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

Chapter 41 Chapter 41

After the family had dinner, Duan Wuji still went back to the yard of his cowshed.

Duan Wuji first practiced martial arts for an hour, and then went back to his room to meditate and practice internal strength.

It wasn't until dawn that Fen Duan Wuji put away his exercises. After breakfast, Duan Wuji immediately rode his horse straight to Duanjiaji.

When I came to the third grandfather's house, I saw the iron bull waiting for me there.

Duan Wuji jumped off the horse and said to Tieniu with a smile: "Brother, I'm late today, let's go, let's rush the cattle out to graze."

Tieniu looked at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "I also just arrived here not too long ago, well, take our bows and arrows and weapons, anyway, the number of cattle these days is still small, and the weather is not too hot, just right for practice martial arts.

Last night, I thought about it for a long time. You said that with our little martial arts, wouldn't we die in battle?There are too many people who are good at martial arts in the army.

It's not enough for us to go to the battlefield these two times, we have to hurry up and rehearse! "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Who says it's not, brother, let's go and herd the cows."

The two opened the cowpen, and immediately rushed the cows straight to the outside of the village. At this time, the sky was clear and the autumn wind was blowing.

The cow was grazing on the hillside, and the two of them continued to practice martial arts on the hillside. When it was almost noon, suddenly two horses rode up in the distance, and they jumped off the saddle bridge. Shouted: "Brother Wuji, Brother Tieniu, is that you two?"

The two people heard the voice and saw that the two people who came were none other than Chai Shao and the housekeeper Chai Huo. The two people were overjoyed when they saw it, and immediately stopped practicing martial arts and ran down the hillside.

"Brother Chai, why are you free today?
Two brothers, come, come, come, let's rest under the shade of the tree for a while.

Two brothers, do you have anything to do with us? "

Chai Shao laughed after hearing this: "You two virtuous brothers, my brother has two things to do here today.

The first thing is that when we met a while ago, didn't I look at your weapons, I think your weapons are all inferior weapons, usually you can make do with martial arts, but if you really fight, it's unbearable Useful.

After I go back this time, I specially asked the blacksmith to make a few weapons for you. These weapons are really good!

All are made of pure iron solidified steel, that's good!

How should I put it, anyway, you will like it after reading it.

Hey, firewood, how many weapons have you brought yet? "

After hearing this, Chai Huo immediately took two big sticks from the horse, and Chai Huo put the two big sticks on the ground with difficulty.Then he took two swords from the horse's buckskin holster and put them on the ground.

Chai Shao glanced at the two with a smile and said, "You two brothers, take it out and have a look! Do you like it or not?"

Tieniu stretched out his hand and picked up the big stick and weighed it.

"Hey, the weight is enough. Hey, Brother Chai, how much is this big stick?"

Chai Shao laughed and said, "I ordered the blacksmith to weigh 72 catties for each stick, which happened to be an auspicious number.

How about it?Brother Tieniu, can you still move? "

"Well, it's just right. It's a little limited in focus, but after a year or so, it will be suitable."

Chai Shao looked at Duan Wuji.

"Brother, why don't you take a look at your weapon? Don't you like it?"

Duan Wuji shook his head and said, "Brother Chai, how much did these weapons cost?"

"Hey, brother, why are you asking this? Did I say that I asked you for money? Didn't I just say that these weapons were given to you by my brother for nothing.

Brother, you can rest assured now. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "As the saying goes, if you receive rewards for nothing, you will have trouble sleeping and eating.

You said that we are neither relatives nor carers, we want your things for no reason, and we can't get over this hurdle in the end, so how can we be at ease?
Besides, our two brothers are two poor cattle herders, and we have nothing to repay you. What do you think we should do? "

Chai Shao shook his head.

"Wuji, you underestimate my brother and me too much, is my brother that mean-spirited person?

Besides, has a person with a small stomach and a chicken stomach become a master?Don't worry, my brother gave you weapons for nothing, I just want to make friends with you two brothers, and I don't ask for anything in return.

If you want to look down on your brother, then you will accept the weapon.

If you look down on brother, why don't I take the weapon away! "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Since my brother said so, then I will put away the weapon."

"Take it, take it, it was originally sent to you."

Duan Wuji put away his weapon and said to Tieniu: "Brother, don't look at that weapon anymore, do you think it's okay to give us the weapon that Brother Chai gave us?

Brother, go to town and book two tables of banquets. I want to treat you at noon. "

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Should we send them to the third grandfather's house?"

"That's needless to say? If we don't take the third grandpa to the house, it's enough for the four of us to book a banquet.

go quickly. "

As he spoke, Duan Wuji took out a piece of silver and handed it over.

Tieniu took the silver and got on his horse, and immediately galloped towards the town.

Duan Wuji smiled and asked: "Brother Chai, isn't there one more thing?
what's up?Speak. "

Chai Shao looked at Duan Wuji and said, "Brother, in mid-October, my father wants to take a batch of cattle and sheep to the barracks of the lord envoy to imprison the army. I need a batch of cattle and sheep. When my father said it, I thought of you, brother." Isn't there a herd of cows, why don't you just sell them to us, and we won't have to go around looking for them.

Don't worry, the price is not small for you.

Of course, we also omit the part of the profit earned by the middleman.We call this double gain. "

Duan Wuji was overjoyed when he heard that.

"Brother Chai, thank you, you are still thinking about these cows of brother. I really don't know what to say.

Okay, Brother Chai, let’s make a decision like this. When you want cattle and how many heads you want, you can tell me when the time comes, and I will send them to you immediately. "

Chai Shao listened and nodded.

"Okay, let's make a deal! Hey, brother Wuji, when are you going to take my brother to hunt around here? There's no point in being idle all day."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother, what exactly do you want to hunt? Tell me and listen."

Chai Shao listened and said with a smile: "A hunter, how can there be any specific target? What is caught is nothing."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "We just shot down nine wild geese from this mountain pass yesterday afternoon, now it's the season for the northern geese to return to the south, almost every day there are flocks of geese passing by here, why don't we shoot again this afternoon?" How many shots did you shoot him?"

"Okay! Brother, let's shoot a few more. There are too many shots. I'll take them home as a gift."

"Okay!"

At this moment, the iron ox came back from the village on a horse.

"Brother Wuji, the banquet will be ready in a while. Now let's rush the cattle home."

"Good! Brother Tieniu, we will have a goose shooting competition in the afternoon, so don't drink alcohol for lunch."

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Why, you shot yesterday and today? That's fine."

As they said that, the four of them rode horses and drove the cattle back to the village, and they drove the cattle into the cowshed.

The guy in the restaurant also walked in carrying the food box.Several people frantically put the food on the table, and then Duan Wuji said to Tieniu: "Brother, hurry up and ask Grandpa Sanzu and his family to come over for dinner, and tell the kitchen not to cook."

Tieniu heard this and ran out, and the whole family came in after a short time.

After everyone sat down, no one was polite, and they all picked up chopsticks to eat. Now it is the autumn harvest season, and everyone is very busy.

The third grandfather raised his glass. "Officer Chai, come, let this old man have a drink with you!"

Chai Shao shook his head.

"Thank you, grandpa. I can't drink today. In the afternoon, I have to compete with Wuji and the others in wild goose shooting. If you say you drink too much, why don't you wait to lose?"

The third grandpa heard this and sighed: "If that's the case, then don't drink it. It's not good to get into trouble with alcohol."

Chai Shao frowned and thought about something while eating, Duan Wuji saw him and asked: "Brother Chai, what's the matter? What are you thinking?"

Chai Shao laughed and said, "You said the arrows of the three of us are similar, how can we tell who shot the goose down?"

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Brother Chai, what's so difficult about this? Wouldn't it be possible to separate the two kinds of thread from here to tie the arrow shaft later?"

Zi Shao laughed out loud.

"Brother, you are still smart. I thought about such a simple question for a long time but I didn't remember it. Your words awakened the person in the dream.

Well, that's a good idea.In the afternoon, let's compare the archery.Let's see which of the three of us shoots more geese. "

The three of them ate in a hurry, and Duan Wuji asked for two kinds of thread, black and white, and tied up the shafts of the arrows respectively, and when he had tied fifteen of each kind, Duan Wuji returned the thread.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Now it's divided, the one with the black thread is my arrow, the one with the white thread is yours, Brother Tieniu, and the one with no thread on the shaft is yours, Brother Chai.

Alright, now that we've finished our meal, let's rush to the cows, don't we have to wait a day if we miss the time? "

The third grandfather laughed and said: "Wuji, if you shoot geese, why don't you bombard the cattle, what a waste of time!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "It's okay, the cows eat their grass, and we shoot our geese, it doesn't matter at all.

Third Grandfather, you rest, we are leaving. "

A few people blasted the cattle out and headed straight for the mountain pass in the southwest. When they reached the mountain pass, they drove the cattle to the place where the grass was the most lush at the bottom of the hillside, and then sat on the hillside chatting while waiting for the geese to pass by. .

When the sun was about to set, Chai Shao was a little anxious.

"Brother, I've been waiting for a long time, and why haven't I seen a flock of geese flying over! Are you clever at waiting for a rabbit?"

Duan Wuji was about to answer after hearing this, when Tieniu said excitedly: "Listen, here we come, everyone get ready!"

Sure enough, the cries of wild geese approaching from far and near came, and the three of them were so excited that they waited beside each other with their bows and arrows.

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