Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 80 is so peaceful
After Yun Ce entered the Royal Hunting Grounds, he did not harm anyone in the hunting grounds except for killing twenty-nine people.

The place where Wei Dun'er lived was called Weijiazhai. There was no such place before. It was Wei Dun'er who gathered a lot of refugees and escaped slaves and spent sixty years to officially put Weijiazhai on the government's map and make it part of the royal hunting grounds.

The original inhabitants of the Royal Hunting Grounds lived in a place called the Hunting Grounds Camp. Wei Dun'er used a slow, insidious method to turn the Hunting Grounds Camp, which was originally an officially established village, into a refugee camp with no status whatsoever.

Feng An felt that Wei Dun'er and his group might not be able to continue working at the Royal Hunting Grounds, so he recruited more people from within the hunting grounds.

These things seem complicated, but in fact, he and Liang Kun sorted them out in a day.

Next, the revitalized Hunter's Camp will gradually reclaim what they have lost. Meanwhile, the decline of Weijia Village is imminent. For a village of just over a hundred people, losing twenty-nine able-bodied men at once leaves them powerless to do anything.

When it came to local criminal gangs, the official stance back on Earth was that they had to be eradicated. Not only that, but their roots had to be dug out and they had to be severely punished until the criminal gangs were completely eliminated, and then they would be observed for several more years.

When local criminal gangs infiltrate the government, especially at the lowest level of government, such as townships, they severely damage the government's credibility and undermine its foundation of trust.

In other words, indiscriminate killing is not allowed on Earth, and Yun Ce doesn't have that much ability. If he could, he would have already taken up a knife and killed someone.

Especially when he thought of the excrement that had splattered on his face on Earth, Yun Ce never intended to let Wei Dun'er continue to live and harm people after meeting them and hearing their pleas.

Anyway, the Han Dynasty is not a society governed by the rule of law, so Yun Ce would settle his scores on the spot.

That old woman who always said "Weidun'er is not here" and "Weidun'er will come back" was actually the wife of the earliest royal hunting ground chief steward. She served as a shared wife for Weidun'er and his group for twenty-three years, bearing seven or eight children. If you include those who were never born or died young, the number was no less than twenty. Can you believe it?
Many evils, though seemingly insignificant, are, upon closer examination, less severe than being torn apart by five horses.

The Royal Hunting Grounds cover more than 500 acres. The Han-style buildings inside are not very interesting. Most of the houses have huge roofs that have turned dark after being exposed to the wind and sun. There are many pillars under the roofs, and the doors are tall and large. The windows are mostly lattice-shaped and also open to the roof. As for the colors, they are mainly red, black and gold, or a mix of colors.

There aren't many decorations, but there are cloud patterns, thunder patterns, and kui dragon and tiger patterns. The roof tile has the inscription: "Eternal Happiness".

Originally of equal status, the four divine creatures—Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, and Vermilion Bird—are depicted with the Azure Dragon motif being used more frequently here, and mostly on the front.

The foundation of the central hall was raised very high. Yun Ce walked around and felt it was fifteen meters high. The hall's name did not use the characters "Wei Yang" but instead used "Chang Le".

After opening the palace door and entering, I found the entire hall empty. The long-necked bronze crane palace lanterns that were commonly used in the hall were gone, and even the throne was missing. It was just an empty hall.

The house is sixty years old. It is an old house, and it looks old on the outside, probably because of the solid materials used. But when you get closer, it still exudes a grand and imposing aura.

Eji chose a courtyard she liked in the hunting grounds. Although she really wanted to live in Chang Le Palace, Feng An and Liang Kun persuaded her against it.

Yun Ce decided to take E Ji camping at Chang Le Palace that night, as he liked E Ji's fearless demeanor.

When Yun Ce returned, Peng Zeng was lying on the floor, surrounded by a group of girls of all ages. Some of the younger girls would poke Peng Zeng with their fingers or pull his hair from time to time.

“My lord said this person is indestructible, and it seems to be true. Look, he’s moved again.”

"Don't touch him, or he might bite you."

"He can't bite it..."

Peng Zeng was no longer bothered by this level of humiliation. What was truly terrifying was that when he woke up from his coma, his body was being pressed down by seven or eight men with all sorts of strange appearances, and he was completely naked.

What he found hardest to accept was that before he fainted, he had just taken a bath with the help of beautiful maids in the Yu family mansion. When he woke up, every part of his body was covered in black soot, and he didn't know how many dirty hands had touched him.

Peng Zeng remembered clearly that after he woke up, he killed all those people, including the guy who was tightly hugging his back, whom he tore in half.

That day, Peng Zeng took a bath all day long, vomiting as he bathed, and crying as he bathed...

Today, I was just surrounded by a group of pretty girls, nothing special.

Eji chased away the girls who were watching him, and brought him a large bowl of rice, placing it next to Peng Zeng's head. Originally, chopsticks were given, but they were later replaced with a spoon.

Today we ate rice, the kind with really big grains. The rice was topped with a thick layer of minced meat, and the meat broth soaked into the rice grains. It smelled delicious.

With fractures in both ribs, Peng Zeng only dared to turn sideways, propping one arm under his body, and using the other hand to eat spoonful by spoonful. The food was really delicious, and Peng Zeng ate slowly and carefully. When he finished the top layer of rice, a square piece of reddish-brown meat about an inch in size appeared at the bottom of the bowl.

For some reason, Peng Zeng felt a lump in his throat and tears welled up in his eyes. In his memory, only his mother had ever hidden meat at the bottom of a bowl... He bit into the piece of meat with tears in his eyes... Just as he had expected, this was the most delicious thing in the world.

Eji ate a piece of braised pork in one bite. The piece of pork was too big to fit in her mouth, so she used her cheeks, tongue, and jaws together to squeeze the piece of pork out of shape, which enabled her to swallow.

Yun Ce waited until he swallowed before saying, "That piece of meat that fell on the ground was covered in dust. I told you to throw it away. You didn't steal any, did you?"

Eji shook her head and said, "I gave it to Peng Zeng. I was afraid he would find the ash on it, so I deliberately buried it at the bottom of the bowl and poured some colored meat broth on it. He won't find out that it's bad meat."

"Well, then treat him well and see if you can win him over. His martial arts skills are very good, but he can't beat me or Zhou Chengming. He can take on a hundred people like Feng An and Liang Kun."

“I told Liangji to wait until he finished eating before I helped him take a bath. We had some medicine at home that we hadn’t used yet, so we used it on him. Liangji said that this guy is very strong and will be a good animal in the future.”

These are such valuable animals; let them eat more now to cure their illnesses so they can make money later.

"Liang Ji hasn't said anything like 'Weidun'er will come back' again?"

"No, she hasn't seen Wei Dun'er and his group for two days and two nights. She seems to know that Wei Dun'er won't be coming back."

I need to go out tomorrow morning.

"Yes, my lord, you must be careful. If you find anything wrong, run."

"That's what I'm thinking. Tomorrow morning, I'll go check out the terrain first thing, find an escape route, and then see if there's any chance to make a fortune."

After finishing her meal, Eji went to prepare her large box. That's right, Yun Ce's entire camping gear was now in Eji's hands. Since it had been taken out before, it wouldn't be appropriate to put it back into the Dragon Ball. However, Yun Ce also had a simple tent, which he could use perfectly well with his current physique, without worrying about it freezing.

Cheng Yaojin had robbed the imperial convoy before, and the Water Margin characters had done similar things. Both groups were rebels when they did this, and Yun Ce felt that as a descendant of rebels, he should participate in such things to some extent.

Yun Linchuan spent his entire life robbing people. He robbed the Ma family in the Northwest, the Yan family in Shanxi, the Jiang family, the Song family, the Li family, and even the Japanese, Soviets, and Americans. In short, he always said that if there's something to rob, you should rob it. It's a gift from God, and if you don't rob it, you'll be letting yourself down and God down too.

Yun Ce thought he was right; people don't feel bad about using things they've stolen.

For example, even though he robbed the imperial convoy this time, and Eji used it to build the big house she dreamed of, he didn't feel bad at all.

Camping in a place reserved for emperors felt wonderful. Even though it was pitch black all around, the two of them were in high spirits. If it weren't for Eji's claim that they could give birth to an emperor's child here, Yun Ce's mood would have lasted until dawn.

Eji's age is actually not right. She used to say she was fifteen, then she said she was sixteen, and these past two days, seeing that she seems to like older women like Zhang Min, she said she is already twenty.

Yun Ce, who was very familiar with E Ji's body, knew perfectly well that she was just tall and had a large frame. If she were over fourteen years old, Yun Ce would cut off her head and let her use it as a football.

At daybreak, Yun Ce left, riding away on his chestnut horse, carrying with him E Ji's desire for wealth.

Moyanling is located further east of the royal hunting grounds, less than two hundred miles apart. It belongs to the foothills of Gaoliang Mountain. Glaciers may have existed there in ancient times, and during their movement, they carved the area into a rugged landscape.

The main road from Yunzhou to Chang'an passes right through the middle of Moyan Ridge, a place full of jagged rocks and ravines where even a 100,000-strong army could be easily hidden.

Two hundred li is only an hour's journey for the chestnut horse that is running freely. Before even entering the Moyanling area, Yun Ce let the chestnut horse roam freely.

The chestnut horse wasn't afraid of wild beasts; in fact, the Thunder Smoke Beast was one of the most powerful beasts on the wasteland. Although it usually ate beans and grass, it wasn't incapable of eating meat if it was truly hungry.

Moyanling is 22 li long from east to west. The Gaoliang River, which originates from Gaoliang Mountain, runs through the middle on the left. The main road is built along the canyon area cut by the Gaoliang River.

The river is on the left side of the main road, so it's not suitable for an ambush. The main ambush should be on the right side of the main road, which is right next to low cliffs with gaps everywhere. It is indeed a good place for robbery.

(End of this chapter)