Chapter 17 Yanyun Eighteen Riders
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Liuhe Town was named after the mountain. It was called Tangyi in ancient times. In the first year of King Ling of the Western Zhou Dynasty (571 BC), it was one of the earliest cities to build a city in China. It has a long history, prosperous economy, and simple folk customs. During the Qin Dynasty, Liuhe belonged to Jiujiang County, the Western Han Dynasty belonged to Linhuai, and the Eastern Han Dynasty belonged to Guangling, and the Jin Dynasty belonged to Qin County. In the north Zhou Dynasty, Qin County was changed to Fangzhou and established Liuhe County. In the first year of Kaihuang, Liuhe County was abolished and the counties under his command were under Fangzhou. In the fourth year of Kaihuang, the three counties of Weishi, Tangyi and Fangshan were abolished, and they were established as Liuhe County, which belonged to Fangzhou.
By the Sui Dynasty, the wars were quelled, and Liuhe, which was close to the Yangtze River, developed rapidly. The population accumulation and the prosperity of the market made Liuhe an important route for transportation between north and south of the Yangtze River.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was also an important place for the capital of Jiankang in the capital. It was known as the barrier of the capital, the passage of Hebei and Shandong, the important place of military affairs, and the giant town in Jiangbei. Although the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Chen Dynasty and destroyed the Jiankang City in the center of Jiangnan, the important role of the Liuhe barrier of the capital was no longer there, the new center of Jiangnan, Yangzhou City, is located east of it, and its military, transportation, and trade status were quickly restored.
Fangshan has six peaks, Hanshan Peak, Dengzi Peak, Shiren Peak, Furong Peak, Miaogao Peak, and Shuangji Peak. Legend has it that Emperor Xiaowu of the Southern Dynasty climbed a mountain and saw that the six peaks were surrounded by rivers, so they were renamed Liuhe. A big mountain has three names: Dingshan, Fangshan and Liuhe Mountain.
In a valley in a shaped valley under the Lion Peak of Liuhe Mountain, there is a mountain temple that looks like a mountain gate. It is very famous in the south of the Yangtze River. The temple is named Dingshan Temple. The mountain temple is surrounded by mountains and the south is like a gate, facing the walls of the temple houses, and the pines are sandwiched together. This temple with great incense is said to be built by Emperor Wu of Liang, who admires Buddhism most during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, for a monk who travels around the world and has extensive knowledge. It is named Dingshan Temple. This mountain, which was once renamed Liuhe Mountain because Emperor Xiaowu of the Southern and Southern Dynasties, was renamed Dingshan. Since its establishment, Dingshan Temple has been an important temple in Zen. It is known as the "first temple of Bodhidharma" and is one of the ancestral temples in Zen.
The very famous Patriarch Bodhidharma in history was originally an Indian monk and the third prince of the Xiangzhi Kingdom in South Tianzhu. At that time, he was preached by the Central Plains and was invited by Emperor Wu of Liang to ask about Buddhism. Later, because of the incompatibility of teaching and hiring, Bodhidharma left Jiankang to go north. Legend has it that he crossed the river to Changlu Temple at that time, and then to Dingshan Temple. The reed crossed the river, which was about this. Later, Bodhidharma went to Shaolin Temple in Henan to establish Buddhist Zen Buddhism, and became the Patriarch of Bodhidharma.
Because of this, Dingshan Temple is known as the "First Temple of Bodhidharma" and has become a famous temple in Jiangbei. Dingshan Lion Peak and also the first peak among the six peaks of Liuhe Mountain.
In late spring of March, Dingshan Temple is filled with pilgrims and tourists. The incense in Dingshan Temple has also made lion bees a famous mountain. A large number of pilgrims and tourists have made this place prosperous business opportunities. Over the years, countless shops, inns, wineries, teahouses and restaurants have been established.
In one of the inns called Yuelai, several people were sitting there, listening to a man in a stately dressed in a servant dressed in a whispering to his companion.
After quelling the rebellion in Jiangnan in the tenth year of Kaihuang, the emperor dismissed the new military palace in Guandong, Henan and the northern edge, and laid off a large number of military troops. Although the remaining military troops were still classified as military citizenship and were under the command of the military government, he and his family were affiliated with the prefectures and counties. Like the local farmers, they were divided into land according to the equal land order, registered household registration, and established a registration account. From then on, the military and farmers were united.
Since then, although the court has often fought with the Turks on the northern border, major wars have been rare. In addition to taking turns to guard Daxingcheng, many government soldiers only need to spend a small amount of time every year to gather for training. In the remaining time, like other people, we are just ordinary farmers. However, what is better than ordinary farmers is that the government soldiers do not need to rent and re-register. These government soldiers are collectively called attendants, and are mostly selected from families with medium and high property.
This servant is a standard northerner with a beard full of face, but not old, about thirty years old. He has broad shoulders, tall figure, but a little thin. He has a squid on his head, a shirt with a high slit on both sides, a pair of large-mouthed trousers tied with trousers and straps on his waist, and a squid made of brass and leather. This is a multi-functional belt. The head and straps are made of brass, and the belt is made of yellow cowhide. The belt has eleven brass buttonholes, eleven small straps are tied underneath, and brass ornaments are nailed with copper decorations. This straps have a strong storage function and can be hung with kettles, purses, fans, sachets, knives, swords, musical instruments, quivers, even pens, ink, paper and ink.
At this time, the servant of the mansion had a kettle, a sachet, a purse, and a short knife hanging on the waist. Sitting by the same long table as him were several men in similar costumes. It seemed that they were also servants, because they were all dressed, lacking shirts, big-mouthed pants, beautiful sluts on their waists, and swords hanging on them. They even hung the purse on them so broadly. And they were all stubborn and powerful.
Now in the prosperous times, the government prohibits military affairs, and the people are not allowed to support swords and weapons. Even the guards of high-ranking officials and nobles often carry sticks and swords. The swords and spears are strictly prohibited. Only the attendants of the military government can show off their swords and swords in a noble manner. Moreover, these people are all faces of northerners.
The store was full of customers, and everyone tried not to look at the table of attendants.
The owner is a native of Jiangnan. He is wearing a faded blue cloth robe. He is holding a jar of good wine. This is the table of northern customers. The others ordered a cup or two, but they ordered a jar directly. This is the third jar. He was a little worried. What if these people get drunk and cause trouble in his shop?
It has been nine years since the Southern Chen Dynasty destroyed the country, and eight years have passed since the great chaos in Jiangnan. Although the hatred between the southern and northern people in that era cannot be said to have disappeared, it is indeed much better, at least it can exist with each other. The people in Jiangnan no longer regard the northerners as barbarians, and the northerners no longer regard the southerners as weak and unsightly, and do not regard them as humans. It has to be said that the swords of the Sui Dynasty made the Jiangnan people know what strength is, and the wise king who has been in Yangzhou for many years made many people in Jiangnan feel that in fact, the northerners are emperors, and life is better than the original Jiangnan people. The people actually don’t care much about who is the emperor. They just hope to live a better life and live a better life. Now that the Sui Dynasty has ruled Jiangnan for many years, the massacre and enslavement that they were worried about did not appear, so they naturally no longer are so hostile to the northerners.
Those officials from the north and the soldiers and attendants from the garrison from the north now walk in Jiangnan, there is no need to worry about being beaten to the black bricks. Sometimes, some merchants and landlords from Jiangnan will take the initiative to pay the bills for them.
However, the group of northerners in the store today have the kind of fierceness that is hard to see on ordinary garrisons, which is a fierce smell. Therefore, everyone is careful to eat, drink and chat, trying not to look here, and no one takes the initiative to ask the officers in the north to talk about their past wars, and no one comes to drink and chat with them.
The northerner sat there like that, in the store, but was out of place with the atmosphere in the store, but was so comfortable that he ignored the feelings of the other people in the store.
"How is the Leopard now?"
"Nothing big is happening anymore, but my mood is still not very good and I feel a little depressed."
"Are you still blaming yourself for losing your second brother?"
"Um!"
"Actually, it's not his fault for this." said one of the men in their thirties. There was a half-inch scar on his left cheek, which made him look even more ferocious. "If he had been carrying his second brother that day, he would not have been able to take off the hawks and dogs at all."
The thin man sighed: "It's been so many days. My elder sister is looking for it like crazy, but she hasn't found any clues yet. She will not see anyone in her life or die of a corpse!"
"Niu Ri, don't say bad things. What kind of person is the second brother? What kind of person is he who didn't come here under what kind of sinister circumstances? Maybe he just hid somewhere to recover from the injury. Didn't Wei Bao say it too, did the second brother get seriously injured that day?" Liu Ying interrupted. Although so many days have passed, everyone has felt that this is not good in their hearts, but it is still difficult for everyone to accept such a result. There are only three possibilities. First, after Wei Bao left that day, the second brother woke up and left alone, and now he might be hiding in a safe place to recover from the injury. Or, the second brother was captured by the men in black. Third, maybe the second brother is dead, but no one can find his body for a while.
"Where is Ji Yao, is there any news about her?" asked the scar man. Everything happened because of it. If Ji Yao could be found, maybe many problems could be solved. At least, you can know who ambushed and attacked the second brother.
"There is no news yet." Wang Xiong replied in annoyance.
"No news at all? Haven't you fought with those hawks twice? You didn't find any clues. Where are the prisoners?" Liu Ying asked.
"No prisoners!" Wang Xiong replied, "Actually, we have fought with the other party three times." The first time, Wei Bao was chased, they encountered, intercepted and ambushed the group of men in black. He was about to defeat the other party, but all the prisoners committed suicide immediately, and they did not catch a living mouth, and they did not even find any clues from the corpse. The second time, they tried their best to find some clues, but when they arrived at the place, they only saw a piece of the corpse of the man in black. Then they met a group of guards who rushed to fight with them. The other party claimed to be the guards of the King of Jin's mansion, but soon the opponent's reinforcements arrived, and they had to withdraw. Then, the next day, the place where they were invisible was attacked. Fortunately, they were alert, and the two sides fought fiercely in the dark night before dawn. They finally retreated, and they were almost captured, let alone captured. In the end, they didn't know who attacked them."
"The Prince of Jin's Mansion? Yang Guang, the general manager of Yangzhou?" Scar Wang Bao raised his eyebrows unexpectedly.
Wang Xiong said bitterly: "Since we arrived in Jiangnan, we felt like this swamp in fog, with fatal traps everywhere, and we couldn't see the situation clearly. According to the analysis of the eldest sister's head, we may face more than one opponent. The ambushing the second brother and the chasing the leopard and then intercepted by us may be the same group of people. In addition, the corpses of the men in black who were later seen may also be these people. Later, we were attacked near the corpses, and the hiding place that we later attacked us may be the same group of people. In addition, those who were ambushed by us and rescued by helpers in the woods, who claimed to be the guards of the King of Jin's mansion may be the other party. The matter has not been completely confirmed, but it is very likely that this is the case. In addition, those who claimed to be the guards of the King of Jin's mansion, we later tracked and found that they did return to the Yangzhou General Administration."
This matter is too complicated, and Liu Ying has a headache when he thinks.
First, the man in black tied up Ji Yao, lured them to the south, asked about the news about Jade Pendant, Yang Lin and Yi Feng, and wanted to capture the second brother alive.
Then, another group of mysterious people appeared. While attacking and killing the man in black who tied Ji Yao to ambush his second brother, they attacked the eldest sister and the others.
Finally, the guards of the King of Jin's mansion also appeared.
What kind of relationship is this, and who is Yang Lin?
It's just a mess.
"It's good that you're here now. The eldest sister's head means that no matter how many forces it is, we will find Ji Yao and second brother to rescue him." Wang Xiong said.
"But the situation is so complicated now that we have not even figured out who the enemy is." Liu Ying said.
Wang Xiong looked at Wang Bao with scar, "I don't know who the enemy is. At least we know that there is a group of people from the Jin Palace."
"Do you want to start with Yang Guang first? He is the second son of today, the chief general of Yangzhou, commanding the forty-four prefectures of Jianghuai, and has countless troops." A man said worriedly.
"So what, no matter what, I don't care about Emperor. Since he dares to ride on our heads, we can be afraid of him." Wang Bao glared at Zhang Yue with a dark face and clenched his fists. "We have been in the north, we have worked with the Turks, the Kumoxi people, the Khitan people, the Shiwei people, the Tiel people, the Goguryeo people, the Marceite people, and even the Baekje, Silla, and the Japanese people. Are we still afraid of a prince of the Sui Dynasty? Our Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun has never been afraid of anyone. Whoever dares to provoke us will fight to the end."
"Okay, the third brother said it's good. We have already received the news that Yang Guang will come to the foot of Liuhe Mountain to hunt tomorrow. This is a great opportunity! The other brothers have arrived. Third brother is the latest. I thought you couldn't catch up, but now it's just right." Wang Xiong said.
"What are you waiting for? Let me see my elder sister now!" Wang Bao drank all the wine in his glass in one sip.
"Walk!"
Chapter completed!