Chapter 377

The wind and rain is coming, the black clouds are rolling, and the yellow sand is rolling between the heaven and the earth.

Liangzhou is more desolate than Lanzhou. It is windy and Sandy with few vegetation, hot in summer and cold in winter.

On the women's wall at the head of the city, red banners are flying.

Qin mubai and Xue wanche stood side by side at the head of the city and looked up. Their armor was rustled by the sand in the wind.

"All over the sky, the demons are dancing. The storm is coming. Liangzhou is a poor place. It's hard to have good weather. " Xue wanche looked at the rolling yellow sand and the galloping black clouds, if he had any feeling.

Qin Mu Bai gently raised his mouth and said with a smile, "I think it's picturesque."

Xue wanche was a little stunned, and then said with a smile: "young commander, you have a broad mind and will go to the inner world."

"It's just optimism." Qin mubai smiles and asks, "haven't you found Hou Junji yet?"

"Ah!..." Xue wanche shook his head with a wry smile and said, "he came to Liangzhou alone. He didn't take care of the house or his family. Sometimes he was crowded with the officials in the government's ear room, sometimes he had a hangover in a wine shop or a fragrant garden. What's more, he slept directly in the street or in a bridge, and was dragged out of the horse pen. Because of his eccentric behavior, he lived in no fixed place, and because he was once a prominent official, he was also one of the best officials in Liangzhou, so no one dared to question him. I, the governor of Liangzhou, was a general of his subordinates, let alone what he was. Now more than a dozen people have been sent to manzhoucheng to find him, but they can't find him. "

Qin Mu nodded and said, "don't worry. Anyway, we have many other things to do. Maybe he will come back by himself. Go ahead, let's go to the garrison and see how the move is going

"Not bad."

Before long, a rainstorm poured down and covered the whole Liangzhou. Lightning, thunder and torrential rain. The camp was muddy. It was inconvenient to move and unload the goods, so the people and horses had to rest for a while. Qin mubai and Xue wanche made an inspection in the barracks. The generals in the barracks never took umbrellas, so they were drenched.

In the evening, Xue wanche said that the army's diet was poor, and he was also a young commander who was caught in the rain and was afraid of the cold. He had better take a warm bath in a better wine shop and drink some wine to drive away the cold.

Although Liangzhou is desolate as a whole, it has become a transit station for business and tourism since the "great development" of Lanzhou, so there are many restaurants and hostels, and many Hu businesses and residences.

Xue wanche asked Qin mubai to have a drink in a Qingyuan building in the city of Zhou. He said that the Sanle pulp and moxibustion leg of mutton are more famous there, although they are not as famous as Qin xianjiu and Chang'an dishes. It also has a unique flavor. Qin mubai would not refuse if the guest was the master.

They took three or five attendants, changed into casual clothes, and went to Qingyuan building in the city. Qin mubai inquired with his subordinates and said that he had not found Hou Junji, so he had to give up for the time being.

If there is a big Liangzhou City, a large area is full of mud tile walled bungalows, only a few neat brick buildings have been built in the central street of the city, which is the wine shop for business travel. On weekdays, it's also very busy here. Business travelers are always crying and cheering. Because of the recent wars in Liangzhou, many stores were closed because of panic. There are also some anxious and impatient business travelers who are forced to stay here and are not allowed to leave for the time being.

Several people walked for a while into the market street. It seems a little lonely around.

Xue wanche sighed: "in the past, this was the most bustling and prosperous place in the city. It was always busy with people. Even months of war, Liangzhou desolate a lot of ah

Qin Mu Bai twisted his brows and said, "I'll be fine after a while. Only by expanding the border defense and keeping the enemy in the wild can Lanzhou be peaceful. This is one of the reasons why I ask you to change your guard to Yumen pass and Yangguan pass. After several fierce battles, although we can always win without losing the city, the people will be afraid and the business will be cut off. After all, when we fight with the Hu people, we always suffer more from those who live in the city. Apart from the casualties on the battlefield, it is hard to estimate the losses suffered by the city and the people as a result. "

"What the young commander said is true." Xue wanche said with deep feeling, "since last winter, Liangzhou began to suffer from the war. Since then, taxes have gone to the extreme, people's hearts have floated, business travel has been cut off, and the whole city is no longer prosperous as it used to be. Panic and tension have spread all over the sky, and even criminals have increased. I only hope that this battle will be finished soon. Otherwise, Liangzhou is always so lifeless. It's really not a place for people to stay. "

Qin Mu nodded and said with a smile: "I remember not long ago, that is two years ago, Lanzhou is almost like Liangzhou now. Don't worry. It's up to you. As long as you quickly expand the line of defense and stabilize it on the line from Yuyang to puchanghai, and when my father Shuai builds Anxi capital mansion in Gaochang, the area of Helong will gradually become as stable as a rock. Since then, general Xue has made great contributions to the development of the Tang Dynasty

Xue wanche was flattered. He was a little elated and said, "if you can make a small contribution in your humble position, you can only follow the Young Marshal and his son to get something cheap. Your father and young commander will surely be famous in history if you say that you have made great contributions to it

"Ha ha!" Qin mubai laughs, and the whole Party laughs together.

Just as they were walking through a Hualv building, the wooden door that had been closed was suddenly pulled open. Several big men came out with a drunken man and brought him to the ground in the street. Clapping his hands, the big men didn't say much, but spat at the drunk man with resentment and disgust, then went back and closed the door.The drunken man was thrown into the street, which immediately attracted some people to watch. Several people who came close glanced at each other, covered their noses, frowned and walked around quickly. The man was lying on the ground like dead, motionless, occasionally twitching, but spitting out piles of filth from his mouth.

Qin Mu Bai looked up at the green building and knew it was a prostitute. So I didn't care, ready to walk around. At this time, Xue wanche exclaimed: "Hou Junji?"

Qin mubai couldn't help but be stunned and looked at him suspiciously: "won't it?"

"That's true!" Xue wanche was embarrassed. He spoke to the two pawns next to him and motioned to them to carry Hou Junji away, so as not to make him look shameful on the street.

"Wait a minute." Qin mubai stopped his entourage, went over and squatted beside the drunk man. He stretched out his hand and turned him over. It was not Hou Junji?

Although I didn't have much contact with him, when I was in Chang'an in the past, I didn't see him and I didn't see him.

Hou Junji, who started from Rong Wu, was famous for his bravery when he was young. In the late Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin was introduced to the shogunate. He was promoted step by step because of his bravery. During the change of Xuanwumen, he also gave Li Shimin advice and support. From then on, he was deeply depended on by Li Shimin and became one of the confidants. His fame is not inferior to that of Yuchi Jingde, one of the "four great meritorious officials of Kaiyuan", and even far better than that of Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie and others.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Hou Junji successively served as the left guard general and the right guard general, the central positions of the military headquarters, and granted the Duke of Lu. As a military general, he also transferred to Literature and served as Minister of the Ministry of war and Minister of the Ministry of officials. In fact, these are only the second. The most important thing is that he was ordered by the emperor to study the art of war under the guidance of Li Jing, and followed Li Jing to fight in the north and south. He made great achievements and became the most active general of the military in the Mesozoic era after Li Shimin ascended the throne. When he was the Minister of the Ministry of officials, he also took into account the affairs of hongwenguan Pavilion, that is, he had the real power of the prime minister to participate in and discuss politics!

Before the prince incident, Hou Junji even surpassed Li Ji, who was a low-key garrison. He was the most popular military representative in the imperial court. However, it was this sudden political disturbance that dragged Hou Junji from the clouds to the mud and brought him to this place.

At that time, when the eldest sun Wuji tried the case of the crown prince's rebellion, there were many dissidents who were forced to kill and exclude. Hou Junji was one of the biggest ones. Because of Hou Junji's high position and outstanding achievements in the past, Chang sun Wuji did not (or "failed") completely destroy Hou Junji, but demoted him to Liangzhou for a crime of "accomplice in conspiracy".

Hou Junji, in his early 40s, is just at the peak of his life, but he has been kicked over and is doomed. I'm afraid he is the only one who can understand the experience. As for whether he really participated in the rebellion, Qin mubai was not clear, but Chang sun Wuji "needed" Hou Junji to rebel, so he had to "be" rebellious.

At the moment, Hou Junji, covered with mud and filthy face, is looking up at Qin mubai with drunk eyes, and his mouth is still spitting out the filth.

"Come on, take it away!" Xue wanche waved his hand and motioned to his followers to get him back. Don't make a fool of yourself here.

"Take him to Qingyuan building, arrange bathing and dressing, let him sober up and rest." Qin mubai said lightly, but it can not be refuted and doubted.

"Isn't that good, young commander?" Xue wanche said with disgust, "such a filthy description of the lost place may disturb the young commander's drinking."

"Everyone has a time of frustration." Qin mubai stood up and said faintly, "my brother, and do you dislike him?"

"All right!" Xue wanche sighed, looked at Hou Junji and said, "ah, it's very pitiful, but it's also very annoying. Young commander, I can't reach you. You're still in a daze. Let's go

Just as they were about to leave, the door of the brothel opened again. A tortoise slave rushed out of the brothel. He bowed to the crowd and said with flattery: "I think you must be friends of the Marquis, and you are also dignitaries. The villain didn't dare to disturb him, but his master had an order, so he had to ask you for something with a salivating face and a thick skin. "

"Fart, fart!" Xue wanche was gasping, he cried.

"Yes, yes." The tortoise slave muttered, "this Marquis After spending more than ten days in the shop, I spent all the money I brought. It was all on credit. Originally, the shop did not dare to ask for it, and even more did not dare to cheat him to default, but the shop is indeed a small profit, it can not afford to underwrite. In recent days, the Marquis is full of fish and meat. Every day, eight girls eat, drink and play with him. When they get drunk, they even beat and scold others for smashing tables and chairs So So!... "

Qin Mu Bai bit his teeth in a bit of exasperation, took off a purse from his waist, weighed it in his hand, and said, "how many girls are there in your shop, and how much is the whole shop worth?"

"Ah?" The tortoise slave was startled and didn't know how to answer.

"To ask you something!" Xue wanche cried, "the answer is!"

"Well There are only about ten girls in the shop, and the population is only 20. The shop is rented by the landlord. We can't do it... " Guinu's timid way.Qin mubai threw the money bag to him and said, "it's yours. You set up this brothel for me. From now on, you will be the shopkeeper here. If the Marquis wants to spend money again, you can't charge any money. You should serve him like your ancestors. As for how to negotiate with your boss and how to operate, it's all your business. Do you understand? "

The tortoise slave stood there at a loss.

Xue wanche snatched the money bag in his hand and shook the rope. Inside, a pile of golden pimples came out, shaking the eyes of the tortoise slave.

"Dead tortoise slave, stupid or crazy?" Xue wanche said angrily, "this gold is enough to set up three small shops like you. You're lucky, stupid boy! You're still stupid. Why don't you get out of here? "

"Ah! Yes, yes, yes Then the tortoise slave came back to his senses, holding the golden pimples like a treasure, and ran back to the brothel like a dog with its tail chopped off.

Xue wanche sighed, and said: "young commander, you don't have to be used to Hou Junji like this, do you?"

"How can it be called habituation?" Qin mubai smiles. Light way, "if I'm frustrated and lonely, I'll want to drink bitterly. At this time, even if it's beautiful, I think it's not as good as mud dung. At this time, if someone can buy a large urn of wine to drink with me, that person must be my best friend. "

"I see..." Xue wanche nodded, sighed and said, "young commander, I didn't think about it. You are also a kind-hearted person, and you are very loyal. "

"Is it difficult? You used to think I was not righteous?" Qin mubai said with a smile.

"Well That's not the meaning of humble position I mean, it's a great blessing to have such a friend as a young commander! "

When they came to Qingyuan building, several attendants ordered you to drink, and Hou Junji took a bath, changed clothes, and drank. Qin mubai and Xue wanche sit in an elegant Pavilion. There are also some music of silk, bamboo and zither in the Pavilion behind the curtain of beads. The drinks are passable. At least in Liangzhou, it is a "high standard" treatment.

"Young commander, I'm laughing." Xue wanche said with a wry smile, "Liangzhou is too busy to offer any decent hospitality. In the governor's office and the governor's office. It's been moving for several days, and it's hard to use seats. I have to make do with the young commander. "

"No harm. I'm not particular about that. " Qin Mu Bai lightly smile to reply a way, the mind completely didn't put on these matters.

He has been thinking about how to "deal with" Hou Junji.

To deal with this word, Hengsheng appeared in Qin mubai's mind, which was really strange.

In his impression, Hou Junji is a man of strong temperament and arrogance. In the past, even if he was Qin mubai, the emperor's son-in-law's Duwei, the red man in front of the emperor, or the son of the Qin family or the new leader of Lanzhou, Hou Junji would not put it in the corner of his eyes.

People who have been wandering in the court hall all know that Hou Junji has only been respectful to one person in his life, and that is Emperor Li Shimin. In addition, what is Chang sun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, even his mentor Li Jing. He doesn't take it seriously.

Therefore, although Hou Junji and Li Jing had the name of master and apprentice, they didn't get along well with each other, and they didn't even communicate with each other until later. It is said that at the beginning Hou Junji wanted to learn the art of war from Li Jing, but Li Jing was not willing to teach it because Hou Junji was rebellious and wild. If he learned the art of war, it would be a disaster in the future. So Hou Junji found the emperor and asked the emperor to issue a decree to let Li Jing accept Hou Junji as a disciple.

Forced by helplessness, Li Jing had to do it reluctantly. But when Hou Junji was teaching the art of war, he naturally had some reservations. For this reason. Hou Junji was very angry. He also sued Li Shimin, saying that Li Jing had not done his best to teach the art of war. Li Jing explained to Li Shimin, saying that if I had learned the military skills I taught him well, it would not be difficult to resist the enemy and defeat the enemy before the battle. No matter how much he wants to learn, he has a bad mind.

Naturally, Li Shimin is not good at blaming Li Jing. He also understands Li Jing's intentions. If Hou Junji is allowed to inherit all his Li Jing skills, who will be able to hold Hou Junji when Li Shimin and Li Jing, the older generation, pass away?

Because of this, Hou Junji and Li Jing turned into enemies.

Qin mubai pondered. If you use the identity of "the same school as the teacher" to get close to Hou Junji, it is estimated that it is not only bad, but also bad.

Hou Junji, this is a fierce horse. Of course, if you use it well, it's also a great horse. How to control, save one heart.

After drinking for a long time, it's almost dark. Hou Junji is still taking a bath. Xue wanche was a little impatient and said, "young commander, why don't you go back to Xingyuan first. When Hou Junji wakes up, I ask him to go to Xingyuan to pay homage. "

"We are all soldiers. Why bother Luo Kuai so much. If he doesn't come, I'll go and have a look. " After that, Qin mubai got up, picked up a plate of hot mutton, carried a pot of wine, and said with a smile, "well, he's also my elder martial brother. It doesn't hurt to be a younger martial brother to wait on him once. "

Xue wanche was snorting in his nose. He was very angry. The grand governor of Lanzhou governs thousands of troops under the command of the people. It's really humiliating to treat a demoted official with such a low voice!Hou Junji light a helper bubble in the bath bucket, next to two a bellyful of resentment of the entourage, soldiers hard to bear the son rub back shoulder. Hou Junji is good. He put his hands on the edge of the bucket and covered his face with a hot towel. He waved his fingers and instructed the two soldiers to wipe where they were. It was very enjoyable.

Qin mubai went in and made a gesture to the two soldiers to go out. If they were forgiven, they let go and ran away. Xue wanche couldn't look down, so he gently pulled the door and left.

"Don't stop, keep pinching. Here, acid. " Hou Junji is still covered with a towel, humming.

Qin mubai smiles, puts down the mutton and the wine pot, and goes to Hou Junji. He puts his hands on his shoulders and presses them.

Maybe there is still strength in the wine, Hou Junji reaction is a little slow, there is no strange reaction. His face was covered with the hot towel, and his breath was a little thick. He seemed to doze off.

Qin mubai didn't call him either. He really gave him a massage for a while, at least for a long time. Hou Junji is lying in the bucket like a dead man, motionless.

After a long time, Hou Junji reached to his face and touched the towel. He took a bubble in the bucket, but he didn't look back. He said faintly, "the water is cold."

"I'll call the second one to change it." Qin mubai said.

"No more." Hou Junji pauses. Turning his head, he looked at Qin mubai with a smile and said, "it's a good craft, Dadu governor."

Qin mubai easily laughed, handed over the meat plate and wine pot, and said: "my stomach is empty. Come on, have some. You were so drunk just now that we didn't wait for you to eat first. "

Hou Junji is also impolite. He reaches out his arms from the bucket, grabs the mutton with his hands and puts it in his mouth. Take the bottle with the other hand and pour it into your throat.

Qin mubai, like a boy, stood by holding a meat plate, still smiling.

Hou Junji, on the other hand, was like a prisoner from a starving prison. He ate all the meat and drank the wine without any gentry demeanor. With a long Tut, he put the wine pot on the empty meat plate, belched, and said coldly, "no matter what, you have to offer your kindness. You have to be a traitor or a thief. Come on, what can I do for you, governor Qin. oh They all call you, young commander

"You're right. I'm looking for you." Qin mubai also didn't care. He threw the plate and the wine pot aside, clapped his hands and said, "I know you are not reconciled and unconvinced, but I'm afraid you can't escape a unjust death. So now I live a miserable life every day, and I can only anesthetize myself with my laissez faire. "

"It's none of your business how I live." Hou Junji, with his back to Qin mubai, slowly wipes his body with a towel. He said coldly, "what's your intention. Although Hou Junji has been a civil servant for several years, he is a martial arts man who bends his bow and shoots arrows. He doesn't like the way of beating around the Bush and lying to others. "

"Well, that's good enough, quick enough!" Qin Mu Bai touched his palm and said, "since we are on the same boat..."

"Wait!" Hou Junji suddenly interrupted Qin mubai in a loud voice, "who is on the same boat with you?"

"We have a common enemy, so that's the man on the same boat. Isn't that right? " Qin mubai said.

Hou Junji hesitated and said, "even if we have common enemies, we are not friends. I have never had a friend

"But you've had comrades, you've had comrades in arms." Qin mubai said, "over the years, who has accompanied you to gallop on the battlefield? Hou Junji, how can you fight bravely and kill thousands of troops? How many friends do you know each other? But it is necessary to work together. You don't need me to tell you such a simple truth. Can you listen to it? "

"You have a point." Hou Junji seemed a little disdainful and desperate. "But what's the purpose of you, a big man who is in the limelight, to come to me? Are you not afraid to get into my bad luck and be washed by changsun Wuji? "

"Oh! If I were afraid of his eldest grandson, I would not set foot in Lanzhou today. " Qin mubai said with a smile, "I came to you with a simple intention. I have 100000 soldiers in Lanzhou. I can't control them. But that's what you're good at. Come and help me

Hou Junji's whole body stagnated and turned to look at Qin mubai strangely: "what do you say?"

Qin Mu white face smile, smile sincerely, said: "Lanzhou Dadu governor's house is still short of a march Sima, my Yifu Pro Xun also short of Yifu Zhonglang general, if you don't dislike, please come to help me."

"What do you call me?"

"Elder martial brother."

“……” Hou Junji turned his head and fell into a long silence.

Qin mubai did not worry, patiently stood aside, waiting for his reply.

The room was quiet, not listening to any sound.

After a long time. Hou Junji said -

"I've tasted all the ups and downs of Hou Junji's life. Right now, all I have left in my life is meat and wine and beauty. I don't want to try that ridiculous feeling of ups and downs again. Go away, and don't come to me again. "

Qin mubai was not worried. If Hou Junji was so easily talked about and subdued, he would not be Hou Junji. He nodded and said, "I don't push you. I'm not in a hurry. For one year, two years, ten years and twenty years, as long as Qin mubai is still in Lanzhou, the door of Dadu governor's office will always be open to you. Before that. You just enjoy yourself in Liangzhou. As long as you don't kill people or commit crimes, there won't be another half of them bothering you. ""Hard to get, right?" Hou Junji sneered, "it seems that you have learned the true story of pharmacist Li, not only the art of war, but also how to deal with people."

"Elder martial brother, if you doubt my sincerity, you can let time prove it." Qin mubai said, "it's useless to talk too much. That's all I have to say. If you have a rest, I won't disturb you. "

After that, Qin mubai went to the door.

Just opened the door to go out, Hou Junji behind him coldly jumped out: "Qin mubai, what are you doing up and down? At the end of the day, it's nothing more than nothing. Fame, wealth, merit and popularity are all illusory things. After all, you are still young. You only know how to do these stupid things. When you experience what you should experience, you will be as disheartened as I am. Instead of going around like this, I advise you not to waste your efforts. In one's life, what one should enjoy and what one should put down is life. "

"Maybe you're right." Qin Mu Bai turned his head, gave him a smile and said, "as you said, I'm still young. It's more sad not to do some stupid things when you are young, but to have a blank memory when you are old? People in this life, the enjoyment of the enjoyment of the put down, the fight for the grab of the want, also can't let go. This is the life Qin mubai wants. Who would die of anonymity? You Hou Junji, are you really willing? "

"Who Wish to die of anonymity I, Hou Junji

[seven thousand words in this chapter, gradually getting back to the State ]

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