The mountain road was rugged and the horse was not moving fast. At first, Jiang Anyi secretly paid attention to the path into the mountain, but gave up in less than a stick of incense. The mountain road was hidden in the weeds, and sometimes it seemed like there was a road. Chang Qing, who led the team, led them through a clump of weeds, sometimes stepping into the mountain stream and walking for a section, sometimes it was difficult to pass through the old forest, and even the sun above his head was blocked by dense leaves.

He reached out and brushed away the hanging vines and leaned over to let the branches across the sky. From time to time, he could hear whistles and birds singing. He couldn't tell which place was the real birds singing and which was the secret whistle to warn. Jiang Anyi was secretly frightened. Such deep mountains and forests did not know the path, and even if more than 10,000 officers and soldiers were sent to clear them, he could not find the nest of the bandits, unless a fire burned the mountains and forests.

It took almost an hour for the horse to enter the mountain. Two tall whistle towers were seen in front of them. Someone waved flags on the whistle tower and finally saw figures. After passing through the dense forest, Jiang Anyi saw a valley behind the whistle tower, with more than ten wooden houses inside, and someone came out.

Everyone dismounted, and someone took the reins. Chang Qing said, "There is a mountain village not far ahead. The mountain road is not suitable for horse riding. Please follow me into the mountain."

Entering the mountain from a small path behind the wooden house, a narrow crack about half a mile long, could only let one person move sideways. Jiang Anyi carefully emerged from the crack of the rock, looking back at the place behind him that was like a thread of sky. In such a dangerous place, as long as several masters guarded it, no matter how many people were, it would be difficult for many people to rush in.

After passing the crack of the rock, I suddenly became clear. There was a valley of more than ten acres, with hundreds of families scattered in the ground. Children were playing in front of the houses, and the sound of chickens and dogs was heard. The surrounding mountains were cultivated into terraces. Some people worked in the fields, and occasionally a call echoed in the valley. The sound was long and ethereal, and it was like a paradise.

Jiang Anyi had sharp eyes and found flags flying at the top of the mountain opposite. He could vaguely see the houses, arrow towers, and checkpoints hidden in Cangshan. Chang Qing led everyone to circling up the mountain along the stone steps, looking at the mountain and running to death. After another half an hour at the flag at the top of the mountain, he passed three stone checkpoints along the way. There were minions holding swords and guns walking along the way. When he saw Chang Qing, he smiled and called the "Four Heads". It seemed that Chang Qing was the four leader of the village.

The top of the mountain was flattened and covered with stones, which looked neat and elegant. In the middle of the platform about acres, the flag that Jiang Anyi saw at the foot of the mountain was erected. The apricot yellow flag about squat was embroidered with black thread with the words "Playing the Way for Heaven". There were dozens of people in the square dancing with swords and guns in the square, and the shouting was loud and the morale was high.

A row of stone houses at the end of the square was probably the so-called Juyi Hall, and a group of people were waiting there. Jiang Anyi listened to Ye Yanguang's cold noise. The middle-aged man who was talking was Chang Ruosong, the leader of the big village in the village. On his left, the withered scholar was Guo De, the military advisor of the village. On the right, the two were strong and thin. The strong man was tall and burly with muscles. Kong Wu was strong and thin, and the thin man was as thin as a monkey, with his eyes rolling around and shining. The strong man was Rao Qiangfeng, the second village in the village, and the thin monkey was Qi Zhitu, the three village leaders.

He went to Juyi Hall to sit down. In order to show his closeness, Ye Yanguang asked Jiang Anyi to sit at his lower head. Gao Shuitian and several other close friends sat under Jiang Anyi.

Qi Zhitu's eyes fell on Jiang Anyi and said with a sharp laugh: "I have long admired Brother Feng's name. It is rumored in the world that Brother Feng is proficient in disguise art, and his face is ever-changing. I wonder if I can let Qi see it?"

When Jiang Anyi introduced it just now, he learned that this person was Feng Guoan, a famous "shadowless man" in the world. The literati and gentlemen were no exception. Qi Zhitu was also a lone thief before returning to the mountain village. He was with Feng Guoan. There was a bandit called "Gibbon". Four years ago, he hid in Zhongshan Village to avoid disaster and became the three camp masters on the mountain.

Jiang Anyi thought to himself: I really can't do this, and said perfunctorily: "There is nothing to do with the divine plan, and Qi Zhen praised the boss."

There was a hint of laughter at the corner of Rao Qiangfeng's mouth. He laughed at Feng Guoan for being too humble and also laughed at Qi Zhitu for being too slight. Qi Zhitu was the three lords on the mountain and often disguised himself down the mountain to find out information and inquire about information. Ye Yanguang expressed the intention of going up the mountain to fall into the mountain. Some of this person's subordinates had money and had been dealing with the lords for many years. According to common sense, he would give him a second or third lords. Qi Zhitu's three lords must move down.

Feng Guoan followed Ye Yanguang. His reputation in the world was greater than that of Qi Zhitu. Both of them were good at inquiring about news. Compared with Qi Zhitu, Qi Zhitu was at a disadvantage. The position of the four camp leaders may not be able to be kept. No wonder he was impatient. As soon as Feng Guoan's butt fell, he jumped out to provoke.

After a few words from Chang Ruosong and Ye Yanguanghan, they asked, "Master Ye, I asked Chang Qing to go down the mountain to ask you for help in raising food. I don't know if there is any solution."

As the boss, the food, drink, defecation and sensation of the entire village were pressing on Chang Ruosong. This year, there were people fleeing everywhere. Guo Junshi ordered people to go down the mountain to collect the victims. The population of the village suddenly exceeded 1,000, and the food seemed to be tight. The grain stored in the village in previous years was getting smaller and smaller. The new rice had just been planted this year. It is estimated that the grain stored in the village could not support the new grain. The people sent out to buy grain all returned empty-handed. The government stepped up the control of grain control and prohibited private trafficking. Chang Ruosong had no choice but to send Chang Qing to Ye Yanguang to raise grain.

Of course Ye Yanguang would not tell Chang Ruosong that he was a dog of a family now, and said: "The Yuanhua River collapsed, and the government came to my house to ask for food. The more than 200 stones of grain in my house were taken away by the government, and there was no excess food. Now the four gates of Linhua County are surrounded by disaster victims, and even if there is food, they may not be able to leave the city."

Chang Ruosong sighed and said, "Natural disasters and man-made disasters are uneven."

"The Lord of Changzhai is unpredictable. For the copycat, this flood of the Yuanhua River is not bad."

Guo De, who was standing behind Chang Ruosong, twitched his face and his eyes fell on Ye Yanguang with a profound meaning.

Ye Yanguang said jokingly: "There are food shortages in the mountains, and the victims are even short of food. When Ye left the city from Linhua County, nearly 200,000 victims outside Linhua County were hungry and on the verge of starvation. In order to survive, these people can take risks, and they can kill officials and rebel. Is Chang's leader interested?"

Everyone was shocked when the words came out. Jiang Anyi also took a deep breath. Unexpectedly, Ye Yanguang had a great "ambitious" and actually put his ideas on the victims, preparing to use food to lure the victims to rebel.

Ye Yanguang looked at Chang Ruosong with an excited look on his face. Chang Ruosong smiled faintly and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Ye has prepared food and drinks. Let's have a meal first and have something to talk about after the meal."

Obviously, Chang Ruosong did not agree with Ye Yanguang's ambitions, but he did not see the light emitted from the eyes of the military advisor Guo De, who was behind him, and his fists were clenched tightly in his sleeves. Rao Qiangfeng, the leader of the second village, sitting on the left, was

When he got up with the three village leaders Qi Zhitu, his eyes collided with each other and his thoughts.

During the banquet, Ye Yanguang turned the topic several times to the victims, but they were blocked by Chang Ruosong by toasting. After trying three times in a row, Ye Yanguang was a little discouraged and had already understood Chang Ruosong's position and stopped talking.

After the meal, Chang Ruosong asked Ye Yanguang and others to rest in the guest room on the right side of the Juyi Hall, and he summoned the big and small leaders of the village to discuss matters. The content of the discussion was what Ye Yanguang said to have rebelled while taking advantage of the disaster.

It was said that it was a discussion, but Chang Ruosong made the final decision: "...Ye Yanguang drew a big cake, which looked really tempting. Don't forget that Zhongshan Village is just a small village with hundreds of people. It is hard to survive by relying on the deep mountains and dense forests. If Ye Yanguang's plan goes down the mountain to rob grain and kill officials to seize the city, there are only a few people in our village. I guess I haven't eaten the cake and smashed the bowl in our hands first. It's hard to say whether it can save our lives."

Chang Qing was his nephew. He took advantage of Chang Ruosong's drinking water and said, "This time I went down the mountain, the governor named Ai happened to come to Linhua County, bringing some food, and there were 200 soldiers with him. There were 150,000 or 60,000 victims in Linhua County. The county magistrate named Yuan in Linhua County had some methods to barely maintain disaster relief. Although someone was secretly provoking, even Yuan County Magistrate almost killed him in broad daylight. Unfortunately, Long Wei's dog paws came and suppressed the matter and did not cause chaos."

Guo De thoughtfully knocked his palm with a folding fan and asked, "Do you know who was using his hands?"

Chang Qing shook his head and said, "I have been in Linhua County for less than half a day, mostly because of the news I heard from Ye Yanguang."

"Chang set up Zhongshan Village just to avoid being exploited by the government, accept some people who have no way to surrender, and have no intention of fighting against the court and rebelling." Chang Ruosong said: "Ye Yanguang wants to be the emperor's dream and put us on fire. He didn't think about it. Even if he can provoke more than 100,000 disaster victims to rebel and take down three or two county towns, more than 100,000 troops of the Andong Protectorate are stationed in Weizhou. It will take several days to quell the chaos across the river. At that time, the army will have to more than 100,000 people without swords, guns, or horses, and have not been trained. It is just cattle and sheep who are beheaded and made contributions. Even if we can escape and escape back to the mountains, the government will inevitably send a large army to clear the rebellion. Where can we escape?"

Qi Zhitu smiled dryly and said, "Why should the boss destroy his own power? If you enter this mountain, you will be our world. This little Zhong Mountain spans more than a thousand miles, spanning two prefectures and six counties. Even if the government sends an army of 30,000 to 50,000 troops into the mountain, you can't find us."

"The head of Qi is too proud of our Zhongshan Village. The government really wants to send a large army to encircle and suppress it. As long as we block the mountains from all sides, we will be ants on the hot pan, and we will be burned to death if we are not caught."

Rao Qiangfeng said in a deep voice: "What Chang Dazhuo said is reasonable. At that time, Rao gathered more than 2,000 people in Yinling Mountain in Pingzhou, and dozens of powerful generals under his command were stronger than Zhongshan Village. It was not that Rao boasted that Yinling Mountain was even more vast and steep than Xiaozhong Mountain. Pingzhou, Fangzhou and Dengzhou combined troops to clear the troops and were defeated by Rao. Rao was a little proud. In the 15th year of Fengle, Fangzhou Prefecture Yamen escorted the tuition silver to Beijing, and Rao brought people to rob him, and got nearly 2 million taels of silver."
Chapter completed!