No matter if you are a human or an immortal, you can still farm for me after traveling through time!

In late December, everyone seems to have discussed it in advance and is preparing for the New Year. More and more people come to Li's house to meet up with each other in the county. Today we have an appointment to kill pigs and tomorrow we will decide on the number of sheep to be slaughtered and inquire about other families in the village. How do you plan to celebrate the New Year?

In the evening, Li Erlang delivered food to Ji Qingyue as usual. As soon as the food was delivered to Ji Qingyue's hand and he took what Ji Qingyue handed over, he just put his hand down when Li Aniang's voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Erlang."

Aunt Li pushed the door open and came in. Before she spoke, her eyes had already moved around twice, looking to see where the mysterious man was hiding.

"Auntie, what's wrong?" Li Erlang held back his laughter and stood in front of the painting, "But what do you have to say?"

Aunt Li couldn't see anyone, so she could only look away. She held the lantern and looked very embarrassed: "The 23rd is the New Year's Day, and it's already 19th. Today I made an appointment with some aunts and wives to go to the county to buy things tomorrow. Things will not go out until the New Year is over. Ask that person if he wants anything. After all, the New Year is coming, and you always need to buy something..."

Every time he asked about the identity of the mysterious person, Li Erlang always just smiled and said nothing. While Li Aniang was angry, she also slowly imagined the identity of the mysterious person in her mind.

Recalling the last time her home was robbed, she later realized that what the thief Aaron said might be true. Later, she turned around and asked Qingniang about it. Qingniang actually did not deny it. It was a mysterious person who stopped the thief. , enabling the whole village to avoid a disaster.

Neither Li Erlang nor his daughter-in-law made any publicity about this kindness, except that it involved his daughter-in-law, and more importantly, the man did not want to reveal his identity.

A person who can grow fresh vegetables in winter is considered very capable in Aniang Li's opinion. Erlang firmly stated several times that he was not a deserter or a fugitive, so she quietly inquired in the county and village. There is no one on the list of arrested deserters who matches Aaron's description.

Li Aniang slowly figured it out and gradually connected the things that happened at home that were different from usual. First of all, it was Shiro. Since this man could teach Shiro and review his lessons in advance, his knowledge must be good.

One day, she asked about Shiro. Shiro said that even if the man could not eat, he would no longer let him take the food from home, but would find a way to buy seeds.

Of course, I didn’t say that it was his money that was borrowed for coercion.

Aunt Li nodded: So, I have corrected my mistakes and my conduct is still good.

She was indeed too anxious before.

A man with extraordinary ability, extraordinary knowledge, and fairly decent conduct was living in a remote place and was unable to show off to others. He had no food to eat and did not become a bandit. Presumably, he was either physically disabled and exempted from conscription or his face was hindered and he was unable to take the scientific examination. people.

It’s so miserable to have to leave your hometown.

Aunt Li thought this and couldn't help but continue: "He brought so many fresh vegetables, which are worth a lot of money. Don't ask him for money, just ask him what he wants."

Li Erlang saw his grandma's change. He was very happy that grandma was slowly accepting a stranger. "Auntie, I will go to the county with you tomorrow. I'd better buy some things."

"Okay... you go back to bed early." After Li Aniang finished explaining, she went back. It was too cold outside.

Ji Qingyue has been listening. He didn't expect that Li Erlang's mother was going to say this. Is this half the way?

"Yue Lang, look, my mother-in-law doesn't want you to pay for it either." Li Erlang weighed the copper coins in his hand, which Ji Qingyue handed to him when he was delivering the meal: "What else do I need to buy?"

"Erlang, it's a rare opportunity for me to spend money. Please let me have the addiction to spending money." Ji Qingyue did not take the money back, but continued to think about what else to buy: "You guys, you have iron Pot?"

He has always wanted to ask, the iron pot is a good thing!

When he came here, he observed from the dinner brought by Li Erlang that the cooking methods here may only be boiling and baking, not stir-frying. This is a considerable loss!

"Yue Lang, the government controls pig iron very strictly. It takes a lot of pig iron to make an iron pot. The process of making an iron pot is not simple. Now the government only allows civilians to use iron to make agricultural tools and weapons. I'm afraid they can't make iron pots."

Ji Qingyue sighed regretfully, or else he could carve a stone pot himself. "Then there's nothing else to buy for now."

This time, Ji Qingyue proposed to buy a scraper and a bathtub bucket...it seemed like that was all he had.

"Help me buy some more things you want to buy for the New Year. I really don't know what to buy..."

Li Erlang: "Okay, then I'll buy it."

Ji Qingyue never thought that the first year he came here to welcome would not lead to a peaceful life.

The next afternoon, there was a rapid sound of gongs in the distance outside the courtyard. In the gaps between the gongs, someone was shouting something, which Ji Qing could not hear clearly.

Li Erlang and the others had not returned from their trip to the county. Only two old men and Xiao Tuan Lang were left at home. The old men heard the noise, and even if they did not understand what was being shouted, they already knew the meaning just by listening to the sound of the gong. .

Li Aweng quickly came to the yard and shouted excitedly to his wife who was standing at the door of the hall: "The fight is starting, the fighting is starting! The fighting is finally starting!!"

Unlike Li Aweng, who was full of excitement, Li A'nai, who opened the curtain and came out with Tuan Lang in his arms, looked worried: "What will happen to Cai Lang and Ji Lang? Will they also fight with the Uighurs?"

"They are all soldiers, so they must obey military orders. I will go out to find the village leader and inquire about the news. You wait at home and don't open the door at will." Li Aweng said as he put on more clothes and rushed to where the gong sounded.

As soon as Li Aweng went out, Li Ainai quickly closed the courtyard door and put several door bolts up. She seemed to not feel the cold. She stood in the yard, worried about her son and grandson who joined the army, and worried about going to the county. Among the people inside, she finally stood for a while before carrying Tuan Lang back to the house to wait.

Hearing what Li Aweng and Li Ainai said, Ji Qingyue felt like the bell that had been struck, with a "dong" sound, and his head was dizzy.

There's a war!

He had never experienced war personally, and now that it was about to happen, he had a sense of paradox and unreality.

There was actually a war.

However, people's attitude toward this war was obviously more supportive. The people who reported the news were beating gongs and running around, and soon ran past the road in front of the Li Family Courtyard: "The fighting is starting, the fighting is starting!! Dali and Uighur are fighting! Attention, every household! Close the courtyard door tightly and don’t go out and walk around!! Beware of strangers!! Be careful of fire!!”

"Each household sends one person to join the patrol team!! 12-hour non-stop patrol and vigilance!!"

The informant quickly ran away with the sound of the gong, and Ji Qingyue's heart was raised. He understood very well what "beware of strangers" meant. The phenomenon of desertion led to the breeding of banditry, and when the war broke out, some people were likely to be dispersed. The enemy sneaks nearby and invades the village. These skirmishers are a threat to ordinary people and they have to beware.

Grandma Li's heart was in trepidation. Her family hadn't come back, so she had no intention of sitting still.

It's getting dark, but people still haven't gone home.

It wasn't until long after nightfall that someone hurriedly knocked on the courtyard door: "Ah Weng Ah Nai!! We are back!! Open the door quickly!!"

Grandma Li was relieved when she heard Li Erlang's voice. She hurried to open the door, her voice full of worry: "Why are you back so late!"

As soon as Li Erlang came in, he only saw Grandma Li and Tuan Lang, but not Aweng. He quickly asked: "Where is Aweng?"

"He said he was going to find Muramasa. He probably has joined the village patrol by now. I don't know what the situation is now. Do you have any news in the county? What about Saburo and Shiro?"

Today is already twenty. In one day’s time, the twenty-first and fourth sons will have a holiday, and the twenty-third son will also have a vacation. The twenty-third is the New Year, and the family can start cleaning the house and preparing to eat, and will happily welcome the New Year. .

A fight actually broke out at this time.

After everyone had entered, Li Erlang closed the courtyard door tightly again. What they were carrying in their hands were all the New Year's goods bought in the county. No matter how nervous they were, they still held the baggage tightly.

The three women were so shocked that they didn't care to answer Grandma Li and helped each other into the house.

"We were buying things in the shop, and suddenly there was news of war on the street, and they also said that the county was going to be closed, and the checks on entering and exiting the city were particularly intense. It took a lot of time for us to leave the city!" Li Erlang was relatively calm, "The county government posted A notice was issued that Dali and Uighur were already at war, and the idlers quickly left the city. We quickly got on the donkey cart, but we heard that bandits had appeared on the way we came, so we took the farther road with the handlebars and started from the bottom. Li Cun circled back, and until now we haven’t even had a sip of water.”

The four people who came back were all holding tea bowls. Aunt Li drank a bowl of hot water and calmed down: "Don't worry about Sanlang. The notice of closing the county has just been posted. Erlang went to the county school to find Sanlang. The county school has been closed. No entry or exit is allowed. I think Sanlang will be fine there, but Silang’s place will be..."

Grandma Li thought they would pass by Shiliang when they came back and pick up Shiro.

Li Erlang drank a large bowl of water, put down the bowl and wiped his mouth: "Don't worry, grandma, I'm going to pick up Shiro back now." After saying that, he asked grandma to go to the kitchen to pack some dry food for him, and he went back to the room to find it. Take out a machete and a long stick, don't put on the machete, carry the long stick, wait for the dry food to go out.

Li Aniang chased her out: "Erlang!! You have to be careful!!"

"Don't worry, Mom! I'll drop by Muramasa later to look for him!"

Grandma Li carried a small baggage and handed it to Li Erlang, waved her hand and said with a serious face: "He must have been patrolling the village with the patrol organized by the village leader. You may not see him, and you don't have to go." Look for him, and I will explain it to him when he returns.”

The old man straightened his grandson's messy hair: "We are located in a remote place. Once the thieves invade, it is impossible for the county government officials and soldiers from the military government to come immediately, so we can only rely on ourselves. You, Aweng, have also been on the battlefield. Having killed the enemy, you will get stronger with age. Now I don’t worry about him that much, Erlang, you have to be careful! You and I are still at home, so go and pick up Shiro! Don’t worry about us!"

Now the only man in the family has to go out, leaving only girls and children, young and old, but there is no other way.

Li Erlang took the baggage and tied it to his chest. He gritted his teeth and quickly left home and dived into the night.

"According to Erlang's schedule, if everything goes well, it will be tomorrow morning at the earliest to bring Silang back. Let's not sleep tonight." Grandma Li returned Tuanlang to Xu Qing. She had gained half a lifetime when no one made the decision. His experience guided his family: "We dug the cellar in the study by ourselves. Tonight, everyone should wear thicker clothes and go to the study to wait for dawn. The war has just begun, so there is no need to worry about the Uighurs coming in. Instead, I am worried about the people on the mountain. Bandits, taking advantage of the situation to rob, come down the mountain to cause chaos.”

Ji Qingyue was waiting in the room and heard unusual noises in the study. Footsteps kept coming in and out, and a young female voice was comforting someone.

When he thought about it, he remembered that the voice should be that of Li Erlang's sister, Li Jinniang, who didn't have a strong sense of presence but was very intuitive.

Tuan Lang's voice asked in confusion: "What are Aniang and the others doing?"

Li Jinniang: "We will spend the night in the study tonight. My sister-in-law and the others are preparing the floor. Tuan Lang is good, and my little aunt will tell you a story."

Later, Ji Qingyue heard the sound of a stone slab being moved and then slamming to the ground from the study.

Grandma Li wiped the sweat from her forehead and watched Grandma Li and Xu Qing move the things they brought to the cellar little by little: "The first two days of the chaos were the most chaotic. At this time, the soldiers and officials had not yet arrived. The handover is done properly, one side is in charge of war and the other is in charge of civil chaos. Once something happens to the two parties, they are procrastinating and cooperating poorly. They wait until the bandits come down from the mountain to cause trouble. The ending is okay, but we must not rely on them to rush in immediately. Come to the rescue.”

Everyone is busy putting things into the cellar, including warm mattresses, thick clothes, water and dry food.

Li Jinniang didn't understand why her second brother was asked to rush to pick up Shiro: "Isn't the village school unsafe?"

Granny Li shook her head with a heavy face: "The village school is full of six- or seven-year-old children. During the military turmoil six years ago, no one could have imagined that the bandits would attack children. As soon as the chaos broke out, they went down the mountain and touched the village school. , using children as hostages, forcing their families to exchange food for others, ten shi of food for one child, only one day, and when the time is up, if someone fails to hand over the food, they will kill the child of that family."

Those thieves were ruthless and actually did what they said. Some people thought they were joking at the time and it didn't matter if it was a little later. Unexpectedly, what they saw the next day was the child's body.

Li Jinniang's face turned pale with fright. She was only six years old at the time, and she should have been at the age to go to elementary school, but her family asked her to go to elementary school when she was seven years old, so their family was lucky to escape.

When Li Aniang thought that the bandits might repeat their same tricks, cold sweat broke out on her face. She recalled the rumors that were spread in the village: "Afterwards, people in nearby villages said that the bandits had already targeted the village school. There may be a child in the bandit's den, or there is a former villager in the gangster's den, otherwise how would you know clearly which family's child is who. God! I must bless my Erlang and Shilang to come back safely!"

Ji Qingyue stood on the bridge. He could not imagine how serious the banditry outside was, but when he thought of the bandits threatening the villagers with children, the anger and worry in his heart suddenly filled his heart. The acts of these bandits were so cruel, as bad as the burning, killing, and looting committed by foreign enemies. He only regretted that he could not help Li Erlang.

These bandits are no longer the pitiful people they were before. Their crimes are so heinous that they cannot be forgiven.

At the same time, in the darkness, somewhere in the gorge, Li Dalang had just killed a Uighur soldier. The blade cut the enemy's neck, and hot blood spattered on his hands. He gasped for air, and his chest The heat wave in my body kept rolling, and my hands couldn't stop shaking, not from fear, but from excitement.

"Watch your back!" When Li Dalang heard the shout, it was too late to turn around. He only heard the sound of the blade breaking through flesh. He turned to defend, only to see another Huihe enemy fall to the ground, and the blood spattered was still brave in the cold temperature. heat.

"I can tell at a glance that this is your first time killing someone. If it were on a real battlefield, you would be dead just now." General Yang, who was wearing light armor, was holding a big sword in his hand. The blade was dripping with blood, and his body was also spattered in several places. .

Li Dalang's eyes were full of excitement: "Thank you, General, for saving your life!"

"No need to say thank you, be careful to meet the enemy!"

The fighting was over, and torches were lit at the foot of the gorge. The soldiers were counting the enemy's corpses and carrying the wounded. General Yang was standing aside listening to the deputy general and his subordinates reporting their injuries. The deputy general looked at General Yang with the same casual expression as before. , I couldn't help but feel admiration in my heart, and my tone of voice became more respectful.

For this raid, not to say that they had been prepared for a long time, at least they had foreseen it.

Guiwei Gorge is located between two dangerous mountains nearly 300 feet high, facing the endless grassland outside the pass. At this season, the grassland has turned into sand, and beyond the sand is the territory of the Huihe people.

Due to the cold wind that brings the sandy soil from the north blowing all year round, the rocks on the windward side are as sharp as a knife edge. Only the tough weeds in the cracks in the rocks can grow on this mountain side. The scenery on the leeward side is better, with the smallest protruding rocks. It was two people tall and buried deeply in the soil, which became increasingly moist from top to bottom. Only halfway down the mountainside were clusters of low weeds, wildflowers and petite trees visible.

Ghost Crying Gorge, as the name suggests, once the wind blows, the whole mountain will make the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling. The new recruits will be frightened by the sound and unable to sleep, and then they will be mercilessly laughed at by the veterans.

This is true every year.

Mountain gorges are different from plains. The steep mountains become natural barriers and passes. As long as a stone fortress is built low between the two mountains, it becomes an excellent defensive level that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Behind them was a small county town more than fifty miles away, and supplies would be sent here every month. As long as they held on, their rear would be safe.

No one expected that the Guiwei Gorge, which is known as a natural barrier, would have an extremely inconspicuous loophole. Perhaps this was the origin of the military rebellion six years ago.

The military rebellion six years ago had tragic consequences, but in the past six years, the people in the barracks had no idea what was going on and never found out why the Uighurs suddenly appeared in Dali, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil!

Relying on their horses, they wandered around, harassing villages on the border, and attacked Tupeng Pass all the way, joining forces with the Uighur army outside the pass at that time.

Yang Huang's sister, the wife of the general who guarded the pass, died tragically in that military turmoil and was dragged for hundreds of miles by the Huihe people. No bones were left.

Yang Huang hates it!

Now it is even more unexpected that not long after General Yang Huang came to Guiwei Gorge, he discovered the secrets that had been hidden in Guiwei Gorge for so long, found the loophole that the enemy had carefully hidden, and staged a drama of taking advantage of the situation.