Chapter 34: The Rooster Cries and the Dog Thief

Zhou Chu was martyred, Sima Wei was finally satisfied, his only regret was that Zhou Chu did not surrender or retreat, and did not have the opportunity to kill his whole family, as for when the rebellion could be quelled, he would not really care.

Qi Wannian was injured, and he was very excited after learning about Zhou's death, and without Zhou, he was even more careless in Guanzhong.

Zu Ti and Yunru returned to Luoyang a few days later.

What Zu Ti saw on the road was that more refugees were pouring into all directions, but many people still chose to come to the Central Plains, and Zu Ti's mood became even heavier.

Liu Kun and Zu Ti left Sili Mansion and went to the western suburbs again on this day, and after a while, the old man came: "You guys are on time, and you will come back in a month, Zu Ti, your errand is done?" ”

"Yes, Master, however, you are very knowledgeable, and I have a few words to ask you."

"Speak."

"I encountered a strange thing on the battlefield in Guanzhong, when General Zhou and I were about to be killed by the enemy, suddenly a dog rescued us, it was able to injure the sturdy and burly Qi Wannian, I really don't know what is going on?"

"Dog!?" Liu Kun was surprised.

The old man said: "It's hard to say this kind of thing without seeing it with your own eyes, and it's rare for a dog to save people, although I have lived a handful of years, but I can't say one or two, hehe." ”

"Could it be that the dog was disguised by someone to hide from the eyes of the enemy?" Liu Kun guessed.

"But I think that dog is a real dog!"

"It's hard to explain." Liu Kun spread his hands and said.

"Don't guess, it's important to practice, let's start, show me your previous practice first."

Zu Qi and the two practiced hard, and the old man taught him hand in hand, especially for Zu Li, who was even more patient, teaching face to face back to back, Liu Kun couldn't help but say in his heart: "Bad old man is eccentric!" ”

On this day, Zu Ti and Liu Kun were patrolling the street, and an artist in front of them was telling a story, and there were many people around, and the two didn't want to listen, but Zu Ti heard that he was going to say the latest joke at the moment, and he was interested and wanted to hear what it was.

The two got closer, and the artist officially started to speak, he was a middle-aged man, holding a ring ruler in his hand, only to hear him say mysteriously: "Rank, do you know the story of the dog pounced on the thief on the battlefield in Guanzhong?" ”

Everyone shook their heads, and some said, "It's normal for dogs to pounce on people, and my neighbor's dog bit someone yesterday." The crowd laughed.

"Of course, it's not unusual for a dog to pounce on people, but it's strange that this dog is not a dog at all, but a person!"

"Ahh What's going on? "The people didn't understand.

Zu Ti said in his heart: "What I said is exactly what I encountered, see what he says." So she listened carefully to him.

"Rank, in fact, to find out the truth of the matter, we must first start with a piece of history, this history is clearly recorded in Sima Qian's historical records, and I did not make it up." The middle-aged man sells Guan Zidao.

"What bullshit history books, I carry the burden to sell tea every day, who have read history books, you hurry up and talk about it, don't talk about me selling tea!" Said a burden-bearer.

The middle-aged man took a sip of tea, raised his eyebrows and said: "According to the historical records, one of the five sons of the Qi State, Meng Weijun Lixian, was a corporal who fought for righteousness and squandered wealth, and had 3,000 diners under his door, and there were many talents. ”

"Nonsense, let's get to the point, I'm still in a hurry to sell turnips!"

"Once Meng Weijun was invited to envoy to the Qin State, the King of Qin saw Meng Weijun's generation of virtuous people, and thought that if he couldn't use it, it would be a big trouble after all, so he detained him and wanted to kill him to prevent future troubles."

"Meng Yanjun was very worried, so he asked someone to intercede with the beloved concubine of a Qin king from Qi State, but this concubine asked Meng Weijun for the unparalleled fox white Qiu in the world, otherwise she would not agree to intercede."

"But this fox white fur was given to the king of Qin as soon as he came to the Qin Kingdom, how could there be a second one. When everyone was worried, one of the guests brought was a person who was not good-looking and usually did nothing, he recommended himself to sneak into the secret room of the palace late at night, and stole the fox white fur, Meng Yanjun dedicated it to the favorite concubine of the King of Qin, and the concubine blew the pillow wind to the King of Qin, and the King of Qin promised not to kill Meng Weijun, and Meng Weijun was allowed to leave the Qin State. Do you know how this guest managed to get into the heavily guarded Ouchi Palace? ”

"I don't know, so how did he get in?" Everyone was strangely authentic.

"It turns out that he knows how to steal dogs." The middle-aged man took another sip of tea.

"What is the art of dog thieves, is it also recorded in this book?" Some people are not convinced.

"Of course there is, the history books say that this guest was wearing a dog skin coat at the time, on all fours, and it looks like a dog alive, not to mention that it is late at night, even if the palace guards find out, they will not be vigilant, just think it is a dog."

"He used the bone shrinking technique from the dog hole in the secret room to easily enter the warehouse, stole the fox white fur, and made a great achievement. The middle-aged man said.

"It turned out that it was stolen like this, we read few books, how can we know this." Someone said.

"Is there any more, if there is a fart, finish it quickly!"

The middle-aged man pointed down: "What a rough man!" continued: "This is not over, Meng Weijun and his party did not stop, and came to Hangu Pass in a blink of an eye. At that time, it was less than five watches, according to the laws of the Qin State, until the rooster crowed, the door was not opened and closed. ”

At this time, the king of Qin also repented, and sent a fast horse to rush here, and Meng Weijun and his party were in danger. At this time, another guest stood up, one jumped on the grinding plate, stretched his neck, covered his mouth with one hand, and learned to crow in a heavy dantian, only to hear a rooster crow, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, no one would have suspected that it was the sound of a rooster. ”

"A miraculous thing happened, the roosters of the people in the customs crowed with this sound, and the generals guarding the customs had to switch on and off to release the guests, and Meng Weijun was able to return to the Qi country."

"It's so dangerous, it seems that this rooster and dog thief are not just talking about rapists." Someone answered

"There are still below, but I will not record it in the official history, as for whether you believe it or not, it is up to you." Middle-aged humane.

"Isn't it a legend?" Someone asked.

"It's also a legend, it is said that after Meng Weijun returned to China, the two of them were treated as guests, and the chicken and dog thieves formed a friend of life and death, and taught each other the stunts, and combined the two into one to practice a unique thief skill, and established the famous dragon gate at that time.

"While the skills are passed down, the special dogskin coat has also been passed down from generation to generation."

"Dilongmen was once glorious for a while, but it gradually declined and faded out of the rivers and lakes during the Cao Wei period, but it is said that there are still their heirs, so it is not a dog that attacked Qi Wannian on the battlefield in Guanzhong, but a person pretending, that is, a person from Dilongmen!"

"Ah, I see!" Everyone thought it was strange.

The middle-aged storyteller said: "It's not the most uncommon thing to talk about, legend has it that this dog skin coat has a name called "Yi Shengyi", it can not only pretend to be a dog, but also be invisible! ”

"Don't listen to him fart! What kind of stealth, deceiving people's eyes is stealth, in fact, it's just that no one pays attention, nonsense, let's go, I'm going to sell turnips......"

After listening to the storyteller's words, few people believed him.

When the two of them heard this, Liu Kun showed great interest and said, "Dilongmen? Could the thieves in the city also be from the Earth Dragon Gate? ”

Zu Ti said: "Although we have also read the historical records and know this story, the legend he told behind is unheard of, if there is really a land dragon gate, it is not a bad thing, what I am afraid of is that the thief is just a Jiangyang thief who does bad things." ”

"Big brother, if the thief is really from the Dilongmen, then should we arrest it?"

"According to the storyteller, the people in Dilongmen should be all thieves, but I haven't heard of thieves helping the poor, this person shouldn't be from Dilongmen."

"Makes sense."

At this time, a car stopped beside him, and a man lifted the curtain and said, "Get in the car, you two, someone wants to see you." ”

The two of them got into the car when they saw that it was Jiang Tong, and Jiang Tong said: "I've been looking for you for a long time, and the prince wants to see you!" ”