The glow of the sky stained the entire mountain forest, and when I looked out from the entrance of the cave, I saw that the whole world was filled with red glow. The fire dimmed, and the warm sunlight shone into the cave.

The dark and frightened mountain people finally understood what had happened, and knelt on the ground to thank the people who had come down from the sky to save them from the fire pit. There is an official mansion outside the mountain, and that official mansion is already far away in another world for these mountain people, not to mention the emperor who is high above the official mansion.

The mountain people did not know what the imperial court was, let alone what kind of army the imperial court officers and soldiers were, but these people killed their enemies, untied their ropes, and gave them food and drink, and they knew that they were grateful.

Sun Qilang half-squatted and looked at the woman lying on the ground, and the woman was also looking at him, and they all felt that the person in their eyes was a little special, and they couldn't say why.

The woman on the ground moved, Sun Qilang was startled, straightened up, and said, "So you are still alive?" I watched you motionless for a long time, and I thought ......"

The woman whispered, "I'm naturally alive, but I'm seriously injured—"

"Did you see me in the dark just now?" Sun Qilang has always been obsessed with this question.

Sun Qilang helped him sit up with difficulty, and the woman frowned and whispered, "I only saw a shadow, where would I think it was a person?" ”

Sun Qilang smiled and scratched his head, he didn't almost break something.

At this moment, the yellow dog that had been missing quietly came in from the entrance of the cave, put his head on the ground and sniffed around, walked straight to Sun Qilang and the woman, shook his head and tail, and squatted on the ground.

Du Lian recruited officers to get together. Discuss the situation at hand. and future trends.

Look back at the more than 100 men and women in the cave. Du Lian's brows furrowed, and he said to a few people: "Most of these men and women are injured, even those who are not injured or sick, and they are so hungry that they have no strength to walk these days, and it is impossible to follow us to hurry, what do you say?" ”

One of the generals whispered, "What do you mean, don't you let us get them here-"

Said here. The hand gesture is a head-killing motion.

Du Lian raised his hand and knocked on his head: "What nonsense!" When he came out, the military envoy explained clearly that not only could these mountain people not only not be killed, but also how much they could save! The first time we entered the mountain, if we lost our reputation, the officers and soldiers would not have to come in in the future! ”

The general shrank his head and didn't dare to speak again.

Forestry said: "In my opinion, this cave is tall and spacious, and there is also a water source in the cave, as well as the grain looted by the people of Guangyuan Prefecture from the vicinity, so it might as well be a place to hide soldiers." We can take turns here to rest. ”

"Yes, I thought so, too. I'll split up and inform the other people. Du Lian nodded, "But it's still the same sentence, what about these mountain men and women in the cave?" Can't let them live here too! ”

Lin Lin sighed: "For the sake of today's plan, we have to wronged them, we will send a few people here to bring these people to Bozhou, and settle there temporarily." Wait until they have recovered from their injuries and then decide for themselves. ”

"Inappropriate!" Du Lian refused, "These people are in the mountains all the year round, and they are all familiar with the road, so they must know what kind of place this is." When we arrived in Bozhou, they didn't have a doorkeeper on their lips, and they talked nonsense everywhere, didn't they reveal our whereabouts? Not to mention the people of Guangyuan Prefecture, the people of Bozhou are afraid that they will also give us an ugly look! ”

Before this matter came, Xu Ping also explained again and again, although he came to help Bozhou, but don't have the illusion that Bozhou soldiers and horses will come to help, and even be careful of their sneak attacks from behind. Saying a thousand ways and 10,000 people, the officers and soldiers are fighting on the territory of Bozhou, and these barbarians regard the territory as their life, and they must defend it in Guangyuan Prefecture, and the officers and soldiers must also defend it.

In the fifth year of Tiansheng, Jiaozhi made chaos on the border, and Li Xu, the governor of Yongping Village, led dozens of people to contact local officials and men to fight, and was ambushed and killed on the road, and it is still not clear who did it. What is certain is whether Jiaozhi sent troops deep into the Song Realm, or I don't know which local official ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and these soldiers and horses cannot repeat the mistakes of the past.

Forestry thought for a while, and then said: "Since they can't go to Bozhou, then they have to go to Chongshan Village, where are the soldiers and horses of our imperial court, and they will definitely be able to watch carefully." ”

Du Lian nodded: "That's it!" Okay, that's it, forestry, you brought your subordinates and brought these people back to Chongshan Village. Passing through Bozhou on the road, there is no need to be afraid of them, and there is no need to hide, on the surface, they don't have the courage to mess around. I borrowed grain there and went all the way to Chongshan Village, and it is estimated that five days will be enough for the journey. When you arrive at Chongshan Village, you will wait for us there, and by the way, you will see these people, and you don't have to come back. ”

"How good is that? How much hardship have I had to endure to get here, just fight and go back! ”

"Needless to say, it's decided! There is Sun Qige in your team, and I am also worried every day, if something happens, it is not good to explain to the military envoy, so it is better to go back early! ”

When it comes to Sun Qilang, forestry is hard to say. Although it was arduous to go out to fight this time, in fact it was not very dangerous, and Guangyuan Prefecture was a rabble gathered by some villages, and as long as they were not ambushed, the strength of the officers and men was absolutely superior. It is precisely because of this that Xu Ping did not stop Sun Qilang from following. Now that I have just won a battle, I have an explanation for Xu Ping and Sun Qilang, and it is indeed a good time to go back.

The matter was settled in this way, and Du Lian sent others to search around the cave to see if there were any missing people from Guangyuan Prefecture, while the others rested in the cave.

In the cave, there was grain stolen from the neighborhood by the people of Guangyuan Prefecture, and even a dozen cows, which were grazing on a meadow on the other side of the mountain, including the three horses tied there, all of which were brought to the entrance of the cave by the officers and soldiers.

Forestry came to Sun Qilang and saw that he was helping a scarred woman to sit on a stone, and the yellow dog who had followed him all the way was honestly squatting aside.

Pulling Sun Qilang aside, Forestry said in a low voice: "Brother Qi, the head has been decided, let's bring these people back to Chongshan Village, stay there and don't have to come back." ”

Sun Qilang let out an "oh", and after a while asked, "When will you leave?" ”

"These people have to rest, eat something, heal their wounds. Let's leave tomorrow. ”

Sun Qilang just nodded and didn't say anything. Look at the women over there from time to time.

Forestry understood something in his heart. He asked with a smile, "Seventh brother." Who is this woman? ”

"You still don't believe it, but this woman was passing by the village the night before, and our family was spending the night in front of her door! See the dog? followed me all the way, and now he's pestering the original owner again! ”

After listening to Sun Qilang's words, Forestry just smiled: "This is Brother Qi's fate, she has injuries on her body, you take care of them more." By the way, wait for the road. Just watch her. ”

"It's good that this woman didn't want to be humiliated, and she was beaten badly."

Sun Qilang agreed heartily, and didn't pay attention to the ambiguity in Forestry's smile. He was very interested in playing with himself, but he thought it was a coincidence and very interesting, and he didn't think about anything else.

The officers and men lit a fire with the uninjured among the mountain people, cooked food, and filled their stomachs, and then the doctor accompanying the team looked at the wounded, cleaned the wounds, and put some medicine.

It was afternoon. Everyone ate and drank to their heart's content, and the officers and soldiers took out the liquor they had brought with them. The men among the mountain people drank a small sip, and they finally regained some of their spirits.

Chen Daoyuan, the calligrapher of the team, found a flat speed boulder, laid out the paper, took out a pen like a baby, except for the pen cap, stretched it out in his mouth, and shouted loudly: "Come a few people, take the mountain people to line up, all come to me to register their names, don't be confused!" ”

Du Lian assigned a few people with gentle personalities to direct the mountain people to line up.

Carefully flattening the paper, Chen Daoyuan did not look up, seriously put the pen on the paper, and said: "Gui Geng this year? What's the name? How many people are in the family? ”

The mountain people in front of him looked left and right, and asked in a low voice, "Official, what is Gui Geng?" ”

"Oh, how old are you, what's your name, how many people are in the family?"

"Official, I'm thirty-eight, my name is Xiao Hei, there were old and young people in the family, a total of six, and now I'm the only one left. Isn't that right? ”

Chen Daoyuan looked up at the thin black man standing in front of him, and sighed: "It's also pitiful!" That's pretty much it, but what's your last name? With the name Xiao Hei, the ministry can't do without a surname. ”

"Where do the people in the mountains have surnames? If it's convenient for the official, get me one. ”

"Okay, you will be Zhao Xiaohei in the future."

"Official, why is your surname Zhao?"

"When today's surname is Zhao, this is the national surname, poor you people in the mountains take this surname, do you think anyone in the Song Dynasty can have the surname Zhao? The military envoy specially ordered that the men without surnames were all surnamed Zhao. ”

Where did Zhao Xiaohei know what the Son of Heaven was and what the national surname was, but the surname Zhao sounded good, and he was led aside by the soldiers who maintained order after repeating it a few times.

A few more were registered, but Chen Daoyuan was a little big. Eight of the ten people don't have surnames, this is nothing, anyway, from now on, they will all be members of the Zhao family, and the key is that even the names are turned over and over again, Xiao Hei, Da Niu, I felt relieved when I heard someone called Ah Wu Xiao Liu Chen Dao. The probability of this duplicate name is too great, there is no way, Chen Daoyuan not only gave their surnames for free here, but also began to change their names by the way, and specially asked them not to forget.

It was the turn of a young woman, who still had no surname, and even her husband, who unfortunately died, did not have a surname, but only said that she was called the second sister.

The Song people called the young woman, and when she was young, she was naturally the name of the child, or a few sisters, a few sisters and a few ladies, such as Xiuxiu was the name of the child. Most of the milk names are cheap names, and they can't be called when they are big, and when the names Su'er, Ying'er, and Xiuxiu are called outside, people will misunderstand which concubine it is, or a Qinglou woman, which is a very insulting thing. Therefore, if an adult woman does not have another name, she is generally called a certain lady, or a character is added before the surname, such as Ashen and Anon, which are common titles for the Song people. After getting married, he will be given the husband's surname, like Lin Apeng, and most of the official editions are registered in this way. The barbarians are more troublesome here, they don't have the rule of not marrying with the same surname in Han land, for example, if Anon marries Nong Cunfu, it is not good to call her Nong Anon, so they still call Anon.

This woman has neither her husband's surname nor her own surname, Chen Daoyuan didn't know how to register for a while, and thought for a while: "Since your husband is gone, don't care about him and take your own name." From now on, your surname is Liu, and you will be called Liu Ermei, remember. ”

The woman said, "Why am I surnamed Liu?" Don't have the same surname as the man? ”

"Why do you think anyone can be surnamed Zhao? The military envoy has already explained there, the man without a surname is surnamed Zhao, and the woman is surnamed Liu, that's it. ”

"What's that saying?"

"Today's surname is Zhao, so men are all surnamed Zhao. The queen mother's surname is Liu, and the woman's surname is naturally Liu. ”

As he spoke, Chen Daoyuan was a little weak-hearted. When Xu Ping confessed, he felt that the surname Liu might not be with the Queen Mother, but more likely with Liu Xiaomei, and the surname Liu of the barbarians outside the mountains was not like this at the earliest.

But Zhang frequently talked about Yongzhou's bracket method, but changed this statement, saying that the surname Liu followed the surname of the queen mother, and did not mention Liu Xiaomei. Xu Ping pretended to be confused when he found out, and simply let all the women who had no surname change their surnames to Liu, apparently flattering the Queen Mother. In fact, how many years can the Queen Mother live? Liu Xiaomei's temple is very prosperous, and who will remember who the Empress Dowager Liu is after a hundred years. (To be continued.) )