Yunqi Jiangxin

Entering the boundary of Longzhou, even if you have reached the southern edge of Huangyu.The origin of Wang Nuoshi's study is in Long'an County, southwest of Longzhou City, so the two stayed in Longzhou City for two or three days. After Wang Nuo got the silver taels, he tried his best to drag Rong Xun to eat around. By the way, I would like to comment on the rice of this rice, the rice of that rice, and the rice of the other. Nuo is also a very humorous person. After eating, he walked around and looked around. Two or three days passed quickly. Wang Nuo had already removed the word "brother", and he shouted "Guangze Guangze" every day.

On this day, the two led their horses and walked out of the city along the main road in the west of the city. Ever since Wang Nuo said that his attendant, Rong Xun couldn't help but check for lame men every time he went to the street. Wang Nuo didn't know what he was thinking, and sometimes he joked when he stared at others.

At this time, a slightly fat middle-aged man walked in front of him. He walked slowly, with a smile on his face, and was amiable. Some passers-by gave way when they saw him. .

When passing by a shop, a person came out in a hurry and bumped into him directly. The servant behind him was about to scold him, but the middle-aged man hurriedly raised his hand to stop him. Instead, he asked if he was injured. The person who bumped into him originally said Saying "It's all right", when he looked up and saw the middle-aged man's face, his expression changed drastically, he knelt down to apologize, the middle-aged man waved his hand, and still walked away unhurriedly.

Rong Xun stopped to watch for a while, and suddenly heard Wang Nuo calling him, and hurried to catch up, vaguely heard passers-by whispering "Cao Zhifu." He said to Wang Nuo, "Your Hu Zou's prefect is there."

"Really?" Wang Nuo was very interested, leaned over to look at it and said bitterly: "Ha, no", he continued on his way, took another look unwillingly, and muttered: "Those two families look familiar."

While talking, they had already seen the city gate, and the two left the city without talking much.

At noon, the two arrived in Long'an County, and Rong Xun realized that although it is a county, it looks like a small town in size. Wang Nuo was also very happy, and even said that it was indeed suitable for opening a shop.

Not long after, Wang Nuo took Rong Xun to the door of a family. Rong Xun was hesitant at first, but he dared not go in when he got to the door, and he couldn't explain it clearly, so he suggested that the two separate and he went to find an inn to rest.Unexpectedly, Wang Nuo refused to obey, tugging at his sleeves desperately, saying "the chicken made by the mother of the Lin family is the best in the world", while knocking on the door.

A woman opened the door quite swiftly, and she burst into tears when she saw Wang Nuo. As she said, come in quickly, she yelled "Niuzi" inside. Soon, a young man about 28 or 9 came out of the house. , ran over with a limp, and yelled "Changxin!" Wang Nuo also responded repeatedly.Rong Xun was stunned for a while, and was dragged in by Wang Nuo like this. He didn't think until he was pressed to sit down and heard the other party yell, "I've seen Brother Guangze", and then he thought that after a few years, the other party It's an ordinary soldier again, so he shouldn't be recognized, so he just smiled and lowered his head, drinking tea silently.

Wang Nuo had said before that he and this waiter were like brothers, and sure enough, the two of them were not polite when they met, and talked endlessly about their respective experiences in the years apart.Rong Xun only heard that 3 or [-] people were captured back then, and the man who was still the prince of Xin Guo asked them if they were willing to disarm and return to the fields, and they would no longer use weapons as enemies, so their breathing became a little tense.

"At that time, there was a dead silence. I didn't even dare to breathe loudly in the crowd, but I surrendered like this, how could I be worthy of my armor, how could I be worthy of General Shi and His Royal Highness who died in battle. I don't know how long later, Someone yelled, 'Only die, don't surrender, just die and don't surrender!', that was what His Royal Highness the Sixth Highness once said. Many people cried at that time, and more and more people began to shout, and the shouts shook the ground trembling. Then Prince Xin didn't speak all the time, and after a long time, he said something to his subordinates, and then we were locked up, and some people were escorted out every day and never came back, and the rest of them silently waited to die."

The man whose nickname was Niu Zi spoke slowly, the room was silent, and it was rare for Wang Nuo not to interrupt. "Later it was my turn. I thought the time had come for my death. I thought of my old lady... I didn't expect that those officers and soldiers just picked my hamstrings, and someone helped me make a rough plan. Then I was escorted all the way back. I still I couldn't figure out what happened, and I heard that Dasheng died on the way. Another person committed suicide, but I couldn't find a way. I'm starving to death, I don't even want to do anything, I just cling to each other and cling to each other."

The old woman on the side had red eyes, patted her son on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, it's all over now!" Wiping away her tears, she tried her best to smile and said that she would cook by herself and cook chicken soup to celebrate, but no one noticed. With his head down, Rong Xun's fingers trembled slightly.

"It's good to be alive..." Rong Xun said in a low voice, seeing Niu Zi looking at him, he hurriedly asked, "Are your legs and feet hurt badly?"

Niu Zi smiled and said: "It's okay, I ran too fast just now, but I can't do it, hey."

Wang Nuo began to ask other questions again. While the two were chattering away, a woman in a sarong with a lotus color came back. It turned out that Niu Zi had just made a marriage agreement, and he only waited for two months before the woman's funeral. Nuo Ke cheered up, took out several bank notes one after another, and clamored to make up the congratulatory gift, and the atmosphere finally stopped being dull.

Rong Xun took out a bank note to accompany the gift, but Wang Nuo asked him to put it away after seeing it, and sighed: "I know Guangze, you are a young master, but this number is too scary."

Rong Xun had no choice but to replace Zhang Xiao's, and Wang Nuo decided to accept it for Niu Zi.

After the meal, Wang Nuo said he would go to an inn to stay and rest, and tomorrow he would bring Niuzi and his wife to see if there was a suitable shop.

Niu Zi said yes, just let them have a good rest, and don't worry about the business of the store, but Niu Zi's mother suddenly remembered something, and told them to stay in the inn as soon as they went, and not to go out casually.Niu Zi probably also remembered that Wang Nuo was very playful, and said solemnly: "Yes, especially at night, never go out for a stroll. Even if you go out, there will be no restaurants open at night."

"How could it be? I came all the way here, and I felt that this place is very prosperous, and the rice wine brewed by Liang's family is very delicious. I just wanted to try it at night."

Niu Zi thought for a while, then lowered his voice and said, "A few months ago, we had a new county magistrate here. The law was strict and the curfew was very early. He said that anyone who went out after the curfew would be executed immediately."

"How is it possible!" Wang Nuo didn't believe it, and shook his head again and again. Niuzi couldn't help it, and said: "Although there is no immediate execution, there are some rogues and burglars. I heard that after they were captured, they were not released again. He has been here for the past few months. , I only saw people being arrested in the county prison, and no one came out. I always felt that something was wrong. Anyway, you listen to me, wander around during the day, and don’t go out at night.”

"..." Just as Wang Nuo was about to speak, Niuzi's daughter-in-law added: "Don't go to Nanshan during the daytime. I heard that there are bandits there. They will kill anyone they see."

Even though Wang Nuo was very courageous, when he heard the three members of his family say that, he could only hastily agree and say goodbye very obediently.The next day, Rong Xun went shopping by himself. Wang Nuo and Niu Zi had been wandering around the county all day. They met at the inn at night. Wang Nuo cried out that he was tired and went to bed early.

Another day later, Rong Xun felt that it was almost done. He got up in the morning and was about to say goodbye to Wang Nuo, but he saw Wang Nuo running into the inn in a panic, looking restless. When Rong Xun asked, Wang Nuo hesitated for a long time. Said: "Brother Niuzi's wife is gone."

"Why don't you see me?"

"Yesterday afternoon, my sister-in-law said that she picked some wild vegetables outside the city in the south, but she didn't come back all night. Niuzi and I waited all night. We went to the Yamen to report to the officials early this morning. When the officers and soldiers heard that they had gone to the south, they seemed a little perfunctory. , I’m going to come back to get some dry food, and go to the south with Brother Niu Zi to look for it.”

The more Rong Xun listened, the more wrong it became. Niuzi’s wife told them not to go to Nanshan, so why would they run over by themselves? Wang Nuo then said that the field of wild vegetables outside the city hadn’t reached Nanshan yet. clear.

"Anyway, I'll go and have a look first. Brother Niu Zi can't walk easily, so I have to accompany him."

Seeing this, Rong Xun hurriedly followed and said, "I'll go with you, Brother Niuzi has bad legs and feet, you tell him to wait at home."

Seeing that Rong Xun was worried, Wang Nuo felt a little guilty, and felt that what Rong Xun said was reasonable, so the two went to Niu Zi's house first, and after an explanation, they went south.

After leaving the county town, the winding Nanshan Mountain could be seen from a distance. The two rode along the road to search, but found that there were almost no traces of people along the way. Wang Nuo was even more worried, and asked what would happen if his sister-in-law got close to the mountain and was caught by wild animals.So the two of them rode their horses all the way to the bottom of the mountain, and then raised their feet into the mountain.

After searching for a long time, I went deep into the mountain, but there was still no result, not even a bloodstain on my clothes. Wang Nuo was tired and hungry, so he ran to the side to relieve himself. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked away, Rong Xun heard him Exclaimed, hurriedly pushed aside the bushes and walked over, only to see Wang Nuo hanging upside down from the tree by a rope.

It seemed that he had fallen into Orion's trap, thinking about it, Rong Xun hurried forward to help him untie it, but just as he stepped up, he heard Wang Nuo yelling, "Farewell, Guangze!"

Before he finished speaking, Rong Xun's feet tightened, and the sky and the earth were reversed in an instant. He was already hoisted up by another rope. After blinking, he heard Wang Nuo beside him say cautiously: "I just wanted to remind you that there seems to be something near your feet. ..."

Rong Xun waved his hand and said, "It's nothing." But he saw a petite figure jumping out from behind the bushes on the other side, it turned out to be the person from the Yuxian restaurant.

Sure enough, when Wang Nuo saw that person, he couldn't care less about being hung up, and even yelled "Hey hey!" Seeing that the man just looked at him and didn't intend to help, he was even more aggrieved: "I Said girl, Nian once met in Yu County, let us down!"

The girl stared, Wang Nuo hurriedly changed his words: "I was wrong about the little hero! Who said you are a girl, how can there be such a heroic girl?"

The girl snorted, finally walked over, pulled out a soft sword from her waist, and climbed up the tree to save someone.Rong Xun took out a dagger from his back, bent upwards, grabbed one end of the rope tied around his ankle with one hand, cut the rope around his ankle with the other, turned back as soon as he let his feet go, let go and jumped to the ground .

Wang Nuo stared blankly at the side, "I didn't expect you, Guangze, to be a person with kung fu!" The girl over there had already cut the rope with a sword, and Wang Nuo fell straight down. Rong Xun took two steps to survey Kan caught it, and the girl had already jumped to the ground, staring at the dagger in Rong Xun's hand and asked, "Why are you here?"

Wang Nuo then told about the two people looking for someone, the girl's eyes flashed, and she suddenly said: "It's useless for you to look here."

Wang Nuo was startled, and asked why, but the girl didn't say anything, and froze there for a while, when there was a sudden noise, Rong Xun quickly pulled the two of them to hide, and the three of them hid in the grass ten steps away. How long did it take to see three people walking towards this side, laughing and looking around while walking, Rong Xun saw that they were not wearing official uniforms, and the other thing in their waists was a scimitar for the police, he already knew something was wrong in his heart, when the three people walked away , he said to the two in a low voice: "You wait here, I will go back as soon as I go."

Saying that, he got up and chased after him, and after a short while, he walked around a dense forest and turned a corner again, but his eyes suddenly opened up. He looked around and saw that not far from the corner was a path made of man-made grooves all the way down, and the bottom was a shoal , A small stream meanders through it, and amidst the sound of gurgling water, there is a clanging sound. Dozens of people are distributed in the shallows and the opposite rocks, in ragged clothes, and they are beating the rocks everywhere in handcuffs and shackles.

Just as Rong Xun was about to go back, there was a small whisper not far away. The three people who hadn't gone far were very alert, and they turned around to look at it in an instant. Pushed away.When they walked away, Rong Xun went over and saw that it was the girl, who was trying to hide behind a tree, her foot was bleeding, and her two hands were tightly grasping a beast trap on her foot. Half of the bones in each foot had to be broken.

Rong Xun helped her break the animal trap and was about to help her to leave. The girl couldn't care about anything else at this time, so she thanked him and let him support her.

It wasn't until dark that the three of them returned to the inn. Niu Zige and his brother had already waited in Wang Nuo's room until their faces turned blue.Seeing a wounded girl brought back by them, he was even more panicked.After the girl bandaged the wound, the four of them looked at her together. Wang Nuo couldn't help but asked, "Girl, do you know something? Tell us quickly."

The girl glared at him and said, "I've seen the sister-in-law you mentioned before, and they took her away, but she won't be in danger these days, but you won't be able to rescue her even if you go there."

After she finished speaking, the old woman was about to cry, and the girl couldn't bear it, so she pursed her lips and didn't speak.Seeing this, Niu Zi went out, saying he was going to report to the officials, but Rong Xun quickly stopped him and said, "Don't go, the arresters are from the Yamen."

For a while, several people were quiet, only the girl snorted and did not speak.Rong Xun had no choice but to say: "The knives of the few people I followed were all fast arresters, and they looked like they had been trained. Nine out of ten were people from the Yamen. I guess, it should be that the mine was discovered over there, and there were government officials. People are mining without permission, and this matter is too involved, so don't be reckless."

Brother Niu Zi was stunned, and the old woman was stunned for a moment and asked, "They...they arrested my wife and went to mine?"

Rong Xun looked at the girl, who snorted and said, "No, they arrested people for the purpose of gaining advantage."

Wang Nuo came back to his senses at this time, and asked blankly: "...how could it be?"

The girl glanced at him and said, "Of course there are no other pits. What they dug is a jade pit."