Chapter 196: Chaos at the City Gate
Outside the west gate of Chengdu City, the lanterns are colorful, and a pair of soldiers guard the city gate. [Ran^Text^Library] The people who wanted to enter and leave from here were persuaded by the soldiers to go through other gates. I don't know what happened, and the people are panicking.
The old man Zhang of Shilipu has to pick vegetables and sell them in the city every day, relying on the money from the sale to support the family. Today he got up early in the morning and specially selected some good vegetables from the vegetable field. Because Zhang Laohan's dishes are fresh and taste good, Cuixianglou in the city will buy his dishes every day. And today the city gate is sealed, if you come back from a big detour, these vegetables will be dried for a while, and they will lose their quality, and you will lose a lot of money.
Zhang Laohan was persuaded out of the crowd and was still a little unwilling, and pulled the soldier and begged: "Master Jun, you can do it, let me pass?" I'm a food delivery person, and I walk from this side every day, you've seen it! ”
The soldier pushed Zhang Laohan away: "Let's go, there is a big matter today, it was Changshi who personally gave the order, let you in, Lao Tzu will have to lose his job, you will support me for a lifetime?" ”
"This is no bandits, how can you say that it will be sealed, if it is too guarded, it will definitely not be done, let me in, I want to see the ...... guard"
The soldier raised his eyebrows, kicked Zhang Laohan over, and rolled out the burden of vegetables, and the vegetables in it were scattered all over the ground: "Ge Laozi, toast and don't eat and drink, dare to say more, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will arrest you!" ”
A kind person next to him hurriedly helped Zhang Laohan up, helped pack up the burden, and pulled Zhang Laohan to the outside of the crowd: "You are so old, how can you still eat food with those theories, if you are really arrested, how can you be born." ”
In the end, he works in the field every day, and although he is old, it is not a big deal to be kicked. Patting his buttocks, Zhang Laohan was angry: "Taishou is merciful, he will never give such an order, it must be that Changshi Hulai, next time I see Taishou, I must tell his old man about this!" ”
"Hey! Why are you so stubborn? Do you know why this Simon is sealed today? ”
"You know?"
The man smiled, pretending to mysteriously pull Zhang Laohan aside: "I heard that there is a large army returning to the city, or a triumphant!" ”
"Oh? Haven't you heard of a war? ”
"You don't understand this, how can we let the people know about the affairs of the imperial court, I heard that Taishou sent people to destroy the Yuanshan thieves, and killed them in the Qiang land, turning the Qiang people upside down, and now the blood that has been killed on the grassland is like a river!"
"Really? Don't say that the Qiang people are heroes, if they kill the Yuanshan thieves, if that's the case, the old man and I didn't suffer in vain! Those Yuanshan thieves are not things, when I was still living in Jiangyuan County, there were often Yuanshan thieves who came down the mountain to rob, if it wasn't for my two sons who sacrificed their lives to rescue me, this old bone would have been gone long ago. As he spoke, Zhang Laohan wiped a handful of tears.
"Isn't it? I heard that this time it was Su Shi Peng who led the troops, do you know Su Shi Peng? It was the Su Shipeng who moved the servants into our Shu County, and for this reason, he also took away the Sancheng family property of the Meng Changshi family! ”
"Su Shipeng? Haven't heard of it! ”
The man choked on this sentence and vomited blood, and waved his hand: "It's really boring to talk to you, let's carry your vegetable burden and go, don't look for it here!" ”
Zhang Laohan frowned, a little unhappy in his heart. Is a small city worth making such a big move?
People talked a lot, and the most talked about the Yuanshan bandits and the Qiang land. For Su Ren, who has only appeared a few times in Chengdu, the people of Chengdu do not have much impression in their hearts.
There were more and more crowded people at the west gate of Chengdu, and the soldiers persuaded them one by one, and they were a little upset when they said that their mouths were dry and they began to drive away. After being struck twice by the halberd poles, the people began to evacuate. Some people look for other gates to enter and exit the city, while others die here and wait, hoping that Su Shipeng will come back quickly and let them into the city.
There is a tea stall by the city wall, which was erected not long ago. On a bamboo pole, a tea-shaped flag fluttering high in the wind flutters. Two grass huts and a few tables of eight immortals are the layout of the entire tea stall. Although these things are not valuable, such a large bowl of tea is still quite attractive. Especially in summer, when your mouth is dry from the scorching sun, it is not bad to drink a bowl of tea at the tea stall and rest your feet, but that bowl of tea is a little expensive.
Today, I was not allowed to enter the city, and the tea stalls were full of people. The tea stall was opened by a young man, not very old, and very energetic. A neat and tidy suit of clothes. In one hand he carried a huge teapot, and in the other he held a large stack of thick bowls. When someone came in, he beckoned him to sit down, put down a thick bowl, poured a bowl of brown tea, said a few words casually, and busied himself to see the others.
Zhang Laohan is consumed with those soldiers today, and he must enter the city through the West Gate. His dish was thrown to the ground, and he couldn't see it for a long time. Not to mention that the high-end Cuixiang Building will not be wanted, even the women on the street have to bargain when they see it.
glared viciously at the soldiers at the city gate, and yelled at the young man who poured the tea: "Boy, bring me a bowl!" ”
The young man agreed, ran over with a smile on his face, put down the thick bowl in his arms, took out one and put it in front of Zhang Laohan, lifted the big teapot and filled the bowl: "You are always slow to use, just say hello if you need anything." ”
Tea drinking originated from Su Ren, and warm water has basically become a thing for every household to entertain. Of course, the rich and powerful are the best fragrant tea, which is also accompanied by sesame seeds and spices as a concoction, and the most common people drink is this big bowl of tea, which is cheap and affordable. In Chengdu, although the upper class has a habit of good tea, not many ordinary people drink this bitter and astringent thing.
Zhang Laohan looked at a bowl of brown tea soup, frowned, and then picked up the bowl and took a sip gently. The entrance of the tea was bitter and unbearable, and the old man Zhang's eyebrows stood up, and he hurriedly spit on the ground. I am angry in my heart, and I can't do anything to those soldiers, so I have to find a place to vent.
"Smack!" With a bang, the tea bowl slammed on the table of the Eight Immortals: "Boy, come here!" What is this that you give Lao Tzu to drink, and it costs a dollar for such a thing? ”
The young man smiled: "Guest officer, this big bowl of tea is this taste, if you don't like it, this bowl of tea will not charge you money!" ”
When Zhang Laohan heard this, he became angry. took out a copper coin from his chest and slapped it on the table: "You don't need to ask, you will explain it to me today, you give Lao Tzu this thing, do you want to poison the old man or what?" ”
The young man was a little helpless: "Old man, I really have a big bowl of tea, I learned it from warm water, and it was made by Su Shipeng, everyone else thinks it's good, why are you ......?"
"It's this Su Shipeng again? Am I planted in the hands of this Su Shi Peng today, I can't enter the city for his food, and my family's food is gone, and he made this kind of bitter soup, let you cheat my old man of a copper coin, inside and out, the ten dollars I lost today are all the scourge of that bullshit Su Shi Peng! ”
Zhang Laohan's voice was very loud, attracting countless onlookers. The young man's tea stall is in business, and if this matter is not handled well, he will never be able to stay here again. After thinking about it, he took out ten coins from his waist and said to Zhang Laohan: "Okay, I'm unlucky today, if I meet you as unreasonable, I'll pay you ten dollars, and please leave!" ”
"Old man, I don't want your money!" Zhang Laohan said no, but his eyes kept looking at the copper coin, and he was a little surprised and a little surprised. He didn't expect that this young man from a small tea stall would be able to find ten yuan from his body casually, knowing that this money could buy more than one stone of grain and rice, enough for his family to eat for half a month.
"And what the hell are you going to do?"
The crowd in front of the tea stall became more and more crowded, and the road was full. The already crowded city gates will be even more crowded. The soldiers struggled to evacuate the crowd, but there were too many of them, and they evacuated the front, and the back was blocked.
Before Zhang Laohan could speak, a soldier walked into the crowd with a huge halberd. looked left and right, recognized Zhang Laohan at a glance, and kicked over the vegetable burden that Zhang Laohan put on the table: "You're an old thing again, why don't you leave?" Do you really want to go in and eat two days in prison? ”
The soldier saw a dozen copper coins on the table, took them with his hand, and stuffed them into his chest with a smile: "Okay, it's all scattered, if the army arrives, a burst of horses' hooves will trample you into pulp, what should you do, scatter!" ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to grab Zhang Laohan, but Zhang Laohan hurriedly took two steps back. The soldier smiled: "Dare to hide!" Hide a little longer, Lao Tzu will correct you on the spot! Lord Changshi has already spoken, if there is a disobedient person who will cut you first and then play, Lao Tzu will kill you and have nothing to do. ”
The young man who opened the tea shop saw that the soldiers were going to arrest people, so he hurriedly blocked in front of the soldiers, and said with a smile: "This military master, let's talk, but we don't dare to block the road and affect the army to enter the city." ”
The soldier rolled his eyes, wanted to raise his hand to shake off the young man's hand, waved it but failed, and couldn't help muttering in his heart. He looked the young man up and down. The young man is not bad, not tall, his face is black and red, his hands are extremely huge, his arms are very thick, and he looks like a person who works all year round.
I shook it again, but I still didn't shake it: "Let go!" Lao Tzu told you to let go! ”
The young man was still smiling, but he added a little more strength to his hands. Just when the soldier couldn't stand it anymore, he suddenly let go of his hand. The soldier stumbled into the person watching the excitement behind him. Hurriedly grabbed his halberd: "Ge Laozi, want to rebel?" ”
Zhang Laohan said angrily: "You unreasonable turtle sons, relying on that bullshit market, doing evil all day long, isn't it just a city?" Put a good city gate to prevent us from passing, drink a tea and say that we rebelled, grandpa and I just rebelled, what's the matter? ”
The scene instantly became cold because of Zhang Laohan's words, and the onlookers looked at Zhang Laohan with wide eyes. The soldier was also stunned: "You, you, you ......!" ”
Zhang Laohan spoke, and then he realized that he was wrong. How could you say anything about rebellion, so I was stunned on the spot.
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