The first volume of the historical novel "Asking the Impermanence of the Demon and the Demon Hand": Doing the Way
Chapter 33: It's Easy to Go Up and Hard to Go Down (6)
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When Qiu Chuji saw Du Dacheng, he couldn't help but smile and said: "No courtesy! Dacheng, now you have come to this mountain to be considered complete!"
"Uncle Shi is hard!" Du Dacheng said with a smile on his face, "It is thanks to Uncle Shi's mercy that everyone can avoid the suffering of sword soldiers!"
"General Du, Daoist Qiu, please go to the Hall of Righteousness to speak. At this time, Li Chuanyong rushed over and said.
"Don't be busy first, I've heard for a long time that the scenery on Yanggu Mountain is wonderful, and since I'm here today, I want to take a good look." Du Dacheng said.
"I'm used to seeing the scenery on this mountain every day, but I don't think there's anything unusual. Especially now that it's winter, there's really nothing good to see. General Du, it's windy outside, please go to the hall with Daoist Qiu to talk. Li Chuanyong said sincerely.
Li Chuanyong wanted to invite Du Dacheng and them into the hall quickly, after all, Hu Yixiong was still on the mountain, which was always an unstable factor for him, so many officers and soldiers had been hanging outside for a long time, and it would be troublesome to really meet Hu Yixiong.
"The scenery is still second, but this mountain is very steep, and it is really a place where soldiers must fight!" Du Dacheng knew Li Chuanyong's thoughts, at this time, he only carefully looked at the terrain on the mountain with the eyes of a military strategist, and said to Li Chuanyong leisurely.
"If you want to talk about the mountain, this Yanggu Mountain is the highest mountain within a radius of 100 miles, there have always been many strange peaks and mountains, and there are many kinds of trees in the forest, which support a lot of rare birds and beasts. Usually, ordinary people also like to come here to hunt, collect firewood or something, and get along with us quite well. Li Chuanyong heard Du Dacheng mention the mountain situation of Yanggu Mountain, thinking that his people have always relied on the easy to defend and difficult to attack mountain to support until now, and now when he heard Du Dacheng say this, he was afraid that the other party would blame him for relying on the advantages of the mountain to confront the imperial court, so he hurriedly introduced the topic to other aspects.
"Relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on the water to draft the water, the people under the mountain dare to enter the mountain, which shows that the big boss is really good to the people!" Du Dacheng heard this, and couldn't help but smile and said, "So I said, although he is the king of the mountain, he has not harmed the local people, and it can be regarded as righteous anger!" Speaking of this, Du Dacheng changed his words and said: "I heard that most of the brothers in the mountains have gone now, the big boss, is this true?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Chuanyong hurriedly replied, "The brothers on the mountain are all old now, and I really can't bear to let them continue to make mistakes on this mountain." Don't hide it from General Du, you said, since I handed over the surrender letter, the brothers have left a lot. When I received your reply that day, I personally sent a few more groups of people away! Now less than 10 percent of the mountain remains!"
"I heard that there are three leaders on this mountain, why don't you see the other two today, only you are the big boss to greet us?" Du Dacheng asked again.
"This," Li Chuanyong thought to himself, really which pot is not opened, and he really has to deal with it carefully at this critical moment, in case he accidentally provokes Hu Yixiong, and as soon as the two parties meet, what will happen? But now he can't help but tell the truth: "Alas, speaking of our second master, he has been injured since he beat you and came to the bottom of the mountain, and he has been bedridden to recuperate. Third brother, he went to visit the second master just now, and I think he will be back in a while. My third brother is a scholar, and now he also wants to become a monk with Dao Qiu and them!"
Li Chuanyong was afraid that Du Dacheng would ask Hu Yixiong about it, so he hurriedly introduced the topic to Ding Dali.
"The second boss is injured, so let's go and pay a visit. Du Dacheng seemed to attach great importance to Hu Yixiong's affairs, so he didn't even ask Ding Dali about becoming a monk, he glanced at his subordinates as he spoke.
Du Dacheng looked at it at a glance, and the scene he saw was no different from what he expected: although the five generals who came with him seemed to follow him loosely at this time, they all kept their hands on their weapons, and their eyes were always glued to him, as if they were waiting for an order to act at any time.
The bandits on Yanggu Mountain have always been famous, although the officers and soldiers are going up the mountain to surrender this time, but no one can say whether they are lucky or vicious, how can they do it without a hundred points of spirit at this time!
Hearing Du Dacheng say this, Luo Qi, who was closest to him, really raised his eyes, stared at Li Chuanyong alertly, and said: "General Du is right, I have heard that these two masters have always been brave, and the officers and soldiers who came here in the past have suffered his losses! Since we are here, we have to meet each other anyway! Otherwise, we will not know each other when we meet in the future, and if we do not agree with each other, it will inevitably hurt the harmony!
Luo Qi had actually seen Hu Yixiong that day, but he didn't know that it was the second leader of Yanggu Mountain.
When Li Chuanyong heard this, his heart was furious, and he thought to himself, this Hu Yixiong said that he couldn't let him see the officials and soldiers, and he might start to do it when he met this time. Now it's hard to win this opportunity for the brothers on the mountain, and you can't let everyone be implicated again because of Hu Yixiong alone. Thinking of this, the sweat on his head couldn't help but increase, and he didn't know how to deal with the past for a while.
"What's the matter, is there any secret in the big boss?" Luo Qi was unwilling to watch these bandits surrender like this, he felt that this was too cheap for these people, could it be that the lives of so many officials and soldiers before were counted like this?
Helplessly, the terrain on this mountain is dangerous, and it is not easy to attack without first exploring and understanding, and in addition, Qiu Chuji took a dozen Taoist priests on the mountain, and Du Dacheng never ordered to attack. I didn't expect to wait and wait, but I waited for the new will issued by the imperial court, it turned out that now the war situation in the south has changed, and the front line of the army sent by the imperial court is tight, so I ordered them to urgently go south for reinforcements.
It was also at this time that Li Chuanyong just sent a letter of surrender, how could Du Dacheng let go of this opportunity, he replied immediately after receiving the letter of surrender, and went up the mountain today to receive Yanggu Mountain, and as soon as the bandits were cleared here, he was ready to go south for reinforcements.
Du Dacheng couldn't care about what he thought in his heart, but Luo Qi didn't want to watch these bandits surrender, so let them surrender without moving a knife and a gun? Where did those fallen soldiers go to reason? Now that he has reached the mountain, he really hopes to find an opportunity to find a mistake and find a bandit to vent his anger.
"Where do I have any secrets, it's really my brother who is seriously injured, it's really not appropriate to see people at this time!" Li Chuanyong shook his hand and said, seeing Qiu Chuji on the side, he seemed to see a savior, and hurriedly said: "I don't believe you ask Daoist Qiu, the injury of our second boss has always been treated by Daoist Qiu, you will know as soon as you ask!"
Hearing Li Chuanyong say this, everyone's eyes looked at Qiu Chuji, and Qiu Chuji said: "The big boss is right, we have been in bed for the past few days when we went up the mountain, and the second boss has been lying in bed to recuperate, and the injury is really not light!
"Uncle Shi said that it is naturally good to raise it. Du Dacheng has always regarded Qiu's words as very important, although he is already in an important position and holds great power, this point has not changed. Hearing what Uncle Shi said, he couldn't help but respond casually: "In this case, Luo Qi, you arrange to receive it, and we will make a quick decision!"
Du Dacheng originally felt that bandits were just internal troubles, he didn't like to fight this kind of battle, coupled with his experience when he was young, he didn't like to be involved with bandits in any way, and it was best to solve the matter on the mountain as soon as possible.
"General Du, it's not okay to have a master in this receiving light!" Luo Qi was a hundred unwilling in his heart, so he continued Du Dacheng's words and said, he knew that his position was low, and there could be no mistakes in doing such a meticulous thing: "If you want to do it, you have to be present with the three leaders!"
Li Chuan was embarrassed, waved his hand and called a subordinate to come over, wanting him to go to Hu Yixiong's residence to invite Ding Dali to come. Ding Dali has always had a lot of ideas, and the ideas come quickly, and he can deal with it with his presence, otherwise he will not be able to do it on his own.
At this time, Li Chuanyong saw Ding Dali walking towards this side, and couldn't help but hurriedly shouted: "Dali, hurry up!"
Ding Dali went to see Hu Yixiong just now, and when he entered, the room was quiet, and the girl who was serving on the side whispered to him that the second master had just fallen asleep after taking the medicine. Ding Dali felt that it was not bad for Hu Yixiong to fall asleep, so he asked Shan Xia to take people to close the thick curtains in the house, and cover everything that could be covered with blankets, try to dim the light in the room, don't wake up Hu Yixiong, in case he is woken up, then tell him directly that it is night.
After all this was arranged, Ding Dali came out of the room, and when he saw Li Chuanyong and people walking and chatting from afar, he walked over.
"General Du, this is my third brother, Ding Dali. Li Chuanyong introduced.
Du Dacheng looked at Ding Dali carefully, and at first glance, he felt that this person was very quiet, if he met him outside the mountain, he would not believe that he was a bandit.
"Obviously he is a scholar!" Du Dacheng thought, remembering that he had just heard Li Chuanyong say that his third brother was preparing to become a monk, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "This is Mr. Ding, who is going to become a monk?"
"It's down there. Ding Dali replied to Du Dacheng.
"The monks and my uncle were originally scholars like Mr. Ding. Du Dacheng said with a smile, "Mr. Ding is the right place to practice, congratulations!"
When Ding Dali heard Du Dacheng's words, he pondered what this meant that they would not stop him from becoming a monk, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart, and he couldn't help but say: "Although I have read a lot of sage books since I was a child, I still can't avoid doing wrong things after all, and now I can become a monk and practice, and I am forgiven by everyone!"
"Don't blame the past, Mr. Ding, follow my uncle to practice well. Du Dacheng said.
Ding Dali took a deep look, and at this time, Luo Qi next to him suddenly said: "How can I see you so familiar? Hey, you were the one who snatched people away that day, right? It turns out that you are the third master on this mountain, no need to ask, the one who fell and injured that day was the second master! I know what happened to his injury, and no one will die for a while! What's the matter, please come out and see it!"
(To be continued, welcome to look forward to it)