Crown Tang emperor

But everything has its pros and cons, and these dangerous situations that are beyond the reach of strangers sometimes become the fate of some desperate people.The so-called tyranny is fiercer than a tiger. Compared with all kinds of dangers in the world, the deep mountains and old forests are dangerous with poisonous miasma and ferocious beasts, but for some people, they are more reassuring than the outside world.

Kushuigou is an inconspicuous gully near Taibai Peak. There are springs and flowing water converging into mountain streams, and a long and narrow grass slope is washed out at the bottom of the valley.The grassy slopes have already been reclaimed, and some grains and so on are planted. They are irrigated by running water and fertile in the rotten soil. The growth is not bad, but the scale is too small. Even if the harvest is prosperous, the income is limited.

On both sides of the mountain and between the valleys, there are some simple shacks covered with grass, and there are some dry cave dwellings on the slopes facing the sun.There are some ragged people scattered on the hills and below the hills, either turning firewood for drying, or kneading hemp and weaving, each busy in his own way.

It wasn't until the middle of the day that Li Guang, who was lying on the straw couch, woke up. Rubbing his sleepy eyes with some irritability, he walked out of the hut and kicked away the few children who were frolicking in the grass outside his hut: "The evil-born Wild slave, get out and make noise."

The children ran away crying and crying, while Li Guang sat cross-legged on the smooth rock, scratching a thick red scar on the left side of his face with his thick nails, the spring rains and the tide, and the growth of miscellaneous insects, it is inevitable that people will be bitten and scratched all over. The pain was unbearable, and he kept scratching the scar on his face to bleed, and then he stopped with some unfinished thoughts, half of his face was bloodshot, and he looked very hideous.

A woman in charge of food brought a bamboo tube of dried rice with mixed beans, and on it were a few sticks of smoked and embalmed dried meat. Li Guang chewed the dried rice, picked out a few sticks of dried meat and threw them to the two slanderous faces before selling them. Good urchin.

The naughty boy held it tightly in his hands as if he had found a treasure, chewing and savoring it carefully.In fact, the meat strips are dry and hard, as tough as tree roots, and what taste can be tasted, but children still enjoy it as a delicacy.

There was the sound of mourning on the slope, and Li Guang walked up to take a look. It turned out that a sick person who was injured while hunting a few days ago died this morning.He took a deep breath, the moisture in his eye sockets came and went quickly, and he ordered the two to move out the emaciated corpse and bury it.

"Let go of me, Aye, let him go... Huh, blame me for stealing Aye's rations, Aye will starve to death..."

The orphan of the deceased, a teenager in his teens, howled and wanted to take back Aye's body, but Li Guang raised his hand and lifted the thin body aside.

Li Guang rummaged through the straw couch for a while, took out a horizontal knife with dense gaps like sawtooth, and stuffed it into the young man's hand: "Live with your heart, if you are gone, you, Aye, are really dead!"

The young man half-understood, holding the horizontal knife and staring blankly at the empty grass couch after the corpse was taken away, and then lay down next to Li Guang's feet and howled mournfully, "Aye is dying and wants me to hurry up." Grandpa, the school captain, said that it is Grandpa who can keep us alive..."

Hearing this, Li Guang's body froze in place. Seeing his companion's death, he was still in a state of confusion, but now his heart was full of grief, tears welled up in his eyes, and the scratches on his face were so painful that he raised his hand to slap him He slapped himself twice, bent down and grabbed the young man, turned his head and walked out of the cave, digging soil to the south slope to bury his companion.

This small settlement has a population of over a hundred, and Li Guang is their leader.

Originally a military household in Jingzhao, he joined the army as a young man, conquered Goryeo first, and returned to the Turkic wars. He traveled east and west for more than ten years and did not return to his hometown. Dying, the brother has no property, and the family has been dilapidated for a long time.

Fortunately, due to the small rewards for meritorious service, the marriage was discussed hastily. After less than a year of marriage, they were recruited and went to Heyuan to prepare for the war, leaving behind their wife and children to live in the village.During the reign of Yifeng, he followed the general manager Li Jingxuan to attack Tubo, Huangchuan was defeated, and he was lucky to leave one life.

Because of missing his family, he summoned dozens of Zhongxiang Yi from the defeated army to flee and return to Guanzhong, only to find that the land was confiscated as mausoleum, and the newly relocated land was delayed. His wife died of poverty and illness. It coincided with the great wilderness in Guanzhong, the people were short of food, and each fled to eat. The child was left at home and ate half a collar of cattail mats. After Li Guang returned home, no one picked up his bones, and there was still a ball of cattail in his teeth!

The defeated army fled back, and Guo Yi of the military government came to arrest them. Li Guang hated to kill the officer, and dozens of broken military households fled to Qinling, and they never went out again.

After the pit was dug, Li Guang personally put the body of the comrade in the pit into the pit, and was about to sprinkle soil to bury it. On the other side of the slope, more than a dozen tall and strong people rushed up the other side of the slope, although their clothes were messy, one of them was sixteen or seventeen years old. The young man with knotted grass and hair rushed over with a bloody deer leg in his hand. Looking at the corpse in the pit, he was a little lost: "Why did he die? I didn't stop for a moment..."

With tears streaming down his face, the young man raised his hand and threw the deer leg into the pit, crying and cursing: "Zhu Shisan is not faithful, he promised to teach me how to shoot back and forth when I got the horse..."

Li Guang glared at the young man, tore off a piece of meat from the deer leg and stuffed it into the corpse's mouth, then threw the whole deer leg to the person next to him: "Simmer for extra food."

"How is this possible! This is me..."

The young man was still waiting to argue, but Li Guang raised his hand and slapped him: "Let you guard the post, who will allow you to go hunting?"

"Aye is just afraid that the Xiling bandits will find us. They dare to come and plunder us. We also have bows and knives. We are not afraid to fight to the death!"

The young man looked angry, and all the young people behind him nodded in agreement: "Just say that you want to live. Living in this cold barren valley, life is better than death! I have grown up for 20 years, and the woman has never touched her hands and feet. Anyone who can see it is either Auntie or Auntie!"

When it comes to the topic of sex, the sadness is somewhat diluted.It is also true that life and death are familiar, and I seldom grieve over these things anymore. Today I mourn the dead, and tomorrow I may lie in the grave.

"If you keep your life, it will always get better..."

Looking at the peaks of the Qinling Mountains, Li Guang muttered, but he couldn't see where the turning point was.

After burying the dead, the group went downhill into the ditch. Someone was already skinning and cleaning the prey brought by the young people by the mountain stream.

Although living in seclusion is harsh, there is no shortage of rare wild animals in the Qinling Mountains. Li Guangyi brought out many old soldiers from the army, and brought out a group of half-grown youths to hunt and gather firewood, and they could barely make ends meet.

The mountains and plains of the Qinling Mountains are stretching, and there are many military households who have fled here to live in seclusion to avoid military service. There are not only those who are self-conscious like Li Guang, but also those who are vicious by nature and gather crowds to become robbers.

This kind of man-made disasters in the mountains and wilds are actually more vicious than those wandering beasts. They go in and out of the mountains and plains, plundering for a living, and at the same time, they also seek out and merge other small groups of exile refugees, taking their young and strong to strengthen their strength.

Li Guang suffers from the ravages of the world, but he is unwilling to bully others, and uses force to inflict misfortune on more people.Those bandit leaders had old robes and invited Li Guang to join them, but they were unwilling to take in the old and weak around him, so Li Guang respected them and kept them at a distance.

Li Guang was worried about the seemingly gossiping complaints of the young people. While others were busy cooking the prey, he called the young man who was reprimanded just now, who was also his adopted son, aside, and said with a frown, "Tell me honestly, is there any Didn't you associate with the Xiling Pirates?"

The young man named Li Ge scratched the itchy spot on his body and laughed, "Aye, can't others trust me? I'm..."

"Still lying!"

Before the adopted son finished speaking, Li Guang was already furious. He knocked the young man to the ground with his hands, pulled off the saber from his waist, and shook off the rough scabbard, revealing the gleaming blade: "Where do you get the sharp blade?" ? The few of you who have been on the lookout for the past few days have disappeared in the middle of the night, so I don’t know!”

"Aye is really alert and powerful..."

The young man still wanted to be fooled by laughing, but when he saw that Li Guang's expression became more and more angry, he restrained his description and turned solemnly: "How dare my son deceive Aye, the bee stole my home, without Aye's rescue, my son would not be able to live long ago... "

"Then you still, alas, the way of heaven is already cruel, and strangers can't live. Even if you can live happily for a few years with viciousness, you will lose the blessing of Huang Quan's ancestors and do those ugly things that are not as good as animals?"

Hearing Li Guang's mournful voice, the young man Li Ge also had tears in his eyes: "I don't know how blessed our ancestors are, but Aye is right in front of us, it doesn't matter if he is stupid or stupid, if it wasn't for Aye suffering from the burden around us, we I didn’t survive, but Aye was able to live a happy life... I definitely didn’t collude with bee robbers, but Aye hated my association with outsiders so I didn’t dare to tell. Has Aye heard of the Old Clothes Club?”

"What it is?"

Li Guang frowned again after hearing the words.

Li Ge's eyes lit up: "Would you say no clothes? I'm in the same robe as my son! The old clothes club is a big club in Xijing City, and it's the righteousness of our military households who are powerful and powerful to donate money to help government households in exile... "

When Li Guang heard this, his body trembled slightly. Although he could not read big characters, he had heard similar slogans before. Hearing this from his adoptive son, the story of Pao Ze entrusting his life and bravely going to the side appeared in his mind again. The magnificent picture, but then there was a tragic picture of the dead son full of puss, and his expression turned into sorrow: "Ha, fellow robe, fellow robe? We are just humble lives, how can we have the honor of Zhang Zi's fellow robe... "

"The old clothing club only donates hemp to join the club, and the robes help each other!"

Li Ge said loudly again: "They don't covet other people's wealth, and they don't spend their lives. As long as they donate a few taels of hemp, they will give them new clothes."

Li Guang has experienced the misery of the world, so he is naturally not as naive and easily seduced as Li Ge, so he flicked the back of the knife with his fingers: "Then what's the matter with this knife?"

"Righteousness is different. Those who are downright will cry when they hear sorrow, those who are righteous will defend themselves and will not abuse them, those who are upright will benefit everyone, and those who are upright will dare to fight! In honor of the name, you must dare to fight according to the Tao, and you have recommended yourself to be a righteous warrior, take this sword of righteousness, and pursue injustice!"

When Li Ge said this, he had a look of pride: "I don't hide anything from Aye, I will respond to the righteous deed in the future and surround and kill the bee robbers in Xiling! Tonight, the righteous envoy of the Guyi Society will give me charity funds to support my family If you don't believe me, Aye, you won't be too late to punish me until I get back the donated money!"

Chapter 0220 Ruyi First Year

In the second half of the night, Li Guang went out with his adopted son and other young people. Under the thick night, the mountains became darker and quieter. Even though everyone was used to climbing mountains and ridges, it was still very difficult to walk.

If you go forward for more than an hour, you will only cross a peak.Li Guang didn't really believe in the so-called Old Clothes Club, and now he was full of doubts. Seeing that his son was still stubborn, he continued to follow.

Partridges sounded in the forest at night, Li Ge listened carefully, pointed to the front left, and said, "That's where it is."

"It's Shang Yi, why is he acting so sneaky?"

Li Guang frowned again and raised his doubts.

Li Ge smiled after hearing the words: "Aye misunderstood, I was worried about exposing our place of residence, and I didn't want my servants to be involved, so I made such an agreement."

The group of people walked forward again for a certain distance and turned around a boulder wrapped in vines. The terrain in front of them was slightly open, and several figures could already be seen standing under a big tree in the night.

Li Guang followed his sons forward, he had already grasped the handle of the knife, and a voice sounded from the opposite side: "Li Dalang?"

"it's me!"

Li Ge turned around and patted his adoptive father's arm to comfort him, and then walked forward.

When the fire was lit, four or five people stood around the big tree on the opposite side, and one of them pointed at Li Ge who was walking forward and said with a smile: "It is really difficult to call Da Lang into the righteous army. It took more than half a month to negotiate back and forth, just to transport these things. Just two draft horses were lost for the money.”

"Thank you for the righteous envoy's appreciation. There will be no troubles about adopting relatives. After enlisting in the army, Ge must be brave enough to kill thieves and pursue injustice!"

Li Ge stepped forward and folded his arms, and his tone was also respectful.

However, at this time, Li Guang flashed out from behind, drew a knife in his hand and said coldly: "Wait a minute! My son is not easy to raise, and he lives in seclusion in the mountains just to survive. He doesn't want to chase after any righteousness or heroism. I will not be driven to work for someone!"

"Aye, you..."

Seeing that his adoptive father's reaction was not the same as before, Li Ge couldn't help feeling anxious: "Please don't misunderstand me, my Aye..."

"Your step is Captain Li Guangli of Jingzhao Baiqu Mansion?"

Before Li Ge finished speaking, the tone of the person on the opposite side became even more surprised and excited. He waved the torch forward and said in his mouth: "In the third year of Yifeng's march on the Taohe River, Jiufu Guoyi, under the command of Liu Fujun, Weinan Fu Ma Xing, do you know?"

"Ma, Ma Xing? You are, you are Marshal Ma? You don't, you..."

Hearing the other party's words, Li Guang lost his composure immediately, rushed forward a few steps, raised his hand to cover his eyes, and looked at the other party's face by the light of the fire, his face had already become agitated.But the other party simply handed the torch to his companion, stepped forward and grabbed Li Guang's arm, shaking vigorously: "Sure enough, it's Li Guimian!"

"You man! How dare you call me by an ugly name!"

Hearing this old notoriety, Li Guang confirmed the other party's identity, subconsciously raised his hand and twisted the other's arm, only to find that there were only three fingers left in the other party's palm, the little finger and the middle finger were missing, and he was taken aback again: "Why, why... ..."

"The Huangchuan army was defeated, and they went on their own. Unfortunately, they were captured by bandits and their hands were beheaded as slaves... At least they managed to save their lives, and they fled back while the foreign shepherds seized their horses. It's a pity that the crippled body can no longer kill the enemy with weapons. I failed to bring back the heads of the two thieves to sacrifice my finger!"

Speaking of the past, the middle-aged man named Ma Xing also sighed, and then said with no lack of surprise: "Li Dalang is actually the son of Ghost Face? No wonder, no wonder! Li Ghost face, you are really lucky to raise such a brave son. There is great hope in sacrificing myself for revenge and killing the thieves! It is a pity that my wife and children disappeared after I returned home..."

Hearing this, Li Guang's feeling of being reunited with his old friend quickly cooled down. He took a step back in embarrassment and indifference, and opened his mouth to sigh: "Ma San, aren't you cold-blooded yet? I don't want my son to die again." shed innocent blood..."

"Aye, I..."

"Shut up!"

Li Guang stopped his son's words, and when he turned to his old friend, his expression was even more indifferent: "It's a great joy to meet an old friend. But there is no wine and drink in the mountains and fields. It's exhausting your feet, but if you still miss the old love , please don’t come to seduce my son again. Our father and son are old and dead, and we don’t want to waste money for nothing!”

"I understand, I understand! Ghost face, you are one of our brave warriors. After returning home, I also heard about your deeds. It's not that I was heartbroken. How could we veterans of the government draw their knives and slash our lives in the past? Protectors? When I joined the army, my family property was intact, and my wife and children disappeared after I returned, so I don’t feel any resentment in my heart?”

When Ma Xing said this, tears welled up in his eyes: "The nobles eat sorghum and meat, how can they bend down to look down on us miserable military slaves? I feel my own misery, so I donate to the Old Clothes Club. Sending my life, I also want to rely on my own little strength to rescue those relatives. Maybe my missing wife and children are also in some countryside that I don't know, and they are being rescued by these relatives. ..."

"What is that old clothing club..."

Li Guang pulled Ma Xing aside, and said in a concentrated voice: "How much do you know about the dangers of the human heart and the suffering of the world? Hearing a few strong words, he was bewitched to sacrifice his life. I have seen through the coldness of the world. You If you still remember the past, please come from the truth!"

Ma Xing blinked, pondered, and then said: "Ghost face, do you know what year it is?"

Li Guang hid himself in the mountains for a long time, and just shook his head after hearing the words.

"Now it's the first year of Ruyi, ha, just a month ago, it was still three years after Zhou Zhengtian's conferment, the emperor of the Holy God and the female lead enjoyed the country, and the Tang family in the Wu Dynasty..."

"How is this possible? No matter how pampered and pampered by Empress Wu and His Majesty the Emperor, how can the people of the world respond!"

Li Guang's eyes widened when he heard the words. If it wasn't for Ma Xing, an old friend, he would have scolded him for being absurd and fraudulent.

"Whether you believe it or not, the way of the world is already like this. Even the kings of the Tang family can't be at ease. How much peace can we grassland people enjoy?"

Ma Xing sighed, and continued: "The Guyishe is a company that originated in Luoyang, the capital of the gods. It takes hemp to help others. Although it is only a hemp shirt and a half-urn of thin soup, people are extremely poor and can rely on it." Survive. I’m not bragging for a reason. Since I donated to the club last autumn, there are hundreds of people who have survived by me. I’m just an ordinary envoy of the Wannian Club. There are hundreds of Jingzhao, so it can be inferred that Guyishebu is good at saving people, and in Qinchuan alone, tens of thousands of people have benefited."

While speaking, he pointed to the goods piled up under the tree, and said: "Living people are miserable, and oppressed by the government, tyrants, and bee thieves. In order to protect this rare vitality and goodness, we need to recruit rich people." Fighters of righteousness and bravery. It doesn’t matter if you buy your life with wealth, in order to attract your boss, I sent fifty shi of miscellaneous grains, thirty pieces of cloth, and more than [-] yuan in other miscellaneous goods, just to ask for a visit Haoyi. Usually these supplies can be donated to save as many as a hundred people..."

After Li Guang heard the words, he just remained silent and did not answer.

"Ordinary parents don't want their children to engage in killing karma. What's more, we, the souls of the killing field, know the value of life. Ghost face, you are cold-hearted about the world and don't want to be righteous anymore. Personnel matters, they are so old and dead, are they willing to be willing? Whether it is good or bad, they also want to make a career on their own, and live up to their brave bones!"

Ma Xingqing knew that Li Guang could not be persuaded in a short period of time, and after pondering for a while, he suggested again: "Empty words are always empty words. If you trust me, ghost face, you might as well go out with me to watch. What, and then decide whether to let the next generation donate here."

Hearing this, Li Guang groaned for a while, then nodded slowly, summoned the reluctant Li Ge and others, and ordered them to send the supplies to the valley where they lived, and strictly ordered them not to go out, and then he and Ma Xing Waiting to go out into the mountains.

It was not until the morning of the next day that a group of people went to the mountains near the outer foot of the Qinling Mountains.The field of vision gradually widened, and a large plain washed out by the river also appeared.

"This is the property of our old clothes club. It used to be a wealthy family in Yulu County. It was only bought by the city last year."

As the mountain path gradually became flatter, Ma Xing pointed to a farm with vast fields and many houses under the mountain depression while walking, and said with a smile: "Now there are thousands of people living here, and they are all landless families from the Zuojin government. They cultivate mulberry here. Homework, power in exchange for food. Although it is not called abundance, there is always a chance to keep it.”

Li Guang raised his eyes and saw cattle and horses coming and going to work in the fields, farmers were plowing in short brown and intensive cultivation, mulberry plants were planted on slopes and ridges, and there were many ponds for retting at the foot of the mountain.What he saw along the way was peaceful, but he was even more silent.

The farmers also found Ma Xing and his party, and raised their hands to greet each other. Ma Xing responded with a smile, and said with a smile: "Our old clothing club is not independent, and we want to resist the government. Rent is still paid, it's just a group To maintain health, instead of living in exile in the countryside, there is no rent for fertile fields, and the government is also happy to see the dead households live in peace, and the household tax is sufficient. These are just the residents of the nearby community, and many others just donate hemp to change clothes. Have you seen those ponds for retting? The ma workshop employs hundreds of workers, and produces a lot of paper and cloth every day, which can be donated to the public, and can also be pawned for money to increase good deeds.”

While walking, Li Guang saw a child who was working with his parents in the field, holding a crock pot of rice and eating with his hands. Suddenly he couldn't help covering his face and crying: "I have pity on my son, why didn't I get to be fostered in a good place... ..."

Ma Xing only heard the story of Li Guang's murder of an official, but he didn't know the tragedy of his young son starving to death at home. How many tragedies can be avoided in the world with old clothes and good righteousness!"

After his emotions calmed down, Li Guang put away his grief and said in a concentrated voice: "If it's just doing good deeds to help the public, and farmers who have their own farming and ripening, how can they recruit courage and heroism?"

Ma Xingben didn't hide his intentions either. After hearing the words, he explained: "How can we help so many people with these plowing operations alone. Ghost face, you are an old friend, and I trust you. In the mountains and plains of the Qinling Mountains alone, there are There are thousands of people in our ancient clothing society. In addition to hunting and hunting, we also need to drive away bee thieves, take care of merchants, and extract business funds from the north and south. To cover up people's eyes and ears, to pay rent, and to take in women and children to feed the poor."

While they were talking, a group of knights came up the country road in front of them. There were a pair of young knights among them. Although the clothes were not eye-catching, they were quite impressive.

When the first knight saw Ma Xing, his eyes lit up immediately, Tizo stopped his galloping horse, turned to the young man in the middle and said with a smile, "I want to report to you sir, that one is the one who got trapped in Tubo and then snatched his horse and fled back." Xing. He is also the owner of the Xiashe Emissary, and he is in charge of the fields here."

While speaking, the knight beckoned to Ma Xing and said, "Master Ma, hurry up, I won't meet you when I visit the village, but I don't want to meet you on the way."

Chapter 0221 Peeping at Hexi

Ma Xing raised his eyes and looked at the knight who greeted him, his face was a little dazed at first, and then he was surprised. The case of Yang Zhi among the three cases of Nianshe. Ghost face, don’t look down on him because he is young. We Qin Chuanben are more righteous and brave. This case of Yang Zhi is the leader in today’s world. Not enough."

While speaking, he walked forward.

Li Guang didn't regard himself as the same kind in his heart yet, but after a little hesitation, he still stepped forward to follow.

At this time, the group of knights had already dismounted and walked slowly, Ma Xing stepped forward with his crossed hands and said with a smile: "I don't know that Yang Zhi's case is coming, so I can't welcome guests from afar, it's really impolite."

The young man who was called the case of Yang Zhi laughed after hearing the words: "What a big deal, and how can there be so many vain gifts. We didn't inform you in advance of our visit. If you are lazy in the villa all day, you just wait to be greeted and sent off, and you still have to deal with serious business." Do you want to do it or not?"

While speaking, he turned around and pointed at the two young knights who were surrounded by them, and said: "Those two gentlemen are the distinguished guests of our company. They asked to visit some old soldiers from the old war in Western Xinjiang. I immediately thought of it." You, this is what attracts people to see you."

Ma Xing looked up and saw that the other party was also looking at him curiously, and he waved his hands slightly, and then said nervously to the young Yang Zhian: "Ma Xing is just a useless person who is lazy in the countryside, vulgar and ignorant. Li, how dare you rush forward and make trouble, don't make fun of me for the straight case."

Yang Zhian raised his hand and tapped on his shoulder and scolded with a smile: "It's true that people get more treacherous with age, but I just want to find out more about the distinguished guest. I'll tell you the truth, this is not something that you can know right now. Let's put it this way, let's The Qin Yongxing Society must obey the orders of the two gentlemen. The status of the distinguished guests is difficult even for me."

"The so-called old meaning, it turned out to be just a plaything in Jiaoliang's hands!"

At this time, Li Guang snorted coldly from one side and said that he was still skeptical about this old clothing company. Seeing that two obvious playboys were going to be honored as honored guests, the little bit of approval that had just arisen in his heart disappeared. .