Chapter 23: The Horizontal Knife
"Lang Jun, it has been found out that Xiao Heng lives in Xuanpingfang in the south, renting the yard, and the identity of the owner of the yard is a merchant in the East City. There are only three people in Xiao Heng's family, his parents are not in Chang'an, he has a wife and a son by his side, and his young son is still in infancy; There are no slaves. Fang Yuzhong bowed down at Xue Chongxun's door to report and carefully checked the handsome man he met in the water and clouds.
Xue Chongxun listened, thinking about the bad things he was about to do, and there was a feeling of excitement and anticipation in his heart. He said to himself, "Am I really a loveless person...... The pleasure in his heart is like the wind blowing in his face when he falls into the abyss of hell.
He tried his best to suppress the indulgence in his heart, and said calmly on the surface: "I know, you go and call Sanniang, just the three of us, it's not good if there are too many people." ”
"Yes, Lang Jun." Fang Yuzhong clenched his fists and saluted, and then went to do something.
After a while, Fang Yuzhong and Sanniang came over, Xue Chongxun took a look, and saw Sanniang wearing tights and a hat on her head, and a black veil hanging down in front of the hat to cover her face.
Seeing this, Xue Chongxun said: "Such a deputy heroine is too eye-catching, you go back and change into your usual clothes, and you won't be noticed if you mix in the crowd." ”
So Sanniang reluctantly went back to the room to change her clothes, took off the hat on her head, wore a purple head, and wore a lapel. She covered her brow with her palm, looked up at the sky, and said, "The sun is too strong." ”
Ordinary people like sunny days and white clouds, does she like gray weather? Anyway, Xue Chongxun didn't like the feeling of depression that was dark and cloudy.
Xue Chongxun glanced at Sanniang, her skin was as pale as ever, her lips were red and delicate, and her face was cold, like a female corpse that had just come out of a coffin...... With such a face, she is really easy to be noticed by anyone who wears anything. She likes to cover a black scarf in front of her, probably like the sunglasses of later generations, so that the light is not so bright.
"Forget it, let's go." Xue Chongxun didn't want to worry too much about this kind of detail, and as soon as he took two steps, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "By the way, when Li Shouyi came to the house to search that day, you said that you had something to say to me, and the time was too urgent at that time, so I will tell you to talk about it later." What is that phrase? ”
A trace of shame flashed in Sanniang's dark and deep eyes, but then it disappeared, and she said very casually: "It's not an important word, I want to thank Lang Jun for being thoughtful." ”
"Oh." Xue Chongxun then turned around and continued to walk outside. Sanniang and Fang Yuzhong followed behind.
It was Pang Er who drove the car, and the three of them got on a big felt car together, the felt car was tightly covered all around, and the light inside was very dark, and Sanniang seemed to be relieved after entering. Only in the dark would she feel at ease.
Fang Yuzhong pointed out the route to Pang Er through a carriage wall, and the felt car went out from the fang gate on the south side of Anyi Fang, and then crossed a street and entered Xuanping Fang. After a while, Pang Er knocked on the carriage and said, "Lang Jun, it's time to get there." ”
Xue Chongxun jumped down from the carriage and looked left and right, only to see that this was an alley with a bluestone pavement, the walls on both sides were relatively high, and the alley was narrow, so that the westerly sunlight could not shine in, making it cold and secluded here, and moss was also growing on the wall.
It had just rained a few days ago, and the alley was probably slow to dry because of the short sunlight hours, and there was mud hidden under those loose stone slabs, and if you accidentally stepped on such loose stone slabs, the slate would splash a stream of mud and stain the hem of the robe with a crooked "beep". Xue Chongxun stepped on it twice in succession, and the hem was dirty, and he couldn't help but scold "".
At this time, Fang Yuzhong pointed to a wooden door and said, "This is this." ”
Xue Chongxun was not in a hurry to call someone to knock on the door, he buried his head and looked around, then walked to the wall, picked up a few stones and put them in the money bag, he smiled evilly, and then held the money bag in his hand.
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Xiao Heng in the room was frowning, his left hand was bandaged with gauze, filled with a smell of medicinal wine, and he used his only movable right hand to find something under the cabinet, while asking, "Where is my pot of wine?" ”
A young woman who was shaking the basket immediately scolded in a low voice: "If you are injured like that, you still want to drink?" You don't want hands anymore?. "This young woman is Xiao Heng's wife Dou, her round face still looks like a little girl, women in the Tang Dynasty were originally married relatively early, Dou is not very old, she looks like she is a teenager, but her hairstyle and dress are the dress of a married woman. Her child, who was not yet a year old, was sleeping sweetly in the basket next to her; A lactating woman has very full breasts, and Dou's breasts with plenty of milk don't look very harmonious with her petite body.
At this time, Xiao Heng frowned and said, "I'm upset." ”
Dou complained: "It's not spending all day drinking, or spending time at home, and when you have free time, you can go to Liu Xianggong's mansion to walk around, and it's serious to get an errand earlier." ”
Xiao Heng said: "I don't spend all my time drinking, can I have the money to honor Liu Xianggong?" Can you get into the Jinshi? Woman without knowledge! You only care about your husband and children, what do you do with me? ”
Dou Shi was unconvinced: "You are so capable, why didn't you kill that goblin?" Fingers are still made like this, shame is not shame. ”
"Damn, how does Lao Tzu know that he can still be saved after drinking Heding Red? Don't mention it, it's annoying to mention me! Xiao Heng's face was angry, "And my finger, that guy doesn't know that I am Liu Xianggong's person, if he knows, he won't dare to touch me with a hundred guts...... Forget it, save yourself from being idle, and do the big things in front of you first, and then worry about him in general. ”
Dou's tone softened a little and asked, "Since no one died, shouldn't you get into a lawsuit?" ”
Xiao Heng nodded and said: "The lawsuit is not a problem, the problem is that if Meng Xiaoyu tells the matter, it will be a place of right and wrong between the water and clouds, there are many people, and misfortune has come out again, how else can I be an official?" Before he became an official, his reputation was bad first, and he was still a fart! And also...... Where the money went, you can't divulge half a sentence, we can only knock out our teeth and swallow it in our stomachs, if we leak the secret and affect Liu Xianggong, we will have a good time! ”
When Dou heard him mention Meng Xiaoyu, the slut in Qinglou actually wanted to share a man with him, Dou was hated and angry, and couldn't help scolding: "This kind of person is shameless, last time he actually came to our door, hum, she also asked for it to drink Heding Hong!" If it weren't for the goblins, we wouldn't have made such a big fuss. ”
Xiao Heng glared at his daughter-in-law: "People took out all the money that they had pressed at the bottom of the box for half their lives, and they just ignored it?" Can you swallow this breath? ”
Dou Shi said in a low voice: "I don't have such a good brain as her!" ”
"Stupid woman who doesn't understand the amorous feelings!" Xiao Heng scolded.
Dou was furious, stood up, crossed his waist and pointed at Xiao Heng's nose and scolded: "I don't have the slut in the kiln to understand the amorous feelings, so why don't you marry someone who sells it and come back to have a baby?" If you dare to let a woman like that into the door, your father won't break your dog's legs! ”
Just then, there was a sharp knock on the door outside.
Dou Shi couldn't be angry, and immediately became nervous: "It can't be that the official messenger came to the door, right?" ”
Xiao Heng said: "Crow's mouth!" I'll take a look. He then crossed the threshold with his robe, walked to the courtyard and opened the courtyard door, but saw that he was in the water and clouds, and he didn't care about the black-faced boy.
He was about to have a seizure, but Xue Chongxun hurriedly said: "I am here to apologize to Xiao Lang, I hurt you, and I can't let you break the bill anymore." ”
Xiao Heng looked down and saw that Xue Chongxun was really carrying a heavy money bag in his hand, and the bag contained hard goods, possibly gold and silver...... If it's that much gold, it's not a small amount! Even if it's white, it's good. Xiao Heng immediately swallowed his anger into his stomach, and endured it first, he was lacking the yellow and white vulgar things these days.
Xue Chongxun said again: "There is a way that you don't know each other, if it weren't for a misunderstanding between the water and clouds, we wouldn't have met each other, wouldn't we?" The big husband should be as open-minded as the sea, Xiao Lang gives face, how about we talk? ”
For the sake of the bag of things, Xiao Heng opened the door of the courtyard and said, "Come in and say, I want to hear where you are sacred and what kind of misunderstanding method you have." ”
"Well said, well said." Xue Chongxun stepped into the courtyard gate with two men, a man and a woman, and Pang Er waited outside the door with the carriage.
When Xiao Heng brought the guests into the house, Xue Chongxun gave Fang Yuzhong a look, and Fang Yuzhong stood in the courtyard to let off steam. Xue Chongxun and Sanniang followed in. As soon as I entered the house, I saw that there was a woman inside, probably Xiao Heng's wife...... The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was relatively open, but the relatives generally met relatives or very good friends, and usually did not let the relatives meet the guests.
Xue Chongxun smiled and said, "It's rude." ”
Xiao Heng said: "My family is not in Chang'an, this is just a temporary rental house, so it is not very spacious, sit down." ”
Xue Chongxun put the money bag on the table with a "clatter", listening to the sound, I am afraid that it will weigh a few pounds...... Dou was originally very surprised when she saw the appearance of the woman behind Xue Chongxun, but soon her attention was attracted by the money bag resting on the table, but she was embarrassed to open it in front of the guests, so she had to guess repeatedly in her heart whether it was gold or silver.
"I'm going to pour tea for the guests." Dou became enthusiastic.
Xue Chongxun hurriedly said: "You're welcome, madam, please take a seat." He pointed to the child in the cradle and said, "Son or daughter?" ”
Dou said with some pride: "Boy." ”
Xue Chongxun smiled: "Good luck, good luck." He stared at Dou's chest again and said, "Mrs. Zun's tits are so big!" ”
Xiao Heng and Dou were both startled, and were stunned for a moment, and after a while, Xiao Heng came back to his senses, stood up from his chair, and said angrily: "What do you mean?" ”
"Don't be impatient." Xue Chongxun was still smiling, and Ping raised his hand and beckoned downward, motioning for him to sit down, but Xiao Heng didn't buy it, and still stared at him angrily. After another moment, Xiao Heng finally realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly gave Dou Shi a look, signaling her to hurry out and call someone.
Dou was still surprised, but he didn't react, Xiao Heng tried hard for a while to no avail. He had to say to Dou Shi: "We have something to discuss, you go out and stay first." ”
"The children can be taught." Xue Chongxun said with a smile.
Dou was about to go out, but where did Sanniang block it, and said coldly: "Where to go?" Stay! ”
"I haven't used a knife for a long time, especially the horizontal knife, I actually prefer the Mo knife used in the battle array, it's big and imposing." Xue Chongxun took off the horizontal knife on his waist and slowly pulled it out, the sharp metal grinding on the scabbard made a "silk" sound, like heavy metal music.
Two-handed knife with narrow blade and thick ridge, exquisite craftsmanship. Later Fuso katanas were somewhat similar in appearance to horizontal swords, except that they did not have the slight arc of katanas. The origin of the katana, the most respected weapon of the Fuso people, is very embarrassing, and it is completely imitated from the Tang Army's standard saber, and it is copied from the style to the craftsmanship...... But it is not surprising, because Fusang's qiē was learned from the Tang Dynasty, from architectural customs to cultural clothing and rules and regulations.
When Dou saw the sharp and terrifying horizontal knife, he opened his mouth to scream.