At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 22 The Yuwen Brothers
When Gao Bufan left the restaurant and returned to the horse market, he found that the steward had already left with the people from Feiyu Racecourse, and the stables were also vacant. Gao Shou and Gao Ren were happily driving the rest of the poor horses Entering the stable, when the two saw Gao Bufan coming back, they immediately greeted Gao Bufan with a smile and said: "Master, the horse shit ran away with his people, and the stable was returned to us. I lost four horses according to the bet, hehe!"

Gao Bufan laughed and said: "Then this steward is very trustworthy!"

Gao Shou curled his lips: "There is General Changsun standing up for us, how dare he renege on his debt? What's more, young master, you are not a vegetarian. If you beat everyone from Yuwen Zhiji to the ground in public, Ma Shi must have been scared to pee. No, after losing four horses, he immediately ran away with his tail between his legs, and he didn't even dare to fart, how cool it is!"

Gao Bufan shrugged his shoulders slightly. In fact, he knew very well that Zeng Ada was not the one who beat him up. If Zeng Ada hadn't suddenly gone crazy, someone must have helped him secretly. At the beginning, Gao Bufan suspected that it was Changsun Sheng, but after acquainting with Changsun Sheng and others, he realized that it was obviously not him who secretly helped him.

Who could it be?What method did the other party use to make Zeng Ada suddenly seem bewitched?
Gao Bufan really couldn't figure it out, so he didn't bother to think about it anymore. Anyway, the other party is a friend rather than an enemy, and maybe he will show up to meet him one day. Now, naturally, he will continue to sell horses to make money!

Gao Ren handed over the heavy money bag, his eyes shined brightly and said: "I sold a total of ten poor horses, and I got 100 taels of silver. After deducting the ten taels of tax silver, there is still 90 taels of silver left. Here it is, young master, take it .”

Gao Bufan didn't even look at it, took the money bag and tied it on his waistband casually, Gao Ren rubbed his hands and said, "I didn't know that money is so easy to earn, hehe, there are people fighting for ten taels of silver for a poor horse." Yes, we will earn back four poor horses when we are done, now we have... eleven horses left, one of which was not taken away by the father and daughter, young master, how about we continue?"

"Continue with your uncle, hurry up and feed the horse, you can only think of good things!" Gao Bufan rewarded this guy with a chestnut.

As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet?If you don't know how to do things, you will accept it when you see it well. Sooner or later, the ship will capsize in the gutter. Although Qingyun is a handsome man, there is no guarantee that no one will be able to surrender. No matter how many poor horses are sold, they will not be worth a fraction of the big green horse.

Especially after fighting against Zeng Ada, Gao Bufan became more and more aware of what it means to have mountains beyond mountains, and people beyond others. He has always aroused his pride in his skills, but the results are only ordinary, and there are still masters in this world. , so why didn't China in later generations?Is the inheritance broken, or is it just that I haven't encountered it?

Gao Bufan was lucky, he stayed in the horse market until afternoon, and sold three more nauseous horses, and got 21 taels of silver after taxation, which means he earned 110 taels of silver today. Four poor horses.

Seeing that the sun was already in the west, Gao Bufan's master and servant drove the remaining eight poor horses out of the city and went back to the racecourse. , everyone has a share, this time there is no need to grab it!
The woman holding the baby tightly held the two biscuits in her hands, and was about to stuff them into her mouth when she suddenly felt a little tight in her hands. She lowered her head and took a closer look, only to find that there was a piece of silver sandwiched between the two biscuits. , estimated to be one or two heavy, the woman was so excited that she almost couldn't hold it steady and fell to the ground. She grabbed it tightly and looked around nervously until she found that no one was paying attention to her. She carefully took out the broken silver. He hid it close to his body, then knelt down in the dust with a plop in his arms, and respectfully kowtowed three times towards the end of the official road in the distance, while the three masters and servants of Gao Bufan had already disappeared into the distant sunset with their horses up.

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Zeng Ada finally woke up in the back hall of the county government, but his face was swollen like a pig's head, his eye sockets were blackened, and the bloodshot cornea made his eyes blood red. It was very scary to look at. .

"Zeng Ada, what's going on here? With your skill, how could you be beaten like this by a young boy?" Yu Wenhuaji asked with a gloomy face.

Yu Wenhuaji is about 34 and five years old. He is somewhat similar to Yu Wenzhiji sitting next to him, but his eyes are narrower and longer, his eyebrows are slender, his nose is small and high, and his mouth is narrow and pointed. It makes people think of an animal ——Vulture, but Yu Wenhuaji is not bald, and his hair is quite thick, otherwise it is more similar.

I saw Zeng Ada crying and replied: "My lord, this subordinate only lost his hand because of someone else's conspiracy, otherwise he would have crushed that kid surnamed Gao to death with one finger."

Yu Wenzhiji sneered and said: "You can brag, I saw you being beaten into a dead dog by the kid surnamed Gao, brother, Zeng Ada is just a person with a vain name, and it is a waste of money to keep him, so he just swept the floor and left the house." , so as not to waste food."

"Shut up, no one will think you are dumb if you don't speak!" Yu Wenhuaji scolded coldly, Yu Wenzhiji seemed to be very afraid of his elder brother, but he didn't dare to refute, but just gave Zeng Ada a hard look.

Speaking of which, although Yu Wenhuaji is also very stupid, when it comes to cruelty, he is even worse than his second brother Yu Wenzhiji, but he is also more intelligent, so he is very clear about Zeng Ada's kung fu, otherwise He will not spend a lot of money to buy him as a bodyguard.

"Zeng Ada, since you said you were plotted against, can you see clearly who plotted against you?" Yu Wenhuaji asked.

Zeng Ada shook his head in shame: "This subordinate was preparing to deal with that kid surnamed Gao, but he didn't notice who did it."

Yu Wenhuaji scolded angrily: "Trash, you have been plotted against twice without realizing who the other party is?"

Zeng Ada lowered his head and said embarrassingly: "That man is definitely a top expert, otherwise it is impossible for the subordinates not to find out."

"Brother, could it be that Changsun Sheng did it?" Yu Wenzhiji suddenly interjected.

Yu Wenhuaji shook his head and said to himself: "Impossible, although Changsun Sheng is very good at archery, he still doesn't have this kind of ability. By the way, our Yuwen family and Changsun's family have always kept the water in the well. Why did Changsun Sheng help?" That kid surnamed Gao is in his early years?"

Yu Wenzhi curled his lips and said, "It's not that simple. The elder brother-in-law Gao Shilian is also surnamed Gao, and his ancestral home is here. They must be relatives."

"Impossible!" Yu Wenhua shook his head affirmatively. Although he is greedy and domineering, he is not stupid. Although he took the benefits of Feiyu Racecourse to clean up Feiying Racecourse, he still inquired about Feiying Racecourse beforehand. Knowing Gao Kaishan's background, he only made a move after making sure that the other party had no backer he couldn't afford to offend, so he knew very well that Gao Kaishan from Feiying Racecourse had nothing to do with Changsun Sheng's brother-in-law Gao Shilian.

But Yuwen Zhiji was a little unconvinced and said: "Brother, why are you talking about Changsun Sheng meddling in other people's business? Could it be that kid is his illegitimate son? I don't care, anyway, I must vent this bad breath. Changsun Sheng is really old It's too arrogant, if we two brothers swallow our breath this time, the eldest grandson's family won't ride on our Yuwen's head to shit and pee in the future."

Yu Wenzhi frowned when he heard the words. The Changsun family has been a prominent family since the Northern Wei Dynasty. Although its strength has declined, it should not be underestimated. His strength can even overwhelm the Yuwen family. Even so, the eldest grandson's family with only Changsun Sheng left is not something the Yuwen family can underestimate.

Changsun Sheng worshiped General You Raowei, who was at the same level as Zuowei General Yu Wenshu, and Changsun Sheng was also favored by Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty and Emperor Yang Guang, who sent him to Turkic many times, relying on his experience Human strategy and a three-inch tongue have dragged down the entire Turks with their own strength, otherwise the northern part of the Great Sui Dynasty would never have a moment of peace, so Changsun Sheng has contributed a lot, and the current emperor Yang Guang still thinks highly of him. There is no doubt that it is not Changsun Sheng who has the task of sending an embassy to Turks, because no one else is qualified for it.

Yu Wenhua weighed it for a while with a gloomy face, and finally felt that he could not offend Changsun Sheng for the time being, and made a decision after discussing with his father Yu Wenshu when he returned to Dongdu, so he warned Yu Wenzhi not to provoke Changsun Sheng, and also not to go to Feiying Racecourse for the time being Trouble!
Yu Wenzhiji agreed with his lips, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. It was not Yuwen Zhiji's style to not retaliate after suffering a loss.

At this time, a servant came in and reported: "My lord, Supervisor Zhao Mu is asking to see you outside!"

Yu Wenhua Ji Dan said: "Bring him in!"

Yu Wenzhi stood up lazily and said: "Brother, then I'll go back to my room to catch up on sleep."

"Get out!" Yu Wenhua waved his hand impatiently: "He's 30 years old, and he doesn't even think about starting a family and starting a business, he just knows how to do nothing all day long."

Yu Wenzhi retorted: "Brother, you should ask Dad to find me a job as an official. I don't want anyone below the seventh rank!"

"Get out!" Yu Wenhuaji shouted angrily.

Yu Wenzhi frowned secretly, kicked Zeng Ada's ass, and shouted: "Don't get out!"

Zeng Ada hurriedly got up and ran out, Yu Wenzhiji also left the back hall resentfully, a moment later, a servant led Zhao Mujian and walked in.

The so-called pastoral supervisor is the official in charge of local animal husbandry. It belongs to the Taipu Temple and ranks seven ranks, one rank lower than the county magistrate. However, every county with a horse farm has a post of pastoral supervisor, who is in charge of matters related to raising horses. All affairs, that is, the immediate boss of the horse farms in each county.

Zhao Mujian is the pastoral supervisor of Bohai County, named Zhao Yuanzhi, about fifty years old, as soon as he came in, he ordered someone to put a large red lacquer wooden box in front of Yu Wenhuaji, and said flatteringly: "Master Shaoqing, this is Feiying Racecourse The host, Gao Kaishan, entrusted his subordinates to send it to him, 2000 taels of silver, which is quite a penny."

Yu Wenhuaji's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "So refreshing?"

Zhao Mujian said flatteringly: "Flying Eagle Racecourse has been in operation for more than ten years, and it still has a certain foundation."

Yu Wenhuaji was a little annoyed and said, "If I had known earlier, I would have needed 3000 taels of silver!"

Zhao Mujian gave a guilty laugh. In fact, Gao Kaishan sent a total of 200 taels of silver, and the other 200 taels were divided equally between him and Zhou County Magistrate.

(End of this chapter)