02

The people of the main road are usually poor. Guo Dalu is especially poor, very poor, ridiculously poor.

He shouldn't have been so poor.

He could even have been said to be a very rich man. There are only two reasons why a rich person suddenly becomes poor: the first is because he is stupid, and the second is because he is lazy.

Guo Dalu is not stupid, he will do more than most people, and he will do it better than most people. For example, he can ride the fastest horse, and he can ride the fiercest horse.

Fencing, his sword can pierce the iron armor on the general's body, and he can also pierce the catkins in the spring breeze.

If you are his friend, when he is in a particularly good mood, he may jump into the Yellow River with his bare hands to catch two carp, and then jump out of the water to catch two autumn geese, and make you steamed fish and roasted wild ducks, so that you can feast. You eat his dish and promise not to be disappointed.

His cooking skills are by no means below any famous chef in the capital.

He can sing Su Shi's "Da Jiangdong Go" with an iron plate and copper arpeggio, and he can also make Sanxian sing Liu Yong's "Yang Liu'an, Xiaofeng Wanyue", which makes you think that he has been singing all his life.

Some even think that he can do anything but have children.

He is not lazy, not only is he not lazy, but he is always looking for things to do, and he has done a lot of things. How can someone like him be poor?

The first thing he did was as a dart master.

At that time, he had just made his debut, had just watched the funeral of his parents, sold the farm of his family house, and gave it away, and wanted to break through in the rivers and lakes with his ability.

Of course, he will not be a very shrewd businessman, and he does not want to be a very shrewd businessman at all, so he only sold the land worth three hundred and twenty-one acres, and with the gift to poor relatives and friends, there is not much left.

But that was enough for him to buy a good horse, forge a quick sword, make a few beautiful outfits, live in the best inns, and eat in the best restaurants.

It was spring, and the plan of the year was spring. Spring is a great time to do a lot of things, and it's also the best time for dart business.

The best time for the game of darts is also the time when the business of robbers is at its best.

Luo Zhenyi, the chief dart head of the "Central Plains Dart Bureau", although he is not old, the rivers and lakes are old, of course, he also understands this truth. So when walking on the road, always be very careful. What's more, it's spring now, and his dart this time is not light.

But it is not enough for a bodyguard to be careful, he also has to be strong in martial arts and lucky.

Luo Zhenyi's martial arts are not weak, but this time his luck was really bad, and he happened to meet the Ouyang brothers, who were the most difficult to mess with on the underworld of the two rivers.

Brother Ouyang is not two people, nor is it three people, not four people......

Brother Ouyang is one person.

This person's name is "Brother Ouyang".

Although he was only one man, he was harder to fight than forty. He uses a short knife in his left hand and a long knife in his right hand, and he can also send out seven or eight different hidden weapons at the same time, and few people can see where his secret weapons come from.

Luo Zhenyi couldn't see it. He had just dodged three "brocade back bowed flower crossbows" and a "meteor moon catching sleeve arrow", who knew that the Ouyang brothers' knife backs flipped and shot out a pair of cold needles.

Deadly needles shoot out from places where others can't guess if they're deadly.

Luo Zhenyi received two stitches in his right shoulder, although he was not immediately killed, but he could only wait for Brother Ouyang to come and ask for his life.

Even if Brother Ouyang didn't want his life, he lost his dart this time, and he had to hang himself and jump into the river to wipe his neck, and he wanted his own life.

At this moment, suddenly a fast horse galloped, the horse is faster and the man is faster, the horse has not yet arrived, and the man has already arrived. Brother Ouyang only saw a person fall from mid-air, and before even one of the seven or eight hidden weapons could be shot, the left and right veins had already been slashed by someone at the same time.

The savior who fell in mid-air was naturally Guo Dalu.

Luo Zhenyi is naturally not only grateful to this savior, but also admired; After sending this dart to the ground, I have to ask him to go back to the dart board with him anyway.

Of course Guo Dalu went, he didn't have anything else to do anyway.

Even if he had other important matters, he would go.

This was his first shot, and he suddenly found that he was not only good at martial arts, but also good at popularity.

So Luo Zhenyi felt strange and asked: "With such a high skill as Brother Guo, why don't you make a dart?"

Guo Dalu didn't ask: "Why do people with high martial arts want to go to bodyguards?"

He just thinks it's quite majestic and interesting to make a dart. What's more, Luo Zhenyi asked him to be the deputy chief dart.

A person who first entered the rivers and lakes became the deputy chief dartman, which is indeed majestic and spirited enough!

The only regret for Guo Dalu is that the "Central Plains Dart Game" is not the largest dart game in the Central Plains, and it is not even a first-class dart game.

He waited for several days before he received the first business, and it was not a big business, but he was just a few thousand taels of silver from Kaifeng back to Luoyang.

The road is not far, the dart is not heavy, and there is such a deputy dart head, the head of the dart is naturally happy to recuperate at home comfortably.

It's still spring, and in the morning, the dart cart sets off.

The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the plan of the day lies in the morning, which is a good start.

The dart flag is waving in the wind, the shouting dart of the executioner is loud into the clouds, Guo Dalu is wearing a purple shirt, wearing a black sheath sword, riding on a big white horse, the spring sun has just risen, shining on his body is warm and warm, the spring mountain in the distance is as clear as washing, and the swallow is making a nest in the mud on the tree.

He felt very happy and proud in his heart.

He only hoped to meet a few river and ocean thieves and green forest heroes on the road, but it was not entirely because he wanted to show his skills and show his majesty, but to make a few more friends.

The more friends, the better. He likes friends, and it would be exciting and interesting to be able to make friends with such people, and it would be even better if he could influence them to change their ways.

And sure enough, he did.

It's a pity that what he met was not the kind of Jiangyang thief who divided the big scales into gold and silver on the small scales, ate meat in large pieces, and drank wine in large bowls; What he met was nothing more than a gang of petty thieves, all of them with vegetables, as if they had been hungry for three days, and their clothes were patched everywhere, and even the knives were rusty.

Although Guo Dalu was disappointed, since he had met, he had no choice but to show his martial arts first, shock them first, and then follow the good temptation, hoping that they would change their minds from now on, change their ways, and be a good citizen who guards himself and supports himself, so as not to insult his ancestors.

Everyone was first frightened by his martial arts, and then moved by his good words to tears, and they all expressed their determination to be a new person.

"But we have no skills, so what do we want us to do? If we don't become robbers, we are afraid that the whole family will starve to death." ”

"It's good to do a small business, even if you sell steamed buns, it's better than being a robber. ”

"If you don't even have a penny of money, what kind of business can you do? ”

These people have a handful of tears and a handful of snot, which is indeed what Tianliang discovered.

Guo Dalu was almost moved to tears.

"There's no capital, it's easy, I have. ”

Isn't there silver in the cart?

With less capital, he can't do business, and Guo Dalu has always been very generous.

"One hundred taels per person. ”

Everyone thanked them for their kindness, and then, all of a sudden, they all roared away, and they could be heard from afar: "This Engong is not only a great hero and a great hero, but also a living Bodhisattva and a great sage." ”

Guo Dalu's heart was also full of enthusiasm, and he sighed with emotion: "At the beginning of people, their nature is good, if they are not forced to have no way out, who wants to be a robber?"

When his feelings gradually calmed down, he suddenly discovered two things:

First, more than half of the money in the cart had been divided.

Second, the money was not his.

The darts guys who followed him all opened their mouths wide and looked at him, and no one could tell what they saw him with such eyes.

Is it a great hero, a great sage, or a big nerd?

The dart silver is missing more than half, and the dart head is of course to be compensated.

When Guo Dalu returned to the dart game, although he was a little uneasy, he was not too uncomfortable.

He is sure to pay this dart silver, and anyone who has the ability has this certainty.

"I bought this horse for two hundred and eighty taels, and I still have more than seven hundred taels of silver left on my body, which adds up to more than one thousand taels. Compensate them first. ”

And what about the rest?

"The rest of the dart game will be cushioned first, and I will pay it back slowly with the salary of the vice president's dart. ”

If the Central Plains Dart Bureau can invite a vice president like him, his fame will naturally grow in the future, and his business will naturally get better and better.

Luo Zhenyi has been listening, listening to it dumbfounded, and it seems that he has gone out of his mind.

Guo Dalu is still very sure, because he feels that the method he proposed is too reasonable.

He no longer imagined that Luo Zhenyi would suddenly kneel down.

Luo Zhenyi knelt down not to ask him to stay, nor to thank him for saving his life, but to beg him to go quickly, the faster he walked, the farther the better.

"You saved me, and I will pay you the money, even if I pay off the debt. I really haven't seen someone like you before, Uncle Guo, so I just don't want to meet you in the future. ”

So Guo Dalu left.

Now, although he still wears a sword and his clothes are still very bright, the big white horse is gone, and the few taels of silver left will not only not allow him to live in the best inn and the best restaurant, even if he eats steamed buns and sleeps on the big kang, he will not be able to last for a few days.

Does Guo Dalu also feel a little panicked and a little uncomfortable?

No, he didn't care at all.

Isn't it a joke that a capable person like him is still afraid that he will not have anything to eat?

I still found the largest restaurant, good wine and food, and ate happily.

A man is always in a very good mood after eating a good meal, not to mention that he still has six or seven points of alcohol, even the most annoying person will become much cuter in his eyes.

So he gave all the rest of the silver to the very lovely shopkeeper, so when he walked out the door, his pockets became as clean and thorough as if they had just been washed.

Where's the next meal? There's not even a shadow of it.

But what does it matter? The boat is naturally straight to the bridge, and the only thing that matters now is to find a place to sleep comfortably.

"Tomorrow, it's another day. "No matter what, tomorrow there will always be a way, and if you worry about tomorrow tonight, won't it be worth it?

Guo Dalu yawned and walked into the best inn in the city.

He forgot only one thing.

Although the door of the inn is always open, although it is easy to walk in, it is much more difficult to get out.

If you don't have any money in your bag, people won't let you walk out in a big way.

Of course, Guo Dalu won't slip away, and he won't be lai, so what should I do?

At this time, he was a little anxious, and after two circles in the courtyard, he suddenly noticed a red note pasted on the wall, which read: "Urgent Chef." ”

So Guo Dalu became a cook.

As a dart head, with a head and a tail, he finally worked for more than half a month.

He only worked as a cook for three days.

In the past three days, he used more than 20 catties of oil, broke more than 30 bowls, and broke more than 40 dishes.

Others actually put up with it, because the dishes cooked by Guo Dalu are really good, and sometimes it is even more difficult to find a good cook than to find a good wife. It wasn't until Guo Dalu threw a plate of sweet and sour fish that had just come out of the pot on the guest's face that others really couldn't stand it.

The guest just thought that his fish was too light and wanted to add some salt, Guo Dalu was already angry, pointed at people's noses and scolded: "Have you ever eaten sweet and sour fish? Have you ever eaten fish? Sweet and sour fish can't be too salty, do you know?"

If all the chefs in the world are as fierce as you, how can anyone dare to go to the restaurant.

At this point, even if others dare to keep him, he himself can't delay it. After working as a cook for three days, the only thing I got was that there was an extra layer of oil smoke on my body, and my pockets were still empty.

However, "there is no one here, there is a place for oneself". Afraid of what?

Of course, Guo Dalu still doesn't care at all, he can do anything, he can do anything, why should he care?

The question is, what for?

Guo Dalu began to think, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly realized that most of the things he would do were things that cost money - horseback riding, drinking, flower appreciation, and ordering, can this kind of thing earn half a penny?

Fortunately, there are one or two things that can make money, such as singing.

In the past, when he sang songs, others would often slap their hands and hear ear oil, and some people asked him: Did he learn to sing in his mother's womb?

Some people also said: With his voice and his cultivation of music, if he really sings, other singers will have nothing to eat.

Although Guo Dalu didn't want to rob other people's jobs, his stomach had already begun to sing - singing about the empty city plan.

So he found a restaurant that he had never been to before, and was ready to sing.

As soon as he went upstairs, the shopkeepers immediately gathered around, poured tea and gave towels, smiled and bent his waist, and asked him: "What do you want to eat today? What do you want to drink today?" The fish in the shop today is specially brought from the Jiangnan Kuaima, do you want to kill one alive to match the 30-year-old Shaoxing wine?"

A person with such a style as Guo Dalu, who will he slap if the shopkeeper doesn't go to stammer?

Guo Dalu's face was already red as if he had drunk thirty catties of Shaoxing wine, "I'm here to sing", how could he still say this?

After most of the day, he stammered: "I'm looking for someone...... Before he finished speaking, he had already gone downstairs as if he had been driven with a whip, and snatched the door out.

Of course, you can't blame those shopkeepers, only blame him for not looking like a singer no matter how he looks at it.

"Alas, it turns out that a person looks too good, and sometimes suffers a loss, maybe I am better if I look ugly. ”

Although Guo Dalu was sighing, he almost couldn't help but look in the mirror immediately.

If you can't sell songs, what are you doing?

"God gave me such dexterous hands, I always have something to do. ”

Guo Dalu has always been very satisfied with his hands.

He looked at his slender and powerful fingers, and suddenly remembered some stories that had been circulating in the rivers and lakes for a long time: "A young hero in distress, who was so downed that he was performing on the streets, happened to meet an old hero and his charming little daughter, and he was greatly fascinated by the martial arts of this fallen hero......"

As a result, the hero and the beauty naturally became married, and it has been passed down as a martial arts story since then.

"Yes, performing arts, performing on the streets, with my martial arts, I am afraid that no one will appreciate it?"

Guo Dalu was so happy that he forgot that he was hungry, and he only blamed himself for why he didn't come up with this good idea two days ago.

Although it was dark, the streets were still lively.

Guo Dalu chose the most lively street corner and was ready to start performing.

But at the beginning, it seems that I have to say the opening sentence first.

What to say?

Guo Dalu's eloquence is not bad, what he shouldn't say, he often speaks cleverly and playfully, but when it's time for him to speak, he can't say it.

"It doesn't matter if I don't say it, anyway, others are here to see my skills, not to listen to me;

So Guo Dalu rolled up his sleeves, tucked the corners of his clothes, and practiced the most proud set of boxing techniques in his life on this street corner.

I saw that when he punched up, he was like a tiger out of the sheng, when he kicked like a dragon entering the sea, the fist shadow flew over, and the fist was a tiger.

But instead of crowding around, the others avoided it from a distance, and even a few of them dared to stand in the corner of the house and look at it secretly.

"This man suddenly started punching in the street, could there be something wrong?"

Guo Dalu was quite proud of his practice, but later he gradually realized that something was wrong.

Fortunately, it dawned on him immediately.

"I'm practicing real kung fu, and I don't have any fancy fists and embroidered legs, of course these ordinary people can't see the benefits, okay, I'll practice some more amazing ones for them to see." ”

Thinking of this, Guo Dalu suddenly appeared as a harrier, and with a "bang" punch broke a big hole in the wall behind him, and with a "hoo" kick kicked down the stone stake tied to the horse at the corner of the street - of course, his own pants were also kicked out.

I heard an exclamation, and all the people on the street suddenly fled, and a few shops even closed their doors, just because a madman who had taken the wrong medicine came to the street.

This is Guo Dalu's performance, he practiced boxing, and added a move to open the mountain, and a move to sweep the legs, in exchange for nothing more than a pair of torn pants.

Why isn't his story as good as other down-and-out heroes?

There are many things in the world that sound beautiful and are not beautiful when they are done.

That night, Guo Dalu was only hungry and slept on the offering table in the broken temple.

Of course, he can go to the best restaurant to eat first, and go to the best inn to sleep, but our hero, although a little confused, is by no means sloppy. Shameful things will not be done even by death.

"Even if you want to be a thief, you have to be a big robber, and you must not be a thief who steals chickens and dogs. ”

In the afternoon of the next day, Guo Dalu suddenly thought of being a thief.

Even he didn't know where the thought came from—probably from his worn out belly.

"It's not too bad to be a thief, there are many righteous thieves who rob the rich and help the poor, can't their stories also be remembered in the rivers and lakes?"

So Guo Dalu decided to be a robber, of course, to be a righteous thief and a thief.

This time he decided that he would only succeed and not fail.

"To do something well, you have to plan well before you even start. ”

To be a thief, what is the plan?

First, of course, it is necessary to find a suitable target to start, this person must be very rich, and he is not benevolent to the rich, and it is better if he is a corrupt official.

If you rob such a person's money, instead of blaming you, others will applaud.

Guo Dalu cheered up and began to look around, and after looking for a long time, he finally found the object.

It was a house perched on a hillside, and it was a large and imposing building.

That means the homeowner must be rich.

The house is far from the city, very remote, the neighborhood can be said to be deserted, and the closest place to this house is the cemetery.

This means that the homeowner must not be an upright person, and an upright person would never live in such a place.

All the conditions are suitable, and now it's just a matter of waiting for the right time to start.

The most suitable time is naturally at night.

But Guo Dalu couldn't wait, and broke into the house at dusk.

The first thing he saw was a bed.

A big, big, very comfortable bed.

There was a person lying on the bed.

Other than that, he didn't see anything else.

The house was very large, the building was very magnificent, there were at least thirty rooms before and after, and the largest room was large enough to hold a dozen tables of wine at the same time.

But in the dozens of rooms before and after, there was nothing but this bed and this person, not even a table or a stool.

Guo Dalu was stunned.

The man lying on the bed was not asleep, his eyes were wide open, but despite his running back and forth, looking back and forth, the man ignored him.

Later, Guo Dalu couldn't help but rush to this person's bed, wanting to ask him what was going on.

Instead, the man asked, "Did you find anything of value?"

Guo Dalu had no choice but to shake his head.

The man sighed and said, "I already knew you couldn't find it, I've been looking for it for three days, and even the last broken iron pot has been used by me to change the baked cakes." If you can find anything else, that's a lot of skill. ”

He didn't look ugly, but he looked yellow and thin, and he looked weak even when he spoke, as if he had been hungry for several days.

But the bed he slept in was a good bed.

How could there be such a good bed in this empty house? What is this man sleeping in a bed for?

Guo Dalu couldn't help but ask, "What kind of place is this?"

The man said: "Speaking of this place, it is really famous. ”

Guo Dalu said: "Famous?

The man said, "Have you ever heard of the name Nirvana Villa? ”

Guo Dalu almost couldn't help but scream, "Fugui Villa?

The man said: "Not bad at all, since the fat man may become very thin, and the rich mountain villa may also become very poor, what is so strange about this?"

Guo Dalu said: "So, who are you, what are you doing in such a ghost place?"

The man cleared his throat and said, "I don't stay here, I am the seventh generation owner of Fugui Villa." ”

Guo Dalu was stunned again.

The man's eyes were fixed on the sword in his hand, and suddenly he said, "Your sword looks good." ”

Guo Dalu said: "It's not bad. ”

The man said, "It seems that it is worth a few taels of silver." ”

Guo Dalu shouted again: "How many taels? Do you know the goods? Tell you, I bought this sword for more than 100 taels of silver." ”

There seemed to be light in this man's eyes, and his voice sounded, and he said: "You go down the mountain from here, go to the left, there is a pawnshop of Jialiyuan, although the courtier there is a scraper, but he is still very knowledgeable, you take advantage of the fact that they have not closed, hurry up, this sword can be used as at least twenty taels of silver." ”

He swallowed his saliva, and then said: "Diagonally opposite the pawnshop, there is a roast meat shop that is widely opened, and the roast duck and crispy meat are good, and there is wine to sell next door." After you get the money, buy two roast ducks, five catties of meat, and ten catties of wine, and send them back quickly, I am already very hungry, and the roast duck is not delicious when it is cold. ”

Guo Dalu's eyes widened, looking at this person, his expression was almost the same as when Luo Zhenyi was listening to him.

After a long time, he exhaled and said, "You told me to go and use my sword as a sword, and buy wine and meat to give back to you to eat?"

The man laughed, "You finally understand." ”

Guo Dalu said: "Do you know what I want to do here?"

The man said, "Of course I know, you're here to steal the money. ”

Guo Dalu glared and said, "Since you know that I am a robber, you still want to make up your mind on me?"

The man smiled and said, "Although you are a robber, I am a poor ghost, and when a robber meets a poor ghost, he can only admit that he is unlucky." ”

Guo Dalu looked at him and suddenly realized that this person was smiling very cutely, even very charming.

He himself couldn't help but laugh and said, "Even if you want to make up your mind on me, at least you should take my sword as your own, and go buy wine and come back for me to eat." ”

This man said: "If you want to be a good person, you have to do it to the end, or you have to go." ”

Guo Dalu said: "What about you? You don't even bother to move?"

The man sighed and said, "You think, if I am not lazy, how can I be so poor?"

Guo Dalu was stunned for the third time. He had never seen such a person before, and he really couldn't do anything with this person.

He actually exchanged his sword for wine and meat.

A duck leg and half a catty of wine were swallowed, and the man sat up from the bed and said with a smile: "I ate your wine, but I don't even know your name." ”

Guo Dalu said: "My name is Guo Dalu, generous, the road on the road." ”

The man said: "The big road - you really live up to your name, really big road." ”

Guo Dalu said: "What about you? What is your name?"

The man said, "My name is Wang Dong, the king of emperors, and I move like a rabbit." ”

Guo Dalu looked at him for a long time, then suddenly laughed and said, "I think you really should be called Wang Fudo." ”