Chapter 9: First Encounter with King Wu
Da Kui hurriedly said: "I'm not a bad person." Huang Ying said roundly: "Brother Zhang is so kind, naturally he is not a bad person. Da Kui nodded in approval: "Well, the big guys all say so." Huang Ying's smile trembled, she had never met such a funny person.
The four of them traveled until late afternoon and came to a small town. This is not far from Yingtian City, everyone decided to find an inn to stay for one night, and enter the city at dawn tomorrow. Thinking that tomorrow he would hand over the darts, Huang Ying would return him fifty taels of silver, and then the two sides parted ways, Da Kui couldn't help but feel an inexplicable loss in his heart.
On the second day, when he arrived at Yingtianfu, Da Kui knew. It turned out that the Jiangnan Red Turban Army had unified all the south of the Yangtze River, and now it was preparing to cross the river and the Northern Expedition. Zhu Yuanzhang established himself as the king of Wu, set up the capital of Yingtian, and the country name was Daming.
Huang Ying and the other four stayed at the Yuelai Inn, the largest inn in Yingtianfu, Da Kui thought that he could hand over the darts and leave when he arrived in Yingtian, who wanted to have a lot of trouble. Each dart must find the owner of the dart, and hand over the documents and darts to complete the dart. Da Kui is not good at these trades, and when he asked Huang Ying, she only said that the owner of the goods was not there, and she would have to wait for a few days.
This wait is three days, Da Kui was bored in the inn and wanted to go out for a walk, but when he arrived at the front hall of the inn, he saw that the diners were full, and when he smelled the aroma of wine and food, he thought that it was time to eat at noon. Thinking of these days of coarse tea and light rice, I don't feel a little greedy. Looking around, it was already full, and Da Kui looked for the stairs to go up to the second floor. Xu is a guy in the world, and the guy in the store stretched out his hand to stop him: "Guest officer, the upstairs is full." Please take a seat on the first floor. ”
Da Kui was speechless, took out five taels of silver and still gagged him in the shopkeeper's arms. Looking up to the second floor, there are only three or five diners at a dozen tables.
Seeing that the window seats were already occupied, I wanted to find a seat with no one. Unexpectedly, someone called him: "But General Zhang?" Da Kui looked around, and saw two people sitting opposite each other at a table by the west window. One was dressed in a blue robe was Tong Meng, and the other scribe was dressed as Tang He.
Da Kui was stunned, he didn't expect to see Tong Meng here, let alone meet Tang He. Tong Meng stood up, took two quick steps, hugged Da Kui's shoulder, and said emotionally: "Is it really General Zhang?" Da Kui also smiled: "General Tong, I really didn't expect to meet you here." "Come on, come on, it just so happens that Brother Tang is also there, catching up with the old together. Tong Meng pulled Da Kui into his seat.
Da Kui saw Tang He and arched his hand and said: "Brother Tang, is it always good to say goodbye to the years?" Tang He looked at Da Kui and smiled: "Okay, good, Brother Da Kui sit down" When Da Kui sat down, Tang He said again: "In the early years, I heard that my brother became the Shenwei general of the Great Song Dynasty. The prestige has spread all over the country, and Tang is ashamed of himself. Da Kui smiled bitterly: "If I hadn't met Brother Tang at the beginning, I wouldn't have gone to learn art and join the army." Saying that, he briefly told Tang He about his own affairs.
Tang He couldn't help but praise: "There is a way that diligence can make up for clumsiness, and it is not a coincidence that brothers can have such achievements." Da Kui only cares about hehehe, smirking, just like the fool back then. Tang He called Tong Meng to the shopkeeper and instructed: "We have chartered the second floor, and the idlers are not allowed to go upstairs." Saying that, he flashed the waist card, and the shopkeeper looked at the waist card and bowed again and again: "The little one obeys the order." ”
Tang He called a first-class banquet again, saying that he wanted to drink with the Da Kui brothers to catch up with the old days, and Tong Meng just kept adding wine to accompany him.
During the banquet, Tang He Zhengse said: "Now King Wu is recruiting talents, and he is making great efforts to prepare for the Northern Expedition across the river. With the prestige of the Da Kui brothers, they are serving the field. Da Kui smiled: "I'm just a rough person, and I don't know how to lead soldiers." Tong Meng accosted him and said: "When I came to Brother Tang, I reported the name of General Zhang, and now I have also become the four-grade envoy of the Ming Left Army." If General Zhang comes, will he be able to participate in politics as a three-grade person?"
Without waiting for Da Kui's words, Tang He said: "When King Wu heard that his brother was brave, he wanted to recruit him, but how did he know that his brother did not say goodbye, could it be that his brother didn't remember the old love?" Da Kui bowed his head and said nothing, Tang He saw Da Kui say this: "In this case, I will not persuade more, come brother." Today we are not drunk and do not return".
The three of them drank from noon to evening, endless old things on the battlefield, and endless smoke from the war. I don't know how Da Kui went back, and I heard Fang Qishan say in a daze that the person who handed over the dart came back, but because of his busy business, the handover of the dart had to be delayed for two days.
Da Kui is drunk, and people say that there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant. Yesterday, I drank with Tang He and Tong Meng, but it was a forum, and each person had a jar of wine. When it comes to happiness, it is half a jar in one breath, and when it comes to sadness, the liquor is drunk like water.
Da Kui was still muttering in his sleep: "Drink, drink it all in one go, who doesn't drink the dead mother-in-law." The words are rough, but they do not hide the true colors of a man. At this time, there was only Da Kui in the room, and Da Kui had not yet sobered up outside.
At this time, it was a noisy inn and restaurant, and for some reason, there was a sudden silence. A sissy voice sounded in Da Kui's ears: "General Zhang, General Zhang?" Da Kui was so annoyed that he pulled the quilt over his head and face and continued to sleep. This sissy called again: "General Zhang, General Zhang?" Da Kui is still the same.
The sissy turned around and left, only for a moment Tang He pushed the door in, walked to the front of Da Kui's couch and said, "Brother Da Kui, it's time to get up." Da Kui was still confused, Tang He smiled and lifted the quilt and said, "Brother Da Kui, it's me." Da Kui saw that it was Tang He with sleepy eyes, and immediately beat his spirit and said, "It's Brother Tang." Then he got up and dressed.
Tang He said with a smile: "Brother Da Kui, don't worry, I'll take you to meet someone after you finish washing." Da Kui asked while getting out of bed and putting on his shoes, "Who?" Tang He smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll know when you see it." ”
When Da Kui was done, Tang He led Da Kui to the front hall of Yuelai Inn. Along the road, I saw dozens of sturdy men guarding everywhere, and they all carried waist knives on their waists. Although these people were all dressed as ordinary people, Da Kui could see that these people were all military people. Tang He went up to the second floor first, followed by Da Kui.
Upstairs, Da Kui saw that there was only one table of business on the entire second floor. There was only one diner at this table. The man had his back to the stairs, but Da Kui couldn't see his face. And there were indeed three or five people standing around this man respectfully, and after Tang He walked behind the diner and whispered a few words, he also stood aside like the others. The diner listened to the soup and the words, and then slowly turned around.
Da Kui saw that this diner had a pockmarked face, thin eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose and wide lips, and a prominent forehead, and a little longer than an ordinary person's chin, but he was dressed in a gorgeous costume with a jade belt around his waist, and he was obviously a rich and noble person. Although the face is extremely ugly, its momentum is very comparable. Da Kui walked up to Tang He and looked around and asked, "Brother Tang, who is the person you asked me to meet? Why don't I recognize any of them?" Tang He hurriedly glanced at Da Kui, indicating that it was the person who was sitting.