Beauty Jianghu

Chapter 255 Finding the Cave

Director Qiu arranged for his family to follow Xu Xiuzhen to Yunyin Ancient Temple in Hebei Province to welcome Qiu Lin home.

After he had finished making arrangements, he came back to the room and asked Yang Shucheng about what happened to Qiu Lin outside the customs.

Yang Shucheng told the story in detail, how Qiu Lin got the post of general, escorted the military pay to Liaoyang City outside the pass, and was ready to make achievements outside the pass.

Unexpectedly, Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, pretended to be a golden soldier and took away his military salary. The two returned to the mainland across the ocean and went to Shanhaiguan to assassinate Wu Xiang, but failed.

The two were wanted by the court and were forced to go south. On the way, Qiu Lin became discouraged and became a monk at Yunyin Ancient Temple.

Yang Shucheng told the story in one breath. Director Qiu was so angry when he heard that the treacherous minister was harming the country, his white beard was so angry that he stood tall, his heart was heaving, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

Yang Shucheng waited for him to calm down and asked how they came to this cave.

It turns out that the Qiu family is a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River and has extensive land and wealth. Director Qiu has two sons. The eldest son, Qiu Jiang, has a son and a daughter. The boy is named Qiu Yuzhuo and the girl is named Qiu Yan.

The second son's name was Qiu Lin. He was married to Xu Xiuzhen, the daughter of a wealthy family, but had no children. This Qiu Lin was the smartest. He first studied literature, but later, seeing that the country was deteriorating, he learned martial arts and went to Beijing to seek fame.

He was involved in trouble outside the Pass, and the imperial court offered a reward for his capture. The magistrate sent troops to surround the Qiu family and asked them to hand over Qiu Lin.

But Qiu Lin never came back. Finally, the imperial court issued a decree and the Qiu family was exiled to Junzhou to do hard labor.

It turned out that when Chongzhen became emperor, he could not calm down due to internal and external troubles. Some ministers came out and said that they wanted to overhaul Wudang and asked the founder to protect the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen saw his ministers talking impassionedly in the court hall, but as soon as the war started, they failed one after another. The emperor beheaded several high-ranking officials, but it was of no avail. Now that the troops outside the pass were defeated one after another, and there were more and more bandits spreading all over the place, he also had the idea of ​​using his ancestor to protect the country and the people.

But after years of war, the treasury was empty, and it was impossible to overhaul Wudang. Someone came up with the crooked idea of ​​taking criminals to Junzhou and making them do hard labor to repair Wudang.

Therefore, Director Qiu's family was not executed. Instead, five or six officers escorted dozens of Qiu family members all the way to Junzhou.

Along the way, they had to eat and sleep in the open, suffered a lot, and were tortured and humiliated by the guards. In order to avoid disaster, the Qiu family had already lost all their money. They could no longer have any money to give to the guards, so they were bullied by them along the way. .

After walking on the road for more than a month, we arrived at the Xiangyang area, which is not far from Junzhou.

At this time, I heard that Jin soldiers from outside the pass entered the capital, and the founding of the country was called the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen was hanged in Meishan, and the Ming Dynasty had perished.

These officers also heard the news and didn't know where to go?

Late at night, Director Qiu also made a decisive decision. While the officers were sleeping, he led his servants to kill them all.

After the incident, Director Qiu did not dare to lead his family back to his hometown, so he fled north into Tongbai Mountain.

We also walked to the Menglou market town and stayed there for one night. I saw several armies passing by here and it was not a safe place.

He led his family back into Tongbai Mountain. Tongbai Mountain is a vast area, spanning between Henan and Hubei. It has high mountains and dense forests, and it is also a hiding place.

The family walked into the mountains and walked to the cemetery. Fortunately, they passed by during the day and did not encounter any ghosts breaking the wall.

They walked past the cemetery and walked seven or eight miles inward until they came to the foot of this solitary peak. They saw that there were high mountains and crisscrossing roads, where they could hide.

They buried a pot under the cliff to cook. Director Qiu sat under a tree to rest. Looking up, he saw a goshawk flying halfway up the cliff. He didn't see it for a long time. He expected there would be a cave there.

So he sent people to climb up the mountain, but the cliff was so smooth that it was impossible to climb up.

So, he walked around somewhere else, climbed up from another mountain, climbed to the top of this mountain peak, hung down the rope, and one person climbed down. Sure enough, he found a cave halfway up the mountain. The entrance to the cave was very secret, and there was a small peak in front of it. It is blocked and the entrance of the cave cannot be seen from the outside.

The servant climbed into the hole, and the eagle inside flew out. He walked into the cave and walked more than twenty steps. A hall appeared inside, as big as an acre, surrounded by small twists and turns.

The family members walked to the cave entrance and pulled Director Qiu up with a long rope. Director Qiu entered the cave and took a look. He was very satisfied and immediately decided to live in the cave with his family.

Pulling the whole family into the cave, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and there is a war, so no one comes to this place.

During the day, Director Qiu sent his servants out to hunt to make ends meet. Sometimes he would also take prey to the market town in exchange for some grain and salt. They lived in this cave for several months. Due to their caution, no one found them.

Unexpectedly, Yang Shucheng and his two men broke into this area to avoid the pursuit of Cheng Tuding and Cao Fengying.

Because the entrance to the cave was so secretive, Cheng Tuding and Cao Fengying searched the mountain for nearly ten days and circled around the solitary peak several times, but they never found the cave.

Yang Shucheng and Yang Shucheng lived in the cave peacefully for more than ten days. Director Qiu was proficient in medicine, and all their injuries were healed, without even a single scar on their bodies.

During these days, Qiu Yan went to the cave where Yang Shucheng lived and listened to Yang Shucheng tell about the dangers he had experienced in the rivers and lakes. This little girl was sixteen or seventeen years old and stayed at home all day long. She couldn't help but yearn for the thrilling stories outside, so she He came to talk to Yang Shucheng every day.

This Qiu Yan is beautiful, with a thin waist, a cherry mouth, and a pair of big eyes, very cute. Yang Shucheng lived in a cave to recuperate and did not feel lonely or unbearable.

More than ten days later, Yang Shucheng was going to say goodbye. He also wanted to protect Wang Huaguo and go to the Shaolin Temple in Putian, Fujian.

He promised Miss Tao Ling, and he must do it.

When Director Qiu saw that the two of them were going to Fujian, he couldn't delay it and couldn't persuade them to stay, so he sent Yang Shucheng out personally.

Qiu Yan also wanted to follow, but Director Qiu would not agree. With tears in her eyes, Qiu Yan turned around and ran to her cave, angry and never coming out again.

Director Qiu escorted Yang Shucheng and the two of them out of Tongbai Mountain, watching them go south.

Yang Shucheng decided to go south, and then started walking east. He was overtaken by two groups of people and almost lost his life, so he walked south this time.

In the past two months, Wang Huaguo's hair has grown longer, tied into small braids, tied with a straw rope, hanging down the back of her head.

The two dressed up as wanderers and headed south together.

It was early autumn, the sky was high and the clouds were clear, the breeze was blowing frequently, and the weather was getting cooler. Yang Shucheng suddenly thought that there seemed to be a few osmanthus trees in Miss Mulan's Fragrance Valley. He thought the osmanthus trees were already in bud.

After walking for more than ten days, I arrived at Laohekou County. Seeing that the county was very large and there were many people coming and going on the road, Yang Shucheng was worried that Cheng Tuding and Cao Fengying would not dare to enter the county, so he walked east.

After walking for a day, we arrived at a market town called Zhangji Town in the evening.

Eating in a small restaurant. This is a mom-and-pop shop with a young man who cooks nothing more than home-cooked meals. Yang Shucheng and Yang Shucheng had been walking for more than ten days. They were also a little greedy and asked for a pot of chicken.

The chicken was so stewed that the two of them sat down and ate it hungrily without drinking.

While eating, I heard a voice outside the door: "Mom..." and saw a woman flashing through the door.

This woman was twenty-three or four years old, very pretty, with willow-leaf eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, fair skin, and a slim waist.

Yang Shucheng took a look and didn't expect that the shop owner and his wife had such a beautiful girl.

When the woman saw her mother coming out, she rushed forward and hugged her, crying softly.

It was because her daughter was so beautiful that she got married to Laohekou County. Her mother was so frightened that she hurriedly asked:

"What happened?"

The woman said: "It's not because his family thought I couldn't have a child, so he scolded me again this morning. When I replied, my husband beat me. I ran away from home in anger. On the road, I met an acquaintance, so I took him for a ride. I walked back to my car. Mother, what do you think I should do?"

After hearing this, her mother, for no other reason than to have a baby, became firm and said, "You don't have to be afraid, you will be saved this time."

"what happened?"

"There is a Guanyin Temple in Baihua Mountain, which is very efficacious. We will pray to Guanyin tomorrow morning, and you will definitely be able to conceive a child."

"It's really so effective?!" Her daughter didn't believe it. In order to conceive a child, she tried no folk remedies or drank any bitter medicine, but she was always disappointed.

"We'll go early tomorrow morning."