Chapter Forty-Three: Sweaty Horse, Is It Delicious?

The three of them looked at each other, turned and ran in three directions, and one of them was quite funny, and actually ran to untie the reins of his horse.

The first one, who had just run less than five steps, was chased by Liu Chang, and then kicked the opponent's knee, the knee shattered and collapsed to the ground, and the second, ran ten steps and also collapsed to the ground. The third, still untying the reins, in a hurry, the reins became tighter and tighter, seeing Liu Chang coming to his side, he didn't run, he fell to his knees with a poof, and Liu Chang only glanced at it, smiled at the corner of his mouth, but didn't embarrass him.

Looking at the two people who were rolling and howling with their knees in their arms, Liu Chang returned to the front of the car, pressed the board with his left hand, jumped into the carriage, came to the place where he was sitting, sat down cross-legged, took out a piece of beef from the ding, and chewed it slowly.

Liu Chang stuffed the last bit of beef in his hand into his mouth, clapped his hands, and then said, "Okay, it's okay to howl for a while, and if you howl again, you'll attract the wolf." You" Liu Chang pointed to the uninjured one and said, "You go and drag them over, I have something to ask you." ”

The able-bodied one dragged the two of them in front of the car, hesitated, and knelt together.

"Say it."

"Say, say what?"

"I don't know what you're going to say, just don't lie." Liu Chang paused for a moment, a contemptuous sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then said, "It's okay to lie, as long as I don't hear it." ”

"Childe still kills us, we said it was death, not to say it was death, so far, we don't expect to be able to live, we just hope that Childe can give us a good time!" The uninjured man, although he was also kneeling, straightened up, and his tone was like a tough guy.

Liu Chang stretched his neck, looked at his eyes carefully, and said: "It's a little interesting, you are not even afraid of death, you have some backbone, you are worthy of being my Han sergeant." It's just that I don't understand, if you have such a heroic spirit, why do you still do such a hurtful deed? It won't be bullying me for being young and ignorant, trying to fool me. ”

"Childe is a hero, how dare we deceive? Childe doesn't need to say more, kill us. ”

"It's kind of interesting, I'm a little touched by you. The knife is there, the choice is yours. Liu Chang was not infected by his bold words, and still said without being salty.

I didn't expect them to choose to kill themselves, the soldier hesitated, but walked over, picked up a handful, walked back, and stood there, without making any moves, while the other two, unable to stand, also sat cross-legged, looking at him, but there was no expression.

Liu Chang looked at him and didn't urge. Until Liu Chang was really a little impatient, plucked out his ears, and then, seemingly unintentionally, he opened his two hands with gloves, shook each other hard, and said with disdain: "Let's do it, wasn't it very brave just now, you can kill the two of them first, and then kill yourself; It is also possible to kill themselves first, and then they kill themselves again. Hurry up, it's getting late, and I have to go home for dinner. ”

"Die......" The soldier was originally facing his two companions, with his back to Liu Chang, but suddenly turned around, his figure burst out, and a cold light slashed towards Liu Chang's short figure from top to bottom.

This is a knife that is bound to be won, this is a sudden knife, the big man is confident that even the wild boar will be cut in two by him, but the word 'bar' in his mouth is like a bubble in the wind, and the mouth shape is a 'bar', but it sends out 'ah! Because, he saw, his sword shadow, like a streamer, just above the child, suddenly stopped, as if frozen there, and the blade was connected to a small palm, which was a little strange, as if there was an extra layer of skin on the outside, gray skin, and then look at his knife, as if it had been curled. The child, except for raising one hand, did not move. And his arm was already numb, and the tiger's mouth had begun to ooze blood.

"Hahaha, it's done!" The two people who were still lying on the ground, with a look of surprise on their faces, regardless of the pain, hurriedly stood up: "Little bastard, you are also ......"

When they saw the situation in front of them, there was no more language behind them, only Liu Chang was moving his wrists, but the two girls behind him were hugging each other.

'Huh'? Who shouted? A lame leg bent down with difficulty, looking at the bottom of the car, trying to find out where the 'ah' just fell off.

"What's that?" The big man who cut people looked at the gloves on Liu Chang's hands with his eyes, and muttered, even forgetting his current situation, and there was greed in his eyes: "Change, I'll change with you!" ”

"Oh?" Liu Chang looked at his stunned appearance and was amused: "Okay, what do you exchange it for?" ”

"Horse, sweaty BMW, I'll exchange it with you with a sweaty BMW!" Dahan said without hesitation.

"Big brother, big brother, are you stupid?" The one standing next to him quickly tugged on his sleeve and reminded him: "Our lives are still in the hands of others." ”

"With this baby, what are you going to do. With this treasure, you will no longer be afraid of the scimitar of the Huns. "The dude still hasn't come to his senses.

Liu Chang asked, "You guys came down from the battlefield?" ”

"Of course, we are two ......" replied abruptly, and the dude finally came to his senses.

"Two what, didn't the second division all surrender? It can't be a deserter from the 2nd Division, right? Liu Chang continued to ask.

"If you want to kill, kill it, why do you ask so much?"

"Alas" Liu Chang sighed, Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, surrendered to the Xiongnu with all his troops last year, this incident also set off a bloody storm in Chang'an, Li Guangli was exterminated, and some other generals were also quite implicated, sighing, Liu Chang continued: "Let's go, since you can escape back, I will not embarrass you, I hope you will not do evil again." ”

"Let's go? Where to go? Dahan's voice was a little sad: "Our parents and family members are either killed or sold by the government, if we don't rob them, what else can we do?" Waiting to die? ”

"You're officers?" Liu Chang asked.

"Of course, the three of us are thousands of generals, and if you send us to the office, you can also get a lot of rewards."

"Then why did you come back?"

"Who knows that the imperial court even killed our family members, and it wasn't for us to surrender, General Li's fault, why should we bear it."

"Let's go" Liu Chang explained to the second daughter, then turned around and sat down: "I hope you don't fall into my hands next time, otherwise, you will be killed." Liu Chang looked at the three horses tied to the tree, and sighed in his heart: "Alas, it's a pity that there are three horses." ”

Turning around, Liu Chang's ox cart finally returned to the right path, the sun was setting, the sun was about to set, Liu Chang looked at the sun, shook his head, no way, the ox cart is a cow, just shake it, and it can't be fast if you want to.

Liu Chang, who was sitting in the car, opened his eyes, touched his stomach with his hand, and involuntarily put his hand into Dingzhong, thinking to himself: "What's going on this day, why do you always feel hungry?" ”

When he took out a piece of beef and was about to stuff it into his mouth, he casually clicked out of the corner of his eye and found that the three people were actually riding horses and following him from a distance. So, I stopped the car.

Seeing the three of them speeding up, Liu Chang said, "Are you on the same road with me, or do you intend to follow me?" If you are on the same road, you are riding horses, and you go first; If you follow me, I advise you to dispel your mind, my family is very poor and can't support you. ”

Seeing Liu Chang stop the car, the three of them hurriedly dismounted, although the two got off the horse grinning, but they all stood in front of Liu Chang's car in a proper manner, and then bowed down together, and said: "I am really desperate, I hope that the son will take him in, and in the future, before and after the saddle, there will be no two hearts." ”

"As I said, I'm poor and don't have the money to support you." Liu Chang waved his hand and told them to hurry up.

"Don't worry about the rich man, we still have a few sweaty horses, and I think we should be able to exchange some money and food."

"Sweaty horses? Are you really sweaty? Liu Chang suddenly came to his senses.

"Yes, we have eight sweaty horses, that is, even we have a little more people."

"Eight, you have eight sweaty horses? Tell me, is the meat of the sweaty horse delicious? Liu Chang asked a little impatiently.

"Huh!?" The three of them were all asked by this sudden question, what is going on, shouldn't they ask, how much is the sweat and blood horse worth, or whether it runs fast or not, why, such a newly recognized master, only cares about whether he tastes good or not? More than 70,000 people in the second division, the labor expedition, this court does not know how much to invest, so the whole army is wiped out for these dozens of sweat and blood horses, which is worth more than 10,000 gold, even if it is delicious, who can afford to eat, who dares to eat, even answering the question, the leg and stomach are cramping: "This, this, we haven't eaten it, no, I don't know." ”

"What did you just say, that you want to take refuge in me? Good! I agreed! Liu Chang happily agreed to their request, not caring how many of them there were.

"I, is it too late for us to regret now?" The big man seemed to be the backbone of their family, and at this time, his whole face turned green.

Liu Chang jumped off the ox cart at once, surrounded the three horses they were riding, looked back and forth, left and right, saliva flowed, and said as he turned: "What do you say? Hahaha, it's too late! Hahaha, are all three? Kill when you go back! ”

"These three horses are not." The only feeling of the three of them now is that these are over, the pearl is secretly cast, and they have fallen into the black nest, they have seen an unreliable master, but they have never seen such an unreliable one.

"Isn't it?! It's a shame. ”

"Far away, far from here?"

"Yes, it's a little far!"

"You too, why are you running so far, tomorrow, tomorrow bring those horses over, hahahaha, finally you don't have to eat beef every day, the beef is too unpalatable."

"Beef is unpalatable???

The three of them were depressed, until they came to the city gate, and then disappeared without a trace. Because, after arriving at the Chang'an City Gate, the city gate has been closed, just when the three of them felt that they must have to sleep in the city gate hole tonight, the two girls just stepped forward and knocked on the wide and heavy city gate, I don't know what to say, the huge city gate actually opened, and they swaggered into the city.

Awesome! The three of them glanced at each other, their surprises palpable. Those who can knock on the city gate, except for the Red Feather Messenger, they really don't know who else can knock on the closed city gate, and it is the Chang'an City Gate!

When they walked into a courtyard, they were greeted by Ma Xin, who was the head of the House of Internal Affairs and was resident here.

"Helper"

"Well, arrange them together, they are your new partners, and also, deal with their legs, don't be lame."

"Who is so lucky?"

"One day, cripple your leg too?"

"That's a good feeling, helper, don't break your word."

The non-human communication has plunged their newly raised lucky hearts into the ice cave at once.

The three of them, "Big and Adult", greeted Ma Xin cautiously, and couldn't figure out what kind of person the other party was for a while, so they couldn't help but feel uneasy. The little one, at least is the prince, they are very sure of this, entering the city is like going home, even the beef is tired of eating, except for the prince, they can't believe anyone else; Of course, the emperor can do it, but how can the emperor wander around alone? Then, this person should be the steward of the palace.

"Hehe" Ma Xin said twice, jokingly: "I'm not an adult, you can call me Lao Ma or Ma Hall Master." You guys take a rest first, and I'll arrange for Langzhong. Ma Xin ushered them into the main hall and left.

"What the hell is this place? What kind of helpers, hall masters, what are they doing?"

"Could it be a den of bandits?"

"Stabilize it first, and then let's see, it shouldn't be a bandit's den."

Not to mention how the three thousand-strong generals spent a night of excitement, fear, hesitation, and apprehension, the next day, Liu Chang sent five cows and three horses to his father's manor.

Order in Chang'an is gradually being restored, and there are more pedestrians on the streets. A few children who were about the same as him were fighting in front of their homes, and Chang'an City was finally alive and no longer lifeless. In some of the current film and television dramas, as soon as a big town appears, it is a street full of vendors, shouting loudly, even if the emperor pays a private visit, he also has to buy a lollipop at a roadside stall, which is pure nonsense, using modern people's thinking to obscure history, of course, tampering with history is our fine tradition, starting with Sima Qian.

In this era, merchants dare to sell along the street, or open shops on the street, and immediately arrest them, Chengdan! It is to arrest and rebuild the city wall through labor! The law of the time stipulated that merchants with municipal registration and their descendants, along with criminal officials and sons-in-law, were among the criminals, that is, they could be conscripted to serve in the frontier at any time. After the overthrow of the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty's persecution of merchants was not only the same, but also excessive. Han Gaozu stipulated that merchants were not allowed to wear silk clothes, were not allowed to ride strong carts and horses, were not allowed to buy land, and had to pay double taxes like slaves and maids. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was even more intensified, and the Qin Dynasty's military system was restored for a time.

Selling on the street is the same as a woman from a good family soliciting prostitutes in public, until you can't live, no one will do such a shameful thing. Merchants can only trade in fixed places. Chang'an City has four trading venues, namely the East City, the West City, the South City, and the North City, which are managed by a special mayor.

Liu Chang and the beggars of the beggars, although they are also traders, their essence is beggars, not because they are forced by life, who will be proud of beggars.

After returning from his father, Liu Chang suddenly wanted to go outside, and in the small talk with his father, he inevitably talked about the interesting things about life back then, and he felt a little emotional, so he walked alone on the street and unconsciously walked to the location of the palace.

At that time, the founding monarch Liu Bang lived in the Qin Xingle Palace, which was still said to be intact. After that, Liu Bang began to build his own palace cities - Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace. Changle Palace is located in the southeast corner of Chang'an City, and Weiyang Palace is located in the southwest corner of Chang'an City. When Emperor Wu arrived, he added and repaired the Mingguang Palace and Jianzhang Palace, and repaired and expanded the original palace. The palace has surpassed the Qin Dynasty in terms of exquisiteness and comfort, and the scale is not inferior to that of the Qin Dynasty. The Taigong is located in the north of Weiyang Palace, called the North Palace. It was originally the place where the emperor's concubines lived, and after Liu Ju was made the crown prince, Emperor Wu changed this place to the imperial palace. There are a view, a painting hall, a hall and a back hall in the palace. The ancillary buildings successively have Sixian Garden, Bowang Garden, the latter in Chang'an City covered outside the Gate.

It is now the fourth year of Zhenghe, in mid-February, the emperor went to Mount Tai, and the guards in the palace also took away a lot, and the defense of the palace was not too tight. Besides, for Liu Chang now, although entering the palace cannot be said to be on the ground, it is not too much trouble.

Liu Chang walked in his former birthplace, and his mood did not fluctuate. After all, the time of childhood is short, of course, he is still a child, his memory is not yet sound, and the appearance here is only plausible and vague to him.

I barely even found my way in. Because there is no new crown prince, this place is still vacant for the time being, and the traces of excavation on the ground are still there. Liu Chang walked slowly, from the first view, the painting hall, the second hall to the back hall, but the irritability in his heart disappeared little by little.

The back hall is where their family sleeps and rests, of course, the eldest brother Liu Jin and his sister-in-law are in another palace, and the elder sister is married. Only he and his second brother live in this prince's palace with their father and mother. If there is no witch incident, the second brother will have to move away after the fifteen-year-old crown ceremony, and this is his own world. The toys of those days are still there, silver, jade, and wood. After sitting under the porch for a while, he left, taking nothing with him, including the rattle he loved back then.

"Mother, you take care of the junior." The second brother's voice echoed in Liu Chang's mind.

"What's wrong, what's wrong." My mother ran in from the main hall with something in her hand, and I can't remember what it was.

"Look," the second brother held a bamboo slip and showed it to his mother.

On the bamboo slip is the character that the second brother has just written, and now, the whole font has been blurred, of course, it is the masterpiece of the third child. The junior also imitated his brother's example, and also wrote on the bamboo slips.

"Look, what's going on? I've just finished writing it with a hard time, and tomorrow the Master will check it. ”

"Little San, why did you break all the words written by your brother?"

"I can also write."

"You're going to write a fart, mother, get your brother away. I still have to rewrite. "My brother is going to cry.

Father was always busy and rarely spent with them. In my memory, my mother and second brother account for a lot of the part, and when the master teaches the second brother, I often appear. The master was very fierce, not only beating the second brother, but also himself, and it was useless to sue his mother.

My mother usually loves her very much, and she and her second brother can't even interfere in serving her daughter, and her mother does it herself. His clothes and shoes were made by his mother.