"There is an official road leading to the capital. Is Yeren Ridge on that official road?" Xue Poye thought of the lonely official road next to Xiaojing Lake. Wang Shizhen entered Beijing through that official road that day. Savage Ridge is really on that official road. When passing Xiaojing Lake, it is natural to go to see if Lv Niangzi is still there.
The horse galloped wildly, the wind was howling, Xue Poye was afraid that Xi Lei would not hear, so he spoke in a very loud voice.
Xi Lei also said loudly: "No. There are three roads leading to the capital, two official roads and one waterway. One official road is also a commercial road, with people coming and going, it is very lively, and the other official road is a bit farther. I heard that it is a military road, and there are far fewer pedestrians, and the military road is covered with reeds for dozens of miles, which is a bit gloomy, and many people dare not walk."
Xue Poye was a little surprised. It turns out that there are three roads leading to the capital. No wonder the road he saw was sparsely populated. It is the military road that others dare not take. Next to that road, he can find a place as secret as Xiaojinghu. Chen Fu's ability is not small.
"Why is it called Military Road?" Xue Poye asked, "Why don't others dare to go?"
Xi Lei seemed to know a lot about this, and explained loudly: "The military road has been built for a long time. I heard that it was built when the country was founded. It has been almost a hundred years now. At that time, there were still many people who refused to accept the usurpation of the Chu Dynasty. , so the violent soldiers of the imperial court killed people everywhere. Every time they caught people, they returned to the city from this road, killing while walking. Many people died on this road. The blood of the traitor in the mouth was stained red, and it was not until it fell into disrepair for a long time that the official road was rebuilt, and the red trace was gone. However, I heard that there will be ghosts screaming there in the middle of the night, which is the cry of innocent souls. As soon as the news spread After all, no one would dare to walk that way, and everyone said that as long as a prisoner passes through that way, he will be haunted by wronged souls and eventually die unjustly." After talking about it, Xi Lei seemed a little scared, and she couldn't help walking from the back of the building. Xue Poye's fiery tender body was pressed against her, and Xue Poye could even feel her body trembling.
The consolidation of every dynasty has to go through the baptism of blood and iron, which is an eternal truth in the change of power.
Hearing what Xi Lei said, Xue Poye understood why Wang Shizhen entered Beijing by this road.
According to that statement, a prisoner would die unjustly if he passed this road, so Wang Shizhen was considered half a prisoner when he went to Beijing for trial. Naturally, someone wanted to curse him to death when he passed this road.
The ancients still believed in superstition, but Xue Poye, as a latecomer who had received a scientific education, was still not convinced by this superstition.
It is said that those wronged souls were all killed by the officers and soldiers of the court. Even if they want to haunt the wronged ghosts, they will only entangle the officers and soldiers. There is no reason to entangle the prisoners.
The golden lion is as fast as lightning and galloping like a shooting star. The sky has already darkened, and the bright moon is as gentle as water, slowly rising in the sky, and the sky and the earth are full of light.
A gust of cold wind hit his face, Xue Poye's face turned pale.
"Which road is the Savage Ridge on?" Xue Poye asked, "On the commercial road? Or the waterway you mentioned?"
"On the waterway!" Xi Lei explained, "It's more than sixty miles out of the city to the Yeren Ridge. Once you pass the Yeren Ridge, you will find the Qiuliang River. You can go to Beijing by boat. Many scholars like that."
Xue Poye frowned, shook the rein, and the steed went even faster.
The opening and closing of the four city gates in Hangzhou City also has time. The so-called "release at sunrise, and close when the chicken is barren", the gates of the city are opened and closed strictly according to the time.
"Sunrise" refers to the time of Mao, and "Desolate Chicken" refers to the time of Chou. The gates of the city are only closed for two hours a day.
In fact, during the Taiping period, if it wasn’t for entering and leaving the city gate in the middle of the night, the guards and soldiers would not check carefully. After all, there is a constant flow of people coming and going every day. If everyone has to check it, they will be exhausted. A group of people.
Xue Poye left the city easily and ran towards Yeren Ridge.
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With a bright moon and few stars, Savage Ridge under the moonlight is quiet and eerie. Except for the breeze blowing and the trees swaying and making "rustling" sounds, the entire valley and mountains are deadly silent.
The valley is deep and the road is flat, but the mountains on both sides are full of dense jungles, like two prehistoric monsters crawling under the night, confronting each other.
There is a large lake not far from the exit of the east end of Yeren Ridge. Since there are not many pedestrians on this road, and the large lake is not managed by anyone, it has formed a shallow water area over time. Although there are still clear lakes in some places, most areas It has been covered by dense reeds. If you look at it in the daytime, you can hardly see the end.
In the lush forest of the mountains, many figures were faintly swaying.
"Lotus flower boy, have you figured out when they will come?" Deep in the forest, a low voice came from behind a mass of lush grass, and the voice was a little low.
"I don't know." A delicate female voice replied.
This is of course Qinglian's person at the helm of Hangzhou, who has already ambushed on both sides of the mountain.
"You don't know." The deep voice was Sunflower Boy, and said with some displeasure: "Didn't you say that they will definitely walk this way?"
The green lady also hid behind the bushes, and said in a low voice: "Yes, they are going back to Beijing via this road."
Sunflower Boy let out an "oh", spat, and sneered, "Not only will we rescue Taohuatong tonight, but I will also take off the head of that old dog Tan Ziqing, so as to avenge Seventh Junior Sister. And those four dogs under his command, and cut off their heads together."
Lady Lv sighed again, with worry in her voice: "Also... maybe...."
The sun flower boy heard that the tone of the green lady was wrong, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with you? What worries do you have? Didn't the girl under you say that there is no problem?"
The green lady said softly: "My sister got the news from that stupid dog He Ruhui, knowing that Tan Ziqing was going to escort Peach Blossom Boy to Beijing, and he had to pass through Yeren Ridge. That old fox, Tan Ziqing, let the wind out to show that the genius was leaving. In fact, it was a deception. I was just worried that someone would intercept me on the way, but I actually have to return to Beijing tonight. If my sister hadn’t reported back in time, I’m afraid that Tan Ziqing would have brought the Peach Blossom Boy back to the capital like this.” After a moment of silence, he sighed: “If Peach Blossom Boy was in Hangzhou The big prison didn’t confess us, and when we returned to the capital and entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I’m afraid we would be forced to speak out.”
Sunflower Boy said angrily, "Those beasts are not human at all."
The green lady's voice trembled a little: "I heard that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has Tie Si Ying, who is in charge of extorting confessions. Their methods are more vicious than Tie San Ying's. Anyone who has entered Tie Si Ying's door will not tell the truth."
Sunflower Boy snorted coldly, full of grief and indignation.
There was a moment of silence, a frightening silence, as if to break the dullness, Sunflower Boy finally said: "Lotus Flower Boy, those sisters under your command are very powerful. The news, I really admire."
The green lady said coldly: "Aren't all men the same? When you see a woman, you forget who you are. After a few cups of ecstasy soup, how can you not tell the truth?" The voice was full of disdain.
Sunflower Boy smiled awkwardly, and said again and again: "Lotus Flower Boy, you can't beat everyone to death with a single stick. There are still good men like me in this world, haha. By the way, since your sister will If it is in your hands, why not find an opportunity to kill that dog official, which can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people."
The green lady said indifferently: "I can't kill them. The more such stupid and corrupt officials, the better. If the puppet government is full of such people as officials, there is hope for our country to recover."
Sunflower Boy hurriedly said: "That's right, it's you who think clearly, look at my brain, haha!"
In the forest, there were only two people whispering sparsely, and their voices were even covered by the "rustle" of the wind blowing the leaves.
The moonlight fell into the forest from the gaps in the branches and leaves, and lightly sprinkled on the sunflower boy and the green lady like broken stars, but both of them were masked in black, with only their eyes exposed. At least the same black masked men are lurking in it.
"I don't know what the monk and the chrysanthemum boy are doing over there? It can't be the monk who is reciting those scriptures." Sunflower boy insisted on breaking the dead silence, muttering in his mouth.
Lady Lv sneered and said, "Naturally, I'm thinking about my heart, thinking about how I can survive."
Sunflower Boy heard the resentment in Lv Lady's voice, and wondered, "Hehua Boy, why do you speak so strangely?"
"After the Peach Blossom Boy is rescued, I have something to tell you after this incident," the green lady said calmly.
"What's up?"
"It's about the monk!" The green lady said word by word: "Let you see clearly whether he is a Buddha or a demon."