Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 136 The Battle of Half a Life (7)

Ran Liang usually hunts in the mountains for a living. He has a lot of bacon at home, and he has opened several fields by himself, with all the grains and vegetables.

I have to say that this man who lives alone has really good cooking skills, and the third princess, who has always been accustomed to delicacies from mountains and seas, also praised him again and again.

During the dinner, the three of them chatted for a while, and Ran Liang mentioned that he once married a wife named Wang. Of course, this Wang was not a top family like the Langya Wang and Taiyuan Wang, she was just an ordinary Jie family. The woman, the two had a son named Ran Min, and Wang died of illness after giving birth to Ran Min.

The third princess was shocked when she heard Ran Min's name.

"You said your son's name is Ran Min, the adopted grandson of Zhao Shihu?"

Hearing Sima Jiaonu's question, Ran Liang was also surprised and said: "The girl actually knows my son? I don't know how my son is doing. I live in seclusion here, and the only concern in my heart is him."

Sima Jiaonu sighed: "He is very good. When I left Jiankang, I heard that Shi Hu died just after your son put down the Liang Du rebellion. Shi Zun's position as the Great General was passed on to Shi Shi, and Shi Zun rebelled and promised your son to make him the crown prince after the matter is completed, and now your son is probably honored as the Emperor of Wei!"

Ran Liang sighed: "My child's natural power is still higher than mine, and he is also gifted and intelligent. He grew up with me in the army since he was a child. He is decisive in killing and attacking. He is deeply loved by Shi Hu and treats him like his own grandson.

I had expected that he would make a career, but I didn't expect that he would actually be able to destroy stones and become emperor. "

Sima Jiaonu said: "That son of yours is amazing. After becoming the emperor, what kind of five-year plan was set up? Now that the northern kingdom of Yan and Qin are surrounded by them, the national strength has not declined but has risen!"

Guan Ziyang smiled secretly at the side: "Of course it's the idea of ​​a capable military advisor like me..."

Ran Liang shook his head again, and smiled wryly: "The Han people in the north were almost wiped out under the ravages of the Hu people. My son grew up watching these cannibalistic sufferings, and hated the Hu people to the bone, but I didn't know that he still Has the ability to govern the country."

Guan Ziyang knew that history was indeed as Ran Liang said. After Shi Zun came to the throne, he soon made his son Shi Yan the crown prince. Later, Ran Min deposed Shi Zun in a fit of anger, and supported Shi Jian as a puppet emperor. , and finally proclaimed himself emperor.

Ran Liang asked about the situation in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Pian'an Jiangzuo, and it was obvious that he was more concerned about the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He still regarded himself as a Han Chinese in his bones.

Sima Jiaonu didn't care much about politics and didn't know much about it. She just overheard some people in the palace talking about Ran Min. Instead, Guan Ziyang told him about the general trend of the world.

Ran Liang sighed: "I grew up in the Chenliuqihuo Army (an army composed mainly of refugees is called the Qihuo Army). All members of my family died at the hands of barbarians. I taught my son since I was a child, always Always remember that you are a Han, not a Jie, and all Hu people are our enemies, I hope he can fulfill my unfulfilled wish, drive away Hu people, and regain the Central Plains.”

Sima Jiaonu rolled his eyes at him, and muttered in a low voice: "My son was born and died on the battlefield, and I hide here thinking of my wife, I'm not ashamed!"

Sima Jiaonu has been pampered since he was a child, and no one dared to answer his words, so he was used to speaking without restraint. Guan Ziyang thought that Ran Liang would lose his temper when he heard the ridicule of the third princess.

Unexpectedly, Ran Liang smiled slightly, raised his head and stared at the distance, and said: "I have been bathed in blood on the battlefield for more than ten years, and there are eight hundred dead souls under my command, and I haven't had a peaceful sleep for more than ten years.

Now I have come here with Xiangu and lived in seclusion for 11 years. What I feel is not loneliness, but unparalleled peace and relaxation. Now, everything in this world has nothing to do with me. I only hope that I can see Xiangu again in my lifetime. I will die without regret. "

Sima Jiaonu replied: "But people don't pay attention to you at all. Love needs to be pleasing to each other. No matter how crazy you are about her, there will be no results at all."

Ran Liang's dark face was still expressionless, but he just stared at the ice chain again, and said indifferently: "I know it's not my moon, but for a moment, it really shined on me..."

Sima Jiaonu waited to say more, Guan Ziyang quickly covered her mouth, and said with a smile: "Everyone has his own ambition, understand, understand, let's eat, the food you always cook is delicious, hehe..."

In Iron Bamboo Villa, Sima Jiaonu and Qing Chan had a full meal, and now they were lying side by side on two benches and taking a nap...

Guan Ziyang rested his hands behind his head, thinking idly about how he would apply to become a gentry when he returned home. It was too difficult to walk through the Evil Ghost Ridge in Qitian these days. I have never suffered like this...

Sima Jiaonu's soft voice came from next to my ear: "Little turtle, you said that Uncle Ran Liang loves that Gu Gu so much that he is willing to say a word for her, and live in seclusion in the mountains for more than ten years to take care of a knife for her."

"Uncle Ran Liang is not just for Bao Gu. You can tell from his words that he is tired of the battlefield of killing and just wants to live in seclusion. He has never even met that Bao Gu. How could it be love?" ,

Maybe it's just the respect that comes from simply being grateful for her life-saving grace. Besides, you little liar know what love is! "

"Of course I understand." Sima Jiaonu finished speaking and began to sing softly:

There is a beautiful woman who will never forget.

I don’t see you in a day, thinking like crazy.

Feng Fei soars, seeking phoenix from all corners of the world.

Helpless ladies, not in the East Wall.

Talk about the Qin on behalf of the heart, and talk about it.

When to see Xu Xi, comfort me to hesitate.

Wish to match virtue, hand in hand.

Don’t fly, make me perish.

Guan Ziyang knew about the song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix". During the Han Dynasty, Sima Xiangru played and sang the song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" in the Zhuo Mansion, and abducted the 17-year-old widow Zhuo Wenjun that night.
After the two eloped, Zhuo Wenjun, who was born as a young lady, was willing to open a restaurant in Sima Xiangru's home, and started a business as a showy businesswoman.

Guan Ziyang asked: "Is Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun the love you imagined?"

"Isn't it romantic enough for them to fall in love at first sight? Zhuo Wenjun, relying on his longing for love, determination to pursue happiness, and extraordinary courage, resolutely escaped from Zhuofu in the dark night, and made love with him." Danglu sells wine for a living, and life is difficult, but the relationship between the two is getting deeper."

Guan Ziyang thought of the era he lived in. How could there be a few girls who believed in falling in love at first sight?

Guan Ziyang turned his head to look at Sima Jiaonu, and saw her big watery eyes looking up at the sky, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, recalling Sima Jiaonu's straight-hearted temper, and her temper was particularly irritable. She seems to have calmed down at the moment It is extraordinarily moving...

Guan Ziyang said: "So you escaped from the palace and went to Luofu Mountain to join the Jindan Sect. Who did you want to elope with?"

Sima Jiaonu also turned her head to look at Guan Ziyang with a smile, and said, "It's because there is no such person, so I will go to Luofu Mountain to wait for him first, and when I get to him, I will go far away with him..."

Guan Ziyang shook his head, turned his head quickly, avoided Sima Jiaonu's gaze, and thought to himself: "This guy is a princess, give up unrealistic fantasies, practice martial arts hard, get ahead, save your life, get promoted and get rich, and have great luck... "

So he made a sarcasm, trying to break the damn warm and ambiguous feeling at the moment: "Then you know that after Sima Xiangru went to the capital to become an official, he fell in love with prostitutes, married wives and took concubines, and ignored his wives who were thousands of miles away. .Aren't you afraid?"

Sima Jiaonu replied leisurely again: "Then I will imitate Zhuo Wenjun's "White-headed Song", 'I heard that you have two opinions, so I will never leave each other. I hope to have one heart and never leave each other' to persuade him to change his mind."

For some reason, the appearance of Qing Chan suddenly appeared in Guan Ziyang's mind. He didn't know what happened to Qing Chan and the others at this moment, and whether they would be in danger. I hope they can return to Guan's house safely.

And just dozens of miles away from Tiezhu Villa...

"Qingchan, do you think that old postman has already killed the young master? We've been looking for him in Qitian Evilling Ridge for so many days. There are so many mountains, where can we find someone? Why don't we go back home? Guan Jiabao."

Qing Chan gritted her teeth, tears rolled in her eyes, she didn't seem to hear Shi Qi's words, she said to herself: "Impossible, impossible, the young master is blessed, and the old post Maybe it was to save him..."

Wei Yi Qingyu also said in a crying voice: "That's it, that old postman must have rescued the young master, let's look for it..."

After Sima Ye took Sima Jiaonu and Guan Ziyang away that day, the three of Qing Chan hurriedly followed, and later saw the horse abandoned by Sima Dingjun on the official road, and there were traces of people entering the mountain in the dense forest, so the three of them followed the trace Followed up Qitian Eguiling.

Walking and walking, I lost my traces and wandered around this Qitian Eguiling for several days.

After a while, Qing Chan couldn't move anymore, and sat on a bluestone panting.

Seeing Shi Qi and Xie Daoyun's unkempt appearance, looking like savages, she finally said leisurely, "I don't want to live anymore after losing my young master..."

The other three women could only bow their heads in silence.

After a while, Qing Chan said again: "Forget it, Mrs. Xie's family, you should take Shi Qi and Yi Qing back to Jiankang first, and tell the master of Xie's family the news, and ask them to bring more people to help. Just stay here and wait for the young master, in case the young master comes back and doesn't see us, if he doesn't come back, I don't want to go back to Jiankang either."

"No, Sister Qingchan, we don't worry if you are alone, how about this, let Mrs. Daoyun go back and report the letter, and I will stay here to accompany you and wait for the young master." Wei Yiqing replied.

While the few people were hesitating, they suddenly heard a low growl...

The three of them were alerted immediately, and immediately leaned together to listen.

There was a rustling sound in the woods, and the three of them looked in the direction of the sound, and a white-fronted tiger with wide eyes was slowly approaching them.

Xie Daoyun immediately pulled out the hatchet from his waist that was used to open the way in the dense forest. The tiger was huge. At this moment, it bent down and touched them, assuming an attacking posture.

Xie Daoyun stared at the tiger tightly, and said in his mouth: "Sister Qingchan and the two younger sisters, when this beast comes up to me, I will fight it desperately, and you two will run away separately."

Before the words were finished, the eye-catching white-fronted tiger roared again, and rushed towards the three of them.

Xie Daoyun had the highest martial arts among the few, but she only talked a lot with people. She had never seen any beasts, and her voice trembled a little in front of this huge tiger.

Seeing that the vicious tiger swooped five or six meters away from the three of them, the hook-shaped claws of its front paws showed their sharpness, which was actually sharper than the hatchet in Xie Daoyun's hand. Xie Daoyun raised the hatchet and rushed with all his strength. Cut off the tiger's head.

The tiger's pounce directly knocked down the three people, and Xie Daoyun also chopped off the tiger's head, but the hatchet was too short after all.
Although the tiger was injured, he shook his head and stood up again. His forehead was slashed with blood from Xie Daoyun's knife, but it aroused the tiger's viciousness even more, and he turned around and rushed towards the three of them.

At this moment, the three of them were still lying on the ground. Xie Daoyun, who was at the front, had a large piece of flesh taken off his arm by the tiger's claws. He was moaning in pain at this moment, and he had no strength to fight back.

Just when the three of them were in despair, a red shadow suddenly shot out from the side and slammed into the tiger's side belly.

The evil tiger was knocked more than ten meters away by this collision, struggling on the ground and trying to stand up, the red shadow flew over again, and climbed onto the head of the evil tiger. A little monkey with a red body.

The little monkey stretched out its paws and scratched the tiger's chest, and the claws sank into the tiger's body. After a while, it pulled out a red object. The three of them took a closer look and found that it was a tiger that was still jumping slowly. Heart.

The little monkey grabbed the tiger's heart and ate it in two or three mouthfuls. The three of them were stunned to see that this little monkey was actually more cruel than that vicious tiger.

A few people immediately remembered the legend about Qitian Evil Ghost Ridge that the old postman told at the station...

After the little monkey ate the tiger's heart, he turned around and looked at the three of them, Qing Chan and the other three. The three of them felt their backs go cold for a moment, and the red little monkey's eyes seemed to be a hundred times more terrifying than that of the vicious tiger.

With the speed at which people couldn't see clearly when he killed the evil tiger, and the sharp claws that pulled out the heart of the evil tiger with a single swipe, at this moment there was still the tiger's heart remnant at the corner of his mouth, Qing Chan was so frightened that he finally screamed. called out.

"This is... this is the evil spirit in the mountains, ah..."

Hearing the scream, the little monkey covered its ears, squeaked at Qing Chan a few times, and showed a vicious expression.

Qing Chan immediately shut her mouth, this little monkey seems to be quite human.

Sure enough, as soon as Qingchan shut up, the monkey's ferocious expression disappeared. He ran over and sniffed the three people, but the three didn't dare to move.

When he finally smelled it on Qing Chan, he actually grinned, then grabbed the bag that Qing Chan was carrying, and opened it in twos and twos, revealing a set of clothes inside.

This was the clothes Guan Ziyang wore and hadn't had time to wash. The little monkey sniffed it again happily, and put on a short hexagram that was worn inside.

(End of this chapter)