"None of them are there?! The official also saw that there was no one in the villages now! When they saw us coming in, they all ran away! In the past, there were still some people who were not involved in this matter who stayed in the village and perfunctory their inquiries about us, but this time it was completely empty. Feng Zhixian paced back and forth in front of the official sedan chair, feeling very impatient in his heart, "You go into the people's houses separately! Wait until they come back!

The officers and soldiers who searched in the surrounding villages got Feng Zhixian's order to find some suitable houses and went in to rest. Feng Zhixian also took a few officers and soldiers into a nearby house of a person who did not lock the door, and the village, which was originally a chicken and a dog, was temporarily quiet.

Tao Ziyun asked Cao Zhuohuang with concern: "Uncle Cao, what should you people do?"

Cao Jiaohuang thought for a while, and said to everyone: "It's not suitable for us to go home now, let's go to the rice fields we rent and plant and remove the weeds!"

The old, weak, sick and disabled who stopped the official sedan chair to petition agreed and scattered to the rice fields.

Tao Ziyun held the two children, followed Cao Jiaohuang with Moss Yu and Yuyuan in the maze, and when they came to the rice field rented by Uncle Cao's family to see, the soil in the field had opened wide cracks, and the rice was close to the edge of dryness.

A fast horse ran in from the mountain pass, and an officer and soldier drove the horse over, and he looked around, but did not find the officers and soldiers, so he asked Tao Ziyun about the whereabouts of Feng Zhixian.

Tao Ziyun and the officer and soldier didn't know each other, so they asked him what was the matter with Feng Zhixian.

The officer and soldier were still frank, and he replied without any scruples: "The county government has received a document from the superiors, saying that it is Lord Tao of Jiangnan Province, the superintendent of the Imperial Palace, who is about to come to inspect, and the other adults who stayed in the county government asked Feng Zhixian to go back immediately to discuss countermeasures, and prepare to meet Lord Tao." ”

Tao Ziyun pointed to the village where Feng Zhixian was located: "You go over there and call Feng Zhixian again, and he will come out." ”

The officers and men rode their horses into the village as they were told.

Cao Mustard, who heard those conversations. The mood suddenly changed: "They have something, and the officers and soldiers are about to retreat!"

Tao Ziyun was also happy in his heart: "Haha, let's see them busy." ”

Next, I saw the officer and soldier who came on horseback to report the news, opening the road in front, and the officer and soldier followed behind with a sedan chair, and the other officers and soldiers did not follow out!

The officers and men on horseback shouted in all directions: "Officers and men, listen up! Lord Feng ordered -- each of them lay in ambush in the people's houses, waiting for an opportunity to arrest those people!"

It's just that Feng Zhixian left! Uncle Cao saw that things had progressed to this point, and couldn't help but cry out bitterly: "It's troublesome now, if the villagers come back." They will collide head-on with those officers and soldiers, and things will be even more difficult to get out of order! The villagers will not be caught with their hands tied!"

Moss Yu also interjected sympathetically: "Yes, those officers and soldiers are all equipped with waist knives and spears in their hands, which is not good for the villagers!"

Uncle Cao said with sorrow: "It's not so dangerous to deal with those ordinary officers and soldiers, and the world is difficult now. The thieves swarmed, and the villagers had the style of practicing martial arts, although the weapons used were only farm tools used for farm work on weekdays. It can also deal with fierce robbers at any time, and has been used to deal with officers and soldiers recently. If the grudges with the officers and soldiers are too deep, there will be no peace!

The people here use agricultural tools as weapons. And he is good at martial arts, this situation made Tao Ziyun interested.

Because Tao Ziyun went to the border last time to fight, he saw his in-law Zuo Zongtang fighting with a coffin, which could be used to deter the enemy. And he Tao Ziyun. Seeing a lot of soldiers buried on the spot after they died in battle, and there was not even a coffin, my mood was complicated. Officers and enlisted men. It was also raised by his father and mother little by little. He did not seek that superior condition over the soldiers who shared weal and woe, and the last time he was at the border pass, he told the generals that he wanted to find someone who used hoes, pickaxes, shovels, and the like as weapons to be his generals, and if he died in battle, he did not want to be buried in a coffin, so that the generals who accompanied him could use the digging tools used as weapons to bury him at any time. Find someone like that, and now the opportunity has come.

If he has a subordinate who uses digging tools and weapons, if he fights again, he can proclaim this heroic feeling of "bury me if I die", fight with the determination to fight to the death, and deter the enemy to the greatest extent!

Tao Ziyun, who was looking for the mind of this kind of general, asked Uncle Cao enthusiastically: "Who is the strongest martial artist here?"

"It's not me bragging, in this neighborhood, the best martial arts is none other than my nephew!" Uncle Cao replied proudly.

The best martial artist is Uncle Cao's nephew, Tao Ziyun feels that it is more necessary to ask Uncle Cao for news: "Who is your nephew?

"My nephew's name is Liu Shan, the word Shanqiu, he just turned 20 years old this year, and the recent harvest is not good, and it is too late to talk about marriage. In fact, my nephew is self-taught, he created a set of martial arts based on the actions of daily labor, and then taught the villagers to practice together. Because my nephew started early and is smart, he is naturally the strongest person in martial arts!" Uncle Cao became more and more excited, as if he had forgotten the predicament they were currently in, "Defeating Wu Qizhong's family and officers and soldiers was the one my nephew led the group to do!"

Tao Ziyun understood now: "No wonder, you took a group of people to the mountain pass to stop the official sedan chair today, ostensibly to let the government provide disaster relief, but in fact, in order to help your nephew delay time, and let people report to let them escape in time." ”

Cao Jiaohuang, who was originally unwary of Tao Ziyun and them, heard Tao Ziyun say this, and still asked Tao Ziyun vigilantly: "I am so old, I have read countless people in my life, I think although you are not like a person who grows crops, but you are not like a bad person, so I have no reservations about speaking to you, but I hope you will not harm us." ”

Tao Ziyun smiled and said to Cao Jiaohuang kindly: "Uncle Cao, you don't have to worry, we are just here to see the scenery now, we are curious about the broken spring water here, and we are also very interested in the bluestone pit in the mountain." Okay, let's go to the foot of the mountain now and see what is going on with the broken spring, and then, go to the mountain and see what the big bluestone crater looks like when it's full of clear water. ”

"You really seem to be tourists, we are going through all kinds of hardships and hardships here, if you want to play, just have fun!" Uncle Cao finished speaking, and he was busy pulling weeds from the rice he rented.

Tao Ziyun hugged his daughter and son, beckoned Moss Yu and Yuyuan to be in the lost city, and walked towards the foot of the mountain in front of him.

The mountain, which is basically made of large bluestone, is covered with pine trees and various weeds. At the foot of the mountain, there are several springs in the sand and stones, only the slightest spring water flows out slowly, and there are no pedestrians nearby, a desolate scene.

"Go to the mountains and see the big lake formed by the big bluestone pit. Tao Ziyun, Moss Yu, and Yuyuan glanced at each other in the maze and flew into the mountain. (To be continued......)