The old man said in shock: "What? Are you not soldiers from the imperial court?"

Shi Hao said softly: "Old man, we are not."

The old man's face was full of disappointment, he sighed and shook his head and said: "Hey, it seems that we have thought too much. Also, you only have so few people, how can you be the imperial army?"

Shi Hao didn't know what to say. Fang Zian laughed loudly and said: "Fellow folks, although we are not part of the imperial army's Northern Expedition, the imperial court is thinking about the people in the fallen land all the time. You can rest assured that the imperial court will regain the lost land, but that requires

Time, food, soldiers, horses and supplies are needed, and sufficient preparations need to be made. Once launched, the Jin people will be beaten to pieces with a thunderous force. Don't be disappointed, have confidence in the court. Within three to five years, the court will launch the Northern Expedition. Dear fellow citizens

Don't worry. This time we will bring your thoughts back to the court and report to the emperor, and the court will seize the time to prepare."

The old man looked slightly relieved after hearing this, and sighed: "With your words, we have hope. You don't know that Jin people are all beasts. We can't live our lives anymore. Everyone is suffering. Just

We are looking forward to the day when the imperial court launches its Northern Expedition to rescue us. In any case, you are soldiers and horses from the imperial court. This is the first time that imperial soldiers and horses have come to our Mojiazhuang in more than 20 years. This is also something to be happy about. Folks

Everyone, don’t be disappointed. This gentleman said that in three to five years, the court will come to rescue us. We have survived for more than 20 years, do we still care about these three to five years? Don’t you think so?”

Everyone was a little disappointed at first, but after hearing what Fang Zian and the old man said, they were all happy. No matter what, it was a joyful thing to see the imperial troops coming here. Everyone nodded and said yes again and again.

The old man said: "Several adults, please come into the room and talk."

Fang Zian smiled and said: "Just in the yard, I asked people to clear away the snow, and the villagers moved some tables and chairs to set up. We brought some wine and food, and we ate wine with the villagers and talked while eating.

.”

The old man was overjoyed and said: "That's a good feeling. Hurry up and bring the tables and chairs over to set them up. What are you doing standing there in a daze? Go quickly."

The people hurriedly rushed home and brought tables, chairs and benches. The fire brigade soldiers quickly cleared away the snow in the yard and set up several tables and chairs. They took out all the drinks, meat, snacks and other items they had brought and put them on the table.

Above. Most of these are Fang Zian's personal belongings. Several large packages of candied snacks were prepared by Chunni for Fang Zian before leaving. This time, they all contributed.

There were more than 100 people in the village, and there were more than 15 or 16 children. Shi Hao asked the children to line up, and each of them grabbed a handful of candied fruits and put them in their pockets. The children shouted and laughed happily.

The sound was endless. A dozen older men were invited to sit at the table, and the other women and children distributed some snacks and preserved meat. They had no rules about how to serve, so they just stood around and watched.

The people in the mountain village have not tasted such delicious preserved fruit snacks for a long time. Although the snacks were damaged on the road, everyone ate them so much that they even licked the powder between their fingers cleanly.

At several tables, Shi Hao, Fang Zian and several generals were sitting with more than a dozen old men. Fang Zian poured wine for the old men himself. Two old men could no longer hold themselves back. As soon as the wine was poured, they started to drink.

"What a great wine. I haven't had any wine in so many years. The taste of this wine is the same as the best wine brewed in Bianliang City back then. That was my

It tastes like the Song Dynasty." They praised loudly.

Fang Zian smiled and said: "This is the Wuliangchun brewed in Bianliang back then, and now it has been moved to Lin'an Prefecture. We didn't bring much, so we want to teach you folks how to taste it. Come, let's have a drink."

Everyone raised their glasses and drank. Old Man Mo tasted the wine and shed tears.

"Old man, what's wrong with you?" Shi Hao asked hurriedly.

"Sir, I feel both uncomfortable and happy at the same time. It has been so many years since the Jin people came, and we haven't even tasted the taste of wine. It's... it's an indescribable feeling," the old man said, wiping his tears.

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Fang Zian, An Shihao and others also sighed in their hearts. Fang Zian smiled and said: "Everyone, we still don't know the name of this village in Guibao. What are the names of all the father-in-laws?"

The old man hurriedly smiled and said: "I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce you. Our village is called Mojiazhuang. Everyone in our village is named Mo. My name is Mo Huaishan, old man, and these guys are all from my Mojiazhuang."

Everyone's surname is Mo. His name is Huaide, this one is Huaiyin, that one is Huaishu..."

The old man introduced them one by one, and introduced them all. These dozen people are all old people in the village of the same generation. The highest generation. The old man Mo Huaishan is the oldest one, he is seventy-six years old this year.

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"Okay, okay. It turns out they are all the elders of Mojiazhuang. Old man Mo is already seventy-six years old. It's hard to tell that he is still so strong." Fang Zian said with a smile.

Mo Huaishan waved his hand and sighed: "Tough, do you dare not to be tough? All the young and strong men in Mojiazhuang have been dragged by the Jin people to do coolies. Look, the rest are these old and weak women and children, with no one to care about them.

We can only rely on ourselves. We in Mojiazhuang all rely on hunting and gathering herbs. In the past, we could live well by hunting some game and buying some furs and herbs. But since the golden dog came, we have to pay a lot every year.

Furs and herbs, they come to harass and plunder from time to time. Now every household has nothing, and they don’t have enough to eat. This life is simply unbearable. No, just now I thought you were Jin people and came to plunder again. The villagers

They have to run to the woods to hide, otherwise they will suffer, be beaten and scolded by them, and forced to hand over skins and food. No matter how old we old bones live, no matter how strong our bodies are? One more year of life, more

A year of punishment."

Shi Hao sighed when he heard this: "Uncle Mo, you have all suffered."

Mo Huaishan said: "Master Shi, actually we are not afraid of hardship. What we are afraid of is that these miserable days will never end and we will never get ahead. This is what we are afraid of. Not only our Mojiazhuang, all the people in Mojiazhuang are occupied by golden dogs.

We, the people of the Song Dynasty, are living under the oppression of the Golden Dog. Everyone doesn’t understand why the court doesn’t care about us? Has the court given up on us people? We are the people of the Song Dynasty.

Ah, why doesn’t the imperial court come to rescue us? Are we allowed to be bullied and bullied by golden dogs?”

Shi Hao nodded and said: "Don't think so, the court will not ignore you. But the court must be fully prepared. After all, if you want to fight the Jin people, you are not just talking about it, you must have strength.

. To take action rashly would be to hit the egg against a stone. So for so many years, the court has been secretly gathering strength. I believe that your day of success is coming."

Mo Huaishan said happily: "The two adults said this, and we ordinary people feel more comfortable. As long as the imperial court does not give up on us, our hearts will still be towards the imperial court. If the imperial court forgets

Without us, we will only die."

Fang Zian smiled and said: "Uncle Mo, the dawn is just ahead and it's going to break. Come on, let's drink some more and eat some snacks. We brought these snacks from Lin'an. You guys can try them too. Although there aren't many.

, but it’s good to have a taste.”

"Okay, okay, let's eat, let's eat." Mo Huaishan nodded repeatedly. Everyone drank and each ate a small piece of snack, and they were all full of praise. Some people said that this was the most delicious snack they had ever eaten in their lives.

"Uncle Mo, we came from the south to Yanjing and passed by here. We camped in the mountains and forests on the east side last night and saw your village, so we came to have a look. But we have never been to this place.

, a little confused. I want to ask you, where are we here?" Fang Zian asked with a smile.

Mo Huaishan quickly swallowed the snack in his mouth, wiped his mouth with his palm and said: "Old man, I was just going to ask you, how did you end up here when you went to Yanjing? Did you get lost? Here.

It is the remnant of the eastern section of Wangwu Mountain. The mountain here is called Wild Wolf Mountain. More than a hundred miles to the south is Bianliang City. How did you get to this big mountain?"

Fang Zian nodded and smiled: "It turns out that it is really the remnant of Wangwu Mountain, so Taihang Mountain is to the north, right?"

Mo Huaishan said: "Yes, after Yelang Ridge is Eagle Mountain, and further north is Taihang Mountain. You have to go east and then north to leave here. Otherwise, you won't be able to reach Yanjing.

This place is all mountainous, and you won’t be able to get out even if you walk for ten or eight years.”

Fang Zian nodded and asked again: "But, is there a Jin city nearby, and are there many Jin soldiers? Have they been active recently?"

Mo Huaishan thought for a while and said: "Our place belongs to the boundary of Lin County in Xiangzhou. Not far to the east is the county seat of Lin County. We have a lot of golden soldiers here. There are more going north. I heard that there are loyal and loyal troops in the Taihang Mountains.

We often fight with the Jin people, so there are many Jin soldiers and it is very dangerous to go north."

Fang Zian was stunned and frowned: "Zhongyi Army? What Zhongyi Army?"

Mo Huaishan said: "I haven't seen them, but I have heard about them. It is said that there are people who set up camp in the Taihang Mountains to fight against the Jin people. It seems that many people were exploited by the Jin people, so they went into the mountains to establish

The rebel army is called the 'Eight-Character Army of Loyalty and Righteousness' or something like that. I don't know much about it, old man. But these people are all good guys, and I often hear about their sneak attacks on Golden Dog."

Fang Zian asked a few more questions, but Mo Huaishan and others could not provide any effective information. It seems that Mojiazhuang is just a small mountain village. The people in the village have been closed for a long time and do not know the situation outside.

Before, these people were still discussing whether they were soldiers of the Yue Family Army, which shows that they did not know that the Yue Family Army had been disbanded long ago and Yue Fei had been killed. This place is thousands of miles away from the Song Dynasty, and it is in the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom. Obviously they

Don't know what's going on outside.

However, Fang Zian finally heard the name of the Eight-Character Army of Loyalty and Righteousness, and Fang Zian was concerned. Because to Fang Zian, there was an old friend of his in this Eight-Character Army of Loyalty and Righteousness. Zhang Ruomei left her and went north to look for her.

His elder brother, Zhang Diwan, was the leader of the Loyalty and Righteous Eight-Character Army. According to Ruomei, they indeed persisted in fighting in the Taihang Mountains. When he heard the name of the Loyalty and Righteous Eight-Character Army, Fang Zian's heart was filled with fervent hope.
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