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

Chapter 78
When the two of them returned to the main room, they saw that a table of dishes had already been set. Duan Yanqing looked at the two of them and said, "Tie Niu, Wuji, sit down and eat quickly. If you don't come here again, I have to send someone to Calling you, alas! Today is finally over in time, sit down and eat."

After lunch, Tie Niu looked at Liucai and said, "Ma'am, the meal you cooked is really delicious! I'll still have dinner at your house, and now I'll give you the meal first."

Liucaihua laughed and said, "It's delicious, eat here. Is there still a shortage of food in our family?"

Tieniu picked up Duan Wuji and said: "Brother, let's go back to practice martial arts, don't just stand here."

The two returned to the courtyard of the cowshed, and practiced boxing, kicking and stick sword Kungfu against each other for a while, and then went back to the house to continue practicing the new method of inner strength.

It wasn't until evening that the two of them went home for dinner. After the meal, Duan Wuji said to Duan Yanqing: "Father, give me a hundred silver. We will use it on the way. It will save you the trouble of asking for money tomorrow."

After hearing this, Duan Yanqing stood up, took out 100 taels of silver and handed it over.

"Wuji, be careful on the road tomorrow, daddy won't tell you any more."

Duan Wuji nodded.

"Father, we know, you can rest assured that nothing will happen to us."

Liu Caihua looked at her youngest son and said: "Damn, it is said that a son travels thousands of miles and his mother is worried. You can't let your mother worry about it. Your father and I are still counting on you."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Mother, don't be sad, we are going on a trip, not a war, what is there to worry about?
Don't worry, we're fine, when I come back, can I buy you good fabrics from the capital? "

After hearing this, Liucaihua patted her youngest son's back lightly.

"Boy, you are the only one who can make mother happy. Well, mother is fine."

Tieniu grabbed Duan Wuji's hand and said, "Brother, pack up the money and let's go to sleep, after all we have to go on the road early tomorrow."

The two returned to the courtyard of the cowshed, and practiced martial arts against each other for a while, then went back to the house and continued to practice the new method of inner strength, and did not fall asleep until the middle of the night.

The next morning, as soon as the two of them got up, Wang Jinhua came to ask them to have dinner.

Tieniu asked with a smile: "I said Jinhua, why did you go to have breakfast so early? Then how early do you have to get up to make breakfast?"

Wang Jinhua smiled when she heard this.

"When you go to the door today, how can you leave without letting you eat? Let's go, let's eat, the whole family is waiting for you!"

Duan Wuji smiled when he heard this: "Look, I also said that we are going to a restaurant today. It seems that the dream of going to a restaurant is gone. Let's go, let's go to eat."

The two followed Wang Jinhua back to the main room, and saw the whole family sitting and waiting at the table, Duan Wuji and Tie Niu sat down and began to eat.

Duan Wuji looked at Wang Jinhua as soon as he took two mouthfuls and said, "Sister Jinhua, sit down and eat together, don't stand there stupidly."

Wang Jinhua shook her head.

"It's better for you to eat. I'm happy to see you eating. Besides, I'm not qualified to eat with you. It's fine for me and my dad to eat outside later."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Ask Uncle Wang to come and eat with us, why are you so polite? What are you qualified for? If you enter our house, you are entitled to eat with us."

Duan Yanqing winked at Liucaihua after hearing this.

Liucaihua said with a smile: "Jinhua, go, ask your father to go, let's have a meal together, Wuji and the others will leave after a while, how nice it is to be reunited together!

Go ahead, silly girl, stop twisting. "

Wang Jinhua was taken aback for a moment, then ran out excitedly.

Before long, Wang Jinhua dragged Wang Shiping in.

Everyone moved their seats to make room for two vacancies. The two of them sat down, and a few people ate around the table. Wang Shiping held Duan Wuji's hand and said, "Wuji, you must be careful when you go out. Be careful on the road." It's safe!"

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's okay, we'll be back after playing for a few days, nothing will happen."

Wang Jinhua said with tears in her eyes: "Wuji, please don't cause trouble on the way, we are waiting for your safe return."

Duan Wuji saw it and said with a smile: "Sister Jinhua, we are fine, we will be back in a few days, you can rest assured.

Hey, brother Tieniu, let's get on the horse and go, it's so boring to delay! "

The two got on their horses, and immediately rode their horses and ran down the official road leading to the southwest. It was already early spring, and the fields and river banks were full of new grasses and red or purple wild flowers. Among them, the earth is a thriving scene.

The two gossiping while riding their horses and whips, Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Brother, why do I feel that the old Wang's father and daughter are a bit like giving away their son-in-law? Brother, tell me what's going on." Let's do it."

Duan Wuji gave Tieniu a look and said: "Brother Tieniu, look at how beautiful this land is! It's the right time for us to go out this time.

Brother Tieniu, don't have fun with me, is that interesting?

Brother Tieniu, which one of us is faster?

Drive, drive... "

As he said that, Duan Wuji rode his horse and ran forward, and when Tie Niu saw it, he rode his horse and chased after him.

In less than two hours, the two ran out for more than 100 miles.

At noon, the two of them ate something, fed the horse, and then beat the horse and continued to run forward. An hour later, the two of them entered the mountainous area.

There were many mountains on both sides, and the road became rough and difficult. The two walked forward while admiring the mountain scenery on both sides.

As the road was difficult, the horse naturally slowed down.

As he was walking forward, the iron bull had sharp eyes, and the iron bull pointed with his finger.

"Brother, look quickly, someone hanged himself by the edge of the woods over there."

Duan Wuji looked, isn't it? He saw a person standing on the rock, digging his neck in.

Duan Wuji saw it and said with a smile: "Brother Tieniu, why did this hanging incident happen to us? Let's go, let's go and see what's going on.

If we can save him, let's save him, this is a human life after all! "

The two quickly hit the horse and rushed towards the man.

When I got closer, I saw that the person who hanged himself was a young man in his 20s. He was only about 25 or [-] years old. This man had a fair face, big eyes, and was pretty good-looking. I saw this man crying. dawdling there.

When Tieniu saw this, he shouted loudly: "Brother, what is there to make life difficult? Why do you have to hang yourself?

Come down, we brothers have something to discuss with you. "

Seeing the two boys riding horses, the young man cried and said, "You two, you better leave me alone, none of you can save me, I must die today."

Tie Niu saw it and said with a smile: "Brother, let's discuss it, your clothes are very beautiful, can you take them off and give them to us before you die? You are dying, you want it to have What's the use?

It's better to give it to us to make a good relationship. If you die wearing it, the clothes will be worthless. "

Duan Wuji took a closer look, and thought: This dress is still really beautiful, I saw the sea blue top, blue trousers, powder-soled quick boots, what a good outfit.

This young man still had a sword hanging from his waist, and he looked like a martial artist.

When Duan Wuji saw this, he pulled the iron bull with his hand.

"Brother Tieniu, stop joking with him, look at how sad he is crying!"

The young man was furious when he heard this.

"You two boys are too worthless. I, the hanged man, can't help but you come to ask me for clothes. I, I will fight with you today."

The young man jumped off the rock and drew his sword to strike.

Duan Wuji waved his hand.

"Brother, my brother was joking with you just now, how do we like your clothes?
Come on, come on, sit down, if there is any hurdle to overcome, tell us brothers and see if our brothers can help, wouldn't it be better to help?It's not too late to die if I can't help you?

Besides, don't you have any parents or family members in your family?Why do you want to kill yourself? "

After hearing this, the young man knew that he came here to save himself. Now that Duan Wuji was asking questions, he couldn't help saying "cough" and said, "cough, don't mention it, I'm originally from Dengzhou, Qizhou Prefecture, Shandong. , my name is Cao Qiubao, and I am currently serving as the banner officer under the tent of the backer king.

This time I followed the old prince to Beijing to see the saint, and the five kings Yang Fang gave the old prince several carts of gifts, and the old prince left before he had something to do. Before leaving, he ordered me to wait and go back with the five carts of gifts.

Who knew that this time we were out of luck, when we just walked up to the hill in front, who knew that a group of bandits rushed down from the hill, there were a total of two hundred.

This group of bandits is really powerful. They broke up our group and snatched all five of our goods. How can I explain it when I go back?

You guys don't know that losing the old prince's gift is a capital offense, and you have to be beheaded to show the public when you go back. You say that I am a small flag officer, and I can't earn much money every year. If I have to pay for it myself, I will Even if you sell all your property, you can't afford it!

After thinking about it for a long time, I really had no way out, Gu Ercai took this short-sightedness. "

After finishing speaking, Cao Qiubao cried again.

Duan Wuji frowned upon hearing this.

"I said friend, how long has this been going on?"

"Well, it's not too long, it's half an hour at most."

Tie Niu laughed and said, "It's worth committing suicide just for this matter? Don't you have parents and wives in your family?"

Cao Qiubao cried even more when he heard that.

"My parents are still here, I have a wife and a son, um, and a sister.

After I die, they will have no source of livelihood, so they will have to starve in the future!Thinking of these things, that's why I can't make up my mind to die, but I can't do it if I don't die! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "I see it this way, you lead us to meet them, if we win, if we can get that thing back a bit, won't it be over if you pay a little more yourself?
If the two of us can't fight, it's not too late for you to hang yourself. How about this? "

After hearing this, Cao Qiubao rekindled the hope of life in his heart, and immediately crawled on the ground to kowtow to the two people.

"Both benefactors, if you are willing to stand out, then I will thank you first. Regardless of success or failure, I, Cao Qiubao, will be grateful!"

Duan Wuji asked: "My friend, how many leaders are there in this group of bandits? How about their martial arts?"

"Well, there are two bosses in total, and those two are very powerful. I couldn't even defeat one of them, so I was defeated."

Duan Wuji got on his horse and shouted at Cao Qiubao: "My friend, don't you have any horses, let's go, let's find them.

He dared to rob the country's money if he had nothing to do. "

After hearing this, Cao Qiubao said in a low voice: "My war horse was thrown into the woods, and I don't know if it has run away now."

Tieniu heard this and shouted loudly: "Why don't you hurry in and look for it?"

After hearing this, Cao Qiubao regained his spirits, stood up and ran into the woods. After a while, Cao Qiubao pulled out a white horse from the woods.

There was also a long spear hanging from the bird's wing ring on the horse.

Duan Wuji saw it and shouted loudly: "Friend, don't be dazed, let's hurry up and leave, this matter should not be delayed, if the bandit escapes, it will be troublesome, let's go."

After hearing this, Cao Qiubao got on his horse and led Duan Wuji and Tieniu towards a hill.

When Duan Wuji saw him, he said to Cao Qiubao: "Are the people calling for you still there? If they are, we can pull up a small team."

When Cao Qiu heard this, he immediately opened his voice and shouted loudly. Sure enough, a dozen people ran out of the bushes one after another in a short while.

Duan Wuji couldn't help laughing when he saw this, he saw that this group of people was really miserable, some of their clothes were torn, some of their shoes were lost, and some of them lost only one shoe.

When these people saw their leader leading the two people, they gradually became more courageous.

Duan Wuji glanced at the gang and said to Cao Qiubao: "My friend, have you lost your gang?"

Then Cao Qiubao counted and said: "Well, there is not one person missing, there are eighteen people in total."

Duan Wuji said loudly to this group of people: "We will see the battle later, you people are not allowed to watch the excitement on the sidelines. If you lose your things and go back, do you think it will be good for you? If not, you will have to go back." Beheaded."

Duan Wuji glanced at Cao Qiubao again and said: "We will go to the battle later, you hold the corner of the formation for us by the side, but you won't be able to go to the battlefield, it's fine even if you put a cold arrow by the side, if, we If you find that you dare to watch the excitement, then we will leave, and we will not care about your affairs."

After hearing this, Cao Qiumao said quickly: "Don't worry, you two benefactors, you are charging ahead, so why don't I help each other desperately?

Damn it, today is today, the big deal is to die today, anyway, I won't hang myself anyway, that way of dying is too fucking useless.

Brothers, give me some energy, if we can't get our goods back today, we would rather die in battle.

Brothers, do you have this determination! "

"Yes, boss, don't worry."

Duan Wuji asked: "Hey, did you find out that those people ran away?"

One of the soldiers said, "They didn't run away. I was watching from here just now, and they were on the fucking mountain."

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Let's go, go with me to the front of the mountain to scold and ask for things."

(End of this chapter)