Chapter 108: It is difficult to escape in troubled times
In the Tianzi No. 1 room of "Ligan Pavilion", Li Yaoli sat directly behind the tea table, holding a cup of black plum paste to relieve heat and relieve heat, and calmly looked at the two red-faced women in front of him.
An Sanniang, who was sitting on her left hand, snorted coldly and asked Yan Zhihu on the other end: "You claimed that you are not a robber, but you robbed my An family's farm outside Dedan City. What should you explain?"
Yan Zhihu defended: "We just borrowed some food."
An Sanniang slapped the tea case with a "slap", and most of the two butterfly sauces placed on the table were sprinkled out, and she scolded: "Borrow? You slut, think I, An Hongyu, are you stupid donkeys! Is anyone who borrowed grain with a bow and knife? What does it mean to be a "little"? That's most of the food stored in the farm, ten thousand stones of corn!"
When Li Yao heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly. During the Tang Dynasty, the yield per mu of the fields was only about one stone, and the grain of this ten thousand stones was indeed not small, but he only snatched most of them and did not do anything.
Li Yao was thinking, and then he heard Yan Zhihu ask back, "But have you ever heard of anyone who writes a loan note to the robbery?"
"hehe."
An Sanniang laughed furiously, pointed to Yan Zhihu's nose and said, "The crooked words you wrote are not understood by people, but I'm afraid even ghosts can't recognize them. How can those things that are worse than ghost paintings be called loan notes? They are simply a big deal!"
"We left food for Tianzhuang for one year..."
"Okay, stop arguing, I have something to say."
Li Yao generally understood the grudge between the two women, so he interrupted Yan Zhihu's words and gestured with his eyes to An Sanniang not to be too excited.
Li Yao sipped a sip of black plum slurry, put down the cup, and then said leisurely: "Yan Zhihu, I just want to hear the truth. If you dare to deceive me, don't blame me for saying it first and handing over you and your subordinates to Niangzi An to deal with it."
Hearing this, Yan Zhihu couldn't help but look at Li Yao, and saw the other party glancing at her with bright and deep black eyes, as if he could easily see through her heart.
Yan Zhihu suddenly felt a little chilled, and he had a clever cold war, and asked quickly: "I don't know what I want to hear?"
Li Yao said in a faint tone: "Tell your story."
Yan Zhihu couldn't help but be stunned. Then he looked at An Sanniang, who was full of bitterness and revenge. His face changed a few times. He suddenly gritted his silver teeth and seemed to have strengthened a certain determination. He said seriously: "To be honest, my surname is Qi, the 'Qi' in Qilian Mountains is called 'Daishuang', Daimei', Wushuang', Xingwu, Yan Zhihu is not a good reputation. Now it seems that I can't afford this title. Just call me Qi Wuniang."
An Sanniang couldn't help but sneer and said sarcastically: "My parents gave you such a beautiful name, but you became Yanzhihu."
Yan Zhihu's eyes turned red, as if he had suffered a huge grievance, and he was speechless for a moment.
Li Yao stood up, lay lazily on the bed, holding his chin with one hand, looking at Yan Zhihu curiously, and said in a voice: "Yan Zhihu... Qi Daishuang... I feel that it's pretty good. Qi Wuniang, it's still early, so please continue to talk until I'm satisfied."
Yan Zhihu nodded obediently and continued to tell: "My ancestors of Qi were originally a large clan who lived in Yanzhi City for generations. Due to the wars, the city was dilapidated. The previous dynasty ordered the abolition of the county and moved the entire Qi family into Fanhe. We thought we could live and work in peace. Unexpectedly, after the Emperor ascended the throne, he levyed heavily, the people were exhausted and the people were suffering, and the people were living in poverty..."
People in this era like to talk about family background. Yan Zhihu used this to talk about his experiences and deeds, which were like surging rivers, continuous, and his feelings were also quite devoted. When it comes to sadness and bitterness, he couldn't help but wipe his tears with his sleeves.
It turned out that in the seventh year of Daye in the Sui Dynasty, the Hexi area was starving and the people were unable to survive. Yan Zhihu's grandfather Qi Dazhi took advantage of the situation to lead the entire clan and the nearby people to rise up. Unexpectedly, he was surrounded and suppressed by the imperial court without firming his foothold. The rebel army rushed out of Fanhe, crossed the Great Wall, and headed west. He experienced several days of bloody battle outside the city of Didan, and was finally defeated by Yinshishi, the prefect of Zhangye, the former Sui Sui.
Qi Dazhi and most of his tribes died in battle, but only Yan Zhihu's father Qi Deye led a very small number to successfully break through the siege and escape into Yanzhi Mountain. He seized the danger and defended the Yinshi Army. He followed closely and wanted to lead the army to attack fiercely and kill them all.
But when the world is in a state of chaos, "If you don't be a starving mantis, you will be more like the mantis with a strong arm" than Qi Dazhi.
The remnants of the rebel army were already ready to burn together with the officials and soldiers of the court, but they did not expect that Yinshishi's army would suddenly retreat. Qi Deye quickly sent someone to inquire, and soon learned that there was someone in Zhangye County that was in trouble. Yinshishi's army was taken to a nest and rushed back to seize the city, so he let them go.
The Qi clan was lucky enough to avoid difficulties, and they were worried that they would be killed by the government army when they went out. Moreover, the resources of Yanzhi Mountain were not scarce, which was enough to ensure their most basic living conditions. Everyone respected Qi Deye as the lord of the mountains and chose a good place to build a village in the deep mountains and rivers to settle down. They named it "Huangshan Village" with the other name of Yanzhi Mountain.
Huangshan Village was under Qi Deye's dedicated governance, and because it was not governed by the court and exploited, it soon flourished and its reputation gradually became known to people outside the mountain.
Qi Deye is generous and righteous, and is fair in his work. He is highly admired by people from all over the world. He is like a loser, a bankrupt person in debt, a fugitive slave, a down-and-out hero, a wanderer and other desperate people who are in trouble come to him. In less than a few years, Huangshan Village and the surrounding areas have become the abyss of abandoned people, and has become a famous place like a paradise.
However, the good times did not last long. Just as Huangshan Village was booming, one day three years ago, several herders dressed up from Huangshan Village, claiming to be the envoy of the Langshan tribe of the Turkic Khanate, and made two requests to Qi Deye: First, on September 15th every year, Huangshan Village must go outside the ancient Great Wall of Yanzhi Mountain on time and contribute 20,000 stones of rice to Langshan tribe; Second, if Huangshan Village cannot produce enough rice and grain, on the first day of the June of the following year, in the old place where the grain was presented in the first year, a woman under 20 or a boy under five years old could replace 500 stones of grain to Langshan tribe.
Faced with such domineering and unreasonable conditions, Qi Deye was naturally furious and ordered the despair to drive these guests out of the parody.
But who would have thought that shortly after, the Langshan tribe broke the guards and guard forts near Yanzhi Mountain. They did not attack the nearby cities, but made a special trip to find trouble for Huangshan Village. They killed people when they saw them and burned the house when they saw them, and almost slaughtered the villages near Huangshan Village. Huangshan tribe was almost broken many times. Faced with the danger of collapse, Qi Deye had no choice but to agree to the request of Langshan tribe.
Chapter completed!