Chapter 229: Overnight in a deserted village
The Jinniu Road was named after the rumors that the stone cow dung gold and Wuding roads were opened in the pre-Qin period. It is more than 1,500 miles long and is the main road from Shuzhong to Hanzhong. It sets from Chengdu and goes north through Luocheng, Mianzhu, Fucheng, Zitong, Jianmen, Jiameng and other places, and finally reaches Mianyang in Hanzhong.
The warm sun is in the sky and the warm wind blows. At this moment, dozens of riders are galloping rapidly on the Taurus Road.
From Chengdu to Zitong, the Taurus Road, the terrain was flat, and the horses were galloping very fast. After only one day left Chengdu, Yang Qing and his group arrived in Guanghan County. This time he went north to Hanzhong to take up his post and took Zhou Xing and other guards. Mulan had to wait until he settled in Hanzhong before going there.
As for what Pu Yuan originally wanted to go together, but the improvement of the sleeve armor changed, so Yang Qing had to take the lead and Pu Yuan could only pass after Zhuge Liang was satisfied with the sleeve armor.
Guanghan County governs Luocheng, Mianzhu, Liangcheng and other counties, and its capital is located in Luocheng. The city is high and deep, and it is the gateway to the north of Chengdu.
In the past, Liu Bei went south from Jiameng Pass to capture Yizhou, and won consecutive battles and was as powerful as a bamboo shoot. It was blocked by Liu Zhang's son Liu Xun when he advanced to Luocheng.
At that time, Liu Xun led his troops to defend the city with great rules. The army could not capture it for a long time. Even the military advisor Pang Tong shot and killed him for the loss. It was said that Liu Bei's most difficult battle in the war to pacify Shu. It was not until a year later that Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun led the reinforcements in Jingzhou to reach this point that Luocheng was captured. It can be seen that Luocheng was actually the northern gate of Chengdu.
At this moment, the prefect of Guanghan was He Zhi from Shu County. Although this person was young, he was knowledgeable and talented, and was very generous and generous.
A few years ago, he was a minor official of the prefect of Shu County, Yang Hong, but he was soon appreciated by Yang Hong for his talent and achievements, and his career was greatly improved. Now his official position is the same as that of the old master.
Yang Qing passed by Luocheng and was going to visit the prefect He, and He Zhi was also attentive to receive him, the upstart in the court.
Perhaps because he was poor since childhood, He Zhi now likes to eat, drink and have fun, and has a big belly. At the welcoming banquet for Yang Qing, he showed Yang Qing what a real food is. He knows all kinds of food, and he has made all the knowledge from his origin to his practice, which has opened his eyes.
"If this He Fujun was born in the future, he would definitely become a gourmet!" Looking at He Zhi who was still introducing local food, Yang Qing couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Yang Qing and his party rested in Luocheng for a night, and then bid farewell to He Zhi early the next morning and continued on his way.
That day, when we arrived at the boundary of Mianzhu County, everyone rushed out of the official road because of a hurry. In addition, they were not familiar with the path, and they had not arrived in Mianzhu City until dark.
"Demao, it seems that I will deal with this wilderness for a night tonight." Yang Qing smiled immediately.
Zhou Xing said: "The Lord of the House is not good at doing things well and has led the wrong path, which makes the Lord of the House sleep in this wilderness."
"Haha, Demao doesn't have to care. Didn't I find that I was walking the wrong way?" Yang Qing waved his hand and smiled, "Besides, I'm not so expensive. It was normal to travel overnight when I was fighting in Nanzhong and traveling through mountains and rivers. And now the weather is getting hotter and I've been sleeping at night."
Zhou Xing was still feeling guilty when he heard this and was about to blame himself a few more words. Suddenly, Yue Zhao, who was holding a torch in front, pointed to the front and shouted, "Mr., there seems to be a village in front?"
Yang Qingxun looked at him and saw three or five lights flashing about half a mile away in front, just like a small village where four or five families live.
"Haha, this is a road that will never stop us. Tonight, we don't have to use the sky as the quilt, but the ground as the bed." Yang Qing said happily: "Let's go up and find a family to stay."
Everyone was very excited when they heard this. After all, having a house is much more comfortable than sleeping in the wild, so they cheered in unison and rushed to speed up.
As the village approached, everyone turned over and dismounted. Zhou Xing walked in front and found the largest house in the courtyard and went forward to knock on the door.
Bang, bang, bang, knocking on the door seemed particularly loud in this quiet village. The owner of the house had already heard it, opened the door and walked out.
"Who?" An old man's voice came from the gate of the courtyard.
Zhou Xing said: "Old man, we are travelers. We just missed the night tower and had nowhere to rest, so we wanted to spend a bowl of sleep. We hope that the old man would make it easier."
After a few breaths, I heard a few sounds from inside, as if
It was almost the sound of the door bolt opening, but the gate of the courtyard did not really open, but a crack about the door as wide as a finger was revealed. An old man in his fifties and a young man in his early thirties appeared in the crack. Both of them looked panicked.
Yang Qing and his party were quite large, and they were all wearing swords, swords, bows and crossbows. When it was dark, the old man and the young man were scared when they saw it. The old man immediately said with a look of distress: "This hero, there are only three rooms in his home. I'm afraid it's difficult to entertain you. Please ask the hero to find another place."
"This..." Zhou Xing couldn't take notice and had to look at Yang Qing.
Yang Qing knew that the reason why the old man was reluctant was probably afraid, so he walked up to him and bowed his fists, and said kindly: "The old man doesn't have to worry. We are all good people. We have weapons to defend ourselves because we went to Hanzhong to go to business. We are not talented people, we just want to have a house to shelter from the wind and rain. If there is not enough house, a wood-room is also fine."
"This..." The old man and the young man looked at each other, with a tangled look on his face.
Yang Qing took out a bag of money from his arms and continued, "I dare not let the old man spend money, Sichuan scholars pay him."
"Sir, this gentleman is gentle and kind, and he should not be a bad person." The young man's eyes lit up and he leaned into the old man's ear and whispered.
The old man glanced at him, nodded slightly, and then said, "The houses of the countryside are simple and you should not be able to pay money from your husband. If you don't dislike me, please come in and spend all night."
"Thank you, old man."
Yang Qing still forced the money to the owner, but the old man could not help but put it in his arms with a funny look.
So everyone followed the owner into the courtyard. With the moonlight and firelight, Yang Qing roughly saw the layout of the family clearly.
The yard is quite large, and more than a dozen horses can be brought in. There are three main rooms in front of them, and there are two rooms on both sides next to the main rooms. Yang Qing estimated that one was a kitchen and the other should be a wood room.
Yang Qing and Zhou Xing entered the main hall first, and the rest were taken to the woodshed by the young man first to clean up. More than a dozen of them would definitely not be able to live in a room, so they had to divide it into two groups. Yang Qing and Zhou Xing lived in the main hall, while the rest rested in the woodshed.
"Have you asked the old man for his honorary name?" Yang Qing said while taking the water handed over by the old man.
The old man replied, "I dare not be the honorable title of the husband. The old man's surname is Zhu. The one just now was my son."
"It turns out to be Mr. Zhu." Yang Qing said, "I'm not hiding my father. I haven't eaten yet and I'm hungry. I want to make some food with the Zun Mansion kitchen stove."
Zhu said, "Please give me a gift, my husband." Then he turned to the inner room and shouted, "Xijun, call the dog'er and mother out to cook for the guests."
"Okay." The inner room responded.
As soon as the words were finished, an old woman came out of the inner room first, and then a young woman walked out with a boy in her left hand and a girl in her right hand. The two women were a little flustered when they looked at so many strangers, and stood there without any respect.
"Stay while standing there, take the guests to the kitchen to cook." Mr. Zhu shouted.
Chapter completed!