Chapter 37: Meeting the Scribe on a Rainy Night
After traveling for a few days, what I saw along the way was about the same as Xiangping County!
Li Man governed Liaodong County in an orderly manner, and there was a peaceful scene in the county, and the sound of laughter was often heard in the fields and fields, and there was no hunger along the way!
Liaodong is rich, it is the most in Youzhou, and the rest of the counties are not as good, bandits are rampant, hunger is everywhere, the people are hungry, and it is common for them to eat!
This day!
A group of five people, just set foot in the territory of western Liaoning, they heard the thunder in the sky, everyone followed the sound and looked up at the sky, but saw that the sky was overcast, and there seemed to be rolling thunder in the clouds.
Li Yang immediately decided to ask everyone to speed up their pace and strive to find a place to settle before the rain fell!
The emperor lived up to his wishes, and everyone traveled five miles to find a long-abandoned wine shop, which could be used for resting!
"Rest here for one night, it's never too late to leave tomorrow!", Li Yang said!
Everyone had no objections and walked into the dilapidated liquor store!
After the five of them entered the wine shop, heavy rain poured down!
Seeing this, Wang Liang hurriedly ran out of the wine shop, and led the mounts one by one into the abandoned stables in the rain!
Wang Liang is loyal, down-to-earth, hard-working, and has the style of a father!
Seeing this, the tiger and leopard stepped forward to help!
Li Hu is kind-hearted, and Han Bao treats his own people very well!
Li Yang and Red Eyebrows did not participate, the two found a broom from the corner and simply swept the wine shop!
After a long time!
Wang Liang and the three of them went and returned!
Looking at the three people who seemed to be chickens in soup, Li Yangwen smiled and said, "Go and change into clean clothes to avoid catching a cold!" ”
The three of them agreed in unison, laughing and going to the corner to change their clothes!
Li Yang took out fine salt, flax (sesame seeds), green onions, ginger, coriander (coriander), polished rice, dried meat and other things from the package one by one, and then went to the stove room to cook dinner for everyone!
Looking at the items on the stove, Li Yang couldn't help but sigh: "Mother is meticulous and meticulous, and everything she needs for travel has been prepared, she really has everything!"
At this moment, Li Yang wanted to sing a song: Only mothers are good in the world, and mothers' children are like treasures!
Li Hu, who had changed his clothes, stepped forward and said, "There will be oral administration again tonight!" ”
Haw Par is used to living a pampered life, if it is said that grilled meat, the two may still be able to help, but if it is said to cook dishes, the two of them can't help anything!
Red eyebrows and Wang Liang are not much stronger than tigers and leopards, but they are just fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter!
Since leaving home, the four of them have lived a life of eating and opening their mouths!
The four of them didn't expect that Li Yang would be able to cook food, even if Li Yang could only cook some simple dishes, it would be greatly beyond everyone's expectations!
The eldest son of the dignified Li family, the inventor of punctuation and the creator of Yan Ti, actually cooks for everyone? Who will believe it?
Gentleman cooks far away, understand? If this matter is spread, there is no telling what kind of turmoil it will cause!
In this regard, Li Yang didn't care at all, none of the five people here were outsiders, and no one would chew the root of their tongue!
Pour water into the clay pot, polished rice, dried meat, green onions, ginger, and then add a little salt after the water is boiling!
Boil a stick of incense (half an hour) on low heat, before coming out of the pot, sprinkle some flax and coriander, and a rice and bacon porridge is completed!
The aroma of porridge came to the nose, which made everyone's appetite move!
"Drink some hot porridge and go get rid of the cold!" , Li Yang beckoned to everyone, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the package placed in front of the stove, and said: "If you don't have enough to eat, there are still horn millets (zongzi) in the package!" ”
Red eyebrows and Wang Liang agreed in unison, and the tiger and leopard smiled and nodded, indicating that they understood!
After a long time!
The sound of everyone drinking porridge came from the wine shop!
"Good porridge, good rice, good dried meat, my brother is really good!" While Li Hu drank porridge, he didn't forget to praise Li Yang a few words!
A bowl of hot porridge was in his stomach, Li Hu was still unsatisfied, got up and went to the stove, added a bowl of porridge to himself, and was about to turn away, squinting at the horn millet in the package, so he shouted outside the stove: "Who eats horn millet?" ”
"Get me one!" , Han Leopard replied loudly!
"Take five horns, one for each of them!" , Looking at the red eyebrows and Wang Liang who were drinking porridge with stuffy heads, Li Yang said lightly: "One should be used, all take five portions as an example!" ”
"Dare to disobey!" , Li Hu pulled his neck and responded loudly!
Li Yang didn't treat himself as an outsider, and he was grateful to Wang Liang with his bare eyebrows!
Just as Li Hu bent down to distribute horn millet to the four of them, two strange figures appeared very abruptly outside the wine shop!
"Who is sneaky? Don't let me out yet! ", the red eyebrows shouted, and as he spoke, he picked up the knife and walked out the door!
There are five people in a line, three with swords, two with swords, and the people with swords are Li Yang, Li Hu and Han Bao.
Red eyebrows and Wang Liang have military identities, so they accompany them with a hundred steel swords!
Before he reached the door, he saw two young men dressed in robes and hats walking in head-on!
Wang Liang, Li Hu, and Han Bao got up one after another, looking at the uninvited two people with a wary face!
One of the young men took off his hat, shook the rain off his body, and said calmly: "Everyone, don't be impatient, let us take off our raincoats and answer again!" ”
"Yes!" , Li Yang signaled that Li Hu and the others do not need to be nervous, just keep a certain safe distance from each other!
The young man looked at Li Yang along the prestige, and after looking at him for a long time, he actually smiled!
After taking off his robe, the young man rubbed his sore shoulders, let out a long sigh of relief, and said, "Relax!" ”
The young man had a clear face, a thin body, and a pair of narrow eyes, which gave people a very shrewd feeling, and what was even more striking than his appearance was that he was wearing a Confucian shirt that had been wet by the rain!
Another young man was of medium stature, with a square face, bright eyes, and a righteous body, and everyone couldn't help but feel majestic and inoffensive when they saw it, and this person was also dressed in a Confucian shirt!
The identities of the two are already about to be revealed, and both are scholars, not ordinary people!
The Han Dynasty scholars had a system for their clothes, and the cost of impersonating the crime was too great, and ordinary people did not dare to impersonate, and the price of Confucian shirts was very expensive, and ordinary people could not afford it!
It was only at this time that Li Yang got up, walked quickly to the two of them, bowed down and saluted: "After the end of the school, meet the two seniors!" ”
"Liaodong is really outstanding, and it is not in vain that we braved the rain to go on a trip!" , The young scribe with a righteous attitude smiled and said, "Young man, knowledgeable and reasonable, quite family-styled, I don't know who the children are?" Can you use our name?"
"The name is not enough to worry about, and I am afraid of staining the two of your noble ears!" , Li Yang politely refused!
Before the righteous man (abbreviation) could speak, he heard the thin man (abbreviation) speak and say: "All the way, not a drop of water has entered, I don't know if we can borrow some grain and rice for our stomachs?"
"There is hot porridge, if you don't dislike it, you can take it yourself!", Li Yang replied!
"That's great!" The skinny man was not polite to Li Yang and the others, walked straight into the stove, and served a bowl of hot porridge for himself and the righteous man!
"This porridge...."A mouthful of hot porridge went down, and the righteous man looked sideways at the thin man with a puzzled face, and there seemed to be many questions in his heart, which made him not vomit and be unhappy!
"This porridge is very good!" The skinny man interrupted the righteous man's questioning with his words, and shook his head imperceptibly!
The righteous man nodded with a clear face, and swallowed the questions full of heart back into his stomach!
After the two of them ate and drank enough, due to the fatigue of the journey, they lost the interest in talking to Li Yang and others, and after saying hello to them, they found a clean corner and went to bed early!
Li Hu looked at Li Yang with a puzzled expression, stretched out his finger and pointed to the two who fell asleep, and whispered, "This is sleeping?" ”
Li Yang glanced at the two of them, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Yes, sleep!" ”
"How can you be so careless when you are away from home?" Li Hu said with a puzzled face!
Li Yang spread his hands and said helplessly: "They have already figured out where we came from!" Sighing, he said meaningfully: "Thoughtful, observant, and masterful!" ”
"Another master? How can a master be so worthless? Li Hu complained silently!
Li Yang smiled and said to everyone: "I have to walk tomorrow, let's rest early!" ”
Red eyebrows, Wang Liang, and Li Hu nodded one after another, and went to sleep separately!
According to the order of duty agreed earlier, Li Yang and Han Bao were on duty first, and the other three went to rest, and after three hours, they would replace Li Yang and Han Bao!
Li Yang set a clear night watch time for everyone!
From 19 o'clock to 21 o'clock to 23 o'clock to 01 o'clock, Li Yang and Han Bao are on duty, and it is best to pass the night in the first half of the night, so the night watch time is slightly longer, for three hours.
From 01 to 03 a.m. to 03 a.m., Chi Mei and Li Hu are on duty, from 1 to 3 a.m., it is best to be sleepy, so the night watch time is slightly shorter, two hours.
From 05 to 07 o'clock to 09 o'clock, Wang Liang is on duty alone, and this time is the most relaxed, so Wang Liang is on duty alone!
Li Yangpan sat in front of the wine shop, with an oil lamp next to him, and a simple slip in his hand, named Spring and Autumn!
Han Leopard holds a hundred steel knives in his arms and leans on the door to sleep!
The sound of rain is slow, the thunder is gusting, the young man in front of the door, reading at night, there is a guard with a knife sitting next to him, the scene here, the others watch, there is no sense of disobedience!
I don't know how long it took, and the sound of Suo Suo came from behind Li Yang!
Li Yang raised his eyes slightly, but saw that on the ground, a thin figure was being reflected, and the figure was bent over, as if looking at the slip in Li Yang's hand!
Li Yang shook his head helplessly, and while flipping through the slips in his hand, he lowered his voice and complained: "Mr. is abrupt, don't you know the truth that people are scared to death?" ”
After getting acquainted, Li Yang's title for the young scribe has also changed slightly, from senior to sir, so it seems closer!
The thin man looked at Li Yang's back, bowed slightly, and praised softly: "What a gut!" It didn't scare you! As he spoke, he moved to sit next to Li Yang!
Putting down the slip, Li Yang looked at the thin man and said, "Is there something wrong with Mr.?" ”
"It's a long night, and I don't want to sleep!" The thin man sighed, met Li Yang's gaze, and after staring at him for a long time, he slowly opened his mouth and asked quietly, "Where did you come from?" Where to go? ”
"From where you came, where you go!" , Li Yang sold it with him and said, "What about the two of you?" ”
The thin man nodded Li Yang with a smile on his face, and replied truthfully: "From Jizhou, go to Liaodong!" ”
"I often hear that the people of Liaodong are outstanding people, and what I see today is not true!" The skinny man sighed!
"I often hear that Jizhou Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, what I see today, I know that what the world says is true!" Li Yang has learned the same way!
"Huh..... Hahaha! The thin man ignored Li Hu and the others who were sleeping, stroked his palms and laughed: "This trip to Liaodong has gained a lot, and it is not in vain!" ”
The thin man looked up at the sky and sighed, "I'm old, I can't compare to a young man, go sleep for a while!" "After that, pat your ass and go!
Li Yang slowly closed the slip, turned his head to look in the direction of the young scribe, and muttered, "We have gained a lot from this trip!" ”
Li Hu and Chimei came to change the guard a quarter of an hour earlier as usual, so that Li Yang and Han Bao could sleep a little longer!
Nothing to say all night!
On the second day, the sky was bright!
After the rainstorm, the air is fresh and refreshing!
Li Yang got up and came to the door, stretched a big lazy waist, looked up at the clear sky, took a deep breath of fresh air, and said, "Refreshed, it's delicious!" ”
Gently patted the sleepy-eyed Wang Liang beside him, and said softly: "Wash your face, wake up, ready to go, go to the carriage to make up for sleep later!" ”
Wang Liang stretched a big lazy waist, yawned and said, "The tired son is worried, Liang can stand it!" ”
Li Yang said in an unquestioning tone: "This matter is settled, there is no need to discuss it again!" ”
Wang Liang smiled and promised, and his heart was warm!
After a long time!
Li Yang and his entourage packed up and were about to leave, but a thin man's voice came from behind him: "Son, go slowly!"
Li Yang turned his head in a voice, bowed and saluted, "Take care, sir!" With that, he turned the donkey's head around and left the dilapidated liquor store!
Looking at the back of Li Yang and his entourage, the righteous man slowly spoke, and said, "This son has a good conversation, and he is very comparable!" ”
"The eldest son's character is precious, how can ordinary people compare with him?" The thin man sighed and said with emotion: "There is no vanity under the fame, and the ancients will not deceive me!" ”
The righteous man smiled with a clean face, gave a thumbs up to the thin man, and praised: "Gong and talent, wisdom is like a torch, I can't do it!" ”
"Yuan Hao laughed!"
The person who was called the public and the people, with his hands behind his back, closed his eyes and fell into contemplation, recalling the scene when he first saw Li Yang and the five people, since he stepped into the wine shop, he secretly observed the every move of the five people, when he first saw himself, the five people did not have the slightest panic, the person in the middle was calm, and the other four people all performed their duties, the red eyebrows held a knife to guard the door, Wang Liang held a knife to protect the frame, the tiger and leopard were like beasts, staring at the two intently, the five people had a clear division of labor, tacit understanding, very comparable!
Judging from the dialogue between the two, the names of the two are about to come out, and they are called the people of Gonghe, surnamed Fu, famous, and the word Gonghe, who is a famous person in Jizhou!
The person who is called Yuan Hao, surnamed Tian, named Feng, and the word Yuan Hao, is also a famous person in Jizhou!
"Treasure knife, carved bow, polished rice, bacon, dressed in fine silk, pedal silk shoes, tall, not like ordinary people, graceful bearing, rare in the world! To sum up, it is not difficult to guess the identities of the five people! ”
Polished rice is an exclusive thing for the aristocracy, and the people can't afford to eat it, so they don't dare to think about it, or they don't deserve to think about it.
Ordinary people feed their hunger with wheat rice, two meals a day, and the cycle goes on and on, and there is no hope for life.
The wheat rice is difficult to swallow and very unpalatable, Li Yang ate it once out of curiosity, but since then, he has stayed away from it and has never eaten it again!
The clothes worn by Li Yang and the five people are even more expensive, and they can't afford to wear them when they are idlers!
"In the land of Liaodong, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and the three sons of the Li family all have the resources of dragons and phoenixes, and their future prospects are limitless!" Tian Feng said with emotion!
Frustrated, it was hard to hide the excitement, and said: "Liaodong is close at hand, let's hurry up and strive to arrive in Liaodong as soon as possible, at that time, I will definitely meet the world-famous Li Liaodong, I want to see if his old man is as rumored, ten feet tall, ten waists, three heads and six arms?" ”
Tian Feng stretched out his hand and nodded a little frustrated, and laughed: "Don't talk nonsense, beware of being heard by Li Liaodong, arrest you, chop up, feed the dog!" ”
Tian Feng's voice lagged behind, the two looked at each other and laughed, and walked north hand in hand!
The two of them are at the age of blood and strength, and they have no scruples when they speak, and what they say is a joke between their peers, and there is no malice!
Li Man's name, the prosperity of Liaodong, all make the world's corporal people yearn for it, Tian Feng and Fu Zhi went to Liaodong this time, is to see the prosperity of Liaodong, but also want to visit the world-famous Li Man, if you can find an official and a half position in Liaodong County, the two will naturally be happy, if not, you will have the right to go out to travel, by the way, will be their idol!