Chapter 25: Two Fat Old Men
Xu Hao and the three of them did not ride horses in order not to attract attention, but just took some dry food and silver money with them and said goodbye to everyone and went down the mountain. Before going down the mountain, Xu Hao repeatedly warned the fat man and the monkey that they should not show their source power at will, especially the dead fat man, who was designated by Xu Hao as a key prevention object.
Walking out of the cave, the mood of the three of them suddenly brightened. Although the cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, staying in the cave for a long time is a little depressing.
The three of them also bypassed the official road and walked all the way along the mountain path to the border city of Da Zhou. The strength of the three of them is not the same as it was a few days ago. The speed is no less than that of a horse.
After a few days of travel, I saw a towering border city in front of me, which was Jincheng. Returning to Jincheng again, Xu Hao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, but a lot of things had happened in just a few months.
Seeing Xu Hao's lonely expression, the fat man thought that Xu Hao was touching the scene, and remembered his father, but he didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to restrain his smile and follow Xu Hao silently.
Xu Hao just glanced at Jincheng from a distance, and then continued to go to the border city of Dazhou.
Far away from Jincheng is the border city of the Great Zhou Dynasty - Yangguan.
Yangguan is only twenty miles away from Jincheng in a straight line, and it is an exaggeration to say that the two border cities are almost like chickens and dogs.
It didn't take long for Xu Hao and the three of them to see the outline of Yangguan, and from a distance, Yangguan was very heavily guarded, the city gate was closed, and the city wall was patrolled by heavily armed soldiers from time to time.
However, this vigilance does not pose any threat to the current trio. But in order not to startle the snake, Xu Hao decided to stay until it was dark and avoid the guards to climb over the wall and enter the city.
The three of them had nothing to do, opened their bags and ate some dry food, then closed their eyes to recuperate and waited for dark. But it didn't take long for Qiu Fatzi's snoring to sound, Xu Hao was not polite, and kicked Qiu Fatzi awake with one kick, and the fat man was arranged by Xu Hao to sentry before he could mumble two sentences.
After nightfall, the three of them successfully climbed over the wall and entered Yangguan, and Xu Hao watched Qiu Fatzi climb over the city wall very lightly like a fat goose. Amazing.
The state of Zhou is not as good as Daxing, I don't know whether it is conceited or arrogant, and there is only one border city on the entire border. But the scale of this border city is far greater than that of Jincheng, the largest border city in Daxing.
When the three of them entered the city, they were also taken aback by the grand scale of the border city in front of them, and the entire border city could not be seen at a glance. The city is lined with houses and streets that extend in all directions. However, I don't know if it's because of the war or the night, the entire border city is rarely lit.
The security in the city was also unusually tight, and from time to time there were whole teams of sergeants patrolling by. The trio walked very carefully, and were almost spotted while walking past a tavern.
The reason is that when Xu Hao and the three of them passed by the tavern, they happened to hear a few drunkards inside foaming at the mouth talking about how Da Zhou was good and how useless Da Xing was. Qiu Fatzi urged his heart to get up, approached the door of the tavern and peed into the crack of the door of the house as soon as he soaked in hot urine, perhaps because the sound was too loud, which alarmed a few drunkards inside, the fat man hurriedly stuffed the guy into the crotch of his pants, turned around and ran, fortunately, the three of them had good foot strength and quickly escaped from the scene of the crime.
When the three of them ran to a secluded place, they couldn't help but laugh out loud. Xu Hao didn't blame Qiu Fatzi for the first time, but made Qiu Fatzi unaccustomed to it.
After laughing for a while, the three of them decided to go out of the east of the city immediately, fearing that it would be inconvenient when it was dawn.
By the time the sky was bright, Xu Hao and the three of them were fifty miles away from Yangguan.
Entering the territory of Da Zhou, Xu Hao and the three of them were still a little excited. After finding a secluded place, the three of them rested for a while, replenished the physical strength they had consumed last night, and continued eastward.
There are more and more pedestrians away from the border passes, but fortunately, the customs and customs of Dazhou are no different from those of Daxing, and the three of them will not travel through the mountains and return to the official road to move forward normally. It's not fun to stay in the store along the way. The fat man was extremely excited every time he met the inn restaurant, and his bulging belly seemed to have eaten a lot bigger.
Just like that, they stopped all the way, and a month later, the three of them appeared in Qiancheng. To the surprise of the three of them, the vast Qiancheng was different from any other town, and the entire huge city had no walls. But on second thought, in fact, the city wall is really useless for Qiancheng. Let's ask who dares to attack Qiancheng, which symbolizes the warriors of the entire continent. As early as the time of the Xuanming Empire, the Wumeng had already existed in Qiancheng, and the previous elders were recommended by the Xuanming Empire, but now they are just recommended by the Three Kingdoms. To put it bluntly, accepting their recommendation is just a little bit of face for the secular forces from the Martial Alliance. In fact, the candidates are all determined by the Wumeng itself.
Because the Wumeng was not constrained and harassed by secular forces, the entire Qiancheng was unprecedentedly prosperous, and most of the population in the city were ordinary people from all over the world.
Xu Hao and the others walked on the bustling street, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, dizzying.
The biggest headache at the moment is how to enter the Martial Alliance, thinking about it, Xu Hao finally decided not to break into the Martial Alliance recklessly. found a restaurant with a hot business called Drunken Xianju, and the three of them were going to inquire about the specific situation of Wumeng in the restaurant before making plans. The restaurant is divided into two floors and is built facing the street. Because it was close to noon, business was very hot. Before I entered the restaurant, the hustle and bustle inside came to my face.
"Dead fatty, I said that the battle of Humen must have the participation of martial artists, otherwise why didn't Mu Yun's old man even resist, and he was taken away?"
Before entering the restaurant, a loud voice came from the second floor of the restaurant. stunned Xu Hao and his party at the scene. The fat man is even more of a stumbling man. There were warriors involved in the Battle of Humen, Xu Hao knew it, but they never thought that there were people in Qiancheng who could guess it. The three of them glanced at each other, their interest increased, and then they quickened their pace into the restaurant.
Entering the restaurant, the eyes were full of excitement, but there was still a vacant table for Xu Hao and them, and the three of them went up to the second floor. But the second floor is also full.
On a table by the window on the second floor sat two fat old men of the same age, both with thick eyebrows and big eyes, one slightly fatter and the other with a mustache. There are not many dishes on the table, but there are a lot of wine jugs lying around. At this time, he was blowing his beard and staring at his eyes, blushing and having a thick neck.
When Xu Hao and the three of them entered the second floor, others did not pay attention, but the two fat old men who were originally arguing stopped at the same time. A strange light flashed in the four eyes at the same time, and then they looked at each other, their faces full of disbelief.
Xu Hao also discovered that it was one of the two fat old men who spoke just now.
The three of them met with six eyes in the air, and Xu Hao immediately returned with a kind smile.
There are no vacancies in the restaurant, although Xu Hao is very interested in these two fat old men, it is impossible to stand in the restaurant all the time, when he is about to go downstairs. I didn't want the slightly fatter old man on the other side to stand up suddenly and arch his hand to Xu Hao in the air.
"If these little brothers don't dislike it, they can sit at the same table with our two old men!"
This move is exactly what Xu Hao wants, and he is worried that he can't get close to them. was not hypocritical at the moment, and after returning a salute, he generously sat down with the fat man and the monkey. The table was not big, not to mention that there were three fat people sitting down, which was even more crowded.
But none of the five people in the room seemed to care. Xu Hao asked Xiao Er to add three pairs of dishes and chopsticks, and ordered a few side dishes and three pots of water and wine. After Xiao Er finished serving, he just looked at the two fat old men suspiciously, these two can let people share the table with them, which is also a strange story in this Qiancheng. Not only Xiao Er was puzzled, but the entire restaurant noticed this strange scene. For a moment, the whole restaurant was eerily quiet.
Only Xu Hao and the three of them were confused, you look at me, I look at you, I can't figure out the situation.
Fortunately, the restaurant was only quiet for a moment, and it was lively again.
Xu Hao lifted the wine jug and first filled the wine glasses in front of the two fat old men, and then added wine to each of them.
But the two old fat old men didn't speak, just looked Xu Hao up and down with four eyes, but they didn't lie on Xu Hao to look carefully. Xu Hao looked very uncomfortable.
"Ahem, thank you two old men for inviting the three of us brothers to sit at the same table!" Xu Hao raised his wine glass and respectfully toasted to the two fat old men opposite.
The two old guys finally stopped looking at Xu Hao, but they didn't raise their glasses, but just glanced at each other again, which was meaningful.
"One is a fourth-grade, one is a fifth-grade, the future is terrifying, but I don't know what grade this little brother is. Among them, the fat old man, who was obviously fat, asked Xu Hao straight to the point.
Xu Hao's faces changed color instantly.
"Hehe, don't be surprised, since you came upstairs, our two old things have seen your rank, but you are indeed a little weird!" the fat old man pointed at Xu Hao and continued.
"It's not a good place to talk, dare you go somewhere with us, we're very interested in you little guy, but please believe that we have no ill intentions. The fat old man said with a smile.
"Dead fatty, what are you doing with so much nonsense with them, if you don't go, you'll knock out and carry it back. "The mustache on one side is obviously not as good as the other.
Xu Hao and the three couldn't laugh or cry.
"Haven't asked the two high names yet?"
"What kind of high surname is not high surname, this dead fat man's surname is Zhai, you can call him old man Zhai or dead fat man, the old man's surname is Ouyang, just call Ouyang senior. "The introduction of this mustache is also quite bizarre.
"Hehe, since we have come to Qiancheng, you will know who we are sooner or later, and the old man will not hide it from you, old man Zhai Qiong, this old thing is called Ouyang Hua, and both of us are elders of the Wumeng. ”
Xu Hao and the others never expected that the two chubby old men in front of them were actually the elders of the Wumeng. This is too unimpressive.
Qiu Fatzi stared directly at the two fat old men with suspicious eyes.
"Look at what to see, look at it again, dig out your eyeballs and step on it as a cannon!" Old man Ouyang was annoyed by Qiu Fatman's eyes, and shouted at Qiu Fatzi.
"It seems that the three of us still can't trust our two old men, otherwise, you can just ask two people to see if we are bluffing you!" Zhai Fat Man said when he saw Xu Hao and they were still suspicious.
"Hehe, that's not necessary, to be honest, our three brothers have just arrived in Qiancheng, since the two seniors look up to us, we are also disrespectful, the two seniors lead the way!" Xu Hao held back a lot of questions in his heart, and was also looking for a place to ask them.