The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 866 Chapter 850 Five: Prefect Yamen Banquet

It wasn't too long before the three of them caught up with the soldiers. Duan Wuji said to the soldiers with a smile: "Take these three wild boars back to the barracks. Tonight, you should also improve the food!

This trip will not let you go in vain, you go back and send them to the kitchen!

Maybe tonight, you will eat this braised pork. "

The soldiers were overjoyed when they heard this, and they bowed their hands towards Duan Wuji.

"Thank you, the imperial envoy, for showing compassion to your subordinates! Let's go back to the barracks right now, hand over the three wild boars to the kitchen, and see if we can eat the wild boars tonight!"

After entering the city, Duan Wuji and the others parted ways with these soldiers, and the three drove their horses straight to the prefect's yamen.

When they arrived at the prefect's yamen, the three got off their horses. Cao Qiubao tied his horse to the horse stake in front of the prefect's yamen. Two yamen servants ran over and took Duan Wuji's and Tie Niu's horses away.

The three of them walked into the magistrate's yamen and walked straight towards the backyard.

I saw people everywhere in the yard, several government servants were skinning the tiger, and the prefect Huang was watching from the side!
Seeing the three people coming back, the magistrate Huang hurried over.

"You two virtuous brothers, you are really capable, you said eating tiger meat, you just got it back, not only did you get it back, but you even got two of them back!

Your ability is also too great, which has to be admired from the bottom of your heart! "

Tie Niu laughed.

"Brother, what's so great about this, isn't it just two tigers, what's so great about it!

Brother, why are you staring at them?Have you never seen a tiger skinned? "

Huang Zhifu grinned when he heard this.

"Brother! You don't know, the reason why I stared at them skinning the tiger skins was mainly because I made up my mind to get these two tiger skins!

Although it is summer, it is not the best time for tiger skin, but it is!This is the tiger skin after all!

Although the current tiger skin is not good!

But it’s still very useful when you peel it off!
As a small magistrate, if he can get these two tiger skins, then he has a great chance!
Wouldn't it be nice to peel off the goat skins in a while and make some leather mattresses after drying them! "

After hearing this, the three of them immediately understood what Huang Zhifu was thinking.

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Brother Huang, you have a good idea. Although it is summer, to be honest, it is indeed not an easy task to get these two tiger skins!

Then you just stare, let's go back and rest for a while, tonight, let's eat tiger meat!

Brother Huang, when will you get us some tropical fruits?We've been here for several days, and we haven't eaten a few of your southern fruits!

We are from the north, and we have finally come to your place. Could it be that you are reluctant to part with those few pennies? "

Huang Zhifu listened with a row of foreheads.

"Brother, don't talk about it, to be honest, no one blames this matter, just blame my brother and me!

I've been thinking about something delicious for you all day, how could I ignore this stubble!

Don't worry, I'll have someone buy fruit tomorrow, and it won't cost a few pennies.

At noon tomorrow, you will be able to eat the fruits from our place!

I want to buy a few more baskets for you, so that you can eat enough these few days!

There are many fruits in our south that cannot be transported to your north!

A lot of things will break if they can't be transported to your north. There is no way to do this!

Therefore, many dignitaries in the north have never eaten the fruits of the south!
In fact, this thing is not worth much in our south. You northerners may not like to eat many things that we southerners don't want to eat!

How come I didn't think of this before!
well!What a mistake! "

Duan Wuji and Tieniu returned to the small courtyard where Duan Wuji and the others lived. Duan Wuji picked up the fruit on the table and began to chew.

Duan Wuji said to Tieniu and Cao Qiubao: "The three of us will finish all the fruits on the table and leave none behind.

At noon tomorrow, the fresh fruits will arrive again, and this light is lying here, for whom to see! "

Cao Qiubao and Tieniu are not welcome either, they are vying to grab it!

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu have more or less eaten these southern fruits!

However, Cao Qiubao has never eaten any of these things. For Cao Qiubao, they are all rare things!

While gnawing on it, Cao Qiubao said to Duan Wuji and Tieniu: "My dear brothers, you two have to keep your mouth shut. When you eat, you should eat less!

To put it bluntly, I have never eaten any of these things!

As imperial envoys, you two have eaten more or less of these things! "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Brother Cao, since you said so, we two brothers will not eat this after eating this, and leave these fruits for you to eat!
If you followed us on this long journey, if you have no knowledge at all, then you will be somewhat unreasonable! "

The three of them were chatting and joking in this room, when the prefect Huang opened the door and walked in.

"My dear brothers, the tiger's skin has been peeled off, now I'm skinning the goats.

These prey are all brought by your hard work. I don't make up my mind to invite those officials for dinner tonight.

They eat and drink for free here, I am not happy in my heart.

These two shoulders raised their mouths, they eat my things for nothing, I don't feel happy to say anything in my heart!

The goat meat is nothing more than that, but the tiger meat is precious!If they let them eat this stuff for nothing, I would be somewhat reluctant! "

Tie Niu laughed when he heard this.

"I said big brother, so you are so stingy! Isn't it just some tiger meat!

What's the matter with this!Let's call again after eating, aren't there a lot of tigers in this mountain! "

Huang Zhifu grinned when he heard this.

"It is true that there are quite a few tigers in this mountain, but! You are frequent hunters, and you must know that there are only two such beasts in a radius of tens of miles.

It is almost impossible for other tigers to enter their territory!

Don't you have two nephews in my family? I want to marinate the tiger meat and let them eat slowly!

To be honest, we, the magistrates, can't make much money this year!
If you don't plan everything, how can you live your life!
How can I be like you, you are all high-ranking officials, and it is not a serious matter to take a little bit of things, but I can't do it!

To put it bluntly, brother, I am a pauper!

Don't look at the clothes I'm wearing, they're pretty, but they're just superficial!

In terms of family and land, I don't even have much savings, how can I compare with you!

I heard from my colleagues that in our Great Tang Dynasty, the richest and most powerful people are your two Duan family!

The wealth of the two of you is unmatched by anyone.

It is said that the Li family's Jiangshan Duan family's wealth must be true! "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Brother, don't listen to their nonsense, although we two brothers have a little money, we are really not as evil as they say.

If we were really that rich, who would want to come out and be this unlucky imperial envoy!

Our two brothers have been running around all day long, just trying to find a way to make a living. If we couldn't spend the real money, we would have quit our jobs long ago!

To put it bluntly, we don't even have a million taels of silver! "

Huang Zhifu grinned when he heard this.

"One million taels of silver, what a sum that is!

Oh my god!I have been the magistrate for so many years, and I don't even have 1 taels of silver!

If I had 1 taels of silver, I would have quit working as a prefect a long time ago. If I had more than [-] taels of silver, I would have gone back to my hometown and become a rich man! "

Cao Qiubao grinned.

"You talk about so much silver. If you say we are poor, no one is poorer than me, Cao Qiubao. In my family, there are only a hundred taels of silver. If we are not so poor, we And no longer come out to serve in the army.”

Duan Wuji waved his hands.

"Okay, okay! Let's not talk about these sad things, it's tears in my eyes!
Brother Huang, hurry up and sit down, we have given you the tiger meat, so you can handle it as you like!
As long as there are a few of our brothers to eat!We don't care about other things, let's do whatever we want!
If you think this little tiger meat is not enough, we two brothers will go to the mountains to hunt some of them for you in two days. To be honest, killing a few tigers is really not a big deal for us. thing! "

The prefect Huang grinned when he heard this.

"Hunting is your hobby, if you want to go, go, if you don't want to go, just drop it!
These two tiger meats are five or six hundred catties of tiger meat!

To be honest, I am satisfied with these tiger meats. My two virtuous brothers, if you end up in danger by fighting tigers, brother, I will feel bad too!
After all, the two of you are imperial envoys sent by the imperial court. If something goes wrong because of this incident, brother, I really have no way to explain it! "

A few people were chatting together when Huang Tianba, the second son of the prefect of Huang, walked in.

"Daddy, three uncles, what are you talking about now! Can you let me listen too?"

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"What can we talk about, it's nothing, we are grinding our teeth together!

Tianba!Since you are here, sit down quickly! "

Huang Tianba shook his head.

"I won't be sitting today. The reason why I came here now is to ask you to eat. The tiger meat is already cooked and waiting to be cooked!
The pancake is already baked, you can go there now!

After a while, the big cake will not taste good when it is cold! "

After hearing this, Huang Zhifu stood up.

"Three virtuous brothers, since the dog came and asked us to come, then let's go!
To put it bluntly, brother, I have never eaten tiger meat since I grew up! "

Duan Wuji waved at the two brothers.

"Second brothers, since Tianba asked us to come, let's go!
Nothing happened after dinner. "

Several people followed Huang Tianba straight to the back hall, but saw that in a small courtyard in the back hall, the dinner had already been served, and in the middle of the table of the big eight immortals, there were two large pots containing Two pots of steaming cooked meat, needless to say, one pot is definitely tiger meat, and the other pot is that goat meat!

There are pancakes and chopsticks on the table, and a few bowls!
Huang Zhifu said with a smile: "Tonight, let's simply eat something!
Although the things on the table are relatively simple, but this is a rarity!

No one of us is welcome, let's all eat as much as we want! "

Except for Huang Zhifu and his son, Duan Wuji and the three of them are all martial arts practitioners, how do these three know what it means to be polite!The three filled the tiger meat and started eating.

For so many days, although I can have a banquet for every meal, I still don't feel that tiger meat is delicious with this big pancake!

The prefect Huang ate the tiger meat and exclaimed how delicious it is!

Duan Wuji looked at Huang Tianba and asked: "Second son, why didn't you see your mother? Does she have this tiger meat to eat?"

Huang Tianba grinned and said, "Thank you uncle for thinking about her! I served her a long time ago, and I served her a big bowl. How dare I leave her behind after eating such delicious food?

Otherwise, she should scold me for being unfilial! "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well, as long as she has something to eat, if such a delicious thing really leaves her behind, it would be somewhat inappropriate.

After all, my son is so old, if there is no food for her, then I, Duan Wuji, would rather not eat my own tiger meat. "

"Brother, you can eat with confidence, we are two tigers, how can we not have her share!"

"Well, that's fine!"

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu ate very fast, eating one bowl after another!

The time is not too long, and two people are really full.

The two put down their chopsticks, drank two bowls of clear soup, and then the two brothers were fine.

The two brothers couldn't help laughing as they watched the four of them eat and their slow manner.

After everyone put down their chopsticks, Duan Wuji and Tie Niu stood up.

"Brother, I've already eaten the meal, and there's nothing else to do now, so we two brothers will go back!
If there is anything, let's talk about it tomorrow morning. "

After finishing speaking, the two brothers turned and went back to their own yard.

When Cao Qiubao saw that the two brothers had left, he quickly got up and said goodbye.

The prefect Huang didn't stop him, Cao Qiubao went outside, mounted his steed, and immediately rode back to his barracks.

Seeing off Cao Qiubao, the magistrate Huang felt a little more at ease.

(End of this chapter)