LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 2 The Lonely Village
The team of thousands of people and the chariots and horses walked unhurriedly on the road.
From Kyoto to Echi, it takes about four months.
The first half of the journey is okay, you can take the official road, the ground is flat, paved with bluestones, and it is very convenient to travel by carriage and horse.
But in the second half, it's uncomfortable.
There are many river networks and hills in the land, and the climate is warm and rainy. Often, after five days of driving, there will be a rain, or even shorter intervals.
It’s okay if you take a boat by water, but you’ll suffer if you want to go by land. The mountain road is rugged and winding, and the land is muddy. If the rut gets stuck in the mud, it often requires horses to pull hard to continue walking.
What's more, among the entourage, most of them are from the north, who are not acclimatized to the water and soil, and vomiting and diarrhea are also common things.
No, it coincides with the rainy season, and the rain continues one after another.
Wang Ge and his party had to stop again.
"There is a village ahead, let's rest there." Wang Ge said.
He is the king of Yue, he has the final say among the group, and the team can only rest if he says they can rest.
However, Wang Ge also added:
"Go and ask the accompanying craftsmen and their families if they feel unwell and need care."
In this entourage, excluding the family members, there are more than 150 craftsmen who are good at carpentry, iron smelting, forging, building houses, and farming. They are technical talents given by Emperor Xuan.
Wang Ge attaches great importance to these talents who have mastered production technology. Whether he, the king of Yue, can survive in Yuedi in the future, these talents are indispensable.
Along the way, Wang Ge was afraid that these laying hens would bump into each other, so he always took care of them.
Even if they are sick, Wang Ge will pay for them to be cured.
And such a move, in the eyes of ordinary people like this, is simply flattering.
This is the King of Yue, one of the most noble people in the world, who actually values us grassroots so much!
Especially once, because the road was slippery and muddy, a carpenter accidentally dropped his leg and was unable to move.
The King of Yue was willing to take out his own horse and carry the carpenter on his back until the injury healed.
These accompanying craftsmen felt that their minds were dizzy.
Although King Yue was young, he was so approachable and friendly to others.
The resentment in the hearts of the craftsmen because they left their hometowns and traveled too much was completely gone. Instead, they firmly developed a sense of following.
Of course, what Wang Ge wants is not for these craftsmen to be sloppy, but for them to produce well.
After confirming that the accompanying craftsmen were not lost, Wang Ge led the team towards the nearest village.
He had read the map beforehand and knew that there was such a village nearby.
However, when the group actually arrived, the result surprised Wang Ge.
"Master, the village in front is empty and has been deserted for a long time." Yan Feihui reported.
Wang Ge frowned, and then remembered that he had heard rumors when he was under house arrest in the capital:
Before the world was settled, the princes fought against each other, wars broke out frequently, the people were in dire straits, the people were displaced, and the places where they originally lived became uninhabited villages.
This may be the reason for Wang Ge's current situation.
Feeling the pain caused by the war, Wang Ge's heart sank, but it was still necessary to take shelter from the rain and rest.
Wang Ge asked everyone to go to the deserted village to rest.
As a personal guard, Yan Fei found a relatively complete and spacious house in the village as a resting place for his son.
But since it is a barren village, don't expect to have good rest conditions, you can only reluctantly shelter from the wind and rain.
Yan Fei skillfully set up the bonfire, and watched his young master pick up thatch.
After the thatch is dried, it is the bed.
Yan Fei felt both helpless and distressed by the crude rest conditions.
Is it plausible that your own son is the king of Yue, living in a shabby room and sleeping on straw mats?
Wang Ge is quite content, he has experienced worse living conditions than this before crossing, and he is still alone.
At this moment, he looked at his bodyguard, smiled and said:
"Lao Yanfei will keep watch tonight."
Wang Ge's tone revealed respect. Yan Fei was his personal bodyguard since he was a child.
"The responsibility lies." Yan Fei said in a deep voice, holding a saber in his arms.
The succinct promise made Wang Ge feel at ease.
He yawned, he was also exhausted, and soon fell asleep after calming down.
Wang Ge opened his eyes in a daze, only to feel that his brain was a mess and he had no ability to think.
He looked around, it was still the shabby room in the lonely village before falling asleep, but there was no guard Yan Fei by his side.
Wang Ge felt confused and uneasy.
Turning his head to look out the window, he saw that the rain was no longer there, and there was a scorching sun hanging in space.
But the scorching sun was as bright red as blood, and the "blood light" shining on the person did not feel the slightest warmth, but it was as creepy as a biting cold wind.
Wang Ge felt something was wrong, thinking of defending himself, he casually took out a sword.
"I have also practiced martial arts. Although I am not very talented, but with a sword in my hand, it should be no problem to deal with two or three people."
Holding the sword in his hand, Wang Ge leaned against the wall and walked cautiously towards the outside of the house.
Suddenly, I heard a rush of impatient horseshoes, and there were panic shouts outside the house.
Wang Ge was startled, and turned his head to see that there was actually a soldier riding a war horse holding a long dagger behind him.
The soldier's facial features were indistinct, as if covered with a layer of blood mist, which made people feel extremely terrifying.
Wang Ge was about to protect himself, but the soldiers moved faster and waved blood-stained weapons.
Wang Ge only saw a flash of cold light, but he couldn't feel the existence of his body. His eyes began to spin around, and finally fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Ge saw the soldier get off his horse, grab his hair, and tie it around his belt.
"I was beheaded, and my head was taken away?"
Wang Ge suddenly realized that at the same time, he also saw that besides him, there were many soldiers and unarmed civilians in the whole village.
Soldiers killed civilians, cut off their heads or ears, and collected them.
After all the villagers were killed, the soldiers put down their weapons and set up a bonfire.
While eating barbecue, they talked and laughed about how many heads they took and how many military merits they could exchange for.
Wang Ge's head and the heads of other common people were put together to form a Jingguan.
Wang Ge opened his eyes and saw the blood-stained, corpse-strewn village, and at the same time saw a flag fluttering in the wind.
On the flag there is an eye-catching character "武" with fangs and claws.
"Wu? King Wu's army?" Wang Ge suddenly realized.
The next moment, everything in front of me disappeared.
Wang Ge opened his eyes, only to see sparks exploding from the bonfire, and heard the sound of dripping rain.
Looking up, it was Yan Fei holding the saber.
"My lord, are you awake?" Yan Fei asked.
Wang Ge opened his mouth, and suddenly realized that what he just experienced was just a dream.