Chapter 30 A bowl of wine at the turn of life and death
After sending Chen Yujie back to Xu Guangqi's mansion, Yang Xin rode his horse and continued to play in the city with Cao Wenzhao and others.
Cao Wenzhao and others were also idle.
This time they went to Beijing to escort Liu Kongyin, a confidant, to the capital. The latter was paying gifts everywhere and was no longer interested in paying attention to them. It was probably the case these days. They were waiting in the inn, but now there is a good person like Yang Xin to treat him, so they naturally had to continue eating, drinking and having fun. The four of them wandered until it was almost dark, and then returned to Xianyifang together and found a pure restaurant. While they were drinking, the drums that were set to be held outside suddenly rang...
Yang Xin, who was trying to make a fuss, stopped in shock.
Then he looked at the drinkers around who had no response to this.
"Is this the sound of a curfew drum?"
He asked by grabbing the passing guy.
"Young Master, we can't help it!"
The guy said with a smile.
"Uh, then go ahead!"
Yang Xin said.
The curfew was closed by the gate of the fangmen, and no walking around the streets outside was allowed. Theoretically, patrols also began to be carried out, but in fact, that's what it means to say, who would really care? A lot of people pointed to the nightlife! In the late Ming Dynasty, business was developed, and some people did business at night, either the government or the people, would not really enforce any curfew. As long as they didn't leave the gate, they would sing, dance and dance.
However, Cao Wenzhao and others could not go back to the inn.
Their inn is not in Xianyifang, so it is definitely not OK to go out.
Fortunately, such small things are not worth mentioning. There are also inns in Xianyifang. The fangs in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty were amazingly large, far from comparable to those in Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. Although Xianyifang is not big, it is really not inferior to an ordinary county town. The Mingshifang where Wang Wanqing lives is comparable to Dongchang Prefecture City. As for the fangs in the outer city, it is even bigger. The entire outer city has only eight fangs in total, so this curfew is really similar to that. In the era when there are no cars and other means of transportation, who is so idle in the middle of the night that he ran two or three miles away for a walk?
Cao Wenzhao and others didn't care about this either.
The four of them continued to drink for another half an hour, and they basically ended after drinking too much. They went downstairs and rode their horses on the street in the night wind.
The streets are still bustling.
"Brothers, should you go to my place and make do with it for one night or find an inn for you?"
Yang Xin said drunk.
"Just go to your place, why bother spend more money!"
Cao Wenzhao said with his tongue wide.
"Then let's go! The river flows eastward, the stars in the sky ingest the Big Dipper, a bowl of wine between life and death, let's go..."
Yang Xin howled like a snoring person.
"This song is good! Let's go if you say you want to go!"
Cao Wenzhao burped and howled.
"Then sing!"
Yang Xin howled.
"There is no turning back in the water and fire. You have everything and I have it. The wind and fire are coming to Jiuzhou..."
He howled excitedly.
Then Cao Wenzhao and the two soldiers behind him also learned it, and they became more and more proficient in singing. It was obvious that this kind of song was more in line with their style. Four broken voices were crying and howling, singing hero songs on the streets at night, which made the road look sideways. However, it was less than nine o'clock at this time. Because it was summer, most of them were enjoying the cool air, so they would not disturb others' dreams. As for scaring the children on the roadside, it was inevitable.
The four of them sang the hero song and soon arrived at the entrance of the alley where Yang Xin lived.
Today is a cloudy day.
There are shops on both sides of the streets outside, and many people who are enjoying the cool air lit mosquitoes, so it is a bit brighter, but the alleys are pitch black.
Four people got off the horse.
Cao Wenzhao asked the two soldiers behind him and Yang Xin to hold the horses. They walked in front, and the two of them were still holding hands. To be precise, Yang Xin supported Cao Wenzhao. The former had a special body and was almost awake at this time. But Cao Wenzhao was really drunk and unsteady. He was in the dark alley and was still howling a bowl of wine for life and death...
"Brother Yang, I am loyal enough!"
He said as he staggered.
"I, Cao Wenzhao, recognize you as a brother, just like you sing, and you don't look back in the water or in the fire..."
Before his howling could be done, a lantern suddenly picked out from the wall next to him, and almost at the same time a fishing net fell from the sky. Yang Xin finally drank wine and was grabbed by Cao Wenzhao. Just as he reacted and tried to avoid it, the fishing net covered him and Cao Wenzhao together...
"Quick, hold it!"
A shout suddenly sounded from the wall.
Then several lanterns lit up at the same time, and figures fell one after another in the dim light.
Cao Wenzhao, who was covered by a fishing net, looked at this scene with drunken eyes, and the first few people who landed in front of him had already rushed over. In the dark, he seemed like a group of ghosts. He shook his head violently, and then grabbed the fishing net in front of him with both hands at the same time...
"open!"
He roared like a roaring tiger, and his hands were torn outwards, and the fishing net woven with thick cramps was instantly torn open by him violently.
Almost at the same time, an iron ruler fell across the opposite side.
Cao Wenzhao grabbed the wrist of the man with the right hand and pulled it into his arms and slashed it down. The man threw it to the ground without any pause. The next moment, a short spear stabbed. Cao Wenzhao tilted his head and avoided it. The iron ruler he had just snatched in his hand and threw it out, hitting the forehead of the short spear opposite. The moment the latter screamed and fell, the short spear also came into his hand. The guy then walked out of the fishing net and pulled it backwards and pulled it towards the person in front. The iron chain in the latter's hand was tangled on the short spear. Cao Wenzhao shook his hand, and the spear rod and the chain were directly stuck in his throat.
The man fell down on his back.
Yang Xin quickly drilled out of the fishing net, but he leaned against the wall very cleverly, looking at Cao Wenzhao in shock like a tiger out of the cage, and a short spear kept falling with the sound of breaking through the air.
No one in front of him could stop him.
All the officials who jumped off the wall, holding weapons such as chains, iron rulers, and short spears, seemed like a group of ducks chased by wolves in front of this number one general in the Ming Dynasty in history. They turned around and fled in panic. They didn't have time to run away. They chose to ambush in such an environment, probably just to catch turtles in the jar, but unfortunately they didn't expect the plan to succeed, but they were not miscellaneous fish, but megalodon sharks, and there were more than one, but they turned out to be nowhere to escape. Cao Wenzhao drank too much, and he couldn't see these people clearly in the dark. He was passionate about Yang Xin, and suddenly someone attacked them. The generals who died in battle to save their subordinates and brothers on the battlefield were not interested in thinking about anything else.
Just smash it!
Who cares about anything else at this time?
"Shoot the arrows, the thief resists arrest, and kill them without any hesitation!"
Someone shouted on the wall.
Yang Xin hurriedly raised his head and happened to meet someone.
"It's him!"
The prince shouted.
Yang Xin suddenly jumped up, and Mr. Wang was so scared that he hurriedly retreated.
When Yang Xin was dodging an arrow, he grabbed the archer who had just shot the arrow and pulled it down in the latter's scream. At this time, Cao Wenzhao also saw the archer, but he did not dodge, but roared again and crashed into the wall ahead like a bison. Yang Xin immediately woke up and moved forward with excitement. The two reached the base of the wall almost at the same time, and their shoulders hit the adobe wall at the same time. These were two beasts, two real peerless generals, one of which was a cheater.
Accompanied by a dull impact, the adobe wall fell down with a bang.
There was a scream immediately on the wall.
"happy!"
Cao Wenzhao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wait, you will dare to resist arresting and killing the official officer. Are you not afraid of raiding the house?"
In the dust falling from the adobe wall, the prince Wang stood in the gap tremblingly with the lantern and said in a trembling voice.
A civil servant next to him was also trembling.
In the dust in front of them, the archers who were smashed by the adobe walls were wailing and struggling out of the broken adobe. Although they were not killed, they were all wounded.
Cao Wenzhao's face changed, and he hurriedly reached out and grabbed a coma from the ground...
"The archers of the five cities' military personnel!"
He said in shock.
"It must be here to catch me. I avenged my brother and killed a rogue in Tianjin."
Yang Xin said frankly.
Cao Wenzhao widened his eyes and looked at him in disbelief.
"Where are you? The soldiers in the Five City Military and Ma Si only captured the wanted criminal Yang Xin. This person accidentally injured someone's life in Tianjin and fled here. It's because you are ignorant, not his accomplice, but just deceived him. As long as you can take down this thief, you will be punished for your crime!"
The civil servant suddenly felt refreshed and immediately shouted with a calm voice.
Yang Xin stretched his hands forward calmly...
He was betting that he bet that he refused to abandon his subordinates on this battlefield, but he rushed to the camp alone to rescue people trapped and injured and committed suicide, and would not sell friends for honor.
Cao Wenzhao looked at him.
The whole alley was silent.
"What are you waiting for? Do you want to follow him to the court?"
The civil servant shouted.
Cao Wenzhao's body trembled slightly. It was obvious that he was struggling in a difficult choice, struggling in loyalty and future and it was difficult to make a decision. Yang Xin still stretched out his hands and looked at him calmly. Suddenly, he roared to the sky and turned his eyes to the civil servant, and then threw the unconscious official over...
"Follow me and leave the city first!"
He yelled at Yang Xin amid the civil servant's screams.
Almost at the same time, the sound of horse hooves came from outside, and then the light of the torch appeared at the entrance of the alley behind. The two soldiers leading the horse immediately woke up and were so scared that they hurriedly avoided. Yang Xin and Cao Wenzhao looked at the entrance of the alley at the same time, and then they saw more than a dozen cavalrymen wearing torches rushing in, one wearing hats and round neck armor. The leader was a man wearing an eight-petal hat and helmet in red embroidery patches and carrying the horses. In the swaying light of the torch, he looked at the mess in front of him, and the beast that looked like a dragon but not a dragon was poked under his shoulder and spread his teeth and claws...
"Which is Yang Xin is the one who is ordered by the Jinyiwei?"
He said coldly
Chapter completed!