Liang Qi smiled and said: "Military advisor, you don't know. The soil in the valley is very fertile, and the rice yield is higher than ours on Guishan Island. There is simply not enough to eat. The leader of the village has also made a plan to ensure that
Each person has a year's rations, and the rest is sold for money. Besides, there is no food for other villagers. The leader of the village said that if the situation becomes urgent, the dog will inevitably jump over the wall. It is better to sell it to them at a high price to save money. We will benefit from it, too.
To prevent them from causing trouble."
Lin Jue thought for a moment and said, "Mu Qing is right. If the food is really enough, it can be done. But they have to exchange it for weapons, armor and even manpower. Don't exchange it for gold and silver next time. Gold and silver will not hurt their vitality."
, others can achieve the purpose of weakening them. We must not only prevent them from jumping over the wall, but also weaken them.”
Liang Qi's eyes almost fell down, and he cupped his hands and said: "The military advisor is still ruthless, but we didn't expect it. This is a very important step to remove the salary from the cauldron. It seems that we are still merciful."
Lin Jue laughed and turned to look at the heavy snow falling outside the window. After a moment of silence, he asked in a deep voice: "How are the other villages in Funiu Mountain doing now? Are there any major conflicts with my Luoyan Valley Village? I am most worried.
The one he belongs to is Qin Donghe from Heifeng Village, who had a history with us in Taoyuan Village, and is not a good person."
Liang Qi nodded quickly when he heard the words and said: "What the military advisor said is absolutely true. The other villages are very peaceful. Everyone does not interfere with the river, and they still have some interactions with each other. But Qin Donghe is really hateful. Military advisor, this year he will attack Heifeng Village
He conquered seven or eight small villages and annexed them. Now he is said to have six thousand soldiers, and he is very arrogant and domineering. Mu Zhenshan, the leader of Taoyuan Dazhai, Mu Dazhai, can no longer suppress him. It is said that he sent someone to deliver a message a month ago
To Mu Zhenshan, he said that he would hold a village meeting in Heifeng Village to re-elect the leader of the village. We didn’t pay much attention to the specific situation. We were busy harvesting food at that time and had no time to take care of these things. We didn’t know.
Is it a rumor or is it true? However, the leader of Dazhai received a letter from him. In the letter, he said that he would join forces with the leader of Dazhai to unify all the villages in Funiu Mountain and merge them into the main village. He promised to jointly take charge of Funiu Mountain with me and Luoyangu Dazhai.
The leader of the Dazhai didn't pay any attention to his problem. The Black Wind Village in Qin Donghe is definitely the most unstable factor in Funiu Mountain now."
Lin Jue frowned and thought: "So arrogant? This is a big hidden danger. If he really has five or six thousand stronghold soldiers, it will be the largest stronghold in Funiu Mountain. This is very bad."
Liang Qidao: "Does he still dare to attack our Luoyan Valley? He wouldn't dare even if I gave him the courage to do so. Although I have only a thousand soldiers and horses in Luoyan Valley, he is not someone he dares to provoke."
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "Don't take it lightly. He won't attack Luoyan Valley for the time being. What I'm worried about is... that he will capture Taoyuan Stronghold and seize the position of alliance leader. In that case, he can drive other strongholds to deal with me, Luoyan
The valley is gone. Taoyuan Dazhai is the symbol of the leader of the Funiu Mountain Alliance. Last year, Mu Zhenshan said that whoever wants to be the leader of the alliance must capture Taoyuan Dazhai. Because that is where their old masters lived and where their bones are buried.
It is very symbolic. If the strength of Heifeng Village is really so strong, then the first one they want to attack must be Taoyuan Dazhai. After you go back, you must ask Mu Qing to remind Mu Zhenshan immediately, don't think that Taoyuan Dazhai has advantages.
We must not take it lightly, otherwise we may suffer disaster. The situation in the Funiu Mountains has finally calmed down, but once it is broken, we will probably continue to attack again."
Liang Qi nodded and said: "Okay, I will report it to the leader of the stronghold when I get back and convey the military advisor's wishes."
Lin Jue thought for a moment and waved his hand and said: "That's all, I will write you a letter and take it back to you, and tell Mu Qing in detail. It is related to the safety of Luoyan Valley Dazhai, and I will never take it lightly. I didn't have time at the time.
.If I can stay in Funiu Mountain for a few more months, I will definitely persuade Taoyuan Dazhai and other mountain villages to unite to destroy Heifeng Village. The benevolence of Mu Zhenshan’s woman, knowing that Qin Donghe is not a good person, then
It's simply ridiculous that we let him go when we had multiple opportunities to kill him."
Liang Qi nodded and said: "Yes, Mu Zhenshan did not let go of the name of the alliance leader, but restricted his actions. He could have been the sole leader of the family, but it is a pity."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Character determines destiny, but some things are also determined by fate. I won't talk about that anymore. By the way, I want to ask about the current specific situation in our village. How is the construction of the village in the valley going?"
"Commander, everything is fine in the village. Not to mention the main village, the villages below have also been completed. According to the previous design, high walls were built around the village and towers were erected to prevent enemy attacks. Beacon fortifications were set up at the end of the valley to keep you informed.
The enemy situation. In addition to the Luoyan Army stationed there, the common people set up a militia and participated in patrols at night. There was a mediation center in the valley, and Chun Cao would go down every day to deal with the common people's disputes. Everything was in order. "
Lin Jue nodded in approval: "Okay, then I'm relieved. By the way, there are some things I told the leader of your village before I left, such as setting up a tavern and prostitute village to allow Luoyan Army soldiers to marry the common people.
, I wonder if it will be implemented?”
Liang Qi laughed and said: "It turns out that this was the military advisor's idea. Everyone is still wondering why the leader of the village would agree to set up a brothel tavern. These things are already available. The soldiers of the Luoyan Army have two days off every month.
During your vacation, you can go drinking and visit the brothel. Otherwise, if you are caught drinking secretly or running away to have fun at any time, you will be dealt with according to military law and will not be spared. The leader of the village also personally investigated the intermarriage and gave him a fine.
Encouragement. Anyone from a commoner family who is willing to marry their daughter to one of our Luoyan Valley soldiers will be given a heavy reward by the village. There will also be rewards for having children. Unfortunately, there are more monks than rice, and there are not many women in our village who can marry.
It’s small, but it’s a problem.”
Lin Jue nodded and smiled: "Mu Qing really did what I said. The purpose of doing this is very meaningful for the stability of the cottage. The problem you mentioned about the lack of people in the cottage needs to be solved. The cottage must
To grow, it must be supported by the population. In this way, there will be enough manpower for both farming and fighting. Therefore, it is necessary to attract people to live in the village. In fact, this year is a good opportunity. There will be a severe drought in Gyeonggi and many people will be displaced.
If we can attract these people to settle in the village, we can save people and expand the scale."
Liang Qidao: "Isn't that right? This year's severe drought has indeed caused some unrest outside the mountains. There are also many refugees. It's not like we haven't thought about this. But you, military advisor, don't know something. These people think we are bandits.
They refused to come into the mountains even if they were dead. Do you think it’s ridiculous? They’re going to starve to death, and they still want to draw a clear line with us. However, hundreds of people came. They all divided the land and settled down. But we Luoyan
The valley can still support a few thousand more people, but these few hundred people are still too few. There are still only a limited number of unmarried girls."
Lin Jue nodded and said: "There's nothing surprising. After all, the people in the mountains have the impression that all people in the mountains are bandits. It's human nature for them not to want to join the bandits. Take your time, don't be in a hurry. You don't want to take in everyone. Ordinary
It's okay for the people, but if they are some treacherous people who have committed serious crimes against the imperial court, it will be a disaster if they are taken in. It will deteriorate the atmosphere in the village and must be resolutely put an end to it. You will understand even if I don't tell you this."
"Don't worry, military advisor, we all understand." Liang Qi nodded.
Lin Jue stood up with a smile and said: "That's all, I understand the basic situation. You must have worked very hard. Take a few brothers to the guest room and have a good sleep. We will talk in detail in the evening."
Liang Qi stood up and cupped her hands and said, "It's okay, I'm also very sleepy. I need to have a good sleep."
Lin Jue ordered Liang Qi to go to the guest room to rest. He stood on the corridor and looked at the snow for a while. Lin Jue slowly returned to the study, took out a small cloth bag from the desk, unfolded it and took out a wisp of snow inside.
She has long black hair, holding it in her hands and looking at it.
That strand of black hair was cut off from Gao Muqing's head and given to him as a souvenir before leaving. At this moment, the black hair was still black and shiny, and still had a faint scent of hair. Gao Muqing's beautiful appearance appeared in Lin Jue's mind.
Come on. This woman has been with him through life and death, and has experienced many difficult times together. She firmly occupies an irreplaceable position in Lin Jue's heart. Think about the fact that she is struggling to support the village alone in the mountains at the moment.
, Lin Jue felt very guilty in his heart.
Lin Jue was stunned for a while, then wrapped his hair in a precious package and put it away. Then he picked up the teapot and poured some water into the inkstone. He reached out and picked up the ink stick and slowly started grinding it. After a while, the ink grinding was completed.
Lin Jue spread out a piece of white paper, dipped his pen in ink, and wrote quickly.
…
The heavy snow fell until it stopped at noon. Even then, the snow in the streets and alleys was already about a foot thick. As soon as the snow stopped, people in the capital began to shovel the snow and clean it up, and traffic on the streets quickly resumed.
In the square in front of the second branch of the Jiangnan Grand Theater in Beijing, in the East Erxiang, dozens of theater servants also acted collectively and began to clear the snow from the square in preparation for the afternoon performance.
At the intersection of East Street, a woman wearing a bamboo hat and soap-colored clothes slowly walked along the wet street. Her head and face were hidden under the hat, and her appearance could not be seen clearly. But she was carrying something on her back.
But it is very eye-catching. Judging from the shape, it is a pipa instrument. The half of the head exposed from the cloth bag also proves this.
People who were busy shoveling snow on the street were quickly attracted by this woman in a bamboo hat. Not because of anything else, but because this woman was still wearing very thin clothes in such a cold weather, which was very strange.
She didn't seem cold at all.
The woman in a bamboo hat walked directly to the railing at the entrance of the theater, as if she was going to enter the grand theater. A gatekeeper shouted hurriedly: "The performance doesn't start until late afternoon, it's still early. This guest will come back later."
The woman in the bamboo hat stopped and said slowly in an old and deep voice: "May I ask if there is anyone in this theater who is Qin Xiaoxiao?"
The gatekeeper smiled and pointed to the large poster with Qin Xiaoxiao's profile portrait painted in front of the door: "Qin Xiaoxiao? Isn't he our mainstay? This guest must be coming to the theater for the first time, otherwise why would he ask such a question?
.My name, Qin Xiaoxiao, the famous actor of Jiangnan Grand Theatre, is not known to anyone in the capital."
The woman in the bamboo hat nodded and said solemnly: "That's it. Let me ask again, does her sister also live here?"
The gatekeeper smiled and said: "Are you asking Miss Bai? Yes, she lives here. She is the security captain of our Grand Theater."
The woman in a bamboo hat silently recited the word 'security captain' a few times, then suddenly sneered and walked towards the theater.
"Hey, hey, I said the performance would start in the afternoon, why are you still barging in? Stop." The gatekeeper stretched out his hand to stop me.
"Get out of the way!" The woman in the bamboo hat shouted coldly, waved her arm, and the gatekeeper screamed, flying up and falling into the snowdrift nearby. Suddenly, snow powder flew up and exploded in all directions.
The woman in the bamboo hat didn't even turn her head, and walked towards the theater. The guard guard got up from the snowdrift with his face covered in blood, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Come on, someone is trying to break into the theater, stop him quickly."
she."
While he was talking, more than a dozen men shoveling snow and sweeping the floor had already gathered around, shouting and shouting while holding wood milling brooms.
"Who are you? Are you acting wild? Why are you beating people up and running around?"
In the hallway of the theater, several doorkeepers chatting with their sleeves rolled up heard the sound and rushed out. When they saw the woman in a bamboo hat walking in quickly, there were shouts from outside to stop her, and they immediately shouted and blocked the way.
"Get out of the way, or you won't blame me for being rude." The woman in the bamboo hat shouted in a low voice.
"Huo, you are reasonable. You barged into a private room..." A gatekeeper only said half a sentence before his eyes blurred. The next moment, his face was in severe pain. His whole body fell to the side, and there was blood in his mouth.
Squirted out, but already passed out.
Upon seeing this, the remaining gatekeepers shouted and stepped forward to take action. Without seeing how the woman in the bamboo hat moved, all the gatekeepers fell out one after another and lay on the ground groaning in pain.
The woman in a bamboo hat reached out and grabbed a man's lapel, lifted him up, and shouted in a cold voice: "Where is your security captain? Take me to find her. Otherwise, I will kill you."
How dare the man disobey and shouted in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes, my hero, please spare my life, my hero, please spare my life. I will take you there."
"Let's go!" the woman in a bamboo hat shouted coldly.
Under the leadership of the limping gatekeeper, the woman in a bamboo hat walked through the corridor on the side of the backstage and walked towards the residential house at the back. After a while, she entered the hanging flower door and entered the snowy backyard. The gatekeeper said tremblingly: "Just
……right here."
"Get out!" shouted the woman in a bamboo hat. The gatekeeper stumbled away without a trace.
The woman in the bamboo hat walked slowly through the snow towards the main house in front of the small courtyard. From inside the house, the sound of a woman's laughter could be heard, and there was also a voice that she was very familiar with.
"Oh, sister, how can I wear this dress? It's so fancy? I've never worn such a dress in my whole life. I can't wear it."
"Look, sister, this dress fits you very well. Tsk tsk tsk. You are such a beauty. Sister, don't wear those black and white clothes anymore. How old-fashioned and rustic are you? You used to be in Mobei,
There is nothing wrong with guarding your master's lonely old woman. This is the capital, and you are in your prime. How can you not dress up beautifully? Besides, Mr. Lin also likes it, so you want to seduce him.
It’s the heart, otherwise how can you get what you want?”
"Sister, what are you talking about? Stop talking. Who... who wants... to seduce his heart? This kind of thing just happens naturally. I only said that I like him, but I didn't say that I wanted to marry him."
"Hehe, sister, if you like him and don't marry him, are you just watching? I think Mr. Lin is deliberately not getting close to you. In fact, he likes you very much. I believe my sister, I know what a man thinks. Mo.
Seeing how serious he is, I can't hide what's going on in his eyes. If my sister learns how to dress herself up and show off in front of him, I don't believe he can hold it back."
"Sister, stop talking. Who do you think I am? I didn't want to do this..."
In the yard, the face of the woman under the bamboo hat was as gloomy as the hazy sky. She couldn't listen anymore. She suddenly raised her foot and swept across, sweeping the big clumps of snow into the air. It was as gentle as catkins.
Snow powder suddenly flew towards the porch of the main house like pebbles. The leaves of two holly trees nearby were hit and scattered, and the holes in the leaves were all shot through.
On the walls of the doors and windows of the main room, the snow mist hit them and made a loud banging sound. The curtain at the door was broken through and the window paper was shattered. The two red lanterns hanging under the eaves of the corridor were instantly broken and fell to the ground.
.
"What's going on?" the woman's voice in the room shouted. The next moment, the door opened, and a woman in a bright red brocade coat rushed out.
"Hey! You are indeed hiding here." The woman in the bamboo hat shouted coldly.
The girl in the red coat looked at the woman in the bamboo hat in front of her in astonishment. She suddenly fell to her knees and shouted in a trembling voice: "Master... Master, you are here."
The woman in the bamboo hat slowly took off her hat, revealing a head full of gray hair and a face that still had charm but showed traces of the weather and years. That face seemed to be shrouded in a dark cloud.
"Hmph! You still remember that you have a master. Bing'er, you are so brave. You dare to disobey your master's orders and run back to the Central Plains to stay. Do you still have me as your master in your eyes?"
The woman in the bamboo hat is none other than Bai Yushuang, the master of the Magic Sound Sect. The woman in red kneeling on the ground is Bai Bing. Since she agreed to stay with Lin Jue, she was too embarrassed to live in Lin House, so she lived with her sister.
Together. A few months passed, and what she was most worried about finally happened. When she saw her master standing in the yard, Bai Bing was filled with despair and frightened.
"Master... Master... calm down. Disciple... Disciple..." Bai Bing lay on the snow and trembled.
"Huh, this is how you repay me after raising you for fifteen years. You actually ran away secretly. I thought you were lost in the mountains and I searched for you for more than ten days. Later I realized that you
He left without saying goodbye. Very good, very good, he is really my good disciple."
"Master... Bing'er just... I heard from master that my sister is still alive, so I want to come to the Central Plains to see her and reunite with her. Bing'er is not trying to escape, Bing'er originally planned to go back." Bai Bing shouted.
"You have forgotten how you promised me. You are not allowed to leave Mobei without my permission. You have turned a deaf ear to your teachings. Do you plan to go back? Why are you still here? It has been five years since you left.
It's been months, even if you miss your sister, you should look back after meeting each other. I also thought you would go back, but I waited for four months and you didn't go back. I knew you wouldn't go back.
.You ungrateful person, what kind of oath did you make in the first place? You violated your oath." Bai Yushuang shouted coldly.
Bai Bing burst into tears, but was speechless. She had imagined the situation when her master found her, but every time she could not resolve the situation. Right now, she was really at a loss and didn't know what to do.
"You broke your oath and will be punished. Do you know how I will punish you? You know it in your heart." Bai Yushuang sneered.
"Master, disciple...disciple, please have mercy on me. Disciple, I...I...because..."
"Because of what?"
"I……"
"Can't say it? But I know. I heard everything just now. You are doing it for men. Hey, you have turned a deaf ear to what I have told you for so many years. Men are the last thing you should touch. Not only did you violate
I vowed to run away, but actually... actually fell in love with a man. Who is that person named Lin? Where is he? "
"No...it's nothing. Master, don't make random guesses. Master, if you want to punish, punish Bing'er, don't bring trouble to others." Bai Bing shouted with a red face.
"Look at your bitch, do you want to defend that stinky man? I want to kill him, and I want you to kill him with your own hands. After killing him, you go back to Mobei and you are not allowed to leave there for the rest of your life.
Unless I die. Listen carefully, listen to me, and kill that stinky man. Otherwise, you will be bullied by him, entangled by him, and suffer all your life. Binger, listen
You must listen to the master's words." Bai Yushuang said in a deep voice.
Bai Bing couldn't answer her, so he just lay down in the snow and cried sadly.
