Text Chapter 18 The Sixteen Cities of Guanbei

Master Zhang is also a cunning character, if it weren't for the unexpected arrival of the enemy army this time, how could Master Zhang have fallen here?

The three caves of the cunning rabbit, Master Zhang has been preparing, and the surface of the Zhang Mansion he left behind has been emptied, but there are still a few secret rooms that are still intact.

There are a total of five secret rooms in Zhang's mansion, and Ye Tong is in a hurry, so he only found two secret rooms, and also emptied two secret rooms. There are three secret rooms left, two of which are hidden in gold, and one of which hides all kinds of valuable sundries that the Zhang Mansion has collected over the years.

At the beginning, only Zhang Hui, Master Zhang, Second Master, and Mrs. Zhang knew about these secret rooms.

At this time, only Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu knew about these secret rooms.

One of the secret rooms is in the back garden, and the entrance and exit are in the middle of the pond on that side.

The pond is built on top of a living spring, and unless the spring withers, it is difficult for the chamber to be revealed.

However, even if the spring is dry, the chamber is still very hidden.

First of all, you need to clean up the silt and stones in the pond, and then pull the hidden mechanism at the rockery, and the steel plate covering the pond will be opened, revealing a vertical secret passage of one square size, and the secret passage can be two feet deep to really find the secret room.

Since it is under a pond, it is filled with water all year round. If you want to get something out of the secret room, you need to hold your breath and sneak into it and take it out. If you want to hide something in it, you need to wrap a layer of kraft oil paper to prevent it from being corroded by water.

In this secret room, Master Zhang has exhausted his thoughts. Three feet deep, ordinary surveyors can not touch the iron wall when they insert things vertically from above; in order to prevent the secret room from collapsing, more than a dozen high-grade hundred-year-old sandalwood trees are used, and they are covered with iron and cowhide.

Such a secret room, without knowing it, wants to find it, unless it is lucky.

Zhang Hui opened this secret room, if nothing else, it was the gun that Master Zhang used before his death, the armor of the second master, and some of the armor that he picked up from the battlefield, and after wrapping them in a layer of cowhide, he threw them down from the secret passage.

I didn't go to see what else was hidden in the secret room, anyway, I couldn't bring anything with me when I went to Prison Cloud Pass this time, and these things would not be hidden in it. What's more, the old mansion of Prison Yunguan still has a certain amount of gold and silver, and it will not be a problem to live in the future.

Close the secret room and refill it with mud and stones.

After everything was cleaned up, it was already the middle of the night, and Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu, who had not slept for so long, finally fell asleep.

The next day, when the sky was bright, Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu got up to light a fire and cook, preparing to leave here after eating the last meal.

Maybe it will be possible to come back in the future, and it is possible to cook rice in it, but how much is this possibility? Zhang Hui doesn't know, no one knows.

It's still the same, I made some porridge and added some minced meat to enhance the taste. Of course, if they are going to travel far away, Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu naturally can't just drink and eat porridge, and each of them is holding half a chicken to gnaw over there.

Zhang Qi watched them eat roast chicken the whole time, tears rolling in his eyes, but he seemed to know that he could only eat liquid food at present, so he didn't cry after all, he could only get angry and drink porridge in a big gulp.

The large quantities of gold and silver were sewn into the garments, and only scattered pieces of silver were left on the body. It is impossible to bring more clothes, in fact, Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu did not bring a change of clothes, only Zhang Qi wanted to use clothes.

Afraid of Zhang Qi's delicate skin, Zhang Hui didn't dare to bring coarse cloth, and all he brought was silk. Because he didn't want to cause trouble when he fled, Zhang Hui hid these silk fabrics very tightly to avoid being targeted.

Stepping out of the gate of Zhang's mansion, Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu turned around and knelt down and kowtowed to the gate. When I looked inside Zhang's Mansion from the outside, what did I see? It was a memory, a scene from the past.

As the door was slowly closed, everything in the past disappeared in front of Zhang Hui's eyes.

After today, Zhang Hui is still the same Zhang Hui, but he is no longer the same Zhang Hui in the past.

Out of Zhang's Mansion and walking south, there were only two or three people on the street at this time, and they were fleeing from this place with their bags on their backs. Looking at this county again, the depression is fully revealed.

From now on, there will be no one in Zhang County, and it will definitely fall into ruins. The Zhang family has worked hard for so many years in this frontier to make Zhang County what it is today. But a military disaster, Zhang County was gone.

You can't blame these worlds for being too cruel, this world has never been merciful in the first place. If you want to blame the Zhang family yourself, you can only blame the Zhang family themselves, came to this frontier where opportunities and risks coexist, as the old saying goes, often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet.

Step by step away from the county, Zhang Qi on Zhang Hui's back, stretched out his hand to Zhang County, his eyes seemed to be reluctant, and he wanted to hold Zhang County in the palm of his hand, but he could only reach out and grab the north with the smell of horse manure.

Seeing this, Zhang Wu felt a little unbearable in his heart, touched his head, and pretended to be relaxed: "Let's go back to our hometown, there are a lot of delicious foods over there." ”

Zhang Qi naturally didn't understand Zhang Wu's words, but Zhang Wu made a eating action, which made Zhang Qi burst into tears and laughed.

At the moment when the morning sun rises, at the moment when the first rays of the morning sun shine on the face of the open. He tilted his head, clenched his fists and smiled.

The sun shone on the world, illuminating the way forward, and the wisps of red light shone on Zhang Hui's body, sweeping away the haze of the previous days. Although he is still hurting for the loss of his loved ones, he has also looked down a lot, understanding that the deceased has passed away, and there is still the sunny road in front of him who is still alive.

The mood was much better, Zhang Hui sang loudly to the road ahead: "Young and long-winded, the night pillow cause and effect of the galaxy is wide." The Yao River warms the wine with the moonset, and the wine is extremely lying in the mountains and rivers outside the clouds. ”

At this time, there were still a few people on the road, and when they saw Zhang Hui so "happy", they couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

Someone recognized him as the eldest young master of the Zhang family, and at this time, everyone was a fugitive, so they naturally wouldn't meddle in their affairs. just shook his head secretly, scolding Zhang Hui in his heart for not knowing filial piety.

"It's a pity that all the horses are gone, otherwise it is easy to go to the prison cloud pass, this way by foot, if you go slowly, you may not be able to reach your hometown next year when the snow falls." Zhang Wu's mood was also affected, and the simple smile returned to his face again.

"What about slowness? You and I haven't seen the scenery of the sixteen cities in the snowy north of Guanbei, and I am going to take a good look at it all the way back, and maybe I can sing a few poems that have been passed down through the ages. I'm just worried about Uncle Zhang, and the little lady of the Fang family, and this little girl. If it doesn't work, buy a horse and ride back after entering the ghost city. ”

The sixteen cities of Guanbei refer to: You, Shun, Confucian, Tan, Ji, Zhuo, Ying, Mo, Xin, Fei, Wu, Wei, Ying, Huan, Shuo, and Yun Sixteen Cities, which are the frontier cities of the Qin State in the land of Guanbei, and have always been heavily guarded, and are the artificial barriers of the Qianli territory of the Guanbei of the Qin State.

Among the sixteen cities, most of Zhang Hui can be bypassed, but the terrain of the ghost city is steep, it is sandwiched between two high mountains, which can be said to be the most important barrier in Guanbei, this city whether Zhang Hui wants to see it or not, must enter the city gate to pass.

Of course, everything has to start step by step, no matter what happens in the future, there are two roads in front of Zhang Hui now, one is the big road. The so-called most dangerous place is the safest place, and at this time, many people from all over the road are gathered on this road.

The other is not a road, it is a mountain forest trail, more precisely, a mountain forest, there is no trail. These mountains are not high, generally one or two hundred zhang high hills, but they stretch for hundreds of miles, and there is no end in sight. As long as you follow these mountains to the south, you will be able to go all the way to the secluded city.

There are not many trees in the mountains and forests, and they are even more depressed because of the fall of the leaves in autumn, and they can only shelter two or three people. The brigade of people and horses will definitely not be able to pass through here, and once there are fewer people, the fierce beasts in the mountains and forests will dare to commit murder.

According to Zhang Wu's statement, "Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the Diao people, and they carry so much grain on their backs to the main road, it is inevitable that some people will have bad intentions? It is not that they cannot solve these Diao people, nor that they cannot bear to do it, but the main reason is that they have no time to deal with these people." ”

In order to ignore these people, Zhang Hui took the two of them to the mountains and forests.

"Wu, if you encounter something like a wolf, a calf, or something like that, just make some bones and stew some soup for you to drink, and you can't just eat porridge. Zhang Hui took a spear to explore the way, and there was nothing to say to Zhang Wu.

Luckily, after only walking in this mountain, someone blocked the way, hiding in a tree and suddenly jumping in front of them, Zhang Wu didn't know why he couldn't detect them before, he could only blame them for hiding well.

The two people in front of them were wearing leather armor, carrying a longbow on their backs, and hanging a sword from their waists. Zhang Hui is also well-informed, and he knows at a glance that their equipment looks ancient, but the value is definitely above 100 gold.

Their eyes are like electricity, their bodies are like mountains, and their steps are steady. In this mountain forest full of fallen leaves, they pressed towards Zhang Hui step by step, but they didn't make any sound.

Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu glanced at each other and were about to run away, but as soon as they turned around, they both crashed into the chests of others.

I don't know when, three more people were standing behind them.

These five people are the royal account family cavalry team sent by the prince of Sang Guo last night. He was originally going back to Zhang County to recover his life, but he happened to bump into Zhang Hui and the others who came up from the mountain, so he hid.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu held spears in their hands, their backs to each other.

From Zhang Hui's voice, you can still hear the trembling.

"Give up your resistance and lay down your arms. One person stood up and said to Zhang Hui in a deep voice. "Who are you, where did you come from, and where are you going?"

Zhang Hui naturally couldn't put down the weapon in his hand, this is the only thing that can protect himself at present, although it doesn't seem to be of any use, it is his last straw, after thinking for a while, Zhang Hui swallowed a mouthful of saliva and replied: "We are just refugees, we want to go south." ”

For tigers, there is really no difference between dogs and chickens. Although Zhang Hui is holding a "stick", for them riding in the imperial tent, there is actually no difference from ordinary refugees.

They didn't want to trouble Zhang Hui and them, but it was Zhang Hui and Zhang Wu who walked straight towards this mountain and ran into them directly.

They came out last night and searched around Zhangxian several times, but they didn't find any troops, they didn't find any "evidence" or "handle" that could be handed over to the prince, and they didn't gain anything, so they just grabbed a few people and tortured them.

Just as the man was about to make a move, Zhang Qi poked his head out from behind Zhang Hui, smiled at the royal tent, and reached out to greet him.

I don't know if Zhang Qi made it himself, or Zhang Hui didn't get it right, and the silk diaper clamped in Zhang Qi's crotch showed a corner.

Many people say that they are hard-hearted, but people's hearts are flesh and blood, especially those who have killed a lot of people, they will want to love more and more, want to love others, and want to be loved by others.

However, the Royal Tent is a demon for most people, and love is a luxury for them, so they love their infant children, because no one but a child will accept the love of a demon.

Zhang Qi is cute, especially when he laughs. The royal tent rider rubbed his face, so that it could bend the corners of its mouth slightly, and gave Zhang a smile that he thought was very friendly, but he was numb to killing, how could his smile be good-looking?

I smiled twice at this one, and then noticed the corner of silk on my crotch. He pointed to the silk and said to Zhang Hui with a gloomy face: "You still say that you are an ordinary refugee?"