Chapter 160: On the Road Alone (Part II)
PS: Ask for tickets
In April 345 of the Great Qin calendar, the chūn ploughing was over, and the summer harvest had not yet begun. Welcome to the reading
Dozens of miles away from the gate of the eastern capital, there is a small town called Hetan Town, which originally did not exist, but since the establishment of the Eastern Capital, because of the right location of this place, people who leave Beijing or enter Beijing will rest for a while in this spacious and flat river beach.
Slowly, this boundary formed a place where you must rest when entering and leaving Beijing, and naturally the inns and taverns in this place became the most buildings in the town.
Of course, the inns and taverns in the river beach town are also good and bad, of course, the good ones are to entertain the dignitaries, and the poor ones are naturally the ordinary people, like the taverns on both sides of the avenue, at this moment at noon, the spacious sand road is steaming hot by the sun, and countless passers-by are crowded into the tavern with the wind on all sides, either spend a few copper plates to get some tea to quench their thirst, or order a few small dishes and a pot of wine, and three or five people get together to eat and drink while surviving this hot afternoon.
It's just that although these taverns are sheltered and ventilated on all sides, coupled with the hot weather and dense crowds, some men can't hold back the hot breath and roar loudly.
"Fuck! It's been getting harder and sadter these days. Fuck it, the one who grabbed business with us last time said?" a strong man who opened his clothes to reveal his tendons and flesh took a sip of inferior wine and roared with his saliva.
Several big men next to this strong man nodded in agreement:
"Zhilu said, the last time the business was a hundred gold! It's irritating. ”
Several big men yelled with angry faces.
"Hey, don't be envious, the Fengyun Dart Game has lost a lot this time, and I can't say that I can't support it!" the first big man still shouted loudly.
"Huh, big brother, how do you say this, did they miss their darts?" all the men were stunned.
"Well, let me tell you, not only did the Fengyun Dart Bureau lose the dart, but even the guards didn't come back, so it was a big loss. The big man said with a grin.
"It's impossible, isn't it? Fengyun Dart Bureau has as wide a range of routes as ours, and isn't it just to transport a batch of goods to the eastern suburbs? It's just a matter of passing through the state, and this will happen? Which strongman did it?"
"Strongman, hey, it's not a strongman, it's the garrison of the Eastern Suburbs Prefecture. Dahan said angrily.
"Garrison? Wouldn't they? They swallowed people and goods together? Aren't they so cruel? Aren't there rules for collecting tolls?"
The crowd was almost jumping.
"Bah, you still think it was in the past, but now except for the five capital areas, which can still ensure stability, the other states in the country are not in chaos! The relationship between the previous battles has become chaotic, and we can't find it, and we don't dare to go to other places at all now. That's really a death and a death. The big man yelled as he slapped the table.
"Alas, the way of the world. Everyone nodded in agreement.
The big man of the dart game here is sāo. A few middle-aged people over there who were dressed up as scribes, but who looked very sour no matter how they looked, also gathered together and gossiped:
"Damn, if it weren't for the eunuchs, where would the world be chaotic like this. If you don't get rid of the eunuchs, there will be no peace in the world!" a sour man roared in a low voice through gritted teeth.
"Oh, brother Tai doesn't need to be so angry, even if the eunuch party is eliminated now, the world will inevitably be chaotic. The other sour god said indifferently with some despair.
As long as the eunuchs are eliminated, the sages will naturally be able to come forward. Assist the Son of Heaven to restore order in the world!" said the first sour man dissatisfied.
"Oh, you, you, don't you listen to the news of the world? Now all over the world, the garrisons and officials are acting arbitrarily, thieves are rampant, countless people are fleeing the wilderness to escape the war, and the farmers are fleeing. Naturally, there was a chain reaction, and the more the army of thieves persecuted, the more there was a food shortage. The rest of the realm is about to become hell, and our Gyeonggi realm can still be so stable. But it's really a lot of eunuchs to take care of, you don't know anything and shout to destroy the eunuchs, this eunuch party is really going to be destroyed, and our Gyeonggi region will also be finished. The other said disdainfully.
"Wow cāo, you traitor!" the sour ding slapped the table.
The sour man with a desperate look sighed helplessly:
"Don't do senseless quarrels, this eunuch party will be finished sooner or later, because the eunuch party relies on the authority of the emperor, and when the emperor is gone, the eunuch party will naturally lose the collapse of the law. ”
"What do you mean, why is the emperor not here, His Majesty the Emperor is in the heyday of autumn......" Sour Ding was suddenly speechless as soon as he said this.
Another sour man standing on the side of the eunuch also sighed:
"Alas, the emperor was seriously ill and fell into a coma, and the imperial family didn't know which traitor was victimized, and there was not even a trace of remote blood, and the entire imperial family was left with the emperor and his majesty, not even a princess, once the emperor died, it would be strange if the Great Qin Empire did not collapse, and the heir to the law did not exist. ”
Although they do not live in the capital, they are also Gyeonggi people, and they are naturally well-informed, and the blood of the royal family before, both men and women have inexplicable accidents, but the result also makes people who know the news of Lu Dao frightened.
Because at the end of the day, there was only one emperor left in the entire imperial family, and this emperor was still sick in bed all day, and there was not even a pregnant concubine and uterine daughter, isn't it obvious that as long as this emperor hangs, the Great Qin Empire will perish? It is estimated that this is also because the officials stationed in various places are acting arbitrarily and ignoring the law, and Daqin is about to be destroyed, and Daqin's law can still be used as a fart!
Thinking of the coming troubled times, the three sour literati couldn't help but sigh, and took a sip of the wine glass sadly.
Maybe it was the big man at the table who took the lead, maybe it was the lament of the sour table, anyway, the atmosphere of the whole tavern began to complain, lamenting that the world is not good, everything is dangerous, and vomiting bitterness everywhere.
Of course, there is also a table of biao-shaped men eating a big bowl of wine and meat, and I don't know what Lu Dao said. The smug laughter of each smug halu made the already empty surroundings even more empty.
The flat-headed people are all very sharp-eyed, and when they see that the people at this table are not good goods, they all flash a little.
In the midst of the uproar, a muffled sound came from afar, and most of the people did not react, but those men dressed as martial artists couldn't help but prick up their ears, some listened, frowned and shook their heads and continued to do their own things, while some looked up in surprise at the place where the sound came from.
This look. Several big men couldn't help but exclaim:
"What a handsome giant horse!"
Their exclamation caused the whole tavern to look out, and they all exclaimed in astonishment, for they saw a very large horse galloping from a distance.
The dart masters of those darts even jumped up and exclaimed:
"Oh my God, is this a horse? How can it be so big? I've never seen such a big horse!"
"Not only is it huge, but it's very fast, and it's only a few breaths, it's coming!" the man exclaimed, and the giant horse had come to the tavern, and then the knight pulled the reins on the horse. The giant horse immediately raised its front hooves and neighed at the sky.
The people in the nearby tavern almost covered their ears. The neighing of the horse was so loud that those who approached it retreated, for the great horse, when it raised its front hooves, was taller than the canopy of the tavern.
With a bang, the front hooves of the giant horse struck the ground, and two holes the size of sea bowls appeared.
At this time, everyone's eyes subconsciously shifted to the knight on horseback, and when they saw this knight, everyone was stunned. Because it is too far from the image of a strong man who is suitable for this giant horse in his mind.
The giant horse knight is actually a teenager, a five-foot boy dressed in a black sè suit, carrying a huge ghost-headed knife behind his back, with a thin figure and a handsome appearance.
The ordinary people were still amazed at the incompatibility between the young man and the giant horse, but the warriors present all changed their faces violently.
Some people were shocked by the young man's action of turning over and jumping into the dust, and some were shocked when they looked at the huge ghost head knife more than a meter long behind the young man. What's more, squinting at the waist card on the young man's waist. Anyway, as soon as the boy appeared, all the greedy eyes that he had for the giant horse disappeared.
The boy had shoulder-length hair, just tied together haphazardly with a black cloth band. With a bright forehead and a tall nose, looking at his appearance, he was obviously a teenager of twelve or thirteen years old.
Seeing such a young man with a tender face and a thin body, the ordinary people looked at this smiling young man with strange eyes, while those men who were obviously dressed as samurai bowed their heads and did not dare to say a word.
The young man stood at the door of the tavern, glanced at the situation in the tavern, grinned and shouted with his snow-white teeth open:
"Xiao Er, if there is any good wine and meat, bring it to the master, and give the master a few good ingredients on the horse, you must feed and drink enough. ”
"Yes, this master, ...... you here" A junior immediately greeted him respectfully, but when he turned around, he was dumbfounded, because there was no vacancy.
The young man ignored it, and came directly to the table where he was not a good person at first glance, and grinned:
"Brothers, have you eaten enough, can you let you get a bit?"
"You ......" A big man had just jumped up, but he was immediately held down by several partners around him.
The leader-like man immediately nodded and said:
"We're full, we're full, let's go, Xiao Er doesn't have to look for the checkout,. As he spoke, he dropped a piece of silver cake, and then the ticket man smirked and rushed out of the tavern with the partner who had just jumped up.
Rushing out of the tavern, the gang of big men hid in the forest on the side of the road and breathed a sigh of relief, only the goods that were clamped muttered with some curiosity:
"What's the matter, it's like you've encountered a ghost?"
As soon as these words came out, the leader who was originally panting immediately jumped up and slapped him, and scolded angrily:
"You idiot, where have you been practicing? Don't you feel the blood on that little master's body that is so thick that it almost forms?"
The beaten man muttered a little aggrieved:
"I really don't feel it at all, you don't say that the boy is a big devil, do you? When did such a young fellow Daoist appear?"
"Fuck, when did the ghost know when such a guy appeared in the Dao, fuck, as soon as the guy stepped forward, my bones were a little cold, look at the black clouds rolling around him, I really don't know how many people the Dao has killed, how many souls are haunted to be so terrifying!" The other man trembled all over, and said with a pale face.
"Wow, your yang eyes can see something strange during the day, how ferocious does this have to be to reach this level!" the leader and the others all changed their faces when they heard this.
The leader jumped up and shouted:
"No, hurry up, go, hide from that little master. ”
This time, even the man who didn't know what was going on in the road was silent, and the group immediately ran away from the place at a fast speed, despite the fact that it was a hot afternoon.