Volume 1: Shu Chaos

Chapter 1: Brother and Sister

Huayang County after autumn in Chengdu Prefecture is still shining, and the huge sun hangs in the sky, like a big fireball. I don't know why, this year's weather is very abnormal, it's close to October, and I can still feel the aftermath of midsummer.

There were not many pedestrians on the streets of Bluestone Road, but there were many vendors on both sides of the road, sitting in front of their stalls with expressionless faces, as if they had no intention of paying attention to whether anyone was taking care of his business, and their eyes were glazed.

Occasionally, the breeze blows the word "wine" in front of the tavern, and under the pergola in front of the tavern sits a man and a woman, the man's eyebrows are clear and white, slowly sipping the tea in front of the table. The woman's goose-yellow dress was accompanied by a pair of plain white boots, a pair of elf-like eyes on her delicate little face, and her jet-black delicate hair was draped over her shoulders.

"Brother, this shopkeeper has been staring at us, don't find us!" The woman quietly leaned next to the man and whispered,

Following the woman's gaze, a pair of thief eyes on a thin face in the tavern looked at the woman, dressed in a gray coarse cloth robe, leaning on the counter in the tavern, fiddling with the rag in his hand.

The man took a sip of the tea in his hand, "If you don't look at him, he won't look at you." Without raising his head, he said:

The woman pursed her lips and turned her face away.

As he spoke, a big man of five big and three thick men rushed over to the tavern, carrying a large flat pole with wine barrels hanging at both ends, which looked quite heavy, and the flat pole was bent.

"The store came out to get wine~" Before he got to the door, he shouted,

The shopkeeper, who was originally staring at the woman, seemed to have returned to his soul at once, walked out in three or two steps and looked at the seeker, raised the corners of his mouth and quickly regained his composure.

"You're finally here!" The shopkeeper complained: But his hands were not idle, and he went into the tavern with a bucket with the big man.

"There's something wrong with this store!" The man looked at the two men and turned back to his sister.

"How do you tell?" The little girl looked suspicious,

"This flat pole is so thick, and it is bent like this, these two barrels are certainly not ordinary wine."

"Let's go inside!" The brother and sister looked at each other and spoke in unison,

The man walked to the counter with his sister and knocked on the counter,

"What about Xiao Er? Get us some wine! ”

The shopkeeper who had just entered the room of the tavern opened the curtain again, came to the front of the stage, and smiled flatteringly, "Childe, what kind of wine do you want to drink?" ”

"I see if you have good wine in the store just now, so I will drink what I just came, and I want two barrels!" The man's left arm was bent and half-crawled in front of the counter, looking at the shopkeeper.

"Oh, master, we have a good osmanthus fragrance here, it just arrived in the morning, oh that fragrant! I'll bring you a pot for you to taste. The shopkeeper said that he was about to turn around and go to drink.

"I'll drink the two new barrels you bought!" The man leaned forward, the corners of his mouth rose, and looked at the shopkeeper,

"Uh.... Good, good! I'll call you in the back room! The shopkeeper smiled shyly, turned around and walked into the house. As soon as the curtain was lifted, the man behind him who was half-crawling on the counter suddenly bounced up, pulled back with his left hand on his sister's shoulder, stretched forward with his right foot, and kicked on the buttocks of the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper planted his head into the house.

"Oops!" Following the shopkeeper's shout, the man's brother and sister opened the curtain and broke in.

Seeing the shopkeeper stuck in the wine jar, he thought that he was caught off guard by that kick just now, and next to him were the two wine barrels, one of which had been opened and placed horizontally on the ground, and the white flowers in it were not silver or what?

The big man was putting the silver in the barrel into the cellar, apparently unexpectedly someone would break in, "I knew you weren't a good thing!" The man snorted coldly,

The big man didn't panic, put down the silver ingot in his hand, and pulled up the shopkeeper, "I said Son, if our little second child annoys you, don't worry about him, you can pick the best old wine in our store." You and I are strangers, don't use your own lives to meddle in other people's affairs. ”

The shopkeeper was kicked to the ground, holding his bleeding head with one hand, and staring at the brother and sister viciously.

The man's right hand subconsciously raised slightly and stopped in front of his sister, "The second master of Jiulong Mountain has really eaten and seen it, and he is not in danger!" The instrument is extraordinary! ”

"So, there's nothing to talk about?" The big man sneered, and pulled out something from the pile of wine jars behind him like lightning,

"Whoosh!"

Swiftly threw at the man, and the man dodged backwards,

"Bell!"

A knife was stuck in the wall, and I was afraid that it was slow to react just now, and it had been nailed to the wall.

The man took his sister with his right hand and walked towards the door, and the big man flew forward, punched the man with his left hand, and held the handle of the knife on the wall with his right hand, trying to pull the knife out.

The man's left hand formed a palm, slapped it on the wrist of the big man, his body was to the side, his fist wiped his face, and he brought up a few strands of black hair, which was able to dodge this powerful punch.

With his right hand, he took out a bamboo tube from under the white robe and threw it to his sister.

"Go!"

My sister took the bamboo tube, and was about to pull the cotton thread below at the door, when suddenly a knife light crossed her face, and the shopkeeper held a knife and slashed over viciously.

The woman's body pounced forward, turned over and kicked a rabbit hawk on the stomach of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper took a knife to block, and was about to dissolve the force: who knew that the woman's legs were not completely kicked out, but a return pistol, and she used the reverse force to the wine jar next to her, and with the help of the kicking force of her lower limbs, she slid out of the ground.

The shopkeeper saw that it was not good, so he hurriedly took three steps and made two steps to open the door curtain and carry the knife to follow, but it was too late, the bamboo tube in the woman's hand was already aimed at the door, and the cotton thread was pulled.

"Whoosh~"

An arrow-sized flash of fire burst out of the store, with a scream that ripped through the eardrums.

Hearing the sound, the eyes that had been glazed on both sides of the street suddenly regained their strength, and they all pulled out steel knives from under the vegetable basket, from the fruit stall, and by the oil pot and rushed to the tavern.

When the shopkeeper saw this situation, he quickly turned around and ran back, and the knife was gone, and he lifted the curtain and shouted at the big man who was fighting with the man,

"Big brother, official army! It's the official army! ”。

As soon as the big man heard this, he held the knife with his right hand and slashed at the man, the man flashed, and grabbed the big man who was about to turn around and flee to the back room.

The man no longer chased, but stretched out his left foot, and tripped over a dog that ran in the hurry to eat, and the shopkeeper turned over and was just about to get up, two steel knives were already on his neck, and two officers and soldiers dressed as coarse cloth vendors had been bullied in front of him.

The big man turned to the back room, spat two mouthfuls of saliva on his hands, clenched his fists and slammed them into a place on the wall with a white lime mark.

"Bang~" smashed a half-human-high hole.

The big man squatted down and got out of the hole. The back wall of the tavern is another street, in front of the street is a bamboo forest, outside the bamboo forest is the castle, through the dog hole reserved in advance of the castle is outside the county, out of Huayang County, but no one wants to catch him.

Thinking of this, he planned to run into the bamboo forest with a brisk walk, and suddenly a large net fell from the sky, covering the big man tightly, and before the big man could struggle, four cold steel knives were already on his neck.

A seven-foot-tall strong man walked over, dressed in a cyan official robe, black soap boots, and an official knife hanging from his waist, which was particularly majestic.

"Master Song, please come to the yamen!" The strong man grinned at the Song master in the net,

The person in the net is the big boss of Jiulong Mountain, Song Zhong. And the strong man who caught him in the net was Zhou Yunlong, the head catcher of Huayang County.

"Zhou Yunlong, Lao Tzu will let you break your corpse into pieces sooner or later!" Master Song shouted at the strong man with a hideous face.

"Take it away!" Zhou Yunlong raised his hand, and after the officials received it, they trapped Song Da's family and escorted him to the direction of the county government.

Zhou Yunlong touched the beard on his chin, his face was not too dark, but it was full of vicissitudes of time, his eyebrows were thick and long, and his small eyes were blazing.

He turned to the door of the tavern, and came to his brother and sister, who were already standing in the doorway

"Young Master An, the second master of Jiulong Mountain has been taken by me, thank you young master this time" Zhou Yunlong clenched his fists with both hands

This white-robed man is obviously An Yi, the son of An Zhiyuan, a wealthy businessman in Huayang County, and the exquisite girl next to him is naturally An Xin, the sister of An Yi.

An Zhiyuan's father is An Yi's grandfather, who was originally the prefect of Chengdu, and the An family is also a famous scholarly family in Chengdu Mansion, but An Zhiyuan does not like to read since he was a child, and has an innate inspiration for the way of doing business, and uses his father's connections to save a solid family business. Later, he married the daughter of the former Huayang County Commander and gave birth to a pair of children, An Yi and An Xin, but his beloved wife died because of this, and the old man also died of illness soon after. An Zhiyuan, who suffered a series of blows, was disheartened and moved his family business to Huayang County, which was ruled by Chengdu Prefecture, and became an idle rich man.

"Uncle Zhou, don't come unharmed." An Yi returned a salute,

This week, Yunlong was originally a family member in An's house, loyal but a funny middle-aged man, who grew up watching An Yi and An Xin's brothers and sisters, and took great care of the two brothers and sisters. Under An Zhiyuan's encouragement, Old Man An promised Zhou Yunlong's favorite maid Xiaoyun to Zhou Yunlong as his wife, and arranged an errand for him to catch fast in Huayang County. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yunlong relied on his courage and skills to be appreciated by the county commander Taketori, and now he has become the head catcher of Huayang County.

"Uncle Zhou, when will you take me to the river to fish, I'm afraid you forgot about me!" An Xin blinked and playfully looked at Zhou Yunlong.

"Everybody is as idle as you, Miss." An Yi tilted his head and looked at An Xin.

"Childe and Miss laughed, but now that they are being troubled by the Jiulong Mountain Bandits, the mother-in-law's bed is almost out of reach, let alone fishing." Zhou Yunlong smiled,

"Okay, since the stolen goods have been obtained, then Uncle Zhou, you should go back quickly to restore your life, and our brothers and sisters will also go back." An Yi said

Zhou Yunlong arched his hand again, "Childe and Miss take care!" After speaking, he turned around and waved his hand to the sergeant who had already packed the Tibetan silver, and walked towards the county office.

Leisurely stepping on the bluestone pavement on the street, her sister An Xin held her brother's arm, and the two brothers and sisters walked slowly on the street like this, no matter who looked at it, they thought they were a sweet little couple.

"Brother, are there really three kings on this Jiulong Mountain? So is this one we caught today a big king? An Xin asked her brother with a raised face,

"I heard that the mountain bandits on Jiulong Mountain were famine in the county in the early years, and then they were desperate to fall into the grass, at first the three brothers went up the mountain, and later attracted some homeless people to go up the mountain, a total of five leaders, known as the five kings of Jiulong Mountain. A few years ago, after the officials and soldiers of Chengdu Prefecture came to suppress bandits, they have disappeared, and I don't know what happened recently, and they have begun to appear everywhere again. An Yi replied:

"Speaking of which, the famine really killed a lot of people, and I heard my father say that my grandfather also felt guilty because of the famine, and then he couldn't afford to get sick," An Xin recalled

"Yes, the country of abundance has always been a granary with abundant granaries, and there was such a big famine, and many people were caught off guard" An Yi frowned,

"Don't talk about that." An Xin interrupted her brother's thoughts and pointed to the carriage in front, "Brother, it's here, let's get in the car and go home." ”

An Yi didn't think about it anymore, and walked to the carriage, and when the coachman saw An Yi's brothers and sisters coming back, he hurriedly got up and took out the car stool and put it under the car.

An Yi stepped on the carriage and boarded the carriage, turned over and pulled An Xin's arm, "Come up, be careful!" ”

"Uncle Zhao, let's go home." After the brother and sister sat down, An Yi said to the coachman, "Okay! The coachman skillfully waved his whip, and the carriage slowly started and moved forward.