Three snatches Tanhualang

The fourth son of the Song Dynasty brought the book boy Song Liu, the coachman Song Debao, and the bodyguard Sun Hu to Beijing. The books and clothes were sent by the boat first, and the four of them set off on the road with light clothes.It is late autumn, and it is a good time when the trees are all in autumn and the mountains are only in the sunset.The four masters and servants set up a carriage and drove slowly all the way, and they had the right to play.

Song Yu seldom went out at ordinary times, and seeing the different folk customs all the way through the city and town was quite refreshing.Song Liu was a child at heart, sitting in the carriage and raising the curtains to look around from time to time, chattering non-stop.This Song Debao is also a talker, and the singing and harmony with Song Liu was very lively along the way.Sun Hu and Song Debao sat outside together, they were older than them, and having traveled all over the years, they naturally had more knowledge than them. Occasionally, when they saw Song Liu and Song Debao discussing something new, they would explain it to them.Although Song Yu didn't talk much and kept holding the book in his hand, it was interesting to hear them laughing along the way.

The four masters and servants talked, laughed and walked slowly, unaware that more than a month had passed.Traveling to the suburbs this day, the weather was suddenly gloomy and terrible, and the overwhelming black clouds were pushed straight down by the strong wind. It was very scary!After a short while, there was lightning and thunder, and heavy rain poured down like a torrent.

The carriage was driving on the official road, and Depot, who was driving the carriage, was a southerner. He had never seen such rain before, and now the road was muddy and the rain blocked his sight, so he had to drive the carriage carefully with all his energy, while shouting to the people in the carriage. Shouted: "Fourth young master, you can sit still! The weather is too evil. I knew that the rain in the north was so scary. When I woke up in the morning and found that the weather was bad, I should have rested at the inn..."

The rain was so loud that it drowned out Depot's complaints.In the carriage was the bookboy Song Liu, who was the youngest, and asked tremblingly, "Master, the weather is really scary. When do you think we can reach Haijin Town?"

"It's only half a day's journey from Haijin Town. We'll take the official road all the way. The road is flat. We'll arrive in the afternoon. Don't worry." The conditions were not bad for him.

Hearing Sun Hu's words, everyone was a little relieved.It was the first time for Song Yu to go out alone, and he had never encountered such a situation. Thanks to the third brother who sent his right-hand assistant to send them northward when they went out, if there was no brother Sun Hu along the way, I don't know how many troubles would have occurred.

A few people were chatting, when the carriage suddenly slammed, and a few people slammed into the wall of the carriage.Sun Hu is a martial arts practitioner, and he quickly stabilized his figure to help Song Yu.Song Yu's left shoulder hurt so badly from the bump, and he lost his balance for a moment and fell to one side. Fortunately, Sun Hu helped him in time.

Looking at the little bookboy again, he was in a much more distressed state, his whole face was thrown down in the carriage. Fortunately, there was a thick layer of velvet blanket in the carriage, otherwise this little Liu'er's delicate face would have suffered.

Before Song Yu and the others recovered from the impact, Depot scolded loudly outside: "Who doesn't have eyes? It's dead in the middle of this road!"

"Debao, what's going on?" Debao's tone was very bad. Song Yu, who was away from home, was afraid that he would cause trouble, so he spoke to stop him.

"Master, are you alright?" Debao was afraid that Song Yu would blame him, so he quickly cleared the blame for the accident: "Master, it's all the fault of this person, who stood in the middle of the road so hard, the rain is so heavy, and the little one is here How can we see the road ahead clearly in the distance? Didn’t he frighten our horses and the young master?”

Sun Hu opened the curtains, Song Yu looked out, and saw that there was indeed a man and a horse in the middle of the road ahead, but the flatterer was lying on the ground motionless.Looking up at the person on the other side, I saw that this person was tall, broad-backed, broad-chested, full of beards, ageless, black robe and black boots, covered in dust and muddy water.It's just that although his face was full of vicissitudes, he didn't look decadent at all, and he looked towards Song Yu and the others with piercing eyes.Song Yu's heart was shocked. This man was just like Zhong Kui in the book, with a fierce face and iron face!

"I'm sorry, the horse was too tired and fell down after traveling all the way here." "Zhong Kui" taunted Song Yu and others with fists in both hands and said, "Please forgive me for disturbing everyone."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, you didn't mean it, it's our fault that we were only hurrying and didn't see the way ahead." Song Yu hurriedly replied.This matter is not the fault of others, the road belongs to the public, anyone can walk, other people's horses are tired and collapsed, and the driver of his own is the first to speak rudely, which is already a mistake.Now he is still taking the initiative to apologize. Although this man has a fierce face, he doesn't seem to be unreasonable.

When Song Yu said this, Debao became anxious: "Master! He! He is to blame for this matter. If he dealt with it in time and the horse is not in the middle of the road, will something happen to us?" Song Yu has always been easy-going, and several people accompanied him He went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and he was used to it all the way. Debao felt anxious at this moment, and directly refuted Song Yu.

"Debao, you are wrong about this matter. Since everyone is fine and the young master doesn't pursue it, then don't say any more." Sun Hu stopped Debao from speaking without restraint.

Debao curled his lips and stopped talking.

Song Yu thought to himself that he really didn't have much majesty, and none of the servants were afraid of him, but Brother Sun Hu's words were more useful.

Sun Hu's horse lay motionless on the ground, worried that the man would not be able to drag it by himself, so he jumped off the carriage to help.The two lifted the two horse's legs each, and together they forcefully lifted the horse and moved it to the side of the road. Sun Hu was slightly startled. He had practiced martial arts for many years and now he found it difficult to lift such a full-grown horse. Even though the horse was exhausted, he could still easily lift the horse with him, so he kept an extra thought, "Which direction are you going, brother?"

"I'm about to rush to Haijin Town, thank you for your help." The man remained expressionless, thanked him and turned to leave.

When Song Yu heard that he was on the same road as him, he hurried to stay and said, "Walk slowly, this...uncle, we are also going to Haijin Town, the weather is bad, and there are no people around here, why don't you go with us?"

"Master..."

Just as Debao was about to speak out to dissuade him, Song Yu raised his hand to stop him: "Everyone will encounter inconvenience when going out, and it is raining so much now, and there is still a long way to go to Haijin Town, since we have met, if Let this uncle walk in the rain again, Song Yu felt uneasy. Seeing that the uncle was running so hard that even the horse was exhausted, he must be in a hurry. If he walked from here to Haijin Town, he might not be able to arrive before dawn, wouldn't he? Delay the trip?"

Seeing that Song Yu had made up his mind to be such a good person, Sun Hu didn't say much.The man hesitated for a moment, then nodded his thanks.