Sitting on the long-distance bus leading to the imperial mausoleum, Wang Ke asked Song Ruimin: "Have you seen the Hu Yan Tower recently?"
"See you every day."
"Is there nothing wrong with him?"
"What can happen to him? Like a pig, he is particularly good at eating. But he can also work."
"I'm asking, how is his mood lately? Is there anything unusual?"
"Squad leader, why are you asking him? He is not in our class now." Song Ruimin felt strange, so he tilted his head and looked at Wang Ke.
"Then let me ask directly, has he borrowed money from you?"
"Borrow money? No."
"Squad leader, he borrowed the hemp straw from me and Zhao Mingming." Liang Xiaolong, the sweet potato behind him, came up and said something.
Wang Ke turned around and asked Sweet Potato Liang Xiaolong: "How much did I borrow from you two?"
"I don't have much money, so I lent him fifty, and Ma Zhuo Zhao Mingming lent him one hundred."
"What? Why did Hu Yanlou borrow so much money? What will he pay back? Will he pay it back when he gets the demobilization fee?" When Song Ruimin heard this, he was quite dissatisfied, because it was taboo to bypass veterans and borrow money from recruits.
"Maolin, have I borrowed something from you?" Wang Ke asked Gu Maolin again. They are fellow villagers and they are not far apart.
"Looking for me? I've already said that my pocket is cleaner than my face. It would be polite if I didn't ask him to borrow it. But monitor, I haven't heard anything happened to his family. Why did you borrow so much money?"
After Gu Maolin finished speaking, Wang Ke had a good idea. I'm afraid Hu Yanlou borrowed a lot. He sent three hundred in cash alone, and there are still things. His seven or eight yuan allowance was simply not enough.
"Squad leader, did something happen to Hu Yanlou?" Song Ruimin came up and asked quietly.
"It's okay, I just miss him a little."
"What about Hu Xinrui, monitor, do you want him?"
"I think the same thing."
"Monitor, I don't think so. Hu Xinrui's status in your mind is not as high as that of Hu Yanlou." Song Ruimin stood up as he spoke, and a lesbian came onto the bus holding a child and holding a child in her hand.
"Come, come, your three mothers, please come sit with us." Wang Ke also stood up and vacated the seats.
"Squad leader, sit here." Liang Xiaolong, the sweet potato in the back row, stood up.
"Then everyone squeeze in." Wang Ke was very satisfied with the quality of the soldiers in the class, so he squeezed in.
Song Ruimin squeezed over. "Squad leader, I saw Hu Xinrui two days ago, and he is very impressive now."
"where?"
"Two days ago, I followed He No. 3 from the regiment to our company to inspect the work."
Gu Maolin, who was not particularly familiar with Hu Xinrui, turned his head away from the car, while Song Ruimin talked about what happened when he saw Hu Xinrui.
"You didn't say anything?"
"Say, he's so beautiful now, with double eyelids, big eyes, and he even put on cream, and the fragrance is fragrant." Song Ruimin curled his lips.
It's better to have an organization. If this is the case in the company, it would be polite for instructor Ding not to call you out and criticize you. At that time, we used a piece of soap to take a bath, and we were scolded.
well! Wang Ke sighed in his heart. Among so many comrades, only Hu Xinrui was incompatible with him.
"By the way, squad leader, there is another important matter. Our platoon leader has been transferred." The car was too bumpy, but Song Ruimin stood up. But his words immediately made Wang Ke stand up.
"Song Ruimin, what are you talking about? The platoon leader has been transferred. Where has he been transferred?"
"It doesn't count as a transfer. I will study in the military training team for half a year."
While he was breathing heavily, Wang Ke was also thinking, how could platoon leader Yanjiao be transferred?
"How is his health?"
"There's nothing wrong with him. He's in good health. As long as he doesn't participate in training and labor, there's nothing wrong with him." Song Ruimin's implication was that as long as it involved physical strength, he would feel uncomfortable.
Wang Ke pushed Sweet Potato Liang Xiaolong down and sat down. He and Song Ruimin stood in the aisle and continued chatting.
"Who is in charge in the platoon now? Is it the old squad leader?" Wang Ke continued to ask. The old squad leader is the wireless squad leader Huang Zhonghe.
"No, it's not clear yet, and I don't know what the company commander and instructor think? Hey, squad leader, why don't you take the responsibility?"
"roll!"
"Squad leader, this car can't roll. When I get off the car, I'll roll it 18 times to show you."
Song Ruimin was joking with Wang Ke in the car, and the passengers next to him couldn't help laughing.
Song Ruimin looked at the laughing passengers, stuck out his tongue, and continued: "Squad leader, the old platoon leader is stationed in our company."
"Oh, when did it happen?"
"I've only been here for a few days, and I'm staying at the company headquarters."
"This is great!" Wang Ke was very happy when he heard this. First, I haven’t seen the old platoon leader Hu Zhijun for a long time. Second, I still have good news to tell him, and there is also window paper bought for him in the shell box.
Soon, the car arrived at the intersection of Longquanzhuang.
The road turned a corner here and went straight to Zijingguan.
"Song Ruimin, do our company all live in this village?"
"yes?"
"What's so special about this village?" Wang Ke looked at the mountains in the distance and faintly saw two rows of tall white poplar trees. At the foot of the mountain in the distance, a long row of flat-roofed houses was built against the mountain.
This is Wang Ke's second visit to Longquanzhuang. The last time he came to see Deputy Commander Qin.
"Let's go, monitor." Gu Maolin greeted.
"Well, let me see." The terrain here is basically high in the west and low in the east, with mountains to the north and south. Longquanzhuang is built at the foot of the mountain in the north. It can also be said that Longquanzhuang is as long as the mountains to the north are.
"Song Ruimin, Gu Maolin, have you noticed? This Longquanzhuang looks like a sword!"
"Squad leader, do you think so too?" Gu Maolin answered as he was trying hard to pick up the ammunition box.
"What? Is there such a legend here?"
"No, it's just that the fellow villagers in Longquanzhuang all think that the name of this village is related to an emperor from the previous dynasty." Song Ruimin added.
"Oh, is there a story?"
"I haven't asked for any specific stories. You can talk to our landlord tonight." Gu Maolin walked in front and couldn't look back, but he still tried his best to finish the sentence.
Wang Ke stopped, he was a little dissatisfied. He said to three comrades: "The reconnaissance class is different from other classes. We just have a more discerning mind than others. When encountering such a thing, we should ask more questions. Maybe this will be a piece of information on the battlefield in the future."
"Okay, squad leader, let's be careful in the future. When we encounter weird things, we must figure it out and don't let the squad leader knock us down."
Song Ruimin immediately formed a united front with Gu Maolin. Neither of them expected that the words came true. Later on the battlefield, it was just one more question that allowed them to seize the opportunity and escape from death. This is a story later.
"However, I didn't expect that there is a Longquan Village here." Wang Ke said to himself.
"Squad leader, are there other places called Longquanzhuang?" Digua Liang Xiaolong walked all the way, carrying Wang Ke's backpack and looking like he was carrying a cross.
"Well, Longquan itself is a sword. According to legend, Longquan sword is one of the ten famous swords in ancient China. It is also known as Longyuan sword. It began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period. It is more than 2,600 years ago. It was the sword of Ou Yezi and Ganjiang. The great sword masters worked together to forge it. At that time, in order to cast this sword, the mountains were dug to release the mountain streams and led to the seven pools next to the sword-making furnace. After the sword was completed, it was like climbing a high mountain and looking down into the abyss. It was ethereal and deep, as if there was a giant dragon. It lies in the cross-legged position, so it is called Longyuan Sword."
Since Wang Ke followed his godfather Professor Wen, he has read a lot of books and listened to many stories told by his godfather Professor Wen. Now when we talk about these allusions, they are clear and logical.
"Squad leader, Longquan is really a sword! It seems that Longquan Village chose this place to build a village, and it must be related to the Longquan sword."
"It should be so. Do you know who Ou Yezi is? He was a Yue nationality during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was he who discovered the difference between copper and iron. The Longyuan Sword was also the first iron sword in China, pioneering the use of cold weapons. History It is said that he also forged the five swords Zhanlu, Chunjun, Shengxie, Yuchang, and Juque for the King of Yue. In the Tang Dynasty, because the name of the great ancestor Li Yuan was taboo, later generations changed the word Yuan to the word Quan."
"Squad leader, I will learn more from you. This history should be written into the village history of Longquanzhuang. I guess even their village chief may not know this story." Gu Maolin changed the shell box to another shoulder. Start crossing a small bridge.
After crossing this bridge, we have to enter the village. When Deputy Commander Qin sent someone to pick up Wang Ke, he was also at this bridge.
The bridge is not big, and next to it are three white poplar trees in a row, more than 30 meters high. The small bridge and flowing water made a whirlpool here. Walking up the river, you can vaguely see several sparkling lights above.
"Oh, I know." Wang Ke suddenly asked three comrades: "Is there a pond connected to it?"
Song Ruimin thought that the squad leader was very popular in poetry and wanted to recite poems again. He smiled and said: "Squad leader, is there a pond up there? Does it have anything to do with Longquanzhuang? If you want to recite poems, I will accompany you when you put down your luggage. Is there a pond over there? I don’t know, but there are a few puddles that are real.”
Wang Ke looked at Song Ruimin, but he ignored him and still stood on the bridge and said: "There must have been seven ponds, large and small, connected by springs in the mountain streams, just like the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper. This formation was cast by Ou Yezi The location of the Beidou Seven Abyss Sword, and the Beidou Seven Abyss Sword is another name for the Longquan Sword."
"Well said, well said!" A voice suddenly came from behind. The four comrades turned around in unison.
Song Ruimin shouted in surprise: "Hello, Uncle Geng."
After saying that, he immediately said to Wang Ke: "Squad leader, Uncle Geng is our landlord, an old man. He is now the guardian of the imperial mausoleum."
"This kid is..." The dark, muscular man also named Uncle Geng was also asking Song Ruimin.
"Uncle Geng, hello, my name is Wang Ke, and I am the squad leader of the reconnaissance squad."
"Oh, hello, hello. I've heard it from the children a long time ago. Have you just arrived?" Uncle Geng didn't have a local accent at all. He came forward to shake hands with Wang Ke. The hand was as rough as a file.
Wang Ke looked carefully at the man also named Uncle Geng. He was not only black, but also black with red. He is of medium height and is currently carrying a very wide hoe.
"Uncle Geng, have you just come back from going to the fields?"
"Yes, yes, I saw you walking around and walked up to me, and then I realized that you were talking about the origin of Longquan Village. You are absolutely right. The man who named this village is sleeping there now. Side." As he spoke, Uncle Geng pointed with his hand to the west where the sun sets.
"Emperor?" Wang Ke blurted out, facing the setting sun, the west was brilliant.
