Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 8
"what's up?"

"I heard that the imperial court recently issued an order to pardon the world, even the sinners in the disaster 16 years ago. Is there such a thing?"

Li Zheng was obviously taken aback for a moment, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled again. "Small trick, I don't know too well. You might as well go to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion to have a look. If there is such an edict, there must be an announcement at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Thank you, old man." Liang Xiao saluted again, turned and left.

After leaving Shili, Liang Xiao did not go to the nearby Li to inquire about Huansheng.He dragged the tea cow through the streets and alleys, and ran all the way to the gate of Guoxiang Mansion.

Guoxiang Mansion is located in the old city, on the highest Shu hill in Guangling.Originally, the Prime Minister was under the dual leadership of the court and the kingdom, and his status was still under the king. After the Wu-Chu Rebellion, the royal power was suppressed and deprived of the right to govern the people. The Prime Minister became the most powerful official in the kingdom, and the Prime Minister's Office therefore It has become the most daunting place in the eyes of the subjects of the kingdom.

Even Liang Xiao, Tu Niu'er and other naughty youngsters dared to go wild in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion.If you annoy the Prime Minister, you may be killed on the spot.Therefore, when he saw the halberd-wielding guards and the support in front of the Guoxiang Mansion, not only did Liang Xiao slow down, but even Tu Niu'er became a little cautious.

"What are you doing?" Seeing Liang Xiao and the two approaching, two guards with halberds came up to meet them, and the gleaming halberds pointed directly at the hearts of Liang Xiao and the two of them.

"Look at the announcement." Liang Xiao quickly stopped and pointed to the place where the announcement was posted.

The guard gave them a contemptuous look, but instead of putting down the halberd in his hand, he moved closer. "Look at the announcement? Do you know how to read?"

"Don't look down on people." Tu Niu'er blushed and said loudly, "We..." He thought for a while, then pointed his finger at Liang Xiao. "Ah Xiao has also read, and knows how to read."

"Really?" The guard suppressed a smile, and wrote a word on the ground with a halberd. "Tell me what the word is. If you recognize it, I will let you read the announcement. If you don't recognize it, go as far as you can, go to other places, and don't look for trouble here."

Tu Niu'er looked at Liang Xiao expectantly.When it comes to fighting, he is not afraid of anyone, and rushes forward.But when it comes to literacy, his eyes are darkened, and he can't even write his own name.

This can not blame him.In this era when books are still copied, the literacy rate is appallingly low, and education is only the right of a very small number of people. Ordinary people may live their entire lives without the opportunity to write.Official education has not yet developed, and there is no shadow of the village school in later generations. How much education can be accessed depends on the conditions of each family.

Liang Xiao knew how to read because his mother, Liang Yu, knew how to read, and she seemed to know a lot.However, Liang Xiao in the past was similar to Tu Niu'er, and he was not a person who liked to read. He was often beaten by his wife for the sake of reading and literacy.If it was the previous Liang Xiao, he would definitely not know this word.

Fortunately, he has a soul from the 21st century, and he still has some ink in his stomach. In order to study the knowledge of the Han Dynasty, he read a lot of Han bamboo slips.Even if the guard wrote traditional characters, and it was a variant character, he couldn't stop him.

Just as he was about to tell the guard the answer, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance. A young man in brocade clothes, surrounded by more than a dozen riders, rode over on a tall, snow-white horse. Seeing Liang Xiao from afar, he couldn't help but gasped: "Why aren't you dead yet?"

Liang Xiao looked up, and saw that this person was about sixteen or seventeen years old, his face was pretty good, but too much powder was applied, like a hanged ghost, and his eyebrows were deliberately raised, which seemed to be high on one side and low on the other. She is clearly dressed in brocade clothes, but she has an indescribable ruffian air.

The guard with the halberd hurriedly saluted, and said respectfully, "I have seen Mr. Hu."

On the other hand, Tu Niu'er had a gloomy face, squinted his eyes, and stared at the young man, as if he was ready to pounce and fight at any time.Liang Xiao understood at a glance that this young Hu Jun should be the one who hit "him" with a sap.

I really didn't read the almanac when I went out, how did I meet this mourning star.Liang Xiao regretted secretly, but he couldn't show any flaws on his face.

"Actually, I'm already dead." Liang Xiao rolled his eyes with difficulty, his knees didn't move, he jumped up and down towards Hu Lai, and said in a sinister tone: "I came here specially to find you."

Hu Lai originally had a hostile expression on his face, but seeing Liang Xiao's appearance of only seeing the whites of his eyes but not his pupils, and walking without bending his legs, he couldn't help but shudder.

Liang Xiao laughed hoarsely again: "Hehe, you're here too, I've been waiting for you so hard, the water here is so cold."

His appearance was already a little scary, but now he spoke in such a gloomy tone, and he felt like he was seeing a ghost in daylight.Although Hu Lai was stubborn, he was a young man after all, and he had done something wrong and felt guilty. Seeing Liang Xiao like this, he felt his scalp go numb. He reined in his horse and took a step back.

Taking advantage of the surprise of Hu Lai and others, Liang Xiao quietly tore off a piece of skirt, quickly squeezed it into a ball, and stuffed it into the nostril of Hu Lai's mount.The white horse's nose was blocked, and it was very uncomfortable. He shook his head repeatedly, trying to shake off the cloth ball, but failed, and became more and more anxious, shaking his head and tail, snorting frequently, and turning back and forth.

Hu Lai was shocked, and tried to control the white horse by pulling the rein hard, but the opposite happened. The tighter the rein was tightened, the more anxious the white horse was, and the faster it turned. On the body, holding the horse's neck with both hands, screaming loudly.

Liang Xiao looked around and saw that people's eyes were on Hu Lai and no one was paying attention to him, so he secretly took out a crossbow arrow, held it upside down in his hand, hid most of the arrow shaft in his sleeve, only the arrowhead was exposed, and waited for the white horse to turn around. , with his back turned to him, he aimed at the white horse's anus and poked it hard.The white horse suffered from pain, let out a long hiss, spread its hooves, and galloped away.

"Help! Help!" Hu Lai yelled repeatedly in fright, tightly hugging the horse's neck, not daring to let go.His followers didn't dare to neglect, Gu Bu Liang Xiao hurriedly chased after him, and disappeared without a trace in a short while.

"It's a pity that a good horse meets a knight with such poor riding skills. It's fate." Liang Xiao said a few words with emotion, and looked at the stunned guard with a halberd with a smile. "What does this word read? Hu Jun has already performed it for you. Now I can go to see the announcement?"

The guard with the halberd sized Liang Xiao up, suppressed a smile, lowered the halberd, and nodded: "Go, leave as soon as you finish reading, don't cause trouble."

Liang Xiao understood that Hu Lai's horse was startled, Hu Lai might be injured, and the Hu family might come back to trouble him at any time.The longer he stays here the more dangerous it becomes.He took a big stride, ran to the announcement, and quickly browsed through several old and new announcements.

Soon, Liang Xiao found the latest announcement: pardon Wu Chu Seven Kingdoms who lost money to the officials.

Liang Xiao secretly laughed in his heart, sure enough.

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(End of this chapter)