The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 17
The sun came out and shone warmly on the earth. Duan Wuji slept until noon, when the sound of lowing cows woke him up.

Duan Wuji sat up from the grass, rubbed his eyes and said to Tieniu: "Brother, this cow may be thirsty, let's split up to find water sources, you look upstream, I'll look downstream."

Before long, I heard Tie Niu shouting loudly: "Wuji, Wuji, come here quickly, there is a source of water here."

When Duan Wuji heard this, he ran over immediately, and saw a deep pit at the bend of the river, and the ice in the middle of the pit melted into a piece the size of a kang.

Duan Wuji was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately sent the bull over.The thirsty cows carefully walked on the ice to the edge of the pool to drink water, and then returned to the shore to graze one after another when they were thirsty.

At noon, Duan Yanqing came over on horseback. Duan Yanqing jumped off the horse, took out dry food from the pack, and took a jar of rice soup from the horse's back.

Duan Wuji had been starving for a long time, so he asked Tieniu to eat together.

The two boys had eaten and drank enough, Duan Yanqing looked at his son distressedly and said: "Wuji, thank you for your hard work. Do you see if there is anything missing? If there is anything missing, I will bring it for you tomorrow."

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Well, Dad, you can bring me the fire scythe tomorrow! We can use a pot to boil some water to drink at night."

Duan Yanqing nodded after listening. "Well, I see."

Tie Niu heard this and shouted: "Uncle, you go home and bring me my flute! This person is quite bored here herding cattle, and playing the flute can also relieve boredom."

Duan Yanqing nodded after listening. "Well, okay. I'll bring it to you tomorrow!"

Duan Yanqing smiled and said to Duan Wuji: "Wuji! I have agreed with your third grandfather that our family will deliver meals this month.

Your third grandfather’s family’s cowshed hasn’t been repaired yet, so tell your father what you want to eat.

Dad asked your mother to make it for you and bring it over. "

Duan Wuji shook his head. "We eat whatever we do at home, and we are not picky about food.

It's just that you bring a little more of this dry food, otherwise we won't have enough to eat! "

Duan Yanqing nodded after listening. "That's easy to say, I know you two eat a lot.

Do not worry!I'll bring some more tomorrow. "

Duan Yanqing rode back after speaking.

Duan Wuji said to Tie Niu: "Brother Tie Niu, there is still a lot of rice soup in this jar, you are responsible for protecting it.

But don't let it go. "

Tieniu heard this and said, "Don't worry. I will protect you."

For a month in a row, Duan Wuji and Tie Niu both worked hard to herd cattle on both sides of the river. It can be said that they were starving and living on the road, and it was extremely hard.Fortunately, the food was not bad, and the two children persisted like this.

The gratifying thing is that the grass has grown slowly, and the patches of new green are slowly filled with spring.

Tieniu laughed and played the flute all day long to bang the cattle, while Duan Wuji was busy practicing swords, sticks, and boxing all day long.

On this day, Duan Yanqing rode his horse and came to the bank to watch the two children finish their meal, and said with a smile: "Wuji, Tieniu, you're doing well, this month has been hard enough, you see, this grass It has also grown out, I think we will go back with the herd of cows later, and you should go back and change your clothes to rest.

Besides, this is going to be farming soon, and I don't care about delivering food to you all day long. "

As soon as the two children heard that they were going home, they were all overjoyed, and rushed straight to the hometown with the herd of cattle, while Duan Wuji was walking back with the herd of cattle, he asked Duan Yanqing, "Father, is the herd of cattle booming?" Where are we going? Should we go to our house or rush to the third grandpa's house?"

"Well, let's go to your third grandfather's house first.

You should also live in their cowshed during this time, and your third grandfather also wants to take a look at the cows by the way. "

"Well, that's fine."

An hour later, the herd of cattle rushed into the house of the third grandfather of Duanjiaji.

As soon as the third grandfather's family saw the cattle coming back, they all ran out of the house to watch, and saw that all the cattle had come back to life.Although it can't be said that it is full of fat and meat, it is not so skinny.

Grandpa Sanzu also walked out of the house with a cane, looked at the cows in the yard and said to Duan Yanqing, "Yanqing, after a month of feeding, each cow is worth at least six taels of silver. Didn't we make money now?

Lost these two children.

Promise, Tieniu, you have worked hard.I will give you two days off today, and you can come back to herd the cows the day after tomorrow, and let your uncles let them go for these two days, so that the grass will grow again. "

The two children agreed and ran out.

Duan Wuji returned home, ate something, fell asleep without taking off his shoes, and didn't feel tired until noon of the next day.

Duan Wuji immediately ran to the yard to continue practicing martial arts after he had eaten his fill. Duan Yanqing looked at his youngest son in full swing and said to Liu Caihua: "Master, you see that Wuji's martial arts has improved a lot. He is really a talent for practicing martial arts."

Liu Caihua laughed and said: "He has been practicing martial arts for more than a year, isn't his martial arts improved? Not to mention, our two boys grow up really fast, and now they are almost as tall as his brother."

"Who says no! He will definitely be a big man in the future."

Liucaihua shouted at Duan Wugao: "Damn, take off your clothes, mother will wash them for you, and go to your third grandfather's house to herd cattle tomorrow so you can wear them!"

Duan Wuji agreed and ran into the house, took off his dirty clothes, changed into clean clothes and ran out, and then continued to practice martial arts in the yard.

One day later, Duan Wuji returned to Duanjiaji, and the ordinary cattle herding life began again. The two of them drove the cattle all day long, leaving early and returning late. where to eat.

In a flash, more than four months have passed, and now the cattle have returned to Duanjiazhuang.

Now that the weather is getting hotter, all kinds of weeds are growing all over the hillside.This is the easiest season for grazing cattle.

On this day, two people drove the cattle to graze at the bottom of the hillside.

Duan Wuji was practicing martial arts while looking at the herd of cattle, while Tie Niu was playing the flute and wandering around leisurely.

Suddenly, Tie Niu shouted at Duan Wugao: "Wuji, stop practicing. There is a fine horse at the bottom of the hill to the west. It is a red horse. That horse has been there for a long time. There seems to be no one around. Let's go." , let's go and have a look."

Duan Wuji immediately recovered after hearing this. "Where is it? Let me see."

Duan Wuji immediately ran up the hillside, followed Tie Niu's fingers, and sure enough, he found a fine horse grazing with its head down beside the path at the bottom of the hillside, only three or four hundred zhang away.

Duan Wuji pulled Tieniu's arm. "Come on, let's go and have a look."

The two ran down the hill and ran towards the red horse. Seeing someone approaching, the horse did not run away, but raised its neck and neighed for a while, pattering its hooves on the ground. , Tie Niu ran over and grabbed the horse's reins.

When the two of them saw it, ho!This horse is quite beautiful, with a charcoal red all over, without a hair on it.

There is a very beautiful saddle bridge on the horse's back, a carved bow is scattered under the horse's belly, and several carved feather arrows are also scattered on the ground.

Duan Wuji looked at it and said to Tieniu: "Brother, someone must have been injured here, let's look around here."

As he said that, Duan Wuji took the reins of the horse and tied the horse to a small tree.

Tie Niu suddenly stood in front of him and shouted to Duan Wuji: "Wuji, come here quickly! There is a man here. Alas, it is a pity that this man is already dead."

After hearing this, Duan Wuji immediately ran over.

I saw a big black man lying in the grass, about 24 or [-] years old, with a blue face.There is a little black beard on the mouth.

He was wearing blue satin clothes, a pair of black shoes with leather soles, and a sword hanging from his waist.

A pure iron weapon lay beside the man.

I saw that this person was covered in blood, and the blood from his thighs and chest was still oozing out.

A swarm of flies buzzed around him.

Duan Wuji touched the man's nose, and said to Tie Niu: "Well, this man is not dead yet, his nose is still breathing.

Brother Tieniu, take his weapon, let's get him back and see if he can be saved. "

As he spoke, Duan Wuji stretched his body, grabbed the man by the arm, and suddenly carried the man on his back.

This section of Wuji is really strong, and he walked straight towards the house with this person on his back.

Niu Tie picked up weapons from the ground, as well as bows and arrows, and then led the horse straight to the village.

Duan Wuji directly carried this person into his small room, and then put this person on his kang.

Duan Wuji wiped the sweat off his face, then hurried back to his home, grabbed Duan Yanqing's hand and said: "Father, I saved someone just now, you should go and have a look."

Duan Yanqing was reading a book, and immediately put down the book after hearing Duan Wuji's words.

"Wuji, where is the man?"

"I put him in my room, go and have a look."

After hearing this, Duan Yanqing said to Duan Changsheng: "Changsheng, stop studying, let's hurry over and have a look."

Duan Changsheng put down his book, and immediately ran over with Duan Yanqing and Duan Wuji.

When I ran to the small room where Duan Wuji lived, I saw a bloody man lying on the kang, with blood still oozing from his thighs and chest.

Duan Yanqing touched the bottom of his nose, still breathing weakly.

Duan Yanqing turned around and said to Duan Changsheng: "Changsheng, run fast, hurry to the town and ask the best doctor to come over, tell him, just say it was a sword wound! Ask him to bring the golden medicine to stop the bleeding."

Duan Changsheng agreed and ran out.

Duan Yanqing turned around and said to Duan Wuji: "Wuji, hurry up and drive the cow back with your Brother Tieniu. Let's let the cow back for a while today. If the cow runs away, our family will not be able to afford it!"

Duan Wuji agreed and ran out, within a short time, the two drove all the cows back and blasted them into the cowshed.

In a short time, Duan Changsheng hurriedly led the doctor over, and the doctor was shocked when he saw it.

Immediately started to stop the bleeding, and after the medicine was finished, the bleeding stopped slowly.The doctor opened the big man's mouth, and poured two pills of hemostatic pills into it.

The doctor washed his hands, took some pills from the medicine box and gave them to Duan Yanqing.

Duan Yanqing asked with a smile on his face: "Doctor, is this person still alive?"

The doctor shook his head when he heard this. "How do I know? It depends on his fate. Well, it depends on fate. It's okay, let's use a dead horse as a live horse doctor. After an hour or so, you can feed him some rice soup or something, can you?" It depends on these three or four days."

After speaking, he asked Duan Yanqing for money, turned and left.

Duan Yanqing called Duan Changsheng and said, "Longsheng, why don't you feed Wuji's cows for two days? Wuji and I will take care of this man. We have to save lives no matter what."

Duan Changsheng nodded. "Father, I know, don't worry."

In the next few days, the father and son took turns to take care of it. It was not until the third night that this man barely opened his eyes.

Duan Wuji saw it and said to Duan Yanqing: "Father, this man was saved, he just opened his eyes."

"Really? That's great." Duan Yanqing said happily.

(End of this chapter)