This time the Dongdu defenders were attacked at a different location than before. After two days of waiting, no Yanyang soldiers came to rescue them. This further corroborated the situation that the general thought. Li Yanhe didn't think much about it. His words were just to make normal arrangements for the deployment of Yijian Villa and to check on the situation of injured and sick disciples.
After lunch, Lin Manliu was next to Guan Xiao and Zhou Biao, watching Guan Xiao demonstrate to him the small artifact called the Eight Phases. Suddenly Zheng Kuan approached and shouted to Lin Manliu: "Brother Lu is shouting. You go and discuss matters."
Li Yanhe is looking for him? Probably there is news about Yun Yichen.
Lin Manliu said goodbye to Guan Xiao, and then followed Zheng Kuan to the house where Li Yanhe was resting. At this time, the house was already full of people. Li Yanhe, Yun Yichen, and the generals were sitting there. He leaned against the wall and didn't look at the crowd.
"Zheng Kuan and Man Liu are seated. Today I will discuss with you all the time to go to the inner city drainage channel to avoid future troubles," Li Yanhe said in a deep voice.
"The disciples who fought fiercely with Man Liu and Zheng Kuan at the entrance of the village were the most seriously injured. They will need three or four days to recuperate before they can leave. The other disciples were not seriously injured and can be used at any time," Xiao Xiao said.
"If the scale of the invasion can reach this level, then the battle on the inner city drainage channel will only be more tragic than this time. It is better to wait until everyone has finished training before heading out." Li Yanhe thought for a moment and then said.
"I came to the trail today to propose a time for you to travel. It should be on the 9th of the next month. I have deduced it before and it is not possible to do it before or after. Both are serious disasters." Yun Yichen sat at the end of the table and said loudly.
When everyone in Yijian Villa was talking about it before Lin Manliu, they naturally agreed with Yun Yichen's deduction method, so no one raised any objection.
Everyone was just thinking silently. If they stayed like this, the Dongdu garrison on the other side of the inner city drainage channel would be more prepared. They would need to be more careful then. Lin Manliu looked at the young Taoist priest from time to time as he thought. Where no one noticed, there was some blood on the collar of Yun Yichen's clothes, which was covered by the black robe on the outside. When they met again before, there was no blood on him.
The boy in a short shirt noticed this and thought that after the discussion was over, he should inform Li Yanhe first to let him pay attention to something.
The final result of the discussion was to follow what Yun Yichen said, wait until June 9th, and prepare to leave for the inner city drainage channel.
...
The days that followed were spent by everyone at Yijian Villa recuperating, until June 9th, just after Engzhong.
This morning, everyone gathered in the ancestral hall, waiting to set off at any time to drain the river in the inner city.
"Comrades, the original purpose of this trip is to find out the truth about last year's sword-rewarding accident from the mouth of the thief. Now the defenders of the Eastern Capital are massacring the village. We are lucky to be able to fight for this. We will leave today and meet with him for a while. "Thieves in the city's drainage channels," Li Yanhe stood on the stage and shouted to the people in the villa below.
"We will definitely win the battle here!" Someone in the audience shouted, and then more people responded. Some young people jumped directly into the crowd, and some hung their weapons above their heads, pointing directly at the sky. The good boy.
Li Yanhe stretched out his hand and pressed down, and the noise from the people in the audience became quieter.
Then, under the leadership of Li Yanhe, Lin Manliu, and Xiao Xiao, everyone walked out of the ancestral hall and headed towards the south entrance.
The villagers learned in recent chats that they were going to the inner city drainage channel to kill the Dongdu defenders. They also walked to the gate of the dam and saw that the villagers had been waiting on both sides of the road for a long time and saw the crowd coming. , led by the township chief, they all bowed down to signal to everyone.
"Folks, please wait for our good news later. Once this problem is eliminated, the folks can live with peace of mind and don't have to worry too much about the disturbance from the Dongdu garrison," Li Yanhe said first.
"For all the hundreds of people in Bazi, I would like to thank Lu Daxia and all the knights," the township head said with tears in his eyes.
Li Yanhe approached the township chief and hurriedly helped him up. "There is no need to worry, township chief. We will go ahead to avoid future troubles."
"Little girls are so offensive... I wonder if you heroes have ever met Brother Li, the... old man Li that the folks often call him." Behind the mayor, a woman who looked about the same age as Li Yanhe squeezed out of the crowd. Said to everyone.
Old Man Li...the person who sent the message to the defenders of Dongdu? Thinking of this, Li Yanhe hesitated whether to tell the whole story.
While Li Yanhe was hesitating, Lin Manliu stepped forward and saluted the woman and said, "My condolences, girl...".
Hearing this, the woman was a little unsteady and fell to the ground. She looked at the boy in a short shirt in front of her in disbelief, and murmured: "In the dams I have searched all over the past few days, there are no Seeing Brother Li, I used to be like this...".
Li Yanhe was just about to stop the young man, but he saw Lin Manliu nodded to him, and then the young man in a short shirt continued to speak: "Brother Li was killing the enemy with us outside the village that night, but he was shot by an arrow from behind. , He said that he didn’t want the villagers to see him in such a state of embarrassment, so he asked us not to mention it in front of everyone.”
The boy in a short shirt said this, and the villagers around him naturally heard it, and some began to sigh, lamenting the poverty of Old Man Li over the years and his perseverance in not being afraid of hardships.
"I said a few years ago that Lao Li is the most promising man in the village, much better than the one in my family."
"Isn't that right... Well, if the harvest hadn't been bad in the early years, I would have asked Lao Li to take the exam, and maybe he would have become the parent officer of our place in the future."
"Even if Lao Li hasn't gone out, he is still one of the best in our village. Look at how many girls from other families like him, but now they go with his wife."
...
The woman who spoke before fell limply to the ground, with tears on her face. She was recalling the past that belonged to her and him. I don’t know why, but Brother Li stopped talking to her. Maybe it was because he never admired her. For herself, in the early years, in order to have something to talk about with her brother Li, who read more poetry and books, she met a passing scholar at the entrance of the village and asked the scholar about the meaning of many poems and allusions.
She looked forward to being able to talk to Brother Li in the future and not be so embarrassed anymore, but after that, Brother Li seemed to have never looked for her again. Later, the harvest in Bazi was not good, and Brother Li seemed to have given up studying and started to concentrate on studying. Working and farming for the countryside, even Brother Li at this time seemed so tall and handsome to her, but she just didn't dare to approach him.
Later, there were women who dared to express their true feelings to Brother Li, and he could only bless them silently from a far distance. They gradually became a good couple in the village that everyone wanted to talk about. This is what the book said. It was a match made in heaven, that woman was naturally better than him.
Thinking of this and the words of the boy in a short shirt, the woman stopped sobbing, stood up and hurriedly wiped her tears and said: "Brother Li doesn't want the villagers to see his embarrassment, so of course I can't cry. Can't cry...".
The mayor stood beside the woman, patting her back to help calm her down. He looked at the boy in a short shirt and Li Yanhe, and said loudly: "It made Daxia Lu and Shaoxia Lin laugh... My little girl admires Old Man Li the most. Now he is not here." Yes, I'm a little out of sorts."
"It's okay, girl, I want to express my condolences, so we'll set off first. Please wait for the good news, folks." After Li Yanhe finished speaking, he bowed his hands to the folks on both sides of the road.
Then everyone in Yijian Villa followed Li Yanhe out of the dam, got on their horses, and headed northwest of the village.
On the way, Li Yanhe rode his horse to Lin Manliu's side and said, "Did you use this trick to hide it?"
The young man in a short shirt looked up at the sky and said: "When people live in this world, they always have to leave some memories. They have gone through so many hardships. If they hear that they have been stabbed by relatives and friends again, they will be crushed."
After Li Yanhe thought deeply for a moment, he nodded and rode his horse forward, continuing to lead everyone in Yijian Villa to the inner city drainage channel ahead.
At noon, when everyone encountered any Dongdu garrison on the road, they were about to reach the stronghold of the inner city drainage channel that the second master said. There was a valley in front of them. According to what the second master said, the stronghold was built in the valley. In the middle, there are steep mountain tops as natural obstacles on both sides. On the front is the camp wall that was built in advance. There are two inner and outer city walls at the front and back. On the outside is where the Dongdu garrison and the captured young men are, and in the inner field are a few of them. The leader's residence and a place to store food.
Before everyone walked to the valley, the place was full of bright green maple leaves. Presumably in autumn, the entire valley and the scenery along the way would become extremely red.
Li Yanhe looked at the vaguely visible city wall in the valley, which was as high as the military camp. If everyone tried to attack from the front and tried to break in, the damage would be huge. While Li Yanhe was still thinking about it, the city wall in the valley The door suddenly opened, and a man carrying a broad sword walked out of it, and the Eastern Capital defenders began to pour out of the city gate behind them.
After Li Yanhe saw the man's appearance clearly, his pupils shrank, and he muttered to himself in confusion: "Uncle Huang...?".
The man surnamed Huang naturally looked at where Li Yanhe and the others were. He also recognized Li Yanhe and shouted loudly: "My nephew is so successful now! Can he lead troops to fight without being an official?" After finishing speaking, Then Uncle Huang started to laugh loudly.
"Uncle Huang is the guest of Zhujianfeng? Why are you acting like this now, robbing the people and oppressing the village? What is the meaning of it?" Li Yanhe shouted to him.
After hearing what the village owner said, everyone in Yijian Mountain looked at each other in shock. The thief in front of them actually knew the village owner and called him uncle and nephew.
"Little boy, what do you know! Now that you have brought people here, don't recognize me as Uncle Huang anymore. I am the villain who murders the people here. Please use your sword and let me see my godfather Huang again." Li!" Uncle Huang yelled, but at the end of the day, his tone still sounded like an elder's scrutiny of his younger generation.
