In recent days, if you want to say that you are in the limelight, it is definitely the trust in the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General Shi A, many people still wonder how his martial arts hall opened so well why it suddenly closed down, and he was really surprised, if he wanted to say that he was angry, it would not be enough, but if he wanted to say that he was not jealous, it was impossible at all, how did he suddenly soar into the sky and become the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General, especially the brothers and sisters in the past, and their hearts were even more mixed.

Obviously, Shi Ah is stained with the light of the master, but what is him? How many people are dissatisfied, but they can only lament the bad luck, there is no good luck in Shi A, but there are envy and jealousy, naturally there are people who want to take the road to the relationship, after all, they are all people who practice martial arts, although they don't expect to become a general of the forbidden army like the master and Shi A, but at least take the relationship between Shi A, and you can also enter the forbidden army, don't you have a background?

On this day, Shi A went out of the imperial city, turned out of Xu Chu's inner city, and arrived at Yuxiu Terrace on the outskirts of the city. The interest of Yuxiutai is the same as that of Sheji and Zongmiao, which is a place where the Son of Heaven holds sacrifices, but compared to the temples of Sheji and ancestors that represent agriculture on both sides of the imperial city, Yuxiutai is in the suburbs, and it is a place to worship heaven.

Because of the continuous expansion of Xudu, the former suburbs have long been classified as the outer city, and its scale has been expanding since the arrival of the Son of Heaven.

But after all, the geographical environment is limited, although its scale is gradually approaching the capital of Luoyang, but it is only close to its scale, as for the economy, culture and population, it is far from being comparable with the city of Luoyang, but even so, Xu Ducheng can also be called an inch of land, it seems that Shi Ah followed the master to arrive in Luoyang, early in the suburbs of the city built three gardens, and now together with the city, it was originally a remote and uncared for garden, and the tide immediately rose.

But when others are envious of his good luck, Shi A has already planned to build a mansion in the inner city, or simply build a manor outside the city, now most of the good houses in the inner city of Xudu are occupied by the subordinate officials of Sikong Mansion, and the court officials can only build a dock fort outside the city, of course, because of the strict orders of the courtiers, a defensive manor like the dock fort must not be repaired, after all, the current years are not the Yellow Turban period, Cao Cao can't wait to reduce the private armed forces of these people, how can he give them the opportunity to build a dock fort.

For Shi A, he didn't have the financial resources to build a manor outside the city and wanted to build a few small courtyards in general, so it was enough to continue to live in the manor outside the city, so what he hoped most was to buy a house in the city, no matter how big or small, this was all face, if he could buy a house in Baihufang, it would be more in line with his heart.

But these can only be thought about, now everyone wants to come to Xudu, live under the imperial city, and a few are willing to move out, not to mention those military attaches in the White Tiger Neck, they can only try their luck, Shi A thought in his heart, and suddenly saw a familiar figure, which was actually his junior brother Zhao Hua.

Over the years, he has been doing both errands everywhere, and even done martial arts and darts, but this year the war is everywhere, this martial arts is difficult to do, a trip went wrong, and he went bankrupt, and then he visited the master, and wanted to go his way to see if he could enter the tiger ben, so that he received official food every month, and the harvest was guaranteed by drought and flood, isn't it?

But he never expected that when he was cornered, he was directly rejected by the master, and he never saw him again, and anyone could guess that he had a grudge against the master, and even with them and their brothers, the relationship between the two was estranged.

And at this moment, when Shi A saw the down-and-out junior brother, he wanted to step forward to say hello, but he hesitated again in an instant, on the contrary, although he could not speak with the court officials in the battle, he was also blocked in front of him, and the movement was not small, so Zhao Hua soon saw him.

His eyes were stunned for a moment, dumbfounded, once upon a time in his eyes, Shi A, who inherited the master's martial arts hall, had no future, and completely belonged to eating and waiting for death, but Shi A, who was once despised by him, was wearing bright armor at the moment, riding a high-headed horse, surrounded by soldiers in front and behind, how magnificent he was, seeing this, and then looking at himself, he almost became a flower child, not to mention that it was rumored to be tattered, and there was no meal or even a full meal, in contrast, it was simply a heaven and a place, alas, the heart was inevitably sour, Immediately twisted his head to the side, pretending not to see.

He originally planned to go over to say hello, but because Zhao Hua found that he hesitated, he thought that he would come to see him, but he never expected him to turn around and leave, Shi A clamped the horse's belly, and the horse arrived at Zhao Hua's side, turned over and dismounted, but he didn't want Zhao Hua to stop at all, and reacted because after he got off the horse, the frequency under his feet was faster, Shi A smiled bitterly, hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed him and asked, "Senior brother, why don't you even want to see senior brother?" ”

"The identity is different, you are a high-ranking official, I am a hungry Qianshou min, even the master can't look down on us, let alone the senior brother!" What he said was sour, but Shi Ah laughed coldly: "You, you, you still hold a grudge against the master, especially your ability to bite back, let me say what about you, when the master rejected you, didn't you think about your own reasons, and actually shamelessly said that you can't climb high, if the master is really that kind of person, with your identity back then, he will accept you as an apprentice?" ”

"I reflect, what do I reflect?" Zhao Hua snorted: "You are now noble, if you want to make fun of people, I can hide, if you continue to humiliate me, then don't blame me for being polite." ”

Alas, the master doesn't want to help you, it's just that he doesn't want you to wade into the troubled waters of the tiger, not in it will never understand the situation of the tiger, and now he has realized the master's hardship, but he can't explain it too much, but at the moment when he smiled bitterly in his heart, he suddenly thought of the advice that Xun Yudengfu told him yesterday, his eyes lit up, isn't the person in front of him the most suitable person?

Shi A smiled: "Okay, okay, now that Master's life and death are uncertain, and you don't want to be angry anymore, why don't you pay me to go to Manyuanchun for a drink?" ”

"Drinking? Full of spring? Zhao Hua pursed his lips and looked disbelieving: "You are so deceitful to me, now that Xu Du is forbidden to drink, Man Yuanchun has already changed wine to tea, you don't know about me?" ”

"Oops, how did I forget about this?" Shi Ah was a faction, secretly hating himself for thinking that his junior brother was a drunken putty, but he forgot that Xu Du had banned drinking for a long time, but the reason why he forgot was that he rarely went to the restaurant to drink, because he drank on weekdays, and it was all home-brewed rice wine.

"Then go to my house, what do you think, junior brother?" Shi A invited him very sincerely, and even in his ear, he said: "Senior brother forgot that my lady is from Wu County, but she makes a good rice wine, the taste is mellow and fresh, and there is no peculiar smell. ”

As soon as these words were whispered in his ear, the wine worm in Zhao Hua's stomach immediately became ready to move, but in the end he endured it and excused himself: "Now that the alcohol ban is so strict, I think it's better to forget it, don't make trouble for you, senior brother, and after the alcohol ban is lifted in the future, I will accompany my senior brother to drink." ”

Shi Ah didn't know if he was afraid of injuring himself, or if he was deliberately looking for an excuse, he frowned, and said seriously: "Since I sincerely invite, how can I be afraid of being dragged by my junior brother?" Don't forget that the master had the idea of opening a wine shop, although it was delayed because of some trivial matters, but there was a lot of storage in the rice wine family, and now although the prohibition is strict, it is not allowed to make wine, although the official messenger has confiscated the wine-making tools, but the rice wine hidden in the cellar has not been taken away, junior brother, you also know that I drink very little on weekdays, these wines are also put, why don't you think about it carefully, as long as you get to my house, the rice wine is full. ”

"Really?" As soon as Zhao Hua heard this, he immediately moved his index finger, the senior brother had already said this, if he refused, it was indeed unkind, not to mention that he was originally a pretext, now that the master is in trouble, his hatred for the master has long since disappeared, plus the senior brother is flying Huang Tengda, and he still treats him like this, if he refuses again, he doesn't know what to do, he wants to understand this, sighed, and said: "Okay, then it is better to be respectful than to obey fate." After he finished speaking, he didn't know what to think, but he suddenly laughed: "Senior brother, I won't tell you, junior brother, I will eat this set, if it weren't for rice wine, I wouldn't dare to go to the house to bother me with anything today." ”

"What is this called, the friendship between you and my senior brothers, is it not as good as Huang Tang?" Shi Ah said with a serious face.

Zhao Hua's words were deliberate, and when he heard his answer, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "Today is not the same as before, there is a huge disparity between you and me, and my 'poor relative' can't hide, so how dare I lean up." ”

"No matter what time it is, the fact that you are my junior brother will not change, even if you are the master's apprentice, you can't change, if the master is guilty, you and I will both be implicated, so ah, who are you hiding, you shouldn't hide from me!" Shi Ah said very seriously.

"Master really fell this time, didn't you have any chance?" When Zhao Hua said this, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad, with Wang Yue's ruthlessness to him, he should be happy, but think about Wang Yue's kindness in teaching him a skill, but it was heavy, as if a big stone was pressed on his chest.

"I'll talk about that later." Shi A didn't want to talk too much about his master on the street, and Zhao Hua heard him say this, and guessed that there must be another reason for this, so he didn't dare to ask again, and returned to the mansion with him.

After a while, the dishes and wine were placed in front of the low table, the two did not share the food, but sat in front of a low table, shared a wooden table, the dishes were not ready, the two of them drank the stewed mutton happily, a few glasses of wine down, Zhao Hua, who had not drunk for a long time, exhaled a long breath, it was so refreshing.

Zhao Hua, who had a comfortable face, sighed that he hadn't drunk for half a year, and had forgotten the taste of wine, but Shi A had stabilized his life in the past six months, and when he heard his miserable situation, Shi A, who had originally sandwiched a piece of meat into his mouth, gave it to Zhao Hua, and he said with emotion: "I didn't expect my junior brother to live so hard in the past half a year, alas, in fact, my junior brother doesn't know, it's not that the master doesn't want to recruit the junior brother into the Tiger Army, but the water in the Tiger Army is too muddy, and the master is afraid that you will join the Tiger Army. Even a small life will be at risk. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Hua was about to drink, and the wine bottle was in his mouth, but he stopped and asked.

"Senior brother, I, didn't this take over the master's position and become the angry tiger general, junior brother, you don't know, the people in this tiger have long been bought and controlled by relatives, clans and even Cao Sikong, I used a lot of brains, and I still don't have any clue, alas, it's sad!"

"What, Senior Brother is now the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General?" Zhao Hua never expected that the reason why the senior brother Fei Huang Tengda actually took over the master, thinking of the outfit he saw before before, isn't it the style of the master's armor on weekdays, he left and put down the wine bottle, faintly, and said: "In other words, the master will never come back, and even if he comes back, it will be no different from ordinary people?" ”

"My Tiger Ben Zhonglang will only be temporary, if the master comes back, I will return it to him, this is also the request of the Son of Heaven and Xun Lingjun, but according to some of the news I have known in the past few days, this time the master offended Cao Sikong, so the possibility of returning to Xu Du is almost zero."

"Doesn't that mean that senior brother, you, the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General, have already sat down?"

"It's so easy, I have a shallow foundation in the Tiger Ben Army, and I stepped on their people to take the position, and they all hate me to death, and it's not so easy to make them obedient." Shi Ah sighed and said, "At this time, I wish I could have my own henchmen to help me, but in this world, who can help me?" ”

"It's not easy for senior brother to find a henchman?" Zhao Hua said, but he was busy scooping wine for him, and said: "We have so many senior brothers, and there are not a dozen or seven or eight who are good friends with senior brothers, and all of them are good hands, and there is absolutely no problem with their skills, as long as the senior brother is willing, then not all of them will gather around the senior brother, only the senior brother is the first to look forward?" ”

"It's easier said than done, after all, I'm taking over the master, they've been avoiding me these days, I understand what they mean very well, that's because I'm angry that I took over the master's position, and I may even feel that this position should be theirs, and it was stolen by my Shi A by disgraceful means."

"People's hearts are unpredictable, the sea is difficult to measure, why should senior brother bother with them?"

"Yes, but I'm in dire need of manpower now, and I have a lot of henchmen." As he spoke, Zhao Hua glanced at Shi A faintly, as if he was drunk, and said tentatively: "If the senior brother doesn't like it, the junior brother is willing to give it a try." ”

"Really?" Shi A's purpose today has finally been achieved.