My years as a soldier

On Chang'an's galloping road, Hu Jiuzhang rode a good-looking black army horse straight to Chang'an East City.

Although he hadn't slept all night, at this moment, he didn't show any signs of fatigue.He was riding on a horse, wearing a borrowed crimson official robe, like a bright sun, galloping on the avenue of Chang'an, reflecting the sound of the horse's hooves, no one dared to stop him wherever he passed.

When he entered the city, Hu Jiuzhang didn't look like he was going to look for medicine. His appearance of being on the edge of swords, not to mention that he came here to seek revenge and murder, was almost the same.

Even Hu Jiuzhang himself didn't notice that when he dismounted, his legs landed firmly on the ground, and the wood made a muffled sound through the tendons of the boot soles. Throwing things down from the horse, it doesn't look like a person dismounting from the horse, but like a ghost coming to ask for his life.

Hu Jiuzhang walked in a hurry in the morning, and he didn't even bring those wooden crutches with him.As soon as he took a step, he lost his balance. Thanks to his nimble hands, he drew out the horizontal knife at his waist and supported it in front of him, so that he stabilized his figure and did not fall down.

The horizontal knife was borrowed by Hu Jiuzhang from someone. The blade is shiny and has obviously been carefully maintained. Unlike his own horizontal knife, the cracks are rusted after use. If you really want to hold it like this, it may not be able to last he.

Hu Jiuzhang's movement, unless there is no one in the pharmacy, even if he is asleep, he has to be woken up.

Hu Jiuzhang held the knife and walked heavily.He had never tried walking with a knife in his hand before, but now he took steady steps.After passing the threshold of Qingnang Pavilion, Hu Jiuzhang didn't call anyone, but went straight to the row of locked medicine cabinets behind the screen in the lobby.

This Qingnang Pavilion is not far from the Ren'an Hall that Hu Jiuzhang "visited" last time. They are both located in the most prosperous area of ​​Dongshi City. However, the storefront of Qingnang Pavilion is more spacious than the Ren'an Hall a hundred meters away. The terraced house, entered through the main entrance, looked to the side, and the rows of medicine boxes placed against the wall could not be seen at a glance.

As soon as Hu Jiuzhang came to the locked medicine cabinet, he supported the side of the cabinet with one hand, and swung the knife with the other hand to cut down at the weak point of the copper lock.

The knife is locked and folded.There was only a sound of "clang", and the copper lock fell to the ground. Hu Jiuzhang didn't care about it. Instead, he supported himself with a knife to maintain his balance, and then used his other hand to dig inside the medicine cabinet.

Hu Jiuzhang frowned because of the strong smell of medicine coming towards his face. Hu Jiuzhang didn't know the medicine in the cabinet, but he thought that as long as it was locked by the store, it would be better than the medicine placed outside.So Hu Jiuzhang took out the cloth bag he had prepared in his skirt, grabbed the medicine and stuffed it into the bag.

Hu Jiuzhang hadn't put a few in, when he heard several wailing sounds from the inside of the hall.When he looked up, he saw an old man with a white beard in a gray robe running out from the corridor inside the lobby.

"My lord! Why is this, my lord? I've handed over everything I can, and this is all that's left for my sick son to live on. Lord, be merciful, be merciful! "

Hu Jiuzhang listened to the old man pleading in front of him, but his hands kept moving.He didn't even raise his head, he just focused on taking away all the medicinal materials locked in the exquisite wooden box.And every time Hu Jiuzhang grabbed a handful, the old man would howl. The old man wanted to rush up to stop Hu Jiuzhang, but he was afraid of his official uniform and the horizontal knife in his hand, so he knelt at his feet and begged for nothing. After saying a few words, the old man burst into tears and couldn't make a sound.

"My lord... what is the use of this medicine? Can I exchange this nobile with silver for this old man? I can't take it anymore. The dog will not be able to live without these medicines!"

The old man's begging sound pierced Hu Jiuzhang's forehead so that the veins twitched.His face gradually turned pale, and his eyes seemed to be foggy, but soon Hu Jiuzhang clenched his teeth again, and kept filling his cloth bag with medicine.

"you shut up……"

He had almost finished loading more than a dozen kinds of medicinal materials in the medicine box, and then he answered the old man with a stern voice.

"If you don't want to die, get out of here!"

Hu Jiuzhang finished filling the last handful of medicine, tightened the belt of the cloth bag, raised his head, and carried the cloth bag on his back.

The bloodshot eyes in his eyes seemed to be more obvious than before, his expression seemed to be clenching his teeth, and the bulging veins on half of his forehead never faded away.

But the old man also tried his best, knelt on the ground, grabbed his wooden foot, and kowtowed to Hu Jiuzhang several times.

"Officer, official! I beg you, please keep a little, even a little! I will pay you back with silver! Whatever you want, I will prepare it for you. This medicine is life-saving! Official! !"

"You let go!"

Hu Jiuzhang spoke harshly, but his voice trembled a little.He watched the bluish-red bloodstain gradually appear on the old man's forehead, and knocked his head louder and louder.

Hu Jiuzhang couldn't feel his wooden feet. He wanted to turn around and take a step, but he had to turn his body and had to rely on the horizontal knife to support himself to move. The old man was holding one of his feet, and the words in his mouth disturbed him even more. It is difficult for him to decide where to insert the horizontal knife of time.

And just when Hu Jiuzhang was thinking about how to get out of the pharmacy with the horizontal knife in his hand, there was a sudden shout of anger from outside the gate of Qingnang Pavilion, which frightened the old man's cries to a halt.

"Who! Dare to act wild here!"

At this time, the person standing outside the gate of Qingnang Pavilion was none other than Yan Zhaozhong who came down the mountain to fetch medicine for Hu Yan.And this Qingnang Pavilion is obviously the Yan family's patron in Chang'an.

Yan Zhaozhong was already tall and tall, but at this moment, blocking the entrance of the lobby, it seemed that a high wall was suddenly erected in front of the store, blocking most of the sunlight.Hu Jiuzhang heard the reputation and looked around, only to see a burly figure in civilian clothes standing in front of the gate, he thought in a daze that it was Cao Yi Fusheng, but he didn't know where such a mighty man came from.

"Hey... Hey! Mr. Yan! Mr. Yan, you are here!"

Seeing that it was Yan Zhaozhong, the old man stopped hugging Hu Jiuzhang's feet, and hurriedly backed away, wishing he could hide all the way back into the back room.

"Don't worry, old man, someone Yan is in charge here. I want to see who has snatched the Qing Nang Pavilion!"

Yan Zhaozhong said, and walked into the hall.His eyes fell on Hu Jiuzhang, and when he saw the red official robe, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I don't know who it is. It turns out that there are dog officials who bully others and bully the people."

"--What did you say?"

Hu Jiuzhang has never been said that way.Hearing Yan Zhaozhong's words, his expression changed instantly.Those bloodshot eyes were no longer filled with forbearance and sorrow, but were directly stained with hatred.One must know that his legs were initially disabled by the people from the government.

"What did I say?" Yan Zhaozhong glanced from Hu Jiuzhang's face all the way to his hand, "Why, do you still want to make gestures with Master?"

Yan Zhaozhong walked forward a few steps as he spoke, with a slight smile on his face.

Hu Jiuzhang stared closely at the burly man who was more than a head taller than himself. The hand holding the knife trembled slightly, not because of fear, but because of excessive force, so that his arm shook uncontrollably .Holding the knife, he suddenly moved forward, letting his body lean forward slightly, while the other hand clenched the shoulder strap of the cloth bag that was already on his back, like a lone wolf about to fight to the death. His brows were frowning, and his bloodshot eyes stared straight at the big man's eyes.

"I advise you to think carefully before speaking."

Hu Jiuzhang's voice was deep and low, but the murderous intent in his words at this time was far more shocking than when he was facing the old man.

He is very clear that the man in front of him is a strong enemy to himself now, but at this moment, his only choice is to move forward, he wants to bring the medicine back alive, as long as he can achieve this goal, he is willing to do anything.Murder, arson, theft, robbery...even if he was asked to plot rebellion, he was willing.

"Hmph... Then it looks like you want to fight?" Yan Zhaozhong looked at Hu Jiuzhang who was extremely nervous, but didn't take it seriously.He casually pulled out a thin bamboo pole about one foot long from his waist, pointed at Hu Jiuzhang with a smile and turned it around twice with the sharpened bamboo head.

"It seems that your legs and feet are not very convenient?"

Yan Zhaozhong laughed, but Hu Jiuzhang's heart trembled.

This man has such poisonous eyesight, he clearly only moved the knife, and he saw the inconvenience in his legs.

"Since you're a cripple, you still come out to rob? I said, sir, you...are you too free?"

Yan Zhaozhong laughed and teased, apparently not paying attention to the thin officer in front of him.That's right, Hu Jiuzhang almost lost his life after a serious injury. Although he has recovered from his injury now, his body has been tortured by the boss.He was thin, with sunken eye sockets, and there were thick bluish-black marks under his eyes, not to mention the bloodshot eyes in the white of his pale face.

"It's not your turn to take care of it!"

Hu Jiuzhang moved his legs forward and stood firmly, but if he wanted to draw a knife, even he himself didn't know if he could still stand firmly on the ground.

"Officer, I advise you to be clever and return the old man's medicine. I don't want to kill people, but if you mess around... Hehe, killing a dog official is still easy for me."

"Come if you have the guts." Although Hu Jiuzhang's spirit was tense to the extreme, he had no intention of giving in to the enemy's provocation.

He had observed it a long time ago, two feet in front of him was the counter, and behind him was a half-opened medicine box, and there was a place to hold his hand in front and back, so he wouldn't be restrained immediately.Furthermore, the space inside the counter is small. Compared with the burly man in the lobby, his thinness has become an advantage, and he can move around flexibly.

Obviously, Hu Jiuzhang didn't intend to go out from the small circle surrounded by the counter, but Yan Zhaozhong, who was standing in the lobby, walked forward.

Every time Yan Zhaozhong took a step forward, Hu Jiuzhang's heart tightened.That kind of tension is different from the battlefield. On the battlefield, he can risk his life, but here, he can't.Every step in the future, he will fight for his life.

Seeing the big man approaching little by little, Hu Jiuzhang's nerves were tense to the extreme, sweat dripped from his forehead, he stared and wished to engrave every move of the man in front of him into his bones, so as to predict what the other party might do attack.

In his hand is a bamboo stick, in my hand is a horizontal knife.

Kill him and get out!

Hu Jiuzhang was secretly determined in his heart.

However, as Yan Zhaozhong approached step by step, in an instant, the bamboo and the knife collided in the air.Hearing a sharp clang, half of the bamboo pole in Yan Zhaozhong's hand was cut off, and looking at Hu Jiuzhang again, he raised his knife to touch the bamboo pole swept from the side, and the sharp force from the bamboo tip made it too late for him to reach out Stay in shape.Hu Jiuzhang's body swayed, and before he could react, Yan Zhaozhong kicked Hu Jiuzhang's chest directly.

Hu Jiuzhang was thrown backwards by the huge force coming at him.He only heard the loud sound of the wooden cabinet shattering behind him when he landed, his eyes went dark, and he passed out in an instant.