Chapter 306 I'm Gai Wu
"It should be a piece of cloth, not three feet!"
What can Sanchi do? Hanging?
On the fifth day of coming to the Wei realm, he had to carry things for people in order to make a living.
He doesn't have a lot of strength, but fortunately he still has a group of people. It is said that there is a piece of cloth a day, ten people, the other party is in urgent need of manpower, they urgently need work to make ends meet, and the two parties can talk about it.
Most of the people who followed him were young people, and there were also his father's best friends, and he naturally wouldn't let his father's best friends do such a thing, and the ten young men tried their best to carry it, and did more than the other Xianbei and Han people, but when it came time to settle the wages, only three feet of old cloth were thrown out on the opposite side.
The kind of yellow, stale one, no one will exchange it for a pound of chestnut rice cloth even if it is exchanged at the bazaar.
At this time, those who dared to do business at the junction of the original Xia Kingdom and the Wei Kingdom were all businessmen with backstage in the army, and the chubby man who was responsible for negotiating the price with him replied to him: "Just three feet of cloth."
Gai Wu was not penniless, his father had made a great name among the kingdoms, and he had saved a lot of money.
But after his death, no one in the Tiantai army today can serve the public, and his uncles are clamoring to divide the wealth and silk and divide the things, the rule of the Lu Shuihu people has always been that the leader is the first to choose, and the rest is evenly divided, Gai Tiantai is not a harsh leader, and there is not much left after being distributed to the two uncles and former subordinates.
The Lu Shuihu people in Xingcheng have long been targeted by the Wei people, and they can only change their names and surnames, falsely claiming that they are the Lu Shuihu people of Beiliang and trying to survive in the Wei State.
However, even the remaining property did not have enough to sustain itself after the city gate officials raided it layer after layer.
Three hundred people, the last hope, is to exchange money for space, and the future is not known where.
The man gave three feet of cloth, and Gai Wu knew what the market was, and the work done by ten of them required one piece of cloth was very little.
But the man only threw down the cloth, glared at him, and said, "You are from Lushuihu from the summer land, aren't you?" If Zahu is disrespectful to Xianbei people, he will eat prison food! "
He wanted to argue with the profiteer, but he was dragged away by his clansmen, and the three-foot cloth that fell to the ground seemed to slap him in the face, making him feel cold.
Everyone says that Wei is good, Wei is prosperous, Wei is strong, the people live and work in peace and contentment, there are Xianbei military households to fight, there is a shortage of people everywhere, as long as you keep breaking your hands and feet, you will definitely be able to find food.
But that's not to say "miscellaneous".
Zahu.
Aren't Xianbei people Hu people? If the Xianbei people say that they are orthodox, then don't the Han people become Hu people? If there is only one orthodoxy, who is not a miscellaneous beard?
From the moment he got here through the layers of gates, he felt like he had been stolen.
The officials, dressed in the clothes of the city gate officials, armed with sticks and guns, stole him once and for all, turning him from a homeless rich boy into a homeless poor boy.
And this trader stole him again.
This is a country full of thieves and cruelty.
This was Gai Wu's first impression of Wei.
After that, Gai Wu and his party were "stolen" countless times before they were transferred to Pingcheng. By the time they arrived in Pingcheng, there were only two hundred of the three hundred people left, and the remaining one hundred people sold themselves to a certain wealthy family as a nursing home, and the deed was three years.
Gai Wu took the money from the sale of these hundred tribesmen to bring so many people to Pingcheng.
The nightmare never left them, even if they had to sell themselves as guards and thugs, but at this time it was a great defeat for Rouran, although Da Tan and Wu Ti ran away, but Emperor Wei Tuoba Tao still captured a large number of people and cattle and sheep, people are cheaper than cattle and horses, a hundred men, in exchange for money, but only one-tenth of the usual.
The money was really burning his hands, and he tossed and turned night after night, and before he arrived in Pingcheng, he had already lost a lot of weight.
Closing his eyes, he saw the resolute expressions of his people, as well as the deep blessings they had sent him before leaving.
Vowing to lead his people out of this cursed fate and revive his father's Tiantai army, Gai Wu worked hard to hone his martial arts and gather news in the city of Heicheng, waiting for an opportunity.
The state of Wei under Emperor Wei was not peaceful, there were vendettas and conspiracies everywhere, and vendettas and conspiracies made people who did dirty work make a lot of money.
Gai Wu still has dignity and blood in his heart, in his mind, Lu Shuihu people should be straddling war horses, wielding knives and guns, fighting for their employers, maybe today they are friends, tomorrow they will be enemies, distinguish between superior and inferior on the battlefield, and sweep away opponents for their employers......
This is the life of the Lushuihu people.
But in this world, people who are destined to insist on dignity cannot live.
In the end, Gai Wu led his people on that road, killing people and goods, robbing homes and houses, and his blood and glory were finally numbed by the screams of pain and fear.
His fame grew, his people became wealthier, and his uncles, who had long since parted ways, finally found him and began to "pick up" with him.
A few hundred people are always not as strong as a few thousand, and a few thousand people are welcomed wherever they go. Tuoba Tao has countless enemies, and these enemies all want to have more friends, whether it is Beiliang, Rouran, Liu Song or Beiyan, every country welcomes them, and they all serve them good wine, food, wealth and beauty.
But Gai Wu clearly knows that they have no concept of "country", no matter where they go, they are "miscellaneous beards" in their eyes.
Zahu is like a brand that has been deeply imprinted into everyone's hearts, making them one after another. [,! ] sub-justifiably "stealing" them.
He had killed people like hemp, and he had sought the help of the Buddha for peace of mind. The world stole them, and they robbed them in turn, but day after day, the Tiantai Army not only did not have the prestige it had before, but became the "thieves" and the like that everyone shouted and beaten.
Gai Wu was miserable, but his uncles were not impressed.
The world is in a scuffle, courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame are all deceitful things, only the wealth in hand, enough people and horses, can survive.
Maybe it's because he wants to be a hero in his heart, but reality turns him into a robber, so when the prestige of "Mulan" begins to spread everywhere, he pays extra attention to him.
He listened hungrily and again to how this general, who was not a few years older than himself, galloped on the battlefield, how he took the rank of general among the ten thousand armies, how he established an undefeated prestige with his exploits, and how he moved and admired the three armies.
In Gai Wu's dream, the person who galloped on the battlefield and took the head of the general among the ten thousand armies became himself, and the one who sang "With the son, how can you say that you have no clothes", also became herself.
In his dreams, he has like-minded fire companions, as well as Ming Jun who is loyal to him. He made the people of Lu Shuihu no longer a laughing stock, and he made the warriors of Lu Shuihu become iron horses that made the countries tremble......
However, dreams can only be dreams, and when he wakes up, his world is still gray.
There are many battles to be fought for him, but none of them have anything to do with "glory".
He was illiterate, couldn't draw, and wasn't good at words. In order to keep the dream of a qiē, he clumsily began to carve wood, wanting to keep the Jin Ge Iron Horse in his dream in his heart.
He stubbornly believes that knives and knives should be connected, and that a knife that kills is no different from a knife that carves wood.
At first he carved badly, and then he carved badly.
But he stubbornly thinks that he has used the "heart" in the carving later, even if it is not very similar, anyone who sees it will feel the emotion he placed on the wood.
Gai Wu has been silently understanding the bits and pieces of Mulan, like a teenager who secretly worships heroes. He knew that Mulan was rejected by the princess, so he never married, and he also had a dream in a dream that the princess fell in love with him, and then he was torn to pieces by himself.
He carved the princess several times, but he couldn't find the eyebrows, and he couldn't enter the "heart", obviously in his heart, there was no pursuit of the princess.
He instead began to carve the Mulan in his heart.
Dressed in military uniform.
Dressed in the clothes of the humble people.
Hunting on horseback.
He had no face, and his shape was blurry, like his indescribable dreams.
Paying attention to a person for many years will gradually become a habit, and you will unconsciously imitate him. Gai Wu felt that he was not qualified to befriend Mulan, his identity was not worthy, his martial arts were not good enough, and the most important thing was ......
A robber who kills people for a living, and he feels that he has no face to meet him.
Gai Wu wanted to appear in front of him in a dignified manner, dreaming of it.
The opportunity came a few years later, the Northern Liang harem was in civil strife, the princess married by Wei was almost poisoned, Tuoba Tao sent troops to avenge his sister, the whole territory almost fell, and the lord of Beiliang couldn't, so he had to use a qiē can use the men and horses.
They found his uncles.
Beiliang is a country established by the Lu Shuihu people, but it is not the same branch as the Tiantai army, but after all, they have the same ancestor and the same origin, no matter whether it is reasonable or reasonable, in order to maintain the dignity of the Lu Shuihu people, they should all help.
But Gai Wu's two uncles felt that the risk was too great, and they were only willing to accept the task of protecting the retreat of the clan, and were unwilling to accept the employment to protect Guzang City.
This is the opportunity that Gai Wu has always dreamed of.
He dreamed of defending the city, he dreamed of fighting side by side with the army, he dreamed of being able to defend his country against foreign enemies......
Even if it was the country of the people he admired!
The rules of the Lu Shuihu people, whoever wins the battle listens to whom. Gai Wu asked the two uncles for the first time to compete in martial arts, and he won and went to Beiliang with three thousand Lu Shuibeard disciples.
And yet the war ended so quickly. He did see Mulan, and he saw the cold arrow.
Before the commander defending the city could give the order, he was beheaded by an arrow from a hundred and fifty paces away. The power of that arrow was terrifying, and it directly caused the entire city gate to be in turmoil, and they surrendered one after another.
The "battle for the king" he imagined evolved into the lord of Beiliang abandoning the city with his clan and fleeing.
Not only that, before leaving, the frustrated Qu Muqian took away all the gold and silver treasures in the treasury, and wantonly robbed the property of the civilians and eunuchs, and the soldiers who defended the city saw that Guzang would definitely fall, but they followed together to rob the civilians and the eunuchs, wantonly slaughtering the people, j/□□ women, but more terrible than the Wei people outside the city.
Gai Wu's dream was shattered, and supporting his dream of coming to Beiliang was like a slap in the face from fate. Those who hired him to protect the people were now the first to wield their butcher's knives at their own people.
The Tiantai army was defeated, and he was responsible for the break, successfully evacuating most of the clansmen and his uncles.
The Tiantai Army should not have come, his uncles were right, and the responsibility should be borne by him.
He thought he was going to die, but the general who had captured him rode up to him, and seemed surprised by the way his face was covered with blood, and instead of humiliating him, he asked his name kindly.
"Everyone is running away, only you are the only one who kills and comes back, you are very brave."
The young general turned over and dismounted, and asked loudly.
"Who are you, this strong man?".
[,! Gai Wu looked jealously at the general of Wei who was wearing the armor of the night lion.
'He looks so ordinary, if I wore this armor, I would be even more heroic than him!' ’
Gai Wu gritted his teeth.
'If I had spoken first, would it not have been as if I had begged for mercy.'
"Don't you know that before you ask someone for their name, you should pass on your own name!"
Gai Wu spat out a mouthful of blood foam and sneered viciously.
"Presumptuous, this is Huwei General Mulan! You yourself have no eyes, don't you know the tiger flag?"
A guard with a hammer in his hand jumped out, seemingly angry that he didn't recognize the flag.
Mulan?
He's Mulan?
The Mulan who shot the head of the defending general with one arrow?
Gai Wu held back the violent shock in his heart and glanced at the young man in front of him.
His body was clean, not to mention scars, not even blood.
If he is not protected by a large army, he is extremely skilled in martial arts, and others are not close to him.
Everyone knows that General Huwei is the vanguard army, and there is no reason for the vanguard army to let others protect him. The reason why Mulan can still be kept clean on the battlefield is self-evident.
Look at yourself......
Gai Wu lowered his head and looked at the blood stains all over his body.
He even knew where the smell of his face came from.
In Mulan's eyesight, she may be a soldier of the enemy country who is not self-sufficient, can't see her face clearly, and has a hard mouth.
'Such unbearable, and I, even if I will die soon......
Gai Wu bowed his head in shame.
'Nor can I let him know my name.'
"Boy, my general asked for your name!"
"I don't say."
Gai Wu's voice gushed out of his chest unwillingly.
"The Lushuihu people will never be slaves......"
"Kill me. Dead people don't need names, slaves need names."
"General......
"Let him go, send a few tiger soldiers to send him out of the city." Mulan touched it in her arms and pulled out a gold leaf. Give this to him, let him go."
"General! He killed a lot of our people......"
"To each his own master, he is the weapon that the shepherd uses to protect the stables, and what is the sin of the weapon? He at least did what he had to do, and he was a true warrior, not like everyone else......"
Mulan sneered disdainfully.
"Those people really deserve to be slaves."
He didn't seem to have much time to linger here, so he dropped the gold leaf to the soldiers next to him, jumped on his black horse, and left in style.
"It's really cheap, get up, come with us......"
Gai Wu did not die, he originally thought he was going to die, but he survived.
Relying on that golden leaf, he left Beiliang all the way and found his people. Three thousand people, only half remaining, and even more cracks appeared inside.
His two uncles left him with five hundred men, just as they had done at the beginning, and decided to try their luck in Liu Song, the only country left.
The north is destroyed, and no more nations can hire them. Once the Wei State is unified, it is impossible to keep such an armed force to roam in the Wei territory.
His two uncles think that staying in Xingcheng is killing themselves, but Gai Wu stubbornly wants to stay in Xingcheng.
He was once praised by the hero himself as "a warrior".
Even if Bei Liang didn't win the first battle, even if he didn't protect the people of Guzang City, he already knew what kind of road he should take.
He will not leave his homeland, nor will he abandon his people.
Even if there are all old and weak women and children, even if there is no war to fight in this world, he will not forget his original intention of going to Beiliang.
He never killed for money.
He kills to survive.
And in the future, he will work hard to keep his people from becoming slaves.