cloud roll mountain river

When Gu Liang Yiqing and Gu Xiaowu arrived at Wugu Village, it was already dusk, the village was quiet and peaceful, the dogs and chickens heard each other, and the people who cultivated the land went home together, so the two decided to stay here tonight and inquire about some news .

Gu Xiaowu knocked on the door of the house casually, and a pair of elderly Junqing answered the door. Although their hair was gray, they were in good health. Hearing that they were staying overnight, they invited the two of them into the house to rest, and the gentleman went to wash the rice and cook. , Qingzi was about to clean the room for them, but asked Yiqing to stop her, so she could do it herself.

Lao Junqing gave up his daughter's room and said that her daughter had gone hunting and would come back in the evening, and she would inform her again when the time came.

"She seems to like martial arts?" Gu Liang Yiqing looked around at all kinds of simple and crude knives and guns in the house, and said to Lao Qingzi.

"Yes." When talking about her daughter, Lao Qingzi smiled slightly, kindly, and there seemed to be bitterness in it, and she was full of thoughts at the moment, "She has loved martial arts since she was a child, and she practiced hard. The city's garrison army found a job to guard the tower. Half a month ago, the garrison army attacked the bandit's stronghold and returned in a disastrous defeat. She was shot in the calf by an arrow, so she came back to recuperate temporarily, but the injury was not serious, and she went out to hunt today gone."

These words seemed to arouse Gu Xiaowu's interest, so she took the opportunity to ask: "The bandit's stronghold? I heard something on the road, saying that they did a lot of evil, but I didn't expect to have already fought with the city defenders."

Old Qingzi sighed: "I don't know what happened. They were recruited a year ago, and now they are fighting again! Didn't Lu Xia arrest the head in the Yamen before? Then disappeared inexplicably, and the other pair The siblings surnamed Helian once again stood on the top of the mountain and fought against the city defenders."

"Brother Helian?"

"My elder sister's name is Helian Qingxian, and my younger brother's name is Helian Qingxian..." At this point, Lao Qingzi paused, but looked at Gu Xiaowu and Gu Xiaowu with a confused expression on his face, and murmured: "It's my elder sister's name. He Lianxian is light, brother is called Helian Qingxian?"

Gu Liang Yiqing's eyes widened in astonishment.

"Oh, their names are hard to remember," Lao Qingzi had already waved his hands and gave up, "but you don't know, those siblings look really good... the old man doesn't know what to say about you, they just look the same Like a fairy! The younger brother bought sugar water in Xiacheng before, and the little girl who sold the sugar water always scooped up two spoonfuls for him! And that elder sister, who can bring home a lot of small gifts when she goes out, but she didn’t If so."

Looking back at this, Xiao Wu was speechless, so she could only continue to ask: "How about the casualties on both sides?"

"This..." Lao Qingzi raised his head, thought for a while, and then said: "It is said that the city defenders suffered heavy losses, and the bandits' cottage was so high that they couldn't climb it at all. The people in our village were not shot by arrows in their arms. It was shot by an arrow in the foot, ouch, what a horrible cry! Didn’t you see that the prefect of Xia City has closed the city gate to prevent people from entering the city! Those bandits are too terrifying.”

"They were recruited a year ago. Some of them got one-third of an acre of arable land, and some got a half-job as a public official. Now that they have turned into bandits again today, where is their arable land?"

Old Qingzi heard this and said: "Yes, there are officials and lands, but I still want to find a mountain to make trouble, so the prefect took back these lands."

"The bandit rebellion, when did it happen?"

"Last autumn, it was said that they disobeyed discipline, but it didn't cause a big incident at the time, and then it broke out after only a year..." Old Qingzi sighed, "It's a crime..."

After a while, the old gentleman and his daughter came back together, entertained Gu Xiaowu and Gu Liang Yiqing with the rabbits they brought back from hunting. The daughter smiled heartily and said that her words were all right, but the pair of Helian siblings of the bandits were so fierce that the guards had not yet climbed halfway up the hill, and they were shot back with arrows in their hands and feet. There was nothing they could do about it. He had no choice but to withdraw, Gu Liang Yiqing on the side heard the words, just looked at Gu Xiaowu, smiled without saying a word.

After going to bed at night, Gu Xiaowu asked about Gu Liang Yiqing, and said: "During dinner, do you seem to have something to say?"

"Where, I just laughed at the prefect for being so stupid. Although the enemy has geography, how can he be more harmonious than him? As a battalion commander, if we want to take this cottage, we have more than [-] people." Gu Liang said Qing sneered, and then she was troubled again, and continued in a low voice: "But listen to what they said, not to mention who the Helian siblings are, but they don't intend to hurt anyone. There will be many scruples? Then the former king of the mountain disappeared, and the prefect harvested all the fields in autumn..."

Gu Liang Yiqing's unintentional words made Gu Xiaowu enlightened, she nodded and said: "Yes, what comes first and what comes later, it seems that bandits have no way, and there may be many twists and turns in it."

One of the characteristics of Jiangyuan is high body temperature, but Chang Ming doesn't know why he feels that only the right side is warm and the left side is cold. This is clearly early summer.He seemed to be conscious, but his eyelids were too heavy, and he couldn't lift them even after trying. However, the warm breath on the right side was really alluring, so he tried to get closer to it.

Suddenly something cold grabbed his arm, preventing him from pursuing warm steps.As if at an order, the three armies came out together, and he suddenly felt a pain spreading from his left hand to his whole body, as if something was gnawing at his flesh one by one, making him unable to move.

It was this pain that forced Chang Ming to open his eyes.

"Seventh Battalion Commander! Are you awake?!"

When his eyes were blurred, he could already hear cheers from someone around him. The face of that person dangled in front of his eyes, but he still couldn't remember who it was. The person held down his left arm, while his right It was a burning bonfire, and the warmth could at least calm him down.

He finally remembered that this person was Luo Jianghong.

Then he sat up as if awakened from a start, picked up Tianxia Feishuang beside him, and slashed the knife on the opponent's neck. Even though his face was pale, his eyes were still as cold as that. Some kind of fear still flickered in the depths.

Chang Ming didn't care about wearing good clothes, and asked in a cold voice: "What do you want?!"

Luo Jianghong was so ashamed of being frightened by him, she had no choice but to smile and said: "My lord, calm down, you are seriously injured, don't get angry, the next officer will bandage you right away."

Only then did Chang Ming remember the pain all over his body.But to blame him is a bit unreasonable. As Jiang Yuan, he is cautious everywhere, not to mention that the other party is Xingzhu. When he woke up, he saw that his shirt had been taken off, and the other party was only wearing his underwear and was still holding his arm. , Chang Ming was so frightened that he was almost out of his wits. After hearing Luo Jianghong's explanation, he looked down and saw that his body was already wrapped in bandages. The arrow in his left hand was taken out, but the bleeding continued, and Luo Jianghong was still holding a medicine bottle in his hand. Only then did he withdraw the knife resentfully.

"Just now you turned over for some reason, and you were close to the fire, and almost fell into the fire, so the officer had to hold you..." Luo Jianghong explained cautiously.

Chang Ming didn't answer, but An sat down and let Luo Jianghong apply medicine and bandage him.

"Where are the others?" Chang Ming said hoarsely, and Luo Jianghong realized that his lips were all chapped, so he hurriedly tied the bandage, and then went to the kettle to let Chang Ming drink water to moisten his throat.

"The lower officer didn't see anyone else waiting."

"I clearly remember that I was shot..." The pain behind his back made him slightly frown, "How did they let us go so easily?"

Luo Jianghong was also confused about this matter, and said: "At that time, I heard the sound of drums before I remembered it and suddenly stopped. Here, it started to rain heavily after walking a few steps..."

Looking back, Chang Ming saw that his and Luo Jianghong's coats were indeed drying on the bamboo poles beside the campfire, and muttered to himself, "How could it be..."

Luo Jianghong didn't seem to pay attention, but continued: "There is still some dry food left in the parcel of the lower official, can I give you some to eat when it's warmed up?"

Hearing what he said, Chang Ming immediately became flustered, and regardless of the pain, he stood up and looked around: "Where's my baggage? Have you seen it?"

"No, the situation was chaotic at the time... But the officer brought the battalion commander here, and he has not seen your package."

Chang Ming had no choice but to sit back on the same spot in despair. As a result, Luo Jianghong’s roasted dry food made him feel hungry. He looked around while eating steamed buns, only to realize that it was an abandoned temple on the outskirts of the city. Yao Yi, he asked Luo Jianghong: "Are you carrying my official back here?"

"Yes, this place is a ruined temple near the Mausoleum City. It is located between the ancient battlefield and the Mausoleum City. You were seriously injured at the time and it was not appropriate to delay, so you decided to rest for a while. The lower officials thought about it. Since those bandits have given up and left, it is reasonable not to leave Will turn back. The night is already high, the battalion commander should rest?"

Chang Ming didn't answer, he took his clothes and put them on, and Luo Jianghong was so scared that he hurried to stop him: "What are you doing, you are seriously injured, and the night is cold, and you still have to drive all night?!"

Chang Ming glanced at him, and said calmly: "I've almost lost all my luggage and parcels. I don't want to rest like this. Naturally, I sleep with my clothes on."

"The lower official's luggage is still there. If you don't abandon it, you can cover the thin quilt first..." Before Luo Jianghong finished speaking, she found Chang Ming staring at him. It must also be pale.

Luo Jianghong is Xingzhu, and Li Changming is Jiangyuan.Xingzhu was always full of vigor, but Jiang Yuan's five senses were sensitive. Even though Li Changming hadn't forgotten to take the medicine, he was already so weak. It was hard to imagine what would happen if another thin quilt was stained with Xingzhu's breath.

"That's not what I mean!" Luo Jianghong also suddenly realized that she took a step back and almost stepped into the bonfire to stage a fire, but it was Chang Ming who stopped him in time, and then said embarrassingly: "Then I will rest outside the door tonight, Let the lower officials take this thin quilt out."

Chang Ming sneered and said, "In early summer, it will be cold at night, you can keep it, I will go out."

"How does this work!"

"Shut up!" Li Changming interrupted him impatiently, "When I was fighting in the western border, it was much more difficult than this. If you go out for one night, you will be seriously ill tomorrow?"

"Xiaguan knows that the Seventh Battalion Commander has experienced hundreds of battles!" These words always had a sour tone, Luo Jianghong paused before he spoke, and then slowed down his tone: "Xiaguan is the leader of Xing, and he was not injured. He has always been strong and strong, and this is not the battlefield in the western border. Why should the commander of the Seventh Battalion be wronged? The subordinates will not be seriously ill tomorrow, so why not get up even if they are seriously ill? Besides, marching and fighting, it is easy to win a thousand troops. It's hard to find a general, and it's not a pity to be an official, so please take care of the Seventh Battalion Commander."

After finishing speaking, he went out without hesitation, regardless of Chang Ming who stayed there in a daze.

The author has something to say:

In Changming's luggage is the book Yijing gave him, um, maps and so on.

Yijing: You little brat!