Fu Song

Chapter 345 Reunion

A winding road extends to the distance along the foot of the mountain. Upward, there are lush forests. Downward, under the cover of shrubs, you can see ditches with strange rocks and clear water flowing down. However, the stone has long been polished smooth like a mirror by the water flow.

The melodious chirping of birds came to my ears, and as the horse team moved forward, the crisp sound of bells would startle groups of birds fluttering their wings in the woods by the roadside from time to time, and they immediately became noisy.

"Monkey!" Zhao An, who was sitting in Wang Zhu's arms, looked around excitedly, and suddenly raised his arms, pointing upwards.Everyone followed the sound, but they saw a gibbon monkey hanging there with one arm on a long branch of a big tree, staring at them with wide eyes. Seeing everyone looking over, this monkey was Youyouran swung herself up, grinned strangely at the crowd in mid-air, then fell into the forest and disappeared.

"Mr. Zhao, there are not only monkeys in this mountain, but also a lot of big bugs, leopards, and bears. It's just that since this road has been repaired, these beasts have been far away." Among the horse team, the guard leader Lu Shen smiled. road.

"Really?" Zhao An excitedly said, "A big worm was locked up in the backyard of our house before. There were no leopards or blind bears. Can you see it?"

After hearing this, all the guards were dumbfounded, and looked at Zhao An with different expressions.Only Luo Gang, Wang Zhu and Li Ge didn't care.

In the former King Jing's Mansion, what is it to shut up a tiger?
Li Ge looked at Zhao An. After arriving in Qianzhou, this man finally didn't have to hide his secrets anymore. After washing him and putting on new clothes, his whole appearance was completely different.

Qianzhou is already Xiao Cheng's territory, no one dares to embarrass this little guy anymore.

The current governor of Qianzhou, Lu Ze, and Li Xin, who is in charge of the Tiannan Army, didn't talk nonsense at all, and directly sent a team of soldiers to escort them to Xiao Cheng's residence in Bangzhou.

As for who these few are, is it important to them?

Not important at all.

In their eyes, only Xiao Cheng was in sight.

Even Lu Ze is submissive to Xiao Cheng now, even if now Xiao Cheng looks like a phoenix that has shed its hair, or a tiger that has descended from the mountain.

I think of him, Lu Ze, who worked hard all his life, and only got a job in the army in his early fifties. This was in exchange for following Ma Liang's behind.And after switching schools, in just a few years, I have been on the rise all the way. First, I became the general judge. Before my butt was warmed up in the position of the general judge, I became the Quanzhi Qianzhou in a flash, and now I have been from the The fifth rank, in a year or two, remove the word "Quan", and become a fifth rank official.

In the Song Dynasty, it was a big hurdle to go from official to official, then the fifth rank was a big hurdle, and the third rank was a big hurdle. Lu Ze, who never thought that he could become a fifth rank court official, just climbed up in such a daft way .

And this was done for him after Xiao Cheng seemed to have fallen from power on the bright side. If he didn't fall, what kind of situation would it be like?

Of course, it doesn't fit well to say that Xiao Cheng's downfall, now Xiao Erlang has the final say on the one-third of an acre of land!
Lu Ze decided to follow Xiao Cheng obediently. He knew very well that the other party could push him to the stage, and of course they could pull him down more easily.What's more, he still has a great deal in Xiao Erlang's hands!

The former magistrate of Qianzhou was executed by Lu Ze himself.

He will never forget the dead fish-like eyes that Ma Liang looked at him incredulously before he died.

This is the fate of going against Xiao Zhuan.

Lu Ze didn't want to be Ma Liang's second.

Now in Qianzhou, if Xiao Erlang wants to kill someone, it really shouldn't be too easy.

Bright and dark, where is it not Xiao Erlang's person.

Li Ge just sighed in his heart, but he didn't come to Qianzhou for a few months, it seemed that Xiao Erlang's control over Qianzhou was stronger.For example, Wang Wenzheng, the original commander of the Southern Army that day, heard that he had injured his leg while riding a horse, and now he was recuperating in his own village.

If Wang Wenzheng lost his legs, he would probably lose his life. This is a man of sense!

It's no wonder that uncle is now pretending to be deaf and dumb to Qianzhou, or only Xiao Erlang will raise his flag to rebel, he will look over, otherwise, it's better not to ask for trouble.

Anyway, in the past, the imperial court loved to ignore this area of ​​land.

Now they not only stopped fighting each other, but also paid the taxes to the court on time. Compared with last year, the taxes on Kuizhou Road have increased a lot. For Li Fang, this is enough.

How Luo Gang got mixed up with Wang Zhu and Zhao An is unknown to Li Fang, but Li Ge still remembers Wang Zhu's head-on knife on the boat.

The big man who moved to the boat after being overwhelmed by the paralysis woke up much earlier than he expected, and then the blow with the knife was really like lightning, and he didn't give himself half a minute to react. Fortunately, I had been prepared for a long time, and hugged Zhao An in my arms, and the knife was congealed on my scalp.

But it was enough to scare half of Li Ge's three souls and seven souls.

Then, it is a long time of explanation and self-proof.

It wasn't until Luo Gang woke up that he finally convinced the big man that he was Xiao Erlang's friend and returned Zhao An to the other party, and the hostility between the two sides was finally resolved.

Since then, however, the Wang Zhu has stopped eating anything he offers.

Along the way, they prepared food by themselves, but Luo Gang was very generous and didn't care about it all.

"This road was also built by Xiao Zhuan in the past few years after he came here. A long time ago, this was just a narrow path. Merchants could only use camels, donkeys, mules or shoulder-backed camels to walk. Now, It can accommodate a carriage, which greatly reduces the cost of transportation." Li Ge said to Luo Gang with a smile: "In the past two years, I have been building roads, and I am a local. I have tasted a The sweetness of a good road is also willing to contribute.”

"If you want to get rich, build roads first!" Luo Gang laughed: "Xiao Erlang did the same thing when he was in the Northwest. Now he just applies the experience from that time to here."

Talking and laughing, the group of people turned out of this big bay, but walked into a new big bay, but the scenery was very different from the previous one.

I can no longer see the lush trees and the apes and beasts peeping in the forest, but terraced fields, extending directly from the foot of the mountain to the mountain, not only on the opposite side of them, but also on their side.Standing at their position, looking at the opposite side, the piles of paddy fields reflected the sun, reflecting dazzling light like mirrors.

Huge waterwheels are slowly turning, lifting water from the bottom of the ditch, and then pouring it into the reservoir above, so that the water is lifted up step by step, and it is the top of the mountain, so there is no need to worry about running out of water. available.

Now is the spring plowing season, but there are quite a few people working in each terraced field, men and women, old and young, with trousers rolled up, holding handfuls of seedlings in their hands, bending over Insert pinches of green seedlings into paddy fields.

What a scene of a paradise, Luo Gang reined in his horse and stood there, fascinated by it.

I don't know which mountain top suddenly sounded the sound of folk songs. The singing is melodious and the tune is subtle. Even without the accompaniment of silk and bamboo, it still makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Just as the singing on one side of the mountain fell, the sound of singing on the other side of the mountain immediately followed.

One side is a clear female voice, and the other side is a thick male voice.

"Dou Ge!" A guard who is familiar with the local customs said with a smile: "I haven't seen or heard such a thing for many years, that is, I heard the older generation say that there was such a thing many years ago. I can't think of it." Let us run into each other today, young masters, do you want to take a break and stop to listen?"

"Listen, listen!" Luo Gang nodded repeatedly.

This kind of scenery can't be seen in Bianliang.There are countless folk arts in Bianliang, but the signs of carving are too strong, which looks good at first glance, but after seeing too much, it becomes boring, but here, it is the original performance.

"Speaking of it, I'm not afraid of your nobles' jokes. A few years ago, this place was so poor that we drank the northwest wind and bandits were rampant. Now these men and women who sing songs may be the same gangsters a few years ago!" The local guard sighed: "That's the place where Xiao signed the sentence for the past few years. While sweeping up the bandits, he also found a lot of ways to make a fortune so that everyone can live and work in peace and contentment. That's how it is today!"

"Who says it's not!" Lu Shen, the leader of the guard, nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice: "Our Qianzhou, speaking of it, has dozens of Jumizhous under its jurisdiction, but those guys who dominate one side, when will they take us away?" Qianzhou is a piece of food, which makes our Qianzhou territory sound huge, but in fact it is called poor. Even the servants in the state government have a miserable life. Compared with other state roads, that It’s completely incomparable. But now haha, who would dare not listen to the orders issued by the state capital? Who would dare not implement them? Those who used to think their brains were hard, now the grass on their graves is taller than people.”

"Xiao Erlang ruled every place he traveled. This ability is truly admirable!" Luo Gang shook his head and said, "Those people from Bianliang have forced the two unicorns of the Xiao family into the present state. Looking like this, I don’t know if I see the scene here, do I regret it or not?”

After resting for half an hour and listening to the antiphonal songs on the mountain, the group set off again. At this moment, they were only half a day away from their destination.

Xiao Cheng stood in front of the gate, staring at the end of the road. Beside him, on the left stood Jiang Yingxue, who was also wearing a filial piety dress and tied a hemp rope around his waist. His height was too fast, he was a full head taller than Xiao Cheng, a nine-foot man used on him, he really deserved his name.The current Han Kai is the commander of the foreign army under the control of the entire Qianzhou Chamber of Commerce, and also serves as the commander of Xiao Cheng's bodyguards. He usually leads about a thousand troops and is stationed in the headquarters of the Federation.

The Wang family compound in the past was big enough for a thousand people to arrange it, but it still didn't show mountains or dews.

With the sound of hoofbeats, a group of people appeared in Xiao Cheng's field of vision. Immediately, a horse broke away from the team and rushed towards this side at a high speed. When it was dozens of steps away from Xiao Cheng, the horse was slammed Le, neighing and slowing down the speed, the knight on the horse jumped off, staggered and almost fell, but still ran towards Xiao Cheng in a stumbling manner.

"Chongwen!" Luo Gang opened his arms, and tightly embraced Xiao Cheng who also opened his arms to welcome him, "The third lady is gone, it's my fault, I didn't take good care of her!"

Luo Gang burst into tears wantonly, the pain that has been accumulated in his heart has no one to tell, and now he finally has someone to confide in, and it immediately spewed out like a flood that burst a bank.

Jiang Yingxue on one side was crying, and Han Kai's eyes were red too. With his hands behind his back, he raised his head and looked up at the sky, trying not to let the tears flow down. They were all very familiar with Mrs. Xiao San, and no one usually mentioned this matter in front of Xiao Cheng. , but at this moment, Luo Gang tore bloody tore the scar that he tried so hard to hide.

Xiao Cheng was crying, and patted Luo Gang's shoulder. After a while, he calmed down, and said in Luo Gang's ear: "Don't worry, don't worry, one day, I will make those people pay the price, good and evil In the end, there will be a report, and I will take back everything that is owed to me, so that they can regret it."

"I know, I know, but the third lady will never come back!" Luo Gang choked up and couldn't speak.

It was the first time Wang Zhu saw Xiao Cheng, and between his eyebrows and eyes, he was somewhat similar to the bearded general in the image, but the image given to Wang Zhu by Mr. The sharp sword in the sheath is extremely sharp but exudes bursts of murderous aura from time to time.But this one in front of him seems to be calm and calm, making people feel calm when they see him, and they only think he is kind and amiable.

"Big brother, is he the Xiao Erlang we are going to vote for this time?" Zhao An, who was holding his hand beside him, asked in a low voice.

Wang Zhu nodded, led Zhao An, and walked towards Xiao Cheng.

"Wang Zhu of the Dingwu Army, I have seen Xiao's signature!" Wang Zhu bowed deeply to Xiao Cheng, and when he straightened up, he pushed Zhao An in front of him.

"I see!" Xiao Cheng touched Zhao An's head, but stopped what Wang Zhu wanted to say, turned around and said to Jiang Yingxue: "Yingxue, you arrange for Wang Zhuangshi and Mianzhi to stay here first. Arrange a banquet to welcome them in the evening. Now, I want to talk to Yuting first."

Jiang Yingxue nodded, walked forward, but took Zhao An's hand first, and said with a smile: "Little brother, I'm tired after traveling all this way, let's take a good bath and rest for a while. , have another good meal, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" Zhao An said happily.

Jiang Yingxue straightened up and looked at Wang Zhu, Li Ge and the others said, "Please come with me!"

"Thank you Jiangdong!" Li Ge cupped his hands and thanked him.

Wang Zhu was taken aback, at first he thought that Jiang Yingxue was someone close to Xiao Cheng, but seeing Li Ge's manners now, he understood that this woman might not be an ordinary person, and she also followed Li Gegong to thank her.

(End of this chapter)