Chapter 1 Sending off the old man

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As soon as the fish belly was white, Kang Tongan was awakened by the sound of his father's "bang" kicking the door, and he got up with his hairpin, dressed, and dressed, and then hurriedly ran to open the door and shouted "Dad" timidly. The old man didn't say a word with a straight face, just threw the gun in his hand, Kang Tongan took it, trotted to the middle of the courtyard, and played according to the moves he had practiced since he could remember.

Kang Tongan had never been lazy in bed before, and he got up to practice guns on the fifth watch of the rooster's song, practiced Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer, without interruption. But the day before yesterday, my father actually sold the only chicken in the family, saying that he wanted to see off the old man from before. Other people's families raise hens to lay eggs to subsidize the family, but their family wants to raise a rooster, to put it bluntly, it is to remind Tong'an to get up and practice guns during the fifth watch. Now that there is no rooster crowing, Kang Tongan can always sleep until dawn.

Blocking, taking, piercing, stabbing, riding, winding, ringing, pounced, pointed, dialed, just after the first practice, he was shouted by his father, Tong'an thought that he was going to scold his poor marksmanship again, sorry for this ancestral black snake gun. Who knew that my father actually said lightly, let's practice here today, go wash and change into better clothes, and go out with me after breakfast.

Tong'an only has two sets of clothes in total, half-arm Mai for martial arts practice and Mai with sleeves for going out. The only better clothes are this sleeved linen clothes, which practice guns at home every day, and the half-arm linen has long been patched.

Tong An's house was in the southwest corner of Weizhou City, and his father took him to the northeast, and he didn't dare to ask where his father was going, but when he saw that his father was carrying the two jars of wine exchanged for a rooster, he knew that this was to see off Lao Shichang. The more and more prosperous, and finally stopped at the Shendi Building on the south side of the Jiedu Embassy, which made Tong'an a little surprised, a small Shichang, the farewell banquet was actually placed in the most famous restaurant in Weibo. What made Tong'an even more puzzled was that it had just been three poles in the morning, and the Shendian Tower had not yet opened, and it was bustling in front of the door, full of mighty old men and young men in fresh clothes and angry horses.

Those old people gathered in groups to catch up with the past, and the sons and brothers behind them stood bored. Dad leaned against the pillars on the side of the street and stopped moving forward, and Tong'an stopped and didn't walk into the crowd. The old man and the young man glanced at the shabby father and son, their faces full of disdain, it seemed that no one knew the father. Daddy's farewell banquet should not be the same as theirs.

It was nearly noon when a carriage came slowly under the rider's command, and everyone stopped talking and gathered around of him, and the father even moved forward. He didn't know anyone else, but he knew the knight at the head of the convoy, that was Li Changchun, the son of the general of the Wei Boya Army. An old man with a tired face stepped down from the carriage, and the people around him, General Li, and General Li greeted him briefly, there was no doubt that this was Li Chengping, the general of the Tooth Army. No wonder the pomp is so big, a small tooth army dares to go sideways, let alone the general of the tooth army. The old general hugged his fist majestically, looked around, and said loudly, I'm sorry, I've kept you waiting, please go into the restaurant. Dad also followed the crowd into the restaurant, and sat down at the table in the corner, the other tables were almost full, only they were two people at the table.

At this time, two teenagers hurriedly entered, led by Tian Xu, the sixth son of Wei Bojie's envoy, and the other one he didn't know, and it should be his entourage.

Tian Xu walked forward quickly, clasped his fists and saluted: "The little nephew has seen the old general." ”

Li Chengping hurriedly came over and hugged him: "The son can come to see off the old man, it's really brilliant, spontaneous!" ”

Tian Xu got up calmly, and continued, "My father is unwell and can't come in person, so I specially ordered my little nephew to see off the old general, and I will prepare a little gift, please smile." ”

"I went to visit the king of the county yesterday, but I couldn't see him, is the king of the county in good health now?" The old general's face was full of concern.

"When I first came out, my father was still asleep, and it had been a day and a night." Tian Xu's voice was extremely low.

"Childe, please take a seat." The old general didn't ask, and personally led Tian Xu to sit down.

His entourage, looking around, walked straight to their table in Tong'an. After sitting down, he hugged his fist at his father with a calm expression, and there was no look of disdain or embarrassment.

"In Shimoda Xing, dare to ask the old man Gao's name?" The teenager was polite.

"Kang Guoan, nobody." Daddy is neither humble nor arrogant.

"I would venture to ask, are you the black snake Kang?" There was a gleam in the boy's eyes.

"Do you still know about Black Snake Kang?" Tong An could clearly feel his father's excitement, Wu Snake Kang, he hadn't heard of it.

"I often hear my father say that the black snake Kang relied on a black snake gun, and rushed into the chaos with a horse, as if entering a no-man's land, three entered the city of Tongguan, and rescued Shi Chang and his father surrounded by the Tang army." The young man's eyes were full of admiration and admiration, Tong An felt that he might have recognized the wrong person, although there was a black snake gun at home, but the father taught all the moves on the ground, never taught the marksmanship on the horse, and the family could not afford to buy a horse, so the brave rider could not be a lame father.

"What's your father's name?" Daddy stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

"Father Tian Tingju." After the boy finished speaking, he waited expectantly for his father's response.

Dad was still pondering, as if he didn't know this Tian Tingju. But Tong'an knows who this person is, this is the cousin of the king of Yanmen County, Xiangzhou Assassin Shi. The young man in front of him turned out to be the son of the Tian family.

At this time, the old general began to address the crowd, and the father was still pondering.

When the old general was about to finish speaking, a man dressed as a servant ran in in a panic, and he didn't care about any etiquette, he rushed straight to Tian Xu, and said in a trembling voice: "The king of the county is back, back, and the west." ”

Although the voice was soft, the old general who was giving a speech heard it, and he already knew what was happening when the servant came in in a panic. The old general paused: "Thank you for supporting today, the old man is very grateful, please eat and drink as you like." After speaking, he was going to leave with Tian Xu.

When Tian Xu arrived at the door, he shouted softly: "Brother Xing, go back to the house quickly." ”

The whole hall watched this scene in amazement, and the people with quick eyes had already guessed what was happening and began to leave the table, and soon the rest of the people also knew about it and left one after another. Only the father began to eat and drink inexplicably, and beckoned Kang Tongan to eat chicken legs. The two, who hadn't opened a meat dish for several years, feasted on it. When the Li family was about to leave, they found that the father and son were still eating in the corner, and from time to time they made a smacking sound, so they said in a curtled voice: "Have you two eaten enough?" If you're not full, you can eat slowly, and we'll go first. ”

Daddy squeezed out a sentence from the gap in his mouth full of meat: "Wait, wait a minute." ”

After taking a sip of wine, he washed down the meat in his mouth, walked over with the wine he had exchanged for a rooster, burped and said, "I just forgot to give you this stalactite wine I matched, and Kang Guoan will be recorded on the gift list." ”

The little servant took the two jars of wine, looked at the steward, and sneered: "You are embarrassed to register these two jars of wine on the general's gift list?" ”

The steward scolded the little guy, walked over quickly, and after a little salute, he asked, "Dare to ask what Uncle Kang is doing now?" I'll go back and talk to the general. "Wei Bo has a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in this realm, and the steward doesn't dare to make a mistake, and if he accidentally offends a true god, he has a few heads that are not enough to fall off.

"If there is no official or position, I am a small people. My stalactite wine can help the joints, invigorate the blood and dispel wind, and treat foot diseases, so I must bring it to Lao Li. Daddy wiped his mouth and turned around to continue eating.

Lao Li, this lame old man dared to call the general like that, and the steward was so frightened that he was shocked, but fortunately he didn't make a mistake. Hurriedly took the gift list and wrote down: Kang Guoan, two jars of stalactite wine. After writing it, he said flatteringly: "Master Kang, I have already registered your stalactite wine, do you want to look at it." ”

"No, no, I don't, I don't know how to read. Oh, yes, yes, I can't take these things away. Daddy took a bite of the flesh and said indistinctly, almost choking.

Tong An, who was drinking, heard this sentence and squirted a sip of wine onto the table. As soon as he heard the steward call his father "Master Kang", he almost squirted, and he just held back, this time he really couldn't bear it.

"Yes, yes, you can take everything here." After smiling and replying to his father's words, he turned his head and shouted at the shopkeeper of the Shendian Building: "Old Wangtou, I will install it for Master Kang later, and send it to the house by the way, do you hear?!" ”

"Okay, okay, no problem." The shopkeeper of the Shen Di Lou is only promised.

After the Li family left, the shopkeeper's arranger wrapped all the wine and food that had not been touched on the other tables, and even the wine and food that had not come in the back kitchen were also served. Tong An was dumbfounded, he suspected that his father was here to cheat and cheat today, and the deception was first-class, unheard of.

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