At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 454 Exploring Longtan Alone
Although Lu Yu, the magistrate of Miyun County, is a bit submissive, his ability to handle affairs is still very good. As soon as the donations from various families are in place, he started to build Xikouguan City. Honestly paying money to recruit workers has imperceptibly boosted the county's economy and employment, and attracted a large number of refugees to come to work.

Seeing this, Lu Yu had an idea, and immediately came up with a policy, as long as the refugees who participated in the construction of the Xikou Great Wall, as long as the project is completed, they can directly settle in Miyun County, and get the land according to the land equalization order, and all previous crimes will be past their past.

There are three main reasons why refugees become refugees. The first is that they have committed crimes in their hometown, so they can only flee to other places to avoid disaster; The third is to avoid conscription. For example, Yang Guang’s three conquests in Goguryeo, many people, even officers and soldiers, fled with their families in order not to go to fight in Liaodong.

Therefore, the policy promulgated by magistrate Lu is undoubtedly very attractive to refugees.

Because Zhuo County is rich, a large number of refugees have flowed in. However, Anle County is relatively poor, and it is on the edge of the Great Wall. Not long ago, it was burned, killed and looted by Xi people. The population loss is serious, and it is urgent to replenish blood. Therefore, Lu Yu moved Undoubtedly, it kills two birds with one stone. Refugees can resettle and get a stable life. Miyun County has also increased its population. As the population increases, output and tax revenue will naturally increase.

Therefore, as soon as the settlement policy of Miyun County came out, it immediately attracted refugees from the surrounding areas to flock in. Not only did they have enough manpower to build the Xikou Great Wall, even Cui Hu's iron mine was quickly full of people. However, this poor small frontier county has become prosperous. There are more pedestrians on the street, and vendors also come from all directions to do business. It is a thriving scene.

It's strange to say, ever since Cui Hu borrowed Gao Bufan's four-stone Chasing Sun Bow and hung it on the wall of Cui Shirou's room, the latter's illness really didn't recur. The field can suppress the black dragon, and this story spread slowly, and it became more and more bizarre. In the end, some good people made up a jingle, which roughly means that Gao Bufan is the reincarnation of the general star in the sky, and even the evil All the black dragons would shy away from him when they saw him.

Gao Bufan didn't take these outrageous legends seriously. In his opinion, Cui Shirou was just frightened, her body's immune system was in disorder, and as long as she was emotionally stable, her illness would gradually improve. Of course, the four-stone bow hung on the wall , It may also give Cui Shirou a certain sense of security psychologically, so it is also helpful to her condition.

From Gao Bufan's point of view, all of these things can be explained scientifically, and they are not so mysterious. Of course, in the eyes of the ancients, this is mysterious again and again.

On the ninth day of September, the Double Ninth Festival, Gao Bufan left Miyun City alone on a big green horse without a single soldier. Everyone didn’t know what he was going to do, but the soldiers were not worried, because with Gao Lang’s body With ability, there are only a handful of people in this world who can hurt him.

Let's say that after Gao Bufan left the city, he rode his horse all the way to the foot of Yunmeng Mountain.

Yunmeng Mountain belongs to the Yanshan Mountains, with an altitude of more than [-] meters. It is the highest peak in Miyun County. Gao Bufan has inquired that the Black Dragon Pool is near Yunmeng Mountain. Is there really a black dragon in this so-called Black Dragon Pool?

In late autumn, Yunmeng Mountain is full of forests, with tall and beautiful peaks, fallen leaves everywhere, birds singing and mountain scenery, it is a good place for outing.

Originally, there was no need to go through the foot of Yunmeng Mountain from Huairou County to Miyun, but Cui Guang guessed that he took a shortcut and passed the foot of Yunmeng Mountain.

"Hello, brother, where is the Black Dragon Pool?" Gao Bufan couldn't find the way, when he saw a woodcutter passing by, he rode up to ask the way.

The woodcutter saw that Gao Bufan was born with red lips and white teeth, with a long knife on his waist, he was full of heroism, and the horse on his crotch was also very handsome. ?”

"Come here because of the name." Gao Bufan smiled.

The woodcutter shook his head: "It's better for the old man to advise you not to go."

"Why?" Gao Bufan asked calmly.

The woodcutter glanced left and right, and then said in secret: "The Black Dragon Pool is bottomless, and there are often no winds and waves. It is rumored that there is an evil dragon living in the pool, and it often comes out to steal the livestock that pass by. We locals dare not approach it." .”

Gao Bufan laughed and said, "Really? Brother, you don't mean to scare me, a foreigner, right?"

The woodcutter got a little angry when he heard the words, and said with a cold snort: "What is the old man trying to scare you for no reason? A few days ago, two little girls saw that evil dragon, and they almost scared their souls away. They pointed out the way to leave, you young man really doesn't know good people, if you are not afraid, well, Black Dragon Pond is over there, go and see for yourself, don't be scared to death in the end."

After the woodcutter finished speaking, he carried a load of firewood and left angrily.

Gao Bufan rode his horse in the direction pointed by the woodcutter. After walking for a while, he heard the sound of rumbling water. After passing through a small forest, he saw a pool of water appearing in the valley.

The pool here is not big, probably only thirty or forty square meters of water surface, but the water in the pool is dark green, it can be seen that it is indeed very deep, and there is a small waterfall on the side of the mountain pouring into the pool, making the sound of rumbling water.

Gao Bufan led the horse to the edge of the pool, but the big green horse did not dare to move forward within two meters of the edge of the pool, and kept retreating.A look of astonishment flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes, and he tried twice in a row. The big green horse refused to go any further when it was two meters away from the edge of the pool, and kept shaking its head and snorting.

Gao Bufan couldn't help but tremble a little when he saw this. Qingyun is very spiritual and has a very sensitive perception of danger. Is there any terrible creature in this pool that makes him feel afraid?

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Gao Bufan immediately woke up. He put the big green horse to graze in a place far away from the deep pool, and then walked back to the pool, sat down on a stone, and calmed down. Staring intently at the dark green pool water.

For some unknown reason, Gao Bufan felt that there was a pair of eyes in the pool looking at him, and his scalp tingled. Grandma, is there really a black dragon in the pool?
"When you stare at the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you!" Gao Bufan couldn't help saying this in his mind
However, at this moment, Gao Bufan suddenly felt his hairs explode, and hurriedly jumped up from the stone. At the same time, the light of the saber in his hand turned into a bolt and slashed out behind him.

There was a light hey from behind, and a figure retreated quickly, avoiding Gao Bufan's shocking knife, but Gao Bufan calmed down instantly when he heard the light hey, because the person who came was a person, not some supernatural monster .

Gao Bufan landed on the ground like a flying eagle, staring at him, he was suddenly stunned, and saw a tall man with red beard standing a few feet away, with a pair of tiger eyes that were not angry and majestic. The shot turned out to be Zhang Zhongjian, the bearded man who had met once on the top of the city that day.

Gao Bufan was excited and blurted out, "Brother Zhang?"

The red-bearded man grinned: "Are you sure?"

Gao Bufan said with a smile: "I wasn't completely sure at first, but now I'm sure."

The big red-bearded man laughed: "I knew that anyone who could sworn to Li Jing was not a normal person."

Gao Bufan said with a smile: "Brother Zhang is hurting second brother, or is he hurting himself?"

The red-bearded man laughed again: "Third brother's mouth is no weaker than his hand, by the way, how did you find me?"

As soon as the red-bearded man said "Third Brother", he admitted that he was the bearded man Zhang Zhongjian.

Gao Bufan smiled and said, "It's just a hunch."

The bearded man couldn't help admiring and said: "It seems that the six senses of the third brother are very sensitive. There are not many people in this world who can discover themselves in advance, and you are one of them, the third brother."

There was also a heart-wrenching domineering tone in the tone of the bearded guest.

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "There are not many people in this world who can touch me without being discovered, and so far there is not one."

The bearded man was stunned for a moment, then he looked up to the sky and laughed, threw the wine jar he was holding to Gao Bufan and said, "You are such a good boy, but the elder brother likes it, come on, come on, we brothers should have a good get-together today We got together."

Gao Bufan glanced at the live sheep in the other hand of the bearded man Zhang Zhongjian, and said with a smile: "There is wine, but the sheep is alive. Do we brothers want to eat the live sheep raw?"

baa baa...

The sheep in the bearded man's hand bleats.

The bearded man smiled and said: "This sheep is not prepared for you, third brother." He looked at the deep pool and continued: "The biggest shortcoming of this big brother is that he is very curious, and he always likes to ask questions about unknown things."

Gao Bufan immediately understood, smiled and said: "It's okay, I brought food." After speaking, he took out a roast goose wrapped in oiled paper from the bag.

Seeing this, the bearded man was overjoyed and said: "Excellent, burning wine with roast goose, it's hard for a god to sit."

So, the two sat down by the pool to eat and drink!
(End of this chapter)