Chapter 4934 Duel? He is just collecting debt
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, martial arts were strong, and heroes were not judged by success or failure. Although Cheng Yaojin framed him and attacked him unprepared, which could be called a cunning trick, he successfully drove An Yuanshou out of Liangzhou and moved inland to Guanzhong, but he did not punish him for it. Disdain should be given with no less etiquette and respect.
"My dear brother Maoling, I have been separated from Chang'an for more than ten years, but I am still so majestic, masculine and domineering. I am very relieved! Haha!"
Standing outside the barracks, Cheng Yaojin cupped his hands and saluted with a smile.
Today, An Yuanshou's official position, title, and status are far inferior to him, but he fought side by side back then. Maybe he didn't care about that love in his heart, but he had to worry about it in front of others no matter what.
Furthermore, he is now the victor and does not hesitate to show his generosity.
Niu Jinda also stepped forward to salute.
An Yuanshou stopped in front of the door, returned the gift with his hand, and said to Niu Jinda first: "Brother, when I go to Fanhe City, my first priority must be to reorganize the troops. If there are any difficulties, please send someone to inform me. I will definitely help." No stone is left unturned.”
Niu Jinda nodded and thanked.
An Yuanshou then looked at Cheng Yaojin, smiled and sighed: "Back then, I was not as strong as my brother. I thought I was not strong, but the situation is different! Who would have expected that today I am still no match for my brother, and I feel both depressed and admired in my heart. The late emperor At that time, my brother was a guard, and Jane was in the heart of the emperor. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, my brother is still powerful and looks down on the government and the public. He is really awesome."
At this stage, all pride must be buried and one can live better with one's tail between one's legs, instead of offending Cheng Yaojin just for a moment's anger, and instead being targeted and controlled by him in every way.
Adults don't need to care about appearance. Just admit defeat when you need to, and bend down when you need to. It's no big deal.
What's more, even though I lost, you didn't necessarily win before I knew it. Otherwise, I would still be squatting in Guzang City, unable to go back to Chang'an City...
Cheng Yaojin's smile froze, then he laughed and turned slightly sideways: "You and I haven't seen each other for many years, and we had a battle before. Please come in and have a glass of wine, so we can have a nice chat and reminisce about old times."
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An Yuanshou declined: "Of course I am willing to get close to my brother, but the imperial edict has been issued, and I must travel to Guanzhong day and night. I dare not delay for a moment, and I will have to live up to my brother's good intentions. I am terrified."
Cheng Yaojin didn't just give in. Although the two were old acquaintances and had fought side by side, they didn't have a deep friendship. Under such circumstances, there would be nothing to talk about if they were sitting together drinking. It would be very embarrassing.
"In this case, my dear brother, is there anything you need my help with when you enter the city? If there is anything I can help you with, it's okay to speak up!"
An Yuanshou's eyes twitched, and he wanted to say that since you are so heroic, you must return An's money to me...
But knowing it was impossible, it was unnecessary to say such a thing, just to make him angry.
"My little brother is here to take back my brother-in-law. Since His Majesty has already dealt with it, my brother-in-law's sins can be forgotten. I wonder what you think, brother?"
"That's natural!" Cheng Yaojin waved his hand and pointed at An Zhongjing, who was brought to the barracks next to him: "Isn't it right there? Don't worry, dear brother, although we were each our own masters before, I still remember the friendship from the past. I will never treat my brother with good food, drinks and hospitality.”
An Yuanshou turned around and saw several soldiers bringing An Zhongjing over. Although his expression was a little haggard, his walking posture was normal. It was clear that he had not been tortured or tortured as Cheng Yaojin said.
When An Zhongjing saw An Yuanshou, he ran forward in a few steps, knelt down on the ground, and cried loudly: "Brother, I failed in my errand. Not only was my money and silk robbed, but I was framed by a traitor. I can’t see my brother again, and I can’t see my ancestors anymore!”
Cheng Yaojin was stroking his beard aside, smiling, as if he was not talking about him at all.
An Yuanshou said sternly: "Okay! A real man stands between heaven and earth. Life and death are no other matters. How can he cry and cry?! Whoever takes our things can just take it back. If he refuses, he will have his own sword to speak. ! ”
Cheng Yaojin: "..."
What do you want to do, kid?
It’s true that boxing is afraid of young people, but when it comes to sword fighting, I’ll let you An brothers fight shoulder to shoulder with a horse spear!
An Yuanshou looked at Cheng Yaojin, clasped his fists and said, "I have an account to settle with the Yin family. This is a private matter. Can you kindly ask my brother to stay out of it and stand by?"
Cheng Yaojin squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment.
Guzang City is now under his rule. In theory, he has the authority to deal with all violations of law and discipline that occur in the city. It is reasonable to prohibit An Yuanshou from seeking trouble from Yin Hongyong. But the An family and the Yin family have been entrenched in Guzang for a long time, and are deeply rooted and powerful. Now the An family has moved inland to Guanzhong, and the Yin family is making trouble in the dark, causing trouble for themselves from time to time.
It would not be a bad idea to use An Yuanshou's hand to suppress the Yin family's arrogance and cut off its prestige...
"Public fighting is not okay, but I don't care about personal grudges."
The laws of the Tang Dynasty did not support private duels, and even the punishment for injuries or death caused by fighting with weapons was extremely severe. However, the trend of martial arts prevailed in the Tang Dynasty. Both literati and military generals praised "generals and prime ministers". "Wen can use pens to settle the world, and martial arts can mount horses to determine the world." This is the mainstream of scholars. The military skills handed down from the Spring and Autumn Period One-on-one battles between knights and generals before the formation still existed, private fights were often banned, and the government often turned a blind eye.
An Yuanshou cupped his fists: "Thank you!"
Then he turned around and strode away: "Follow my brother to the Yin family to collect debts!"
An Zhongjing hurriedly followed.
Watching the two people's backs disappear at the camp gate, Niu Jinda said: "Would you like to follow me and have a look?"
Cheng Yaojin scratched his head and hesitated: "Aren't you going? The money went into my pocket. An Yuanshou didn't dare to ask for it from me, so he went to seek bad luck from Yin Hongyong. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I were around?"
Niu Jinda couldn't help but complain: "You still know how embarrassing it is? After all, we have a friendship with An Yuanshou, and now the An family has to move to Guanzhong. You have robbed all the family wealth accumulated over the years. The An'dun tribe has no way to survive, so they have to take this step. Give some back to others!”
Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened: "Why should I give you back the money I got based on my own ability? An Yuanshou is not stupid either. He didn't dare to offend me, so he set his sights on Yin Hongyong. I promise it's fun to just stand by and watch. Well, as for how much he can extract from Yin Hongyong, it depends on his own ability.”
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The two An Yuanshou brothers came out of the Zuowuwei barracks and walked along the city gate palace to the east city. Many people along the way saw this and breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that if he went to look for trouble with Cheng Yaojin, he would be killed by Cheng Yaojin instead. Yao Jin was harmed.
After all, the current Guzang City is Cheng Yaojin’s territory, and elite Zuowuwei troops are stationed inside and outside the city...
"Where are you going, Commander?"
A vendor brought over two skewers of mutton and asked with a smile.
An Yuanshou took the mutton skewers and licked them clean. He chewed the mutton and said, "A certain person has a debt with Yin Hongyong. I will go to Chang'an and never return. Naturally, I have to settle the debt and have a duel with him to decide whether to live or die." There’s no calculation, let’s settle for fate!”
Oops!
Pedestrians on the street were shocked at first, and then became excited. The two "giants" of Guzang City were actually going to fight to the death? !
Passing the news to ten, then to hundreds, by the time the brothers An Yuanshou arrived at the Yin family mansion, hundreds of people were already following behind them, and they were surrounding them with cheers and cheers.
An Yuanshou stood in front of the door, drew out his horizontal knife, and slashed his left palm. Blood gushed out. He walked up the steps and slapped the door panel with his hand, leaving a bloody handprint.
This is the tradition of the Sogdians, leaving their fingerprints will last forever.
The An family has been in Guzang for hundreds of years, and some of the Sogdian traditions have been preserved. Everyone in Guzang city is more or less familiar with it. The servants of the Yin family in front of the door suddenly changed their expressions when they saw this, and hurried inside to report...
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After a moment, Yin Hongyong strode out. When he saw the bloody handprints on the door, his face was extremely ugly. He came to stand in front of An Yuanshou and said dissatisfiedly: "I know what the purpose of brother is here, but there is always a debt to blame." Lord, all the An family's money and silk have been embezzled by Cheng Yaojin, so you should go to him to ask for it."
An Yuanshou ignored it and looked back at An Zhongjing: "Back then, our family's wealth was escorted by the Yin family's caravan? Will this guy agree to help pass the checkpoint smoothly?"
An Zhongjing gritted his teeth: "If this guy hadn't promised so happily, how could I have been deceived?"
The crowd onlookers were in an uproar, the Yin family is not particular about it!
The An family was desperate and came to ask for help. It would be fine if you didn't agree to help. But after you agreed, you betrayed her and embezzled her family property. This is simply shameless!
Yin Hongyong quickly defended: "Of course I tried my best to help you, but who would have thought that Duke Lu would conduct a strict inspection and find prohibited items among your belongings. Then he would confiscate all the money and silk. What does it have to do with me?"< br>
An Yuanshou said: "Being entrusted by others and doing things loyally are the principles of life! You and I have a friendship, but you betray my trust and embezzle my family property. It is worse than a beast! No need to say more today, you and I are here In this duel, if I die by your sword, it will be my own fault. If I cut off your head, then the sky has eyes!”
He dropped the scabbard on the ground and held the horizontal knife tightly: "Come on!"
Yin Hongyong had sweat on his forehead, and he was angry and scared. He was so angry that you knew that Cheng Yaojin had swallowed the money but didn't dare to ask for it. You came to bully me, a soft persimmon. What you were afraid of was An Yuanshou, who had the reputation of being brave and brave. Hexi, although these years of pampering have long lost the courage of the past, if you are determined to kill him, it will not be much more difficult than killing a chicken...
You definitely can't duel, and it's not a way to die if you live too long...
"Ten thousand guan. For the sake of the century-old friendship between our families, I am willing to give 10,000 guan to my brother."
We can only waste money to eliminate disaster.
He also knew that the so-called duel was just to force him to give money...
An Yuanshou was extremely angry and laughed back: "Ten thousand guan? I'm sending you to beggar!"
He cupped his hands and faced the people around him, and said loudly: "I, the An family, have lived in Guzang for a long time. Everyone knows about my family background. My wealth worth millions of guan has been embezzled and plundered. But now they only give me a mere 10,000 guan. Do you still want me to be grateful?" ...Please comment, is ten thousand dollars enough?"
"Nature is not enough!"
"An's savings of hundreds of years, even excluding land and real estate, would still have more than one million dollars in cash!"
An Yuanshou said again: "Tell me, how much money is reasonable for someone to get back?"
"I run a pawn shop. If the wealth worth millions is not all cash, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, etc. will be sold at a discount."
Someone gave a decent estimate.
“Even if it’s not worth a million dollars, it’s still worth at least half a million dollars!”
"Hmm, the half discount is very reasonable."
It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, but Yin Hongyong blushed anxiously.
Five hundred thousand dollars? !
You might as well kill me! (End of chapter)