Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 258 Daze
Fengyi,

From Liu Ji's friends, Lu Zhi learned that Liu Ji had become a bandit in Mangdang Mountain.

Because Liu Ji's connections were all over Pei County,
With the concerted efforts of these friends, the magistrate of Pei County was helpless and could only pretend to be silent.

At the beginning of the first year of the Second Emperor,
The world is becoming increasingly weird.

Although the magistrate of Pei County did not have much talent, he was not completely blind.

This year, bandits suddenly appeared in the vicinity of Pei County, not just in Mangdang Mountain.

Signs of this began to emerge as early as the spring when everything began to sprout.

The county magistrate reported it several times, but nothing happened.

Therefore, he vaguely felt that something big was going to happen.

Now Liu Ji has caused trouble in Mangdang Mountain.
The county magistrate was numb to this:
Stir it, stir it, just stir it!

Wherever there was trouble, bandits would rise up and order would be lost.

You caused chaos in the world and destroyed the Qin Dynasty. You are nothing more than...

It’s nothing more than changing the leadership and becoming an official again!

With this thought,
The county magistrate suddenly felt that the world was vast.

Then the music started and the dancing began.

Only the Liu family members were confused and panicked because of this.

Liu Yan banged the table at home silently. After holding it in for a long time, he picked up his hoe and went back to farming.

He looked at the fields with emotion and said, "While I still have the strength, I have to grow more food."

"Otherwise, if it suddenly disappears one day and no one cultivates the land, it will be wasted."

Li also shed tears silently.

Her life had finally gotten better, but in the end she was still dragged down by this guy Liu Ji.

Liu Xin could only comfort his mother, "The county magistrate hasn't come to arrest us yet, why are you so worried?"

According to the law,

The Liu clan members will definitely be implicated.

But so far,

There has been no movement from the county magistrate.

Liu Xin felt that there were only two possibilities:
Either the county magistrate was kindhearted and thought that Uncle San's behavior was justifiable and did not want to take action;

Or the court has lost control of local management.

And if you use your toes to think, you can know what the reason is.

Li just continued to wipe away her tears, "But he has become a wanted criminal. Can you still take the exam and become an official?"

Liu Xin said, "If it's not appropriate, then it's not appropriate. A real man is born between heaven and earth. How can you regard a position of a minor official as a treasure?"

"I privately speculate that the world may be in chaos. I just hope that I can take good care of you and protect the rest of my family!"

After hearing what her son said, Mrs. Li just nodded and said, "You are an adult now, it's good to have your own ideas. I will listen to you in everything."

Then, she lamented for her good sister-in-law, Lü Zhi, "Poor E's wife, she has neither a good father nor a good husband."

"The Lu family is such a good family, but she was dragged down to this point."

Liu Xin thought of his third aunt and sighed.

He said to his mother, "I will take good care of Liu Le and Liu Ying."

Anyway,
He is also the elder brother of these two children.
There is always some responsibility.

"That's good!"

So Li said, "I will go and comfort E's daughter first, so that she won't get sick from worry."

When Xiao He and others came to tell her about what happened in Mangdang Mountain, Lu Zhi was silent for a long time.

She lowered her head and put her hands on the corners of her eyes, so no one could see her face clearly.

Li thought she was so sad that she couldn't speak.

And when she found Lu Zhi,
The other party was packing clothes and food.

"What are you going to do?" Li asked her.

Lü Zhi said, "I am going to Mangdang Mountain to bring food to my beloved!"

Li was shocked. "Liu Ji is in this state, why don't you give up on him?"

"His brothers didn't abandon him, let alone me, the one who sleeps beside him?"

Lu Zhi smiled softly, and then wanted to go out very determinedly.

Mangdang Mountain is not far from Fengyi.
If Lu Zhi walked faster, she would be able to go back and forth.

As for this, Li
He just slapped his legs and sighed for her, "Why bother!"

Lu Zhi remembered the instructions her father gave her before she got married.

She said, "How can I give up the path I chose?"

So she went out and headed towards Mangdang Mountain. When she was about to get close to the forest, dark clouds gathered in the sky again, and it looked like it was going to rain heavily.

Lu Zhi looked up and found that it was floating over from the north of Fengyi.

Over there, the rain clouds gathered larger and darker.

Wind and thunder were surging inside, and the wind blew away the last bit of summer heat.

then,

Lu Zhi withdrew her gaze and started to climb the mountain.

She didn't know where Liu Ji had chosen to set up camp, so she planned to wait and see if anyone would come out of the mountains.

She heard that Liu Ji took dozens of people and hid in Mangdang Mountain.

so many people,

We can't just rely on the mountains for our livelihood, we still have to come out and collect some supplies.

just,

When Lu Zhi casually swept her eyes across a bush, she discovered a shiny object among them.

She picked it up and looked at it.

It was the jade pendant that Liu Ji loved so much and carried with him.

Then look down,
I found that the bush was a little crooked, obviously it had been trampled on by someone, and the traces ran along the front and disappeared into the depths.

Lu Zhi looked in that direction, and finally raised her foot and walked in.

……

In Daze Township,

The rain that had been brewing for many years poured down here.

The heavy rain washed away countless mud.
The lake water overflowed from the swamp nearby, making the road muddy.

Chen Sheng walked down step by step, and his shoes were soaked by the mud and water.

His trouser legs were rolled up and the mud was all over his body.

His good brother Wu Guang couldn't open his eyes due to the rain, so he suggested finding a place to rest first.

“There is a temple ahead.”

"I heard that it is dedicated to the God of the River. It is maintained all year round and the building is very solid!"

"Let's go inside and get out of the rain!"

Chen Sheng agreed with him and led his people towards the Hebo Temple ahead.

After he entered the eaves and successfully isolated himself from the heavy rain outside, Chen Sheng was still in deep thought.

"It seems that we won't be able to reach Yuyang in time," he said to Wu Guang privately, "If that happens, the punishment for us will definitely not be light!"

Wu Guang recalled some past events, clenched his fists and said angrily, "Military law, military law, they only know how to bully common people like you and me!"

"Those nobles have never strictly followed this thing!"

Chen Sheng's ancestors had produced some noble people.

But like Liu,
As their descendants multiplied, their status became lower and lower.

By the time of Chen Sheng, people made a living by farming with others.

But Chen Sheng never felt sorry for himself because of his meanness at this time, and often told his friends, "I have the ambition to restore my ancestors' heritage."

to this end,

He also saved some money and enriched his knowledge with the few books passed down from his family.

Afterwards, Chen Sheng and his good friend Wu Guang joined the army, hoping to make a name for themselves through military achievements.

As a result, after several battles and establishing his merits, he was finally reduced to a garrison commander, and his title was capped at "no more" -

Because going up,
It is not a position that ordinary people can sit in on their own.

on the contrary,
The descendants of military nobles can easily be awarded middle or high-level titles.

They don't need to go to the battlefield themselves and fight with weapons. They just need to hold the title of commander and take credit for their subordinates' achievements.

Wu Guang was always dissatisfied with this.

Chen Sheng also had a lot of resentment accumulated in his heart.

Especially on rainy days like this:
Gloomy weather,
The winds that swept across the land,
The raindrops hit the ground madly, breaking the soil and destroying the flat road.

The rustling sound resounded through the heaven and earth.

Chen Sheng's already restless heart couldn't help but become even more frantic.

He recalled his military experience.

Thinking of my ambitions since childhood,
I remembered that even if I reached Yuyang this time, I would still be hard to escape the harsh criticism from those superiors...

A bolt of thunder struck when he was full of thoughts, illuminating Chen Sheng's eyes.

Under this thunder,

Suddenly, boundless anger and courage arose!
(End of this chapter)