Chapter 480 476. Another Story

"Of course the troupe won't be that great."

After practicing martial arts that day, Luo Yihang asked the question that was on his mind while he and Grandpa Gou Gou were sitting in the yard chatting and basking in the sun.

Grandpa Luo Luo laughed loudly, tapped the ground with a bamboo pole, and asked Luo Yihang, "What is this place?"

"Your yard." Luo Yihang's answer was particularly accurate.

But it didn't work.

"In a big way."

"Ping An Gou."

"Do you know how Ping'angou came about?"

"Of course I know. Back then, there were bandits here, and people from nearby villages fled to the upper platform to build a village to protect themselves from the bandits. Because the upper platform has only one entrance, if the entrance is sealed, it can ensure safety, so this place is called Ping'angou. Later, some people did not go back after the bandits dispersed, and settled here, forming Ping'angou Village."

Luo Yihang heard the history of the village from his grandfather when he was a child, and it was passed down from generation to generation.

"When is that?" Grandpa Luoluo asked again.

"This..." Luo Yihang was embarrassed. Grandpa had never said that. "But since there were bandits, it should have been during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China."

"It's since the Xianfeng period." Uncle Gougou said with great certainty.

Luo Yihang just said "oh" and said, "Xianfeng is Xianfeng, it was the late Qing Dynasty anyway."

But Grandpa Luo Luo asked again, "Have you ever thought about why no one lived in such a good place before?"

"Yes, why?" Luo Yihang was a little curious this time.

Grandpa Gonggong smiled mysteriously, "Because this place is haunted."

What the hell!

Are we finally entering the fantasy plot?
Female ghost or male ghost?

Is it a real ghost or a goblin?
Luo Yihang suddenly became excited.

He quickly asked, "Is this true? What the hell is this? Is it powerful?"

"It's amazing, so amazing. Hundreds of people disappeared overnight, all taken away by ghosts." Uncle Gou Gou looked like a child, as if he had succeeded in a prank, and spoke in a very exaggerated manner.

This old man couldn't hide anything on his face. With this expression, how could Luo Yihang not understand that there was something hidden? "Master Gonggong, what's the real situation?"

The old man's smile faded and he asked again, "Do you know Zuo Liangyu?"

Why did it jump to the end of Ming Dynasty again?

Luo Yihang hurriedly urged: "Mr. Gonggong, please start from the beginning, don't talk about this and that all the time."

Grandpa Luo Luo was very unhappy and pointed at Luo Yihang, "You kid, why are you so anxious?"

This is a complaint against Luo Yihang for not cooperating with him in telling stories like he did when he was a child.

Luo Yihang quickly coaxed him, and the old man was finally happy and started telling the story from the beginning.

"Our place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was originally a garrison during the Ming Dynasty, guarding the Baoxiadao Road below."

"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu went to Han to recruit soldiers and took all the people from this garrison with him."

"At that time, there was chaos. Zuo Liangyu entered the Han Dynasty. The air was filled with smoke and miasma. People from nearby areas hid in the mountains. When they came out, they saw that there was no one here. As the rumor spread, it became known that there was a ghost. This rumor has been going on for a hundred years."

"During the Xianfeng period, the bandits became more and more violent, and they finally had the courage to occupy this area and build a village."

Do you know it so clearly?
Coupled with the portrait of an ancient general hanging in Grandpa Gonggong's room...

and so……

"Master Gonggong, are you a descendant of the original guard?"

The subtext was heard, and Grandpa Gonggong was delighted and laughed, "Smart boy, actually the old man is the local here."

"What happened next? What happened to the people in the garrison after they were taken away? Why did you start singing again?"

This story became more and more interesting. Uncle Gonggong stroked his beard and smiled for a while before continuing: "Later, he followed Zuo Liangyu to Wuchang, and was forced to rebel. Zuo Liangyu died halfway through the rebellion, and he followed his son again."

"Later, his son surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Those who escaped from Ping'angou were unwilling to surrender and fled at night."

"And then you came back?" Luo Yihang asked.

"Nowhere, I became a refugee in a foreign land. I ran back to Wuchang from Jiujiang and finally settled down. More than half of the people who left with me are gone."

"It's a chaotic time, it would be nice if there is some peace and stability."

"What kind of stability is this? The rebels and refugees are shouting for war and killing wherever they go. They have occupied wasteland and built huts to live in."

"That's not right, Master Gonggong. They all have martial arts skills. Can't they join the escort agency? Being a guard is also fine."

"No, you're overthinking it, kid. There were no escort agencies at that time, and there were no traveling merchants. Guards had to have guarantors, so that local people would feel at ease. What if an outsider slaughtered the rich in the middle of the night?"

Luo Yihang then realized that he had been thinking too simply.

"What then?"

"Later, I reclaimed wasteland and cultivated land, and took up weapons to fight rebels and bandits. At least I survived. But having food and drink alone is not enough without money. Oil, salt, sauce and vinegar all cost money. So I formed a troupe to perform operas. Anyway, if you can fight well and fight well, people will watch. This is how it has been passed down from generation to generation."

"So I settled down in Wuchang..." Luo Yihang nodded in agreement, "No, you are in Ping'angou now, why did you come back later?"

"There was a Taiping Rebellion and a war, so we couldn't stay here any longer. So, the families discussed and decided to go back to our hometown. We returned to Tianhan. When we got to Ping'angou, we found that the land had been occupied by others. We had no choice but to move on. We went to Yangxian, found a place to settle down, and became a member of the Luoluo Sect. We made a name for ourselves."

"So that's..."

"Tongzhi era."

You will know what happens next.

The robe and belt were passed down for several decades.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the place was bombed and only Grandpa Gou Gou was left.

Mr. Gou Gou sought revenge alone, but failed and was captured.

Later he was liberated, rescued, recuperated, fought bandits, and left sadly.

Finally, the fallen leaves return to Ping'angou.

Until now.
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The story of Grandpa Gou Gou is over.

Later they also talked about the portrait of the general in the room. He was a captain of the garrison, named Wan Qi. Later he had many branches and most of them also had the surname Wan, so he was called Paodai Lao Wan.

The reason why he knew it so clearly was because there were notes passed down.

The story of Grandpa Gou Gou sounds quite legendary.

But Luo Yihang felt that it was half true and half false.

How could it be so smooth and uninterrupted over a period of more than 200 years, spanning the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as the chaotic Southern Ming?

Combined with Mr. Gou Gou's usual love of bragging, four of them are true and six are false.

arrive home.

Luo Yihang used his magic weapon - a computer, and used modern magic - to search the Internet.

First we found the Ming Dynasty’s garrison in Tianhan.

The search revealed that there were indeed garrisons. Although the exact location is unknown at the moment, it definitely existed, and there was more than one.

According to Uncle Gou Gou, the leader is a centurion, which has several hundred people. Judging from the scale, it should be a "station", or the smallest centurion station with 112 people.

The several hundred people should include their family members.

Military households, farming.

The Ming Dynasty's Wei Suo system did continue until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

However, there is a small loophole in the time...

(End of this chapter)