Chapter 8: Set Fire to the Mountain!
Doctor Niu Renhe left the barracks and went to Shicun. But he said that he had also practiced flying immortals, drawing talismans and spells, and walking on top of trees, as light as the wind without being noticed, and several times faster than riding a horse. When he arrived in Shicun, he stayed overnight in Wang Erwu's compound. Early the next morning, I went outside the house and waited for the master to come out. Although he didn't know that the prince was going to burn the mountain, he had already realized that something big would start from this stone village, and this time he came from the stone cliff village where he lived for this reason, and he felt that what he was thinking was true when he arrived here.
Niu Renhe waited for a few days, but finally did not meet Mrs. Wang coming out of the house. However, in Shicun, I heard that there were many more soldiers in the barracks, as well as several capable generals under the general, among whom there was a strategist who was cut off. When Niu Renhe heard the reputation of the strategist, he was worried, fearing that he would see through his deception and find out the relationship between the death of the captain and Ishimura, so he secretly went to the mountains and fields several times, and carefully explored and cleaned up the place where the officers and soldiers died, so as not to find any traces for the strategist.
This time, Niu Renhe just returned to the village from outside, passing by Mrs. Wang's house, but saw that Mrs. Wang was sitting on the stone pier at the door to rest, so he went up to greet and talk, Mrs. Wang only squinted his eyes and sat there silently, Niu Renhe asked about the recent climate and geography, Mrs. Wang waved his hand and didn't say anything. Niu Renhe asked about Mrs. Wang's recent plans, but Mrs. Wang still shook his head and didn't say anything.
On this day, it was the twenty-eighth day, and Wang Erwu had already obeyed the arrangement of the prince, found a few reliable strongmen in the village, and found a few leaders of the cottage, and prepared to go to the mountain at night to prepare to burn the mountain.
Niu Renhe didn't know that when it was getting dark, he was lighting an oil lamp in the middle of the house, reading a book, and suddenly felt sleepy, closed his eyes and took a nap, and suddenly felt a strange wind blowing over his body. So he got up and wanted to go outside the house to see, but the door was locked from the outside by somebody, and then the window was also tied by chains, Niu Renhe pushed the door hard, not moving, he knew that something was going to happen, and he couldn't stop it, so he threw it to read, and the book couldn't read, sighing a few times, and went to the bed to meditate.
The king and the others sneaked out of the village, led by the long-maned goat, and went down the path and ditch into the mountains. Because there were many officers and soldiers stationed in this mountain to suppress demons, and at the same time they made greater efforts to search for the fugitives, they were very careful, and also relied on the agility of the goats, bypassed the place where the officers and soldiers were, walked for two or three hours, and arrived at a place that was open and facing the mountains on one half side, and no one knew where it was, even the leader of the cottage who often crawled in the mountains could not recognize what the boundary was.
Several people were strong and out of breath when they dared to go these ways, and sat on the ground to rest, waiting for the goat's command. The goats also lay down on the ground to rest, listening to the wind. Let's say that the night was very gloomy, with dark clouds covering the moon, and darkness everywhere was quiet. Wang Erwu looked at this day and felt that it was going to rain, and he didn't wonder how to burn the mountain.
When it was almost ugly, a strong wind suddenly rose, and the trees in the vicinity and on the nearby mountains rattled and were extremely terrifying. The dark clouds in the sky also blew quickly to the northeast for this wind, and the moon came out, and a piece of silver light shone here, but I saw the surrounding barren grass, fallen leaves, and many withered yellow trees. Everyone knew that the wind had changed, and they began to prepare.
After a while, the goat ran a few steps forward, and the people followed. The goats ran in succession in several places, and all of them stopped howling a few times, and one or two of them stayed here to start a fire. The wind is getting stronger and stronger, that is, it is a posture that even people are blown away. The people hurriedly supported each other, and saw the fire rise up, and in an instant it swept through the entire valley, and then spread several hills.
Everyone had also seen many great battles, and now they were also shocked by the momentum of the fire in front of them. The goats took the lead, and several people jumped into a ditch in support of each other against the strong wind, hid in the shadows, and returned to the stone village.
The cow had been meditating until midnight, and he also heard the wind blowing, and the chains on the doors and windows rattled, and there was no more movement as if the wind had blown away. Niu Renhe got up from the bed, pushed the door and saw that the chain was gone, the door had been opened, and the power of the wind was so fierce, but the door could not be grasped in his hand, he hurriedly held the door with both hands and closed the door again. I think that the prince's plan may have been completed, and it is irretrievable. He listened to the wind, and wanted to hear any great movement on all sides, but the wind was too loud to hear anything.