There was no one in front of the south gate of Weiling, and I don't know if it was because they knew that there was a plague in the north or for some other reason, there was only a line of carriages and horses in front of the entire south gate, which was very abrupt, and dozens of city guards under the city gate were closing the city gate in an orderly manner behind the rejection of horses.

Seeing this, Liu Buxiu hurriedly shouted: "Slow!

"What's wrong?" asked a man who looked like the leader of the Protectorate, looking back impatiently.

Liu Buxiu smiled on his face and said, "Master Jun, we are going out of the city, and I hope that Master Jun will close the city gate later." "Liu Buxiu didn't have a good impression of them since the last time he dealt with these city guards, but after all, he has a request for help now, and Liu Buxiu doesn't want to get into trouble, so he keeps his posture very low.

"Yes, Master Jun. We have urgent matters, and we hope that the military master will temporarily close the city gate. Yu Xiaohang also got out of the carriage and followed the persuasion.

The soldiers who were on errand at the gate of the city were no worse than the little two in the inn teahouse, and they were all human spirits. The little leader was also a little scared, first looked Liu Buxiu and Yu Xiaohang up and down, and saw that they looked like they were bullying when they were dressed and talked, so their expressions became unscrupulous.

The little leader waved his hand and motioned to his subordinates to stop first and not close the city gate, let them stand behind him, and followed him to walk towards Liu Buxiu with his knuckles, and asked locally, "You want to go out of the city?"

"Yes!"

The little leader tilted his head and glanced at the six carriages behind him, and the greed in his heart was born. Those who can use five carriages must have some net worth, and he plans to knock these people hard. So he walked one carriage after another, and when he came to the carriage behind, he saw the six huge wooden barrels, and he couldn't help thinking that he was something valuable.

The little leader raised his chin and asked, "What are so many wooden barrels inside?"

"Master Jun, it's all well water. Yu Xiaohang hurriedly stopped in front of the little leader who was about to move his hands and feet, and explained.

"Well water?" the little boss squinted and smiled, a look of disbelief. "Haven't you all drunk water, and do you have to carry so much well water with you when you go out?"

Yu Xiaohang's brain was also spinning quickly, and he replied with a deliberate smile: "Master Jun, the water in my hometown is sweet, and I can't get used to the water in other places." ”

"Then when you finish drinking the water from your hometown, you can't drink the water from other places, are you going to wait to be dying of thirst?" the little leader snorted coldly, and the yin and yang teased strangely.

"When we're done, we'll be back. Yu Xiaohang's counterattack was airtight, so that the little leader couldn't find a point to attack for a while.

The little leader coughed dryly, thinking in his heart how he could scrape some oil and water from these people. So he first behaved very seriously and said, "Since it's water, let's open it and take a look." ”

Yu Xiaohang and Liu Buxiu glanced at each other, Liu Buxiu thought to himself that it was ordinary well water anyway, they were not afraid of shadows, and if the city guards wanted to check it, then check it, he nodded at Yu Xiaohang and motioned him to open it.

Yu Xiaohang opened the lid of the barrel one by one to show it to the city guards, and several city guards walked up to take a closer look, and then said to the little leader: "No problem, chief!"

Yu Xiaohang closed the lids of the wooden barrels one by one, and asked the little leader: "Master Jun, you have also seen it, it is really all water, there is nothing hidden, this time you can let us go." ”

The little leader suddenly stopped Yu Xiaohang's hand arrogantly and unreasonably, and said, "Slow, I'm not blind, I can still tell whether it's water or night incense, I don't need you to tell me." As he spoke, he suddenly changed his words and said, "However, water is not the same as water, I suspect that you are using the method of turning water into water and then pouring out the illicit salt!"

After the little leader said this, he was very complacent, and felt that he was simply too clever to think of this method. Seeing that Yu Xiaohang and Liu Buxiu didn't stand up to things, he guessed that there must be something wrong with this water. As long as he grabbed their horses' feet, he didn't worry about the willows and the group not handing him the silver obediently. Thinking about it, the little leader couldn't help but laugh himself.

Yu Xiaohang's temperament was almost to the limit, and he forcibly held back the idea of wanting to beat up this bullying city guard, took the water scoop, scooped a scoop of water, handed it to the little leader, and said patiently: "Master Jun, since you think that the water is mixed with salt, then you will know it as soon as you taste it." If it's not salty, I hope that the military master will let us go quickly, we are really in a hurry. ”

The little leader saw that he had said it to this point, and these two people had no vision at all, and they didn't pay the money obediently, so he wanted to give Liu Buxiu a few people a little color. The little leader took the ladle viciously, took a sip, and then spat it on the ground, scolding, "Damn it, it's salty." Brothers, arrest these smugglers!"

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of city guards moved in response, hulala surrounded the five carriages, and the spears in their hands were pointed at Liu Buxiu and Yu Xiaohang. Hearing the movement, Yuzhao, Liu Fang and others in the carriage got out of the carriage, and several people stood in a row, their hands already holding weapons.

The little leader is not very angry, if this is left in normal times, he doesn't have to spend so much words, as long as he puts up a little shelf, those people will send money in a hurry. Today is good, hinting for a long time, these people didn't understand or say anything, and they talked to him quickly, making him lose face in front of his subordinates.

As soon as he said that, he waved his hand, and he was about to order a few people to be taken down. Just when the two sides were tense and about to make a move, suddenly a low voice came from the city gate.

"What's going on!"

Liu Buxiu and the others were very familiar with this voice, but they couldn't remember where they had heard it for a while. At this time, the two sides of the confrontation looked at the city gate, and saw a tall middle-aged man with a beard walking towards them wearing armor, it was none other than the previous Commander Lu Qianfu.

When Liu Buxiu and the others saw Luda, their expressions relaxed a lot, and the weapons in their hands were also loosened. Luda was also very surprised to see Liu Buxiu and his party, he didn't expect to meet here. He walked up and wanted to say hello, but suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to know what to call Liu Buxiu, so he had to clench his fists and sneer: "Farewell that night, I just remembered today that I don't know your name, and I hope to tell you." ”

Liu Buxiu bowed back and said, "Commander Lu, oh no, it should be called Lu Jiedu." I have already returned the tiger talisman, today I am a flat-headed people, my surname is Liu Kai has a store, you can call me Liu shopkeeper. ”

Luda waved his hand again and again: "Shopkeeper Liu, how can I get into your eyes as a petty official, speaking of which, this can be regarded as dragging your blessing to have today's official position, Luda is here to thank you." ”

The little leaders who listened to these few words were stupid, and their Lu Jiedu envoy had such a humble attitude when he spoke to this shopkeeper named Liu, so wouldn't what he did just now be over. At the moment, his legs were so frightened that he knelt down in front of Liu Buxiu, and begged loudly: "Shopkeeper Liu, you don't remember the villain, just now I was disrespectful to you, don't care, just spare me." ”

Ruda squinted contemptuously at the little leader kneeling on the ground, he had been in the city guard for many years, and when he saw this, he naturally understood it. He asked Liu Buxiu: "Shopkeeper Liu, what do you think of him?"

Liu Buxiu snorted lightly and said, "Envoy Lu Jiedu laughed, he is your soldier, where is my turn to deal with it." ”

Luda knew that Liu Buxiu's words meant a little punishment, so he shouted: "Don't you thank the shopkeeper Liu for not killing, get down and get a hundred military sticks!"

The little leader kowtowed again and again, shouting: "Thank you shopkeeper Liu, thank you shopkeeper Liu!"

After speaking, a smoke ran up the city wall and entered the arrow tower to receive the punishment.

Luda was a little embarrassed on his face, he also knew that these city guards were so virtuous, but there was no good way to train, so he said helplessly: "Shopkeeper Liu, it really makes you laugh, this city guard is really useless, it's too embarrassing for a soldier." ”

Liu Buxiu smiled: "After all, Weiling is not as good as the frontier, and it is inevitable that it will be comfortable for a long time, so it's no wonder you." ”

"Oh, yes. I remember that Lu Jiedu was not at the north gate before, why is he on duty at the south gate today. ”

Ruda looked at Liu's five carriages and asked suspiciously: "Presumably Shopkeeper Liu, you have also heard about Mikasa, and the upper authorities ordered the city gate to be blocked, and I happened to come to inspect." Shopkeeper Liu, are you going out of the city?"

"Yes, it's going to Mikasa. ”

Ruda didn't ask very interestingly, turned around and said, "Then there must be something important, I will open the city gate for you." ”

Liu Buxiu and a few people saluted, "Then there will be labor." ”

"Shopkeeper Liu is polite, where is the responsibility. After speaking, Luda didn't say much, and waved his hand directly to let the city guards open the city gate and let the willow carriage pass.

"Lu Jiedu envoy, we may have to return in a few days, and I am afraid that we will have to trouble the Jiedu envoy at that time. ”

"Weiling is under martial law, only allowed to go out but not enter, but since you are the shopkeeper of Liu, you can naturally be accommodating, and I believe that you will not be contaminated with the plague. It's just that I'm going to leave Weiling in a few days, and I don't know if I'll be able to catch up. Ruda said with a sad face.

Lu Da was promoted, why did he have to leave Weiling, Liu Buxiu asked suspiciously: "Where is the Jiedu envoy going?

"No, I've been in this gentle country for too long, and after what happened last time, I deeply feel that soldiers should be on the battlefield, not exploiting the people at the city gates. So I took the initiative to ask the military department for orders and transferred me to the front line in Yuzhou. ”

Liu Buxiu and several people showed admiration on their faces, and Liu Buxiu saluted and sighed: "There are really too few iron-blooded soldiers like the Jiedu envoy in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, so I will see off the Jiedu envoy here." ”

"Thank you. Ruda returned the favor.

"Today we are in a hurry, if we go to Yuzhou in the future, I will come to the door and have a drink with the festival envoy. ”

"Definitely, definitely. ”

After speaking, the two saluted separately. Ruda stood at the gate of the city and watched Liu Buxiu and his party slowly walk away, and then with a wave of his cloak, the city guards closed the city gate.