Three days later.

After rebirth, Li Chongjiu laid his hands behind his head, lay on the top of the mountain, watching the clouds and mist on the opposite side of the mountain. Li Chongjiu stood up, exhale deeply, and breathed in the fresh air without any pollution in this era. However, the fog on the top of the mountain is heavy, and it is not easy to stay more damp and cold.

He looked up and saw that the mountains were undulating on all sides, as if they could not see the end at first sight. Unlike the south, the mountains in the north were quite vast, with sparse trees, exuding a vastness and desolation. The place where the mountain village was located was called Qiqianzhaishan, which now belongs to the jurisdiction of Shiai County, Taiyuan County.

The place name Taiyuan is very familiar to Li Chongjiu, a thousand years later. Now the capital of Taiyuan County is located in Jinyang. In the past, Jinyang was once Bingzhou, and Taiyuan County was replaced. In the third year of Daye, the Qin Dynasty county system was restored, and this place was changed from Bingzhou to Taiyuan County. As for Shiai County, it was hundreds of miles away from Taiyuan County.

Li Chongjiu walked down the hillside and walked down the mountain for about half an hour. Just as Li Chongjiu was sweating slightly, he went down to the valley of Qiqian Village and reached the location of Yishitian. This Yishi is the only way to enter the mountain village. The road seemed to be avoided by a huge rock and was divided into two halves, leaving only a single mountain road that could not be paralleled and upward.

The mountain road was repaired and the stone steps were chopped out. Li Chongjiu had already walked this road in the past three days. Several bandits holding hunting bows were squatting on the stone for alert. When they saw Li Chongjiu, they greeted him and said, "Young leader!"

"Young master!"

Li Chongjiu nodded slightly. He could see that these bandits were greeting each other, but their actions were still lazy, and they obviously had no respect for him. There was even a hint of mockery in their eyes. Obviously, the fact that he was seriously injured by a woman and was almost dead was introduced into the village, which made people feel a little unworthy of him.

Without thinking too much, Li Chongjiu had already arrived under the wall of the village. The village was two feet tall, and they were two round giant trees, and they were inserted into the soil one by one. There was no gate in the village, so they were moved in and out with two hanging baskets. The hanging basket was made of solid mountain trees, and the area was quite large, and even a horse could be loaded into it.

Two bandits on the top of the city were turning the winch hard, and the gurgling sound rang above Li Chongjiu's head. Li Chongjiu not only found it a little funny, but also did not feel anything when people who work elevators every day took this primitive elevator.

As the winch rotates, the thick rope is raised inch by inch, and the scenery of the Seven Thousand Villages is also in your eyes. If you want to describe it in one sentence, it is a good mountain! The birds are still not enough to pass, and the monkeys are worried about climbing.

At the foot of the mountain, the mountain village stands facing the back mountain in the south, and behind it is a row of high cliffs that are towering into the clouds. This is the main peak of the Qiqian Village Mountain. If someone climbs, he will fall to death. On the outside, it is the outer wall that is facing huge mountains and trees. What I saw just now blocking the way in and out.

The exterior wall and the mountain wall are within a few acres of the mountain wall. The location of this mountain and the strength of the mountain village are enough to resist the attack of a large army of ten thousand people. Only then did Li Chongjiu's father relied on this mountain village and stood in this place for more than ten years without taking silk or paying food. After the local government took some measures, he turned a blind eye to the existence of Wang Hua.

He heard that Emperor Yang of Sui was very happy and was so tragic that in order to conquer Goryeo, the northern people were living in poverty. At this time, the man who claimed to be aware of the Shilang should have already sung in Shandong, such as if he died in Liaodong and was beheaded. Don’t go to Liaodong. The road is long and gathered the people, become the first reign of the Sui Dynasty, and become the ranks of anti-kings. Although these seven thousand villages are now in poverty, they are already like a small paradise in this era when the world is boiling.

This is Li Chongjiu's home!

Li Chongjiu, his father, Li Hu, the leader of Qiqian Village, and hundreds of brothers from Qiqian Village, all lived here. They were invincible with the world, but they were not bullied by officials. They were even more timid without the so-called neighborhood feelings. Li Chongjiu jumped off the cradle, got off the escalator, and walked into the mountain village.

Although the pattern of the mountain village is small, the distribution is staggered. The place near the cliffs of the mountain is the location of Juyi Hall in the center of the mountain village. There is a large open space in front of Juyi Hall for the purpose of the martial arts field. There is a treasury for weapons and a granary for stockpiling around Juyi Hall. The rest of the bandits' houses lined up around Juyi Hall.

From the inside to the outside, each house has a wall of earth made of rammed earth facing north, and the side facing south is repaired. Such a building is actually designed for street fighting. Li Chongjiu walked to the edge of the earth wall and hung it with his nails casually, with only a white seal. The earth wall made of rammed earth is actually solid.

This mere small village has a defensive strength that is not inferior to the villages in the border counties. The bandits Li Chongjiu met along the way. However, after seeing Li Chongjiu, these men, women, young and old, retreated to the side or left. Everyone closed the windows in a thunderous manner. A woman even poured a basin of water on the ground and closed the door when she turned around.

In terms of the situation where he had just gone up the mountain, it was obviously very unfriendly. After all, Li Chongjiu was also the young leader of the copycat. Treating this way, it was obviously something that was unfavorable to him in the copycat.

Li Chongjiu thought for a while, walked out of a door, and asked inward through the fence, "Uncle Li Er, let me talk."

This Li Er Uncle Li was the old man after Li Chongjiu traveled through time and guided him many of the old men. He also understood from him that the other party was an old brother in the mountain village. He lost his fortune on a business trip and was caught by the yamen. After wearing the pipa bones, he refused to recruit accomplices. After Qiqian Village opened the joints of the yamen and rescued Uncle Li Er. Because Uncle Li Er was already disabled by the government, the Qiqian Village not only supported him, but also respected his loyalty, and was treated with good wine and meat. Every time he went on a mission, he had his meat.

This time, Li Chongjiu was seriously ill. When his father Li Hu went to the county to buy Laoshan ginseng, Li Chongjiu was always taken care of by him. In the past three days, Li Chongjiu has been trapped in the mouths of Uncle Li Er.

Uncle Li looked up at Li Chongjiu, took a step closer, covered his hand and said, "Young master is not good."

"What's wrong?" Li Chongjiu asked.

"The second head of the army was angry this time and wanted to take all the brothers who had been on duty with the young head of the army this time and hang them on the trees and pass through flowers!"

"What is hanging armor and wearing flowers?"

Li Chongjiu still doesn't know much about the counterfeit incisions that Uncle Li Er said.

Wearing armor and wearing flowers is the most severe criminal law among the villages, which is implemented within the bandits. They are used in different seasons.

"Hanger Armor" is used in winter. First, take off all the people's clothes, tie them to trees, and then pour cold water on him. The temperature in Taiyuan County is extremely low in winter. In just one night, the person froze into snow-white ice strips.

"Wedding Flowers" is used in summer. It is also to take off people's clothes and tie them to big trees in the wild. At night, there are many mosquitoes, small insects, and blind flies. When dusk comes, they fly in groups like fog, and paste on the person, sucking the blood of the person dry in the night.

These two types of criminal laws are used to punish those who have made big mistakes among bandits, and this is the case.

It turned out that this time, Li Chongjiu was beaten by Li Sanniang and vomited blood and fell to the ground. The bandits beside him abandoned him and fled when they saw this situation. This was a kind of act of no loyalty. When they entered the village, everyone had vowed and drank alcohol, saying that they wanted to share the same hardships. They were greedy for life and feared death, and abandoned their brothers and fled, which was considered to be unfaithful, so in this case, they often wanted to kill one to warn a hundred.

Uncle Li Er talked for a long time, and Li Chongjiu realized that he was stunned and thought that in order to ensure strict discipline, the seven thousand villages would have to kill more than ten people in one breath, because of his own reasons. This can explain why the bandits saw that their expressions were so strange.

Because their family and companions were all going to be a catastrophe because of their own reasons. So they were dissatisfied when they saw themselves. Of course, once these dozen people were executed, their family and friends would not dare to express anything in public, but they would definitely resent Li Chongjiu. In the future, Li Chongjiu would find it difficult to gain a foothold in the parody.

Li Chongjiu asked, "Where are those more than ten people now?"

Li Ershu said, "It's in the martial arts performance field in front of Juyi Hall."

Li Chongjiu nodded and was taking a few steps. At this time, Uncle Li hurriedly caught up and added to his ears: "Xiaojiu, don't bump into the second leader."

"I know."

Li Chongjiu smiled and expressed comfort. There was a row of jujube trees planted on the martial arts field of Qiqian Village. Every month when the jujube trees mature, the jujube trees were heavy. When the people in the village harvested, they would call them for a tooth sacrifice. However, now the jujube trees are not hung on the jujube trees, but a row of big men with their hands hanging on the tree.

I guess these people followed him to rob Li Sanniang that day, and returned home even though he was defeated, and then left his companion alone. It’s a pity that they recognize Li Chongjiu now, but Li Chongjiu doesn’t recognize any of them.

After Li Chongjiu got close to him, when these great men saw Li Chongjiu coming, they seemed to say, "You are the leader! You are the leader!"

Li Chongjiu did not speak or glance at the man who called him. He walked straight to the jujube tree and said respectfully at a man: "I have met the second uncle!"

The man was burly and wearing a eye-catching green robe. Even when sitting on the stone, he was like a mountain. Behind this person, a bandit held a weapon for him, which was a long-handled, full-body iron-clad sabre without the guidance of Li Erhu. Li Chongjiujie could guess at the appearance of the other party.

What a great man from Yan and Zhao!

This man's face is like a heavy date, with long beards hanging on him, and he is powerful without anger. He is the second leader of the Qiqian Village, Wang Junkuo (Note 1). Before coming, Uncle Li pulled Li Chongjiu and solemnly explained for a long time, telling the origin of the second leader of the Qiqian Village.

Before entering the Seven Thousand Villages four or five years ago, Wang Junkuo was born in a siege (Note 2). Later, the government was invaded and displaced, so he robbed the fish gear halfway. He made a fish gear with a bamboo mat with a built-in barb. Seeing that there were alone vendors on the road, he used the fish gear to cover the other party's head like a blood drop, and fled.

After many years of robbery, he learned a good martial arts, gathered a group of heroes, plundered Changping County and killed many officers and soldiers. Later, he was surrounded by heavy troops of the official army. Wang Junguo led his people to break through and almost escaped. Later, his subordinates dispersed and were seriously injured, but they happened to be saved by Li Chongjiu's father. Although Wang Junguo was vicious, he knew how to repay his kindness. In order to repay his life, he decided to stay in Qiqian Village and became the second leader unswervingly.

When Li Chongjiu learned the other party's background, he felt a trembling heart. Could this person be the general of Wagang Village? If it weren't for a mistake in the future, he would definitely be one of the twenty-four generals of Lingyan Pavilion, General Wang Junkuo. Unexpectedly, in such a small mountain village, there was a hidden dragon and a creeping tiger.

Note 1: According to the Book of Tang, Wang Junkuo was also a native of Shi Ai, Bingzhou. He was a young man who was a thief and gathered more than a thousand disciples to plunder Changping and advance to Xia County. In the Romance, it was the prototype of Wang Junke, the five tiger sword of Wagang.

Note 2: The sacred man, that is, the intermediary merchant in ancient times.;
Chapter completed!