On the southern outskirts of Hanzhong City, there is a dilapidated tavern. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Because it is far away from the official road and not close to the people, it has always had few drinkers and the business is bleak. But recently, with the king of Chuang Gao Yingxiang camped nearby, the number of soldiers who came to drink in this tavern increased, and the boss had the courage to collect the soldiers' wine money several times, and found that these soldiers were not people who owed money and did not pay it back, and finally let go of their courage and made a fortune.

At this time, Wu Fan, the captain of the 1,000-person Qianfeng Battalion of the former King Chuangwang, sat at a rickety wooden table, bowing his head and drinking sorghum wine. This wine has been skillfully prepared by the boss, and it has been in the ratio of one wine to three waters, and it has long been light and tasteless. But he didn't care, and kept pouring the boiled water-like wine into his mouth, as if he wanted to dilute something with it.

Across the table sat his fellow countryman and friend, the commander of the cavalry battalion of King Gao Yingxiang, "Tie Lingyue" Lin Jifeng. This Lin Jifeng's expression was grim, and he looked at him intently, as if he was pondering something, and after a while, he said: "If what you said is true, then this matter is not trivial. Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are the two most brave and good generals under King Chuang, if they really die and escape, it can be said that King Chuang is a salary from the bottom of the kettle, but I am afraid that it will not be ridiculous. Who's the one who lost them?"

Wu Fan shuddered, his eyes revealed indescribable fear, the hand holding the wine bowl kept shaking, and he hesitated for a long time before he spit out three words from between his teeth: "Zhang Zhinan".

"Zhang Zhinan? is the 'Little Martial Marquis' Zhang Zhinan, who has recently become famous? Isn't he one of our fellow travelers? How could he attack Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng?" Lin Jifeng asked with a frown.

Wu Fan lowered his eyes, showed a gloomy expression, stopped talking, and only cared about drinking.

When Lin Jifeng saw his expression, he knew that he must have something unspeakable, so he no longer dwelled on this topic, changed the topic and asked: "How did Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng lose? were they ambushed, betrayed, or were they inferior to their troops?"

Wu Fan shook his head, drank all the wine in the bowl, burped, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Yes, it was Zhang Zhi's difficult ambush, and the troops were not as good as ...... We thought that he was alone and would be able to catch him, so we stupidly went to catch him, who knows...... Who knows......"

Lin Jifeng looked nervous and interjected: "He ambushed tens of thousands of people there?"

Wu Fan suddenly looked crazy, his face was like a ghost, and he smiled: "He...... With the power of one person, he harvested the lives of more than 10,000 of our brothers. ”

When Lin Jifeng heard this, he was shocked, jumped up from the bench, and said sharply: "Wu Fan, you are crazy! If you don't explain truthfully, I will punish you for the crime of confusing the people with evil words and disturbing the morale of the army." ”

"Myth...... Heresy...... I wish everything I said was a lie...... It's a pity that my brothers who were born and died......" Wu Fan looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, tears falling from the corners of his eyes.

The rest of the tables in this tavern were all cavalry battalion soldiers, and when they saw that the commander was furious and scolded him for being at the same table, and the people at his table were incoherent, obviously crazy, and couldn't help but feel terrified, I don't know what kind of military aircraft the two were discussing, and it could make the two of them so out of shape.

At this moment, footsteps sounded at the door of the tavern, and a moment later a man and a woman walked in a rare way. The two of them found a remote corner and sat down.

When the soldiers saw the woman, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they saw that the woman had not applied powder, but her skin was like clotted fat, her eyes were bright, and she was seductive. The smile is light, moving, elegant, and the waist is enlarged. What's even more strange is that she walked all the way from this loess slope, and she didn't seem to have half a cent of dust on her body.

The soldiers were like wolves, drooling, and after carefully examining the woman from hair to toes, they finally became interested in her male companion, and wanted to see who had the blessing to walk with this woman.

I saw that the man was unkempt, unkempt, ragged, his eyes were blank, his steps were vain, he was shaky, and he seemed to have no power to restrain the chicken, and I don't know which beggar he was begging on the roadside. The only thing that catches the eye is a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, which seem to be high-end goods from the West.

The man called the boss, ordered some food and drinks, then glared at the woman, and said: "Yu Ji, are you too idle to panic, why do you keep following me, causing me to send countless disciples along the way, old perverts, flower thieves, and crazy drunkards, who almost broke my promise and killed again." ”

The woman known as Yu Ji smiled like a flower and said, "Husband, why do you see the outside world like this? The wife travels with her husband, which is justified, what's wrong? Besides, if you leave me alone in the empty room, I am not afraid that I will not be able to bear the loneliness and go out of the wall? Not to mention that it is reasonable for someone to insult someone else, and the husband will stand up for it, even if it hurts someone's life, it is understandable. ”

The man with glasses had a gloomy face, let out a low barking voice like a dog, and said: "At your age, you are embarrassed to call yourself my wife with a shy face? I am in my early twenties, why should I find a young girl to be just right, how can I have time to waste time on you, a thousand-year-old demon." ”

Yu Ji was unmoved, still smiling, and said, "What's the matter? I have taken a fancy to you, and I want the old cow to eat tender grass." If you're not satisfied, you can run away. Anyway, your immortal body has become a form, and I can't catch up with you if I want to. But you're always in a hurry, and to be honest, don't you mean something to me?"

The man in glasses rolled his eyes, turned his head away, said no more, neither denied nor affirmed.

When the soldiers saw that the woman intended to post it upside down, the man had an attitude of wanting to refuse and welcome, and he couldn't help but be so angry that his eyes were split, and the resentment in his heart was tumbling and rolling, and it was difficult to help himself. I almost wanted to step forward and beat the man with glasses, but the chief was here, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous. For the man's ridicule such as "thousand-year-old demon", it is only a flirtatious word between men and women, with the left ear in and the right ear out.

At this time, Wu Fan also heard the conversation between the man and woman, and his madness subsided slightly, and the drunkenness went up, suppressing his sadness. Then he turned his head and looked at the man and woman bickering with drunken eyes.

Suddenly, his eyes widened, and there was an incredible look in his eyes. Then he stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, calmed down, and looked carefully, this surprise was not trivial, and he woke up most of the time in an instant, and his body fell backwards along with the bench, and he crawled to the other end of the tavern, and shrank behind everyone, trembling.

Lin Jifeng glanced at him suspiciously, thinking that he was drunk, but he didn't care at the moment, smiled helplessly, and continued to listen carefully to the quarrel between the husband and wife next door.

The man with glasses was silent for a while, but he still hesitated and said, "Yu Ji, have you heard about the recent rumors in Xi'an City?"

Yu Ji had a respectful attitude, like a gentle and virtuous wife, pursed her lips and smiled: "Bingfujun, it seems that countless people in Xi'an have witnessed the giant dragon soaring, and the dragon is soaring over Xi'an City. Now everyone says that this is a heavenly omen, indicating that there will be a real dragon born in Xi'an, Sheji will change hands, and the new emperor will rise. ”

The man in glasses hesitated, "I'm not concerned about this, I heard that when the dragon soared, it was surrounded by purple qi, like a thousand rays of sunshine." There is also a faint sound of thunder, could it be ......"

Yu Ji pretended not to know, and chuckled: "What is it? This is normal, the dragon travels, the auspicious clouds come from the east, and the purple qi comes from the east, which is a good omen." ”

The man with glasses had a sad face, and he stopped talking, and after a while, he finally said, "It can't be that my righteous brother and younger brother and sister have encountered something wrong, right?"