402:Old Friend from the Homeland (Part 1) [Two in One]
Maybe, maybe, probably...
Mr. Chu is really different from usual...
Before arriving at Yonggu Pass, Lu Jue did not put Xu Quan's doubts to rest at all. He even thought that this young man was more noisy than Xian Yujian - are all young men so talkative now? But after arriving at Yonggu Pass,
…
Lu Jue looked at Chu Yao, whose aura suddenly changed, and whispered to Xu Quan while no one was paying attention.
"...Wen Shi, you are not alone."
Xu Quan's eyes were filled with the majestic and steep Yonggu Pass. How could he still remember the content of his complaints two or three days ago?
Hearing this suddenly, his eyes were confused.
He asked: "What is not a person?"
Lu Jue said: "Mr. Gong Cao seems to be here to collect debts."
Look at Mr. Chu Yao's tall and proud back full of murderous intent! Even Yonggu Pass, one of the three most dangerous passes in the northwest continent, can't suppress his momentum, and even makes his momentum stand out! Lu Jue is absolutely unparalleled.
I doubt that if there is a blind enemy blocking the way ahead, Mr. Chu Yao will draw his sword out of its sheath! Kill one person in ten steps and leave no trace in a thousand miles!
Xu Quan was speechless: "???"
Is Brother Lu Shousheng's reaction so slow?
He swallowed his complaints silently.
Said: "We lose people but not the formation. The meritorious officer probably wants to be more powerful and give the garrison power!"
Chu Yao was originally a meritorious officer of Heyin, but he was transferred to Longwu County along with Shen Tang. He still held this position, as did everyone else, but the prefix changed from "Heyin" to "Longwu".
This time I am on a mission on behalf of my lord, and my momentum cannot be lost!
Lu Jue looked at Chu Yao's back and then at Xu Quan.
He always felt that it was not as simple as "losing the enemy but not losing the formation", but now he had no better explanation. He blinked and accepted Xu Quan's reason. Lu Jue thought about it, transformed into half a pair of martial arts armor, and held a handle in his hand.
The machete walks eight feet wide, one meter at a time!
Xu Quan saw it and followed suit.
One guard on the left and one on the right, a fierce and evil combination.
Chu Yao, who felt the fluctuation of martial energy behind him: "..."
Nervous messenger: "..."
This, this is really here to fight???
Fortunately, except for these two, the other soldiers did not move, and the messenger's tense nerves gradually relaxed, but he still did not forget to send a letter to the chief secretary and the others, so be on guard!
In short, the group maintained such a strange atmosphere and were introduced to the Yongguguan military camp. After receiving the news, the soldiers on the sentry tower had gone over early to report the news. The messenger welcomed Chu Yao and the others into the tent where the guests were received, and ordered people to serve hot dishes
Tea.
Chu Yao's attention is not here.
He asked the messenger: "I just saw the flag on the city wall. The handwriting is strong and powerful, the pines are tall and straight, and it is quite elegant. I guess it is not the work of a famous artist, but it is definitely the same. I don't know who mentioned it? I have also loved this all my life, and I liked it as soon as I saw it.
happiness."
The messenger felt quite proud when he heard this.
"The words on the flag? That was written by the military chief."
Chu Yao asked again: "Master? Don't you know your surname?"
The messenger said: "The master's surname is Yu."
Chu Yao said "Oh".
There was no expectation or joy on his face that he was about to see a master calligrapher. Instead, there were some complex emotions in his eyes that Lu Jue could not understand. These emotions made Chu Yao's eyes even deeper, as if they could swallow up all the light.
.
He asked again: "The general's surname is 'Chu'?"
The messenger nodded: "Yes."
I was wondering that this question was asked knowingly.
Isn't the "Chu" on the flag obvious?
Chu Yao said lightly "Oh" again.
He took a sip of tea filled with white mist, then closed his eyes to rest, as if he was ready to wait. But the result was just as he expected, several people were left hanging out in the tent, waiting for more than an hour.
Both Lu Jue and Xu Quan were furious.
The messenger had no choice but to smile and keep ordering people to come in and add more tea. He poured pot after pot of tea, which seemed to add fuel to the fire.
Lu Jue could still bear not to speak.
Xu Quan is not a patient person.
He is the precious cousin of the head of the Xu family.
Even if you don't go out to work hard, you can still live comfortably as a rich man in this life, the kind who doesn't have to worry about food and drink.
He asked: "What kind of hospitality is this?"
He also sprayed: "We have been traveling all the way for two or three days on behalf of the lord, and you are not prepared at all? There are dense surveillance towers along the way. I don't believe that we have to find someone to receive us at the last moment! Even if the lord general is not here, he can handle the matter.
The chief registrar should be here, right? It's so sudden. Could it be that he is sincerely looking down on us?"
His right hand has been placed on the handle of the knife at his waist, and his eyes are wide open.
Although the blade was not unsheathed, it revealed a trace of the murderous aura of a brave warrior, enough to make the messenger break into a cold sweat.
The messenger had to rack his brains to find excuses.
"Young general, please calm down. It's not because we are negligent, but because the Shiwuma bandits have been rampant in recent days. They often take advantage of the lack of patrol troops to dig through the city wall and sneak into the pass. In order to protect the people in the pass, the general and the others will go out on patrol from time to time..."
"Oh? Seriously?"
The messenger nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it must be an unlucky thing this time. The general and the others are out on inspection again. In the past, it would take two or three hours to come back after a trip."
What he said was not a lie.
However, as a guard general, his own general rarely leaves, and needs to stay at Yonggu Pass for a long time to prevent Shiwu from gathering his troops to attack suddenly. Small tasks such as inspecting the holes dug by the horse-catching bandits in the city wall are usually left to the generals below.
Although the messenger didn't know why the guard general didn't come, he had some guesses - he probably was deliberately keeping people in the dark, trying to weaken the group's momentum and show off their power - but he didn't know how long he would have to keep them in the dark, so he could only
Let's talk about a longer time.
Xu Quan hummed heavily.
Apparently he didn't believe the messenger's lies.
But there was nothing wrong with this excuse on the face of it, so I had no choice but to endure it, and I was already scolding it in my heart.
The only person present who wasn't in a hurry——
It was Chu Yao.
Not only was he not in a hurry, he also asked people to continue refilling the tea.
The messenger secretly observed his behavior and secretly thought that this man was very calm. Just watching, he felt that Chu Yao's tea-making skills were very familiar, and even some of his small movements were familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere...
Chu Yao noticed the messenger's thoughtful gaze.
He smiled and said, "What's the matter?"
The messenger said: "Sir, he is very good at making tea."
In fact, he didn't know much about it. He just thought that Chu Yao's flowing movements were very interesting to watch. Looking at him, he gave people the feeling of "the tea he brewed is definitely very expensive". Just open your eyes and brag, everyone is anyway.
I like to hear good things.
Xu Quan's attention was also attracted.
Lu was the only one who had no interest in this.
Isn't it just throwing some green leaves into the hot water?
Is there anything you can tell me about?
Compared with this strange way of drinking, he prefers the tea that his wife made for him in the boudoir. It can also be said to be tea porridge. All kinds of colorful ingredients can be thrown into it.
The flavor is fragrant and you will feel full after just two cups.
Unlike Mr. Chu who likes to drink leaf tea.
"Tea porridge" is the authentic "tea"!
Xu Quan said: "This kind of tea art is rare."
The most popular thing at the moment is the "tea porridge" that Lu Jue calls "tea porridge", which contains auxiliary ingredients such as onions, ginger, garlic, orange peel, dogwood... and so on. The richer the family, the more ingredients are added to it. Fry the tea leaves and make tea.
, generally popular among small countries or common people, probably because it is relatively easy to obtain materials.
Xu Quan drinks more "tea and porridge"...
Emmm…
In fact, I don’t like either type of tea.
He still likes to drink.
Tea is something that his cousin, an old fox who is always calculating, likes. A brave warrior and strong liquor are the perfect match! But I have to say that watching Mr. make tea is a kind of enjoyment, as if even anxiety can be overcome
be soothed.
"I learned it when I was young. I haven't practiced it for many years, so I am quite rusty." Chu Yao was obviously smiling, but when he mentioned the word "young age", his eyes seemed to become colder.
The messenger suddenly thought of it.
He said with a smile: "No, no, no, how can it be considered unfamiliar? In my opinion, the master is almost the same as the chief clerk!"
The smile on Chu Yao's lips was a little brighter.
Xu Quan noticed what the messenger said, but he didn't expect that the interests of the chief clerk, whom he had never met before, overlapped so much with his own meritorious master. If the other party hadn't deliberately not shown up and left them alone, Xu Quan's favorability towards the chief clerk would have been higher.
.
"really?"
The messenger smiled and said: "Of course it is true."
In order to take care of the master's hobby, several cold-resistant tea trees were specially planted near the military camp. Although the brewed tea is a bit bitter, the master likes this sip, and he is very precious to the tea trees. How much is the treasure?
At first, the few tea trees were not adapted to the environment of Yongguguan. The chief clerk was so anxious that he was so anxious that a group of horse bandits hit the muzzle. They were caught and killed, and then made into artificial fertilizer to nourish the soil near the tea trees. The tree actually
It came alive!
Since then——
Some veterans like to use this story to intimidate newbies, such as "If you don't work hard in training, you will be arrested and used to fatten tea trees for the chief bookkeeper." They also made it vivid and colorful. A group of uninformed rookies thought that the chief bookkeeper relied on human beings to fatten the tea trees to keep his appearance.
Xu Quaandao: "He is also an elegant person."
An elegant man raised at the Iron Blood Pass?
He had some expectations for that person.
The chief bookkeeper, who was expected by Xu Quan, was playing chess with their master in the main account at this moment. The two were equally good at chess. The chief bookkeeper was good at layout planning, while the chief general was good at using offense as defense. However, the latter's chess skills were still taught by the former.
Yes, after all, it was a strange move, and the general had no choice but to admit defeat, and said with a helpless smile: "No more, no more, the sandbox battlefield is more enjoyable..."
The game between black and white made his eyes hurt.
The so-called "sand table battlefield" is a kind of "game game" that can only be played by scholars and brave men - gathering the strength of both sides of the game to build a relatively stable "different space" created by literary/military spirit, where each side has a unique advantage.
Each army defends a city.
The fantasy of a chess game between soldiers and horses, the scene is grand and exciting.
It’s just that one cannot coexist with one’s culture and one’s military.
→_→
It is equivalent to two servers, and the data is not communicated with each other.
Simply put, the channels are different.
If he wants to play "Sandbox Battlefield", he can only play with subordinate officials. If the chief secretary wants to play, he can only play with other literary scholars.
The chief clerk glanced at the sun.
Said: "How can those people hang out for two hours?"
The general said: "Almost."
Chief: "It's time to go and see it."
The general did not want to see the men and horses of the new governor of Longwu County, so he sent the chief secretary to represent him, so that he could be lazy.
The chief clerk had to go alone.
On the way over, he secretly guessed the psychology of Chu Yao and his group at the moment - after being left out for two hours, they would definitely be angry. He had a job in mind, and it was also a time when his mood was unstable. He could take the opportunity to act as a scribe
Way... Just as I was thinking about it, I saw the messenger running out of the tent to get some air.
"Why don't you stay with me in there?"
The messenger said with a grimace: "I'm afraid of being chopped down."
The chief clerk smiled and said: "Is this person so fierce?"
The messenger thought for a while and said: "If we talk about fierceness, it means that the two young warriors can't keep their composure and want to show off their family background to suppress others. This kind of is just fierceness from outside. But the martial artist is not simple, sitting next to him
, I always feel uncomfortable all over.”
"How uncomfortable is it?"
The messenger was honest: "It's like you are being watched by a master. If you don't stare at you for a moment, you will be arrested and used for human fat in the next breath."
The chief clerk was amused by his confidant's words.
"Then, I would like to meet this person."
The messenger followed the chief clerk like a dog-legger.
As a result - the momentum of his master's book came to an abrupt end the moment he opened the heavy curtain! It was very abrupt!
It was as if someone had tapped his acupuncture points, and all the muscles in his body were stiff and fixed, unable to move at all while maintaining a single movement!
The messenger wondered, what happened?
Are you numb all over because of the sunny weather, drought and lightning?
At this time, the meritorious officer surnamed Chu sneered from inside the tent, and successfully stopped the chief clerk who was trying to retract his right foot: "What's wrong? Are you afraid to come in? Shizhong Yu might as well give it a try!"
The messenger was confused: "???"
Xu Quan in the tent was confused: "???"
Lu Jue in the tent was puzzled: "???"
The messenger couldn't see the expression of the chief clerk in front of him, but Lu Jue and Xu Quan in the tent could see it clearly. The chief clerk's face turned pale instantly. When his eyes fell on Chu Yao inside the tent, his pupils trembled.
, brow twitching.
Just when they couldn't figure out what was happening, Mr. Chu Yao, who had been making tea gracefully just now, actually drew his sword out of its sheath.
When the messenger heard the commotion, he hurried forward to protect his master's book without caring about what happened.
Lu Jue and Lu Jue also made some moves.
Three people versus two people.
The atmosphere inside and outside the tent was subtle and solemn.
The chief bookkeeper and Chu Yao looked past the guards in front of them and met in the void. It seemed silent but there was a thunderous explosion. This was clearly a sign that the two of them were competing with each other with their sincerity. Are they really going to fight? But?
, the result is no.
The chief clerk pushed aside the messenger and stepped forward, his eyes falling on Chu Yao's waist: "When did your Wen Xin return?"
As we all know, there is only one way for Wenxin scholars who have been punished by breaking the government to regain Wenxin. Furthermore, consider that Chu Yao came as the new county governor's envoy, and this new county governor is the king of the country Zheng Qiao.
running dog.
so--
Is Chu Yao loyal to Zheng Qiao now?
The chief clerk’s expression was particularly wonderful.
Chu Yao said: "Is this important?"
The chief clerk recalled Wen Xin's momentum that had completely suppressed him just now. There were countless complicated things brewing in his mind, but none of them were suitable to say. He let out a filthy breath.
"I never thought... the person coming would be you!"
If you knew——
He received a patrol mission today and went to stay overnight in Chengdong.
The task of facing Chu Yao is left to the general.
If his upbringing allowed it, the chief clerk would have been scolding her at the moment. Seeing the two people's reactions, Lu Jue just kept his curiosity in his heart while Xu Quan asked directly: "Mr. Gong Cao, you and this chief clerk are... old
Do you know each other? "
Chief: "...Haha."
It's more than just acquaintance.
This TN is an evil debt, and Chu Yao is the creditor.
Xu·Curious Baby·Quan asked again: "Why did Mr. Gong Cao call this Chief Yu... Yu Shizhong?"
Although in different countries, the actual power and status of the position of Minister-in-Chief varies, but they are all serious royal court positions and are qualified to discuss matters. Could it be that the Chief Secretary in front of me is the former Minister-in-Chief of Xin State?
?
He was not impressed.
There seems to be no servant named "Yu" in King Xin's court.
"He was once the minister of Chu State." Chu Yao did not sell out the secret, and directly revealed the former identity of Master Yu.
"Chu Guo?" Xu Quan didn't know Chu Yao's identity, but he also vaguely guessed that Feifan, a second-grade Chinese heart, was not a street cabbage, and its owners were generally not ordinary people.
Chu Gongcao's name collided with that of a famous figure from many years ago, which made Xu Quan suspicious for a while, but there was no evidence. He tried out: "Chu Guo seems to be your hometown?"
"Yes." Chu Yao admitted.
Xu Quan: "..."
His intuition told him that there was a story here.
To be precise, it was Chu Yao, the guard surnamed Chu and the chief secretary Yu, and the bad debts of the past more than ten years ago.
Chief Yu: "...go and invite the general."
The messenger looked at Chu Yao and the others worriedly.
"But, but..."
Chief Yu said slightly angrily: "Who in this military camp can hurt me? Just invite the general over quickly."
The messenger had no choice but to suppress his worries and follow the order.
This time it became three against one.
Master Yu suddenly felt the pressure doubled.
He chose a mat not far away and sat down.
Said: "I didn't expect that Wuhui is still alive..."
Except for this hair, her appearance is the same as before.
Chu Yao said: "The same goes for Yu Shizhong."
When Master Yu heard this title, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, and said: "There is no such thing as Shizhong Yu now. He is just a small chief clerk, and he will spend the rest of his life here."
After that, there was another round of silence.
Until the sound of metal armor knuckles rubbing against each other was heard outside the house, an aura was pressing towards the tent, and then the thick tent curtain was opened with great force.
"Who is causing trouble here!"
This man's voice was like thunder, shaking the sky.
Chu Yao raised his eyes.
General Chu looked down.
Then--
Quiet.
Deathly quiet.
General Chu: "..."
urgent!
What should I do if Faxiao, who has been dead for many years, suddenly turns up dead?
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
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I haven't been feeling well lately, I've been feeling lethargic and sleepy, and I feel like I haven't gotten enough sleep.
Shiitake mushrooms can only try to write each chapter as long as possible these days.
After a few days, when the situation is better, I will update it.
PS: Did Mr. Chu Yao come to fight with his sword this time? (???)?