The first volume of the historical novel "Asking the Impermanence of the Demon and the Demon Hand": Doing the Way
Chapter 31: It's Easy to Go Up and Hard to Go Down (4)
Previous link: Volume I, Chapter 30
The setting sun shone extremely faintly on the horizon, and a small team quietly walked down the mountain at this moment.
Li Chuanyong and Ding Dali stood on the side of the road, watching people walk past them one by one. People were holding very simple luggage, but the heavy feeling made everyone's faces involuntarily glow with joy, and when they passed Li Chuanyong and Ding Dali, they all said goodbye with a little gratitude.
"Be vigilant all the way, don't show your wealth easily! Go down the mountain and find a place to live a down-to-earth life. Li Chuanyong looked at everyone's expressions, couldn't help but instruct, and then grabbed a small leader and said: "You look at the mountain, if there is anything wrong, hurry back to deliver the letter, you know?"
"Got it, big boss. The little leader said yes and left.
Watching people walk away one after another, Li Chuanyong and Ding Dali couldn't help but sigh, and then the two of them turned around and were about to walk back, but they saw Hu Yixiong on crutches, and he didn't know when he was already standing behind them.
"Ouch, brother, you, are you injured?" Li Chuanyong was startled when he saw Hu Yixiong, and then hurriedly greeted.
"Brother Lao is worried that my injuries have healed. After lying down for so many days, I really can't lie down, and today I talked to Qiu Daochang, and he agreed to let me go out for a walk. Hu Yixiong's face was slightly pale, but his expression looked much better than a few days ago.
"Brother, when did you come here? Why are you walking quietly now without making a sound?" Li Chuanyong was puzzled, not knowing if Hu Yixiong had seen those brothers go down the mountain just now.
"I just saw my brothers coming down the mountain. Hu Yixiong said, "Big brother, this time you sent a lot of people down the mountain to inquire about the news! Is this preparing for a big battle? When will the fight start?"
"This ......" Li Chuanyong muttered, thinking that he knew about me sending the surrender letter down the mountain, why did he still ask like this now, was it a temptation or something?
Seeing this, Ding Dali hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Xiong is right, those brothers were sent out by the eldest brother to inquire about the news, and when they find out clearly, we will decide when to start fighting." ”
"It's pretty much the same!" Hu Yixiong nodded and said, looking Ding Dali up and down as he spoke, looking at Ding Dali's Taoist clothes, he couldn't help frowning tightly, and then suddenly laughed again: "Dali, I dreamed that I saw you wearing this dress, exactly the same as now!"
"Brother Xiong, I'm also watching Li Daochang and they wear this clothes It's very interesting, so I borrowed it for a few days and returned it to others after wearing it for a few days!" Ding Dali carefully followed his mouth, for fear of making Hu Yixiong angry again by saying the wrong sentence, "Brother Xiong, don't you know my temperament, I like to play with new things since I was a child, and my temperament hasn't changed until now!"
Hearing Ding Dali say this, Hu Yixiong nodded: "Dali, you look very chic in this dress, but if you have enough fun, hurry up and give it back, there are good clothes on our mountain, you can wear them!"
"Yes. Ding Dali agreed, and he was about to help Hu Yixiong to go back, but who knew that Hu Yixiong was walking in other directions on crutches, "I finally came out, and I want to walk around the mountains more." As he walked, he muttered, "I'm probably sleeping too much when I'm lying down, and I'm almost dreaming when I fall asleep." You don't know, I have had a lot of dreams, one moment the eldest brother surrendered, the other time the monk was vigorously monked, I woke up and thought, no matter what, I have to come out to take a walk, this look at my heart is much more comfortable: Isn't this still the same as before! Brother, don't worry, my injury will be healed soon, and when I am injured, we will meet with the officers and soldiers!"
Li Chuanyong and Ding Dali listened and knew that Hu Yixiong was now a little unable to distinguish between reality and dreams, so it was okay, so that at least he would not be in a hurry, so the two of them nodded yes one after another, and chatted along Hu Yixiong's voice, not daring to mention the real situation on the mountain at all.
Hu Yixiong walked outside for a while, and Shan Xia came over with two girls: "Boss, I also saw it outside, go back and rest." ”
It turned out that when Hu Yixiong was going out, Shan Xia wanted to follow, but Hu Yixiong said that he would not let him go, and he had to go by himself. He came out for a while, how could Shan Xia rest assured, he had been following people from a distance, and at this time, he and Li Ding were chatting, for fear that the two of them would say something to provoke Hu Yixiong, so they hurried over.
Hu Yixiong has been lying in bed for so many days, seeing Shan Xia busy for him every day, and he knows it in his heart, so he listened to Shan Xia's urging and didn't talk much, so he followed back very obediently.
Li Chuanyong and Ding Dali watched Hu Yixiong staggering back to his residence, the two glanced at each other, Li Chuanyong first said: "Dali, do you know what the most important thing is now, we have to find a way to let Yixiong go down the mountain first, otherwise when the official army comes, he will have to come over?"
"That's right, that's a terrible thing!" Ding Dali thought about Hu Yixiong being kept in the dark just now, and had some doubts in his heart, if he wanted to say that Hu Yixiong was pretending, he wanted to follow Hu Yixiong's character and definitely didn't have such a scheming. Is it really that he has been lying in bed for so many days and has slept in a daze? This may still be there, since he is still confused, it is better to let him continue to be confused like this, so that he will not be able to accept the reality after sobering up.
"Big brother, why don't we invite my sister-in-law over and think of a way together, so that she can persuade Brother Xiong to go down the mountain and find a place to raise it!" Ding Dali said.
"Well, Shan Xia is an understanding person. Li Chuanyong agreed, so he sent someone to invite Shan Xia.
After a while, Shan Xia came and came into the house to salute the two first. The two of them looked at Shan Xia, but Shan Xia was already obviously haggard in half a month, obviously working hard day and night for Hu Yixiong's injury and condition.
"My sister-in-law has worked hard during this time. Ding Dali said first.
Shan Xia smiled bitterly: "It's nothing if it's hard work or not! No matter what, if Yixiong's injury is good, it's better than anything else!
"My brother and sister are really virtuous!" Li Chuanyong praised.
Shan Xia knew that Li Chuanyong and Ding Dali would not be idle and call themselves over, so after listening to the politeness of the two people, she asked: "Big brother, Dali, there must be something wrong with you coming to me, just say it." ”
Ding Dali looked at Li Chuanyong: "Big brother, say it." ”
Li Chuan said bravely: "Brother and sister, now that the officers and soldiers on our mountain have received it, they have also sent a letter, saying that the people on our mountain can come down the mountain at any time. So he told Shan Xia about the situation on the mountain in the past few days, as well as the matter of distributing money to the brothers today and letting everyone go down the mountain separately.
After saying this, Li Chuanyong took out a bag of gold and silver that had been divided with Ding Dali just now after settling the accounts: "Brother and sister, the brothers have divided the silver, and this is the share that I, Yixiong, and Dali should share." I thought about it vigorously, and although the officers and soldiers asked us to leave the three leaders to wait for them on the mountain, we wondered where the officers and soldiers could tell who was who. Kazuo's current situation, I and Dali are worried that once he sees the official army coming up to receive him, we are afraid that he will not be able to stand it, so it is better for you to find a way to persuade him to go down the mountain in advance and find a place to recuperate. ”
"Kazuo, he usually goes down the mountain to deal with the officials and soldiers the most, and the officials and soldiers naturally recognize him. Hearing these words, Shan Xia asked, "If they come up the mountain and don't see him, how will you explain to the officers and soldiers, eldest brother and Dali?"
"This ......" Li Chuanyong didn't know how to answer for a while, and looked at Ding Dali.
Seeing this, Ding Dali hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law thinks about it reasonably, but now the officers and soldiers who have received us have not been in direct contact, so they can still mix it up." ”
"Dali, you and your eldest brother are well-intentioned, of course I understand. But in the future, if Kazuo knows that I ran away with him like this, won't he scold me to death?" Shan Xia said, "Although he is reckless, he has always valued brotherhood, and if he knows that I let you two block such a big thing for him in the future, he may not be able to live a good life for the rest of his life!"
"Sister-in-law, you think too much!" Hearing this, Ding Dali pretended to smile lightly and said, "Although the official army now asks us to leave the three leaders to wait for the handover, it is not necessarily a bad thing, maybe there are promotions and rewards, but it does not necessarily mean our lives! But if Brother Xiong saw the official army at this time, with his temper and his current physical condition, sister-in-law, maybe he would be angry at that time! My eldest brother and I are not afraid of anything else, but mainly because we are worried that Brother Xiong will not be able to accept the surrender!"
"Kazuo's temper has always been like this!" Speaking of this, Shan Xia couldn't help but sigh heavily, "These days, every time he wakes up, he is so angry that he shouts about swearing to die, and scolds him for being a monk. It was I who persuaded him again and again to believe that it was all his dream, and that there was no such thing! He had only been able to live in peace for a few days, otherwise he might have ...... a long time ago."
When Li Chuanyong and Ding Dali heard it, they knew that Hu Yixiong didn't pretend to be like that today, he had really been coaxed into not being able to distinguish between dreams and reality, it was really rare for Shan Xia to come up with such a statement.
"What else can I do if I don't say that!" Looking at the expressions of Li Chuanyong and Ding Dali, Shan Xia couldn't help but say helplessly, "In the end, I don't care if we surrender on the mountain or what, I just need to save his life in charge!"
Ding Dali hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, so you must find a way to persuade Brother Xiong to go down the mountain to recuperate from his injuries, and you can't let him stay on the mountain!"
"I'm going to have to figure it out. Shan Xia said, "Now that he is in good health, he has been wandering outside for a long time, so he is not easy to deceive!"
(To be continued, welcome to look forward to it)