The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

It was the first time for Yun Yanhui to see a villain who was more unlucky than himself. Doctor Wang stood where he was, with a dazed and aggrieved face. Although he couldn't understand Miao language, he could feel the emotion.

At this time Zhou Huilin also got up, he stepped out slowly, saw that Wang Taiyi was about to drown, and his coat was not put on, so he rushed up, separated those people with his arms, and roared: "Presumptuous! What are you doing!"

The Miao people were silent for a moment, and then louder accusations broke out.

Zhou Huilin really wanted to use violence to solve it, but this place is not like Bianjing, it is his territory, so he can only protect Doctor Wang and roar a few times.Soon, he realized that this was useless, and he couldn't stop so many people by himself, "Yunyan returns, Yunzhufeng!"

Yunyan originally wanted to go over to rescue Wang Taiyi, but Zhou Huilin was the first to see what he was going to do, who knew that he would lose the battle after just yelling twice, the language barrier is really a deathbed.

Yunyan walked back and said in Miao language: "It's unreasonable to make trouble. Before Shishan took the medicine, the chieftain agreed and also saw the medicine. If there is really a problem, will she not know?"

The Miao people hesitated for a moment and didn't speak.They are relatively straightforward and reckless, but they are not fools. If they follow along at this time, wouldn't they be questioning the chieftain's ability?

Alas, this young man is clearly a Hmong, but he has become cunning after mixing with the Han people!

Yun Yan went back and showed them the rest of the medicinal materials, "You can test it, these are all high-quality medicines, someone should recognize them, this doctor, he treated our emperor's diseases, and put people to death. , he himself is even more sad, will it ruin his reputation?"

Yun Yan continued to talk, and the more everyone listened, the more they felt that it wasn't that the young man was cunning, maybe that was the truth.

Didn't the chieftain also say at the time that the gods were going to take Shishan away? Maybe it was just the doctor who bumped into it.Even the doctor who treated the Han emperor could not save the people the gods wanted to take away.

After calming down a small turmoil, Yun Yan went back to find Shi Meilan.

She was busy coaxing the little tiger, probably because of this she had no time to care about the commotion outside.The little tiger couldn't wake up his father no matter what, and realized that the death everyone said had come, cried heartbreakingly for a while.

Shi Meilan struggled to explain to him that "death" is not the end, and her father's soul will last forever on every plant and tree in the village.

But for a while, it was difficult for the little tiger to listen to this theory.

Because the little tiger was crying endlessly, Shi Meilan could only hug him and murmur a few times before the little tiger slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.Shi Meilan put him aside, and then said to Yun Yanhui and the others: "I had expected it a long time ago, he would be taken away by the Yin God after all. I'm neglecting everyone, I'll see him off."

Miao people believe that there is still a soul and consciousness after death, and Shi Meilan will enshrine Yunda in accordance with Miao customs.

Before the burial, Yunda's body would be buried for three days, and Shi Meilan personally played the drum with a small leather drum.

Someone told Yun Yanhui that she would not sleep for three days and three nights, but kept beating drums in the hall, and sang sacrificial songs when she was buried. She was not only a relative of the deceased, but also a priest.

Yun Yan came back to make up her mind and waited until Yun Da was buried in peace before leaving.

Yunyan went back to help Shi Meilan, who presided over the funeral, bring the little tiger for a few days. After three days, although the little tiger was sad, he had accepted his father's departure and did not clamor for him to wake up.

When it was time for the burial, people in the village lined up in a long line to carry Yun Da's body up the mountain.Yun Yanhui and the others didn't have to go to see them off, but Yun Yanhui still followed behind the team.

Once Yun Da died, only Yun Yanhui knew his identity.He sighed with emotion what happened to Yunda, and after all, he was a father and son by blood.

Shi Meilan sang a sacrificial song, and the singing echoed in the open mountains.She seemed to follow the guidance in the dark to find a place, and then everyone dug the soil on the spot, held a memorial ceremony, and buried it.

The Miao people gathered around the cemetery, chanting scriptures with Shi Meilan, and the little tiger also knelt beside him, confused and sad.

After the funeral was over, Yun Yan held the little tiger's face back and said, "Little tiger, we are leaving soon, tell brother, will you be okay?"

The little tiger subconsciously hugged Yunyan back, not wanting to be separated from him, but soon, the little tiger remembered that brother Yan had to go back, and he couldn't leave Aniang at this time.

The little tiger gritted his teeth, and was silent for a while, instead of acting coquettishly as usual, he said firmly, "I can, Brother Yan, I will take care of Auntie, eat and dress myself, and write by myself."

"The little tiger has grown up." Yun Yan patted the little tiger's head reassuringly, "We don't cry when we part, but celebrate when we meet again. If we agree, we can give you a high-five, okay?"

"I will never cry again!" The little tiger said loudly, and slapped Yun Yanhui's palm.

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When Yun Yanhui and his group left, the little tiger really didn't cry. He rode on the shoulders of a guard and waved goodbye.

The mountain road was winding, Yun Yanhui and they came to a bend, and when they were about to disappear, Yun Yanhui turned back again.

The little tiger shouted loudly: "Brother Yan, wait until I see you later!"

Yunyan waved back, and her figure disappeared into the forest.

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When they went up the mountain, they handed over the horses and carriage to the post station. After another trek down the mountain, Yun Yanhui and others went to the post station in Guizhou first, rested here for a day, and then took the carriage back.

The return journey was not as rushed as when we came here, and considering that Doctor Wang was too old to bear the fatigue, the speed slowed down a lot, not to mention the need to travel day and night, and he could sleep in the post station.

When passing through Yizhou, it is customary to sleep one night at night.

There are many poisonous miasmas in Guangnan. If I hadn't bought some Miao medicine before leaving Guizhou, I would have been plagued by mosquitoes.In addition, the weather is also relatively bad. If you walk fast, your body will be overwhelmed, and the environment will be harsh if you walk slowly. Doctor Wang is really miserable.

At night at the post station, the imperial doctor Wang was so tormented that he couldn't sleep, Yun Yan sat with him on the steps when he returned, and went to the kitchen to make tea and drink it with him.

Although the age difference between the two is relatively large, the current situation is a ready-made common topic, and the two compare the difference between Guangnan and their hometown.

Yunyan recalled that Yuwen Rounu came to this area originally, and the medical environment was not good, so she treated the local people.There are very few serious doctors here, and most of them use local methods or seek wizards.

An old man and a young man were chatting, when suddenly there was noise and fire in front of them.

Yun Yanhui stood up vigilantly, leaned on the courtyard door to look out, and listened carefully, there was the sound of swords and soldiers. He suspected it was bandits. The security here was really bad, so he hurried to wake up the guards.

Zhou Huilin's clothes were disheveled, he came out with a knife in his hand, and ordered someone to go outside to check the situation.

A guard went out with a knife, came back after a while, and said in a panic: "The barbarians in Yizhou have risen again. They have sneaked into the city and robbed them. There are quite a few people. The people in the post station are guarding the front."

Everyone is poor, only the government office is not that poor, and there are horses in the post station, so it is reasonable to be robbed.As for the riots, you can tell from the word "again" that many barbarians in Guangnan will make troubles if they can't get through, because the place is poor, and they often can't get through...

The imperial court also thought of many ways, various reliefs, and after the chieftain system was implemented, Xiang Shi Meilan recently asked Xiang Shi Meilan to take the lead in setting up a trade point, but after all, there was no immediate result, so there were still troubles from time to time.

Zhou Huilin made a decisive decision: "Take the weapons and let's go to support."

Yun Yanhui, as a young man, should have stepped forward, but Imperial Physician Wang is old, after some consideration, everyone still asked him to take care of Imperial Physician Wang.

The inn was not big, Yun Yan looked back and saw that there was no place to hide, so she simply gave up and asked Wang Taiyi to stay in the room for the time being, and leaned against the courtyard wall to have a look.

Song people collectively referred to the Tu people in Guangnan as barbarians. In fact, there are many ethnic groups here, most of which are Miao people, Tong people and Liao people.Among them, the Miao people are basically stable in the Shi family, the children's vitality is seriously injured, and there is no need to worry about it in a short time, and the Liao people have no unified behavior for the time being, and they turmoil from time to time, but they are not great.

There are quite a lot of Liao people in Yizhou, and there are far more people here than post stations, and they have homemade bows and arrows in their hands.There are few people in the post station, even with Zhou Huilin and the others supporting them, it is far from enough, and they are defeated for thousands of miles.

Besides Zhou Huilin and the others, there was no regular army at all. Zhou Huilin couldn't order the people in the post station if he wanted to mobilize them.

Under such a defeated situation, our own side had no intention of resisting, and fled in all directions, trying to rush out, but many were shot and killed, and the rest did not dare to resist, so they were captured without a fight.

Zhou Huilin and the others retreated at this time. His shoulder was bleeding, and it was scratched by the arrow. It didn't look serious.

Physician Wang rushed over to take a look, but said solemnly: "It's not good, it's poisonous! The barbarians in Guangnan have the habit of taking poison and wiping arrows, and they are the only ones who have the antidote."

At the other end, the Liao people were already approaching, and the gate of the courtyard could not be blocked for long, but at this time the officers and soldiers from Yizhou had not yet appeared.

Zhou Huilin: "They don't kill people who don't resist, but they will kidnap people. If we are all taken away..."

They have no power in the local area. If they are taken away, Jingzhong does not know when it will react.If the local government fails to rescue them in time, it will be a lot of trouble in the hands of the Liao people.

The natives here often start riots, and they already have a routine. After they come out to loot the supplies, they can take the young and strong back. Those who have money wait for someone to redeem them. If no one redeems them, they will build fortifications for them, or serve as cannon fodder and human shields. .

Before they could discuss it, the gate of the courtyard was knocked open. Zhou Huilin and Yun Yan looked at each other, took the lead and left the weapon on the ground, and the other guards followed suit and dropped their weapons.

As soon as the bureaucrats swarmed up, they took away all the weapons and tied up everyone.When it was Wang Taiji's turn, the bureaucrats looked at him for a while by the light of the torches, seeing that he was so old, and he didn't look particularly rich in clothes.

Yunyan didn't expect that they would still gag. She wanted to make a joke, but now she has nowhere to go.

Zhou Huilin had this idea in the first place, and was rather disappointed. Fortunately, they all found that these people did not plan to bring Doctor Wang with them, which was a blessing in misfortune.

Next, being dragged up the mountain by a rope, Yun Yanhui and the others thought, no wonder those people didn't bring Imperial Physician Wang with them, as Imperial Physician Wang was already on the verge of collapse, and they might be afraid that Imperial Physician Wang would hit the street halfway.

The bureaucrats raided the post station and the shops of several Han people, and brought back a large amount of supplies and dozens of young and strong Han people. They were very cautious and pointed arrows at them from time to time, so that Yunyan was afraid that someone would be unlucky if he shook his hand. .

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The Liao people generally do not live as far away as the Miao people, perhaps due to the terrain, and at dawn, they arrive at their place.

All the captives were taken into a hall and placed on the ground.A group of Liao people also sat on the ground here, watching over them.

Yun Yanhui really wanted them to free their mouths, but unfortunately, these bureaucrats turned a blind eye to their needs.

The bureaucrats also "worked hard" all night. After sitting down, they moved out a small urn to reward themselves.After the small urn was opened, there was a strong smell of distiller's grains.

They added water to it, stirred it for a while, then inserted a straw into it, and sucked the liquid in it in turn. This is the unique way of local people drinking, and Zhou Huilin felt sick when he saw it. Can this also be called wine?

The imperial court questioned the prohibition of alcohol, but there are always some places that cannot be controlled. Anyway, private wine and private sales in the Guangnan area are absolutely uncontrollable.

Both natives and Han people here are good at wine, and you can control those in the city, but you can't control the people who make their own wine in the mountains.

At this time, Yunyan saw that Zhou Huilin seemed to have been affected by the arrow poison, and he was drowsy and his face turned blue.

Yunyan returned to her heart anxiously, bent down and began to rub the gag on the wall beside her.

When the people sitting next to him saw Yun Yanhui's movements, they felt that he was doing useless work.This person looks like a foreigner, so what's the use of rubbing off the cloth, the natives have their own set of procedures, they control how to treat these captives, when to ask questions and blackmail, etc.

Someone else kindly pushed Yunyan back, frowned at him, and shook his head, implying that he should not waste his efforts.

Yun Yan returned but persevered, insisting on rubbing the cloth.

Everyone sighed in their hearts, thinking that looking at this person's delicate skin and tender flesh, it might be because he hasn't suffered much and doesn't like dirty mouth. After all, he is also a fallen person in the world, so some people kindly helped him to stand in front, Yun Yan Hui also glanced at them gratefully.

The Liao people sucked up the three urns of wine before anyone noticed Yun Yanhui's movement. At this time, the cloth of Yunyan Hui was about to fall off. I saw someone, so I stepped forward and wanted to stuff the things back.

Yunyan spit out the cloth quickly, took a deep breath, and switched to Miao language in a second, regardless of whether they could understand it or not: "What are you doing? When Nong Zhigao raised his troops, we all had trouble together. The Lingnan Tu nationality You are as close as brothers, it’s too embarrassing for you to do this!”

Huh?Miao people? !

For a while, the other Han people who either despised or helped Yunyan back were stunned for a moment. No wonder this person kept trying to talk, so there was a Hmong among us!

Although these Liao people could not understand the meaning of Yun Yanhui's words, they all recognized that it was Miao language, and even understood the three words "Nong Zhigao".When Nong Zhigao rebelled, he united with many Tu people, including Guangnan Liao people and Miao people.

Although I don't know why this man is wearing Han clothes, but his fluent Miao language can't fool anyone.

The Tu ethnic groups in Guangnan have no sense of identity with the imperial court, and they make troubles at every turn. The Tu ethnic groups have a lot of exchanges and complicated relationships. Anyway, the relationship with the Han people is better than that of the Han people.

Yizhou and Guizhou are not far away, and there are many exchanges.In fact, other Tu ethnic groups do not feel any sense of betrayal when the Miao people in Guizhou "returned to obedience" and received the title.Their thinking is very naive and simple. They feel that they will pretend to bow their heads if they lose, and the children will obediently serve corvee, but they firmly believe that the Tu people cannot be assimilated.

These bureaucrats were just guards and couldn't make up their minds. Seeing Yunyan's aggressiveness, it seemed that his status was not low. They were frightened for a while, and they didn't dare to stop Yunyan's mouth. On the other hand, they hurried to report to the leader.

Yun Yanhui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked down at Zhou Huilin's situation with concern, wondering if he could hold on.

Zhou Huilin felt very uncomfortable, and still sent a message to Yunyan with his eyes: they must be limped.