Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Great Han

After everyone separated, Yu Zhengmei waited at the base of the city wall. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoTanzhou can be regarded as a relatively large city on the border of the Song and Tang Dynasties, and the city gate will be closed when it is close to Hai on weekdays. Since the Song soldiers made a big move, Tanzhou Taishou ordered the city gate to be closed early every day. Yu Zhengmei's light skills are a cut above Li Jingxian, and at this time, he only needs to wait for the city gate to close, and then take out the gap and jump into the city.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that the gates slowly closed and the drawbridge hung over. After half a pillar of incense, I only heard a shout from inside the city wall: "Come soon! The troupe sent by His Majesty has come to comfort the soldiers!" As soon as the words fell, I heard a gong accompanied by the noise getting closer and closer. In a few moments, the sound of string music and the ghostly singing of the servants came from inside the city gates. "The husband was sick and miserable, and he shed tears all over the slaves. But seeking the same branches, the poignant does not disobey!" The rhetoric is full of ** wind, which is obviously an obscene song. Yu Zhengmei only felt that her back was numb, and she recalled Zhao Zhun's strategy for governing the army on the front line, and couldn't help but secretly say in her heart: "How can the front-line soldiers come to combat effectiveness when they listen to these glamorous sounds? How can they compete with the Great Song Dynasty!"

Yu Zhengmei continued to listen closely to the movement inside the wall. After a while, there was silence on the tower. "The time is just right!" Yu Zhengmei thought to herself, and jumped lightly onto the battlements. Looking inside from the battlements, as expected, all the sentries on the castle tower were gone, and they were all gathered in front of the makeshift stage to watch the play. Lanterns hang high around the stage, illuminating the stage as if it were daytime. The officers and soldiers guarding the city only watched the two servants on the stage scratch their heads and make gestures, but they couldn't see the city wall at all, Yu Zhengmei was turning over and entering, and then disappeared into the night.

Han Xiaoyue and the others returned to the nearest village in Tanzhou, Mingzhu Village. The village is not large, there is only one inn. The inn was just a few flat tiled houses, and the walls and doors were simply made of rough wood. In the past, the business was bleak, but before the war, many outsiders who were stopped at the city gate gathered, so there were many customers. Fortunately, there are not many guests today, and everyone finally has a place to stay. Han Xiaoyue and Li Jingxian live in the same room, and Situ Sheng and Ding Yuechan live in one room. The country inn is not as good as the city, and the coarse tea and fresh water are also very plain. What Han Xiaoyue likes especially is the rare quietness in this countryside. Lying on a hard bed, the loudest noise around me is the almost negligible sound of chickens and dogs.

The four of them settled down, but it was only time for a cup of tea, and they only heard a knock on the door of the inn. "It's coming!" the innkeeper hurriedly greeted him. This shopkeeper is thin and small, with deep eye sockets, and looks like a skeleton when the sky is not fine. He is both the shopkeeper and the runner here, and he is the only one who takes care of the entire inn. Han Xiaoyue could vaguely hear that the person knocking on the door was very unreasonable. As soon as the shopkeeper opened the door, he shouted, "What are you doing so slowly?" As he spoke, three big men broke into the door. The shopkeeper had no choice but to greet him with a smile: "Are the three guest officers going to stay in the hotel?"

The three big men were naked, with a pigtail on their chins, showing that they were three members of the party. The three of them held a one-person-high steel knife, and shouted for the leader: "You bird inn, don't you live in a hotel or what are you here for?"

Han Xiaoyue didn't care about these three big men, but these three people were talking as if there was no one around, and the conversation was full of Fengyue and women, which really disturbed him to sleep. There was only one bed in the room, and Li Jingxian spread a thick straw mat on the ground. Seeing that Han Xiaoyue couldn't sleep peacefully after tossing and turning, he got up and said, "Brother Han, did those three people disturb your sleep by talking?" Han Xiaoyue listened and said: "Jingxian, we just arrived here, it's better not to cause trouble...... Li Jingxian nodded yes.

After another stick of incense, the chatter and laughter of the three big men continued unabated. Li Jingxian straightened up with a carp and said, "Brother Han, you can stand it, I can't stand it!" As he spoke, he was about to rush out of the room. Han Xiaoyue hurriedly got up and stopped: "Jingxian, calm down!" We don't know where they come from, don't mess with people who shouldn't be messed with, we can't get a bargain?" Li Jingxian stopped and turned around and said: "You and I have learned the three volumes of the Sword Hua Benji, are you still afraid that they won't succeed?" Han Xiaoyue said: "That's why we can't make a move, wouldn't it be more troublesome if they recognize us?"

At this time, Situ Sheng on the other side couldn't bear it anymore. I heard him slam the door and go straight to the door of the room of the three big men. Han Xiaoyue and Li Jingxian hurriedly came to the window and opened a crack to look. I saw him holding a fan behind his back with both hands, stepped forward and coughed, and the voices of the three big men stopped abruptly. After a while, a big man pushed open the door, looked Situ Sheng up and down, and said, "This brother, what are you doing?"

Seeing that the big man was polite, Situ Sheng smiled and said: "Little brother has a little thing I want to ask, I don't know if the three big brothers know what time it is?" Another big man next to him said: "This little brother is really interesting, is he here to ask the time?" Situ Sheng nodded and said, "Yes." Seeing that the three of them were chatting hotly, I didn't realize that it was late at night!" he said, looking at the bright moon and stars in the sky and continuing, "I don't know if I remembered the wrong day, or if the three of them forgot the hour?"

The leader heard the intention of Situ Sheng's words, and said with a smile: "It turned out that the brothers spoke too loudly, which disturbed the rest of the little brothers. The little brother can tell the truth as much as possible, and there is no need to beat around the bush. As he spoke, he hugged his fists and said, "The three of us were born with loud voices, which disturbed the rest of the little brother and offended!" Situ Sheng replied: "It's easy to say, then it's troublesome!" The three big men watched Situ Sheng's back enter a room, then said a few words from the Dang Xiang clan, and also went back to the house.

Han Xiaoyue looked at the three big men, closed the window again, and said, "These three people are from the Dangxiang clan!" Li Jingxian said: "How do you know?" Han Xiaoyue recalled and said: "This dress is very similar to Li Chenghan. Li Chenghan is a member of the party. Li Jingxian naturally had never seen Li Chenghan, but when he remembered Li Yanliang's appearance, he pouted and said: "Isn't Li Yanliang his son? He, Li Yanliang, is naturally one of them. ā€

As soon as the words fell, I heard a commotion in the room of the three big men again. I heard a big man laugh and say, "The Han man you are talking about?" Hahaha! I pushed him with a little finger!" Another big man said: "According to your meaning, you can knock down ten Han people with two fists?" Another big man said: "Then it depends on whether these Han people are enough for us to fight! Hahahaha!" As he spoke, the three of them laughed together, and their voices were like thunder. Candles lit up in all the inn rooms, and many people secretly opened the windows to look out, but no one dared to come out with sad faces.

Li Jingxian snorted and said, "Saying these words so loudly is obviously for us!" Han Xiaoyue understood that it would be too cowardly not to do something at this time, so she nodded and said: "We are not people who cause trouble, but we are so rude and make fun of Han people, no one can bear it!"

At this time, Situ Sheng also rushed to the top of his head with a wave of anger and pushed the door out. The three of them looked at each other. In the matter of targeting the Han people, the three of them had a very tacit understanding, and they came to the three Han gates together. Situ Sheng took out a fan and slapped the door vigorously and shouted: "Brother, it's not easy to go out, why do you need to make a fuss and make trouble?" The three men were obviously prepared, and they didn't have much effort, and they each pushed the door out with a steel knife in their hands. The leader laughed and said, "What, do you think we are talking loudly? We're already very quiet, aren't you eavesdropping next door?" Hahaha!" Another big Han said, "Eavesdropping is their Han people's ability!"

Situ Sheng nodded and said, "Listen to what you mean, don't you think there's anything wrong with what you've done?" Dahan said: "That's right." We're telling the truth. Along the way, all the Han people encountered were vulnerable. It's unbelievable that such a fertile land in the Central Plains is ruled by you ants!" Han Xiaoyue snorted and said, "This brother, this is our Han territory, if you want to spread wild, please go elsewhere." If I don't apologize for your rude behavior today, I'm afraid tonight's matter won't be over!"

"Apologize?" the big man laughed, "I've never heard that the strong have to apologize to the weak!" As he spoke, he plunged the steel knife into the ground, lifted his trouser leg and said, "You three Han people, as long as you get under my crotch now and honestly get through, tonight's incident will be treated as if nothing happened, and you will be allowed to go back to sleep." Otherwise, let you taste Lao Tzu's fist!" Situ Sheng heard this, and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable!" As he spoke, he pointed at the big Han with a fan, "I will also let you see today whether the Han people are easy to mess with!"

The big man didn't dodge, and stretched out his big hand to directly capture the folding fan that came down. When Situ Sheng saw that this person was the size of a hammer, he was instantly shocked and regretted that he had not used all his strength. The big man grabbed the folding fan without much effort, and laughed: "Is that all he has to do?" With that, he raised his hand and snatched the folding fan and threw it under the wall of the inn. "Ahh

Just as the guests in the other rooms exclaimed, Ding Yuechan walked out when she heard the sound. Seeing that Situ Sheng's right hand was bleeding, he hurriedly ran forward and said, "Situ Sheng, how are you?" Situ Sheng endured the pain, shook his head and said, "It's okay...... It's okay......" Seeing Ding Yuechan's demeanor, the big man's eyes changed, and he laughed: "I didn't expect that there is a beautiful lady in this poor country!" said, stepped forward and said, "Little lady, what is your relationship with this person?" Ding Yuechan glared at him and said, "You are unreasonable first, why do you want to hurt people?"

The big man laughed and said, "If it wasn't for us to hurt him, it's true that this guy is too fragile and was accidentally injured by me!" As he spoke, another big man behind him said, "Little lady, seeing that this little brother is very weak, why don't you let the three of us protect you?" Situ Sheng hurriedly protected Ding Yuechan behind him and said, "What are you going to do?" The big man laughed and said: "What are you doing? Of course, you want this little lady to accompany you! Although you Han women can't help but toss, we are not picky in this poor and remote place!"