Shao Xi reached out and grabbed Lao Wu's back collar and brought him back, saying in his heart that you are full, what are you doing with it?

The situation in front of him is clearly that there is a fight and trouble in the tavern, and I don't know what is going on, this old guy goes up and looks like he is gloating, if he provokes any of them, won't he make trouble for himself?

At this time, Wuqiu'er behind Shao Xi was still stunned and didn't figure out what was going on, just stretched out his head to watch the excitement.

Fu Biao seemed to see some doorways, leaned into Shao Xi's ear, and whispered: "These people who were thrown out seem to be military people. ”

Shao Xi felt a little curious, although these few people who were thrown out were all strong men with strong physiques and strong martial arts, how could Fu Biao tell at a glance that they were from the army?

"How so? Why are you so sure that they are all members of the military? ”

"Wipe your forehead."

"Wipe your forehead?"

"That's right! The soldiers in our army will have a forehead tied to their heads, and the style and color of the forehead will be different according to the rank in the army.

"As long as it is not an ironclad army and a hussar army, ordinary soldiers do not have helmets, so they can recognize the level of each soldier at a glance on the battlefield, and their identity is identified by the talisman they wear on their bodies, also called a recognition card.

"The foreheads worn by these people are all black, and there is no embroidery mark, indicating that they are just ordinary soldiers in the army, probably drinking too much here to make trouble.

"If this is known by the envoys of the Guanjun, let alone them, I am afraid that even the general guarding the Jade Dragon Pass will be unlucky, but this is located at the border pass, and no one should care, so the military discipline will be so lax."

The military establishment of the Jingyuan Dynasty is seven military systems, ten people for a fire, five fires for a team, eight teams for a battalion, and then according to different armies to distribute different battalions, in short, the Chinese army plus the left and right Yu Hou army and the left and right four armies, the seven armies total more than 20,000 people.

Everyone in the army must wear a forehead wipe, even the ironclad army and hussars must wear a forehead wipe under the helmet, which is a bit like today's military badge, which is an important symbol of identification between friend and foe on the battlefield.

Ordinary soldiers, including fire captains and captains, only have black foreheads without any special markings, while battalion lieutenants have blue foreheads with the same embroidery marks as the battalion flag.

Further up to the rank of general, the forehead is wiped in red, and the embroidered marks are also different, and so on.

Fu Biao, as a former lieutenant in the army, naturally knew all about these things very well, so he could see at a glance that the few strong men who fell to the ground were all soldiers in the army.

In fact, it is not surprising that the commander of the army would come to such a tavern to drink?

According to the rules in the army, it is said that it is not allowed to drink alcohol, but in some places where the emperor is far away, the officials in the army also turn a blind eye to this.

However, officers above the rank of captain are not allowed to go out to drink, and if they want to drink, they can only hide and drink secretly, but these soldiers below can't control it if they want to, anyway, as long as they don't drink and make trouble, it doesn't affect the march and battle, and there is no one to control them on weekdays.

But if a drunken brawl like today's is known from above, it will be troublesome to pursue it level by level, so if such a soldier is discovered by an officer, he will usually be whipped.

"These five or six strong men were just thrown out of the door, and I don't know which one they provoked who shouldn't be provoked? Let's go in and see. ”

With that, Shao Xi took a few other people into this tavern that looked ordinary, but it was famous here.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw several wooden tables and benches lying on the ground, and several strong men who were in the same clothes as those who had been thrown out of the door before were gathered around a table, posing as if they were going to do it.

At the table sat a man and a woman, the man was dressed in a gray robe, his hair was tied haphazardly around the back of his neck with a rope, and his face was a pale, emaciated face with a distinct scar.

On the table beside him lay a hat and a long, narrow ring-headed knife, a cowhide scabbard, the handle of which was only casually wrapped with a rope, and behind the handle was a ring, to which was tied a thin chain, which did not look long, but seemed to be only used to wrap around the wrist.

Next to him sat a besuming woman, dressed in an exotic outfit, and it was obvious at a glance that she was not from the Central Plains, with a headscarf on her head, a veil on her face, and ornaments on her neck, wrists, and ankles, but at the same time a pair of shackles were tied to her ankles.

At this time, the woman neither ate nor drank, but sat quietly on the side, and the two people sitting at the table did not seem to care about the few strong men gathered around.

The man was still drinking with his bowl in his composure and the bowl of beef stew on the table was still steaming.

I don't know what happened in this tavern before? But at this point, it looks like there is some tension.

Shao Xi took Lao Wu, Sun Lichang and others to a table not far away and sat around the table.

The guys in the tavern were busy cleaning up the tables, chairs and benches that had been knocked over on the side, and one of the guys saw that a guest was coming, so he hurriedly ran over to greet Shao Xi and the others.

"Yo, isn't this the shopkeeper Sun? This time, you personally led the caravan out of the customs? ”

It seems that the guys in this tavern are familiar with Sun Lichang, and it's not surprising to think about it, Sun Lichang should have led a caravan to the Western Regions more than once, and it is naturally not the first time to come here, and it is normal for the guys in the tavern to know him.

"Yes! This time, I personally led the caravan out of the customs, and I don't know when I will be able to come back this time, what happened just now? ”

The guy glanced back and replied with a happy face, "Hey! It's all a trivial matter, how many fights do we have in this store on a given day? It's good to get used to it.

"They are all men in the army, and they always have to dissipate the smell of alcohol after drinking a little wine, but today they seem to have encountered hard stubble, and the kung fu under the hands of that son is not weak, and these military masters are afraid that they will not be able to bargain today."

Shao Xi listened, good guy! The guys in this tavern are not surprised, are fights and brawls in this place so casual?

It's really that the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and no one cares about the wilderness, is there no local government to maintain local law and order?

"This little brother, how many fights do you say you have to fight in this store every day? Isn't there a local government official to take care of it? Wouldn't it be like this to mess up the king's law? ”

The guy smiled when he heard this, with an expression of indifference, and he even seemed to think that what Shao Xi had just asked was a little ridiculous.

"This guest is the first time to come to the local area, right? I don't know much about this place! The Yulong Town under the Jade Dragon Pass was originally formed by the gathering of business travelers coming and going, where are the officials and officials?

"On weekdays, it is the military masters of the Zhenxi Army who maintain the stability of this place, whether you are a business traveler or a person from the rivers and lakes, even if it is a Jiangyang thief, a horse bandit and a thief, you have to be honest when you come here.

"No one cares about you when you drink and fight, but if you dare to kill people and steal goods here, steal, cheat, or abduct people, and are caught by the military master in the city, then don't want to leave this place alive.

"So the local people are naturally fierce, as long as you don't break the rules here, you can solve everything by yourself, as long as you don't make trouble, no one will take care of it."

Shao Xi listened and nodded, what this guy said is not bad, Yulongguan is desolate and remote, and the jurisdiction of each state is not small, even if this is the jurisdiction of a certain county, such a desolate place must be beyond the reach of the government, and the local law and order can only be maintained by the garrison.

But where do the generals in the army know how to govern the place? The so-called management is only extensive, as long as there is no major rebellion or turmoil, and the generals of the garrison are too lazy to intervene, they will naturally form their own rules similar to those of the rivers and lakes.

It seems that as long as the laws of the Jingyuan Dynasty are not seriously violated here, there is really no one to care about the small fights, but Shao Xi didn't understand why a group of big men in the army would surround the two people at that table? Could it be that these two have committed something?

So Shao Xi pointed to the table and asked the guy, "Why are you military masters surrounding them?" Could it be that they broke the local rules and committed something, and the military masters want to take them back? ”

The guy glanced back at a man and a woman at the table, turned his head and said to Shao Xi with a smile: "When these two people came, the military masters were drinking here, and when they saw the woman wearing shackles on her feet, they thought that the prince had tied up the woman from outside the gate, and thought that he was a human trafficker.

"Although this kind of thing is repeatedly banned here, as long as it bumps into the military masters, they will naturally ask a few words, and if they are willing to give some money, they will turn a blind eye and pass it.

"After all, many of the old men in our customs like this exotic woman, and many people buy her into the house, or become a dancing girl, or a slave, and some simply accept it as a concubine.

"But this prince doesn't seem to be willing to give this money, so the military masters are going to take him back to ask for the guilt, how do you know that this son's martial arts are good, it seems that these military masters are going to return empty-handed today."

Shao Xixin said, I'll rub! Is that okay too?

As long as the traffickers are willing to pay, these soldiers can ignore it, so is this how the local garrison maintains local stability?

Isn't that just nonsense? What's the difference between this and a robber who blocks the road?

Thinking of this, Shao Xi couldn't help but open his mouth and asked the guy again: "Didn't you say that you can't kill people, steal goods, defraud, and kidnap people here?" Why is it okay to give money? Wouldn't the generals of the garrison here take care of it? ”

"Tube? What's the tube? The western army of this town is stationed at Yulong Pass all the year round, and the military salaries of the DPRK and China are often delayed again and again, and there is no salary in the army, who will be responsible for the mutiny of the soldiers? Letting these military masters in the army come out and get some money by themselves is also for the stability of this place.

"If not, I'm afraid that the Zhenxi Army itself will be in chaos first, and in the end, it's not the trouble caused by those officials and gentlemen in the court? If they were less greedy, they would not have no salary to be paid to the western army.

"Don't look at these military masters who come to us from time to time on weekdays to eat and drink for nothing, but our locals don't think there's anything wrong, if the soldiers in front of us can't eat and drink enough, we're afraid we won't even be able to open this small shop."

Shao Xi was speechless when he said what the guy said, he couldn't imagine that the western army in this town was guarding the Yulong Pass, and there were still people in the court who dared to be greedy for ink and arrears of military salaries? It will be necessary to investigate this matter in the future.

However, at this time, Shao Xi did not intend to sit idly by.