Chapter 509

Almost no decent obstacles were encountered along the way. Most of the defeated rebels took off their armor, lost their weapons and found a place to hide for fear of being caught by the officers and soldiers after the war. Some of the remaining fierce people fled into the mountains and became bandits, but they did not dare to attack the brigade cavalry. After Li Xiaoche fled, he sent people to gather up the defeated soldiers in Jinyang. Many of the rebels who really couldn't afford to eat also defected to the past.

When he came, he walked day and night. When he returned, Fang Xie asked the team to line up and let the cart walk in the middle of the team. There were cavalry on both sides and war flags on the cart. It looked like a team of more than 10000 people from a distance. Therefore, even if a small group of rebels and mountain bandits and horse thieves were found, they would stay away.

Fang Xie was meditating all the way, remembering what was hidden behind the short conversation with the emperor and the old man.

The emperor's performance was as close as ever. When he was in Chang'an City, Fang Xie was very warm. But now, he felt more and more that there was something cold behind the proximity. Fang Xie felt a little bitter when he thought of leaving fan Gu to Chang'an and now.

In fan Gu's time, he was a qualified imperial frontier army and a natural scout. Because of his existence, horse thieves hundreds of miles around fan Gu were plagued. However, he was inexplicably involved in Li Yuanshan's plot and nearly became a funeral companion for Wu Peisheng. Then I entered Chang'an. I never did anything sorry for the Empire, nor did I ever want to be sorry for the Empire. Although Fang Xie didn't think he was a typical Sui person for a long time.

But now, it seems that everything he has experienced shows a sense of mistrust.

The emperor used him to defend him, Fang Xie can understand. After all, he didn't even understand his origin. How could the emperor not have doubts? To tell the truth, it is not easy for the emperor to do so now. Fang Xie even thought that if Li Yuan, Luo Yao and Yang Yi were the emperor, he would have to die.

So Fang Xie had no resentment in his heart, but he was helpless.

The old man's words lingered in his mind. Fang Xie had guessed who the old man was, and his words struck Fang Xie's heart word by word. He asked Fang Xie, have you forgotten how you came here? He said, Fang Xie, every step you take is doomed to a river of blood. Can he really see the secret?

Is it really arranged by God?

Riding slowly on the war horse, Fang Xie looked up at the sky.

It's like when he sat there looking up at the sky on the low wall of a dilapidated farmer's yard on the escape road many years ago, he was full of doubts. First of all, coming to this world itself is a mysterious and mysterious thing, which goes beyond the cognition brought to him by Fang Xie's education in his previous life. Even in this world, it is difficult for people to accept, let alone modern people?

Then he was inexplicably involved in the great Sui Dynasty, Meng Yuan, Buddha sect, Luo Yao, these people and these forces.

So that he didn't know himself and couldn't see himself. In particular, what makes him uncomfortable is that others know what he doesn't know. Fang Xie is sure that Luo Yao knows a lot, and he can guess some from the old man's words.

"Sir"

Fang Xie asked Zhuo Buyi: "do you know immortal Zhang of Wudang?"

Zhuo Buyi shook his head: "no one in the Jianghu dares to say that he knows immortal Zhang... After all, he is at least a hundred years old. Few people in the same generation in the Jianghu have met immortal Zhang, and they have only heard of him. Wudang Mountain has always been low-key and never publicized like qingleshan. My understanding of him comes from many Jianghu rumors."

"Tell me."

Fang Xie said, "I dare to be interested."

Zhuo Buyi asked, "do you think that person is real Zhang?"

"Seven out of ten."

Fang Xie nodded.

"Why in the camp?"

Zhuo Buyi murmured, and then suddenly thought: "yes... Emperor duo Luoyao's vigilance is not only the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but also Luo Yao's own cultivation. So it's understandable to bring immortal Zhang around. If it's him, Luo Yao may not dare to take risks. It's not that Luo Yao is not confident, but that Luo Yao doesn't think it's worth it."

"Well"

Fang Xie said: "that's why I'm curious about immortal Zhang. The most famous person in the Sui Dynasty was Wan Jiantang Wan Xingchen more than a hundred years ago, and the most famous person in the Jianghu more than a hundred years later was Qing Leshan Xiao 19. Immortal Zhang is younger than Wan Xingchen and older than Xiao 19 according to his grade. Living between these two people, he has never been as famous as the two of them. This is somewhat abnormal."

Chubby Road: "It's said in the Jianghu that immortal Zhang once used many names to travel around the world. Eighty years ago, Zhang Chuping, who swept the south of the Yangtze River with a sword, seventy years ago, Zhang Donglin, who wiped out the eighteen villages in jiugou with a pair of fists, and fifty years ago, Zhang Liulu, who killed the thirteen gates north of the Yellow River with one palm, was a flash in the pan, and there was no news. Therefore, some people attributed these names to immortal Zhang, but he never accepted them Recognize. "

"Some people say that his real name is Zhang Fengshan, others say that his real name is Zhang Sanxiao. He is noncommittal, but because he lives in Yiyang cottage in Sanqing Temple of Wudang Mountain, people also call him Zhang Yiyang."

Zhuo Buyi said, "but in the past 40 years, there have been no more rumors about him. Wudang disciples say that the real person can't go out and doesn't ask about Jianghu affairs for a long time. Therefore, people gradually forget the name and even ignore that there is such an old monster alive in the Jianghu of the Sui Dynasty."

Fang Xie asked, "in your opinion, how does immortal Zhang's cultivation compare with Xiao 19?"

"It's hard to comment."

Zhuo Buyi shook her head: "some people say that immortal Zhang is better, but this view is ridiculed by more people because he hasn't appeared in the Jianghu for too long. Xiao 19's big Sunday... Is very strong."

Fang Xie nodded: "anyway, there is a real person Zhang beside the Emperor..."

While he was talking about this sentence, he suddenly thought of something, and his face changed slightly: "the Emperor... Is waiting for Luo Yao to kill him."

Zhuo Buyi also understood and couldn't help sighing: "Meng Yuan stabbed Luo Yao in the back. Luo Yao must be angry. I can't say that he will go down in anger to kill the emperor, and the emperor must have more than one immortal Zhang around him. The emperor still wanted to make his own bait to solve as much as the civil strife in the Sui Dynasty can solve. He didn't want to leave hidden dangers for the crown prince."

"There is a premise"

Fang Xie said, "will Luo Yao really kill the emperor for the reason that the Mongols used force against him?"

"Maybe there are other reasons we can't consider."

Zhuo Buyi said, "that's why Luo Yaofei has to go."

"Do you want to go back?"

He asked.

Fang Xie was silent for a long time and shook his head: "if the Emperor didn't guess Luo Yao would go, he wouldn't let me leave in such a hurry. He wanted to keep me and work for the prince..."

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After marching for nearly a month, the team returned to fan Gu. Along the way, Fang Xie asked the cavalry to solve some bandits on the side of the disaster. The soldiers were like hunting. They didn't call those remnant bandits fighting but slaughtering. When I returned to fan Gu, the climate had been much warmer. On the way, Fang Xie was particularly sad to see some victims opening up wasteland. The seeds planted by these victims may be the food that many people have starved to death, because Li Yuanshan has been defeated, and the people come out of their hiding places and are ready to rebuild their homes.

They expect that some of these grains will be produced after autumn, so that the days can continue.

But even if it is a kind of coarse grain with the shortest cycle, I don't know how many people will starve to death in these months.

They planted not only hope, but also life.

Because there was no shortage of food in the stronghold, the food robbed from the rebel West camp was enough for the army to persist for a long time. So Fang Xie left enough food and grass from the Sui army camp along the way, and distributed the rest to the people along the way. Although everyone doesn't get much, at least they add some weight to their hope. These people who have experienced the disaster of war will also be grateful for such a small help.

What Fang Xie didn't know and didn't think about was that his name gradually spread among the victims because of this seemingly insignificant charity.

A little Lord Fang came to the capital, loving the people like a son.

If Fang Xie knew, he would feel guilty.

When Fang Xie returned to fan Gu, he found that, or because the news of Li Ni's defeat spread, the victims came out one after another to find a place where officials and troops were stationed. They just felt that they would have a sense of security. Around fan Gu, the dilapidated villages have been cleaned up and people have lived in them. Men go hunting in the mountains to make a living, and women clean up the dilapidated houses and then open up wasteland.

Fang Xie appreciated that sun Kaidao looked far enough. On the day he returned to fan Gu, Fang Xie saw a long queue outside fan Gu's city. Those who came to seed the seeds were registered by the registered residence, and each family had to send fifteen Jin seeds. If they were diligent, they could grow the wasteland, and then they could lay some coarse grains before winter to cope with the long winter.

This is not a big investment, but it can win the support of many people.

When seeing the officers and soldiers entering the city, the people in line spontaneously stepped aside the road, with a kind smile on each face and closeness and respect in their eyes. Fang Xie was not angry with sun Kaidao's self assertion. Only half a month's consumption of the army in the stronghold was enough to meet the needs of these people for seeds, and these people were absolutely reluctant to eat the 15 kg seeds of each household.

When he was about to enter the city, Fang Xie suddenly found some riots in front of him. He urged his horse to move forward. He looked carefully and found that there was trouble among the people in line. Chen Xiaoru just wanted to order people to restrict order, but Fang Xie waved his hand to stop it.

It was dozens of people beating up three men, and the beaten people cried out and begged. But the people who hit people didn't mean to stop. When they hit those people, they almost didn't even have the strength to cry for help. It is strange that there is such a long team. Others just look at it and no one cares. On the contrary, many people are cheering.

"You beast! You should be killed!"

A man in shabby clothes kicked hard and scolded angrily: "General Fang is merciful. Each household sends 15kg seeds so that we can live through the next winter! You bastards took the seeds yesterday and cooked dinner when you went back in the evening. They came again today! Beast! If you take one, others will have one less. Then there will be another family that can't survive the winter!"

"Kill him! Such a bitch!"

During the tearing, a man who was suddenly beaten revealed the Khaki coat in his old clothes, which were the clothes of the rebels. When he saw this scene, the crowd immediately boiled.

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

"These scum dare to sneak in to get food and kill him!"

The angry crowd rushed up and punched and kicked.

Fang Xie didn't send someone to stop it, but quietly watched the people kill the three people alive. The body was dragged to the side of the road, beyond recognition. I don't know how many people spit at the body before leaving. The Khaki dress was torn to pieces.

After venting their anger, the victims returned to the side of the official road to continue queuing and returned to their original position. Unexpectedly, no one argued about it.

Fang Xie urged the horse to move forward, and it was difficult to calm down.