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

Chapter 187 170 Seven Caravans Arrive in Dengzhou City

Duan Wuji and Tieniu returned to the courtyard, Duan Wuji asked a guard on duty, "Hey, have you eaten yet?"

The guard smiled.

"Duantou, we've already eaten. Brother Changhao and his two brothers bought the rice from the street. We can eat it with confidence."

"Well, it's good to eat. Be on duty!"

After Duan Wuji and Tie Niu fastened the horse, they walked into the room, only to see Duan Changqing and most of the people sitting in the room.

When everyone saw Duan Wuji and the others coming back, they all stood up quickly, Duan Changqing held Duan Wuji and the others' hands and said, "Hey, are you two okay?"

Duan Wuji smiled.

"What can we do? Isn't it nice?"

"Well, as long as it's okay, hey! Brother, how many shifts are we divided into to guard the horse herd tonight?"

"How many classes? Divide into two classes.

Brother Tieniu, you and Brother Changqing are on duty, and I, Brother Changhong and Chang Hao are on duty after get off work.

We change shifts in two and a half hours, and those who are not on duty can rest now. "

After speaking, Duan Wuji walked into the room and immediately went to practice cross-legged.Other staff who were not on duty also went to find places to rest.

No one dared to take off their clothes and go to bed. Everyone lay down with their weapons in their clothes, for fear of any accidents.

Nothing happened all night, the next morning, Duan Changhao set off early, bought some sesame seed cakes, big pancakes and other food from the street, people ate, drank and started on the road.

At this moment, Wang Ke led the Flying Fork Great Sage You Junda into the room.

"Wuji! Why are you rushing away so early?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "It's getting late, you see the sun is coming out soon. Brother You, it's fine, let's see you in the future.

Brother You, if you have any difficulties in the future, just say no, I am willing to do my best for you. "

The Great Sage Feicha laughed when he heard this.

"Wuji, brother, what I want is your words, okay, we will go to Shanxi Taiyuan Mansion to find you in the future."

Tieniu directed the people to drive the horses out of the compound, Duan Wuji looked at You Junda and Wang Ke and said, "You two, we are leaving, let's contact you if you have anything to do."

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji got on his horse and walked further and further away with the group of horses.

You Junda looked at the horses going away and said to Wang Ke: "Boy, your two masters are really amazing! If you were a little late yesterday, I think your uncle would be too annoying.

Fortunately, you showed up in time, otherwise it would be no better than the few of us.Don't look at these people who are smiling on the surface, once they make a murderous attempt, they are very scary.

Such ruthless people, we'd better not provoke them in the future, lest we get into trouble. "

Wang Jun listened and smiled and said: "Uncle, my master is great, but he is quite a good person. Both of them are warm-hearted people. As long as you don't harm him, why would they want to kill him?"

With that said, the two went home.

Duan Wuji and others drove the horses all the way eastward, being careful all the way, after nearly three days of intense driving, the horses finally reached the territory of Nadeng Prefecture.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu said: "Brother Tie Niu, you should ride your horse to Cao's Village and tell Cao Qiubao that our horse herd is coming, let him come and greet him."

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brother, Cao Qiubao is an official servant, can you listen to us? Don't let us make this trip for nothing!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "If we don't save him, his bones will be rotten by now, if I use him to catch the horses and he dares to push back, then I will not recognize him as a friend in the future.

Brother Tie Niu, you can go.Let's see. "

"Okay, if you say so, then I'll go."

After finishing speaking, Tie Niu slammed the horse, and the horse ran forward like an arrow off the string.

Duan Wujiniu turned his head and said to the crowd: "Brothers, Dengzhou City will arrive soon, let's speed up and try to reach the outside of Dengzhou City by the time it gets dark."

After hearing this, the people immediately cheered up, and everyone rushed forward with the horses.

When the sun turned westward, the caravan finally reached a position less than [-] miles away from the city of Dengzhou, and the people were rushing forward with the herd of horses.

I saw more than a dozen war horses coming from the opposite side, and the one who ran at the head of the horse herd was Duan Tie Niu. Cao Qiubao was behind Tie Niu, beating the horses desperately and chasing him.

Duan Wuji saw it and said with a smile: "Everyone, look quickly, Brother Tieniu is leading someone to pick us up, and we will arrive at the station in a short while."

A group of dozens of people came in front of Duan Wuji and rolled off their horses. Duan Wuji quickly jumped off the horse when he saw him.

"Brother Cao, did you come here fast enough? Hey, who are these ten people?"

Cao Qiubao laughed and said, "Brothers, why did you come here to find me? It made me anxious.

I rode to inform the old prince, Sheng'er, and hurried over, lest I be late, brother, you will make trouble.

These are my good friends in the barracks, and we all work together. "

As he spoke, Cao Qiubao waved at those people.

"Come here, let me introduce you."

After hearing this, these people hurried over leading the horse.

Cao Qiubao pointed with his finger.

"This is one of my saviors. His name is Duan Wuji, and he is the leader of our caravan."

Then, Cao Qiubao introduced the dozen or so people he had brought to Duan Wuji one by one.

After hearing this, Duan Wuji bowed his hands at everyone.

"Everyone, thank you for running so far to pick us up. Duan is really grateful!"

Everyone laughed and said, "Brother, what are you talking about? We are all good friends of Brother Cao. If you say that our elder brother is here to pick up the horses, can we not follow?"

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Okay, brother, I accept your favor. Let's go. Let's drive the horses to a place two or three miles away from Dengzhou City and find a storehouse. That will be more convenient for us. Brothers, let's speed up."

This increased by more than a dozen, and the rush of the horses immediately became a lot easier, and the speed of the team's advancement suddenly increased a lot.

Not too long ago, the caravan came to a small town called Sanlibao, which was only three miles away from Dengzhou City.

Cao Qiubao said with a smile: "Brothers, I will lead you to find the shop. I am very familiar with this place."

Cao Qiubao led the people to drive the horses to a big inn in the east of Sanlibao Village.

The clerk in the store ran out and saw that it was Cao Qiubao, and immediately recognized him.

"Hey, is this Cao Banner Pai, Brother Cao? Brother Cao, what's the matter?"

Cao Qiubao laughed and said, "Man, where's your shopkeeper? Tell him to come out and say I'm looking for him."

The guy agreed and ran in, and within a short time, a 47-year-old man came out in a hurry.

"Hey, isn't this the Cao Banner officer? Cao Banner officer, is there something to do here today?"

"Of course there's something wrong, I don't dare to come to you if it's nothing!"

"Hey, brother Cao, what do you say? Why don't you come to me if you have nothing to do? Am I just a businessman?"

Cao Qiubao looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "Hey, let me tell you the shopkeeper, are there many people staying in the store today?"

The shopkeeper smiled wryly after hearing this: "Hey, don't mention it. I don't know what happened in the last two days. I haven't had a single customer from his mother. It made me accompany my boss every day, and I was almost worried to death."

Cao Qiubao smiled and said: "Boss, don't get angry, I brought you a few guests today, don't allow other guests to stay in your inn today.

We've got it all covered.

Boss, you have to treat us well today! "

"No problem, just let me open."

After hearing this, Cao Qiubao yelled to the outside: "Brothers, let the brothers drive all the horses in, I've made an agreement with the boss here."

When Tieniu heard about it outside, he immediately ordered people to blast the horses inside. The shopkeeper was terrified when he saw it.

"Brother Cao, how many horses do you have? Why are there so many!"

Cao Qiubao laughed and said, "Not many, not many, just a few thousand horses."

"My dear, a few thousand horses is not much! How much is too much?"

Seeing this, the shopkeeper ran in quickly, and called everyone in the inn out in a short time. When the shopkeeper saw the horses in the yard, he quickly shouted: "Hurry up, help them blast the horses into the fence." go."

The guys ran to the fence immediately after hearing this, and it took a lot of effort to drive the horses into it.

Everyone worked together to close the fence gate, and Duan Wuji finally let go of his hanging heart.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper said loudly: "Hurry up and fetch water to drink the horses, and throw hay into the stables as soon as the horses are done drinking.

Hey, brother Cao, how much hay do you think should be thrown? "

Cao Qiubao looked at Duan Wuji.

"Brother, how many carts of hay do you think should be placed?"

"Well, let's throw ten carts of hay, too much is a waste."

After hearing this, the shopkeeper shouted loudly: "Put ten carts of hay in for a while, and come back quickly to serve the customers after putting in."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Shopkeeper, you don't need to do these things. I will let my subordinates do the rough work. You just need to let the guys get out ten carts of hay and forget about it."

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Thank you very much. With so many people coming all at once, my small shop is indeed a little busy. Guest officer, I will trouble you today."

Tie Niu heard this and said loudly: "Shopkeeper, hurry up and order someone to cook. We've been driving for almost a day, and we're already hungry. Don't delay here."

After hearing this, the shopkeeper shouted to the guys: "Don't worry about getting the hay out of ten carts, go back to the shop and do other things."

Cao Qiubao looked at Duan Wuji and said: "Brother, the person who told you to come back and rest, I will lead my brothers to do this little work."

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "How dare we do that."

"Hey, brother, if you say that, you're offended. Aren't we here to help? If you say we don't do any work when we come, then what's the point of us rushing here?"

"Brother Cao, since you said so, then you can take your people to work for a while. Brother Tieniu, tell our people to come back and rest for a while! These few days are indeed exhausting enough."

After hearing this, Tian Niu shouted loudly: "Brothers, let the people brought by Brother Cao do the rest of the work! Go back to the house and rest for a while."

The horse drivers were exhausted long ago. When they heard that they were asked to come back to rest for a while, they all walked back immediately and handed over the rest of the work to the people brought by Cao Qiubao.

Cao Qiubao shouted to the people he had brought: "Brothers, since you are my friends of Cao Qiubao, you should show your strength today, and no one is allowed to play tricks and be lazy.

Brothers, let's do it. "

(End of this chapter)