Chapter 2 Out of the Plug (Part I)

Along the way, Xu Dayan pointed and pointed, and all he sighed in his words was that such a large city, how many soldiers could be hidden, how many people could be gathered, how much grain could be hoarded, etc. Li Xu nodded and agreed, but he was thinking about such a big city, such a dense flow of people, and how much income he could make every day when he opened a grocery store in the downtown area. One of the two Gu Panxiongfei said, and the other listened unintentionally, but they also complemented each other well.

"The first emperor unified the world, and the general Meng Tian once stationed 20,000 troops here. For the rest of their lives, the Huns did not dare to go south and herd horses! Xu Dayan jumped off his horse and pointed to a dilapidated ancient temple and said. The temple was chatting with incense, and the paint on the gate was mottled and peeled off, and it became more and more desolate compared to the lively scenery around it. But the local people did not think it was shabby, and all those who passed by the temple gate dismounted and walked slowly. Even the vendors who set up stalls along the street try not to get close to the entrance of the temple.

"Meng Tian, wasn't he killed by the Second Emperor?" Li Xu jumped off the horse and asked in a low voice. After shopping for a long time, he and Xu Dayan finally found a common topic.

"It's a pity that I didn't die at the hands of a foreign race!" Xu Dayan shrugged his shoulders and sighed. Li Xu, who is the same as his classmate, is very different from his personality, and for this stuffy gourd who is always absent-minded, Xu Dayan has long held back a nameless fire. But there was only one person in the entire caravan who had read a book, and he could only accommodate no matter how dissatisfied he was.

Xiao Li Xu didn't have time to listen to his long sighs, and as soon as he jumped off the horse, his eyes were attracted by a small two-storey building with carved beams and paintings in the distance. The whole building was painted brightly, and the sound of silk and bamboo was faintly heard inside. Approaching and walking out of the door, there were all well-dressed high-rollers, all of them with ruddy faces, as if everyone had just made a big deal.

"It's just a green building, what's there to see!" Xu Dayan shouted in a low voice, looking at his companion with even more disdain.

Next, Li Xu's reply made his eyes fall with anger.

"Qinglou, isn't it painted? Why did you come up with such a strange name? What is sold inside, Brother Mao Gong is willing to go and have a look! Li Xu pulled the reins of the horse and stepped forward step by step.

"Don't sell goods, just laugh!" Xu was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh, and stepped forward to grab him.

"Laughing?" Li Xuleng was stunned for a while, and then he realized that after the Qinglou, it turned out to be a kiln, and his face suddenly turned red to the base of his neck.

"Could it be that the customs of the people of Shanggu County are so simple? You haven't even heard of prostitution! Xu Dayan really couldn't stand his companion being so lonely, and his voice unconsciously raised a few points.

Li Xu turned his head again and stopped talking to him. Xu Dayan thought that he was talking too seriously, which made him annoyed. Just about to divert the topic elsewhere, Li Xu suddenly turned around, blushed, pulled his sleeve, and said: "Uncle Zhang, Du Scar, Wang Mazi, they all went to the Qinglou, no, they were pulled into the alley by an old woman on the edge of the Qinglou!" ”

"They are gangsters in the market, they have spare money in hand, what can they do if they don't do this thing?" Xu Dayan jumped on the horse's back and said angrily. "Let's hurry up, these places are really dirty!"

Li Xu saw that his companion suddenly became extremely unhappy, so he had to jump on the mount. The bold and righteous Sun Jiu, the treacherous and miserly Du Scar, and the fierce and lustful Wang Mazi, in the past few days, dozens of merchants and vendors have been like Arhats in the temple, each with a different face. In the end, which is the true face of the merchant, or which face will become his future self, he doesn't know, he just feels that his heart is empty, and he is really confused.

The streets were crowded with people, and the two teenagers couldn't get up quickly if they wanted to leave. After walking more than 100 steps, there was a sudden chaos in front of him, and everyone squeezed over.

"Fight, fight!" There was a ruffian who, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, squeezed into the middle of the crowd while shouting and cheering for the doers. The onlookers in front refused to cooperate, and suddenly stepped back, squeezing the ruffians to the ground, and several big feet in straw sandals stepped on them without saying anything.

"Oh, my grandma, straight thief!" The little ruffian was trampled on and scolded, got up and tried to find someone desperately, looked up and looked forward, and was frightened into a cold sweat. He didn't even dare to pick up the turban that had been trampled on, so he ran to the shop on the side of the road. The shops on the left and right closed their doors and windows one after another, lest someone take advantage of the fire to rob and steal their own goods.

The wide street was instantly empty, and in the middle of the street, two men dressed in Turkic clothes brandished scimitars, "ping, ping, ping" and slashing at several small traders. Although there were many traders who were chased and cut down, they did not have the weapons to take advantage of. can only take the burden of the merchant, and flee while resisting. Someone had seen color on his arm, and the goods had fallen all over the ground. The powerful Hu people still refused to let go, and while chopping, they shouted and scolded in Chinese: "Find Lao Tzu to ask for money, Lao Tzu is your emperor's guest, do you understand?" You emperors don't dare to ask Lao Tzu for money, who lends you the guts! ”

The Hu people are unreasonable, this is the consensus of the people in the border counties. Therefore, when buying and selling goods, it is rare to bargain with Hu'er, who has passed by. After the fixed price is quoted, you can buy it if you like, and if you don't sell it, please do it. He will never hand over his goods to the Hu people, and give him the opportunity to see the goods first and pay later. And these traders are estimated to be traders from all the way from the south, and they don't know the rules of doing business with the Hu people at all. After being taken by Hu Renbai, he tried to get the money back, so he was chased and killed by the annoyed and angry other party.

"Stop!" Li Xu shouted at the top of his voice. Although before leaving, his parents repeatedly told him not to be nosy on the road. But seeing that someone was about to die on the spot, he immediately threw his parents' instructions behind his ears.

After shouting, Li Xu remembered that he didn't bring a short knife for self-defense when he went out today. The two Hu men were obedient, gave up the haunted peddler, and walked over with a sly smile.

Riding the horse and escaping, it was obviously too late. With Xu Dayan by his side, Li Xu didn't want to be underestimated too much. Jumped off the horse with both hands, bent down and went to the side of the road to pick up bricks. Where can I find the broken bricks and tiles on such a busy street, and in the panic, I don't know who stuffed a deadbolt in his hand. Li Xuhu roared, picked up the deadbolt and rushed up.

In the middle of the street, Xu Dayan had already made a bunch of fights with the two Hu people. With a horsewhip in his hand, he actually blocked two scimitars. Then Li Xu ran forward to help the battle, Xu Dayan's eyes became more and more courageous, and a horsewhip whined, which made the faces of the two Hu people bloom in a blink of an eye.

The two-bearded man ate Xu Dayan's whip on his face, and accidentally hit Li Xu's stuffy stick on his waist, and he was so angry that he screamed. The surrounding people saw that the two Hu people were suffering, and immediately cheered loudly for the two young men who did not want to die.

"Good! Pump him, pump him hard! ”

"Okay, smash, smash his grandfather!" (Note 2)

Through the crack in the door, the people applauded loudly.

The two Hu people have been mixing in the Central Plains for more than a year, and their Chinese is more familiar than their hometown. After fighting for a long time, the two teenagers did not stop, and when they heard the cheers of the people, they were so annoyed and angry that their pace changed, and they immediately felt cold under the light of the knife.

This is the trick of the Hu people, just bullying a few hawkers, in the eyes of the Hu people, it is just a joke. As a result, the situation on the field was reversed, and Xu Dayan's leather whip was weak, and it was inconvenient to parry, and he was forced to retreat again and again by the scimitar. Although Li Xu used the root latch as a weapon, he did not go through the guidance of a famous teacher, and his gestures were not in order, so he could only rely on a ruthless force.

"Smack!" Xu Dayan's leather whip met the scimitar and was stirred into several sections. Seeing that the Hu man who had matched him saw the bargain, he quickly turned around, and the scimitar slashed at his arm like a match. Li Xu, who was resisting another scimitar, saw that the situation was not good, gave up his opponent, picked up the latch and chased the back of the head of Xu Dayan's Hu man.

"Dang!" The latch of the door was separated by a scimitar by the Hu people. The two Hu people sandwiched Li Xu in the middle, and Xu Dayan rushed forward to save him, but it was too late. watched as the two scimitars rushed towards Li Xu's knees.

"Brother!" Xu Dayan's head buzzed, and he waved his fists and wanted to rush forward desperately. Although today's troubles were all caused by Li Xu's meddling, as a companion who went out together, he still couldn't bear to see Li Xunian gently turn into a cripple.

At this moment, a black light suddenly flashed in the air. "Dang, Dang" twice, the two scimitars that were determined to win were picked off one after another, and a giant python with a long lance was horizontal in front of Li Xu.

"Stop!" On horseback, a burly officer shouted angrily.

The two Hu people had already started to get angry, so they were willing to stop. Half a step back, staggered his body, and actually put on a combined attack formation, shouting and rushing towards the officer.

"Dang, dang", two more crisp sounds. Two scimitars flew into the sky at the same time. The python-like lance shuddered and stopped between the two bearded men. The cold light of the horse's head shone directly on the throats of the two.

"We are the guests invited by your Great Emperor!" The two Hu people didn't dare to move their bodies anymore, and said arrogantly, "You, you don't, you can't kill, kill me!" ”。

"Our Great Sui welcomes distant guests, but if there is a wicked guest bullying the master, the answer is just one word!" The officer sneered, shook his hand, pulled back the long lance, and then shouted, "Get out!" ”

"Get out!" On both sides of the street, countless heads poked out from behind the windows, shouting and swearing. In the laughter and scolding of everyone, the two Hu people rushed away with their heads in their arms.

When everyone had had enough of laughing, the officer handed the lance to his attendant. Jumping off the mount, he asked Xu and Li with a smile: "The two little brothers are so bold, they dare to stop the Hu people from committing murder with their bare hands." I don't know where the two of them came from, and if they can leave their names and surnames! ”

"This, this...."Li Xuden panicked again. Growing so big, the biggest official he has ever seen is Zhao Ergouzi, an errand boy from the county yamen, and other bigwigs have only heard of it, but have never been in contact with it. For the officer in front of him who politely questioned him, he couldn't tell what grade the other party was, and he didn't know how he should salute this person. In a panic, he forgot to put down the deadbolt that was chopped in his hand, and held it tightly and blocked it horizontally on his chest.

"The two of us brothers are from Shanggu, and we heard that Jixian County is prosperous here, so we came to open our eyes without telling our families. I didn't expect the Hu people here to be so vicious, thanks to the general's timely arrival, otherwise, my two brothers would have to be hacked to death! Xu Dayan has seen more of the world than Li Xu, pulled Li Xu a few steps forward, bowed his hand, and thanked the officer.

"Thank you, General, for coming in time to save and save my two brothers!" I don't know if he was stupid or because he was restrained, Li Xu's voice suddenly became a little stammering.

"My brother has always been timid, don't blame the general. I don't know the name of the life-saving grace and honor, and which adult account he has made meritorious contributions to! Xu opened his mouth as a general and closed his mouth as a gentleman, but he refused to reveal his identity and Li Xu's.

The officer was also an open-minded person, and when he saw that Xu Dayan hid his identity carefully, he didn't ask any more questions. waved his hand and said with a smile: "Where am I a general, I am just an old pawn under the account of Duke Luo." The surname is step, you can call me an old step. In my opinion, this brother of yours is not a small bold. With a scimitar in his neck, he dared to sacrifice his life to save you! ”

Saying this made Li Xu's face even redder. Nana scolded herself a few words, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "It's not bold to be down, it's not bold to be down." It's just a momentary hurry, and it's just a brute attack! It's a foot general, and he shot down two scimitars with one lance, which is really a rare good skill! ”

"This is the well-known General Bu, who once picked out more than 20 Khitan bandits in one fell swoop, how can two Hu'er be opponents!" On the side of the road, the people who had recovered from the shock said babblingly.

Li Xu and Xu Dayan listened and admired the officer in front of them even more. The words of thanks were said in a big car, which made the officer surnamed Bu embarrassed, and led the two to separate the crowd, and explained as he walked: "As soon as you fought with the Hu people, I have already arrived. It's just that I didn't expect them to dare to commit murder in the street. That's why it's too late, two little brothers are not strange! ”

When Xu and Li heard this, they immediately showed a frank smile, "I knew that the general was protecting me, and the two of us would have fought even harder." Break the legs of two Hu people and see if they dare to commit murder in the street! ”

"That's not pretty!" The officer surnamed Bu waved his hand and said, "Zhuo County is a border place, and the people are fierce. Fights in the streets happen from time to time, and as long as they don't hurt people or harm the lives of the other party, the government is happy to turn a blind eye. If someone is injured, he may report to the yamen. The government has to come forward to deal with it, and the evidence collection and hearing will delay a lot of time, and when the lawsuit is over, the interest of the two little brothers may also be disrupted. ”

Li Xu and Xu Dayan are both smart people, how could they not hear the meaning of the escort reminder in the words of the officer surnamed Bu. The two immediately saluted again and thanked General Bu for his high righteousness. The officer surnamed Nabu took a few steps forward, looked back and saw that no one was following him, smiled, and said, "Don't hide it from the two of you, that Hu'er is too deceitful, if it were me in the position of the two of you, I would rush up and beat them severely." So, needless to say, thank you, get on the horse, and I'll send you out of town, lest anyone in the place have trouble! ”

The two teenagers got on their horses as ordered, accompanied by the general surnamed Bu and several of his retinue, and slowly walked towards the outer city. Not far away, sure enough, a local messenger rushed over with iron rulers and chains with great fanfare. Seeing that there were officers here, the "warriors" did not dare to cause trouble, so they took the guy and quietly hid on the side of the road.

"Is this still my official mission of the Great Sui?" Rao is Xu has big eyes and a big belly, and when he saw the official messenger putting on such a battle, he was also so angry that he trembled.

"They are also acting on orders. Hu people didn't dare to provoke, so they had to bully their own people! The officer surnamed Bu said with a wry smile as if he was used to it.

"If you knew this, the general might as well finish off the two Hu people with one lance, so that others will not suffer again!" Li Xu spat at the ground and scolded viciously.

"It's a matter of killing them, I'm afraid of getting into trouble for Luo Gong!" The officer surnamed Bu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Could it be that with the prestige of Luo Gong, the tiger and the general, don't you dare to provoke a few Hu scoundrels?" Xu asked in surprise.

"I'm not afraid of these scoundrels, but I'm afraid that someone will use this reason to provoke the side. The Turks were already eyeing the Central Plains, and the princes of the court and the central government did not know to be vigilant, but repeatedly told the border generals not to make trouble. Once the Turks come to the door under the pretext that their people have been killed, even if the brothers repel them, those people in the court will not let go of our general! The officer shook his head and sighed, and explained the complicated reasons to the two in a low voice.

It turned out that the person stationed in Jixian County at this time was Luo Yi, the general of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang, and this person's martial arts and strategies were counted among the border generals. Coupled with the thousands of brothers who share life and death under his command, the name of the tiger and the iron rider is enough to make the children on the grassland dare not cry at night. But this General Luo is good at everything, so he was not born in a rich family. Although he was exceptionally promoted to a general with his martial arts, luck and the emperor's appreciation, in the eyes of generations of Huagon's big clans, he was still a soldier. So in order not to be found fault for no reason, Luo Yi can only restrain his subordinates not to cause trouble for himself.

"Luo Gong is really a big husband!" After listening to the story of the officer surnamed Bu, Xu Dayan clapped his hands in admiration.

"Luo Gong is really from the army?" Li Xu's focus on concern would never seem to be in the same place as Xu Dayan, he raised his head and asked expectantly.

"Luo Gong was a pawn back then, and he was famous for killing in the pile of dead people. Luo Gong never hid this from his brothers! The officer surnamed Bu raised his head and said with admiration and pride: "Luo Gong once taught the brothers that when mating livestock, you need to breed and blood, so that you can give birth to good cubs. But people are not animals, they become tigers and jackals, and they are all themselves! ”

In an instant, the image of a world-class hero with a horse swinging a lance appeared in Li Xu's heart. He felt his blood slowly heat up, and there seemed to be a fire in his chest, surging out of his throat.

"That's how a husband should be!" Xu straightened his body and commented loudly.

"If there is a chance, the husband should be like this!" Deep in his heart, Li Xu heard his soul roar unwillingly.

Note 1: Jixian County, here Jixian County is an important town of the Sui Dynasty, not the current Jixian County. The specific location is in the south of today's Beijing, near Daxing.

Note 2: Yelegai, local dialect, specifically refers to the door of the brain.

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