The first time Qin Dong saw Liu Yang was in a nice mercenary tavern, where he occupied a table with a stack of barbecue and a large glass of wine.

Liu Yang is completely different from others, it can be said that he is out of place, he straightens his waist when he sits, and holds a waist knife with a sheath similar to a ring head knife and a Yanling knife in his left hand, a glass of wine can be drunk for two hours, often after a sip of wine, he takes a bite of barbecue and chews slowly, and he doesn't know what he is thinking in his head. The mercenaries who came in to drink usually greeted him when they saw him, and it seemed that many people knew him, and he could also call many mercenaries by name, and even joked with some people. These people seemed to know that Liu Yang didn't like other people to sit around when he was drinking, so they didn't bother him.

Qin Dong was very curious about this Liu Yang, did a person who didn't like to drink with others have such a strong personality charm that made everyone else respect him? This problem doesn't seem to be a problem for Liu Yang, it is obvious that he can win the respect of other mercenaries by his own strength, many mercenaries are willing to take on tasks with him, and he can lead the mercenaries to complete the tasks very well and get the bounty.

For an Oriental who likes to drink, it is so uncomfortable in a tavern in the West, why? Because there is no appetizer, barbecue is equivalent to a staple food for Westerners, but in the eyes of Easterners, it is a dish, and isn't it monotonous to drink wine and eat only one dish? At least that's what Qin Dong thinks.

But Liu Yang seems to have gotten used to it, and on days when there are no tasks, he often lives like this, with a glass of wine and a stack of barbecue, and he doesn't know where all the money he has earned as a mercenary in the past few years has gone. Why not make your life a little better.

"Your Excellency has been observing me for a long time, if you don't dislike it, why don't you come over and have a drink together?" After Qin Dong observed Liu Yang for three consecutive days, Liu Yang finally spoke.

Qin Dong smiled slightly when he heard it. Got up from a table next door and walked over to Liu Yang and sat down opposite him, and when Qin Dong sat down, Liu Yang called out to the owner of the tavern: "Bruce, give me a stack of barbecue and a glass of wine for this young man who looks like a fellow countryman!" ”

Qin Dong raised his hand and refused: "No need, when you meet with fellow villagers, you will naturally have to celebrate in the way of your hometown, Alfard, take it!" ”

Alfard, who had been waiting outside for a long time and was already quite bored, heard Qin Dong's shout and immediately beckoned two of his subordinates to carry things into the tavern.

Two mud-sealed jars of Du Kang were placed on the table. Alfold brought another food box, opened it, and brought out a few delicate stir-fry dishes from it and placed them on the table.

Qin Dong stretched out his hand and unsealed a jar of Du Kang. Then poured a bowl for Liu Yang and himself, and suddenly a strong aroma of wine spread in the tavern, and the mercenaries in the tavern kept sniffling, and most of them involuntarily left saliva. Many people began to talk about what kind of wine it was. Why there is this unique fragrance and triggers the desire of people who want to drink. Hope. The tavern's owner's eyes were straight when he smelled the aroma of wine, but he knew that now was not the time to disturb Qin Dong and Liu Yang.

Qin Dong put down the wine jar and stretched out his hand and said: "Wine is only suitable for those who think they are gentlemen and women, men should drink men's wine, warriors should drink wine suitable for warriors, I asked people to make a few side dishes, to be honest, I like a lot of things here, but when it comes to food and wine, the food and wine here are really not flattering." Please! ”

The two of them took the big bowl and drank it all, Liu Yang put down the big bowl and sighed: "I haven't drunk such pure wine for many years." Brother Liu Yang, the word Feihong, presumably Brother Tai should already know, I don't know what Brother Tai Taifu is called? ”

"My name is Qin Dong, the word Xusheng! I only arrived in Constantinople a few days ago, and I have been wanting to get acquainted with Brother Feihong these days, but I am worried that it is too abrupt, so I have been following Brother Feihong, and I have heard of Brother Liu's name when I first arrived here, and I really admire Brother Tai for being able to make a great name here, admire! ”

Liu Yang laughed: "Hahaha, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning, I can get Brother Xusheng to hand it over, Yang is overjoyed, come on, Yang respects Brother Xusheng for a bowl!" ”

"Okay, done!" Qin Dong picked up the wine bowl and drank it all.

The two of them ate and drank as if no one was around, drinking and eating food, and chatting freely about the world, which was so uncomfortable, but it caused the other mercenaries to drool.

The two of them were a little drunk after pouring down a jar of wine, but only half of the dishes on the table were eaten, and Liu Yang saw that Qin Dong also had a waist knife hanging from his waist, so he said: "Brother Xusheng is also a person who practices martial arts?" ”

Qin Dong burped and said: "If you have learned a few hands and three-legged cat kung fu, if Brother Feihong doesn't dislike it, can you accompany your brother to live a few tricks?" To fuel the fun? ”

"Hahaha, Yang Zheng has this intention!"

The mercenaries in the tavern originally couldn't understand the conversation between the two in Chinese, but when they saw the two of them untie their waist knives and walk out of the tavern, they knew that the two were going to fight on the street, and immediately all poured out of the tavern to watch around, and the pedestrians on the street stopped when they saw that it was so lively, and the whole street was blocked after a while.

Liu Yang took out his waist knife and threw the scabbard on the ground and hugged his fist to Qin Dong and said, "Brother Xusheng, please!" ”

"Hahaha, Brother Feihong, I'm not welcome to that little brother!" Qin Dong laughed and immediately pulled out his waist knife and pounced on Liu Yang.

Liu Yang did not retreat but advanced, the two immediately fought on the street, the sound of weapons resonating endlessly, sparks splashed, the two used oriental martial arts moves, the movements were beautiful and gorgeous, but they did not lose their power, if someone thought that they were just fists and legs, it would be very wrong.

Liu Yang was forced to a vendor's board, Qin Dong slashed over, Liu Yang dodged sideways, Qin Dong's knife cut the thick board into two sections, the fracture was neat, and the people around him gasped.

The two of them came and went, the offensive and defensive momentum switched from time to time, and in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred moves passed, and the people watching around were fascinated, and a Greek with an artistic temperament exclaimed again and again: "Oh my God, is there such a beautiful way of fighting in this world?" It's so artistic! No, I'm going to draw this scene! ”

The artist said he would do it, and immediately took out a pen and cloth. Spread the cloth on the ground and watch the two of them fight, and start painting.

The fight lasted for more than half an hour. The two of them didn't know whether they won or lost, and they were also sweating profusely, but Liu Yang knew that Qin Dong was letting himself, and since ten minutes after the fight, Liu Yang felt that his body began to decline, and the moves began to lack coherence, and there was a sense of stagnation. And Qin Dong has always been at ease, Liu Yang is a person with a lot of combat experience, and he knows that ordinary people can only last five minutes at most when fighting at full strength. After five minutes, the movement will begin to slow down, and the person who is in better health and stronger may be able to support it for a longer time, and it is actually very rare for him to be able to hold on to ten minutes on his own. But he didn't expect Qin Dong to have such strong endurance all the time.

Qin Dong saw that Liu Yang couldn't hold on anymore. Immediately jumped away and said: "Hahaha, Brother Feihong is amazing, the little brother is not as good, how about we compare next time?" ”

Liu Yang hugged his fists and said: "Brother Xusheng is too modest, it is Brother Xusheng who has been letting Yang, and I will ask Brother Xusheng for more advice in the future!" ”

"Brother Feihong is polite, I see that Brother Feihong is heroic and heroic, and he is really a handsome man among people. Why don't you and I become brothers of the opposite sex? Qin Dong said. In fact, as soon as he said this, he was apprehensive, lest Liu Yang refuse, and he would be embarrassed at that time.

But I was overjoyed to see Liu Yang: "I have this intention, Brother Xusheng mentions yì, and I can't ask for it, but I'm afraid that Brother Xusheng will climb high!" ”

Qin Dong blamed: "Where did Brother Feihong say that, you and I are in this foreign country, for the people here, we are all people from the East, there is no distinction between the highlands of status, today you and I are here to marry Jinlan, and in the future, our brothers will do the next career, wouldn't they leave a good story?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, Yang is too pedantic, according to Brother Xusheng's words, you and I will become opposite-sex brothers again!"

Qin Dong immediately instructed Afalde to prepare three animals, which were necessary for the sacrifice, and Afalde quickly bought three pigs, cattle and sheep, and sent people to slaughter them on the spot, borrowed the table in the tavern and placed pig's head, ox head and sheep's head in the tavern.

Qin Dong and Liu Yang were so happy that they walked into the tavern hand in hand, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the two knelt in front of the table full of three animals, Qin Dong asked Alfold to bring a bowl of wine, took out a sharp dagger from the outside of the calf, cut a hole in the wrist and let the blood flow in the wine, and handed the dagger to Liu Yang, Liu Yang also cut the skin of his wrist to let the blood flow in the same bowl, this strange behavior made the mercenaries and others watching around very surprised.

"Hey, man, what are they doing?" A mercenary asked, pulling Rafald's clothes.

Alfald looked back and saw that it was a young mercenary, and explained: "It is an oriental ritual, they drink this bowl of wine dripping with the blood of both sides, it is two warriors who appreciate each other, and are willing to form brothers, and under the witness of God, their relationship is determined from now on, and they must be loyal to each other, help each other, and never betray each other, and if one of them betrays will be punished most severely by God!" ”

The mercenary wondered, "Oh, can't they marry other women?" ”

Alfold said angrily, "Oh God, what are you thinking? They're just brothers, you know? Idiot! ”

"I'm sorry, I think it's crooked!"

Qin Dong and Liu Yang became brothers of the opposite sex in this way, and the people around them quickly knew what they were doing, and the onlookers were quite curious about the ceremony and relationship of becoming brothers of the opposite sex, and many people were very respectful of this kind of ceremony, and there were two pairs of mercenaries on the spot who borrowed the props they left behind to become brothers after the ceremony of Qin Dong and Liu Yang, and this matter quickly spread through the guò channel, Within a few days many people in Constantinople knew about this kind of marriage as brothers of the opposite sex, and there were people vying to follow suit. Especially after the officialdom of Constantinople became two high-ranking officials who became brothers, its role became apparent, and this relationship maintained the stability of the political alliance.

Liu Yang is indeed a talent, Qin Dong is convinced of this, in order to develop and obtain a larger territory, more troops and greater rights, it is necessary to unite more people, gather these people closely around him, and make them loyal to him, this is a thing that any politician with lofty ambitions must do, and this thing has only the beginning, not the end.

And how to unite a lot of people? There are many ways to instill one's own ideas in talented people, and to win his approval, to persuade him to do it with him, this is one of the most common and best methods, in addition, through guò kinship to let those people follow their own, you can also use guò to worship and accept righteous children and other means are also possible, after all, the ancients had a strong clan concept.

After Qin Dong and Liu Yang became brothers, the two often drank together, either Qin Dong looked for Liu Yang, or Liu Yang looked for Qin Dong, after a few days of communication, Qin Dong also went to Liu Yang's home in Constantinople, his home was a small house, and the family hired an old servant to be in charge of his diet and daily life.

Qin Dong also knows more about Liu Yang, Liu Yang is a person from Jingzhou, his family used to be a small landlord, but in his father's generation it declined, in order to get ahead, he learned martial arts since he was a child and went to the north alone, and after several turns, he joined the caravan to pass the Silk Road to the west. Later, the caravan was robbed by horse bandits, and was separated from the caravan under the war, and was exiled to Junbao.

After seeing off Liu Yang on this day, Charlie Cao walked in with a smile on his face, and Qin Dong saw it and asked: "Dao Chief, I haven't seen you these days, and now that I see you full of spring breeze, could it be that you have already persuaded that Zhong Hui?" ”

Charlie Cao said with a smile: "No, no, Poor Dao hasn't mentioned this matter to Zhong Hui yet, he has been discussing with Zhong Hui for the past few days, and there is nothing else!" ”

Qin Dong wondered: "Dao Chief, I asked you to be a lobbyist, not to let you go to his house all day long to cheat and cheat!" ”

"My lord, this kind of thing can't be rushed, people like Zhong Hui are not as good as Liu Yang, they need to be taken step by step, they can't be too hasty, it's easy to do bad things if they are too anxious, the observation of the poor road guò in the past few days has found that Zhong Hui is not simple, not that his identity is mysterious, but that he is very insightful in politics, and he is broad-minded and open-minded, and he is Wang Zuozhi's talent!"

Qin Dong was taken aback when he heard this, Wang Zuozhicai's evaluation was not something ordinary people could get, he hurriedly said: "Then please ask the Taoist to work harder, you must take Zhong Hui down for me, if you need me to come forward, just speak!" ”

Charlie Cao joked and said, "Okay, my lord, I can understand it!" (To be continued......)