Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 49 Find a way out

Chapter 49 Find a way out
Chen Nian went after Jing Yuxuan, so he had to deal with Feng Junyang again.Looking at her like this, Chao Yangzi felt a little distressed, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, you don't know how powerful Jing Yuxuan is. If she said that her killing skills are top-notch, then her escape skills are top-notch. I think back then she Before practicing that bullshit magical skill, lightness kung fu is already the best in martial arts. Don't worry, she will be fine."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Nian again, and said, "You don't need to chase your master, besides, you can't catch up with her. When you arrive, you will hit those who should be beaten, and those who should be killed should be killed, and you should run away." Yes, they all ran away."

Only then did everyone feel relieved, Chen Nian thought about it, and realized that he couldn't catch up with Jing Yuxuan.Silly but curious, he couldn't help asking Chaoyangzi: "Daoist, have you known Senior Jing for a long time?"

Chaoyangzi was still at Jing Yuxuan's place, he didn't think about it for a moment, and replied following his words: "I have known her for a long time. When I met her, she was a little girl, younger than your big boss. She was beaten at that time. She was seriously injured, if I hadn't been kind enough to save her, she would have died long ago. But she is so heartless, after she recovered from her injury, she beat me up first..."

Chaoyangzi was halfway through speaking, and then he suddenly realized that he raised his eyes and saw that everyone was listening with gusto, and suddenly became angry from embarrassment, and waved the dust in his hand to drive them away, cursing: "Get out, get out, get out, I'm full and have nothing to do What? What to do, what to do!"

The crowd fled in all directions after being chased away by him, but they burst into laughter.

Chen Nian suppressed a smile and reprimanded everyone, and then told everyone to go to work, while he took Wen Daya and Cui Xi to the underground secret room to count the gold and silver obtained from Xuanzhou.Because of the huge number, Wen Daya's eyes lit up when he saw it, and it was clear that there were only three of them in the secret room, but he still kept his voice extremely low, and said to Chen Nian: "Master, this lot of gold and silver is placed I don’t feel at ease here, I have to move here to sleep at night.”

Chen Nian couldn't help laughing, and said: "No matter how many these things are, they are still dead things that cannot be eaten or drunk. If you want me to say, it's better to replace them with food as soon as possible."

Cui Xi nodded in agreement: "In troubled times, food is the most important thing, and food can save lives. Now that there is no chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, we should buy more food and save it. In addition, we must try to buy some weapons back."

Chen Nian also thought about going to Jiangnan to buy grain, but to go to Jiangnan not only through Nantaihang, but also through Yiping, how could it be so easy to come here!Even if Chaoyangzi went to buy those medicinal materials, thanks to Feng Junyang's escort, he was able to return to the village safely.

She pondered: "I have some old stories in the South Taihang, so it's not difficult to think about it. It's just that in Yiping, He Ze didn't have time to settle the 1 taels of gold with us because of the war with the Zhang family. If you want to get through his territory, you have to think hard about it."

The three of them came out of the secret room, Chen Nian went back to practice his kung fu, Cui Xi and Wen Daya went to the meeting hall to deal with the affairs of the village.On the way, Wen Daya saw that there was no one around, and couldn't help but whispered to Cui Xi: "You said that you haven't seen Lu Shaoxia for the past two days, do you feel that it's embarrassing to come out to meet people?"

They all saw that Lu Xiao was interested in Chen Nian, and they didn't want to see the king of Yunxi come out halfway to win his love. No one can bear this matter.Cui Xi was silent, but Wen Daya couldn't stop talking: "If you want me to say this is really a trick of luck, you said that Lu Shaoxia and our master are two, what a good couple, why did they suddenly appear? A Yunxi king is coming?"

Cui Xi thought he was noisy, glanced at him lightly, and asked, "Sister Wen, what have you got to do with the personal affairs of the head of the family?"

"The boss was also confused for a while, so he followed the prince. However, the prince is indeed good-looking, standing next to the boss is like facing a fairy." Wen Daya finished speaking, and clicked his tongue twice. , then suddenly realized that Cui Xi's address just now was wrong, and asked, "Hey? What did you call me just now?"

Cui Xi didn't answer him, and walked quickly to the meeting hall.For a while, due to the growing popularity of Hukouling, many people from all corners of the country came to join him. Cui Xi wanted to strengthen the cottage, but he was worried that spies would come in again, so he was very cautious.

Chen Nian also knew the importance of this matter, so he discussed with Cui Xi how to arrange for these newcomers after practicing, which took a lot of energy.After being so busy for more than half a month, Jing Yuxuan came back suddenly with a huge bag in his hand.The pocket was bulging and still moving.Wen Daya was curious, he stepped forward to open the bag and took a look, he didn't expect that it contained a living old monk!
Jing Yuxuan pointed at the old monk, and said to the dumbfounded Chen Nian: "This is the most famous old monk in Shengdu. I captured him and asked him to tell us about the so-called pure heart and clear heart!"

Chen Nian was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a while, but Wen Daya recovered first, wiped off his cold sweat and asked Jing Yuxuan, "Why did you go to Shengdu again, old man?"

Jing Yuxuan chuckled, and said: "The boy surnamed Feng made some sense. Since it is a Buddhist kung fu, how could it be some kind of magic kung fu? It must be that our practice method is wrong, so we have to ask such an old monk Just ask. He asked someone to find it for me, and he said he was an eminent monk who had attained the Tao."

Chen Nian stepped forward, helped the old monk up from the ground, and asked, "Eminent monk?"

But the old monk first recited a Buddha's name: "Not tall, not tall, just an old monk."

He made an interesting answer, Wen Daya and the others laughed unconsciously, Chen Nian took a closer look at him, saw his kind face and kindness, and asked, "What is the old monk's name?"

"Hui Ming, the old monk's Dharma name is Hui Ming." The old monk replied.

Although Chen Nian had never heard of this master's name, he nodded his head to make it clear, and said politely: "Master Huiming has worked hard from afar, so you want to go and rest first?"

Huiming didn't want to, but replied seriously: "I didn't walk all the way by myself, it's not hard, but I'm a little hungry."

Chen Nian glanced at the cloth bag on the ground, thinking that Jing Yuxuan was carrying the old monk along the way, he couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Master, sit down and wait, I'll ask someone to prepare a vegetarian meal for Master. "

Jing Yuxuan didn't have such a good temper, so he just asked Huiming, "Old monk, let me ask you, what do you mean by calming your mind, purifying your mind, enlightening your mind, and clarifying your mind?"

Huiming replied: "This is the mind of Zen." Seeing the impatient look on Jing Yuxuan's face, before she could ask, she hurriedly explained, "Zen is the heart of Buddha. Zen is the essence of the Buddha's heart. It is the pure heart inherent in every human being.”

Jing Yuxuan asked again: "How did this heart come from?"

"You don't get it from outside, you have to rely on your own experience, stop delusions, transform afflictions, and then achieve centering, purifying, enlightening, and clarifying the mind, and realizing the inherent Buddha nature." Hui Neng replied.

Jing Yuxuan seemed to understand half understood, and said in surprise: "My heart is quite pure, how could I become obsessed?"

Huiming recited a Buddha's name, and said: "Fire escape is a Taoist saying. There is no practice of this method in Buddhism, and the problem of fire escape will not occur."

Hearing this, Jing Yuxuan and Chen Nian were both taken aback, and Chen Nian even asked: "If there is no fire, how could you be possessed?"

"The devil is born from the heart. If you want something, you will enter the illusion, and the heart will respond to become a devil. There is nothing in the world, and mediocrity." Huineng sighed softly, looked at Chen Nian, and asked, "Female benefactor, fast food But it’s already good? If you delay for a while, the old monk can go to the west without practicing.”

Chen Nian couldn't help laughing, he hurriedly asked someone to help Huiming go down to eat, and persuaded Jing Yuxuan: "Master, anyway, you have found this old monk, and he can't run away, so don't be in a hurry."

Jing Yuxuan just gave up, and asked Chen Nian Haosheng to take care of the old monk and go back to his room to rest.

Chen Nian thought for a moment, but couldn't help but shook his head slowly, went out, and asked Lu Xiao beside him, "What do you think Feng Junyang is planning?"

Lu Xiao was silent for a moment, then replied, "He probably has nothing to do with this matter."

Chen Nian smiled lightly and said, "It's hard to say."

Chen Nian inspected all the important places in the village, and then went down the mountain to watch the people farming.The mountain road is not considered rugged, the two of them walked unhurriedly, Chen Nian suddenly asked Lu Xiao, "Why didn't you ask me about that day?"

Lu Xiao replied: "I believe you, there is no need to ask."

Chen Nian looked at him sideways, but suddenly smiled, put his hands behind his back, kicked and walked, and said: "Lu Xiao, I really like you, that kind of indescribable liking. I don't I know if you can understand, it’s just that I haven’t known you for long, but I feel that we should have grown up together since we were young. You and I have seen each other’s most unpromising appearances. We don’t need to worry about anything when we are together. I dare to call you before Going forward for me, I dare to hand over my back to you with confidence."

Lu Xiao smiled when he heard that, and said, "You've never seen me at my most unpromising appearance."

Chen Nian nodded, and replied: "Yes, it's just to show you how worthless I am."

Hearing this, Lu Xiao stopped, looked at her for a moment, and said seriously: "Xie Chennian, you have done a good job. Look at the people down the mountain, you gave them a place to live and a chance to live better in the future. They all appreciate you."

Chen Nian smiled, jumped to a rock by the side of the road and looked down the mountain. After a long while, he said softly: "I should be grateful to them. Such a situation makes me feel as if I am still living in Qingfeng Village. Looking at those in the outer village People, I feel that Aunt Yan and the others are still alive, but I don’t know which household they live in. And those children who chased and laughed were Xiao Qi, Xiao Liu, and me when I was young..."

She closed her eyes and faced the sky, listening to the voices brought by the wind, her eyes gradually became moist: "Listen, everyone is still here."

For some reason, a thought suddenly popped up in Lu Xiao's mind, as if Chen Nian would jump down the mountain in the next moment. He was startled, and hurriedly jumped onto the rock, stood beside Chen Nian, and shouted: "Xie Chennian!"

Chen Nian opened her eyes, turned her head to look at him, her eyes were washed clear, she smiled and said: "I'm fine, I just miss you all of a sudden."

Suddenly there was the sound of eagles chirping in the sky, and the two of them followed the sound and saw two goshawks circling and flying high in the sky, seeming to be chasing and playing.Chen Nian narrowed his eyes slightly, watched for a moment, and suddenly said: "Lu Xiao, you should get out of here."

She turned her head to look at Lu Xiao: "You are an eagle soaring on the grassland, you shouldn't be stuck here."

Lu Xiao grinned and said, "Xie Chennian, my task now is to protect you."

"I don't need your protection now." Chen Nian stared at him and said seriously, "You should also know that I am practicing the Five Aggregates Divine Art with my master. Although I can't say that I am a super master right now, it is enough to protect myself .”

Lu Xiao looked at her quietly and remained silent.

Chen Nian smiled, raised his head and continued to look at the goshawk in the sky: "Let's go, Lu Xiao, go to your sky. I will also spread my wings and try my best to fly up. If one day, we can still be in the sky If we meet, we will fly together like this pair of eagles.”

Lu Xiao watched her for a long time, finally nodded slowly, and said, "Okay, Xie Chennian."

Three days later, Lu Xiao left Hukou Ridge alone.When he left, Chen Nian was discussing with Cui Xi, Zhu Zhen and others how to train the young men selected from the refugees in the outer village, and they did not send him off.But Ling Que silently followed Lu Xiaoma and sent it far away.Lu Xiao stopped several times and turned around, and said cheerfully to her, "Go back, don't send me off, it's not like I don't know the way."

Lingque's eyes were slightly red, and he said again: "You are leaving like this, the head must be very uncomfortable."

Lu Xiao looked at her and said, "She told me to go."

"The boss must not be telling the truth!" Lingque shouted angrily, and glared at Lu Xiao, "I said you are stupid, but you are still stupid! Women love irony. When she tells you to go, she must be I don't want to ask you to go."

Seeing her like this, Lu Xiao couldn't help grinning, and said, "Are you a woman?"

Lingque was taken aback by his question, and annoyed: "Nonsense! I am naturally a woman, so I understand the mind of the head of the family better than you!"

Lu Xiao smiled and said, "Since you are also a woman, you also like to talk irony. You say I am stupid, but you think I am very smart, don't you?"

The sparrow was rendered speechless by what he said, and he didn't know whether it was annoyed or angry for a moment, so he just opened his mouth and couldn't speak.

Lu Xiao smiled, and said to her seriously: "Lingque, you don't understand, I should go now. What I can give to Xie Chennian now, she doesn't need it anymore; but what she needs, I can't give her now. .So I have to go, earn what she needs, and come back to her."

Lingque vaguely felt that what he said made some sense, but he didn't understand where the reason was.She was still wide open, but Lu Xiao got on his horse, turned around and smiled at her, said "Take care", and ran away on the horse.

Chen Nian stayed in the outer village until dark and came back, entered the gate of the inner village, and said to the people around him as he walked, "Lu Xiao, let's go eat first, and then go see my master."

The person beside him paused for a moment, and then replied: "Okay."

Chen Nian was slightly startled when he heard the voice, turned his head to look at Cui Xi, and said with a smile, "I got used to it for a while, I still think it's Lu Xiao by my side."

Cui Xi just smiled lightly, changed the subject, and said, "Mao'er has talked a lot these days, which is very fun, but it's not easy to feed, not like before."

Chen Nian couldn't help but recall the first time he met Cui Xi and others the winter before last. At that time, Mao'er was only about ten months old, but he was very well-behaved, even the coarse rice porridge was delicious.She couldn't help but also smiled, and said: "Let's go, let's have dinner with Maoer, and I'll feed her. I've helped people coax children before, and I know how to make them like it best."

Cui Xi smiled, took Chen Nian back to the residence, and had dinner with Maoer.Mao'er is already over two years old, although she can speak a lot, she can't enunciate clearly, she needs to be explained by Cui Xi, so that Chen Nian can understand her meaning.

The three of them had a lively dinner at a table, and then Chen Nian left and went to Jingyuxuan.Before anyone entered the door, Jing Yuxuan could hear impatiently shouting from inside the room: "Normal mind, normal mind, I also know normal mind, but how can I get this normal mind?"

Chen Nian paused at his feet, lifted the curtain and entered the room, called his master first, then greeted old monk Huiming, and said, "Master is talking about Buddhism with my master again?"

Huiming's face was still friendly, and he replied calmly: "Jing Shi mainly seeks peace of mind."

Chen Nian couldn't help asking: "How to learn to be normal?"

Huiming said: "Ordinary mind is the way. Whatever method can be used to enter the way, you can use that method to learn. When the first ancestor Bodhidharma taught the second ancestor Huike, he said: Breathe out all the conditions, and the heart is not breathless. The heart is like a wall, and you can enter the way. .”

As soon as Jing Yuxuan heard this, he pointed to Huiming and said to Chennian: "Listen, it's coming again, it's coming again, my mother's brain hurts when I hear him say this. Forget it, forget it, I won't learn today. Now, you can go now."

Chen Nian smiled, invited Huiming to go out, and said with a smile: "Master, I will take you back first."

Huiming chanted the Buddha's name, said goodbye to Jing Yuxuan politely, and then left with Chen Nian.The two walked for a while in silence, when Chen Nian suddenly asked Huiming, "Master, Buddhism says that the five aggregates are all empty, are all five aggregates really empty?"

Huiming asked her, "Do you know what the five aggregates are?"

In order to practice this miraculous skill, Chen Nian went to find some Buddhist scriptures to read, and nodded upon hearing this.

Huiming asked her again: "Do you know the eight hardships in life?"

"Birth, old age, sickness, death, parting from love, not getting what you want..." Chen Nian knew a few things, but he couldn't answer them all.

Huiming slowly said: "Birth is suffering, old age is suffering, sickness is suffering, death is suffering, love and separation are suffering, resentment and hatred are suffering, not getting what you want is suffering, five skandhas are blazing. The five skandhas are the five aggregates. Burning, the first seven sufferings are all born from this.”

"All the previous seven sufferings were born from this?" Chen Nian muttered in a low voice.

Huiming looked at her, with compassion in his eyes, and said softly: "The truth of the five aggregates is impermanence, suffering, emptiness, and selflessness. People have no self, and dharmas have no self."

Chen Nian was silent for a moment, and said: "Master, these are too difficult."

Huiming also smiled and said: "Everything is fate, it is not you and me who can dominate and control, so we can do whatever we want."

Chen Nian couldn't help asking: "So, what is the Five Aggregates Divine Art?"

"Cultivation," Huiming said slowly, "everything is practice. Life is not easy, so we should let go of our troubles and move forward."

Chen Nian stopped, thought for a long time, but suddenly smiled, and said: "Master, I always thought that you were ordered by King Yunxi, but now I see that you are not."

Huiming smiled and said, "It's not for you, nor for him. The old monk came here for himself."

Chen Nian finished his clothes, bowed to the old monk with his palms folded, and thanked him solemnly: "Thank you, Master, for your guidance."

In May of the fourth year of Yongning, the king of Yunxi, Feng Junyang, went to Jiangbei in person to mediate the peace talks between Zhang, He and Xue, in an attempt to quell the melee in Jiangbei.

At the same time, the kings of the Qi family began to fight against each other again in order to fight for the power of the court, and it was worse than last time.Huai King Qi Jiao led his troops directly into Shengdu, killed the Jing King Qi Chen who was originally assisting the government, and took control of the government.Seeing this, the other princes surnamed Qi were not to be outdone, and once again raised troops to attack Shengdu.King Huai was so outnumbered that he hijacked the empress from the capital and headed east in the name of the royal conquest, intending to return to the fiefdom.On the way, he was stopped by Linhai King's army. In the scuffle, the emperor was injured by random arrows and had to rely on the death guards around him. Then he fled to Liuliang, a small town on the north side.

After Feng Hou was pregnant with Liujia, after this accident, she gave birth to a son prematurely in Liuliang City, named "Xing", and became the prince.Seven days later, the emperor died of an arrow wound. Fortunately, the Crown Prince Qi ascended the throne hastily in the garrison of Liuliang City.

Xu Jin, the defender of Liuliang City, with 23 weak soldiers in his hands, resisted the army of Linhai King outside the city for [-] days, and finally waited for the army of Yunxi to come to rescue him.

In the small city guard's mansion, the Empress Dowager Feng was sitting on the couch with the new emperor in her arms, watching Feng Junyang in military uniform, accompanied by Xu Jin, with reddish eye circles, and asked faintly: "Ace, may we allow our mother and son?" A way out?"

Feng Junyang didn't feel moved when he heard the words, and after a moment of silence, he replied: "Eldest sister, if you want to be the queen mother, Ah Ce will do his best to assist Xinger. If you don't want to be the queen mother, then you can be the eldest princess, and you can choose another one in the future." A good man is married. Luckily here, Ah Ce will protect him for the rest of his life."

The Empress Dowager Feng finally couldn't hold back the tears, but she showed a gratified smile on her face, and said, "With Ah Ce's words, Eldest Sister will not regret marrying Shengdu far away that day."

Feng Junyang ordered Xu Jin to go down to deal with military affairs, and he himself stepped forward and sat down on the side of the couch, looked down at the baby in swaddling clothes, with a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Sister, what's the matter with you?" The child looks like our Feng family."

"It's somewhat similar to you when you were young. I still remember your appearance when you were just born, with the same eyebrows and eyes, only much stronger than Xing'er." The Empress Dowager Feng smiled lightly, made a light gesture with her hand, and then Said, "It's so big, my mother was born very hard, and I couldn't get out of bed for many days. I was only five or six years old at the time, and I was happy and afraid in my heart. I didn't dare to disturb my mother, so I stayed by your side all day long." .”

Feng Junyang listened with a smile, and after a while, he suddenly said softly: "Elder sister, mother and younger sister also miss you very much. When the war is over, go back and see them."

The tears welled up in Empress Dowager Feng's eyes again, and Feng Junyang couldn't help being a little flustered, and hurriedly took out the handkerchief and handed it over, saying: "Sister, don't cry anymore, people say that women cry during confinement. it is good."

Empress Dowager Feng covered her face with a veil, and after a while she calmed down, she blamed her younger brother and said, "It's not all because of you who provoked Eldest Sister to cry."

Feng Junyang just smiled, then poked his head to look at the little child. After watching for a moment, he suddenly asked: "Does he really look like me when I was a child?"

"Well," Feng Hou nodded, his eyebrows were gentle, "it looks like six or seven points, and everyone said that my nephew, Uncle Xiao, is really right."

Feng Junyang's mind suddenly thought of He Ze, and he frowned slightly, saying: "Will my child be like that He Twelve in the future?"

Empress Dowager Feng couldn't help laughing, and said: "That can't be helped, he is Yun Sheng's elder brother. Fortunately, he is only a cousin, so maybe there is still a difference, it won't be like this."

Feng Junyang was taken aback when he heard the words, but then chuckled, and said in a low voice: "She has such a temper, stubborn and ruthless, and she refuses to look back when she bumps into the south wall, and she has to smash through that wall before giving up. My child can only be like her, not like anyone else."

The Empress Dowager Feng only thought he was talking about Yun Sheng, and said angrily: "You are full of nonsense, Yun Sheng has a submissive personality, how can it be like what you said? Be careful that if my aunt hears this, she will not obey."

Feng Junyang just smiled and did not refute.

The siblings chatted a few more gossips, and the Empress Dowager Feng asked the wet nurse to take the child down to nurse, and asked Feng Junyang seriously, "A Ce, what are your plans now?"

Feng Junyang replied: "The princes are still fighting for the capital, and they are fighting to the death. I have cut off their retreat, and I just wait for them to enter the net one by one. You and Xing'er are here first, waiting for me." Take the Shengdu, and come to welcome you and return to the court.”

The Empress Dowager Feng nodded slowly, and then asked, "Where's Jiangbei? How's the situation?"

"I was still in a stalemate when I came. He Zhen managed to take Yuzhou down with great difficulty, so how could he return it to the Zhang family? Qingzhou could not be attacked for a long time, and Wu'an was in the hands of He Twelve again. Zhang Huaimin did not dare to hang out for a long time, intending to return to Jingyang , but it seems unwilling." Feng Junyang replied, paused, and said, "The Xian family moved the capital to Beijing, but continued to increase troops to the south, and the intention to go south has been clearly revealed. The three families have their own thoughts, but I don’t know that a catastrophe is coming.”

The Empress Dowager Feng thought for a moment, but said: "A Ce, even if you have pacified Jiangnan, you must not proclaim yourself emperor. You must seize Jiangbei in the name of Qi Shi before you can do the abdication."

Feng Junyang raised his eyes to look at the eldest sister, but did not answer.

The Empress Dowager Feng stared at him, and said word by word: "If you don't proclaim yourself emperor, you won't be the target of public criticism, and it will be easier to seize Jiangbei."

Feng Junyang thought for a while, smiled briskly, and said, "I'll listen to my eldest sister."

His siblings conspired to seize Jiangnan, and it was already early autumn when the news reached Heze in Wu'an.He Ze couldn't help laughing when he heard that the King of Yunxi had seized Shengdu, ushered in the Empress Dowager and the new emperor, and was worshiped as a general. Became a great general. The two brothers and sisters of the Feng family are really interesting, and I don't know who is plotting whom."

That staff member was trusted by He Ze, and he spoke casually, but after thinking for a moment, he said: "The king of Yunxi is deeply scheming and good at scheming, he is not something in the pool."

He Ze suppressed his smile, remained silent for a while, and suddenly asked his staff: "You said that he went to Hukouling before, really just to see that Xie Chennian, to comfort the pain of lovesickness?" Before the staff could answer, he shook his head slowly , "No, Feng Junyang is not such a person. Because of that Xie Chennian, he has gone crazy twice, and things happen again and again, but never again."

The staff pondered and said: "The Hukou Ridge was renamed Juyi Village. At present, more than [-] refugees have been taken in, and the momentum is increasing day by day. Not only all the forces in the North Taihang have surrendered, but also many people in the South Taihang have defected. In my opinion, if you can’t harvest it for your own use, it’s better to get rid of it before it grows. Otherwise, once it expands its power to the South Taihang, it will threaten Yiping.”

"Juyi, Juyi," He Ze sneered softly, and said, "It's a joke that a group of bandits and refugees dare to call Juyi together! However, I underestimated her, Xie Chennian. With such ability, in a short period of time, the prestige surpassed that of Qingfeng Village."

The staff said: "It's also a coincidence that a while ago there was an outbreak of epidemic among the refugees in Qingzhou and Xiangzhou. Hukouling came forward to apply the medicine, and countless people were alive, which won a lot of hearts."

"She took the money to buy the medicine from me. Before I could find her to settle the score, I asked her to buy people's hearts." He Ze sneered, and said, "I don't know what Xie Chennian's plan is, Could it be that she is a girl, relying on a bandit stronghold, but also thinking of competing in the world?"

The staff member couldn't answer this question, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Maybe there is some ambition in recruiting refugees like this."

These words really wronged Chen Nian, she looked at the refugees who came to seek refuge every day, she only felt that her head was big, and she was not at all happy.However, she was worried, and there was one person in the village who was more worried than her, and that was Wen Daya who was in charge of food and supplies.In his eyes, these people are mouths waiting to be fed!

On this day, more than a hundred refugees came here to seek refuge, Wen Daya settled these people down, first made a meal of porridge, and then went to the back of the village to find Chennian alone.Chen Nian was meditating on the edge of the cliff, Wen Daya waited silently in the distance until the sun went down, then he went forward and knelt down beside Chen Nian, bowed his head for a long time, and said: "Master, this person can no longer be taken in, he can't be taken away any more. , we can’t keep it any longer.”

Chen Nian turned to look at him, and asked him with a wry smile: "What if you don't accept it? Jizhou doesn't accept it, and we don't accept it either. The military towns are only willing to accept those young and strong laborers who can use them. Who wants these who can only eat and drink?" The old, the young, the women and children? Don’t want anyone, just watch them wait to die?”

Wen Daya is a soft-hearted person, otherwise he would not have taken in Cui Xi brothers and sisters when he was in Niutou Village, he would not have been able to watch those refugees starve to death at the foot of the mountain, scratching his head in worry, and said: "But There is not enough food, Jiangnan can’t buy food back, we are already famously poor here, how can we support these people who eat nothing.”

Chen Nian pursed his lips and remained silent, looking down at the mountain for a long time, but suddenly said: "There is not enough food, then count, rob, and rob, and you have to find a way to keep everyone alive."

She got up and left the cliff, went back to the village to find Cui Xi, and asked straight to the point: "The soldiers from outside the village you trained can be used?"

Cui Xi already has more than 2000 foreign soldiers in his hands. They are all young and strong selected from the refugees. They are divided into four battalions according to the military system.Cui Xi didn't know why Chen Nian would suddenly ask this question, thought for a while, and replied, "It's barely usable."

Chen Nian said: "That's just right, you have to borrow it from me."

Cui Xi looked up at her and asked, "What do you want to do?"

But Chen Nian didn't answer, he turned around and took the map of several states in the north of the Yangtze River that Cui Xixun had brought from the cabinet, and spread it out on the table for a closer look.Cui Xi's heart beat a little faster, he bent down, and used his finger to row from Hukou Ridge to Jizhou, and said in a deep voice, "If you want to find a place to start an incident, Jizhou is the best."

Chen Nian looked at it for a moment, but shook his head slightly, reached out and pointed to Yiping at the southern end of Taihang Mountain, and said, "This is the best place."

Cui Xi was puzzled: "Yiping? Yiping from the He family?"

Chen Nian was silent, just looking at the map in a daze.Cui Xi thought she was thinking about something, and didn't dare to disturb her anymore.After about a cup of tea, Chen Nian looked up at him, but asked, "What did you just say?"

Cui Xi said: "Why don't you seize Jizhou, but go to seize Yiping, which is isolated?"

Chen Nian smiled and asked him back: "Are you winning Jizhou now?"

Jizhou is a tall city with deep pools, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Back then, Xue Shengying's tens of thousands of troops were unable to take this city from his brothers. Cui Xi's vagrants made up a stronghold, unless Xue Shengxian had something wrong with his mind and was willing to open it up. The gates of the city welcome them in, otherwise, attacking the city is like hitting a stone with an egg.

Cui Xi also understood this, he was silent for a while, and said: "The time has not come yet, wait a little longer, wait until we have more troops, when there are more refugees flocking to Jizhou, if we plan carefully, it may not be impossible to succeed." .”

Chen Nian shook his head: "The casualties like that are mostly refugees, and Xue Shengxian's foundation cannot be shaken."

"Ke Yiping is equally difficult to win, and what's the use of taking it?" Cui Xi asked.

"It's useful, it's very useful." Chen Nian stretched out his hand to point to the map and said, "Look, taking Yiping is equivalent to opening up our road to the south of the Yangtze River. The wars are all in the west of Taihang, and most people flee east. Since Jizhou refuses to take them in, we will lead the victims to Jiangnan."

Cui Xi frowned slightly when he heard this, but soon calmed down, and said, "Jiangnan is also in chaos. Although Feng Junyang captured the capital, the remnants of the feudal lords in various places are still there, and it is still not peaceful."

The map only drew Qing, Ji, Xiang, Lu and other prefectures in the north of the river, and did not mark Jiangnan, but Chen Nian looked down Taihang Mountain, looking at the blank land on the south side of Wanjiang River, silent for a moment, Said: "Feng Junyang will be able to pacify the south of the Yangtze River soon. He is ambitious and will never be as short-sighted as Xue Shengxian. He shuts out the refugees for the sake of stability for a while. He is only for the hearts of the world. Yang will also take in the refugees and resettle them properly. The land in the south of the Yangtze River is already rich, and although it has gone through some wars, it has not hurt the root cause, so it is not difficult to feed the refugees."

Cui Xi was a little surprised, looked at Chen Nian, and hesitated to speak.

Chen Nian said: "If you have something to say, just say it. With the friendship between the two of us, there shouldn't be anything we can't say."

The two of them had known each other for nearly two years. Although they were not close friends, they were life and death friends.Cui Xi thought for a while, then asked: "Do you really want to follow that Feng Junyang?"

Chen Nian raised his eyebrows unconsciously: "Why did you say that?"

Cui Xi replied: "Refugees are a burden for a while, but if used properly, they are a sharp sword to fight for the world. Xue Shengxian is a fool to keep these people out, and you send them all to the south of the Yangtze River, isn't it? With the momentum of Zhuang Feng Junyang, help him seize the world?"

Chen Nian smiled when he heard the words, and said: "I don't care who wins the world, I just want these people to live and have a peaceful place to live. If you are a king, it doesn't matter if you help him .”

Cui Xi couldn't understand Chen Nian's thoughts, so he just looked at her in silence, his eyes full of inquiry.

Chen Nian saw his doubts and explained: "They are going to fight for their world, I will live my life, don't ask for results, do my best."

Cui Xi hesitated for a moment, and said: "But people in the world will misunderstand. If you can marry Feng Junyang in the future, it will naturally be a good story; but if you can't, you will be laughed at as marrying for others."

"Let's just make jokes." Chen Nian said with a relaxed and indifferent expression, "My heart is in my chest, and I am the only one who knows best. Others can say whatever they want, and I will go my own way. After a hundred years, I can't but It is also a dry bone, no matter what reputation it leaves behind."

Cui Xi saw that he couldn't persuade him to return to Chennian, so he gave up, smiled lightly, and said: "Since you don't care, then I have nothing to say. It's just that it is equally difficult to win Yiping now. Although He Ze led the army We are fighting against Zhang Huaimin outside, but there is a general Chen Xiao in Yiping City, and we can't attack with thousands of people."

But Chen Nian said with a smile: "I am not as good as you in the formation of troops, but you are not as good as me in terms of calculations. We can't attack Yiping now, it's nothing more than a lack of troops, and the reason for the shortage of troops is just a lack of support." The required supplies and food. Now that we know what is missing, let’s do a good calculation and see where we can get these things from.”

"From where?" Cui Xi couldn't help asking.

"Here, Xue Shengxian from Jizhou!" Chen Nian pointed at the circle representing Jizhou on the map, looked up at Cui Xi, and asked, "What kind of person do you think he is?"

Cui Xi replied: "There is more than calmness, but not aggressiveness. I see that he has no ambition to fight for the world, but just wants to keep Jizhou to live a stable life."

Chen Nian asked again: "In that case, have you tried to figure out his thoughts?"

"What are you thinking?" Cui Xi was surprised.

Chen Nian didn't answer, but asked: "Let me ask you first, where are Zhang Huaimin, He Ze and Xue Shengying now? What's the situation?"

Cui Xi has always been very concerned about this matter. Hearing this, he stretched out his hand and drew the circles of Qingzhou and Xiangzhou on the map, and replied: "He Ze occupied Wu'an, forcing Zhang Huaimin to retreat to the northwest step by step. It seems that he has arrived in Xinye at this time. Zheng Lun led tens of thousands of Qingzhou army guerrillas outside, and bit Zhang Huaimin a few times. Since the Zhang family dispatched troops, Zhang Huaimin has completely transformed from offensive to defensive. As long as He Ze and Zheng Lun press harder, I am afraid that I'm going back to my old nest in Jingyang and Sushui."

Chen Nian's eyes were bright, and there was a sly smile inside: "Oh? So He Ze and Zheng Lun should have taken a lot of territory from the Zhang family."

"Yes." Cui Xi nodded, "Although He Ze and Zheng Lun are not from the same family, they cooperate with each other tacitly. They won more battles than Zhang Huaimin. Now Xiangzhou is under the control of He Ze. Zheng Lun He also took many places in Yongzhou to Xue Shengying."

Chen Nian smiled, and asked again: "The strength of He Ze and Xue Shengying has increased greatly. You said that Xue Shengxian, who is behind them, will be happy for them?"

Zhang Huaimin led the army to attack, but He Ze and Qingzhou Xue Shengying were in the front, and Jizhou was far behind. Although they didn't suffer from the war, they didn't get any benefits.Cui Xi thought about it and said, "I'm afraid it can't be done."

"Yes, Xue Shengxian will not be happy for them, I'm afraid there are hidden worries. What if these two allies don't feel satisfied after dividing up the Zhang family's territory, and then turn around to seize Jizhou, what should we do?" Chen Nian mentioned With a pen, linking Qingzhou, Jizhou and Yiping together, he said with a smile, "Look, these three places originally formed a three-legged confrontation, but now the other two legs have grown stronger, how can the remaining one sleep peacefully? "

Cui Xi's heart moved when he heard this: "You want to unite the weak against the strong? Unite with Jizhou to take Yiping?"

Chen Nian smiled and said, "Yes, and no."

She spoke so ambiguously that even though Cui Xi was smart, he was a little confused. When he was wondering, he heard Chen Nian explain again: "With our small number of people right now, Xue Shengxian doesn't like us, let alone if he If we want to unite with us, we will be accused of treachery, so he will not. However, if we can capture Yiping, if He Ze wants to go east again, he will either take Yiping back from our hands, or just It can pass Feilongxing. And passing Feilongxing, you can't go around Qingzhou, even if Xue Shengying is there for yourself, he will not allow him to attack behind you."

Speaking of this, Cui Xi already understood what Chen Nian meant, and couldn't help but continue: "Thus, if we can capture Yiping, it will be considered as removing a serious problem for Xue Shengxian."

"That's right, so although Xue Shengxian doesn't want to join us in the open, he can feed us secretly, wishing that we would develop in the south and take over the Southern Taihang, so that we can find trouble in Yiping."

Cui Xi nodded, thought for a while, and said, "We must ask someone to go to Jizhou."

Chen Nian looked up at him, and said in a deep voice, "I'll go."

Cui Xi was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously objected: "No."

Chen Nian smiled, and asked: "Then who will go? You can go, or Wen Daya can go? Or Zhu Zhen can go? Do you trust him?"

There are not enough people in the village to use, those who are credible have limited ability, and those who are capable, but they cannot be fully trusted.Cui Xi was also a little worried, silent for a long time, but still shook his head, saying: "No matter who goes, it can't be you."

"It's most suitable for me to go. I'm a woman, it's not easy for them to look down upon, but it's easier for them to act." Chen Nian rolled up the map on the table and put it back on the bookcase.She stepped forward and patted Cui Xi on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I know what's going on. You help me make arrangements and pick two safe people. The key is not to leak the news."

Cui Xi nodded his head one by one, and sent Chen Nian off.

(End of this chapter)

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