Since he had decided not to stay in the mountains and forests for several miles and there was no shop for top accommodation, Ling Yan could only take the little novice to walk in the night, fortunately the moonlight was bright tonight and could be seen vaguely, otherwise Ling Yan would not be clear with the rugged and difficult mountain road here.
Although the little novice said that he grew up with the ancient Buddha with the green lantern since he was a child, he should be blessed by the Buddha's light, but even if there is something, it should be hidden, and the little novice in front of him is bold and dares to do anything.
Of course, arguing with Ling Yan on the road is naturally essential, so the road is not very boring, if Ling Yan feels really bored and deliberately teases the little novice, and then provokes him to pout or mumble or scold loudly, of course, Ling Yan will laugh.
In addition, Ling Yan wanted to rename the little novice, after all, although it was fun to call the little bald head all the time, it was not a personal name, and when Ling Yan mentioned it, the little novice immediately smiled, "It should have been changed a long time ago, although I am still a disciple of the master when I leave the temple, I must at least have a name that wants to blow up the sky when I go out." ” Then I saw the little novice squatting under the sand tree on the side of the road, and then he felt uncomfortable squatting and simply sat down, regardless of whether the weeds on the ground cone or not, after sitting down, he crossed his fingers and was babbling nonsense.
"What's your name?
Long Aotian?
No, it's cheesy.
Wangba?
Even if there is ambiguity, it will not work.
Why don't you come as your own family, Great Bodhisattva?
But what if the Bodhisattva Buddha blames him...... ” The little novice actually squatted on the side to think of a name for himself, Ling Yan couldn't cry or laugh, this little bald head had already come up with dozens of well-known names for himself after only a while, making Ling Yan feel that this little bald head had already been fully prepared, even if he didn't kidnap himself, sooner or later, he would run out by himself.
In the end, in the midst of thousands of flowers, the little novice who only picked one flower took the most satisfactory name now - Broken Water Flow, which came from the drawing knife in the poem that has been passed down through the ages, and when Ling Yan asked why he chose such a name, the little novice should be called Broken Water Flow, and Broken Water Flowing raised his little head and said the answer that made Ling Yan feel even more speechless, "Because it sounds very sassy." ” "It's really amazing" Ling Yan could only give Broken Water a roll of his eyes, and then he had to stretch out his thumb and pretend to praise, he knew that saying that he had a few bad words would definitely provoke Broken Water and toss with him for a long time.
Although Yunzhou Hezhou is nominally the only two states in the southwest province, there is no real border in between, but you need to cross a mountain road to reach each other, of course, this mountain road connecting the two states has naturally become a rich place for robbing bandits, anyway, there are no bandits here whether you are a high-ranking official or a poor and rich person who goes to relatives and friends have to go, unless you don't go to Yunzhou or Hezhou.
The imperial court did not think of opening up a road far from the mountain with the greedy Menghua, but the mountain is steep, and only now this road that can only accommodate a carriage has cost a lot of silver, and the labor alone has levied a full 30,000 people, and it took half a year to open the road between the two states.
And in order to deal with the bandits that may appear on the mountain at any time, the imperial court can only set up a team of soldiers and horses on this thirty-mile-long official road, and the number of this team is not too much, only about 100 people, and the local counties and counties that have to toss the cost of food and clothing are too much, after all, there are too many poor places in the southwest province, and the money for raising soldiers is only so much every year, it is impossible to add it at will, not to mention that if there is more of this expenditure, those officials who have not made much oil and water will be even more unwilling.
Moreover, this team of men and horses is set up to deal with the bandits up and down the mountain, and the equipment naturally cannot be too bad, otherwise how to fight, so the cost is directly comparable to the annual expenditure of all the officials in a county.
However, although such a guard post was set up, there were still many business travelers who lost their lives and lost their wealth on this road every year, and over time, the people of Yunhe and Yunhe Prefecture laughed at this road as the little ghost road, because the little ghost blocked the road with little money or no life.
It is estimated that he is well aware of the prestige of the little ghost road, so when he learned that Ling Yan actually planned to take the two of them to embark on this road, Ling Yan scolded him for not being productive, "How can you follow me like this, and besides, where do the thieves dare to spearhead now, it is too late to hide from them." ” Indeed, the imperial court is now doing its best to suppress bandits, and even giant bandits like Tuxi Mountain and Hongshan dare not come forward, let alone those small bandits who are just small shrimps.
The water was still a little nervous, and he whispered: "Otherwise, let's find a caravan to follow and set off, be careful, I don't want my head to fall off before my reputation comes out." ” Stubborn but unable to cut off the flow of water, the two found a caravan and gave the boss a few taels of silver for him to carry with him, and the boss agreed to the silver.
Generally, caravans will spend a lot of money to find some dart games or local gangs to escort them, of course, there is a lot of silver, after all, it is quite risky to take this trip.
The caravan that Ling Yan and Broken Water Liuxun were going back and forth to do tea business, and the goods transported this time were worth some money, so they found the brothers of the famous local Yunhu Gang to escort them, and they gave them not silver but a full ten taels of gold, which made the tea boss feel distressed.
Ling Yan asked, "Isn't the imperial court going all out to suppress bandits?"
In addition, there are guards patrolling the road from time to time, why do you spend so much money to find someone else to protect you?
” The boss only thought that Ling Yan was a foreigner and didn't know the situation here, so he said: "Having said that, but in the end, I am afraid, these cars are not the slightest mistake in a year's trading, and it is good that there are people in the guard station on the road, but those people are all showy, and they are useless, but they often do the business of blackmailing the merchants and the people, and they really meet the thieves and run faster than anyone else." ” "As for the bandits you talked about, alas, we people take it seriously, but I just think that this bandit and bandit are probably inexhaustible, this mountain is so big, who can find it if you hide in it, and the court is often a situation where the troops are withdrawn after a few moments of enthusiasm, and everyone has been numb to it over the years."
The tea boss doesn't want the bandits to be completely exterminated and the road is quiet, but he also knows that it is difficult.
"This time it should be different, I heard that it was the official from the capital who personally supervised the battle."
Ling Yan sighed in his heart, the imperial court probably didn't have much popular support in Hezhou in the southwest over the years, and the local officials didn't think about getting rid of the bandits who did evil, but thought about looting the people's fat and people's ointment all day long, because the silver Ling Yan gave was enough, and the tea boss was also happy to talk to this young man who should have some background in the family: "I look at it, the officials in the world are the same, even if he comes, he doesn't sit in the building of Hezhou City to drink tea, eat wine and play with women, he says that he is supervising the war or he hasn't even gone down to the woman's attic." ” The tea boss suddenly felt that there were too many words, so he laughed and said: The little brother's words are also the brother's nonsense, and it can't be true, it can't be true.
People's hearts are separated from their bellies, and it is better to have a little heart and eyes in speech.
At this time, the caravan began to set off, Ling Yan shared a carriage with Broken Stream, and then he sat quietly, Broken Stream seemed to be extremely interested in the scenery outside, and stuck out his head from time to time, and then occasionally bragged to those brothers of the Cloud Tiger Gang who rode a big horse, saying that he was so powerful, and he was deliberately intimidated by this bald little kid with a ring scar on his head but who spoke in a stream.
The mountains return to the mountains in the west, the water also returns to the mountains, the mountains and rivers complement each other very well, anyway, the scenery along the way is good, and there is a very eye-catching rainbow on the road in front of the road, and then it leads to the water flu generalization: "What a big rainbow" Ling Yan in the carriage rolled his eyes when he heard this bullshit, when did the rainbow come to say.
Walking for a long time, safe and sound, on the way met two guards on armored horses, indeed the same as the tea boss said, the armor who should be responsible for the people from the bandits and bandits actually asked for money first, Ling Yan thought to himself that he had to take good care of these people, and it was really powerful to collect money under the guise of the imperial court.
At this time, Ling Yan did not make a sound, when the armor soldier pretended to check and opened the curtain of the car where he was, Ling Yan's expression was flat, and the broken water flow was also a good sitting, and then the patrolling armor soldier rode away to prepare to earn a sum of silver, this caravan was halfway to meet the patrol armor soldier three batches of a total of ten people, and the silver given was nearly a hundred taels, so that the broken water was drooling when he looked at it, and asked Ling Yan if he could let him be a armor soldier on this road, Ling Yan knocked on his head and said with a smile, "Think beautiful" When the people in the convoy were finished, whether they were Shang or the gang brothers, they all exhaled deeply, and they had to be afraid every time they walked, but fortunately, everyone came over safe and sound.
Yunzhou is connected to this little ghost road is a small city, the name is Anshan, don't look at it as a small city, because it is the intersection of Yunzhou Hezhou is very prosperous, the sound of selling on the street can be compared with the state cities of the two states, but the destination of the tea boss is not here, so when he entered the city, he asked Ling Yan if there was any other place to go, if it was a pass, you can take it, Ling Yan refused with a smile, this is the next road to walk, the tea boss did not force it, and went to the city gate, When entering the city, it is inevitable that there will be some common inspections in the world.
The broken water man is a big ghost, and he has a mind that is extremely inconsistent with his face, he sarcastically said, "Tut-tut, this court is really the most expensive place to eat money, and you have to get so much silver to enter the city, Ling Yan, or we won't go in." ” "No, go in and look" Ling Yan led the broken water into the city together, looking at the city plaque that was not very tall but inlaid with gold edges, and said to himself: It is said that Yunzhou has changed its decadence and new look under your Tian Xin, and I will take a good look to see if you are whitewashing the peace.