(2-in-1)

Liang Qi smiled and said, "Strategist, you don't know. The soil in that valley is very fertile, and the rice yield is higher than we are on the other side of Guishan Island. I can't finish it at all. The owner of the village also made a plan to ensure a year's ration per person, and the rest was sold for money. Besides, there is no food to eat in other cottages, and the owner of the village said that if he is in a hurry, it is inevitable that the dog will jump off the wall in a hurry. It's better to sell it to them at a high price. We will gain it, and we will not let them make a fuss. ”

Lin Jue thought for a while and said, "Mu Qing is right, if the food is really enough, you can do this. But they have to exchange weapons, armor and even manpower, and don't exchange gold and silver next time. Gold and silver do not hurt their vitality, but the rest can serve their own purposes. It is necessary not only to prevent them from jumping off the wall, but also to weaken them. ”

Liang Qi's eyes were about to fall, and he arched his hand and said, "It's still the military advisor who is ruthless enough, but we didn't expect it." This hand-to-hand salary is very demanding. It seems that we are still soft-hearted. ”

Lin Jue smiled, turned his head to look at the heavy snow outside the window, was silent for a moment, and asked in a deep voice, "How are the other cottages in Funiu Mountain now?" Is there a major conflict with my Luoyan Valley Dazhai? What I am most worried about is Qin Donghe in the Black Wind Village, this person has had a holiday with us in Taoyuan Village, and he is not a good stubble. ”

Liang Qi nodded hurriedly when he heard this: "What the military advisor said is very true, the other Dazhai are very peaceful, and the well water of everyone does not interfere with the river water, and there are still some contacts with each other. But this Qin Donghe is really hateful. Military advisor, this year he attacked seven or eight small cottages in Black Wind Village and annexed them. Now it is claimed that there are 6,000 soldiers, which is very arrogant. It is said that a month ago, he sent a letter to Mu Zhenshan, saying that he would hold a meeting in Heifeng Village and re-elect the leader of the cottage alliance. We didn't pay much attention to the situation, because we were too busy harvesting food to pay attention to these things, and we didn't know if it was a rumor or a real thing. However, the owner of the village received a letter from him, in which he said that he would join forces with the owner of the village to unify the villages of Funiu Mountain and merge them into the general village. Promised to take charge of Funiu Mountain with me Luoyan Valley Dazhai. The lord of the village didn't pay attention to his stubble at all. This Black Wind Village of Qindong River is definitely the most unstable factor in Funiu Mountain now. ”

Lin Jue's brows were twisted together, and he thought, "So arrogant? This is a big hidden danger. If he really had five or six thousand soldiers, it would be the largest cottage in Funiu Mountain. That's a big deal. ”

Liang Qidao: "He still dares to attack me in Luoyan Valley?" He didn't dare to give him a leopard gall. Although I only have more than a thousand soldiers and horses in Luoyan Valley, I don't dare to provoke him. ”

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "Don't take it lightly. He won't attack Luoyan Valley for the time being, what I'm worried about is ...... He will capture Taoyuan Dazhai and seize the position of alliance leader. In that case, he will be able to drive the other cottages against me. Taoyuan Dazhai is the symbol of the leader of the Funiu Mountain Alliance, last year Mu Zhenshan said that whoever wants to be the leader of the alliance will capture Taoyuan Dazhai. Because it was the place where the old lord of their homeland lived, the place where the bones were buried, it was very symbolic. If the strength of Black Wind Village is really so strong, then the first thing they want to attack must be Taoyuan Dazhai. After you go back, you have to ask Mu Qing to remind Mu Zhenshan immediately, don't think that Taoyuan Dazhai has a favorable terrain. Not to be taken lightly. Otherwise, woe will befall you. Finally, the situation in Funiu Mountain calmed down, and once it is broken, I am afraid that it will be attacked again. ”

Liang Qi nodded and said, "Okay, when I go back, I will definitely report to the master of Dazhai and convey the meaning of the military advisor." ”

Lin Jue thought for a while and waved his hand and said, "That's it, I'll write a letter for you to bring back and talk to Mu Qing in detail." It is related to the safety of Luoyan Valley Dazhai and will not be taken lightly. I didn't have time. If I can stay in Funiu Mountain for a few more months, I will definitely persuade Taoyuan Dazhai and other cottages to unite to exterminate Heifeng Village. Mu Zhenshan's kindness as a woman, knowing that Qin Donghe was not a good stubble, it was ridiculous to kill him so many times and let him go. ”

Liang Qi nodded and said, "Yes, Mu Zhenshan didn't let go of the name of the alliance leader, but restrained his actions. Originally, he could have been the only one, but unfortunately it was very much. ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "Character determines fate, but some things are also fate. Don't talk about that. By the way, I want to ask about the specific situation in our cottage now. How are the villages in the valley being built? ”

"Commander, everything is fine in the cottage. Not to mention the main village, the villages below have also been completed. According to the previous design, high walls were built around the village and towers were erected to prevent enemy attacks. A beacon fortification was set up at the end of the valley to know the enemy's situation in time. In addition to the garrison of the Luoyan Army, the people formed a militia group and participated in the patrol at night. There is a mediation center in the valley, and Chuncao will go down every day to deal with the disputes of the people. Everything is in order. ”

Lin Jue nodded and praised: "Okay, then I'll rest assured." By the way, some of the things I said to the owner of your big village before leaving, such as setting up a tavern brothel and letting the soldiers of the Luoyan Army intermarry with the common people and mountain people, I don't know if they can be implemented? ”

Liang Qi laughed and said: "It turns out that this is the idea of the military advisor, everyone is still wondering, how could the owner of the big village agree to set up such things as a brothel tavern." These things are all available, the soldiers of the Luoyan Army have two days off every month, and they can go to drink and visit the brothel when they are on vacation, and any time they are found to be secretly drinking or running to be happy, they will be dealt with by military law, and they will not be spared. The lord of the village also personally inquired about the marriage. And encouragement was given. If anyone in the people's house is willing to marry their daughter to our soldiers in Luoyan Valley as his wife, the cottage will give a heavy reward. There are rewards for having children. It's a pity that there are many monks and few porridges, there are not many people in our cottages, and there are few women who can get married, but it is a problem. ”

Lin Jue nodded and smiled: "Mu Qing really did what I said." The purpose of this is very meaningful for the stability of the cottage. The problem of the small number of copycats you mentioned needs to be solved. In order for the cottage to grow, it must be supported by the population. In this way, there is enough manpower, whether it is farming or fighting. Therefore, it is necessary to attract people to live in the cottage. In fact, this year is a good opportunity, because there is a great drought in Gyeonggi, and there must be a lot of displaced people. If you can attract these people to settle in the village, you can save people and grow on a larger scale. ”

Liang Qidao: "Isn't it? In this year's severe drought year, it is true that there is some instability outside the mountains. There are also many displaced people. It's not like we haven't thought about it. But you don't know it, these people are bandits, and they won't come into the mountains to live or die. Ridiculous, you say? We're going to starve to death, and we're going to have to draw a line with us. But a few hundred people came. and all the land was divided and settled. However, we can feed a few thousand more people in Luoyan Valley, and these few hundred people are still too few. Unmarried girls are still very limited. ”

Lin Jue nodded and said: "There's nothing strange about it, after all, the people have the impression that the mountains are all bandits, and it is normal for them to be unwilling to follow the bandits." Take your time, don't rush. And you don't want to take everyone in. It doesn't hurt for ordinary people, but if they are some treacherous people. Those who have committed the great sin of the court will be a scourge if they accept it. It will degrade the atmosphere in the cottage, and it must be resolutely put an end to. I don't want to say this, you know it. ”

"Don't worry, we all understand." Liang Qi nodded.

Lin Jue got up with a smile and said, "That's it, I understand the basic situation, you must have worked very hard, take a few brothers to the guest room to sleep well, and we will talk in detail in the evening." ”

Liang Qi got up and arched his hand: "It's okay, I'm also sleepy." It's a good night's sleep. ”

Lin Jue ordered someone to lead Liang Qi to the guest room to rest, standing under the porch and watching the snow for a while, Lin Jue slowly returned to the study, took out a small cloth bag in the grid of the bookcase, unfolded it and took out a strand of green silk hair inside, and held it in his hand to look at it.

The wisp of green silk was cut off from his head by Gao Muqing and handed it to himself as a souvenir before leaving, at this moment, this green silk is still black and bright, and there is still a faint fragrance sent to the end of the nose. Lin Jue's mind came up with Gao Muqing's beautiful appearance. This woman was born and died with herself, and went through many difficult times together. She firmly occupies an irreplaceable position in Lin Jue's heart. Thinking about the fact that she was alone in the mountains at the moment, Lin Jue felt very guilty in her heart.

Lin Jue was stunned for a while, wrapped his hair preciously, and put it away. Then he picked up the teapot and poured some water into the inkstone, reached out and picked up the ink stick and slowly grinded it. After a while, the ink grinding was completed, Lin Jue spread out a blank piece of paper, dipped the pen in the ink, and worked hard to write.

……

The snow continued to fall until noon, and even then the snow in the streets was already a foot thick. As soon as the snow stopped, the people of the capital began to shovel the snow and clear it, and the traffic on the streets quickly resumed.

On the square in front of the second branch of the Jiangnan Grand Theater in the east second box, dozens of theater men and servants also took collective action and began to clear the snow in the square to prepare for the afternoon performance.

At the intersection of East Street, a woman wearing a bamboo hat and a soap-colored shirt slowly walked along the wet street. Her head and face were hidden under the hat, and she couldn't see her face clearly. But what she was carrying on her back was very eye-catching, and looking at the shape, it was a lute instrument. This is also evidenced by the half-cut head of the exposed cloth bag.

The people who were busy plowing snow and shoveling snow in the streets were quickly attracted by the woman in the hat. It's not because of anything else, but it's strange that this woman is still very thinly dressed in such cold weather. She didn't seem to be cold at all.

The woman in the hat walked to the railing at the entrance of the theater, and it seemed that she was going to enter the theater. A man guarding the door hurriedly shouted, "The show doesn't start until mid-afternoon, it's still early." This guest will come back later. ”

The woman in the hat stopped and said slowly in an old and deep voice: "Dare to ask if there is anyone in this theater who thinks Qin Xiaoxiao?" ”

The doorkeeper smiled and pointed to the large sea report in front of the door with a portrait of Qin Xiaoxiao's side face: "Qin Xiaoxiao?" Isn't that our pillar? This guest is coming to see the play for the first time, otherwise how could he ask such a question. I am the famous actor of Jiangnan Grand Theater, Qin Xiaoxiao's name, who in the capital does not know, who does not know. ”

The woman in the hat nodded, and said in a deep voice: "That's it, ask again, her sister also lives here?" ”

The gatekeeper smiled, "Are you asking the white girl?" yes, live here. She was the security captain of my Grand Theatre. ”

The woman in the hat silently recited the word 'security captain' a few times, and suddenly sneered. He walked towards the theater.

"Hey, I said that the show started in the afternoon, why are you still breaking in? Hold it. The gatekeeper reached out and stopped.

"Get out of the way!" The woman in the hat snorted coldly, waved her arm, and the doorkeeper screamed, her body flew up, and she fell into the snowdrift on the side. Suddenly, the snow powder flew and burst in all directions.

The woman in the hat didn't turn her head, and walked towards the theater. The man guarding the door got up from the snowdrift with his face covered in blood, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Come on, someone, someone is going to break into the theater, stop her." ”

As he spoke, more than a dozen men who shoveled snow and swept the floor had already gathered around, shouting with wooden milling brooms in their hands.

"Who? Wild? How to beat people and trespass. ”

In the porch of the theater, several janitors chatting with their sleeves also rushed out when they heard the sound, and saw that the woman in the hat was walking in quickly, shouting outside to stop her, and immediately shouted to block the way.

"Get out of the way, or you'll blame me for being rude." The woman in the hat shouted in a low voice.

"Huo, you are still reasonable, you forced your way into private ......" A guy who guarded the door only said half a sentence, and then felt a flower in front of him, and the next moment his face was in sharp pain, and his whole body fell to the side, blood spurted out of his mouth, but he was already unconscious.

Seeing this, the remaining gatekeepers shouted and stepped forward to do it, but before they saw how the woman in the hat moved, all the gatekeepers flew out one after another, lying on the ground and moaning in pain.

The woman in the hat reached out and grabbed the hem of a man's shirt and lifted him up, and shouted coldly, "Where is your security captain?" Take me to her. Otherwise, it will kill your dog. ”

How dare the man disobey, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Yes, yes, the hero spares his life, the hero spares his life." I'll take you. ”

"Let's go!" The woman in the hat shouted coldly.

Led by a limping janitor, the woman in the hat walked through the corridor on one side of the backstage to the house behind her. A moment later, I entered the weeping flower gate and entered the snowy backyard. The janitor trembled and said, "That's it...... Yes, there is. ”

"Get out!" The woman in the hat shouted. The janitor stumbled and fled without a trace.

The woman in the hat walked slowly through the snow to the main house in front of the small courtyard, and the sound of a woman's laughter came from the room, and there was a voice that she was very familiar with.

"Oh, sister, how can I wear this dress? So fancy? I haven't worn anything like this since I've grown this big. You can't wear it. ”

"Fine, girl, you wear this dress very well, tsk, it's a big beauty. Girl, don't wear those black and white clothes anymore, how old-fashioned and rustic? In the past, you were in Mobei, and it was naturally nothing to guard your master's lonely old woman, this is the capital, and you are just Shaohua, how can you not dress up beautifully? Besides, Lin Gongzi likes it when he looks at it, you, you have to hook his heart, otherwise how can you get your wish? ”

"Sister, what did you say? Say no more. Who...... Who wants to ...... Hooked his heart? This kind of thing is natural. I only said I liked him, but I didn't say I wanted to marry him. ”

"Hehe, sister, if you like him or not marry him, do you want to look at it? I see that Lin Gongzi deliberately didn't get close to you, but in fact, he liked you very much in his heart. Believe in my sister, my sister knows what a man thinks in his heart. Don't look at him seriously, he can't hide what is in his eyes. My sister wants to learn to dress up and swagger in front of his eyes, so I don't believe him to hold it. ”

"Sister, don't talk about it, what do you think of me? I didn't want to do that......"

In the courtyard, a face under the hat woman was already gloomy like a hazy sky. She couldn't listen anymore. Suddenly, he raised his foot and swept a large cloud of snow into the air. The snow powder, which was as soft as catkins, suddenly flew like stones under the porch of the main house. The leaves of the two holly trees near the left were scattered by the blows, and the holes in the leaves were all shot through.

On the walls of the doors and windows of the main house, the snow mist hit them and made a beeping sound, the curtain at the door was broken, and the window paper was shattered. The two red lanterns hanging under the eaves of the porch instantly fell into tatters and fell to the ground.

"What's going on?" The woman's voice in the room shouted coquettishly. The next moment, when the door opened, a woman in a big red brocade jacket rushed out of the door.

"Hey, hey! You're hiding here. The woman in the hat shouted coldly.

The girl in the red jacket looked at the woman in front of her in shock, and suddenly fell to her knees and shouted in a trembling voice: "Master...... Master. Your old man is here. ”

The woman in the hat slowly took off the hat, revealing her gray hair and a face that still had charm but traces of the invasion of the weather. It was as if a dark cloud hung over that face.

"Humph! You remember that you had a master. Bing'er, you are so bold, you dare to disobey the order of the teacher, run back to the Central Plains and stay in the Central Plains without returning. Do you still have me as a master in your eyes? ”

This hat woman is none other than Bai Yushuang, the master of the Demon Sound Gate. The woman in red kneeling on the ground was Bai Bing. Since she promised Lin Jue to stay, she was embarrassed to live in the Lin house, so she lived with her sister. Months passed, and what she feared most finally happened. When he saw the master standing in the courtyard, Bai Bing's heart was dead and frightened.

"Master...... Master...... Anger is relieved. In vain...... ...... in vain," Bai Bing said trembling as he lay on the snow.

"Hmph, I raised you for fifteen years, and that's how you repay me. I secretly fled. I thought you were lost in the mountains and forests, and I looked for you in the mountains for more than ten days. Later I realized that you were leaving without saying goodbye. It's good, it's good, it's really good for me. ”

"Master...... Bing'er is just ...... I heard from the master that my sister is still alive, so I want to come to the Central Plains to see my sister and reunite with my sister. Bing'er didn't want to escape, Bing'er was going to go back. Bai Bing shouted.

"You forgot how to promise me, you are not allowed to leave Mobei for half a step without my permission. You have turned a deaf ear to your teachings. Are you going to go back? Why are you still here? It's been five months since you've been gone, and even if you miss your sister, you should turn back when you meet. I thought you would go back, but I waited four months and you didn't go back. I knew you weren't going back. You ungrateful, what kind of oath did you make in the first place, you broke your oath. Bai Yushuang shouted coldly.

Bai Bing burst into tears, but was speechless. She had tried to imagine that the master would find herself, but each time she couldn't solve it. Right now, she's really at a loss and doesn't know what to do.

"You have broken your oath, and you will be punished. Do you know how I'm going to punish you? You know it in your heart. Bai Yushuang sneered.

"Master, apprentice...... Beg your mercy, I beg you, vain...... I...... It's because ......"

"Because of what?"

"I ......"

"Can't tell? But I do. I've heard it all, you're for men. Hehe, what I've been telling you for so many years, you should be on deaf ears. A man is the last thing you should touch, not only did you break your oath and run away, but you actually ...... I actually fell in love with a man. Who is the surname Lin? Where is he? ”

"I didn't ...... Nothing. Master, don't guess. If the master wants to punish him, he will punish Bing'er, and don't harm others. Bai Bing shouted with a red face.

"Look at your appearance, do you want to defend that stinky man? I'm going to kill him, and I'm going to kill him with your own hands. After killing him, you will return to Mobei for me, and I will not be allowed to leave there for the rest of my life, unless I die. Listen up, listen to me, and kill that stinky man. Otherwise, you will be bullied by him for the rest of your life, you will be entangled by him, and you will suffer sin. Bing'er, you listen to the master, you must listen to the master. Bai Yushuang said in a deep voice.

Bai Bing couldn't answer her, only lay down in the snow and wept.