On the western border of the dynasty, Yangguan City.

As an important trade channel between the Daying Dynasty and the small countries in the western desert, Yangguan has always been valued by the dynasty, and is regarded as one of the eight passes by the dynasty, and is heavily guarded by the dynasty.

Because this committee is too important, the emperor of the Ji family did not hesitate to think a lot about the selection of military generals. The imperial court stipulated that the generals who guarded this pass could only guard it for five years at most, and after five years, they should be transferred to other places, so as not to make the generals take root here and become uncertain.

Now the main general in charge of guarding Yangguan is named Zhuang Feiyun, who was only dispatched here by the Son of Heaven of the Ji family two years ago. At the same time, this General Zhuang is also the youngest of the previous town guard generals, and he is only thirty-five years old this year. In other words, when he received the dispatch order, he was only in his early thirties.

Because he is too young, and Yangguan is so important, it can be called one of the gateways to the west, so when the Son of Heaven of the Ji family issued an edict and said that Zhuang Feiyun would be sent to guard here, there was an uproar in the government and the opposition, and even many important ministers painstakingly admonished the Son of Heaven and persuaded the Son of Heaven to change to an old and stable general to go to Yangguan.

Except for the general Xue Bing's strong support for Zhuang Feiyun, he didn't offend anyone at all.

In the end, the emperor of the Ji family still listened to Xue Bing's advice and sent Zhuang Feiyun, a young general who was not very conspicuous at that time.

Sure enough, as the great general Xue Bing said, this little-known young general is very good, and since he was beaten and guarded here, few aliens in the vast desert have dared to harass and invade.

When he first took office, he probably heard that this time the emperor Lao'er sent only a "yellow-mouthed child", and the various vassal states living in the vast desert joined forces and marched eastward in one fell swoop, wanting to take Yangguan.

But only one day after arriving at Yangguan City, before even the city gate was touched, the soldiers of the various vassal countries wanted to flee one after another. It was really that the new young defender was too powerful, and before he could figure out how he arranged the troops and made dangerous fortifications, he defeated the vassal states with heavy casualties, and finally withdrew in disarray.

Since then, few people in the vast desert countries have dared to invade again, and this young guard Zhuang Feiyun has also become famous since then, and has even been praised by people as expected to catch up with the seven generals and become the eighth general of the dynasty.

"General, those four people have appeared in the city, do you want to arrest them now?" said a young general who was in charge of patrolling the city.

In front of him, a man in civilian clothes stood by the window.

The man's body was long, and although he just stood there quietly, he had a faint sense of might, but this kind of majesty was not the kind of reckless atmosphere that was despised by literati. The aura emanating from this man's body is not lacking in the majesty and elegance, even if it is close, it is very comfortable.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that this man with a unique temperament was Zhuang Feiyun, the fierce and ferocious later general.

Zhuang Feiyun turned around, his voice was calm, and he said, "No, as long as they don't make trouble in the city, let them go out." ”

The young general was stunned for a moment, looked up at Zhuang Feiyun in confusion, looked up at Zhuang Feiyun, and said cautiously: "General, they are Qin criminals who have issued a sea fishing document from the imperial court, if we let them out of the customs like this, will it be inappropriate?"

Zhuang Feiyun said softly: "Then do you know why those four people were hunted down by the imperial court?"

The young general replied without thinking: "Judging from the documents from the imperial court, it seems that those four people had a grudge against others because they participated in the competition of the Jinyang General's Mansion to recruit relatives, and then openly killed people and cut off their heads on the streets of the city."

Zhuang Feiyun interrupted softly: "Then do you know that the person who was killed is the person of the soul mound?"

The young general's heart froze, "I don't know this little one." ”

Hearing the words "Soul Mound", even if he was a military person, he couldn't help but feel a chill behind him.

Zhuang Feiyun glanced at the former lightly and said, "The granddaughter of General Xue was injured by that person, and she almost made that guy the grandson-in-law of the General's Mansion. ”

Although Zhuang Feiyun's voice was calm, the young general vaguely felt that there was a murderous motive hidden in the general's words.

What kind of place is the soul mound? The young general naturally knew in his heart that although it was nominally a special institution of the imperial court, it was actually a rakshasa ghost in the world, and the people who came out of it were not much different from ghosts.

The young general suddenly remembered something, his general was promoted by the old general of the Xue family, so he was able to be favored by His Majesty the Emperor, so he was selected to be in charge of guarding the town.

From this point alone, his own general has an extraordinary relationship with the Jinyang General's Mansion.

"Where are they now?" Zhuang Feiyun glanced at the young general and said, "I'll go and see it myself." ”

The young general didn't dare to hesitate at all, and replied: "Go back to the general, at Ma Sanniang's tea shop." ”

The young general raised his head slightly and said, "General, do you want the little one to lead the way?"

"No, I don't. Zhuang Feiyun said: "Ma Sanniang, it's not that I don't recognize it, I'll just go by myself." ”――

Ma Sanniang Tea Shop

There is an inconspicuous tea shop in Yangguan City, and the person who opened this tea shop is a woman about forty years old, the woman's surname is Ma, and people who know her are used to calling her Ma Sanniang. But as for what exactly the woman's name was, few people know.

The name of the tea shop is very vulgar, it is called Ma Sanniang Tea Shop. The furnishings inside the tea shop are simple, and you can even use the word "shabby" to describe it, but strangely, the business of the tea shop is ridiculously good.

Some people who came from other places were very puzzled, and they couldn't help but slander, saying that although this Ma Sanniang is not ugly, but after all, she is old, and even the sentence "charm still exists" is obviously a little unsatisfactory to her.

As for the tea in this tea shop, most of the people who have tasted it say that it is just average, and it is no different from the tea in other tea shops or tea houses, and it is even more difficult to drink.

But there are also such rumors, saying that in fact, the tea in this Ma Sanniang tea shop can be divided into three grades, which are inferior, medium and high-grade tea. And this Ma Sanniang is also talking about people, talking nonsense, if ordinary people come to her tea shop to drink tea, then they can only drink the most inferior tea, only people with status, or rich people, can drink her medium tea here.

As for the finest tea, it is said that few people can drink it.

But as far as this statement is concerned, whether it is groundless or not, it is difficult for outsiders to investigate.

As usual, Ma Sanniang's tea shop was full.

A poor scholar who came later could only stand outside and drink tea, but fortunately, Ma Sanniang was rarely kind, so she took the initiative to give up the chair she was sitting on, and moved outside for the scholar to sit on.

And the scholar didn't have the slightest hypocrisy, let alone any humility, because he had already had sore legs when he was in a hurry, he sat down on his buttocks, and then drank tea in a big gulp, looking very contented and enjoyable.

It is also true that out of Yangguan is a vast desert, and there is a large vast desert in the middle, so Yangguan City has always been dry and hot, in this extremely water-scarce place, it is indeed not easy to drink a bowl of tea with peace of mind.

The scholar was dressed in sackcloth, probably because he was in a hurry, and his body was covered with dust, even his hair and face were covered with dust. If his hair is more messy, then his appearance is quite sloppy.

Despite this, this Mai scholar has an extraordinary temperament, especially the arrogance between his eyebrows, which is even more difficult to hide.

After drinking most of the tea in the bowl, the scholar carefully took out a piece of broken cake from the burden on the side, and then ate it with the tea.

In the tea shop, on one of the small tables, sat four men who were also dusty, and one of them looked at the Mai scholar sitting outside with serious eyes.

"Big brother, why do you keep staring at that poor scholar, is there something wrong?" said another tall man among the four in a low voice.

Yes, these four people are none other than the four brothers Ding Weimao who fled all the way from Jinyang City to here.

After killing Wang Longhuan on the street, in order to avoid the investigation of the government, the four had to change their faces and show their fake appearances. Today's Ding Weimao's face is covered with beards, which makes him the same as before.

Ding Weimao quietly retracted his gaze and said softly: "No, I just think that this person's popularity is a little extraordinary, and the strange thing is that even the third aunt also looks at this person differently."

The third aunt in Ding Weimao's mouth is naturally Ma Sanniang, who opened this tea shop.

Li Niu, who was tall and wore a hat on his head, said, "Big brother is trying to recruit this person?"

Ding Weimao glanced at the former with a smile, and said with a smile: "After following your eldest brother and me for so long, your kid has finally grown a little." ”

Li Niu smiled.

Ding Weimao glanced at the former and said, "But before that, you have to test one or two first." ”

Indeed, the four of them came to the Central Plains from Guangmo, not only to play, but also to be inspired by the elders in the family to come to the Central Plains to find and recruit talents.

Originally, Song Yuchen, a talented son of the Song family in Jinyang, was one of the targets of their trip, but before they could try to convince, they encountered the matter of the General's Mansion, which gave birth to an accident. They also had to withdraw in advance and take refuge in the desert.

But if you can try your luck and recruit a talented scholar before leaving the customs, it will also be good.

Ma Sanniang happened to finish serving tea to a guest, passed by, and when she heard Ding Weimao's words, she patted Ding Weimao's head angrily.

Ma Sanniang said softly: "What kind of ghost is you thinking about in your head, third aunt, I can warn you four little rabbit cubs, don't make trouble in my tea shop." ”

Ding Weimao and Li Niu called themselves juniors in front of Ma Sanniang, and they didn't have any temper, and they didn't even say "absolutely dare".

Obviously, the relationship between the four of them and this Ma Sanniang is extraordinary.

Ma Sanniang glared at the four of them and scolded: "Look at what the hell you are all dressed up into, and I'm not afraid that those dead old men will know about it and count you down." ”

Ma Sanniang's eyes involuntarily fell into Li Niu's arms, where there was a jar wrapped in brocade.

After the previous conversation, Ma Sanniang had learned that the jar contained the ashes of one of their brothers.

A year ago, when they entered the city from Guangmo, they were still five, but now there are only four left.

Ma Sanniang sighed secretly, and quietly looked away again.

Ding Weimao said with a smile: "Third aunt, don't you know that scholar? If your nephew didn't look away, what you served him just now should be Dilong tea, the third aunt is not partial, give it to him but not give a few to her nephew." ”

The Dilong tea in Ding Weimao's mouth is naturally the best tea in the world's mouth.

"Want to take your third aunt's words?" Ma Sanniang smiled lightly and said, "It's not that the third aunt hit a few of you, compared to the Mai scholar surnamed Jin, a few of you are far behind." Ma Sanniang paused, glanced at Ding Weimao, and then said: "I know what your kid is thinking, it's okay to solicit, but don't be tempted, otherwise it may backfire." ”

Ding Weimao couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Ma Sanniang say such a thing, he was about to ask, but Ma Sanniang opened his mouth first, she glared at the former, and said: "Don't ask anything else, even if you ask, I won't say, but if you still believe the third aunt, just listen to the third aunt." ”

Ding Weimao didn't seem to understand, he nodded heavily, and didn't ask again after all.

After speaking, Ma Sanniang was about to turn around, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a man with a long figure coming towards her tea shop.

"Zhuang Feiyun?" Ma Sanniang frowned slightly and muttered in a low voice.

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