Ping An Biography

Yan Ruofei and the others waited below for a long time and gradually became anxious when no one came out. "We have to go up and look for them." Yan Ruofei couldn't help but said.Zhang Ning is the person in charge who was ordered to investigate the case, and he is also the highest rank among the people. If the life and death are unknown and everyone can't come up with an explanation, how can they make a difference?Even if the chief general died in battle in the army, the soldiers would still be punished.

In short, if something happens to Zhang Ning, Wu Yong and Yan Ruofei will not have a good time.It's okay to get the body back after death. It can be said that Zhang Ning did not listen to the advice and went on the adventure himself; but if he disappeared for no apparent reason, neither Shangfeng nor Zhang Ning's family would obey.

Yan Ruofei is Hu Ying's confidant, and his words usually have weight, but he still suggested to Zhang Ning's deputy official Wu Yong: "How about doing this: Mr. Wu and two followers go to Yongshun Division first to find The comfort envoy will assist, and the rest of the people will camp with me nearby and wait, if Master Zhang does not come down until dark, I will take people up to have a look tomorrow morning."

Wu Yong nodded and said: "This is the only way to do it. But this place is dangerous, brother Yan must be careful."

Yan Ruofei smiled wryly and said: "Master Zhang refused to listen to the advice and insisted on going. What can I do now? If I don't go up to find out what's going on, how can I explain to Mr. Hu when I go back?"

After the discussion, Yan Ruofei took most of the people out of the canyon vent to camp, and sent others to stay in the valley in turn.

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Zhang Ning and Zhang Ning who were arrested waited in the cave for a long time, and then someone came from the other end and escorted them into the cave along the mountain.Except for the road illuminated by the torches, the front and rear are completely dark, and there is a thin stream of water under the feet.The air is not stuffy, but the temperature is obviously much lower than outside, the gloomy cold makes people shiver.Occasionally, a drop of water will fall from the top to the collar, which can make people tremble if they are not careful.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, after turning a corner, light appeared in front of the cave, and the cave should have come to an end.

Zhang Ning walked out of the cave, and when he looked down, he felt dizzy. It turned out that there was a cliff under the exit of the cave, and there were no railings on the side of the road. He was startled at the first time, and he wondered if he had a fear of heights.The valley at this end is deeper than the front, and the tops of the trees are lush and green. It is so green that you can hardly feel the breath of autumn. Only the red color of the maple trees dotted in it is more or less autumnal.

The wind has completely disappeared, and the withered and gloomy atmosphere is also gone. The birds chirping and the rushing water in the lush vegetation give people a feeling of vitality.

Zhang Ning was infected by the natural scenery, and his worries were reduced a lot.He observed the surroundings carefully, and saw some buildings made of bamboo and wood in the mountains, and occasionally people could be seen. Although those buildings were relatively simple, it was not easy to build houses on this mountain wall.

They were led to walk horizontally along the narrow stone road, and after walking for a while, they came to a sunken cave.The ground has been flattened, a statue of a god is enshrined in the cave, incense burners, long lights and other things are placed, and there are futons on the ground.There were five or six people carrying weapons standing inside, none of whom could see their faces, all wearing bamboo gauze curtains; most of them were wearing Tujia cloth dyed green clothes and pants, only one was wearing a light skirt.And it seems that no matter old or young, they are all women, and there is no man.

Zhang Ning looked at the woman in the light green dress calmly. She was almost spotless from head to toe. Living on this kind of mountain and wearing light seine clothes and white skirts, she could still keep it so clean, probably of a higher level. .

Sure enough, the woman said to the people around her in a commanding tone: "Lock up the woman, and the man will follow me."

People are swords and I am fish, Zhang Ning has no choice but to separate from Xu Wenjun.I escorted him back and forth along the cliff, walked a few sections of the stone road plank road, and gradually heard the sound of "squeaking" water, and when I turned the direction along the road, a spectacular waterfall came into view.

I have to say that the scenery of this place is really good, like a paradise, if it is not for being caught and facing the danger of life, if it is a holiday, you will definitely be able to return to your heart's content.The water in that waterfall is actually not big, but the scene of pouring down from the high mountain top is very atmospheric, and the white water splashes dance in the air like hazy drizzle.What's even more strange is that there is a larger cave in the waterfall, which is like a water curtain cave.

There is a stone step next to the "Water Curtain Cave". Looking along the stone steps, you can see a relatively flat place on the side of the waterfall. In the mist, you can faintly see the gable-like roof, which seems to be covered. Blue tiles.Zhang Ning was escorted into the "Water Curtain Cave" first, and there were also several women in green clothes standing there, with long swords hanging on their waists, standing motionless as if they were guards.He was not allowed to stay in the Water Curtain Cave, but went up the stone steps.

When I went up the steps, I could see clearly the buildings that I couldn’t see through the waterfall at first. I saw a courtyard with blue tiles and gray and green walls on the platform. The walls were not made of earth but bamboo and some wood. The tiles looked like genuine ones. made of tiles.There is actually a pond at the gate of the yard. There are red maple leaves floating on the surface of the pond, and white smoke is faintly rising. It flows from Yanggou, perhaps because there are hot springs on the side of the mountain.

The two women in Tsing Yi who escorted Zhang Ning waited for the women in white skirts to come out of the yard to hand over, then turned and left without following.

The layout of this courtyard is rather special, entering the gate is a hall.Zhang Ning was pushed by the person behind him, his hands were tied behind his back, his body couldn't control his balance, he staggered into it, and almost fell into the mud.

"Kneel down!" shouted a woman.

Perhaps the ancient kneeling ceremony was relatively common, but Zhang Ning's modern thinking made people unable to kneel under the eaves.Fortunately, a voice said at this time: "Don't embarrass him, let me ask him."

The voice is soft and ethereal, and I don't know if it is because of the claustrophobic environment, but it still seems to have an aftertaste.Zhang Ning was stunned when he heard the sound, followed the sound, and saw a curtain drawn in front of him, and there was a faint figure sitting in the curtain, but he couldn't see his face.

With such ostentation, Zhang Ning could figure out with his toes that the person behind the curtain had a very high status in the cult, and he might be their leader.His mind became active again, pondering over a lot of lines, and there is no reason to "negotiate": he is an official, and he is a Beijing official with an imperial order, and he disappeared here for no reason, and the government has nothing to do Fa, he will definitely come to search, and it may not be long before Yongshun Division will have soldiers and horses coming.If the evil cult kills the official, it will be tantamount to rebellion, and there will definitely be great trouble.Zhang Ning intends to follow this line of thought to intimidate the woman who is suspected to be the leader.

No matter who the leader is or not, they are all human beings, no one in the world is afraid of doing whatever they want, and their own reasons are not made up, there is indeed a great possibility of what they say.

Zhang Ning was struggling to figure it out, and the "leader" quickly asked casually, "Your name is Zhang Ning, and the name is Ping'an?"

"Yes." Zhang Ning replied with a nod, as if cooperating.His seals, official documents, letters and other things were all searched, and the "leader" probably got the information from it.

"Who chose the name, and where is the family from?" The man asked again, speaking faster.

Zhang Ning said in amazement: "Of course the name was chosen by the parents... the native place is Shangyuan County, Nanzhili."

"Zhang Ning, member of the Ministry of Rituals, you must answer truthfully when I ask you, a word from me can decide your life or death, do you understand?"

Zhang Ning hurriedly said sincerely: "It's not a lie. I am indeed Zhang Ning, a member of the Ministry of Rites. What is there to hide?"

"The name of the table was also taken by the parents?" the leader asked.

This sentence really stumped him immediately. It is reasonable to say that calligraphy should be developed by elders or teachers when they become adults.He paused for a moment, not wanting her to suspect that he was lying, so he foolishly said: "It was also caused by my parents, maybe my mother hopes to live a peaceful life next time."

"Go forward five steps." The person behind the curtain ordered.

The attendant in white clothes next to him immediately turned to stare at him.He counted his steps carefully and took five steps, because he was tall and his legs were long. After five steps, he was very close to the curtain.

There is no man in the general altar of the evil cult. This girl wants to see if I am handsome or not, and wants me to be a duck servant?If you look okay, there is no pressure, don't be a killer voice, a nice voice, and a scary person, that's sad enough.

At this time, the woman inside said: "Take it down and watch."

The attendants around came up and pushed Zhang Ning.Zhang Ning felt a little stuck in his heart for a while, probably because he had been thinking about the reason, but the other party ended the conversation just like this...not being allowed to speak out, no amount of reasoning is useless, it is really a bit uncomfortable.

Unwillingly walking, he turned his head and said, "I am an imperial envoy, and I came from the capital to target the evil cult. Maybe the leader can get a lot from me..."

"Shut up, the leader ordered you to leave, don't you understand? Show me something." The woman behind him scolded.

After Zhang Ning was taken down, the leader ordered: "Arrange him a better place to live, and eat carefully, so don't tie him up, and don't wrong him. Also, he has a female entourage and let him go with him. Live together and let his own people take care of him...whatever he asks, as long as it is not too much, try to follow him."

Hearing that the prisoners were treated so favorably, the people below must have been somewhat puzzled, but no one said much, they just answered: "Yes."

The figure in the curtain flickered, the leader stood up, and said softly: "Xiaoyue, go to the study and polish the ink, I will come later."

A woman bowed and said, "Yes."