When the two servants saw that their mistress had been arrested, they wanted to step forward to stop her. One of the servants shouted, "Why are you arresting our wife and young lady?" The officer glared and said, "Why?" Bring it back to the barracks as a military ration! When the servant heard this, he was anxious, and hurriedly shouted: "We belong to the Yang Mansion, you can't arrest our wife!" "With that, he will rush forward, wanting to reclaim his mistress.

"Damn, what Yang Mansion Zhang Mansion." The officer took it in his mouth, and with a punch in his face, he opened a soy sauce shop in the servant's face.

The servant was beaten to the ground with a golden star. Another servant jumped up and helped him up, and said with a crying voice, "Third brother, what should I do?" The beaten servant didn't care about wiping away the nosebleed, and said in a hurried tone: "Quick, go back to the house and find the second master!" The servant agreed, left his companion, got up, and ran. He quickly walked through the crowd, ran through the streets and alleys, and finally ran into a mansion with a cup of tea.

In a clearing in the middle of the courtyard, a man is practicing knife skills. He was in his thirties, tall and sturdy. At this moment, his upper body is bare, and the muscles of his arms and chest are bulging. I saw him holding a snow-bright steel knife in his hand, jumping and moving, slashing left and right, but seeing the sparkling knife, the tiger was vigorous. After a set of knife dances, he gathered his body, and the surrounding nursing homes applauded again and again.

The servant ran through the gate, turned the wall in front of the courtroom, and immediately shouted when he saw the crowd: "Oh no, something has happened!" The man dancing the knife frowned slightly, slightly displeased: "Little dog, what are you yelling for?" The little dog ran to him, took a few breaths, and said, "Second master, Mrs. and Miss were captured by soldiers on the street!" ”

"What?" The second master was taken aback, glared and said, "Why are they arresting Miss Wife?" ”

"He said he was going to bring it back to the barracks as military rations!"

Yes? When the second master heard this, he felt a flame rising from the top of his head, his eyes widened, and he shouted: "guy, follow me!" The guards agreed, ran to the weapon rack next to them, picked up their weapons, and followed the second master to the gate noisily.

The second master led more than a dozen guards out of Yang's mansion, led by the little dog, and hurriedly chased after the soldiers. They stopped each other halfway to the barracks, and when the second master saw that the ranks of soldiers were followed by two carriages, which carried many women and children as if they were carrying livestock, and his wife and daughter were among them.

The second master waved the steel knife in his hand and said viciously: "Which of you is the leader?" Hurry up and answer! The officer stepped forward, looked him up and down, and said, "Who are you?" What do you want to do? The second master's gaze was projected on his face, and he shouted: "I am Yang Shisheng, the second master of the Yang Mansion, let my wife and daughter go!" ”

It was the Yang Mansion again, and the officer frowned impatiently and said, "What's so great about the Yang Mansion?" The requisition of women and children as military rations is an order of the emperor, who dares to stop it? When Yang Shisheng heard this, he was so angry that his eyes were split, and he roared: "I don't care if the emperor is the emperor or not, if you don't let my wife and daughter go today, you don't want to take half a step over!" ”

"You ......" The officer was just about to have a seizure, when a soldier came over, put his mouth to his ear and whispered: "My lord, this Yang Mansion is a generation of barbarian heroes, and it is very prestigious among the Di people, so it is not easy to deal with, let's not provoke them!" When the officer heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then looked at the dozen or so murderous nurses behind Yang Shisheng, thought for a moment, and muttered to himself: "Okay, there is no shortage of these two people anyway." Immediately, he instructed his corporaries: "Release the people of the Yang Mansion!" ”

Immediately a soldier walked over, led the mother and daughter out of the carriage, and untied the ropes that were tied to their hands. The mother and daughter took off their hands and immediately ran to Yang Shisheng. The wife was shocked, tears welled up in her eyes, and she choked up: "Master." The daughter threw herself into her father's arms, crying bitterly aggrieved. Yang Shisheng gently patted his daughter's back and comforted: "Qian'er, it's okay, let's go home!" ”

The other women and children in the carriage were agitated, adults and children cried together, and some women cried and begged: "Master Jun, let us go, we want to go home!" The officer glared fiercely and said, "Don't cry!" Take them all with me! ”

Yang Shisheng returned to Yang's mansion with his wife and daughter, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw a person walking out of the hall. He looked to be about forty years old, medium to tall, with a tall figure, a rectangular face, thick black eyebrows, deep eyes, and a short beard of three inches under his chin, this person was Yang Shisheng's brother Yang Shilin. Behind Yang Shilin, there was also a Confucian scholar in his thirties with a thin body, who was the master of the Yang Mansion.

Yang Shilin had already gotten the news and was relieved to see his younger brother's family come back safely. He stepped forward and said with concern: "Shisheng, are Yulan and Qian'er okay?" Yang Shisheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay!" Those who were soldiers had to take them away, and I took them back! Then he turned to his wife and daughter, and said, "Go back to the house and rest." The mother and daughter said yes, turned and walked away.

Waiting for his brother-in-law and niece to walk away, Yang Shilin sighed and said, "Zhu Cang's forced conscription of women and children as military rations is really unconscionable!" Yang Shisheng was hot-tempered, and said loudly: "Big brother, master, you have to think of a way quickly, you can't let them do this nonsense!" The master smiled: "Second master, don't worry, my uncle and I are trying to figure out a way." ”

While the three men were talking, a man in his twenties dressed in coarse cloth ran in from outside the gate. He was out of breath and looked panicked, and when he saw the three of them, he hurriedly ran over, knelt on the ground with a "plop" and cried: "Uncle, second master, save my wife and children!" After that, his forehead touched the ground, and he knocked his head several times in a row.

Yang Shilin hurriedly stepped forward to help the other party up, and said, "Yang Rong, what happened?" Stand up and speak well. Yang Rong wiped the tears on his face with his sleeve and said, "Just now, a group of soldiers broke into my house and took away my wife and two children. Uncle, please save them! ”

When the master heard this, he looked at Yang Shilin and said, "Uncle, you can't hesitate any longer." Without further ado, let's do what we have discussed, shall we? Yang Shilin pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It's not time yet, besides, it's important to save people." He turned to Yang Rong and said, "Don't worry, I'll go to the barracks to find Niu Wuqi immediately!" When Yang Rong heard this, he was naturally very grateful.

Yang Shilin left the Yang Mansion with his master and came to the barracks by carriage. There were 10,000 troops of Zhu Cang stationed in Nanyang City, and the general who led the troops was named Niu Wuqi. The two got out of the carriage and walked to the gate, where Yang Shilin reported his name to the soldiers standing guard, saying that he wanted to see their commander. A soldier went in to report, and came back after a while and said, "Master Yang, please!" ”

Under the leadership of the soldier, the two came to the Chinese military tent, walked in to take a look, and saw a short and fat guy with a fat head and big ears sitting behind the desk. His eyes were shining, like two small light bulbs.

"General Niu, Yang is polite!" Yang Shilin bowed his hand.

Niu Wuqi had a very arrogant attitude, sat there as steady as Mount Tai, neither got up to return the salute, nor gave up his seat, but said: "Master Yang, if you have anything, just say it." ”

"General Niu, Yang came here today for nothing else, just because my distant nephew Yang Rong's wife and two children were captured by your soldiers, please General Niu look at Yang's thin face, can you let them go?"

Niu Wuqi frowned, and said unhappily: "Master Yang, your Yang Mansion has a big business, I can not move the people of your Yang Mansion for your sake of your face." However, if even the people of the Yang clan can't be arrested, isn't it too much? And so on, I can't move a single bit of the people in Nanyang City? ”

Yang Shilin arched his hand and said: "My nephew is still waiting in the cold house, begging General Niu for mercy, even if he pities him, let that lady live a few ways, okay?" Niu Wuqi said with a straight face: "Don't say it, your request, Ben Shuai can't agree!" After that, he picked up the tea cup on the table, "Send off!" As soon as his words fell, two soldiers walked in from outside the tent and blasted Yang Shilin and the master out of the tent.

The two left the barracks in disgrace and returned to the carriage. After the carriage started, the master said: "Uncle, these cannibalistic demons have hearts that are harder than stones, it is useless to beg them, or do it according to the method we discussed!" The Book of Changes says: 'Good is not enough to become famous, and evil is not enough to perish'. Zhu Cang's forced conscription of women and children as military rations has long been angry and resentful, and people and gods are angry. This Nanyang city is like being covered with dry firewood, as long as a fire, it can form a prairie fire. At that time, we can take the opportunity to revive the foundation of the Yang clan of the Di clan! ……”

What the master said about reviving the foundation of the Yang clan of the Di clan refers to the restoration of the Qiu Chi country. Qiuchi State was founded by Yang Maosou, the first generation descendant of the Yang clan of the Di nationality, and its territory was mainly in the area of Wudu County in Longnan, and it was named after the political center of Qiuchi Mountain when it was founded. The Qiuchi State was founded five times and destroyed five times, and it existed for more than 300 years, almost spanning the entire Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period.

The Di people already existed in the Shang Dynasty, and it is generally believed that the Di people are of the same origin as the Qiang people, and originally lived mainly in the southwest region. In 111 B.C., Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up Wudu County in the tribe of the Di people, and the Di people officially accepted the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The Di people are an agricultural group, and like the Han people, men and women are engaged in farming and weaving, and they are also engaged in animal husbandry. The language of the Di people is close to that of the Qiang people, most of them are proficient in Chinese, many of them use Han surnames, and their clothing is deeply influenced by the Qiang and Han people.

During the Western Jin Dynasty, the Qiang, Di and other ethnic minorities living in Yongzhou and Taizhou launched an uprising, and the rebel army elected Qi Wannian as the leader. Soon, Qi Wannian proclaimed himself emperor and led his troops to besiege Jingyang. Speaking of Qi Wannian, we have to mention Zhou.