Volume 1: Returning to the People on a Snowy Night Chapter Seventy-Three The Moon Cage Plum Blossom Night Terror Chills
The snow water of the high plug washed the bloody waves in the bones of the corpse, crossed the mountains and crossed the North Mountain, which had not been traveled by the barbarians for a hundred years, and then turned several times, fell from the cliff under the Meishan Mountain, and merged into the Nanjie Rouge Lake, and nourished more crimson and glowing rouge arowana in the lake, before turning around and breaking into the shocking roar of the thousands of miles of Nu River, and since then it has flowed all the way to the east.
Under the plum mountain, several plum trees on the riverside that are sick like withering stand in the snow, and the branches are decayed a little, and a unique fragrance comes to the nose. During the wax moon, Beishan's unique blood sausage and bacon were lonely on the eaves of several dilapidated peasant households, and the homes of those who should have hung red lanterns were floating with pieces of black silk and silk flowers in front of and behind the houses.
The withered grass that should have decayed at the head and end of the river, under the reflection of the setting sun, the green light of life brought some joyful hope to this depressed village. Under the two thousand-year-old cypress trees, many men and women and three or five children sat around with teary eyes, looking at the old beggar dressed in tattered clothes and stained with oil, and listened attentively to what he said.
The old beggar had thick scars all over his body, and there were just nine cloth pockets hanging on his chest. If it is a person from the rivers and lakes, he will definitely be shocked, this is a proper beggar gang nine bag elder, the long-rumored old gang leader of the beggar gang in the rivers and lakes is always called Hua.
I saw the old man squatting on a blue stone, not knowing the cold, with the green dog-beating stick beside him, knocking on the money board made of rosewood in his hand, grinning with a toothless mouth, singing in a long and short voice, "The wolf smoke in the north mountain of Layue is urgent, and the cold wind blows the flag every night." Jin Ge iron horse saber drinks blood, loyal liver and gall sword invincible. Pity how many white-haired people, but hide their tears in their hearts. Dare to ask the boy how many journeys he had, but he was helpless to get drunk with an empty cup. ”
He tapped the money board a few times and said, this poem is about the battle of Beishan Pass a few days ago. The barbarians of the northern kingdom are going to my northern mountains again to fight in the grass valley. The barbarians are brutal, burning, killing and looting to the extreme. Under the order of the old prince and the Marquis of Dingyuan, the young general and the great demon king Luo Yidao led the Beishan Wei, Dingyuanwei and the Tiger and Leopard Army to fight under the Beishan Pass. Some of you have parents and some of you have brothers who are in this great battle. The girls of Chunfeng Lou would rather die in battle than be humiliated, pity them, "The flowers and the moon are strange women, and the twelve flower gods cast the soul of the army." The five thousand sons of the Beishan Wei Light Cavalry Battalion, more than half of whom died in battle, exactly: "Ask who is the hero in the world, count me Beishan Young Lang." ”
He said a paragraph, sang a paragraph, only to hear everyone burst into tears, all gritted their teeth, and their hearts were surging.
"The old prince sacrificed in Meishan blood, and added an inscription to the wordless tablet. Half a year ago, those who fought bloodily for Beishan were immortal; For five years, the successors of Beishan will never die; In the past fifty years, those who sacrificed themselves for Daqin will never die; For a hundred years, those who defend the country for Great Qin will never die. General Feng planted red plum blossoms to make a clear ambition with flowers. 'When the flowers bloom next year, I will return with the wind. Hug the flowers like the sea, and never be a foreign country. 'There is a northern mountain in Daqin, and it is difficult for wolf teeth to break through. Daqin has this son, why is the world uneasy. Ladies and gentlemen, the big battle three days ago, the blood sacrifice a day ago, the little second child admired, passing by here today, it is far less exciting than you see, but the mouth is clumsy and clumsy to make all these words, and it will definitely spread to the world in the future, so that everyone in the world can also remember Beishan. After that, the old flower will knock the begging bowl at his feet, and said sadly, it all depends on the officials' faces to give them food.
Everyone was moved by him, a beggar from outside, who looked down on Beishan so highly, and took out the silver taels he carried and threw them in his rice bowl, and several children also had tears in their eyes and said, If I die in battle in the future, you will also spread the word about us. We don't want to be heroes in the world, we just want to be this Beishan boy.
At that moment, many elderly people clapped their hands with tears in their eyes, well said! This is the bloody nature of my Beishan man. Kill chickens and sheep tonight, and let you boys celebrate the New Year early.
The children were immediately happy.
Lao Zhaohua was stunned for a moment, took the pocket money handed over by the children, nodded and said, certainly, definitely, more exciting than this.
In an instant, he got almost five taels of silver. The old man put the silver in his pocket and was about to leave, but he heard the old man who took the lead stand up and arched his hand, "Old man, but from the south?"
Lao Yuhua saw that although he was wearing a coarse linen coat and a pair of fur snow boots on his lame feet, he was in good spirits, but he couldn't see that he was over sixty years old, and he was immediately surprised, yes, from Jiangnan.
"Jiangnan is good, Jiangnan is good, everyone says Jiangnan is good, the sunrise river flowers are red, and the river is as green as blue in spring, a good place. The beggar gang is the largest gang in the world, but they love Jiangnan the most. The old gang leader Shenlong saw the head but did not see the end, but he was a master outside the world. If you don't dislike it, can you have a drink with us? The old man smiled happily and looked extremely respectful.
The old flower saw that under the plum tree, Luo Yidao, who was biting a plum blossom, had already gritted his teeth with hatred, how dare he agree, and hurriedly thanked him, thank you, thank you. The people of Beishan are too hospitable. But I don't know each other, where do I dare to disturb more.
"Out of the way, out of the way. The ordinary old man also loves the children of the rivers and lakes the most, and he got acquainted with it after a few drinks. Besides, the old gang leader came to my plum blossom village, and he justified my Beishan boy's name like this, and the old man cried with gratitude, and he was white. ”
"You are?" The old man was secretly surprised to hear his identity, and he asked himself to go all over the world, but this old man was faintly and extraordinary, but he couldn't remember what kind of character this was.
Seeing the strangeness on the old man's face, the old man smiled and said, "I'm ashamed to say that the little old man was originally a member of Beishanwei." It's a pity that in the battle five years ago, he was crippled, so he could only hide under this Meishan and survive. Little old Mei Xuechen, I have seen the old gang leader! ”
Without waiting for the old flower to scream, Luo Yidao suddenly flashed over and said affectionately, you, are you Uncle Mei, the Decepticon? How did you become like this? Luo Yidao saw that his left sleeve was empty, and his right foot seemed to be a lot shorter than his left foot, and his heart couldn't help but feel sour. The old immortal is really a big liar, first say that the three tigers of Beishan Wei are dead, but it just so happens that Lu Zhi, the roaring tiger, is hiding by his side and acting as his evil slave, and now when he sees this Decepticon Mei Xuechen again, he suddenly burst into tears and choked up.
Mei Xuechen's eyes were slightly red, he took his hand, and said eagerly, back then, our old things, the dead were dead, the crippled, and the rest of us who were old and immortal looked forward to the day when we could see the young master of the prince who could hold up the sky of Beishan. Five years ago, I said goodbye, and then I heard that the young master was looking for the old gang leader and had been training outside for many years, and I was very worried. Now His Royal Highness the Prince of the World has worked hard and made such a great achievement, good! There are successors to Beishan. They should also be blinded by the Heavenly Tiger Lingxiao City.
The old man Hua Youyou sighed and said, back then, the three tigers were in Beishan, the blood knife roaring tiger, the magic knife Deception tiger, and the fierce sword rushing tiger, one tiger is stronger than the other. The Demon Knife Decepticon is the oldest, and he is good at breaking the Seventy-two Demon Plum Blossom Knife Technique, standing alone in the world, although he is the most low-key character among the Three Tigers, but he is one of the Three Tigers who kill the most enemies. It's a pity that the old man didn't have a chance to meet back then, and he couldn't compete with each other. That's it, since the rivers and lakes are fateful, this old man has drunk it, and he will definitely bother it.
Luo Yidao heard that the Heavenly Tiger Lingxiao City had been killed in battle, and he thought that the Three Tigers had regarded him as his own for many years, and he was even more sad to see him such a heroic figure end up like this.
Mei Xuechen smiled and comforted him, if it wasn't for the old prince who desperately rescued him back then, most of the little old man would have gone after his brothers. Now that he is alive, he has lived many years longer than those dead brothers. originally thought that the barbarian would be able to fight with his life with this remnant body, and he would earn it by killing a few more people. Unexpectedly, the young master of the prince and General Feng killed in all directions, but it made the little old man useless. It can be said that the back waves of the Nu River push the front waves, and the little old man has no regrets in his heart.
"Uncle May, me?"
"Son, there is no need to grieve. The little old man is very happy now. The children of this plum blossom village are all orphans of my Beishanwei, and the little old man gets along with them day and night, and his life has not only lived for three or five years, but it is better than a spring breeze in the world several times! When they grow up, they will be the heroes of Beishanwei again. Behind them is the young master, your soldiers! ”
Luo Yidao didn't expect this Decepticon Mei Xuechen to hide under his nose, and he actually became the guardian of the orphans of Beishan Wei, and he was even more emotional in his heart, and saw that the old flower thief secretly hid the deceived silver two, and immediately stretched out his hand to him with a cold face and said, Bring it!
Lao Zhaohua suddenly covered the money bag with a bitter face, and kept shaking his head, "What do you mean by this little rabbit cub, I finally earned it with great difficulty." ”
"This is pension silver, and you are embarrassed to take it!" Luo Yidao glared angrily, and raised his hand to snatch it.
According to the military regulations of Beishan, the envoy of the year gave his parents a hard time, and he never forgot it. "If the children are too young to make up for the famous grain, they will be given half a ring of silver rice until the children are 16 years old. A widow and childless person or a person who has no wife and no one to support his parents shall be given a half-day period of support for life. "In Meihua Village, more than half of the young sons and daughters died in the war, and there were only more than 200 people left in the remaining orphans.
In other words, almost all of the silver that Qian Yu poured out of the Drunken Immortal Building was consumed on the pension silver of these Beishan men who died in battle.
Luo Yidao was naturally unwilling, this old man spent money from these already poor people to earn the hard-earned money they exchanged for their lives.
The old man said that Hua Blow His beard glared and said, "You unfilial disciple, the old man has been here for a long time, how can you give the old man half a penny." ”
Luo Yidao said hatefully, you eat my palace, drink my palace, and use my palace. I'm embarrassed to ask for money. What's more, this is the money for the lives of my orphans in Beishan.
snatched the silver from Lao Zhaohua, Luo Yidao turned around and pulled Mei Xuechen with an apologetic face, and walked towards Meihua Village.
The old flower wanted to cry without tears, so he had to stomp his feet and follow unwillingly. scolded in my heart, this loser thing is going to be a loser again.
Mei Xuechen took the two of them to a three-room thatched hut made of thatch, bamboo, and wood, and shouted to a young man with a broken arm who was dancing a knife in the courtyard, "Dumb, a guest is here." Hurry up and serve the wine.
The young man pouted at him and said, "I'm here to cheat again."
Seeing that he was extremely unhappy, he slowly took out a few jars of old wine from the house, and put out a plate of broad beans, a plate of dried tofu, and a few plates of pheasant bacon and beef and mutton, and used the cumbersome kitchen knife in his hand to cut a few green onions, so he held the kitchen knife again and played with himself, but he didn't want to look at Lao Zhaohua and Luo Yidao.
Mei Xuechen pointed to his brain with a wry smile and said, this stupid boy is the orphan of the Heavenly Tiger Lingxiao City, he was cut off an arm in that battle, and there was something wrong with his brain, he was stupid all day long, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Let's leave him alone.
Luo Yidao saw him playing with this kitchen knife, and said sadly, can't you give him a good knife?
Mei Xuechen sighed and said, Have you forgotten that the Sky Tiger Lingxiao City was originally a cook. That's the knife used to chop vegetables and meat. If you dare to change him, he will definitely fight with you.
Lao Zhaohua couldn't help but sigh, such a good knife, it was actually a kitchen knife, which was really eye-opening. Immediately asked Mei Xuechen again, where is your magic knife?
Mei Xuechen tore off the mud red on the wine jar, shrugged his shoulders, and said happily, everyone is crippled, and no matter how good the knife is, it will be scrapped, so he simply took it to the children in the village to chop wood.
"You're really willing!" The old flower sighed.
Mei Xuechen saw Luo Yidao's solemn face, hurriedly poured wine for the two of them, persuaded a few bowls, and said, Beishan is bitterly cold, and there is no good wine and good food in Meihua Village, so the prince and the old gang leader are not strange.
This time it is the big fish and meat, the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, where can I eat the old flower and Luo Yidao. Mei Xuechen sighed, there is still a good situation in the south of the Yangtze River, and the silverfish in the lake alone makes people greedy. What's more, between the fireworks and green willows, the culture is prosperous, unlike our Beishan which has been a reckless land since ancient times.
Luo Yidao pouted and said, without my Beishan desperately guarding this Beishan Pass, if the barbarian iron horse goes south, then what is the Jiangnan good.
Lao Minghua also nodded yes, and frowned and said, Poor Feng Shui treasure, now it is also a black miasma. The annual birthday gang alone has made those old men in the court take out the heritage of Jiangnan. What's more, now that the emperor is a self-proclaimed Daojun, if he is not bent on seeking immortals, he is fiddling with the flowers, trees and strange stones in the world, and how many people have turned into a deadly poison elixir and tricks he plays at will. Once there is a bit of war on the frontier, I am panicked and suspicious. And the officials in Jiangnan are the most greedy and extravagant, and Jiangnan is full of complaints. It is really a building outside the mountain, and it is a good autumn (ball) by Yanqi Lake.
Mei Xuechen stretched out his hand and slapped the table, the wine bowl on the table splashed, and said hatefully, Xiao Lao'er has not been out of Meihua Village all these years, but I didn't expect this Jiangnan to become such a situation now? It's the back garden of the Great Qin Empire.
Lao Hua smiled bitterly, where is the back garden of the Great Qin Empire, it is clearly the private garden of the Taishi Ye Fengpo. With tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Jiangnan alone, his family dominates one-third, not to mention that the silk and copper salt in Jiangnan are as rare as his family's.
Luo Yidao remembered the sentence he heard the most when he traveled in Jiangnan in those years, "The Ye family has a woman who is a phoenix, and the water town in Jiangnan is her hometown." Thousands of acres of treasure land in Zhutian, hundreds of millions of warehouses in Jinqiu and Yinshan", immediately scolded, this Ye family's thief is extremely hateful. I ate the flesh and blood of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, but I vomited the bones of my Beishan boy.
With a bang, Mei Xuechen slammed the table again and said, this kind of scourge, if it was five years ago, the old man would definitely kill her whole family. And when the dumb saw the wine bowl and chopsticks that jumped up, he seemed to be more interested than what he said, and he actually took the kitchen knife and struck it at the bamboo and wood fence, and suddenly laughed twice.
Lao Yuhua glanced at Mei Xuechen and said, what's the use of killing her whole family. killed one Ye Feibai, and a group of Lin Feibai. As the old saying goes, if there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom. The disaster is in the south of the Yangtze River, but the root is in the temple.
Mei Xuechen said angrily: "Shameless, shameless!" What kind of emperor is this bird emperor! What about the Qin Palace, Qin Ye's old boy just looked at this faint monarch and trampled this country so badly? ”
Lao Zhaohua looked at Luo Yidao, who was angry and hateful, and said, hehe, they are difficult, mud bodhisattvas cross the river.
When he saw Mei Xuechen and wanted to ask, Lao Zhaohua waved his hand and said, drinking, drinking. In this world, where can we ordinary people worry about it? One more day is one day. The sky is falling, and there are still tall people on top. Now that our Beishan is on the cusp, everyone is a bloody man, and we have to be careful when we talk and act in the future, so as not to get into trouble. Alas! Exactly: three arrows urge life, one is more cold than the other.
Mei Xuechen was stunned and said, what is this talking about?
Luo Yidao said quietly, what else could it be. Some time ago, Chunfeng Lou fought against Gao Quesai. The military department issued three tokens in a row, and they wanted to investigate it strictly, and pressed the old immortal for the crime of slacking off the army. It's not good yet.
The old man called Hua and Luo Yidao were very drunk, Mei Xuechen was angry in his heart, and under the anger and hatred, he couldn't spit out the bad breath in his heart, and he was also drunk.
On the contrary, it was the fool named Dumb, laughing at them, they were all a bunch of fools.
On the fifth watch of the night, the moon was cold from the east. Coming out of Meihua Village, Luo Yidao sprinkled a soak of urine at the entrance of the village, was feeling comfortable, sighed and said, don't vomit tonight, it's so cool.
The old flower also watered the stump, hiccuped with wine, and his mouth was happy, but his heart was not a taste. Cool fart.
The two of them were a little impatient, but they heard the sound of rustling in the forest, and the two of them were shocked, and they were both very alarmed, who is it?
At this moment, I heard a few shouts in the distance, "Where to escape?" Come out, you can't escape! ”
Then the figure flashed, flashed into the forest, Luo Yidao saw clearly through the moonlight reflected in the snow, and couldn't help but be surprised, and immediately lost his voice, big brother?
Lao Zhaohua hurriedly lifted his pants, and said in surprise, who? Qin Feng?
Three or five series of footsteps sounded behind him, and only a few black shadows were seen, and they quickly chased towards this side. Luo Yidao hesitated for a moment, waiting until he pounced.
The old man called Hua was so experienced that he hurriedly grabbed him and hid in the forest, and said softly, don't worry. The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind. It's never too late to make a move.
Waiting for those figures, they chased after Qin Feng's footprints. At this time, he quietly followed with a knife pulling Luo.