Chapter 1 Section 1 Hometown is a Cup of Wine (Sneak Peek)
What I still can't forget is the heavy rain before the Yuan Dynasty, I heard the little maid in the palace say a long time ago that the vision from the sky will only come when a certain person is punished, although it has always been just a legend.
The palace people who stayed in this bitter cold place in the extreme north to build a palace, even if they had never seen such a splendid guard of honor in their lives, probably would not have the luxury of seeing the Qionglou Jade House of Zhanghua Wuji, who was so busy with political affairs that he had no time to pay attention to the previous dynasty that was finally abandoned here before the completion of the repair, the little guard who was on duty here who desperately sent out the information, probably no one will remember it at this moment, but at that time, he still vaguely remembered the person who had a first glimpse of the supreme position in the world, When he saw the child who was still so young who had been pierced through the chest by the arrow lying in the arms of a middle-aged man with his armor stripped off, smiling and pulling out half of a clean steamed bun, there was something else in his eyes.
"Find a secluded place here and bury this young man." The long team of horses only stopped here for a moment and immediately moved forward, and the battle situation was urgent, and there was no delay in the front, but no one could hear it, and the owner of the armor, whose face was covered with small scars, leaned down, and his rough palm slowly brushed the face of the young man who seemed to be asleep, but it still could not cover the tears and blood that had been slammed on the back of his hand. In the sand and dust that rolled straight from the desert, the dry and hoarse cry of the middle-aged man was gradually fading away in the black-brown blood stains that had been covered by layers of yellow sand・・・・・・
Of course, he didn't know what the name of the man in his prime was, at that time, it was the last period of the Python Dynasty that had completely declined, and several rebel armies were standing on their own, and the things of the world were just beginning to take shape, and it was not the time to breathe a sigh of relief. I remember that at that time, the clerk in the army thought of a plan, giving people who were willing to join the army ten stone rice and five taels of silver to settle down and buy land, but they were not allowed to see their wives and children within three years, and they were dedicated to working for the king. After the capture of the Viking treasury, a lot of real money and silver were naturally seized, but it was for the purpose of establishing a country, and there were many places where the money could be used, if the money was spent on those irrelevant people now, how could the Hou Ji Wang blame it, not to mention that the practice of most military leaders at the beginning was to send dozens of scouts to drive the refugees who had nowhere to hide in the wasteland to the makeshift school field, and then pick out all the strong ones one by one like animals, As for those families who drag their children and daughters, and the old, weak, sick and disabled who have no use value at all, it goes without saying that even if they are a little more lucky enough to survive for a while under the iron hooves of countless war horses, they will eventually starve to death on the streets before they reach their next destination, and they will die like a cat and a dog without paying attention.
However, he has been promoted to the general of the right wing guard, and he can remember the face of an unknown soldier so clearly, and he thinks it is very impossible, and he has to blame himself for walking to the new army's military tent in a daze that day, and he sat down to eat a bowl of braised pork on the pretext of inspecting military affairs. There are obviously so many large and small affairs in the army waiting for them to deal with, and the leaders of several righteous armies who came at the call of King Ji are outside the big tent to cut off the tyranny and sacrifice to heaven and earth, and swear a blood oath, but his supporting role, which is not light, can't help but desert while smelling a smell of meat, and it's really a joke when I think about it now.
At that time, there was nothing strange about this, not to mention that King Ji's side was short of food and clothing since the beginning of the army, and it was very difficult to fight around, even King Jing's subordinates who captured the granary of Bizhou were also drooling one by one, and the market price at that time was that gold was more expensive than grain, grain was more expensive than surname, and meat was more expensive than gold. Think about it, too, in addition to the rich businessmen who can afford to hire the village warrior group to train in the time of the famine, the family can eat all kinds of delicious food, and the others even the biggest force of the rebel army on one side of the Lan King can not guarantee that they can eat meat every day, and the long-lasting war horses are naturally scarce, and even most of the cultivated cattle are specially protected for reclamation, not just killed and eaten casually, meat is a rare thing that can only be supplied when the king has a banquet, and there is no chance to see it at other times. At that time, as long as three meals and half full, it was already an eye-opener, and when eating, how could I still think about picking and choosing.
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" A rush was followed by a dull thud, like something falling from the purlins of the house, not loud, but audible and heavy.
"My lord," it was still the hoarse voice, but now the voice was even deeper and heartwarming: "My lord, you can give me a piece of meat, as long as a piece, I can lift the big mill at the entrance of the village..."
"I thought you were just a person who couldn't eat enough to come here to eat and drink, but I didn't expect that in your bones you are a flamboyant villain, not to mention anything else, the big mill at the head of the village weighs four hundred pounds, how can you, a skinny man who is just over five feet old, move!" The governor of the affairs scolded loudly with a look of disbelief: "Go! Hurry up and let me go out by myself, otherwise, hehe, you won't be given meat but a board! ”
"My lord, please..." The bitterness between the whimpers became heavier.
"There must be some compelling reason," he said, picking out a piece of meat from the steaming pot as if no one was around, and nonchalantly lifted a large jar of wine that had been placed at the entrance of the camp to the gun rack beside him, staring at the man who fell on his knees without blinking.
Although I have the heart to interrogate this young man who looks like a face, but thinking about the fact that today is a good day for many heroes to form an alliance with five worships, some generals who have never been able to eat meat but are not qualified to enter the banquet at all will naturally have to find trouble for themselves - he is just a small lieutenant who is also in charge of grain, of course, he will never dare to offend those guerrilla generals who are already full of worms, if they know that they will not gather here to make trouble, then they will turn a blind eye and ignore it completely. But the current one seems to be a little different, a look of unfathomable not to say, there is food and drink and still talk cool on the side, I don't know which commander and which general will be so bold, dare to come here to scoop a spoon and eat alone when the king banquet has not started, this crime is not a twenty or thirty military stick can be fooled, if you don't get it right, you will lose your head, at that time, even if the king's brother pleads, it is estimated that he will be punished heavily.
"Hmph, eat, eat, hold you to death! See how I got to the general's tent to denounce you! While thinking a little dissatisfied with the arrogant attitude of that person, he loudly scolded the soldiers who had been hired and qualified: "Go, go, what do you see, eat your pickles and steamed buns!" Why are you still so ignorant of the rules when you arrive at the camp, this is what you need to use at the king's feast, can you eat and watch casually? Don't learn to come forward when some people smell the smell of meat," said the lieutenant, glancing at the people who were still eating and drinking in a muffled voice, and smiled coldly: "Don't blame me for not telling you first, this is going to lose your head!" ”
"And you!" As if he had just found that there was another guy left in front of him, the lieutenant raised his leg and kicked the man who looked extremely thin, "Don't pestle here, you will be seen by the general in a while, what do you say, you are here to make me stumble, get out!" "I kicked it again as if I didn't feel relieved enough.
The purple-skinned man muttered and squirmed his cracked lips, and instead of gathering together in groups like those who were not hired, he hid not far away and jumped to scold the street, his expression did not have the slightest hatred and frustration, but seemed to be very sad.
"Really, who came up with such a strategy of helping food and recruiting soldiers, it's good, there are not a few more soldiers, but the homeless people and those who eat white food have come to the door, I knew that I might as well go home and do that with my wife..."
Hearing the disgruntled words of the little lieutenant, even as a general, he couldn't help but wonder, indeed, the recruits who are expected to become the sharp key battalion are really pitiful compared to ordinary soldiers, but the pay for them is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, if the time comes, these tempered people will be like a red-hot knife into the heart of the enemy. There are naturally a lot of people who want to come here because of several times the military salary, but it is extremely rare to beg so hard as today.
"It can't be that there is some difficulty at home."
Although he thought so, he didn't want to help this honest man, that lieutenant did the right thing, the army is not a place to feed idlers, and the sharp key battalion trained by him personally selected the elite who have the courage of ten thousand people, not to mention whether he can survive those difficult and strict training, even if this kind of thin person really goes to the battlefield, it will only bring unnecessary trouble to others.
"But this man's personality is really admirable," after drinking the wine in the bowl in one gulp, he took out a large silver ingot from his bosom and threw it at the man who was still kneeling.
"The man's gaze was directed at him.
"For you," he didn't look back at all, still drinking as if nothing had happened, no matter how ugly the little Zhili Duwei looked like.
"Hmph," after a while, the lieutenant snatched the silver ingot and threw it at his feet, "I advise you, boy, don't meddle in your affairs - even if you are really a general who is about to excel, you can't take care of this matter, let me tell you the truth, this guy came a few days ago, it was originally a good thing to join the army, but this guy actually opened his mouth and said that he didn't want food or salary, but he just blindly said that if he saw his younger brother who was plundered by the python dynasty on the battlefield, everyone must be merciful and protect his surname - how is this kind of thing possible, I was kind-hearted to persuade him not to be so whimsical, and simply took the salary to find a daughter-in-law to marry, and he would not let his hometown be wiped out in the future, but this guy couldn't persuade him to leave, and he was focused on finding his younger brother, hum, even a fool knows that food is much more important than a human life these days・・・・・・"
"I see, I actually blamed this evil-faced captain," he was intrigued, and casually threw the thick porcelain bowl at the man. The conditions are full of weirdness, and it would be better if people were a little weirder, and it was not impossible to find someone from the battlefield who was whimsical but not impossible, and whether he really wanted to do that depended on whether he had the ability.
The man didn't seem to know that something was smashing at his forehead, but his eyes, which were dark and bloodshot from staying up too late, lit up again as everyone's attention was removed from him.
"What are you doing?!" The captain who suddenly drew his long sword only had time to draw his sword to block the sea bowl that was like a sharp arrow, but the blade of the sword only slightly brushed the edge of the bowl.
"Thank you, sir," said the thin man who had made a few turns of the bowl around his fingertips as if by magic, and the bowl of wine stopped smoothly in his hand, and the most amazing thing was that only a small half of the full bowl of wine had been spilled, and the thin man laughed loudly, and took the bowl and drank it all.
"Tomorrow you will report to the Ruijian camp, I promise you, if you see your brother in the future, I will ask the king to forgive his surname." After speaking, he glanced at the captain who was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and held back a smile and raised his face, "The evil face is good, and the captain really lives up to his reputation." ”
During the ten days he was stationed in that unknown village, he heard more than once the outdated news from the generals who led the soldiers of the big tent, that the man who was less than five feet tall, who was obviously so inconspicuous, raised the big mill with one hand under the noise of the crowd, after a day of full wine and food.