It Starts With A Mountain

Chapter 150

Pei Xi subconsciously took a step back, did something strange get in, and the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became weird.

"Who is your Excellency?" Pei Xizhi stared at the wretched man in front of him, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Brother, I am Xu Shenji under General Cheng, and of course I do things for the King of Youzhou."

Pei Xizhi had heard of Xu Shenji's name, and he had already done some research on Toad Village before coming here. It is said that this man is cunning and cunning, and he is Cheng Dalei's right-hand man. Most of Cheng Dalei's bad ideas are from him.

But he didn't see where he was resourceful, bowed his waist, bowed his head, his face was full of smiles, his eyes flickered, and what was hidden in it should be... flattery.

By the way, it is flattery, and even a little jealous. After all, everyone relies on their heads to eat. Why do you honor your ancestors under the throne of Youzhou, but you can only follow a bandit, and some envy, jealousy and hatred are justified.

In this way, Pei Xizhi consciously judged the attitude of Toad Village towards him, and his previous worries were completely unfounded.

He coughed lightly, raised his head and said, "Let's lead the way."

On the way, although Xu Shenji tried his best to be flattering, Pei Xizhi deliberately put on an indifferent face and kept a distance from the other party. Even though he wanted to show his favor to the Toad Village this time, if he was too polite to the Toad Village, the other party would often take an inch. For these bandits, it's better to give a sweet jujube a stick.

Since the other party has such an attitude, it seems that this task will not be too difficult. I don't know how the other party will entertain him when he arrives at the cottage. It is impossible to say that in order for them to speak nicely in front of the King of Youzhou, they would also give some money, women or something.

In this way, this mission may still be a little oily.

Xu Shenji led them to Feihu Village.

"I'm here this time on the order of the King of Zun Youzhou to see the situation in Toad Village. Of course, whether it's good or bad, that's what my brother said."

"Understood, I understand." Xu Shenji said: "Master Pei has worked hard all the way, and he must not have eaten. In order to entertain Master Pei, we have already prepared meals."

Pei Xizhi nodded slightly, the words have been pointed out to you, what to do next depends on whether you understand or not.

On the long table, Pei Xizhi and the others sat in the main seat, accompanied by Xu Shenji and seventeen or eight bandits.

Looking at the food in front of him, Pei Xizhi fell into silence for a long time. Is the thing with the roots floating in the pot called soup, and the black stone-like thing in front of it, is it the staple food.

"Let's just eat this?" Pei Xizhi said in disbelief. I imagined chicken, duck, fish, and imagined beautiful women sing ditches with them, and enjoy singing and dancing while drinking.

"Ha, Mr. Pei has a good taste. We can't eat these normally. Hey, you guys are also exposed to Mr. Pei today. Please pay attention to me, don't gobble it up."

"..." Pei Xizhi.

Well, well, eating is a trivial matter. It seems that Toad Village is really poor. They should be glad they didn't bring human flesh, right? It's good to try what they eat on weekdays.

"stop!"

When Pei Xizhi was about to get the food mixed with wild vegetables and grass noodles, he was stopped by Xu Shenji. Pei Xizhi was taken aback, why didn't he even eat this.

"Don't worry, Master Pei, I haven't prayed yet."

"Prayer...what is it?"

I saw Xu Shenji put his hands together, face the food on the table reverently, and mutter something in his mouth.

"Thank you King Youzhou for giving us the food, King Youzhou's glory shines on the world."

"Master Xu, are you here?"

"Ha, this is what we have to do every day before meals. Our village master worships the King of Youzhou very much. We hang the portraits of the kings of Youzhou in the bedroom. We kowtow three times in the morning and evening, and put incense in the morning. Why, Mr. Pei doesn't need to pray before meals. Is it?"

"We... don't have this rule."

I don't know how to finish a meal. If he said that he was eating pig food, Pei Xizhi felt that it was an insult to pig food.

Xu Shenji hiccupped and said, "Although everyone is not eating well now, this is something that must be experienced by successful people. How can you say that, you don't endure hardships for a lifetime, but you are willing to endure hardships for a while. Thinking back then The King of Youzhou also started from the bottom a little bit, and finally became the King of Youzhou that we worship."

Xu Shenji always mentioned the King of Youzhou, his tone and eyes were extremely respectful. And Pei Xizhi found that as long as they heard the three words King Youzhou, no matter what others were doing, they would stop what they were doing, hold their heads high, and look straight ahead.

It made Pei Xizhi very embarrassed.

"Today, a new brother joined our big family. Everyone applauded and asked our new brother to talk about the glorious past of King Youzhou."

Everyone's eyes fell on Pei Xizhi, who opened his eyes wide: "Is this necessary?"

"Don't Lord Pei respect King Youzhou, doesn't he worship him from the bottom of his heart, doesn't he regard him as the light in his heart?"

"This..." As if he couldn't say no.

"Lord Pei is still a little embarrassed, sir, you have to be brave enough to express yourself. In this way, let Lord Pei prepare first, and that brother will talk about it first."

"I'll come first!" One of the thieves stood up abruptly, and the others seemed particularly regretful: how could he be robbed first.

I saw this thief took out a piece of paper from his arms with a face full of excitement, and recited in a soulful aria: "Ah, I have a dream to become a man like the King of Youzhou. Back then, who was Jin Ge? The iron horse kills the enemy like hemp, who sleeps and forgets food and loves the people like a son, who sleeps at night and never forgets his home... Ah, the king of Youzhou, the king of Youzhou!"

"Like a stray lamb yearning for the sheep, like a lost ship yearning for home, and a newborn baby yearning for its mother's milk, ah, King of Youzhou, you are the sheep, you are the hometown, you are the milk..."

Pei Xizhi and a few people sat there with a stunned look on their faces, only to see the bandits stand up one after another, reciting these things in a disgusting tone, which made people get goosebumps all over.

"Master Pei, get ready, it's up to you next." Xu Shenji whispered.

"I'm coming too..."

"Well, we started with five thousand words here."

"Five thousand words!"

...

In the valley, Toad Village.

Cheng Dalei stood at a height to check the surrounding terrain, and Liu Bei stood beside him.

"You really decided to use this method to deal with the people sent from Youzhou?" Liu Bei.

"What can I do, now is not the time to tear up my face with King Youzhou." Cheng Dalei.

"But I don't think I can hide from the King of Youzhou."

"It's a day if we can hide it for a day. When we will bar each other's teeth, who makes our teeth not as hard as the King of Youzhou?"

Cheng Dalei looked as far as he could, and he could see the situation in the valley at a glance.