Outside Jiangling City, several woodcutters were cutting down trees in the woods outside Jiangling City.
"I'm talking about Lao Li! Did the second boy in your family ever get married?" A few lumberjacks were tired, so they stopped for a while and gathered together for safety. After all, there are many tigers, wolves, insects and leopards in the woods. A little more security, and everyone is familiar with each other to be able to chat.
"No, no!" Old Li stopped the ax in his hand and shook his head.
"Not yet? It's twenty and four. I'm getting married. There is a family in our village. The eldest girl of their family is twenty-eight today. Old Li, you can go and find your second son. Look for it!" A fellow villager next to him said to Old Li.
"I want to go too, but I don't have the money!" Old Li's face darkened. The rich have their troubles, and the poor have their worries. What Lao Li is upset about is that he gave birth to two sons. The son got married, but the youngest son couldn't settle down because the family had no money.
All the money was used up for the marriage of the elder son. How can there be any money left for the marriage of the younger son? This has been delayed until now the younger son is twenty and four. How can such an older son. nsb.m be a child? Can make soy sauce. Update No. 608 Broken Jiangling "If you don't have the money to do this, how can you let your youngest son spend his whole life in the hall!" asked another fellow from the same village.
"Hey, let's take it one step at a time, maybe we can meet a noble person to give a little to our family!" Old Li laughed at himself, this is an overly optimistic attitude, nobleman? There are few people in this world who can meet noble people.
While a group of people were chatting, a few humanoid creatures all covered in pitch black and covered in mud suddenly sprang out from the woods.
"Weird. Monster. Run! Run!" Several woodcutters jumped up in fright when they saw these dark-covered monsters with human hearts. ran up.
"Monster?" Old Li froze for a moment.
"Old Li, run, run! There are monsters, there are monsters!" The fellow countryman over there still had a conscience and did not forget to remind Old Li, but Old Li was old after all, and his body was no longer flexible, so he came out to cut wood. It's because of an extra ration for the family, how can it run past those middle-aged or young men.
When Old Li was about to leave, several dark human monsters had already run in front of Old Li.
"Ghost. Ghost!" Old Li was also frightened, and he was about to get lost in the dark. Although it was in the woods, if he fell, it would be hard to fall. Seeing Lao Li His head was about to fall, and those black-covered humanoid monsters rushed forward to support Lao Li's head, preventing him from falling. Update Six hundred and eighth broken Jiangling "Ghost, ghost!" Old Li Tou slowly regained consciousness, seeing several "monsters" so close to him was about to faint from fright again, but was caught Several voices stopped.
"Old, old man. We are not ghosts or monsters. Old man, if you look carefully, we are human. We are human!" These humanoid monsters were about to approach Old Li Tou as they spoke, but Old Li Tou rolled his eyes Turning straight, they remembered that the mud on their faces and the dirt on their bodies hadn't been cleaned up. One of them wiped his face with the cloth inside his body a few times indiscriminately, and then he wiped a human body. The face was exposed, "Old man, you are not afraid now, old man!" The humanoid monster laughed and showed its yellow teeth.
"You guys, are you human?" Old Li asked these monsters.
"yes!"
"Then how did you come out of there?" Old Li didn't understand. In fact, few people came back to this forest. Most of the felled wood was in a lumber yard near Jiangling, but there was a need to pay taxes. , That's why Old Li and the others came here, and the closest place here is Huarong Road, what is Huarong Road, for foreigners, it is called Huarong Road, for Jiangling locals, Huarong Road The name of it is the ghost cave.
Because people who enter Huarong Road basically never come out, even if they are destined to come out, they will die within a few days after they come out. Come on.
"We just came out of Huarong Road!" said the monster. That's right, these people are all pitch black, and the one who fell into the mud pile is the Yangzhou navy led by Lu Xun. They have gone through untold hardships and finally Walking out of Huarong Dao, the original team of 2,000 people now has less than 1,500 people left, and the remaining 500 people will stay in Huarong Dao forever.
When they came out of Huarong Road, there was a large area of woods, and it was difficult to find the direction, so they wanted to find someone to guide them on the way to Jiangling. Old Li and the others were so lucky that they ran into it.
"General, general, we found a woodcutter! He seems to know how to get to Jiangling." In order to hide in the woods, Lu Xun and others were in the woods, waiting for the people who went out to investigate to come back. After half a day, someone finally found out. The crowd came back with a woodcutter.
"Please hurry up!" Lu Xun was very happy. They finally walked out of Huarong Road. Naturally, they had to find a local person to guide them on the way to Jiangling. Although Wu Mi was from Jiangling, he did not come from Huarong Road. I went to Jiangling after the exit of the road, so it was difficult to find the way. Now that there is such a woodcutter, it will be much easier.
"Yes!" Soon Old Li was brought in front of Lu Xun.
"Old man!" Lu Xun stepped forward, and Old Li was startled subconsciously, but fortunately, even though Lu Xun's face was a little dirty, it was still very handsome, which made people feel very comfortable. Let Lao Li call a ghost.
"Don't be afraid, old man, we just want to know where this place is!" Lu Xun said to Old Li.
Only then did Old Li look over. There are quite a few people densely packed in the woods. They are all wearing armor. This should be a road of soldiers and horses, and this young man should be the leader. "General, here is, here is The boundaries of Jiangling!" Old Li said to Lu Xun.
"Jiangling?" Lu Xun's eyes lit up when he heard these two words. Very good. Isn't the place he's going to be Jiangling
"How far is it from Jiangling City?" Lu Xun continued to ask the old man.
"It's about forty miles away!" Old Li said to Lu Xun.
"Forty miles?" Lu Xun frowned. Forty miles is not far, it is close. If you march quickly, you will be there in a day, but Lu Xun and the others are exhausted, so they need to rest. Even if you have energy, you ran outside Jiangling City in one breath. He went to attack the city with all his strength, but if he walked all the way and rested all the way, he might have been discovered by the Jiangling defenders long ago.
The reason why Lu Xun and Wu Mi entered Huarong Road to Jiangling City was not because Lu Xun was confident that he could defeat the defenders of Jiangling City with two thousand soldiers. In any case, Jiangling City must have nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses. Even if there are 10,000 pigs leaning against the city wall, Lu Xun may not be able to beat them.
The reason why Lu Xun entered Huarong Road with Wu Mi was because he could surprise Jiangling City by surprise. Once he took down the city gate, Lu Xun's 2,000 elite men could use all of them.
However, the exit of Huarong Road here is forty miles away from Jiangling City. If we ran all the way, would we still have the strength to fight
"Old man, do you have some shortcuts?" Lu Xun asked again.
"General, are you going to Jiangling City?" Old Li is not a fool, and Jiangling has been peaceful for a long time. As for Old Li, he used to be a soldier. Under the command of General Cai, he also fought in Nanyang, but after the army was disbanded, Lao Li went back to Jiangling. Looking at the armor and clothes worn by these soldiers, it was obvious that they were not soldiers from Jiangling. He has a sliver of Jingzhou dialect, but Old Li also knows where Jiangling soldiers and horses have gone out in the past few days.
What's more, at the exit of Huarong Road, seeing that their bodies are covered in mud, you can tell that they have just come out of the flower passage.
"Yes, we are going to Jiangling City!" Lu Xun nodded.
"General, what are you talking about going to Jiangling City?" Old Li Toujing asked out of curiosity.
"You old man is very long-winded. Our general asked you something, and you didn't answer it. Where did the question come from?" The general next to him said to Old Li, dissatisfied.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Old Li nodded hurriedly, knowing that he was in someone else's hands, and it was natural for Old Li to have the insight to be able to come back alive from the battlefield.
"Old man, let's go to Jiangling. We are looking for old people. This is the eldest lady of the Wu family in Jiangling City. We will escort the eldest lady to visit relatives this time!" Lu Xun said to Old Li.
"The Wu family in Jiangling? Is it the Master Wu's family?" Naturally, many people know about the great business of the Wu family in Jiangling.
"Yes, yes!" Lu Xun called Wu Mi over. Wu Mi used some streams in the woods to clean up his beautiful face, which made Lao Li feel that it was like a The fairies that appeared in the painting were generally combined with the fact that Wu Mi spoke the Jiangling dialect, which made Old Li believe it.
If it were someone else, they might not believe so much in Lu Xun's family visit, because the Wu family was wiped out in Jiangling City, but it was rumored that there was a lot of turmoil, and although Old Li was from Jiangling, his house was not in Jiangling. It is in a remote village far away from Jiangling, and it is rare to go to Jiangling City several times a year. In this era when people basically rely on walking to get out and shout for news, it is naturally unclear.
"There is a shortcut to Jiangling! It just needs someone to guide you, but you have to cut and play with wood and sell it for money!" Old Li was a little embarrassed, he wanted to take these wood back and sell it for money. In order to ensure that his family can solve the problem in the next half month, otherwise, there will be nothing to eat in this half month.
"No delay, no delay, old man, look!" Lu Xun waved his hand, and a guard came from behind. Lu Xun took a piece of gold leaf from the guard's hand and handed it over.
"Old man, as long as you take us along that path, this golden leaf will be yours!" Lu Xun bewitched Old Li.
Old Li was shocked when he saw that piece of gold leaf. Where did ordinary people see gold? They were all copper coins.
"Make it!" Lu Xun said to Old Li, "As long as you take us to Jiangling by the path, old man, this golden leaf will be your compensation!"
"This is too much, too much!" Lao Litou was still shaking his head. The kindness of the simple people of the ancients was shown in Lao Litou. If you give too much, you can't wait, if you don't black, you will be fine!
But the ancients are different, basically they are willing to help when leading the way, but Old Li is really helpless, if he doesn't work hard to cut firewood, then their family may not have food for half a month, there is a twenty and four in the family Second son, this appetite is not small. As the saying goes, half a child eats me to death, which is how I came here.
"Not much! Take it, old man, isn't there a second boy in your family who is not married yet? Take these and go back and talk to him about a good marriage, so that you, old man, can enjoy your happiness in peace of mind!" Lu Xun continued to say Looking at Old Li, he said. The words of these woodcutters have been heard before.
"My second boy!" Old Litou was mentioned by Lu Xun as their second boy, and now the old Litou looked at the golden leaf in front of him and his heart was moved. With this golden leaf, their second boy could really take A marriage, so that his old head Li can feel at ease, otherwise it would be uncomfortable to see his son Guangguangtang all day long, but who made their family empty.
"Thank you so much, General!" Old Li still stretched out his hand to take the golden leaf and put him in his arms.
"Hey!" Lu Xun laughed, "Old man, I will trouble you for everything!"
"Don't bother, don't bother!" Old Li took the money from others and naturally wanted to do things for them. Old Li got up and led Lu Xun and others to run towards a small road.
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"Chenming, do you think it's wrong or right for me to take refuge in the second son!" Dong Zhi asked his aides beside him. Dong Zhi has been struggling these days because he doesn't know whether he should take refuge in this man or not. Whether the second son Liu Pan is right or wrong.
In the past, Dong Zhi was very happy to be hooked up with Liu Pan, because in Jiangling, the Dong family and the Wu family were in the same situation. Although Dong Zhi was the prefect of Jiangling, the power of the Dong family was not as powerful as that of Wu. It is because the Wu family is related to the Huang family, so Dong Zhi has nothing to do with the Wu family. With Liu Pan as a backer, it will be different. At least Dong Zhi is considered someone in the court.
Originally, he wanted to suppress the Wu family a little bit, but who knew that the second son would be so ruthless, directly copying the family and exterminating the family, hundreds of people in the Wu family, killing as soon as he said it.
Such a building by Liu Pan was indeed revenge to the Huang family, and it also frightened Dong Zhi.
"My lord, do you have other options?" asked Dong Zhi from the staff next to him.
'yes! What other options do I have? "Dong Zhi also smiled wryly. After the Wu family was destroyed, Dong Zhi was branded with Liu Pan's brand. Basically, it can't be washed off. Either he will stand with Liu Pan to the end, or he will be destroyed by others. If not Liu Pan, I'm afraid the Huang family is going to attack him.
"It's not good, it's not good, the Yangzhou Army Yangzhou Army has come in!"