The entire Tiandi Hui Honghua Hall mobilized and almost turned the area around the North City Gate of Yangzhou upside down. Finally, they got the exact news from an old widower. After hearing the news, Liu and Meng went there immediately and asked the old widower to lead them.
Next, he found a large pit in a deserted forest where corpses had been hastily buried in the past.
Because of the passage of time, the Qing soldiers threw all the corpses of those killed in battle into the pits. Now, more than twenty years later, they have all rotted into bones, making it difficult to tell who is who.
Why not be afraid of having no choice but to ask the Heaven and Earth Society to help find some funeral workers in the temple, take out all the bones, and invite monks to perform a ritual ceremony, incinerate all the bones into ashes, and fill three large jars.
He hired a carriage to load it and prepared to transport it back to Hengshan for burial.
It took me a month in Yangzhou to complete this major task assigned by the master. Why don't Liu Meng and the others feel very relaxed after the hard work, and specially held a banquet in Mingyufang to entertain Tiandihui Honghua?
Tang and others then bid farewell to everyone, and three people and four horses escorted the carriage carrying the ashes of the seniors back to Hengshan.
While walking and walking, we noticed that the road was not peaceful at this time, especially in the area entering Wandi, where there had been severe droughts for years, and the government never took the Han people seriously. Taxes were extremely heavy, and many people who could not survive became bandits.
In addition, the military discipline of the Qing soldiers was ruined. They were soldiers during the day and bandits at night, and their momentum suddenly became tense.
Many spies who were snooping on the road saw three knights in rich clothes escorting a carriage with low curtains. There were always people staying with them during meals and dinners. They thought it was some official carrying treasures home, and they immediately made up their minds.
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The Ma'anshan area, located at the junction of Anhui and Zhejiang, is deserted and is a place where bandits are rampant. There is an official road at the foot of the mountain, and most merchants usually walk in groups to avoid being robbed alone.
There is a relatively flat open space at the corner at the foot of the mountain, on which a tea shop has been built with wood and stone. It has been in business for more than ten years. Most of the merchants who often walk this road choose to stop here to rest and have a meal.
On this day, the sky was clear and the weather was perfect. The early summer sunshine made me feel particularly happy.
Liu Meng was wearing a blue cloth robe, with a long sword tucked on the side of the saddle, and a bamboo hat to block the sun. His body was swaying gently with the ups and downs of the horse's back, and he was already in a drowsy state.
When escorting the ashes of senior members of the sect back to the mountain, naturally they were not allowed to indulge in laughter, ride wildly, or drink meat and wine freely. In addition, the carriage was not moving very fast, and the past half month had been very uncomfortable. Liu Meng, in particular, had no interest in the pristine landscape.
I was very obsessed with it. I wanted to go and see the famous scenery many times, but my senior brother He Buwei refused because he wanted to escort me.
After entering the border area between Anhui and Zhejiang, he met many people on the road who stepped on the plate. In the past two days, he was even more reckless to the point of approaching the carriage to peek. Several times, Liu Meng wanted to kill a few to show his power to let the other party know his power, but he was
Why don't you be afraid to stop them and say, "Don't cause too much trouble. If they don't know what's good and what's good, I'll kill them all when the time comes."
So Liu Meng fully expected that the other party would suddenly appear somewhere and yell, "I drove this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to live from now on, leave money to buy the road." Then he had an excuse to go up and do some activities.
Exercise your skills to relieve the depression of the past half month.
Who would have expected that starting from this morning, the spy who had been following behind would disappear. Until noon, nothing happened. Liu Meng, who was about to start the killing spree, was bored and simply sat on his horse and made an appointment with Duke Zhou.
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Little did he know that this gang of bandits was the most knowledgeable and had already gone back to their home base after they sensed that there was someone to deal with coming from behind.
Fortunately, at this time, He Buwei, who was riding ahead, saw the tea shop. He turned around and shouted happily: "There is a tea shop ahead. Let's go and have a rest first."
The three of them didn't have much energy under the lazy sunshine. When they saw a tea shop to rest, they immediately became energetic. They led the carriage to the open space in front of the tea shop and asked the waiter to carry water for the horse.
It's a good straw shed, and you can drink some cool tea.
The tea shop was relatively simple and there was no fine food. After Liu Meng asked, he asked the waiter to cut a pound of boiled mutton, half a pound of marinated sheep tripe, served a stack of cornmeal cakes, and ordered a few pickled ones.
The salted duck eggs are quite delicious when chewed with tea.
While I was eating happily, smoke and dust suddenly billowed in the distance, and the sound of hoofbeats sounded, and a group of six cavalry galloped towards me from the official road.
In front of him was a young knight wearing a green brocade cloak, with a very majestic yellow gelding on his hip. He stepped in front of the tea shop and reined in the horse, his hooves leaped into the air and made a long neighing sound, which was full of majesty.
Knowing that this was not someone to be trifled with, the waiter hurried forward to meet him. Seeing that the young knight had a rectangular face, fair face, and quite handsome appearance, Cao spoke Yunnan Mandarin and said to the waiter: "Store, please quickly find some clean tables.
Make some of your best tea, and prepare some wine and meat carefully. We have noble people behind us, and we must serve them carefully."
With that said, the young man stomped into the wooden shed, looked around, pointed out a few neat and clean tables and chairs with his fingers, and asked the clerk to wipe them carefully. Then he walked to where Liu Meng and the others were sitting.
In front of the table, he stared at the long sword leaning on the table for a moment, then clasped his fists and said carelessly: "I see some of you are also traveling in the world, please tell me your name, so that we can get closer and closer."
Although this young man spoke sincerely, he looked arrogant and disgusting. Why not be afraid of telling the truth to him? He didn't even bother to raise his hands and replied impatiently: "We are decent people, from the Zhang Mansion in Yangzhou."
Family members are not heroes who travel around the world, so just stay close to them!"
Rejected coldly by the other party, the young man looked at the other party again and saw that he obviously had martial arts skills, but he was just sitting around eating and drinking with the famous coachman and was not willing to pay attention to him at all. At that moment, he had to say: "That's for me.
I was blind, and I thought these guys were good guys." After saying that, he turned around and left, calling the waiter to make tea quickly.
Liu Meng and others all understood that escorting the ashes of their senior sect was a matter of great importance, and they were unwilling to cause conflicts with others. Therefore, although they were disgusted with this domineering young knight who spoke harshly, they patiently endured it and treated him completely as if he did not exist.
After a while, the riding horses arrived one after another, and four men and one woman came down, all of them heroic. The five people went into the wooden shed and sat down, complaining about the difficulty of the journey and drinking tea to quench their thirst. One person
The big man with a beard noticed that Liu Meng was not afraid of several people, and asked the young man who came first doubtfully. After getting no answer, he frowned and thought for a while, then simply stood up and walked forward.
These people are strong and strong, carrying swords across swords, and they obviously belong to a certain political force. Although Liu and Meng didn't want to cause trouble, they were secretly paying attention. Why not be afraid of seeing the big man with a beard who looks like the leader approaching, and then stay indifferent?
, then he raised his head and looked at the other person, looking confused.
The big man with a beard clasped his fists and said loudly: "My surname is Wu and my name is Li Shen. It is fate that I can meet a few brothers in this tea shed today. I see that they are all heroes among people and are willing to make friends. I don't know what brothers have."
Don’t you have the blessing to listen to famous names?”
