My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 25 Everyone has a solid path, and some people climb over the wall and get admitted to hospital.

The night is as dark as a canopy, and the stars are like a silver ribbon reflecting the lights of thousands of houses below.

After Su Chen took a bath, he put on his obscene clothes and sat in front of the window. From a small courtyard away, Dong Zhuo could be heard snoring. He lit some incense and put it in the incense burner.

Then he got up and lay back on the bed. After two days of traveling, he was already tired. He closed his eyes on the pillow and fell into a deep sleep.

The faint dream appeared again.

Many shadowy figures stood in front of a hall looking at him, and there were two overlapping voices in his ears.

"Choose me, I have the Red Sky Sword as a gift to you..."

"A weapon doesn't matter, you choose me, I will let you feel what the Khan of Heaven is!"

Remember last time, there were three voices, why are there only two this time?

Before Su Chen could make a choice, his consciousness was already awake, and there was a roaring vibration. He opened his eyes, and the sky was bright outside the window. The morning sun was pouring in, shining on the desk, making it look golden.

"Which emperor did I choose last night?"

Su Chen couldn't remember at all. He got up, put on his robe and pushed out the door. Two figures held their own weapons and danced in the yard. Dong Zhuo was wearing a loose black robe, with the skirt open to reveal thick black hair. The morning light Among them, as he moved around and waved his weapons, a few tufts of black hair were gently waving in the wind.

The serrated knife named Yunwen in his hand was simple and direct in every move. It was not as fancy as Jianghu martial arts. Su Chen could faintly feel that there was a layer of blood all over his body.

The figure on the other side was Zhu Gongdao, with his clothes flying and the shadow of a gun accompanying him. Every blow was fast and powerful, which reminded Su Chen of the two men who were great with guns in the late Han Dynasty.

The victorious generals Zhao Yun and Xiliang Jin Ma Chao.

I wonder if Emperor Zhaolie has the tokens of these two people.

However, apart from Ma Chao's regrets about appearing here, and Zhao Yun's death, there should be no regrets, so the hope of coming here is a bit slim.

Sitting under the eaves and watching the meeting, thinking of the emperor unlocked in yesterday's dream, Su Chen scanned every corner of the courtyard. Except for Emperor Xian of Han who was sweeping the floor, there was not even a ghost.

'Who is it that is unlocked? '

While he was frowning and thinking, the scruffy-looking guard Thirteen came back from outside and asked Su Chen to eat in the front hall.

"You go first."

After sending each other away, the two people practicing weapons here also stopped, wiped the sweat from their heads, and walked over together, following Su Chen.

Zhu Gongdao's injury has healed, so he naturally has to act as a guard, and Dong Zhuo will go with him to recruit soldiers outside the city today. His face is full of flesh, and he looks at Liu Xie who is walking by with a broom from time to time. There are many things on his face. Have a smile.

Su Chen was a little curious: "Dong Gong, what did you talk to His Majesty yesterday?"

"Haha, you can't say that." Dong Zhuo shook his head.

Su Chen turned his head and looked at Han Xiandi who was sweeping the ground. Before he could speak, he also laughed: "Don't say it."

"Who cares."

Su Chen turned his face away, put his hands behind his hands and strode out of the Crescent Gate, and went to the front hall of the atrium. After letting Dong Zhuo and Zhu Gongdao go to the side hall to have dinner, he walked into the hall.

His father, Su Congfang, was sitting in the front seat, watching him come in with a gloomy face. The eldest brother, Su Yong, pursed his lips and buried himself in picking up vegetables to eat without saying a word. However, the second brother was actually there, which finally made Su Chen feel a little relieved.

The blow of losing an arm hit the second brother hard. When he came back yesterday, he brought two bags of one hundred arms to the second brother's yard. He took a look, and the smile he had not shown for a long time finally appeared on his face.

Came here for dinner early this morning.

While eating, Su Congfang came slightly closer to Su Chen and lowered her voice: "What are you going to do with your father's money? Don't think that your father doesn't know what you are thinking. Privately recruiting troops to build an army is a serious crime of confiscating your family and exterminating your clan."

"I will recruit 500 people. If the court really wants to notice, I will just stuff them into the Ding'an Army and say they are your soldiers."

Su Congfang was unable to refute what he said. He was both happy and scared about these things. What he was happy about was that this brat finally no longer had the temper of waiting to die and was becoming more and more independent. What he was scared about was that he was too assertive. Advocacy breeds ambition that exceeds his own abilities, especially when he knows that the subordinates he has hired one after another, each one more weird and fierce than the last, seem to be a group of masters who have killed countless people.

The man next to the younger son, who had a fleshy face and a thick beard and a fat figure, had looked at each other in Yunqi County before, and he had the illusion that the other person could kill him with one hand.

If this continues, Ding'an City will be filled with vicious people.

He, who is the Marquis of Ding'an, is not in peace either.

After breakfast, Su Congfang left with a heavy heart. Su Yong looked at his father's back, turned around and asked softly: "Did you really take away the money that my father kept privately?"

"Take it? It's a loan, I wrote an IOU." Su Chen drank the porridge in the bowl in one breath and was about to get up and leave.

"Then when are you going to pay it back?"

"I borrowed it based on my ability, why should I pay it back?"

Su Chen waved his hand towards the stunned eldest brother, turned around and walked out of the hall, called Dong Zhuo and Zhu Gongdao in the side hall next door, walked straight out of the mansion and walked through the streets. There were already gangs in the city waiting in the east of the city.

The leader was Gang Leader Chen. Seeing Su Chen with twenty riders, he quickly dismounted and paid his respects. "Okay, don't waste time. Call Mr. Dong and accompany him around the countryside to see where the terrain is better. In the afternoon, go outside the city to help Mr. Dong recruit a group of victims. Remember, we only need young men."

"Yes!"

Gang leader Chen glanced at the fat figure next to Su Chen, and when he met the ferocious gaze, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.The gun-wielding knight next to the Third Young Master had never given him such a frightening feeling. This ferocious-looking, older fat man made him feel as if he was walking on thin ice, as if he would be killed at any time.

"By the way, where was the person who confessed that my eldest brother protected before?"

Su Chen was on horseback, holding the sword on his waist, leaning forward slightly, looking at the other person: "This is what I told you before, but don't tell me, you didn't pay attention."

"Third Young Master, how could I forget this?" Gang Leader Chen waved his hands repeatedly. He was supported by Su Chen three years ago. He helped to oversee all the secret affairs in the city. Only then did Su Yong handle the government affairs. Only then can things go smoothly.

"After the man whom the prince protected that day was released from prison, his younger brothers followed him. There were also brothers watching him outside the city. I saw him riding a carriage to Ji County. Third Young Master, this is where the man was hiding."

Gang Leader Chen took out the folded paper from his pocket and handed it to Su Chen. The Ji County above is one of the two counties in Su Congfang Shiyi. It has a population of about [-]. The streets in the city are not complicated. Knowing where the place is is not a big deal. Hard to find.

"Okay, you can follow Dong Gong to do things."

After saying that, Su Chen nodded towards Dong Zhuo, tapped his horse's ribs with his heel, jumped out of the horse, and led Zhu Gongdao through the crowds of victims on both sides, towards the official road.

The wind blew against my face, and the hair on my forehead fluttered back.

On the galloping horse, Zhu Gongdao ran beside Su Chen with a spear on his back, followed by twenty cavalrymen.

"Third Young Master, what are you going to do in Ji County to find that person?"

"This person is greedy for life and afraid of death. Since he knows who is behind the scenes, he must also know about the Huangshen Sect. Before Dong Zhuo trains his troops, he must first find out where the opponent is divided into."

Su Chen's eyes swept across the distant mountains in the autumn, the barren farmland, the mountain villages, and vaguely the common people wrapped in yellow scarves standing at the entrance of the village, talking to the villagers, dancing and gesticulating.

After looking at it for a moment, he opened his lips slightly and his voice floated in the wind:
"How can I allow others to snore and sleep on the couch next to me? They won't be able to have a good time if I disturb my leisure."

Facing Ding'an City behind him, Dong Zhuo, who was surrounded by people, rode across a hilltop. After looking at it for a long time, he pointed to a higher position. Gang leader Chen beside him quickly asked someone to write it down.

The sky was setting in the west, and when we returned to the outside of Ding'an City, a straw hut had been set up, porridge was boiled, and there were baskets of large white steamed buns. The fragrance exuded, attracting many victims who were staggering around, confused, cautious, and frightened. When they saw the old man sitting like a mountain of meat behind the hut and the serrated knife in his hand, no one rushed towards him impulsively.

There was a surge of people with food in their faces. In front of the hut, a gang member raised his voice: "We are recruiting people. If you dare to work hard, you can get a bite to eat! There are also steamed buns. After the signature is drawn, five will be taken away immediately. There are also Anjia's silver will be enough to last your family until the spring of next year. Anyway, everyone has a miserable life, why not come here and give it a try with us..."

Many people were interested, but they were dragged by their wives and children at home, crying and refusing to let their men go. There were also men who were alone and couldn't bear the hunger. They rushed over, grabbed a steamed bun and stuffed it into their mouths, eating it while eating. After having his fingerprints stamped on the deed, he took a bag of copper coins and squatted in the corner laughing and crying. He had no one to give him any money.

Dong Zhuo had no feelings about these scenes. When he burned down Luoyang, the burning, killing, looting, and looting were ten times worse. As a man who had been in charge of the army for half his life, he didn't have much mercy.

However, at this moment, a small figure squeezed through the chaotic crowd of applicants. Dong Zhuo noticed someone approaching and opened his fierce eyes. He tilted his head slightly and saw a dirty little girl trying to raise her head, pitifully. Looking at myself.

"Can you exchange me for ten steamed buns? Give them to my mother."

The timid voice made Dong Zhuo frown. He followed the direction pointed by the little girl. The woman with disheveled hair was leaning unconscious under the tree. There was a long crack from her shoulder to her arm, as if it had been opened by a whip.

"How old are you?"

"Three...three years old." The girl timidly raised her fingers, and tears fell down drop by drop in her dark eyes, "I don't eat enough... you buy me... okay? My mother is starving to death." …”

The little girl pursed her lips and started to cry: "Please uncle, five are fine...my mother is dying."

The child was weeping and sobbing. Looking at the ragged little body, Dong Zhuo's heart seemed to be beaten.

"father!"

It was like an auditory hallucination in his ears. In his mind, he seemed to hear the voices of his daughters calling him when they were young, and he seemed to see three jumping little figures running towards him in the chaotic crowd.

"Yu'er... Zhao'er... Yuan'er..."

He murmured softly, and someone next to him called out softly: "Mr. Dong?"

Dong Zhuo woke up, closed his eyes, and then asked someone to get some steamed buns. He went over to hold the little girl in his arms and walked towards the unconscious woman under the tree.

……

The sun streaked across the sky and fell into the clouds.

The red glow draped on the mountainside. Su Chen, bathed in the afterglow, stopped his horse. He looked at the city below and urged his horse to run again.

Entering Ji County, he followed the address on the paper and took Zhu Gongdao and twenty cavalry to search for it. He finally found the place near a remote street in the southwest corner.

A honey locust tree stretches out some branches and leaves from the courtyard wall.

Zhu Gongdao stepped forward and knocked on the old door, but no one responded for a long time.Su Chen raised his hand on horseback, and the four knights dismounted and quickly ran to the corner. The two of them joined hands, and the other two climbed up the wall on the ladder.

Then, he jumped into the courtyard with weapons.

(End of this chapter)