Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 379: A House Full of Dragons and Phoenixes
"To save a person." Yang Zhong briefly told Yuwen Tai about Zu Geng's story, and finally said:

"Anyway, we are all deeply indebted to Grandpa Zu, so we had to come here. But I didn't expect to run into you here."

"Hahaha, this is what they call life: we meet everywhere. Brothers should stay together!" Yuwen Tai laughed so loudly that dust fell from the beams.

"Indeed." Yang Zhong also said happily: "If you are a brother, you have to help."

"That's easy. The emperor still has to give my third brother some face. But the war is about to start. He is training outside the city now. I heard that you were here, so I rushed back to meet you." Yuwen Tai took the responsibility and said:

"When he returns to the city at night, I'll take you to see him. Third Brother can release him with just one word."

"That's great." Yang Zhong and the others were very happy. This would save a lot of trouble.
"Let's stop wasting time." Yuwen Tai smiled at Dugu Xin and said, "I'll have someone get some wine and food, and we'll welcome Ah Zhong and a few new friends."

"You're still worried?" Dugu Xin smiled and waved his hand, and two more wine jars and eight cold dishes appeared on the table. "The hot dishes will be delivered later, let's drink first."

"Haha, I just said that. If I had known earlier, Dugu would have been prepared." Yuwen Tai picked up the jar, knocked off the mud seal, and poured a bowlful of soup for each person.

"We in the Northern Dynasty drink from bowls. Friends from the South, do you need me to change your wine cups?"

"Who are you looking down on?!" Chen Baxian also picked up a wine jar, knocked off the mud seal and said, "Let's drink directly from the jar!"

"Hahaha, the wine in our Northern Dynasty is very strong!" Yuwen Tai laughed.

Chen Baxian raised his head and took a sip, saying calmly, "It's just a little sour water to me!"

"Hahaha, great, great!" Yuwen Tai slapped the table happily and said, "We are on the same path, and we will be brothers from now on!"

"Come on, let's drink!" Dugu Xin picked up the wine bowl and everyone drank it all in one gulp.

"After drinking this bowl of wine, we will be brothers from now on." Yuwen Tai smiled at Ren Yuan and the other two and said, "Maybe one day, we will come to join you. Of course, if you commit a crime, you are also welcome to come to us."

"Do they come all the way here to be rebels?" Dugu Xin said with a smile.

"That's true. We have become rebels out of necessity, but will we be rebels for the rest of our lives?" Yuwen Tai raised his thick eyebrows.

"That's right!" Ren Yuan smiled and said, "I think both of you brothers are outstanding people. How can a golden fish stay in a pond? Once it encounters wind and clouds, it will turn into a dragon. You will definitely become great figures who will be remembered in history in the future!"

"Oh, brother, you have such a good eye!" Yuwen Tai smiled and quickly picked up the wine bowl and said, "Come on, let's have a drink."

"If you become rich and powerful, don't forget me." Ren Yuan smiled and clinked his wine bowl with his, then drank it all in one gulp.

Yuwen Tai's thigh is still worth hugging, which is much more realistic than waiting to hug the thigh of A Zhong's son...

"Of course! When one of us becomes rich in the future, don't forget to help me. I will never embarrass him!" Yuwen Tai raised his bowl and said to everyone, "Many hands make light work!"

"It's a deal!" Everyone drank it all in one gulp again.

They were of similar age and both were outstanding men. With Yang Zhong as a bridge, they soon became close friends and called each other brothers.

"Brothers, you've come just in time." After three rounds of drinking, Yuwen Tai's face turned dark red, and he said with a slightly thick tongue:
"We are now severely blocked by the government troops. We are cut off from the outside world in this hellhole of Jizhou and know very little about what is happening outside." "Yes." Dugu Xin nodded and said, "After the merchants and travelers are cut off, the only source of information is to defeat the government troops and interrogate the prisoners."

He smiled bitterly and said, "But in the past six months, we have fought Erzhu Rong with more defeats than victories, so we can't get much information from him."

"What do these Qihu people know? Even if we capture them, we can't get anything out of them." Yuwen Tai spat and smiled at Ren Yuan:

"Brother Yuan, you look very well-educated. Tell us about the current world affairs."

"..." Ren Yuan thought, "Okay, what's my position?" But he still told Yuwen Tai everything that had happened in the North and South Dynasties.

"My goodness, Monk Xiao is so tough? But he was too reckless, and now he is seriously injured."

"Alas, that woman Queen Mother Hu is really fooling around. It's fine that she plays with men, but she also lets her male favorites rule the country. The Wei Dynasty is really doomed..." Yuwen Tai listened carefully and expressed his opinions one by one.

"Why worry about that?" Yang Zhong glanced at him and said, "What does the big shot's business have to do with us?"

"Of course it is related." Yuwen Tai shook his head and lowered his voice and said, "Gao Huan, do you still remember him?"

"Of course, it's He Liuhun." Yang Zhong nodded and said, "He is the leader of the bad guys in Huaishuo Town. He often competes with Heba Sange. He has fought with them many times in those years."

"That's right, that damn poor guy is thriving in this chaotic world," Yuwen Tai spat in dissatisfaction.

"He was lucky enough to marry Lou Zhaojun, and used her horse as a dowry to become the leader of Huaishuo Town. That gave him the opportunity to make friends with all kinds of people. In addition to his original group of hawks and running dogs, there were also businessmen traveling from north to south, and all kinds of swindlers. These people became the capital for his rebellion."

"Over the years, he first surrendered to Du Luozhou, but soon he looked down on Du Luozhou and even wanted to kill Du Luozhou and replace him. In the end, he failed and fled to Xindu City like a stray dog." Yuwen Tai was very disdainful of Gao Huan's character and spat again:

"The emperor was kind enough to take him in, give him troops and territory, and let him get back on his feet. But who knew that this guy was so ungrateful and secretly colluded with others to defect to Erzhu Rong!"

"Fuck, I'm almost catching up with Lu Bu." Chen Baxian burped.

"He said that Ge Rong will definitely fail, and we will all fall into Erzhu Rong's hands sooner or later, so we might as well go there earlier and take the initiative to surrender so that we can occupy a good position." After Yuwen Tai finished speaking, he looked at Ren Yuan and said:
"This is a difficult matter for me to decide. Brother, from an outsider's perspective, do you think Erzhu Rong can do it?"

Ren Yuan touched his nose. Well, after listening to Yuwen Tai scolding Gao Huan for such a long time, I thought he would never go along with him. I didn't expect that scolding him would not stop him from getting along with Gao Huan at all...

Could this be a natural born politician?
"How powerful must Erzhu Rong be to make Brother Yuwen willing to follow Gao Huan with a pinch of his nose?" Ren Yuan asked.

When I was in the Southern Dynasty, I felt that I was far away from the heroes of the world. It was not until I came to the Northern Dynasty that those names that have shone through the ages came alive.

"The Qihu tribe is certainly very powerful, but Erzhu Rong still relies on the men of the Six Garrisons." Dugu Xin said lightly.

"The main thing is that he has the support of the imperial court and can mobilize troops, money and food from all over the world." Yuwen Tai said in a deep voice: "But I think as long as the emperor does not underestimate the enemy, with the powerful troops of the six garrisons, we should be able to defeat him!"

"Then you still..." Yang Zhong was confused.

(End of this chapter)