Chapter Five: The Discussion of the Countryside (I)
Xiang Liang asked, "I don't know what the characteristics of the person you are looking for?" ”
"That man is about the same height as me, covered in mud, with a long sword in his hand, it should be a bronze sword, and a tattoo on his face, maybe he has committed some crime."
Xiang Liang, in order to show that he attaches great importance to Xiaohu's search for people, immediately said: "You and Yu'er will drink and eat here first, and I will go to find a painter from this county to come and paint his appearance according to your description." ”
"Thank you very much."
Xiang Yu saw that Wu Xiaohu agreed to live in Xiang's mansion, laughed, and slapped Wu Xiaohu on the shoulder a few times, Xiaohu suddenly felt a little rebellious, and his face was flushed, the power of the overlord is really not covered, the history books record that there is no one in the world for thousands of years, Wu Xiaohu praised from the bottom of his heart: "Brother Xiang, I can't bear your natural divine power buddy, these few shots, buddy's body is going to fall apart." Xiang Yu laughed heartily: "Brother Wu, you are also an eight-foot man, why are your bodies so vulnerable." Wu Xiaohu said: "Hehe, our hometown doesn't use force, and the guys who eat are basically head melons, but there are also people who eat by force, boxers, weightlifters, and all kinds of fighting athletes, that's amazing, but you make a lot of money, like Brother Xiang, you should be able to get a fighting champion or something casually, or maybe a weightlifting champion, haha"
Xiang Yu was interested when he heard him talk nonsense, and then asked, "Oh? Then your hometown must be peaceful and prosperous? But where is your hometown? I'm going to go there someday. ”
Wu Xiaohu snorted and hurriedly changed the topic: "I'm a small place and a small place, not enough to worry about, not enough to worry about, oops, let's patronize and talk, I haven't drunk much of this wine, come, Brother Xiang, I respect you!" After that, picking up a bowl of glutinous rice wine, Xiang Yu is also a person who loves wine, immediately without saying a word, directly picked up the wine jar, and said arrogantly: "Brother Wu, you and I are destined to meet today, it is the will of God, it is too stingy to drink wine with a bowl, it is better for you and me to dry this altar in one go, after drinking you and I are brothers, from now on, we will treat each other with all sincerity, live and die together, and share glory and disgrace." ”
Wu Xiaohu had never met such a bold and sincere person, Xiang Yu's arrogance infected him, and in an instant, he couldn't help but have a sense of pride in his chest, and his blood surged, and he immediately said: "Brother, you masters!" Buddy accompanied! After speaking, the two of them raised the altar to the sky and drank bitterly, only to hear the sound of "gurgling" pouring wine, Xiang Yu drank the whole altar, threw the jar back, and shouted: "Happy!" But there was no Wu Xiaohu in front of him, "Huh", when he looked at the ground, he had already fainted, and Xiang Yu suddenly burst out into a thunderous laugh: "Hahahaha, Brother Wu is a real man, sacrificing his life to accompany the wine, happy and happy." ”
It happened that Xiang Liang found the painter and came back, and when he saw this scene, his head sank, and he shouted angrily: "You erection!" Then he slapped Xiang Yu on the head. Xiang Yu was already a little drunk, and he was even more dizzy by this pat on the head, and when he turned around, he saw that it was his uncle, his eyes were a little sloppy, and he stammered: "Uncle... Uncle, I. . . I'm with. Brother Wu... It's very fateful. Then he fell asleep, Xiang Liang hurriedly stepped forward to check on Wu Xiaohu, his breath was stable, there was no big problem, and he scolded angrily in a low voice: "I'm angry, fortunately, there is no problem, this is going to be drunk to death, I can't spare you." Then he asked the painter to go back for the time being, and called the doorman to carry the two eight-foot men to the room to rest.
Xiang Liang thought to himself, how can these two people have to sleep until the evening, Wu Xiaohu's words and actions are a little extraordinary, but a little unfathomable, this person's origin is unknown, Brother Fan happens to be in Wu County at this time, why don't you invite him tonight to come and see, where does this son come from. Thinking about it, Xiang Liang immediately sent someone to invite Fan Zeng.
After a while, an old man with gray beard and hair walked into Xiang's mansion under the guidance of Xiang Liang's doorman, Xiang Liang greeted him warmly, and said: "Brother Fan, Brother Fan, come on, today I have a jar of novel wine I want to invite Brother Fan to taste one or two, so that Brother Fan can see if it is a world-class wine." ”
The white-bearded old man's eyes lit up: "Oh? What kind of wine made Brother Xiang hesitate, then the old man should taste it well, then, where is this wine now? ”
"It's in the house, but it's not time at this time, Brother Xiang, you and I go into the house to chat, and stay until evening."
"It's good, it's good."
The two then walked through the courtyard into the inner courtyard of Xiang's mansion, and came to the inner hall, Xiang Liang opened the door and said: "Today I went out with Yu'er in the morning, and saw a strangely dressed man on the north street of Wu County, I saw that his face was not an ordinary person, so I sent Yu'er to get acquainted. I saw that Yu'er was so impetuous, and I also came forward to talk to him, but this son was very good at observing words and feelings, and spoke politely with me, and spoke in a measured manner, I felt that he might be a talent, so I also invited him to drink in the house. ”
Fan Zeng's expression was slightly surprised, and he said: "Oh, this son can actually let Yu'er and you invite him to go to the mansion to drink, which can be regarded as some ability, but just because he can observe words and looks, I am afraid that it is not worthy of your attention Brother Xiang." ”
"That's right, I think the same way, but when I was drinking, I asked him about the law of governing the army, this son is the same age as Yu'er, but the law of governing the army he talked about is really a golden and jade good words, every word, and then he said very strange things, I only know a little bit about it, but looking at his look is not like boasting, nonsense, I think he must be a strange talent, since ancient times the talent is elusive, and ordinary people often do not know what to say, so I thought of a way to leave it in the house temporarily, Let Brother Fan also come to see if this son is an extraordinary. ”
Fan Zeng saw that Xiang Liang spoke highly of him, and he was also very interested in Wu Xiaohu at the moment, and asked: "Brother Xiang, you said that you have left this son in the mansion, so I don't know who else is at this time?" ”
Hearing Fan Zeng's question, Xiang Liang was a little embarrassed, and a little angry: "Yu'er is reckless, I went out for a while, and he poured this kid unconscious, and now, both of them are lying on the bed and sobering up." ”
Fan Zeng was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and said: "Yu'er is a person of temperament, it seems that Yu'er and this person are really very close to each other, and when I first saw him, I called my brother and brother drunk, and this son must be extraordinary." When he sobers up, I will have a good reason with him. ”
The sun is about to set, and at dusk, the afterglow shines in the courtyard, just enveloping the pomegranate trees full of fiery red flowers, which are even more bright at this time, and sway slightly with the evening breeze to be extremely beautiful. Wu Xiaohu slowly regained consciousness, opened his eyes, and remembered that he was drinking with Xiang Yu, his mind was hot at that time, his blood was boiling, and then, oops, he drank too high, and the fragments were lying in a groove. Wu Xiaohu stood up with his head on his head, walked out of the house, and when he saw that the sun was about to go down, he couldn't help but feel funny, he had never been so crazy about drinking in his life, I have to say that Xiang Yu has magic power, and he is full of pride, thinking that he has never met such a person when he is so big. At this time, Xiaohu's mouth was dry and he wanted to drink water, but when he passed by the courtyard, he saw Xiang Liang and a white-haired old man standing under the fiery red pomegranate tree, just as Xiang Yu also came out of the house, and saw Wu Xiaohu from afar, and shouted loudly: "Haha, Brother Wu, can you have a good drink this time, my Brother Wu, you admire it very much, let's continue to drink happily tonight!" ”
Wu Xiaohu's scalp was numb, brother, you are really a tiger, Xiang Liang heard this shout, turned around and shouted angrily: "Yu'er, when did you become so addicted to alcohol, how can you do great things in the future like you!" The erector is not a device, and it is called Brother Fan's joke. Xiang Yu saw Xiang Liang and Fan Zeng in the courtyard, and immediately went to salute and said, "Uncle, Mr. Fan, my nephew is reckless." ”
Wu Xiaohu stepped forward and said: "Brother Xiang and I are confidants with a thousand glasses of wine, and I can't help myself for a while, so I drank a few more glasses." ”
"Haha, good, a good wine is a thousand glasses of confidant, I... Xiang Yu heard Wu Xiaohu say such a witty remark, and he was full of interest, Xiang Liang immediately glared at him angrily, and Xiang Yu closed his mouth again.
Wu Xiaohu looked at the white-haired old man in front of him, and thought to himself, this should be Xiang Yu's future father Fan Zeng, the history books record that Fan Zeng is a noble person in Xiang Yu's life, and Xiang Yu is also a teacher and friend, at the age of seventy, he still has to accompany Xiang Yu to embark on the road of resisting the tyrannical Qin, and make a lot of contributions to Xiang Yu.
Xiang Liang said to Fan Zeng: "This is the little brother Wu who has just arrived in the mansion today, the little brother Wu is well versed in the way of governing the army, and he is really a young man and a young hero. Then he said to Wu Xiaohu: "This is Mr. Fan Zengfan, and he has a deep friendship with me. ”
Fan Zeng saluted Wu Xiaohu, and Wu Xiaohu hurriedly followed suit and bowed. Fan Zeng said: "Little Brother Wu, don't be restrained, you're just a bad old man." Wu Xiaohu thought to himself, if you are a bad old man, how can you still be famous in history, and said: "The old gentleman seems to have a crane between his eyebrows, and the crane has a childish face, how can he be a bad old man, and he is Uncle Xiang's best friend, so he must be a person with great wisdom." ”
Wu Xiaohu's tone of praise was sincere, the words were in place, and the sycophants did not leak traces, unfathomable, Fan Zeng was very happy to hear it, thinking that the kid was very good at talking.