Chapter 35: Into the City
I didn't sleep all night when I went south, and I couldn't hold back my sleepiness until the fourth watch. As a result, when Yue Qize woke up, he was sleeping sweetly with his body facing outward.
"Wake up, don't sleep again!"
When I went south, I didn't forget to be vigilant when I fell asleep. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yue Qize's face enlarged in front of his eyes, and he was startled.
He was about to get up, but Yue Qize didn't expect that he only screamed, and the person woke up! The two heads "bumped" together, the pain scattered, and the consciousness returned.
Nan didn't have time to put on his robe when he came in, and immediately apologized: "My lord, I'm sorry, my subordinates are in a daze!" "What are you doing so close to yourself?
Yue Qize covered the painful forehead, this person saw that he was going to hit up, was it intentional or deliberate, this gesture was not pretentious?
Forget it, it's at fault. But the biggest mistake should be himself, what does a man look so delicate. "It's okay, get up!"
He was dressed in two strokes, his hair tied high in a small silver crown, a gray squirrel fur hat that covered his full forehead, and a scarf of the same line covering his pointed and fleshy jaw.
As long as you lower your head, half of your face can be covered tightly. Yue Qize touched his slightly rough face, and for the first time he began to be a little dissatisfied with it.
"You're used to dressing up!"
"The third brother is wrong, it's not that the younger brother is used to dressing up, but the things you prepared for me are too good!" These expensive costumes are neither strange nor familiar to me!
Originally, I was worried that he was not used to these things, or that he was more worried that the two would not be in harmony. Who knows, these specially prepared things should be used on him, and there is no sense of disobedience at all.
After eating some breakfast, I left with the shopkeeper's courteous smile. At the time of departure, the gray streets welcomed the first guests of the day, dressed in heavy cotton clothes, on the side of the road, busy with life.
The two of them soon left the city, a layer of white and crystalline frost around their necks, and the heat from the horse's mouth left all the way, and as the sun rose, the weather became warmer.
The fields in the dark night are empty and boundless. There was nothing else in a lonely grass hut, and a pile of fire lit up the night and drove away the cold.
In the air, the smell of roast chicken is wanton, attracting mouth-watering people. Seeing Nanjin constantly flipping over the increasingly mature pheasants, there was nothing else in his eyes, Yue Qize said: "Can you still hit the pheasants at this time?" ”
"This pheasant doesn't hibernate, if you are careful, it will not be difficult at all."
"If you go out and catch pheasants, are you too lucky or are you too stupid?"
"Now that it's here, I can't let go of this delicious food!"
"Didn't you mean to find it?" This is the point, after a day of travel, this kid still has the spirit to catch pheasants, which is really beyond his imagination.
"My third brother and I are still growing up, this diet naturally can't be bad, otherwise what if you don't grow tall?" This body is thin and short, and he has to work hard to grow taller.
The water that Yue Qize had not swallowed in his mouth almost spit it out, this person was not for the desire of his tongue. After looking at him from top to bottom, he said seriously: "Well, it will be worth paying attention to this aspect in the future!" ”
"Of course, you have to pay attention, although the third brother is tall and burly, it would be better if he grew more."
"I'm very satisfied with the current situation, and you can make up for more!" No matter how long I am, I can't get anywhere!
"This chicken is so well roasted, it's a great pleasure to have this companion on a cold night!" As he spoke, he took the roasted golden crispy pheasant off the fire.
Looking at his beautiful face, Yue Qize's heart relaxed a lot. I thought that this time it would be boring and dangerous, but I didn't expect this unexpected joy.
"It's a pity that the ingredients are limited, otherwise it will be more delicious." Nan Jin took out the dagger, divided the roast chicken in two, and gave Yue Qi a large portion.
Yue Qize took a small one, tore off a wing and put it in his mouth, "Your skills are good, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside!" Nanjin handed him another chicken leg, "Third brother, although I am growing my body, the amount of food is not very large." ”
"Then don't eat steamed buns! Eat! Seeing that he didn't want it, Nanjin didn't send it again. Poured him a bowl of boiling water from a small tin can and left it cold next to it!
The two are brothers on the surface, but he never forgets his identity, and he is absolutely thoughtful when he can "dedicate his hospitality". "I'm your third brother, so I don't have to be so careful outside."
"The eldest brother is like a father, the younger brother does what he should do, the third brother doesn't have to think about it!" What happened before, it's still too impulsive to think about!
"You also say that the eldest brother is orderly, the eldest brother is like a father, all this naturally has my share as an elder brother, drink water!" He took the tin can out of the fire and poured him a bowl of water.
It's also right for him to be a cow and a horse, but he doesn't have to do that. "The third brother is a person who does big things, so he doesn't have to stick to small things!"
"That means, you're not going to do big things?" Isn't this man contradicting himself? With his kung fu, as long as he goes to the battlefield, why not make meritorious contributions.
This is different! But how do you explain it yourself? Well, in front of him, his head won't turn, and he often has the ability to speak dumbly.
"I just need to follow the third brother, I don't care about any big things." If you can't say it, I'll rely on it, you can't care about me!
Yue Qize thought he was joking, and he didn't take it to heart. "You're talking nonsense again, there's not much firewood, I'll go out and find some more!" After saying that, the man disappeared into the night at the door.
After eating hot food, the body that was stiffened by the wind came back to life. Wrapped in a thick thick, the two sat on one side of the fire with only one face exposed.
"Third brother, what are we going to Fengcheng for?"
"You can't guess?"
"The third brother is a man from heaven and earth, how can I, an ordinary man, know it!"
"Don't be a fool, tell me what you really think."
"Then I'll say it, if it's too outrageous, you can't laugh at me."
"Long-winded!"
"It's not always for fun, but as the leader of an army, you shouldn't be there to investigate the enemy. Could it be that you are going to see a good look? ”
Yue Qize's face turned red, this person was really unreliable in speaking, and he held back a few words for a long time: "I don't have a good look." ”
"That little brother really can't think of it, and ask the third brother to solve his doubts!"
"I'm here to find out the enemy."
That's really a guess! "No, isn't there a special scout in the camp? Where is the need for you to be in danger alone, what if something goes wrong? No, let's go back! ”
"Listen to you or to me?"
"Of course, when it is to listen to you, no matter how smart people are, there are times when they are confused. So, you need to be properly reminded, don't you? ”
"Don't worry! There will be no danger. ”
This is said definitely, but it is the territory of the Jin people, and you are a general who is not big or small, is it appropriate to go to rob the scouts on an errand? "The world is in a myriad of ways, and you can't do it accurately."
"Then let's go play!" The clouds are light and the wind is clear to talk about life and death, and the clouds are rolling up!
Your life is the most important thing, don't you play around like this, okay? Nanjin hurriedly said: "Today is twenty-eight, the day after tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, you run to the enemy to play, this is not appropriate!" ”
"It's out, don't worry about going back!" Watching him wrapped in a big coat and circling around the fire, how pleasing it looked.
After another day's journey, a tall gray wall became clearer and clearer in front of me. Because it is at the junction of the two parties, the inspection is particularly strict.
Nanjin followed closely behind him, and Yue Qize took the road that had already been prepared and handed it to the Jin soldiers who were checking. The man asked, in stupid Chinese, "What are you doing in the city?" ”
"Back to the military master, seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, my mother is suffering from blood stasis. The villain heard that the salvia produced in Fengcheng was the best, so he rushed over with his fourth brother to buy a few plants, which also relieved the pain of his mother and did his filial piety! ”
He said savagely: "What is the way to stop the disease and relieve the pain, the southern barbarian is struggling to speak." Yue Qize took out a piece of broken silver and stuffed it into his hand and said, "Master Jun, please fulfill the villain's filial piety!" ”
When the man touched the silver, his face was a little better, and he still had the appearance of his nostrils facing the sky. "Then go ahead, but if people know that you dare to do something else, worry about your life!"
"Yes, thank you, Master Jun!"
Who knew that Nanjin had just taken two steps with him, and he was stopped, and someone came over with a team of golden soldiers and said, "I see that you are burly, but you look like a practitioner." ”
Yue Qize looked panicked, and explained: "Master Jun, the villain is an authentic small trader, but he can't afford to be an adult!" ”
The man had a sideways face, thick eyebrows and thin eyes, he walked in front of Yue Qize, and looked very carefully back and forth. "Stretch out your hand!"
Nanjin clenched his horsewhip and was ready to move at any time. Generally, martial arts practitioners will leave more or less calluses on their hands. Yue Qize has been holding a gun for a long time, how could he not have it!
"Master Jun, I'm really a little trader!"
"If you don't take your hand out again, it will kill you, quickly!" Yue Qize couldn't help but stretch out his hand and said, "Lord, look! ”
The man saw that although his hands were not white, they were not calloused, and he was not a martial artist at first glance. Very impatient: "Let's go, let's go!" ”
"Thank you, thank you!"
Nanjin's frightened sweat came out, and when he looked up, he saw that his color had not changed at all, and he calmly walked on the streets full of golden people, and his heart was also put down!
It is much more lively here than Hedong City, and countless Jin people bargain with Han traders on the streets, and some of them don't even pay the money, just carry their things and leave.
Those vendors didn't dare to resist too strongly, which shows that this kind of thing has long been common. It is estimated that there are also people who resist hard, and I am afraid that they have become a cup of loess.
Nanjin glanced back, the golden soldiers on the city tower were so dazzling, and the Han people under the city lived like ants. humbly stooped, just want to be able to live forever.
The two walked to a luxuriously decorated inn, and a young man who looked like Zhou Zheng came over and said, "Are the two guest officers still staying in the hotel?" "That tone is not like Xiao Er, who can serve people, and he is very imposing.
"Staying in a hotel, an upper room!"
"It's really a good time for the guest to come, and there is still an upper room. If you hadn't arrived a quarter of an hour earlier, someone had just left the room. ”
"Our horses should use the best forage!"
Seeing that these two were not shocked by their attitude, Xiao Er couldn't help but respectfully parted and said, "Don't worry, everything we use in Ruyun Inn is the best." The small tree and the forest are coming, and there is an upper room! ”
As soon as the words fell, two people walked out of the hall, one led the horse away, and the other led in front of Yue Qize. The hall is based on vermilion, and the furniture is made of mahogany, which is the best and most expensive inn in Fengcheng, and there is no one.
At this time, it was already dark, and many people came to the hall one after another, and there were many wealthy merchants and gold people. In the northwest corner of the hall, there are two people sitting on the left and the right in front of a table of eight immortals. A table of delicacies, bringing together the characteristics of the north and south, to satisfy the appetite of people from all over the world.
Nanjin glanced at the plate of red and crispy Dongpo meat, which used to be placed on the table, and he couldn't move at all, but now he actually felt like his saliva was increasing.
Seeing that Yue Qize's mind was not on the dishes, Nanjin Shenzhen picked a piece and put it in his mouth, fat but not greasy, slightly sweet with a faint aroma of wine, and turned back with sorrow.
A few golden soldiers at the adjacent table ate meat and drank wine, and a roasted whole sheep soon had a skeleton left, and the wine jar was crooked. They were having a great time, singing and dancing, and their faces were flushed.
Yue Qize picked a piece of lamb chops in his plate, tilted his head and asked in a low voice, "What are they talking about?" ”
Because of their special status, Nanjin was already paying attention, "They just paid a lot of military salaries, saying that they would go to Hedong for a walk after the New Year." ”
"It's just right to come, so that they have no return."
Watching them go away in style, leaving a table full of leftovers, Nanjin and Yue Qize's mood was not much better.
All their treatment, which one is not from the Great Song Dynasty. On the other hand, sometimes you can't even eat. If you don't raise your own army, you have to give a lot of gold and silver to the enemy every year.
"The third brother ordered so many dishes if he didn't eat it, it would be a waste, this abalone soup is very fresh!" Saying that, Nanjin served him a bowl, Yue Qize said: "This Dongpo meat is quite authentic, you can try it too!" ”
Among the many dishes, he only took one more look at Dongpo meat, and he could find that Nanjin admired his observation to the extreme.
"Although this dish has not been created for a long time, it is famous and spreads quickly, I have only heard of it before, and now I am a little curious when I see it!"
"If you like to eat, eat more!" As he spoke, he swapped the Jiangmi chicken in front of Nanjin, who knew that Nanjin had just picked a basket, and he listened to him: "You a northerner likes to eat southern food, so you won't be born in the wrong place!" ”
Nanjin's mouthful of meat is really swallowable, he knew that he should have refused in this way, but he swallowed it in the end. "I'm growing my body, I want to eat more meat, and the chefs here are really good!"
Nanjin did not deny or admit it, only putting the blame on its essence and the cook. It's too much to say and be wrong, after this time, I can't help but be more careful when I go south.
I can't complain that he can win battles for a long time, but this scheming is much higher than ordinary people. If it weren't for his righteousness, I don't know what the final outcome of this world would be!