At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 40
When Gao Bufan opened his eyes, it was already dawn, he practiced breathing all night, he felt refreshed, his whole body was full of energy, after washing happily, the father and son used it in the lobby of the inn Just as he was about to check out for breakfast and leave, someone came to his door.

"Shopkeeper, tell that kid Gao Bufan to get out?" the man yelled as soon as he entered the lobby.

Gao Bufan turned his head to look, and immediately frowned, it turned out to be "old friend" Zeng Ada, what did he come for, did he want to take revenge?
At this time, Zeng Ada also noticed Gao Bufan, and walked forward with a smirk. Although this guy's eye sockets were a little less swollen than yesterday, the bloodshot eyes had not subsided, and he looked a little scary.

Gao Kaishan subconsciously protected Gao Bufan behind him, but the latter rushed to the front in a flash.Gao Bufan knew that his father, Gao Kaishan, was very strong, and his skills could only be considered good. He was fine in fighting immediately, but he was worse than himself in fighting on the ground. He had no chance of winning against a master like Zeng Ada.

Zeng Ada originally had a smirk on his face, but when he approached, he was visibly stunned. He sized Gao Bufan up and down, and thought to himself, this kid seems to be a little different from the day before yesterday. It is more lingering and powerful.

Gao Bufan was also taken aback, because at this time he could vaguely feel the blood surging from Zeng Da'a's body, which was a phenomenon that had never happened before, which meant that his six senses' sensitivity had increased again.

Gao Bufan was both surprised and delighted. At this moment, he finally understood why the ghost-faced man in black was as fast as a ghost. If he could understand the movement of the opponent's blood, he would naturally be able to predict the enemy's opportunity and react first.

Seeing Gao Bufan, Zeng Ada showed joy on his face, he couldn't help but frowned and said: "You are so happy, do you know why I came here?"

Hearing the words, Gao Bufan guessed that the other party was not here to provoke, and he was determined that he had only practiced internal kung fu for two days, so he probably was not the opponent of the other party, and said with a smile: "Ada Zeng, your lord still owes me a lot of money." Son, 70 taels of gold, did you bring it?"

"This kid is a chicken thief!" Zeng Ada secretly slandered, took out a bulging money bag, threw it heavily on the table, and said unwillingly: "This is 70 taels of gold, check it out on the spot and take it away."

Gao Bufan's eyes lit up, and he was not polite. He really picked up the money bag and opened it to verify it. He even asked the shopkeeper to borrow a scale to weigh it. After confirming that it was 70 taels of pure gold, he said with a smile, "Master Yuwen is really trustworthy." , I send my regards to Lord Yuwen, and wish him good luck and longevity."

Zeng Ada rolled his eyes straight away, wanting to teach this kid a lesson, but he still had shadows about what happened the day before yesterday. He suspected that Gao Bufan was secretly protected by top masters, which he couldn't afford to offend. I told him not to make any more trouble, so I had no choice but to give up, turned around and walked out of the inn lobby resentfully.

Gao Bufan returned the scale to the shopkeeper, rewarded him with half a tael of silver, and then he and his father led the horse and left.

Gao Bufan held the big green horse in his left hand, and the heavy 70 taels of gold in his right hand, and said with a smile: "Father, Yu Wenhua and this person are also trustworthy, and they really sent the gold."

"Under the eyes of everyone, Yu Wenhuaji still has to be shameless." Gao Kaishan said with a straight face, 70 taels of gold were exchanged for 700 taels of silver, but he gave 200 taels of silver to Yu Wenhuaji yesterday, and calculated carefully Still bloody.

Gao Bufan glanced at his father, knowing that the other party still felt sorry for the 200 taels of silver he gave away, so he deliberately asked, "Father, what do you do with the gold?"

Gao Kaishan glared at his son and said: "You earned it yourself, you can dispose of it as you like, throw it into the river and listen to it, as a father, you don't have any objections."

"That kid is really thrown away!" Gao Bufan teased.

Gao Kaishan sneered: "You can throw it away, if you pick it up for your father, it will not be yours."

Gao Bufan laughed, threw the money bag to Gao Kaishan and said: "Father, you are so poor now, this gold should honor your old man, and help the family by the way."

"Stinky boy, how do you talk!" Gao Kaishan took the money bag, his old face finally had a smile, probably begging for money from his son, a little embarrassed, coughed lightly: "For the time being, father Keep it as a dowry gift for marrying a wife in the future."

Gao Bufan waved his hand and said: "Baby's wife doesn't need you to worry about it, by the way, our family is the Northern Qi clan, why didn't you mention it before?"

Gao Kaishan put the money bag into the bag, tied it carefully on the saddle, and said: "Bei Qi has died long ago, what is there to mention, if it is not for keeping the racecourse, my father would not have mentioned it in public last night."

Gao Bufan nodded, with the identity of the Northern Qi clan, at least those cats and dogs would never dare to play the racecourse again. I guess my father was also worried about the background of the two dead men, so he publicly revealed the identity of the Northern Qi clan, because it would As the relationship with Gao Shilian gets closer, Changsun Sheng will naturally work harder to help. With Changsun Sheng coming forward, I believe that the forces behind the two dead men will also be afraid.

So although the old man Gao Kaishan looks rough and bold, he is actually a careful person.

Let's say that the father and son bought some daily necessities and led the horse out of the city. However, to their surprise, all the refugees who gathered at the gate of the city yesterday disappeared. clean.

"Strange, where have all those refugees gone?" Gao Bufan wondered. When he entered the city yesterday afternoon, he saw that Sun Anzu was suspected to be among the refugees. He wanted to confirm it today.

Gao Kaishan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Maybe he went to another city gate, this should be a matter for the officials, and it's not our turn to ask, Fan'er, let's go!" After speaking, he got on his horse and left.

Although Gao Bufan was puzzled, but it was inconvenient to get to the bottom of it, he jumped on his horse and went after Gao Kaishan. He was attacked by dead men on the road yesterday, so Gao Bufan was naturally worried that his father would go on the road alone.

Let's say that the father and son galloped for a distance and passed by the edge of the canal, but they saw that the river was densely packed with tank boats, which stretched for more than ten miles and could not be seen at a glance. The soldiers of the Sui Dynasty escorted the boats, while the servants were in charge of rowing the boats. When encountering upstream or stranded places, the servants had to go ashore to pull the fibers.
In addition, there were Sui Army cavalry patrolling along the coast, and the supervisors with whips were like wolves, urging the servants to work with fierce eyes.

Gao Bufan and his son stayed on the official road for a while, but within a short cup of tea, Gao Bufan saw at least five servants fall down on the road due to overwhelmed load, and never got up again. He didn't know whether it was life or death, It is probably not dead, because Sui soldiers just dragged the man to the side of the road after checking, and ignored him, and the servants who accompanied him ignored him and continued to move forward with heavy loads.

After all, Gao Bufan couldn't help but went forward to check, and found that those people were all dead, and one of them was still breathing. Just when Gao Bufan was about to rescue, a group of rangers rushed over quickly and asked loudly: "What are you doing?"

Gao Kaishan hurriedly rode his horse forward and clasped his fists: "Don't blame the soldiers, I am Gao Kaishan, the owner of the nearby Feiying Racecourse. This is a dog, just a moment of curiosity, I don't intend to offend you military lords."

The cavalrymen of the Sui Army frowned when they heard the words, and seeing that their mounts were extremely handsome, they didn't dare to underestimate them, so they waved their hands and said, "Go quickly, don't stay here, all the luggage on board is the army's luggage. , if there is a mistake, you can't afford it!"

"Yes, yes, I will leave immediately." Gao Kaishan winked at Gao Bufan.

At this time, the civilian husband lying on the ground had swallowed his last breath, Gao Bufan sighed secretly, turned on his horse and cupped his hands towards several Sui cavalrymen, saying: "I'm bothering you military lords, dare I ask you military lords where they are from?" , where are you going?" After speaking, he threw a piece of silver over.

The leading cavalry of the Sui army took the broken silver and weighed it. Their attitude obviously improved a lot, and they said politely: "I am ordered by the court to escort 200,000 shi of military rations from Liyang warehouse to Zhuojun. My son asked why?"

Gao Bufan cupped his hands and said: "I'm just curious, I'm bothering the military masters, please leave!" After speaking, he turned his horse's head and left.

"Captain Lu, this kid is weird, he can't be the secret sentinel of the bandits, right?" a cavalryman said in a low voice.

Wuchang Lu picked up the silver and said calmly: "What kind of bandits can afford such a good horse, come on, I still have this bit of eyesight, let's go!"

All the Sui soldiers turned their horses and continued northward!
Gao Kaishan and his son rode their horses all the way along the official road, and found more than a dozen corpses of servants on the road. These people either died of exhaustion, or died of starvation and disease.

Gao Bufan was panicking in his heart. What does it mean that human life is worth nothing? This is it. It turns out that the "starvation everywhere" mentioned in the book is true. Alas, these days of war, whether the country rises or falls, it is the common people who suffer .

Gao Kaishan had experienced the destruction of the country by the Southern Chen, and he was used to the scene of corpses lying everywhere, so he didn't feel much. He rode his horse and walked side by side with Gao Bufan, patted his son's shoulder and comforted him: "Fan'er, what you experienced is still the same. Too little, you will get used to it in the future!"

Gao Bufan said in a deep voice, "Boy now knows where all those refugees have gone!"

Gao Kaishan nodded, he obviously guessed it long ago, but he didn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)