One of the passers-by

Youzhou has been an important place for military strategists since ancient times.At the end of the previous dynasty, the emperor once stayed in the palace here, dug the Yongji Canal, diverted Qinshui to the Yellow River in the south, and reached Zhuojun in the north.After that, it used Goguryeo three times as a base.

In the first year of Yong'an, the tenth year of the founding of Da Chu, the world was initially determined.

It was Xinchou in June, the sun was scorching, and the scorching sun was in the sky. The scorching heat scorched the entire Youzhou City like an oven. Looking around, I felt that even the air was distorted.

Thirty miles outside the city, beside the Yongding River.Dozens of big men took off their heavy leather armor and horizontal swords, and soaked in the river wearing only dirty trousers, sighing comfortably from time to time.

Looking at General Wei who was swimming alone on the other side of the river, a dark-complexioned military man with thick eyebrows and big eyes said with a smile: "You said Ziqi, a landlubber, why did he suddenly want to learn how to swim? Maybe he learned something from Zhen Guogong. Are you quiet?"

"My Aye is His Majesty's brother-in-law, but also shoots at the middle and right servants. Even if he knows some news that we don't know, is it so strange?" Another soldier who was so dark that he couldn't see his true colors curled his lips. Said disapprovingly.

The dark-faced man with thick eyebrows and big eyes who brought up the topic first frowned, and said, "Why do I feel, Lao Meng, your words are a bit sour?"

"Jiang Heitan, don't talk nonsense, what am I so upset about?" The soldier known as Lao Meng was a little impatient, and he said: "I just don't accept it, why is it also your Majesty's old department, my old man is still just an old man. General, he can be a right servant? I am still a guerrilla, and he can be named a third-rank general? If we really talk about working hard, who are we cowards? Just because there is a queen in his family, who can’t even get promoted Faster than us!"

"Can't you say that?" The thick-browed man in the front frowned and said, "If you want to say that the court has criticized the matter of His Majesty's sealing the Duke of the Town as the right servant, it is still a bit of a tone. But you have to say Ziqi The third-rank generals of yours are also obtained through nepotism, so is it a shame?"

Before saying a word, the soldiers who were soaked in water all around echoed their opinions.

Seeing that Lao Meng couldn't help but feel weird, Jiang Heitan, who had been explaining to others before, hurriedly changed the subject, pointed to the majestic mountain on the other side of the river and laughed loudly: "Don't talk about that, who wants to bet with a certain family, from here to the opposite side?" Swim back and forth, and the winner will get half a month's salary from a certain family."

Hearing this, a man with a fair complexion and handsome features in the river deliberately turned the subject and said with a smile: "Come on, you still have half a month's salary, didn't you lose it all when you played polo last time?" ?"

As soon as this remark came out, all the soldiers roared with laughter again.The dark man with bushy eyebrows and big eyes said angrily: "Well, you're a pretty boy, and you'll be able to expose your grandpa's background. I lost this month's salary, so I still have next month's salary? Could it still depend on you?"

Seeing that this man was seriously angry, the handsome man smiled indifferently, shook his head and said, "Come on, let me tell you the truth, but you complained so much. If you are really not afraid of losing everything, I'll bet with you once—"

Before he could finish his sentence, the man looked at the handsome man disdainfully, turned his head and said, "I won't bet with you, you are a cunning and cunning boy, you are really not a good person."

"You don't bet with him, I'll bet with you." Lao Meng, who just had an argument with the man with thick eyebrows, also deliberately turned over this article, kicked his legs, rushed to the side of the black-faced man, and patted the other side Pointing to a rock on the other side of the river, he said, "You and I are traveling together. Whoever hits the rock first wins. The loser doesn't have to pay, but he only needs to wash the winner's dirty pants for half a month. How about it?"

Before the black-faced man could speak, several soldiers who were soaking in the river next to him immediately booed and applauded.Especially the handsome man who spoke first shouted the loudest.He smiled strangely at the hesitant thick-browed and black-faced man and said: "Why, I dare not agree, is it because I am afraid of losing?"

The dark-faced man was agitated by the words, and immediately said: "Compare, I'm afraid."

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden "plop", and the tourists on the bank pointed to the upper reaches of the river in panic and shouted: "No, someone assassinated, General Wei was smashed!"

Hearing the words, the black-faced man subconsciously jumped out.After a few ups and downs, they arrived at the foot of the cliff, just in time to see General Wei, whom they talked about first, with a livid face, sandwiching the thumping "assassin".

The black-faced man leaned forward, and from a distance, he could see the little man under General Wei's control was fair-skinned, with picturesque eyebrows, and short hair, black as black, pressed tightly against his forehead, sinking and choking. Mizuma continued to say some words that no one could understand.

The black-faced man looked at General Wei in dismay.

General Wei's face turned darker and darker.He didn't know much about water in the first place, and walking alone here now is just to practice his water skills.Who would have thought that misfortune would fall from the sky, someone would jump off a cliff to seek death, and almost hit him with his head.

Xue Yan, who was half-choked to death by the river, was struggling to call for help, while yelling at the Space-Time Plane Research Institute for being unreliable.Ma Da didn't find him a better place to land. If he didn't know how to swim, if he really drowned while crossing, who would pay the liquidated damages of up to one million after returning?

Drowning people always struggled fiercely, and General Wei couldn't control it for a while.Seeing this, the thick-browed, black-faced man hurriedly reached out to take Xue Yan, and using his palm as a knife, he slashed down on the neck of the drowning man.The person who fell into the water tilted his head and passed out.

Only the man with bushy eyebrows and dark face was left looking at General Wei in blank dismay.General Wei let out a long sigh, rubbed his numb shoulder, and said, "Go back."

Hearing the words, the black-faced man swam back with the man in the water, while secretly watching General Wei, whose hands and feet were a little slow, worried whether he had been smashed.

The few generals who were lagging behind also swam over, and they were amazed when they saw the person under the arm of the black-faced man.They all speculated whether this person committed suicide or fell off the cliff, or was forced to chase the cliff.Others joked that Xue Yan used his body as a weapon to assassinate General Wei.

"At that time, the whole world will know that Wei Ziqi, the fearsome General Yunhui of our Da Chu, was crushed to death while taking a bath. This will be a major blow to the momentum of my Da Chu Bian army. I really don't know who it is It's too ruthless to come up with such a sinister assassination idea..."

Accompanied by everyone's more gossip and bizarre guesses, the black-faced man swam to the shore with the drowning man under his arms.He stretched out his hand and pushed the people three by two to the shore, and everyone went ashore with them, watching curiously.

But seeing this man with short hair no more than two inches long, everyone said: "The so-called body, hair and skin are the parents of the parents. This person's appearance is definitely not my Central Plains people."

After looking at the hair, look at the clothes.At the same time, ordinary people and officials have different preferences in Hufu, hipless gowns or half-arm skirts. This man is wearing a strange dress with indigo black stripes, horizontal and vertical plaids, folded collar, arms, hem and waist, and a white shirt underneath. The sleeves are round and half-neck, and the material is probably cotton, which looks soft and soft.The buttons of the short gown with indigo black pattern horizontal and vertical checks are round and the material is transparent, so I don't know what it is.The white cotton half-arm was soaked in water and stuck tightly to the body, further highlighting the faintly visible crimson spots on the chest.Under the scorching sun, it exudes a warm and delicate luster like fine white porcelain.

It is not customary to wear anything, except for a bronze bracelet on the wrist, which is quite familiar.

The thick-browed, black-faced man who dragged Xue Yan out of the water squatted down with a frown, took off the bronze bracelet from Xue Yan's hand, played with it for a while, and said hesitantly: "Look at this bracelet, why do I seem to be Where have you seen it?"

All the men are military men, and they are not very proficient in the hairpins, rings, hairpins and other things of the daughter's family.Hearing what the black-faced man said, he just leaned over and looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any difference.

On the other hand, the white-faced scholar who was chatting and laughing with the black-faced man looked carefully for a while, then frowned thoughtfully and said: "So, this young man looks familiar to me, don't you think?"

When all the soldiers heard the words, they all looked at Xue Yan seriously for a long time, frowned and said: "It seems that the children of rich families are all so thin and tender? Have you seen any difference?"

Lao Meng, who was competing with the black-faced man, said: "I see that this man is dressed in a strange outfit, so he must be a spy sent by the Turks?"

After saying a word, all the men fell silent for a moment.

After a long time, General Wei, who was unlucky enough to be smashed, shook his head coldly and said, "Impossible. If the Turks send spies over, they must try their best to pretend to be the people of Dachu, so as not to attract attention and facilitate their actions. Falling into the water, and dressed up like this, I'm afraid it's not eye-catching enough. Whoever sent spies over, would send such..." Weird.

Seeing that General Wei was analyzing and kneading his arm constantly, everyone couldn't help laughing for a moment.The old Meng said: "This young man fell into the water on the cliff, and it was General Wei who hit him. Of course, General Wei is the most qualified person to comment on this matter. Since General Wei said that he is not a spy, let's just let it go." yes."

When everyone heard this old Meng's words, they all frowned indistinctly.Some people pretended not to know, while others turned their heads to look at General Wei's face.The thick-browed and black-faced man pursed his lips in annoyance, lifted Xue Yan up from the ground and said, "Don't talk nonsense. It's a human life anyway, let's wake him up first. Ziqi's arm was also injured, so he has to go back." Apply medicine to heal the wound."

When everyone heard the words, they looked at each other, hurriedly agreed, and surrounded General Wei and the black-faced man carrying Xue Yan back to the barracks.