Midwinter wax moon.There was a lot of snow on Yunnan Road.Thousands of mountain birds fly away, goose feathers and edelweiss flutter between the heavens and the earth, dyed into a white expanse, from the bustling city, to the wilderness mountain village, all can not be avoided.The weather is cold, everything is silent, only the north wind is howling.Liangshan Town is adjacent to the edge of the barren river, a poor and remote area, because of the fear of the barren people rushing out to plunder, the local residents took refuge in the territory of the Northern Tang Dynasty, so that the town is deserted all year round, no different from a village located in the deep mountains.Despite this, after all, this town is a necessary place to enter and exit the Arakawa, and it is of great strategic significance, and the Northern Tang Dynasty court will still send a small number of lone troops to be stationed in Liangshan Town all year round.The stragglers also had to make ends meet, and became the most active residents of the town.Today's snow is falling, and the ghost weather is so bad, how can the sergeants still need to patrol and stand guard.They were all singles, and they were bored at home, so they came to the only restaurant in the east of the town in groups of three or five, and gathered to drink and joke and pass the time.It is said to be a restaurant, but in fact, it is a rural house, a firewood stove, a small house that is not spacious, and a few tables are set up, even if it is a banquet hall.If you want to say that it is cold, it is really cold, even the wooden door that blocks the wind is not tightly closed, and there is a huge gap in the middle, and you can see the white flower world outside.When the north wind blows, the whole house is blown cold, and you can even see snowflakes blowing in.After many years of self-abandonment in the town, the sergeants had long been accustomed to it, and had no choice, and as soon as they entered this room, three or five people were crowded around a small table, and it felt like they were coming home.They drank a plate of peanuts and rice from the host's home-brewed rice wine, and soon their eyes were hot and their bodies warm.After drinking for half an hour, food and clothing were solved, and these people began to brag as usual by being drunk.We have known each other for more than ten years, and we don't see each other all day long, and we all know the roots, and we don't know how many times the same cowhide has been blown, and we are familiar with each other, and we are still happy to do it, and we are quite open-minded in the midst of suffering.Being sent to this kind of poor mountains and bad rivers to garrison, and leaving their hometowns all the year round, they may all have to die of old age here, can they not be bitter At the beginning of coming here, the sergeants will inevitably be resentful and unwilling, complaining about the heavens and people, and after a long time, they will become accustomed to numbness, and they are too lazy to complain about the fate that they are powerless to change.Today is different.After blowing for a while, they did not disperse, but went back to their own homes and sat there unusually quietly.Although they were also red-faced, there was a certain restless emotion in their eyes.There was silence for a long time, and finally someone couldn't help but speak, glancing at the old guys."
You've heard about it, too" "Well, I've finally been rehabilitated." ”", I thought I couldn't wait for this day in my life" The man burst into a foul mouth, and his emotions obviously began to get excited, and he picked up the wine bowl and drank it all.The town was remote and the news was closed, and it was not until today, three months later, that they heard that the Wu Dynasty had overthrown and the Northern Tang Dynasty had changed the world.For them, the more important news is that the three major cases of the Yuanwu Dynasty, which even caused them to fall here, have finally been rehabilitated.The news was like a bowl of spirits, poured into their long-cold hearts, rekindling a hot fire.In his lifetime, he was shocked to hear that he had been wronged, how could several Northern Tang veterans not be excited."
No, I have to go back to the Central Plains" One person slammed the table, the wine was strong, and the strength was out of proportion, startling the others.The man above glared at him and mocked: "Go back to Lao Kong, pour a few mouthfuls of horse urine, don't you find who you think you are, is it the henchman of His Royal Highness King Xiang, or the tiger general of the general" "Yes" An old man echoed: "A few of our brothers, although they were implicated in an unjust case and fell to this step of the field, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is not how the fish come from the city gate, from beginning to end they are just small minions."
The old man was rehabilitated, who will remember that you Kong Erdan was also wronged "The city gate caught fire, and the pond fish were affected, they were just grassroots people, and they were not qualified to contact the core of the unjust case, so they survived by luck back then."
Otherwise, they wouldn't even have a chance to see the day.Lao Kong's hope was punctured, and he suddenly came to his senses, and said discouragedly: "I am to say, how dare you really run, alas, if you go back to your hometown in Beihai in this life, it will be worth dying" He was implicated in the Beihai case, and he was an ordinary lieutenant back then, because a distant relative who couldn't beat him was involved in the case, he suffered and was thrown into this barren and bitter cold place.Over the years, he has long been forgotten by the outside world, and if nothing else, he is destined to die in a foreign country.Hearing his sigh, the hut fell silent.The wind was getting louder outside.At this time, a sneer came from the corner of the hut, "Hey, who cares if you run or not" Several old soldiers heard this, and at the same time turned their eyes away, and fiery anger rose between their eyebrows.As soon as they entered the house, they saw this drunken man, and when they saw him with a cloudy beard, a debauched body, and a sloppy posture, they ignored his existence as if he were a drunkard.Unexpectedly, when this person heard their drunken complaints, he dared to make sarcastic remarks, which added fuel to the fire.The old man raised his eyebrows, looked at the Pu Dao that this person put on the table, and said coldly: "Even if no one restrains us, we will guard this shift well, this is the majesty of military discipline, and it is not the turn of a down-and-out drunkard to laugh at us" As soon as the words fell, Lao Kong stood up and rubbed his hands, "Lao Ding, don't talk nonsense with him, we don't here, we don't see anyone all year round, I think this kid is suspicious, I'm afraid that he is a spy who ran out of the barren river, let's take him back and interrogate him slowly" He said it was not unreasonable.Most of the strangers who appeared in Liangshan Town wanted to enter and leave the Arakawa, and there was a connection between them and the Arakawa.This drunkard braved the snow to come, and it could never be an ordinary person.The drunkard slowly raised his head and lifted his long hair to reveal an angular face, which turned out to be not an old man, but a young man.His cheeks were slightly red, a little overwhelmed, and he asked with a smile: "I want to fight" Seeing this, Lao Kong couldn't help but smile dumbly, "It's been a long time, it's a milky doll, Lao Tzu never bullies the small, he can't get this hand Lao Li, brother counts you as the youngest, you come to teach this stinky boy a lesson" After that, he turned around and sat back on the bench.Lao Li stood up.The young drunkard hiccuped and said drunkly, "If you want to fight, I'm happy to accompany you, but you have to have some color."
Well, if I win, you'll all have to get out of here, I've taken over this town," several of the old pawns were stunned.The drunkard continued: "All the people in this room can go together.If I lose, I won't let you work in vain, and I will reward you with a little bit of gadgets. ”He fumbled for a token from his bosom and threw it on the table.The old pawns were stunned again, what is going on, looking at the style of this token, it seems that it is really made by the military, and they haven't understood it yet, and the young man clearly wants to send them out of here.At this moment, with a whirl, the wooden door was pushed open.The wind swept the snowflakes in violently.At the same time, there was also a drunkard who was unsteady on his feet."
Everyone in the house, I'm standing in the house":