The rain gradually fell heavily, Yang Sheba approved the speed of the horse, about two miles of the line, there was a wine shed in front, made of bamboo and oil tiles, the shed was huge, it could accommodate more than 100 people, more than 20 couches were placed under the shed, full of tourists who sheltered from the rain, and there was a side shed, which was used to place the horses.

The group who asked for directions just now walked away from the wine shed under the guidance of two guys, Yang Yuanba saw that the wine shed was basically full, and was about to leave, but the guy standing under the wine shed waved to him enthusiastically. "This son, there are still two seats, come in and have a bowl of hot soup, eat something before leaving. ”

Yang Yuanba hesitated, and the guy ran up and took out his horse and said with a smile: "Son, it's our family for more than ten miles before and after, it's raining so heavily, come in and take shelter from the rain!"

Yang Yuanba saw that the guy was quite enthusiastic, so he turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to him, "Use good fine materials to feed the horse well." ”

Casually took out three hangs of money from the horse bag to reward him, the man took the reward money, and went away happily, Yang Yuanba swept around in the wine shed, there were indeed two vacant seats in the northeast corner, it was the middle-aged man who asked for directions just now, and their group sat on two couches, but their hostess was not present, it should be in the carriage, and the carriage was parked next to it, the men and women in the wine shed were mixed, and life was noisy, and the woman in the carriage was estimated to be the son-in-law of a large family, and refused to come in and sit together.

"Little brother, please take a seat here!"

The middle-aged butler recognized him and warmly beckoned him to sit down, and several attendants squeezed to the side, making way for an empty seat.

"Then I'm going to disturb you!"

Yang Yuanba was not polite, sat on the wooden grip, put the leather bag and the lance and bow and arrow by his side, and smiled and arched his hand to the middle-aged man and the entourage around him.

In fact, middle-aged men also look at people talking, generally speaking, in the Tianwu Dynasty there are still rules for different seats, middle-aged men are just housekeepers, and several entourages next to him are just family members, and their status is slightly lower, if Yang Yuanba is wearing a brocade robe and a golden crown, then the middle-aged man will never be so presumptuous to invite Yang Yuanba to share the table with them, if Yang Yuanba is noble, it is a great rudeness.

But when he saw that Yang Yuanba was wearing a blue cloth robe and a flat scarf, a leather belt around his waist, and there were no ornaments on the leather belt to identify his identity, he immediately judged that Yang Yuanba was only a civilian, and it was okay to sit with them.

Yang Yuanba sat down, it was the time of Zhongniu at this time, and he was also a little hungry, so the guy smiled and beckoned: "Come on three catties of mutton with sauce, three Hu cakes, and a pot of wine." ”

"Okay! The man shouted and ran to the back to get ready.

The middle-aged housekeeper picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Yang Yuanba, and asked with a smile: "Listen to the accent, the little brother is from the capital, right?

Yang Yuanba hurriedly clasped his hands and thanked him: "I am from the capital below, so I don't have the surname Yang." ”

He also smiled and asked, "Is this uncle from Jiangpai or Puzhou?"

"We are Jiangzhou Wenxiren, escorting my son-in-law into Beijing. ”

When Yang Yuanba heard that they were Wen Xi people, his first reaction was Wen Xi Pei Valve, who was the head of the eight great clans in the world, could they be too?

Although he thought so, he didn't dare to be reckless, Yang Yuanba smiled and said: "Wenxi is a good place! Isn't Guan Yu, an outstanding person, a Wenxi person?"

As soon as his words fell, there was a light laugh from the carriage, Yang Yuanba reacted, he suddenly blushed, and hurriedly said: "It's me who is confused, Guan Yunchang is a good person in Puzhou." It's not a pleasant smeller. ”

He couldn't help but glance back, just now he chuckled, his voice was very soft, it should be a young woman, the housekeeper smiled and said: "My grandfather is an official in Beijing, and we are sending my son-in-law to Beijing this time." ”

Several entourages next to him are paying attention to Yang Yuanba's horse lance, they are all martial arts practitioners, somewhat knowledgeable, although Yang Yuanba covered the lance blade with a leather bag, but the unique lance of the horse lance still made them roughly guess, their eyes showed envy, they had never seen such a long horse lance.

"Good lance!"

Someone behind him exclaimed, and when Yang Yuanba turned around, he saw five or six men sitting on the wooden couch behind him, all of them tall and strong, brave and strong, and with long weapons around them.

Although Yang Xiong issued a ban on martial arts in the seventeenth year of Jianyuan, not allowing the people to have long weapons, but in fact his ban had little effect, and only restricted the sale of weapons, the Tianwu Dynasty was known as the southern and northern martial arts, the northern martial arts were strong, the descendants of military generals, the common people of the scholar clan, and the people who practiced martial arts abounded, and Yang Xiong's ban on martial arts actually existed in name only.

Yang Yuanba also found when he entered the wine shed, many people in the wine shed are martial arts practitioners, with bows and arrows, the big man behind him, about 20 years old, big shoulders and round waist, red hair, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, extraordinary appearance, he also carried a long lance, is a Zaoyang gold nail lance, the head of the lance is a jujube-shaped iron hammer, densely covered with six rows of gold-plated two-inch nails, this lance weighs about seventy or eighty It can be seen that this big man is also a strong martial artist.

Yang Yuanba raised his glass to signal to him, the young man is a bold person, and he also raised his glass and smiled in return: "In the next order, Xiongzhong, a native of Shangdang County, Luzhou, has loved horse lance since childhood, what is the name of this son?"

Yang Yuanba also happily raised his glass and said: "Under Yang Yuanba, a person from Jingshi, he has long admired the name of the two heroes of the single family of Erxian Village, and I salute the two brothers for a cup." ”

He reported his name, and there was another table of people not far away, huh!, and looked at Yang Yuanba together, Yang Yuanba found that the table was a little familiar when he came, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while?

Yang Yuanba still couldn't remember who this group of people was, so he had to put it down for the time being, and smiled at the Shan Xiongzhong brothers behind him: "How did the two single brothers think of coming to the capital?"

Shan Xiongzhong brothers in Shangdang County to help the poor and the weak, good at fighting grievances, like to make friends with the world's heroes, in Shangdang County and even Luzhou, mentioning Erxian Zhuang Shan Shi Erxiong, it can be said that everyone knows, no one knows, but this is the capital, is the foot of the Son of Heaven of the Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger, Shan Xiongzhong brothers see that this little brother actually knows their reputation, and can't help but have a good impression.

Shan Xiongzhong said with a smile: "This Brother Yang might as well come and sit here." ”

Of course, chatting with Shan Xiongzhong was much more interesting than the unknown butler opposite, so Yang Yuanba smiled apologetically at the housekeeper and sat down at Shan Xiongzhong's table.

There are five or six people at Shan Xiongzhong's table, in addition to the Shan brothers, there are several people who are big men who practice martial arts, and Shan Xiongzhong introduced Yang Yuanba one by one.

Shan Xiongzhong is a person who is both civil and military, although he is also very bold, but he is more careful than his brothers, the two brothers are Luzhou Haoqiang, and the family is rich, so his brother Shan Xiongyi can afford to use the Zaoyang lance, and although the young man opposite is dressed simply, there is a calm temperament between his gestures, and more importantly, his horse lance is longer and thicker than the average horse lance, at least worth 10,000 gold, Shan Xiongzhong felt that this young man should not be an ordinary person.

"This son should also be from a famous family!" Shan Xiongzhong asked with a tentative smile.

At this time, a big man next to him raised his glass and walked up, and said with a smile: "You don't even know Yang Yuanba, then you are really lonely and unheard, you should have heard of the war against the Turks five years ago!"

Shan Xiongyi was moved, he stared at Yang Yuanba, "It turns out that the little brother is the famous Yinshan flying general Yang Yuanba?"

For the first time, Yang Yuanba knew that he actually had the nickname of "Yinshan Flying General", but this one. He likes the nickname "But so that the dragon city will fly, not called Hu Ma to cross Yin Mountain"

Yang Yuanba raised his glass and smiled slightly, "It's just an ordinary border army, I can't afford it, flying general, two words, the second brother is too famous." ”

He stood up again and smiled at the big man who revealed his identity: "I seem to have seen Brother Ren somewhere, please forgive my little brother's clumsiness, I really can't remember." ”

The big man squinted and smiled, smiling rather sinisterly, "Brother Yang, have you forgotten? ”

Yang Yuanba suddenly remembered that this person was one of the four personal bodyguards of Yang Lai, the king of Yuzhang, and at that time it gave people the feeling that these four people were not trivial, Yang Yuanba looked at the table next to him, and there was a thirty-year-old Tsing Yi scribe, who seemed to be Yang Lai's side, and the others were all dressed as guards.

"I remembered. ”

Yang Yuanba smiled happily: "We have met, but this benevolent brother has a great name, can you give advice?"

"In Xialiang Shidu, a native of Xiazhou, a cheap name is not enough to worry about. ”

"It's Brother Liang, come! I'll toast you. ”

Shan Xiongyi raised his glass to salute Master Liang, but Master Liang ignored him, only raised his glass to Yang Yuanba, turned around and left, Shan Xiongyi's hand froze in mid-air, his face was swollen red, and after a while, he snorted again and sat down, his eyes were extremely annoyed.

Yang Yuanba lowered his voice and said to him: "They are the subordinates of Yang Lai, the king of Yuzhang, and it is best not to make friends." ”

The Shan brothers glanced at each other, both of them had a look of vigilance in their eyes, when they came, they knew that the capital was hidden in the dragon and crouching tiger, not too careless, but Shan Xiongyi was bold by nature, easy to make friends, and his temperament was difficult to change for a while, but he met the people in the royal mansion just on the ba, and it was really the depth of the capital, which made him secretly scream ashamed.

However, Shan Xiongyi's impression of Yang Yuanqing is very good, he is actually a Yinshan flying general, this kind of border army hero, he must make friends, Shan Xiongyi no longer pays attention to Liang Shidu and others, and smiled at Yang Yuanba: "General Yang came back from the side, could it be that he also wants to participate, and select generals to raise talents,?"

Yang Yuanba was stunned, what is the selection of generals, he has never heard of it, Yang Yuanba shook his head, "I came back to visit relatives, I have never heard of it, what is the matter with the selection of generals?"

It turned out that Brother Yang Xian didn't know, but it's no wonder that Brother Yang Xian is already a side general, and he doesn't need to ask for this and fame anymore. ”

Shan Xiongyi explained with a smile: "The Holy Decree is the world, the edict is to select the world's generals, and the test will be held in Beijing, and those who are strong in martial arts can be awarded military positions, and those who hear the wind move, we also want to try our luck in Beijing." ”

Yang Yuanba suddenly understood, and he secretly thought, "It is estimated that Yang Ying is going to prepare for the opening of the imperial examination, and he will first use martial arts to test it.

Yang Yuanba asked again: "How to select the generals, does Second Brother Shan know?"

Shan Xiongyi scratched his head, "This ding, the details are not very clear, I heard that the test is mainly for riding and shooting, and there are some other famous halls, you will know it when you enter Beijing." ”

"This strong man!"

A guy in the back anxiously shouted to Shan Xiongyi, "Is that your horse outside?"