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

Chapter 128 Chapter 120

The next morning, the two of them got up early, hurried into the house to eat something, put the silver bag on the horse's back, checked their weapons, and led the horse straight out of the village come.

Duan Yanqing took his family and sent them a long way before turning around and coming back.

The two of them led the horses and walked down the road they had walked all the way to the southwest. The two of them walked faster and faster, and they disappeared after a while.

The two led the horses and ran all the way to the southwest along the rugged mountain road. Along the way, the two of them were hungry for food and drink, and stayed overnight for five or six days. It was hard work to go.

However, the two horses were much more relaxed, they hunched over with two small bundles and followed behind them "ta, ta, ta" all the way in a hurry.

The two of them were on their way while admiring the scenery along the way.But see that: the mountains are picturesque, the valleys are beautiful, the grass is like grass, and the ancient roads are horizontal.The forest birds sing and the mountain scenery, the gurgling fish in the mountain stream startle.Yellow flowers still press the ancient road, and wild fruits are fragrant in the mountains and forests.The woodcutter chops firewood and wields his giant axe, while the old man plows the fields with his cattle.

Tie Niu saw it and said with a smile: "Brother, look how beautiful the scenery on both sides is! You can't enjoy such a beautiful scenery at home!

Hey, brother, it's out of the Shanxi border now. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Well, it should be out soon, who knows? Brother Tieniu, look at this barren mountain and wild ridge, and you haven't seen a village for a long time. Look, the sun has turned westward , I think we should find a place to rest early, I have been on the road for a few days, and my legs have long been numb."

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brother, I thought I couldn't hold on anymore, so you are like this too? Let's go, let's keep an eye on both sides of the road.

You mainly pay attention to the east side of this road, and I watch the west side of this road. We must not miss the villages on both sides of this mountain road!This mountain village is very rare, and it will be difficult to find it if you miss it. "

The two of them hurried all the way, and walked about ten miles, Duan Wuji happily pointed to the east of the road.

"Brother Tieniu, look, isn't there a small mountain village over there? Let's go, let's spend the night in this village. If we miss it, maybe we can find it again."

Tie Niu stopped and followed Duan Wuji's fingers, and saw a ditch at the junction of Erliang Mountains on the east side of the road, and a small mountain village on the north slope of the ditch, most of the houses in this village were Covered by the mountains and forests, only one or two families exposed the mountains and forests.

This village is only three or four miles away from the official road. If you don't observe carefully, you really can't find it.

Tieniu was very happy when he saw it.

"Brother, it's called God's hungry blind bird, and we shouldn't drink dew sleeping cream in this mountain, let's go, let's stay overnight and talk about it, as long as we give more money, there will always be villagers willing to stay with us .”

The two walked straight to this small mountain village along the mountain path. At this time, the sun was almost over the mountain, and the sky in the mountains was getting dark very quickly. Once the sun was blocked by the mountains, the sky would be dark immediately. After taking a step, I came to this small mountain village to have a look. I saw that this small mountain village was built along the mountain, and there were forty or fifty families sparsely.

Such a village is already quite a small village in the mountainous area. When the two of them entered the village, they saw that most of the houses had closed their gates.

This made the two of them very anxious, and they immediately searched around the village for a while, and finally found a house in the southeast of the village with the gate open.

Seeing this, Duan Wuji whispered to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, let's go quickly, if this family closes the door again, it won't be easy to cause trouble."

The two walked closer to the gate, and a scent suddenly wafted out from the yard.

Tieniu sniffed and said with a smile: "Well, we are really lucky today. You see, we will be in time to eat meat when we come here. It is the right place for us to stay here."

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Let's go, let's say good things after we go, otherwise they might not take us in!"

The two walked to the gate, Duan Wuji stood at the gate and shouted loudly: "Hey, is there anyone in the yard?"

Duan Wuji yelled three times in a row, and an old man in his fifties stepped out from inside.

The old man looked at Duan Wuji and Tie Niu and asked: "You two little brothers, what are you doing? What's the matter with shouting at the door?"

After hearing this, Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Old man, we are passing by, you see it will be dark soon, we plan to stay at your house for a night, I hope it will be convenient for the old man.

Don't worry, we will give you a lot of money tomorrow morning, and we will never treat you badly. "

After hearing this, the old man smiled bitterly and said: "You two, it's not that the old man refuses to take you in. Didn't you see that this house closed early? Today we have a wedding at home, and the old man is going to marry his daughter tonight. I think you should go Go to someone else's house."

Tie Niu laughed and said: "Old man, you see, this house has already closed the door, so it would be bad to knock on the door again!

Since your family has a wedding today, then since our brothers have caught up, why don't you invite us brothers to have a wedding wine?

Old man, don't be too stingy!When the time comes when you greet the groom, can't our brothers welcome you?It's unlucky to drive guests out for a wedding! "

The old man nodded with a wry smile.

"Well, since that's the case, two brothers, please come inside."

The two were overjoyed when they heard that, and immediately led the horses into the yard.

I saw that the yard was not big, only two acres in size. There were a few thick persimmon trees planted in the yard, and the trees were full of red persimmons. It was really a good farmhouse.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu tied the horses to the persimmon tree, and there were six or seven people busy in the yard.

When everyone saw Duan Wuji and Tieniu walking in from the outside, panic appeared on their faces.

The old man saw it and said with a smile: "Everyone, don't be afraid, these are two little brothers passing by, they have nowhere to go tonight, and they want to spend the night at our house.

Zheng Cai, hurry up and bring oranges to the two guests, so that the guests can rest early when they are full. "

A man in his thirties immediately moved three oranges and set up a small table.

Then, the man named Zheng Cai brought two big bowls of meat, then six side dishes, and then a jar of wine.

Another young man in his twenties brought over a dozen slow heads.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu were really hungry now, the old man sat down and poured them two big bowls of wine.

"You two little brothers, eat and drink. If you are away from home, you must be full. If you don't have enough, we still have some in the pot."

The two of them picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip, then immediately picked up the steamed buns and started eating with the meat.

After eating two steamed buns, Duan Wuji ate slowly while looking at the old man and said, "Old Man, may I ask what is the name of this village? Is this still in Shanxi?"

The old man laughed and said: "Our place is called Lianglang Valley, and it belongs to the boundary of Shanxi. After another five or six miles, we will enter the boundary of Shaanxi. Our village is called Taohuawan Village. Most of the village Everyone's surname is Hou.

Old man, my name is Hou Guantang. Two of the people in this yard are my sons-in-law, and the rest are my nephews.

There is no outsider in this yard.

Brothers, when the wedding procession arrives in the middle of the night, you must not come out of the house! "

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Old man, why is this? Don't tell me your daughter and son-in-law are afraid that they won't see it?

This is a great joy to marry a daughter, isn't it more lively when there are many people?What does this deserted look like! "

After hearing this, the old man cheered and said: "You two brothers, you don't know something, I have to do it as a married daughter, my daughter's son-in-law is a bandit, this boy is worse than that bald-tailed dog.

This kid opened his mouth to scold anyone who was not pleasing to his eyes, and beat him with a raised hand! "

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Since he is so worthless, why did you marry your daughter to him? Why don't you just agree to this marriage?"

The old man didn't cry when he heard that.

"This little brother, you don't know. This kid has six No. 70 people, and he is the second village owner of Shansai. When they came to collect protection fees in our village ten days ago, they happened to meet a little girl in the street. Walking, he saw that the little girl was quite pretty, so this kid fell in love with her.

No, they sent 20 taels of silver in the past ten days, and they wanted to marry the little girl away by force. If the old man didn't agree, they would bloodbath Taohuawan and kill my whole family.

The old man really had no choice but to agree for the sake of the whole family. "

Duan Wuji understood immediately after hearing this.

"Old man, is your girl willing to marry him?"

"Hey! Do you think she would like such a person? No, my old girl is crying in the house."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, if you don't want to, I have a way to ask him to withdraw the marriage."

The old man's eyes widened as soon as he heard it, he stretched out his hand to grab Duan Wuji's hand and said, "Brother, you really have this ability? Do you know them?"

Duan Wuji laughed out loud.

"Yes, why don't I know him! Let me tell you, even though we are young, we have learned to talk about karma from the eminent monk of Shaolin Temple, not to mention that he is a small village master, he is that I can also say that the heart of a person with a hard heart is blossoming."

The old man knelt down and kowtowed immediately.

"You two brothers, if you can really say that the village master changes his mind, I will thank you little old man."

When Duan Wuji saw this, he immediately stretched out his hand to help the old man up.

"Old man, what are you doing? We went to your house for dinner, and we haven't thanked you yet."

Tieniu finished eating the meat, and said to the old man with a smile: "Old man, do you still have meat? Give me another big bowl, and give us a dozen more of these steamed buns."

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Old man, then you can serve me another bowl, this meal is quite delicious."

After a short time, two bowls of meat were served again.

The two of them ate the steamed buns with meat, and they were full after a while. The old Houtou looked at Duan Wuji and Tieniu and said, "Both brothers, it's almost dark today, what do you think? What should I do?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "You first call your daughter and family members to the neighbor's house to hide, all the elderly and children in the family should be evacuated to the neighbor's house, and the remaining few young people should wait here.

There must be no one in this house, but after all the people have entered the yard and seated, you must hurry up and evacuate out. This place is afraid of a disaster, and whoever encounters it will be unlucky. After the sun rises tomorrow, the more stars will disperse. "

After serving the two of them for dinner, the old Hou Tou began to evacuate the female family members, the old man and the children, and the bride also came out of the house.

Duan Wuji looked up, and saw that the bride was a handsome girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, with a slim figure, curved eyebrows, and big eyes.It's just that the eyes are red and swollen from crying.The bride is wearing a bright red dress.

Duan Wuji couldn't help but see, this girl is pretty enough, I can't blame the bandit for taking a fancy to her.

When all the staff left, Tie Niu said with a smile: "Brother, let me talk about fate, brother, let you clean the table.

I'm afraid that my hands and feet won't work properly, and the table won't be wiped clean. "

After hearing this, Duan Wuji whispered: "Brother Tie Niu, take off all the sandbags on your body in a while, you can't take those things with you."

Tie Niu nodded with a smile.

"Brother, don't worry, I don't know about this! Brother, take off your sandbag later, it's really inconvenient to do things with that thing on."

The old waiter didn't know what the two were discussing in a low voice. The old waiter came over and said in a low voice: "You two brothers, the family has been evacuated. Is there anything else you want to explain?"

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"No, everything is going on normally, it's time to set the table, it's time to cook.

Old man, take our two horses to Jiefang's house to feed and drink. Let's welcome the new uncle in a while. "

After speaking, Duan Wuji took off the sword from the horse's bird wing ring and put it on his back, and then took off the big stick and put it on the corner of the wall.

When Tieniu saw it, he took off his sword as Duan Wuji did, and then walked straight into the house with a big stick.

Tie Niu walked in and said to the old man: "Master, you are busy, I will go to the new house to rest for a while. Otherwise, how can I tell your new son-in-law about fate in the middle of the night? What if I make a mistake? , isn't it troublesome?"

Hou Guantang listened and smiled. "You two little brothers, it's just getting dark and it's still early, you all should go into the house and rest for a while.

Hey, Hou Shang, Hou Jia, you can take these two horses to your home, your home has a barn, take them to feed me with good grass and materials. "

Immediately, two young men in their 20s came over, untied the horse's dead rope from the persimmon tree, and led the horse away.

Duan Wuji and Tieniu smiled at each other, and they walked straight to the bride's room.

(End of this chapter)