Chapter 25 Everyone has a solid path, and some people climb over the wall and go to hospital
The night is like a canopy, and the stars are like a silver ribbon, reflecting the lights of thousands of houses below.
After Su Chen took a bath, he put on his obscene clothes and sat in front of the window. From a small courtyard away, Dong Zhuo could be heard snoring. He lit some incense and put it in the incense burner.
Then I got up and lay back on the bed. I was already tired from the two days of traveling. I closed my eyes on the pillow and fell into a deep sleep.
The faint dream appeared again.
Many shadowy figures stood in front of a hall looking at him, and there were two overlapping voices in his ears.
"Choose me, I have the Red Sky Sword as a gift to you..."
"A weapon is nothing, you choose me, I will let you feel what the Khan of Heaven is!"< br>
I remember last time, there were three voices, why are there only two this time?
Before Su Chen made a choice, he was already conscious, and there was a roaring vibration. He opened his eyes, and the sky was bright outside the window. The morning sun was pouring in, shining on the desk. A piece of gold comes out.
"Which emperor did I choose last night?"
Su Chen couldn't remember it at all. He got up, put on his robes and pushed the door out. Two figures held their own weapons and danced in the yard. Dong Zhuo was wearing a suit. The loose black robe was open, revealing thick black hair. In the morning light, as he moved and waved his weapon, a few tufts of black hair were gently stroking in the wind.
The serrated knife named Yunwen in his hand was simple and direct in every move. It was not as fancy as Jianghu martial arts. Su Chen could faintly feel that there was a layer of blood all over his body.
The figure on the other side is Zhu Gongdao, with his clothes flying and the shadow of a gun accompanying him. Every blow is fast and powerful, which reminds Su Chen of the two men who were great with guns in the late Han Dynasty.
Victorious generals Zhao Yun and Xiliang Jin Ma Chao.
I wonder if Emperor Zhaolie has the tokens of these two people.
However, apart from Ma Chao's regrets that he might appear here, Zhao Yun died at the end of his life, so there should be no regrets, so the hope of coming here is a bit slim.
Sitting under the eaves and watching the meeting, thinking of the emperor unlocked in yesterday's dream, Su Chen scanned every corner of the courtyard. Except for Emperor Xian of Han who was sweeping the floor, there was not even a ghost.
‘Who is unlocked? ’
While he was frowning and thinking, the scruffy-looking guard Thirteen came back from outside and asked Su Chen to eat in the front hall.
"You go over first."
Sent each other away, the two people practicing weapons here also stopped, wiped the sweat from their heads, and walked over together, following Su Chen.
Zhu Gongdao's injury has healed, so he naturally has to act as a guard, and Dong Zhuo will go with him to recruit soldiers outside the city today. His face is full of flesh, and he looks at the man walking by with a broom from time to time. Liu Xie has a smile on his face.
Su Chen was a little curious: "Dong Gong, what did you talk to His Majesty yesterday?"
"Haha, you can't say it." Dong Zhuo shook his head.
Su Chen turned his head and looked at Han Xiandi who was sweeping the ground. Before he could speak, he also laughed: "You can't say."
"Who cares."
Su Chen turned his face away , put his hands on his hands and strode out of the Crescent Moon Gate, and arrived at the front hall of the atrium. After letting Dong Zhuo and Zhu Gongdao go to the side hall to have dinner, he walked into the hall.
Father Su Congfang sat in the front seat, watching him come in with a gloomy face. The eldest brother Su Yong pursed his lips and buried himself in picking up vegetables to eat without saying a word. However, the second brother was actually there, which finally made Su Chen feel a little relieved. .
The second brother was hit hard by the loss of his arm. When he came back yesterday, he brought two bags of one hundred arms to his yard. He took a look, and the smile he had not shown for a long time finally appeared. face.
Came here for dinner early this morning.
While eating, Su Congfang came slightly closer to Su Chen and lowered her voice: "What are you going to do with your father's money? Don't think that your father doesn't know what you are thinking. He privately recruits troops to build an army, but confiscates your family and exterminates your clan." "It's a serious crime."
"I will recruit five hundred people. If the court really wants to notice, I will just stuff them into the Ding'an army and say they are your soldiers."
< br>Su Congfang was unable to refute what he said. He was both happy and scared about these things. What he was happy about was that this brat finally no longer had the temper of waiting to die and was becoming more and more independent. What he was scared about was that Tai He was too opinionated and had ambitions that exceeded his own abilities, especially when he knew that the subordinates he hired one after another, each one more weird and fierce than the last, seemed to be a group of masters who had killed countless people.
The man next to my younger son, who had a fleshy face and a thick beard and a fat figure, had looked at each other in Yunqi County before, and he had the illusion that the other man could kill him with one hand.
If this continues, Ding'an City will be filled with vicious people.
He, who is the Marquis of Ding'an, is not in peace either.
After breakfast, Su Congfang left with a heavy heart. Su Yong looked at his father's back, turned around and asked softly: "Did you really take away the money that my father kept privately?"
"Take it? It's a loan, I wrote an IOU." Su Chen drank the porridge in the bowl in one breath and was about to get up and leave.
“Then when do you plan to pay it back?”
"You borrowed it based on your ability, why should you pay it back?"
Su Chen waved his hand towards the stunned elder brother, turned around and walked out of the hall, called Dong Zhuo and Zhu Gongdao in the side hall next door, walked straight out of the mansion and walked across the street. There are gangs from the city waiting in the east of the city.
The leader was Gang Leader Chen. When he saw Su Chen with twenty riders, he quickly dismounted and paid his respects. "Okay, don't waste time. Call Mr. Dong and accompany him around the countryside to see where the terrain is better. In the afternoon, go outside the city to help Mr. Dong recruit a group of victims. Remember, we only need young men." br>
“Yes!”
Gang Leader Chen glanced at the fat figure next to Su Chen, and when he met the ferocious gaze, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. The gun-wielding knight next to the Third Young Master had never given him such a frightening feeling. This ferocious-looking, older fat man made him feel as if he was walking on thin ice, as if he would be killed at any time.
"By the way, where was the confessor whom my eldest brother protected before?"
Su Chen was on horseback, holding the sword on his waist and upper body Lean forward slightly and look at the other person: "This is what I told you before, but don't tell me, you didn't pay attention."
"Third Young Master, how could I forget this." Gang Leader Chen waved his hands repeatedly , he was supported by Su Chen three years ago, and he helped to oversee all the secret affairs in the city. Only then could Su Yong handle the government affairs smoothly.
“After the man whom the prince protected that day, after he was released from prison, his brothers followed him, and there were brothers watching him outside the city. I saw him riding a carriage to Ji County. Third Young Master, this is that person. A place where people hide.”
Gang Leader Chen took out the folded paper from his pocket and handed it to Su Chen. The Ji County above is one of the two counties in Su Congfang Shiyi. It has a population of about 20,000. The streets in the city are not complicated. Knowing where the place is is not a big deal. Hard to find.
"Okay, you can follow Dong Gong to do things."
After saying that, Su Chen nodded towards Dong Zhuo, tapped his horse's ribs with his heel, and jumped out of the horse, carrying Zhu Gongdao through it. Passing the crowds of victims on both sides, they rushed towards the official road.
The wind blew against my face, and the hair on my forehead fluttered back.
On a galloping horse, Zhu Gongdao ran on the side of Su Chen with a spear on his back, followed by twenty cavalrymen.
"Third Young Master, what are you going to do in Ji County to look for that person?"
"This person is greedy for life and afraid of death. Since he knows who is behind the scenes, he must also know about the Huangshen Sect. Before Dong Zhuo trained his soldiers, , first find out where the opponent's altar is."
Su Chen glanced at the distant mountains in the autumn, the deserted farmland, the mountain villages, and the vaguely visible people wrapped in yellow scarves standing at the entrance of the village, following. The villagers were talking and dancing and making gestures.
After looking at it for a moment, his lips were slightly parted, and his voice floated in the wind:
"How can I allow others to snore and sleep on the couch next to me. If I am disturbed by my idleness, they will not have a good time. ”
Facing Ding'an City behind him, Dong Zhuo, who was surrounded by people, rode across a hilltop. After looking at it for a long time, he pointed to a higher position. Gang leader Chen beside him quickly asked someone to write it down.
The sky is setting in the west, and when we return to the outside of Ding'an City, a straw shed has been set up here, porridge water has been boiled, and there are cages of large white steamed buns. The fragrance is exuding, attracting many swaying victims around. Dazed, cautious, and frightened, they saw the old man sitting like a mountain of meat behind the hut, and the serrated knife in his hand. No one rushed towards him impulsively.
People with food on their faces surged in. In front of the hut, a gang member raised his voice: "We are recruiting people. If you dare to come over hard, you will have a bite to eat! There are also steamed buns, and the signature painting will be postponed. Immediately Take away five of them, as well as Anjia Yin, which will be enough for your family to last until the spring of next year. Everyone has a miserable life anyway, why not come here and give it a try with us..."
Many people were moved, but The wives and children at home were dragging them, crying and not letting their men go. There were also men who were alone and couldn't stand the hunger. They rushed over, grabbed a steamed bun and stuffed it into their mouths. While eating, they put their fingerprints on a contract. Taking a bag of copper coins handed to him, he squatted in the corner laughing and crying. He had no one to give his money to.
Dong Zhuo had no feelings about these scenes. When he burned Luoyang, the burning, killing, looting and looting were ten times worse. As a man who has been in charge of the army for half his life, he did not have much compassion.
However, at this moment, a small figure squeezed through the chaotic crowd of applicants. Dong Zhuo noticed someone approaching and opened his fierce eyes. He tilted his head slightly and saw a dirty little girl trying to raise her head, pitifully. Looking at myself.
"Can you exchange me for ten steamed buns? Give it to my mother."
The timid voice made Dong Zhuo frown. He followed the direction pointed by the little girl and saw the disheveled woman. The man was leaning unconscious under the tree. There was a long gash from his shoulder to his arm, as if it had been opened by a whip.
"How old are you?"
"Three...three years old." The girl timidly raised her fingers, and tears fell down drop by drop in her dark eyes, "I have a good snack. Master... can you buy me... My mother is starving to death..."
The little girl pursed her lips and started to cry: "Please, uncle, five will do...my mother is dying."
The child was crying and crying, looking at the ragged clothes. With such a small body, Dong Zhuo felt as if his heart was being beaten.
“Dad!”
It was like hearing hallucinations in his ears. In his mind, he seemed to hear the voices of his daughters calling him when they were young, and he seemed to see three people in the chaotic crowd. A bouncing little figure ran towards him.
"Yu'er...Zhao'er...Yuan'er..."
He whispered softly, and someone next to him saw this and called out softly: "Dong Gong?"
Dong Zhuo woke up, he closed his eyes, and then asked someone to get some steamed buns, and went over to hold the little girl in his arms. Inside, he walked towards the unconscious woman under the tree.
……
The sun streaked across the sky and fell into the clouds.
The red glow draped on the mountainside. Su Chen, bathed in the afterglow, stopped his horse. He looked at the city below and urged his horse to run again.
Entering Ji County, he followed the address on the paper and took Zhu Gongdao and twenty cavalry to search for it. He finally found the place near a remote street in the southwest corner.
A saponaria tree stretches out some branches and leaves from the courtyard wall.
Zhu Gongdao stepped forward and knocked on the old door, but no one responded for a long time. Su Chen raised his hand on horseback, and the four knights dismounted and quickly ran to the corner. The two of them joined hands, and the other two climbed up the wall on the ladder.
Subsequently, he jumped into the courtyard with weapons.
(End of this chapter)