Yunyue past events

Chapter 75

Early in the morning, the smog shrouded the foot of Mengyang City. A group of children were taken out of the smelting field by soldiers. The children chattered and headed for the trail to the north. They will be sent to the weaving workshop in the northern suburb of Mengyang City.

Zhaoling stood outside the city gate, watching the young prisoners in the smelting field leave. Where he could not see, several soldiers were undoing the shackles of the elderly prisoners and releasing them.

Gong Ziling's order, the officers and soldiers of Mengyang City carried out it seriously and did not dare to have any objection.

Looking up from the foot of the mountain, looking towards the rolling mountains to the west, Zhao Ling said to Zheng Dao who was following him, "I will go to Zitong Mountain to inspect the mine. There is something to deal with in Zheng Qing City, so you don't need to go with me."

As Sima Huan's staff member, Zheng Xin is also the manager of Mengyang City, and he has many affairs on weekdays.

"The road to the Zitong Mountain Mine is blocked by a long way. Young Master, if you go at this time, you won't be able to arrive until this time. Why don't you call Yin, the worker who manages the mine, from Zitong Mountain. You want to know the situation of the mine? Ask him soon Yes." Zheng Xin hastily dissuaded.

Zhaoling said: "It's better to see it yourself than to listen to others say it a hundred times."

Knowing that Master Ling has made up his mind, Zheng Xin stopped persuading him, and turned around to order his subordinates to make preparations.

At Chenshi, a team came out of the city gate and walked towards the foot of the mountain. There were officials in the team, and there were also a large number of guards and soldiers.

They passed the smelting field and walked on the mountain road leading to the copper mountain mine.

Most of the prisoners were so absorbed in their work that they didn't pay attention to such a team passing by. Yue Qian was working in the charcoal burning field, and when he caught a glimpse of this team composed of officers and soldiers, he immediately recognized Gong Ziling among the crowd.

This time the two are still separated by the bank of the stream, and the appearance of Gong Ziling is still vague, he is well dressed and well-dressed, his figure is solemn and solemn.

After a year of separation, Young Master's spirit has changed a lot. From his body, he can no longer see the youthful spirit of the past.

Peng Zhen leaned over and asked, "Who is this person? Yesterday, he was the one who ordered the children from the smelting field to be sent to the weaving workshop."

Yue Qian replied: "The eighth son of King Rong, Gongzi Ling."

"Alas!"

Peng Zhen was greatly surprised: "Do you know him?"

More than knowing.

Yue Qian remained silent, silently looking at the hazy figure of Gong Ziling in the team, with mixed feelings in his heart.

The team went away and disappeared into the woodland in front, Peng Zhen asked: "He is actually the son of King Rong. He is not staying in Yindu, what is he doing in Mengyang City?"

He lowered his voice: "Prince Qing, there is a young master Rong Guo in Mengyang City, should we postpone the agreement we made with Feng Boyi for a few days?"

Feng Boyi is the leader of the uprising army active in Yunyue West.

"No need. Young Master Ling must have been sent by Prince Rong to visit Yunyue. He should stay in Mengyang City not long." Yueqian held on to a handful of charcoal, shoveled charcoal from the charcoal mountain, and put the charcoal into a large bamboo basket. .

Yue Qian was very well informed, he had known for a long time that King Rong was ill and now the prince was in charge of the country.

A supervisor passed by Yue Qian and Peng Zhen, and the two lowered their heads to work and stopped talking.

When the supervisor left, Peng Zhen whispered: "I don't know how the preparations are going with Junshi Zhang? There is no one to send the message. I don't want to stay in this crappy place anymore."

Zhang Junshi refers to Zhang Ze.

Yue Qian sneaked into Mengyang City as a prisoner, and Zhang Zezai managed his troops in the rear.

"Zhang Ze made an appointment with me early on. No matter whether Feng Boyi can succeed or not, he will attack the county town of Nanyi County and open up a road for us to Jingu Pass."

Yue Qian's voice was very low, only Peng Zhen who was closest to him could hear it.

"Every three days, the soldiers will ask the prisoners from the smelter to transport ore to the Zitong Mountain. Today is the third day. I will go to the mine and meet with Feng Boyi's people to finalize the matter there." Qian Qian carried the big bamboo basket on his back, with an unruffled expression on his face.

Because he was transporting charcoal, his whole body was shiny black, like a piece of black coal.

Except for those who knew his identity, who would have imagined that such a humble prisoner, who was barefoot and almost naked, was the "King Qing" of Ze County.

Carrying a big bamboo basket on his back, he dived towards the smelting workshop. His usual job was to transport mineral materials, charcoal, stone and clay to the workshop.

Mineral materials are used for smelting, charcoal is used for burning, and stone materials and pottery clay are used to make stone crucibles and pottery models for casting bronze.

Yue Qian is a tall man with a strong physique. He does heavy physical work in the smelting field. Peng Zhen knows how to burn charcoal. Being a furnace worker in a charcoal burning field is not an easy job.

As a prisoner, every day of life is suffering.

As Yue Qian expected, in the afternoon, the soldiers began to gather the prisoners from the smelting field and ordered them to go to Zitong Mountain to transport the ore.

Every time they went to the Zitong Mountain to transport minerals, the soldiers would call Yueqian up, and they could tell from his physique that this person had strength and was able to work.

Under the supervision of soldiers, hundreds of prisoners set foot on the mountain road leading to the Zitongshan mine. The mountain road was rugged and difficult, and the prisoners had to push wooden carts.

When we went there, the car was empty, but it was not easy to push the car on the mountain road; when we came, the wooden car was full of mineral materials, and it was even more difficult to drag the wooden car.

On this mountain road for transporting mineral materials, I don't know how many people were lost, and how many blood and tears were shed by the prisoners.

Out of Mengyang City, go west for a few miles and pass through a man-made stone road. When the eyes suddenly open up, if you look up, you can see a ruin on the top of the mountain——Zitai.

Zitai does have purple copper grass flowers.

On the ruins of the former Taiguo Palace, bright wild flowers grow among the ruined walls, giving people a sense of sadness.

Every time I go to Zitong Mountain, I will pass through this stone road and pass through Zitai.Yueqian only climbed the Zitai in his dream, he has seen the night scene above, and encountered a phoenix bird here.

The collapsed large building on the Purple Terrace shows that there was a glorious past here, but now it is dilapidated and forgotten by the world.

So bleak and hopeless.

Only weeds and weeds grow freely here, vigorous and thriving.

There are thousands of palaces and palaces, all of which have been made of earth.

Whenever Yueqian passes through Zitai, he will think of Yunyue's capital, Yunshui City, and the Yunyue Kingdom that has disappeared in the past.

Push the heavy wooden cart out of the stone road, from the narrow stone road to the relatively spacious dirt road, raise your head more submerged, and look at the purple terrace on the top of the mountain.

In the evening, the Purple Terrace looked magnificent under the sun's rays, and Yue Qian found several black figures on the Purple Terrace, all wearing brocade robes and holding swords around their waists, they were the guards of Gongziling.

Early in the morning, Young Master Ling went to the Zitong Mountain Mine. At this time, he should be on his way back to Mengyang City. Young Master Ling passed by Zitai, climbed to the top of the mountain, and visited the ancient sites.

Standing under the cliff, Yue Qian saw the figure of the guard, and guessed that the young master's spirit was on the purple stage.

This place is not like a smelting field, there is smoke as a cover, if Gong Ziling sees the prisoners on the stone road, can he recognize me among the prisoners?

Yue Qian was convinced that Gong Ziling would not be able to recognize himself hiding among hundreds of prisoners at a glance.Most of the prisoners have the same appearance, they are black and dirty, and their faces have been changed beyond recognition due to the torture.

There were urging curses from the soldiers on the side, and the soldiers beat the tired prisoners with whips as if they were driving cattle.

Yue Qian followed the brigade and moved forward slowly. His eyes fell on a low but majestic mountain due to the west, without any distractions.

The copper mountain mine is there.

The copper grass flowers in Zitai are growing well, just like the copper grass flowers on other hilltops and slopes. For Yunyue people, this is a very common wild flower.

Zhaoling broke off a copper grass flower, looked at the shape of the corolla, and thought it looked like a small broom.

Looking at a single flower, the appearance of the copper grass flower is relatively simple, but when the flowers are clustered together, the purplish red everywhere looks very magnificent.

Hearing a big commotion nearby, Zhao Ling went to the foot of the mountain and saw hundreds of prisoners appearing on the mountain road, such a long line, you can see the end but not the end.

The prisoners marched under the whip of the soldiers, and the prisoners also pushed the empty wooden carts. Their destination was obviously the Zitongshan Mine.

Zhaoling had just returned from the mine, and felt strong resistance to that place.

He has just seen a bottomless, frightening, cold mine; he has just seen prisoners crawling in the mine with both hands and feet. Wooden pry.

Those people are hardly human.

In the past two days, Zhao Ling had seen enough tragic things that he was a little numb when the line of prisoners appeared on the stone path.

After crushing the copper grass flower in his hand, Zhao Ling said in a deep voice to the people beside him: "Wei Qing, please carefully write down what you saw and heard today."

Wei Ping looked dignified, bowed and said: "Yes!"

Looking at the prisoners pushing carts on the mountain road again, they were disheveled, and many of them were skinny. They looked like this, and they were much better than the prisoners in the mine.

Turning around, no longer willing to look at the prisoners on the mountain road, no longer willing to look west, recalling what he saw in the mine, Zhao Ling felt tired, and murmured to Zheng Xin: "I'm tired, let's go back."

Zheng Xin walked up and down, very courteously: "My lord, please go slowly."

It took a lot of time to go back and forth between Zitong Mountain and Mengyang City today. Zhaoling had never traveled such a long way before.

There is a horse-drawn carriage in Yindu, but in the mountainous area, you can only rely on your feet, and the journey is very difficult.

The accompanying Zheng Xin and Wei Ping felt miserable, but luckily the rest of the journey was not far away, and they had to rest well when they went back to Mengyang City.

Zhaoling doesn't feel bitter, at most it's just that her feet are weak after walking too much on the mountain road.

This bit of hard work is nothing, he has seen the real suffering in the world.

Zhao Ling and the others came down from Zitai and headed in the direction of Mengyang City. Yue Qian and Zhao Ling went in the opposite direction. One of them walked east and the other south.

The two passed by each other, opposite each other.

Zhao Ling is ignorant and unaware, and the more she concentrates on knowing it.

On the steep mountain road, the team of prisoners is like a long snake. He is among the prisoners. He has a rope on his shoulders and pulls the wooden cart behind him.

They flipped through a mountain, and finally saw a huge, circular and concave mine. Inside the mine, fireworks rose, and thousands of mining prisoners walked through it. On the periphery of the mine, It is a barracks connecting one after another, and countless garrisons guard here.

Before the sun set, the team of prisoners from Mengyang City finally arrived at the Zitongshan mine, and they entered the mine along the only passage.Under the threat of soldiers' bows, arrows and spears, some prisoners were trembling, some were insensitive, and a few people, not affected by the horrible atmosphere of the mine, secretly looked at the garrison in the mine.

As soon as they arrived at the mine, it was getting dark, and the prisoners in Mengyang City were hungry and tired, so they were arranged to rest in a wooden shed in the mine.

They will wake up early tomorrow morning, load the mineral materials excavated from the mine on wooden carts, bamboo baskets, and bamboo baskets, and transport the mineral materials to Mengyang City by manpower.

Several prisoners who were in charge of cooking in the mine moved to the pottery cauldron, and they distributed the soup in the cauldron to the prisoners from Mengyang City. Hundreds of prisoners gathered together to beg for food from the person who distributed the food. .

Yue Qian got a bowl of vegetable soup from the prisoner who distributed the food. He took the pottery bowl and communicated with him with his eyes.

They used to be good brothers who stayed together in the garden, and they never needed words, just a look.

Fan Yu smiled. He filled Yue Qian's bowl of vegetable soup very full, and he didn't forget to give Yue Qian a piece of bean cake.

In the past, Yueqian often went to the southern pier of Yindu to deliver clothes and food to Fan Yu. He never thought that one day, Fan Yu would "feed" him in turn.

Two years ago, Fan Yu was put on a slave ship, exiled to Mengyang City, and then sent to Zitongshan mine.

The hard life in the mine made Fan Yu change a lot. He was skinny, half of his thin face was covered by a thick beard, and he looked much older than his actual age.

Yue Qian still remembers the scene when he first came to Zitong Mountain Mine and recognized Fan Yu from countless prisoners. His feelings at that time were beyond words.

In the dead of night, Fan Yu ran into the woods on the pretext of going out to pee, where Yue Qian was already waiting for him.

Fan Yu whispered: "A Qian, there is news from the East Mine."

He looked out of the forest uneasily, very cautiously, making sure that there were no patrolling soldiers around, and then whispered into Yueqian's ear: "I met Feng Xian yesterday, Feng Xian said that he just got the news that his father Feng Boyi had already sent a message. Sign everything and they can meet the agreed date."

Last winter, Rongbing captured Chengzigang occupied by Feng Boyi and captured Feng Boyi's subordinates. These prisoners were sent to Zitong Mountain to mine.

Among the captives was Feng Boyi's youngest son, Feng Xian.

Yue Qian said: "The eighth day of the lunar new year."

The eighth day of the lunar new year was the day he agreed with Feng Boyi.

Fan Yu grabbed Yue Qian's arm excitedly, and whispered: "A Qian, it's only two days later! Are your people ready?"

"Get ready." Yue Qian's voice was calm. He planned for a long time, went through hardships and dangers, and even did not hesitate to be a prisoner in Mengyang City, just for that day.

"Great." Fan Yu choked up.

On the eighth day, two days later, he will no longer be a prisoner, let alone a slave, he will be free!

Yue Qian patted Fan Yu on the shoulder and said, "After the matter is completed, I want to send you to Zejun to recuperate, and Changfu is also in Zejun."

"Ah Qian, you really are the one who loosened our shackles, I've always thought so." Fan Yu wiped away his tears and calmed down his excitement.

God knows how surprised he was when he saw Yueqian in the mine more than ten days ago. Thinking about it today, everything is still like a dream.

Yue Qian said: "Take care."

Fan Yu smiled and said, "Take care."

In the past, when Yue Qian told him to take care, his tone was very hopeless, but now the phrase "take care" is full of hope and expectation.

The two chatted in a hurry in the woods, and then returned to the prisoner's wooden shed where they lived.

The wooden shed where Yue Qian lives is close to the West Mine, and Fan Yu is a prisoner in the East Mine, so they don't live together.

In the early morning of the second day, Yueqian took a wooden cart to the East Coal Mine to load ore materials. He saw Feng Boyi's son, Feng Xian, who was wearing shackles and had several whip wounds on his body. good.Fengxian and Yueqian nodded, but they didn't talk to each other to avoid suspicion.

This morning, the prisoners from Mengyang City used wooden carts, bamboo baskets, and bamboo baskets to load the mineral materials and embarked on the road back to Mengyang City.

Back in Mengyang City, the prisoners collapsed on the ground exhausted because of the long-distance transportation of mineral materials.

It was already afternoon at this time, and the north wind was strong, blowing away the smoke that enveloped the smelting workshop.

Yue Qian saw Mengyang City above, and he could see it clearly, including the archers on the battlements.

In Mengyang City, Gong Ziling lives. Two days later, if Gong Ziling has not left Mengyang City, he will witness the flames of war with his own eyes.

When the two meet face to face, I am afraid that one of them will become a prisoner.

Yue Qian hoped that Zhaoling would leave Mengyang City safe and sound, and return to Rongguo Yindu safely.

On Mengyang City, Zhaoling sat in front of the desk and wrote vigorously, while two attendants sorted out his belongings and packed his luggage in the room.Wei Ping insisted on an official document, entered the Zhaoling Room, and handed the official document: "The county town of Nanyi County was just captured by the bandits of 'King Qing', and now the whole county has fallen."

Zhao Ling took the official document, glanced at it, and sighed: "Yunyue's situation is so messed up."

Wei Ping asked: "The counties and counties in the north of Yunyue have been frequently harassed by the bandit Changgui recently. The court has sent an army to attack Changgui. Young Master, do you want to stay in Mengyang City for a while?"

Putting the official document on the desk, Zhao Ling thought for a while and replied: "No need, we will go to Yunshui City tomorrow."

He was anxious and wanted to finish his tour of Yunyue's old place as soon as possible so that he could return to Rongguo Yindu and report Yunyue's situation to the prince.

Some of the bad policies of the father must be changed immediately, and remedies must be proposed without further delay.

The author has something to say: Director: Ah Ling can't leave.

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