Early the next morning, Guo Song set off for Xinfeng County, and there were two horses in the stable, one was his fire dragon, and the other was his Hexi Black King Kong, which was the name Gan Feng gave it.

The Fire Dragon King was too eye-catching, and he was about to pull out the Black King Kong, when the groom hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Guo Gongzi, Brother Hei has had diarrhea for the past two days, and his body is a little weak, can you ride it again in a few days and let it rest for two days." ”

"How can you have diarrhea?" Guo Song asked with a frown.

"The weather is too hot, it is normal for livestock to have diarrhea, the day before yesterday the veterinarian came, also fed medicine, and repeatedly told to take care of a few days."

Guo Song glanced at the fire charcoal horse worriedly and asked, "Will the belly be transmitted to my Fire Dragon King?" ”

"Probably not, the diarrhea has stopped yesterday, but the body is still a little weak."

"Alright! Let it rest more, and I'll ride the Fire Dragon King. ”

Guo Song didn't want to ride his own Fire Dragon King, mainly because the Fire Dragon King was too tall and strong, which was particularly eye-catching, and he didn't want to make any extraneous branches.

However, Guo Song is also a person who cherishes horses, since the black King Kong is weak, he still decided to ride the Fire Dragon King, just be careful.

He led the horse out of the Taoist temple, turned over on the horse, and urged the horse to run towards the Chunming Gate.......

Xinfeng County is located about 40 miles east of Chang'an, and was ordered by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, because his father missed his hometown of Xuzhou Feng County.

Xinfeng County belongs to Qi County, with many garrisons, responsible for defending the capital, especially Bashang, west of the county seat, which is a traditional garrison center.

When Guo Song arrived in Xinfeng County, it was almost noon, and the address given to him by Gan Feng, the pastry shop opened by Gan Lei was near the West City Gate, called the Yellow Crane Cake Shop, and the signboard was easy to see.

It's just that the name of this store made Guo Song a little disliked, and it reminded him of Huang Heguan, which was obviously the name of the store by Li Wenyu.

Entering the city gate, Guo Song looked around, although Xinfeng County is also dominated by neighborhoods, but there are many commercial shops along the street near the city gate, which is not as strict as Chang'an.

Guo Song soon found his target, the Yellow Crane Cake Shop, next to a grocery store, the façade is small, but the signboard is very large, only to see a group of people gathered at the door of the store, I don't know what they are looking at?

Guo Song turned over and dismounted, led the horse forward, and saw a young woman in a coarse cloth skirt with one hand crossed her waist, and pointed to the roof and shouted: "Dead fatty, don't come down if you have the ability, the old lady doesn't cook anymore, I see what you eat tonight?" ”

"This voice ......"

Guo Song heard it all of a sudden, isn't this Li Wenyu's voice, he couldn't believe it, how did Li Wenyu, who made Gan Lei fascinated and gentle like a bird, become so spicy?

"Senior Sister Li!"

As soon as the woman turned around, it was really Li Wenyu, she hadn't seen her for four years, she felt that she seemed to be a lot older, and there were thin wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, she was twenty-four or five years old at most!

Li Wenyu recognized Guo Song at once, and her face suddenly showed a look of great joy, and then she thought of something, and the joy on her face disappeared and became very gloomy.

She glanced at Guo Song, and a look of gratitude mixed with pain burst out of her eyes, and she turned back to the roof and shouted, "Dead fatty, your brother is here." ”

She lowered her head, didn't greet Guo Song, and went back to the house with a gloomy expression.

Guo Song was confused by Li Wenyu's complex expressions, and at this time, a whistle came from overhead.

Guo Song looked up at the roof, only to see a familiar big fat face coming out of the roof, speaking in a dumb voice, and pointing back.

Guo Song suddenly understood, and hurriedly led the horse to the back, and just arrived at the back, he saw Gan Lei jumping off the wall and hugging Guo Song, so happy that he was about to explode.

"My good brother! You're finally here, and my brother wants to kill you. ”

"Senior brother, why are you fatter than before?"

"Dead fatty, you explain things clearly before leaving." Li Wenyu's roar came from the backyard.

Frightened, Gan Lei pulled Guo Song and ran, turned two corners, and drilled into a neighborhood from a hole in the wall, he patted his chest and said: "Today the tigress is powerful, we can't afford to provoke it, so we can only hide!" ”

Guo Song saw that Gan Lei was actually wearing short clothes, wrapped his legs, and dressed like Wu Dalang, his brows furrowed, "Senior brother, what's the matter with you, mixed up like this?" ”

"Hey! It's hard to say, let's go have a drink, sit down and talk slowly, but my brother doesn't have any money on him, so you can only treat him. ”

There was a tavern diagonally opposite, Guo Song tied his horse outside, followed Gan Lei into the tavern, and a bartender smiled: "Yo! Fat brother is rich today? ”

"Get out of the way, my brother is here, of course I want to have a drink, go and get a jug of sake from your shop."

"It's okay to drink, I'm afraid that the fat brother will be punished and kneeling when he goes back, my sister-in-law can explain that you are not allowed to drink, don't blame us if something happens."

"I don't blame you, hurry up and get the wine."

The bartender ran to get the wine, the two sat down at the table, Guo Song hesitated and asked, "Senior brother, what's the matter with Senior Sister Li, seeing that I am very conflicted?" ”

Gan Lei smiled bitterly and said: "She thought of your kindness every day in the past few years, praised you for your affection and righteousness, and she has always been very grateful to you, but a few months ago she heard that Master was killed by you, she was silent, and I didn't dare to mention you in front of her." ”

Guo Song suddenly asked, "Which old witch is her master?" ”

"Her master is Dingxuan, and her throat was cut by your sword, we think she is an old witch, but Wen Yu has a deep affection for her, she heard that her master was killed, and she cried for several days."

Guo Song was speechless, when he killed the three old witches, he never thought that he would face Li Wenyu in the future.

At this time, the bartender gave a jug of wine, and Gan Lei hurriedly grabbed the jug and filled the glasses of the two of them.

He raised his glass and 'squeak!' He took a drink and looked intoxicated, "I haven't drunk such a good wine in a long time." ”

Guo Song stared at Gan Lei for a long time and asked, "Senior brother, why did you get mixed up so badly?" ”

Gan Lei lowered his head and said for a while: "I have never been in contact with the world, I don't know how to be sinister, four years ago I partnered with someone to do business, but I was cheated, all the silver was cheated cleanly, and I still owed a lot of debts, I had to go to the coolies, go to the Bashui Wharf to carry the goods, Wen Yu gave people pulp and washed clothes, stayed up for two whole years, and was embarrassed to find the senior brother, and then the fourth child came, gave me a hundred yuan, we paid off the foreign debt, and opened this pastry shop, the business is not very good, barely make ends meet!" ”

Guo Song was really annoyed in his heart, he knocked the table with his fist, "Senior brother, you have practiced martial arts for fifteen years, and you actually went to work as a coolie?" ”

"I swore to Wen Yu that I would live a peaceful life and never lick blood on the knife, she was actually for my good, the world was very chaotic these years, although martial arts were a momentary glory, but in the end there was no good result, she was afraid that something would happen to me and be killed."

"You're so afraid of her?"

Gan Lei took the wine glass and drank it all, sighed and said: "Actually, I'm not afraid of her, I really feel sorry for her, sometimes I can't make money when it rains, she is pregnant and washes clothes until late at night, she has been with me for four years, I haven't enjoyed a good day, you also see her, much older than before, and she has been worn like this by life." ”

As he spoke, Gan Lei's eyes turned red, and he said with tears in his eyes: "I heard that she was going to repair the Golden Body Pavilion for the master, and she gave me all the thirty taels of silver that she had worked hard to accumulate in the past two years. ”

Guo Song was silent, he also hid the weakest feelings in his heart, for so many years, he never dared to touch it, wrapped it layer by layer, but Gan Lei's words inadvertently touched the weak strings in his heart.

"Senior brother, do you have a child?"

Gan Lei nodded, "There is a daughter, just three years old, who looks very much like her mother, named Zhang Yu'er. ”

"Then Senior Brother will sell cakes here for the rest of his life?"

Gan Lei shook his head, "I'm definitely going to find something to do, it's okay for me to be miserable, but I can't let my daughter ...... She—she didn't even have a new dress. ”

Guo Song thought for a while and said: "Since I have gone down the mountain, I will not let my senior brother live in such embarrassment, anyway, the three old witches are dead, no one will pursue you anymore, you go back to Chang'an!" ”

"We are desperately saving money, in fact, we also want to go back to Chang'an, but now that the silver is gone, we don't want to add a burden to the senior brother."

"It doesn't matter, I have a three-acre house in Xuanyangfang, Chang'an, you move in, I live in the Taoist temple by myself, and I am also very free."

Gan Lei's eyes widened, "Old Five, don't scare me, you have a house in Chang'an City?" It's still Xuanyangfang! ”

"Senior brother, you didn't use martial arts, but I used it, and I also gave senior brother three hundred taels of gold, including the house, which I earned in Lingzhou and the grassland, I found that it was really easy to make money, but money didn't mean much to me."

"How easy is it to make money?"

The corners of Gan Lei's mouth twitched, and his head shook like a rattle, "I think it's very difficult to make money, I carry the burden to sell cakes every day, and my voice is hoarse, and I only sell two or three hundred yuan a day." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly, "In a few days, let's go to Zhongnan Mountain and hunt a few good leopard skins and come back." ”

Gan Lei still shook his head, "You think too simply, if hunting can make money, those hunters would have made a fortune a long time ago, and it will be our turn?" ”

Guo Song leaned in and lowered his voice and said: "Going to Zhongnan Mountain is just an excuse for you to go home and explain, let's go to the Royal Forbidden Garden, there are more rare birds and beasts there, let's hunt a tiger and come back, and the tiger skin alone can be sold for hundreds of dollars." ”

Gan Lei used to be a bold lord, but in the past few years, he has been suppressed by his mother, and he doesn't dare to think or do it, Guo Song's words made his eyes light up, this is a good idea, give the lady a good grind, maybe she will agree.

At this time, a little fat man ran in from outside with a smile, and whispered in Ganlei's ear: "Aunt Li went to my house to borrow a large washboard, Uncle Zhang is going to be miserable tonight, run for your life quickly!" ”

After saying that, the little fat man grimaced and ran away.

"Get out! Get lost! Get lost! Don't spoil my drinking. ”

Gan Lei saw Guo Song looking at him sympathetically, waved his hand and said: "Don't believe these rumors, my lady is a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and the washboard at home was broken by me, so she wants to borrow a new piece of laundry." ”

Guo Song shook his head, angry and funny, he said to Gan Lei: "It seems that today is not the day to drink, senior brother, let's go back first!" The house is being transferred, and the senior brother will know when he goes to the capital in a few days, and we will drink happily in the capital. ”

"What do you mean, to go? You haven't been to my house yet! ”

"I'm just here to see my brother today, and next time I'll visit my sister-in-law and niece."

As he spoke, Guo Song took out a heavy bag of jewelry from the horse bag, about twenty or thirty pieces, which he found in the skin of Abstutu, he held it useless, he originally planned to give it to a few senior brothers, since the senior brother gave three hundred taels of gold, this bag of jewelry was given to Ganlei.

He stuffed the cloth bag to Gan Lei, "This is my gift to my niece, and it is the lottery head I won in the riding and archery competition on the grassland, and my senior brother will take it!" ”

Gan Lei saw a finger-sized sapphire exposed in the gap of the package, he was suddenly startled, and hurriedly pushed it away, "This is too valuable, I can't ask for it!" ”

"Senior brother, this is what I specially left for you, otherwise I would have been scattered to the Tang slaves on the grassland, if you don't want it, I will be scattered to the group of beggars at the city gate, believe it or not, I will give them to them now."

"Go! Go! Go! I'm just being polite to you, and you're serious. ”

Gan Lei snatched the package and stuffed it into his arms unceremoniously, "My family is poorer than beggars now, and I still owe more than a dozen dollars of flour and sugar, and those bastards come to ask for debts all day long, and they are going to drive me to death!" ”

Although Guo Song still has a dozen taels of silver in his arms, this bag of jewelry is worth at least a few hundred yuan, and he can exchange it for twenty or thirty yuan if he takes one piece, so Guo Song has no need to give him any more silver.

"Then senior brother, let's go back first! We said okay, come to Chang'an Qingxuguan to find me in a few days, let's go hunting in the Forbidden Garden, and then take a good look to see what senior brother can do in the capital to make a living. ”