This mountain is mine

Chapter 261

"Who is in front?"

A boy with a torch in his hand boldly stepped forward and asked in a rough voice.

The fat steward who walked in front put his hands in rabbit fur gloves, pulled the scarf around his neck, exposed his mouth, stepped forward, squinted his eyes at the boy, and asked without answering: "Which family are you from? "

The young man held the torch and raised it forward, with a cloud of white gas from his mouth, and asked with some uncertainty: "The young one is from the Zhu family in Shangyong County, and you are... Steward Wu?"

Steward Wu snorted softly. Many people knew him, especially the stewards from various families, but he really didn't know the person in front of him.

Seeing that it was really him, the boy hurriedly bowed to him, and when he saw a slender and handsome man in the line behind, he was swept away by the man's eyes, and immediately ran back happily, shouting: "Master, the man in front of you!" It's Fourth Master Li."

Who doesn't know that Li Sijin has left Fangling since Li Pengju became the head of the family, and never came back, as if he has established his own family, and now Li Sijin appears here...

"Master, it is really possible to go out of the city along the Malan River!" The boy shouted out his heart when he was excited.

When the master of the Zhu family heard that Li Sijin was in front, his cloudy eyes lit up, and he didn't expect that there was a way to go out.This family can be saved, he breathed a sigh of relief, if Li Sijin can come in, they will definitely be able to go out.

The Zhu family has always been cautious, never doing things that would leave no way out, and never offending others to death. Zhao Man and his wife turned a blind eye when they were doing things in Fangling, and they planned to make a move later.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Man died just like that, and the Zhu family, as the magistrate of Shangyong County, had a close relationship with Zhao Man. Even though the crown prince shouted that they should not be held accountable, they refused to believe it and planned to go out. Find a way out.

But the only way to enter and exit the city was fighting fiercely. If the city was broken, it would be over. Go out directly from the gate of the city. If you offend Zhao Man, who has soldiers in his hands, he might be hacked to death directly.

That's when I planned to take a detour, but the mountains are already dangerous, and the mountains are covered with heavy snow in winter, and the animals on the mountains are frantic with hunger, so who dares to walk carelessly.

However, the Zhu family is different from other families. The Zhu family knows a secret about the ancestors of the Li family in Fangling.

Zhu Youneng, the ancestor of the Zhu family in Fangling, is Zhu Wen's nephew. Who is Zhu Wen?He was regarded by Tang Xizong as the hopeful general to restore the Tang Dynasty, and won the trust of several emperors in the late Tang Dynasty.However, he abolished Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty Li Jue, and later poisoned him to death, ended the Tang Dynasty, proclaimed himself emperor, the country was named "Daliang", and the history was called "Houliang".

With such a layer of origin, it is normal to know the slightest secret of the Li Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning, the ancestors of the Li family were relegated to be the king of Luling, and they made a way out when they were in Fangling. It was through this small way that they avoided the eyes and ears of Empress Wu. It is Tang Zhongzong.

Master Zhu also thought that the mountain at the source of the Malan River was privately owned by the Li family in the early years, and it was probably here if there was a road, so he took the risk.

So, taking advantage of the panic among the people in the city, Li Pengju didn't care about so much in Fangling Academy, and everyone stayed at home, closed their doors, and came here.

Like the Zhu family, there must be people who want to escape from Fangling, such as Zhong Wei in Shangyongzhi County.

But not many people know the secret of the passage of the Li family.

Zhu Youming, the current head of the Zhu family, also breathed a sigh of relief, but thinking that Li Sijin was very perverse and independent, he didn't know whether to let him go. Li Pengju was the head of the family before, and their Zhu family was the first to come to celebrate At that time, Li Sijin was being stupid, and the Zhu family also stepped on him to please Li Pengju, and now Zhu Youming's face was a little worried.

Looking at the servants with thick waists and round arms, he gained some confidence, and then asked the servant who had questioned earlier: "Can you see how many people Fourth Master Li brought?"

"I was in a hurry and didn't see it clearly, but it should not be as many as us, and I didn't even have a torch." The boy replied in a low voice, afraid that Li Sijin who was not far away would hear it.

Zhu Youming's eyeballs rolled, and he already had an idea, and called a few sons: "Tell the female family members to wait first, don't talk, you go with me to welcome Fourth Master Li."

Mr. Zhu is old and highly respected. Seeing his son's cautious look, he disapproved, "He, Li Sijin, is a fool who can eat you. Our Zhu family has been in Fangling for almost 200 years. Although we are silent, But it’s not easy to bully.”

Before the Zhu family was able to destroy Li Tang and abolish the emperor of the Li family, even if it is not as good as before, there is no need to be afraid of anyone in Fangling.

Besides, the grievance between Li and Zhu has been going on for hundreds of years. Everyone has been in Fangling for so many years, and they are all in peace. Li Sijin is just a junior. He asked for directions. ?
"Father, Li Sijin hasn't been seen as stupid outside these few years."

"There is nothing to achieve, I have my own measure."

Mr. Zhu's group of seven or eight people brought a few servants and strode forward with torches.

Master Zhu's son Zhu Youming, who is also the current magistrate of Shangyong County, lowered his voice and said, "Father, in a moment..."

"Don't talk nonsense for a while, I'll ask."

A few children and grandchildren can only answer.

"Nephew, where did you come from?" Mr. Zhu asked.

Under the firelight, Li Sijin's face was a little pale. Anyone who walked in the mountains for a few days, was attacked by ferocious beasts, and was terribly cold, would not look very good, but his eyes were bright, and he was so cold. One look, very uncomfortable, obviously the spirit is not bad.

"Where is Mr. Zhu going?"

"Nephew, you have heard that Zhao Man rebelled, and those rebels blocked the city gate again, the big guy can't stay in this city and wait to die.

My old man Yi Lao sells the old to say something, your Li family still needs you to be the head of the house, those young people don't know what to do, your eldest nephew is fighting with those rebels, people outside the city don't know, but we can't hide it from our old Zhu family, It's fine if you're back now, just take care of him. "

No one in Fangling knew about the conflict between Li Pengju and Li Sijin, and first demoted Li Pengju to a low place to make this kid happy.

"Pengju doesn't know the severity, so my elder brother will take care of him."

"Your elder brother's temper can't bother him, I'm afraid he will keep it from him."

Li Sijin smiled but said: "It's still the old man who can see clearly."

Seeing that Li Sijin was not angry, Mr. Zhu thought to himself, he is not as stupid as he was a few years ago, but his temperament is much better, and it is rare to be able to talk to their old Zhu family in a good voice.

He also heard Li Sijin ask: "What did he do? Please tell me, old man, so I know it well."

Mr. Zhu said: "Nephew, don't say anything else, just say that your Li family has a way out of Fangling, and there are so many people in Fangling. Everyone is frightened. Since Li Pengju is the head of the family, he must know this. The way, not to mention showing the way to the court, suppressing the rebels, so that everyone can celebrate the New Year in peace, if the court pursues it in the future..."

Li Sijin smiled slightly: "What the old man said is very true. There is a way here. If the imperial court knows about it and does not report it, it will damage so many imperial soldiers and horses, and the Li family will not be able to escape the responsibility."

Suddenly his tone stopped: "Then what should I do?"

Zhu Youming has a bad heart. The Li family has a secret passage, which has been kept secret all the time, but Li Sijin admitted it boldly. He didn't bring any soldiers when he came back from outside. Zhu Youming was about to talk, when he saw Li Sijin waved his hand, and a shiny black cauldron appeared in the palm of his other hand.

There was no expression on Li Sijin's face, and he said coldly: "Clean it up."

In the past, there was no chance in the peaceful and prosperous times, but now in the troubled times, the emperor might be able to be replaced, and the death of a few families is not a big deal, not to mention that the night is dark and windy, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and they sent them to the door themselves.

As soon as Li Sijin finished speaking, several people who were originally standing behind him flashed their knives with a "swish", and the light flashed, and Mr. Zhu's face suddenly changed: "You..."

Before he could finish speaking, his chest had been pierced by a sharp knife, and he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.

At this moment, everyone in the Zhu family also turned their faces from being blank, not knowing that he was still smiling just now, but now he suddenly changed his face.

Although Li Sijin didn't have many people under his belt, they were all Lianjiazi. It didn't take much to clean up a few servants, master and young master, it was like harvesting radishes, and they didn't even make a sound.

"Fourth Master, the female relatives are in front."

Without blinking his eyes, Li Sijin glanced at the blood stains on the shoe, kicked it on the snow, and walked away: "Take care of it, don't dirty this mountain." In case of bloody snow It would be a pity if it melted and flowed into the Malan River, polluting the river.

After speaking, there was a burst of screaming and crying.

The old and the young looked at the approaching executioner in horror.

Li Sijin didn't look sideways, without the slightest pity, at this moment, a middle-aged woman suddenly rushed out, knelt down on the ground, and said angrily: "Li Siye, how could our Zhu family offend Siye? The fate of the whole family being destroyed, please let Fourth Master Li express it clearly, so that we can die clearly. The pillars of the Zhu family have fallen, and we women and children will not spoil the matter of the fourth master. The fourth master is worried about polluting the mountain, so we will go back right away .”

Li Sijin raised his eyes to look at the woman, and saw that although the woman was trembling with fear, she gritted her teeth and looked at him. He stopped, rubbed the cauldron in his hand, and asked her with great interest. : "Do you eat fish?"

The woman nodded blankly, Li Sijin saw this and said with a smile: "Did that fish offend you?"

The woman was stunned for a moment, and she suddenly understood, her rather pretty face was suddenly ashen, they are now like fish waiting to be slaughtered, if they want to eat fish, who cares whether the fish dies clearly or not.

Seeing Li Sijin raised his foot to leave, the woman pursed her lips, and suddenly kowtowed heavily, her lowered eyes flashed determination, anyway, she was going to die anyway, so why not take a gamble.

"I know Yu Miaomiao's secret." As she spoke, Li Sijin's eyes flashed.

Women and men look at things from completely different angles. Previously, the masters of the Zhu family only thought of Li Sijin for the sake of the Li family and their career. They ran against Li Pengju and held Li Sijin in their favor, but they died.

This woman doesn't think so, women are always more emotional, I heard that the relationship between Li Sijin and Yu Miaomiao was very ambiguous at the drinking party a few years ago, but because of Zhao Man, everyone didn't dare to chew their tongues.

Li Sijin stopped in his footsteps, but there was no anger on his face, and he said curiously: "Tell me, maybe I will let you go."

The woman's expression was slightly relaxed, and she thought she was right, Li Sijin was having an affair with that married woman.

She looked at the people around and wanted to talk alone, but Li Sijin didn't care, and said lightly: "Say."

The woman didn't hesitate any more, she tried first, "Yu Miaomiao is not from Yingchuan Yu's family."

Seeing Li Sijin's calm expression, he became more and more certain that the relationship between Li Sijin and Yu Miaomiao was not simple, otherwise, he would not be curious about this news at all.

Looking up at Li Sijin, seeing Li Sijin looking at her indifferently, her heart tightened, and she continued: "She is not the daughter of the Yang family in Bozhou."

"Oh?" Li Sijin looked at her with interest, "Say it clearly."

The woman said again: "A few years ago in the Dragon King Temple, Yu's family took Yu Miaomiao to the temple to pray for blessings. They said that she had evil spirits entering her body. Abbot Jiekong rescued her and passed away the next day."

Seeing that Li Sijin was a little impatient, the lady speeded up and said: "On the fourth day of April, I was also at the Dragon King Temple. I overheard the conversation between the old lady of the Yu family and the second lady, saying that Yu Miaomiao had completely changed, not them. It was only when she was raised that Yu's family became estranged from her, on the fifth day of Manjusri's birthday, their family copied the "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Fundamental Vow Sutra" to save the souls of the dead, the real Yu Miaomiao died long ago."

Li Sijin raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and looked at the pretty woman in front of him with an uncertain expression: "Do you still know the Yang family of Bozhou?"

Since the Yu family was exiled to Fangling, only a few concubines were missing. Needless to say, Li Sijin had already guessed the identity of this woman, and she must be one of the concubines beside Yu Zhaoming. In the family's deep house compound, these women are really good at finding trouble.

This woman is exactly the Langhao that Lan Niang was looking for that year. After they exchanged Yu Miaomiao and Yang Hao that year, they were frightened for a while, and Lang Hao took the opportunity to escape. Naturally, he was not lacking in scheming, but he didn't have time to use it in Yu's house, so he entered Zhu's house without much effort.

The wolf did not avoid answering, but said: "My sisters outside the city also know that if the fourth master insists on destroying the Zhu family, the news will spread soon, and it will only be detrimental to Yu Miaomiao."

Li Sijin smiled, looked away, and said to the people around him: "Not one left."

Lang Hao looked up at him in horror, "Fourth Master Li, if I die, the news will definitely leak out. By then, I will know that she is a monster. The first ones who want to kill her are the soldiers who are protecting her now and the Yang family." , the reasons she made for the rebels are all gone, you..."

Li Sijin lifted his feet and left indifferently, and the wailing and screaming behind him didn't make a ripple in his eyes.

Before dying, Lang Hao thought in disbelief, did she make a wrong bet?Li Sijin didn't care about Yu Miaomiao's situation at all.

She could never figure it out for the rest of her life.

Steward Wu wiped the sweat off his forehead, glanced at the woman who had fallen to the ground, and quietly followed behind Li Sijin.

She thought to herself, Fourth Master's temper could not be suppressed even with Xuerong, not to mention Fourth Master hated being threatened the most.

Soon, there was no sound other than the "creaking" footsteps on this snowy ground.

Steward Wu followed Li Sijin not far away, and soon the people behind him followed.

After going down the mountain, there is the Zhuangzi of the Li family. Li Sijin had a meal, changed into clean clothes after taking a bath, and asked someone to drive a carriage to take him to Fangling City.

On the gate tower, Yu Miaomiao stood proudly. The killing and war during this period had already made her smile less, and now there was even a murderous look in her eyes. The gentle and compassionate expression left only solemnity.

Apart from standing here, she no longer knew what else she could do, and she didn't even want to leave, at least this place was always a matter of life and death, and this sense of urgency and crisis kept her from being distracted, so she didn't have to think about it.

At this moment, she was staring at the underside of the city tower, the densely packed fire was like stars in the sky, spreading far away, illuminating the battlefield brightly.

Without command flags, there are other ways to control the changes in the formation below.

The formations like the nine-square grid are numbered with Arabic serial numbers. The teams in each formation only need to remember the numbers corresponding to their own teams, then twist the branches into different numbers, and then make an arrow, up, down, left, and right to indicate different directions of movement, and tie them together After that, it is poured with kerosene. Once it is lit, it is very clear in this dark night, and it can completely replace the command flag.

During the confrontation between the two armies, the formations were constantly changing, and the murderous aura was on the rise.

After a period of recuperation, Song Bing also got to know this formation, and he was no longer as panic-stricken as he was during the day, walking around and consuming extremely quickly, but he couldn't find a way to break the formation for a while, and was scattered by the nine palaces. Open it, break it down to zero.

This time the soldiers of the Song Dynasty called for gold to withdraw their troops again, and Zhou Xiuwu led his troops to pursue the victory. Those who meet in Bianjing are all in a posture of immortality.

Yu Miaomiao has no plans to withdraw troops, she is also a little crazy, her eyes are red, but she is not tired.

One's own momentum has won a big victory, and the battlefield situation is like this, one ebbs and another ebbs and flows.

Song soldiers originally had more than [-] soldiers, but tens of thousands were transferred back because of Bozhou, and the previous few battles have weakened a lot. Although they still have an advantage in numbers, most of these soldiers and horses came from Shu. Come on, there has been no war in Shu for many years, how can it compare to the Fangling defenders who come from the wind and rain?
Tonight, it was even more desperate here, they were overwhelmed and couldn't breathe.

Zhao Chi didn't want to lose ugly when he used troops for the first time. Seeing that he still had the advantage in numbers, he came out wearing armor and personally boosted morale.

Standing on the chariot, he looked at the opposite city wall across the battlefield, and saw that conspicuous white figure. The city wall covered her tall belly, and it was still a delicate woman.

Zhao Chi's gentle face was full of murderous intent, but he underestimated this woman, she was indeed courageous, and she was clearly provoking and humiliating her by wearing such conspicuous clothes.

Arrows are flying around on the battlefield, and there are dangers everywhere. Why should he be in such danger as the crown prince? It is because of her that he has to come out to inspire the soldiers.

Yu Miaomiao also saw Zhao Chi, and the two looked at each other from a distance across a battlefield.

She touched the purse hanging on her waist, which contained a cauldron and the most vicious Gu worm in her hand.

How should I give this to him?

Thinking of the Gu worm, she suddenly felt relieved. She gave Zhao Man a Gu worm before, and now she can know that the Gu worm is still alive, and if the Gu worm is a pair, then Zhao Man must be fine. Chaos, after a day and a night, I suddenly remembered this.

That surrender letter might be his plan to escape.

Thinking of this, she was determined.

Until the east gradually brightens, I don't feel tired.

Suddenly there was a sound of fine footsteps behind him, completely different from the pace of the soldiers running up and down the tower.

Yu Miaomiao thought it was Mrs. Wen who brought her medicinal soup, but when she turned her head, she saw a person in white clothes with wide sleeves, dancing in the wind, looking at her with a smile, both familiar and unfamiliar.

A head of black hair was casually scattered behind him, still damp, standing by the torch set up at the stairway, baked by the fire, the hair on the top of his head was smoking.

I haven't seen her for a few years. She has gone from the jasper period to the twentieth year. The years have not changed Li Sijin in any way, but she has lost the stupidity in her eyes from the past.

Yu Miaomiao blinked, "You..."

Lu Lingzhi rubbed her dry eyes, and said in disbelief, "Fourth Master?"

Li Sijin stood still, saw Lu Lingzhi, nodded at her, and waved a red carp kite in Li Miaomiao's hand to Yu Miaomiao.

"Meow, I'll hurry back to release the paper kites with you. The paper kites from Feng's workshop in Xunzhou are the most exquisite."

"A Li... is back."

Seeing her call, Li Sijin came forward, his eyes passed over her abdomen, and stayed on her face, "Meow Meow still knows me."

After the initial astonishment, Yu Miaomiao pursed her lips and smiled at him.

Li Sijin saw her pale and alienated smile, not as unscrupulous as he remembered, and sighed in his heart, he had lied to her before, he had already recovered, but he hid by her side to avoid disaster, he had been lied to, more to say It is also useless, but the smile on the face is even worse.

Stretch out your hand to feel the wind direction, "Although spring has not arrived, the wind is not bad now."

Yu Miaomiao came to his side, Lu Lingzhi hurriedly supported her, the two of them stood for too long, their legs were a little numb, and it was very uncomfortable to walk around, both couldn't help grinning, Li Sijin couldn't help laughing when he saw them .

Finally retreated to a safe place, Yu Miaomiao said: "Now is not a good time to release paper kites, why bother to come back now."

The Li family has already given her a lot of help, and Li Pengju has shared a lot of her worries, but the Li family has been implicated widely, and Li Pengju dared not show his face openly on the tower, in case she and Zhao Man were defeated, the Li family would be implicated Disciples everywhere, that would only increase the sin.

"Zhiyuan still needs to choose an auspicious day. I just look at my mood. I think the wind today is very good. With its strength, the good wind will send me to Qingyun. Why not?"

Yu Miaomiao was silent, he sighed: "I won't implicate others, don't worry, you stand for a long time, go back and rest, I will wake you up when the troops are withdrawn."

"Have you seen him outside?"

Li Sijin knew that she was asking about Zhao Man, so he shook his head and said, "They say he is dead."

Yu Miaomiao suddenly raised her voice and said: "He's not dead, he." Before she could finish speaking, a fishy sweetness rose from her throat, she spit out a mouthful of blood, and her body shook.

Lu Lingzhi was so frightened that she was at a loss and couldn't help her at all. Li Sijin hurriedly supported her, and saw her face was as white as paper, and her lips trembled.

He leaned closer and listened to her weak voice: "The Gu worm is dead, Qilang"

She just remembered that the Gu worm was with him, the Gu was there, and just now it was proved that what the Jiang Shu said was false, now the Gu worm is dead.

Li Sijin didn't know what she meant by her endless words, but when he looked at her again, he saw that she had passed out.

(End of this chapter)