Chapter 130: The Feast
"Who are they! It looks pretty imposing! With Zuo Qianhu and his party, they walked into the city. The residents on both sides of the road couldn't help but talk about it.
"Yes, look at the military general in the lead, at first glance, he is a martial artist. I don't know where they came from, so many elites, they are just escorting a bad old man! As he spoke, a porter who was sitting at the tea stall and resting his feet whispered to his companions.
"Bad old man!" Listening to the conversation between the two, a young man dressed as a small vendor smiled and smiled; "You are really lonely and unheard, the old man on this prisoner car is the original secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and now he is being escorted into the capital, waiting for the emperor to send it. This thing is now spread all over the world, and you don't know it, it's really strange! ”
Hearing the vendor's words, the two porters immediately looked up intently, and said in disbelief; "The Book of Rites! Oh my God! I've never seen such a big official in my life! ”
The little trader looked at the two of them, looked at them with disdain, and said sarcastically; "Che, you guys are so rare and weird. Now that the Ministry of Rites has become a prisoner, what else is there to see! ”
"Come, here's your tea, a total of five cents." The stall owner held a teapot in his hand, and poured two bowls of tea for the two porters without saying a word.
Looking at the two bowls of hot tea brought in, the porter said with a smile after licking his lips and swallowing foam; "Hey, boss, let's rest, don't drink tea, don't drink tea."
"No tea!" The stall owner looked at the two porters, and then put the tea bowl in front of the two with a snap.
"Come to me, you don't want to drink tea! If you don't drink it, you can't do it! As he spoke, the stall owner pulled on his short coat, revealing the two three-pointed splitters pinned to his waist.
"This!" The two porters listened, looked at each other, then nodded at the same time, slammed the table, lifted their legs and ran.
"Oops! Actually come to me to eat white food! Don't go, don't go. The stall owner saw that even the tea bowl had been knocked to the ground, and viciously grabbed the fork on his waist in his hand, and then chased after the porter who ran out, shouting and chasing.
"What? Where is it called, don't go? Where is it called, don't go? A shirtless, red-faced man pushed away the crowd around him and chased after the stall owner who sold tea.
The red-faced man who ran fast grabbed the tea seller in his hand in a few steps, and then put the big knife in his hand on his neck, and said angrily; "You just said don't go, did you see the fugitives? Where are the fugitives? ”
Looking at the big knife on his neck, the stall owner who sold tea immediately softened.
Throwing away the water fork in his hand, the tea seller put on an expression of seeing his father, then nodded, pointed to the front, and said; "My lord, spare your life, they are over there, and they are running that way."
Just as the red-faced man was asking, two big men with swords also came from the other direction. The two big men looked at the red-faced man and the tea seller in their hands, and without saying a word, they pulled out the sword in their hands, and then involuntarily slashed at the red-faced man, and threatened in their mouths; "The fugitives are the first we see, and you dare to rob our black and white business! I'm really impatient. ”
"You saw it first! You braggadocio don't even beat a draft, I'm really afraid of you! With that, the red-faced man raised the broadsword in his hand and held up the two swords that had been cut down.
"Oops! He still dares to resist! Big brother, let's kill him first, so that no one can fight with us. The two glanced at each other, and the cruel gaze in their eyes flashed, and then the two of them brandished their weapons and fought with the red-faced man, without the slightest scruples, and came to the escort team beside them.
"Phew!" With a command, Zuo Qianhu grabbed the horse rope and frowned, looking at the people who were fighting together in front of him.
Zuo Qianhu, who looked at it for a while, turned his head and said to Master Zhao beside him; "Master Zhao, the security of your Guobei County is not very good!"
"Hehe, they are all people in the rivers and lakes, and some blood should also be there, don't get in the way, don't get in the way." Master Zhao smiled, and after saying a few words disappreciatively, he turned his head and shouted at these outlaws who were in a battle; "A bunch of useless waste, don't you see the official here? If you don't hurry to the side, if you do, I'll tell you to sit through the prison. ”
"Zhao, Lord Zhao!" Hearing the words in his ear, Black and White turned his head and immediately said with a big change in his face.
Looking at the two people in front of him, Master Zhao waved his hand impatiently and reprimanded; "What are you doing in a daze! Waiting for me to eat and drink! . ”
"Yes, yes, sir, please." The black and white pair glared viciously, and the red-faced man on the side said to Master Zhao flatteringly.
"Haha, Master Zhao, I didn't expect you to be quite popular here!" Zuo Qianhu looked at the black and white double shady who didn't even dare to put a fart, and said with a smile to Master Zhao on the side.
Master Zhao looked at the few chivalrous men who had slipped away, and said with a smile in his mouth; "Where, where. It's just that I've been in Guobei County for a long time, and of course these people in the rivers and lakes have to look at my face. Otherwise, wouldn't the name of this official and bandit family be called in vain! ”
"Ahh The officials and bandits are a family! Zuo Qianhu listened to Master Zhao's words and looked at him dumbfounded.
"Huh!" Master Zhao, who knew that he had said the wrong thing, snorted, and then said again and again; "Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue. We are the government and the people, and the government and the people! Hey hey"
"Well, that's pretty much it." Zuo Qianhu nodded with satisfaction, then raised his right hand and shouted; "Keep on your way."
"My lord, Master Zhao brought Zuo Qianhu and his party." In a restaurant, after listening to the report below, a servant ran into the lobby and said to Qin Hui, who was eating and drinking.
"Poof" Qin Hui spit the chicken bones in her mouth to the ground, then took the white cloth handed by the official and wiped the corners of her mouth.
After wiping her mouth, Qin Hui looked at the sun outside the window and said unhappily; "I actually made me wait for more than an hour! They're slow. ”
Listening to Qin Hui's words, the official looked at Qin Hui's face, and then whispered; "My lord, I heard that Zuo Qianhu and them met the people who hijacked the prisoner car on our territory, and the casualties were not small."
"Oh! Someone is committing a crime on my turf! Qin Hui said, pointing to the official beside him and asked; You say, are they looking down on us by doing this? ”
"This!" When the official heard this, he looked embarrassed. Because he didn't know how to answer at all, it was what Qin Hui wanted to hear in his heart.
After thinking about Qin Hui's attitude towards Fu Tianqiu and the others, the official said cautiously; "My lord, these people are all here for Fu Tianqiu, they are all outsiders, and I haven't heard of your prestige, master, as the so-called is, those who don't know are not strange!"
"Hehe, you kid!" Qin Hui listened to the words of the official and patted his head with a smile.
"Lord Qin, I've kept you waiting for a long time." Just when Qin Hui was smiling, with the heroic words, Zuo Qianhu appeared in the restaurant under the leadership of Master Zhao.
Looking at Zuo Qianhu, who was carrying five Tang knives on his back and had a righteous face, Qin Hui stood up from his seat and arched his hand; "Zuo Qianhu can appreciate the light, it's really an honor for the official, come, Qianhu here, please." Qin Hui said, picked up the wine jar in his hand, and then poured a full bowl into the big bowl next to him.
"Knock, knock." With a burst of swallowing sounds, Zuo Qianhu picked up the wine bowl and drank a bowl without saying a word.
Seeing that Zuo Qianhu didn't even look at it, he drank a bowl directly, Qin Hui high-fived and said with a smile; "Okay, Zuo Qianhu is really refreshing, come, let's drink."
"Wait." Zuo Qianhu shook his head to stop Qin Hui's words, and then shouted at the door; "Brothers, come in, remember to bring Master Fu in as well."
"It's my lord" With a burst of answering sounds, two teams of brocade guards escorted Fu Tianqiu in. After entering the restaurant, these brocade guards who came in were directly divided into two teams, the one with a large number of people, and walked to Zuo Qianhu's side. The team, which consisted of only twenty or thirty men, was divided into two groups, and stood by the window and the gate with weapons in hand.
Looking at the guards on the side, motionless and motionless, Qin Hui nodded and exclaimed; "There is such military discipline! Good soldiers, Zuo Qianhu's subordinates, they are all good soldiers! ”
Zuo Qianhu looked at the soldiers beside him with a smile and said with a smile; "Hehe, in General Ben's life, he only remembered five words, that is, "Be careful." After saying this, Zuo Qianhu waved his hand and asked the soldiers to bring the old man in prison uniform.
After seeing the old man being brought up, Zuo Qianhu took his arm and helped him to the seat next to him.
After doing this qiē, Zuo Qianhu added a pair of chopsticks to the old man, and then whispered in his ear; "Sit down, sir. I've smelled the food and drinks here with my nose, and it's all right. ”
"Hehe, how can there be a problem with my wine!" Qin Hui, who was deaf and clear-sighted, said with a smile after hearing the whispers of the two.
Listening to Qin Hui's words, Zuo Qianhu smiled apologetically and said; "I hope Lord Qin won't be surprised, the old man was appointed by the emperor to enter the capital to face the saint, for the sake of my future, I don't dare to slack off in the slightest!"
"Understood, understood!" Qin Hui answered twice, and then ordered to bring all the wine and food.
Roast chicken, roast suckling pig, roast whole lamb. Zuo Qianhu looked at a table full of good dishes and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
"Thanks to Lord Qin's care, we can eat such good food and wine. Come, all go to your seats, and let us salute Lord Qin with a bowl. Looking at his subordinates who were also eager, Zuo Qianhu, who knew that his subordinates hadn't eaten anything good for a long time, said to the soldiers around him.
From the beginning of escorting Fu Tianqiu, Zuo Qianhu set off overnight, and after several months, he came to this Guobei County. In order to hurry up on the way, Zuo Qianhu and his party prepared ten days of food every time they went to a place, so as to save time on the road. And in this scorching summer, the only food that can be stored for ten days is those dry foods. So after a few months, the Zuo Qianhu who didn't dare to delay were all sleeping in the open air, hoping to rush to the capital as much as possible.