Volume 5 The General Trend of the World Chapter 4 Tiger Father and Dog Son
Du Sheng walked to the door, only to see more than a dozen people standing in front of the door, for a big man, nine feet tall, with a big beard, looking very fierce, at a glance he knew that he was a brave person. []
Behind the big man stood a strong man in gorgeous clothes, this man had a gray beard, and looked about sixty years old.
When the Huafu people saw Du Sheng coming out, they immediately stepped forward and said, "Cousin Du Sheng, I haven't seen you for many years!" ”
Du Sheng immediately understood, only to see Du Sheng take a few steps forward, grab the hand of the man in Huafu, and say with a smile: "Cousin, I haven't seen you for a long time, please come inside." ”
Du Sheng welcomed these dozen people in, and then walked into the back hall with the people in Chinese clothes and the big man, closed the door, and bowed down and said: "Du Sheng has seen two adults, but I don't know the names of the two adults. ”
The Huafu man nodded and said, "Du Sheng, my name is Zhu Ling, this is Wang Shuang, I think you should have heard of us." ”
"I've seen General Zhu! I've seen General Wang Shuang! "Du Sheng. immediately saluted Zhu Ling.
"Excuse me. Du Sheng, you've worked hard these days. ”
"I don't know why the general is coming?" Du Sheng asked.
"Governor Cao Zhen has already left Tongguan and entered. Attack Chang'an, you must already know. Now the Metropolitan Governor has sent us to contact the righteous people in Chang'an City, and cooperate with the Metropolitan Governor to take Chang'an. ”
Saying this, Zhu Ling glanced at Du Sheng, and then asked, "Du Sheng, this is long. You are most familiar with the situation in Ancheng, and there should be many people in Chang'an City who don't want to be with the Shu army now! ”
"Back to General Zhu Ling, when Liu Bei first came, there were many family valves. disdain Liu Bei, after all, Liu Bei was born in the market and is just a weaver. But now there are many people who have taken refuge in the thief. Du Sheng replied.
"Well, no matter how many, try to contact as much as you can. As long as you can recapture Chang'an, Your Majesty will not be stingy with the officials. In addition, more than 300 of my men have entered the city in batches, so you can spare some men and send someone to answer them. Zhu Ling said.
"Subordinates obey."
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Weiyang Palace.
Adou stands on one side. In front of the huge bronze mirror, he carefully took care of the clothes on his body.
I saw that Adou was now wearing a coarse gray coat, and there were still some signs of wear and tear on the edges of the clothes, a pair of straw sandals on his feet, a rattan belt standing on his waist, and a broken sword hanging on it. Looking up again, Adou's originally black and shiny head has changed, it looks very dry, mixed with a hint of yellow, his head is tied at random, it looks a little messy, his face has also turned into a faint paper yellow, there are one or two inconspicuous pockmarks on it, the original pair of big eyes have also been trimmed into triangular eyes, and there are a few curly mustaches under the lips.
Adou spun around and nodded slightly, obviously very satisfied with his Yi Rou.
In his previous life, when he walked the rivers and lakes, Adou would be disguised, although he was not as good as those people, but it was still okay to disguise himself. What's more, an internal master like Adou can change his temperament, so after Adou changes his appearance, it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish it.
Footsteps came from outside, and then a voice sounded: "Zhang Wei see Your Majesty." ”
Adou turned around and saw that Zhang Wei had already walked in, and Zhang Wei was slightly stunned when he saw Adou's appearance in front of him, and then shouted: "Bold assassin, dare to trespass into His Majesty's bedroom!" ”
Without waiting for Adou to speak, Zhang Wei drew his sword and rushed towards Adou.
Adou then remembered that now that he was dressed like this, Zhang Wei didn't recognize himself. At this time, Zhang Wei had already rushed down Adou approaching.
Adou dodged, flashed Zhang Wei, and then grabbed Zhang Wei's arm and said, "Zhang Wei, it's me." ”
Adou's voice, Zhang Wei is very familiar, hearing Adou speak, Zhang Wei immediately stopped, looked at Adou suspiciously, and asked tentatively for a long time: "You are Your Majesty." ”
"Hehe, what's the matter, Zhang Wei, didn't recognize me!" Adou laughed.
Zhang Wei opened his mouth in surprise, then knelt down violently, and said at the same time: "Zhang Wei attacked His Majesty, and he deserves death." ”
"All right, he who does not know is not guilty." Adou didn't intend to blame Zhang Wei.
"Your Majesty, you are dressed like this, this is to ......"
"I want to go out and about. Staying in this Weiyang Palace all day, I'm about to suffocate to death. ”
In his previous life, Adou was a hero who walked the rivers and lakes, and if he stayed in this Weiyang Palace every day, Adou felt very bored.
"Your Majesty, you are a golden body, how can you leave the palace easily!" Zhang Wei hurriedly stopped.
"Okay Zhang Wei, don't come with me, I want to leave, you can't stop me, it's a big deal to take you with me."
"The minister should protect His Majesty." Zhang Wei was slightly relieved when he heard that Adou was taking him along.
Adou looked at Zhang Wei, and suddenly a wicked smile appeared on his face, and then he said: "Zhang Wei, it's not okay for you to go out with me like this, now everyone in Chang'an City knows that you are my guard, so you have to change your appearance to go out with me." Come here, let me dress you up. ”
Zhang Wei had no choice but to walk over, and it didn't take long for an old man to appear in the mirror opposite.
Zhang Wei looked at himself in the mirror with a bitter face, touched the gray head on his head, and then looked at the patches of old age spots on his face, admiring the subtlety of Adou's disguise technique in his heart, but also feeling a little aggrieved. A young man wants to pretend to be an old man!
"Okay Zhang Wei, let's go! By the way, call Chen Zhi and ask them to send us out, otherwise the two of us will be dressed up and will be treated as assassins in this Weiyang Palace. Adou said.
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Looking at the sloppy swordsman in front of him, Chen Zhi really couldn't believe that this person was His Majesty today.
"Your Majesty, let me send a team of white-eared elite soldiers to escort you!" Chen Zhi said.
"No need, I just walk around in this Chang'an City, don't go far, just have Zhang Wei with me." Adou said, looked at the commander of a white-eared elite soldier next to Chen Zhi, and said, "Give me your token." ”
The leader of the white-eared elite soldier was slightly stunned, and then quickly took out his token and handed it over with both hands.
"This token will be borrowed and used, and it will be returned to you when it is used up." Adou said, stuffed the token into his arms, and walked out of the palace with Zhang Wei.
Chen Zhimu watched the two leave, and then disappeared into the street, but his heart was slightly worried.
Chen Zhi turned his head and said to a few white-eared elite soldiers next to him, "You guys should give me a tighter mouth." If the news of His Majesty's departure from the palace spreads, it will be asked for you. ”
"Don't worry, general, I'll know."
"Also, let the Governor of Chang'an send more people out on patrol, Your Majesty can be outside now, and there must be no trouble in this Chang'an City."
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Adou and Zhang Wei walked on the street, one of them was a sloppy swordsman, and the other was an old man who followed him, in this bustling Chang'an City, the crowd of people on the street, the two were not conspicuous.
"There are really a lot of people in Chang'an City." Adou said lightly.
"What Your Majesty said is that the Hu people originally attacked, and many people flocked to Chang'an City. Now that Cao Zhen has attacked again, many people have gone into the city to hide, so there have been a few more people in the city recently. Nowadays, the best business in the city is the inn, and almost all the inns are full! ”
"Uncle, it's okay......" The first ragged beggar in the corner next to him was holding a broken bowl and begging from passers-by.
"Your Majesty, all of us beggars in Chang'an City are supported by people. Moreover, each beggar has his own territory and cannot cross the border, and there have been many victims of the disaster recently, and there are many more beggars. Zhang Wei continued.
"There are still beggars in this Chang'an City!" Adou was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect that the history of the beggar gang was much older than that of Shaolin.
"By the way, how many more people have been here recently?" Adou asked.
"It's not running out anymore, the water has been receding for a long time, and a lot of people have gone home."
"Let's go to the disaster camp." Adou said and walked west.
"Your Majesty, the camp for the victims can be outside the city." Zhang Wei said. If it is in this Chang'an City, Zhang Wei is still at ease, but if he is out of the city, Zhang Wei will have to worry about Adou's safety.
"I know, I'll go for a walk and I'll be back soon."
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Nowadays, there are far fewer people gathered in the disaster camp outside Chang'an, and people leave the camp every day to return to their hometowns.
The management of the disaster camp has also been loosened a lot, Cao Zhen's army is coming, and it is impossible for the Shu army to draw out a large number of troops to manage the disaster victims, so now in the entire disaster camp, there are only more than 2,000 Shu troops to maintain law and order, and anyone entering and leaving the camp is free.
The people of Chang'an Governor's Office will come to send food twice a day, but now the food is tight, the so-called food is just gruel made after the coarse grain is ground, people will not starve to death after eating, and they will not give birth to much strength, without strength, they will naturally not make trouble, and this is exactly what the Shu army is looking forward to.
From time to time, a few people will come out of the endless camp of disaster victims, carrying large bags and small bags, and children will be shuttling in front of the door. Looking at these carefree children, a trace of sourness suddenly rose in Adou's heart, in the troubled times, maybe only these children can laugh so happily.
Adou looked around casually, and suddenly, Adou stopped his gaze on the dozen or so big men who were walking in this direction in the distance.
These big men are all dressed as ordinary farmers, and they also wear straw sandals on their feet, but they are arrogant when they walk, especially for the two of them, who are oily and powdery, and they don't look like they are farming. And the people behind each of them are carrying a burden, which looks heavy.
"Zhang Wei, look at those people." Adou pointed secretly.
Zhang Wei looked up, looked at it for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty, these people are strange, especially the two in front, although they are wearing ordinary peasant clothes, but this dress is obviously new, and their feet are all red marks from straw sandals, and look at their ruddy faces, where they look like farmers who work in the fields all day. If we are wrong, they are probably spies. Your Majesty, do you want me to arrest them? ”
"Don't be in a hurry, follow them and wait and see." Adou said.
Xiahou Zizang and Xiahou Zijiang didn't know that they had already revealed a big flaw, and now it was Adou who had this flaw, and the two of them still walked forward as if nothing happened.
Xiahoudun has a total of seven sons, the eldest son Xiahouchong, inherited the title of Xiahoudun, and the second son is Xiahoudun who guarded Chang'an, and also married Cao Cao's daughter, which is relatively capable among Xiahoudun's sons. The third son, Xiahou Zizang, and the fourth son, Xiahou Zijiang, are a pair of gentlemen, and the two of them are not proficient.
Xiahoudun is often fighting outside and has no time to discipline his children, and because Xiahoudun is the first general under Cao Cao and has a relationship with Cao Cao, no one dares to provoke Xiahou Zizang and Xiahou Zijiang in Xu on weekdays. After Xiahoudun's death, both brothers were named Guannei Hou.
The two of them are famous for their lack of success and more than failure, typical tiger fathers and dogs, without a little of their father Xiahoudun's demeanor. Originally, this expedition was only arranged in the rear to be responsible for logistics and the supply of grain and grass. If it weren't for Sima Yi's intention to make trouble for Cao Zhen, maybe the two of them would still be eating, drinking and having fun in Tongguan.
Xiahou Zijiang looked at the disaster victim joint venture in front of him, stopped, then twisted his feet slightly, and said: "Third brother, it's finally here, my feet are about to be worn out, these damn straw sandals." ”
"yes, it's finally here! After walking for so long, my legs were numb. It's all the trouble that Cao Zhen found for us, what kind of disaster camp came to the disaster camp. I heard that Zhu Ling went to Chang'an City, and now he must be eating and drinking spicy food! Xiahou Zizang said.
"Third brother, let's go, let's go in." Xiahou Zijiang said, taking the lead in walking towards the joint camp of disaster victims.
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Adou hung far behind, and followed Xiahou Zizang and Xiahou Zijiang brothers into it.
"Zhang Wei, what do you say these spies are doing in this disaster camp?" Adou asked.
Zhang Wei thought for a while: "Inquire about information? Probably not, if they ask for information, they should go to Chang'an City. Are they here to plot against the victims? But can these dozen or so people succeed? ”
"Zhang Wei, you stay here, I'll go and find out what they do." Adou said, walking towards the Xiahou brothers.
"Bang!" Adou bumped into a person walking at the back, and the man turned around and saw that it was a sloppy-looking young man, and then said viciously: "What are you doing!" ”
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention!" Adou apologized again and again.
Xiahou Zijiang turned his head, saw that the person behind him was apologizing incessantly, and then looked at the rusty saber on Adou's waist, and said disdainfully: "Okay, we still have something to do, don't worry about him."
In this era of war and chaos, it is normal to carry a weapon with you to defend yourself. However, as soon as Xiahou Zijiang saw Adou's sloppy appearance, coupled with the rusty saber that he didn't know where to pick up, he lost interest in Adou.
"Hmph, you're lucky!" The person who was bumped into by Adou scolded viciously, and then pushed Adou.
Adou took advantage of the situation to step back, and retreated to Zhang Wei in a few steps.
"Your Majesty, are you alright?" Zhang Wei hurriedly asked.
"It's okay, look at this." Ah Dou flipped his hand, and saw that there was already a palm-sized gold cake in Ah Dou's palm.
"Your Majesty, this is ......"
"This is from the baggage of the person I bumped into just now, no wonder the baggage on their body looks heavy, it turns out that it is all this thing." Adou said, throwing the golden cake to Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei turned it around and said, "Your Majesty, this is a full golden cake." How can the victims have these things, this golden cake should be used to buy people's hearts, these people are really spies, let me go and catch them! ”
"Zhang Wei, although these dozen people have brought a lot of gold, they are not familiar with the place here, they can't do it alone, and maybe Cao Zhen has other plans. You continue to keep an eye on them, and I'll go back to Mrs. Pang and set a trap for them. ”
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Because many of the victims had already returned to their hometowns, there was a lot of spare space in the camp for the victims, so the Xiahou brothers easily found a few tents.
"Two sons, the inside has been cleaned up."
Xiahou Zizang nodded and walked in with Xiahou Zijiang. The subordinates took out a few pieces of bacon and handed them over.
Xiahou Zijiang tore off a piece of bacon and asked, "Third brother, now that we are here, what should we do next?" We have a lot of gold, but we can't just give it to anyone! ”
"Of course, you can't just give it when you see someone, there will definitely be a leader among these victims, as long as we find the leader first and buy them, things will be much easier." After Xiahou Zizang finished speaking, he put the bacon in his mouth, and then said: "Fourth, you are also tired, let's rest first, and tomorrow we will go to find the leader of the disaster." ”
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Late at night, the Xiahou brothers and their party, who had been walking for a day, had already fallen asleep.
In a dark corner in the distance, Zhang Wei watched from afar as the bonfire outside the Xiahou brothers' tent was slowly extinguished, and the firewood that had been burned into black charcoal was leisurely emitting a puff of green smoke.
A dark shadow quietly came behind Zhang Wei and covered Zhang Wei's mouth.
"Woo......" Zhang Wei was about to resist, but Adou's voice immediately came from behind.
"Zhang Wei, it's me. Don't make a sound! ”
Zhang Wei immediately quieted down, and Adou let go of his hand.
"Your Majesty, are you back?"
"Hehe, I also brought quite a few people here. Go, follow me! Adou led Zhang Wei backwards. I walked around a few tents and came to a clearing. In the clearing, a large number of people stood in the dark. All strong men, but all dressed as disaster victims.
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
"Hehe, wait, there's a good show to watch tomorrow."
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The next day, it wasn't until three poles in the morning that Xiahou Zizang and Xiahou Zijiang brothers got up.
The two had just had breakfast, and the next person came to report: "Two sons, there are a few strong men outside, I want to see my son!" ”
"Strong man? Let them in! Xiahou Zizang said.
A moment later, five big men came in from outside, and when these five people entered, the tent suddenly became much more crowded.
A strong man glanced at Brother Xiahou and said with a fierce face: "You are new here!" ”
"Yes, my brother just arrived yesterday." Xiahou Zijiang said.
"Hehe, since I just came here yesterday, I guess I don't know the rules here. I won't talk nonsense today, more than 3,000 people around here are covered by our brothers, if you want to live here with peace of mind, you have to listen to our brothers in the future! The big man said and looked at the unfinished breakfast on the table between the two, and then said, "I didn't expect you newcomers to be rich!" And what good things to take out as soon as possible and offer them to our brothers to enjoy. ”
"Are you saying that everyone around here listens to you, and you are the leader of this side?" Xiahou Zizang asked.
"Of course, pink-faced boy, I will cover you in the future, don't be afraid of someone making trouble for you!" Dahan said.
Xiahou Zizang and Xiahou Zijiang glanced at each other, the two were just about to go to find the leader of a disaster victim, and a disaster leader sent him to the door.