In the blue sky, the sun shines lazily on the earth.
There were several guards at the gate of Yizhou City, holding spears in their hands, walking back and forth at the gate.
There was a table on the inside of the city gate near the city wall, with some remaining meat residue and a wine jar on it. The sun was just shining on it, making it warm.
On the chair next to him, the guard leader with a sword on his waist was leaning on the chair, his mouth half-opened, and the saliva in his mouth flowed down his chin to his front, and he snored louder and louder.
Duan Tianming was followed by more than a dozen school captains, each holding a fat and strong horse in their hands. They passed by the snoring guard leader and arrived outside the city gate.
As soon as he left the city gate, Duan Tianming turned over and sat on his horse.
"Brothers, the young master was having a good time drinking in the tavern. He said he wanted everyone to let go and have fun. Our way of having fun is to gallop back and forth on this empty official road. Get on your horse and let's go." Duan Tianming
He pinched the horse's belly with his legs and rushed out like a gust of wind.
The captains behind had already given their orders in advance. They got on their horses one by one, raised up bursts of dust on the official road, and walked away.
"Who are these people? They lead horses out of the city just to have fun?" A guard stopped, looked at the streaks of dust on the official road, and frowned.
"Isn't this the same group of people who entered the city yesterday? No matter what they do, if they want to go in again, the sanitation fee will be indispensable." Another guard fanned the dust that had been thrown in front of him with a look of disgust.
said.
"I just entered the city yesterday, and today I just came out for a ride. Is it appropriate to charge a fee?" the first guard said softly.
"What's inappropriate?" The guard leader yawned, slapping his mouth with his hand, and lazily walked over, "You have to pay a fee once you enter the city. As long as they have money, they will be able to access the gate of Yizhou City.
Come and go as you please.”
Seeing the leader returning, the two guards immediately straightened their waists: "Captain."
"Well, wait for them to come back." The guard captain put his left hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, bulging his belly, and looked at the billowing dust on the official road.
He was sleeping soundly, but when he was awakened by the neighing of horses, the leader felt angry in his stomach. Now that he saw that these people were just taking the horses out to ride, he felt even more angry.
He clearly regards the official road outside Yizhou City as his own racecourse, and he really doesn't take the guards like him seriously.
Half an hour later, Duan Tianming led everyone around the outside of the city and rushed to the city gate again.
Looking at the guard captain standing at the city gate, Duan Tianming frowned: "Are you going to charge sanitation fees again?"
The captain didn't answer, looked at Duan Tianming arrogantly, and nodded.
Duan Tianming took out ten taels of silver from his arms without hesitation, raised his right hand, and threw it towards the guard captain.
The guard captain reached out and grabbed the silver in the air. He weighed it up and down, stirred his tongue a few times in his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground with a "pop" sound.
"It's not enough, there are still four taels left." Tilting his head, the guard captain said slowly.
"Yesterday there were fifteen horses, and you charged ten taels of cleaning fees. Today there are fourteen horses, and ten taels of silver are not enough? What standard do you charge for this?" Duan Tianming reined in his horse and walked towards the other party.
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"Mood. Yesterday, Master, I was in a good mood, so I'll give you ten taels. Today, Master, I'm in a bad mood, so I'll give you one tael for each horse. This is the standard." Looking at Duan Tianming walking towards him, the captain of the garrison said
He also took a step forward, squinting his eyes and looking at Duan Tianming on the horse.
"Yesterday, my young master was here and I gave you ten taels of silver. You don't know how to flatter me and think you are so great. Take the silver and get out of the way. We are still in a hurry to pick up my young master.
"Duan Tianming glared angrily, and the riding crop in his hand made a loud sound in the air.
Looking at the other party's momentum, the guard captain felt a little guilty. But when he thought about his men looking at him now, if he was so intimidated, how could he show off his power in front of them in the future.
After thinking for a while, he yelled: "How dare you, who is your young master? How can he be more important than the guards of Yizhou City?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Tianzhong jerked the reins of the horse in his hand. The horse leaped high and rushed towards the guard leader. The whip in his hand whirled rapidly in the air and hit the guard with a "pop" sound.
On the captain's cheek, the helmet on his head was pulled out more than two feet away. It hit the city gate, bounced to the ground, and rolled away with a clanking sound.
It seemed that he was stunned by the whip. The guard captain touched his cheek with his hand and stayed there in a daze.
The other two guards also opened their mouths, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing.
This was not only his own guard captain, but also Lord Zhizhou's brother-in-law. He actually had someone whip him out at the gate of Yizhou City.
"My young master can only be insulted by a fool like you." As if a whip wasn't enough to relieve his anger, Duan Tianming jumped off the horse and waved the sword in his hand with all his strength towards the garrison captain who was standing there blankly.
Horsewhip.
"Ah..." A series of screams came from the mouth of the guard captain, swirling in the city gate.
The two guards were already pale with fright, their whole bodies were shaking, and their legs seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move.
Pedestrians passing by saw the garrison captain being beaten and rolling all over the ground. Although they felt happy, they did not dare to come forward and watch. They could only quicken their pace and hurriedly go around.
After being whipped more than a dozen times in a row, the guard captain's uniform had been ripped in all directions. He lay on the ground with his head in his hands, not daring to move.
Duan Tianming then put away his riding crop and prepared to leave.
As if he had thought of something, Duan Tianming, who was halfway through, suddenly turned around, returned to the guard captain, reached into his arms, took back the money he had just given, raised his right foot, and suddenly
He kicked the wall, spat again, got on his horse and drove away.
Seeing more than a dozen horses galloping towards the main street, the two guards threw away the spears in their hands, ran over tremblingly, helped the guard captain sit up, and leaned against the city wall.
One guard took out a cloth handkerchief from his arms and wiped the blood on the captain's face. Another guard hurriedly ran two feet away and picked up his captain's helmet.
"Have they left?" The captain wiped the blood on his face with his hand, opened his eyes, looked around, and asked in a low voice.
"Let's go, they rode into the main street." The guard next to him hurriedly replied.
