Chapter 171 [Towards the rising sun]
Fang Chang walked with Yu Qingling and Liu Yuande, beside him was a mighty team of prison cars and an equally mighty group of guards.
It seems that it is out of awe, but there are no people from the rivers and lakes around, making them quite quiet here.
Some people may wonder why this man in white, who had not made a move yesterday, walked with two respectable leaders, and the conversation was very intimate.
However, among the people in the Jianghu, there are always very few people who like to be troubled - unless they are very hardworking, they will be eliminated long ago - so no one finds fault.
"There is a small town seventy miles ahead, whose name I haven't asked. We should rest in the town today." Yu Qingling said to Fang Chang and Liu Yuande.
She is a heroine of the rivers and lakes. She has seen many places when she travels north and south, and she has also passed this road before, so she knows the road conditions.
"Miss Yu, have you been here before? Going out for a walk really increases your knowledge. It's really 'reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles'." Liu Yuande didn't know about this, and he walked beside him holding the hilt of his sword.
That is the dagger at his waist, it is exquisitely made like a work of art, like a famous work. Although the dagger had just been unsheathed, it had never collided with other weapons, nor drank blood.
"Yes, once, I was going to see the sea, so I took this road." Yu Qingling replied chicly, as she walked forward, the red dress dangled, looking very unrestrained.
Liu Yuande looked at it, and suddenly sighed: "I really envy the girl's freedom."
"Brother Liu is just looking at the leopard. This world is far away from Zizai..." Hearing Liu Yuande's words, she sighed, then shook her head, and there was a bit of sadness on her usually lively face:
"Come and go in the wind and rain, looking at ease, it's actually quite bitter. Moreover, there are many people in the rivers and lakes, and the relationship is even more chaotic. As the saying goes, once you enter the rivers and lakes, they are as deep as the sea, and all kinds of people who can't help themselves. I have seen too many…”
After listening, Liu Yuande remained silent, and after a few breaths, he said: "Miss Yu is really hard. As expected, there are nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in the world. Perhaps, only Mr. Fang is like this, who can really feel at ease."
Fang Chang just smiled and said nothing.
It's not suitable to say anything at this time, I can't tell them that I am really comfortable enough.
Showing off is not good behavior after all.
It is easy to unbalance other people's mentality.
It was almost winter at this time, and most of the grain in the fields had been harvested. Both sides of the road we were walking were bare, there were no gullies, and people could not hide, so the probability of enemies here was not high, relatively speaking Very safe.
After a few hours of contact, Fang Chang has a good impression of the two protagonists of the catastrophe.
Whether it is Liu Yuande, who was born as a scholar, or Yu Qingling, a Jianghu heroine, they are all people with a sense of justice and kindness, and they are also good people in the general sense.
The road ahead is very smooth.
From Yunzhong Mountain to the east, within a few hundred miles from north to south, a lot of state capitals are plains, all the way to the sea, and there are no steep mountains.
Fang Chang asked: "Where are we going this trip? These officials have been demoted five thousand miles, but looking at the direction of this official road, it doesn't look like going to the south?"
Yu Qingling replied with a smile: "Mr. I don't know, this road leads to the sea. About the southeast of this place, there is Chaoyun Port. In Chaoyun Port, the prison cars will be replaced, the shackles will be removed, and we will go to Shanghai together. The boat will not stop day and night, and the most convenient way to go south is to follow the stars to find the way.”
Beside Liu Yuande also nodded: "I read from the book that the few prefectures facing the sea in the east were still seas thousands of years ago, but now the water recedes and the land gradually becomes populated.
“Even so, the east coast is full of tidal flats and swamps, and the sea and land are indistinguishable, so there is no good port. Moreover, the land is very saline, only reeds can live, and there are not many villages.”
"Only in the east-south direction, where there are many hills and are much higher than the sea, can there be a suitable port. Because it is located on a small peninsula protruding into the sea, you can always see the sunrise and sunset earlier than other places. , hence the name 'Chaoyun'."
The red-clothed woman next to her heard the words. Since she had practiced martial arts a lot since she was a child and had little access to books, she was in awe of knowledge. Similarly, she had always respected learned people.
In Qingling's feeling, Brother Liu is a very nice person, and he is also good at reading, and I get along very well with him.
It is a pity that because of the injustice of these officials, he gave up the imperial examination and entered the arena. He does not know when he will be able to gain fame again.
In her opinion, it is a great loss to the world that such a talented person cannot serve as an official to benefit the world.
But when I talked about this matter with Liu Yuande yesterday, the other party laughed:
"Nowadays the court is so chaotic, even Zuo Lang Zhongling was convicted for admonishing, and was exiled for five thousand miles. He could have benefited the world, but now he can only benefit the people in the frontier. In this situation, it is meaningless to be an official. There is still a huge risk, not worth it.”
Sounds very reasonable.
As for Fang Xianzhang next to him, although he and Brother Liu both called him "Mr. Fang" due to the request of the other party, they knew in their hearts that Fang Xianzhang was completely different from people like themselves.
According to the rumors, once you enter the door of practice, you will no longer be a mortal, which is difficult to guess and understand.
What's more, the other party's expression and temperament are like spring breeze blowing across the field, making people relax involuntarily, and their hearts are peaceful.
Just like good incense.
So the three of them talked happily, and the journey was not boring.
For Fang Chang, the two people in front of him, one has read a lot of books, and the other has been running around the world all year round. They both have enough knowledge, and they don't follow others' opinions, but have their own unique insights and enough thinking. They are good partners who can talk to each other on an equal footing.
After talking about everything, the topic returned to the attacker just now.
Fang Chang asked the two of them:
"Have you interrogated the attackers before? Who is behind them?"
Today, most of the two groups of attackers with sound hands and feet escaped, but they ignored them and left all the wounded on the ground.
These Jianghu guards couldn't bear to see them, and released these captives after a simple bandage. Fang Chang has good hearing and eyesight, but he didn't hear that they were being interrogated, so he asked this question.
Liu Yuande held on to the hilt of his sword, and his eyes still stopped on the woods not far away.
Even if there are experts around, and there is an unfathomable Immortal Fang poking beside him, knowing that nothing will happen, as the commander, he is still not at ease.
Hearing the question next to him, Liu Yuande looked away: "It's useless. Although the combat effectiveness of these enemies here is not bad, most of them are mobs. They all come for money."
"Hire?" Fang Chang gasped.
Liu Yuande nodded:
"Sir, you are right. They were all hired, and the rewards are clear. If you kill Lang Zhongling Zuo Liangping, you will get 1,200 guan, and if you kill the rest, you will get 150 guan. With a reward of 30 pennies per person, only the guards who escorted the car killed them and made no money."
"There are also some dead soldiers and guards from the rich families in various prefectures. Although they didn't get any money, they were actually hired because the rewards were given to their masters, which is regarded as exchanging people for money."
"For the big clan, this job is very good. Even if they die in battle, there will be a lot of pensions, which far exceeds the cost of cultivating dead soldiers. It is definitely not a loss."
"However, the rewards of each prefecture vary. These attackers were roughly organized and distributed according to the prefecture. Just like today's two teams, if you simply interrogate them, you can know that they come from two different prefectures, so There is no coordination between each other, let alone a unified command, otherwise it will be difficult."
Fang Chang didn't care much about these answers, he just frowned and said:
"The person who hired them? Can't you ask?"
Liu Yuande shook his head: "I can't ask, there are too many intermediate levels, and I can't go back. I only know that most of them are people with certain status from all over the world, but the various clues can't be connected with each other, just like a pile Chaotic line, further upwards, it is currently impossible to verify."
Fang Chang then asked him: "How are the casualties these days?"
"It's okay." Liu Yuande talked about this, although his expression was very optimistic, but his words were a little sad: "Many were injured, and there were also a few deaths. They are all good men. Simple bandages for minor injuries, still follow the escort; Those who were seriously injured had to be rescued, so they had to send someone to look after them, and take care of the funeral of the deceased brothers. Calculated in this way, since the departure, Scattered has lost one-tenth of its staff, alas..."
Beside him, Yu Qingling persuaded: "Brother Liu, you don't need to worry too much. We Jianghu people walk in the world, and righteousness comes first. Escorting Zuo Lang Zhongling is the righteousness of the world. Being injured is a meritorious service, and it is also a matter of dying in the face of an enemy." Live up to this life."
"Similarly, if my little sister dies unfortunately one day, don't feel sad for me. After the matter is resolved and the world is peaceful, just put a beautiful flower on my grave."
Liu Yuande was silent.
These words made him feel even more depressed. Fortunately, most scholars are good at self-comfort. He quickly adjusted his mentality and said:
"Now that Mr. Fang is by my side, I am no longer afraid of evil spirits. With our strength being so strong, there won't be many casualties down here. After all, the journey is over halfway, and we are approaching Chaoyun Port. When Langzhong orders them to go to sea, things will happen. It will come to an end."
Fang Chang asked: "Among those who come to attack, there are often monsters like today?"
"That's not true." Liu Yuande shook his head, "Those of us Jianghu people who came to protect us, although they are highly skilled in martial arts, are all mere mortals. When we encounter a monster like today, if it wasn't for you, we would all be wiped out. "
"I encountered an extraordinary attack before. Most of the dead were caused by that time, but it was different from this time. The opponent didn't know whether it was a human or a demon. They didn't take the initiative to come forward, but drove evil spirits to attack. "
"Several people fell down on our side. Everyone fought desperately to hold on. Fortunately, a coincidence happened later to break the attack."
"I'm not afraid of my husband's jokes. In fact, in the past, I only knew that there are immortals and monsters in the world, but I have never seen them with my own eyes. Immortals are easy to understand. As for monsters, I have always doubted that they do not exist."
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