After a few sips of wine, the old man suddenly felt a little happy

"Good wine, good wine, the old man hasn't drunk such a good wine in a few days, the best sorghum wine."

The old man said as he reached out and picked up the wine jar next to him, and brought himself another glass: "Good wine."

Du Jie wanted to laugh a little, but he didn't expect to return to the northwest to see such an old man who was addicted to alcohol. He took the jar and was about to pour himself a glass, but he didn't expect to lift the jar and shake it, and there was nothing in the jar.

Du Jie saw that there was no wine, so he called Xiao Er again, Xiao Er hurriedly ran over with the jar, and before he could put it down, the old man next to him dragged the jar, opened the lid, and did not pour the cup again, and started to drink directly against the jar.

It was the first time Du Jie saw such an outsider, and when he saw him drinking so happily, he was also a little greedy, so he smashed his mouth and said: "Old man, slow down, don't worry, you leave me a mouth, leave me a ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the old man took the jar away from his mouth and put it on the table. Only then did I remember that this wine was invited by someone else. He frowned at Du Jie and said, "Oh, people are confused when they get old, thinking that they bought it." I forgot that it was Childe who invited me. It's really good wine, good wine, Childe, you can take a sip too. You...... Hey, no. After the old man finished speaking, he turned the jar upside down, and sure enough, there was not a drop of wine flowing out of the jar.

Du Jie was angry and annoyed when he saw a drunkard drinking like this for the first time, and he knew that he would be fine if he took another sip. However, it is not worth it to be angry with an old man for this half of a jar of wine, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, the old man is happy to drink." ”

The old man licked his mouth: "Happy, the old man hasn't drunk like this for a few days, his family is poor, and the last time he drank was ...... It's still last time. ”

When Du Jie saw that the old man was starting to talk nonsense, he didn't care, and was ready to eat and hurry. Just as he wanted to eat, he swept the position of his horse with the corner of his eye, but he was stunned for a moment, and then turned his head to ask Xiao Er

"Little second brother, where is my green-maned horse?"

When Xiao Er heard his words, he raised his hand and was about to point to him, but as soon as his hand stretched out, he was stunned

"I was there just now, why did I suddenly disappear? Where did this go? Hey, I'm obviously bolting this horse to the stake. What about horses? I ......"

Xiao Er ran a lot of laps and didn't find it, this horse is worth a lot of money, which makes Xiao Er can't afford to lose his net worth. In a hurry, he jumped three times on the spot. Why was the horse that was tethered there just now, and suddenly disappeared.

Du Jie looked at Xiao Er's expression, not like a prison guard who stole himself, he obviously saw his horse next to him just now, just watching the old man's drinking. When I looked back, it was gone.

Du Jie knew that it would be useless to trouble Xiao Er, so he paid for the wine and dinner, and was ready to hurry forward, maybe the horse would sneak to the front by himself. Look for yourself, if you can find it.

The old man next to him was enthusiastic at this time: "What's wrong with the little brother, is the horse missing?" It's hard to find in this wilderness. ”

When Du Jie heard his words, his heart became even more irritable. If he hadn't robbed himself of his own wine and kept staring at the blue-maned horse out of the corner of his eye, he wouldn't have lost it like this.

Seeing that Du Jie ignored him, the old man continued to smile and said, "Where is the little brother going?" Just little brother invited me to drink, if it was a drop-by. Old man, I'll take my little brother for a ride. With that, he pointed to the ox cart tethered next to him.

The bullock cart was covered with straw, and on top of it were some bedding and daily necessities. Du Jie saw that this was a long way away, and now there is no green-maned horse, just with his two legs, he doesn't know when he will go, and he can be regarded as having a voice with this old man, thinking of this, Du Jie said

"Old man, I have to walk dozens of miles to the west?"

"Hey, don't you think it's a coincidence? I'm going west, old man, too. Take a walk, ride my bullock cart, and be a companion on the road. Little second brother, please come two more jars of wine and two drawers of buns, and we will take them to eat on the way. When the old man had finished speaking, he went to drive his ox cart. Du Jie watched the old man go to the cow, and knew that the money for these two jars of wine and two drawers of buns was designated to be paid by himself. The old man's little abacus clanged.

Xiao Er hurriedly went to move two jars of wine and a few drawers of steamed buns. Du Jie wanted to give money, but Xiao Er said that he didn't want anything, so Du Jie gave up. Putting everything on the ox cart, the old man looked at the wine, smiled, and threw a whip at the old cow: "Drive!" ”

The ox cart was not moving fast, and the old man chatted with Du Jie as he walked

"Little brother is from Yongzhou City? This place is close to the desert, and there are no people further west. What are you going to do, little brother? ”

"Go find a friend" Du Jie chatted with a match, out of the tea shop is a flat road, Du Jie has no sign of his own green-maned horse as far as his eyes can see. This horse has been following him, and it would be a pity to lose it like that.

"Looking for a friend? Is the little brother going to the barracks? The old man glanced Du Jie up and down, and suddenly asked

"Oh? How did the old man see this? Du Jie was a little curious, and turned his head to look at the old man

"This Yongzhou City is deserted to the west, even if there are a few families, it can't be related to people dressed like the little brother, the old man thinks that the little brother is riding a high-headed horse, is it a person in the barracks?"

"Haha, the old man has good eyesight, I happened to have something to go to the barracks, but unfortunately I lost my horse. What are you going to do west? Du Jie nodded, the old man observed carefully, and couldn't help but be a little curious about the old man's origin

"Me? I will also go to the barracks, old man, and look for my son. His wife is gone. As he spoke, he patted a jar beside him with his hand.

Du Jie was a little curious: "This is ......"

The old man touched the jar and said, "I brought his mother's ashes." ”

At first, I thought that this old wine was in this jar, but this old man was reluctant to drink it. I didn't expect it to be ashes.

"I can't stay at home anymore. Prepare to defect to the barracks, and when the time comes, find an errand in the barracks, even if you boil water and cook, you will die in front of your son. ”

Seeing the misery that the old man said, Du Jie couldn't help but comfort: "Now that the war has been settled, it's not bad to stay in the army." How long has it been since the old man has seen his son? ”

The old man rolled his eyelids and thought: "It's been almost ten years, and that kid doesn't know how to ask someone to write more letters to his family, and when his mother died, he was still holding his letter from four years ago." Hey, knowing that he is bitter, he can save the military salary and ask someone to take it home, but he doesn't have his letter, hey! ”

Du Jie went to the northwest with his grandfather and never returned home for five years, and he was used to seeing life and death. He had no other way but to pity this old man.

But the old man could see it, and after talking for a while, he asked Du Jie: "Little brother, are you from the camp?" It doesn't look like a soldier, it should be an officer, right? ”

Du Jie shook his head and nodded again: "I used to be an errand boy in the army, but I didn't do it a few years ago." This time, I went back to see my friends. ”

After listening to this, the old man flickered twice with two moves, and said with a smile: "That little brother also has a few friends who are officers in the army, and the old man has come all the way from the Central Plains. I know I'm old, but I don't pick, I don't need military pay, I just have something to eat. ”

It stands to reason that at this old man's age, it is absolutely impossible to use him in the barracks, and he may fall ill in the barracks one day, and he will have to be raised. But let Du Jie refuse him like this, and he couldn't bear it, thinking that if he couldn't do it, it would be better to beg Marshal Peng and let their father and son go back to the Central Plains than to stay in this poor and remote northwest.

The two of them were chatting without saying a word, and suddenly saw dust in the distance, and it seemed that a group of people and horses were galloping by, Du Jie thought to himself that this was not far from the barracks, and he was afraid that the patrolling guards happened to pass by. Daxi stood on the carriage and waved vigorously into the distance.

The group of centaurs in the distance didn't plan to come over, but when they saw someone waving here, the centaurs on that side lingered for a moment, and two people galloped from inside. The others continued on their way.

When the two of them slowly approached, Du Jie saw clearly that these two people were not wearing armor, with a simple knife under their crotch, and one of them had a thin neck, but his head was extremely big. The body swings with the wind. Du Jie looked worried, afraid that the horse would break his neck.

The other person is five short in length, short and fat, but the head is not big, and it is smooth from neck to head.

These two people don't look like soldiers in any way.

Just when Du Jie was still thinking about who this was, the two of them rode to the side of the ox cart, smiled at the thin neck of the brain, and said to the dwarf winter melon: "You said that the damn ghost can't be persuaded to do anything, the boss is not in the mood to shave this oil and water." Unexpectedly, he himself called our brother to come over. ”

The dwarf winter melon glanced at the old man, looking like an old farmer, and he didn't care, but seeing that Du Jie was dressed extraordinarily, he yelled at him: "Boy! You're both out of luck. Stand there and don't move, Lao Tzu, I will kill you all at once, and you will suffer from the province. ”

When Du Jie heard this, he was a little stunned, the two were actually bandits. In the northwest, when did there be bandits, and this place was so close to the barracks, so unscrupulous. The bandits are too bold.

After hearing this, the old man fell off the ox cart with a plop, and then fell to the ground and cried loudly: "God, why is my life so miserable, I have been gone for three months, and I can see my son, I don't want to die!" God...... Open your eyes! ”

The crying is heartbreaking, and the dwarf winter melon is upset to listen to

"Shut up!"

The old man could not hear what he said, and he cried on the ground with snot and tears.

Seeing that the old man didn't listen to his own words, the dwarf winter melon pulled out the Pu knife under his crotch,

"I'll make you cry enough!"

After saying that, he threw the knife at the old man.

The old man seemed to be frightened stupidly, and when he saw the knife slashing through the arc and rushing to the door in front of him, he shouted hesitantly: "Ah! ”

I forgot to hide, and when the old man in the Pu knife was still a foot away, there was a "dang chang", and the Pu knife was picked up by a gun. The slender neck skull raised its eyes and looked to the other side.