Chapter 525 People's hearts are in turmoil. In front of Luliang Mountain
After leaving Zhending Mansion, the mountains gradually became more rugged and the terrain became more and more barren. Although the mountains were still covered with green, the trees were not dense and there were more and more pine trees. Sometimes looking from a distance, the mountains looked like
It is just covered with a layer of lichen. For those who are used to Jiangnan green,
The wild Lou Shu put it bluntly that such a scenery made her feel a little desolate and barbaric - of course, since she took refuge in Tian Hu, she has never felt safe and secure in her heart. She is nervous and has the illusion that she will be betrayed at any time.
, no time or solution.
"How long is the distance to Ji County?"
"It will take about half a day." When Lou Shuwan, who was riding on horseback, turned around to ask, a burly man next to him approached on his horse and answered with a respectful expression. This man's surname was Qiu, his given name was Guyan, and he was under Tian Hu's command.
Master, Lou Shuwan reveals his rationale
After Tian Hu gained trust in her financial and business skills, she assigned Qiu Guyan to be her bodyguard and deputy. For several months, Qiu Guyan had a calm and quiet personality and never disobeyed Lou Shuwan's orders.
, the two parties get along well, which is considered harmonious.
"Since it's not too far away, let's go to Ji County first and arrange accommodation and food. The third prince and General Yu don't know when they will arrive. We will probably have to stay for a few days."
"Yes." Lou Shuwan gave the order, and Qiu Guyan immediately sent someone. Looking back, he saw a team of more than a hundred people walking at the foot of the mountain, escorting several carts of goods. These people were
They are Tian Hu's elite soldiers. As the leader, Lou Shuwan is currently riding on a horse in a gray-yellow cloak. As a woman, she has no standing in Tian Hu's army.
However, since her position in Tian Hu's army gradually became more stable, she has gradually given up the habit of riding in a car. Once she goes out,
, she must ride a horse no matter how far or near she is, and at the same time, she also carries a dagger at the easiest place on her waist day and night.
She has no martial arts skills. Even if her own strength has been tempered to a certain extent, it is not as good as that of an ordinary man. She brings a dagger, not to hurt anyone, but to use it to commit suicide when necessary - do you dare to do it when the situation comes?
Two words, but this is indeed her original intention of carrying the dagger. Occasionally touching the dagger sheath when making a decision will make her feel a little more powerful.
In fact, that was of course an illusion. What really protected her from being bullied in Tian Hu's army was the influence of Jin Wang Tian Hu himself.
When she first fell into the sphere of influence of Tian Hu's army, she and Lou Shuheng, who had fled all the way, were at the end of their rope. As a man, Lou Shuheng himself had collapsed, but she gritted her teeth and seized an opportunity to appear before Tian Hu.
In front of me, I offered myself some ideas for the other party.
——Tian Hu was originally a hunter, but later Luocao occupied a large territory. He had some abilities, but his knowledge was ultimately limited. After the bandits took over the land, talents were scarce during the transition from land occupation to management, so Lou Shuwan was valued
.It is similar to the fact that the Lou family was valued by Fang La in Hangzhou City.
While she has abilities, she is also good-looking. She is a lady of the world. Her education and knowledge are not comparable to those of some local bumpkins. Tian Hu's original intention was to accept her into the harem, which would be the most reassuring. However,
Lou Shuwan refused several times with a firm attitude. Tian Hu showed open-mindedness. At the same time, he was unwilling to lose a talented person who could help.
He didn't use force - in fact, Tian Hu didn't understand that in Lou Shuwan's heart, if he really couldn't avoid it, he would have to give in half-heartedly. After she experienced those things, she had a huge feeling of disgust towards men and felt that they
Ugly. But this disgust is not to the extent of protecting her chastity with her life. After all, she has lost her so-called chastity, both physical and psychological.
Tian Hu did not use force. From then on, Lou Shuwan received a lot of conveniences in Tian Hu's army. Sometimes she used tiger skin as a banner and pretended to be "Tian Hu's mistress" to hint to others who were interested in her.
Men have also become more restrained. Therefore
Speaking of which, her life in Tian Hu's army has been basically smooth for more than a year. Except for the second brother who hangs out in brothels all day long, the only thing she really cares about is what King Tiger has told her.
All kinds of things at hand.
After staying away from men, she suddenly discovered that women feel good about doing things. Although people often looked at her as if they wanted to strip her naked, she didn't care. So what if she was stripped naked?
The same thrusting and thrusting, and then his eyes rolled back as if he were dead. The poor thing was dominated by his lower body. Just like those few
The same thing happened to the people who were killed after doing those things to her... After they vented their anger, she found a dagger and killed them all. For that moment of rolling her eyes, she even lost her life.
, Men are all stupid pigs. Did she really lose anything? She would think like this occasionally, and then she couldn't help but laugh until she shed tears.
Only occasionally when she dreamed back at midnight, she would think of a certain figure, like a nightmare - the figure named Ning Liheng. Her original feelings for him, even if she had a certain infatuation, could not be said to be deep.
However, everything that happened later left too many imprints on her memory. The death of her father and brother, the destruction of her family, and the misery of wandering all the way were all caused by that figure. When she thought of him, it was difficult for her to remember him for the first time.
I thought of revenge for a moment.
She knew that he destroyed Liangshan, but she didn't know what he was doing now, so she had no idea of revenge. She took refuge under Tian Hu and kept working. Maybe one day, she would face him head-on, but even so
Thinking about it, she couldn't imagine what it would be like when the time came. Only some bizarre and unspeakable fantasies would become clear. She thought of those tragic experiences and thought
Seeing the man thrusting in and out of her body, she could kill him, thinking about showing off her power in front of him when she succeeded, thinking about being humiliated by him after failure - every time she thought about this, her thoughts became more and more bizarre.
Most of the time when I wake up, it's early in the morning. I'm covered in sweat and my quilt is soaked through. My desire is burning, and my lower body is as soft as a mire. Then I can only lie on my side until dawn.
Maybe one day, she will kill him, or he will kill her. This is the only place the two of them belong.
Of course, this trip to Luliang Mountain does not involve such complicated emotions.
As for the Luliang area, Tian Hu was determined to extend his power there at the beginning of the uprising. That area is no better than the Central Plains or Hebei. The land on the border that has been washed with blood for many years has strong people and scattered people.
There are also many forces, and it is difficult for ordinary green forest laws to apply here.
It applies here. After all, rules exist to prevent everyone from perishing together due to desire. But in this land, most of the people who can survive are desperadoes. Regardless of whether they abide by the rules or not, they will always
He might die. The meaning of the rules would be of little significance.
The reasons for this phenomenon are complicated, but the most direct reason lies in the grass-threshing valleys on both sides. The Liao people regarded the people in this area as pigs and dogs, and the military people regarded the residents here as unruly savages and unruly people.
Occasionally, some larger forces will arise here, but most of these forces hate both sides and are relatively closed. Then they are easily broken up, because
No matter how powerful your power is, it can't be compared to the armies on both sides. After Tian Hu stretched out his tentacles, he also spent some effort to win over a large number of companions here, but his power is very large for a single village.
But for Luliang, a place that was originally fragmented like sand, it was really difficult to know where to put efforts, so there has been little progress in terms of progress.
Of course, extending his power to Luliang in the northwest has always been an icing on the cake for Tian Hu. Even if the progress is not big, it doesn't matter. However, in the past year or so, the situation in Luliang Mountain has improved compared to before.
Many changes made Tian Hu unable to help but focus on it again.
A village named Qingmuzhai has continued to grow and develop in Luliang in the past two years. It even found a way to open up the smuggling trade routes on both sides and gained huge benefits. This is really coveted. At the beginning of the development of Qingmuzhai
, Tian Hu's subordinate Cao Hong noticed this, and he instigated the split of Qingmuzhai. He tried to seize the opportunity to seize Qingmuzhai, but was later killed by the female village leader who was highly skilled in martial arts.
This kind of thing was enough to cause a rift between the two parties, but Tian Hu felt that it would be troublesome to go deep into Luliang to avenge this kind of thing. He is still relatively a bachelor, and everyone comes out to hang out. If he does something wrong, he must admit it and be beaten.
Stand at attention. The generals on your side went over to incite
He rebelled unsuccessfully and was killed, so he had to swallow the matter. However, after so long, the development of Luliang Mountain is still expanding. It has changed from a fragrant steamed bun to a pot of fragrant steamed buns.
Momo, he couldn't help but make up his mind again.
It is said that the female village head of Qingmuzhai who is highly skilled in martial arts is old and has not yet gotten married in her twenties, so she will get married. This marriage is different from the previous ones. The bargaining chip Tian Hu is preparing to offer is the one known in the military as
Tian Shi is the third prince. Tian Hu’s family has three brothers, namely Tian Hu, Tian Bao and Tian Biao.
, Na Tian Shi is the son of Tian Biao, he is good at martial arts, good-looking, and talented. Once married, both parties will become a family. Moreover, Tian Hu is full of sincerity. Tian Shi has not married in the past, as long as the other party nods,
Tian Shi is marrying into Qingmuzhai and will never let her marry him.
In addition, everyone has studied the development model of Qingmuzhai. Generally speaking, once the forces in Luliang Mountain are formed, they are often bitter and hateful and extremely xenophobic, so they do not want to please anyone. But after the development of Qingmuzhai
, but he is very good, the nearby Wu Dynasty
The military often receives profit sharing from the other side, and there are a lot of benefits. For some greedy guys, Qingmuzhai also cooperates with each other to attack separately. They may even have a clear understanding of the details of many generals in the military.
, so we can gradually gain a foothold.
Although such a village leader is a woman, she obviously has a very strong control over interests. Simply sending a man away may not satisfy the other party. Therefore, besides Tian Shi, Lou Shuwan also served as a lobbyist in the past, and both parties
She is a capable woman and should be easier to talk to in this regard.
Nowadays, the situation in the world is chaotic and uncertain, and the imperial court is busy recruiting various bandit forces in the north. It is obvious that the Wu Dynasty's internal control has reached its limit. With the strength of the Tiger King, once he joins forces with Qingmuzhai, he will have such power to unite the north and the south.
With great financial resources, you will definitely be able to do great things in the future.
Lou Shuwan had prepared this kind of rhetoric before and was still perfecting it in the past few days. Of course, everything was subject to meeting the village leader named Lu Hongti.
That night, she and the convoy carrying the betrothal gift stopped in Jixian County ahead, waiting for the arrival of the third prince Tian Shi and Tian Hu's general Yu Lin. Although Tian Hu's middle and high-level officials made the decision, Tian Shi himself
He is also arrogant, right?
He was not very willing to do this kind of thing. He basically ran away from home and came here first to investigate the situation of Lu Hongti. As for Yulin, it was Tian Hu who sent him out to catch him and suppress him.
The person in charge of going to Luliang to get married.
At this time, the place is close to Luliang, and Ji County is a big county. Although everything seems desolate in the eyes of Jiangnan people like Lou Shuwan, there are indeed a lot of people. This is a diversion point to go north. Pass.
After this paragraph, people must choose
Go to Yanmen Pass to exit customs normally, or smuggle out to Luliang Mountain. Before the smuggling channel in Luliang flourished, Hebei County was about half the size it is today. In other words, its prosperity has suddenly expanded in the past year or two.
Got up.
For this reason, everything in the county is still filled with a barbaric atmosphere. Pedestrians of various religions carry knives on their bodies. It seems that no one is a kind person. Even the merchants passing by have murderous and bloody smells on their bodies. Smuggling roads
The emergence of goods has prospered. However, the safety guarantee has not improved much. If some people come here without specific channel guidance, they will probably not be able to find a way to pass. The most prosperous places are often brothels and knife shops.
Most of the forces have their own settlement areas. Only military men dare to walk arrogantly in various places, but they basically will not touch the local forces. The power of the government is extremely small - because there are not many people who dare to come here to take office.
A few years ago, there were even police officers who were killed and hung on the flagpole. The forces here all have the same characteristics, high-profile, flamboyant, and crazy, and then they rise up in batches, plunder the surroundings, and become popular
Drink spicy food, and then calm down batch after batch...
Lou Shuwan stayed in Ji County until the fifth day, when Tian Shi and Yu Yulin came here with more than two hundred soldiers. During this time, Lou Shuwan had also found out a lot about the woman from Qingmuzhai.
Regarding the leader of the village, it is said that she is highly skilled in martial arts and has reached the level of a master. She currently has a high degree of control over the village and wants to
It is currently impossible to sow discord and split the village. Apart from that, it is said that she is very beautiful, so many people have proposed marriage to Qingmuzhai in recent times, and there are even faint rumors that the other party has the idea of contesting to recruit a bride -
—There are a lot of rumors out there, but I don’t know whether they are true or false.
There are people in Tian Hu's army who have met Lu Hong, but Lou Shuwan can't find him this time. Tian Shi's route is different. Apparently he asked someone familiar and learned that Lu Hong
I became interested only after mentioning that he was highly skilled in martial arts and beautiful. He is twenty-five years old, has good martial arts skills, and is handsome. Ordinary women have long been tired of playing with him. Tian Huzhan
According to one place, he had played with a lot of those crying ladies, and now he seemed to have the idea of conquering Lu Hongti - this world is dominated by men after all.
His own abilities may not mean he cannot conquer her. Once in bed, no matter how strong a woman is, she will still be completely obedient to him...
That night, the two groups of people met and met each other. As a general whom Tian Hu relied on, Yu Yulin was also a very heroic man. He was in his thirties, with strong martial arts skills and a calm personality. If the other party looked at Tian Hu, he would not be worthy of it.
, probably he also had the intention to do it. This was not the first time Lou Shuwan met them. The day after they met, everyone broke camp and set off, with more than 300 people marching in the direction of Luliang Mountain.
On the other hand, after Lou Shuwan and others left, a convoy of more than 100 people from Ning Yi also approached Ji County.
"After the area in front, there is no use for officials." At dusk, the convoy set up camp. Zhu Biao pointed to the foothills to the north, turned around and said to Ning Yi and others, "This side of Luliang is better than our Dulonggang side."
The border is still in chaos, and those who can talk are either the army or bandits. It's not that there are no ordinary people, but if they don't have power, the land won't be able to grow. You have to be careful when you get there. No one can be left alone. People here are ruthless and evil.
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"...Although it's not a good thing to say this, it would be better to deal with warriors here instead of dealing with literati." Ning Yi stood on the stone, covering his eyebrows and looking forward, "Those who are literati, many times
He spoke ambiguously and paid back the money
I'm lying to you, but I won't admit it as soon as I turn around. Warriors are much better. Although they are greedy, they do things for money. They are very bachelors. I still like them better." After he finished speaking, he sighed: "However, it does seem true.
A little more desolate...Shanxi..."
"Senior Lu's family is here, I always feel... it's not easy."
Zhu Biao sighed, and several warriors in charge of the team around him also showed similar expressions. Among the warriors who followed Ning Yi this time, half of them were from Liangshan, and they had also suffered in the camp at Dulonggang.
Training. When Lu Hongti was still there, he fought against them in the camp.
After beating them. At this time, most of them had repented and their mentality changed drastically. In addition to Lu Hongti's status as a master, they respected her quite a bit. They felt honored to have been taught a lesson by her. They regarded her as half boss lady and half master.
Normally. However, Ning Yi curled his lips and sneered at everyone's sympathy.
"It's not easy. Although it sounds like spreading rumors, rumors of a competition to recruit a bride have actually come out. When I get there, I have to criticize her."
As the sun set, even though he said such words, thinking of Lu Hongti's appearance, I still felt a warm feeling in my heart like the sunshine shining on my face. If I really ran to talk to her, would she?
Still like a little daughter-in-law, sitting by the bed and letting herself talk. Thinking about it for a moment, she is as calm as him, and she can't help but expect it in her heart.
Stay up. And as he said, the army collected the money and started doing things - as long as it was not fighting the Liao people - it was basically dedicated. And now that the Liao Kingdom has been destroyed, the Luliang Mountains will have rare things.
With a few years of rest and a few years, how far can it develop... Everything is ahead.