Today is the middle of July, coinciding with the day of ancestor worship in the Central Plains, the team of people and horses are walking on the mountain road east of Tong County, Ye Zijin is holding his son, sitting in the carriage, Lu Jia once again refused the sliding rod that made him frightened, and he rode a mule, running before and after, and communicating with the people of Bashi.

"Madam, I've finally made it clear."

The sun was very hot in the sky, and he rode the mule back to the car of Ye's mother and son again, Lu Jia wiped his sweat and said: "The Ba people said that we are going to Pingdu Mountain in the east!" ”

Ye Zijin had long heard that a hundred miles east of Tong County, there was a Pingdu Mountain, and under the mountain was the other capital of Ba and Pingdu City.

"Pingdu, wasn't it destroyed by the Chu army a long time ago and turned into a ruin?"

Although Bazi was the capital of Jiangzhou (Yuzhong District, Chongqing), or Zhidianjiang (Hechuan), or Zhipingdu (Fengdu, Chongqing), and later governed Langzhong (Langzhong, Sichuan...... Although this Pingdu is the former capital of Pakistan, but more than 100 years ago, the Chu State was strong and prosperous, determined to move westward, and had seized Jiangguan, and even occupied Tongxian County for a time, so Ba could only continue to move westward, and Pingdu was also abandoned, and a fire burned into ruins.

Lu Jia said: "Although Pingdu has become a ruin, several generations of Ba people are buried on Pingdu Mountain, Huai Qingjun is like this, Ba Zhong ...... It's no exception. ”

Ye Zijin sighed, and looked at the coffin of the boat that was carried by many Ba people in front of him, and Ba Zhong's body was lying inside, because the weather in Bazhong was hot in summer, like a stove, and there was already a stench.

Speaking of which, the Ba people originally started by mining well salt, and the way of embalming the dead is also very hardcore - salting!

Ye Zijin originally thought that this Ba Zhong could go to Jiangzhou County, bump into him, and let him know that he would forget a few catties and a few taels, but who expected to give his life away, although the boat robbed a lot, but the Ba people and warriors also died thousands of people, and the loss of nearly half of them, plus the loss of the lord, it was a complete defeat......

So this group of defeated soldiers did not discuss with Ye Zijin and Lu Jia, so they left Tong County in a panic - Ba Zhong's family, Ba Shi's uncles and brothers took the lead, more than 1,000 samurai escorted, and the 3,000 servants who brought Ba Shi to work, rushed east in a panic.

Ye Zijin and the others were also coerced away, and it will be understood that in addition to avoiding the Qin army, this group of people also wants to come to Fengdu Mountain to bury Ba Zhong.

Lu Jia kept going back and forth before and after the team, and reported the news he heard to Mrs. Jun: "The Qin army that Ba Shi met in Jiangzhou County was under the banner of 'Feng', and the number was as high as 20,000. ”

"Feng Quji's son, Feng Zheng."

Ye Zijin said the most likely name of the general, Feng Wuxue had died in Jiangling, it couldn't be Feng Jing who Heifu deliberately let go.

"Eight years ago, Feng Zai fought a big defeat when attacking the Xiongnu, fortunately he was rescued by the Marquis of Wuzhong, and then he was treated coldly by the First Emperor, and now he has been reused, presumably he is the commander of the partial division sent to Bashu by General Wang Ben."

Although Feng Zheng is not a famous general, and his resume is lackluster, with 20,000 regular troops, Ba Zhong and Danhu have no chance of winning, and it is fortunate that they are not completely annihilated.

"Fortunately, Jiangzhou County and Ba Shi's ships were not looted by Feng, otherwise, we would have been captured at this moment!" Ye Zijin felt a little afraid, but this worry could not be noticed, so he still calmed down:

"Mr. Lu, who is in charge of Bab's right now?"

Lu Jia said: "Madame knows, Ba Zhong only has one daughter, only seven or eight years old, and his wife Liao is a noble daughter of the Ba people in Langzhong, but now she has suffered a sudden upheaval and has lost her mind, and now Ba Zhong is in charge of the three clan brothers." ”

Ye Zijin thought thoughtfully: "What do they think about going east to serve Marquis Wu Zhong?" ”

Lu Jia looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "I have tried, one person supports, one person is supportive, one person is against it, one person does not understand Xia Yan, and his attitude is unpredictable, and I can't ask what it ......is."

It's okay now, the risk fails, the Ba clan has no return, don't say anything to gather the five clans and seven clans of the Ba people to do something big, and even their own family is about to become a plate of scattered sand.

Ye Zijin looked at the deep Pingdu Mountain in the distance, and only felt eerie: "It seems that we are not out of danger yet!" ”

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The scenery of Pingdu Mountain is beautiful, the stone path on the mountain lingers, the forest is beautiful, the Yangtze River is vast and the soup soup is rushing, the mountains on the opposite side are undulating, and the mountains are stacked and green.

But it's also a little gloomy, it's obviously very hot outside, and when you get to the foot of the mountain, you feel a chill.

It is said that this is because at that time, Pingdu was conquered by the Chu people, and it was hit by a fire, and many people died......

The Ba people believe that this is the place where the souls of people return after death, so all nobles like to come here for burial.

Beat the drum and sing vigorously, shouting to mourn, this is the funeral of the Ba people, Ye Zijin and Lu Jia are considered to have a long insight today.

I saw a group of Bawu with feathers on their heads singing Ba Shu (yú), accompanied by a frenzied mourning dance, and the high-pitched mourning song resounded in the sky, like a tide, one after another, and it did not subside for a long time.

Danhu and others carried many boat coffins over, the ancestors of the Ba people lived by the water, and the three pillars of the Ba people's economy——— salt, dansha and fishing, are inseparable from the boat, it can be said that the boat is the home, and the boat is also used as the coffin after death.

The coffins of ordinary warriors were buried in the pit at the foot of the mountain, accompanied by some clay pots containing salt, as well as the weapons they used during their lifetimes, these tombs, the heads are all facing the river, which means that the ancestors of the Ba people came along the river, and the head rests on the river, which means the destination of the soul.

However, as the patriarch of the Ba clan, Ba Zhong's coffin had to run to the nearby riverside cliff, spend a lot of energy, and the most courageous warriors climbed the cliff, and placed the coffin in the cliff hole dug in an unknown era......

"The Ba people, the servants, and the Pu people are all like this, and they are buried in the half-ribbed niches of the high mountains of Linjiang, and they get off the coffin from the suspension rope on the mountain, and the high ones think that they are filial piety."

Lu Jia pointed to the cliff full of hanging coffins, and the black niche hanging coffin at the highest point said: "That is the hanging coffin of Huai Qingjun!" ”

Ba Zhong, on the other hand, is slightly lower than Ba Widow Qing.

After Ba Zhong's hanging coffin was placed, his three cousins, because even Lu Jia couldn't figure out how to translate their awkward Ba names, were called Uncle Bo Zhong.

After kowtowing to the rock wall full of the family's hanging coffins, the three of them began to climb one rock after another, and said loudly to the Ba family and the samurai in Ba Yan......

"It's time to elect a new patriarch."

Lu Jia looked worried, he had successfully bribed the guide who brought him to Badi, and helped translate every word word.

These Ba people are generally inherited by their parents, wives, sons, and daughters, but now Ba Zhong's wife has lost her sense of proportion, and her daughter is young, so it is natural that she will be placed in order to the three of them.

But if they want to win the support of their clan, they need to make suggestions for the future of the clan and propose a place where everyone can support them more, so that they can be supported by everyone.

Obviously, these three brothers have a big disagreement about where the Ba clan and servants should go next.

Barber proposed to go to the Wujiang River (Qianjiang) in the south to avoid the Qin army.

Ba Zhong thought that he should cross the river and go to the Longxi River in the north, where there was Ba's Dan cave and one or two thousand servants and slaves.

Uncle Ba said that he had to go back to Tong County and rely on the fortress to resist, otherwise everything in Ba would be lost.

The three parties argued, and looking at the attitude of the Ba warriors, there were more people who supported Uncle Ba, so they quarreled from sunrise to sunset, completely forgetting that the Qin army might be on their way......

Lu Jia couldn't bear it anymore, and persuaded again: "Mrs. Jun, there is nothing to do, the Ba clan is over, and the Feng Zheng army is coming, so let's find a way to go from Wujiang to Yishui and go back to Nanjun." ”

Although the people he brought were not manpower, there were also some An Lu disciples who swore allegiance to the Marquis of Wuzhong, who could sacrifice their lives to protect Mrs. Jun and the gentleman!

"Just left empty-handed? Bad news that it is difficult to bring a loved one to the Western Front? ”

Lu Jia bowed down and persuaded bitterly: "Madam, we have done our best, it is Ba Zhong who ...... him"

Ye Zijin shook his head: "Mr. Lu, you said that Ba Zhong is not a first-class businessman, why?" ”

Lu Jia was stunned for a moment, and then said: "First-class businessmen, like Fan Li and Lu Buwei, do business in the snow, leaving friendship in advance, it seems that they will suffer losses in the short term, but they will benefit endlessly." Instead of being like Ba Zhong, he is lucky, hoarding goods, raising prices, and harming people for profit. ”

"Sending charcoal in the snow, that's a good point."

Ye Zijin looked at Ba Zhong's wife and daughter, who were arguing with the three Ba brothers and were left out in the cold, but Dan Hu and other warriors who served Ba Shi in the era gathered around the orphan daughter of the master's widow, holding a willow leaf sword, while looking at the three Ba brothers angrily.

She smiled and said: "Now that the mother and daughter of the Ba clan are in trouble, how can I, as Mrs. Wuzhonghou, not help?" ”

"Let's go."

Ye Zijin stood up, took his son Fubo, and walked towards the center surrounded by the Ba people and warriors.

"Ma'am, what is this going to do?" Lu Jia was shocked.

"Mr. Lu, have you forgotten?"

Ye Zijin said: "When we negotiated the conditions with Ba Zhong, we gave him a total of three promises. ”

"Three?" Lu Jia was puzzled, first, Dansha, well salt, brown sugar and other industries were returned to Ba Shi, and the second was to crown him as Huaiqing Jun, as the ruler of Badi, there was no third condition.

"The third condition is the secret covenant, which only me and Ba Zhong know."

Ye Zijin blinked and patted his son: "The eldest daughter of Ba Jun, she and Fubo, the second son of the Marquis of Wuzhong, have made a marriage contract!" Wei and Ba Shi are good friends of Qin and Jin! ”

Lu Jia was stunned, opened his mouth wide, and didn't know what to say.

This Mrs. Jun is really bold, he naturally knows that this paper marriage contract has nothing at all, but Ye Zijin is making it up.

Moreover, without the permission of Marquis Wu Zhong, she dared to make such a hasty decision?

By the way, Ba Zhong's daughter is black and thin, and in terms of the aesthetics of the Central Plains, she is not beautiful, especially when she is three years older than the little gentleman Fubo......

He carefully raised these concerns.

"My family likes to be dark."

Ye Zijin laughed, not caring at all, or rather, at this moment of life and death, he couldn't care about it.

"Even if a man dies, he will not destroy it, and he should be able to understand my last resort today."

Her mind did not waver, she pulled up the somewhat ignorant Fubo and walked forward.

"The same woman, since the Ba widow Qing Ke is the patriarch, she takes the Ba clan to sit big, defends herself with her wealth, and is famous all over the world, her granddaughter is now the daughter-in-law of the Wei family, why can't she inherit the family business?"

"Mr. Lu, help me tell everyone, especially those indignant Ba warriors."

"If Bashi wants to continue, he should neither go north nor go south, let alone stay where he is and wait for death! Instead, he should embrace the daughter of the old master, take refuge in Wuzhonghou, take the remaining warriors and servants of the Ba clan, take a boat, go east, and attack Jiangguansai! Meet Wu Chen! ”

"In the future, if the Ba people still want to fight back to Tong County and avenge their master, they can be the vanguard of the Northern Expeditionary Army and return to the west!"

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