Chapter 848: Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger
Just when Chen Xu and others were playing in the big lake, catching shrimp and fishing, at the dock by the lake, a group of people also rode to the lake, and saw more than a dozen horses tied under the pergola, these people looked at each other in surprise, and then walked into the pergola to wake up the young man who was lying on a reed mat and dozing.
"It turned out to be Brother Liu, Cao Dianjiao and Master Xiao!" The young man opened his eyes in a daze, and found that it was a group of hooligans, and immediately got up and saluted.
"Let you watch these fishermen, and you sleep here all day!" Cao Dianjiao kicked the young man angrily and said.
"Don't worry, these guys are pretty honest today!" The young man quickly replied with a sneer.
"Well, these days, be more restrained, don't let these fishermen make trouble, whose horses are they?" Lord Xiao nodded and said.
"This is Xu Gongzi's!
"Xu Gongzi?"
"It's the county lord's Sanniang's fiancΓ©, the young man who came from Xianyang yesterday!" Young people explained.
"Is that him?" A group of people looked at each other a few times.
"Where did Gongzi Xu go?" Liu Prison Peng couldn't help but ask.
"I followed Erlang and Sanniang on a boat trip to the lake!"
"How long have you been there?"
"About an hour, I guess I'm coming back soon, hey, look, that's their ship, it's back!" The young man looked at the surface of the lake and suddenly pointed to the distance.
A few people turned around, and sure enough, they saw seven or eight fishing boats rowing over from the lake a few miles away, and they could see very clearly under the blue sky, and at the same time, there was a song in the wind.
"The sun is about to set in the west, and it is quiet on Weishan Lake, playing my beloved earthen pipa and singing that moving ballad......"
The singing came from far and near, and soon you could see the fishermen rocking the oars on the boat, and at the same time there was a lively noise.
"Hehe, Xianyang is really different, this song is so strange!" Master Xiao said with a smile.
"I heard that this Xu Gongzi has a great background, since this is the case, I must pay a visit later, maybe I can go to Xianyang to open my eyes!" Cao Dianjiao said with a clump of short whiskers on his chin.
"Hehe, I also have this thought, but I didn't expect to meet it!" Lord Xiao nodded.
A group of people stood under the pergola and waited for two moments, seven or eight fishing boats creaked to the shore, the cables were thrown ashore, some fishermen helped tie them, and the people on the boat also got off the boat one after another, and then someone shouted to bring the fish basket to the boat to pick up fish and shrimp, and it seemed that a group of people were very excited in the busyness.
"You've worked hard, you're rewarded with this money!" Seeing that several large baskets of shrimp and crabs were landed, Chen Xu happily began to distribute tips again, and each fishing boat was rewarded with a brand-new Taiji Tongbao, which only made a group of fishermen cheer happily.
"Let's go, my sister-in-law hurry back to make delicious dry pot spicy crab, there was too little to satisfy my hunger last night, and I must have a full meal today!" Jiang Chuxing instructed the guards to carry a few baskets of shrimp and crabs, and they couldn't wait to go to the pergola.
"The spiced loach fish is also very delicious, but it's a pity that it's not easy to catch......" While walking, Chen Xu licked his mouth with a little regret.
"It's not easy to eat loach, Bo got a few bamboo cages last night, I want to be able to get three or five catties today, and I'll go back and get it and send it to the county lord's mansion later!" Zhou Bo was already very familiar with Chen Xujiang and Chuxing at this time, and patted his chest and said loudly.
"Then there is Brother Lao Zhou, go to the house to drink later!" Jiang Chuxing happily climbed on Zhou Bo's shoulder and said as he walked.
Just as Chen Xu and the others walked to the bottom of the pergola and were about to pack up and ride away, several men in official clothes walked out of the pergola and saluted together.
"I've seen Erlang, Sanniang and Xu Gongzi!"
"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Xiao, Cao Dian and Liu Peng!"
Seeing these people, Jiang Chuxing nodded slightly, and then introduced Chen Xu with a smile: "Sister-in-law, the one in the middle is the chief official Xiao He, the one on the left is the prison warden Cao Shen, and the right is the prison Peng Liu Ji, these three are all famous people in my Pei County!" β
Chen Xu's eyes lit up, he looked at a few people and said with a smile: "Fortunately, a certain Xu Cheng, you may have heard of it!" β
"Don't dare, it's a blessing to be able to meet Xu Gongzi by chance!" Xiao He, Cao Shen, and Liu Bang all hurriedly surrendered.
"Haha, it's indeed a coincidence, although I've only been here for a day, I've already heard of your names, just by chance, I just got a few baskets of fish and shrimp in the lake, why don't you go and drink delicious food together?" Chen Xu laughed excitedly and said.
After Xiao He and the three of them looked at each other, they all showed a look of surprise on their faces, and they all bowed their hands together, "Xu Gongzi has a warm appointment, we might as well be respectful!" β
"Haha, okay, let's go, Pei County is not familiar, the three of you will help find a good place to drink and chat!"
"Xu Gongzi, please, there is a dog meat near the east gate of the city that is doing well, and it is close to here, I will wait for Dong Weng to invite Xu Gongzi and Erlang Sanniang to eat and drink there!" Liu Bang said with a smile.
"Could it be that Liu Prison Peng is talking about Fan Butcher?" Jiang Chuxing frowned slightly.
"Exactly, Fan Butcher is Ji's brother-in-law, good at stewing dog meat......"
"Are you talking about Fan Xu?" Chen Xu asked with a move in his heart.
Liu Bang was stunned for a moment and asked suspiciously: "It's Fan Xu, Xu Gongzi also knows?" β
"Oh, I overheard about it when I entered the city yesterday, and I haven't eaten dog meat for a long time, so I'm tired of Liu Prison Peng leading the way, let's go here!" Chen Xu smiled and nodded.
After a group of people exchanged pleasantries for a while, they all turned over and got on their horses, and together they returned to the city along the main road, and invited Zhou Bo together, Liu Bang and the others didn't care.
"Sister-in-law, where have you heard of Butcher Fan? Why didn't I hear it yesterday? Riding a horse behind Liu Bang and the others, Jiang Chuxing asked beside Chen Xu in a low voice.
"Brother Jiang, don't say much, this Fan is not an ordinary person, this time I came to Pei County, don't inquire and inquire about everything!" Chen Xu whispered.
"It's Chu Xing who is reckless!" Jiang Chuxing was shocked and remembered his father's advice and Chen Xu's identity, and immediately came back to his senses and began to wipe the sweat on his forehead.
There are many celebrities who follow Liu Bang, and Fan Hao is also one of them, and there are not too many people who can die well.
Looking at Liu Bang, Xiao He, and Cao Shen in front of him, Chen Xu was in a trance.
If according to the history of later generations, the characters of the peasant uprising at the end of Qin are divided into three, six, nine and so on, Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Xiang Yu, Liu Bang must be ranked in the first echelon and belong to the top boss among the villains, while Zhang Liangxiao, He Hanxin, Chen Pingying, Bu Peng Yuelong, Zhong Li, Xiang Liang and others belong to the second echelon, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fan Xu, Lu Juan, Xiahou Ying and others can barely be counted into the second echelon, and some other civil ministers, military generals and restored six princes can only be counted into the third echelon.
Fan Hao this person is said to be a dog slaughterer in history, and Liu Bang is still a relative, Liu Bang because he does not like to plow the fields and make some dog meat friends everywhere, so the family is not good, often go to Fan Xu's house to eat and drink, and Fan Xu is still very good to this lazy brother-in-law, for him to eat and drink without any complaints, and later followed Liu Bang to raise troops against Qin, and repeatedly saved Liu Bang in battle, and was named the Marquis of Wuyang for his outstanding contributions.
The small Pei County, the hidden dragon and the Crouching Tiger, did not expect to see so many historical celebrities in one day, Chen Xu was very excited and very emotional at the same time, and he became more and more curious about Liu Bang.
Liu Bang's face is ordinary, and his words and actions don't seem to be surprising, but he was able to rely on this group of ordinary people to achieve great things in the end, which makes people have to admire his personality charm, but there are not too many signs of it at the moment.
A few miles of road came in an instant, under the leadership of Liu Bang, a group of people entered the city soon after coming to the door of a single-family courtyard, the yard hung a lot of open dog skins, a wooden frame also hung two big dogs that had just been slaughtered, the mud of the yard was overflowing with blood, exuding a strong smell of blood and blood in the strong sunlight, and there were countless insects and flies flying around, and people were a little dizzy.
Liu Bang didn't say hello, he got off the horse and pushed open the door of the fence courtyard to beckon Chen Xu and the others into the courtyard.
Smelling the pungent smell in the air, Chen Xu couldn't help but twitch his cheeks a few times, and Jiang Chuyue also took out a handkerchief to cover his nose with a slightly pale face.
"Xu Gongzi and Sanniang, don't blame, the backyard is much cleaner and fresher!" After watching Chen Xu and others dismount, Liu Bang hurriedly smiled and led a group of people through a small door into the backyard.
The backyard was much cleaner, with a few pickled dog legs hanging under a pergola, a reed mat under a huge mulberry tree, and a shirtless man with bare feet, a beard, and a thick chest hair was sleeping on the reed mat, snoring loudly.
"Uncle, get up, there's a noble person here!" Liu Bang hurriedly stepped forward to shake the big man awake, and whispered a few words to him, and the dazed big man quickly got up, rubbed his eyes with his big rough hands and confessed again and again.
Liu Bang is very familiar with this place, and after moving a few chairs and small stools with Dahan and inviting Chen Xu and others to sit down, Dahan cautiously hugged his fists and said: "Xu Gongzi, Erlang and Sanniang, please sit down for a while, I just slaughtered two big dogs today, I asked the lady to cook it!" β
After the big man finished speaking, he shouted a few times into the room, and soon came out a young woman in a skirt, about twenty years old, holding a naked baby who seemed to have not yet been weaned.
Looking at the group of people who suddenly came, the young woman was slightly frightened, glared at Liu Bang and Dahan very dissatisfied, and then put the child in her arms in a hanging basket under the mulberry tree, and then turned around and went to the kitchen, and Dahan also went to the front yard to bring in a killed dog into the kitchen, and soon the kitchen sounded the sound of ping-pong chopping meat, and occasionally there were a few whispered complaints and impatient reprimands of Dahan.
The baby in the hanging basket babbled and waved its little hands and feet, which immediately attracted Jiang Chuyue's attention, she walked to the side of the hanging basket and began to tease the baby to play, while Liu Bang was busy greeting before and after, and soon brought a pot of tea and a few pottery cups, a group of people sat under the mulberry tree and began to drink tea and chat, and the remaining guards and teenagers also sat on the ground of the pergola to drink water and rest cool.
The yard is not big, but there is a front yard and a backyard, and the house is not dilapidated, although it looks very ordinary in Chen Xu's eyes, but on the whole, this kind of family background should be considered good in an ordinary county, at least to ensure that the family lives without worry, in the whole Daqin, this kind of family is definitely a wealthy family.