Chapter 245 The Road Home (3)
In the dark night, birds spread their wings and flew across the night sky. Under the half-moon, the mountains undulated and stretched, and the waterways seemed to be scattered across the earth under the starlight. The pale white ribbons, like hairs and tree roots, spread along the terrain. The traces left by human beings in this darkness are only specks of fire, sometimes gathered and sometimes scattered.
In the early morning of the ninth day of the lunar month, nearly five days after the fall of Hangzhou, the initial chaos caused by this chaos finally had a relatively clear trajectory. The lights at night were centered on Hangzhou and rushed out to the surrounding areas after the fall. At first it was restless and dense, but at this point, the trajectory gradually turned into strands, and the fire in Hangzhou City, after the initial brilliance, had gradually stabilized.
Bloodshed, killing, and death almost dyed the streets of this city red in the past four days. However, after the initial madness, everything calms down and it's time to wash away the blood. It is impossible to describe how much blood was shed during the four days of killing and looting. Many wealthy businessmen, gentry, and officials who had not escaped from the city were almost hunted down, tortured, and completely slaughtered. Even civilians did not necessarily escape. Jie, I don’t know how many people are “ They were killed in "suspected" resistance, and countless women were insulted. After the initial resisters were killed, the survivors who could survive basically became numb, allowing the "rebels" who came from different places to take over. There is a territory in one place.
Only a few wealthy people are exceptions.
A large house not far from the Hangzhou government office was originally the house of the Chang family, one of the four famous families in Hangzhou. Although it was damaged during the earthquake, it was not serious and has been repaired since. It was shortly after midnight, the lights inside and outside the house were brightly lit, and a banquet was coming to an end. At the gate of the house, the host sent a large group of people to the street, saying hello and seeing them off one by one.
Normally speaking, in the chaotic city of Hangzhou at this time, those who can hold a banquet are basically the leaders of the rebels who have entered the city. However, those participating at this time are not the rebels. The guests looked at each other one by one The clothes are simple and submissive. As the middle-aged man of the host family and the attendants around him, they are quite dignified. This middle-aged man is Fang La's most respected brother in Hangzhou City, Fang Qifu, who is known as the Buddha Commander. However, most of the people he sent away were They were all the wealthy gentry and businessmen in Hangzhou city, as well as some officials who had taken refuge in Fang La. Mixed in the crowd, there were also figures approaching from the main building of the Lou family.
As one of the big families in Hangzhou, the Lou family actually had no contact with Fang La before. Fang Qifu only found him the night before breaking the city. Because the Lou family's business was diverse and they came into contact with many different religions and religions, the other party found some connections and moved him emotionally. His answer at the time was not firm, but because he had been harassed by Qian Haiping's people before, he was angry, so he didn't. reject.
So on the second day when the city was broken, he collaborated with Fang La's army, who was not familiar with the situation, to count the various supplies in Hangzhou at that time. After that, he became a guest of Fang La's army. Now that he has left, if Fang La can really secure his position in Hangzhou, his family will retain almost all of its capital, and it will become the number one family in Hangzhou at this time.
Of course, Fang La may not be able to be stable in Hangzhou. What will happen in the future is actually not optimistic, but at this time, he can only use this reason to comfort himself.
The group of people who are currently surviving in Hangzhou actually all know each other or have heard their names. Some of them secretly colluded with Fang La from the beginning, and some were persuaded to join later. In Fang La's new regime at this time, they may become the first batch of native nobles, but unless they are the group of people who firmly joined Fang La's camp from the beginning, the rest were somewhat uneasy and did not speak to each other. They did not talk casually, only respectfully said goodbye to Fang Qi Buddha, and then left each other.
Toward this group of people, Fang Qifu's attitude seemed gentle and kind. He is nearly forty years old this year. He is tall and extremely skilled. As a general, he can kill countless enemies. However, as a counselor, he has a steady and restrained side. Among the Fang La army, there are countless people with unruly personalities, like Shi Bao himself who is crazy, Deng Yuanjue is a bit crazy, Li Tianrun is calm but arrogant, and Fang Yaizhen is fierce. These people have their own artistic careers, but in front of Fang Qifu , but they are all extremely respectful, and even the moody girl who calls herself Liu Dabiao, or Wang Yin, who is also both civil and military and thoughtful, usually obey orders and don't say much when facing him.
At this time, he sent away everyone attending the banquet, turned around and walked back. A young man who was accompanying him followed him: "Teacher, you value them so much, but in my opinion, they can You may not like it, many of them are I am depressed, I am afraid that our business will not last long. According to me, those who are not really loyal to us can be killed... and we can make a lot of money."
Perhaps it’s because of this tone towards this disciple that Being accustomed to it, Fang Qifu just glanced at him lightly, not too angry, and smiled slightly: "Chen Fan, we have occupied Hangzhou now, you have to change the habits of these bandits, why is this business? What's the point of making a fortune? The Holy Duke will become emperor. , you will at least be a general in the future. Don’t be greedy for petty gains.”
“Tsk, teacher, petty gains are always more interesting. Those emperors, generals, etc., give me a headache just thinking about them. ”
The young man named Chen Fan seemed a little lazy, but Fang Qifu didn't care at all. He just walked and said: "Hangzhou is the strategic point in the south of the Yangtze River. The Holy Duke is the emperor, and Hangzhou is the capital. It is so important. We can't really destroy everything. Now the autumn harvest is about to be harvested. The rice needs to be harvested. In the future, the city needs to be built, with rules and business, and it needs to be supported by people. Here comes the scene. The people who followed us into the city are not good at it. They only know how to burn and rob. Now this is our own home, it’s time to restrain ourselves.”
Fang Qifu sighed: “ They understand what we don't understand. It doesn't matter if they are unhappy now. As long as they are willing to do things, I will give them status and power, and they will like it... Now that I have captured Hangzhou, I will attack Jiaxing in the next few days. Before that, I have to arrange these things. I will leave in a few days. You are here to keep them from being harassed. Do you remember this?"
"Teacher, I want to go with you. You go to attack Jiaxing. I don't understand these things. Otherwise, you can keep General Wang or An Xifu and replace me. It doesn't matter if I go to Huzhou..."
"You don't want to Got it, you are I'm too lazy to think about it, otherwise I wouldn't talk about them... Now Wang Yin wants to take charge of the situation in the south, and An Xifu goes to Huzhou. It's best for you to stay. You are my disciple, and you are unreasonable."
"I'm not unreasonable. I think I can get An Xifu back. To say the least, isn't that girl from the Ba Dao family more unreasonable than me? I can also get her back."
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"Those people who went north to Huzhou were in a mess, with mixed good and bad. On the one hand, sending them there was to let them disrupt Huzhou, and on the other hand, it was just to give them an opportunity to plunder. Xifu went with them in order to be able to carry out plunder when necessary. Control this group of people. Did you know that at noon today, Lu Sheo and Yao Yi almost got into a fight. Thanks to An Xifu and the Black Ling Guards who arrived in time, the matter was calmed down. If it had been you, the chaos would have been a long time ago. It's just adding to the chaos... As for Ba Dao, where has she been these days?"
Chen Fan tilted his head and scratched his eyebrows: "A few days ago... when there was a lot of killing in the city, she was there? Be friendly to your neighbors on the street and give them Some people were giving out steamed buns, but we were not allowed to kill anyone. We also went north yesterday. I heard that her men were looking for a man named Ning Liheng, so they arranged for her and General Shi to kill Gou Zheng and the others. That person anyway? I think this girl is quite idle..."
Fang Qifu frowned and thought for a while: "On that day when the city was broken, most people fled to the north. I heard that Ning Liheng had contacted many people beforehand. They are heading north together. Today, Yao Yi and others seem to be eyeing a group of escapees. Could he be among them? "
"Teacher, do you want me to catch up and warn them?" That Ning Liheng is very powerful, Shun How about I replace Liu Dabiao and the others?”
“What’s the point of warning? There is an army among the fleeing people, and they have become exhausted. Ning Liheng succeeded only for a short time, and it was just one person. ,exist So what can you do in this kind of thing... As for if you want to change Liu Dabiao, go and tell her yourself. As long as you can tell her clearly and let her come back to maintain the situation in the city, I will allow you to go north. "
"Teacher, then you have to give her an order..." Chen Fan tilted his head and said, but the Seven Buddhas in front waved their hands and kept walking. After waiting for a while, they shouted angrily: "But I can't maintain the situation in the city, you... ...Teacher, aren’t you trying to make things difficult for others? I want to fight!”
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The piles of bonfires are dim and dim. The camp has entered the resting stage.
This small camp located on the top of the mountain is not neatly set up. There are no fences and there are not many security patrols. There are also few tents in it. Tired soldiers carrying various good and bad weapons are in the field. We slept around the campfire. Although there were various mosquito bites at this time, everyone was still drowsy.
Lu Sheo was sleeping in the tent - not actually asleep. He was lying on the bed gnawing on half a roast chicken, looking at the roof of the tent, occasionally spitting out the bones.
"Damn..."
What makes me unhappy is, after all, the nameless anger I received at noon during the day. My brother was beaten up by several people, and he was ambushed in the valley like that, and Yao Yi, He actually insisted that he had sneak attacked him!
It’s so uncomfortable to blame someone for nothing...
Although their main responsibility for going north this time is to disrupt Huzhou so that Huzhou cannot take care of Jiaxing and Hangzhou, the main thing is The task is actually not that heavy. At this time, in the northwest, the one who can really rescue Huzhou or Jiaxing is the Wusu Camp that originally belonged to Kang Fangting. However, since Fan La took Hangzhou, the Wusu Camp has been contained in the northwest by Fang La's sister Fang Baihua. As long as Fang La Hundred Blossoms are undefeated, and Huzhou's small military strength is powerless against both sides.
Encountering such an unreasonable disaster in such an easy mission of murder and robbery, he originally thought that he would have to fight back no matter what, but naturally he failed in the end. After the black military law team arrived, both sides became silent.
Although most of Fang La's army was composed of homeless victims, some of them could not even get together weapons. For example, Lu Sheao, who was recruited from his hometown of Tong County, later joined the Holy Gong Army and gave him His hills and preparations. But after all, there are still a few truly sophisticated armies.
Leaving aside the troops under Fang Qifu and others, in order to avoid a serious rout on the battlefield, the military team established by Fang Baihua was indeed an elite, and its composition The soldiers were all dressed in black, and they were all ruthless people who killed people. During several battles, when the front row was defeated, heads fell off in batches from the rear. The current leader of this team is a young man named An Xifu, who has a taciturn and bookish spirit, but it has to be said that Lu Sheo felt a little guilty when she saw him.
It has to be said that in today's rebel army, everyone who participates basically feels like a gangster. Whoever has a big fist will be afraid of others. Naturally, Lu Sheo can't afford to offend Deng Yuanjue and Shi Baosi Xingfang. He couldn't afford the Black Ling Guard, but he was following Li Tianrun, and Si Xingfang's Yao Yi could still be provoked. I felt really unhappy today. I couldn't sleep at this time, and I cursed in my heart for a while.
He was just venting his anger when he suddenly heard a small commotion coming from outside the camp. He was startled and thought to himself, could Yao Yi be causing trouble again? After wielding the sword, he picked up the curtain and went out. Just after leaving the tent, he saw a group of people passing through the camp and coming towards him. The first person was petite, but she was a girl wearing a skirt and a black gauze hat. Followed by The person behind her was tall and carried a Box, then a group of people with vague outlines were approaching. The footsteps of these people disturbed the bonfire on the way, and the light rolled up in the air in spots. Lu Sheo thought about the origin of this group of people in front of him. When he reacted, he was stunned.
The girl took out a token in her hand and waved it. Lu Sheo saluted quickly. Before she could speak, the middle-aged man behind him who was carrying a box spoke first: "General Lu, there is no need to be polite. We are looking for a scholar named Ning Liheng. He may be in the fleeing team heading north. Has General Lu heard of him? ”
Lu Sheo was stunned: "No, I don't know..."
"You must have caught a few people who were alone on the way. Where are they being held? Take us to ask. "How are you?"
The fleeing people come from all directions. They will definitely catch some people along the way. Some will be killed and robbed, and some will be arrested and interrogated. Lu Sheo nodded quickly, and then led the group over. Looking from a distance, he saw dark shadows in the mountains, and it seemed that more people were ambushed. After the people were brought there, the girl and others didn't need him to watch over, so he turned back, sat by the bonfire and looked over there.
He was not familiar with the group of people in front of him before, he had only heard of them. It was the Ba Dao Camp led by Liu Dabiaozi, a famous martial arts man in the southwest. This Liu Dabiaozi was originally a martial arts hero, not a bandit. He just had friendship with Fang La. He supported Fang La during his uprising. He and the Black Ling Guards were both elite rebels.
Of course, compared to the reputation of the Black Ling Guards who have been killing heads, this Sword Camp is attributed to Liu Dabiao's own fame. It is said that this man is a master of swords and has few opponents in the Jiangnan Wulin. A heroic man with a height of eight feet, a waist of eight feet, and a hairy chest. There are few people in the rebel army who can compare with him.
When Lu Sheo first heard about joining the rebel army, he admired Liu Dabiaozi very much. But as he gained prominence in the rebel army, he discovered that although he could occasionally see the soldiers in Ba Dao Camp, Liu Dabiaozi himself had never seen them. This man does not seem to be involved in the various activities of fighting for power and mountaintops among the rebels. He is mysterious and domineering. But later, Lu Sheo vaguely heard that Liu Dabiao had died a few years ago, and now it was Liu Dabiao's daughter who gave orders on his behalf. However, he stubbornly asked people to call her Liu Dabiao's son, as if he wanted to let her be his father's daughter. The name was passed down because of this. When he first heard about it, it was a bit funny, but later he realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
It is said that although Liu Dabiao’s daughter has an eccentric temperament, her martial arts skills are extremely high. She is a high-ranking member of the rebel army. There were many fights among the people. The woman's body was thin, but the powerful sword in the imperial envoy's family had a different approach. I heard that even Shi Bao, Wang Yin and others who were the most skilled in martial arts in the army at this time might not be able to beat her. Chen Fan, a disciple of Fang Qifo, It is said that he even has the power to uproot a weeping willow tree, and is like Shura in the battle formation. But I heard that the fight against Liu Dabiao was a draw.
Whether there were other reasons for this, Lu Sheo was not sure, but those who fought in a draw were still alive. However, there were many people in the army who were said to have been actually killed by Liu Dabiao. After that, others Although I rarely see that woman, I don't dare to call her anything other than Liu Dabiao. Over time, she has become known as a magical person. It was the first time he saw him today, and he didn't feel much overt domineering, but at least he didn't show any disrespect.
After a while, the interrogation over there was probably over, and they came here again. The girl nodded slightly to thank him, and he quickly returned the greeting. The middle-aged man behind said: "After asking about the matter, there was no result, so we came over from General Xue Dounan. General Yao should be nearby too. I wonder if he has seen it before. ?”
This team is actually quite polite, Lu Sheo heard that question. Only then did he realize that the girl and her group were asking the people heading north one by one. She nodded quickly: "Of course I saw it, Yao Yi, their team should be at the other end of the mountain, just go west. . Oh, and the Black Wing Guards, led by Mr. An, have probably gone ahead.”
"Thank you." After hearing this, these people turned and left, walking into the darkness. After walking a few steps, Lu Sheo saw the girl turn around and speak. This was the first time he heard her voice. It's a little cold, but it's also pleasant to hear: "We are looking for a person named Ning Liheng." "If General Lu encounters someone who is fleeing again tomorrow, please help me. Thank you."
"Uh... naturally, no problem."
After Lu Sheo said, look. Watching those people go away in the darkness, he breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that these people were quite easy to get along with, but I immediately felt that this might be the aura of powerful people. It would be best to go to Yao Yi and get angry and clean up Yao Yi and others. ......
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At the same time, our sights were pushed further north, where many escapees were stationed. In the valley, some bonfires were burning. In the darkness here, Chan'er was hugging her knees and sitting down on the grass. Her eyes were slightly sad as she looked at the figure walking away from the bonfire, while another figure of a woman was holding a glass of water towards the other side. Walk over.
There are some things that she doesn't understand. Even if she understands them slightly, by this time, she has become a little confused.
In the morning, my uncle was diagnosed with a critical injury on his hand, and the doctor performed first aid. When she, Juan'er, Sister Xing'er and others were forced into the departure team by the young lady, she was so sad that she almost cried, but it was not the time to cry, so she held it back.
My uncle and the young lady both caught up in the afternoon, and she was very happy about it. But on the way she found out that her uncle's injury was very serious. But as soon as he got here, my uncle started to do various things. He rushed around to persuade the wealthy businessmen to use gold, silver and jewelry as bait, summoned veterans and hunters to inquire about various situations. Until night, these things did not stop. However, my uncle has been asking questions by the campfire, occasionally thinking and walking, and most of the time he is writing and drawing on paper and matching the map.
Injuries can slow down people’s thinking, and my uncle’s situation didn’t seem ideal, but from beginning to end, he never stopped, occasionally asking the lady’s opinion, until those who were asked They have all fallen asleep, but he is still writing and thinking.
It’s not that she can’t completely understand her uncle’s intentions in doing these things, but something keeps beating in her heart: her uncle’s injuries are too serious, and she won’t be able to hold on...
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She wanted to go over and try to persuade him, but she could not muster the courage. The young lady did not try to persuade her uncle this time either. She followed and watched from the side, and most of the time, quietly and silently, it might be that the husband and the wife were following each other. She envied the close relationship between the young lady and her uncle, but...the uncle wouldn't be able to hold on...
Just now she brought a glass of water and wanted to go over, almost wanting to muster the courage to overstep the maid's instinct. I opened my mouth to persuade my uncle to stop for a while, but the young lady passing by took the water glass over. Perhaps seeing the look on her face, the young lady shook her head slightly and hugged her, then brought her a water glass. She came back here, unwilling to fall asleep, and saw the young lady and her uncle over there sitting side by side. She hugged her knees, pressed her lips to her knees, and cried softly and repressedly...
The fire exploded, and a piece of light dust rose up. In the light, Ning Yi raised his face and thought carefully, and then He lowered his head again and continued to write and draw on the paper. The night might still be very long...
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That night, Ning Yi finally slept, and when he got up the next day, he continued yesterday's plan and deduction. As the refugees broke camp and turned around, he continued to think on the horse. Sometimes he would discuss with Su Tan'er and give his thoughts to Su Tan'er for review. Along the way, he also asked this and that kind of people. It wasn't until the evening that he handed over a rough idea to Chen Xingdu. Some of the details still needed to be modified by someone who really knew the military. Maybe it wouldn't be accepted in the end, but for now, he could only It’s been done to this extent.
While some people were discussing in the newly set up camp, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er rode a horse towards the nearby hillside. On the other side of the hillside was a winding waterway. As the sun sets in the west, the sun casts golden light on the mountains and water. The waves are sparkling under the mountains, and beautiful wild flowers bloom on the hillside.
Ning Yi got off the horse and reached out to pick up Su Tan'er. Then, although he saved his wife, he staggered back a few steps. The two fell into the grassy slope. Ning Yi's strength at this time There was still some damage. Although she fell, Su Tan'er was not too shocked. Then the two of them lay there and chuckled.
Looking up, on the evening of the ninth day of the lunar month, geese were flying over the sky. The clouds on this day were very good, like pure white cotton. Ning Yi opened his arms, and Su Tan'er gently put her hands on her stomach, like two children.
The two children lay there for a long time before someone spoke...
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