Early the next morning, Fu Ning and the others packed their luggage and left Mingcheng. On the way, I found two fast horses and went all the way south to Jinling.

More than a month later, the two came to the intersection of Shandong and Tianjing provinces and stopped outside a city. At this time, it was just early winter, the weather was getting colder, and Fu Ning had no internal force to protect his body, so he had already put on a layer of cotton clothes.

"When you enter Nanzhou City later, you must be cautious in your words and deeds, you must not mess around with your temperament, don't be surprised if you see anything along the way, just don't be surprised. Liu Liu instructed carefully, with a solemn face.

Fu Ning was a little unimpressed by his senior brother's attitude, so he dealt with the past casually, and led the horse into the city. Seeing this, Liu Liu sighed lightly and followed.

When the two entered the city, they did not dare to linger longer, and went straight to the south of the city. Fu Ning walked all the way, only to see that the city was in chaos, full of collapsed houses and wooden buildings, and some wounded soldiers were resting in the ruins, most of them missing arms and legs, which was miserable.

"Senior Brother......

"Shut up!"

Fu Ning wanted to ask something, but was stopped by Liu Liu's words, and the two walked for more than an hour before they walked out of Nanzhou City.

Out of the city, Fu Ning's heart was relieved, and he suddenly felt that the pressure was greatly reduced, and he was about to pour out a full stomach full of questions, but suddenly gasped. But I saw that there were two rows of wooden stakes erected on both sides of the official road not far away, and the heads were nailed to them, and I couldn't see the heads at a glance.

The two gradually approached, and Fu Ning looked carefully, only to see that each of these heads had a long braid, and some of their faces had rotted, revealing two black hole hole sockets.

"It's ......"

"The long hair of the Taiping army was captured by the Qing army, and his head was cut off and hung here for public display. Liu Liu glanced at it and said casually.

"It's too ......"

"It's too cruel? Hmph! This is already light, do you know how many families have been ruined and displaced by the uprising of the long-haired army? Since the war has been launched, you must be prepared to be beheaded. Liu Liu sneered.

Fu Ning didn't dare to agree, but he couldn't say anything to refute. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I have heard a lot of things from the refugees who fled to the top in recent days. People say that Hong Xiuquan is a lucky star sent by God, and this holy war is to save the people from the Qing army and benefit the people. I have also heard that the Taiping Army has also put forward slogans such as "pay taxes lightly and equalize the rich and the poor," "in the future, rent will be waived for three years," and "equal land to help the poor," and so on, so that everyone can have land to grow and everyone to eat. ”

"I've heard and heard, but have you ever seen anything with your own eyes? I only know that I don't know how many people have died since the rebellion of this long-haired army. Do you really think that there are so many people in Nayang City and other places, and they all fled and escaped!" Liu Liu was irritable for a while, shook his head and continued: "As for that Hong Xiuquan, hum, it's just a chaotic minister and thief." If he is really as selfless as he says, and wants everyone to be the masters of the house, how can he call himself the king and be the king of Hongtian? I see, it is just for his own selfish interests. ”

Fu Ning pondered when he heard this, and stopped talking.

After walking for a while, Liu Liu pulled Fu Ning into a forest, put his hair down, tied it into braids, and then walked out.

"If you enter the long-haired territory in the same way as before, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome. Liu Liu said.

The two entered the territory of the Taiping Army, and saw that both sides of the road were similar to Nanzhou City, and rows of wooden stakes were erected, and heads were nailed to the piles, but they were replaced with short hair. Fu Ning shook his head and stopped looking.

said that the two entered Tianjing, and went all the way in, until they got out of the battle circle, and then they found an inn to live in. In the middle of the night, Liu Liu entered the room and handed a note to Fu Ning: "Master and Master have also gone down the mountain, and now they are in Shandong, tell us to wait for a while, and then go to Jinling together after we meet." ”

The two stayed in the local area for two days, this place is not far from the battlefield, and it is not peaceful, Fu Ning is afraid that there will be another disaster for the master to see, so he has been staying in the room to sleep. Liu Liu is not afraid, he wanders outside day and night, not knowing what he is doing.

Two days later, the senior brother came back and called Fu Ning out of the inn and took him to a restaurant.

As soon as he went up to the second floor, Fu Ning saw an acquaintance, his eyes lit up, and he immediately sneaked over and threw his fist. The man was looking at the scenery outside the window, but suddenly heard a gust of wind behind him, his expression froze, and he was about to draw his sword, but the corner of his eye swept to the side of Liu Liu, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he changed his sword to push his palm, and easily unloaded Fu Ning's fist: "Little junior brother, don't mess around." ”

Fu Ning was deflated and said, "Second Senior Brother, your skills have grown again, I'm afraid it's the thickness of a lizi, right?"

The second senior brother smiled indifferently and was about to answer, but his face suddenly changed, and then he took out his handkerchief, covered his mouth and nose and coughed for a while, and only took it away for a while, Fu Ning saw that there was a small blood stain on the handkerchief.

"Second Senior Brother, your illness is serious again. ”

The second senior brother forced a smile and said, "It's okay, it's an old problem." He turned to Liu Liu and nodded: "Fourth junior brother." ”

"Second Senior Brother. Liu Liu saluted.

"Master and lady have been waiting in the room for a long time, you guys go in first, we'll talk about the old later. ”

Fu Ning and the others nodded in agreement, pushed the door and walked in.

"Master. ”

"Old man Lu!"

"Master. ”

"Master. ”

The two of them stood still at the door and bowed. But I heard two coquettish cries sounding at the same time:

"Little junior brother!" "Senior Brother Fu." ”

Fu Ning turned around and saluted again: "Senior Sister Su, Senior Sister Zhen." ”

But I saw two women sitting in the corner of the room, with a chessboard in the middle, and half of the chess game was placed. The two of them saw Fu Ning Shili, the older one nodded slightly, which was considered to be a response, but the other younger one didn't care about it, and pounced directly, pinched the fat on Fu Ning's face, and said, "Little junior brother, do you miss me?"

Fu Ning was helpless, and he didn't struggle, and said: "I think about it, Senior Sister Yue'er, your hand strength is big again, and if you pinch it again, I'm afraid that Senior Brother will break it." ”

"It's strange to think about it, I see that you have gained a lot of weight recently, presumably the days under the mountain are quite nourishing!" Su Yue let go of Fu Ning, but knocked him on the head again.

Fu Ning touched his head: "Senior sister, I have wronged me by saying this." ”

"Moon girl, don't make trouble, let your junior brother take a break quickly. But at this moment, a warm voice sounded from the side.

Fu Ning turned around, and it was a beautiful woman who was talking, looking dressed up to be in her forties, but her skin was well maintained, not much worse than that of ordinary girls.

"Master!"

This woman is the lady of the head of Pingdingshan - "Thousand Miles Hand" Feng Yuling.

"Eh, son, come and show my wife. Feng Yuling hurriedly agreed, beckoned Fu Ning to his side, and took his arm to look at it carefully: "Eh, I'm tanned, I'm afraid I've suffered a lot during this time, right?"

"Look, look, my sister called the little junior brother as her own son again. Su Yue joked on the side and said to Zhen Yuqing beside her.

"Master ......"

Fu Ning was ashamed and glanced at his master.

"It's okay, let's ignore them and let them talk. Ning'er, you are my son, my own son, my heart and soul baby. ”

Su Yue rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, yes, the little junior brother is your son, your baby." Hmph, I won't tell you, second senior brother, let's go! Without saying anything, he pulled the second senior brother out of the room.

The master held Fu Ning in her arms for a while, Liu Liu was reporting the recent situation to the master, Zhen Yuqing was still sitting in the corner studying her chess game, and after a while, the master turned around and called the master to stop: "Okay, madam, let the children play while they go, I'll talk to you about some serious things." ”

Fu Ning was pardoned, and quickly got out of the arms of his sister and fled to Senior Sister Zhen.

Feng Yuling smiled angrily, shook her head for a while, didn't say much, and turned around to talk to her husband. Fu Ning got free, came to the chessboard, grabbed a sunspot and said to Zhen Yuqing: "Come on, come on, let me accompany Senior Sister in the second half of the game, and see what kind of chess game makes Senior Sister so fascinated." ”

Zhen Yuqing smiled when he heard this, and he was about to stretch out his hand to mess up the chess game: "It's just playing with my junior sister, and I can't get on the table." ”

Fu Ning hurriedly stopped and said, "Senior sister doesn't have to be modest, Fu Ning boasted that he had read some chess games, and he should be able to accompany his senior sister to a duel." So without waiting for the senior sister to agree, he leaned over and looked at the chess game.

After half a ring, Fu Ning raised his head with a strange expression, hesitated for a moment, and then said suspiciously: "This is ...... Backgammon?"

The senior sister's cheeks were red, and she bowed her head and said nothing.

Liu Liu hurriedly came up to play a round game: "The stinky boy has a lot of tricks, what kind of chess do you play?" Your second senior brother and senior sister Su are all down there, why don't you go down and drink!"

Fu Ning reacted and hurriedly snorted: "Yes, yes, look at my brain, what do you think! Drink, drink." So the two looked at each other and smiled, hugged Zhen Yuqing, got up and went down to the second floor.

Everyone reunited after a long absence, and there were endless words for a while, and between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, they got drunk one after another, even Senior Sister Zhen, who had always been Sven, could not shirk it, and was drunk and unconscious by everyone.

Early the next morning, everyone went on the road with a decanting stone in their mouths, only to feel a splitting headache and miserable.

The master was disgusted, but she thought it was funny, and she didn't say much, and rode a horse and led the way side by side with her husband.

(To be continued)