Zhao Que said angrily for no reason: "My name is Zhao Que, his name is Zhao Daring, and he has the same surname as me, which is really shameful!"

Liu Dasheng was sure that he was not Zhao Daring's meticulous work, so he comforted him with confidence: "There are so many people in Daxia, there are no counts, and there are not only you who have the surname Zhao, among them are a little gentleman like you who is knowledgeable and well-mannered, and of course there will be Zhao Daring who does no evil and does evil!"

"How is Liujiazhuang compared to Zhoujiazhuang?" Zhao Que asked.

Liu Dasheng said: "The people of Zhoujiazhuang are not as comfortable as ours, and in addition, there are more female babies in Liujiazhuang than in Zhoujiazhuang." ”

He suddenly remembered that he had mentioned to Zhao Que that everyone in Liujiazhuang would know how to do kung fu, and smiled sheepishly, at that time, Liu Dasheng was purely scaring Zhao Que, how could everyone in Liujiazhuang know kung fu? ?

Zhao Que nodded: "That's it, the eldest brother and the brothers are right to be so wary of outsiders, Zhao Daring fell into the grass on the nearby mountains, and he will definitely not let go of Liujiazhuang, maybe when he suddenly called." ”

Liu Dasheng can know Zhao Daring so well, and what he said is the Tao, and his status in Liujiazhuang should not be low.

Zhao Que paused: "Big brother knows where Zhao Daring came from?"

"North. Liu Dasheng frowned and sighed, "The mountains in front, you know, our Liujiazhuang, as the first Zhuangzi encountered out of the barren mountains and mountains, has also received a lot of passers-by in the past, and after entertaining passers-by, they are also willing to talk to us about the outside world......

At this point, he didn't go on.

The meaning of the words was naturally to let Zhao Que tell him about the big things he knew.

"It's really messed up in the north. Zhao Que groaned, picking and choosing, and slowly said what Liu Dasheng could hear, "There is a big state in the north called Jiangjin Prefecture, when I heard the news about Jiang Jinzhou, this state has been occupied by the righteous army, and the officers and troops who fought are retreating one after another, and even a general who can fight well has died in the hands of the righteous army. ”

In Zhao Que's eyes, the rebels in Jiang Jinzhou are naturally thieves, but in the eyes of the people, they are also ordinary people, and if they rebel against the imperial court, they must be called Cheng Yijun.

Liu Dasheng nodded without surprise, it seemed that he knew.

As soon as the two of them said this, they both felt in their hearts that Zhao Daring might be a rogue from the north who ran all the way.

His daughter-in-law brought the dishes to the table one after the other.

Liu Dasheng looked at Liu Xuezhi and said, "Don't read the book, you hurry up and eat, and play by yourself after eating." ”

Liu Xuezhi was suddenly overjoyed: "Daddy, can I go out to play?!"

"Play at home. Liu Dasheng added.

Liu Xuezhi is such a clever child, even if he knows how well his father loves himself, he still can't disobey his father's instructions, and in a blink of an eye, he is like a frosted eggplant: "How can there be fun at home, the brother of the second uncle's family and the sister of the third uncle's family have let me eat and go out to play, the child promised his brother and sister, but the father didn't let the child go out, so like this, isn't it dishonest?!"

When I went to look for you, I greeted your second and third uncles on the way, and they would say to the uncles on duty in the village, whoever saw you lawless boys, they would all punch and kick you and beat you home!"

Liu Dasheng looked at Liu Xuezhi's expression and threatened.

Liu Xuezhi was sullen in the blink of an eye, grabbed his chopsticks, put vegetables in his small bowl, and then ran to the kitchen, served his own rice, squatted on the steps, and sighed like an adult.

Liu Dasheng laughed angrily, and scolded with a smile: "You stinky boy, you haven't grown any hair, and you still learn from us adults!"

Liu Xuezhi didn't answer, but he snorted heavily like a little adult.

Liu Dasheng pointed at Liu Xuezhi and said to Zhao Que with a smile: "Look at it, I was reluctant to beat him before, and I was used to having a stinky problem, and after you left, you must teach him a good lesson. ”

The woman brought the last two dishes, a total of six dishes, all home-cooked.

Zhao Que underestimated Liu Jiazhuang, and the things brought by Brother Liu Dasheng were still placed in the courtyard, and the meals served to him were all from Liu Dasheng's own home.

It is really unfortunate to eat like this, and put it in the homes of the people under the heavy taxes of Great Xia.

Zhao Que looked at the dishes on the table, stunned.

Liu Dasheng and the woman sitting down looked at each other and asked in a low voice, "Little brother, do you feel that the food is not up to your appetite?"

Zhao Que sighed quietly, "After traveling for so long in the barren mountains and mountains, looking at the food in front of me, it seems that the mountains and seas are delicacies, and the delicacies are delicious, how can you feel that the food is not the same as your appetite?!"

"That'...... Little brother has something else in his heart?" Liu Dasheng asked quietly.

Zhao Que nodded helplessly: "The worries of the world first, the joy of the world after the world, the life of the eldest brother's family is really much better than most of the people, far beyond the expectations of the younger brother." ”

Liu Dasheng thought it was something, it turned out to be this, and said with a smile: "Little brother doesn't know, the land near Liujiazhuang is plastered, no matter what you plant, the autumn harvest can fill the granary, there are two rivers behind the Zhuangzi converge, the water source is not a problem, Yukang City, forty or fifty miles away from Liujiazhuang, merchants often come to Zhuangzi to collect all kinds of agricultural goods, the price is not low, at the same time, the businessmen will also bring the things in the city to sell here, come and go, Liujiazhuang's life is naturally much better." ”

Zhao Que asked, "What about the government's heavy taxes?"

"Yu Kangcheng has a big family, surnamed Shen, and the Shen family takes pity on us and pays a part of the taxes to the government on behalf of the people around Yu Kangcheng. Liu Dasheng explained.

Zhao Que said: "The Shen family is good, and they know how to share part of the tax pressure for the people. ”

Liu Dasheng suddenly wanted to speak and stopped.

His daughter-in-law couldn't help but sneer: "Little brother, you don't know, the officials up and down Yu Kangcheng have a broken relationship with the Shen family, and the county officials in the city are even more from the Shen family, Yu Kangcheng is a hundred miles away, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the world of the Shen family." ”

Zhao Que suddenly realized, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I see, the Shen family is using money to buy people's hearts." ”

"That's right, with the Shen family sharing a part of the taxes for us, who would say that the Shen family is bad? Who dares to say that the Shen family is bad? I'm afraid that without the Shen family's action, my own people will beat him half to death first. Liu Dasheng said.

The woman heated the wine and poured a full bowl for her man and Zhao Que.

"Is the little brother used to drinking in a big bowl?"

She asked with a deliberate smile.

Wine is cloudy.

The ancients said that a glass of turbid wine is thousands of miles away, and Yan Ran has no plan to return.

Zhao Que smiled and picked up the bowl.

"Little brother, I salute my eldest brother and sister-in-law a bowl of wine!"

After that, Gu Dong Gu Dong drank the turbid wine in the bowl in one go.

Rao is Liu Dasheng, who loves wine, doesn't dare to drink like this.

"Little brother, did you do that?!"

Zhao Que licked the wine that flowed down his lips, wiped his chin again, and said with a smile: "It's right to be a scholar below, it's not bad to be able to dance a little bit with a knife and a stick, the amount of alcohol is okay, and you can play the world on the wine table, which is also good!"

Liu Dasheng thinks that he is a chess opponent.

"Mother-in-law, you have a lot of wine today, and then bring two jars of wine to store, I want to get drunk with Zhao Que and not return!"

The woman listened to Zhao Que's words, every sentence was measured, reasonable, insightful, and willing to get acquainted with such a suave young man, a country woman, how could she be so restrained as a city woman?

Slap your thigh at the moment.

"Okay, Liu Dasheng! I'll allow you to get drunk today!"

Hurry up and bring two jars of wine.

Unseal all the wine mud.

Liu Xuezhi pulled the food in the bowl, smelled the aroma of wine, turned his little head, and asked timidly: "Daddy, can I drink a chopstick wine?"

During the New Year's holidays, the old people like to hold the children on their laps and dip some wine with chopsticks, so that the children take a sip, squint their eyes and smile and ask, is it spicy? !

Liu Dasheng was happy and beckoned: "Stinky boy come here!"

Liu Xuezhi immediately came with the bowl and ran around.

Dip your chopsticks in your drink.

Liu Xuezhi couldn't wait to take a sip.

"Oops! so spicy!

"Haha......"

Liu Dasheng smiled and leaned back with a smile.

There is nothing more fun than this in middle age.

"Okay, sit down and eat, review your homework after eating, don't ask Mr. Tomorrow to ask you about your knowledge, you can't answer. ”

The woman touched Liu Xuezhi's head lovingly.

The braided hair was dangling and dangling.

To say that the young man doesn't know the cold, Liu Xuezhi sandwiched a few chopsticks and dishes, "No, I want to learn from Liu Qiye to squat on the steps to eat, every time I watch Qiye eat like this, the food is delicious!"

Liu Dasheng scolded with a smile: "The old man in the village said that the young man admires the old, the old and the young, and the truth passed down by the ancestors is really thorough, so that people are not convinced." ”

Zhao Que bowed his head: "The truth that the ancestors can pass down is after countless upheavals, and it must be true." ”

"Big brother and sister-in-law, we mentioned the Shen family, so doesn't the Shen family care about the bandits on the mountain?"

The three of them sandwiched the dishes.

Zhao Que asked at the right time.

Unexpectedly, Liu Dasheng and the woman were stunned.

The two looked at each other and talked to themselves in surprise.

"That's right, why don't the Shen family care about the bandits on the mountain?"

Zhao Que said again: "If the Shen family doesn't care, it's excusable, the Shen family is not an official government, but why didn't the government send troops to simply suppress the bandits?"

He got to the point, looking at the shocked appearance of the couple, few people thought about it carefully before they thought it was Liujiazhuang.

Actually, they can't be blamed.

Now in these years, the men in the village are the soldiers who protect the money of Zhuangzi, like Liu Dasheng brothers, everyone knows how to learn martial arts, Zhuangzi is in trouble, the first thing he thinks of is to pick up weapons to repel the bandits, and then prepare for the next invasion of the bandits, report to the government, and the people in the village who are used to living their own lives are really not very accustomed.

Liu Dasheng seemed to remember something, and shook his head: "I remember that Liu Li went to Yukangcheng to report to the government earlier, but the government didn't reply for a long time, and we didn't take it seriously. ”

"Yes, yes, I also remembered, Liu Li seemed to have been beaten by the scoundrels in the city, and he went home and lay down for ten days and a half. The woman followed.

Zhao Que groaned: "This is weird, it shouldn't be." ”

"Little brother, you are smarter than us ordinary people, have you guessed anything?" Liu Dasheng then asked.

Zhao Que sighed: "Don't hide it from the eldest brother and sister-in-law, you can entertain the next person, it is tantamount to Zhao Que's benefactor, originally these words should not be said, but, because of the great grace, Zhao Que must say, I hope that after the eldest brother and sister-in-law hear it, don't tell others, it will only increase the fear." ”

"Okay, good! Little brother said quickly, we and I must be tight-lipped. Liu Dasheng hurriedly urged.

Zhao Que stopped: "If what the eldest brother said is correct, Zhao Daring ransacked Zhoujiazhuang, robbed the house, ruined the people's families, and couldn't live a life, and whether it was the government or the Shen family, they all turned a blind eye, I'm afraid Zhao Daring's identity background is not as simple as it seems." ”

"You...... Are you saying that Zhao Daring has something to do with the government and the Shen family?" asked Liu Dasheng in horror.

Zhao Que nodded: "Maybe Zhao Daring is from the Shen family, and a group of people went to the mountains to fall into the grass, and in fact, under the guise of bandits, they secretly trained soldiers and horses." ”

"How is that possible...... How could it be ......" Liu Dasheng muttered to himself, "That shouldn't harm Zhoujiazhuang!"

Zhao Que shook his head and said: "The people saw that the bandits were invading Zhoujiazhuang, but in Zhao Daring's eyes, they were using Zhoujiazhuang to test the power of the soldiers they trained. ”

Liu Dasheng's eyes gradually widened, and he trembled: "The old man in the village often says that everything is easy in advance and difficult later, could it be that Zhao Daring's next target that must be conquered is our Liujiazhuang?!"

Zhao Que said helplessly: "If it is expected to be good, it is exactly like this, Zhao Daring will not show mercy to his subordinates." ”

"Why?" asked Liu Dasheng.

Zhao Que replied: "The soldiers and horses trained by killing are far from being fed with money, they can be compared, and it is estimated that the Shen family will take the lives of the people and use them to hone this army and horses." ”

"But...... But Zhao Daring's people are not as many as the officials and soldiers of Yu Kangcheng, and according to the merchants in the city, the officers and soldiers stationed in Yu Kangcheng are all thousands of people!"

"Big brother, a group of soldiers and horses is heavy on the core soldiers, and the core soldiers are not dispersed, no matter how much damage this army suffers, it can be quickly reorganized. Zhao Que explained.

He was talking about ordinary soldiers and horses, like the Desert Sand Ghost Cavalry, and even the Xisai Army, against the entire Hanshan Dynasty, and the new soldiers who did not die and survived could be compared with the veterans of ordinary soldiers and horses.

"Little brother is saying that Zhao Daring is training the core people?"

Zhao Que nodded yes.

Liu Dasheng hung his head in thought.

The woman's expression was also extremely bad.

Zhoujiazhuang was ransacked by Zhao Daring's bandits, and the refugees who fled to Liujiazhuang told them what they had experienced, and the woman was present and trembling when she heard what the refugees said, for fear that one day, this kind of tragedy would happen to them.

Zhao Que was not in a hurry, and waited for the couple to come back to their senses.

He drank and ate food alone.

The home-cooked food was stunned by Zhao Que, who had not seen oil and water for a long time, and tasted the taste of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Liu Dasheng drank a bowl of wine violently, "Zhao dares to come, fight for the lives of the old and young in Liujiazhuang, and kill them to eliminate harm for the people!"

"Little brother, you are a scholar and have a lot of ideas, how about you give your eldest brother an idea?"

He said quickly.

Liu Dasheng can have a status in Liujiazhuang, which is inseparable from his life.

On the one hand, he decided that he must not give up resisting Zhao Daring, and on the other hand, he asked Zhao Que what good plan he had.

Zhao Que smiled: "After eating, rest for a while, and then want to go and see the mountain where Zhao Daring fell into the grass." ”

Liu Dasheng asked blankly: "What are you doing there, little brother, so dangerous!"

The woman also hurriedly persuaded: "Little brother, you are just a passerby, you have rested enough, sister-in-law will prepare some dry food for you, hurry up and get on the road." ”

Zhao Que shook his head: "Receiving a meal from Liujiazhuang, this favor is too big for Zhao Que, if you don't pay it back, you won't be happy in your heart." ”

Look at Liu Dasheng and have something to say.

He directly interrupted: "To be able to walk such a long way alone, not afraid of wild beasts in the barren mountains and mountains, there are a few skills in Xiazi, the eldest brother and sister-in-law can rest assured, besides, I said that there is an aunt who is far away in the East China Sea, and I want to reunite with my aunt one day, how can I lose my life for no reason?!"

Liu Dasheng looked at Zhao Que dumbfounded, and stopped talking.

Zhao Que's impression in the woman's heart has changed several times, she actually doesn't know what kind of character this stranger who came to rest at home is!

How can you not even be afraid of bandits who kill people without blinking?

Zhao Que poured a full bottle of wine for Liu Dasheng, and then filled it for himself.

"Big brother, don't think about it too much, a sage once said that studying and studying is not only the way to seek wealth, but also the way to open peace for the world.

Liu Dasheng picked up the wine and said respectfully: "Little brother is extraordinary! Later, big brother will go with you!"

Zhao Que shook his head: "You and me, the goal is too conspicuous, and the eldest brother, as a good man in Liujiazhuang, must have been familiar with the bandits, so it is much safer for me to go and find out." ”

The woman said: "Little brother, you are young, even if you are full of poetry and books, but in terms of handling things, your eldest brother has been crawling in the mud since he was a child, and he still knows more than you, and your eldest brother is also a farmer, and he has the strength to block a few axes, guns and swords for his little brother if he is in danger." ”

Zhao Que didn't speak, and drank all the wine in the bowl.

"Before going alone, it's decided, I hope that the eldest brother and sister-in-law will not tell the people in the village about this matter. ”

"Ah?!Why?" asked Liu Dasheng in confusion.

He also wanted to organize the men in the village, take weapons, and prepare to meet Zhao Que.

"I'm just looking at what kind of mystery Zhao Daring is doing, not a fight to the death, is the eldest brother so sure that the village is all his own people?!

Zhao Que said slowly word by word.

"Oops!"

Liu Dasheng's forehead was sweating.

At a meal, the woman's heart went up and down, and she said in surprise: "They are all villagers who have been together for so many years, and they are all the same surname, how can anyone be bought by Zhao Daring?!"

Zhao Que smiled: "Sister-in-law, everything in the world, the most important thing to be tempted is the human heart. ”

The woman's face turned pale, and she obviously felt that what Zhao Que said was not all right, but she just couldn't find the words to refute it.

Eaten.

Liu Dasheng took off the cotton clothes outside: "Little brother, don't dislike it, just my cotton clothes at home, it's cold outside, put it on." ”

At such a point, how could Zhao Que dislike it, without saying a word, put on Liu Dasheng's cotton clothes.

Liu Xuezhi asked: "Mr. Xiao, why do you have to leave just after eating? Can't stop it? It's so dark and cold outside, Mr. Xiao is leaving, how bad is it! Dad! Mother! Let Mr. Xiao stay!"

Seeing that his child was sensible and understood the etiquette, Liu Dasheng smiled a little: "Xuezhi, Mr. Xiao is going to do something outside, and he will come back in a while, Xuezhi is obedient, hurry up and review tomorrow's homework, don't let Mr. can't answer when he asks you!"

As soon as he mentioned that Mr. Xiao would come back in a while, he didn't say homework, and let Liu Xuezhi study for a night, and he was willing.

I don't know what's going on, Liu Xuezhi likes to stay with Mr. Xiao.

He...... He felt that Mr. Xiao was not a scholar, but a general who killed all directions among storytellers, and he didn't know why he felt this way, he simply thought so.

Although sometimes Liu Xuezhi also fantasizes about becoming a general in the future, but just thinking about it like this, as the only child of his father, they will not agree to abandon his pen and kill the enemy from the battlefield!

Before Zhao Que went out, he touched Liu Xuezhi's little head and squatted down.

Whisper in your child's ear.

"Your father and mother hope that you will become a big official, and Zhao hopes that you will stick to your heart and become a gentleman who paves the way for students on behalf of students, I think it's very good. ”

Liu Xuezhi's eyes lit up, looked at Zhao Que's face, and nodded heavily.

Wait for Zhao Que to leave.

Liu Dasheng and the woman were curious about what Zhao Que had said to him.

Liu Xuezhi looked up at the stars in the night.

"The little gentleman said that he wanted me to be a star. ”

"This kid is talking nonsense again, hurry up and review tomorrow's homework!"

The lights were dark, and the people in the village had eaten and had nothing else to do, so they all went to bed early.

In the summer, I will move out of a small stool to chat on the road, but in winter, it is so cold, it is the best policy to get into the quilt quickly.

Liu Dasheng told him where the mountain where Zhao Daring fell into the grass.

The name of the mountain is not brilliant, it is called Mud Mountain.

It turned out that there was no name, and I don't know who came up with such a name, so it was passed down.

The road outside is not easy to walk.

With the light of the stars and the moon, Zhao Que could vaguely see the way, and walked quickly towards the mud mountain.

When you get to the mud mountain.

And he saw that there was a camp on the mountain.

Brightly lit.

With the night wind, laughter and laughter were heard in the distance, mixed with the screams of women.

Zhao Que sighed.

Touch the foot of the mountain.

It was as if someone was watching him.

Covered in a sting.

Although Xiuwei fell to the lower realm of Yanhua, Zhao Que still believed in his own intuition.

There is also a mountain on the opposite side of Mud Mountain.

It's a lot higher than the mud mountain.

Vaguely, Zhao Que felt that on this mountain, someone was looking at him condescendingly.

Could it be Zhao Daring's eyeliner?," he thought.

He immediately gave up his plan to touch the mud mountain in the dark and climbed the mountain instead.

The mountain roads are rugged.

However, with Zhao Que's skills honed by the battle formation, this mountain road can't help him.

What's more, the "Jingxing Linfeng" obtained by Yan Xinglin, while on the way, Zhao Que did not forget to practice.

"Jingxing Lin Phoenix" gave him a great surprise, only stepping into the threshold, the eight-phase dragon python counterattack and the use of cold-blooded Zen brought about the heavenly punishment, unconsciously weakened.