At the corner of the street, the young man hesitated, at this time there were more and more pedestrians on the street, and the surrounding breakfast shops began to steam, and the fragrance of steamed buns, fried dough sticks and noodles wafted slowly. The boy glanced at the food, swallowed another mouthful of saliva, and then gurgled in his stomach a few times.

It wasn't that he hadn't taken food directly from these shops when he was hungry, but he also knew that they would be very angry if they didn't give some metal to these vendors. He had some pieces of iron that he used to hunt and make darts, and he gave them to the peddlers, but the metal didn't seem to discourage them. And he himself is too good to resist a few times without noticing, and he may not hurt these hawkers.

Alas, I have a headache when I think about it, so I still endure my hunger and see if I can find some fruit or dogs in the city to satisfy my hunger.

Just as he was in a trance, he suddenly hit the top of the stick on his left waist.

The young man's reaction was like electricity, and the muscles in his waist naturally loosened and sank, and then he stuck to the stick and pulled it, and turned around. I saw a capable young man of similar size to him being dragged by him and fell forward to the ground. I saw the young man in linen straw sandals, his face was dirty, there were several torn patches on his clothes and pants, he was holding a bamboo stick in one hand and a white-flour steamed bun in the other, but it turned out to be a little beggar. I saw that he was about the same size as the young man, although he was born thin, but his eyes were quite alert and fierce.

The little beggar was thrown to the ground like this, turned around and glared at the young man, as if he was about to get up and pounce on the young man, and teach the pale young man a good lesson in the way of the scoundrel fight, but he didn't know how to start for a while, so he stared at it for a long time, and suddenly heyed, and brought the dusty steamed bun in his hand to his mouth, and took a big bite viciously, but he was accidentally choked and coughed. When the cough stopped, the little beggar looked at the steamed bun in his hand, suddenly raised his head and laughed, then threw the steamed bun in his hand, turned around and walked to a vendor's steamer, picked two large freshly baked white flour steamed buns, and threw one of them in the direction of the young man behind him, the young man reached out to catch it, only to see that the white steamed bun had been printed with a few black fingerprints of the little beggar.

The young man didn't care, took the steamed bun and ate it, the little beggar had turned back to sit on the wooden table of the steamer at this time, the steam in the cage was slightly smoked, the morning sun was gradually fierce, and the little beggar's face was full of smiles.

Seeing that the little beggar didn't eat the steamed buns in his hand, he suddenly got up and walked straight to the young man, then patted the young man's shoulder, and said happily: "Idiot boy, be my brother to Xiang Youer!" With that, he handed the steamed bun in his hand to the young man.

The young man was stunned for a moment, just now he instinctively fell the little beggar who called himself Xiang You'er, and caused his steamed bun to fall to the ground, he was quite sorry in his heart, but he was speechless, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while. He thought that Xiang You'er was going to beat him up and get angry, but he secretly made up his mind in his heart and never fought back. Unexpectedly, this You'er acted very strangely, not only did not beat him out of anger, but also invited him to eat steamed buns! The boy grew up in a cottage since he was a child, where although the people are simple, but there is revenge on weekdays. He was quite good at watching the situation, but he didn't feel any evil in Xiang You'er at all, but he had a warm feeling of closeness, so he didn't feel confused in his heart, so he opened his mouth and replied: "Be a brother?" All right! He took the steamed bun in Xiang Youer's hand.

This time it was Xiang You'er's turn to be surprised. He is the famous leader of the ruffians in the south of the capital city, although he is not very old, he is a heroic and heroic man, and he is respected by the ruffians. This morning, he wandered to the mouth of the beast in the south of the city, and saw this pale young man in gray cloth standing in the middle of the street, swallowing in a daze. Xiang Youer was also born in poverty, so since he was a child, he couldn't see the same poor boy suffering from this hunger, so he took a steamed bun from Ding Bo at the corner of the street without authorization, and wanted to give it to the young man, but he was thrown by him and ate. He was originally furious, but when he saw the young man's apologetic but overwhelmed face, he was relieved, and he looked at the strange young man in front of him. He thought carefully about the few tricks that the young man naturally threw himself down, and this thought realized that it was really clever. He himself is also a veteran of brawls, and he will be thrown down by a young man without using his hands, Xiang Youer couldn't help but look at this young man differently in his heart, and then he loved talent and opened his mouth to make friends. He originally thought that the young man had special abilities and would be difficult to make friends, but he was cheerful by nature, and he had to try what he wanted to do, no matter how difficult it was. He had already thought that if the boy rejected him, he should say something like "there will be a time after the hero" to make a scene.

Unexpectedly, the young man agreed with a faint "yes".

Xiang You'er was stunned for a moment, reached out and patted the young man's back three times, and shouted, "Okay! Good! Good! ”

After that, he put his arm around the young man's shoulders and said to Ding Bo, who was in the early shop: "Ding Bo, you see, my Xiang You'er has accepted another brother, Ding Bo, if this kid comes to eat snacks in the future, it will all be counted in my Xiang You'er's account." ”

As he spoke, he grabbed a few steamed buns and stuffed them into the young man's arms, took a few steamed buns and put them in his arms, turned to the young man and said, "I'm sorry brother, we can only invite you to eat steamed buns for our farewell wine, the buns are too expensive, and I can't afford it, brother." ”

As he spoke, he shouted to Ding Bo: "Ding Bo, there is not enough copper money on Lao Tzu today, write down the steamed buns for me first, and make up for it for you another day!" Ding Bo turned his back and only replied: "Eat, eat, eat......" turned around and left, muttering to himself in a low voice: "Glutton, come and eat your own steamed buns, if you don't make up for it, you can do it." ”

In fact, among the ruffians within a radius of several miles, it is counted that this You'er party remembers to make up the account after eating. Ding Bo's family is lonely, he has two sons, but the eldest son died in the army, but the second son is a white-eyed wolf, since Ding Bo's wife left, he left Ding Bo alone. Ding Bo was kicked out of the door after being beaten and scolded by his second son that day, and was seen by the little beggar Bear Dog of Xiang Youer's party on the street, so he entangled four or five ruffians to teach the white-eyed wolf a lesson. After that, Xiang Youer and his party put together a piece of work and built an early shop for Ding Bo. Although Ding Bo's steamed steamed buns were dry and hard, and the fried fritters were soft and thin, Xiang Youer insisted on taking a group of little ruffians to patronize his business every day. Although Ding Bo is old and faint, he also knows that these children are really good to him, and he has long treated them as his grandchildren. When they came to get their steamed buns, Ding Bo always pretended to be deaf and dumb, and when they came to pay the bill, Ding Bo also pretended to forget, but even so, Xiang You'er and his group never owed the debt. Many small merchants and vendors in the south of the city have a similar experience to Ding Bo, and although they scold and scold Xiang Youer's party on weekdays, they cherish it in their hearts. At this time, Ding Bo saw that Xiang Youer had accepted another brother, and he was also happy for him in his heart.

I saw Xiang You'er hugging the young man, patting him on the shoulder, and said, "Brother, listen to the accent, you're not a local, my brother will take you around!" By the way, this morning, for some reason, notices of conscription were posted on the streets and alleys, saying that the emperor was going to personally conquer the Northern Expedition. This time, the conditions are quite lenient, you don't need your father or ancestor to be a military household, as long as you are a man over 16 years old! Brother, how old are you? ”

The boy replied, "Sixteen! ”

Xiang You'er clapped her hands and laughed: "Lao Tzu is nineteen, older than you!" Brothers, they all say that since ancient times, good men died on the battlefield, and in the past, I Xiang Youer had the intention to join the army, but I failed to do so because the conscription conditions were too strict. Now you can be regarded as having fulfilled your wish, brother, since you know each other, are you willing to join the army with Lao Tzu? ”

The boy nodded again and said, "Okay! ”

Xiang You'er was overjoyed, he knew that this young man was just stupid on the outside, but he was as golden and jade as he was inside. Although he had only known this young man for a few moments, he had already had a heart-to-heart feeling for this young man. And the young man also felt that Xiang Youer was heroic and enthusiastic, and he was quite close. He grew up in the village, and although he knew people of the same age in addition to his master, the other children did not like to play with him when they saw that he was silent, and the young man did not care. It's just that now that I see Xiang You'er, I always feel that the person in front of me who claims to be my brother is wonderful and funny, and when I listen to him, there seems to be some warm and surging feelings in my chest, as if he was walking in the mountains of his hometown and suddenly felt that the clouds were flying in front of him for hundreds of miles. So when Xiang You'er asked if he was going to join the army, the young man thought that the master didn't know where to go anyway, so it would be better to go to the army together to have fun, so he agreed.

Pingbai picked up a brother who was both in love and good at kung fu, and learned that he was expected to join the army, Xiang Youer was in a very happy mood at the moment, and he led the young man around, he was the head snake of the capital, and Xiang Youer was so familiar with the alleys and alleys in the imperial capital that he couldn't be more familiar, and the young man seemed to be interested in everything wherever he was, his tongue seemed to open the floodgates, and along the way, he beat himself up from the neighbors of the storyteller and the neighbors to wear the real history of the capital on a house and a tile in the capital, It is said that this capital is like a desolate world. The more the young man listened, the more fascinated he became, and after this blow, half a day had passed in a hurry. Speaking of which, it was already said that the wild history and miscellaneous rumors in Xiang Youer's womb had been hollowed out, and his own ambitions were also said.

Xiang Youer didn't talk about his accomplices on weekdays, but today maybe the young man was too good as an audience, and Xiang Youer had a great chat. He was an orphan since he was a child, and since he was a child, he did all kinds of menial work such as washing horses and chopping wood, and later because his temper was too stubborn, he finally fell into the streets. He is different from other ruffians, just entangled with like-minded people, and gradually dozens of life-loving ruffian brothers gathered around him, but what he said on weekdays is that some trivial things in the streets and alleys are fighting and killing, and the ambition in Xiang Youer's heart is impossible to describe.

At this time, they had already gone around to the west of the city, Xiang Youer pointed to a huge mansion for the young man to see, only to see the purple pillar of the Zhumen Gate of the house, quite magnificent, there was a plaque on the gate, and there were four big characters on it, "Anguo Zhenbang".

Xiang Youer said to the young man: "This is the Anguo Mansion, this first generation of An Guogong is Mu Ying, the famous general among the twelve ministers of Taizu that I told you, the Qi Dynasty has changed in four hundred years, and only this Anguo Mansion can still stand!" This generation of Anguo Gong Mu Yunzi Huai, can also be regarded as a generation of famous generals, thirty years ago he led the army to the rebellion in the south of Ping'an, it was still a matter of the Wuzong Dynasty! As he spoke, he looked at the young man and said, "The treasure knife is afraid of the rust of the empty sheath, and the good horse is not afraid of the old man." When the dust rises from the side post, the horizontal knife is immediately heroic. This is rumored to be written by this An Guogong, who is heroic and heroic, and can be described as a man! Saying that, his heart was surging, and he stared at the "Anguo Zhenbang" for a long time, shook his head, and said with a smile: "Of course, there is another good thing about this Anguo Mansion, that is, the taste of his braised chicken is a must in the capital!" Lao Tzu will take you to taste it? ”

After that, Xiang Youer took the young man to take a detour to an inconspicuous alley next to Anguo's mansion, they often came here to steal food, and over time they found the hidden convenience here, only to see him pulling grass and stones, and after a while, he turned out a hole that was barely enough for a person to drill, he and the young man were both thin, and they should be able to drill through, if they changed their own party, they would have to be stuck. At this time, he turned around and greeted the young man, only to find that the young man had disappeared in a moment!

Xiang You'er was startled, looked around, and suddenly heard the sound of tiles tapping lightly above his head, Xiang You'er turned around when he heard the sound, but found that the young man was already lying on the top of the courtyard wall, staring at him, his eyes were full of doubts, as if he didn't know why he didn't go over the wall directly.

It is said that this Anguo Mansion is not an ordinary courtyard, this ordinary courtyard wall is at most eight or nine feet high, and the outer wall of the Anguo Mansion is already one foot and three feet, so although this ruffian is hungry for the food of the Anguo Mansion, he has never chosen to climb over the wall to enter, until he opens up this wall hole, so that he can evaluate and compare the taste of the braised chicken in the Anguo Mansion and other mansions. At this time, he saw that the young man seemed to go up to the outer wall without difficulty, although he was sure that the young man had unpredictable martial arts, but the youthful spirit in his heart was aroused, so he did not go to the hole in the wall.

He kicked the earth and stone at the entrance of the cave a few times, and then took several steps backwards, helping to run towards the courtyard wall, and he was about to reach the corner, he used his feet hard, and jumped upwards with all his strength, and rubbed the corner tip on the wall a few times in the air, but finally fell one or two feet short, and he was already falling. Xiang You'er saw that he was about to fall hard, but he didn't say a word in his mouth, and he was about to touch the ground, when suddenly his waist tightened, as if he was entangled by ropes and the like, and then he was vigorously pulled and thrown, he was calm, but he found that he had been placed on top of the outer wall.

He knew in his heart that it must be this young man who saved him, and he really admired his ability to the ground! For the first time at this moment, he looked down on the Anguo Mansion from the top of this high wall, and imagined in his heart that although An Guogong was the owner of this mansion, he must have never seen his own courtyard from this angle. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel proud again, if it weren't for being in danger at the moment, I'm afraid he would have to laugh out loud again according to his personality. At this time, he turned his eyes to look at the young man, only to feel that when the young man was serious, his eyes were no longer as innocent and indifferent as in the daytime, but instead of sharp and clear. At this time, the young man looked at him, and his eyes seemed to ask him what he should do at this time, Xiang You'er was sure in his heart, so he made a gesture, signaling the two to hide in the shadow on the top of the wall for the time being, and observe the terrain in the house.

Xiang You'er, the Duke of Anguo, had already been here several times, and he knew where the kitchen was, but the height was different at the moment, so he wanted to take a closer look at how the courtyard was arranged. At this time, he raised his eyes to look, but found that this Anguo Mansion is far bigger than he imagined, the rise and fall of the past four hundred years is also reflected in this courtyard, the house on the east side of this courtyard is newer, and the east side is relatively old, the courtyard is the cloister water pavilion rockery, the middle is the guest hall, the kitchen, the study, the attic, etc., the end of the style, as for the inside, it is impossible to see at the top of the wall. The stables and drill ground are on the west side.

Just as he was about to look at it again, he heard a clear man's voice sounding: "Anguo Gongmingjian, students have three strategies, the near strategy can retreat from the northern Hu people, the middle strategy can calm the disaster and compassionate the people, and the long-term strategy can enrich the country and strengthen the country. Students don't ask for fame, just for the people of the world! ”

Xiang You'er and the young man followed the sound, and saw a young man in cloth dressed as a scholar standing in front of the wall, about twenty or so looks, only to see that he had sword eyebrows and a tall figure.

He said this generously, but no one paid attention to him, a moment later, but saw an old woman who was a miscellaneous servant in the house came to the scholar with a burden, and said to the scholar tremblingly: "Son, you have come for the seventh time in the past few days, today my lord came back from the court, I don't know how to get angry, and tore up your letter, and then my lord felt that he was not going, and instructed the slave to wrap some snacks and food for you, and returned you together with the cost of your money to our slave in the past few days, so that you can use it as the cost of returning to your hometown." Son, my lord also said that if Childe really wants to serve the country and can't be a soldier, he can also get a job. ”

When the scholar heard this, he seemed to be extremely depressed in his chest, and he looked up to the sky and sighed. After sighing, the scholar took the burden in the old woman's hand, thanked him, and then said abruptly: "Mother-in-law, please bring a word to Miss, just say that Wei is grateful to Miss for her blue eyes, but this is the eternal secret, Miss Wei has no way to repay her kindness, I am really ashamed!" ”

turned around and walked towards the door of the house, at this time, looking at his back, it was no longer as lofty as Fang Cai, only to see him walk sluggishly, and slowly walked out of the door of the house. Just went out, the door behind him had already closed with a "bang", the scholar stood silently for a moment, suddenly threw the burden in his hand to the door, and then shook his shirt and strode into the distance.

After closing the door of the mansion, the old woman glanced at Xiang You'er and them as if she didn't have any, Xiang You'er at the head of the wall had already noticed that something was wrong, pulled the young man's sleeve, pointed to the mansion door, and the two of them slipped down the courtyard wall along the wall. Xiang You'er waited for the scholar to go away, so he quickly slipped over and picked up the burden discarded by the scholar, and found a no-man's corner with the young man to open it to take a look, only to see that in addition to a dozen taels of silver and some broken silver, there was also a bag of delicate snacks wrapped in oilcloth, a carefully glued torn letter and a small plain stick made of cyan silk cloth, which looked like it was cut from a man's clothes.

Although Xiang Youer is a ruffian, he learned a few words when he was a scholar, and later the blind fortune teller at the corner of the street and the storyteller in the alley also taught him to read, and he is not illiterate. At this time, he stared at it, only to see that the handwriting on the letter was clear and the pen style was atmospheric, Xiang Youer grabbed the strength to read a few sentences, although he felt that it was also laborious to look at it, but he read it all the way.

The more he looked at it, the more frowning he became, and he watched it for a long time before he finished reading. After reading it, Xiang Youer closed the letter and sighed, after sighing, Xiang Youer patted her head, then wrapped her baggage, carried it on her shoulders, waved her hand and beckoned the young man to follow her and walk deeper into the streets.

At this time, in an elegant boudoir in the Anguo Mansion, the old woman who had just driven away the scholar stood behind the screen, and asked in a crisp and pleasant voice: "Granny Qian, is he gone?" The voice sounded gentle and soft, like a spring stream.

Granny Qian coughed a few times and said, "Fang has already left." ”

Then there was a shallow sigh from the screen, which seemed to be sorrow and joy, and after the sigh, only the woman could be heard again: "What words did he have when he left?" ”

Granny Qian said: "No! ”

There was silence for a long time behind the screen, and the woman only opened her voice, only to hear that voice was full of exhaustion, and said, "Granny Qian, you have to work, you go down." ”

Granny Qian sang a promise and turned to leave.

Outside the Qianqing Palace, under the remnant sun, the young Ninety-Five Venerable Xiao Zhen stood in front of the jade brick, closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the air in the imperial city in the evening, and for a while, he didn't look back, but said behind him: "Second brother, you said that I was right to do this. ”

Seven steps away from him, in the huge shadow of the palace, there stood an equally lofty young man with his hands down, but it was Qin Wang Xiao.

When he heard this, he said slowly: "The destiny of heaven is unpredictable, how can the trip of the Son of Heaven be measured by right and wrong." ”

Xiao Zhen said: "Not bad. He paused, and said with his hand in his arms: "Second brother, you once said that the king is a sacrificial vessel for the common people, and although he has been anointed with the blood of the people, he should do his best to give the people a peaceful life...... Now...... Do you agree with that? ”

King Qin said: "There is no doubt about it. ”

Xiao Zhen took a deep breath and said, "Okay! As he spoke, he turned around and walked in front of King Qin, patted King Qin's arm and said, "Next month, I will be in charge of the state affairs to the second brother." ”

After saying that, he turned around again, looked at the clouds on the horizon and said, "Qin Wang Xiao? Listen to the order, when I am away, I will do three things for you. First, cooperate with Liu Shiqi to transfer Yangzhou soldiers to the north, and the soldiers who go north need to carry grain and grass, of which fifty percent are transferred to Ludong to make food for river disaster relief, and forty percent are transferred to Datong, and the soldiers are filled into the Shence army, and the rest is determined by you and the cabinet.

Second, during the Northern Expedition, Shi Xin and the three major battalions went out with me, and I had already focused on Fang Che to transfer the Qishan Battalion to temporarily serve as the defense of Gyeonggi, so that the slut would have no army to rely on, and now in the Northern Expedition, you can use the matter of raising food to thoroughly investigate the matter of the slut's party annexing the fire consumption and empty salary.

Third, I have secretly decreed Zuo Yong, once the evidence is verified, you can let go of the punishment of that slut in the capital. ”

When the king of Qin heard this, he bowed three times and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Xiao Zhen raised his head and sighed: "This Northern Expedition will not be easy, I hope that when I triumph, you can return me to a peaceful world." Second brother, I've worked hard for you, go down. ”

When the King of Qin heard this, he kowtowed and left.

Xiao Zhen looked at the setting sun alone and muttered to himself, "Second brother, is it really right for me to do this?" ”

"Tongjian: The Biography of the Gallant Marquis": "At the beginning, the Gallant Marquis was hidden in the city, generous and heroic. Taste the words in the friends of the party: Erlang should be buried on the battlefield. Everyone was amazed. ”