Commander's Destiny

Chapter 76 The Iron Mountain Sword
After Yao Jingli asked carefully, he realized that this sword soldier wandering soul turned out to be a navy soldier in the Three Kingdoms period, or a northerner who followed Liu Bei all the way from Xuzhou to the south.

Because he died in a far away foreign land, dynasties have changed for more than a thousand years, and the sea has changed, so he has not been able to find his way home.

And because he had never done any evil, the local impermanence didn't want to deal with him, and the impermanence in his hometown might be too busy to find him, so he slipped through the net.

He said that he was one of the members who rushed into Cao Ying on a fireboat during the Battle of Chibi. He was under the command of Guan Yunchang and Guan Erye. In order to get a bite to eat, he survived, so he has no worries and no worries, and he has no regrets when he dies.

When he was alive, because he wanted to repay Guan Erye's kindness, wherever he went with the army, he often inquired about information related to military supplies.

When he passed by here, he heard that there was an iron mountain tens of miles upstream from this place, called the Eastern Mountain Range, and it was known as the first mountain in the Three Chus.

This eastern mountain range is full of outstanding people, and the iron veins in the mountains are of the highest quality. Even the King of Wu used to forge swords here.

Moreover, there are two peaks, Fenghuang and Baizhi, in the Eastern Mountain Range. It is said that the aura of these two peaks penetrates into the sky and reaches the earth.

Combining all these factors, it is speculated that this Eastern Mountain Range is most likely the so-called Two Realms Mountain Range.

This sword-soldier wandering spirit spoke clearly about the Eastern Mountain Range, and the analysis he gave was clear and logical, which convinced Bai Wuyan and Yao Jingli.

So the two immediately decided to go to the Eastern Mountain Range to take a look.

A group of people continued to travel along the river, upstream, and walked nearly fifty miles in three days, and finally arrived near the Eastern Mountain Range.

However, it was getting late at this time, so everyone wanted to spend the night at the only farmhouse visible at the foot of the mountain.

Although this farmhouse looks not small from a distance, but it looks very simple when you get close.

In the wide yard surrounded by several large thatched houses made of soil embryo and mud, there are no pigs, cattle, chickens and ducks, and the fence and courtyard gate connected by low walls and fences are basically closed at night. state.

It was night at this time, and it was still early, but there was no light in all the thatched houses, as if no one lived there at all.

Therefore, Bai Wuyan didn't knock on the door, but walked directly into the yard, and asked loudly, "Is anyone there?"

Bai Wuyan originally just wanted to confirm again, but he didn't expect that the door of the thatched house in the middle was opened with a "squeak" and a gap that only allowed one person to poke his head out.

Facing the bright moonlight, I saw a head with white beard and hair making a low and hoarse voice: "Who is it, what's the matter?"

Seeing that the person speaking was an old man, Bai Wuyan replied politely: "Old man, we are traveling a long way, and we want to stay overnight here, I wonder if you can make it easier for us?"

"No." The old man directly refused.

"We can give money." Bai Wuyan thought that the old man was afraid that he would live in vain, so he quickly added.

"No, not even money." The old man refused again.

Bai Wuyan didn't expect that the old man's family was so poor that he would reject the God of Wealth one after another without saying a word.

Xin said that your conditions are so simple, if it weren't for the fact that there is no place to stay nearby, I wouldn't even want to live here if you gave me money.

Bai Wuyan was very annoyed after being shut down, and without saying anything more, he exited the yard, returned to the carriage, told Yao Jingli and Zhai Lingxiu in the carriage about the situation in the farmhouse, and said dejectedly: "Other Sister, let’s just spend the night in the carriage.”

After hearing this, Yao Jingli volunteered and said: "Why don't I try again, because there were no conditions on the road before, that's all, but now there is obviously a family, and there are so many houses, why can't we let us borrow?"

After speaking, Yao Jingli took a fire bag, jumped off the carriage, and walked straight into the farmyard by himself.

Yao Jingli didn't directly ask Bai Wuyan for a loan, but took a more roundabout way and said loudly: "Good old man, it's not convenient for us to have a few girls traveling here, so I want to borrow the space here. Once the room is used, you can change your clothes, can you accommodate me?"

Yao Jingli hadn't finished speaking when she saw an old woman with white sideburns coming out of the main room. She was wearing coarse cloth covered with pudding, and while wiping her hands on the hem of her skirt, she said kindly: "Little girl! , it’s not that we’re not accommodating, it doesn’t matter if you have money or not, it’s that our empty rooms are haunted!”

Yao Jingli heard that this was the case, so she hurriedly explained: "There are really ghosts, that's okay, the two brothers who are walking with me are Taoist priests, not only are they not afraid of ghosts, they might even be able to help ghosts escape Reincarnation, rebirth in bliss.”

When the old woman heard that she was not afraid of ghosts, she thought she had really met an expert, so she immediately changed her tone and said, "If that's the case, then girl, come in and sit first."

So Yao Jingli lit the kerosene in his hand, and followed into the thatched house.

Bai Wuyan saw Yao Jingli being taken into the thatched cottage from a distance, so he brought other people along with his luggage and followed.

This thatched room is very large, but the furnishings are extremely simple. Apart from a big bed in the main room, there are only four benches where everyone sits in the main room, and a square table surrounded by the benches.

It is used both for eating and for entertaining guests.

Bai Wuyan lit a lamp with the kerosene he brought with him and put it on the square table. A group of people leaned quietly by the table and began to listen to the two old people's narration.

It turned out that this old couple shouldn't be the only ones in this family. They have three sons. The family farms and farms. Although they live in poverty, they enjoy themselves happily.

However, in the past few years, the eldest son and the second son followed the Taiping Army to carry out the land movement, and were beaten to death by the officers and soldiers early on. Although the second son became the head of the Taiping Army, he also got shot by the foreign devils later. Son.

The younger son had a long memory, and he directly voted for the army, but unexpectedly, he was strangled by the remnants of the Taiping Army.

After more than ten years of turmoil and turmoil, the old couple had nothing to look forward to, only waiting for the news that their three sons were gone.

The two old men didn't do anything after getting the news, they just ran all over the battlefield one by one, wanting to help collect the corpses of their three sons, Ye Luo returned to his roots, this was the last obsession of the old couple.

But the bodies of the three sons were not found, only an iron sword with the word "Taiping" printed on it was found.

I don't know whether this iron sword belonged to someone the eldest son or the second son knew, or the person who killed the third son. The old couple regarded it as a thought and brought it back.

After that, all the weird things started from this iron sword that was brought home.

(End of this chapter)