On another mountain adjacent to Mercury Mountain, on the sunny side of the hill, male and female farmers in blue cloth robes and white handkerchiefs are working hard to cultivate wasteland.
Guizhou is the only province in the territory of the Ming Dynasty that is not supported by plains. It is known as "eight mountains, one water and one field". special weather.
The land is barren and the climate is harsh. In such a harsh environment, the diligent working people gave full play to their ingenuity and came up with various farming methods adapted to the local environment. Just like shepherds driving cattle and sheep to nomadic places, most of them adopt nomadic farming methods.
It’s just that one of the distinctive features of the farming people is settlement. It is impossible for them to migrate tens of miles or hundreds of miles away. Therefore, their ancestors had already considered this problem when they chose the place to settle. Two suitable hillsides are very close to each other.
They reclaimed and planted on a hillside. After two or three years, the soil fertility declined, and they "lost the wasteland" and moved to another hillside to continue burning the wasteland to restore vegetation and cultivate fertility on the hillside with reduced fertility. Wait years before returning to farming.
This year they have been working on another hillside for three years, and the land became barren, so they moved here. The grasses that had just sprouted and the shrubs that had just come out bright yellow were burned to black ashes. As long as the soil was turned over and the ashes buried in, the fertility of the soil would be strengthened, making this place a guarantee for them to plan for food in the next few years.
At this time, dozens of horses galloped along the mountain road in the distance, watching the burning flames spread, leaving a piece of black land, and the smiling people put up awnings and looked into the distance in amazement. , I saw a blue flag fluttering in the wind, and someone exclaimed: "It's from Liangyuegu, it's from the Guoji family!"
"Quick! Report to the leader!"
"Dangdangdang..."
The gong sounded.
Although this side of the mountain and the other side of the mountain belong to two prefectures, the people don't care about this administrative division. The people on both sides of the mountain have very close contacts, and the relationship between Zhanjiazhai and Liangyue Valley is also good. But now that the Yang family brothers have turned against each other, and the Zhan family and the Guoji family have their own factions, the relationship between the two families has deteriorated, and there are conflicts from time to time.
The people from Liangyue Valley suddenly appeared here, dozens of horses are aggressive, could it be that they are visiting relatives? Seeing that the visitor was not friendly, the vigilant people immediately rang the gong to send a message to the distance.
The fast horse galloped, and in a short time came to the front, a knight from Liangyue Valley waved his leather whip, and rushed forward with a grinning smile. The whip in his hand rolled in the air like a poisonous dragon, and there was a bang, and an old man cried out When he fell down, his face was torn apart by the whip, bloody and bloody.
The farmers in Zhanjiazhai were angry, and rushed forward brandishing their agricultural tools, but they were just farmers plowing and farming, and they used some agricultural tools. How could they be the opponents of these fierce knights? Some knights even pulled out their sabers from their waists , although it will not be a sudden death, but injuries are inevitable.
The Zhanjiazhai at the foot of the Mercury Mountain is a village under the jurisdiction of the Zhan family. Recently, due to the intensified conflict with the Guoji family, the Zhanjia often sent people to inspect it. Today, Zhan Ninger recommended himself and led dozens of strong men to the Zhanjiazhai. At the moment, he is a guest at the headman's house.
When the police signal came from the mountain, the butler stumbled into the mansion, out of breath, and said: "Boss... Boss, people from Guoji's family have come to make trouble, and injured many people who burned the wasteland!"
The man was chatting and laughing with Zhan Ning'er, when he heard this, he jumped up with a roar, and roared: "Call out the elite, fight with them!"
Zhan Ning'er's eyes sharpened, and she said in a deep voice: "Leader, let's call the troops, I'll go up the mountain to have a look first." After saying that, he hurried out of the hall without waiting for the answer from the leader, and a moment later, dozens of fast horses were riding by Zhan Ninger's Under the leadership, wrapped in smoke and dust all the way up the mountainside.
Guoji Gelong was leading the horse and looked at it lazily. He was extremely tall. The horse was originally very handsome, but he was leading it like a donkey, which was really out of proportion.
They came from Liangyue Valley after seeing the fireworks burning the mountain here. The hillside opened up by the people of Zhanjiazhai is already close to Mercury Mountain. Who knows whether they want to farm here or secretly dig holes to dig for minerals. Moreover, even if they really want to farm here, they must Get rid of it and give the exhibitor a little color to see.
The farmers who burned the wasteland were beaten all over the body, and their farm tools were also destroyed. At this time, the mountain was covered with dust, and dozens of fast horses came galloping. Guoji Gelong was about to lead his people to leave. The red flag was hunting, and a murderous look appeared on his face: "Boys, teach the reinforcements from the Zhan family a lesson, and then we will go back to the mountains to eat wine!"
The strong men of Guoji's family responded in unison, saddled their horses one after another, and greeted the group of knights rushing down the mountain. Guoji Gelong stretched out his long legs and stepped on the horse's back. Looking at his appearance, as long as he stretched his legs a little, his toes could touch the ground. Guoji Gelong yelled and drove his horse to meet the enemy.
"drink!"
Zhan Ning'er rushed to the front, and with a distance of three feet from the two Guoji family knights, she raised her right hand, and a mass of black image came out like a precocious dragon. Approaching quickly, a light and shadow whizzed, and two "pops" exploded, and the two knights fell off their horses screaming miserably.
Zhan Ning'er raised her arms, and quickly reached out with the long whip in her hand, wrapping up a knight in the air, and towards her arms, the knight flew away from the horse's back. Zhan Ning'er reached behind her shoulder with her left hand, pulled out her saber with her backhand, and slammed into the person who came with a "clang" sound.
At this time, the warriors from the Zhan family brought by Zhan Ning'er and the strong men from the Guoji family of Liangyuegu had already fought together. As soon as they fought, the Liangyuegu people who were caught off guard fell into a disadvantage. Guoji Glong suddenly felt bad: the people who came here could not be from Zhanjiazhai, they are not so strong.
At this time, Guoji Gelong saw a girl in white clothes, who was like a tiger, a horse like a dragon, and Yan Ruhua, charging forward, unstoppable, with a saber in one hand and a long whip in the other, suitable for both soft and hard attacks from a distance, it was Zhan Ning'er from the Zhan family , Guo Jigelong suddenly understood that this is someone from Zhanjiabao.
Guoji Gelong sneered, he didn't bother to urge the horse any more, he dismounted from the horse with one leg, and rushed over with big strides. Zhan Ning'er had just repelled two warriors from Guoji's family, when she saw a big man roaring towards him like a mountain tiger, she subconsciously slashed at him.
Guoji Gelong was short and dodged the knife. The horse under Zhan Ning'er neighed suddenly and jumped up. Zhan Ning'er knew something was wrong, and hurriedly left the stirrup with both legs, and jumped backwards. Leaping, her feet were barely touching the ground, and she heard a "boom", and her mount fell heavily to the ground.
Guoji Gelong's legs took root, and he was firmly planted on the ground. His big right fist was still raised in the air, but it was he who punched the horse's ear, beating the red horse to death. This horse has been with Zhan Ning'er for a long time, seeing her beloved horse being killed, Zhan Ning'er cried out sadly: "Little Hong!"
Before Zhan Ning'er jumped up, the whip whizzed in his hand, and it lashed towards Guoji Gelong's legs, and then he jumped in a fish. As soon as the toes of his feet touched the ground, he raised his saber high and slammed towards Gejigelong. rushed over.
"collapse!"
Guoji Gelong's legs were tightly bound by the whip, but he did not rush, and he took a horse step on the spot, stretched his legs outward, and the strong cowhide whip was broken by him abruptly. Guoji Gelong unhurriedly raised his thick-backed and wide-bladed machete, swung Ning'er's saber with a clang, and said with a smile, "Woman, you are no match for me!"
"Go to hell!" Zhan Ning'er shouted coquettishly, with the knife in her hand like a cloak, coordinating with her seemingly disorganized, but rhythmic and regular steps, she started to fight against Guoji Gelong.
"Dangdangdangdang..."
There was a sound of clashing weapons like fried beans, and few people could match Guoji Gelong in terms of strength. Guoji Gelong's saber is powerful, but compared to its agility and agility, it is far inferior to Zhan Ning'er. As soon as Zhan Ning'er starts to fight, Guoji Gelong immediately loses the advantage, and the two of them fight for a while.
Jiu Gao and Jiu Dang were Miss Zhan's personal guards. They were afraid that Miss Zhan would lose something, so they rushed over to help. The three of them fought with one person, circling and fighting like a revolving lantern, but Guo Jigelong just stood on the spot and moved slightly. Shi Hui, however, did not fall behind.
Before he became sluggish due to turbidity and strength, the effect of fighting with three people was similar to that of Zhan Ning'er using the Chaotic Cloak Saber Technique just now, but he couldn't shake Guoji Gelong for a while.
At this time, the big head of the Zhanjiazhai had gathered more than a hundred strong men, and rushed up the mountain in a hurry. The big head didn't dare to wait for all the strong men in the village to be assembled. Miss Zhan had already gone up the mountain. If there is something wrong with the lady, I can't explain it to the chieftain.
Guo Jigelong saw that the Zhan family had reinforcements coming up the mountain again, anyway, the goal had been achieved, and he didn't want to get too entangled, so he swung the huge knife in his hand and swung out a bunch of horses, forcing Zhan Ning'er, Jiu Gao, and Jiu Dang out of the way , shouted: "Go! Go back to the mountain!"
Guoji Gelong turned back with long legs and walked away. His horse was psychic, and immediately followed. He picked up a horse and led the Zhanjia soldiers to follow behind.
Guoji Gelong fought and retreated, and he bypassed the Mercury Mountain. There was a roar from the side, and suddenly another sentry came out. Seeing the yellow flag fluttering in the wind, there were more than two hundred people in the team, and the leader was a man in blue The man, nearly thirty years old, tall and strong, carrying a ghost knife, was Yang Xianmin, the second son of the Yang family.
Guoji Gelong was overjoyed and said, "Cousin, why are you here?"
Then Yang Xianmin ordered his subordinates to rush forward, and shouted: "My cousin is helping me, how can my brother stand still?"
Guoji Gelong laughed loudly, and said: "Okay! We brothers captured the little girl of the Zhan family alive!"
"Bah! Make your Spring and Autumn Dream!" Zhan Ning'er scolded coldly, did not show weakness and retreated, and rushed forward viciously.
Speaking of which, because of the marriages from generation to generation, these families all have intricate and complicated relationship, and the relationship is very chaotic. Take Yang Xianmin as an example, from the perspective of Zhan's family entering into Guoji's family, and later marrying a daughter to Yang's family, he is Zhan Ning'er's cousin. In terms of the seniority of the Zhan family girl his father married, he is Zhan Ning'er's cousin.
As for Guoji Gelong, if the Zhan family and the Guoji family were directly married or married through a third-party relative, they were Zhan Ning'er's cousin, uncle and nephew. No wonder when Ye Xiaotian first met Luo Daheng, those students were fighting because they were ridiculed for their chaotic family relationship. This kind of family relationship was really chaotic.
Zhan Ning'er led her troops to fight with the Guoji family and Yang family's troops, and gradually lost the wind. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhan Ning'er was about to order the troops to withdraw, when she heard the sound of bamboo clappers, and another sentry sent out, the banner was also yellow, but there was a big "Yang" in the middle.
In the first place, a man with thick eyebrows and leopard eyes who looked like a fierce Zhang Fei held a three-pronged sky fork and shouted: "Little aunt, my nephew is here to help you!"
This person is fifteen or sixteen years older than Zhan Ning'er, and is already a middle-aged man in his thirties. He is the boss of the Yang family, the current chieftain Yang Xianda. He could call Zhan Ning'er his niece, or he could call Zhan Ning'er his little cousin. Now that he was about to use the influence of the Zhan family, he was naturally willing to consider himself a junior.
Zhan Ning'er was about to call for gold to withdraw troops, but when she saw that another new force had arrived, it was still from her own side, she was overjoyed at once, she became unyielding, and shouted: "Come on, you and I will join forces and take down the following criminals Yang Xianmin."
Brothers Yang Xianda and Yang Xianmin were jealous when they met each other, and they led their minions to fight together in a chaotic manner. The red flag, the blue flag, the yellow clan with the word Yang, and the yellow clan without the word Yang, the four teams fought inextricably, and fortunately those people could still distinguish friend from foe under such circumstances.
At this time, Ye Xiaotian's men and horses had already rushed to the foot of Mercury Mountain. He was on this side of the mountain, and he had no idea that the other side of the mountain had become a mess, and the eldest daughter of the Zhan family was showing her power.
Ye Xiaotian saw that the mountains here are also green, the water is clear, the green mountains and green waters, the environment is elegant, and there is a shepherd boy leading the old cow leisurely by the roadside, and the bamboo flute in his mouth is babbling, although it is not in tune, but it has a kind of wildness, so he He said to Li Ji: "Brother Li, is this the Mercury Mountain?"
Li Xiangrong said: "Exactly!"
Ye Xiaotian felt relieved, and smiled happily: "I see beautiful mountains and clear waters here, elegant and peaceful. I think the disputes between the various tribes have not yet reached the point where swords are on the verge of breaking out. You and I have been ordered to mediate this time, maybe there is a lot to do!"
Ye Xiaotian was so optimistic that he forgot the scene he saw when he first arrived in Hu County. At that time, Shizi Street was already full of brains. After the beating, it quickly returned to normal. Although there is no legal restraint, right and wrong are easy to arise. But the self-healing ability is also very strong.
Li Xiangrong curled his lips secretly, thinking: "When people here are not fighting, they are very quiet."
Li Xiangrong looked at a village in the distance, and said to Ye Xiaotian: "Ye County Chancellor, that's Yujiazhai, we'll live there, I'll go say hello first, lest there be any misunderstanding between you and me. "
Ye Xiaotian didn't take it seriously, but it was hard to refuse, so Li Xiangrong led seven or eight guards and drove along the forest path. Ye Xiaotian thoughtfully told his subordinates: "Okay, you all get off your horses and rest."
All the accompanying soldiers dismounted one after another, and suddenly one of them pointed to the mountain and shouted: "My lord, look there!"
Ye Xiaotian looked up, and saw a purple flag suddenly raised on the mountainside, and countless soldiers jumped out of the jungle, following the flag and rushing to the top of the mountain, a yellow flag was raised on the top of the mountain, and a large number of people suddenly appeared, The people from the past fought back, shouting and fighting all over the place for a while, and the forest birds flew around in shock, the tranquility just now was gone, and they couldn't help being dumbfounded.