Chaoyang County,

Linqu City,

A small city on the border of Qi,

At the end of the time,

Under the dim canopy, the border city as a whole presents a gray tone, and the low city wall from a distance inexplicably gives people a feeling of depression, and entering the city is a long street that runs through the small city.

The blue bricks and stones set up the thirteen alleys of the adjacent street, and the halfway of the street is the place where the alleys converge, and in the middle of the street waist is planted a leafy osmanthus tree to add a bit of color to the border city.

The laurel tree is a four-season laurel that can bloom several times a year,

So it is also called "laurel".

The leaves are oblong on the green leaves, and the osmanthus petals are set off with pale yellow clusters, which are very pleasing, and the autumn flowers are the most luxuriant, but now there are a lot of stamens on the small branches, and the fragrance of the flowers that is not strong is even more light in the rain.

The mouth of the thirteenth lane was originally a place for the people of the border city to brag and fart in their spare time, but now it has become the most lively place in the border city, because today is the day when the big family in the city Zhang marries his daughter, and eighty flowing water seats extend from the street waist to the distance of more than 100 zhang at the city gate.

There is no shortage of chickens, ducks and fish on the flowing water table, and the wine is not full of silver, the whole long street is filled with a rich aroma of wine, jubilant, and a girl wearing a red wedding dress sits quietly on the first-class table under the osmanthus tree.

"You have come all the way to attend the little girl's wedding feast. ”

"Rest of the story!"

"The old man does it first for respect!"

An old man in a robe got up and raised the sea bowl in his hand and drank it all, and the wine went down, and the old man spilled not a drop of wine when the sea bowl in his hand was facing down.

"Master Zhang, massive!"

"Master Zhang, atmospheric!"

The banquet at the bottom is full of characters from three religions and nine streams, there are invited monks, Taoist priests to make a scene, there are men with beards and beards who go south to the north and north Malaysia golden knives to raise bowls against each other, and there are beggars who are abducted and deceived in the lower nine pits and slap the table and coax the streets.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have come from afar. ”

"According to the rules of our Qidi rivers and lakes. ”

"Be the master of the house, and pick up the wind for you!"

"The remaining two bowls of the old man have to be dry!"

"Daddy!"

A woman's gentle voice came from under the red hijab,

The slender index finger stretched out and gently pressed down on the edge of the bowl.

"I'm afraid, dad is happy today!"

The old man smiled, looking at the girl wearing a red hijab and a red wedding dress, and a trace of guilt appeared inexplicably in his eyes.

"Come on, full!"

"Old man, it's done!"

When the bowl was raised again, it won the applause of the whole house, in the final analysis, the sea bowl in the hand is not a thick-bottomed shallow mouth to fool people, and it is really worthy of the name of this sea bowl.

"Old man, it's been three or two days since the big guy came from afar, and the good competition to recruit relatives is indeed not a sign, and after staying for a long time, he always eats and drinks in vain, and you can't get over your face, if you have something to say, just say it!"

"It's a well-known thing that your daughter's daughter is like a flower and jade, and most of you here must be running for this, even if it's for the reason of meeting friends with martial arts, but you haven't set up this platform, isn't it a waste of effort?"

"The kid has the courage to ask Mr. Zhang to make his words clear. ”

"Otherwise, I really won't be able to eat this meal today. ”

A man in a short coat put his legs on the table legs,

After sitting up straight, he spoke very seriously.

When the voice falls,

There was also silence for a long time,

Even a few people who had just picked up the wine glass also put it down silently,

There is no feast under heaven that eats in vain,

No one can save this truth,

Now some people are talking and waiting for a result.

"Since you asked. ”

"Then the old man said it bluntly!"

The old man surnamed Zhang, who had just sat down, slowly got up when he saw this.

"It's true that the little girl is married!"

"Recruiting relatives is more real than real money!"

"But the reason for this contest is not the one who can fight the best. ”

The old man paused,

"Don't you want to find the best one to fight in martial arts?"

"Is it possible to find a handsome rabbit?"

"If you enter the cave room, I'm afraid that it will be a silver spear wax rod head, and if you don't use it, won't it hurt the old man's daughter. ”

In the field, a big horse golden knife guest opened his mouth untably,

The rivers and lakes are like this, foul language and all kinds of meat words come as soon as they open their mouths, after all, many of them are men who lick blood from the knife edge, except for women in their mouths, they are fine wine and silver, and their heads are no longer protected by the belt, and they will fall to the ground if they don't know it, and they are tired and panicked if they want to speak crepe.

Old Man Zhang obviously understood this truth, but he chuckled lightly and didn't care.

Just when I was about to speak,

The woman with the red hijab tugged at the hem of the old man's clothes,

Shaking his head slightly,

The latter smiled bitterly and continued,

"This old man asks you to kill someone!"

The atmosphere in the field changed suddenly,

It's not solemn, but it's much easier,

In the end, there are some things that are hidden and not said, but they are worrying,

Now that he said it, his heart was at ease.

"Whoever can kill that person, the little girl will marry that person!"

Looking at the entire long street from near and far, the hundred and eighty flowing water seats were full, and the old man said in a deep voice.

The news of the competition has been released for three or two days, and the little girl in the family was born beautiful, and after the accidental news came out, she was rated as one of the top ten beauties in Chaoyang County by the good deeds, and the Zhang family was originally a big family, but it attracted a lot of people in the rivers and lakes for a while, and many people in the next county also heard the news.

"As long as that person can be killed, no matter how middle-aged the three sects and nine streams are, what kind of business and trading they do to make a living, the old man will recognize this son-in-law, and the huge Zhang family will also give the hero as a dowry!"

Old man Zhang picked up the wine on the table,

Directly picked up the jar and poured it into his mouth!

When the jar falls,

The atmosphere of the whole long street has reached its peak.

"I'm Liu, I'm willing to go!"

"I'm Yuan, I'm willing to go!"

The atmosphere is when it is rich,

There were more than a dozen shirtless men shouting at the top of their voices.

......

"Everyone, wait!"

"I have a question, and I would like to ask the old man to answer it!"

"Murder, whether you commit a crime or not, don't mention this in advance. ”

"According to the old man's personality. ”

"I think that man is also a heinous person!"

"But there's one thing that the man in the distance may not know!"

"But the men of Chaoyang County know it!"

"Old man Zhang, you were born as a border pawn, and you were a general when you were prominent, and it is nothing to put in Yong'an City, but you are indeed a top-notch figure in the border city!"

The man with the golden knife gave a thumbs up and said.

"Someone you want to kill if you want to go bankrupt. ”

"Can we kill it?"

The voice fell,

The originally hot-blooded man was like a basin of cold water poured down,

There was silence again.

"I can't kill it. ”

"But the old man wants to try. ”

The old man surnamed Zhang laughed at himself, with a little bitterness in his smile.

"Old man, the one who wants to kill. ”

"His surname is Xu!"

"Qianguoren!"

"Bang ......"

This is the sound of tables, chairs, and benches falling to the ground,

The man who spoke up earlier didn't sit down and fell on his back.

"Old man, are you kidding?"

Someone screamed.

"The old man Zhang Chengliang, an old pawn in the border city of the former southern land, once followed the command of the old general Qi, and the official to the general commanded thousands of people, and this body scar is also the rest of Rong Ma's life. ”

The robe was torn open, the bare chest was scarred, and the longest wound that twisted from the abdomen to the left shoulder was like a centipede, winding around the upper body, which looked terrifying.

"More than a month ago, the old general Qi led an army of 450,000 troops to the north, and lost more than 200,000 in the first battle of Lu County.

The voice fell, everyone was silent, the matter of the party has been spread all over the border of Qijing, everyone knows, but no one is willing to mention it, in the end, this is a national martyrdom, and it is difficult for an ordinary man to change anything in the general situation.

The atmosphere in the field is still depressing,

Where is the previous celebration?

"Now there are 200,000 Chen soldiers in Lu County!"

"He has not yet reached the crown of the yellow-mouthed child. ”

"I want to go to Yong'an with only three hundred Jia!"

"What a shame!"

The tone of the old voice rose sharply,

The body of the old man surnamed Zhang trembled slightly,

"The old man is angry in his heart!"

At last the tone dropped suddenly,

Turned into a long sigh,

With a wordless loneliness.

When the news came,

I ran through all the relationships, used thousands of methods, and I was a person in the army to speak out, thinking that I could at least ask for some help, but the final result was that the subordinates were silent, and the regulations of the imperial court had come down, and the envoys of the Qianguo were not allowed to use swords and soldiers.

The generals who defended the city were the soldiers under their command that year,

only smiled wryly and said the rest of the sentence,

The court has the hardships of the court,

If you wear this garment, you can't do whatever you want.

After the old man surnamed Zhang shook his head,

Loud shouts.

"Someone, armor!"

In the tray was a cloth-lined shirt, on which was pressed a mottled iron armor, and the remaining traces of swords, guns, swords, and halberds were faintly visible.

"For this matter, the old man will compensate you first!"

"It's a gimmick to recruit relatives in martial arts, and I just want to attract more people. ”

"There are no ten deaths today, and there are wives and children at home. ”

"The sword has no eyes and no eyes, and those who fight can leave on their own. ”

The old man surnamed Zhang bowed to everyone on the field, and the same words also gave everyone the reluctance to force under the steps, the old man got up and silently looked at the originally lively long street at this time.

The bastard who was rubbing the surface of the flowing water table cast a grateful look and silently disappeared from the long street, a Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe got up and saluted and walked to the side, and a monk wearing a robe to salute and meditated with his hands together and silently chanted "Amitabha" and then retreated, talking about the death of the old heavenly master and the monk of the three precepts of Zhenwu Mountain, and then before the death, the people in this way knew more about the horror of the young man, but the old man's expression also knew that it was useless to say, and he was unwilling to persuade.

"Daddy!"

"Why bother?"

The woman in the red wedding dress got up and gently stroked the iron armor in the tray with her slender fingers, feeling the traces left by the blade above, the breeze slowly raised her red hijab, and there were round tears dripping from her extremely delicate face.

"You don't understand. ”

"Somebody has to get up with something. ”

After putting on the cloth clothes, raise your hands and stretch them out,

The servants in the house put on iron armor for the old man, his thin body could not match the armor of his youth, and his light steps were clanging, and the tall and thin old man was wearing a wide armor that was a little funny, but no one laughed in the field.

"Old man, do you count the previous words?"

The man who had spoken out to question before suddenly got up and patted the long knife on his waist and chuckled.

"Count naturally!"

"I'm going to go to the east, and I'm willing to accompany the old man on a journey. ”

The man smiled and raised his glass.

"I'm Hangguanjiang, I'm willing to give it a try!"

"I'm Meng Xiang, begging for a glass of water and wine!"

"I'm Zhou Zhengliang, I'm willing to go!"

......

After a while, more than a dozen people on the street got up and raised their glasses to the old man.

And when he had finished speaking, he did not speak,

Just silently pulled forward.

Keep getting up and leaving,

There are also people who move forward silently,

"Come on, my daughter is red!"

Looking at the thirty or fifty people gathered beside him, the old man shouted.

Under the osmanthus tree, several jars of wine were dug up,

A total of six altars of daughter red,

Several tables near the main table, one table and one altar,

The mud seal is slapped open,

The color of the wine is orange and yellow, and the wine is fragrant and fragrant.

The rich aroma of wine permeated the scene, with a very light osmanthus fragrance.

"Guys, please take a seat!"

When the voice falls,

The seats at the tables adjacent to the main table had been vacated.

Only a rough man at the sixth table,

Eating and drinking,

Nor did he come forward,

and ignore people,

The man with flesh and blood was angry, and he was just about to speak,

was interrupted by Zhang Chengliang waving his hand,

"This is the Zhang butcher of this street, called Zhang San. ”

"I have the same surname as my husband, and I can't say that I was still a family five hundred years ago. ”

"Now that he is willing to eat, the old man does not rush people. ”

In the field, Zhang Butcher stepped on the bench with one foot, holding a roast chicken in his hand and gobbling it up, with a hoof on the plate, and from time to time he poured a sip of wine.

The rest of the people,

Glaring at the man, he sat down in front of him.

"Everyone, drink to win!"

Zhang Chengliang sat down on the main seat and raised the sea bowl, and the woman in the red wedding dress frowned tightly, pursed her lips, sighed lightly, and personally got up and picked up her daughter Hong on the table for everyone in the audience.

When the five tables in front are finished,

There is still half a jar of daughter red,

glanced at Butcher Zhang, who was gobbling up like a starving ghost reincarnated, and silently put the remaining half jar of wine on the table, the latter grinned, his face was full of meat, and it was a little terrifying.

Just when the atmosphere in the stadium is thick,

There is a sound of spring thunder on the slightly moist bluestone slab,

Hundreds of iron horsemen with black python patterns embroidered on their waists stepped onto the long street, and in a trance, the murderous aura that looked like a substance made the trajectory of the raindrops falling in the sky much slower.

Lang Ce, a young man in a python robe, immediately stepped forward and removed his hat to reveal an extremely handsome face, looking at the scene here, his thin lips pursed lightly.

The iron horsemen and halberds were scattered on both sides of the long street,

Taking a deep breath,

The rich aroma of wine with a hint of extremely light osmanthus fragrance lingers on the tip of the nose.

"Come to the altar daughter red, never drink Huadiao. ”

"This is the folk customs of Qidi?"

The young man in the python robe looked at the girl in the red wedding dress and his lips opened lightly, and the red color was particularly conspicuous in this bleak border city.

Originally, the alley was empty, but there were footsteps, Zhang Chengliang turned his head to look, with the crackling sound of the soles of his shoes, most of the hundreds of people in the field dispersed in an instant, and the rest of the seats were in a mess.

The remaining forty or fifty people looked at the end of the long street from afar, feeling the cold of the iron halberd, looking at the cold knife that had not yet been unsheathed at the waist of the iron horseman, they were a little distracted, and after relieving themselves, they subconsciously retreated again and again.

"Hiccup......

The hiccups sounded especially abruptly at this time,

"Don't waste it. ”

"You can't be a starving ghost when you're dying, can you?"

I saw that Zhang San, who was full of meat, tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth, got up, raised his daughter on the table and drank it all, and the mellow wine dripped down his chin and fell on the short placket.

He wiped his greasy hands on his chest casually, looked at the iron knight in the distance, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he stepped forward under the horrified gaze of everyone, and he didn't look at the beautiful woman in the red wedding dress from beginning to end.

"Zhang Zhuangshi, old man ......"

Zhang Chengliang stopped talking again,

"The old man doesn't need to say much. ”

"I Zhang San can't say those scenes. ”

"I only know that if the world is chaotic, pork will not be easy to sell. ”

grinning, greasy,

The accumulation of horizontal meat looks inexplicably a little fierce.

The soles of the boots step on the long street that is slightly moist,

The chicken bones in the mouth are spit out,

The hand is stretched out to the back, and the short placket is raised,

The strip of cloth wrapped around the pig-killing knife was slowly torn off.