, and there were no pedestrians on the official road, and the second egg was carrying a large bag and a small bag, and he was walking in frustration.
After traveling for more than ten days, he couldn't eat well, he didn't sleep enough, and he had to get up early to hurry, which made him cry bitter and shouted to go back to the village, but every time he ushered in the old man blowing his beard and glaring, when he met his old man in a bad mood, he had to be hit on the head with a few brains.
Hey, when is this day a head!
Just as he sighed for a long time, there was a sudden burst of extremely strong stewed meat, Erdan's eyes instantly widened, and his nose quickly shrugged a few times, what a grin!
Looking ahead, a small thatched hut was built on the street, and a banner was hung with the words "century-old store". Thick white smoke poured out of the chimney of the house, and the aroma was everywhere from this small restaurant.
Erdan turned his head, and wanted to beckon the master and Brother Da Chun to go there to satisfy his hunger, but unexpectedly, before he could open his mouth, two tall figures galloped past him and rushed straight into the restaurant, leaving only the strong wind floating in the air.
"Master, Brother Dachun, wait for me!"
The abandoned second egg shouted loudly.
The restaurant is not big, only enough to put down three tables, at this time it is not a meal, there are no guests, the slightly chubby boss is boiling the meat in the pot, seeing someone enter the store, wipe the table with his hands and feet, and ask with a smile: "What do you want to eat?"
Ezen Dama Jindao sat down, pointed to the pot and asked, "What are you getting in there?"
The shopkeeper replied with a smile: "That's stewed donkey meat, the specialty of this store, the craftsmanship passed down from my grandfather's generation, as the saying goes, dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat in the ground, do you always taste it?"
Ezen stretched out his big hand and said boldly: "Five catties." β
Hearing that the guests didn't ask about the price, it was obviously a rich owner, and the owner of the small shop suddenly blossomed in his heart. It's been a hard time these years, and it's not easy to meet customers who are generous, but such a large amount is also a bit terrifying, he hurriedly explained: "Donkey meat is hungry, ordinary people eat half a catty and are full, why don't I give you two catties first, eat first?"
Ezen waved his hand and said, "No, go directly!"
The shopkeeper laughed dryly twice, and was about to cut the donkey's meat, when he suddenly heard the old man say again: "You two eat as much as you want." β
"I eat three catties. β
"I also eat three catties. β
Da Chun and Erdan replied one after the other.
The shopkeeper was suddenly shocked, and he felt that the five catties that the old man asked for just now were eaten by himself? The two small ones also ate three catties each? It was too scary!
However, seeing these three people is not like ordinary people, especially the old man, although his beard and hair are white, but his body is extremely strong, he has lived for more than forty years, and he has never seen a few such powerful old men in his life.
After a few words, the small shop owner began to get busy.
Through the gap in the curtain, Ezen saw a raised pass on the long mountain range, dilapidated, as if no one was stationed there, and even half of the wall used for defense had collapsed, and it was no longer useful.
The old man pointed to the abandoned pass and asked, "Little brother, where was that place before it was broken?"
The shopkeeper didn't raise his head, and replied casually: "General Guan." β
Ezen's body trembled, and he remembered the old man.
That guy's name is Ling Dong, a former official to the general of the West Wind Dynasty, and he can be said to be the number one person in the entire West Wind military attachΓ©.
Ling Dong was born poor, he joined the army before the age of fourteen, and every time he fought in front of the battle, he was the first one, even if the official position was getting bigger and bigger. After he climbed to the position of General Yunlu, there were no less than 100 scars all over his body, and the golden armor was fought by him with a knife and a gun.
It's just that the guy surnamed Ling is as lustful as his life, and every time he captures a woman, he can't escape his clutches. General Ling's favorite thing is to do that happy thing on the galloping war horse, and when he is done, he throws the woman under the horse, whether it is dead or alive, and everyone has their destiny.
After the world was peaceful, Ling Dong went home to marry dozens of beautiful concubines, even if so many beauties served him, he was still not satisfied, and he didn't feel comfortable if he didn't go to the kiln twice a day.
In addition to these, he also has some common problems of rough people: whipping soldiers, often drinking, cutting off people's hands and feet if he disagrees, he is a stunned young man who is afraid of everyone, because of Xing Er, many people gritted their teeth and scolded him as Ling Er's stunned.
But Ling Dong is a general of a hundred battles, and his military exploits are brilliant, and many people itch the roots of his hate, and there is nothing they can do. Even the emperor turned a blind eye to him, and as long as he didn't cause a catastrophe, he didn't care about his mistakes.
But once Ling Dong had a big disaster, this Yunlu general was obsessed, and he actually had bad thoughts about the eldest lady of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites. He didn't care what kind of Shangshu family or the daughter of the servant family, a few catties of wine was down, so he took advantage of the dark sky and quietly touched the side of the young lady's boudoir. When he was about to enter the building, he was caught by the master raised by the Shang Shu family, and if he was allowed to go upstairs, he might cause much trouble.
The next day, the furious Ministry of Rites Shangshu tied him up to the Jinluan Palace, and the emperor was angry and demoted him to the pass of the Qinling Mountains and became a lieutenant guarding the pass.
This old man has no complaints, anyway, someone kills, there is wine to drink, and women sleep, so he is quite content, as for how big an official he is, for him, there is no use for a bird.
That year, the barbarians entered the pass and hit this pass, which was not called the General Pass at that time.
This notorious fellow, in order to hold the evacuation of millions of people after the pass, led less than a hundred soldiers, and without any will and reinforcements, he struggled for twenty-three days.
Ling Er was stunned and didn't have a proper shape on weekdays, but he was definitely a good hand when he fought, and in this narrow pass, a husband should be a pass.
In those days, there was no water or food, and I could hardly sleep at night, and I spent every day in a fight. Below the pass, he almost killed a blood-red hell, and almost none of the barbarian corpses he had slashed and killed were intact, and the stumps and broken arms were in the grass below the pass, covering several thick layers.
By the twenty-third day, the original majestic physique of more than 200 catties was almost less than 100 catties left, and there was no soldier of the Zephyr Dynasty around, and his body was full of dozens of unique arrows of the barbarian, and he looked like a humanoid hedgehog from a distance.
This Ling Du Lieutenant finally couldn't hold on.
It is said that the last sentence of his death was extremely shameless and indecent, but it was praised by many people one after another.
"Lao Tzu has earned enough money, let's go, go down there and spoil the barbarian old lady, hahaha!"
The people didn't know why, and they remembered the infamous lieutenant deeply, and this pass was unrealistically called General Pass.
Remembering the dying words and deeds of the guy who was also an enemy and a friend, he couldn't cry or laugh, asked for a jar of wine, poured it into a bowl, raised it to the general pass remembered by the people, and said softly: "Ling Er was stunned, it's done." β