The mountains rise and fall with trees in the sky, and the white frost wins the snow to show the cold pine.
Zhu Pingan with Liu Dazhou and a line of fifty people, a double ride, all the way to the horse non-stop, the wind and food, half a day a change of horse, in order to maintain the horse power, with two days and a night time, finally arrived at the border of Yiwu.
Once into Yiwu boundary, Zhu Pingan felt the actual situation of Yiwu many mountains and few fields, typical hilly county, barren people poor.
“Phew ……”
Through a big mountain, on the official road, the village gradually more and more, see a tea stall in front, Zhu Pingan lightly rein, in front of the tea stall slowly stop the horse, said to the soldiers behind him, “The weather is cold, all the brothers all the way hard work, dismounted to drink a cup of hot tea, fill up your stomach, we will then catch up the road.”
“Many thanks for your compassion, my lord.”A group of soldiers dismounted one after another, smiling and thanking Zhu Pingan.
The owner of the tea stall was a family, a couple around forty years old with two half-grown boys running the business.
“Greetings to the Grand Master.”
The tea stall couple saw that Zhu Pingan was dressed in official clothes, and the fifty horsemen behind them were all wearing a full light armour, so they could not help but fearfully bring their two sons forward to greet Zhu Pingan.
“Boss, Boss’s wife and the two little brothers please rise quickly, no need to be polite, we are travelling through your area and would like to have some food in your shop to rest our feet. What do you have to eat and drink in your shop?”Zhu Pingan stepped forward and helped them up without waiting for them to kneel, saying to them with a gentle face.
Seeing Zhu Pingan’s kind words, the tea stall couple breathed a sigh of relief, the tea stall owner returned, “Back to your lordship, in addition to the special large pot of tea at this tea stall, the food I have is oil cakes, small dishes and a pot of goat soup.”
“Goat soup is good, this cold weather, drinking a bowl of goat soup can be a great enjoyment.”Zhu Pingan couldn’t help but smile, and then asked, “We have a large group of people, can the sheep soup in your shop and the oil cakes and small dishes be enough for us to eat?”
“Don’t worry, sir, the goat soup is a big pot full, not to mention, a big bowl per person is more than enough. If the oil cake, there is still a basket of oil cake, your honour and all the army masters eat first, we make it now also in time.”
The tea stall boss pointed to the pot stove that was set up and said.
“Then I’ll be grateful to the boss.”Zhu Pingan nodded with satisfaction and asked Liu Dazhou to greet the soldiers and take their seats.
Although there weren’t many tables and chairs, there wasn’t so much care, it was still warm to sit in a crowd.
“Big Dagger, that big pot of soup and that big pot of small dishes we wrapped, oil cake then three per person, a pot of tea per table, you ask the boss how much, how much should be how much, it’s not easy these days, no need to discount, according to the original price in advance to the boss to settle.”Zhu Pingan called out to Liu Dazhou, unhooked the money bag from his waist and handed it over to Liu Dazhou, telling him to go ahead and ask the boss to settle the bill, in order to settle the boss’s family’s heart.
These days, the people are having a hard time with the Japanese invaders, and the quality of some of the government troops is so poor that they are even worse than the Japanese invaders, and the saying, “Bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates” is not a joke.
From the boss of the family began to see their own line of panic, can be seen.
So Zhu Pingan let Liu Dazhou early to check out, rather than after the meal and then check out, is to rest the boss family’s heart.
After Liu Dazhou went over to explain his intentions, the boss family excused themselves, and then after Liu Dazhou insisted and pulled some strings, only then did the boss family accept the money with a happy face and a thousand thanks, spreading out the oil cakes in a beautiful way.
“Gongzi, the total is eight coins of silver, the boss wants to give a discount of one coin of silver, I listen to Gongzi, did not let him cheap, insisted to give him eight coins of silver.”Liu Dazhou came back and returned the money bag to Zhu Pingan, reporting.
“Very good, quickly sit down, drink the mutton soup while it’s hot.”Zhu Pingan nodded and greeted Liu Dazhou as he sat down.
Eight coins of silver, almost about 16 Wen per person, a bowl of mutton soup, three oil cakes and a small dish and tea, this was a very affordable price.
Maybe it is because of the cold and dusty weather, the lamb soup at the tea stall is unusually delicious and tasty.
Hullo Hullo ……
Zhu Pingan and his party ate and drank deliciously.
“Kill! Fuck his brew!”
“Today we must teach Yongkang people how to behave!”
“Don’t be a wimp, charge up and fight them!”
……
Just as Zhu Pingan and his party were about to finish eating and drinking, they heard a shouting and killing sound faintly coming from the distance.
“What’s going on? Where is the shouting and killing sound coming from? Have the Japanese come?!”Liu Dazhou and the others were startled, reflexively pressing their blades and jumping up, carefully on guard, wondering if there were Japanese pirates coming to kill.
Zhu Pingan did the same, pressing his long sword at his waist and getting up to direct his gaze in the direction of the distant shouts of murder.
About twenty or so metres ahead along the official road was a steep slope, and the shouts of killing were coming from below the steep slope.
“Go, see what’s going on.”Zhu Pingan pressed the long sword on his waist and took the lead in the direction of the steep slope.
Liu Dazhou hurriedly caught up and protected Zhu Pingan, and the rest of the soldiers also pressed their weapons and chased after him.
“Have the Japanese bandits killed them?”
“This shouting and killing sound, it sounds like the formation is not small. If it’s the Japanese, it’s estimated that the number of people must be at least a thousand or so.”
“My lord, let’s take shelter.”
A group of soldiers listened to the shouting and fighting sounds coming from afar, estimated the number of enemies and us, and their faces went white.
“My lord, military lords, don’t worry, it’s not a haunting of the Japanese below. My lord, military lords, just eat at ease, I guarantee that nothing will happen.”
As Zhu Pingan and the others got up and were about to walk out of the tea stall, the tea stall owner jogged to catch up and said with certainty.
“It’s not a Japanese invasion? Then how come there’s such a big bout of shouting and fighting? And boss, you didn’t even go to see it, how do you know it’s not a Japanese invasion? Can’t it be that you have clairvoyance and smooth ears, boss?”
“Still eating in peace, with such a big formation down there, if it’s really a Japanese pirate killing, you won’t even be able to run away.”
A crowd of soldiers questioned.
When Zhu Pingan heard the boss’s words of certainty, he couldn’t help but stop his footsteps and turned around to ask the boss for advice with an open mind, “Boss, if you say that there aren’t any Japanese pirates down there, what’s with the noise of shouting and killing? Boss, your family members are so calm and collected, but the situation of shouting and killing down there is not a day or two, have you become accustomed to it?”
Boss this calm and collected, at a glance is some see a lot of strange, accustomed to it, otherwise, anyone suddenly heard such a large array of shouting and shouting to kill, will not be able to help but be panicked.
And then look at the boss wife and two half a big child, also with the boss, calm and collected very calm, the boss wife is still continue to cook cakes, two half a big child a and a burn pot, also did not stop.
“Lord wise, the following shouting and fighting, indeed not a day or two days, these two months, every now and then have to have such a fight. We are already used to it and used to it.”The boss returned with a face of admiration, this young lord is really fiery-eyed, a glance can see that we are used to it.
