Chapter 22 Invite Qiao Feng to drink
As the beggar gang known as the first gang in the world, they are indispensable in the replacement of feudal dynasties in all Chinese dynasties. And now, the beggar gang, which has the purpose of 'begging the world, being anxious for justice and righteousness', also acts as the vanguard of the imperial court to save the country in the matter of the constant disputes between the Song Dynasty and the enemy border.
This time, Qiao Feng led the beggar gang disciples to ambush the Liao army scout team, also because the beggar gang with disciples all over the world got reliable information, and there were officials in the court who secretly conspired with the Liao State to betray the national interests. In order to get evidence of treason from these officials, in the name of Wang Jiantong, the leader of the current beggar gang, Qiao Feng, the leader of the gang passed on his disciple, and resolutely organized this ambush.
Although they are the number one gang in the world, there are not many disciples of the Beggar Gang who can really fight with well-trained Liao soldiers. So much so that after Qiao Feng issued the order, when he saw the heavy losses of the beggar gang disciples, he immediately turned the tide. Its thunderous and sharp methods immediately boosted the morale of the beggar disciples, but on the contrary, these Liao soldiers were a little afraid.
The Liao army generals who led the team knew that these people in front of them would ambush them, and they must be in order to get the intelligence book that he had personally collected. Realizing that with their strength alone, they were not the opponents of the masters of the rivers and lakes who killed the Quartet, and gave the order to retreat very rationally.
Looking at the military attache of the Liao Army who was about to escape, Qiao Feng naturally didn't want to fall short, just as he shot a short blade and was about to kill him. But he saw a dazzling silver light coming from the mountain in the distance, and he didn't wait for Qiao Feng to be shocked by the sharpness of this arrow. The military attache of the Liao army, who turned around on horseback, had a long silver arrow stuck in his chest in armor.
This sudden long arrow made both warring sides look stunned for a moment, but compared to the Liao army, the main general was killed. Even more panicked and uneasy, the beggar gang disciples felt that the other party should be an ally, otherwise they would not have shot the other party's main general.
In this brief hesitation, four young men riding tall horses with various weapons in their hands suddenly came out of the passage where these Liao soldiers fled. came into contact with those deserters of the Liao army, and immediately launched an attack and killing, but left aside the disciples of the beggar gang who were the protagonists just now.
While the four knights on horseback were fighting with the Liao army, Qiao Feng finally saw that on the mountain peak behind the four of them, there was a young man who looked like a warrior. Every arrow he shot made the Liao soldiers in the midst of rout die before they had time to dodge, and the speed of such archery skills made Qiao Feng also admire.
After the rest of the Liao army was all killed by arrows, Qiao Feng ordered the beggar to help the disciples collect the corpse of the sacrificial beggar, and strode in front of the four knights who were also covered in blood.
hugged his fists and said: "In the beggar to help Qiao Feng, thank you for the help of a few strong men, and I don't know how many strong men have a big name." ”
Gao Mingjun, the eldest of the four, stepped forward and said: "I've seen Qiao Yingying, Wang's brothers are the master's attendants, a certain surname is Wang Mingchao, this is the second brother Ma Han, the third brother Zhang Long, and the fourth brother Zhao Hu." Please wait a minute, my master will be here in a moment. ”
These four pseudonyms were also very famous celebrities in the Northern Song Dynasty in later generations, and in order to make it easier to remember, Zhao Xiaoxi also gave the four of them such pseudonyms in a bad taste. As for himself, he still walks the rivers and lakes with the surname Zhao, but he has a single name and a cloud character. Although the surname Zhao is a royal surname, it does not mean that the surname Zhao has something to do with the royal family.
Feeling Zhao Xiaoxi's explanation in advance, he was not allowed to reveal his identity privately, and Gao Mingjun, who was more experienced in handling affairs, was very familiar with his names. As for Cho Hyo-seok doing this, in their opinion, it is also out of safety and impact considerations. After all, Zhao Xiaoxi, the king of Bashu County, is still very different from other county princes.
Just when Qiao Feng realized that these people should be the guards of those gate lord families, Zhao Xiaoxi, who was also riding a horse, also quickly appeared beside Qiao Feng. The two looked at each other for a while. Qiao Feng's feelings for Zhao Xiaoxi, if he didn't have the superb archery skills before, I am afraid that he would mistakenly think that the other party was a young master of a white-faced scholar-like family.
Looking at Zhao Yun, who claimed to be a descendant of the Zhao family in Bashu Mansion, Qiao Feng had never heard of Zhao Yun. In the remote place southwest of Bashu, when did a Zhao Yun dressed as a famous general of the former Shu Kingdom appear. However, he also knew that no matter whether the other party's name was true or false, as long as the other party was not an enemy, he was still willing to make friends with Zhao Xiaoxi with Qiao Feng's surname.
When the beggar helped the disciples clean up the battlefield and came to report to Qiao Feng, he looked at the secret fold handed to Qiao Feng. Zhao Xiaoxi, who had already asked the reason before, was also handed to him by Qiao Feng to take a look. Knowing that Qiao Feng wanted to bring this secret fold back to the beggar gang, Zhao Xiaoxi, who already knew who the traitor was, it didn't matter whether he had this evidence or not.
Accompanying these beggar disciples who seemed very excited, pulling those Liao army war horses and weapons and armor back to Yanmen Pass, Zhao Xiaoxi also came to this important border town. Seeing the guards here, they seemed to be very relieved about these returning beggars, and Zhao Xiaoxi knew the reputation of the beggars' loyalty, and I was afraid that these soldiers guarding the city also knew it.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who successfully entered the gate through the city gate, did not show too strong a friendship with this very bold Qiao Da gang leader. He knew very well that with the excuse he had said before, it would be difficult to gain the full trust of this seemingly rough but actually careful Qiao gang leader all at once. Therefore, as long as you can make a friendship, there will be opportunities to meet each other in the future.
According to the understanding of the previous life, the next Qiao gang leader, who is not yet a beggar gang leader, still needs to complete the test before taking over as the gang leader for the last time. This means that they will have the opportunity to meet again. Therefore, Zhao Xiaoxi didn't want Qiao Feng to feel the eager mood in his heart.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who returned to the city, proposed to invite Qiao Feng to have a meal with these beggars, and along the way, he saw that Zhao Xiaoxi was not an evil Qiao Feng. After thinking about it, he looked at the beggar disciples who were also eager to eat a good meal, and he didn't have much arrogance to agree to Zhao Xiaoxi's invitation. followed Zhao Xiaoxi and the five of them to a restaurant in the city with a signboard of cloth clothes.
Maybe it was because they had eaten when they arrived, and the business in this city was not easy to do, so there were not many people eating in this restaurant. Suddenly seeing so many people appear, the shopkeeper of the hotel and Xiao Er naturally entertained them with joy.
Even the shopkeeper and shopkeeper of the restaurant looked a little hesitant when they saw a large group of beggars entering the door, and when they saw Gao Mingjun, who was acting as a waiter, paid ten taels of silver in advance, the hesitation disappeared in a moment. As long as you give money for drinks and food, the shopkeeper won't care who comes into the store to eat!
The beggars who were sitting in the restaurant did not seem too unqualified, and sat quietly waiting for the meat to be served in the restaurant. As for the corpses of those brothers who had been placed in the Beggar Gang's Altar Yizhuang before, it was not the first time that they, the disciples of the Beggar Gang who were active on the border, had experienced this kind of life and death. To put it bluntly, they are used to seeing life and death parting.
Drinking today and getting drunk today is the principle of life that these beggars, who usually live by begging, should follow the most. Looking at the wine and meat served one after another, Zhao Xiaoxi didn't put on any high-ranking prince's shelves, let these beggars help the disciples enjoy themselves. If you don't have enough meat, you can also ask the restaurant owner to serve it at any time.
It is rare to meet a friend who is so bold and does not disdain them, and the disciples of the beggar gang have a little more affection for Zhao Xiaoxi, and Qiao Feng, who is a disciple of these beggar gangs. also had a little more affection for Zhao Xiaoxi's boldness of not caring about their beggar status, and began to drink a bite of Zhao Xiandi.
Although later generations knew from the novel that this Qiao Da gang leader drank an amazing amount of alcohol, when he saw the other party drinking this kind of liquor with a degree of ten to twenty degrees, it was almost bowl by bowl. Zhao Xiaoxi, who is not afraid of drinking this kind of wine, also sighed that if he drank this bowl of wine, even if he was not drunk, it would rise very much!
Wait until the beggar who is entertaining under him is almost drunk. Thinking of the high wine in the water bag immediately, Zhao Xiaoxi suddenly said: "Brother Qiao, this wine is not pleasant, little brother, please drink some good wine that I finally bought." Zhang Long, take my wine bag. ”
Hearing that there was good wine, Qiao Feng was naturally very curious about what kind of wine would make Zhao Yun, who seemed to have such a good amount of wine, so respectful. It wasn't until Zhang Long handed over a bulging animal skin water bag that Zhao Xiaoxi also said very sincerely: "Brother Qiao, this wine is not much, junior brother, I won't invite other beggars to help brothers drink."
After drinking this bag of wine, Brother Qiao is also on the road, and Yun also has something to do. It's rare to fight side by side with Brother Qiao and all the beggar brothers today, and I hope that next time I will have a chance to meet you again. Come, please also invite Brother Qiao, the big hero, to taste the heroic blood that the little brother bought from the capital! ”
This kind of excellent wine is currently difficult to buy with money, even Qiao Feng has only heard of its name and has not really drunk it. When he looked at the two bowls full of red wine poured into the bowl from the wine bag, the smell of wine alone made Qiao Feng exclaim, 'Good wine!' ’
Compared with most rice wines of about 20 degrees this year, this strong liquor with plant pigments added in front of you is naturally difficult for people who are not good at drinking. But for those who are good wines, they will understand that this kind of wine is the wine that men should really enjoy. Coupled with its crimson red wine and the title of hero, this wine has become the best wine sought after by princes and nobles.
Picking up the wine in the bowl, Zhao Xiaoxi said with a sincere face: "Brother Qiao, little brother wishes you success in this bowl of wine." The little brother does it first for respect! This is also to avoid the suspicion of the other party, and he is doing things in the wine.
Therefore, seeing that Zhao Xiaoxi did it first as a respect, Qiao Feng naturally no longer hesitated, and laughed: "Brother Yun Xian, if you hadn't revealed your superb archery skills, people who saw the virtuous brother for the first time would definitely mistakenly think that the virtuous brother didn't know martial arts. Okay, in the future, Brother Xian will have the opportunity to go to Luoyang, and you can find Qiao by just looking for a street beggar, and Qiao will definitely invite you to drink good wine. Dry! ”
When Qiao Feng prepared this bowl of crimson wine as before, he suddenly found that the strength of this wine was far beyond his imagination. Feeling the fiery taste poured into his throat, Qiao Feng finally understood why this wine was so rare and precious. Even if there are rich people outside the capital who offer ten gold and one altar, they will not be able to taste the strong taste of their wine!
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