Chapter Forty-Eight: Befriending the Horse Thief King
Lou Fan skillfully handles the fat sheep, peeling the skin and picking out the internal organs, which is extremely slippery, showing that practice makes perfect. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Pei Min couldn't help but smile when he saw Lou Fan's flexible knife skills: "Brother Lou's knife technique, this is how you practiced!" ”
It was a joke, but Lou Fan responded: "It's almost, the stranger who taught me knife skills is a good person who saw my kitchen knife and was a good person who used a knife, so he taught me knife skills." ”
Lou Fan said that he had already set up a wooden frame to make a fire and began to roast the whole sheep.
The firelight grew, Pei Min, Lou Fan, Li Yide, Xia Shan, Wang Xiaobai and others gathered together, their faces were a little red from the flames.
As the aroma of barbecue came, almost everyone's eyes were staring at the roast sheep that was gradually emerging from the flames, and even Pei Min was a little impatient.
They have just come out of the desert, what can be delicious in the desert?
Dried meat and dry food are amazing, and being able to drink a bowl of soup is supremely delicious.
Roasted whole lamb?
Dry firewood for a fire in the desert is hard to find, and you still expect to eat food related to roasting?
For most of the month, they had only had a comfortable meal near Moon Lake. This suddenly smelled so delicious, where I couldn't help it, it was mostly the sound of swallowing saliva that I couldn't wait.
Lou Fan slowly took out various spices from the bag on the side and added some spices to the meat, and then found a small bottle of sesame oil, and began to gently drip it on the mutton. The sesame oil flows slowly along the mutton, is roasted by the flame below, and slowly seeps into the meat. Soon, the surface of the mutton began to turn a faint golden yellow, and the meat itself oozed transparent oil droplets, and the enticing aroma immediately wafted away.
The silent air is filled with strange and alluring scents.
"Whew!"
There was a wolf's cry from the surroundings, and Pei Min laughed and said, "This is not just enough to lure us, this wolf can't stand the temptation to protest." ”
About half an hour later, Lou Fan cut off a long strip of tenderloin and handed it to Pei Min and said, "Guogong, the best meat is left for you!" ”
Pei Min didn't want to draw out his long sword, divided the tenderloin into ten equal parts, each of which was of equal size, and said with a smile: "You can't favor one over the other, in my Longyou Army, there is nothing special, they are all their own people, and they are blessed and enjoy hardships together...... One piece per person! ”
As he spoke, he distributed the meat to Li Yide, Xia Shan, Wang Xiaobai, and Fugu Huaien.
Even Lou Fan, He Zi, and Belif also got a piece.
He Zi and Beliff are not much different from Pei Min, and the food is even worse than Pei Min and his party.
Where would I be a little polite, I thanked him directly, grabbed the meat, and devoured it.
Lou Fan praised: "Guogong is really extraordinary, no wonder he can be invincible." ”
"Where's the word!" Pei Min shook his head and said, "They entrust their lives, how can I treat them badly?" ”
Lou Fan was quite moved, and said solemnly: "Based on this alone, Guogong's achievements are set on Huo Hussar's." ”
Pei Min knew that he was referring to Huo Quai's inconsiderate shortcomings of the soldiers, and he didn't answer the phone, Huo Qubing was one of his idols. Even if he is not as perfect as people like Wei Qing, Yue Fei, Li Jing, and Xu Da, and has flaws, it does not prevent him from worshipping and will not be evaluated. Instead, he asked Lou Fan the purpose of coming: "Brother Lou is famous in the Western Regions, even if it is Longyou, he is also famous." But I don't know what I want to follow all the way? ”
Lou Fan did not hide it, and said to Pei Min about his grievances: "Lou Mou's behavior is different from that bird. As long as Lou collects the caravan's money, he will ensure that the caravan has no worries all the way. Zhang Bird's methods are too extreme, which is equivalent to self-extinction. We have disputes and frictions, and we have always had grievances. However, the situation of the horse thieves in the Western Regions is like that of the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Shu and Wu, each of them is afraid of the existence of the other, and they have not torn their faces, they contain each other, and they are all right. Where did I think that Zhang Bird was bewitched by the Turks and killed my brother Wei Storm. Wei Bang followed me at the age of thirteen, and he was the patriarch of the old building, so he fucking cut off the head of Zhang Niao's bastard. ”
Speaking of this, his eyes turned red, and he said, "I swear to avenge Wei Zi and cut off Zhang Niao's head with my own hands to sacrifice." seized the opportunity to destroy Zhang Niao's nest, but he didn't want Zhang Niao to really only have bird gall, the old nest was gone, and the thief ran fast. When I got the news of him again, I realized that he had been captured by Guogong. Under the vow, try to do it no matter what. Follow Guogong all the way, and there is no malice. I just want to help Guogong at a critical time, so that Guogong owes a certain favor, so that someone can avenge Wei Zi with his own hands...... Just can't think of it! There are many capable people under the command of the Duke of Guo, not only are they good at combat, but they are also so good at tracking that they trap themselves in it. ”
He is an expert at tracking and counter-tracking, and knows how difficult it is to track in the desert.
They failed to replenish the water in Moon Lake, and they had two more burdens, and they needed to hurry as soon as possible and neglected the anti-tracking, and now they regret that they couldn't do it.
Pei Min listened to the reason, and he didn't know whether to say that Lou Fan was stupid or something. After all, he is a thief, and he is the target of the imperial court. The head of the leader of the three horse thieves in the Western Regions is worth a lot of money.
It can be said that Lou Fan fell into Pei Min's hands today, and he thought about the overall situation of the Western Regions in the future, and if he wanted to make a good fate, he would not care about Lou Fan, and if it was someone else, he would have killed him and received the reward.
Is it worth it to put yourself in it for the sake of a dying person?
In Pei Min's opinion, it is not worth it.
But Pei Min has been in this era for six years, and he knows that he can't use modern thinking to consider the style of the ancients.
It may seem extremely stupid to modern people, but in the eyes of the ancients, it is very noble and worth everything.
Pei Min knows a similar story: it is about two scholars, very heroic and very generous.
One day one of them gathered together with a pot of wine, and one of them said, "It's a pity that there is no meat for wine!" Another said, "You and I are full of flesh, how can we say that there is no flesh?" ”
Then the two sang to the wine, you cut me, I cut you, eat and drink.
Next...... There's no next!
Both of them died at the end of the meal.
From the perspective of modern people, these two people are purely two brain-dead, but in the eyes of the ancients, they are a kind of pride.
Lou Fan is also a character, in order to implement the love in his heart, he ventured into the unfamiliar realm of life, which is indeed worthy of admiration.
Not only Pei Min, but Li Yide and Xia Shan also threw a look of respect at Lou Fan.
The ancients mostly valued righteousness, except for those who were small, and the rest had some respect for the righteous men.
So Pei Min said: "In this way, Zhang Wen and I can directly sentence him to death, whether it is beheaded, beheaded, or divided into five horses, it's up to you." I can't let you take him directly, but I can let you kill him. ”
The vulture Zhang Wen was full of evil, and leaving him alive was almost equivalent to harming thousands of people. No matter what Lou Fan had in mind, he had to see Zhang Wen die in front of him and die in Longyou.
Lou Fan looked at Pei Min movingly and said, "Is Guogong's words serious? ”
"Why lie to you?" Pei Min smiled and said, "I should give you a meeting gift!" Although we officials and bandits have different paths, you are willing to take this risk to avenge your slaves and women, and you are also a character worthy of befriending. ”
Lou Fan got up cautiously and said, "Xie Guogong understands Lou's heart, since Guogong is willing to condescend to make friends." The gambling contract is over. As long as the prince can be used in the future, he will obey orders as long as he can. No matter how many things happen, never postpone. ”
Pei Min got up to help him, pulled him to sit down, held the wine bowl high and said, "There is no need to be so restrained, I don't feel comfortable drinking." The world is big, and drinking is the biggest. ”
Lou Fan, He Zi, and Belif were excited, thinking that things were over, but they didn't want to take a turnaround.
As for not being able to treat Zhang Wen in front of Wei Tyrant's grave in the Western Regions, he was a pity, but he also knew that it was difficult for him not to be strong, so he was happy from the bottom of his heart and frequently toasted Pei Min.
Pei Min asked about the situation in the Western Regions.
Lou Fan and He Zi also know everything, as for Bellive, he is not good at Huaxia, and he has been eating barbecue with his head bored.
From the mouths of Lou Fan and He Zi, Pei Min also learned some information about the Western Regions, which is indeed controlled by Datang at present, but what Datang really controls is only the four towns of Anxi: that is, the four places of Shaye, Qiuzi, Khotan, and Shule. There are also nine countries in the Western Regions, which are the so-called Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, namely Kang State, An State, Cao State, Shi Country, Mi Country, He Country, Huoxun Country, Felling Country, and Shi Country!
These nine countries are local natives, and they are attached to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty is the leader.
However, the loyalty of these countries to Datang changed with the change of Datang's strength, and they did not become a part of Datang.
This is especially true for the countries of the Little Bolu, the Great Bolu, the Lost Honey, and the Protector of the Secret, which are either independent or subject to Tibet and Great Eclipse.
On the surface, Datang controls the Western Regions, and strictly speaking, this control has a certain amount of water.
There is still a long way to go before true complete control.
Pei Min's eyes lit up when he listened, it was precisely because of the heavy responsibility and a long way to go that it was the frontier of my generation. If you are invincible, then what is the point of being a military minister?
"Have you heard of Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan!"
Pei Min recently accepted Wang Zhilian, Fugu Huaien, and Li Bai as his apprentice, so he couldn't help but be a little ambitious, and he came up with the idea of Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan.
Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan are not inferior to the existence of Feng Changqing and Fugu Huaien.
Lou Fan said: "Gao Xianzhi is the general of Anxi, he is not very old, he has unique skills, and he is very famous in Anxi. ”
Pei Min was a little regretful, Gao Xianzhi had already mixed up with a person, and it would not be easy for him to win him over.
"What about Goshuhan!" Pei Min never gave up.
Lou Fan shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, I don't know that there is such a person in the Western Regions." ”
Beliff said suddenly: "I, I know him, is a gambler in Guizi, I have gambled with him. ”
Pei Min also instantly remembered that Ge Shuhan in history was a late bloomer, he had a good family background, but he was good at drinking and gambling, and he had no interest at all, no different from waste. It wasn't until he was forty years old that he began to work hard and became a high-profile general.
One has already become famous, and the other is in the nest, Pei Min had to give up this idea for the time being.