Chapter 006: Six Hundred Voices of Respect

Liangzhou state thirty miles outside the pavilion has a turn back, meaning to send people to this will turn back, from the early morning hours on the old man rushed to one after another, midday has been full of pavilion frost white, near dusk, the pavilion outside the pavilion less than five or six hundred people, the three religions and nine streams, is not all the people of the city, but also from hundreds of miles away from the old man who came to the flower armor, some of them are familiar with the city to accompany the trip, and then in the pavilion of the turn back to the occasional see many years have not seen old Brothers, mixed feelings, not without some heartfelt sighing of the world, more was originally not recognized, because close to the people, etc., can not resist the silence, chatting with each other, only to know that they are all the old words of the camp, one to two, back to the pavilion scene is very strange, there are brocade dresses and clothes kneeling to pay homage to the poor and simple old farmers, there are with a good wine, but still drink the cheap green ants wine, there are two sides for the Spring and Autumn of a certain battle to fight to the There are two sides arguing over a battle in the Spring and Autumn, and there is also an old man on crutches sitting alone.

Stagecoach road to and fro, there is no lack of fresh clothes and horses, luxury car riding team, not versed in the old days of the young people to see the old man piled up, are wondering this group of old man is eating the wrong medicine or what, in the afternoon, there is an oxcart to come to the lack of arm old man is about to get off the oxen down the stagecoach road, not delay the stagecoach road merchants and travelers to and from the road, but unfortunately still blocked the way of a carriage to go, the driving is a physically fit man, is about to be The driver is a sturdy man, about a fox, a tiger, temperament is used to grumpy, coarse voice yell, but the old ox made stubbornness, luxury family out of the horseman jumped out of the carriage, dislike this old man is not long-eyed, cursed a good dog does not get in the way, a whip is to be whipped in the head of that lonely old man, as for whether it is dead or alive, where he cared about this file of birds, but the horsewhip swung to be the shabby old man of the ox he was holding gently, and then apologized for a few times, release the horsewhip after, continue with the old man of the head, but the horsewhip is still in the way. After the horsewhip, continue to rely on the life of the old cow with the “reasoning”, which makes the horseman in the prime of life only feel the loss of face, fire, to go forward to the old man kicked over to the ground, so as not to be seen by the carriage masters see the light, smacked his own work is not good, but did not think that he ferociously kicked the old man seems to be drunken staggered to avoid, the one-armed Gently pushed on the horseman’s chest, the whole person floated backward three or four feet away, but did not fall to the ground, the horseman stood in place, shocked in his heart, dare I meet a real person who does not show his face? When the old people on both sides of the pavilion and the stage road saw this scene, they roared and applauded. Horseman frustrated, the carriage behind the head of an honor and disgrace of the five or six Hu riding home guards can not stand to see, is about to start charging, outside the pavilion there is a wearing a gorgeous Shu brocade of the old man shouted, almost at the same time, no less than more than ten voices coincidentally blocked, these relatively richly dressed old man walked through the pile, looked at each other and smiled, and then cupped his fists and performed a simple meet and greet, Shu brocade old man face to face with the rider angrily said: “Which one of you dares to charge one and try?”

Luxury carriage inside walked down a fat head of the rich, saw the Shu Jin old man, scared of the liver and gall, repelled the dog legged, gave the horseman a heavy slap, which kneeled down and trembled and said: “My official Song Long met the Youzhou general.”

The Shu Jin old man said expressionlessly, “You know Lao Zi, Lao Zi doesn’t know you, what the hell, get away!”

Song Long as Liangzhou sixth grade civil official, he had seen this Zhou general at a feast in honor of the end of the banquet, although the Zhou old man has just retired from the flourishing incomparable position of the Youzhou general, but countless students, even Zhong Hongwu Yan Wenluan such a great general met this person, but also the same polite, arm in arm. Where is his small six-piece officer can be disobeyed, the Northern Liang Road only three states, in addition to guarding the frontier of the border army of those first-class real power generals, the next is to cool the state of the state of the state of the state of the three state generals for the authority of the deep heavy, cool the state of the state of Yu adjacent to the North Mang, and far from the general of the state of the state of the state of the state of Lings can be comparable to the shoulder, these three state generals can be the title is not that light to listen to the miscellaneous generals without the Tiger, even if the white to Song Long ten bear heart and leopard courage do not dare to provoke the Zhou Lao.

With the old Youzhou General Zhou Kang at the same time out of a tall old man, compared to Zhou Kang slightly younger and more robust a few points, to the one-armed old man in an oxcart to take a fixed look at the tears, immediately kneeling on the stagecoach, sobbing uncontrollably, said: “Lianzi battalion of the old pawn Yuan Nanting see the General Lin!”

Song Long, who was thinking about how to let Zhou old general to lower the fire to vent his anger, after hearing this, was again heart trembling, Yuan Nanting, the first crossbow shot in the Northern Liang army of the White Feather Cavalry is divided into three, one of the four teeth of the Northern Liang Wei Fucheng rushed to the Western Sichuan, Yuan Nanting generals will be the sole possession of two of them, the real power in the hands of the generals. But this is also just, can let the fourth-grade general Yuan Nanting kneel down who is General Lin? A pile of heavenly misfortune on the head of the Song Long want to die of the heart! At this moment, not caring about General Zhou’s “military order” for him to get lost, he also knelt down and kowtowed vigorously, not caring about which General Lin is the Bodhisattva in the Beiliang army who does not show himself, just burn the incense and kowtow to it.

Zhou Kang held the position of General of Youzhou for more than ten years, and hold the Northern Liang Feather Crossbow Riding First White Feather Guard Yuan Nanting naturally recognize faces, but not how familiar, the Northern Liang Army invincible iron horsemen in the two Liao, and then south in the smoke of the Spring and Autumn more and more courageous, and constantly growing, so that the composition of the extremely complex, each has their own origins, and he and Yuan Nanting is from a different faction, each has the old generation of senior generals and dignitaries to bring up. However, when Yuan Nanting kneeled down and then called General Lin, Zhou Kang immediately knew that the one-armed old man older than his own ten or so years old is who, eighteen old battalion Lotus Battalion’s first head of the Lin Doufang! In order to save the great general, was cut off an arm, the great general had personally said Doofang old brother if there are daughters and granddaughters, in the future when for my Xu Snapdragon daughter-in-law said! But after the General was crowned King, he never heard from General Lin again. Lucky to see this man, even arrogant and conceited as Zhou Kang was pleased to see him, he clasped his fists and respectfully said, “Zhou Kang pays his respects to General Lin!”

The one-armed old man led the ox down the post road, walked back to the side of the road, nodded to Zhou Kang, and then went to help Song Long up, calmly said: “The Great General has not been able to train up an elite army that is superior to the rest of the world, it is not used to give you and the common people a chance to play the bully. Well, Lord Song, don’t kneel either, go about your business, there is no need to be preoccupied with me today, more than the people.”

Song Long didn’t even dare to wipe away the sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly nodded his head, fearing to get in the way and flee in a mess.

This group of old men all did not take the jumping clown Song Long seriously at all, Zhou Kang asked with a smile, “Why is old General Lin here as well?”

The one-armed Lin Doufang is not the kind of official oil, in the Northern Liang Army should be rewarded when the most rewarded, “retreat”, a breath of anonymity for nearly twenty years as a commoner, looking at the post road softly lamented: “You have not waited for the son to enter the capital?”

As a veteran of the Lotus Battalion, Yuan Nanting, even after becoming a general, was still respectful in the face of his old boss, cupping his fists and saying, “General Lin, Yuan Nanting has been waiting with his old brothers for a day, and still hasn’t encountered any iron horsemen escorting a carriage passing through the Turning Back Pavilion.”

Lin Doufang nodded and smiled, “On the way here, I also heard about him going to Northern Mang to remove two heads, do you believe it or not?”

Zhou Kang said in a deep voice: “The matter of the North Court King Xu Huainan and the fifth raccoon of the Tibing Mountain has been spread all over North Mang, the paper can’t hold the fire, it is true that the head was cut off hard without a doubt, if we say that it is only Xu Huainan who died, Zhou can be regarded as the North Mang female empress’s cunning rabbit died and the dog cooked by the wrists of the dog, but the fifth raccoon followed and died violently, it is by no means North Mang’s infighting that can be explained. Now intermittent news came, leaving the city Tao Qianzhi’s death, also from the hand of the son, more that the North Mang demon Xie Ling, was also killed, and then the son was even encountered Tuoba Bodhisattva’s youngest son of Tuoba Spring Falcon, under the two big on the list of the devil, hard to be alone to meet the battle of the son of the world to kill a person, Zhou Kang privately in the residence of the world son of the north of the Mang traveled to the route, perfectly in line with the time of these lords of the character death, should be true and correct. It should be true. Over the years, we old fellows have really grown old and dim-eyed.”

Lin Doufang smiled and said blandly, “These scary sayings, regardless of truth or falsehood for the time being, I don’t care very much about it, I ran to turn back to the pavilion this time before I died, just because I heard about the matter of Xu Yongguan of the Yu Long Battalion, after he was stepped on and broke his leg, before he died, there was once a young man who had saved his life who often bought him alcohol to drink, and also promised to carry a coffin to send off the journey after his death, if it wasn’t for the fact that at that time, His Highness Traveling tour, to the great general on behalf of the coffin, I’m afraid that Xu Yongguan lifetime do not know who that young man, I, stubborn, anyway, recognize this matter, think we follow the great general on horseback to kill to kill for decades, and then there is such a young man to take over the north of the Liang, not suffocating. At first with the great general betting, ran to planting, some years ago heard of this young man’s ridiculous behavior, but also across the distance in the stomach to scold the great general to scold the great general you raised such a brat, but also thanks to my Lin Doufang did not have a daughter did not have a granddaughter, or we would not have to regret green intestines?”

Zhou Kang Yuan Nanting and a circle of old people nearby are all heartily laughing.

Lin Doufang also followed the fun, laughed: “The result is now more regret, I should have known that year to marry the Princess of the South Tang Dynasty as a daughter-in-law, that look can be too pretty to say, but unfortunately at that time the heart of the spirit of the high, a hesitation on the miss, otherwise this moment is a large nest of children and grandchildren.”

In the army, Yuan Nanting, who was as unsmiling as the god of mourning, was now like a mischievous child, licking his face and smiling, “General Lin, do you still have this beautiful thing with the Princess of the Southern Tang Dynasty? Tell me about it?”

Lin Doufang glared, Yuan Nanting immediately eyes and nose care, Lin Doufang slapped on the old subordinate’s head, taught: “Your kid when the pawns are quite a man like a dog, when the general, how also rogue up, the ugly words in advance, I heard that you newly promoted to manage half of the White Feather Guards, don’t be lard blinded by the heart focusing on money, in the future, if I hear, see if not to break your three legs! If I hear about this, I’ll break your legs! If I don’t have that chance, I still have to trouble General Zhou to do it for me, when this kid dares to fight back, General Zhou, you can talk to the Great General.”

Zhou Kang laughed cheerfully, “With these words, Zhou Kang can really take note of it, General Yuan, over the years several times bumping into each other, you glare at me, now that I have this holy decree of Old General Lin, will you not carry chickens, ducks, fish and meat to my mansion every now and then in the future to get close to me?”

Yuan Nanting straight to the point: “In the past with General Zhou you do not see eye to eye, that is a matter of no choice, border army and Youzhou local army inevitably some bumps, not Yuan have an opinion of you have a view, honestly, today since I can bump into you here, I Yuan Nanting decided that you can be old brother, you Zhou Kang not continue to be the General of Youzhou, a pity! Turn around and I’ll talk to the Great General, if you don’t become the General of Youzhou, you can’t be the General of Liangzhou?!”

Zhou Kang shook his head and laughed: “It’s not the same as Yuan’s oldest brother, we’re not fit anymore, so we won’t be cheeky enough to compete with the youngsters for a job. But really need us to ride into battle that day, Zhou Kang also counts every day to drink a few bowls of wine to eat a few pounds of beef, give up their lives to kill dozens of northern barbarians is not a problem!”

Lin Doufang suddenly said, “I think this time he went to the capital, he didn’t bring his cavalry at all, maybe we all missed it.”

Zhou Kang froze, and Yuan Nanting laughed, “That’s good, the first son of the Great General, our future King of Northern Liang, should have this arrogance.”

A large group of old people around them all smiled and nodded their heads, although they didn’t get to meet up with His Highness the son of the world and waited for a day in vain, they didn’t have any regrets.

A simple carriage slowly drove by, drove out of the turning back pavilion, seemed to have hesitation, paused for a moment.

A man with a white head and white clothes stepped out of the carriage.

In full view of everyone, the man bowed to the end.

Worship the old pawn.

When Lin Doufang saw this man, he actually burst into tears.

He patted his coarse sleeves and knelt down before saying aloud, “Lin Doufang of the Lotus Zi Battalion, respectfully sends His Highness the World Son to the capital!”

Zhou Kang followed closely behind, kneeling on the ground and said in a deep voice: “Youzhou Zhou Kang, respectfully sends His Highness the son to the capital!”

“My general Yuan Nanting, respectfully sends His Highness to the capital!”

“Qu An of the 18th Old Battalion Dengcheng Battalion, respectfully sends His Highness to the capital!”

“Cavalry veteran He Turen, respectfully sends His Highness to the capital!”

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Six hundred old pawns, facing the young man who had bowed for a long time without straightening his back.

Here and there, six hundred voices of respect!