"Do you regret following me?" Dakui asked as he walked.
Hong Wu said nothing, facing the warm summer wind, his face full of determination. Although his stomach growled with hunger, his right hand still held the handle of the waist knife tightly.
"Just wait for me here. I'll be back in an hour at the latest." Dakui ordered.
Hong Wu was still speechless, but he nodded. Fatigue and hunger seemed to have left him with no strength to speak. There happened to be a small canal on the roadside, so Hong Wu came to the river and lay down on the ground and buried his head in the water. Da Kui
Knowing that he wanted to drink water to quench his hunger, filling his stomach with water could relieve his hunger a little.
Hong Wu drank the water and felt he had some strength, so he crossed the river channel and hid behind a bush.
Dakui didn't stop any longer and walked towards the village in the distance.
Sanbao Village is not big, and it looks like it only has a few hundred people counting the houses.
Dakui entered the village and looked around, but there was no sign of Yuan Bing anywhere. Walking further into the village, he saw that every door was closed, but he didn't know why. Dakui randomly found a house and reached out to knock on the door. After a long time, he heard
Someone came to the door, but it was an old woman. The old woman asked shakily through the door: "Who is it?"
Dakui smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, please open the door. I'm passing by and want to have something to eat at your place. I'll give you money."
The door was not opened, but the old woman said: "You should go to another house. My family is poor and has nothing for you to eat."
Perhaps the old woman had missing teeth due to her age, and her mouth was full of leaks when she spoke. Da Kui couldn't help feeling helpless after hearing this, sighed and went to another house. Unexpectedly, even after asking a few houses, they didn't open the door.
Just when Da Kuisu was at a loss what to do, a voice came from behind and asked: "Stop, what are you doing?"
Dakui couldn't help but turn around and saw two Yuan soldiers appearing at the entrance of the alley he had just passed. Dakui couldn't help but wonder, where did they come from? But he still answered with a smile: "Two
Sir, I am passing through and want to find a place to eat in this village."
Although these two Yuan soldiers were wearing Yuan soldier felt hats, they did not look like Mongolians. Because they all spoke Chinese, and the King of Liang claimed to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but how could there be dozens of soldiers in Yunnan?
The Mongols, who numbered ten thousand, were nothing more than an army cobbled together from here and there.
"What do you do? Where do you come from?" One of the Yuan soldiers looked at Dakui and asked. The two Yuan soldiers stood there and didn't get close to each other, just asking questions from a distance.
Dakui smiled and said: "I am a firewood collector and I lost my way. This is not..." As he spoke, Dakui stretched out his hand to gesture with the rope on his shoulder and the hatchet on his waist.
"Do you have any money?" Yuan Bing asked from before.
Da Kui couldn't help but feel sweat on his forehead. He didn't bring any money with him. Besides, he didn't have any money. The only copper coins he had were given to the woodcutter. Of course, except for the baggage hanging on the saddle, there was money there, but this
Who in the remote countryside has ever seen a banknote?
"That's not true. The villains all fetch firewood in exchange for food." As he spoke, Dakui walked towards Yuan Bing.
"Stop." The previous reinforcements were very alert. When they saw Dakui approaching, they quickly stopped.
Another soldier from the Yuan Dynasty saw that Da Kui's face was so honest and honest that he didn't look like a hypocrite. Then he said, "Come with us."
It was said that the two Yuan soldiers should turn around and walk away first, so Dakui did not dare to neglect and followed closely behind them, always keeping a few feet away, and just followed from a distance.
After turning around the alley, he discovered that there was a corner gate here. Da Kui followed two Yuan soldiers into a large courtyard, where dozens of Yuan soldiers gathered. There was a large pot in the middle of the yard, and perhaps they were cooking. No.
There was a bonfire burning in the distance, and a sheep was roasting on the fire. Two soldiers were carefully waiting on the side, watching over the roasted sheep, and turning it over from time to time.
There is a big locust tree against the wall of the yard, and a bench is placed under the tree. At this moment, a Yuan Bing captain is sitting there, holding a wine pot in one hand and a roasted leg of lamb in the other.
I was having a great time eating.
Dakui walked towards the captain of the Yuan Army with a smile on his face: "Master Jun, I am just a firewood collector. Please don't embarrass me."
The captain glanced sideways at Dakui and said coldly: "Whether you are a firewood collector or not is not your decision, it is my decision."
Dakui was stunned, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Master Jun, I am really a firewood collector. You can't kill me. I have an old mother and a wife and children, and they still count on me to survive...
." This rhetoric belongs to the real woodcutter, and Dakui just borrowed it temporarily. Fortunately, Dakui was born as a real woodcutter. With his outfit and appearance, no one believed him even if he was not a woodcutter.
The captain laughed and said: "Get up, look at your useless appearance." As he said this, the captain took a bite of the leg of lamb, and his mouth was full of oil.
Dakui stood there with a frightened look but said nothing, observing secretly. There was only a thatched house in the yard, and there were more than ten wooden piles buried on one side of the house. There were ropes on the piles and blood stains on the ground. It was obvious that this was a
The butcher's residence, but I don't know where the person has gone.
The captain took another sip of wine and then smiled and said: "Looking at you, you don't look like a rich man. I'm in a good mood today, so I won't ask you to do anything." As he said this, he ate meat again. It turns out that these Yuan soldiers are here.
This is precisely to intercept Dakui's team. They can't wait for people and can't go back to pay, so they deliberately kill the people to pay with their heads. As the old saying goes: a deserted soldier is a bandit. Therefore, there is also the saying of soldiers and bandits.
They are both bandits and bandits are soldiers.
After hearing this, Dakui thanked him repeatedly, but he didn't know what the captain of Yuan Bing Xiao wanted from him.
"Are you hungry? Come here, I'll reward you with this bone." The captain said and threw the leftover mutton leg bone in his hand. Dakui was really amazing. He really caught the bone like a vicious dog and held it with both hands.
Meimei chewed it, and it looked so despicable. Fortunately, there was some meat on the bones, and Dakui took the opportunity to suppress his hunger.
Assess the situation and accept it. This is a proverb in the essence of Tai Chi, and it is also the core of Taoist thought. Many people say that Taoist thought teaches people to be tactful, and being tolerant in everything is extremely negative. In fact, this is not the case. Have you seen the opening of the Qian hexagram in the "Book of Changes"
That is to say: Heaven is moving vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strengthen himself.
A real man doesn't stick to trivial matters because he doesn't try to do anything quickly.
Dakui was chewing on the bones, but he saw something boiling in the big pot in the courtyard. The captain laughed and said: "I see you are also very smart, follow me from now on, I will ensure that you have food and drink."
After hearing this, Da Kui stood there stupidly holding the bones for a while before saying: "I have a wife, children and young children at home, how can I follow the military master casually?"
The school captain smiled and said: "The King of Liang is currently expanding the military. All registered households in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan are required to have a male to serve in the army. Anyone who disobeys orders will be killed!" The school captain said firmly, and the coldness in his words made people feel sad.
On this hot summer day, I can't help but feel chills running down my spine. So Yuan Bing is trying to force a man into a strong man?
"Master Jun, at home..." Before Da Kui could finish his words, the captain interrupted Da Kui sharply.
"Who doesn't have an old mother in their family? I didn't jump out of a rock." The captain was obviously drunk and started to get a little angry. Hearing this, Dakui didn't dare to say anything more. He only heard the captain ask: "
Where is your home from?"
Dakui thought for a while and then replied: "As for the military master, my family is from Shitouya."
"Stone Cliff?" The captain was stunned, then turned to ask a Yuan soldier beside him: "Where is Stone Cliff?"
Yuan Bing thought for a moment and said, "I've never heard of a stone cliff here."
The captain was furious when he heard this. He stood up and cursed: "How dare you deceive me?" As he said this, he reached out and pulled out his sword.
Da Kui couldn't help cursing secretly: 'Damn it, why did you meet a local guy?'
"You're so kind, military master." Dakui shouted, which startled the captain. "Say."
Dakui then said: "Oh, I am like Wei Ren, my hometown is Sichuan. (I am a foreigner, my hometown is Sichuan)." Dakui switched to Sichuan accent, but it was lifelike. He thought to himself: "I say I am Sichuan."
Yes, let's see how you can tell the truth from the false.'
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him asked: "Ni is from Shichuan? Oh, she is from Luzhou." (You are from Sichuan? I am from Luzhou)
'Your grandma is a fool,' Da Kui couldn't help cursing in his heart, but then turned around to see that the person speaking was an old soldier, about fifty years old. The old soldier walked up to Da Kui and laughed and said: "Zhe is really willing to Qian Li."
Come and come back for the fragrance. If the fragrance is not lingering, you can spread the fragrance to fellow villagers." (This is really a fate that we have come thousands of miles to meet each other. I didn't expect to meet a fellow villager here.)
Dakui's eyes turned black and he almost fell down. The captain looked at him with a sword in his hand and said to himself: "If you say something wrong, I will not chop you up."
Da Kui cheered up and pretended to have a Sichuan accent to chat with the old army. Fortunately, Da Kui had traveled all over the country and was well-informed, so he was able to hide it from the old army. The more the two chatted, the closer they got, and in the end they completely ignored the fact that there was a soldier beside them.
Captain, the two of them reached the base of the wall, where they squatted and started talking again.
The old army kindly gave Da Kui a large bowl of broth and took two steamed buns. These steamed buns were the military rations carried by Yuan soldiers. Ordinary soldiers were given rations when they went out. But today I met a fellow villager.
Jun was extremely happy. Da Kui finished two big steamed buns, and Lao Jun brought two more. Da Kui drank three bowls of hot soup before giving up.
The captain looked at him with eyes wide open. When Da Kui had finished eating and drinking, Lao Jun turned around and shouted: "Xizi, today I met a fellow villager, please share two bags of grain." What Lao Jun said was no longer Sichuan dialect.
Unexpectedly, the captain said: "Sir, you're welcome, just say hello."
When Dakui heard this, he couldn't help but murmured in his heart: "Who is this so-called fellow countryman? Is the military commander going to call him San Gong?" Just as he was wondering, a soldier came with two bags of rice.
The old army was really warm-hearted. He took Da Kui's hand and said, "I'll ask someone to prepare the mules and horses, and we will send the food home with you."
Dakui was so shocked that he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "How can this be done?"
Lao Jun smiled and said: "Hey, I am the elder in terms of age, am I still polite to my uncle?"
Although it was just a show, Da Kui was grateful from the bottom of his heart. He knelt down to thank the old army. The old army smiled and pulled Da Kui up. They actually walked out of the yard with Da Kui. The soldier brought a mule from someone unknown.
, tied the grain to the back of the mule. The old army smiled and greeted Dakui: "Nephew, let's go."