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In the third year of Xuanwu, on July 27, the capital of Chang'an......

The early sun rose, and Chang'an City, which had been silent for several hours, ushered in a new day again......

"Wontons, steaming ravioli, a bowl of ...... for three dollars"

"Steamed buns, freshly baked buns, with vegetable traps, meat filling, cheap, come and buy them!"

"Hu cake, Hu cake sprinkled with sesame seeds, one article, one top day......"

On both sides of the street at the entrance of the West Market, the vendors selling breakfast are always the first "roosters" to break the tranquility of the city.

Suddenly, a sound of neat footsteps echoed on the spacious and bright concrete floor, and in a short time, a group of four messengers wearing pitch-black leather armor and carrying knives at their waists ran towards the entrance of the street in Xishi.

When the vendor of breakfast saw this, he was first surprised, and when he saw the people who came, he immediately gave them a look of admiration, and then greeted them warmly.

"Marquis Zhao, is this a disbanded class? That's a great ......."

"Marquis Zhao, come and taste my steamed buns, freshly steamed ......"

"Marquis Zhao, there was nothing wrong with being on duty last night, right? Come on, drink a bowl of soy milk to drive away the cold......"

This team of officials is the night patrol Wuhou, who is responsible for the security of the West Market, and the head of the Hou is called Zhao Sen, who is about thirty years old.

Zhao Sen is a native of Dongying, because the forces of all parties in Yingzhou continue to fight each other, making the people miserable, Zhao Sen in order to survive, he did not hesitate to bribe the money and goods he had accumulated as a warrior to the local nobles of Yingzhou, and finally got a ticket to come to the Central Plains, and came to the Far East with his family and Xuanwu in the early years, and became a member of the Han Dynasty's dependent army.

Because of his outstanding performance on the battlefield, he accumulated a lot of military merits with the army, and after retiring from the army, he got the Han documents issued by the Han Dynasty government and was promoted by his boss, and obtained the post of Marquis of Wuhou Mansion to maintain law and order in Chang'an City, and finally could live in this land.

Zhao Sen cherished the hard-won life now, and in order to make himself more like a Central Plains person, he changed his name to a Han surname, and had a very harmonious relationship with the people in the area under the jurisdiction of the city.

After greeting these neighbors with a smile, Zhao Sen took his subordinates into a noodle shop with a cigarette, then found a table, rubbed his hands and said loudly: "Boss, four bowls of noodles, remember to put more shredded meat, and then put a braised egg, faster, I have been thinking about you for some time." ”

When the boss heard this, he immediately started to get busy after shouting.

Seeing this, Zhao Sen's subordinates couldn't help but quip: "Marquis Zhao, why are you so polite today?" Let's not talk about eating noodles, this is adding meat and eggs, is there something happy to hide from us? ”

Zhao Sen grabbed his chopsticks and snickered: "Why do you have to have a happy event when you are invited to dinner?" It's really not okay, you can eat your own food, so I can save some money and buy a few more buns to go back. ”

The subordinates hurriedly stopped: "Don't don't, how can I refuse if Marquis Zhao is kind?" It's just that in the past two days, I have always seen Zhao Houchang with a happy face, and laughed alone from time to time, so I was curious.

We are all brothers, so let's talk to our brothers, what good things have happened recently, let us have fun together. ”

Seeing that his subordinates were all looking at him curiously, Zhao Sen simply said: "Actually, it's nothing, because I haven't missed a business trip in the past six months.

My boss has reported my salary increase for next month to the ministry, and if nothing else, my salary will increase by more than 20% from next month. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up: "Then you have to congratulate Zhao Houchang." ”

Another subordinate said dissatisfiedly: "I said Marquis Zhao, you will get a salary increase next month, and it is too cold to invite us to eat a bowl of noodles, so you should invite everyone to have a good meal." ”

The rest of the people coaxed: "That's it, I want to send away a bowl of noodles, Zhao Houchang, you are really too stingy." ”

Zhao Sen begged for mercy again and again: "Everyone, listen to me, it's not that I don't want to invite everyone to a good meal, but everyone also knows,

I was originally an overseas barbarian, and I was only accepted into the Han nationality by His Majesty's appreciation, so I naturally want to be grateful and consider myself a Han courtier.

However, after all, my foundation in Chang'an is still shallow, and I am preparing to buy a house recently.

This treat is just waiting for me to redo it when I move, okay? ”

The subordinates also expressed their understanding when they heard this, after all, it was not easy for overseas Yi people like Zhao Sen to integrate into the Central Plains, and now that life has just improved, everyone is naturally not too "embarrassed", and he exposed this matter in a burst of laughter.

"Here you go!"

At this moment, the owner of the noodle restaurant came to Zhao Sen's table with four bowls of noodles.

Zhao Sen immediately took the noodle bowl, skillfully poured vinegar on the noodles, threw the dialed garlic, stirred it with chopsticks and said, "Eat noodles!" After eating, go back early to rest, and don't be late at 3:45 p.m. tonight. ”

When everyone heard this, they also poured garlic and began to eat noodles together, and soon there was a "sucking" sound in the noodle restaurant, and the food was carried out very thoroughly.

"Rough, these stubborn things, I really don't know what to do!"

At this moment, there was a discordant shouting and scolding outside the noodle restaurant.

Immediately after that, three rugged figures squeezed into the noodle shop, and the officer with a hideous face at the head was still scolding: "Yesterday was noisy, today is still noisy, aren't these Confucian old stubborn people afraid of death?" I've read all the books to the, and it's disgusting just to listen to them, phew! ”

A bearded officer on the left side of his side was also indignant when he heard this: "It's also thanks to Your Majesty that his old man can endure this group of sour chatter, and if you change your capital, you can just be honest with a military stick per person." ”

The officer on the right side with a face full of flesh and unable to even judge whether his eyes are open or closed also said: "This group of nerds has been seen in the Far East before,

I didn't think that the dynasty had changed, and he was still so pedantic, and he didn't blame His Majesty for letting Kong Yifu, a birdman who claimed to be a saint, be the gatekeeper. ”

These three people are none other than a group of old descendants who followed Liu Ce at the earliest.

The one who is full of national scolding is called Ma Guocheng, but this guy has even scolded Xu Wenjing, the secretary of the military department of the dynasty.

The bearded man is called Sun Biao, who used to be in the same military camp as Liu Ce, but Liu Ce still reused him regardless of his previous suspicions, and followed Liu Ce to conquer the south and the north and make a lot of contributions.

The man with a full face is called Zhou Boxiong, who took the initiative to make friends with Liu Ce when he was the weakest, and it can be regarded as betting on the right treasure, and now he is also a rare descendant of Liu Ce in Chang'an City.

Because the three of them have hateful faces, they have absolutely nothing to do with handsome guys, and they behave rudely, so they are privately called "Crab Three Generals", and they also have nicknames.

Elegant and easy-going Zhou Boxiong, who loves the people like Ma Guocheng, and drives the crane from the dragon to Sun Qian.

The three of them were not ashamed in the face of such ridicule, but were proud, and often swaggered through the market, completely ignoring everyone's attention.

As soon as Zhao Sen, who was eating noodles, saw these three people, he immediately got up and stood straight, pinched his fist with his left hand and hit the leather armor on his right chest, and saluted in unison: "General Sun Qianzong, Ma Duwei and Zhou Duwei!" ”