Dragon Boat Festival, May 5th, outside Nankang City, on the Ninety-Nine Bend River.
This tributary of the Gan River comes from the Luoxiao Mountains, flows through Nankang, and goes straight into the Gan River for more than 200 miles, heading towards Yuzhang. It is also a water system connecting the two major towns in the central and southern parts of Jiangzhou.
He Wuji was ambushed where the Gan River entered the river and was defeated and died. If he had not encountered Tianshi Dao's fleet, I am afraid that he would have led his army to follow the Ninety-Nine Meandering River and go straight to Nankang.
How about taking back this city?
But today, both sides of the Ninety-nine Bends River are crowded with people and flags are flying. However, they are all banners of Tianshi Dao. Logically speaking, Tianshi Dao only holds religious ceremonies. For the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival, eating rice dumplings
This kind of worshiping Qu Yuan has always been semi-forbidden, but today, for some unknown reason, Bao Haozi, the governor of Nankang County, Tianshi Dao, personally organized this dragon boat meeting and took Nankang with him.
More than ten large families in Kang County attended collectively.
On the river, more than a dozen colorful dragon boats are rowing forward vigorously and happily. The shouts and applause of the people on both sides of the river, as well as the sound of gongs and drums, are shaking the heaven and the earth. Ever since Tianshi Dao occupied Nankang,
, this place has not been so lively in the past two years. It seems that the emotions of the people that have been suppressed for two years have burst out today.
On a viewing platform by the river, a middle-aged man with a yellow beard in his forties, of medium height, wearing an official uniform that looked a bit like a Taoist robe, was sitting in the center of the platform. It was Bao Haozi, and behind him
There are more than ten people sitting on the two sides of the seats. However, among these more than ten people, except for three or four underage teenagers, the others are middle-aged and elderly women. The first one from the left is
She was a white-haired old woman in her sixties. She was sitting in her seat, watching the dragon boat race in the distance, but her expression was calm. She was not as excited as others, and she almost jumped up to cheer.
Woolen cloth.
Bao Haozi's eyes fell on the old woman and smiled slightly: "Old Mrs. Ding, you don't seem to be interested in the dragon boat race today. It's my hosting. Are you dissatisfied with it?"
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This old woman is Ding Jianzhang’s mother and a distant relative of the Ding family. She also has the same surname as Ding. After marrying into the Ding family, she became a close relative and became her husband and raised her children for decades, supporting the Ding family’s backyard.
, even after Ding Jianzhang surrendered, she took Ding Jianzhang's two sons and one daughter and stayed in the Ding family mansion in Nankang City like hostages, monitored and controlled by Bao Haozi. Today
In this dragon boat competition, Bao Haozi even asked Ding Jianzhang's two sons to participate in the competition in person, and let Mrs. Ding also watch the competition on the stage, just to facilitate further control of the Ding family and never let them leave.
It's just your own sight.
Mrs. Ding said calmly: "I would like to thank Governor Bao for his kindness. Nankang has not held these folk activities for a long time. Today, Governor Bao personally entertained the people. Of course I and the other families are very happy and have to do their best."
Support, my two grandchildren will also have the opportunity to participate in this competition. In two years, after they become adults, they can also go to Lianhua Village to help their father."
Bao Haozi laughed and waved his hand: "Both young masters are both civil and military talents. It is a pity to go to that mountain. The conditions in Lianhua Village are a bit more difficult, but after all, it is a mountain fortress that blocks the northern passage. We
The Bao family has settled there for hundreds of years. Now my eldest brother is leading the army to march eastward and northward with the army of the Shen Cult. I have to enter Nankang City to maintain local governance. The old village is unguarded for a while, so I can only feel sorry for Lord Ding Cave to take care of it.
I will take care of it for a period of time. After the divine religion has pacified the world and the world is at peace, the Lord of Cave Ding will also withdraw to Nankang and take over my position as the county guard. Then the two young masters will be of great use."
Mrs. Ding smiled slightly: "Oh, if according to what Governor Bao said, my son comes back to be the governor, where will Governor Bao go?"
Bao Haozi's face changed slightly, and he turned to smile: "Well, it depends on the arrangements of the new dynasty, or the leaders of the divine religion, but there is one thing, and that is in the process of the divine religion calming down the world.
, whether they are fighting with the army or staying behind to serve the religion, they are all meritorious officials and will receive corresponding rewards in the future. Mrs. Ding, your Ding family has made a lot of contributions in the past two years, and you will definitely do the same in the future.
It will be beneficial.”
Mrs. Ding sighed softly: "We didn't accomplish anything, such as the great success of conquering Nankang. Our family only realized it later and didn't have time to participate. It was your brother Bao, the prefect, who accomplished this extraordinary feat."
, so we can only help guard Lianhua Village to atone for our Ding family’s sin of being slow to follow the dragon."
Bao Haozi curled up his lips: "Old Mrs. Ding, don't mention this matter. It doesn't matter whether you join the cult sooner or later. As long as you recognize the general trend later and join in time, you won't be afraid of losing your way out and future. Today's
The reason why the Dragon Boat Festival can be held is because the divine sect is victorious in front and is about to take over the world. My eldest brother also leads the army back. Many family members, relatives and friends who were sent by the Nankang family to accompany the army on the expedition,
We can finally meet again."
The wives of the family heads sitting below were all surprised and happy, and asked anxiously: "Really, have we really returned victoriously? Can I really see our husbands (children)?"
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Bao Haozi smiled and said: "I'll see you soon, I'll see you soon."
Mrs. Ding frowned: "Prefect Bao, but a month ago, news came that our army marched eastward to Jiankang, failed to attack the city, and suffered a lot of losses, and Deputy Hierarch Xu led his army to counterattack Jingzhou
, didn’t you succeed? Why did you suddenly return victorious?”
Bao Haozi's smile froze on his face. Behind him, a man in his thirties, with a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks, a scholar-like appearance, was Bao Haozi's think tank Niu Yinxing. He waved the feather fan in his hand and laughed: "Ding
Old lady, the news you heard is not entirely correct. It is not that the army of the divine religion has failed, but that the divine religion has the virtue of good life and cannot bear to attack big cities like Jiankang and Jiangling to hurt the people and defend the city.
The Jin army forced the people to go to the city to defend the city and to clear the country. The army was fighting outside and had no food and grass for the time being. The sergeants did not go home for a year or two after fighting. Therefore, the Shenjiao temporarily stopped the offensive and gave the recalcitrant Jin army a chance to fight.
Given a chance to reform, if they continue to resist to the end, the Heavenly Master will launch his heavenly troops to kill them all, which is the result they asked for." (End of Chapter)
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