Ping An Biography

The soil on the road is a bit wet, it should have just rained a little yesterday.Sunny days after the rain are the cleanest. The green mountains, brown roads, and blue tiles are bright and clear, as if they have just been washed, and the air is also very fresh. It is a good day.Zhang Ning likes such a warm day with a cool wind in front of him.

A young man in his early twenties came out of the "Sacred Temple". He had fair skin, slightly sunken eye sockets, and a nose that was not collapsed. This young man was probably Monk Yao's son.But he didn't know the young man's name, and before that, he didn't even know that his uncle Yao Monk had a son from Yao Ji.

After a while, Yao Erlang approached the dark-skinned junior together, he looked a bit shy, as if he didn't know how to speak.After all, people in this mountain rarely come into contact with strangers, and because they are young and have relatively little experience, they may not be very proficient in socializing and entertaining.

Zhang Ning was relatively calm, and took the initiative to introduce himself: "My name is Zhang Ning, and the word is Ping An. I came here to visit my uncle who I haven't seen for many years at the order of my mother. My mother's surname is Yao, and my uncle is the owner of Yao Village here. We walked to the river bank just now. These brothers brought it into the village."

After hearing this, Yao Erlang bowed his head and saluted, but he spoke clearly: "Master Yao is my father, we have already heard that His Highness is coming. It's just that there is an urgent matter today, and my father can't greet him in person, so he ordered me to come Greetings, see you..." As he spoke, his legs moved a little, as if he wanted to kneel down but was a little hesitant, after all Zhang Ning looked very young.

Zhang Ning took a look, supported him naturally, and said kindly: "We are cousins. I am a fourth-year student in Jianwen, so I should be older than you?"

Yao Erlang hurriedly said: "Yes, my cousin is three years older." Seeing Zhang Ning nodding with a friendly smile, he continued, "Let's go to the temple to meet my father, he is discussing something important with the villagers. .”

A group of people walked forward together, Zhang Ning's expression remained the same, kind and enthusiastic, but he didn't ask what important matters were being discussed in the village, although he was curious in his heart.Perhaps the way of being a person that he learned subtly in the officialdom has influenced him. For unfamiliar people, being warm and polite, but talking less is a better way to get along.

However, after exchanging pleasantries, Yao Erlang's mood was raised, and he gradually got to know each other. He said on his own initiative as he walked, "There is a group of bandits a hundred miles away, which harm the village and rob merchants. Because our Shenzhai is in the surrounding area. He was well-known within the village. Two months ago, at the invitation of the nearby Miao family, Tu family and some prominent villagers, he went to teach the gangsters a lesson. Later, he heard that he killed the son of the bandit leader in the scuffle. So I settled my grievances, originally my father didn't pay attention to the gang of mobs, but today I have to report that Feng Village behind the mountain has been attacked, and my father is planning to call the young and strong to rescue them with weapons."

Zhang Ning asked casually, "Why didn't the bandits go straight to seek revenge on my uncle, instead they harassed another village?"

"This group of people fight fiercely on the surface, but in fact they are bullying and fearing the strong!" Yao Erlang's young face showed a contemptuous look, "Our main village has horses and soldiers, and a large number of weapons and crossbows. Dare to come."

Zhang Ning didn't think about it, and said casually: "Beware of besieging the city and fighting for aid."

Probably Yao Erlang had never heard this word before, he was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said, "Remind my father later and listen to what he has to say."

While talking, they walked to the entrance of the temple. Yao Erlang signaled his followers to stay, and then walked into the "temple" with Zhang Ning.I saw a dozen people standing scatteredly inside, and there was a lot of noise. Most of the so-called "elders" were middle-aged, but there were not two old men.A statue was enshrined on the top of the big room, and incense candles were smoky. A bald man stood in front of the statue. When he saw someone coming in, he turned his head to look at Zhang Ning and Yao Erlang, and nodded slightly.Zhang Ning cupped his fists and made a bow from a distance, seeing that everyone was busy, he didn't speak.

The men in the big house seemed very excited, Yao Erlang said quietly: "There are many relatives between the several villages, either the daughters of the elders are married there, or the father-in-law is in the neighboring village, so everyone is anxious to have a father. Order rescue."

Zhang Ning nodded and said yes, if he refused to help, how would relatives and neighbors meet in the future?

At this moment, another young man was let in from outside the door. The bald Monk Yao in front of the statue raised his hands to calm the noise, and the young man came forward and knelt on one knee and clasped his fists and said, "I report to the owner, I haven't seen you near the main village." There are traces of bandits; the smoke in Feng Village behind the mountain is heavy, and the houses in the village are on fire..."

Everyone was in an uproar and shouted: "Feng Village has been breached, and our people have already assembled and dispatched weapons. Please order from the owner!"

Monk Yao asked loudly, "What about the mountain?"

The younger generation who came in to report replied: "The people who went up haven't come down yet, so I don't know much about it. From a distance, there is nothing unusual."

"Shut up!" Monk Yao yelled, "Here's an order to leave a small number of men guarding the village, and the rest of the men and horses set out to take the firewood path on the mountain."

Someone asked: "It's urgent, why did the owner take the path?"

Monk Yao turned his head to stare at him, and the man's face suddenly showed fear.Monk Yao still explained: "Feng Village has defenses. Since the bandits can break through, it is impossible for them to make a surprise attack on the main village, so only a small number of people are left behind. The bandits came to revenge on me, but they attacked Feng Village. , is likely to be ambushed in the middle of the road, and the situation on the mountain is unknown, wouldn't it be a good idea for us to take the road rashly? Let's start now and take the firewood road to climb the mountain!"

After hearing this, everyone was convinced, so they left one after another and went out.Monk Yao and his attendants came down and said politely, "You are... Zhang Ping'an? There is an urgent matter today, and I have to rush out again. Let Erlang receive you. Let's talk about it when I come back."

After hearing this, Yao Erlang said: "I want to follow my father to fight bandits."

Monk Yao was about to scold him, but Zhang Ning hurriedly said: "I have three attendants who are all very skilled, and I would like to follow uncle to do my best."

"Swords and guns don't have eyes. If something happens, how can I ask your mother?" Monk Yao immediately refused.

Yao Erlang also helped to intercede: "Just now my cousin asked me to remind my father not to besiege the city and fight for aid. Now is the time for employing people, and my cousin can help." Zhang Ning then said: "I am not here to travel around the mountains and rivers. .”

Monk Yao frowned and said, "Walk to the back of the line, and Erlang will take care."

Zhang Ning then went out to greet Lao Xu and the other three to lead the horses and follow the crowd. They passed through the village and saw more than a hundred people gathered behind the village, walking up the mountain road in an orderly manner.These people were fully armed, not only carrying long and short weapons, bows, crossbows and arrows, some also wore self-made mail armor and big edge iron helmets on their heads, most of them wore hard bamboo scale armor, chest and other vital parts and heart protection glasses.Although the armor is different, it doesn't look like a group of villagers gathered from a distance, but looks like an army from more ancient times.No wonder they dared to provoke bandits, because they themselves were a bunch of strong men.

Yao Erlang led Zhang Ning and others to walk behind the team, and climbed up the mountain along the path between trees, weeds and thorns. This mountain is probably at least a few hundred meters high, and it may take a long time to walk.Zhang Ning and the others arrived just before noon, and they were already starving without eating, but Lao Xu and the two women did not complain and followed the team silently.

I don't know how long it took to climb up the mountain. Zhang Ning was already sweating and panting. Naturally, he couldn't ride the horse. Fortunately, it was a Shu horse.Only now did he personally feel that marching and fighting may be more important, and that everything is nonsense without physical strength.

Fortunately, after persisting for a while, we reached the ridge, and then went downhill, at least saving a lot of effort.

Zhang Ning was looking at the direction of the sun, and it was estimated that the time had not yet passed, when suddenly there was shouting in front, followed by shouting and killing, and the sound of strings could be heard faintly.People left the path and scattered into the woods.Looking down, Zhang Ning saw people running, but he couldn't see what happened, let alone the bandits.Qiu Ye drew out her long sword, pulled Zhang Ning to hide behind a big tree, stretched out her neck to look at the situation below.

Yao Erlang said: "Father is very predictable, he guessed that he met bandits, my cousin is at ease, we will attack from above, the bandits will definitely not be able to resist."

The yelling didn't last long, and the people in front called them to continue down the mountain after a while.Before Zhang Ning could figure out the situation, he walked for a while, and finally understood when he reached the side of the mountain.There was a dirt road at the foot of the mountain, and many stones, large and small, were collected on the side of the mountain... Apparently, the bandits wanted to wait for the rescuers to pass by on the road below, throw stones at the road, and then rush down to kill people while taking advantage of the chaos.But now the rocks on the side of the mountain have not been pushed down, it is already a mess, and one or two corpses can be seen from time to time, the battle here is over.

Zhang Ning looked up at the scene below the mountain. There was a village not far away that was filled with smoke, and the fire was burning in the smoke. Some people ran from the village to the opposite mountain. Some of Monk Yao's troops had already rushed towards the village.

"Mother ran away, it's hard to chase after entering the mountain." Yao Erlang stomped his feet and cursed through gritted teeth.

A group of people followed into the village at the foot of the mountain, only to hear wailing, the fire spread and smoke filled the air, and the surrounding earth walls collapsed, and the whole village was almost in ruins.The villages of the Han people do have great hidden dangers in the mountainous areas. People are generally unwilling to live on the dangerous mountains for the convenience of farming and harvesting. Instead, they build villages on flat land and build city walls for defense. This kind of defense is obviously limited.

There were corpses everywhere, some were dragged out and burned black, many people hugged the corpses and cried loudly, the scene was horrible.Just arrived here and encountered this kind of thing. When Zhang Ning looked back at his followers, he saw their faces were also pale. Following Xu Wenjun's gaze, he saw a child nailed to death on a door panel with blood stains on the door panel. spotted.At this time, another naked woman with disheveled hair crawled out from the haystack, and a man hurriedly shouted, "Get some clothes!"

(I'm sorry, it's too difficult to upload in my hometown, I will resume stable updates as soon as possible.)