"General? General? What are you thinking?" Chen Jie's soft voice woke He Mulan.
He Mulan suddenly regained her senses, but found herself squatting in the warehouse, so she suddenly recalled - oh oh oh, I was looking for something for Chen Jie to take away.
"The general has been in a trance since he came back yesterday." Chen Jie asked her in a puzzled way, "Are you worried about General Di? Are you worried about His Royal Highness?"
"Neither." He Mulan shook her head, opened a box, and grabbed a few pieces of jewelry inside. "These are soft and easy to carry. Although silk and silk are circulating everywhere, you are going to Montenegro, and the carts of cloth are a bit dazzling. When you arrive in Montenegro, go to our former subordinates and ask them to help you gather food. ."
"Yeah." Chen Jie tore off a thick piece of cloth and wrapped the gold ingots that Hua Mulan had given him. He found a thin rattan box and put it in.
"I don't know what happened to those people in Montenegro. It's been so many years, if they still can't live on their own, will the general have to support them for the rest of their lives?"
Who are the slaves in Heishan City
Why can't I remember it all the time
Does she want to go to Jinglun Temple to find her memory
"General, general?"
Chen Jie looked at his general with some worry.
When you talk, you will get distracted, but in fact, you still can't let go of Chen Jun, right
Yes, the Crown Prince lives there.
At first, he was not too frightened.
He Mulan shook her head, trying her best not to let herself think about the strange things that happened yesterday, and only helped Chen Jie pack up and organize supplies.
"General, isn't it good that you don't buy your family property or make plans like this? Doesn't it mean that General Di has a way to do business in the Western Regions? Otherwise, you will take half of the things your majesty bestowed and let him take care of it and earn some money for the monks. OK."
All the rewards Chen Jie received in the army were sent home, and he bought land at home, and rented children to send home every year, so Chen Jie did not have a hard time. But his main general is almost sitting at home and eating the mountains, and if it goes on like this, there will be no more things.
"Do you think I should entrust these properties to Di Yefei?" He Mulan looked at Chen Jie unexpectedly, "I thought you hated Di Yefei very much."
"I hate him very much." Chen Jie actually recognized it, "but he is still affectionate and righteous to the general, and it is better to entrust him with things than to find an unreliable Zhuangtou. Besides, if you don't like Grange affairs , it's better to use these things in business, make more money, and support so many mouths behind you."
Chen Jie rambled on like an old mother: "I accept the dead, the orphans, and the crippled. Back then, I said that this is not good, and the military slaves can't leave the country. General Xia appreciates you. The military slaves were assigned to your account as messengers. As a result, there are not many who can do things. Instead, you need to take care of them. There are not many military slaves in Montenegro, can you manage them all? You are like this…”
A thousand words are omitted below.
"Chen Jie."
"Um?"
"Do you know why for so many years, you've been the only soldier by my side?"
"That's because I am the most popular with the generals!"
"No, it's because if you talk a few more times, I'll die of a hysterical attack first."
"… "
Chen Jie petrified.
Chen Jie only stayed at Hua's house for two days. After that, he hung the rattan box and the package on his horse and rode away alone.
Ancient times are not like modern times. There is no mobile phone or email. He will return indefinitely and live in no fixed place. If He Mulan wants to see him again, he can only rely on himself to find Yingguo Township.
Chen Jie, the addresses that Mulan sponsored in the past, had also written down on the paper for He Mulan, and marked who was in the family and who was in charge. He Mulan looked at the densely written three pages, not knowing whether to admire the great personality of Hua Mulan, or to praise Chen Jie's personality for the sake of Mulan.
He is responsible for taking care of so many people every year. Even if Mulan gives him something, it should be very hard, right? This is the ancient times without express delivery.
It's no wonder that so many soldiers from all over the country are familiar with him. I'm afraid they are used to carrying things with them.
Chen Jie left, and the Hua family were very reluctant. Hearing that this kid lost his official position and wanted to go back to his hometown, Hua's father couldn't help but sigh, as if his own children and nephews had lost their future.
Chen Jie left, Tuoba Huang and Di Yefei also left. He Mulan's life seems to have returned to the calm before they came. Every morning, he practiced swordsmanship with Adanzhuo and helped little brother Hua. When I have nothing to do, I go out for a ride, bask in the sun, and my life is easy and simple.
It was only occasionally that Kou Qianzhi, Hua Mulan, and the children running in the fields in the Yuanjia Wubi would appear in front of her eyes.
"If you only had three years to live, what would you do?"
After practicing the sword once, He Mulan pulled Adanzhuo from the ground and couldn't help muttering to himself.
She still doesn't know whether Kou Tianshi's approach was a success or a failure. If it is successful, why is the strange power of Hua Mulan still there? If she failed, why did she get sick again, and why did she exist here
If this strange force exists, it should indicate that the yang qi has not been eliminated, and the "sudden death in the prime of life" that the old monk Kuchan said should have been in the past few years.
It's pity that she went to the mountains for criminal investigation in modern times and stepped on the power grid for hunting, and she didn't know her life or death. In ancient times, did she still have a short life
"The man is not afraid of life and death. If I call into the army, who knows how long I will live, just live well in front of my eyes and leave no regrets."
A Danzhuo was just stunned for a moment, and immediately answered He Mulan's words with disapproval.
He Mulan was startled after hearing his answer, and then couldn't help but smile.
No matter how pure A Danzhuo is, he is also a child who grew up in the northern army town. Aggressive, belligerent, murderous, and light-hearted is almost the unique label of the northern army town. Otherwise, Hua Mulan would not have become a very conspicuous anomaly in the military camp.
"I don't think a child can understand it yet." He Mulan patted his shoulder. "You're right, just live with the present and leave no regrets."
She will go to Jinglun Temple.
But before that, she had to make arrangements for Mulan.
The Hua family first felt that something was wrong with their daughter.
She actually handed the perishable cloth, the pearls that easily turned yellow after a long time and could not be sold at a good price to the younger brother Hua, and asked him to replace them with fields.
Military households did not need to buy land. The Northern Wei Dynasty was vast and sparsely populated. The military mansion and the imperial court would allocate a large amount of land to the strong and military households, especially the military households. There are fields. Most of the land harvested by the military households will be handed over to the state, and the families of soldiers and soldiers who sacrificed for the country also need to be relieved, but the wealth and silk are not necessarily enough, so giving land has become the best choice.
In this era, it is not without reason that people outside the military households "men farm and women weave". Men farming is to pay taxes and fill the stomach of the family. Women raise silkworms, pick hemp, spin thread, and weave cloth, but in order to keep things in circulation at home. Weaving is weaving money, and the importance of women is self-evident.
"It's so good, why do you want to replace it with fields? I can't grow the ground trees at home. Every year, I have to invite idlers from the village to plant them. If you want to buy more fields, you have to buy a farmer..."
Yuan's idea was very simple. She always felt that her daughter might still get married. Now that the slut is expensive, if you marry elsewhere, it is better to buy real estate in other places, and save yourself another trouble.
"I think it's better to buy it early." Father Hua thought for a while, "When the spring is warm after the new year, Grandpa, my legs are better, and I will help you run in person."
However, he had long wanted his daughter to settle down and start a career, otherwise he always felt that her daughter would run away at any time.
The family business is here, people will not go all the way.
"Hey, grandpa, then I'll ask you!"
He Mulan immediately put down a difficult problem.
He Mulan hid where Tuoba Tao's gifts were hidden and explained to the elders and children of the Hua family one by one. When she knew that the fire kang built by her daughter was actually a place to put valuable things, the whole family praised her for her agility. .
"No, Mulan, I heard what you said, why does it seem like you are going to go out?" Yuan Shi frowned in disapproval: "Your younger brother and sister are going to give birth next year, can you stop running around all the time? Just ask someone who can do things, and spring ploughing in spring..."
He Mulan smiled and listened to Yuan Shi's one-two-three-four talk about the lack of manpower at home, and was a little happy for Hua Mulan.
Her grandmother actually came to see Hua Mulan as the man who stood at the top of the house.
"Don't worry about Mulan." Hua's father coughed, "My daughter-in-law has already given birth to a baby once, and it's not the first one. The two of us in Changle are already enough, not to mention she is a good baby, Don't make trouble. If Mulan wants to go out, it must be a big deal, and you don't want your mother-in-law to be so talkative. If Mulan didn't come back, didn't you just live like this?"
"Isn't this back already?"
"Mom, I really want to go out after the new year." He Mulan thought for a while, and told the truth to her parents, "Chen Jie is no longer in Chen County, but I can't let go of the people I helped in the past. Afterwards, I went to the house of my former subordinate, Pao Ze, to have a look, and if there were any that couldn’t survive, I would provide relief for one or two;
This is also what He Mulan thought. There are only so many rewards left by Hua Mulan. Even if she is frugal and does not spend indiscriminately, if she wants to donate the three pieces of paper every year, I am afraid that it will be spent in a short time.
Now it is different from before. Now there are no battles, no spoils of war, and no rewards. Although Tuoba Tao's rewards are many, although they are very valuable, they cannot support so many people for a lifetime.
Like the Adanzhuo family, many families may just need Hua Mulan's name to protect orphans and widows. Now that she is not in the army, the name is useless. If the children in the family are old enough to be independent, she can put her hands away. , and let them work hard on their own, otherwise her good intentions will cultivate these children to be lazy and dislike work, but it will be a disservice.
It's just how to screen it, and she still needs to go for a trip in person.
It's a pity that Di Yefei followed the prince wholeheartedly, and had to deal with the Yuan family head in Chen Jun until the end of the year. Otherwise, with this well-versed and respected partner, some things would be much easier.
That night, He Mulan and A Danzhuo talked about her decision. She originally thought that A Danzhuo would go back to Wuchuan's hometown after the new year, but when Adanzhuo heard He Mulan's plan, she immediately begged and said: "Aunt Hua, let me go with you."
"You're not going home?"
He Mulan didn't expect that Adanzhuo didn't want to go back to his hometown.
"I came out this time to see what the world is like. My martial arts have not been refined for a long time, and the master who taught me martial arts said that this is because I have less actual combat and low vision. All these years I have only been thinking about it. If I want to follow you and build a career, apart from practicing martial arts day and night, I don’t know anything about the world. At such an old age, I don’t even have a family that says I’m close…”
Adanzhuo scratched his head embarrassedly.
"He... His Royal Highness even has a three-year-old son. I walk around with Aunt Hua, maybe my brain has opened up, and those girls won't think I'm stupid in the future."
"… good intentions."
What else could He Mulan say
Maybe there is a daughter in the family of a former colleague and an old friend, maybe he and Adanzhuo have the right eye? Besides, she didn't know the route to the north either. It was a long route from Dongping County to the northernmost Wuchuan, with A Danzhuo as the guide, the two of them as companions, and someone to take care of them.
This year, because He Mulan was leaving at the end of the New Year, she was a little sad. Hua Mu started to cook all kinds of jerky when she was free - she was always anxious that her daughter didn't like to eat pickles and boiled things, but liked to chew on these jerky.
While doing it, she was worried. These things can grind her teeth. Her daughter likes to chew this every day. What should I do if my teeth are broken
Brother Hua heard that Adanzhuo was going with his sister, and his eyes were filled with indescribable envy.
When he was eight years old, his sister left home, and if he wanted to get along, it had only happened in the past year or so. He worships his sister in his heart and regards her as his hero, but he also clearly knows that he is not a useful person. Adanzhuo still has a martial arts and a lot of strength, and he can only be at home. Letting horses, raising sheep, and planting fields, if I really followed my sister away, it would become a drag.
Although the world is more peaceful now than it was ten years ago, the thieves and bandits are still incessant. It is good where there is official law.
...Hey, the more I think about it, the more saddened it is, why did his parents give the strength of the elder sister to only this thin body? Could it be that the essence has been sucked out by my sister.
Snapped!
He punched himself in the mouth.
What is he thinking about? He should be happy that his elder sister can protect herself. If it wasn't for his elder sister, he would have died on the battlefield a long time ago.
"Give this to my sister." Mrs. Fang handed over a pair of moccasin boots.
This deer skin was also a gift from Di Yefei. Hua Mutuo had to work in the fields on weekdays and feed the pigs in the pens. If he could not use this good skin, Fang Shi made two pairs of shoes. The insides of the two pairs of boots are all soft fur, the uppers are leather, and the boots are embroidered with some clouds of the same color. It's hard to tell if you don't look closely, because He Mulan is used to wearing men's clothing, so these two pairs of boots are made of men. style.
"I thought you did it for me!"
"What can I do for you when I can't do it? My mother has to take care of Changle every day and take care of the housework. I can't take care of my elder sister. Naturally, I will do it."
"Why is it still a man's style!"
"Bullshit, if my sister is walking outside, she must be wearing a narrow skirt and short boots!"
The pregnant wife leaned against the window every day to make shoes and small clothes. Every time she saw Hua Mutuo, her heart warmed as if she was basking in the sun. As a result, Fang Shi’s boots were handed over and said that they were for my sister. Bang Cha fell in half.
He knew that the elder sister was a woman, but he didn't know that, he thought it was his sister-in-law who loved Jiabo!
"Give it!" Hua Mutuo picked up two pairs of boots, hugged them in his arms, and went straight to Mulan's house.
Inside the room, He Mulan and Adanzhuo were discussing what to bring. In the past, when she and Hua Xiaodi went to the market to buy things, most of them brought some cloth and picked up some eggs, and the exchange was not anything valuable. When I went out to visit an old friend's home this time, I couldn't come empty-handed. When I got there, I always wanted to buy some gifts.
When Adanzhuo went out, he was given a bundle of cloth at home, and then brought a lot of eggs and dry food. When he didn't eat, he used the cloth to exchange some rice and noodles, and went to the Jiuliao wine shop for a change of taste, and brought the dry food to continue his journey. He didn't pick either, and at night he had a tile to cover his body, and he could get by with a blanket.
As for the inn and post house, this kid dare not enter.
As soon as she heard that it was so difficult to go out in this era, she frowned so much that she could kill a fly.
It's better to follow the egret. When you want to stay, you can find a yamen general and wait for the token of Cao to hand over. Anyone respectfully please go in and arrange for a night.
…
Will she freeze to death in the wilderness!
"Otherwise, let's take the car." Adanzhuo sighed. "Aunt Hua doesn't even have personal soldiers or family generals. Otherwise, I will drive a car and bring cloth bedding and food. If we miss the place, we will bury the pot on the side of the road to cook, and rest in the carriage for a night."
He Mulan thought about how she couldn't find a place to stay in a deserted place in the suburbs, and then she didn't eat anything. Her nose was drenched in the freezing cold in the spring...
"Ride by car!"
He Mulan gritted her teeth.
"I'm riding a horse, you drive the carriage, take it slow, we'll go out in the carriage."
"Who wants to take the carriage?" Brother Hua opened the curtain and entered the house, and handed his sister two pairs of boots: "Sister, my daughter-in-law made it according to your feet, why do you have to prepare several pairs of shoes to change your feet when you go out? That's fine, otherwise after a few days, your feet will freeze like ice cubes."
A Danzhuo on the side nodded sharply when he heard the words.
"I'll go thank my brother and sister in person." He Mulan happily took the shoes and shoved them into the boots. The soft, warm and slippery feeling unique to fur immediately enveloped her fingers, making her comfortable eyes narrow. stand up.
"It's really comfortable, it should be more comfortable to wear."
"As long as your sister likes it." Seeing that her sister was happy with the new boots, Hua Mutuo felt a little grievance in his heart because of his wife's eccentricity.
"Elder sister wants to go out in a carriage? But the horses of Yueying and Adan's younger brother are both war horses, so they can't fit in the carriage."
"purchase!"
He Mulan gritted her teeth. "When you get to Yucheng, buy a carriage, which will be used at home in the future."
"What about the horse of brother A Dan? A sister rides two horses alone? What is Yueying doing?"
As for my sister's horse, if I saw her riding another horse, I would kick the other horses to death in the middle of the night, right
"… "
Damn it! She just wanted to go a long way, is it so difficult!
***
In modern times, He Mulan also likes to watch costume dramas, especially Jin Yong's martial arts dramas.
She always thought that the life of a hero is very happy and unrestrained, with a sword and a horse, walking around the world with swords, making bold shots, spending money like soil, and making friends all over the world.
Going to bed at night, looking for an inn, smashing a piece of gold, and shouting: "The shopkeeper, come to two rooms to go to the room, and then bring a bucket of hot water, the uncle wants to take a bath."
Such a beautiful description made He Mulan unable to identify with this backward Northern Wei society for a long time. The first time she knew that there was no money here, her eyes almost didn't bulge.
In A'Danzhuo's words, there are not all inns here. Only big cities have "gun residences". In other places, if you don't know the details, there are people who stay for one night and get murdered for money, such as losing them. Things, crowds to fight and loot, it is too numerous to mention.
If he lives alone, it's either a daring artist or a stupefied young man who is going out for the first time.
As soon as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed, He Mulan and Adanzhuo left home. She was conceited that there should be few people in the world who could steal her belongings from her, so she didn't want to buy any more cars, and only brought valuable and easy-to-carry ones. The small dogs were packed in a bag, placed on the side of Yue Ying's saddle and tied up, the gold leaves were sewn into the jacket for emergencies, and the valuables were placed close to the body.
As for the leather boots, clothes, bedding, grain, cloth and other items, they are placed on the pack horses used for carriages at home, tied to Adanzhuo's reins, and taken along with him.
Although the speed will be slower, it is much faster than the carriage. If the road really can't be done, it's too late to buy a car and put it on. A Danzhuo naturally had no objection to this, but He Mulan was confused and felt that this trip would be more difficult than she imagined.
But she never thought that she would encounter trouble before she passed Yucheng.
On this day, He Mulan and Adanzhuo had just passed Yucheng, but it was raining. The rain in winter was different from that in summer. The rain wouldn't stop easily, and He Mulan didn't dare to hide under the tree, for fear of being struck by lightning. Seeing that the rain was getting bigger and bigger, he had to drive his horse to look for it. A place to hide from the rain.
Fortunately, they found a broken kiln, probably the place where pottery was made in the past.
Most of the kilns were built in open spaces, which were convenient for drying pottery and bricks. When people left, the kiln and the broken shed were still there. He Mulan and Adanzhuo drove a few horses under the broken shed and unloaded the oil from the pack horses. A blanket, wrapped the things unloaded on the horse's back, and the two of them put the things into the kiln, and squeezed themselves into the kiln to hide from the rain.
They hid immediately, and they didn't get too wet. After changing their coats, A Danzhuo looked at the sky and could only sigh and wait.
The rain didn't stop for a while. After a while, the rain was still falling. Adanzhuo and He Mulan simply unpacked and took jerky and cakes to satisfy their hunger.
After being away from home for two days, no matter how He Mulan didn't like eating meals that lacked salt and seasonings at home, she would still miss it at this time. At least kill an old hen, stew chicken soup, sprinkle a little salt, it is also very fragrant.
I don't know how Mulan survived when she was marching in the past, not to mention the experience of "smuggling" her past partners without food for a while. It's a miracle that she didn't suffer from stomach problems, she can only say that she is in good health.
He Mulan and Adanzhuo were eating when they heard the sound of someone running from the left. After a while, a bare head first appeared in their eyes, and after a while, a panting monk came running.
It is said that he is a monk, but he looks very innocent, the type that looks like "I am very pitiful". He is about seventeen or eighteen years old, probably because he is too thin, his eyes are so big that they seem to bulge out, and the wind and rain have wet his clothes, and all the clothes are stuck to his body, and it looks like a gust of wind can blow at any time. run like.
This reminded Adanzhuo of the same thin and stuttering little monk in Kuye Temple. He didn't know where he and the blind old monk escaped to now, whether they had enough food and clothing, and whether they were arrested by the government. It's not that you still take that bitter water-like thing as a baby for hospitality.
Thinking of this, A Danzhuo couldn't bear it in his heart, he took the initiative to get out of the cave, and waved to the monk, signaling him to come here. He Mulan carried a box with belongings on her body, so she simply put the bag under her buttocks, indifferently watching the monk cheering, and quickly ran to the kiln.
He was holding a bamboo stick in his hand, probably used to clear the bushes on the side of the road. As soon as he rushed into the cave, he quickly folded his palms and thanked the Buddha for giving him a place to hide his monks.
He Mulan could not have imagined that such a daring monk would still be wearing thick monk robes and running around in mango shoes when the emperor ordered all young monks to return to the secular world.
After the monk thanked the Buddha, he folded his hands full of gratitude and recited the Buddha's name before asking:
"Thanks to the two benefactors for allowing me to stay here, dare to ask how far is Dongping County?"
He Mulan glanced at the monk and saw that he was soaking wet but didn't wipe it off. Instead, he first asked how to get there. He knew that he must be in a hurry, so he pointed in the direction of Dongping County and replied, "Along the way. Keep walking in this direction, about five or six days' journey."
"Amitabha, how far is it?" He looked at his mango shoes, which were woven straw shoes. At this time, the shoes and socks were all wet. He looked at He Mulan, who had a cold face and was dressed in Xianbei clothes. Looking at A Danzhuo, who was also dressed in the same outfit, he asked nervously:
"Little monk, take off your shoes and socks here, can you?"
"You can change." He Mulan didn't like to talk too much, but her heart was not bad. "Adanzhuo, find him a pair of socks to change first."
"Amitabha, thank the benefactor for the generosity."
The little monk happily took the socks and put them on, then put the wet shoes and socks away, took off his coat and trousers, and hugged him tremblingly.
Seeing him like this, He Mulan was also pitiful. Adanzhuo's clothes were probably too loose, so he simply wrapped the slightly damp fur for him to keep out the cold.
This time, there was water in his eyes. He Mulan hated the tears of children and women. When he saw his tears, he quickly turned his head away and stopped looking at him.
He Mulan was bored, and the sound of the ticking water outside made people more and more sleepy. She simply leaned against the kiln wall and closed her eyes to rest. Her "rock" is at hand, and she is not afraid of his evil.
Having said that, this little monk doesn't look like an assassin, otherwise he wouldn't be running outside wearing such a dazzling monk's robe.
He Mulan slept a little in a daze, and vaguely heard Adanzhuo talking to him:
"Where did the little master come from? What is the name of the law? Now that His Majesty wants the monks to return to the secular world, why did you just come out like this?"
"Huh? Does Your Majesty actually want monks to return to secular life? Why do you want us to return to secular life? The little monk, named Ai Ran, is just a novice and cannot be called a master. I came up from Yunbai Mountain, and this is the first time I have descended the mountain."
"Yunbai Mountain... That's quite far, you just descended the mountain like this, no one caught you?" A Danzhuo cried out in surprise, causing He Mulan to frown.
The two kids are so noisy.
It's hard work to get up early, why are they so energetic
Could it be that she is not mentally in her thirties
"I haven't been into the city very much. Our temple is built on a mountain. I'm used to walking in the mountains and fields. I've never seen a stranger. I'm afraid when I see someone. Walking on the dirt road is uncomfortable. I walked through the forest all the way, hungry. I dug up something to eat to bolster my stomach, and I never met anyone. If I hadn't lost my way, I wouldn't have come around to a crowded place here."
"It sounds so hard." A Danzhuo sighed slightly. "You'd better change your attire before going out, wear a hat, and change into common clothes. Otherwise, let alone Dongping County, even the small county in front of you can't get through. You can't always walk on the mountain road, what if there are no mountains like now? Woolen cloth?"
"Well, is it possible that the little monk has to change clothes first?"
Ai Ran scratched her head nervously.
In winter, with his head bare, Adanzhuo looked cold.
"Where are your clothes?"
"In my package. Ah!" he cried in panic. "Where did my package go?"
He Mulan was startled by his startled cry and opened his eyes.
I saw the little monk jumped up, hurriedly took off his fur coat, handed it to A Danzhuo, put on his wet clothes and wet shoes, and saluted them in a hurry. ran away.
The cave is small and there is only a broken hole to allow one person to bend in. The little monk is thin and can get out quickly. A Danzhuo shouted a few times behind him, but he didn't have time to hold him, and saw him for a while. Zi rushed into the wind and rain and disappeared.
"This little novice is so fast, no wonder he grew up in the mountains..." A Danzhuo was also dumbfounded.
He Mulan sat up and looked outside nervously.
With such a heavy rain, that little novice doesn't even have a scorpion, wouldn't he get sick
She and Adanzhuo did not wait for the little monk to return until the rain stopped. He Mulan thought about it, took a set of his old clothes and put them in the cave, and took off the Xianbei leather hat on his head to keep out the cold. , on top of that shirt.
A Danzhuo has a burly stature. Although he is tall, his physique is not sturdy. He wears heavy clothes in winter and will not be suspicious.
If this little monk finds something later, he will definitely come here to clean himself up. Putting down this suit can be regarded as a cover for him, so as not to go into the city foolishly, be arrested by the officials to perform corvée service, and be forced to return to the secular world.
Adanzhuo also put down a pair of tinder and tinder, and put down a few more cakes. They also don't know if the little novice can use these things when he comes back, but if they can help, maybe they can help him a lot.
Fearing that the rain would be heavy again, they could not stay here overnight, so the two returned to the road and left the place on horseback.
After passing the cave and riding a horse for half a day, it is a county town.
Fang'an is a small county. Not only can it not be compared with a large county like Xiang County, it is not even a middle county like Yucheng. The city walls in this place are short and dilapidated, but when I think of the hot water inside to wash my feet, there is hot rice to eat. , He Mulan suddenly lost his critical heart.
The two asked an honest-looking old man and found a reliable "lodging house", that is, a place where people rented their own houses to travelers, and took a break.
Most of the houses are local residents, and they are not afraid of robbery and theft. The house also has stables, and even a man can help you feed the horses, as long as you can afford the price.
He Mulan tore two feet of red silk from the pack horse, which was used as housing and horse money for staying here for a few days. Red silk is the most popular fabric, but anyone who pays attention to a little bit and their own children like to use this shiny silk fabric to make a face.
He Mulan usually buys things. Knowing how much her red silk is worth, she gave him a foot first, and then agreed to stay for two or three days, and then give him another foot before leaving. The parents of the shelter were overjoyed. The family immediately boiled hot water and fed the horses again, which made He Mulan sigh involuntarily—whether in ancient times or in modern times, you still have to be rich when you are away from home.
She and Adanzhuo spent two days here, not only supplementing some food on the way, but also to let the horse rest well.
Early on the third day, He Mulan and A Danzhuo were about to leave the city on the way they had been, and turned back to the west to go to Shangdang County, but they found the figure of the little monk outside the city gate.
He was wearing the old clothes left by He Mulan and the Xianbei leather hat on top of his head. Because the clothes and hat were a bit too big, they didn't fit him well, like a child stealing an adult's clothes, which was ridiculous.
What's even more suspicious is that he didn't even have shoes under his feet, and only stepped on the ground wearing a pair of tattered socks.
Because his dress was too weird, the guard at the city gate stopped him, and in turn repeated the past interrogation, it was as if he was a thief from a Xianbei family who had just stolen, and now he was running away with the stolen goods .
If ordinary people encounter this kind of situation, they can just take a few needles and threads from their bodies and let the city gate official "dred it up", but this little monk clutches the package behind his back and refuses to open it. Several people are pulling and pulling. When he got up, a city gate official made a rude move and pushed the little monk to the ground. He fell to the ground, and the oversized hat rolled on the ground, revealing his round head.
This time, everyone glanced at the past.
He Mulan couldn't bear to look straight and covered her eyes, and Adanzhuo took a deep breath. She couldn't believe that this little monk was so unlucky to actually take off his hat in front of everyone's eyes.
If a monk is found who refuses to return to the secular world, in order to make up for the crime of "evading corvée service", he will be thrown into hard labor. Some corvés are fine, but they are just building bridges and paving roads.
The heaviest work these monks do on weekdays is probably farming. If they really do hard labor, most of them will be exhausted and die.
"Let's help him." He Mulan patted Yueying. "I'll go first, wait for you to get out of the city in the chaos and wait for me at the next intersection."
"Aunt Hua, what are you going to do?"
He Mulan sighed.
"However there is a one-sided relationship, we can't let this little novice be arrested and serve corvée, right?"
Although A-Danzhuo didn't know what He Mulan wanted to do, out of blind admiration for Hua Mulan, he let Ma Shen go first.
The little monk had already been pushed to the ground by a city gate officer, but he firmly pressed the package under him. The city gate officer stepped forward and pulled it. He Mulan couldn't stand it any longer, and he touched the shadow His ears, suddenly shook the reins, and ran faster.
"Let's give, let's give, my horse is crazy!"
While shouting, He Mulan charged forward at a rapid pace.
"Oh! Help!"
"Ama is crazy, run!"
He Mulan calmly crouched on the horse's back, she knew that she would definitely be able to do it.
Although her speed was fast, she avoided all the crowds and went straight to the bare-headed little novice on the ground.
call out-
Yueying galloped past like this, and the figure on the horse suddenly disappeared.
The two city gate officials had already run away, and there was a woman screaming miserably in the gate of the city gate, as if she had seen the mad horse galloping out of the city gate and trampled the young man's head. Others shouted things like "Fall down, that person fell down".
He Mulan kept her body bent on Yueying's side, and pulled up the little novice's arm the moment it flew past the little novice. Her other hand grabbed his waist and package and carried him to Yue Ying's back.
People only saw the figure of the horse appearing again in an instant, and at the moment when the figure appeared, the "crazy horse" broke out at a terrifying speed and ran away without a trace.
Huh
What about the bald kid on the ground
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The frightened Ai Ran kept her stomach and hands tightly pressing against the package, her back turned to the sky, and she kept screaming in her heart.
Buddha, is the bottom of the mountain such a terrible place
In this world, there are really people like jackals, tigers and leopards!
They even want to rob the master!
He closed his eyes in despair and waited for the moment when someone snatched the package, but he realized that there was a sudden lightness on his body, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps, and all kinds of roars that suddenly became noisy around him.
The strength from his arms and waist made him instantly feel weightless, and his mind became confused.
Did Buddha come to rescue him
Otherwise, why would he suddenly float up
Huh
floated up
Floating in mid-air
As soon as Ai Ran opened her eyes with tears in her eyes, she suddenly landed on a warm object, and the object was still dancing.
However, a strange wall suddenly appeared above the constantly moving object.
Because of the tears, he couldn't see the wall in front of him. He seemed to be fascinated. He stretched out a hand that was not holding the package and touched the black wall that suddenly appeared in front of his nose. .
"Hey, kid!"
He Mulan snorted coldly.
"I'll throw you away if you touch me any more!"
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