Along the passable mountain road, Yun Ye, Changsun Chong, and Li Huairen divided their troops into three groups, each heading into the mountains along one road, not wanting to miss the slightest hope. After passing through a canyon, they climbed another mountain, and they were still in front of them.
Among the stretching mountains, Sun Simiao was in the mountains, but he didn't know where he was in the depths of the clouds.
Yun Ye was not going to give up. Behind him were some strong men. There was no need to worry about finding food in the Qinling Mountains. In front of the fully armed warriors, any ferocious beast was just a meal.
What really made him despair was the ancient road in front of him. Sun Simiao would not take the initiative to go where there were people. Although it was already afternoon, there were still people coming and going on the ancient road in an endless stream. Ox carts, horse-drawn carriages, pack horses, and wheelbarrows filled the entire road.
On the ancient road, fast horses often pass by on the right side of the ancient road.
It is this ancient road that goes through the mountains for more than 500 miles that connects the Guanzhong Plain and the fertile land of Bashu to a limited extent. This narrow passage with blood function is the famous Baoxie Road.
This is also a troubled ancient road. Zhang Liang and Liu Bang burned down the plank road with a fire in order to carry out their own plan of building a plank road openly and concealing Chen Cang. Zhuge Liang also had to burn down a section of the plank road because of his carelessness and lost the street pavilion. According to history books,
Talking about rationality, saying that this is a flash of war thinking, the storyteller laughed heartily and talked endlessly about how those big shots deceived their opponents, staged a sad or happy farce of power, these bastards did not know how to build
How many people will die from a Baoxian Road? The old Liang family just wanted to dig a small section, but they have already paid the price with blood, including those who were buried at the bottom of the valley. Emperors, generals, and ministers would not hesitate for their own benefit.
To deal such a vicious blow to a road as important as blood?
Who will remember them when the sound of killing gradually subsides? On the ancient roads winding in the hinterland of the Qinling Mountains, there are only endless caravans traveling day and night; the post stations all over the Qinling Mountains carry warm letters from home to the south and north. Facing the rolling mountains
And the war that just passed away in smoke and cloud. The literati in the past, with the pen and ink in their hands, left their laments about the great men.
On both sides of Baoxie Road, which is most closely entangled with the history of the Han Dynasty, there are numerous relics of the Han Dynasty engraved.
Thirteen stone carvings from the Han Dynasty that have gone through wind and rain and have become blurry today are the "Thirteen Products of the Han and Wei Dynasties" that have profoundly influenced the evolution of Chinese characters and the direction of calligraphy art in China for more than two thousand years. Before that, the complicated and difficult-to-read seal characters were
During the period of great change in the Han Dynasty, a radical change took place. A simpler, easier to write and read font - Lifa was pushed to a broader level of civilization.
Facing the mottled, vigorous, steady and strong square Chinese characters, one can still feel the majestic spirit of the Han Dynasty that encompassed the world and swallowed up all the wastelands.
"Yezi, there is a bastard here who actually wrote a typo. How dare he carve such a virtue on a stone? Then brother, I will also find some stonemasons to carve my name on it. How about it? Don't grin. It's not embarrassing.
, I can go up even if I make a typo, brother, my name will definitely not be spelled wrong, there is nothing impossible about going up."
Cheng Chumo finally discovered something. It turned out that he was quite knowledgeable, so he couldn't wait to show off.
"Chu Mo. The name of the bastard you are talking about is Cao Cao. The words "Gun Xue" were written here after he and Liu Bei failed in the fight for Hanzhong. Of course, he casually killed Yang Xiu, a guy who was a little less smart than me.
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"Are you kidding? Lao Cao can write typos? I really like his "Changganxing". My brother memorized such a good sentence as "There is no cockcrow in a thousand miles". The word "gon" is obviously missing the word "water".
It's not a typo."
"Actually, I also think that Lao Cao made a mistake in writing. When his subordinates pointed it out, I couldn't bear to say it. I just used the praise water in the ditch as an explanation. If there is such a river, will there be a shortage of water?"
"He used the river water in the ditch as the word "water"?"
"That's right, that's what the history books say. As for the real situation, only geniuses know. I also know that there was an idiot who wrote the word "Chong Er" and called it "Feng Yue Boundless", which is a shameless pattern.
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"Then when my brother writes in the future, can he remove the wooden characters? I write while lying on the table. The table is made of wood, fine golden nanmu!"
"Okay, Chu Mo, don't comfort me. We went the wrong way and didn't find Daozhang Sun. It's not a big deal. The worst thing we can do is turn around and go back. But we are running out of food. If we eat meat all day long, we will get sick. I
It is because of this that I am worried about the Taoist priest.
The longer you stay in the wild, the more your physical strength will decline. If you get sick, it will be out of control."
"No food? Isn't this a trade route? Will our two caravans be less? Even if ours is not there, other people's are not? Look, isn't Uncle Niu's caravan coming over? Ask them
All you need is food."
Cheng Chumo and Yun Ye stopped in the middle of the road. None of the small businessmen dared to come over. Hundreds of heavily armed men with disheveled hair looked like thieves and bandits. The timid ones would have knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty, spare your life."
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Niu Jiu, the steward of the Niu family, has seen the world. Generally, no one in his caravan dares to use his brain. When he got to the front of the group and took a look, he immediately laughed. It was Marquis Yun and Mr. Cheng who were leading the family to rob.
He quickly went up and saluted: "Master Marquis, young master, why are you two interested in playing thieves today? If these people have red goods in their hands, you two can tell me, and I will strip them naked right now."
Searched."
Cheng Chumo kicked Niu Jiu with a flying kick and said loudly: "That's nonsense. You've heard of people like the Marquis and me who are young princes coming out to rob the road. You don't have time to talk nonsense."
, hurry up and prepare some food for us, we have to go into the mountains to find someone, hurry up."
Niu was not angry for a long time after being kicked. This is how a military general's family is. If he is not good at words, he will be kicked. These two men are not much different from their own young masters. They quickly gave Cheng Chumo all the food in the caravan, and he
It doesn't matter, just go to the inn ahead and replenish it, but there is not much food in the caravan, and there are hundreds of men in the Marquis' place.
Niu Jiu still had some respect in the caravan. After saying hello, he collected all the grain from other merchants, packed it up, and delivered it over.
"Niu Jiu, when you get back, bring a letter to your family, saying that we have found traces of Mr. Sun and are conducting a search. It won't take long to find him. Please tell your family not to worry."
Niu Jiu nodded in agreement. Yun Ye shared the food with everyone, waved his hand, and went into the mountains again. This time, if he couldn't find it again, he had to go back home. The vast mountains wanted to find Liu.
Personally, it is no different than finding a needle in a haystack.
"A world of three thousand gold in Chang'an, a million jade towers in Zhongnan", "A white cloud cannot cover it, and the red leaves all over the mountain are full of monks, which is enough to show how many Taoist monks there are in the mountain. Yun Ye does not want to get involved in the dispute between the Buddhist and Taoist families.
, Helpless, there are Taoist temples and temples everywhere in the Qinling Mountains. In fact, they are the masters of the Qinling Mountains. If you want to know the whereabouts of Sun Simiao, you must ask them.
The strange thing is that whether it is a Taoist temple or a temple, they all seem to be facing a formidable enemy. The gates of the temples are closed tightly, and the temple doors are also closed tightly. Even those who answer the door are often carrying sticks or poles with eyes.
Vicious and arrogant.
"Yezi, if these bastards look at me like that again, I will kill him alive." After visiting three temples and not getting any useful information, Cheng Chumo couldn't help but become anxious and his temper became violent.
No, it must be repaired. If this continues, I will not be able to find Daozhang Sun, which will drag me down first. Everyone looks tired. A month has passed unknowingly in the mountains.
The broad-leaved forest all over the mountain turns orange after frost. The more severe the frost, the more red the leaves become. Looking from a distance, it looks like a burning sea of fire.
Yun Ye arranged the camp at the mountain pass. This was the rendezvous place he had agreed with Chang Sun Chong and Li Huairen. If he couldn't see Mr. Sun tomorrow, he would go home. Yun Ye had no reason to put the big guys in Chang'an City
They are all trapped in the Qinling Mountains.
People came back one after another. Chang Sun Chong and Li Huairen all returned empty-handed. When a person deliberately avoids others, it is too difficult to find him. Sun Simiao stubbornly believed that there was still something in his body out of fear of smallpox.
Those little bug-like things exist. According to his theory, the cycle of the human body is a process that starts over and over again. It is impossible to eliminate the remaining toxins from the body without going through several cycles. To be safe, he set a maximum cycle for himself.
It's worth it, that's half a year. He won't come out in less than half a year. Yun Ye knows the Taoist's temper all too well.
After a month of sleeping in the open air, the dandies have long lost the enthusiasm they had when they first arrived. The reason why they continue to stay in Qinling now is because no one has asked to go home, and they are all gritting their teeth, waiting for the first coward to come.
Showing up, face is more important than life, they have always thought so. It is a pity that no one quit early, not even Chai Lingwu, who had been upset for three days.
Tonight, the moon and stars are sparse, it is a good day. Everyone is huddled in the blanket and looking at the sky in a daze. A wisp of dark clouds floats in the distance. The scary thing is that this dark cloud actually makes a loud rumbling sound and becomes dense in an instant.
covered the sky. When everyone was terrified, Yun Ye turned over and said to them: "It doesn't matter. These are birds flying south. They dare not cross the mountain pass during the day. There are many raptors here, so they chose
At night, don’t be surprised. Sometimes birds are very smart. What you need to worry about is not letting bird droppings get on you.”
Some birds almost flew over everyone's heads. After Yun Ye's words, everyone calmed down and lay on the ground watching the birds flying quickly over their heads one after another.
There were faint screams and firelight. Some birds actually flew directly to the bright place. Yun Ye heard it, covered his ears and continued to sleep. Li Ke next to him felt that he should go take a look.
After all, he is a prince.
Just as he was about to stand up, Yun Ye held him down, stuffed him back into the blanket, and told him in a low voice: "The things outside have nothing to do with us.