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

Chapter 24 Chapter 24
The two followed the yamen servants to their own residence, and saw that it was a small courtyard, the size of the entire courtyard was only one mu, and there were several ponds of flowers and plants planted near the windows. The flowers in the pond are still in bloom.

There is a weapon rack in the middle of the yard, and various weapons are placed on the weapon rack, Duan Wuji looked at it and nodded.

"Well, the environment here is really nice! It's just right for us to live in."

Duan Wuji Niutou said to the yamen servant: "There's nothing else going on here, please go back."

The yamen servant was about to leave after hearing this.Tie Niu turned around and asked, "I said, big brother, where is your kitchen? Where are we going to find food tomorrow?"

The yamen servant laughed and said: "Usually I personally deliver the meals in this courtyard, and the meals are pretty good.

You are the guests of the magistrate, and the magistrate has already ordered you to meet your requirements in the past few days. As long as there is something in this mansion, let the chef cook what you want to eat. "

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Well, our request is very simple, as long as the meat is rolled in a flatbread, as for what kind of meat? You can do whatever you want, but the amount should be large, we both eat a lot."

The yamen servant smiled and nodded. "Well, I understand, I'll bring it to you tomorrow according to the amount of food for four people."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother, you should bring it to us for six people, otherwise we won't be full."

"Okay, I understand. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave. You guys should go to bed earlier."

After speaking, the yamen servant withdrew.

Duan Wuji looked at Tieniu. "Brother, let's enjoy a few days here. You said that we won't be able to eat anything good in our house for a year. If the magistrate is not here tomorrow, let's eat as much as we want."

Tie Niu laughed when he heard this: "Brother, what you said is true. Alas, brother, let's go into the house and rest."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Tieniu, you see we ate so many good things today, and we haven't had any exercise yet. You said that we can fall asleep if we go to bed so early?
If you want to sleep, you should go to sleep.Let me practice martial arts for a while and then talk about it. "

Tie Niu laughed when he heard this. "Brother, you see that your martial arts are so good, why don't you go to rest? You said that my brother's martial arts are so poor, if he is lazy, he will be far behind you? Sigh, brother should pay you to practice for a while Well, it will save you from being alone."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother Tieniu, if I hadn't stood in front of you in today's martial arts competition, you would have been beaten up by those two boys today. If you don't want to learn, you'd better not come out with me. "

Tie Niu laughed when he heard this. "Come on, brother, brother, can't you learn it?
You said how lonely you are alone, how good it is to have a brother who will compensate you, eat with you, drink with you, and even talk with you. "

As they said that, the two copied their weapons and practiced martial arts in this small courtyard.

After tossing until midnight, the two of them went back to the house to sleep.

At dawn the next day, the two of them got up early.Immediately, the guys practiced martial arts again.

It wasn't until the yamen servant brought breakfast that the two of them stopped.

After breakfast, the two continued to practice martial arts separately in the yard.

The yamen servant who served the meal saw that the two people were eating clean bowls, and said to himself: These two boys can eat this, if they don't have the ability to pass the whole body, these two whole rice buckets.

When it was three shots in the morning, the two of them were tired from practicing and just wanted to take a break, when Duan Yi walked in with a big smile.

"Oh! Brother, what are you up to?"

Duan Wuji wiped the sweat off his face, and said with a smile: "Hey, I don't have anything to do. I've eaten too much, so I can exercise my muscles and bones. Hey, Brother Duan, do you have anything to do with us brothers?"

Duan Yi laughed and said, "Hey, brother, didn't we make an agreement yesterday? Today, my brother and I have a treat, and I'm here to ask you to come. Come with me, brother."

After hearing this, Duan Wuji and Tieniu immediately followed Duan Yi out of the government office, and walked straight to a small alley.At the bottom of the alley, there is a small courtyard with a single gate, and the gate is open.

Duan Yi said to Duan Wuji and Tieniu: "Two brothers, please come inside, this is my brother's home."

When I entered the yard, I saw that the small yard was not big, only about half an acre. In the middle of the yard, there was a jujube tree two handfuls thick, and half-green and half-red dates were hung on the tree.

There is a picture of the Eight Immortals under the tree, and there are some chairs beside the table.There are teapots and teacups on the table.

Duan Yi pointed to the table with his hand.

"Two brothers, sit down. It's not cold yet, let's have a few drinks under the jujube tree.

You have also seen that my brother’s family only has this condition. There is really no way. To tell you the truth, my annual salary is only 40 taels of silver. You see, people live on horses this year. Fortunately, our family is small. , can be maintained for one year.

There is only one father in my brother's family, and your sister-in-law and nephew. There are only four people in our family.

Come on, sit down, let's drink tea first. "

After speaking, Duan Yi picked up the teapot and poured water on it, Duan Wuji and Tie Niu picked up the tea bowls and chatted with Duan Yi while drinking tea.

Before long, that Zhang Xiong came in with a basket of food. Zhang Xiong put the food on the table one by one. He saw a roast duck, a red stuffed elbow, a plate of pork belly, and a plate of pork belly. Fat intestines, a pack of peanuts.

Duan Yi ran into the room and took out a pair of chopsticks and put them on the table, and then brought out a jar of wine from the room.

While opening the mouth of the jar, Duan Yi said: "Two brothers, try my brother's good wine. This is a famous wine in our area. Hengshui Laobaigan, this wine is called strong."

After the wine was filled for a few days, the few people chatted while eating, nothing more than talking about parents' etiquette, customs and so on.

After three glasses of wine, the atmosphere on the scene immediately became active, and people talked more.

That Zhang Xiong looked at Duan Wuji and Tieniu and said: "Brothers, actually we two brothers invited you here, we really have something to ask you, I hope you two brothers will definitely agree!"

Duan Wuji was taken aback. "Second brothers, what's the matter? Just say it, as long as we brothers can do it, we brothers will definitely help."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiong handed over a chicken foot. "Brother, I found out that your brother listens to you in everything, so I will tell you about that brother. I hope you don't take our brother's face."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "What's the matter? The two elder brothers just talk about it.

As long as we can do it, we must do it. "

That Zhang Xiong put down his wine glass and said to Duan Wuji: "Oh, it's really hard to mess around now!

You see, our two brothers are the head of the police squad.I can't make much money every month!But we won't do anything else.We're pointing to this breadwinner.

Especially me!There are many people in the family.All rely on this little salary to dawdle.

More than a month ago, my brother and I had some trouble with the prefect.

The magistrate had long wanted to replace our two brothers, but he couldn't find a suitable candidate.

Now that you two brothers are here, I think there is a high probability that we will replace our two brothers.

Brother!Poor brother.If the magistrate mentions this matter, you must not agree!Can't I beg you as a brother? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "I don't know what's the matter? It turned out to be this matter! Don't worry.

Our two brothers asked the magistrate for money and left. It will definitely not affect the official career of the two brothers. "

The two brothers were relieved after hearing this.

"Come, come, come, buddy, drink, fill up, fill up.

Hey, I said brother, how much money did the magistrate promise to give you? "

Duan Wuji didn't answer after hearing this, so the iron bull rushed to say: "The magistrate promised to give us 200 taels of silver."

After hearing this, Duan Wuji quickly explained: "I promised to give each of us 100 taels, a total of 200 taels."

The Tie Niu just wanted to open his mouth to argue after hearing this, but Duan Wuji gave him a stare, and the Tie Niu swallowed his words back without making a sound.

"Ah? So much for you guys! You two brothers are rich."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Our brothers have saved so many lives and escorted them so far, how much money is he willing to pay?"

The two listened and nodded. "Well, not much, not much. Come, come, let's drink."

After drinking for a long time, that Zhang Xiong took out a few fires from the basket and handed one to Duan Wuji and Tie Niu.

"Brother, let's try our Hejian snacks. This Hejian fire-roasted donkey meat is so delicious? One bite and a bag of oil, this fire is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, it's the best."

Duan Wuji tasted it. "Well, it's really good!"

After the two of them finished eating, Zhang Xiong handed over two more.After eating, the two drank water again, and then, the two of them walked out of the righteous house.

Besides, the prefect of Meng came to Jinan Mansion on a fast horse, and after seeing the old prince, he reported everything about going to Beijing, and also reported what happened in Taiyuan Mansion, Shanxi.

The old prince laughed and said: "I didn't expect that old boy to act like this, it's really disgusting.

When I go to Beijing next year, I will definitely settle accounts with that old boy.

Didn't you promise to give the two children two hundred denarii each?This king will give you the silver. Someone will take 500 taels of Wenyin and hand it over to the prefect of Meng.

Prefect Meng, it's a good idea to send the two children back. You said that it is not easy for the two children to travel so far.I will see them later to see if they can be used for the country.

If it can be used, it can be recruited into my team. My team just lacks such talents who can conquer battles. "

Prefect Meng nodded again and again.

"My lord, I understand, I will take my leave."

After finishing speaking, the prefect Meng retreated from the prince's mansion.

It has been four days since I returned to the government office.

The prefect of Meng called Duan Wuji and Tieniu and said: "You two young righteous men, here is your silver tael, 200 taels each, not a lot of pennies, take a look."

The two took the money and put it in their pockets without even looking at it.

The two saluted the magistrate deeply. "My lord, the business here is over, so we will take our leave."

Prefect Meng thought for a while and said: "Wuji, you see you have been here for several days, and I didn't take care of you, so please don't blame me!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "My lord, you are busy these few days, we both know it, how can we blame you?"

The prefect Meng was very happy to hear that. "Well, it's good not to blame. You said that it's not good for you to walk such a long distance. I have horses in this yamen. I'll send you two. It's just that the quality of the horses is not high, but they are better than the horses. walk fast.

Come, bring two horses and give them to the two little righteous men. "

Immediately, the yamen servant brought out two horses from the backyard.One white and one red horse.

Meng Zhifu frowned when he saw it: "I said, why did you bring out these two raw horses? Can this horse be ridden?"

The yamen servant smiled awkwardly.

"My lord, it's not that you don't know that these two horses are really dishonest. They kick and bite people. I was bitten by them several times when I was feeding them. I will give them to them for a ride on the road."

Prefect Meng nodded. "Wuji, Tie Niu, this horse is a bit unreal, but it runs fast. Be careful on the road."

"It's okay, we got it."

"What other requirements do you have? Just ask, and the government will try to satisfy you as much as possible."

Tie Niu heard this and said: "Sir, can you give us an iron rod for your weapon rack, it is easy to use and has enough weight. Also give us some dry food, it will be useful on the road."

Meng Zhifu listened with a smile: "It's easy to say, easy to say, Tieniu, you can just pick one from the weapon shelf."

Niutou, the prefect of Meng, said to the yamen servant: "Go quickly, pack some dry food from the kitchen, and let them take it with them on the way."

The yamen servant immediately ran in after hearing this.

Tieniu ran into the Xikua courtyard, picked up a handful of iron rods from the weapon shelf, and ran out.

At this time, the yamen servant also handed the dry food bag to Duan Wuji, Duan Wuji carried the dry food bag on his back, and then bowed his hand to the prefect Meng.

"Master Zhifu, the green mountains will not fall, and the green water will flow forever. Let's see you in the future."

After finishing speaking, he got on his horse and ran straight to Xiguan together with Tieniu.

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