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Chapter 73 Memories of the old man

Bai Jiangzuo was tossing for a whole morning and felt a little tired. He lay in the tent and fell asleep unknowingly. However, the strange dream journey found him again. Bai Jiangzuo dreamed that he came to an ancient battlefield and saw the two armies confrontation. Then one side launched a charge, and the two sides fought together, fighting with each other.

There were flesh and blood flying everywhere, and corpses were everywhere. Crows, vultures and wild dogs swarmed in when they smelled the blood, eating the bodies of the dead soldiers. When Bai Jiangzuo passed through the pile of corpses, one hand grabbed his feet. He was suddenly startled by the grab.

Hearing someone talking to him in the pile of corpses, the man said to him: Brother, save me, I don’t want to die; Bai Jiangzuo hurriedly took back his feet, and he saw that a soldier was not dead, probably the Han army. Bai Jiangzuo was about to talk to him, but the soldier was dead.

What Bai Jiangzuo never expected was that he was surrounded by another army. He saw that this army was somewhat like the Qing Dynasty army. The soldiers had military or bravery on their chests, and they all had long braids.

A man wearing golden armor said: Take all the remnants of the Ming Dynasty back, and I want to use their blood sacrifice to kill the Qing warriors.

All the corpses were thrown into the pit in front and buried. Bai Jiangzuo and the remaining Ming army were taken to the camp by the Qing army. Bai Jiangzuo and the remaining Ming army were locked in the dungeon.

These Ming army saw that Bai Jiangzuo looked different from ordinary Han people, and had never seen such dressings. A captain of the Ming army asked him: Little brother, who are you? Why haven’t you seen you? You don’t look like a person from the Central Plains?

Although Bai Jiangzuo was a little afraid and nervous, he quickly calmed down. He replied: I was originally from the Central Plains, and my ancestors left the Central Plains and went to the Folangji Kingdom to the west due to war until I and the Ming merchant ships returned to the Central Plains.

I came here to do business as a businessman, but I met a bandit on the way and robbed my goods and silver. They did not kill me, but let me go.

I walked for several days until I heard the sound of fighting, so I walked over and saw corpses everywhere. I was very scared and wanted to leave, but I didn't expect to be caught by the Qing army.

Bai Jiangzuo's lying was absolutely amazing. The Ming army actually believed it. The Ming army captain said: It turns out that the little brothers are also from the Central Plains. You shouldn't have come back. Now the Ming Dynasty is terminally ill and has no power to fight again. These Qing dogs kill my compatriots everywhere and kidnap my Ming people. I was unable to die in the battlefield but was caught. It is simply a shame. I'm sorry for the dead brothers.

When Bai Jiangzuo heard this, he thought that this was not the late Ming Dynasty. Then the current Ming Dynasty emperor should be Chongzhen. Unfortunately, this emperor was a coward. If he did not listen to slander, General Yuan Chonghuan would not die, and the Qing army would not enter Shanhaiguan.

Bai Jiangzuo said: I also hate these Qing dogs. If it weren’t for their corrupt and incompetent nature, how could our great country be bullied by a small country, and how could it be cedeed to pay compensation?

Bai Jiangzuo's words made Ming Jun confused. Bai Jiangzuo also realized his mistake. It was all a matter of later, how could they know?

The captain of the Ming army said: Little brother, are you afraid of death? You may not be able to pass tomorrow, and we will be beheaded by these Qing dogs.

How could Bai Jiangzuo not be afraid of death? But he was embarrassed to say that he could only bite the bullet and say: As a person from the Ming Dynasty, I am not afraid of death as a ghost from the Ming Dynasty.

After hearing this, the Ming army admired Bai Jiangzuo's courage. As soon as they finished speaking, the Qing soldiers took them out and took them to the center of the schoolyard of a camp.

Just look at the leader wearing golden armor and said: You remnants of the Ming Dynasty, I will send you to the West tonight. The executioner is ready. When Bai Jiangzuo heard the executioner is ready, he thought that he would be beheaded after he finished the executioner.

You guys, I will not let you go even if I am a ghost. With a puff of the Ming army, their heads were chopped off, and their heads fell to the ground and died with peace of mind.

It was Bai Jiangzuo's turn. The executioner raised his sword and let out a silence. Bai Jiangzuo screamed and woke up. He found it was a dream. He was sweating profusely.

Liu Xing asked him what was wrong and if he had a nightmare again. Bai Jiangzuo said what he dreamed of. Liu Xing seemed to understand. He understood why the villagers were cut off their heads by Yin soldiers for no reason. It turned out that they were the dead Ming army and they wanted to retrieve their heads.

Bai Jiangzuo looked at his watch and it was three in the afternoon. It was dark in the area and a layer of mist rose. Duan Tianya beat a hare and two pheasants nearby, and gave it to Lin Yan a pheasant.

Liu Xing raised a fire in the yard, cleaned up the hare pheasant and roasted it on the fire. The fragrance came up at that time, which made the fat man greedy. The rabbit pheasant was quickly roasted, and everyone ate very delicious, especially the fat man, who ate oil all over his mouth.

Everyone laughed loudly when they saw him. Duan Tianya said that he saw the patrol team on the mountain, and he hid it, so he was not seen.

Everyone was wondering why there was a mountain patrol team at this time. What if I went up the mountain tomorrow and encountered it, Liu Xing said: We can’t just recite it so much, and we will encounter it when we meet it. If not, let’s take a detour.

Bai Jiangzuo said: It is better to find a guide than to take a detour. There is a ready-made guide here. When everyone asked who it was, Bai Jiangzuo said it was "Lin Yan". Because Lin Yan grew up here since childhood and must be very familiar with the surrounding mountainous areas, he asked him for help.

Liu Xing said: Lin Yan must be fine, I am afraid that his old man would disagree, so the old man could see that we are tomb robbers; Bai Jiangzuo said: We are tomb robbers? Did you see these three words written on your forehead? Liu Xing felt that he had said the wrong thing.

Bai Jiangzuo decided to go find Lin Yan now. It was not dark yet, so hurry up. Duan Tianya accompanied Bai Jiangzuo to Lin Yan's doorstep. He was about to call Lin Yan, Lin Yan's grandfather came out. The old man didn't know what happened, but suddenly became kind. Is Duan Tianya's pheasant working?

The old man asked them to enter the house, but strangely he didn't see Lin Yan. Bai Jiangzuo asked Grandpa Lin: Grandpa Lin, where is Lin Yan? We have something to ask him for? The old man replied: He has gone to the aunt's house in Xiaomohe Village, which is my sister. He is going to deliver something, and he is probably coming back soon.

Actually, I probably know what you are looking for Lin Yan to do. Lin Yan told me that you are college students and are studying archaeology. What does archaeology do?

Bai Jiangzuo replied: Archaeology is to excavate and protect the corpses of ancient people and those jars and jars in the graves of ancient people, and to place the corpses of ancient people and these jars and jars and jars in a safe place to protect them. Everyone calls them cultural relics.

The old man probably understood, and he said: I thought you were the tomb robbers. I was so sorry for the misunderstanding. Thank you for the pheasant sent by this young man, I'm so happy.

I haven't eaten wild game for many years.

Bai Jiangzuo said: It doesn’t matter Grandpa Lin. Some people don’t know what our major is for, so there will be some misunderstandings. If you like to eat, I will ask my classmate to catch you tomorrow.

As he was talking, Lin Yan came back. He was very happy to see Bai Jiangzuo and Duan Tianya. He said: Thank you so much. That pheasant is so delicious. I always wanted to go to the mountain to catch it, but my grandfather just refused to let him go, because he was afraid that I would get lost in the mountain.

At this time, the old man couldn't help but talk about his past. He said: It was when he was in his twenties. At that time, the society was in a turbulent era. There was a slogan "Down with all monsters and monsters." I responded to the call and followed a group of people who were about my age to go up the mountain.

The mountain is called Xuanwu Mountain, which is now Gangui Peak. At that time, the blood was boiling and I went up the mountain in a mighty way. There was an ancient tomb of the Ming Dynasty on this mountain. There were stone tablets around the ancient tomb, and there were many names of the dead engraved on it. There was a very high hill among these stone tablets, which was actually a tomb.

Some people say: These feudal society pests cannot be allowed to poison the new society. We must get rid of them and smash them, and everyone will smash them now.

After saying that, they started smashing the stone tablets. The stone tablets were smashed to pieces, and then they began to attack the big stone tablets. I was still wondering at the time and was a little scared, so I didn't do it, but they didn't care about the ones, until they smashed the tombstone.

Someone actually started digging the grave. He did it and others dug it up. After a while, they dug out a room. Everyone was wondering why there was a room in the grave, so someone smashed the door open. I was afraid that I didn't dare to go in, so they went in.

I heard something slamming inside, and I thought they must have started to smash things there. I came to the door and looked inside, and I was scared to death. I saw that there were all their bodies lying on the ground, and their heads were smashed, with blood and brain plasma everywhere.

I also saw that the coffin next to their bodies was empty. I was sweating all over. At that time, I heard a black shadow coming out of this dead house. When I shook the flashlight, I was so scared that my legs were weak and I didn’t even have the strength to shout.

I saw a skeleton wearing worn-out armor holding a hammer and slowly walked towards me. I screamed in fear and ran down the mountain. Later, someone sent me to ask me what was going on. I told me about the reasons before and after. When they went to investigate, they found that the ancient tomb had returned to its original state, but the bodies of those people were missing.

Bai Jiangzuo felt that those people must have been buried with the tomb owner. He asked the old man: Grandpa Lin, is that tomb still there now? How did you go up the mountain at that time? There was only one road in this Gangui Peak and was controlled by the border guards, saying that they would not be allowed to go there at will, and that there was a border there.

The old man replied: I don’t know whether there is any or not. In addition to a big road, there is also a small road. After all, the road has been going on for decades. It’s hard to say whether it has any. Let’s do this. Let Yanzi accompany you tomorrow.

You must be careful. If you can’t find it, come back quickly. Bai Jiangzuo quickly said thank you!

A strong wind suddenly blew outside, and it was particularly loud. The wind sounded like a wolf crying and howling. The old man said: No, they are here again. Bai Jiangzuo hurriedly asked: Who are they? The old man replied, "Ghost Soldier".

(End of this chapter)
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