unlucky ghost

At that time, the barbarians had already captured five or six cities in the north of Yinshan Mountain. Wherever they went, they treated the people generously, and they were not allowed to plunder the people. Whatever the people lacked, the barbarians brought them from the Bohan Kingdom to supply them. expense.

In this way, these people have less exorbitant taxes and less court oppression, and their lives are now seven or eight points better than when their own emperor Lao Tzu was in charge. Such conformity to public opinion, even though the five cities were captured, they would not be able to survive. No one rose up to resist.

As far as the people are concerned, it doesn't matter who is in charge of the family in this world if they can enjoy a few days of peace.

At this moment, the imperial court began to regret it instead. It was useless to make up for it, so it had to reduce the exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes in other places as appropriate, fearing that the people would change.

Fortunately, the neighboring countries are watching the wind and watching quietly at this time. Due to the prosperity of the Rui Dynasty, they dare not act rashly.

Let's talk about the battle at the pass, which has been stalemate from the spring of this year to the beginning of autumn, and it can't be attacked again and again.

Although the imperial court has a large number of soldiers, but the barbarian army has taken advantage of the right time, place and people, and there are six cities in the north to provide food and grass. If they want to recover, it will not be broken overnight.

The imperial court had no order to return to Beijing, so General Pei had to stand outside the pass and confront the barbarians.

Tan Zi really thought that if he survived a catastrophe, he would have good fortune in the future. He thought that if he survived again and again, it must be because the ancestors of the Tan family had spirits in the sky, and he must come sooner or later to become a general, so he still followed Tang Cheng to learn some military skills. When I have nothing to do, I will draw a few strokes with a pen, and in the rest of the time, I will practice weapons with Ma Zhi at the back of the barracks.

Ma Zhi is tall and powerful, and the weapons he uses are either hammers or big knives, and his hands can't weigh more than half a hundred catties. Besides, Tan Zishi is only a young master with a weak crown on his left. He is tired and panting after dancing two light halberds. , No matter how hard and tired I can bear it.

Tanxi watched from the sidelines every day. In just a few months, Tan Zishi's kung fu has indeed improved a lot. Even Ma Zhi can lift a pair of hammers weighing [-] to [-] catties and play twice.

Tanxi praised secretly, but felt relieved that this little boy was finally going to be successful.

After Tanzi had practiced his weapons, he threw an iron halberd in his hand on the ground, pulled open the neckline with one hand, strode to the river, scooped up the river water and sprinkled it on his face.

At this time, the midsummer was gone, the river was cool and wet his face, and Tanzi sighed contentedly, lying on his back on the half-yellow weeds by the river.

A slant of the setting sun leaked out from the mountains in the distance, and hit Tanzi's firm chest, but it was not like the domineering little white face with eyes on the top of his head when he first saw it.

Tanxi approached him and looked at him, her temple hair was a little messy, her brows became sharper, and a thick layer of bluish stubble had grown on her chin.

"Time really flies by. In the blink of an eye, you are already this old."

Tan Xi talked to himself, and then remembered the little Tan Zishi who had not yet had all his teeth when he died. Compared with now, they are really two different people.

"Ah Choo!" Tan Zishi closed his eyes and sneezed, rubbed his nose, and turned over.

Another year was coming to an end in a blink of an eye. On New Year's Eve, General Pei stood at the gate of the military tent and looked at the vast military camp. I can’t go back, no credit is worth the hard work, pass on my order, slaughter hundreds of pigs and sheep, give special rewards to the soldiers, rejoice in the new year, conquer the pass next year, so that you can reunite with your wives and children.”

The guard nodded in agreement, and said in his heart, General, you must and must not be reunited with your family, and couldn't help but say: "The general's benevolence is really a blessing to our three armies."

General Pei waved his hand, the man had no choice but to shut up and back away.

Everyone in the Japanese army was laughing and laughing, the cook carried a big pot of meat and distributed it to the soldiers one by one, saying: "General Pei has an order, let us take care of the food today, if there is not enough, the imperial court will send it here, everyone have fun One day."

All the soldiers were naturally happy when they heard this, and someone shouted: "You can't have fun without wine. How can we be happy if you only have meat?"

"Yes, yes, hurry up and talk to General Pei, it's also good to reward each person with a bowl of wine."

The crowd was clamoring and having a great time.

General Pei thought it was reasonable, and it would be a good thing to drink less, so he really rewarded each person with an extra bowl of wine.

It was late at night, and a bonfire was lit in the open space of the barracks. All the soldiers, young and old, sat on the ground. While roasting pork legs and lamb legs on the fire, they chatted around the bonfire. It was very lively.

Tanzi actually found a place with few people, sat aside and ate.

A thin middle-aged man walked by, holding a bowl of broth, and sat by the campfire, watching everyone laughing.

The man turned his head and saw Tan Zishi at the side, and seeing that he didn't speak, he accosted and asked, "Little brother, why are you sitting here sullen all by yourself?"

Tan Zishi tore off a large piece of mutton, puffed his cheeks, and said: "It's rare to have meat to eat, follow them to mix something, eat more meat is the real thing."

The man took a sip of the soup and nodded.

Tanzi actually gnawed the leg of lamb, and threw the bones into the fire, and the bones crackled and burned to ashes.

"Looking at how young and talented the little brother is, how can he still be so distressed in good times? Could it be that he is homesick?"

Tan Zishi shook his head, saw a few war horses tied to wooden stakes on the grassland from a distance, pointed to the horses, and said, "I worked so hard that I almost lost my life, and now even a single horse can't stand it." I haven't touched it."

The man patted him on the shoulder and sighed for him, "I didn't expect you, little brother, to have a lot of ambition."

Tan Zishi was really bored tonight, and now he has been in the army for nearly two years, and he is just doing errands, so he was really unwilling to do so, so he complained: "I think my fate is not good, and I will only be able to Be an unpopular character."

After finishing speaking, Tan Zishi picked up the wine bowl at the side and drank it down in one gulp.

"Good drinker!" the man praised, and handed his own bowl to Tan Zishi, asking him to drink.

Tanzi was not too polite, he took it up and drank it down, threw the bowl away, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

The man first looked at him for a while by the campfire, then narrowed his eyes, with a slight smile in his eyes.

"What are you staring at me for?" Tan Zishi was embarrassed by him, and hurriedly reached out to touch his face, afraid that something unclean would stick to the corner of his mouth.

"Heh..." The man smiled slightly, leaned closer, and said, "Actually, my little brother doesn't have to worry about trivial things like getting promoted."

Tanzi frowned and said, "How do you say that?"

There was a weird smile on the man's face, he pouted his mouth towards a bonfire not far away, and said, "Did you see that? The one in armor is the supervisor sent by the imperial court. Under the command of the general, but secretly, he is the one who speaks for himself here, and even General Pei has to give him three points."

Tan Zishi looked over, and Tan Xi followed suit, only to see that the man was extremely sturdy, his face was full of flesh, his eyes and nose were crowded together when he smiled, and he was indescribably cunning.

Tanzi frowned, and said, "How can you be so unattractive?"

Tan Zishi was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, and among the servants who served him, he dismissed those who were not good-looking and displeasing to the eye. Now when he looks at people, he still can't change his habit of only looking at appearances, so he speaks out from the bottom of his heart.

The man hurriedly said: "Little brother, you must absolutely not say that, he is now the supervisor of the army, how can you provoke him?"

Tanzi really knew he was aphasic, so he hurriedly shut up, not daring to speak again.

"You don't want to look at his appearance, do you know who he is?"

Tan Zishi shook his head.

The man said again: "He is the younger brother-in-law of the Holy Majesty, and the biological brother of Concubine Guanling. When his sister is favored, he also gains power, and he became a military supervisor at a young age."

Tan Zishi became more and more depressed, how could that man be so lucky.

"Why did you tell me about him?"

The man smiled meaningfully, and then pointed to the young men sitting around him without iron armor. All of them had extraordinary figures and handsome looks, and Tan Zi really felt very pleasing to the eye.

"Look at the few around him, either they have been promoted to lieutenants or generals, and they are not much older than you." The man glanced at him, which meant to let him understand.

Tan Zishi nodded, but said nothing, and asked for a while, "So what?"

The man knew that he didn't understand, so he approached him again, and said: "Little brother, if you really want to reach the sky in one step, it's not difficult. With your appearance, you can serve in this tent for a night, what kind of official can't you be?"

When Tan Zishi heard this, he became furious immediately, and opened his mouth to scold him, how could a real man do such shameless and vulgar things.

Before he could open his mouth, he was stopped by the man, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, little brother, you just came out to play around, these things are rare, and it's inevitable to be more noble, just don't worry, this kind of thing is waiting for you I have stayed in this army for a long time, and it is like a routine, I am used to it, but today I ran into you brother, and you have a good appearance, so I want to help you, but in fact there is no malice."

Tan Zishi fished out another lamb leg from the fire, gnawed on it, and ignored the man.

The man didn't feel embarrassed, he just sat aside as if nothing had happened, and hummed along with the crowd.

"The golden river reverts to Yuguan every year, the horse policy and the sword ring in the morning, the snow returns to the green tomb in three springs, and the Yellow River circles the Black Mountain for thousands of miles..."

Tanzi's face was dark. Hearing the man's sour words, his heart became more and more uncomfortable. He raised his head and asked, "Is it possible to serve General Pei?"

In any case, General Pei looked more pleasing to the eye than that man.

The man was homesick and wanted to repeat, when he heard the words, he looked down at him and said, "General Pei is a first-class decent person, it's the worst thing to say, I only talk to you, as for you I don't care what decision you make, just one point, if you need me, just come to me, if you get promoted, I can follow suit."

After that, the man stood up and said again: "My name is Yu Fang Chuan. I usually lead and feed the general's horses. When the time comes, just come to the general's tent and look for me." After saying that, he walked away without looking back. up.

Tanxi almost didn't laugh out loud after hearing this, but now it's even more interesting, if Tanzi really became an official because of this, then he is considered capable.

Tan Zishi returned to the tent, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, he couldn't stop thinking about it, and in the middle of the night, he sat up abruptly from the ground, which startled Tan Xi.

I saw him slapping the ground with a slap, and said: "Man, how can you do such a nasty thing? If you want to achieve great success, you must rely on real skills. I would rather die than use such abusive means!" After finishing speaking, he lay down again go to sleep.

Tan Xi smiled and said, "Oh... have ambition..."

Before he finished speaking, Tan Zishi turned over and muttered: "A man can bend and stretch, and the hero doesn't ask where he came from. As long as you become an official, who cares how you become an official..." Tan Xi Almost bit his tongue.

After a while, Tanzi slapped himself on the face, covered his head and fell asleep.