I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 311: Qianshou Army (asking for monthly ticket)
It took Sang Que a whole day to prepare the things that Liu Tianyou would need. On the morning of May 7, he took Qiao Ling, Xia Chan and Xuan Yu, crossed Mingyue Mountain, went deep into the Qianyue Mountains bordering it, and followed the direction of the river all the way to a thousand-meter cliff.

The tributaries of the hanging river in Jinzhou pass through Mingyue Mountain, and eventually form a waterfall here, rushing down and entering Qinzhou.

"Aren't we going to Qinzhou? Why did you bring me here?"

Qiao Ling was wearing a dark blue cloth skirt with narrow sleeves, carrying a bamboo box used by scholars when taking exams on her back. She stood on a high place with her hands on her hips, looking down the cliff.

The roar of the water is deafening, the thousand-foot waterfall is like the roaring silver dragon, the water vapor is dense, cool and refreshing.

Looking up, the rays of light break through the clouds and illuminate the mountains and rivers. The peaks are majestic, the mountains and rivers stretch far away, gradually disappearing on the plains, the rivers are roaring, and the forests are covered with green shadows.

Sang Que was still dressed in black, carrying a newly made peach wood bow, an arrow bag and a bamboo tube containing the painting on his back. Two fine steel daggers brought from the modern era were inserted in leather holsters on his back, and a small leather bag was worn across his body, containing some commonly used items.

She looked around and found the rope ladder that she had hidden here when she led the team on a training march. She uncovered the straw mat covering it and threw the rope ladder, which had been fixed long ago, off the cliff.

"I am now an illegal resident... I don't have household registration documents, so it's impossible for me to pass the Qinzhou checkpoint. Moreover, I have to take a detour to enter Qinzhou from the checkpoint. It's better to jump down from here. The area below is Qinzhou."

Qiao Ling opened her mouth slightly and looked down again. Although she was not afraid of heights, this was too high.

Xia Chan, who was wearing a green dress and had a surprising amount of hair, ate a carrot and nodded beside her, "It's better to go down from here. No need to take a detour. Xiao Chan hates walking!"

Xia Chan was also carrying a cloth bag filled with radishes and Xuan Yu, who also didn't like walking.

This white radish is the seedling brought from modern times by the mulberry sparrow. It was recently harvested. It is crisp, sweet and full of moisture. It is the favorite of summer cicadas.

Sang Que continued, "I am also leaving a way out for Mingyue Mountain. If the roads in front of Mingyue Mountain and on both sides are blocked one day, everyone can move from here."

In the past two months, when she was training the 200 guards in the mountains, she also taught them how to tie knots to make simple rope ladders and climbing techniques, and then she would let them slowly teach it to the people in the mountains.

Qiao Ling swallowed and said, "Your rope ladder isn't that long."

Sang Que smiled and took the lead in climbing down. In fact, she could jump down directly without the rope ladder and use teleportation to cushion the attack. However, Qiao Ling was just like He Buning at the beginning. She was wary of her and could not get rid of it. She could not teleport with Qiao Ling.

"Sister, wait for Xiaochan."

Xia Chan followed the Sangque down while biting a radish. Qiao Ling took a breath and also climbed down the rope ladder.

After climbing about two hundred meters, the rope ladder reached the end and the three people arrived at a raised platform on the cliff. There was a small cave inside. Sangque dragged another section of the rope ladder out of the cave.

"I discovered this cave by accident. Unfortunately, there are no peerless masters or martial arts secrets inside. I will have people slowly dig out this cave, and it can also be used as a temporary shelter."

Sangque threw the rope ladder in his hand off the cliff and continued to descend with Xiachan.

It took nearly an hour and more than ten changes of rope ladders before the three of them successfully came down from the cliff. Along the way, Sangque had already dug out platforms for short stays in various places and placed replacement rope ladders to ensure a smooth descent.

After landing, Sangque hid the last section of the rope ladder among the vines on the cliff. If you don't look carefully, you can't see anything unusual.

If they had entered Qinzhou via the normal route, it would have taken at least half a month's journey. However, they had already arrived in Qinzhou before lunch.

"The war hasn't reached here yet. There's a mountain village nearby. I took a look at it from a distance last time. This way."

Sang Que pulled out a dagger and led the way by chopping down the bushes and vines blocking the way, while Xia Chan and Qiao Ling followed behind.

"Is the radish delicious?" Qiao Ling suddenly asked Xia Chan.

Xia Chan immediately felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy, "No!"

After saying that, she ran behind Sang Que, grabbed Sang Que's bag, turned back and stuck out her tongue at Qiao Ling.

Qiao Ling said sadly, "Just asking..."

The pitch-black Xuanyu crawled out from the pile of white radishes in the summer cicada's bag, shook its ears and looked around. The woods stimulated its hunting nature, and it rushed out quickly and went ahead to lead the way for everyone.

The experiment of fusing the evil spirit into the corpse has been successful. When Sang Que did it herself, the success rate was half, and when Yin Tong did it, the success rate was 90%, which was equivalent to her having a 90% success rate. Next, Sang Que planned to try it with a living animal. If it succeeded, Xuan Yu would also be able to become a walking Yin cat in the future.

Thinking of this, Sang Que felt that she needed to add a black cat to her statue so that Xuan Yu could also get some incense.

It was some distance to the small village at the foot of the mountain. At noon, just as Xia Cicada's stomach began to growl, the sound of Xuanyu's meowing was heard from deep in the forest.

Sangque teleported over to check and saw Xuanyu squatting on a fallen deer licking his claws. The deer's neck was broken by Xuanyu and bleeding profusely.

During the time when he followed Qiao Ling, whenever he was near the mountains and forests, Xuanyu would go hunting to feed the summer cicadas. It was his responsibility to take care of its "cubs".

Sangque took the deer and Xuanyu back, cut out a piece of space in the mountain, and used stones to enclose a place for lighting a fire.

Qiao Ling performed the dissection professionally, Sang Que took out the salt he had brought with him, and the few of them roasted venison for lunch. With Xia Chan around, there would be no leftovers, and Qiao Ling also kept all the parts of the deer that could be used as medicine. Everyone was very satisfied.

Around four o'clock in the afternoon, the three of them finally walked out of the mountain and arrived at a small village at the foot of the mountain. The scene in the village was almost the same as they had expected. Only the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, the women and the children were left. All the young and middle-aged people had been taken away.

This village is relatively good. The elderly can go into the mountains to pick wild products and vegetables, and they can also set traps. There is no famine.

Sangque said they were herbalists who got lost in the mountains, and they used a small bag of brown rice they had on them to ask the villagers for a place to stay for one night.

During this period, money was of no use, and they were only willing to accept food.

As soon as Qiao Ling entered the village, she took out her string of bells and rang them to diagnose the villagers who needed medical treatment. In addition to the bell doctors of Jiuge, there are many ordinary bell doctors who travel around and treat people.

When Qiao Ling treated patients, he only charged something symbolic, a penny or a handful of rice, anything could be used as the consultation fee.

Sang Que took this opportunity to ask the old people in the village and learned that Sanchahe Pass was about 50 miles south along the river. Now the southeast part of Sanchahe Pass had all fallen into the hands of the rebels.

Those rebels all wrapped their heads with black cloth and called themselves the "Qian Shou Army". They did not kill civilians, but only plundered county capitals and killed corrupt officials. They distributed all the looted food and money to the people.

Qinzhou borders Yunzhou. In order to pacify Yunzhou, Qinzhou imposed heavy military service, corvee labor, and grain taxes. Coupled with the rampant evil spirits, the people were miserable and had long been oppressed to the point of being unable to survive.

Since the ghost disaster in Wangshan City on New Year's Eve, in more than four months, wherever the Qianshou army went, the people flocked to join them. The Qianshou army was unstoppable and broke through several checkpoints in Qinzhou.

Qinzhou transferred troops and food from Jinzhou and Jiangzhou, which did suppress the momentum of the Qianshou Army at the beginning. However, Yunzhou sent many poison masters and witches to secretly assist the Qianshou Army.

The Gu Master used Gu, the witch summoned ghosts, and the Qinzhou defenders were defeated one after another.

"I would rather my children join the Qianshou Army than be captured by the Qinzhou garrison and die in vain."

The old man who was chatting with Sangque sighed, and Sangque remained silent.

After nightfall, Qiao Ling closed her stall and the village elders arranged an empty yard for them to stay in. They agreed to head towards Sanchahe Pass the next day.

As the night fell, Sang Que, lying beside Xia Chan, asked Qiao Ling on the other side, "When you arrive at Sanchahe Pass, are you going to help the Qinzhou garrison heal its wounds, or the Qianshou garrison heal their wounds?"

Qiao Ling turned over and said, "Let's see when we get there."

Although Qiao Ling was already thirty years old, she had never experienced a war-torn era. She really didn't know how to answer Sang Que's question. She didn't even know which side she should stand on. Or should she stand on neither side and treat everyone from the perspective of a doctor?
The summer cicada's breathing gradually became steady, and it had fallen asleep. The mulberry bird also turned over, closed its eyes, and went to sleep.

On the beam, Xuanyu put his paws in his pockets, and looked down at the whole house with his green eyes. Not far away from him, Yintong was also sitting on the beam, swinging his legs, with his head tilted and in a daze.

In the second half of the night, the moon was cool and the night owls were crying in the mountains. Xuanyu and Yintong felt something at the same time and suddenly looked towards the direction of the village entrance.

Xuan Yu jumped down from the beam, and Yin Tong instantly returned to Sang Que's body.

Sang Que opened his eyes wide and turned over and sat up.

Some people sneaked into the village, and there were quite a few of them!
"Qian Shou" (qián shǒu) was a name for common people during the Warring States Period and the Qin Dynasty. It began to be used as an official term during the reign of Qin Shi Huang. "The world was divided into 36 counties, each with a governor, lieutenant, and supervisor. The people were renamed 'Qian Shou'" (Records of the Grand Historian: The First Emperor of Qin), which had the same meaning as the common people and common people at that time.