It didn't take long for the donkey cart to enter Gu'an County.

Lu Mengzheng felt a little hungry, and happened to see a tavern on the side of the road, so he called softly, and the donkey cart slowly stopped in front of the door. He jumped out of the car, pulled the reins between the donkey's necks and casually tied them to the willow tree next to the road, and then gently pushed Du Tingyi a few times, and said, "General Du, do you want to get out of the car and eat something together?" ”

He pushed a few times, and Du Tingyi slowly opened his eyes and said as if he was asleep: "You're in Tokyo so soon?" What kind of alley is this, why do I look a little confused? ”

Lu Mengzheng smiled and said, "General Du, this is Gu'an County, and there is still some distance from Tokyo." I'm hungry and want to get something to eat, would you like to eat some together? ”

Du Tingyi rubbed his eyes, except for a tavern before meeting, it was a shop selling sundries, and he knew in his heart that he must be going to eat in this simple and shabby tavern, and wondered: "Little brother, isn't there a decent restaurant here?" ”

Lu Mengzheng smiled bitterly: "Don't say that there are no other restaurants in Gu'an County, even if there are, Xiaosheng has no money to eat!" If General Du is hungry, go to eat together, and if you are not hungry, wait until you enter Zhuozhou to eat. ”

Du Tingyi subconsciously touched his pocket, only to remember that he didn't bring a money bag, let out a long sigh helplessly, and walked slowly towards the tavern with Lu Mengzheng. There was a guy in cloth standing in front of the tavern, and when he saw the two of them, he greeted him with a smile on his face, "Isn't this Member Lu?" Why do you have time to come to Gu'an today? ”

Lu Meng said: "The old mother at home is seriously ill, Xiaosheng has to go out to sell some local goods, and when the goods return to this place, they happen to be hungry, so they come in and have some food, and continue to hurry for a while." ”

The guy nodded and said, "Okay, I wish Lingtang a speedy recovery, and I also wish you an early title on the gold list!" Whatever you want to eat, just ask, the ingredients are guaranteed to be fresh! ”

This guy has worked in Luoyang for several years, and he can be regarded as half of Lu Mengzheng's fellow countryman, so the two naturally chatted affectionately. But Du Tingyi on the side, looking at the tables and chairs full of oil stains, the walls blackened by cooking smoke, and the several jars of rice wine on the counter, his eyes were full of disgust.

Lu Mengzheng said disapprovingly to Du Tingyi: "General Du, what do you want to eat?" You and I are destined to meet, although Xiaosheng is poor, but he also earns two taels of broken silver from selling local goods, and he can still afford ordinary meals! ”

Du Tingyi nodded and said, "Little brother, you can pay for the meal first, and I will be ...... when I return to the capital." Really double down on you. Then he said without hesitation: "First serve a plate of fragrant balls, real oranges, pomegranates, oranges, duck pears, milk pears, lychees, and lotus seeds." Then come to the carved plum balls, red flowers, carved bamboo shoots, and papaya segments. After that, come to the milk room, a plate of meat curd, and Jinshan salted pork. Immediately afterwards, one serving of flower cooking quail, lychee white kidney, sheep's tongue stick, hand-washing crab, five treasures stew, and mandarin duck fried belly. Finally, add ginger vinegar raw snails, simmered oysters, and fake public power fried belly. Seeing how small your shop is, let's come here first. ”

The dishes he ordered, not to mention that Lu Mengzheng had never heard of them, even the guys in the tavern were dumbfounded. After a while, he said, "My ancestor! What you ordered, don't say that the small shop can't do it, even the well-known Shilizhai in Zhuozhou can't do it! In addition to the imperial kitchen of the Great Song Palace, and then the largest restaurant in Tokyo, Fan Lou, can do it, don't talk about other places, I'm afraid I haven't heard of it! ”

Du Tingyi frowned, slapped it on the table fiercely, and said dissatisfiedly: "I just order some of the most ordinary meals, you can't cook them, it's better to close it as soon as possible!" Then he strode out the door.

Lu Meng was smiling bitterly, and was about to hold him, when he suddenly heard a burst of laughter from men and women at the table behind him. One of the young men smiled and said: "Little witch, I always thought that you had a brain disease, and you ordered meals that others couldn't cook at every turn, but today it seems that this young man has wronged you, but I didn't expect this old man to make a mistake with you!" ”

The girl smiled coquettishly: "That's because you don't understand!" You stinky begging for food, how can you understand the distress of people like us who come from all backgrounds. Every time I go to the tavern to order, I feel very annoyed, not only can the shop not make the things I order, but also I have to be ridiculed at every turn, as if we are not ordering what people eat, not to mention that you are lonely and unheard, but also as if it is our sin. ”

Du Tingyi thought that they were deliberately laughing at themselves, and turned to look at the young man and woman in displeasure. I saw that this man was dressed in a fat earthy yellow cloth robe, and he was born with a playful atmosphere, and the woman next to him was even more beautiful and moving, innocent and lively, with a heroic spirit and aura all over his body.

On the table in front of the two of them, there were all kinds of empty wine jars, as well as a few chicken and duck skeletons that had been gnawed to the point that there was no meat left, and it was obvious that they had been drinking for a long time. But the young man was still not happy, and was still drinking in a large bowl while munching on chicken legs.

Du Tingyi shouted: "Who are you? How dare you laugh at me! ”

The young man drank the rice wine in the bowl in one gulp, and then said with a smile: "If you want to ask me, I am Wan Jianfeng, who has fought a group of thieves on the shore of Dongting Lake and defeated heroes in the land of five states!" After he finished speaking, he pointed to the girl next to him, "If you want to ask her, it's even more amazing." She is the daughter of Murong Yanzhao, the founding father of the Great Song Dynasty, and Murong Yunyao, a friend of the eight kings of the Southern Qing Palace! ”

Du Tingyi's face softened slightly when he heard this, his eyes kept looking Murong Yunyao up and down, and he said in disbelief: "This girl, are you really Murong Yanzhao's daughter?" Why doesn't it look like a dragon, but it's seven or eight points like my niece? ”

Murong Yunyao was stunned and asked, "I don't know who your niece is?" ”

Du Tingyi just wanted to agree, but then he thought of his identity at this time and was busy silent. Lu Meng said solemnly: "General Du, since you don't think this tavern is good, why don't we go to Zhuozhou to eat again." It's just that Xiaosheng doesn't have so much silver on him, I don't know if the silver money on General Du's body is enough? ”

Du Tingyi was slightly resentful, and said, "Member Lu, who have you seen bring money to the battlefield?" What's more, I suffered a defeat, even if I galloped all the way with money, most of them would be lost on the way, so why ask knowingly? ”

Wan Jianfeng laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, listening to the names of those dishes you just ordered, I still think you are a high-ranking general, it turns out that you are a deserter who escaped from the battle!" What is the spirit of a deserter? Someone invited you to dinner, you should be grateful to Dade, but you are still picking and choosing here, you really don't have to be ashamed! ”

Murong Yunyao sighed and said, "Yes, deserters are the most hateful!" If my father hadn't had many deserters under his command back then, how could he have died at the hands of Xiao Tzu Rin? It's a pity that this girl is a daughter and can't be a general, otherwise she would have killed all these deserters, and none of them would have been left! ”

Du Tingyi saw that the two of them humiliated themselves, and his heart was even more angry, and he was about to fight with the two of them when he drew his sword, but Wan Jianfeng was not annoyed when he saw this, but took out a money bag from his arms, shook it in his hand, and said: "Alas, deserters are also people!" This young man has the best heart, and he can't bear to see you starve to death, so I invite you to Zhuozhou City today to have a good drink, but when you return to Tokyo, remember to pay back. ”

Murong Yunyao stabbed Wan Jianfeng's arm and said with a smile: "You stinky begging for food, this money was originally given to you by others, and you actually want to give to others again, it is really generous!" If this escaped General Du still has a trace of shame, he will definitely not rely on your account called Huazi, and will definitely pay you back, otherwise he will be a deserter and cheat money, and how will he behave if it is passed out! ”

Du Tingyi only felt hungry in his stomach at this time, and saw that half of the money bag in Wan Jianfeng's hand was still bulging, and there were at least a dozen taels of silver, so he had to force the anger in his heart and said, "Don't worry, when I return to Tokyo, I will definitely pay it back!" Don't say that this is a little silver tael, even 1,200,000 taels is not a problem! ”

Wan Jianfeng laughed and said: "This is what you said, when the time comes, you must dare to be reckless, be careful that this young man enters your mansion late at night and steals the silver treasury in your mansion." With that, he wiped a pair of oil-stained hands on his clothes, stood up, and walked out the door. The three of them followed him out of the shop.

As soon as he got out of the shop, Wan Jianfeng strode towards Zhuozhou, and Lu Mengzheng saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to grab him, and said, "Wan Shaoxia, Xiaosheng has a donkey cart here, if you don't dislike it, let's get on the car together." ”

Wan Jianfeng was stunned when he heard this, turned around and said happily: "If you don't dislike it, how can you dislike it?" As long as your donkey doesn't dislike Ben Shaoxia, it's done! ”

Lu Mengzheng was amused by his tone, pointed to the donkey cart tethered to the side of the road, and then made a gesture of please, "Wan Shaoxia, please get in the car!" ”

Wan Jianfeng immediately became interested, he walked quickly to the car, to see the donkey, only to see that its eyes were bright, its two flowers were erect, its limbs were upright, although it was not tall, but it was full of spirit, and what was even more rare was that it had a pure blue satin-like fur, and it didn't even have a single miscellaneous hair. Wan Jianfeng couldn't help but exclaim, "The donkey in front of me is not inferior to half a point even compared to the best horses." ”

His eyes were deeply attracted by the donkey, and he was not in a hurry to get on the car, but walked to the donkey's side, stroked the donkey's mane with his hand, and praised in his mouth: "Tsk! Member Lu, you donkey is really good! Since your old mother is sick in bed, why don't you sell this donkey, I think it can be exchanged for a few dozen taels of silver? ”

Lu Mengzheng sighed slightly and said, "This donkey was given to me by a benefactor, if it weren't for the exhaustion of mountains and rivers and the end of the road, I would never sell the donkey easily." ”

Wan Jianfeng was about to say that he was dead-eyed, but Du Tingyi said impatiently: "Isn't it just a donkey!" Wan Shaoxia, if you really like it, it doesn't hurt to give you a hundred heads when I return to Tokyo. But now we have to hurry, and if we don't leave, I'm going to starve to death!" ”

After Du Tingyi finished speaking, he took the lead in climbing into the donkey cart, and Wan Jianfeng wiped the donkey's smooth mane with his hand when he heard this, and he was about to turn over and get into the car. Unexpectedly, the donkey suddenly turned his head and kept rubbing Wan Jianfeng's hand with his face, and every time he rubbed it, his mouth screamed happily. Wan Jianfeng happily said to Lu Mengzheng: "Member Lu, you have also seen that it is not this young man who wants you to be a beautiful donkey, but the handsome and dashing young man in your beautiful donkey." ”

Murong Yunyao on the side sneered and said, "It's called Huazi, this can also be love at first sight!" ”

Wan Jianfeng didn't pay attention to Murong Yunyao, but walked straight to Lu Mengzheng, who was driving the car, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "This brother, why don't you sell this donkey to me after returning to Tokyo, as for how much silver, even if you ask this wealthy General Du, don't be polite!" ”

Lu Mengzheng felt a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to refuse for a while, but Du Tingyi said: "Member Lu, if you don't sell the donkey to him, we will all starve to death today!" Why don't you go back to Tokyo, I'll give you a hundred taels of silver, and I'll find you a few of the best Langzhong to see your mother, and then give him this donkey." ”

Murong Yunyao also said: "Yes, Member Lu, why are you more stubborn than a donkey!" You can be admitted to the membership, you won't even be able to understand such a simple account, right? ”

Lu Mengzheng was helpless, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, as long as you can find a good Langzhong and cure your mother's illness, Xiaosheng will give this donkey to Wan Shaoxia, so what's the matter!" ”

Wan Jianfeng applauded and laughed, looked at the donkey and said, "I heard that there is no little lady, your master sold you to Ben Shaoxia, and when you return to Tokyo, you will be Ben Shaoxia's!" The donkey seemed to understand his words, and shouted happily, looking at Wan Jianfeng's gaze more and more kindly.

Murong Yunyao seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly said, "Stinky people who want food, don't worry about being happy!" After we go to Zhuozhou for dinner, you must pay the preface, accompany me to the Gaoliang River, and don't go to Tokyo directly with them! ”

When Du Tingyi heard the three words of Gaoliang River, he was shocked in his heart, and his buttocks also hurt. I couldn't help asking: "Yesterday, the Gaoliang River just finished the battle, and the soldiers were in chaos, what are you doing in the Gaoliang River?" ”

Murong Yunyao said disappointedly when she heard this: "What, the battle is over?" It seems that we are still a step too late, I don't know how the battle will be? ”

Du Tingyi sighed, "The Song army was defeated and was ambushed by the Liao State. Not only were countless soldiers killed and wounded, but Zhao Guangyi, the son of heaven, was also injured and fled on horseback alone, nowhere to be found. ”

Murong Yunyao looked at Wan Jianfeng and said, "Stinky food, what kind of conspiracy do you say Zhao Dezhao has?" Could the old man who conspired with him that night be Sima Wuming? When they talked about the Gaoliang River, the battle was lost on this side of the Gaoliang River, and the emperor disappeared mysteriously, could it be that these were all planned by Zhao Dezhao and them? ”

Du Tingyi's face suddenly became gloomy when he heard this, and Lu Mengzheng was also a little surprised, only Wan Jianfeng didn't seem to be interested in Murong Yunyao's words, and only smiled: "Hahaha, this Zhao Guangyi is really a genius!" This time, he personally led Cao Bin and Pan Mei, these first-class generals, to drive the expedition in person, but they were actually defeated by the Liao State, admire and admire! According to this Shaoxia, Zhao Guangyi is only called the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, which does not reflect his use of soldiers like a god at all, so it is more appropriate to change his name to the God of War of the Gaoliang River! ”

Murong Yunyao and Lu Mengzheng couldn't help laughing, only Du Tingyi, who had been keeping a straight face, made his face more and more ugly, as if he had swallowed countless coptis bitter gall, enough for fifteen people to watch for half a month.

Leaning less, Du Yanyi slapped the car board and shouted: "Have you laughed enough!" Laugh enough and get in the car quickly, otherwise be careful...... I'm starving! The three of them thought that he must have escaped from the side of the Gaoliang River, and they all looked at him sympathetically, and then got into the donkey cart, and Lu Meng was patting the donkey's buttocks lightly, and the cart slowly moved towards Zhuozhou.

(End of chapter)