There was drizzling drizzle in the sky, and the mountain road was steep and slippery.A group of people wearing strong and sharp legs were trekking hard on the road like a long dragon.
There was a ding-clang clang sound of armor colliding in the air, and people were panting everywhere.The temperature in the mountains is even lower, and many people are spitting white steam in their mouths.
Hu Yi's robe was covered with mud, and his head was also tilted. He fell more than once. The rain didn't hurt much, and it just soaked the road. Under a thin layer of mud, there was hard soil, and the road surface was slipperier.
He held a wooden stick, opened his mouth like a fish leaving the water, panting like a bellows, but he didn't hum and scream.
Not only was he trying hard to climb the mountain, he also took the time to ask Duan Yang's words before: Mrs. Duan think about it again, is there any path left behind?
Duan Yang, who was walking in front of Hu Yi, was much easier than Hu Yi.Although she is a woman, she is a martial arts practitioner, and she is not comparable to a civil servant like Hu Yi.
Duan Yang looked back and said: The stream beside us is called Baishixi, this is the closest way to Lanfeng.We went up the mountain from the east of Diancang Mountain, and the two nearest roads in the north and south directions were all soldiered up the mountain; the other roads were far away, and there were also people blocking the intersection.There is really no way to go!
Hu Yi asked again: Where is the west?Can people from the Lanfeng temple run to the west?
Duan Yang immediately shook his head and said: No!The temple is not on the top of Lanfeng Peak, and the top of the peak is cliffs and cannot be reached from near Lanfeng Temple.Even if someone takes a detour and crosses the mountain, there is no way to go; the mountains to the west are even steeper, with cliffs everywhere, and there is no people.
To the west of the mountain peak, there is a river going down the mountain; when the river flows down to Sancha River, there are Yi villages.But the river was very turbulent, with waterfalls and reefs everywhere. If people drifted along the river, they would have been killed long ago. Even mountain people could not go down the mountain from that place, let alone those who are used to being pampered...
Just then, someone suddenly shouted in front of him: There is a house above.The troops were on guard and let the vanguard scouts take a look first!
The shouts of soldiers came from the long team, and the ten-person small flag team walking in the front prepared their weapons and headed towards the hillside on the road.
Just as the small flag team was about to approach the wooden house on the slope, a figure suddenly appeared in people's sight.
The soldiers immediately formed a formation on the spot. Although the road was narrow, the few people in front were still in a row, forming two dense gun shield formations.
Suddenly, the three men rushed towards this side with their bright swords!
As soon as the two rows of sergeants squatted down, they rang out. Bang bang... With a few strings, the archers in the back row hurriedly shot the arrow!
Screams rang out one after another, and the two fell to the ground; the wooden house was very close, and the remaining one rushed to the front of the formation.
Several archers behind were taking arrows, and the gun and shield hands in the front row had already stood up and took the shield to defend themselves in front.
The spear was too long, and the man in a civilian rushed over was agile and rushed towards the shield in an instant. The soldiers in the front row could not attack him with the spear.
Ah!Suddenly, a sergeant in the second row stabbed the spear out of the gap between the two people in the front row, hitting the man.
The man held up his sword, and a bloody hole was stabbed by a spear in his chest. The weapon quickly fell from his hand and penetrated straight into the soil.
The soldiers killed three people, continued to climb the low slope, and rushed into the house to search.
Hu Yi and others continued to walk forward, passing by the corpses thrown in the mud. He turned his head and looked at the corpses for a long time, all of which were unknown to the White Barbarians.
After a while, Hu Yi couldn't help but sigh: If it weren't for the sudden movement of troops, he would have been unable to get close to this place...
Duan Yang turned his head and said: I have said it a long time ago, Duan Baoji's power in Dali should not be underestimated.
Hu Yi nodded and said: These three people are here to die.A man known as a hermit can actually raise a dead man!
The team continued to walk up the mountain, and met the sentinel of the White Barbarians again on the way.
However, most of those people ran out of the house and ran away. Only two of them ran too late and were shot to death by the soldiers with bows and arrows on the road.
Lanfeng Temple!Duan Yang pointed to a huge courtyard under the snow-covered snowy mountain.
The troops accelerated their pace. The soldiers who went up the mountain first surrounded the temple, while others rushed straight into the mountain gate and into the temple.The doors of the temple are all open!
Hu Yi heard that the door of the temple was open and hurriedly shouted: I'm afraid the person has run away!Send someone to search for the footprints around you and chase them immediately!
Sure enough, when Hu Yi arrived at the temple, he saw only a few irrelevant white barbarian nuns chanting scriptures on the cushion, completely ignoring the armored soldiers coming in, looking like they were killed.
Officer Hu, come and see.A sergeant of the Jinyi Guard shouted here.
Hu Yi ran into the vegetarian room inside and saw several soldiers stepping on the embers on the ground with their feet.
The vegetarian room was filled with smoke and ashes. The ground was covered with black and gray from burnt paper, but there were still some broken paper corners left and the corners were not burned; the military general Chen Dachui was picking up broken paper and stuffing it into the armor.
Hu Yi rushed over immediately, regardless of the situation, took off the cloth bag on his back, reached out to pick up the broken paper, and put it in his bag after a little tidying up.
After a while, someone came in and reported to Chen Dachui: Mr. Chen, he found the whereabouts of those people. He was walking north, and there were new footprints on the mud!Our people are following their footprints.
Walk!Chen Dachui waved his hand.
The group came out of the temple and followed the sergeants who reported the news to continue chasing the north.
Along the road along the mountainside, everyone had been walking for a long time, but suddenly someone reported: Two escaped people slid down the cliff and fell to death!
After hearing this, Hu Yi felt a thump. He gritted his teeth and moved forward with a quicker pace despite the soreness of his legs.
When he arrived at the place where something happened, Hu Yi first saw a few slip marks on the road; this section of the road tilted a little downward, and it seemed that the person who fell to death accidentally slipped down in a hurry.
Several soldiers were putting ropes down, preparing to send someone to climb down to find the body.
Another soldier said: There are still footprints to the north, but the other one is Zhao Baihu's men, and I guess they have already gone up the mountain.The rest of the people can't escape!
Hu Yi didn't continue walking forward. When he waited here, he wanted to see who the body was.
The soldiers struggled for a long time.
First, a thick hemp rope was placed down, and then a soldier tied a rope around his waist and asked the soldiers above to pull it. The soldier slowly climbed down the stone wall along the first hemp rope and kicked his feet.
When the soldier arrived under the stone wall, he tied the body with a hemp rope and asked the person above to pull it up.
Hu Yi's hands trembled a little, and he took a handkerchief and wiped the blood mud on the corpse's face.
He felt his legs weak and he felt dizzy in front of him because of shock, and almost fell off the cliff himself.
Hu Yi's face was pale and red at the moment, with a very complicated expression.
Who does Officer Hu recognize this person?Chen Dachui asked curiously.Duan Yang next to him also stared at Hu Yi's face with great anticipation.
Hu Yi didn't answer, and didn't even say a word.
The second one was pulled up was the body of a boy. He might be only seven or eight years old.
Hu Yi looked up and showed surprise again, but this time his reaction was not as great as before, after all, he was already prepared.
Duan Yang couldn't help but ask: Who are these two big and small? They should be the one Lord Hu is looking for?
Hu Yi still didn't answer.After a while, he spoke out: Only those from the capital can ‘identify’.
Duan Yang's face suddenly showed an uncontrollable smile...
The emperor sent Hu Yi to find Emperor Jianwen, how could he send someone who had never seen Emperor Jianwen?Hu Yi did know them, but he originally wanted to catch them alive, but now that he is dead, he dare not speak out!
At this time, a young general said: If the corpse is to be transported back to the capital, thousands of miles away, the corpse will have long turned into a pile of rotten meat.
Hu Yi gradually calmed down and said: You can ask the capital to send someone to Dali.
Chen Dahui said: You have to try to preserve the dead and put it in the ice.After saying that, he looked up at the vast white mountain peaks.
Hu Yi followed his gaze and understood what Chen Dachui meant.
This peak of Cangshan is covered with snow and dripping water turns into ice all year round. You can send someone to find a way to take a detour up the mountain, turn water into ice on the mountain, and then transport the ice cubes down.
Maybe there is no need to be such trouble.Hu Yi thought for a while and said, there should be someone hiding ice in the cellar in Dali City.
In any city, there are always some wealthy families who have accumulated a lot of wealth.
Hu Yi has seen the luxury of the rich; as long as there is ice and snow in this place, even if it is a midsummer envoy, you will definitely find ice!
Hu Yi immediately said: Immediately send someone to Dali City to find the ice cellar. After finding it, it will be requisitioned and sent troops to defend it!
Chen Dahui clasped his fists and said: I will make arrangements immediately.
After a while, a soldier from the Jinyiwei came from the north, found Hu Yi, and said: The person who ran north had already caught it.
How many people have caught them alive?Hu Yi asked.
The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard clasped their fists and said in a deep voice: There is only one, leaving a living mouth.The man fled north and ran into Zhao Baihu's people.The man was desperate and wanted to jump off the cliff and commit suicide. Unexpectedly, the piece of land below was soft mud. He didn't fall to death but fainted.Then Zhao Baihu caught the person and took him down the mountain from the north.
Hu Yi glared and said: How could Zhao Baihu take away someone privately? I haven’t seen anyone yet!
The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard frowned and said: It's all their people there, and there is nothing that young people can do.
Hu Yi asked again: What does it look like?
The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard shook their heads and said: I didn't see my face clearly, I saw that they caught a man.The man woke up after being caught and shouted a few times. The young man could hear clearly, which was the accent from Nanjing.
Hu Yi thought about it and said: Forget it, it’s all the guards of the King of Han, so he has to hand over the King of Han.After we returned to Kunming City, we asked the King of Han for someone.
The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard clasped their fists and said: Official Hu Ke’s words are reasonable.
There was a ding-clang clang sound of armor colliding in the air, and people were panting everywhere.The temperature in the mountains is even lower, and many people are spitting white steam in their mouths.
Hu Yi's robe was covered with mud, and his head was also tilted. He fell more than once. The rain didn't hurt much, and it just soaked the road. Under a thin layer of mud, there was hard soil, and the road surface was slipperier.
He held a wooden stick, opened his mouth like a fish leaving the water, panting like a bellows, but he didn't hum and scream.
Not only was he trying hard to climb the mountain, he also took the time to ask Duan Yang's words before: Mrs. Duan think about it again, is there any path left behind?
Duan Yang, who was walking in front of Hu Yi, was much easier than Hu Yi.Although she is a woman, she is a martial arts practitioner, and she is not comparable to a civil servant like Hu Yi.
Duan Yang looked back and said: The stream beside us is called Baishixi, this is the closest way to Lanfeng.We went up the mountain from the east of Diancang Mountain, and the two nearest roads in the north and south directions were all soldiered up the mountain; the other roads were far away, and there were also people blocking the intersection.There is really no way to go!
Hu Yi asked again: Where is the west?Can people from the Lanfeng temple run to the west?
Duan Yang immediately shook his head and said: No!The temple is not on the top of Lanfeng Peak, and the top of the peak is cliffs and cannot be reached from near Lanfeng Temple.Even if someone takes a detour and crosses the mountain, there is no way to go; the mountains to the west are even steeper, with cliffs everywhere, and there is no people.
To the west of the mountain peak, there is a river going down the mountain; when the river flows down to Sancha River, there are Yi villages.But the river was very turbulent, with waterfalls and reefs everywhere. If people drifted along the river, they would have been killed long ago. Even mountain people could not go down the mountain from that place, let alone those who are used to being pampered...
Just then, someone suddenly shouted in front of him: There is a house above.The troops were on guard and let the vanguard scouts take a look first!
The shouts of soldiers came from the long team, and the ten-person small flag team walking in the front prepared their weapons and headed towards the hillside on the road.
Just as the small flag team was about to approach the wooden house on the slope, a figure suddenly appeared in people's sight.
The soldiers immediately formed a formation on the spot. Although the road was narrow, the few people in front were still in a row, forming two dense gun shield formations.
Suddenly, the three men rushed towards this side with their bright swords!
As soon as the two rows of sergeants squatted down, they rang out. Bang bang... With a few strings, the archers in the back row hurriedly shot the arrow!
Screams rang out one after another, and the two fell to the ground; the wooden house was very close, and the remaining one rushed to the front of the formation.
Several archers behind were taking arrows, and the gun and shield hands in the front row had already stood up and took the shield to defend themselves in front.
The spear was too long, and the man in a civilian rushed over was agile and rushed towards the shield in an instant. The soldiers in the front row could not attack him with the spear.
Ah!Suddenly, a sergeant in the second row stabbed the spear out of the gap between the two people in the front row, hitting the man.
The man held up his sword, and a bloody hole was stabbed by a spear in his chest. The weapon quickly fell from his hand and penetrated straight into the soil.
The soldiers killed three people, continued to climb the low slope, and rushed into the house to search.
Hu Yi and others continued to walk forward, passing by the corpses thrown in the mud. He turned his head and looked at the corpses for a long time, all of which were unknown to the White Barbarians.
After a while, Hu Yi couldn't help but sigh: If it weren't for the sudden movement of troops, he would have been unable to get close to this place...
Duan Yang turned his head and said: I have said it a long time ago, Duan Baoji's power in Dali should not be underestimated.
Hu Yi nodded and said: These three people are here to die.A man known as a hermit can actually raise a dead man!
The team continued to walk up the mountain, and met the sentinel of the White Barbarians again on the way.
However, most of those people ran out of the house and ran away. Only two of them ran too late and were shot to death by the soldiers with bows and arrows on the road.
Lanfeng Temple!Duan Yang pointed to a huge courtyard under the snow-covered snowy mountain.
The troops accelerated their pace. The soldiers who went up the mountain first surrounded the temple, while others rushed straight into the mountain gate and into the temple.The doors of the temple are all open!
Hu Yi heard that the door of the temple was open and hurriedly shouted: I'm afraid the person has run away!Send someone to search for the footprints around you and chase them immediately!
Sure enough, when Hu Yi arrived at the temple, he saw only a few irrelevant white barbarian nuns chanting scriptures on the cushion, completely ignoring the armored soldiers coming in, looking like they were killed.
Officer Hu, come and see.A sergeant of the Jinyi Guard shouted here.
Hu Yi ran into the vegetarian room inside and saw several soldiers stepping on the embers on the ground with their feet.
The vegetarian room was filled with smoke and ashes. The ground was covered with black and gray from burnt paper, but there were still some broken paper corners left and the corners were not burned; the military general Chen Dachui was picking up broken paper and stuffing it into the armor.
Hu Yi rushed over immediately, regardless of the situation, took off the cloth bag on his back, reached out to pick up the broken paper, and put it in his bag after a little tidying up.
After a while, someone came in and reported to Chen Dachui: Mr. Chen, he found the whereabouts of those people. He was walking north, and there were new footprints on the mud!Our people are following their footprints.
Walk!Chen Dachui waved his hand.
The group came out of the temple and followed the sergeants who reported the news to continue chasing the north.
Along the road along the mountainside, everyone had been walking for a long time, but suddenly someone reported: Two escaped people slid down the cliff and fell to death!
After hearing this, Hu Yi felt a thump. He gritted his teeth and moved forward with a quicker pace despite the soreness of his legs.
When he arrived at the place where something happened, Hu Yi first saw a few slip marks on the road; this section of the road tilted a little downward, and it seemed that the person who fell to death accidentally slipped down in a hurry.
Several soldiers were putting ropes down, preparing to send someone to climb down to find the body.
Another soldier said: There are still footprints to the north, but the other one is Zhao Baihu's men, and I guess they have already gone up the mountain.The rest of the people can't escape!
Hu Yi didn't continue walking forward. When he waited here, he wanted to see who the body was.
The soldiers struggled for a long time.
First, a thick hemp rope was placed down, and then a soldier tied a rope around his waist and asked the soldiers above to pull it. The soldier slowly climbed down the stone wall along the first hemp rope and kicked his feet.
When the soldier arrived under the stone wall, he tied the body with a hemp rope and asked the person above to pull it up.
Hu Yi's hands trembled a little, and he took a handkerchief and wiped the blood mud on the corpse's face.
He felt his legs weak and he felt dizzy in front of him because of shock, and almost fell off the cliff himself.
Hu Yi's face was pale and red at the moment, with a very complicated expression.
Who does Officer Hu recognize this person?Chen Dachui asked curiously.Duan Yang next to him also stared at Hu Yi's face with great anticipation.
Hu Yi didn't answer, and didn't even say a word.
The second one was pulled up was the body of a boy. He might be only seven or eight years old.
Hu Yi looked up and showed surprise again, but this time his reaction was not as great as before, after all, he was already prepared.
Duan Yang couldn't help but ask: Who are these two big and small? They should be the one Lord Hu is looking for?
Hu Yi still didn't answer.After a while, he spoke out: Only those from the capital can ‘identify’.
Duan Yang's face suddenly showed an uncontrollable smile...
The emperor sent Hu Yi to find Emperor Jianwen, how could he send someone who had never seen Emperor Jianwen?Hu Yi did know them, but he originally wanted to catch them alive, but now that he is dead, he dare not speak out!
At this time, a young general said: If the corpse is to be transported back to the capital, thousands of miles away, the corpse will have long turned into a pile of rotten meat.
Hu Yi gradually calmed down and said: You can ask the capital to send someone to Dali.
Chen Dahui said: You have to try to preserve the dead and put it in the ice.After saying that, he looked up at the vast white mountain peaks.
Hu Yi followed his gaze and understood what Chen Dachui meant.
This peak of Cangshan is covered with snow and dripping water turns into ice all year round. You can send someone to find a way to take a detour up the mountain, turn water into ice on the mountain, and then transport the ice cubes down.
Maybe there is no need to be such trouble.Hu Yi thought for a while and said, there should be someone hiding ice in the cellar in Dali City.
In any city, there are always some wealthy families who have accumulated a lot of wealth.
Hu Yi has seen the luxury of the rich; as long as there is ice and snow in this place, even if it is a midsummer envoy, you will definitely find ice!
Hu Yi immediately said: Immediately send someone to Dali City to find the ice cellar. After finding it, it will be requisitioned and sent troops to defend it!
Chen Dahui clasped his fists and said: I will make arrangements immediately.
After a while, a soldier from the Jinyiwei came from the north, found Hu Yi, and said: The person who ran north had already caught it.
How many people have caught them alive?Hu Yi asked.
The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard clasped their fists and said in a deep voice: There is only one, leaving a living mouth.The man fled north and ran into Zhao Baihu's people.The man was desperate and wanted to jump off the cliff and commit suicide. Unexpectedly, the piece of land below was soft mud. He didn't fall to death but fainted.Then Zhao Baihu caught the person and took him down the mountain from the north.
Hu Yi glared and said: How could Zhao Baihu take away someone privately? I haven’t seen anyone yet!
The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard frowned and said: It's all their people there, and there is nothing that young people can do.
Hu Yi asked again: What does it look like?
The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard shook their heads and said: I didn't see my face clearly, I saw that they caught a man.The man woke up after being caught and shouted a few times. The young man could hear clearly, which was the accent from Nanjing.
Hu Yi thought about it and said: Forget it, it’s all the guards of the King of Han, so he has to hand over the King of Han.After we returned to Kunming City, we asked the King of Han for someone.
The soldiers of the Jinyi Guard clasped their fists and said: Official Hu Ke’s words are reasonable.