Chapter 303: The Pride of a Famous General
Between Jiangxia and Xiangyang, there is a huge inn, the scale of the inn is very large, there are several in a row, it is said that the same boss behind the scenes, in this prosperous place, to open such a large inn, there must be a great person behind the support, and even Cao Xing inquired, it is said that the power behind this restaurant is the family.
Cao Xing and they also just walked to this inn, so they ordered the best room here, ready to rest for a while, by the way, to inquire if there are any available talents, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, many students are said to love to travel, in order to increase their knowledge, this seems to be a good banner, but Cao Xing they can't play such a banner.
There is no other reason, if it is said that Cao Xing and Che Wu are fine, but Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er are two big bosses at first glance, saying that they are scholars and ghosts. So Cao Xing could only change into a good dress for everyone in the end, take care of a few carriages, and pretend to be a businessman from the north.
On this day, Cao Xuan and the others were just about to go out, but when they were halfway there, they suddenly saw a pair of troops coming towards them in the distance, and Hu Che'er and Zhou Cang next to them immediately became vigilant, after all, this is Jingzhou, not them and the state, if Cao Xing's identity is discovered, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Compared to the nervousness of the two of them, Cao Xuan was quite calm, he carefully observed the army, and finally waved his hand, signaling Hu Che'er and Zhou Cang not to be so nervous. Because Cao Xing has been determined in his heart, this army is definitely not here for him Cao Xing.
Although this army, the military flag is the banner of Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu. But if you look closely, you will find that this army is just a small grain caravan.
Anyway, now Jingzhou is not in a temporary period, so the matter of escorting grain has become a relatively fat errand, and this army is walking on the avenue, which is not in a hurry at all, and finally enters the inn.
Seeing this, Cao Xing and the others ignored it at first, continued to travel, and only came back in the evening, as soon as Cao Xuan came back, he called the shopkeeper to come over, brought all the best signature dishes in the store, and gave the shopkeeper a few taels of silver by the way.
After a while, all the big fish and meat were served, and Cao Xing and the other four of them ate and drank nonsense at a meal.
After being full of wine and food, Cao Xuan asked Che Wu and others to go up first, he went to the toilet, Cao Xuan found the shopkeeper, asked the direction of the toilet, and then went in that direction, but when Cao Xuan just came out after the convenience, he suddenly heard a scolding sound from the corner.
Cao Xing was a little curious in his heart, and seemed to look cautiously in that direction, and found that there were two people in a corner of this restaurant, although they were trying their best to keep their voices down, but the content of their conversation seemed to be very compact.
Why do you say it compactly, just because one of them spoke, almost yelling, Cao Xing pretended to sit next to him as if nothing happened, and heard every word of their words clearly.
First of all, the person who looked like a military general seemed to be suppressing his anger, and finally gave up his hand and said to the person who looked like a civil official: "Lord Huang, dare to ask when the general's salary will be enough, my brother has a seriously ill mother in his family, and he urgently needs money to treat his illness, and I hope you ......."
However, before the general's words were finished, he was reprimanded by the civil official: "Wei Baifu, what do I mean by this, didn't I just send the general's salary to you half a month ago?" ”
"Lord Huang, but the military salary is much less than last quarter's!" The general continued.
However, as soon as he heard this, Master Huang was completely angry: "Wei Wenchang, what do you mean? You, a little centurion, dare to talk to Changshi like this, don't you want to do it! ”
As soon as the military general surnamed Wei heard this, his face immediately showed sincere fear, and the little anger on his body suddenly disappeared, and he hurriedly apologized to this Lord Huang, and said in a loud voice that he didn't dare to dare, because he knew that if he offended the Lord Huang in front of him to death, this Lord Huang might really only need a letter to make him have nothing to do.
This Lord Huang watched this military general finally give in to him, a sneering smile appeared on his face, and then said: "Hehe, Wei Wenchang, I also know what you are thinking in your heart, don't use those grandiose reasons to deceive me, everyone knows it!" ”
After saying this, the Lord Huang directly stuffed a money bag on the table, and then said to the general: "Okay, don't load it for me here, the silver here, take it and be happy, don't bother me again!" ”
After saying this, the Lord Huang left, leaving only the general, sitting there alone, and finally you can see that the general clenched his fist and hit the ground heavily, his eyes were full of fire, looking at the money bag, I don't know what he thinks in his heart at this moment.
Cao Xuan observed the general for a moment, and then returned to his house, he immediately recruited Che Wu, and without saying a word, he was ready to let Che Wu investigate well, the military general downstairs, during the day, because there were many people, so Cao Xuan did not pay attention to observation, but when the general was angry just now, he inadvertently exuded the breath on his body, and Cao Xing's heart was shocked.
Although the martial artist in front of him looks like he is only about twenty years old, the martial arts aura on his body makes Cao Xuan have some interest, and he has already reached the late stage of the seventh stage of martial arts, and those who can reach this level may be full of infinite possibilities in the future.
After receiving Cao Xing's orders, Che Wu did not slack off, and immediately went down to investigate what the officer's name was, and the news that came back was that Che Wu went to get close to those big-headed soldiers first, and it turned out that the general's name was Wei Yan.
When he first heard this name, Cao Xing's heart suddenly felt a surge of excitement. Wei Yan Wei Wenchang, although he was born in Jingzhou, but others are generals in the late Shu Kingdom, not only brave in battle, but also first-class in strategy and war, it is not an exaggeration to say that others are first-class generals in this world, Cao Xing did not expect to meet this big fish as soon as he came.
At noon the next day, although the people at Cao Xing's table seemed to be eating and drinking on the surface, Cao Xing's eyes drifted to Wei Yan at the next table intentionally or unintentionally.
He found that Wei Yan at this moment looked a little depressed, as if he didn't even have a good appetite, and he ate very little food.
As for Wei Yan's last time, Lord Huang appeared once during this period, Wei Yan respectfully went up to clasp his fists and saluted, but this Lord Huang said to Wei Yan.
He has something to go out to visit friends today, and everything here will be handed over to Wei Yan first, so that Wei Yan can stay well and not make other troubles.
Wei Yan's eyes widened when he heard this, and he couldn't help but ask this Lord Huang, now is the period of pressing grain, but there is no delay.
However, this Lord Huang had a wide eye, and said directly to Wei Yan, let Wei Yan wait here, don't talk so much, if something happens, with him in front, Wei Yan is excited.
Hearing this, Wei Yan didn't dare to say more, so he had to bow down and watch this Lord Huang leave, until this Lord Huang disappeared in front of him, Wei Yan's face couldn't help but show a trace of indignation.
Wei Yan sat down, slapped the table heavily, and then stopped eating and went directly into his room.
Seeing the anger of these soldiers, the other people in the restaurant didn't dare to say anything, they each ate their own, and they didn't dare to provoke Wei Yan and the others, but Cao Xuan smiled when he saw this, he looked at Che Wu and looked up at Che Wutai, Che Wu understood, and just thought for a moment and said to Cao Xing.
"The lord wants to subdue this person, I think this person seems to have two weaknesses, the first is that he was bullied by his superiors, and his superiors should have done some things that were harsh on military salaries, so it led to his dissatisfaction!"
For example, the officials of this team often falsely report to the above, and the number of people they do in the team is only 100 people, but he wants to report a 200 people, and there is an extra 100 people's military salary, and the military salary of the 100 people naturally entered his arms.
But the key is the salary of the last hundred, and he will take at least half of it.
Some people may say that these people are too greedy and have embezzled so many people's military salaries, and they are not afraid that their soldiers will directly sue them to the top, after all, this person has embezzled so much military salaries, I am afraid that no matter how much he can't escape this crime.
Though the words are so. But then again, the people who dare to do this are not stupid, the most likely thing is that they are all born into a family, and those so-called people above may be their relatives. So even if these big-headed soldiers sue the above, it is estimated that it will not be resolved, and no one will pay attention to it.
However, Che Wu also told Cao Xuan a piece of information, and he found that this centurion named Wei Yan may not only be dissatisfied because the military salary was not paid. Although this Lord Huang was a little greedy, he also knew that he was entrapping his subordinates, and yesterday he gave Wei Yan a bag of silver to shut up.
But looking at Wei Yan's appearance, he was still very dissatisfied, which illustrated the fact that Wei Yan was not satisfied with the status quo.
He Wei Yan has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, in order to one day be able to join the court and serve the country, and his martial arts have beaten everyone in the army as soon as he came, but in the end, he learned the location and was just a centurion who escorted food.
Everyone's career is very utilitarian, which is also a very normal thing, so Cao Xing and others immediately expected that Wei Yan was also very dissatisfied with his current situation, obviously he had a lot of ability in his hands, but he had to be pressed on the head by a civil official who didn't, and whoever put it on his body would be unhappy.