phoenix knot

Dong Liu put down the wine cup, with a troubled expression on his face, "Brother Li, we hit it off anyway, I thank you for your appreciation. It's just that I will commit murder for you rashly, not to mention whether it will be successful or not. If you don't admit it and kill people for your life, I will lose my head. Although we martial artists kill animals and become vegetarians, it is on the battlefield, and when I am off the battlefield, I dare not even kill a chicken."

Li Mingtang also had a bitter expression on his face, "I really can't help it. This profiteer is our lord Chang's deadly enemy. He is said to have colluded with the government and businessmen. When he was buying raw silk in Huguang in the early years, he joined hands with a local magistrate. Mermaid people, not to mention filling their pockets, offended us, Mr. Chang. How he offended Mr. Chang is not ashamed to say, he just fights for land and tenants. This person is very cunning, Mr. Chang suffered from some dumb losses , I hated him to the bone, and wanted to kill him early in the morning. Later, our Lord Chang was promoted to the commander of the Dragon and Tiger Guard. The profiteer was afraid, so he left Huguang and ran to the North to do the business of ginseng and antler. What a coincidence Hey! Our Master Chang also transferred to Yanmen to close the gate. It’s just that Enjiai’s road is narrow and we bumped into each other again. If we get this matter done, even if the land and real estate occupied by Master Chang’s hometown don’t come back, we’ll be fine. Well, don’t you think so? You’re just a merchant, who died in a brothel, who will track it down? Master Chang will definitely keep you.”

Dong Liu didn't intend to get involved in this muddy water, he just played haha ​​to deal with it, and explained that he had to train soldiers early in the morning, so when he returned after drinking, his wife at home would have to complain.

Li Mingtang said: "Are you still afraid of your wife?"

"Afraid!" Dong Liu took it for granted, picked up the bamboo hat and cloak and put it on, "My tigress, that is the king of heaven and I dare to offend, but she can't afford to offend someone."

Li Mingtang followed from the house to the outside, "I've already thought about it for you. You see, you just happened to go to the kiln to name someone, so you just turned a corner."

"Actually, I think you can help me get someone." Dong Liu bowed his hands and hurriedly left.

Dong Liu left his post and rode back to his home in Baishui Town with his attendant Xiyu. Su Mingyue had already prepared a table of dishes for him.

Everyone sat around together, regardless of master and servant, and just ate like this.

Su Mingyue stared at Dong Liu's food. She held the chopsticks for a while and said without raising her head, "Did you drink again today?"

Dong Liu hurriedly apologized, "I ate hot pot today...and... also had some wine."

Su Mingyue said: "So in the barracks, is it allowed to drink while on duty?"

Dong Liu repeatedly admitted his mistake, "Ma'am taught me a lesson! I will write a military order tomorrow and post it everywhere in the camp. Drinking and having fun is not allowed in the camp. Drinking is a mistake. This is the rule set by Emperor Taizu. It’s okay for the soldiers not to drink, but the officers should lead by example.”

Xiyu said in a low voice, "Today Liu Ye didn't have lunch because of military training, it was Li Qian who invited Liu Ye to eat hot pot, and he didn't eat a few mouthfuls."

When she said that, everyone at the table looked at her and Su Mingyue's face. Dong Liu quickly slapped the chopsticks on the table, feeling unhappy.

Lianxiang hurried up to smooth things over, "Ma'am, tell me, when is it your turn to intercede with Liu Ye? You will be punished later, and I don't know how to punish our Liu Ye in the bed."

Dong Liu elbowed her, "What kind of truth are you talking about?"

When he said that, everyone at the table roared with laughter, and even Xiyu couldn't help showing a smile.

Su Mingyue said: "Okay, are you all making fun of me?" After speaking, she stared at Dong Liu, "I don't have any other skills, I only play tricks at home."

Dong Liudao: "It seems that Madam is bored. She is trapped in this big courtyard all day long, and there is no entertainment. If you are happy, you can use me to vent your anger."

"I can only show off in this yard." Su Mingyue sighed.

Dong Liudao: "Isn't it freezing cold? When the spring farming season starts, I will accompany you out and walk around Songcheng to see what entertainment there is in the city. I just want to say that Yanmenguan Without a capital city, there are only two roads, vertical and horizontal, from east to west, and from north to south, riding a horse is no more than a cup of tea, and walking is no more than a stick of incense."

Su Mingyue said: "When the weather gets warmer, let's have a look first."

Waiting for the weather to warm up is like a mantra. Waiting and waiting, it’s the end of February, and the weather is still not warm. The water tank outside the house is dripping into ice, and there is a strong wind, and the sand is overwhelming. The table and stool are on the stove. A thin layer of loess fell.In this kind of weather, it is impossible to go out for a stroll. Su Mingyue taught Hong Ling and Cai Lian how to read characters, played chess with Lian Xiang, embroidered flowers and played the piano.

When she was not out of the pavilion, she also lived like this, she didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but after a month or so after her husband arrived at the border, she hadn't gone out to see the Song City and the legendary Yanmen Pass, she was really itchy.

Dong Liu got up early to train his troops every day. No matter what the weather was, he ran around Songcheng, and his soldiers also ran around Songcheng. After running for three days, the soldiers howled ghosts and howled.

In this case, let's carry a piece of wood weighing twenty catties on our shoulders and run, carry it as soon as we say, claim the wooden stakes on the side of the school grounds, carry them to Baishui Town, and split them for each courtyard. Put it neatly, and then run back to the school grounds.

At the time of three sticks of incense, if the time is missed, the army stick will serve you.

The soldiers howled again.

Dong Liu said lightly, "Then... two sticks of incense?"

Some thorns said that two sticks of incense are impossible!

Without saying a word, Dong Liu stepped forward, picked up the wood, and ran out of the school grounds. Xiyu winked at Feng Xu, and lit a stick of incense in front of the ordering table. With the effort of two sticks of incense, Dong Liu mentioned I came back with two big steamed buns with warm pockets.

"This is prepared by your sister-in-law. Knowing that you have worked hard, I specially reward everyone!"

The stabbing soldiers refused to accept it, saying that it was impossible, Dong Liu must have cheated.

Dong Liu ate warm buns and ordered Xiyu to prepare a horse. The horse was tied to a post in the school grounds, snorting, and it was a good, tall horse.After eating a bun, he clapped his hands and carried another piece of wood, "Will you run with me? You can also ride a horse."

The thorns looked at each other, unable to lose face, they carried the logs one after another, and the others also carried the logs. More than 1000 people followed Dong Liu from the school grounds and ran in a mighty way.Xiyu got on her horse and followed the team like herding sheep.After running for three miles from the barracks, many people had already fallen to the ground, and the assassins wanted to save face, so they tried their best to keep up with the officer.That Dong Liu ran wildly, as if he had taken a powerful pill, but he was as light as a swallow, presumably he was a practitioner with lightness kung fu, when he reached the old Dong's house in Baishui Town, more than half of the people could not keep up , fell down on the side of the road panting like a cow, and several even vomited wildly in the snow.The thornheads rushed into the yard of old Dong's house, and saw Dong Liu chopping firewood with an axe. In front of the water and sauce vat, a beautiful girl was instructing him to stack the firewood at the bottom of the wall where it could shelter from the rain.

Dong Liu took a sip of the hot tea that Su Mingyue handed over, and said to those thorny heads, "Why don't you ask Madam Sister-in-law?"

When the thornheads saw Mrs. Sister-in-law, they were all speechless, all of them blushed, and they didn't know whether they ran away or were ashamed.

Su Mingyue said: "This pot of steamed stuffed buns is also out of the oven, you can take it and eat."

Hongling Cailian also came to help, and put the hot buns on the stove into white cloth pockets.

Dong Liu poked a few of them with his finger, "You are the only ones who deserve it! Are you okay?! You haven't come to chop firewood yet! It's time for a stick of incense." After finishing speaking, he put down his tea bowl and ran out.

Dong Liu returned to the teaching ground, pinched his fingers to break the steamed stuffed bun, chewed and ate the second one in the morning carefully, when the two sticks of incense had just been burned.After waiting for a while, people rushed back one after another, and they turned their backs on their backs one by one, lying in the snow and panting like animals.

When the people were almost there, Xiyu rode on a tall horse and said in a low voice: "Form up!"

The soldiers were convinced, all of them stood upright and their military appearance was neat.

"Get up early every day, go to Baishui Town to chop a log, and then run back, it takes two sticks of incense." He couldn't help but cleared his throat, "It's no different!"

"Decree!" The voice of the head of a hundred households was like a bell, swallowing mountains and rivers with anger.

"Want to eat steamed stuffed buns?" Dong Liu asked, without waiting for a word, said with regret, "It's a pity that it's cold, it's not tasty. Oh, such a good steamed stuffed bun, you can't waste it. He picked up a , with a rounded arm, and threw it far away, the wild dog who didn't know where outside the school grounds immediately rushed up, grabbed it and left.

The thornheads passed small words below, "I would rather give it to the dog than to us. It is not a waste to give it to the dog, but it is a waste to give it to us."

"Zhao Changgui, come out, speak ill of the officer, and slap your mouth!" Dong Liu pinched his throat, it was really uncomfortable there, and he had to find a soldier to speak up tomorrow.

Xiyu stepped forward and slapped her hard twice.

Someone in the team scolded again: "You son of a bitch, neither male nor female."

Xiyu glanced over, and the man didn't dare to speak anymore.

"Liu Erzhu, you have a gun in your arse, so you think you are a man, and you look down on others who are handsome? Dong Xiyu's martial arts are better than mine. Let's find a chance to compete and see if you are more like a man, or he is more like a man. "Dong Liu cleared his throat.

"Is this tortoise's grandson lucky enough?"

Dong Liu turned around, but this time he couldn't tell who was talking. He pointed his fingers around, and finally poked a soldier, "The son of a bitch is here, dare to say it but not to recognize it."

He drew a line in front of him, "Let's line up on the left and right, even sit down, and go to Baishui Town with a load of wood. My neighbor's second aunt's firewood is almost finished. Two sticks of incense!"

This time it finally stopped.

"Okay, let's start training." Dong Liu smiled.

The soldiers almost fainted. It turned out that this was the beginning of the day.

The next practice didn't take much effort, it was to let people stand still in the cold wind of the school grounds. Dong Liuliang and the others were sweating hotly after running, so if the cold wind blows like this, they will definitely get sick.So everyone went back to the camp and put on thick cotton clothes before coming out. The time was like a cup of tea.

As soon as the words fell, Xiyu began to pour tea for him.

The soldiers scrambled back to the barracks, put on the thickest clothes, and some who had just run in full swing, really couldn't put on the cotton clothes, so they boldly came out again with their collars open.

After standing for a while, the soldiers were sweating and cold, and the soldiers with open collars were shivering. Xiyu watched fiercely, so no one dared to tie their clothes. , not to mention wearing clothes with trouser belts, which is not appropriate.

Dong Liu stepped forward and buttoned their collars and belts for them one by one. It will be fine after three days. If you catch a cold and catch a fever again, there is a lack of medical treatment and medicine at the border, and if you are not careful, you will be gone. Sitting at your parents' home, tears flow in your heart, and the white-haired man sends the black-haired man..."

The soldiers were tied up with padded coats by Dong Liu, tears streaming down their faces.

This station lasted until the late afternoon, and there were white and round meat buns in front of the stage, and there were strange gurgling noises in the stomach.

At this moment, they are looking forward to the arrival of the busy farming season, so that they can go to work in the fields without having to practice like this.

Of course, if they had seen how Dong Liuye drilled soldiers during the busy farming season, then they would only feel that they were in a nest of blessings when they recalled today's scene, but they didn't know the blessings right now.

At the end of the day's practice, if you perform well, you will be rewarded with a steamed bun made by your sister-in-law.

The soldiers took their cold buns and squatted in the snow to eat them. Thinking of Mrs. Sister-in-law who glimpsed in the courtyard, they felt warm in their hearts.

"The one surnamed Dong really has some skills." Someone said.

"Damn's son of a bitch, who is neither male nor female, how did he get such a handsome little daughter-in-law?" Some people were still dissatisfied.

"They are all from Jiangnan, and my sister-in-law likes this tune. People from Jiangnan are probably like this." The man ate the buns, chewed carefully, and turned to the other person, "Ah Si, you are also from Jiangnan. Dong Xiaoliu is not a tuner."

"Fuck you, you are neither male nor female. Didn't you hear what he said, the martial arts of Xiyu beside him is still better than him."