As time passed, Wei Xiaodao drank all the stolen wine, and when he didn't move for a long time, his body had begun to feel cold. The gates of Big River City were finally slowly opened from the city with the sound of "squeaking" wooden shafts rubbing.

Wei Xiaodao sat squatting for too long, and he didn't dare to get up suddenly. After the blood in his limbs was soothed, he slowly stood up.

At this time, the gate was wide open, and the soldiers guarding the gate were sleepy-eyed, holding a spear with an ash handle, and put their hands in their sleeves, and after pushing open the gate, they stood together, talking about the night of last night.

Whenever they talk about something fascinating, they smile like only a man can understand.

There were five soldiers in this team, which happened to be one group. Guarding the city gate on such a day is a chore, and no one will enter the city so early, so their minds are not on the city gate.

(A squadron of five is a squad of five men commanded by a captain.) The two corps are one shi (shi), which is commanded by a chief. ）

But around this, when Wei Xiaodao entered the city, he was still stopped by a soldier.

The soldier opened his eyes a little slit, saw the clothes Wei Xiaodao was wearing, and immediately asked arrogantly, "What are you doing?"

Wei Xiaodao knew that these were some **, and he didn't want to have too much to do with them, so he replied with the usual answer along the way: "I want food." ”

Originally, when Wei Xiaodao said this, no one would usually embarrass him. After all, who is idle when they have nothing to do, and they can't get along with a beggar.

But today, it happened that I don't know what the soldiers guarding the city were crazy about, and when they heard Wei Xiaodao say that they were asking for food, they didn't let Wei Xiaodao pass. Instead, he rolled his eyelids, spat on the ground, and said, "Uncle, who can enter this door if he wants to?

Wei Xiaodao was speechless for a moment, he had seen a horizontal one, but he had never seen such a horizontal one. I thought of rushing forward and running away with a slap in the face. After thinking about coming to the city, it doesn't matter if they can't catch up, after all, there are really not many people who will compete with a person who asks for food.

But at this time, a voice suddenly sounded!

"What are you doing?"

"Even a homeless beggar was bullied?"

A little distance from the city gate stood a man in armor and a sword. He is about twenty-eight years old, and his sword eyebrows are full of heroism, and he is a handsome man in the army at first glance.

When this soldier saw the comer, he quickly stood upright, swept away the decadence just now, and showed a respectful look on his face.

But Wei Xiaodao could see the disdain and contempt in the depths of these people's eyes. Since Wei Xiaodao can see it, so can the people who come.

But he didn't say anything, just continued to ask again in a calm tone.

"Why are even beggars and homeless people bullied now?"

Several people looked at each other with embarrassment on their faces. One of them stood up, clasped his fists and saluted, "I've seen Lord Cao!"

Then he glanced at Wei Xiaodao before continuing: "This is a rule that Liu Du has set to pay a penny to enter the city!"

The person who stepped forward and spoke out was respectful on his face, but his words were full of coldness, and he was not as timid as the other four people, he should be the captain of this team.

No matter who it is, as long as you look at it, you can understand that this Lord Cao's official position is definitely higher than that of a military commander. Being able to wear armor in the army means that the position must not be lower than that of a 'pawn' (Note 1).

But a military commander in front of him dared to secretly call out a pawn, not that there was someone above this captain who could take more care of him, that is, this Cao Dian was not very mixed in the army.

And judging from Cao Dianshi's calm and relaxed look, he was obviously used to this kind of thing, and it seemed that it was not the first time that this kind of thing had happened.

He just waved his hand at the Wu Commander, and then said in that calm and usual tone: "Lord Du Hu will not lack a penny from that beggar, let him go." ”

The matter has come to this, and the captain is not saying anything. He really didn't look down on Wei Xiaodao's penny, and he just didn't want Cao Dianshi to suppress his brother's anger when he stood up. Now that Cao Dianshi has taken a step back, he can't say anything, after all, this surnamed Cao is his Shangguan, and he can't do things too much.

So he clasped his fists again, and then shouted to the four people behind him, "Didn't you hear Cao Dianshi's orders?"

The boss of his own family spoke, and the few people who had already surrounded Wei Xiaodao collected their weapons and got out of the way.

Wei Xiaodao was not polite, and strode forward towards the city. He didn't mean to thank Cao Dianshi, maintaining military discipline was originally a matter within the duties of a general, so why thank him?

"Stop!"

It's just that when he passed by Cao Dianshi, that calm voice sounded again!

Wei Xiaodao turned around and looked at Cao Dianshi suspiciously.

The other five people also looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Cao Dianshi's gourd? The Wu Chang even scolded in his heart: "Is this Cao Wen just having a headache?

"Lift the hood!"

Cao Dianshi naturally didn't have a headache, nor was he idle. It was a moral reason to say something to Wei Xiaodao just now, and now it is the duty of the city gate warden to let him put down his hood. Things are one yard to the same yard, and the two do not interfere with each other.

Wei Xiaodao was not stupid, just after a little thought, he roughly understood Cao Dianshi's intentions. So he lifted his hood generously and let Cao Dianshi see his appearance clearly.

The face under the hood was pale but clean, not as filthy as his hands and clothes. It should be caused by the body's long-term lack of nutrition.

But when Cao Dianshi saw Wei Xiaodao's eyes, he was stunned for a moment, and then everything became clear.

"I didn't mean to cover my face, please forgive me!"

Cao Wenzheng nodded, indicating that he already knew. Then he glanced at the broken knife on Wei Xiaodao's waist, and said in his characteristic calm tone: "Don't be a traitor after entering the city, otherwise you will ......."

He didn't finish his sentence, but he believed that Wei Xiaodao would understand what he meant.

Wei Xiaodao also gave him a fist salute, then pulled on his hood and continued to walk towards Dahe City.

"Master Cao, why does this young man look like that?"

Although the five people guarding the city did not deal with Cao Wenzheng, they also saw Wei Xiaodao's appearance just now. Curious in their hearts, everyone made eye contact again, and pushed Wu Chang out again and stepped forward to ask.

Cao Wenzheng is open-minded, or he has long been accustomed to the suppression of others, and he doesn't care about the subordinate Wu Chang contradicting himself just now. Just said in a calm tone: "He's blind in one eye!"

Suddenly the scene was embarrassing, and the chief scolded his mother in his heart!

"Lao Tzu naturally knows that he is blind in one eye, but what Lao Tzu asks is why he is dressed like that!"

"You Cao Wenzheng actually told me that he was blind in one eye!"

"Don't you know he's blind?"

"I think you are blind in both eyes, otherwise how can you still be a city gate warden after more than ten years in the army, you really deserve it!"

Wu Chang naturally couldn't hear these words in his heart, and at this time, he was already standing at the gate of the city like a spear, as he had done for many years.