Chapter 244 vertical pole (for the fat cow who loves to eat chicks
Originally, Bei Liao had a psychological advantage over Northern Xinjiang, so their scouts dared to roam the border areas unscrupulously, and even dared to break into the Tang side to plunder.
Following Lin Ya's defeat, Northern Xinjiang organized several purge campaigns and strangled all the Northern Liao scouts. For a time, the situation in Northern Xinjiang turned out to be very good.
The autumn rain has stopped, but the official road is still a little wet, so neither the speeding messenger nor the cart that presses the official road into ruts can stir up any dust.
Huang Xinya has been running a stall beside the official road for more than 20 years, and has grown from a young man to an old man with gray hair and beard. Now his son Huang Deyi has taken over his stall, but Huang Xinya couldn't stop and started to take over too.
In late autumn, there are many convoys transporting grain and grass...
Huang Xinya looked at a group of large cars approaching slowly and smiled proudly, "As a father for many years, these teams are also willing to stop at our house. Da Lang, go and boil water. Remember, the water is not available."
It's not generous to charge money, it's all hard work. I can't bear to buy water, so I just drink raw water.
When I was a father, I saw a group of coachmen vomiting and having diarrhea after drinking raw water, and most of them died. Alas! The doctor said it was because they drank dirty water. From then on, our family gave water to anyone for free, as long as they filled the water bag.
.Dalang, don’t be dissatisfied, be a good person! Be open-minded. Only when you are open-minded can you feel at ease. Only when your heart is at ease can you feel comfortable.”
Huang Deyi hummed. He had always been dissatisfied with his father's act of giving away boiling water for free. Among other things, firewood was free of charge? And how many pots for boiling water had been broken over the years? There was no charge for it?
But the Tang Dynasty emphasized filial piety and could not violate the words of parents and elders, so he could only endure it. Seeing his four-year-old son playing in the mud behind him, he felt angry, but he held it back.
"Old Huang!" The team leader was also an old man named Zhou Fu. He waved from afar, "The weather is so damn hot and cold. I feel bad all over. Is there any good wine to warm me up?"
Huang Xinya smiled and said: "Yes. Da Lang, go and prepare the wine and make another bowl of buns. Put more sauce and less pork."
"It's better that you, Lao Huang, know what I like."
Zhou Fu came closer and sniffed, "It smells good. Let's all rest. Those who should feed the animals feed the animals, and others can drink water if they should. Lao Huang doesn't charge for drinking water here."
The coachmen cheered, and some people came to fetch water. Huang Deyi poured water for them with a cold face.
"Thank you very much."
"The old Huang family are good people!"
"Good people are rewarded!"
There was a clatter of horse hooves, and three horses came galloping towards them.
"Hey! Lao Huang, take a look." Zhou Fu raised his eyes.
Huang Xinya stretched out his hand to build a pergola in front of his eyes, "He is a young man, and he has two followers, an old man and a young man. He is probably a descendant of some family who came out to wander around. He calls it an autumn outing. Don't worry about this kind of people."
The three of them came forward and dismounted.
"Lang Jun's equestrian skills are becoming more and more superb."
"Better than yours, old thief."
"Of course it is."
The three of them tied their horses to the stone pillar next to the stall. The old man came over and asked, "What's there to eat?"
Huang Deyi was just about to speak when he saw his father stepping forward with a smile and said, "I would like to teach you that our place is remote and it takes a lot of manpower to transport food.
Sir, please take a look, there are pancakes, buns, and a piece of mutton. It can be stored in this weather. In summer, I will never dare to sell mutton, otherwise no one will buy it, and it will smell bad the next day."
"Too many words." The old attendant picked up the mutton and sniffed it, "It's okay. I'll make three bowls of buns, cut the mutton, and make a few more pancakes. It'll be faster. By the way, is there hot water?"
"Yes." Huang Xinya pointed to the small clay stove that boiled water next to it. "It's not easy to boil water here. If there are three guests, we will charge one yuan. In addition, if you add mutton pancakes to the buns, you will be charged twenty-five yuan."
Don’t be too expensive. It’s not easy to get these food from home. This journey..."
"Okay, okay! Get it done quickly!"
Huang Deyi was stunned on the side, thinking how to collect the money? Also, three bowls of buns plus a small piece of mutton and pancakes together cost only fifteen yuan at most, twenty-five yuan... Aye is so dark.
Huang Xinya came over and whispered: "When we do business, we are like horse thieves, do you understand?"
There was a band of horse thieves nearby, more than a hundred of them, and their banner was to rob the rich and give to the poor.
Huang Deyi understands.
The young man sat down, drank hot water comfortably, and asked: "How many people are there in my father-in-law's family?"
"My old wife, three sons, two daughters-in-law, five grandchildren, but I have forgotten that I myself am a total of twelve people."
"How is my father-in-law doing now?"
While helping, Huang Xinya said: "It used to be difficult. The villain used to set up a stall here. He had to guard against the Northern Liao people who came to plunder, and he also had to guard against those horse thieves. Hey! You have to explain clearly when you go out every day, and you are afraid that if you go
Never return."
He smiled and said: "It's good now. Beiliao was stunned by Huang Xianggong's slap, and we can't see those wolf-like scouts recently."
"Where's the horse thief?"
"Horse thieves have become much more honest recently. Besides, horse thieves mostly rob, and they want to make some money every time they come, so they won't kill them all.
This day! It’s better than ever before.”
"That's my father-in-law's grandson?" The young man pointed to the child playing in the mud behind him.
"Yes!" Huang Xinya smiled.
The old attendant whispered to the young man: "His price is at least 90% too expensive."
The young man still didn't respond, "Why not send him to study?"
Huang Xinya served the buns and rubbed his hands. There was a hint of sadness on his wrinkled face, "I don't know what will happen to Northern Xinjiang in the future! It would be good to go to school, but from my perspective, these days! I have a knife in my hand.
The most reliable.
I want him to join the army in the future, but there are many armies in northern Xinjiang, and I don’t know where to go."
Zhou Fu, who had been observing the young man and his party, was squatting beside him drinking. Now he said, "Old Huang, let's go to Chenzhou."
"How about Chenzhou?"
"Chenzhou's army is different now. I didn't hear that even Waxie was destroyed."
"Oh! I heard it last time, but it was vague. Lao Zhou, please tell me."
Zhou Fu took a sip of wine and said contentedly: "Nawa Xie repeatedly provoked, didn't he say that he conquered Taiping seven times? Chenzhou Liu Shijun was furious, so he ordered Sima Yang Xuan to lead the Taiping Army to attack. This Yang Sima Ke
It’s incredible, he created Taiping with one hand..."
"This old man knows." Huang Xinya gets a lot of news from travelers every day. "It is said that he is a young man who voluntarily came to serve in our northern Xinjiang. He was not more than a year old in Taiping, but he actually raised the dilapidated Taiping.
Vashe was helpless, and the horse thieves were even more frightened by the news.
Hey! I often think, how wonderful it would be if young people like this came to our place? How dare those horse thieves come back?"
"Hey! Yes!" Zhou Fu said: "Then Yang Sima led the Taiping Army...that is, two thousand people, and Vaxie's army was tens of thousands. Good guy, just two thousand people faced Vaxie's tens of thousands of cavalry.
, that Yang Sima is so brave and brave, holding a horse spear, he can kill hundreds of people with one person!"
"Oh! Isn't this an invincible warrior?"
Everyone was nervous and gathered around.
Zhou Fu took a sip of wine and said proudly: "No! Then Yang Sima took the lead, fought all the way to the middle army, and killed Wase Khan with a single blow.
He held the head of Wase Khan and shouted: This is Chenzhou Sima Yang Xuan, why don't you surrender quickly?! Tsk! Those Wase people knelt down and trembled all over, as if they had met their ancestors.
respectful."
The old attendant whispered: "How did Ma Shan turn into a sword?"
Snap!
The young man smiled and slapped him on the back.
"Shut up!"
Another young attendant whispered: "Yes!"
Huang Xinya was surprised, "How powerful is Chen Zhoujun? It just so happens that my son has nothing to do at home. Why don't you go back and ask me if he can give it a try if he has lost his household registration?"
Zhou Fu said with a smile: "Just go. Lao Huang, with heroes like Yang Sima here, if your son can make great contributions, you may be able to become a rich man in the future!"
"No way! I just want my child to have a future and be able to eat meat." Huang Xinya smiled happily.
The sound of horse hooves comes from the north.
Huang Xinya's expression changed drastically and he shouted: "Dalang, run!"
Huang Deyi didn't care about the stall, ran over to hug the child, and then came over to pull him, "Yeah, let's go!"
Huang Xinya cursed: "I'm old, why did they kill me? Run away!"
"Aye!"
"Go away or not!"
Zhou Fu stood on the stool and took a look, "It's a horse thief, with more than a hundred riders, we are no match, retreat!"
"Where's the food?" a coachman said in panic.
Zhou Fu scolded: "Is food more important or life more important? Just run away, and I will punish you when you come back."
Those coachmen's eyes were filled with gratitude and they ran away in a flash.
Zhou Fu just ran a few steps, and when he looked back and saw that the three people were still there, he cursed: "Those are horse thieves. They like young people like this the most. They drag them away to relieve their anger. When they are done, they make them their accomplices. If you don't run away, it will be too late."
The young man ate his buns and asked, "How far are we from?"
"Langjun, it's time for Uda and the others to arrive."
"Then eat."
"oh."
Huang Xinya did not run away. He was reluctant to part with his stall. He only asked the horse thieves to keep the stall after they robbed the food. As for the money, he had just let the boss take it away.
"Still not leaving yet!" Huang Xinya urged the young man, "Hurry up and run as soon as you have a horse!"
The young man smiled and said, "Why don't you run?"
Huang Xinya sighed, "If I run away, those horse thieves can't see anyone, so they will burn the stall to vent their anger. Without the stall, what will happen to my family's livelihood? I'll leave it for those horse thieves to vent their anger and give them a few slaps.
Save the stall."
The young man smiled and asked again: "What if there are no horse thieves?"
Huang Xinya said: "That will be a peaceful and prosperous age."
"Aye!"
Huang Xinya turned around and saw Huang Deyi running back. He couldn't help but cursed: "Prodigal son, what are you doing here?"
When Huang Deyi saw the horse thief speeding up, he picked up the kitchen knife and said, "I gave the child to Zhou Fu and asked him to take it back."
"What about you!"
"I'm with Aye!"
The sound of footsteps came, and Huang Xinya turned around to look, but it was Zhou Fu who was empty-handed.
"Lao Zhou, where are my grandchildren?"
"I gave it to a fast runner and asked him to take it home."
"Then why are you coming back?"
"Those horse thieves must have followed from the front. They came for the convoy. It was me who got you into trouble. Man of the Tang Dynasty, how can you let others suffer for you... Here comes me!"
Huang Xinya scolded: "You are an old man, how can you call yourself a man?"
"As long as I don't close my eyes, I will be a man of the Tang Dynasty."
One of the two old men was holding a horizontal knife, the other was holding a wooden stick, and Huang Deyi. The three of them faced the horse thieves, their bodies were trembling, but they did not retreat an inch.
When the horse thieves saw the convoy, they immediately cheered.
The leader smiled and said: "There are defenders ahead. If we take action, we probably won't be able to take away this batch of food. This place is remote, which is perfect!"
"Brother is like a god in his military skills!"
"Brother is wise!"
The leader was quite proud of the rainbow fart. He took a closer look and said, "How many people are still not leaving? Hey! Why bother!"
"Kill a few of them!" Someone said with murderous intent: "We brothers haven't been out for a long time. We should kill people to establish our authority."
"There's someone on the left!"
Smoke and dust flew up on the left side, and the leader raised his eyes and asked, "Are they the same people?"
"Mostly, if there are few people, they will be annexed, and if there are many people, they will be divided equally."
Zhou Fu also saw the smoke and dust on the other side, and said with a wry smile: "There are still some copper coins in the convoy, damn! I'm afraid that many horse thieves are eyeing me. Old Huang, I'm afraid it's going to be hard to be kind today."
The young man lowered his head and ate his buns. The old attendant looked at the hundreds of riders appearing on the other side and cursed: "What a dog, you're too slow."
The young attendant ate the mutton and said happily: "It's delicious."
More than a hundred riders spotted the horse thief and accelerated suddenly.
The horse thieves reined in their horses and were on guard.
The leader shouted: "Which brother are you from?"
A horse thief said dissatisfiedly: "They are all a bunch of cowards. What's the point of robbing our own people? If you have the ability, go and plunder the Liao people."
The leader whipped the horse thief, causing him to howl miserably and cursed: "We only recognize money!"
The more than a hundred horses arrived like a whirlwind. Seeing that there were not many people on the other side, but the people were strong, the horses were strong, and the weapons were well-equipped, the leader of the horse thieves felt a sense of friendship and said with a smile: "I am Huo Laowu, where did I come from?"
brother?"
The leader pointed at Lao Huang and others, "We will arrive first. In this case, the noble young master belongs to me, and the three old ones will be given to the brothers. As for the big car, let's take half on each side."
The person opposite was silent.
The leader was a little embarrassed, but the fierce aura exuded by the other party made him feel jealous, so he smiled again and said: "In this case, the noble young master also gave it to you brothers, but you have to give me more carts.
how?"
Huang Xinya sighed, "Young man, I asked you not to leave, but now... you are in trouble."
Zhou Fu shook his head, "Stop talking when you go, or you'll get beaten."
Everyone sighed.
The leader of more than a hundred riders who were confronting the horse thieves suddenly raised his hands and asked respectfully: "Master, how should we deal with these people?"
The young man turned around and pointed at a horse thief, "Did you just say that you should rob the people of Bei Liao?"
The horse thief had been whipped for this before, but now he nodded subconsciously.
The young man said calmly: "Thieves also have their ways. Keep this person and kill all the others!"
"Take orders!"
More than a hundred riders with bows and arrows.
A wave of arrows came over, and the leader of the horse thieves managed to escape. He then rushed to kill him but was stared at.
The opponent was extremely professional in killing, and his swords were all aimed at vital points.
The whipped horse thief stood in a daze, and his opponents passed by him many times, but turned a blind eye.
The leader was taken down, and the two men forced him to kneel down. They raised their heads and asked the young man, "Master, do you want the leader's head?"
"Put the pole up!"
"yes!"
The leader was punched hard in the lower abdomen, and he howled, "Where are you from, brother? Please forgive me, brother. I want to follow my brother. No, I want to hang out with my brother and be his pawn. Brother, I know where is the place nearby?"
There are villages, and in which villages there are beautiful girls, I would like to take my brother there... Wow!"
A medium-sized tree beside the official road was cut down from a height of about one person, and then the bark was peeled off and the top was sharp.
Several men stood on horseback and lifted the leader up. At this moment, the leader's lower body was naked. He didn't know what he was about to face. He only screamed.
The men aimed the top of the tree trunk below him, and once they released it, the man slid down.
"ah!"
Amid the miserable howls, everyone was stunned.
Such a punishment was unheard of and extremely cruel.
The young man stood up and said, "It's not bad, but I'll cut my nails shorter next time."
Huang Xinya nodded subconsciously, "Yes."
"Also, the idea of letting children join the army is a good idea, but we cannot let our children become blind. If we have the opportunity to study, don't let it go, even if it means learning more words."
"yes!"
The young man was a little nagging, "It's true that setting up a stall is more generous to Kuhaha, but the money of those noble people does not come from the strong wind. If you encounter someone with a bad temper and attack you, can you still beat him?"
"yes!"
The young man mounted the horse, and Huang Xinya asked subconsciously: "My lord, I haven't refunded your money yet!"
"Let the children study!" The young man nodded and glanced at Zhou Fu, "You were very bold when you came back earlier, weren't you afraid of death?"
"Afraid! But the horse thieves are caused by villains. If villains leave Lao Huang and run away, they will suffer for the rest of their lives."
"Good man!"
The young man nodded again, and at this moment several riders came from ahead.
"But Yang Sima?"
The young man smiled and said, "It's me."
As soon as he rode up, he said, "Your Majesty ordered us to come and greet you."
"My husband is so solemn about his affairs, which makes me panic."
"Your Majesty said, Yang Sima is the first person to have exterminated his tribe in Northern Xinjiang in the past ten years, and he deserves to be welcomed as a man."