The rain was dripping, and those who didn't bring umbrellas were drenched half-wet. Seeing that there were two people who wanted to compete for money, more people were attracted to it, so the strong man set up more and more people next to the stall, which was much more lively than when he played tricks alone. There are also idle people who seize this gimmick and bet on the bank next to it.

Xue Chongxun handed the umbrella in his hand to Sanniang, picked up the wooden stick and walked to the middle of the field, hugged his fists and said: "My surname is Xue, since we are talking, please ask the name of the strong man." ”

The strong man also hugged his fists and said: "The grass people's surname is Bao, and the single name is a sincere word." ”

Xue Chongxun lifted his robe, raised the wooden stick with both hands, and said, "Let's do it." "His posture is the posture of a horizontal knife at a glance by connoisseurs. The horizontal knife is a two-handed knife, which pays attention to a sharp attack, but the defense is not very tight.

Seeing this, Bao Cheng was not polite, and shouted "offended", and immediately lifted the wooden stick, and his strong and tall body slammed into Xue Chongxun like a bull.

"Smack!" Xue Chongxun smacked it, and suddenly felt that the tiger's mouth was numb, his hands ached, and the wooden stick in his hand almost fell off. This strong man's strength is really good.

Bao Cheng shouted loudly, without stopping, and slashed at Xue Chongxun with a stick, the momentum was like the power of opening a mountain.

Xue Chong's training was originally a wide open and closed knife technique, but looking at this momentum, he didn't have the confidence to fight hard, so he had to jump backwards to avoid his attack. Bao Cheng immediately posted it, the pace was not very particular, but every move was crisp and sharp, but it was a practical method on the battle array.

Height does give people a kind of psychological coercion, and the Bao Cheng that Xue Chongxun faced was a strong man with a length of nine feet, and he felt like there was a big mountain in front of him, and it was very difficult to attack on his back.

The two attacked and defended, Xue Chongxun was forced to retreat step by step, and the onlookers shouted "good"! It seems to be a one-sided situation, but among the people present, at least Bao Cheng himself and Sanniang, who were watching from the sidelines, knew that it was a tie at best. Because Bao Cheng didn't even touch the corner of Xue Chongxun's clothes.

Xue Chongxun has been retreating, but he has retreated calmly, and the pace under his feet is also in accordance with the rules and regulations, without any flaws, and every time Bao Cheng attacks the wooden stick, it is an inch and a half off. The bows, horses, swords, and swords he learned since he was a child were all taught by some famous teachers, not only paying attention to practicality, but also paying attention to manners. At this time, I saw his robe flying, his sleeves dancing, and compared with the strong man who blindly attacked, Xue Chongxun exuded an obvious elegance.

After going around in a circle twice, Bao Cheng gasped a little, and couldn't touch the corner of Xue Chongxun's clothes for a long time, his face showed an anxious and irritable look. When he rushed in front of Xue Chongxun again, he couldn't help but say that he pointed at Xue Chongxun's head and swept it over.

"Good!" Xue Chongxun snorted, lowered his head to dodge a blow, took a step forward, and stabbed Bao Cheng in the waist with a stick. "Yikes!" Bao Cheng suddenly screamed in pain, and at the same time hit Xue Chongxun's shoulder with a stick, but at this time, Xue Chongxun turned around without stopping, brushed his shoulder and turned to the side, and slashed down at his neck with a stick, but because the competition was "point to point", Xue Chongxun did not exert too much strength.

Bao Cheng immediately pushed it hard, and when he turned around, he saw that Xue Chongxun had jumped sideways into the air, holding a wooden stick high with both hands, and slashing down condescendingly.

"Broken!" Xue Chongxun shouted, like a thunderbolt, with a loud "bang", splitting the wooden stick blocked by Bao Cheng into two sections from the middle, Bao Cheng took three steps back in a row before standing still, almost not sitting on the ground.

"Take, take." Xue Chongxun smiled and hugged his fists. At this time, the people around him also cheered loudly, and when Bao Cheng saw the situation, he had to admit defeat, so he had to say: "Xue Minggong is very good at martial arts, admire." ”

At this time, Bao Cheng's daughter-in-law with a birthmark on her face ran up, handed over the gold, and said with a smile on her face: "Pay you back, you don't deserve it, we don't covet it." ”

Xue Chongxun saw the little daughter-in-law's joyful appearance, and suddenly felt a little strange, don't women want their men to make a lot of money. Bao Cheng lost, why was she happy?

However, Bao Cheng said very frustratedly: "I have suffered the loss of the enemy, and I will ask you for advice next time." ”

Xue Chongxun laughed, "Victory and defeat are commonplace, and there is no need to be persistent." But the strong man does have the ability, whether we win or lose, this remuneration is still for you, but I want to hire you as a recruiting general, with horses, food and military salaries, it is better than running the rivers and lakes, are you willing? ”

Bao Cheng's face was happy, but before he could answer, the little daughter-in-law next to him took over very politely and said: "We like to run the rivers and lakes, and we are free!" ”

The status of women in the Tang Dynasty was higher than in other eras, but it was still a dynasty with Confucianism as the core. When Xue Chongxun heard her say this, a trace of unhappiness also appeared in his heart.

Sure enough, Bao Cheng was very angry, glared at the woman and said, "For the sake of my fellow villagers, I took care of you as a sister-in-law, how could I have ever been rude?" It's your turn to take care of my business? ”

The woman was very aggrieved, turned her anger to Xue Chongxun's head, glared at Xue Chongxun and said, "Didn't you say okay, Bao Lang won't give that money until he wins?" How you talk doesn't count! ”

Xue Chongxun: "......"

Suddenly, the woman's eyes were soaked with tears, and she said loudly: "What's the big deal about having money, we are not rare, you go!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Bao Cheng was furious, pulled the woman back, hugged his fists and said to Xue Chongxun: "Country woman, I don't know, don't be surprised by Ming Gong." Let's find a place to talk? You just have to rest assured, I know all about brigades, teams, and fire drills, and I can control my subordinates, and I am willing to serve the country a hundred times if I have the opportunity to serve her, regardless of her, she is not my insider, but she just pretends to be a meal. ”

"Oh......" Xue Chongxun glanced at the weeping woman behind him, and said in his heart, Originally, I thought that this Bao Cheng was a man who valued love and righteousness, and he did not hesitate to perform on the street in order to cure his wife's illness, it seems that things in the world are not as simple and innocent as people see!

Then the woman said hatefully: "You people, there is no good thing! Is it really possible to do anything for the sake of wealth? ”

Bao Cheng's face turned pale, and he shouted: "Shut up!" Can you be dumb if you don't speak? What wealth, I serve the country, it is always better than street performers! You're a broom star, and you're not feeling comfortable in the business of a bad person? ”

"Okay, I'm a broom star, don't drag you down, you take your road to wealth, I cross my single-plank bridge, so as not to be disliked." The woman ran away with tears in her eyes, and the hat on her head fell off, and she ran into the rain barehead.

Xue Chongxun looked at her back and said to Bao Cheng: "You go and chase her back first, settle down, go to the household department to find me, my surname is Xue, and when the time comes, I will order someone to say hello to Menzi." ”

Bao Cheng said: "Don't care about her, I don't have much to do with her, in the past, I just looked at the face of my fellow villagers and took care of her, don't give her face, what do you care about her?" ”

Xue Chongxun didn't know if he said this because he wanted to save face, so he immediately said: "I can't take care of everyone's private affairs, I'll go back first, and you will come to the yamen early tomorrow morning." He thought for a moment and stuffed the gold in his hand into Bao Cheng's hand.

Bao Cheng hurriedly excused himself and said: "I can't bear this without merit." ”

"Don't mother-in-law, mother-in-law, the government gave you a settling-in allowance, you deserve it, settle the family well." Xue Chongxun said goodbye to him, and he didn't want to delay the matter...... He guessed that Bao Cheng would go and get the little daughter-in-law back soon, after all, the two of them had been together for so long, and Bao Cheng's attitude at first should have been just for the sake of face.

Bidding farewell to Bao Cheng, Xue Chongxun saw that night was approaching, so he walked back with Sanniang and a few other guards. At this time, Sanniang suddenly said: "That woman is really pitiful. ”

Xue Chongxun said casually: "I'm also very strange, why did she embarrass Bao Cheng without anything?" The man has a good job, and she won't have to be exposed to the wind and rain in the future. ”

Sanniang said coldly: "Didn't Lang Jun understand? ”

"Understand what?" Xue Chongxun asked with some curiosity.

Sanniang sneered: "Lang Jun, beloved...... You can share in adversity, but not in riches. The woman could see that if the person surnamed Bao just now had money and a proper job in the yamen, let alone being able to accompany her all day long as before, it was difficult to say whether she would abandon her. ”

Xue Chongxun couldn't help but stop, turned to look at Sanniang and said, "As soon as you say that, I suddenly remembered that Bao Cheng explained several times that the little daughter-in-law was not his insider......"

"Lang Jun now understands why that woman is so rude, right?" Sanniang said lightly, "Human nature, it's not strange to see such things in the world, Lang Jun doesn't have to care...... If you are someone else, most of them will be the same as Bao Cheng, not to mention a large patch on your face, and there seems to be something wrong with your hands. The piece of gold given by Lang Jun was taken to the township, and he could buy a few young and problematic young ladies. ”

"Is that so?" Xue Chongxun said in a daze, he silently turned around and walked a few steps, and suddenly turned around and said, "Sanniang, you take two people back to look for it now, it's raining, and that woman shouldn't run too far." If Bao Cheng doesn't find her, you get her back, otherwise what if she is helpless in Luoyang? ”

Sanniang quietly clenched her fists and said, "I'll go now." You two, come with me. ”

…… When Xue Chongxun returned to his residence, he found that the waiting girl in the room was the Jiang Cainiang who was on duty in the study during the day, and couldn't help but ask with some surprise: "Aren't you on duty during the day, why are you here?" ”

Cai Niang bowed her head and said: "The steward said that it is rare for me to be familiar with Lang Jun, so let me come over and wait, so that Lang Jun can feel more at ease." ”

Xue Chongxun pondered for a moment, looked left and right to see that there was no one else, and suddenly walked in front of Cai Niang unexpectedly, and reached out to touch her chin. Cai Niang was taken aback, hurriedly dodged, and said colorlessly: "Lang Jun, I am just a slave who waits for people, and I can't sleep ......"

Xue Chongxun smiled, "You don't want to?" ”

"I'm not qualified to ...... like this," Cai Niang said with a pale face, "Lang Jun let me go, otherwise others will gossip behind my back." ”

Xue Chongxun didn't embarrass her, paced a few steps, and said, "That's the case, because of my status, it is impossible to have someone like you...... You know that it is not beneficial, so you are naturally reluctant. ”

Cai Niang bowed her head and was silent.

Xue Chongxun suddenly sighed: "If I have nothing now, then you follow me." But suddenly one day I soared, do you think I will still want you? ”

Cai Niang said in a mosquito-like voice: "This Langjun wants to ask himself, I don't know." ”