Volume 23 The Fox in the Night Pot

PS: The joy of wine fighting is only understood by alcoholics

As soon as the fourth child went, there was no news. Chen Song couldn't find out his traces, so he could only ask God to bless him not to feed the fourth child to the fish, and at the same time secretly pay attention to the rumors in the army to see if anyone rumored that he took the fourth child through the checkpoint to the Wei River. stared at it for a while, didn't hear any rumors, and gradually put his heart back into his cavity.

It was a hot summer, Guanzhong was like a steamer, the Huns would never go south against the sun, and the soldiers of Beifu could not train under the sun, the upper and lower were taking refuge from the heat, the officers and soldiers were at leisure, except for early morning and sunset, the school field was empty, people did not wear armor, horses did not wear saddles, the Weihe River was full of soldiers, the war horses rolled in the shade, and a pair of swords and guns were stored in the weather, as if the world was really peaceful.

Turning to the beginning of autumn, it starts to cool in the morning and evening. Guo Xu went home and lived for a few days, sleeping next to Xiaoqiao, just like sleeping on the side of a hill. Xiao Qiao was careful, and used a piece of paper to record the child's movements every day, and at this time, she actually accumulated a thick pile and read it to Guo Xu before going to bed. At first, Guo Xu listened and talked at the same time, but then he lost his voice, and finally began to snore. Xiao Qiao kissed him on the face, blew out the light and fell asleep.

She dreamed that she was still walking by a river with a flat stomach. Suddenly, a small green snake crawled out of the grass, and when it saw her, the little snake coiled up and looked at her with its head held high, and there was a look that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. She was so frightened that she quickly turned around and ran, but she couldn't run. No matter which direction you go, the little snake is in front of you. She thought: maybe it will be on the river, and it will not be able to do it. Turning around and going into the water, the river parted automatically, revealing a road paved with blue bricks, which was actually the road in the garden of the Jiangdong house when his parents were alive. She was glad she wouldn't drown. While worrying, the little snake will also catch up. Really. The little snake followed all the way, jumping faster and faster. In the end, he wrapped his arms around her neck and drilled into his trouser legs. She was about to shout for help when she saw Guo Xu running from the front, calling her name while drawing her sword to cut the little snake. At this time, the mother suddenly came out of nowhere, hugged Guo Xu's arm and said You must not kill it. Xiaoqiao was so anxious that she said that mother, you are confused, if you don't do it, your daughter will be bitten to death by a snake. But the mother said that there is no reason in the world for a son to bite his mother to death. As he spoke, the little snake was already slippery and icy into his pants. She woke up with a scream, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Guo Xu calling her name while wiping the sweat from her face.

After listening to Xiaoqiao's dream, Guo Xu said that it looks like you are going to give me a son.

There used to be a veteran in the army, and his father was a fortune teller, and he was a little bit of a three-legged cat's "spell". The words he often puts on his lips are dreams of wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, and dreams of the great murderers of the altars and ancient temples. In the dream, the water, fire, and dung are all about getting rich, dreaming that the coffin is going to be promoted, dreaming that you are dying is to increase your longevity, and dreaming that the house is collapsing is to damage your relatives. As for the loss of teeth, it must be the parents who are worried. Veterans in the army who have families often hold some dreams full of vinegar. asked him to explain whether his wife was stealing men in the rear, and according to him. If you dream that your wife is naked, it means that she is having an affair. As for the pregnant woman. If you dream of frogs, snakes, lizards, and other creatures, you are going to have a son. If you dream of flowers and the like, you want to give birth to a daughter; However, sometimes dreaming of a big melon and fruit is also a sign of giving birth to a son. This soldier was wounded by an arrow during the expedition to Nanyan, and retired to return to Wuxing's hometown, it is said that after recovering from the injury, his body is still poor, and he can't stand farming and trading, so he can only follow his father and start a fortune-telling old business, and it is said that he also made a lot of money. However, for Guo Xu, there is no need for more mysteries at this time, and there is no need for guidance from masters, it is enough to know that the snake represents his son.

On the third day, early in the morning, a soldier came to the house, saying that the hussars had caught a suspicious person on patrol last night, who claimed to be a friend of Chen Song, and asked the soldiers to send him directly to General Chen's camp. The soldiers knew what the relationship between Guo Xu and Chen Song was, but it was impossible to send people over without Guo Xu, so they locked him up in the camp overnight. Guo Xu was worried that Xiaoqiao's stomach was moving, and he wanted to say that since he was a friend of Brother Chen, he would leave it to him to deal with. But he didn't want his subordinates to feel that he was greedy for his family and ignored military affairs, and then he didn't seem to have any signs of giving birth, so he got up and went to the army.

On the road, the soldiers had already said: The person who was arrested was so ugly that he thought he had hit a ghost when he saw it in broad daylight. When Guo Xu saw him, he was still taken aback. He really had never seen such an "otherworldly" looking ugly person. But I have to admit that this person's face is full of failures, but his eyes are burning, which is not owned by ordinary people.

This person was tied to the stable, and was bitten by mosquitoes all night, although his face was black, he could also see that his face was full of bags, his eyes were already small, his left eyelid was stung, and his eyes were so swollen that he couldn't see.

Guo Xu asked someone to loosen his ties, brought him a Hu bed for him to sit on, and brought him rice porridge, pickles, and Hu cakes. Ordinary strong man can eat enough breakfast, this person swallows it in the blink of an eye, as if he has not chewed at all, the concentration and ferocity of swallowing makes people think of a hungry ghost. Guo Xu didn't seem to be happy with him, and casually asked if you still eat, and the man said that if you really want to give, you can come back to such three servings.

The soldiers who went to carry breakfast may have told Huotou that when he came, he was followed by a string of soldiers watching the excitement. In full view, the man was like a tiger eating chickens, and in the blink of an eye he destroyed a whole basket of things, and the soldiers let out a horrified exclamation.

Guo Xu drove the spectators away and asked someone to take the man to his tent to talk alone:

"What's your name?"

But the man called back lukewarmly:

"What's your name?"

Just this one round, Guo Xu already knew that this was not an ordinary timid and afraid of ordinary people.

"My name is Guo Xu, and I am a friend of Chen Song."

The man smiled faintly:

"There are many kinds of friends, there are wine and meat friends, there are business partners, some are climbing dragons and phoenixes, some are revolving around money, and of course, there are also friends who are neck-to-neck, which kind of are you and Chen Song?"

Guo Xu said that Brother Chen and I have not been separated since the day we became soldiers, he can lose his head for me, and I can also break my bones for him.

When Guo Xu spoke, the man kept staring into his eyes, and when he saw Guo Xu's upright eyes and clear eyes, he knew that there was no trick in his chest, so he relaxed a little. I dare not say that it is Chen Song's brother in life and death, but he is also a person who can be entrusted with big things. My surname is Wu, you can call me the fourth.

Guo Xu said that the fourth brother is good. The fourth brother spent the night in my camp and was wronged.

The fourth child didn't expect Guo Xu to call him the fourth brother with one mouth, and his eyes were much softer.

Guo Xu asked cautiously:

"Where does the fourth brother come from? Why was he caught by a patrol in the middle of the night? ”

The fourth shook his head:

"General Guo, don't be surprised, although you are Chen Song's friend, I also believe that I will not be wrong about you, but I can only tell Chen Song himself what is in my heart. Since you are his brother in life and death, you might as well take me directly to him, and if there is really as iron between you as you say, he will naturally not send you away. Don't you know everything? ”

Guo Xu felt reasonable, and also felt that if Chen Song had something unspeakable, it would be inappropriate for him to insist on investigating it deeply. was about to get up and take the fourth child away, but was dragged by the fourth child. The latter said that I was caught by your soldiers at night, and outsiders don't know, and now that I go out in broad daylight, if people see me with you, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome. You might as well find a battle robe and disguise me as your subordinate. It's also a good way to hide people's eyes.

At this point, Guo Xu already believes that Chen Song must have a hidden secret, so he must be more careful. Instructed his subordinates to find a battle robe for the fourth child to change into. The battle robe was white, and when the fourth child put it on, he was half-buried in the snow like black charcoal. The soldiers all covered their mouths and snickered, Guo Xu held on for a long time, and couldn't help laughing:

"Fourth brother. If you go into battle in this suit, you don't need to wield a sword. can scare a bunch of people. ”

The fourth child was not surprised, and said with a smile that his brother's face was not on the stage. But the good thing is that no one provokes you when you walk down the street.

The fourth child was mixed in Guo Xu's personal army, rode through the market, and soon came to Chen Song's camp. The latter was standing by the well, washing himself with buckets of cold water, hearing Guo Xu shouting, he only glanced back, threw the wooden bucket on the ground, pounced on him wetly, hugged the fourth child hard, let him leave his feet off the ground, and almost killed him. The fourth child squeaked in pain, and said in a loud voice that let go, you are going to die, do you want to kill the door when the matter is done, or do you want to save that ingot of gold.

Chen Song's face was full of joy, and he was busy pulling the fourth child and Guo Xu into the account, urging the soldiers to prepare tea and fruits, and asked someone to book a private room in Yuhu Spring, and asked the boss to prepare the best wine and food in the store, with a large plate and a big bowl on the ground. After the case is full of dazzling dishes, he asked his henchmen to watch outside, and no one was allowed to approach.

There was an instant silence in the tent.

Chen Song closed his eyes, took a long breath, then opened his eyes, and asked the fourth child eagerly:

"Are you all shun?"

The fourth child glanced at Guo Xu, and stopped talking. Guo Xu was about to say what you said yours, I went out to find Hu Luzheng, and heard Chen Song say:

"Fourth brother, don't worry, Guo Xu is his own siblings, breaking bones and tendons."

smiled at Guo Xu again:

"Brother, I should have told you a long time ago, but I was afraid that things would not work out, so I kept covering it. This fourth brother is the boss of the Water Ghost Gang, and I asked him to drift down the river and bring a secret letter to Song Gong. ”

Guo Xu suddenly realized, and immediately paid full respect to the fourth child, and clasped his hands into fists to salute him.

The fourth child smiled at Guo Xu a little apologetically, reached out to pick up a pear, and while clucking, he opened his mouth and spoke, and the pear juice splashed out, like a little secret finally escaped from the cage.

His Yellow River rafting is very smooth, two or three days to the mouth of Bianshui, from Bianshui to the Huai River is also very smooth, from the Huai River into Surabaya, the stomach of the hunger pill has been digested, not sleeping for days, people have begun to be confused, can no longer drift, can only go ashore. In previous years, rafting alarms, you can go ashore in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, which is far less expensive than this mission. When you climb the bank of the Surabaya River, the whole person is fluttering like a dead leaf. He took a few thin gold leaves with him, and took one out, enough for him to eat and hire a clipper boat all the way. From Surabaya into the Yangtze River, down the river, overnight in Xiaoxing, Xingchi electric run, two days to Jiankang.

It was precisely this last stop that was delayed the longest. He inquired about the mansion of Wang Shen, the general of the Zuotun Guard of the forbidden army, and specially changed Qi Chu's robe to go to the door to find it, and the doorman saw his appearance, and did not believe that he was a friend of General Wang, but first, he stuffed the money in the past, and secondly, he closed his mouth, claiming that there was news from Wang Xiu, and the doorman finally accommodated. Unfortunately, Wang Shen left Jiankang for a business trip to Xuzhou a few days ago, and it took more than 20 days to come back. The fourth child was helpless, so he had to find a nearby inn to live in, living in both people and land, bored, watching the scenery during the day, and going to bed early at night. He had a bright brain, and stuffed a little money to the guy in a pharmacy outside Wang Shen's mansion, once Wang Shen came back. Look for him at the inn at once, if he is not there. Just leave a note.

When he saw Wang Shen, he took out the jade pendant. Handing over the secret letter, Wang Shen listened to the general shape of Guanzhong, and agreed to send the letter to Liu Yu. He wanted to leave the fourth child to stay in the mansion, but the latter was anxious to return and politely declined. Wang Shen used the relationship of the forbidden army to arrange for the fourth child to take an official boat and ride a stagecoach, and sent him to Hongnong Land Boundary, and he didn't want to be too ostentatious for the rest of the journey, so he returned on foot. As a result, he was caught by Guo Xu's men. It took him more than a month to come and go, and although it was twists and turns, it was more than twice as fast as the ordinary land and water round-trip.

When Chen Song heard that the secret letter had been handed over to Wang Shen, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he unconsciously increased his forehead with his hand, and said God bless, God bless. Then he immediately said that what I said was wrong, it was the fourth brother's hard work, if you hadn't taken this trip with life and death. Guanzhong's true feelings, when will Song Gong know.

Guo Xu was dumbfounded when he heard the fourth child's thousands of miles of biography, and he knew that Chen Song had been thinking of a way. But I don't know that in the end, it turned out to be such a choppy and unpredictable road of life and death. Originally, I thought that the fourth child looked like a ghost, but after listening to this story and looking at him, he was like a dragon arhat.

I saw the middle of the day. The three of them got up and went to Yuhu Spring. Chen Song had already sent his henchmen to inform Wang Xiu and Du Chongguang, asking them to go to the banquet without moving. When the table is full. All those who were part of the conspiracy were gathered. Chen Song was careful and spent his wallet in the left and right compartments. Let the henchmen set up a small table at the door of the private room to drink, and do not give the partition wall any chance.

Wang Xiu is in a good mood today, and he has regained his former clean and clean demeanor. He was the biggest official of all, so he naturally stood up to speak.

"Brothers, Wang thought that he would never do anything in Guanzhong again, and was planning to find a grand reason to resign and return to his hometown and return to Jiangdong to serve his parents. In Wang's view, Song Gong will have an arrangement in the near future, or transfer back to Yizhen, replace him with a more mature general, or reorganize the Assassin Mansion, and send more loyal and diligent followers, in short, he can't sit back and watch Guanzhong's shape rot. This adventure, you are selfless in your hearts, and it is really a blessing for the community, the three armies, and the people. Wang's first glass of wine, first to Mr. Wu! ”

Although his words were crepe, several rough people present were all moved. The fourth child has never been called Mr. Yi, but now he was suddenly called by such a big official, Mr. Yi, and he was a little confused, and when he got up to pick up the wine glass, he almost knocked over a glass of wine on Guo Xu's leg. After Wang Xiuli finished his salute, he immediately asked his brother Wang Shen about the situation. The fourth child described in detail the details of his meeting with Wang Shen, and Wang Xiu listened eagerly, for fear of missing a word. When the fourth child said that Wang Shen took the jade pendant and turned around to wipe his tears, Wang Xiu couldn't cry anymore. Everyone didn't know how to comfort them for a while, and after a long time, Wang Xiu settled down on his own and said that today was full of joy and sorrow, and he was rude.

Wine is a good thing, especially when it comes to celebrations. After three rounds of drinking, everyone left their worries behind. Besides, the biggest annoyance is the anxiety in Guanzhong, now Song Gong already knows the shape of this side, and if he knows, there will be arrangements, and if he arranges, there will be improvement, hello, hello, everyone, what's the reason not to drink happily?

Now that the conspiracy has passed, it can't just be these few people drinking, Chen Song immediately called his own soldiers to call Hu Luzheng and Xu Zhihao immediately.

Hu Lvzheng has a wine must sing. Everyone coaxed him to sing one today. The latter actually sang without being invited, and at this time he was full of excitement, opened his clothes, exposed a piece of chest hair from the black bushes, and stood on the bed of Hu and sang loudly:

You have a white jade hall in your house

Lao Tzu is not uncommon

Lao Tzu's tent has long legs

Follow me to the edge of the sky

You have a big granary

Lao Tzu is not uncommon

Lao Tzu's grassland is thousands of miles long

Endless fat cattle and sheep

You have a beautiful lady in your family

Lao Tzu is quite rare

It's ridiculous to wait for you to go out

Lao Tzu went to her bed

The first two paragraphs are extremely free and easy, full of the pride of the Xianbei shepherd, and the section where the beautiful lady is not rare, everyone thinks that he will sing something like "Lao Tzu has a Xianbei girl who is good at dancing", but he turned sharply, exposing the belly of a virtuous man regardless of Hu Hanjun. It is said that the people in the private room, that is, the soldiers outside the door and the men passing by, all burst into laughter. Wang Xiu said I have heard that you, the fox brother, are full of ghosts and cleverness, and when I saw it today, it was really a fox fairy.

Everyone started to coax the seedlings, saying that the fox brother took advantage of our Han women, and he couldn't let him go lightly, Wang Changshi was rich in five cars, and he could suffocate him by scraping out two taels of intestinal oil. Let's take a long history.

Wang Xiu had a big headache. He is a serious bachelor, the scriptures are four books and five classics, the text is right, the poems are elegant and elegant, and the clear words and beautiful sentences are not nothing, but if you want to be as casual as Hu Luzheng, it is indeed Yafei's strength. But since his subordinates are invited, he secretly still has the taste of Hu and Han fighting, of course, he can't be willing to retreat. Looking at Hu Luzheng's smug eyes, he suddenly had an idea. He was originally a person who was very fast in writing, knocked the plate a few times with chopsticks, found a tune for a Jiangdong song, and sang it aloud:

My family's white jade hall

Last night the ghost went to the wall

My family's big granary

I didn't have to be idle last night

The samurai sword is unsheathed

The lights are shining

Suddenly there was a scream

Jiao Niang laughed

Bed under the night pot

Some people are desperate for mercy

Zhang Lantern looked carefully

The fox fairy was covered in urine

I thought it had a way

Unexpectedly, he was hit

I won't pick your skin either

Nor will I chop off your claws

Let you go back to the prairie

Running with a tent on your back

The cattle and sheep have seen you

I don't look at it right

Avoid me from now on

Far from the road

When he sang that the fox was in the urinal, everyone was already pointing at Hu Luzheng and laughing and paralyzed. Hu Lu sang for a long time, and actually provided Wang Xiu with ready-made knives and guns, seeing that he fought back, he had no power to fight back. The grasslands, tents, cattle and sheep that are extremely proud of the future are all laughing at the moment. Everyone imagined that a Xianbei fox fairy wolf who was tricked by the Han people was down, teased by the cattle and sheep, and then looked at Hu Luzheng who lost his armor and only smirked, and everyone was unable to straighten up, begging Wang Xiu to stop it quickly, otherwise the intestines would be clumped.

Hu Luzheng picked up the wine bowl and said that I admit defeat and I admit defeat, I shouldn't be showing off in front of Lord Changshi. Wang Xiu said that what you said is not right, your song is simple and clever, although it is funny and witty, the atmosphere is broad and strong, and it is worthy of being nourished by the Xianbei grassland. I'm actually inspired by you, and I'm not as atmospheric as you are after all.

Next, everyone began to guess the boxing order, and when the others were fighting, the fourth child hid aside and ate in a muffled voice, and the autumn wind swept the dishes like falling leaves. Wang Xiu only knew that he could drift, but he had never heard of his amount of food, and at this time, he was so shocked that his jaw was about to fall, and said Mr. Wu, how much food do you have. The fourth child drank a glass of wine, wiped his lips, and said I'm a person, when I have no food to eat, I can chew two peanuts a day for several days, and when I have food, I can't swell to eat a sheep at a time. Wang Xiu shook his head and said that this seemed to be not conducive to health preservation. The fourth child smiled and said that the health teacher, the rhetoric of your superiors, in the years of war and chaos, we grass people only have to steal life, how can we have health?

Chen Song was afraid that this topic would lose everyone's interest, so he hurriedly played a round, saying that wolves have wolf traces, snakes have snake traces, maybe such hunger and feasting is also a kind of health preservation technique. Wang Xiu was not discouraged, on the contrary, he came to the spirit, and wanted to talk about health cultivation with everyone, just as he started to talk, he heard a panting voice outside the door and asked:

"Is Deputy Guo Jun in the house?"

The soldiers outside opened the door, and one of Guo Xu's personal soldiers rushed in sweating:

"Deputy Guo Jun, hurry, Madame is going to give birth!" (To be continued......)