Chapter IV
Gerhan sneered:
"Captain Geng is only a border lieutenant of the Han Army, and he is far away from Luoyang, so naturally I don't know the agreement between the Tianhan Dynasty and my Loulan, so I still want to retreat for the time being, don't make a mistake."
"Put your mother's bullshit, my Tianhan military discipline is strict, if there is such an agreement, I am afraid that my captain would have received a notice a long time ago."
The soldiers on the side shouted loudly.
Gerhan's face turned very ugly:
"I'll give you one last chance, quickly retreat with the army and the people in the city, otherwise don't blame me Loulan for ignoring the friendship with Tianhan for many years."
"I am the captain of the Han frontier guard, without my Han military order, I will never leave the territory of my town without permission, I think you should lead the troops to retreat for the time being, and when I receive the military order, I will take people away, and it will not be too late for you to take over this Bafang Town."
"It seems that there is no need to talk about it?"
Captain Geng did not reply.
Gerhan fights back to the lineup.
"In half an hour, my Loulan Iron Cavalry will attack, and those who are still in Bafang Town at that time don't blame me for ignoring the friendship between the two countries."
"You~"
The soldier next to him just wanted to scold but was stopped by Captain Geng.
"Little Liu, you take people to organize the evacuation of the people."
Captain Geng opened his mouth and began to arrange.
"Ermao, you quickly go and send an urgent report to Yumen Pass for help."
"King, you take your brothers to inspect the fortifications of the city."
Orders are given in an orderly manner.
Captain Geng demonstrated his excellent military qualities as a descendant of Geng Gong.
After everyone had made arrangements, Captain Geng looked meaningfully in the direction of the Bafang Tavern.
The man of God happened to appear here, and he happened to say a book that was appropriate for the occasion.
Is this really a coincidence?
Oh, he's a fool.
He wanted to see what Xiang Xiaoer, who claimed to be a storyteller, had planned.
"Captain, where are you going?"
The busy soldier looked at Captain Geng's back and shouted.
"Please, God!"
....
The Bafang Tavern is no longer as lively as it used to be.
Even the little two who would come to the trouble went to the backyard to clean up his salute.
In the entire tavern, only the tavern shopkeeper who cleaned up the account books at the counter with a sad face and Xiang Xiaoer ate other people's leftovers at will.
"The wine is not good, but this chef's skills are passable."
It's not too dirty, Xiang Xiaoer took care of himself, folded the leftovers from several tables to a plate, grabbed it with his hand, and started eating.
"I said, this little brother, you can really eat."
The shopkeeper glanced at Xiang Xiaoer, who was chewing slowly and enjoying himself, and said with a wry smile.
He had received so many guests from south to north, and it was the first time he had seen someone he couldn't understand.
"It's okay, I don't dislike them for being dirty."
The shopkeeper's wry smile, is this a question of disgust whether it is dirty or not?
Xiang Xiaoer, who seemed to be aware of the shopkeeper's wry smile, explained again:
"There are too few nearby towns, and I've been hungry for several days, so I'm usually quite particular about eating."
The shopkeeper didn't know what kind of expression to leak.
"It's not a matter of being elaborate at all.
This Loulan has come over, and it will be attacked in half an hour, except for some capable people who are willing to stay and help the Han army to defend against the enemy, the rest have basically run away.
I can also see that you are a man of God, you said that if you want to help our Han army, you should go to Captain Geng, if you don't want to get involved in this matter, you can just leave, why do you have to have a small pastime here. ”
Without replying in a hurry, Xiang Xiaoer licked his fingers.
Almost, I ate three points full.
Sure enough, it's still fragrant!
"I'm not a god, at most I've seen a little more storyteller, you're not small, you're my boss, if you call yourself small, then what do I have to call it, little?"
"Don't, don't, don't call me boss, my small temple can't accommodate your true Buddha, I didn't see your identity as a god before, you better let me go, I want to find a storyteller, but you lend me three guts, I don't dare to let you really respect the true Buddha to read the scriptures to us!"
The shopkeeper was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand.
"What are you afraid of, I won't eat you, didn't you say it before? I'll tell you a book, and you'll feed me and give me some money. ”
Xiang Xiaoer got up and changed the table.
"Why is this table so clean, there is not even some soup left."
He complained after adding a bite of plate and changed the table.
"Little brother, big brother, are you my own brother? Don't entertain me, you saw that Loulan was coming soon, maybe my little broken tavern can keep it? I had to be dismissed from my previous buddies, and even if I had the heart, I couldn't take you in. ”
He was really afraid of this man of God who didn't seem to be very old and couldn't guess at all.
"Okay, I didn't think it through, you really can't keep this tavern, it seems that you have to find another place to work."
"It's great that you understand, and I thank you in advance."
Hopelessly, he picked up the flask and poured it into his mouth.
I didn't expect to have a bite.
"People nowadays, drinking is wasteful."
Place the flask on the table and speak again:
"Thank you, you don't have to, just take my salary."
"Work... Salary? ”
The shopkeeper suspected that he had misheard.
"yes, didn't I just say that? You see that everyone's response is also very good, and they are very happy to listen to, and they haven't broken the plates, so there is nothing to deduct money, right? ”
"Uh, no."
"Isn't that over, you see that I won't do it with you in the future, and now it's okay to settle the salary, right?"
"No... There's something wrong! ”
Fortunately, the shrewdness of the shopkeeper was almost wrapped in just now.
"No, little brother, what you just said is really good, and you haven't destroyed anything in the store, even if what you eat now is leftovers, you really don't need to deduct money, but I don't need to give money."
At this time, the polite impression that Xiang Xiaoer left on the shopkeeper when they first met disappeared.
Fake, fake, all fake.
It was only an hour before the nature of this little rascal was revealed.
"Why don't you have to give money, I'll tell you that it's okay for you to give me money, right? Don't you want to prostitute my overlord book for nothing? ”
The Book of Divine Overlords.
Who wants to prostitute for nothing?
The shopkeeper suddenly hoped that Loulan would call him sooner, so that he would have a reason to flee from the young man in front of him.
"Little brother, we said before, you are giving me an example, and I will take you in if it is good?"
"No, let me tell you, don't talk nonsense, you just said that you were a sample, but you didn't say that it was good to take it in, it was me who took it in, so I let me make a sample."
Xiang Xiaoer's theory of being in charge of the shopkeeper while sweeping up the leftovers of the entire tavern.
Every time he found half a steamed bun and half a glass of wine, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and ate harder.
"Okay, even if I promised to take you in before, but this month ago was a month, and you didn't stay for half a day, and you still ate so much?"
"Stop, I've paid for what I've eaten."
"Huh?"
The shopkeeper was stunned, when did he give the money? Why didn't he know, could it be that the guy was full of his own pockets?
"The eater gave it."
Xiang Xiaoer added.
“....”
If I don't beat you, I'll kill you.
"Yes, even if you eat what is leftovers."
"This is what people have paid, don't say that I feel like I eat leftovers."
"Okay, even if you've been paid for."
The shopkeeper kept telling himself that he must be calm, this is a man of God, you can't beat him, you can't beat him.
"Well, go ahead."
Xiang Xiaoer, who had finally finished eating, wiped his mouth with satisfaction.
It was the least remaining session he had ever eaten.
It's all a wealthy businessman who comes and goes, and the rest of the plate looks like it's been licked, which is really embarrassing.
"Even if you promised to take you in before, even if you ate something that someone else paid for, but this month's money is settled once a month, and you don't even dare to go to how I can settle it for you."
The shopkeepers were about to cry.
"It's okay to give ten taels or twenty taels, I'm not too little."
Xiang Xiaoer wiped his mouth and said absently.
"You are not too little, but I am too much, although my small shop seems to have a lot of people, but counting the expenses, it will not earn ten taels in a month, you are asking for my life, I think you might as well go into the city with Loulan."
"How?"
"There is also a name for grabbing money."
"Saying this, I am a proper person of the Celestial Empire, how can I go all the way with those barbarians? It's saying that the robbery is not as fast as this,"
"So you're admitting that you're lying on me?"
"Hey, I'm that person, so let's do it, it's my fault that I didn't negotiate the price of a good game first, you look at how many steamed buns there are in the back kitchen, and pack them for me as wages."
Xiang Xiaoer pretended to be generous.
"No, Bafang Town is far away from Yumen Pass, we have to have food along the way, at most the three of you."
"Ten."
"Three."
"Eight, I told me this is my bottom line."
"Three at most."
"Five, you're saying I did it."
"Just three."
Xiang Xiaoer looked at the shopkeeper who didn't change his words and scolded viciously:
"Why don't you be greedy to death? It's a god's bargain for two steamed buns, if it weren't for the good temper of the master, I would have killed you a long time ago, so if you can do three, you can quickly put it on me, and then run for your life. ”
The shopkeeper nodded and walked to the back kitchen.
"Hey, pick a bigger one!"
Xiang Xiaoer couldn't help but remind loudly, and the shopkeeper didn't look back as if he hadn't heard of it.
Bigger? He now regrets that he wasn't as big as steamed peanuts.
"I really didn't expect you, a god, to bargain with people for a few steamed buns, with your ability, if you want money, it should be easy, right?"
Captain Geng, dressed in armor and with a murderous aura, walked in.
"What happened to the man of God? A man of God is also a man, and if he is a man, he has to eat, and the market has been bad recently, even if I am hungry for several meals. ”
Xiang Xiaoer didn't see the calm reply in front of people before.
Captain Geng didn't believe his nonsense, and continued:
"Since you are so short of money, why do you come here to earn money even though you know that Bafang Town can't keep it? What exactly are you trying to do? ”
Xiang Xiaoer's expression began to become serious with a smile:
"As a citizen of Tianhan, I naturally don't want to see foreign barbarians step into the land of my Tianhan, so I came to help the general."
Captain Geng stared at Xiang Xiaoer and snorted coldly:
"It doesn't look like it at all."