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

On the way up the mountain, the three of them headed forward. Li Erlang followed closely behind the two soldiers and walked the route they took.

Judging from their clothes and behavior, they should not be fake bandits.

Compared to Li Erlang's calmness, the two soldiers looked sideways at Li Erlang frequently. They did not expect that the bandits really targeted such a young boy, and they did not know what this boy had done to make the bandits Holding a grudge like this, chasing after him for revenge.

But for the bandits to hold such grudges, they must have done something very good for ordinary people.

Li Er followed the soldiers and walked quickly through the dense woods along the winding path, and soon came to the place where the soldiers were temporarily stationed to rest - halfway up the mountain.

The soldiers sat on the ground in twos and threes. As soon as Li Erlang appeared, he caught everyone's attention and moved with him. He was warned not to step into the wilderness where no soldiers had walked. There were wooden thorns hidden in the low haystacks, and there were countless invisible traps.

Li Erlang faced the soldiers' gazes and moved forward, and finally came to the leaders, Deputy General Cao and Fang Ying'an.

He had just seen these two people riding on horses yesterday morning. The general was majestic and the young man was elegant.

One of them was more interested in his eyes, while the other was looking inquisitively. The two of them looked at Li Erlang. They saw that Li Erlang was wearing a dark-colored shorts, carrying a big knife behind his back, and a long bamboo tube tied to his chest. It didn't seem like it was used to hold water. .

He is just a young man from an ordinary family!

Why did you provoke the bandits?

Vice General Cao waved to the young man to sit down and let everyone get to know him better. Fang Ying'an stared at Li Erlang with sharp eyes and told him the whole story: "The bandits captured more than ten Hu merchants and used their lives as bargaining chips to trade with you."

Lieutenant General Cao made a "tsk" sound and took off the water bag from his waist: "Erlang, right? Come on, come on, don't be restrained. As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Tell us, what on earth did they do to make them like this?" The bitterness is great and the hatred is deep.”

Li Erlang felt a little strange. Aren't we suppressing bandits now? Why does this general look so happy?

Seeing his doubts, Vice General Cao cleared his throat and explained briefly: "Master Fang is saying, do you have any grudges with them?"

So Li Erlang had to mention that inexplicable grudge again.

"Hahahahahaha! Erlang, you are so popular! If you can be so remembered by the enemy in the army, it will definitely be a sign that you will make a great contribution!!" Vice General Cao laughed without any recognition, a roar like a bell. No cover at all, running through the woods: "This move of ambush in the academy is really beautiful!!"

Li Erlang was a little shy after being praised, and squeezed the hand holding the bamboo tube tightly: "Thank you, General, for your compliment! Now that I have gone up the mountain as per the bandit's request, I wonder what the General's plans will be in the future?"

Lieutenant General Cao: "I only have one word - wait. Now you are the target of the bandits, what are your plans?"

There are thorn bushes growing in the woods. At this time, many soldiers are searching for traps in the jungle. Higher up is the bandit headquarters. They use the mountains to set up defenses, leaving only an entrance that is obviously a trap.

At this time, everyone no longer hides and tucks in. One party is besieging and the other is defending. It has been made clear.

Li Erlang looked in the direction of the top of the mountain. If he was asked to follow the bandit's request now, he would definitely be unwilling. What worried him was the bandit who didn't know where he came from. The arrival of the thin monkey would It means that there are more bandits hiding in Lancang Mountain. No matter how Muramasa interrogated him before, he refused to reveal his hiding place. He was already confused by the "miracle".

"General, I have something to report to the general and the young master. The reason why I came to Shiliang today is because a bandit sneaked up in front of my house in the early morning. He threatened the village and forced me to show up in Shiliang. Otherwise, I will be killed. Raid the village.”

The soldiers on one side gradually came closer. After hearing what Li Erlang said, they couldn't help but cursed: "These bandits are too arrogant! How dare they speak so wildly?!" Then they all thought of the reason - "The Miracle of the Bronze Ball" ", he couldn't help but hesitate in his tone: "Could it be that they can really kill people with copper balls?"

Li Erlang twitched his lips in a sneer amid the noisy suspicions, but was caught by Fang Ying'an: "You don't believe that copper balls can kill people?"

"If you don't believe it, I will never believe it."

Fang Ying'an asked back: "Then if you were to confront the so-called 'miracle' face to face, would you be afraid?"

"Of course I'm not afraid. If I don't believe it, why would I be afraid?" Li Erlang's eyes were clear and clear, and he didn't seem to be lying. This kind of confidence did not seem to be pretentious, which made Fang Ying'an feel a little happy, and his tone of voice became much better: "In that case, Lieutenant General Cao, please make the arrangements!"

Vice General Cao saw that the two of them were very generous and did not believe Nao Shizi's "miracle" at all.

In the situation they were facing now, Li Erlang was indeed the best person to execute the plan perfectly, so Vice General Cao included Li Erlang in the plan without thinking.

"Erlang, wait here with us, and you will know everything after a while."

What made everyone uneasy was that the bandits who had previously clamored for Li Erlang to go up the mountain were silent. It was clear that Li Erlang had gone up the mountain as requested, but they fell silent instead, wondering what was going on.

Vice General Cao didn't care. After the soldiers cleared the surrounding traps, he ordered a tent to be set up and a bonfire was set up, and he spent the night here.

It seemed like he was going to fight the bandits.

In this calm atmosphere, Li Erlang noticed Vice General Cao Chao making a gesture behind his back, and then saw a thin soldier ducking into the darkness and heading down the mountain, not knowing what to do.

Vice General Cao noticed that Li Erlang noticed his movements, just smiled, and then pulled him to chat about home affairs. Li Erlang didn't know that a general leading troops could talk so much. It was not ruled out that it was a cliché, but it was more like gossip.

Except for Ji Qingyue's story, there was nothing else to hide, so it didn't take long for Vice General Cao to ask him exactly where their family was and what they were doing.

"Erlang, it's common sense to keep a knife close to your body, but you seem to be more nervous about the bamboo tube than the knife on your back. There must be something important in this bamboo tube. Could it be money in it?" Although Deputy General Cao used a question, but inside There was not much doubt, as they all knew that the bamboo tube did not contain money.

Li Erlang said calmly: "There is just a scroll in the bamboo tube. It was a reward obtained by the eldest brother of the family and a noble family. I took it with me when I left home this morning and forgot to take it off."

Now Fang Ying'an became interested: "Can you take it out and let me enjoy it?"

"It's just an ordinary picture scroll, and you shouldn't say appreciate it." Even so, Li Erlang still took out the picture scroll generously. If he was secretive, he would be suspected.

As the scroll unfolded, both Vice General Cao and Fang Ying'an were unabashedly disappointed.

Sure enough, it is an ordinary scroll. The painting is still new and not made by anyone. It seems that the inscription was painted by a monk from a place called Baiqingshan Temple. The government restricted Buddhists. This painting cannot be valuable in any case. If it cannot be obtained, It might even be a disaster.

The most intolerable thing is that in a good landscape painting, there are several fields in the blank space, which look like wheat and rice!

Wheat is yellow and rice is still green.

When Fang Ying'an saw this kind of painting, he looked disgusted as if he saw something dirty. He quickly returned the scroll to Li Erlang, not wanting to look at it a second time.

It is rare for this kind of painting to be protected so carefully. Not only is it packaged in a bamboo tube, but the lid of the tube is also wrapped with a layer of oil paper, as if the painting is worried about getting wet.

"The brushstrokes and calligraphy of your painting are somewhat familiar. Buddhist temples were popular during Emperor Hui's reign, and the lines in the painting are so full." Fang Ying'an didn't care whether Li Erlang could understand or not, and explained the era information behind the painting in one sentence, " Although it is not a work by a famous master, it does not lack the charm of imitating the work of everyone. The most eye-catching thing about the whole painting is not the painting or the words, but the white Buddha seal of Qingshan Temple. It is a pity..."

I don’t know which fool made this painting, it’s just superfluous...

He only glanced at it and understood all the information in the painting, and thought of the inscription on it: "Bai Qingshan... But the Bai Qingshan of Shandan?"

Li Erlang ignored the others' disapproval, and just rolled up the scroll in silence, carefully put it back into the bamboo tube, and replied: "Yes."

Fang Ying'an nodded gently, with a hint of regret: "Although I have been to Shandan more than once, I have never seen with my own eyes this first temple among the eighteen temples in Hexi."

Deputy General Cao was a martial artist, and Li Erlang didn't know much about painting, so he couldn't respond with a few exclamations. By the time he finished collecting the painting, Fang Ying'an had already closed his eyes with his knife in his arms, while Deputy General Cao didn't want to be disturbed, so he went to find the centurions. The inspection arrangements have been made.

Now, the bandits hiding in the fence of the mountain village for reconnaissance could easily observe that the soldiers had set up tents. The flickering bonfire seemed to tell them that this group of soldiers was going to fight a war of attrition again.

Humph, let’s see who can outlast whom! Li Changxiang, I will let you live for a few more days. When the leader reaches great power, it will be time to ask for your life!

After the soldiers set up camp, the bandits' scouts and the scouts among the soldiers no longer hid their figures and directly monitored each other face to face. A strange confrontation situation suddenly formed between the two sides.

It was late at night, except for the soldiers on duty, everyone else was gathered around the bonfire. Although they were not chatting and laughing together, there was not much tension. They rested when they needed to, and stayed on duty when they needed to.

In this atmosphere, Li Erlang couldn't help but suspect that this was really a suppression of bandits.

After thinking for a long time, he decided to go to Vice General Cao.

He walked to the bonfire where Deputy General Cao was and told him what he had discovered during the day: "General, today I found something unusual in Lancang Mountain."

Vice General Cao used a wooden stick to smash the charcoal in the fire pit and asked with a smile: "What's abnormal?"

Because there are often traps in the quiet woods, the wild animals have disappeared. Hundreds of people are sitting around a dozen bonfires. No matter how quiet the sound is, this mountain forest is rarely noisy.

Li Erlang stared at the burning flames: "That man is not a bandit from Yaoshan. When I came to Shiliang, I paid special attention to the situation of Lancang Mountain and found that there seemed to be a trampled path in the mountain. I had not seen it before. I don’t want to doubt this, but I just heard other soldiers mention that even if the mountain was blocked, the bandits on the mountain were not in despair." He looked into Lieutenant General Cao's eyes and said methodically: "It's impossible in the mountain. They were in crisis due to lack of food, so the government wanted to block the water source of Mount Yaoshan. Mount Yaoshan is a rocky earth mountain that naturally cannot store a lot of water, so they can only get water from elsewhere. In this way, it will be impossible to go down the mountain. In the end There is only one way left..."

At this time, Vice General Cao raised his hand to signal him to stop talking. His eyes were full of approval. It was really rare for Li Erlang to discover such a key clue.

"I don't plan to take down the stronghold by force, so Mr. Fang suggested using a method of attacking the heart without spending a single soldier."

When Li Erlang heard this, he suddenly understood. He looked admiringly at Mr. Fang next to Deputy General Cao. He was leaning against a tree with a knife in his arms, closing his eyes and concentrating.

He still didn't know the identity of Mr. Fang. He didn't look like a warrior, and he showed more of a literati temperament.

"Erlang is curious about Young Master Fang's identity?" Vice General Cao glanced at Fang Ying'an but showed no reaction, which meant he had no objection to them talking about him, so he continued: "I don't blame you for admiring him, his knowledge is indeed remarkable. He is Fang Ying'an, the son of the governor of Ganzhou. Apart from his noble status, he is now an imperial son at a young age. It is said that he will be able to participate in the Spring Festival next year."

Li Erlang nodded in surprise.

"Has Erlang continued studying?"

Li Erlang shook his head: "I finished elementary school at the age of seven and stopped studying again, but Sanlang in my family will take the county examination this year." When he mentioned his younger brother, his eyes were filled with pride.

Vice General Cao already knew this after gossiping. "Then do you want to join the army?"

"Think!" Li Erlang had a rare expression of excitement, with a childish feeling: "It would be great if I could kill a few foreign enemies and earn military merit!"

Vice General Cao admired this young man very much: "If you join the army not for military merit, you are not enterprising. You are right to think so!"

At this time, the two of them seemed to have met each other very late, and the topic continued.

A lieutenant in his forties and a boy who had only been naturalized for a year, their dreams of galloping on the battlefield and their desire to make achievements collided with each other, only to learn that they were like-minded.

In the end, Deputy General Cao waved his hand, and wanted to give this young man some benefits and treat it as a friend. After all, he will need to make great efforts in the subsequent bandit suppression: "If this bandit suppression can be successfully concluded, what reward does Erlang want?"

Li Erlang had never thought about getting a reward. He hesitated for a moment, and finally gave Deputy General Cao an unexpected answer: "Go back to General, I want an iron pot."

"Cough cough cough..." Fang Ying An coughed and woke up while closing his eyes to rest. He didn't listen to the conversation between the two on purpose, and he never thought that he would be so affected by the unexpected reward proposed by Li Erlang. reaction.

Vice General Cao thought that was what he thought: "Erlang, what do you want an iron pot for? If you want weapons, just ask."

"No, no, no, I just want an iron pot. It doesn't have to be big, it just needs to be able to boil water for cooking."

Ji Qingyue could hear it clearly in the painting, and his heart felt sour and sour.

Since Li Erlang wanted an iron pot, and he took the initiative to reward him, he finally agreed and said that when he returned to the state capital, he would have someone fetch an iron pot and deliver it to him.

Li Erlang was happy for a while after hearing this, and even let go of his worries.

At this moment, there was a noise from the camp on the mountain. One of the soldiers who was guarding the bandits ran down and reported the news: "Lieutenant general, the bandits said they would exchange twelve Hu merchants for one Erlang of the Li family!"