The soil on the road was a little wet, and it must have just rained here yesterday.
The days after the rain are the cleanest. The green mountains, brown roads, and green tiles are bright and clear in color, just like they have just been washed, and the air is also extremely fresh. It is a good day.
Zhang Ning likes such warm days, with a cool breeze facing him.
A new young man in his early twenties emerged from the temple. His skin was quite white, his eye sockets were slightly sunken, and his nose was not collapsed. His face gave people a pleasant feeling. Zhang Ning remembered the young man who just said he would go in and look for Erlang, and guessed that this young man was probably the son of Monk Yao.
However, he didn't know the name of the young man. Before that, he didn't even know from Yao Ji that his uncle, Monk Yao, had a son.
After a while, Yao Erlang approached with the dark-skinned young man. His expression looked a little shy, and he looked like he didn't know how to speak well.
After all, people in this mountain rarely come into contact with strangers, and they have little experience in young people, so they may not be very skilled in socializing and socializing.
Zhang Ning was relatively calm and took the initiative to introduce himself: My name is Zhang Ningbo's name, Ping'an, and I came to visit my uncle whom I hadn't seen for many years.My mother's surname is Yao, and my uncle is the owner of Yao Zhuang here.We just arrived at the river bank and were brought into the village by these brothers.
After hearing this, Yao Erlang hurriedly saluted and opened his mouth to understand clearly: Lord Yao is my father, we have already heard that Your Highness is coming.But there was an urgent matter today, and my father could not greet him in person. I ordered me to come and greet him... As he said that, his legs moved, as if he wanted to kneel down and he was a little hesitant. After all, Zhang Ning also looked very young.
When Zhang Ning saw it, he naturally supported him and said kindly: We are cousins. I was born in the fourth year of Jianwen, so should I be older than you?
Yao Erlang hurriedly said: Yes, my cousin is three years older.Seeing Zhang Ning smiling affectionately, he said again, "Let's go to the temple to meet my father. He is discussing important things with the villagers."
The group then walked forward together, Zhang Ning's expression remained, with warmth and enthusiasm, but he did not ask the village what was discussing important matters, although he was curious.
Perhaps the way of being a human being subtly influenced in the officialdom has influenced him. For unfamiliar people, being enthusiastic and polite but less talk is a better way to get along with him.
However, after a greeting, Yao Erlang's emotions were raised and he gradually became familiar with each other. While walking, he took the initiative to say: There is a nest of bandits a hundred miles away, which harms the village and robs merchants.Because our Shenzhai is quite famous within a radius, we went to teach the bandits a lesson two months ago at the invitation of the nearby Miao family, Tujia and some prominent villages. Later, I heard that the bandit leader's own son was killed in the melee.This made a grudge. My father didn't take a bunch of mobs seriously. Unexpectedly, Feng Village, who was reported to the mountain, was attacked today. My father was planning to summon young and strong men to provide weapons to rescue him.
Zhang Ning asked casually: Why didn’t the bandits seek revenge directly for their uncle, but instead went to harass another village?
These people are fierce on the surface, but in fact they are all bullying the weak and afraid of the strong!
Yao Erlang's young face showed a look of contempt. Our main camp has horses and soldiers, and there are a large number of weapons, bows and crossbows, and the bandits dare not come.
Zhang Ning didn't think about it carefully, and said casually: Beware of besieging the city and attacking the aid.
Maybe Yao Erlang hadn't heard this word before, so he was slightly stunned and nodded and said: Please remind my father later, what he said.
While they were talking, they walked to the gate of the temple. Yao Erlang signaled his followers to stay and then walked into the temple with Zhang Ning.
I saw more than a dozen people standing scattered inside, and there was a noise. Most of the so-called elders were young, but there were only two old men.
A mud statue was enshrined above the big room, filled with incense and candles and smoke. A bald man stood in front of the mud statue. When he saw someone coming in, he turned to look at Zhang Ning and Yao Erlang and nodded slightly.
Zhang Ning bowed from afar and saw that everyone was busy, so he didn't say anything.
The men in the big house looked very excited, and Yao Erlang whispered: There are many relatives among several villages, either the elders' daughters are married there or the father-in-law is in the neighboring village, so everyone is anxious to ask their father to order rescue.
Zhang Ning nodded and said yes, if he didn't save him, how can he meet relatives and neighbors in the future?
At this moment, another young man came in outside the door. The bald monk Yao in front of the statue raised his hands to calm the noise. The young man came forward and knelt on one knee and said, "Report to the owner of the manor, there are no traces of bandits near the master's manor; Shanhoufeng Village is very smokey, and the house in the village is burning...
Everyone was immediately uproared and shouted: Feng Village has been captured, our people have gathered to issue weapons, please give the owner the order!
Monk Yao asked loudly: Where is the mountain?
The young man who came in to report replied: The person who went up had not come down yet, he was not very clear, and there was nothing unusual when he looked from a distance.
Stop all!Monk Yao shouted loudly and sent an order, leaving a small number of men to guard the village, while the rest set out and walked on the small road of chopping wood on the mountain.
Someone asked: The matter is urgent, why did the owner take a small path?
Monk Yao turned his head to stare at him, and the man's face suddenly felt a little afraid.
Monk Yao still explained: Feng Village has defense. Since the bandits can break through, it is impossible to have the spare energy to lure the tiger away from the mountain to attack the main farm, so only a small number of people are left.The bandits came to take revenge at me, but they attacked Feng Village. They were likely to ambush halfway. The situation on the mountain was unclear. Wouldn't we beg the best of our thoughts?Set out immediately and take the road to cross the mountains!
After hearing this, everyone was convinced and said goodbye to go out.
Monk Yao and the servants beside him walked down and said politely: Are you... Zhang Ping'an?I encountered an urgent matter today, so I have to rush out again immediately and ask Erlang to receive you. We will talk about it when I come back.
After hearing this, Yao Erlang said: I want his father to fight the bandits together.
Monk Yao was about to scold him, but Zhang Ning hurriedly said: I have three followers who are good at it. I am willing to follow my uncle to do my best.
If something goes wrong, how can I get a job with your mother?Monk Yao immediately refused flatly.
Yao Erlang also helped to plead: My cousin asked me to remind my father just now, beware of besieging the city to attack the aid.Now is the time to hire people, and my cousin can help.
Zhang Ning said: I am not here to travel around the mountains and rivers.
Monk Yao frowned and said: Go behind the team, Erlang takes a look.
Zhang Ning then went out to greet Lao Xu and the other three, leading the horses to follow everyone. They passed through the village and saw that more than a hundred people gathered after the village and were walking up the mountain road in an orderly manner.
These people were fully armed, not only carrying long and short weapons, bows, crossbows, arrows, but also wearing homemade mail, large-edged iron helmets, and most of them wore key parts such as scales of hard bamboo, wearing heart protection glasses.
Although the clothes and armor are different, they don’t look like a gathering of villagers from a distance, but rather like an army from a more ancient time.
No wonder they dare to provoke bandits, because they are just a bunch of strong people.
Yao Erlang led Zhang Ning and others to the back of the team, climbing up the mountain along the path between trees, weeds and thorns. The mountain is probably at least a few hundred meters high, and it is probably going to take a long time to walk.
Zhang Ning and others arrived just before noon, and they were already hungry before eating, but Lao Xu and the two women had no complaints and followed the team silently.
I don’t know how long I climbed the road up the mountain, but Zhang Ning was already sweating profusely and panting. Naturally, the horse could not ride. Fortunately, it was a Shu horse, so there was no trouble when I got a camel and I had something to do on the road.
Now he personally felt that marching in war may be more important, and nothing is nonsense without physical strength.
Fortunately, I persisted for a while and then reached the ridge, which was a downhill road, which at least saved a lot of effort.
Zhang Ning was looking at the direction of the sun. It was probably not over yet. Suddenly, he shouted in front of him, and then the shouts of killing suddenly started, and the strings could be heard faintly.
People left the path and spread out into the woods.
Zhang Ning looked down and saw people running, but could not see what was happening, nor could he see the shadow of bandits.
Qiuye pulled out his long sword, pulled Zhang Ning and hid behind a big tree, stretched out his neck to see what was happening below.
Yao Erlang said: My father is as expected. He thought he had met a bandit. My cousin was at ease. We were attacking on him, but the bandits would definitely not be able to resist it.
The shouting didn't last long, and the people in front of them would greet them and continue down the mountain.
Before Zhang Ning could figure out the situation, he walked for a while and finally understood when he arrived at the edge of the mountain.
I saw a dirt road at the foot of the mountain, and many stones of all sizes were collected by the mountain...
Obviously, the bandits wanted to wait for the reinforcements to pass by the road at the foot of the mountain to smash the road with stones, and then rush down to kill people while the chaos was in the chaos.
Now the stones on the edge of the mountain have not been pushed down, and it is already in a mess. From time to time, one or two corpses can be seen. The battle here has ended.
Zhang Ning looked up at the scene at the foot of the mountain. Not far away, there was a village filled with smoke and fire burning in the smoke and dust. Some people ran from the other end of the village to the opposite mountain. Some of Monk Yao's men had already rushed towards the village.
My mother ran away, and it was difficult to chase after entering the mountain.Yao Erlang stomped his feet and cursed with gritted teeth.
The group followed into the village at the foot of the mountain, and heard a wail. The fire spread and the smoke filled the surrounding earthen walls collapsed, and the entire village almost became ruins.
Han villages do have great hidden dangers in mountainous areas. In order to facilitate farming and harvesting, people generally do not want to live on dangerous mountains, but build villages on flat ground to build city walls as defense. This kind of defense is obviously limited.
There were corpses everywhere, some were dragged out and they were burned black. Many people hugged the corpses and cried, and the scene was terrible.
This happened to him as soon as he arrived here. When Zhang Ning looked back at the entourage, they saw that their faces were pale. Following Xu Wenjun's gaze, they saw a child being nailed to death on a door panel with blood stains on it.
At this time, another woman with disheveled hair and naked body crawled out of the haystack of the valley, and a man hurriedly shouted: Come find clothes!
The days after the rain are the cleanest. The green mountains, brown roads, and green tiles are bright and clear in color, just like they have just been washed, and the air is also extremely fresh. It is a good day.
Zhang Ning likes such warm days, with a cool breeze facing him.
A new young man in his early twenties emerged from the temple. His skin was quite white, his eye sockets were slightly sunken, and his nose was not collapsed. His face gave people a pleasant feeling. Zhang Ning remembered the young man who just said he would go in and look for Erlang, and guessed that this young man was probably the son of Monk Yao.
However, he didn't know the name of the young man. Before that, he didn't even know from Yao Ji that his uncle, Monk Yao, had a son.
After a while, Yao Erlang approached with the dark-skinned young man. His expression looked a little shy, and he looked like he didn't know how to speak well.
After all, people in this mountain rarely come into contact with strangers, and they have little experience in young people, so they may not be very skilled in socializing and socializing.
Zhang Ning was relatively calm and took the initiative to introduce himself: My name is Zhang Ningbo's name, Ping'an, and I came to visit my uncle whom I hadn't seen for many years.My mother's surname is Yao, and my uncle is the owner of Yao Zhuang here.We just arrived at the river bank and were brought into the village by these brothers.
After hearing this, Yao Erlang hurriedly saluted and opened his mouth to understand clearly: Lord Yao is my father, we have already heard that Your Highness is coming.But there was an urgent matter today, and my father could not greet him in person. I ordered me to come and greet him... As he said that, his legs moved, as if he wanted to kneel down and he was a little hesitant. After all, Zhang Ning also looked very young.
When Zhang Ning saw it, he naturally supported him and said kindly: We are cousins. I was born in the fourth year of Jianwen, so should I be older than you?
Yao Erlang hurriedly said: Yes, my cousin is three years older.Seeing Zhang Ning smiling affectionately, he said again, "Let's go to the temple to meet my father. He is discussing important things with the villagers."
The group then walked forward together, Zhang Ning's expression remained, with warmth and enthusiasm, but he did not ask the village what was discussing important matters, although he was curious.
Perhaps the way of being a human being subtly influenced in the officialdom has influenced him. For unfamiliar people, being enthusiastic and polite but less talk is a better way to get along with him.
However, after a greeting, Yao Erlang's emotions were raised and he gradually became familiar with each other. While walking, he took the initiative to say: There is a nest of bandits a hundred miles away, which harms the village and robs merchants.Because our Shenzhai is quite famous within a radius, we went to teach the bandits a lesson two months ago at the invitation of the nearby Miao family, Tujia and some prominent villages. Later, I heard that the bandit leader's own son was killed in the melee.This made a grudge. My father didn't take a bunch of mobs seriously. Unexpectedly, Feng Village, who was reported to the mountain, was attacked today. My father was planning to summon young and strong men to provide weapons to rescue him.
Zhang Ning asked casually: Why didn’t the bandits seek revenge directly for their uncle, but instead went to harass another village?
These people are fierce on the surface, but in fact they are all bullying the weak and afraid of the strong!
Yao Erlang's young face showed a look of contempt. Our main camp has horses and soldiers, and there are a large number of weapons, bows and crossbows, and the bandits dare not come.
Zhang Ning didn't think about it carefully, and said casually: Beware of besieging the city and attacking the aid.
Maybe Yao Erlang hadn't heard this word before, so he was slightly stunned and nodded and said: Please remind my father later, what he said.
While they were talking, they walked to the gate of the temple. Yao Erlang signaled his followers to stay and then walked into the temple with Zhang Ning.
I saw more than a dozen people standing scattered inside, and there was a noise. Most of the so-called elders were young, but there were only two old men.
A mud statue was enshrined above the big room, filled with incense and candles and smoke. A bald man stood in front of the mud statue. When he saw someone coming in, he turned to look at Zhang Ning and Yao Erlang and nodded slightly.
Zhang Ning bowed from afar and saw that everyone was busy, so he didn't say anything.
The men in the big house looked very excited, and Yao Erlang whispered: There are many relatives among several villages, either the elders' daughters are married there or the father-in-law is in the neighboring village, so everyone is anxious to ask their father to order rescue.
Zhang Ning nodded and said yes, if he didn't save him, how can he meet relatives and neighbors in the future?
At this moment, another young man came in outside the door. The bald monk Yao in front of the statue raised his hands to calm the noise. The young man came forward and knelt on one knee and said, "Report to the owner of the manor, there are no traces of bandits near the master's manor; Shanhoufeng Village is very smokey, and the house in the village is burning...
Everyone was immediately uproared and shouted: Feng Village has been captured, our people have gathered to issue weapons, please give the owner the order!
Monk Yao asked loudly: Where is the mountain?
The young man who came in to report replied: The person who went up had not come down yet, he was not very clear, and there was nothing unusual when he looked from a distance.
Stop all!Monk Yao shouted loudly and sent an order, leaving a small number of men to guard the village, while the rest set out and walked on the small road of chopping wood on the mountain.
Someone asked: The matter is urgent, why did the owner take a small path?
Monk Yao turned his head to stare at him, and the man's face suddenly felt a little afraid.
Monk Yao still explained: Feng Village has defense. Since the bandits can break through, it is impossible to have the spare energy to lure the tiger away from the mountain to attack the main farm, so only a small number of people are left.The bandits came to take revenge at me, but they attacked Feng Village. They were likely to ambush halfway. The situation on the mountain was unclear. Wouldn't we beg the best of our thoughts?Set out immediately and take the road to cross the mountains!
After hearing this, everyone was convinced and said goodbye to go out.
Monk Yao and the servants beside him walked down and said politely: Are you... Zhang Ping'an?I encountered an urgent matter today, so I have to rush out again immediately and ask Erlang to receive you. We will talk about it when I come back.
After hearing this, Yao Erlang said: I want his father to fight the bandits together.
Monk Yao was about to scold him, but Zhang Ning hurriedly said: I have three followers who are good at it. I am willing to follow my uncle to do my best.
If something goes wrong, how can I get a job with your mother?Monk Yao immediately refused flatly.
Yao Erlang also helped to plead: My cousin asked me to remind my father just now, beware of besieging the city to attack the aid.Now is the time to hire people, and my cousin can help.
Zhang Ning said: I am not here to travel around the mountains and rivers.
Monk Yao frowned and said: Go behind the team, Erlang takes a look.
Zhang Ning then went out to greet Lao Xu and the other three, leading the horses to follow everyone. They passed through the village and saw that more than a hundred people gathered after the village and were walking up the mountain road in an orderly manner.
These people were fully armed, not only carrying long and short weapons, bows, crossbows, arrows, but also wearing homemade mail, large-edged iron helmets, and most of them wore key parts such as scales of hard bamboo, wearing heart protection glasses.
Although the clothes and armor are different, they don’t look like a gathering of villagers from a distance, but rather like an army from a more ancient time.
No wonder they dare to provoke bandits, because they are just a bunch of strong people.
Yao Erlang led Zhang Ning and others to the back of the team, climbing up the mountain along the path between trees, weeds and thorns. The mountain is probably at least a few hundred meters high, and it is probably going to take a long time to walk.
Zhang Ning and others arrived just before noon, and they were already hungry before eating, but Lao Xu and the two women had no complaints and followed the team silently.
I don’t know how long I climbed the road up the mountain, but Zhang Ning was already sweating profusely and panting. Naturally, the horse could not ride. Fortunately, it was a Shu horse, so there was no trouble when I got a camel and I had something to do on the road.
Now he personally felt that marching in war may be more important, and nothing is nonsense without physical strength.
Fortunately, I persisted for a while and then reached the ridge, which was a downhill road, which at least saved a lot of effort.
Zhang Ning was looking at the direction of the sun. It was probably not over yet. Suddenly, he shouted in front of him, and then the shouts of killing suddenly started, and the strings could be heard faintly.
People left the path and spread out into the woods.
Zhang Ning looked down and saw people running, but could not see what was happening, nor could he see the shadow of bandits.
Qiuye pulled out his long sword, pulled Zhang Ning and hid behind a big tree, stretched out his neck to see what was happening below.
Yao Erlang said: My father is as expected. He thought he had met a bandit. My cousin was at ease. We were attacking on him, but the bandits would definitely not be able to resist it.
The shouting didn't last long, and the people in front of them would greet them and continue down the mountain.
Before Zhang Ning could figure out the situation, he walked for a while and finally understood when he arrived at the edge of the mountain.
I saw a dirt road at the foot of the mountain, and many stones of all sizes were collected by the mountain...
Obviously, the bandits wanted to wait for the reinforcements to pass by the road at the foot of the mountain to smash the road with stones, and then rush down to kill people while the chaos was in the chaos.
Now the stones on the edge of the mountain have not been pushed down, and it is already in a mess. From time to time, one or two corpses can be seen. The battle here has ended.
Zhang Ning looked up at the scene at the foot of the mountain. Not far away, there was a village filled with smoke and fire burning in the smoke and dust. Some people ran from the other end of the village to the opposite mountain. Some of Monk Yao's men had already rushed towards the village.
My mother ran away, and it was difficult to chase after entering the mountain.Yao Erlang stomped his feet and cursed with gritted teeth.
The group followed into the village at the foot of the mountain, and heard a wail. The fire spread and the smoke filled the surrounding earthen walls collapsed, and the entire village almost became ruins.
Han villages do have great hidden dangers in mountainous areas. In order to facilitate farming and harvesting, people generally do not want to live on dangerous mountains, but build villages on flat ground to build city walls as defense. This kind of defense is obviously limited.
There were corpses everywhere, some were dragged out and they were burned black. Many people hugged the corpses and cried, and the scene was terrible.
This happened to him as soon as he arrived here. When Zhang Ning looked back at the entourage, they saw that their faces were pale. Following Xu Wenjun's gaze, they saw a child being nailed to death on a door panel with blood stains on it.
At this time, another woman with disheveled hair and naked body crawled out of the haystack of the valley, and a man hurriedly shouted: Come find clothes!
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