Guanghuai is a place at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi. It is closed by mountains and mountains. The inconvenient transportation makes it a pure land where few outsiders set foot.
The mountains here are high, the forests are dense, and the people are sparse. It is easy to hide and escape, and you can advance and retreat. In other words, at that time this was a wild land with "mountains high and emperors far away".
The Jizui Rock where Zhang Shaofei lives is on the top of a high mountain. There is water dripping from the mountain spring in the rock that never dries up. In the endless mountains, there are countless wild fruits that can satisfy his hunger.
It also has a unique cultural environment: it is a place where the Yao and Han people live together. It is friendly and kind, the people are simple, and people live in harmony.
The mountain people here do not have as deep-rooted beliefs in traditional Buddhist ideas as in southern Guangdong. On the contrary, they are more receptive to the Zen philosophy of enlightenment advocated by Zhang Shaofei.
Zhang Shaofei is an upright, kind-hearted man who is willing to help others. He does not seek luxury and splendor, but only seeks peace and tranquility. He lives a frugal life and gets along very harmoniously with the woodcutters, hunters and drug farmers around him.
When villagers and mountain people got sick, they would go up the mountain to see "Dr. Zhang". Zhang Shaofei would always respond to their requests, day or night, wind or rain, and often collect medicines to treat people's illnesses.
One day, Zhang Shaofei came down from Jizuiyan and walked to the village with Wang Erxiao, a hunter, preparing to meet the villagers.
Suddenly, I saw two strangers coming to the entrance of the village. They both looked fierce and were talking to the villagers.
Although Zhang Shaofei was more than ten feet away from them, from the sounds blown by the mountain wind, one could vaguely tell that they were speaking with a northern accent. The villager who was being questioned pointed at his ears, and then waved his hands violently to indicate that he did not understand.
Zhang Shaofei seemed to understand the words and gestures of these two strangers. "Ah, are they?" An ominous omen immediately gripped Zhang Shaofei's heart.
Zhang Shaofei, who was extremely vigilant, immediately took a cloth scarf from the second little hunter Wang next to him, put it on his head, handled the hunting equipment, and then pulled the second little hunter Wang next to him with his hand, and said: " Those who come are not good, and those who are good will not come. It seems that that group of people is coming in a fierce manner, as if they are chasing someone. It is best for us to avoid them."
After hearing this, Wang Erxiao nodded, and he and Zhang Shaofei walked quickly towards the mountain col on the other side, like a hunter chasing his prey.
Those two strangers were assassins hired secretly by Guan Zhenjiang, the minister of the dynasty. One was named Wang Tianlei. He was born tall and powerful, with a ferocious demeanor and a fancy name. The other was named Guan and Zhaoyun. He was quite strategic and was known as "Xiao Yun". "Zhuge", Guan Zhenjiang marched to Cambodia, dismissed Zhang Shaofei and demoted him to the wild land of Lingnan, and ordered him to kill Zhang Shaofei on the way. How did he know that news came from the south that Zhang Shaofei was not executed, but was active in the local countryside, treating people with medicine, Very popular among the people.
After Guan Zhenjiang learned about it, he was deeply afraid that because of the prominent Zhang family and Zhang Shaofei's unparalleled talents, the day Zhang Shaofei made a comeback would be the day when he framed a loyal minister and was dismissed by the emperor. Therefore, Guan Zhenjiang sent two killers, one civil and one military, to hunt down Zhang Shaofei.
The two killers noticed that Zhang Shaofei and Wang Erxiao, who were not far away, turned around and walked toward the col on the other side. They shouted and chased after them from behind.
Not long after, they caught up with Zhang Shaofei and Wang Erxiao at the pass of the mountain. The two killers raised their gleaming daggers and surrounded Zhang Shaofei and Wang Erxiao.
The leading man was tall and thick, and was known as the Ghost Seeker. When he opened his eyes, they were as big as copper bells, and shouted: "Why did you run away when you saw us?"
Although Wang Erxiao couldn't understand what the ghost said with a northern accent, he could infer the content of the other party's question from their angry and wide-eyed expressions, so he said: "We are not running away, but we found someone on this side of the col." There are foxes in the wild grass, and we are hunting the foxes.”
Since Wang Erxiao's answer was in the dialect of Guanghuai area, the two people from the north blinked after hearing this. Some scratched their heads, and some waved their hands back and forth to express that they did not understand, but they acted like A menacing look.
One person was shaking a dagger in front of Zhang Shaofei and Wang Erxiao. They were all talking, noisy, gesticulating, and asking questions.
Zhang Shaofei is from the north, so he can naturally understand what they say.
Now, from the words of these two northerners, Zhang Shaofei knew their purpose of coming: Now he asked if he had seen anyone named Zhang Shaofei come here. These northerners claimed that if they gave clues to catch Zhang Shaofei, they would be rewarded with money.
Facing the people who were chasing him, Zhang Shaofei remained calm and composed, with a look of confusion on his face, and answered them in the dialect of Guanghuai area.
The two killers only heard Wang Erxiao and Zhang Shaofei's "chirpy" responses. The questions and answers between the two parties were like playing the piano to each other. They came thousands of miles away to hunt down Zhang Shaofei, but now they didn't know each other in front of them.
The two killers who came to search had never met Zhang Shaofei. They just came with money. In their impression, Zhang Shaofei had been a high-ranking official in the imperial court, had no exposure to the sun or rain, and had good food and drink. Therefore, he must have fair skin, a rosy face, and a belly.
And the man in front of them now is dark and thin, far from the high-ranking official they imagined.
Because Zhang Shaofei has worked with the mountain people for a long time, went to the mountains and water together, and cultivated the fields together, both his living habits and skin color have almost assimilated.
Therefore, the two killers never dreamed that in front of everyone, the thin and black "country guy" in front of them would be the person they traveled through mountains and rivers and went through all kinds of hardships to pursue.
The language difference between the two sides is too great to communicate.
The two killers sounded like a chicken talking to a duck in the dialect spoken in the Guanghuai area, and they couldn't understand either. You looked at me, I looked at you, everyone shook their heads and sighed, with helpless expressions on their faces.
The astute Zhang Shaofei clearly understood what they were saying, but he was trying hard to pretend that he didn't understand. He also made gestures from time to time to indicate to them that they were locals, uncle and nephew, and they were going to go hunting in the mountains. I have never seen the big boss Zhang Shaofei they are going to hunt down."
Wang Erxiao also made gestures understandingly, indicating that he and Zhang Shaofei were uncles and nephews with the same surname.
Indeed, Zhang Shaofei today does dress, behave and speak like a local native. In this way, the two killers sent by Guan Zhenjiang were easily fooled.
The ghost was so worried that he could not dig out any useful clues from Zhang Shaofei and the mountain people. The other people stared blankly to no avail, so they left Jizuiyan in despair and walked along the mountain road towards Guangxi.
Seeing the figures of the two killers disappearing into the mountains in the distance, Wang Erxiao murmured to Zhang Shaofei: "These two people are really weird. Why did Zhang Shaofei, a high-ranking official, come to us after looking for something?"
Zhang Shaofei secretly let out a sigh of relief, "This time not only is God helping me, but also the villagers are helping me!"
