Chapter 41: Come With Me
Within a few days, Su Xiu received the news of the dissolution of the Bandit Alliance, and after discussing with Yu Ban He Wang and other generals, Su Xiu decided to let He Wang assist Li Tie in training the men of Python Cloud Village, and transferred Xi Zhicai back to Fenggao, so that he and Yu Ban could preside over Taishan affairs together.
The black-faced man who was killed by He Wang before made Su Xiu think of Zhang Fei in Zhuo County, and now it is still the third year of Zhongping (180 AD), Zhang Fei has not met Liu Bei Guan Yu, according to historical records, he should still be selling meat in Zhuo County. This crackdown on bandits made Su Xiu realize that there were indeed fewer generals he could use, so he came up with the idea of recruiting Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei, the word Yide (recorded as Yide in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms"), Zhuojun people, excellent martial arts, since the Yellow Turban Uprising in 184 AD together with Guan Yu to assist Liu Bei, and Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and called the Five Tiger Generals. Historical records record that Zhang Fei was 'violent and unkind', so he was killed by his generals Zhang Da and Fan Qiang (written as Fan Jiang in the romance) in the same year that the Shu Han regime was established. Although Zhang Feiqi is irritable, he is loyal, and the most eye-catching event is to enter Shu and release Yan Yan, who is a rare fierce general in the early stage of the Three Kingdoms.
After Su Xiu arranged Taishan's affairs, he quietly left Taishan and went to Zhuojun alone. Although Mount Tai is not too far from Zhuo County, Su Xiu has always been in a state of intense work in Mount Tai, and it is rare to relax at the moment, so he is not in a hurry.
Coming to Zhuo County, Su Xiu soon heard about Zhang Fei, although Zhang Fei is just a butcher now, but the reputation of the old Zhang family is still quite good in Zhuo County, and many people in Zhuo County know that there is such a number one person.
Su Xiu came to Zhang Fei's booth and saw a swarthy man with a slightly fierce appearance busy with everything, not like the leopard head with ringed eyes and swallow jaws and tiger whiskers as he imagined, could this person be the famous Zhang Fei in history? I have to say that Su Xiu's impression of Zhang Fei is also derived from the description in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" like many people, but in fact, Zhang Fei's daughter is the queen of Liu Chan, the queen of the Shu Dynasty, and the queen of the Han Dynasty is not important to virtue, but let Pang Tong's daughter be the queen, this picture seems to be able to scorch the outside of the thunder and the inside to tender.
Su Xiu found a tea shed to drink tea on the side, and quietly waited for Zhang Fei to finish. When the mutton and dog meat on Zhang Fei's stall were basically sold, Su Xiu got up and went over. (Here is a brief mention, although pig breeding was developing in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, pork had not yet become the mainstream meat, but there was only a certain market, and it really became the main meat after the two Jin Dynasty.) )
"Brother Yide's business is good, I've been watching it for a long time, but you can wait for me."
Zhang Fei was packing up and preparing to go home, when he heard the sound and looked up, he saw a young man with a beautiful face standing in front of his stall. This person looks about eighteen or nineteen years old like himself, gentle and elegant, with dignified manners, and his gestures give people a feeling of spring breeze.
"Who is Your Excellency, and how do you know me Zhang Fei?"
"Oh, I forgot to introduce, in Xia Suxiu, the word Pingdi, I heard that Yide likes to make friends with the world's heroes, and martial arts are hard to find in the world, and for a while, I want to come to Brother Yide to learn from him."
"Su Xiu? I don't know, but I still like to listen to your talk, and if you want to learn, it's okay, and when I finish cleaning up and go home with me, I'll let go of your hands and feet to fight. It's been a long time since I've been fighting, and it's really a little itchy to hear you say that. ”
A stall is not that big in the first place, and it doesn't take much time to clean it up. After making tea, Zhang Fei finished packing up and took Su Xiu back to his manor.
Su Xiu learned about Zhang Fei from the book before, and always felt that this person was quite wealthy before he met Liu Bei, but after really reading it, he found that although Zhang Fei's manor is not particularly luxurious, it covers a large area, and it is in the city. No wonder when Liu Bei started his family, Zhang Fei was able to directly recruit three hundred strong men to support him, this realm, this manor, said that Zhang Fei could directly pull out a team of eight hundred people, Su Xiu also believed.
Not long after, Zhang Fei took Su Xiu to a peach blossom forest in the manor. It happens to be spring in March, the peach blossoms in this forest are in full bloom, and as far as the eye can see, a piece of red, it is really beautiful.
"Peach blossom nunnery in Peach Blossom Dock, peach blossom fairy in peach blossom nunnery;
The peach blossom fairy planted peach trees and picked peach blossoms for wine money.
When you wake up, you only sit in front of the flowers, and when you are drunk, you come to sleep with the flowers;
Half-awake and half-drunk, day after day, flowers fall and bloom year after year.
I hope that the old man will die in the wine room, and he will not bow in front of the carriage and horse;
The dust of the car and the horse are full of the noble, and the wine cup and the flower branch are poor.
If you compare the rich with the poor, one on the flat earth and the other in the heavens;
If the poor are compared to chariots and horses, he has to drive me to be idle.
The world laughs at me for being too crazy, and I laugh at the world for not being able to see through it;
I don't see the tomb of Wuling heroes, and there are no flowers and no wine hoeing fields. ”
Seeing the beautiful scenery in front of him, Su Xiu couldn't help but think of Tang Bohu's "Peach Blossom Poem", and couldn't help but chant it. Zhang Fei next to him listened to it and said yes: "I didn't expect Su Xianggong to be a brilliant person, my old Zhang is a rough person, and I don't know much about these things, but the feeling of hearing you read poetry is completely different from that of those old masters." ”
Su Xiu smiled: "Oh? What's the difference? ”
Su Xiu always felt that Zhang Fei's image as a military general in history was too strong, which covered up the fact that he was actually very smart, otherwise he would not be able to break Zhang He and lay the foundation for Shu Han to conquer Hanzhong. You must know that Zhang He is a rare wise general in the Three Kingdoms, and he can't be defeated by the courage of a horseman alone. It just so happens that now you can find out if Zhang Fei is a wise person as he thinks.
"I can't say it, I just think it's very comfortable to listen to you recite poetry, unlike those old masters who make me want to doze off."
"Hahaha, you're such a wonderful person. Haha......" Hearing Zhang Fei say this, Su Xiu couldn't help laughing. It seems that Zhang Fei just doesn't like to use his brain, not that he can't use his brain, and he doesn't care about what he doesn't care about is not willing to bother to think about it.
While chatting and walking, I will change through the peach forest for a while, and come to the open space on the edge of the peach forest, and there is a weapon rack on the side, on which swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks, forks and other eighteen kinds of weapons are in it, of course, the most conspicuous is a snake spear.
This spear is about one zhang six or seven long (Han Dynasty one zhang is about 213.5-237.5 cm, one zhang six seven is about 4 meters), the tip of the spear is bifurcated like a snake letter, and the traditional spear is different in that the general spear is similar to a spear, but the spear tip is longer, and the two ends are open, which is more conducive to stabbing attacks; Although the two ends of the snake spear are still open, it is a snake-shaped curve, and this curved spear blade is more than a foot long, which is very rare.
"Yide, this snake spear must be your blade, it's really good."
"Well, when I first built it, I wanted to be different from others, and I happened to go out that day and saw a little snake, and I had a whim, so I built it according to the way the snake swims. Although it looks different from others, the more I use it, the more comfortable it becomes, and many people can't beat me now. ”
"It just so happens that today I'm here to learn about the uniqueness of your snake spear."
"Then Su Xianggong, you can be careful, my snake spear move is not the same as ordinary spear skills."
"Okay, come on."
Su Xiu only felt the difference between this snake spear when he really fought, and it was no wonder that Zhang Fei wanted to remind Su Xiu to be careful. The normal use of spears is actually similar to that of spears, mainly stabbed, picked, poked, pressed and other attack methods, while the front end of the snake spear is a forked snake letter-like blade, and the curved groove in the middle can directly support the barrel of the spear, and in the process of swinging the word, the lethality of the snake spear is more threatening than that of the traditional spear.
At the beginning, Su Xiu was uncomfortable, so he could only defend passively everywhere, and after about thirty rounds, Su Xiu began to slowly adapt to it. Gradually, Su Xiu was able to find opportunities to counterattack in defense, and in this way, Su Xiu and Zhang Fei fought for about 200 rounds.
The two fought in the open space, and the strong wind brought up the peach blossoms in the peach forest next to them, and suddenly the petals flew, like a rain of peach blossoms, this scene is very beautiful. However, the two of them in the fight didn't realize it at all, both of them hadn't met an opponent with such similar strength for a long time, and they both wanted to have a good time this time, so the scene was called a fierce one.
In the rain of peach blossoms that fell, the two figures were moving quickly, and the constant sound of weapons colliding also showed the intensity of the battle. Unconsciously, the two had been fighting for almost 400 rounds, and Su Xiu gradually felt that his arm strength was exhausted, and if he continued like this, he would be defeated in less than 50 rounds.
At this time, the housekeeper of Zhang Fei's family came over and shouted, "Master, dinner has been prepared, and the old lady has asked you to dine with the guests." ”
Immediately, the two separated, each retracting his weapon.
"Hahaha, happy, good wine is not so happy. Brother Su, let's go and eat together, let's continue to fight tomorrow! Haha......"