When Liu Jiye knocked on the door of the room where Yang Xin and Zeng Zhilin lived, Yang and Zeng had just been lying on the bed with their clothes. Hearing someone knocking on the door, Yang Xin asked, "Who is it?" ”

Liu Jiye replied outside the door: "Yang Yuanwai, a certain is Liu Jiye, there is something to discuss with the outsider." ”

Hearing that it was Liu Jiye, Yang Xin hurriedly got up from the bed, opened the door, and let Liu Jiye and Yang Sheng into the room.

After everyone sat down, Liu Jiye first hugged Yang and Zeng and said; "I came to visit at night and disturbed the rest of the two, I really apologize."

Yang Xinyi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Anyway, it's almost dawn, so it doesn't matter if you don't sleep. General Liu came to me and waited, I don't know what is important? ”

To Yang Xin's surprise, Liu Jiye did not answer after listening to his question, but got up and left his seat, threw himself to the ground, and said: "Yang Yuan, please accept the young general's worship." ”

This can startle Yang Xin and Zeng Zhilin, although Liu Jiye has not yet achieved the official position of Jianxiong Army Festival, but after all, he is already the official of the court of the Northern Han Dynasty, and it is really a little unbearable for him to give a big gift to an ordinary businessman like himself. Yang Xin hurriedly got up and avoided the side, and then stretched out his hand to help him and said: "General Liu, please get up quickly, there is a difference between the identity of General Liu and General Liu, and General Liu will make this big gift, isn't he going to be killed?" ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Jiye was not moved at all, still maintained a saluting posture, and said: "Yang Yuanwai's words are wrong. Yang Yuanwai is the life-saving benefactor of the young general, so he naturally deserves the gift of the young general. ”

"A lifesaver?" Yang Xin was stunned for a moment when he heard Liu Jiye's words, and then reacted to what Liu Jiye said, so he hurriedly said: "General Liu is serious, when he shot the thief who was ambushed on the mountain bag, he was not ready to shoot with a crossbow machine, so it is not certain who he wants to sneak attack, and the general really dare not take the words 'life-saving benefactor' below." Besides, shooting the bandit down was just a gesture, and it really wasn't a big deal. ”

After speaking, Yang Xin came over to help Liu Jiye again, but Liu Jiye still didn't move, and insisted: "It's not that the young general is boasting, judging from the situation at the time, the bandits in ambush on the mountain bag must have targeted the young general." If it weren't for Yang Yuanwai's decisive move, I am afraid that the young general would have died under the crossbow arrow at this time. The young general knew that Yang Yuanwai was a master in the world and did things freely, so he naturally didn't care about this false name.

It's just that although the young general doesn't read much, he also knows the words 'Zhi'en Tubao'. Yang Yuanwai can not take this matter to heart, but the young general cannot. The young general's gift, the outside of the staff must accept it no matter what, unless the outside of the staff looks down on the young general, and feels that the young general is not qualified to accept the life-saving grace of the outside. ”

Seeing that Liu Jiye had already said this, Yang Xin couldn't refuse the other party, otherwise he would be a little too unacquainted. So, he had no choice but to say: "Since the general said so, then I will receive the general's gift." ”

After speaking, Yang Xin let go of the hand holding Liu Jiye's arm and really accepted Liu Jiye's salute.

After the salute, Liu Jiye got up and returned to his seat and said: "Although 'great grace is not thankful', the young general still wants to say to the outside of the staff, if there is any use for the young general in the future, please just ask, the young general will definitely help." ”

Yang Xin hurriedly waved his hand and said, "General Liu's words are wrong. It was a completely knee-jerk reaction to shoot the bandits, and he never thought about asking the general to do anything for him. The general just thanked Zai Xing, and he has already been killed, and he will ask the general to do anything again. ”

Liu Jiye saw that Yang Xin was still so polite, and said: "Don't misunderstand Yang Yuanwai, the young general is a rough person and is not very good at speaking, but what the young general said just now is from the bottom of his heart, and the young general really wants to repay the life-saving grace of the outsider." Youngsters ......"

Zeng Zhilin, who was next to him, saw that these two spoke so politely, and knew that if he continued to say this, he might not be able to convince the other party when it came to dawn. He thought about it for a while, and thought of a clever move, so he intercepted Liu Jiye's words and suggested: "General Liu, Brother Twenty-five, can you listen to a certain sentence." ”

Liu and Yang couldn't convince anyone at this time, and they were hoping that someone would come out to break the deadlock, so they didn't have any opinions on Zeng Zhilin's request.

Zeng Zhilin hugged his fists at the two and said, "General Liu, you are 'Thankful Reward', and Twenty-fifth Brother, you are 'Grateful and Unretributive'." The difference between the two of you is mainly on the 'retribution' and 'non-repayment'. According to the brothers, the two are of the same age, have similar temperaments, and have the friendship of killing the enemy together this time, rather than having a dispute over this 'repaying kindness' and 'not repaying gratitude', which hurts everyone's harmony, it is better to worship as brothers, and from then on it will be like a family. ,

In this way, since the two sides are brothers, it is natural for the twenty-fifth brother to save General Liu, and General Liu no longer has to be obsessed with repaying this so-called life-saving grace. Twenty-fifth brother can also accept General Liu's help justifiably, and he doesn't have to be afraid of gossip from others. After speaking, Zeng Zhilin looked at Liu and Yang, waiting for them to express their opinions on his suggestions.

Zeng Zhilin's suggestion was made very suddenly, and Yang Xin was not psychologically prepared at all. In his eyes, Liu Jiye is a historical figure that he admires a lot. Although Liu Jiye is still a fledgling young general, he is still the adopted grandson of the Northern Han Emperor after all, and he is far from his identity. Don't look at the crossing team in Liangxiang and even Youzhou City, but in the final analysis, they still need to rely on the cloth people who are sheltered by local shili.

Although Yang Xin is a traverser, he has been living in this era for two years, and he still has a good understanding of the strict hierarchical status of this era. Not to mention whether Liu Jiye will agree, as far as Yang Xin himself is concerned, he is afraid that after swearing to Liu Jiye, he will be gossiped by others, saying that he clings to the powerful by saving Liu Jiye's life. Besides, he has already bowed to the traversal people once, and he doesn't know if he can worship with others according to the rules of this era.

Just when Yang Xin was hesitating, Liu Jiye preemptively said: "Zeng Yuanwai's idea is in line with the young general's mind, I don't know if Yang Yuanwai will give the young general this face." ”

Seeing that Liu Jiye had raised the problem to the level of "face", Yang Xin was really not easy to refuse, so he had to ask Liu Jiye: "If General Liu doesn't think that his status is low, he will naturally be unable to ask for it." It's just that I have already bowed to more than 30 brothers, including the twenty-sixth brother, before Xia, I wonder if I can still bow to General Liu again? ”

Yang Xin's question made Liu Jiye very incomprehensible, he didn't understand that since this Yang Xin Yang had already married others, Weishenme connected to worship brothers only needed to worship the like-minded people, and they didn't understand the rules of the unlimited number of times. He asked with some confusion: "Since Yang Yuanwai has once worshipped, how can he not even understand such simple rules?" Did Yang Yuanwai really bow to someone? Or do you look down on the youngsters and deliberately find excuses to push? ”

Yang Xinyan hurriedly waved his hand and said: "General Liu misunderstood, I didn't make excuses to prevaricate the general, I really don't know." The general said that the sworn brothers in Xia and Xia were not natives of the Han people in China, but descendants of the Han people who returned from overseas. ”

As he spoke, Yang Xin gave a general explanation to Liu Jiye about the origin of these people, and Zeng Zhilin also added on the side, and said that the last worship was carried out under the auspices of the only Han from China among the brothers, and it was because they from overseas Han people did not know some rules very clearly. The suggestion to bow to oneself was also improvised, without taking into account these rules at all.

After listening to the introductions of Yang and Zeng, all the doubts in Liu Jiye's heart were completely solved. Moreover, it was not only the confusion that Yang Xin did not understand the rules of worship, but also the doubts about many other different conventional practices of this caravan. As the doubts were solved, Liu Jiye not only did not regret agreeing to marry Yang Xin, but was glad for his wise decision. Because, in this way, you can get to know these unique characters more deeply, increase your knowledge, and even learn some knowledge and knowledge that Middle-earth did not have.

Therefore, as soon as Yang and Zeng finished speaking, Liu Jiye said happily: "It turns out that the two brothers outside the staff and the two brothers outside the staff have such a bizarre experience, and today's young general is really an eye-opener." didn't say it, Yang Yuanwai's brother is settled. According to the rules, there is no limit to the number of times you bow down, as long as you are like-minded with each other, you can form eight prostrations. ”

At this point, Yang Xin naturally would not shirk any longer, and also accepted Zeng Zhilin's suggestion very happily and agreed to become brothers with Liu Jiye. Subsequently, Liu Jiye immediately went to find the owner of the tavern, borrowed from him the table, incense burner, and the portrait of Master Guan, and placed them in the open space outside the tavern, and placed all kinds of fruits and sacrifices that could be found.

After lighting the incense candles, Yang Xin and Yang Ye (Liu Jiye decided to use his original name to swear in order to appear closer) put on incense, burned paper, pricked their respective fingers, and dripped blood into the haode wine bowl prepared in advance, and one of them drank a bowl of wine. ,

Then the two of them faced the rising sun, knelt on the ground facing the north, and solemnly swore an oath: "Nian Yang Xin (Yang Ye) and the two, although they are not of the same clan, they are brothers, then life and death are entrusted, good fortune and evil are rescued, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and they help each other in adversity, and work together to help the needy and the needy." I don't want to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but I want to die on the same day and month of the same year. The emperor and the queen of heaven, learn from this heart, betray righteousness and ingratitude, and kill heaven and man together! ”

After reading, the two kowtowed to the north and bowed eight times and officially became brothers. Subsequently, the two of them passed their ages in order, Yang Xin is twenty-nine years old this year, and Yang Ye is two years younger than him, twenty-seven this year. Therefore, Yang Xin is the brother and Yang Ye is the brother.

The eldest and youngest were set, Yang Ye invited Yang Xin to sit down in the tavern, and then he respectfully saluted Yang Xin. After the salute, Yang Xin helped Yang Ye up, and the two of them called "big brother and virtuous brother" several times, only to feel that the distance between them had narrowed a lot.

After breakfast, Yang Xin told Yu Wende and Song Feiyang about his marriage with Yang Ye, and invited Yang Ye to meet with Yu and Song. Subsequently, the five brothers chatted for a long time together, and Yang Ye was introduced in detail to Yang Ye during the period of returning to Middle-earth, and Yang Ye also told the Crossing Zhong about his growth process from childhood to adulthood. With Yang Ye's bold personality, he quickly mingled with the traversers, and even Yu Wende, who has never liked to communicate with outsiders, talked with him very happily.

When Yang Ye learned that Yu Guozhong came to Han to find pyrite this time, he immediately said that the matter was on him. When this was over, he went to Fanzhi and Yanmen with the traversers, and asked his acquaintances there to help him find mines. If there was no place here, he rushed back to Taiyuan and went there to find a source of goods for them. In this regard, the traversers naturally thanked them again and again, and Yu Wende was even more happy in his heart. Because it means that he can return to Liangxiang earlier with the goods, so that he can ignite his iron-making furnace and steel-making furnace earlier.

Several people chatted until it was close to noon, when they were interrupted by Yang Sheng, who came in to report that the official mission of Fanzhi County had arrived. Everyone came out of the tavern, and Yang Ye came forward to negotiate with the officials of Fanzhi County, explained the situation last night, and took the officials to check the bodies and prisoners of the bandits, and handed over the confessions of the thieves to them. Due to the presence of Yang Ye, an official of the imperial court, the handover with the official of Fanzhi County was very smooth, and the work of less than a meal was explained clearly. In the afternoon of the same day, the prospecting team and Yang Ye and his entourage left the small mountain village and embarked on the official road to Fanzhi County.

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