Devil’s Advent

In a teahouse in the west of the county seat of Nan'an County, a storyteller was telling the story of the eldest prince's expedition to Chengguo.

This storyteller is over half a hundred years old, his hair is bald early, he is not tall, his head looks like a big cart wheel, with a green hair;

Beside him, stood a chubby apprentice who was a head taller than him.

Mr. Guo's surname is Guo, with one word and one knife, but this is not his real name. This kind of master who makes a living in the rivers and lakes rarely uses his real name to show up.

Mr. Guo originally liked to talk about the love affairs of the big family, which girl hooked up with which poor scholar, which wife had a tryst at night with the carpenter surnamed Wang next door, etc.;

Later at night, I was hit by a sap stick by someone, my head was bleeding, and I almost died. After that, I didn’t dare to talk about it anymore;

And with the continuous rise of foreign wars in Yan State, Mr. Guo began to talk about the grand wars that Yan people love to hear most. This rejuvenated his career for a second time. Several teahouses wanted to spend money to recruit him.

What is being told in the hall right now is the story of the First Prince leading an army into Chengguo. It is very time-sensitive and has attracted many audiences. It's just that the story is true or false, and some of it is fake. If it is a parallel import, no one will know.

All I know is that the adults in the court want to see the battle report and military situation, and they have to wait for a long time for the eight hundred miles to rush over.

Over there, the eldest prince has just entered Cheng Kingdom,

Here, in Mr. Guo's story, the eldest prince has already taken the lead and personally beheaded several savages, Mr. Wan.

The apprentice next to him, simple and honest, had just been promoted to the stage, and he was only responsible for flattering and not saying unnecessary words, but every time he opened his mouth, it seemed to be asking questions for the audience below.

One question and one answer, the story is well told, it is really exciting and delicious.

The audience didn't bother to check whether the story was true or not, nor did they think about how the storyteller could know the situation on the front line earlier than the military situation.

Yan people, in the past two years, I have been drunk by one victory after another. Anyway, I won, so how can you brag that we men are comfortable.

Yan Xiaoliu, the head catcher of the county government office who has been in office for less than two months, is also leaning against the door of the teahouse at this time, listening to Mr. Guo telling stories with a smile.

When this Yan catcher first took office, many people in the yamen looked at him as young, and they all privately said that he was the brother-in-law of the county magistrate and concubine's concubine.

The water in the yamen is deep, and the county yamen is sometimes the magistrate of the county. If you say you are evacuated, you will be evacuated. Therefore, the people below did not take him seriously at first.

But who knows, it has only been seven days since the head catcher Yan came here, and he has tidied up the group of head catchers under his hand, just like the boss. Zao Li, each class has a secretary, and he has opened up the relationship.

He is not arrogant, knows the etiquette to advance and retreat, but makes you dare not despise him. If you are in a yamen, if everyone is polite to you, it will be difficult to live a happy life these days.

Nan'an County is located in Tiancheng County. It is not very close to the capital city, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the distance.

In addition, His Majesty has repeatedly launched wars in the past two years, making prisoners extremely tight. However, some offenders, ranging from robbers to stealing an egg from a neighbor's house, were all sent to the front line.

Let’s say it’s a severe punishment, but it’s hard for people to say “no”. After all, no matter what the contradiction is, as long as there are victories outside, it’s not considered a contradiction, but the law and order atmosphere really makes people feel The feeling of like spring breeze.

Because of this, Yan Tutou has nothing to do on weekdays. As a rule, he collects filial piety on the street, and then leads a group of brothers wandering around. The life is quite leisurely.

The shopkeeper in the teahouse saw Yan Butou coming, and immediately came over to invite him to the upper seat on the second floor, but Yan Butou refused, saying that he was on business and it was not convenient for him to go in, so he grabbed a handful from the second-floor pocket. Guazi, listening while nibbling.

The shopkeeper brought another small bench with a cup of tea on it, and bowed:

You use it.

hehe.

Yan Butou was not a stingy person, so he took out two pieces of silver from his pocket, one was tea money, and the other was a reward for Mr. Guo.

The protection fee just collected from the rouge shop in front still smells like powder.

You are generous.

The shopkeeper didn't refuse. Drinking tea in a restaurant and rewarding artisans is a very prestigious thing. If you insist on not accepting it, you will not give the master face.

Over there, Mr. Guo received the reward, and he smiled and led his apprentice to bow to the gate where Yan Butou was standing. The two masters and apprentices said in unison:

Thank you for the reward!

Thanks,

Mr. Guo asked his apprentice again:

Where were we talking?

Speaking of that, the emperor of Chengguo entrusted his loneliness to the eldest prince on his deathbed.

It's not a big deal, the Emperor Situ Lei of the Cheng Kingdom knew that his fate was not long, so he ordered Sun Youdao, the former prime minister, to go and invite our eldest prince from the army.

The eldest prince was dressed in golden armor and a red cloak, followed by Li Bao, Li Fusheng, two chief soldiers, and thousands of armored soldiers into the palace of Chengguo. Good fellow, have the Situ family ever seen such a mighty master? Have you ever seen such a mighty prince of the Tian family?

Those princesses and concubines are drooling when they look at our eldest prince!

have to,

Mr. Guo has just won an award,

I'm a little flustered,

This iron horse talked and talked, and he went back to the routine he used to talk about when he was talking about romance.

real or fake?

Yeah, is it true or not?

There are audience comments below.

Co-author Mr. Guo is the quick spittoon, which is used to drink water, so you are at the scene, so you saw it, right?

Mr. Guo immediately said seriously:

I want to teach you all that the emperor of the Situ family is not in good health, and Xuehaiguan came back with injuries, so those concubines in the harem are already hungry and thirsty, and the spring water is even worse. Who will share?

Ha ha ha ha!!!!!

good!!!!

reward!!!!

Your Highness is mighty!

Excellent, my Prince Yan!

Street storytelling, without a little yellow accent, without a little exaggeration, how to set off this atmosphere? Without this atmosphere, how can people give rewards?

This kind of life in the rivers and lakes is meant to be faced with the working people, and it is hard to make a living, but it loses its true meaning and appears nondescript.

If everyone is happy, the audience is happy, and the parents are happy, then it will be a success!

Hey hey.

Yan Butou listened and smiled in a low voice.

don't say

He was really looking forward to the next story turning to the story that his elder brother and the concubines in the harem had to tell.

However, at this moment, a head catcher came over and said:

Big boss, something happened in the yamen.

What's wrong?

Dead.

When Catcher Yan heard this, he immediately stuffed the remaining melon seeds into the hand of a man who was sitting next to the door and listening,

Immediately, he rushed to the Yamen together with this subordinate.

The yamen was indeed dead. When Yan Tutou came to the hall, he saw a man in black clothes sitting on the ground, holding a roast chicken in his left hand and a jug of wine in his right, eating and drinking vigorously.

The county magistrate was sitting in the hall, and the yamen servants who rushed over surrounded the man, but no one dared to go up to support him.

Oh, by the way, there is a dead body lying under the hall. This man Yan Butou knows, Hou San'er, who runs a gambling shop and distributes loan sharks in the back street.

At this time, Hou San'er was already dead.

What's going on? Yan Butou found a fast catcher and asked.

At the head, you are here. It's strange to see it today. It turned out that this man owed Hou San'er money and didn't pay it back, so Hou San'er dragged him to report to the official. My lord was just about to be promoted. Who knew this? The man suddenly took out a lump of iron from his pocket, and directly smashed the monkey to death.

It's fine to kill people in the hall, but the man sat down and took the food and drink, and he didn't run away or run away. He said that he would go to the army after he finished his meal well.

You also bring your own wine and meat?

Here, the people over there gave them all to his brothers, no matter how old or young they are.

Yan catches his head and looks over, only to find that among the people who had gathered to watch the excitement at the entrance of the county government office, a group of young and strong people are kneeling there at this moment.

Tsk tsk.

Yan Butou pushed away the crowd, walked up to the man, squatted down, and said:

Brother, is there enough wine?

The man raised his head, looked at Yan Butou, smiled, and said:

That's enough. You can't walk when you're drunk. It's a long way from us to Chengguo.

Yan Chutou sat cross-legged, pointed to Hou San'er who was already out of breath, and said:

Have a grudge?

I just came back from the sale, and learned that one of my brothers, my wife, was cheated by this Hou San'er, and the house and land were bought for a hundred coins. The old lady came back to her senses and cried for nowhere, and threw herself into a well to die.

My brother left early, when he first started messing around in his early years, he used to eat the steamed buns of his old lady, but this time he came back and heard about it, hey, one life is worth one life, and he killed Hou San'er to replace me The brother under the spring avenged his old mother, and later he could also go to the front line as a prisoner and fight with savages or dry dogs.

Hou San'er's reputation is naturally very bad, he does unscrupulous business, and many people are ruined by him, but Hou San'er's backstage is the boss, so no one has dared to touch him.

Now that Monkey San'er is dead, it can be regarded as removing harm for the people.

Yan Butou remembered what his brother surnamed Zheng said. He said why many people still yearn for the fact that they are obviously not on the stage in the Jianghu, because some people in the Jianghu sometimes do what beasts in clothes do. Won't do.

Yan Tutou has been in Nan'an County for some time, and he also knows some bad deeds of Hou San'er, but he has not been in a hurry to deal with him, because he hasn't taken care of his relationship with the master.

Of course, the main reason is that no matter how bad Hou San'er is, he won't use his tricks on him, and this is the fundamental reason why it is not urgent.

Brother, leave a name?

Hey, don't you want to sign and draw a pledge later? That's all, since you want to ask, I'll let you know, a certain Nan'an Ranmin.

The person gave him the nickname, Ran Big Beard.

But what about the beard?

I shaved it in advance, so as not to be able to take care of the long lice on the way to distribution.

talking,

Ran Min faced the group of kneeling guys outside the county office,

road:

Don't make a sad face. We joined the army together. You voted for civilians and miscellaneous soldiers. I started as a prisoner. As long as there is a battle, I will get up again in a short time. When the time comes, I will still lead you Kill the thief!

Immediately afterwards,

Ran Min turned his head to look at the county magistrate in the high hall again, and said:

I'm sorry, Master Qingtian, I didn't give you face and killed someone in court.

But the old man should also come down to have a glass of water and wine with me. This matter will eventually spread and become a good story. What kindness!

The county magistrate still sat there, did not get down, his face was twitching, obviously angry.

Seeing this, Yan Butou felt a little helpless, no wonder the county magistrate was ignored by the county magistrate below.

If that guy surnamed Zheng is here,

I ran down a long time ago and toasted three glasses,

Then recite the sentence aloud with tears in his eyes, and then cover his face and hold the child in his arms and cry loudly.

Ran Min shook his head,

He looked at Yan Butou sitting in front of him,

Said with emotion:

It's a pity, although our Majesty can't help but become an official, but it's a bit difficult for you, brother, to quickly climb up. If you're not an official, it's useless to ask for an official voice.

It's the name of the gangster in this arena, brother, do you want it?

Yes.

Yan catcher does not refuse anyone who comes, and wants everything.

Ran Min took the flagon first, took a big sip,

Then he handed the jug to Yan Butou,

shouted:

Brother, let's go!

Yan Butou didn't dislike it either, and took a big sip of wine from the spout of the jug.

Ran Min laughed loudly,

Shouted out:

Dare to ask brother's name?

Yan Butou pretended to be slightly drunk,

shouted:

Nan'an Yan Xiaoliu is also!

Okay, it's a great pleasure to be able to recognize another brother before being assigned. Wait, wait until my brother and I have accumulated military merits before the army and made a name. The captain can't do it. At least we have to be a garrison. Or get mixed up.

Ha ha ha ha,

After the battle is over, brother and I have a chance to come back. In the future, you will follow my brother to do things. What do I, Da Yanerlang, do to catch fast, kill dogs before the battle, that is the real joy!

Brother Xiaoliu, wait, brother, I will cover you from now on!

It is too insolent to say that fighting in front of the battle, taking life to win military merits, is like picking something out of a bag, but the rivers and lakes are shallow, but they can often breed snakes, what will happen in the future is still unknown.

Yan catcher heard the words, said with a smile:

Coincidentally, one of my brothers said this in his early years, before joining the army.

Haha, he was bragging, brother and I are different!

Yan Chu raised his head and let out a long sigh,

Said with emotion:

Don't say it, I really miss my brother a little bit, it's been almost a year.

Dead in battle?

... Yan Xiaoliu.

Ran Min saw that Yan Tutou was silent,

With a serious look on his face, he said:

He is a man. Since he died for my Yan, he should be respected. Come, Brother Yan, let's pay a respect to your deceased brother with this glass of wine!

Hey hey. Yan Xiaoliu laughed, his stomach ached from laughing, but he still nodded, reaching out to hold the same jug as Ran Min,

mouth down,

Drinks were spilled on the floor.

Brother, let's go on the road with peace of mind!

………

Ah Choo!

General Zheng, who had just been helped by Si Niang to sit by the bed and drink chicken soup, sneezed loudly and almost spilled the chicken soup in his hand.

Heh, who is missing me?