I don't know if it's the wine and meat sent by the people of the Tang Dynasty in private, which contains a lot of friendship?

Anyway, facing several of them, mutton, chicken, and pork.

There were already some hungry people, and they didn't bother to process them one by one; With the most basic caution, Mr. Nanzawa carefully checked it and determined that it was not toxic.

The above several kinds are a total of seventy or eighty catties of meat.

After being added a little bit of ingredients by Barong, it was stewed out in one go, and there were a total of two large pots, and a group of netizens actually ate it deliciously.

Even after the meat is eaten, the leftover broth is not wasted.

They ate and drank some freshly baked cakes in the broth.

Only when they added up to five jars of wine, they drank only a small amount of one of them, and did not continue to drink.

There's a reason for that.

On the one hand, it is the wine of Datang this year, and it tastes really bad, turbid, sour, and has a very bad taste, so it is better to drink some soup.

On the other hand, there are many people in the team, according to the plan that was made before, they still have to do it.

Specifically, after the sky completely darkened, a large number of netizens such as Yang Dongli, AT, Guifei, Ah Li, Yu Hanfeng, Singer, Huang Yizhi, Little White Face, and Watchdog.

After changing out of the tattered clothes and armor on their bodies, they put on some ordinary clothes, washed their heads and faces, and let the corn change some of their faces with the disguise technique, and then set off separately.

Such a large group of people will go to two different destinations.

One is a small market that is naturally formed next to the inside of the Great Earthquake Pass, which is estimated to be a natural formation in order to provide convenience for passing merchants.

As early as the afternoon, when Hu Biao and others came all the way, they saw that there were a lot of hotels such as wine shops and car shops.

On the other hand, it is said that as long as you continue along the official road for about 30 miles, there is a town called Caojiawan.

And netizens went to these two places separately, and the specific motives are also very simple.

There is everything that happened in the Great Earthquake Pass during the day, as well as the deeds of their group and the Anxi Army, and the people of nearby Datang may not have heard of it, or they don't know much about the details.

But it doesn't matter! Aren't they there?

They will pretend to be a passing merchant, or a well-informed person, such as their second aunt's third cousin, who was there at the scene, so they are sure that the news must be true.

In the areas of inns, wine stores, or streets and alleys, all of the above will be explained clearly.

Eventually, by midnight, all of them had returned to camp; For the first time, the concubine, who was dressed as a village woman, drew an 'OK' gesture to Hu Biao, who was waiting for the results of the action.

Seeing this, Hu Biao immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

In the following time, after saying hard work to everyone, he tightened his fur coat by the fire, and soon fell asleep.

It's not that Hu Biao has a big heart, but so far, they have done everything they can.

The rest of the matter, everything is to see how the Ha Cui clan and the Tang Dynasty court will react; There is also a time for them to spread the news, and then ferment and spread it for a while.

In the words of the modern plane, some pretend: don't worry! Let the bullets fly a little longer......

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Time: In the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, at noon on the tenth day of the second month, that is, Hu Biao and his party officially entered the Guanzhong area on the third day.

Location: Fengxiang Mansion in Guanzhong, in a liquor store in the west of the city that does 'Xue's shop'.

In the cold spring of early spring, which was still a little steep, the mule and horse merchant Liu Yi strode into this small shop that could only be regarded as ordinary in scale and grade.

In front of the window that I am accustomed to on weekdays, I sat down on my knees.

After opening his mouth, he shouted loudly: "Shopkeeper, it's still the old rule today, give me a pot of green ant wine, and a bowl of mutton soup and some hot cakes." ”

The voice is falling, and a part-time wine doctor in the store is actually a common shop junior in costume dramas, and he immediately shouted loudly:

"Liu Qilang, a pot of green ant wine, a bowl of mutton soup with more mutton liver, and three Hu cakes~"

After the sound fell, the shopkeeper began to busily hot wine, and in the kitchen, his mother-in-law was also preparing mutton soup and cakes with her hands and feet

Regarding the above scenes, for Liu Yi, there is no difference from the previous situation at all.

As a native of Fengxiang Mansion, after he got up early in the morning, he would spend the morning doing business in the livestock market in the city.

If the business is good, I will come to the 'Xue Family Shop' at noon, drink a pot of wine and eat a bowl of mutton soup to reward myself.

If the business is too bad, they will come here to drink and eat soup, which can be regarded as comforting themselves.

If there is a difference between the two, there must be some difference.

That is, the world has been too chaotic in recent years, and business has become more and more difficult year by year; So much so that he has fewer and fewer days to reward himself, and more and more days to comfort himself.

As for why he knelt and sit, he was called 'Liu Qilang', and he didn't even get a word of these things mixed up with the old man and the staff?

The reason is very simple, the former tables, chairs and benches are still called 'Hu chairs' and 'Hu stools', and they will not be popular in large numbers until the Great Song Dynasty one or two hundred years later.

Kneeling in front of a low table like this is the most normal way to open a Tang person's daily life.

Among the Tang people, the status of merchants was extremely low, and according to various laws promulgated in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, the children of merchants could not participate in the imperial examination, could not join the army to win a reward, and belonged to lowly people.

In addition, it is forbidden to ride a horse or wear silk and satin, which is considered to be quite discriminatory.

It is said that the famous Li Taibai has never participated in the imperial examination in his life, so he has a lot to do with being a businessman.

Such a situation, although it is better in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, but what kind of honorific titles of lords and outsiders are still far from a shadow for these businessmen.

In addition, being ranked according to the brothers in the family, the name of Jilang is already a rather polite title.

Of course, for Liu Yi, a native of the middle and late Tang Dynasty, he has long been accustomed to all of the above, and he doesn't feel anything wrong.

What he cares about now is the other customers in the store, and he doesn't know what to talk about in private.

Ever since he sat down, he had noticed a few customers in the shop, not knowing what they were talking to each other, sometimes sighing and gritting their teeth.

But the voice was very low, and there was no way for him to eavesdrop on it, in short, it seemed to be very remarkable.

This made Liu Qilang, who has been messing around in the livestock market and thinks he is also a well-informed person, very curious.

Just glanced at it, and there were no acquaintances among these guests, so it was not easy for them to come forward and ask what was going on.

Fortunately, after a short time, the store came up with a pot of hot green ant wine, as well as cups, dishes and chopsticks.

Immediately, Liu Yi stopped the other party and asked in his mouth: "Xue Da, what has happened recently, why haven't I heard a little about it?" ”

After hearing this, the shopkeeper surnamed Xue showed a look on his face that wanted to speak and stopped.

muttered in his mouth, and muttered out a sentence that was not at all cheerful: "There have been some major events recently, but there are many big people involved, and it is really not good for us and other grass people to talk about it casually." ”

Hearing that many big people were involved, Liu Yi's heart itched even more.

As for the 'bad discussion' in the shopkeeper's mouth, he directly ignored it, and naturally knew what it meant, and immediately took out six or seven coins from his arms and slapped them on the low table.

With a quick movement, he put away six Qianyuan heavy treasures in good condition.

The shopkeeper glanced left and right, and after finding that no one was paying attention to them, he lowered his voice and said, "Qilang, do you remember the Tang Anxi Army?" ”

"But the Anxi Protectorate of the Western Regions, the army under the command of Guo Xin and Guo Shuai, the kings of Wuwei County?" After Liu Yi heard this, he instinctively replied.

The shopkeeper didn't speak, just nodded.

But Liu Yi frowned, and said with doubts in his mouth:

"I remember that in the second year of Jianzhong, the envoy of the Anxi Army made a detour back to Chang'an and went back to Chang'an with great difficulty to see His Majesty Dezong; It is said that the Tubo people are powerful, but the lieutenant generals of the Anxi army have begun to grow old and want to ask the court for help.

However, His Majesty Dezong and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, although they said, 'Since Guanlong has been lost, the east and west are blocked. Loyal and righteous people, weeping blood together', one by one they all hid their faces and wept.

But after all, because of the lack of troops, money and food in the imperial court, the Anxi army could only be promoted by seven levels in a row, and there was no other support.

In the blink of an eye, twenty-seven or eight years have passed.

This army of my Tang Dynasty is alone in the Western Regions, and under the siege of the army of the Tubo people, shouldn't they have been wiped out long ago? ”

Speaking of this, an indescribable depression surged into Liu Yi's heart.

He couldn't help but slap the low table hard, making his palms a little numb and couldn't take care of it.

The reason for this may be because even if he is a grass farmer, although he has never been able to figure out why a good Tang Dynasty has become such a weak appearance in just a few decades.

But deep down, he still misses the strength of Sheng Tang.

For the Anxi Army, such a lonely Tang warrior who has been holding on to a foreign land for decades, there is an instinctive admiration.

The shopkeeper was not surprised at all by Liu Yi's reaction, and when he heard such a news, he also reacted like this.

After selling enough, the mouth of this product finally began to continue:

"Qilang, you are wrong, my Tang Anxi Army has not been destroyed, and it is still holding on to the Western Regions."

After hearing this, Liu Yi immediately became overjoyed in his heart, and had the idea of picking up the wine jug and drinking a good drink, for the Tang Dynasty, for the Anxi Army, and for Guo Shuaihe.

didn't wait for him to do this, a piece of news that made him angry fell on his ears again:

"According to the reliable information of my brother-in-law and third cousin, who opened a store in the earthquake.

Three days ago, in the Great Earthquake Pass, there was a soldier of the Xuange Battalion of the Anxi Army, all the way to the pass; It is said that on the order of Guo Shuai, there is an urgent military situation sent to His Majesty today.

What do you think, this trip to Qiuzi City in the Western Regions is not far away, and the land of Hexi and Longyou has long since fallen into the hands of the Tubo people, and it is so difficult for them to return all the way.

Therefore, after arriving at the pass, there were only more than 30 soldiers left in a battalion of Xuange's battalion, and everyone was still bloody.

It's just a team leader on duty at Dazhenguan, who is the brother-in-law of the guard general Wang Duwei; This person used to be just a country splash, completely unlearned.

Not only have I not heard of the Anxi Army, such a loyal and brave army of my Tang Dynasty, but I also set my eyes on the remaining soldiers of the Xuange Battalion, the goods and BMWs on their bodies.

Unashamedly, he opened his mouth to insult Anxi Jun and Guo Shuai.

He even put on the heads of these soldiers who had survived a hundred battles in the name of a Tubo man's meticulous work, and after taking them down on the spot, he sought to seize the goods and war horses.

No matter how those soldiers explained, what they were carrying was not wealth, but just the ashes of the Anxi Army veterans who wanted to return to their roots, and they didn't listen at all. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yi gritted his teeth and cursed in his mouth:

"This Wu Duwei, as well as his brother-in-law, should be killed."

After a long sigh of 'hey~', the shopkeeper continued: "These two people really deserve to be killed.

In desperation, the heroes of the Xuange camp immediately took action with anger and killed the team and Uncle Wang Duwei Lang like chickens, but the disaster of these heroes also came.

That Wang Duwei actually has a lot of relationship with the Qinghe Cui family.

Wouldn't such a thing lose the face of the Qinghe Cui family, wouldn't it be a disaster?

Now they are heading all the way to Chang'an City, and they happened to pass by our Fengxiang Mansion this morning; But because they were worried about being implicated, they didn't want to say that they could stay in the hotel and rest, and no one dared to sell them even a bite of food. ”

"Qinghe Cui's family, it's really not a good one~"

After listening to this, Liu Yi scolded half a sentence hatefully in his mouth.

Because halfway through the scolding, he suddenly reacted that the Qinghe Cui family was too large and terrifying for a lowly businessman like him.

It's not what he can provoke at all, so he can only hold it back.

In the following time, I don't know if it was the reason for the unhappiness in my heart, Liu Yi, who usually drinks a lot of alcohol, felt a little drunk after a pot of green ant wine.

For him to be in such a state, he made a decision that affected his life.

He took out the money bag, poured all the copper coins and even a golden bean on the table, and shouted out a sentence in his mouth:

"Xue Da, this money will prepare two jars of the best green ant wine for me, and prepare cooked mutton for me with the rest.

A few of my sons and daughters have been working hard lately, so I'm going to treat them well today. ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper didn't think much about it at all, and immediately began to prepare with his own mother-in-law.

In the afternoon of the same day, other merchants in the livestock city of Fengxiang Province found that Liu had not appeared.

The reason is very simple, it was after the strength of the wine surged, thinking about Liu Yi, who could not let the soldiers of the Anxi Army, rush hungry.

After returning and explaining to his men, he rode a horse and went out of the city with wine and meat to chase after him.

And a situation similar to this is in Fengxiang Mansion, as well as other places in Guanzhong.

When the news related to the Anxi Army spread at an alarming speed, it definitely didn't just happen to Liu Yi, a livestock merchant.

I don't know how many people took action after hearing about it.

This is the pride engraved in the bones of the Tang people under the influence of the prosperous Tang Dynasty; Even such an empire is now seriously weakened......

At the same time, that is, when Liu Yi, who was carrying wine and meat, went out.

In the northeast of Fengxiang Mansion City, sixty or seventy miles away from Dengjiagou, the largest Dengjiazhuang; A lively and sumptuous banquet is underway.

Saying! If you talk about Deng Sanlang in Dengjiagou.

In the ten miles and eight towns near and far, it is a famous figure; Even many people in Fengxiang Mansion couldn't help but give their thumbs up when they mentioned Deng Sanlang and Deng Congyi.

Because the Deng Jiazhuang in his hand not only occupies most of the fertile land in Dengjiagou, but also can definitely be regarded as a wealthy owner.

More importantly, Deng Sanlang is also a ranger who is famous in Fengxiang Mansion; He was a well-known generous and righteous man.

It is precisely because of this that many local rangers have come together to visit today.

Deng Sanlang not only asked his subordinates to kill chickens and sheep, but also took out a lot of home-brewed wine in the cellar, but also asked people to take it to the government to report, saying that a cow fell to death in Zhuangzi.

No way! Datang strictly prohibits the random killing of cattle as a production tool.

Even if you die of old age, die of illness, fall to death, etc., you have to report to the government, and even because of poor care, the cow dies, and you have to pay a fine.

Because in many cases, the Tang people can only find an opportunity to kill cattle in such a way, so as to get the opportunity to eat beef.

It can be seen that beef is precious in Datang.

After all, it is said that His Majesty Emperor Taizong only had the opportunity to eat beef four times a year.

It's just that today, in the face of rare beef and big jars of wine, the dozens of rangers on the scene didn't want to eat and drink at all.

It's all because they didn't come to this Dengjiazhuang today to drink wine and eat meat.

But after hearing about the Xuange Battalion of the Tang Anxi Army, he couldn't hold back anymore.

Indeed, what is a Ranger? For the government, they are all some 'chivalrous and forbidden' goods, and they are headaches on weekdays.

But for them, it's important to pay attention to one:

Although his deeds are not in the course of justice, his words must be done, his deeds must be fruitful, he has promised to be sincere, he does not love his body, and he has survived and died, and he has not been able to do it, and he is ashamed of his virtues.

What about the Qinghe Cui family, the man's eldest husband needs to take action when he sees that the road is uneven, it is nothing more than giving away a life.

So at this banquet, after the rangers said that after the rise, Deng Sanlang picked up the wine bowl in front of him and shouted loudly:

"Okay, brothers, let me wait for a good drink, and then go to join the soldiers of the Xuange camp and go to Chang'an together.

Even if the Qinghe Cui clan can cover the sky with one hand, we will protect the remaining soldiers of the Anxi Army along the way. ”

After hearing this, all the rangers were in their mouths, and they cheered loudly.

In the following time, after these people were very drunk, they all carried long swords and rode war horses, and a group of thirty or forty people began to go out.

Under the horse's hooves, there are really some 'five-flowered horses, daughters, and Hu'er will exchange for fine wine', such a heroic spirit that only Datang has......

(End of chapter)