When Yang Xiaohu went out, he asked the shopkeeper: "How far is the butcher shop in the west of the city from here?" The shopkeeper bowed down and said with a smile: "It's not far, it's not far, go out and turn right across four streets to the west." Yang Xiaohu couldn't help screaming "Mother", but he still raised his legs and walked to the door and gritted his teeth and ran.

Yang Xiaohu's legs were as heavy as lead at this time, and every step he took was exhausted. By the time he had crossed three streets, he was sweating and exhausted. But there must be a reason for his father-in-law to ask him to do this, although Yang Xiaohu was in pain, he still gritted his teeth and insisted.

Shunyuan is a big city, every street in the city has more than 100 zhang (about 300 meters), four streets are 400 zhang (1,200 meters, nearly 1,300 meters, because in ancient times one zhang was about 3 meters 2) back and forth is 800 zhang, at this moment Yang Xiaohu's legs are sore, can only run forward.

Seeing that he was about to run to the corner of the street, he threw himself on the ground with a pop. Yang Xiaohu stood up panting and bracing his arms, but his legs did not obey. Fortunately, there was a small shop not far away, and Yang Xiaohu walked to the door of the small shop with a small step, holding the door frame with both hands to rest. This small shop is a tailoring shop, and the boss hurriedly went out to greet someone when he saw it: "Guest officer, do you want to make clothes?" Yang Xiaohu gasped: "No... No... No. The boss muttered when he heard this, turned around and entered the store.

Yang Xiaohu felt a little stronger, so he gritted his teeth and stood up straight and ran forward.

Along the way, Yang Xiaohu ran for nearly half an hour to find the butcher shop, the butcher of the butcher shop was dressed in shiny cloth, and he had no business at the moment, and was sitting on a rocking chair. Yang Xiaohu couldn't speak when he came to the meat case, he just opened his mouth and panted, and his tongue stretched out.

Seeing this, the butcher immediately sat up, and couldn't help but wonder: 'Oh, what do you mean? Five... Pounds of meat. The butcher did not dare to slack off, got up and cut a piece of good meat on the back of the pig's elbow, picked up the scale rod and hung it on a hook and weighed it carefully.

Anyway, Yang Xiaohu is wearing an official uniform, although he is a guard, but he is not something that this butcher can afford to provoke. The butcher said with a smile on his face: "Official, Chenghui three points of silver." ”

When Yang Xiaohu reached out into his arms, he was already crying: "Ah, I didn't bring any money!"

The butcher was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but say: "The official said that he laughed, and now the general government envoy has come to Shunyuan." That's a rare Qingtian lord in a hundred years, if you don't have money, do you want to squeeze it empty-handed?"

Yang Xiaohu hurriedly shook his hand and said, "This eldest brother has misunderstood, and he is the guard of the political envoy below." But I forgot to bring the money with me when I went out, so I went back to get it. After Yang Xiaohu finished speaking, he turned around and left, and the butcher said behind him: "Wait, official." Hearing this, Yang Xiaohu turned around and asked, "What else is the matter with this big brother?"

The butcher didn't believe it: "Are you really Lord Zhang's guard?" Yang Xiaohu said proudly when he heard this: "That's nature." The butcher smiled, reached out and picked up the wrapped pork, walked out of the desk and came to Yang Xiaohu and said, "In this case, this meat will be invited for you to eat." As he spoke, he stuffed the pork into Yang Xiaohu's arms.

Yang Xiaohu remembered Da Kui's warning, and hurriedly refused: "This is not good, my family is honest and honest, how can I ask for things from the people." After that, he returned the meat, and the butcher said: "The official master has misunderstood, the villain is asking for something, I wonder if the official master can agree?" Yang Xiaohu asked puzzledly: "What is the matter?" ”

The butcher said: "The villain has long heard that the political envoy was the mighty general of the Jiangbei Red Turban Army, that is a well-known man, the villain wanted to defect, but there was no way, today I met the official and wanted to ask the official to introduce him." Yang Xiaohu looked this butcher up and down, and saw that he was eight feet tall and powerful, but he was a butcher. I couldn't help asking: "The guards around Master Zhang are all skilled, what are your skills?"

The butcher laughed and said, "It's not a secret, it's in Xia Meng Ge." He once served as a partial general under General Chang Yuchun, and later violated military discipline and was almost beheaded. Because of his military merits, he was spared the sword, but he was removed from the military and ended up here. ”

Yang Xiaohu sneered when he heard this: "I should be some kind of great character, it turned out to be a military criminal," he said and turned to leave. When this butcher Meng Ge heard this, he was anxious, and shouted angrily: "If you don't help, forget it, why do you hurt people at the exit?" Yang Xiaohu didn't pay attention to him, just left. Unexpectedly, the butcher Meng Ge bypassed the meat case and chased after Yang Xiaohu, grabbed Yang Xiaohu's shoulder and pulled it back.

Yang Xiaohu's waist and legs were sore at the moment, how could he withstand the force, and he sat on the ground with his butt under Meng Ge's pull.

Meng Ge wanted to find Yang Xiaohu's theory, but who knew that he would fall down as soon as he pulled it, and laughed at the moment: "You can't stand steadily, how can you be a guard?" Yang Xiaohu was immediately angry when he heard this, stood up and shouted: "Today, the young master has weak legs, and he will try to compete with you another day, do you dare to fight?"

Meng Ge smiled: "As long as it's a gentleman's fight, why don't you dare?" Yang Xiaohu said angrily: "Okay, I'll come to you another day." As he spoke, he patted his butt and walked towards the road, but there was a loud laugh from behind him.

I finally walked back to the inn, and when I entered the front hall, I saw Da Kui ordering a table of dishes and eating and drinking alone. Yang Xiaohu immediately put on a smile and walked over to Da Kui and said, "Father-in-law, I don't have any money with me, I'll buy it tomorrow." Da Kui smiled and said, "Well, it's okay, let's eat." ”

Yang Xiaohu sat on the bench, eating fragrant food, but it tasted like chewing wax. Thinking of Meng Ge's teasing, Yang Xiaohu really wanted to go to him immediately to compete, but his legs were weak, so what could he do?

Early the next morning, when Yang Xiaohu was still in a dream, Da Kui walked into his room and came to the bed and shouted, "The chicken crows three times, why don't you get up?" Yang Xiaohu was clever and immediately got up and dressed. When he got out of bed and put on his shoes, he was about to stand up, but his legs were like cotton and he suddenly fell to the ground.

I was tired yesterday, but I woke up like this morning. Yang Xiaohu was ashamed and struggled to get up. Da Kui smiled: "What's the matter?" Yang Xiaohu gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay." Da Kui raised his legs and left, and coldly threw down a sentence: "Go out and run to the west gate of the city and run back, I will wait for you in the backyard." After saying that, Da Kui went out alone.

Yang Xiaohu dragged his legs all the way out of the house and went to the street. At this time, his legs were sore, so he could only grit his teeth and run step by step, falling several times along the way, and when he reached the city gate and ran back again, he was already sweating.

When I arrived in the backyard of the inn, I saw Da Kui standing in the courtyard with his back and waiting, so he came to the front and said: "Father-in-law, I'm back", Da Kui turned around and said: "Someone once said that martial arts should be practiced since childhood, and I think that when I first practiced martial arts, I was the same age as you. If you practice leg skills, you must first stretch the muscles, but now you have to practice diligently if your foundation is not deep. ”

Yang Xiaohu complained: "Father-in-law, how can a child still stretch at this age?" Da Kui said: "Now your legs are sore and weak, and it is the time to open your tendons. Come on, go to the wall and begin. ”