My years as a soldier

When Hu Jiuzhang pulled out the saber, there was only a clang, and then a scream came from behind the table.

"what!!!"

Standing there with the knife in hand, Hu Jiuzhang was puzzled.He thought I was just drawing a knife?This step is not gone yet!Could it be that the man behind the desk was so frightened that he waved the weapon at himself?But soon, Hu Jiuzhang heard a man's trembling voice behind the table.

"Hero, if you have...you have something to say, I, I... I paid money to Captain Sun yesterday, you, do you know Captain Sun?"

I saw the man slowly poking his head out from behind the desk, looking at Hu Jiuzhang.His voice was trembling, and the crown on his head was also trembling.

Hu Jiuzhang didn't respond, he just thought the man's reaction was both funny and disgusting.Spending money to eliminate disasters... is a good idea.

Hu Jiuzhang's face turned cold, and the man behind the table was even more frightened.

"Jun, Mr. Jun... You can do whatever you want, I, I... I will give you everything I have! You have something to say, and you have something to say!"

"Hmph... Take out all the precious medicinal materials from your place, wrap them up and hand them over to the grandfather, I will spare your life."

Hu Jiuzhang snorted coldly, and spoke very bluntly.But when he heard that Hu Jiuzhang was here to ask for medicinal materials, the shopkeeper poked his head out from behind the table again, but he was much more courageous than before. He looked at Hu Jiuzhang with straight eyes, especially the one on his crutches. hand, and the crutch that he had just dropped on the ground.

"As long as the medicinal materials... right? Then you wait, the little one will get it for you."

The man spoke bluntly, and got up from the ground a few times, and only then did Hu Jiuzhang see the whole picture of this man clearly.Even if this person is not the treasurer of Ren'an Hall, he must be a big butler. He is wearing a set of silk clothes. Although the color is dull, the dark pattern carvings on it shimmer faintly in the sunlight. Obviously, this is not something that ordinary people can buy. It's down.And looking at this person's face, he looks like a Zhou Zheng scholar, with sword eyebrows and piercing eyes. Although he is not very old, he has a bit of an official look.

Hu Jiuzhang squinted at this person, and saw that he first looked at the medicine cabinet on the entire wall behind him, and then moved towards the medicine cabinet next to Hu Jiuzhang.

"Master Jun, are you taking medicine to strengthen your muscles and bones? Or..."

"You can take whatever medicine is expensive here, why are there so many nonsense!"

"Ah... ok, ok."

Hu Jiuzhang's tone was rather irritable. This was the first time in his life that he was somewhat guilty of robbing other people's things so suddenly.It's just that he is a newcomer as a robber, and it's not the first time that the store has been robbed.

Hu Jiuzhang's eyes were wandering in the pharmacy. He just heard the man respond, and then he felt a cold light suddenly appearing beside him.

Hu Jiuzhang is so alert, he has practiced his life on the battlefield, even if his legs are disabled now, he is still much stronger than ordinary people.So he never thought that this weak scholar would dare to attack him unexpectedly.He did not see the scholar holding the knife, but he heard the slight sound of the blade coming out of its sheath, and that sound was enough to mobilize his whole body senses and plunge into battle in an instant.

Hu Jiuzhang's movement of swiping the knife to block was subconscious. Hearing a clank, the short knife that the shopkeeper finally pulled out from his sleeve was easily knocked into the air.And the man whose dagger was blown away was already dumbfounded.

Until the knife fell to the ground, the man was still in place.But Hu Jiuzhang was afraid that this man would resort to some other tricks, so he hurriedly turned around with one crutch, and directly pointed the tip of the horizontal knife on the man's neck.

"be honest!"

Hu Jiuzhang said harshly.He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the man, only to hear a thud, the man who was standing on the spot just now had already slumped to the ground.

"I... I I I..."

The man's face was ashen, and tears came out in a blink of an eye.

"I said you—either give me the medicine honestly, or just make two real strokes here. What is a sneak attack? If you are not willing to be robbed and greet me desperately, I will count you as well." He is a man. But what is it now, is it too ugly?"

Hu Jiuzhang sneered coldly, but the man couldn't stop crying, and he started crying right in front of him.Now it was Hu Jiuzhang's turn to be dumbfounded. He was really a robber for the first time. He really didn't expect that a handsome seven-foot man would cry directly in front of the robber after being robbed.

Hu Jiuzhang didn't know if this looked good, but he was really embarrassed, and he couldn't even hold the knife.

"Ahem..." He coughed dryly twice, put down the knife, but did not put the knife back into the scabbard. After all, this man had sneak attacked once, and there would be no guarantee that there would be a second time.Don't look at him crying like a big fat boy now, turning his head and turning his face to deny anyone, Hu Jiuzhang's legs and feet, he can't hide even if he wants to.

"Okay, don't cry! Go pack the medicine for me!" Hu Jiuzhang scolded.

The man looked at him while weeping. He didn't move at first, but after Hu Jiuzhang knocked the ground twice with the back of his knife, he stumbled up and went to the medicine cabinet to get medicine.

Hu Jiuzhang wanted to cry but had no tears.The psychological burden of doing bad things is not ordinary.

After a while, the middle-aged man in a Confucian robe came back to Hu Jiuzhang with a large bag of herbs.But Hu Jiuzhang frowned tightly, the more he thought about it, the more strange it became.First of all, as a layman, he couldn't recognize whether these medicinal materials were good or bad. If the store tried to deceive him, he could only admit that he was unlucky.And there is another point, Hu Jiuzhang is disabled after all, if he really wanted to run, he would not be able to catch up with this healthy shop owner.So the store owner can just run away, anyway, Hu Jiuzhang only has a knife in his hand, and he throws it out as a throwing knife, whether he can kill someone or not is another matter.

What makes Hu Jiuzhang feel interesting is that the owner of this shop actually brought the medicinal materials for him so honestly, and when he came back, he still had a crying face on his face. Spirit.

Hu Jiuzhang stared at him and let out a long sigh, he had never seen such a spineless person!

"These are the good medicines left in your store?"

He didn't open the cloth bag either, but took the bag in his hand and asked the shopkeeper directly.

"Yes, yes!" The man was terrified, "Master Jun, we have been patronized by people from all walks of life several times, and that's all that's left! If you don't believe me, you can open it and have a look, it's really all that's left..." He said He trembled again, his eyes fixed on the horizontal knife in Hu Jiuzhang's hand.

At this point, Hu Jiuzhang finally understood.It is impossible for this person to fight back.It wasn't until he left with the pack of medicine on his crutches that there was a big man in the store, and then he wiped off the sweat that oozed from his forehead, he let out a sigh of relief with his long beard, and worshiped Amitabha for a long time at the shrine in the store.

student……

Hu Jiuzhang finally took a look at the shining Confucian clothes on the man's body, and his brows gradually relaxed.

This is the scholar of Datang...

He sighed silently, turned around and limped out of the pharmacy.

Before reaching the gate of the city, Hu Jiuzhang suddenly heard the sound of singing poems not far away.

"With a knife cut off the water, the water flows more, and a toast to relieve your sorrows makes you more sad. Life is not satisfactory in this world, and the Ming Dynasty spreads out to make boats..."

Hu Jiuzhang looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw an old man in white robes riding on the back of a donkey, followed by three or four attendants, staggering towards the outside of the city.He stood there thinking for a long while, pondering over the content of those few poems over and over again, and the three words "scholar" popped up in his head again.

"The Ming Dynasty distributed boats..."

Hu Jiuzhang read in a low voice.He grew up so old, he hadn't heard many poems, but for some reason, the poems in the old man's mouth made people want to think about it after only listening to it once.

On the way back, Hu Jiuzhang's brows that had been furrowed slowly relaxed.He couldn't say whether he was happy about grabbing things or something else, but he read the poem a few times in his heart intentionally or unintentionally, and suddenly felt that his mood had opened up a lot.It seems that this day is not as sad as before

Back at the barracks, as expected, when he entered the door, he met Li Muyun's angry face.

"I know you're back? How many times have I told you that your leg is just right, you need to rest! You have to run around outside...you..."

Li Muyun was really angry too, his usually cold face now showed a little bit of rosiness.Hu Jiuzhang saw it, he was worried that he would be hurt by anger, but also liked Li Muyun's blushing.

"I'm not safe to come back!"

Hu Jiuzhang smiled and patted the horizontal knife on his waist, walked to the edge of the small stool with a cane and sat down.After such a break, not only the severed limb on the leg, but also the piece of flesh under the armpit that was supporting the crutches all started to hurt after a while.

But this little pain is no longer important to him.He unloaded the burden on his back, and sent it to Li Muyun with a smile.

"No, I went to find medicine for you. I will call the military doctor later to see if there is any medicine that you can use. Okay, okay... Don't be angry, your body is not good at first, and you get sick again , I should feel distressed."

Hu Jiuzhang said with a smile, after all, he has experienced life and death, and there is nothing he can't get rid of in front of Li Muyun.Seeing that Li Muyun didn't accept the burden, Hu Jiuzhang went to hold his hand with a smile.Hold the cold fingertips, and rub them in your hands.

"Look, your hands are still so cold. I'll ask someone to boil water for you later. Let's warm your hands and feet and drink some hot ginger tea. Your physical condition is much worse than when you were in Chang'an. If you continue like this, I will But I really don’t know what to do.”

As Hu Jiuzhang spoke, a pleading look appeared on his face.Li Muyun couldn't stand him like this, he couldn't say anything, so he sighed and sat down opposite Hu Jiuzhang.

But when she sat down, she didn't look at him, she just turned her body sideways, as if sulking, with some tears in her eyes.

Hu Jiuzhang leaned over and kissed him several times on the cheek.

"Hey...don't be like this. After all, I've been a soldier, and ordinary people can't do anything about it. Besides, I borrowed a set of official uniforms to wear them. No one dares to trouble me when I wear them outside. of."

"No one dares to trouble you... Don't you think about your legs?"

Li Muyun finally turned his face around, reached out and rubbed his knee several times.

"After all, the skin and flesh are attached to the wood. You have been walking for so long... how can it not hurt? Fortunately, you have come back in good condition. If you can't come back... have you thought about it..."

Li Muyun just sighed, his flushed face was soon overshadowed by paleness.

Hu Jiuzhang looked worried, and only held Li Muyun's hand and rubbed it vigorously, trying to convey the warmth of his hand to him.

"Hey...don't talk about it, let's rest for a while. I'll tell you something, it's fun." Hu Jiuzhang said, and told Li Muyun about the old man in white who he heard sang poems on the way home.But he couldn't memorize that poem, so he remembered the last line, "Life is alive... what... uh... the Ming Dynasty made a flat boat. Yes, that's how it is read. Is this poem okay?"

Li Muyun rarely showed a smile when he saw him reciting poems.

"This is Li Taibai's poem, and all the literati in Chang'an City can recite it. Of course it is a good poem."

"Haha, I laughed."

Hu Jiuzhang grinned and squeezed Li Muyun's fingers that were heated by his own rubbing, "It's good to just laugh. When there is no more fighting, I will take you to live by the water. If you have nothing to do, row a boat and enjoy the scenery of the lake and mountains. This day—— think I feel comfortable thinking about it.”

After hearing Hu Jiuzhang finish this sentence, Li Muyun laughed even wider.

"As the author, do you think that when Li Taibai wrote this poem, he really wanted to live in seclusion by the water?"

"Is not it?"

"Hey... you think so."

Li Muyun sighed lightly, but his complexion was much better than before.

That night, Hu Jiuzhang slept with Li Muyun in the same blanket, and the first benefit of doing so was for self-defense.After all, Li Muyun was still the royal grandson of the clan, if someone in the rebel army wanted to attack him, Hu Jiuzhang would be by his side, which would be more or less a defense.Coupled with the fact that Lao Hu was seriously injured at that time, Li Muyun stayed by his bedside every night. After a long time, the two of them got used to wearing the same quilt every night.

But that night, something unexpected happened to Hu Jiuzhang, which deeply changed the future trajectory of the two of them.

In the middle of the night, Hu Jiuzhang suddenly heard a sound coming from around him. He opened his eyes in a jerk, and heard Li Muyun moaning softly in his ear.

"Old Hu... uncomfortable..."

"what happened?"

Hu Jiuzhang quickly stood up.It was pitch black in the tent, only the little campfire outside the tent seeped in through the thin seams between the fabrics of the tent.He stretched out a hand to test the temperature on Li Muyun's forehead, but he didn't have a fever, but for some reason, he only felt that his heart was up and down, very uneasy.

Hu Jiuzhang lighted the candlestick next to his pillow in twos and twos.It's good not to point it out, Hu Jiuzhang almost didn't get angry at this point.

Under the candlelight, the corners of Li Muyun's mouth were stained with blood, his face was turning blue, and even the pillow and his shirt were stained with blood.

"Old Hu... uncomfortable..."

Li Muyun closed his eyes, not knowing whether he was dreaming or waking up.

Seeing Li Muyun's appearance, Hu Jiuzhang felt that the blood in his body froze at that moment. He had seen many horrific scenes in his life, but this scene before him made him so frightened that he couldn't help himself. It became pale and trembling all over.

"Muyun... I, I'll call the doctor! You wait, I'll call the doctor!"