Chapter 25: Tomorrow and Tomorrow
The next morning, the Iron General stood proudly on the low wall, stretched his neck and began to roar.
Wow......
As soon as the big rooster ripped open its throat and wanted to perform its own stunt, the crow stopped abruptly, followed by the miserable cry of the Iron General.
I saw Liang Yu rubbing his scattered hair and walking out of the house, he only had one shoe on his feet, and the other was naked.
That shoe was taken by the black-faced young man to smash the iron general just now, and the reason why the big rooster screamed was precisely because the young man's "hidden weapon" was accurate, and he just hit it.
Hit by the smelly shoes, General Tie flew up to the roof in a panic, shouting at Liang Yu dissatisfiedly, but he didn't dare to fly down, thinking that he was scared by the black-faced boy on weekdays.
"I don't let you sleep peacefully in the early morning, and every day I know that I am stupid and looking for old hens all over the village, and I will castrate you sooner or later!"
Liang Yu cursed in his mouth, climbed over the low wall, picked up his shoes from the courtyard, and buttoned his feet before putting them on.
After he put on his shoes, Zhong Ming was also woken up by these two guys, he walked out of the house sleepily, and when he saw Liang Yu, he was stunned and asked, "Heizi, what are you doing standing in the yard?"
The black-faced boy grinned, "Pick up the shoes." ”
Zhong Ming didn't understand what he meant, and he didn't think about it, so he yawned and began to wash up and practice calligraphy.
And Liang Yu walked around twice idly and asked, "Brother Ming, do you still have rice at home?" I'll cook it. ”
At this question, the young man was stunned, and the two of them were in trouble.
Last night, the banquet had used up all the rice and grain that Zhong Ming had saved, and the rice jar was at the bottom, and Liang Heizi was the master who ate this meal regardless of the next meal, so naturally he didn't leave a backhand.
There was a big problem in front of them, and the two young men had no breakfast.
In desperation, Zhong Ming put away the pen and ink booklet and asked, "Do you still have money on you?"
"Yesterday I went into the city to buy food and spent it. ”
Liang Heizi scratched his head and smirked, and then said, "Why don't I go to Aunt Wang's house next door to borrow some rice?"
Just as the two young men were discussing countermeasures, the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground was heard in their ears, and they saw four horsemen running in the distance, with a carriage behind them.
The young man in sackcloth looked up, and the silver shining fine scale armor was particularly conspicuous, and the young man recognized at a glance that it was the fine scale rider under Yang Yanlang's command.
After a few breaths, the four soldiers and horses came to the young man's small courtyard, and the leading soldiers and horses immediately turned over and dismounted, knelt in front of the young man and arched his hand: "The little one is ordered by the captain to come and deliver something to Young Master Zhong." The captain asked the villain to inform the young master that he was busy with business in the past two days and could not deliver it in person. ”
The young man glanced at the carriage behind them, and saw that there was bedding, rice, meat, and vegetables on it, and that as long as the young man could use it, he basically sent it over.
Patting his forehead, the young man remembered that when his uncle came to the house last night, he had said that he would give him some daily necessities.
I want to come to the general is also very attentive, and when I went home last night, I asked my subordinates to get ready, and I sent someone to send them over early in the morning.
Before Zhong Ming could speak, Liang Heizi jumped forward, touched the things on the carriage, and grinned: "Brother Ming, we are really developed, you don't recognize this uncle in vain!"
Zhong Ming ignored him, just shook his head, and then said to the soldiers: "I'm sorry to worry about you, please reply to thank my uncle." ”
The soldier replied in fear: "The little one is commanded." ”
Over there, Liang Heizi had already instructed people to start moving things inside, and the soldiers and cavalry not only brought Zhong Ming those things for daily use, but also brought the daily expenses of ten ingots of silver to the young man.
What satisfied Zhong Ming the most was that the general did not forget to promise Zhong Ming about the horse, and brought him a red horse.
This horse, named Huoyun, was ridden by the general in his early years, and it was an old horse.
Huoyun is too old to go to war, but the old horse knows the way and has a docile temperament, not as short-tempered as those fierce horses in the prime of life, just for young people to learn to ride horses.
After moving the things, Zhong Ming took the ingot of silver and wanted to pay a few soldiers and horsemen, but they refused to accept anything.
I think it is because the generals are strict in governing the army on weekdays, and they dare not accept bribes.
Before leaving, several soldiers and horsemen also said: "It's a small honor to do things for Young Master Zhong. ”
After sending off the fine scale ride, Zhong Ming walked into the house, and the small hut was even more crowded, full of supplies delivered.
Liang Heizi was cutting a piece of beef, putting it in a pot and boiling it with white rice, and couldn't help but mutter: "Get rich, Brother Ming, we're rich, you're a rich man!"
Zhong Ming waved his hand impatiently and said, "You hurry up and cook porridge to eat, don't talk about it anymore, I have a headache when I read it." ”
Liang Heizi smiled, lowered his head and continued to cook porridge.
After the beef porridge was cooked, the two began to eat breakfast, during which Zhong Ming also asked: "Heizi, did you put anything else, why do I feel that this porridge has a strange smell?"
"Nope!"
Liang Heizi replied weakly, and he remembered that he didn't wash his hands when he was washing rice, and before, he had just buckled his feet.
Liang Yu's feet are not ordinary smelly!
After eating the breakfast with a strange taste, Liang Heizi had a crooked mind again, touching Huoyaoyun's head to walk the horse for Zhong Ming.
The horses that had just run over from the lieutenant's mansion in the city, how could they be walked, but Liang Yu wanted to have a good time riding them.
Zhong Ming saw through it or not, Liang Yu thought about it very clearly, and just said: "It's okay to walk a horse, but you have to do something today, go to the city for me to buy some burning paper and burn the stones." ”
Shi Shi died in the broken temple in the west of the city yesterday, and was hastily buried at the foot of the barren hill by Liang Yu and others.
Most of the people who followed Liang Yu had no relatives, and if the young people didn't worry about it anymore, I was afraid that no one would worship them after they died.
"Got it, Brother Ming. ”
He took out another piece of silver from Zhong Ming, and Liang Yu rode on the fire cloud and ran crookedly towards the city.
Whether it is silver or horses, the young man can give Liang Heizi, just hoping to send him away and not come to pester himself.
Today, the young man has something to do, and he plans to take advantage of Sun Longhu's free time in the past two days to ask how to lay the foundation for martial arts.
Sun Longhu's skills have been seen by young people, with cyan energy, and he is probably also a martial arts master, with such a master by his side, how can he not ask for advice.
I saw the young man take the Yama Jue Ring Knife from the house, put it in his hand, and strode towards Village Chief Sun's house.
......
Zhong Ming found the family heirloom magic sword, and recognized Yang Yanlang as an uncle, he was like the sky, but he didn't know that there was a storm in the dark, and someone was planning to kill him.
In the southeast corner of the city, close to the city wall.
It's dark all day long, and there's a musty smell all around.
To the east of the corner is the heavenly prison in the city, which is dedicated to holding thieves and death row prisoners, and to the west is the slaughtering market, which is full of the bloody smell of slaughtering animals.
And in the middle is the labor barracks in the city.
Since the establishment of the New Tang Dynasty, Emperor Zhen of the Tang Dynasty has granted amnesty to the world, and if it is not a capital crime, all people can be acquitted, and there are few people in this labor barracks.
Yesterday, the barracks welcomed a few new prisoners, which made the deserted camp lively again.
The head of the cell here is named Wu Niuzi, and this morning he wanted to pull the newly bought leather whip and give some color to the few newly arrived prisoners, but he was stopped by someone, and he was quite dissatisfied.
"If you want to find the few laborers who came in yesterday, it's not impossible, for the sake of you and my family, as long as you ......"
Wu Niuzi shook the leather whip and stretched out his hand to the Wu housekeeper in front of him.
Steward Wu smiled all over his face, and immediately put a piece of silver ingot in Wu Niuzi's palm.
Wu Niuzi suddenly smiled, bit the silver ingot with his teeth, and then asked, "Okay, what is the name of the person you are looking for?"
Steward Wu smiled and said, "Lord Wu, that person's name is Zhang Lezi." ”
Under the influence of the money, Zhang Lezi was soon taken to a separate room in the barracks.
I saw a noble lady wearing a black hood sitting in the room, and only when some light shone in could I see clearly that this person was the Wu Li family of the Shang Wu family.
Zhang Lezi was pushed to the ground by two big men dressed in domestic servants' sackcloth, and the Wu family servant kicked him viciously and said, "Be honest, whatever Madame asks you, you will answer! If you dare to lie, I will kill you!"
"Yes! Yes!"
Zhang Lezi reluctantly lay on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic.
Wu Li, who was sitting in the room, covered his mouth and nose with an embroidered handkerchief, probably unable to stand the sour smell on Zhang Lezi's body, and said, "Who are the people in the group who had a conflict with my son yesterday?"
Zhang Lezi didn't dare to lie, and immediately reported the names of Liang Yu and Zhong Ming like pouring beans into a bamboo tube.
After Zhang Lezi finished speaking, Steward Wu stepped forward and asked, "Madam, how do you think they will deal with it?"
"Kill here!" Wu Li continued with a fierce face: "Anyone who has anything to do with my son's death will be buried with my son!" Yang Yanlang I can't touch the Wu family, so let those filthy ruffians and hooligans buy it!"
Immediately, in Zhang Lezi's frightened eyes, he ushered in the revenge of the Wu family, was beaten to death in the barracks, and returned to the west.
At noon that day, the yamen received a report that Zhang Lezi, who had been assigned to the labor barracks yesterday, had all died as a result of a brawl with other laborers.