one's door

When Zhang Huiyuan finished speaking, the smile on Zhou Cang's face was gone, his brows were wrinkled and his eyes were angry.Even the adjutant and two other guards beside him who had listened to Zhang Huiyuan's speech also had their chests heaving violently and were very angry.

To be honest, the most unacceptable thing for people in the army is not to die in battle or outnumbered, but to be coveted or robbed of the credit they have earned through their hard work.Because in that case, the lives of soldiers will look like a joke.

"It's really audacious!" According to Zhang Huiyuan, a few people outside came to persuade them to sell two pieces of fertile land obtained by Zhang Yan's military exploits to redeem a former shop of the Zhang family.But the Zhang family didn't do it, so they kept pestering them.Have the guts to make some military achievements, and have the guts to redeem the shop that was seized by the yamen?Plus Zhang Yan's previous charges.Even if Zhou Cang didn't speculate, he could taste a lot of the smell.

Zhou Cang snorted coldly, but didn't say much.He is not going to let this matter go, but is going to take it all on.But he also won't dig deep into this matter.Because it would be too long for him, and the variables are too big.Although Langyuan City is not big, the water is very deep.

People can be saved, so can Zhou Cang.But he didn't want to touch the strangeness inside.After Zhang Yan, whom Lin Zedong repeatedly praised and valued, came back, he would make another plan.

"Bring the four people outside to talk."

"Yes, my lord!"

After a while, four men with bruises on their faces were brought in, each obediently kneeling on the ground and not daring to look up.

"The four of you heard clearly. If you dare to come to harass the Zhang family and appear in front of the Zhang family again, don't blame me, Zhou Cang, for being rude to you!"

In the end, Zhou Cang asked the four people to report to the house, and asked the guards to escort them back to check the door one by one, completely looking serious.This is the platform.In the future, I need to intervene from time to time, and to give the Zhang family a convenience, so that they can go directly to the city gate to find someone if they have something to do, and when the time comes to report the name of Zhou Cang, someone will respond.

That's the only way to deal with it for the time being.Deterrence Xiaoxiao is the main thing, there is no need to dig deep.Everything has to wait until Zhou Cang sees that Zhang Yan before deciding whether to continue.

The three members of the Zhang family saw the four bastards who always came to them on weekdays, kneeling on the ground with bruised noses and swollen faces, almost peeing their pants in fright, they felt a bad breath in their hearts.And Zhou Cang also gave them a guarantee afterwards that he would protect the Zhang family from being harassed by these people.

Afterwards, Zhou Cang didn't stay in Zhang's house any longer, and after dismissing the four bastards who were entangled with Zhang's house, he said goodbye and left.

Zhang Huiyuan sent Zhou Cang to the entrance of the alley, then turned back home and took last night's embroidery and hurriedly handed in the work, walking briskly all the way, her happiness was beyond words.

In the room, Zhang Shun also had a rare smile on his face.

Only the old mother, Wang Lanping, was happy with worry on her face.

"Mother, those four bastards were cleaned up by Mr. Zhou. Why do you look unhappy? Are you still worried that Mr. Zhou will ignore it afterwards? He just said it sincerely and left us something later, you Afraid that such a big official can coax us into playing tricks?"

Wang Lanping shook her head, sighed, and said, "My lord Zhou spoke firmly that day, and mother naturally knew that he was not trying to perfuse us. Mother is worried that this matter is too unusual."

"Mother, do you mean that Mr. Zhou came here unusually?" Zhang Shun just lost his leg, and his brain is not stupid, and he came back to it after being reminded by his mother.The smile on his face also subsided a bit.

Seeing that she had spoken, Wang Lanping didn't hide it, and then continued to worry: "Think about it, although your brother has some brains, is he worthy of such care from a dignified military figure? How many catties and taels does he have? Could it be that he has caused trouble again? What's the matter?"

What Wang Lanping believes in is how big the stomach is to eat as big a bowl, if you don't have the skills, don't be brave.She even felt uneasy about the fact that her second son had done meritorious service and was cleared of his crimes, let alone Zhou Cang's personal visit?I'm afraid it's being used again, isn't it?

……

But no matter how worried the Zhang family was in the end, the news that the Zhang family was under the care of the city guard Zhou Cang spread like wildfire.

33 The sky is high

"Hiss..." Zhang Yan took a deep breath, which seemed to be more refreshing than before.

Turning around, he waved goodbye to the boss named Li at the post station, turned over and climbed into a carriage on his way home.There were some empty sacks in the car, and the smell of some grain could be smelled, which should be the empty grain loan that was consumed, and they were dragged back.

"Master Jun, are you returning home?"

"It's not a military master anymore. He was disbanded from the army a few days ago, and now he is an ordinary person like you." Zhang Yan leaned on a stack of empty cloth bags with a smile, while answering the coachman's question.

"Yo? Why don't you do it at such a young age? I heard that the military masters in Yubei Mountain Fortress have made a lot of military achievements. Why don't you work for a few more years?"

Drivers are talkative.Especially after knowing that Zhang Yan was not in the army, his voice became a little louder, and his interest became even higher.

"What else are you going to do? Yubei Mountain is dangerous. People die every day. How much is enough? It's enough to make ends meet. If you stay for a long time, I'm afraid you'll lose your life." The other party started talking.I also want to learn something about ordinary people in the Huangtian Region from this coachman.

Zhang Yan completed his last patrol on Yubei Mountain five days ago, and he continued to teach everything that should be taught. Even without him in the future, those gossip formations can still operate normally and change their paths from time to time.

Two years is not a short time, but in Yubei Mountain Fortress, Zhang Yan feels that it is not too long. There are not many memorable events in the monotonous days, so when looking back, time will feel like it flies.In addition, Zhang Yan was almost in a state of semi-submerged cultivation for more than a year, and was not very sensitive to time.

Before Zhang Yan left, Lin Zedong and Song Qinghe called him to say goodbye, handed him the documents, and asked him about his future plans.

Zhang Yan didn't even think about what to do in the future, he just said to go home and have a look, he hasn't thought about the future.

Zhang Yan even went to see Huagou.The dog is still alive, and he is not planning to leave Yubei Mountain Fortress yet, saying that he plans to reap the benefits for another two years.When parting, Zhang Yan forced one of his exorcism charms to the other party, and told him that this thing could really save his life.This time Huagou didn't shirk it, he laughed and said that he would keep it, and he didn't know if he was perfunctory Zhang Yan.

After leaving the Yubei Mountain Fortress, Zhang Yan took the vehicle of the supply battalion, and it took three days to arrive at an army station at the foot of the mountain. Afterwards, he completed many procedures at the station, and repaired for a day, waiting for the return team of vehicles and horses to return to the empty convoy. Then hitch a ride and leave.Otherwise, Zhang Yan might not be able to reach the next place for at least five days just by footsteps.It takes two days by car.

There are no cars, trains, planes, national highways or high speeds. It takes time to move long distances in the wilderness, just like in the ancient times of the earth.But it is precisely because of this difficulty on the road that both parting and reunion seem extremely difficult.But Zhang Yan didn't care about it.

Because compared with other people, Zhang Yan's heart is not concerned with nostalgia and emotion at this moment. In his eyes, even every plant and tree along the way is novel, and the vast barren world officially opened its arms to him at this time, and even he Every step forward is a new world, and it's too late to be excited.

As for hurrying?Sorry, Crazy Zhang didn't think so, he was not in a hurry, and even prepared to walk slowly.

Before leaving, Zhang Yan asked Lin Zedong for a rough map of Nanyuan Kingdom. The ink outline on it looked more like a painting than a map. There was no way to make an accurate judgment on it. Terrain can only be used to understand the general orientation of some large geographical landmarks such as cities, big rivers, etc., as well as the distribution of counties in the entire Nanyuan Kingdom.

Others, Zhang Yan didn't care too much. In the memory of the body he inherited, he traveled from his hometown Langyuan City to Yubeishan Fortress for three full months.Looking at the map, Yubei Mountain is on the western border of Nanyuan Kingdom, while Langyuan City is in Beijiang County in the northeast.It almost covered half of the land of Nanyuan Kingdom.

Isn't that just right?

For Zhang Yan, the way home is tantamount to his journey across Nanyuan Kingdom, wouldn't it be fun to watch while walking along the way?

"Brother, what you said is so deep in my heart!" The driver let go, flicked his whip, and the horse rattled a few steps, then turned his head sideways and continued: "Then How fierce is it on Yubei Mountain? When will no one die? I always pick up and run corpse cars down the mountain. One car a day, sometimes several cars, and burn them when they are pulled to the Yizhuang. The last seven-foot man is as small as a small jar. Dot, sigh!

It's better to plan food in the ground honestly.

But I'm not saying that the military men are miserable. Without the military men to block those monsters, we ordinary people would not have a good life.Just think, it’s enough to block for two or three years. If you change people, there’s no need to fight to the death, right? "

Zhang Yan also smiled, shook his head and said: "Fighting, which day is it not working hard? Some people get used to it. You let them drive like you? They are not willing. They are all clamoring to make money Fuyin Children and grandchildren, but no one admits that they like the day of licking blood."

The driver must be fifty years old, and he could understand the meaning of Zhang Yan's words, but he didn't dare to answer when he opened his mouth, so he could only laugh a few times.

After a long silence, Zhang Yan sang in a strange tone:

Knife with a hook, open the skin;

A palm-breadth knife, cuts down demon generals;

Strip off the monster's skin, pull out the monster's tendons, and exchange for meritorious deeds, Hao Erlang...

Zhang Yan has long been able to sing this song, but he has never asked the name of this song.He didn't bother to know, but in his heart the song was called "The Ugly Song Sung by Flower Dog".catchy, but also on the head.While singing, I can also do psychological construction for myself, ignoring many things that I understand but dare not say.

For example, when someone sleeps, they always hold the handle of a knife in their hands.

For example, some people like to smell the strange smell of blood and oil on the knife.

very many.These people can't go outside, and they will only die on the city wall of Yubei Mountain in the end.

After repeating the song twice, Zhang Yan squinted his eyes, and he saw a thin layer of sweat on the back of the driver's neck.

"Brother, what fun places to go in Xuanhua City ahead?" Zhang Yan stopped singing, and changed the subject to ask about the big city closest to Yubei Mountain.It was also the first place where he settled down this time, and it was also the destination of the drive back.After that, he had to find a car dealer by himself and continue eastward.

"Hehe, the little brother asked this question is actually only one place to go. Where can I play other places when I go up the mountain? Isn't there just a few places to go? Chunxiaolou, Hongyi Pavilion, Xiaoyulin, oh yes! Newly opened recently A flower garden, the girl inside is so pretty..."

Zhang Yan's expression froze, and he shouted in his heart: Brother, is this what I'm asking?Are these things that can be written in free chapters?

Chapter 34

Entering Xuanhua City, Zhang Yan looked around in shock for a long time.He thought that the so-called "city" was nothing more than a town surrounded by earthen walls. After all, Nanyuan Kingdom seemed to be plagued by borders all the year round, so it should not have much energy to focus on construction.But the facts taught him a lesson.

Who said that internal construction cannot be carried out due to perennial border troubles?If it is a big city, then it must be a big city, who is playing with you?

Although the city wall is not high, the city is extremely prosperous, and Zhang Yan even has the illusion of returning to the ancient capital of China.

The roadside hawkers flocked endlessly, shops lined up everywhere, shouting one after another.Pedestrians are also crowded with each other.Zhang Yan even heard no less than five different dialects intertwined, perfectly interpreting what is called "hustle and bustle".

What made Zhang Yan even more unbearable was the inconspicuous but hard to ignore scent that wafted in the air.It's like barbecue, or roast chicken, and the smell of pepper.The most unbearable thing was the smell of wine, Zhang Yan almost couldn't contain the saliva in his mouth.

"Here, little brother, I'm going to hand over the car there. You can come down here. Yuhua Street in the north of the city is the place I told you before that you can find a joker. Food and lodging are also expensive. If you want a cheaper inn Go to the east side of the city, and the market has a lot of things, so you can bring some specialties back home."

"Okay brother, thank you. By the way, does brother like playing with money?"

"Huh? Is this a good thing, my little brother?"

"Hey, brother, I think you should stop playing with money in the past two months. I see that your brows are swollen, your face is weakened, and your luck is not enough, especially if your wealth is stagnant and depressed. If you play with money, you will lose badly." Yes. Don't take it seriously!"

The driver's face immediately collapsed, he snorted, turned around and left without saying goodbye, feeling unhappy but not daring to confront Zhang Yan.But he probably didn't listen to Zhang Yan's words.

Shrugging, Zhang Yan didn't say anything more after jumping out of the car.Meeting is fate, and Taoism pays attention to this, and he chatted happily with the driver along the way, and when he parted, he gave two words of advice on the art of physiognomy to end this fate.As for whether the other party listens or not, it is not something he can force.

Facial physiognomy was not learned by Zhang Yancai, it was commonly used when running rivers and lakes on the earth before, and it is also a rare method handed down by Longhu Mountain that can still work well after losing the support of aura.Although it can't be said that things are as good as God's words, it is not too difficult to hit seven out of ten times.Especially for ordinary people, it is not difficult to obtain short-term fortune trends from their faces.

If it is a warrior, Zhang Yan tried it in the Yubei Mountain Fortress. The higher the cultivation level of the warrior, the more difficult it is to judge the face. It requires him to spend more energy and even use the spiritual energy to increase his brain power to calculate a little, which is very laborious.A martial artist like Song Qinghe who is said to have reached the Aperture Realm, Zhang Yan has no way of counting.It is estimated that it will take his own cultivation to improve before he can change his mind.

Looking at the back of the driver who was leaving, Zhang Yan smiled, wondering if the other party would be jealous during this period of time.Wealth decline is not a joke. The best way is to keep the wealth unchanged and respond to all changes. If you want to make money by going the wrong way, you can fill in your old books.

After turning around, Zhang Yan tightened the burden on his back with a smile, shrugged his nose, and went in the direction where the aroma of wine came.He had money with him, the money that Lin Zedong gave him when he was parting, and part of the money he had left after sending it home in the fortress for the past two years.

The one with the strongest aroma of wine is a restaurant called "Xuanhua Winery".The inside is not small, and you can see no less than twenty tables inside at the door, and most of them are already full.

"Grandpa, please come here. The store has the best sauced wild game, and the most famous 'San Niang Shao' in Xuanhua City. You will definitely be satisfied!"

The waiter in the shop was very enthusiastic. He greeted the customers with a bowed waist and a smiling face at the door, and even revealed Zhang Yan's identity.

"Oh? How do you know I'm in the army?"

"My lord, look at what you said. You can't buy the boots on your feet anywhere else. They are only available in the army. And Xuanhua is next to Yubei Mountain. With these boots, you are just a guardian. The military master of the country. Hehe." As he said, holding it in his hands, he really led Zhang Yan into the store.

After entering the door, the aroma inside is even stronger.Not just wine, but also the aroma of meat and vegetables.This is rare in the military.

It's not that there is no meat to eat in the army, there is, and it's not once every ten days or half a month, basically you can see meat every two or three days.However, it's just "meat".A large pot of vegetables, rice, meat, and soup can be boiled together. You can't count on the taste, and if it smells like shit, you have to hold your nose and gobble it into your mouth.

Can't eat?At least in Yubei Mountain Fortress, Zhang Yan never met anyone who said he couldn't eat enough food. He often cursed the cook's [-]th generation ancestors and complained that there was too little food in the rice bowl.

"Choose a few of your restaurant's specialty dishes, enough for me to eat alone. For wine, let's drink half a catty first, and then refill after drinking." Zhang Yan sat at a small table in the corner of the store under the guidance of the waiter. Before, this place was obviously prepared for a lonely guest like him.But he didn't mind, sitting inside, he could just see the situation in most of the lobby, it was lively, if it was different from Yubei Mountain, it was also different from that on Earth.

"Okay! Just wait a moment, it will be served to you soon!"

Looking at the waiter trotting away, Zhang Yan wondered if the store gave the waiter a rake based on the number of customers, otherwise it would be hard for him to imagine that an errand runner would have such enthusiasm for his work.

Soon, two meat, one vegetable and one soup arrived on Zhang Yan's table.Each portion is very generous, both in appearance and smell are very good.I don't know if it's because he ate too much of the army's big pot of rice, anyway, Zhang Yan has quite an appetite at this time.

First, he ate Haisai for a meal, and then followed by the "Three Noodles Burning".

"what……"

Breathing out the smell of alcohol, Zhang Yan couldn't help flushing on his face.This wine is much stronger than he expected, maybe it's [-]% alcohol? !And it is worthy of the word "burning". One sip from the throat to the stomach, it seems that there is a fire stirring, warm, a unique aftertaste of spirits.

“Good wine!”

It's just that he asked for half a catty this time, and Zhang Yan made a bit of a miscalculation. He measured four taels of wine with this strength at most.So I had to slow down, thinking that if I couldn't finish drinking, I would take it away.

It was Zhang Yan's interest that was aroused by the conversation of the people at the table next to him.

"Did you hear about the suburban fire the day before yesterday?"

"Isn't that right? It is said that more than ten people were burned to death, all of whom worked in the cloth workshop. Tsk tsk, that was a tragedy. After the fire was extinguished, it was like black charcoal, and no one could recognize it. In the end, it was estimated that They can only be thrown into mass graves."

Chapter 35

At the end of the meal, there was only the wine in the jug left, and there was half a jug left.

Zhang Yan still overestimated his drinking capacity, or overestimated the drinking capacity of this body, let alone four taels, he started to get drunk just after swallowing a little more than two taels, and quickly stopped after drinking three taels.

However, the food was cleaned up, and he even ate two large bowls of dry rice.It was the most comfortable meal he had in the past two years.

When I paid the bill, I gave a little more, and took away the flagon in the tavern by the way.

Except for the shop door, his feet were a little empty, but Zhang Yan pulled himself together, walked all the way a little wobbly, and finally left the north gate of Xuanhua City, then walked along the official road for more than three miles, and finally passed by. Under the guidance of the guide, I turned to a fork in the road and walked for a while before I saw a lonely hill in the distance.

After walking all the way, Zhang Yan's wine not only did not wake up, it seemed that after absorbing it, it became even more drunk.In the end, I insisted on staggering up the hill, but before reaching the top of the hill, I couldn't hold back the alcohol, so I found a small soil bag, used the burden on my back as a pillow, lay back, and fell asleep past.

This is the weird behavior of people who drink too much.

Originally, Zhang Yan planned to find a place to stay first, and waited for the night to come here.But when he got out of the tavern, he got drunk and lost his mind. He only remembered to come here to find out, but he ignored the step of finding a place to stay.

As soon as I slept, the sky darkened, and then turned black.

The night breeze is gentle, although Xuanhua is much warmer than Yubei Mountain, but the night is still cool, let alone sleeping with the open door in the wild.Zhang Yan, who was originally sprawled, gradually curled up, and finally began to tremble, and then woke up from the cold.

"Hiss... where is this?" Zhang Yan uttered a sentence of torture, and finally remembered it quickly in his mind.

"...I came up to the mass grave?!"

Rubbing his swollen forehead, Zhang Yan was still a little speechless about his absurdity.What is the amount?so shallow?I'm afraid it's not alcohol sensitive, right?

When eating in the tavern before, Zhang Yan heard the two people at the next table mention a place in the chat, which is the mass grave.He was very curious at the time, after all, mass graves on the earth were almost extinct in peaceful times.never seen it.You think there should be the most lonely souls and wild ghosts in places like Mass Burial Mounds, right?

So Zhang Yan thought about coming over at night to open his eyes, touch ghosts, and learn a lot.

It's good now, the money for staying in the hotel is saved, and it's already night when I squint and open my eyes.

Standing up from the ground, he turned his head to pick up the burden on the ground, only then did Zhang Yan realize that the small dirt bag he was pillowing just now was actually a grave mound.

I curled my lips, but I didn't feel bad luck, I just felt that I didn't choose my position well, no wonder I felt uncomfortable when I fell asleep.After all, Zhang Yan broke into other people's graves not once or twice when he was on earth, and sleeping on the top of the grave is nothing at all.

"Huh, let's take a good look around."