In the evening, a small carriage came from outside the desolate and dilapidated town, and it was Zhang Xin and the three people pulling peaches. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhang Xin half lying on the car squinting at the Dingbian City not far away, when he came back, he really didn't look carefully at the small county of the border state, now it looks like this small city looks quiet and heavy in the afterglow of the sunset, the pedestrians and carriages coming and going at the city gate outline a peaceful appearance that only has in a prosperous era, and only the occasional mottled city wall proves the war and sword soldiers in the past.

Zhang Xi looked up at the sky, estimating that the county market was going to be closed at this time, if he waited until it was dark and curfew, he would not be able to enter the city, so he could only pay attention to it in the wild.

It was also getting late, and the pedestrians and carriages at the city gate were almost scattered. Zhang Xi drove the carriage to the city gate, and when he saw the sergeant standing with a spear at the city gate, he couldn't help but be happy, "Yo, Brother Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time, why did you come to guard the gate in person?" As he spoke, he turned around and picked up a handful of peaches from the basket and stuffed them into his arms.

The soldier obviously knew Zhang Xi, and took the peaches with a smile and distributed them to the brothers next to him, while complaining to Zhang Xi: "Damn, our songs in Liangzhou City are almost abandoned, and there are eleven people left in our team, hurry up and let Brother Zicheng recruit troops, damn it, I have actually guarded the door for five days with a team......" said and checked the peaches in his hand, "The peaches in Brother Zicheng's house are still sweet." Yo, Ashin, why are you here yourself? Forget it, let's go back and talk about it, let's go inside, it's time for curfew in a quarter of an hour, and Lao Wang estimates that he will leave a place for you. He waved his hand at the servants. In fact, entering the city was originally to pay the city gate tax - this is also the bulk of the county's tax revenue, but who made everyone the brother of the Dingbian army, the team rate at the gate did not mention this stubble.

Zhang Xi drove the carriage along the road in the city and walked straight forward, Zhang Xin couldn't help frowning in the car, the dirt road in the city is more serious than the post road in disrepair, the potholes are not bumpy, and what is even more uncomfortable is that both sides of the road are full of cattle and horses, rotten vegetable leaves or something, and now the weather is hot, and the smell of the city is disgusting when the sun shines.

Fortunately, this county is also small, less than a cup of tea Zhang Xi parked the carriage in front of an inn with the word "wine" hanging on the flagpole, this inn is estimated to be some years, Zhang Xin looked at the flagpole are some signs of decay, and the flag is also a little yellow. When Zhang Xin was looking at the inn, Zhang Xi had already jumped out of the carriage, shook the reins of the horse casually, and shouted, "Old Wang!! Then a loud response came from the inn, "Hey...... Come on......" With the voice, a slightly chubby middle-aged man, with a white towel on his shoulder, walked over with a limp leg. "Yo, Kiko, I know you're coming these days, so I'll keep the old place for you. Ah, Ashin, this is a rare guest, Brother Zicheng didn't come? ”

Zhang Xin estimated that he was another person who knew himself, and smiled kindly, "My brother has gone to the state, and he hasn't come back yet......"

The old king didn't bother to ask Zhang Yi's whereabouts, so he grabbed Zhang Xin's sleeve and dragged him in, "Ah Xin, this is a rare guest, it just happened that I just killed a sheep today, and I will give you a tooth ......sacrifice," he said and yelled at the little two in the house: "I don't have long eyes, hurry up and unload the car!" ”

Xiao Er, who was running in the inn, hurriedly came out and pulled the carriage of Zhang Xin and the three of them to the back hall, Lao Wang pressed Zhang Xin and Zhang Xi in front of an empty table one by one, and Lu Jinshi smiled and walked to an empty seat and sat down. At this time, the store has begun to get busy, and groups of people come to the door from time to time, including vendors, farmers from nearby villages, and military men like Zhang Xin and Zhang Xi.

"Wait a minute, don't worry, I'll get it for you first." The old Wang patted Zhang Xin's shoulder enthusiastically, and then limped to Zhang Luo in the back kitchen as he spoke.

Zhang Xin watched Lao Wang's back disappear into the back kitchen, turned his head and asked Zhang Xi, "Who is this Lao Wang?" It's very welcoming to watch......"

Zhang Xi set up two sea bowls in front of Zhang Xin and Lu Jinshi, picked up the kettle on the side and poured two bowls of hot water for the two of them, "Uncle Wang?" I think that it was also a well-known man back then, and he was among the earliest people who followed Brother Zicheng to fight in the south and the north, and Brother Hu was the leader of his personal army for Brother Zicheng before, and then he accidentally hit an arrow in the knee, although he was cured, but unfortunately he was lame, so he simply came to the county to make a living in this inn. As he spoke, he poured himself a bowl of water, took a sip and said, "Uncle Wang's kung fu is good...... It is said that he also hacked to death the commander of the Tubo people, and I used to live with him when I came to sell peaches with Lu Jinshi. ”

"Oh......" Zhang Xin actually looked at the back of the old king and knew that this man's kung fu was not bad, but unfortunately he was lame, and he had been in battle for a long time, and now it is not as good as before, and even the cocoon on the tiger's mouth is a lot thinner.

They are all brothers from the army, Lao Wang is quite interested in this servant, and after a while, he brought out three large bowls, the broth in them was full, and there were some green vegetables and white radishes floating on it, and he took out another basket of white flour buns, "Open up and eat, it's not enough." ”

All three thanked them. Zhang Xin grabbed a white flour bun and took a bite, the delicate taste of the white flour was far from being comparable to the corn of sorghum, and then he picked up the big bowl and drank a mouthful of hot mutton soup, the delicious taste was almost enough to make people's tongues swallow it.

The exhaustion of the afternoon followed the wind and dust with this bowl of mutton soup under the belly are all gone, a basket of white flour steamed buns are also eaten fine, Lao Wang came over to add a spoonful of mutton soup and half a basket of steamed buns in his busy schedule, at this time the small inn has been boiling, people who have not had time to go home during the day come to drink some mutton soup, eat some steamed buns, or call a small dish of salted broad beans and a dime of wine, gather together in groups of three or five, anyway, the curfew can not go out, eat and drink enough to sleep in the inn.

The three of them saw that Lao Wang was busy before and after, and they didn't trouble anyone after eating and drinking, anyway, it was not the first time to come, Zhang Xi was very familiar with this small inn. After simply informing Lao Wang, he led the two of them all the way to the innermost part of the row of guest rooms, and pushed the door directly in.

Lao Wang had long known that Zhang Xi would come over in the next few days, the house was cleaned up, and the straw mat on a chase was polished. Although Zhang Village is not too far away, the bumps along the way have already exhausted the energy of the three of them, Zhang Xi fetched some water, and the three of them washed casually and covered their clothes and fell asleep.