Chapter 377 Who would like to die without a name?!

Chapter 377 Who would like to die without a name?!

The wind and rain are about to come, and the black clouds are rolling, and the yellow sand is rolling between heaven and earth, and there is a roar.

Liangzhou is more desolate than Lanzhou. There is more wind and sand, less vegetation, and the environment is hot in summer and cold in winter.

On the female wall at the head of the city, the neat red flag is flying.

Qin Mubai and Xue Wanche stood side by side at the head of the city and looked into the distance. Their armor was rustled by the gravel in the wind.

"The sky is full of sand and clouds, and the demons are dancing. The storm is coming. Liangzhou is a poor mountain and a bad water. It's even difficult to have good weather. Xue Wanche looked at the rolling yellow sand and the rushing black clouds, and said with emotion.

Qin Mubai raised the corners of his mouth lightly and said with a smile, "I think the country is picturesque."

Xue Wanche was slightly stunned, and then smiled and said, "The young commander is broad-minded and ambitious."

"It's just optimistic." Qin Mubai smiled and asked, "Haven't you found Hou Junji yet?"

"Hey! ..." Xue Wanche shook his head with a wry smile and said, "He came to Liangzhou alone. He didn't have a house or his family. Sometimes he squeezed with the doorman in the ear room of the government office, sometimes he stayed in a drunken shop or Xiangyuan, and even slept directly on the street or in the bridge cave, and was dragged out of the horse ring. He behaves strangely and has no fixed place, and because he used to be an official, he is also one of the best officials in Liangzhou, so no one dares to ask him. I, the governor of Liangzhou, used to be his subordinate general, and it's hard to say anything about him. Now more than a dozen people have been sent to Manzhou City to find him, but they can't find him.

Qin Mubai nodded and said, "Don't worry. Anyway, we have a lot of other things to do. Maybe he will come back by himself. Go ahead. Let's go to the military village to see how the relocation is going.

"It's good."

Not long after, a rainstorm poured down and enveloped the whole Liangzhou. There was lightning, thunder and heavy rain, and the barracks was muddy. It is inconvenient to move and unload things, so people and horses have to rest for the time being. Qin Mubai and Xue Wanche inspected the barracks once. The generals in the barracks never took umbrellas, so they were soaked.

In the evening, Xue Wanche said that the food in the army was poor, and the young commander was caught in the rain and was afraid of the cold. He was better to find a better restaurant to take a warm bath and drink some wine to drive away the cold.

Although Liangzhou is desolate as a whole, it has become a business travel transit station since the "big development" in Lanzhou, so there are many restaurants and hostels, and most of them are Hu merchants.

Xue Wanche then invited Qin Mubai to a Qingyuan building in the state city for a drink, saying that the Sanle pulp and moxibustion sheep legs there are more famous. Although they are not as good as Qin Xian wine and famous dishes in Chang'an, they also have a unique flavor. The guest was at his will, and Qin Mubai naturally did not refuse.

The two of them took three or five attendants, put on casual clothes, and then went to the Qingyuan Building in the city. Qin Mubai asked his subordinates and said that he had not found Hou Junji, so he had to give up temporarily.

In a large Liangzhou city, a large area of it is a bungalow with mud and tile walls. Only a street in the center of the state city has built several neat brick-board buildings, which are wine houses for business trips. It's also lively here on weekdays, and there is a lot of business travel. Due to the recent many wars in Liangzhou, many stores have been closed due to panic. There are also some business travelers who are anxiously forced to stay here and are not allowed to leave for the time being.

Several people walked into the shopping street for a while, and it seemed a little deserted.

Xue Wanche sighed: "In the past, this was the most lively and prosperous place in the state city, always picking up Chao Xixi. After months of war, Liangzhou has been much more desolate!"

Qin Mubai frowned and said, "It will be fine when you get through this. Only when the border defense expands to resist the enemy can Lanzhou be peaceful. This is also one of the reasons why I asked you to change to Yumen Pass and Yang Pass. After a series of fierce battles, although we can always win without losing the city, the people will be afraid, and the business trip will be cut off as a result. After all, when we fight against the barbid people, we always suffer more when we live in the city. Except for the casualties on the battlefield, the losses suffered by the city and the people are difficult to estimate.

"What the young commander said is very true." Xue Wanche said deeply, "Since last winter, Liangzhou has been suffering from military disasters. Since then, the tax has been nine out of ten, and the people's hearts have been cut off. The whole city is no longer prosperous as before. Panic and tension are scattered all over the sky, and even more people commit adultery. I just hope that this battle will be over as soon as possible. Otherwise, Liangzhou is always so dead. It's really not a place for people to stay.

Qin Mubai nodded, smiled and said, "I remember that not long, it was two years ago, and Lanzhou was almost the same as Liangzhou is now. Don't worry, it's man-made. As long as you expand the defense line quickly and stabilize it on the front line from Yu and Yang to Puchanghai, when my father builds Anxi Capital Protectorate in Gaochang, the Helong area will gradually become as stable as a rock. Since then, the Tang Dynasty has expanded thousands of miles, and General Xue has made great contributions!"

Xue Wancher was flattered lightly. He was a little angry and arched his hand and said, "If you can get a small meritorious service, it depends on following the young commander and his son to pick up some cheap. If you say that the achievements are the greatest, your father and the young commander will definitely go down in history!"

"Haha!" Qin Mubai laughed, and the group of people also laughed cooperatively.

Just as everyone was chatting and passing through a small green building, the originally closed wooden door was suddenly pulled open, and several big men carried a drunk man out and took him to the ground on the street. Clap their hands, and the big men didn't say much. They just looked at the drunk with resentment and disgust, and then went back to close the door.

The drunk was thrown on the street, which immediately attracted some people to watch. Several people who approached glanced twice, covered their noses and frowned, and walked around quickly. The man lay motionless on the ground as if he were dead, occasionally twitching a few times, but spit out piles of dirty things from his mouth.

Qin Mubai looked up at the green building and knew that it was a prostitute. So I didn't care and was ready to take a detour. At this time, Xue Wanche exclaimed in a low voice: "Hou Junji?"

Qin Mubai couldn't help but look at him suspiciously: "No way?"

"That's true!" Xue Wancher suddenly looked embarrassed and pouted at the two pawns next to him, signaling them to carry Hou Junji away, so as not to let him lie on the street.

"Wait." Qin Mubai stopped his entourage, walked over and squatted beside the drunken man, and reached out to turn him over. At a glance, it was not Hou Junji?

Although he didn't have much contact with him, he always recognized him when he bowed his head and didn't look up when he was in office in Chang'an.

Hou Junji, who started from Rongwu, was famous for his bravery when he was young. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he was introduced to the shogunate by Li Shimin. Because of his heroic achievements in battle, he was promoted step by step by Li Shimin. During the change of Xuanwu Gate, he also gave advice to Li Shimin and made contributions to him. Since then, he has been deeply relied on by Li Shimin and became one of his confidants. Its limelight is not inferior to Yuchi Jingde, one of the "four meritorious ministers of Kaiyuan", and even far better than Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie, the old generals of the Qin Palace.

After Li Shimin ascended the throne, Hou Junji successively served as the key positions of the military headquarters such as General Zuo Wei and General Youwei, and was awarded the title of Duke of Lu. Born as a general, he also transferred to literature and affairs. He has successively held the positions of minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of Public Affairs, and has done a good job. These are actually only the second. The most important thing is that he was ordered by the emperor to learn the art of war from Li Jing, followed Li Jingnan to fight in the north, made great achievements, and became the most active mesozoic general of the military after Li Shimin's accession to the throne. For a moment, he was unmatched and he could go hand in hand with Li Xun. When he was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Administration, he also took care of the cabinet affairs of the Hongwen Hall, that is, he had the real power of the prime minister to participate in politics!

Before the Prince's Incident, Hou Junji even had to overshadow Li Xun, who was stationed outside the low-key troops, who was the most popular military representative in the court. But it was this sudden political disturbance that pulled the Hou Junji from the clouds into the mud and fell into the mud.

At that time, when Changsun Wuji tried the case of the prince's conspiracy, there were many differences in killing and excluding, and Hou Junji was one of the biggest cards. Just because Hou Junji was in a prominent position and made outstanding achievements in the past, Changsun Wuji did not (or "failed) completely destroy Hou Junji, but only degraded him to Liangzhou by a crime of "complice and conspiracy".

Hou Junji, who is in his early 40s, is at the peak of his life, but he is kicked down and doomed. I'm afraid only he can experience it. As for whether he really participated in the rebellion, Qin Mubai was not clear, but Changsun Wuji "need" Hou Junji's rebellion, so he had to be "re plotted".

At this moment, Hou Junji, who is covered in mud and dirty, is looking at Qin Mubai with drunken eyes on his back, and his mouth is still spitting out wine stains.

"Quick, carry it away!" Xue Wancher waved his hand anxiously and motioned his attendants to get them back quickly. Don't be embarrassed here.

"Became him to Qingyuan Building, arrange a bath and change clothes, and let him sober up and rest." Qin Mubai said lightly, but there was no refutation or doubt.

"Young commander, isn't that right?" Xue Wanche said with some disgust, "It's so dirty to describe the loss of place, I'm afraid it will disturb the young commander's wine."

"Everyone has a time when they are frustrated." Qin Mubai stood up and said lightly, "My brother, do you dislike it?"

"Okay!" Xue Wanche sighed, frowned at Hou Junji and said, "Oh, it's quite pitiful, but it's also quite angry. Young commander-in-chief, I can't make it - you are still stunned, resist people, go!"

When the group was about to leave, the door of the prostitute opened again, and a turtle slave rushed out of it, nodded and bowed to the crowd, and said flatteringly, "I think they must be friends of this marquis, and they are also dignitaries. The little man didn't dare to disturb him, but the owner had an order, so he had to beg you for one thing.

"If you have a fart, just let it go!" Xue Wanche was angry and had nowhere to vent. He shouted.

"Yes, yes, yes." The turtle slave said, "This marquis... has been in the small store for more than ten days, and the money he brought has been spent. It's all on credit. Originally, the small shop did not dare to ask for it, let alone bully him and repudiate the debt, but the small shop really couldn't afford it. In the past few days, the marquis has been full of big fish and meat. Every day, eight girls accompany them to eat, drink and have fun. When they are drunk, they beat and scold others for smashing tables and chairs... Therefore... Therefore! ......”

Qin Mubai gritted his teeth angrily, untied a money bag from his waist, and said, "How many girls are there in your store? How much is it worth under the whole store?"

"Ah?" The turtle slave was shocked and didn't know how to answer.

"What are you talking about!" Xue Wanche shouted, "The answer is!"

"Uh... There are only a dozen girls in the small shop, and the population is only 20. The store is rented by the landlord. We can't make the decision..." The turtle slave said timidly.

Qin Mubai casually threw the money bag to him and said, "It's yours. You take down 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 a penni penni in and serve him like an ancestor. As for how to negotiate with your employer and how to operate, it's all your business. Do you understand?"

The turtle slave stood on the spot and was at a loss.

Xue Wanche grabbed the money bag in his hand in a hurry, pulled open the rope and shook it. A pile of golden pimples fell out of it, shaking the turtle slave's eyes.

"Dead turtle slave, stupid or crazy?" Xue Wanche said angrily, "This gold is enough to house three small shabby shops like you. You hit the big luck, stupid boy! Are you still stupid? Don't get out of here?"

"Ah! Yes, yes, yes!" Only then did the turtle slave come to his senses. He held the pile of golden pimples and rolled back to the brothel, like a dog with a cut off its tail.

Xue Wanche sighed and said sullenly and funnyly, "Young commander, you don't have to spoil Hou Junji like this, do you?"

"How can this be called accustomed?" Qin Mubai smiled and said lightly, "If I am frustrated and lonely, I will want to drink and get drunk. At this time, even if it is a beautiful woman, in my opinion, it is not as good as mud dung. At this time, if someone can buy a big urn to drink with me, that person must be my best confidant.

"I understand..." Xue Wancher nodded, sighed, and said, "Young commander, I didn't think about it. You are still a careful person and very loyal."

"Is it possible that you used to think I had no righteousness?" Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"Uh... That's not what I mean! ...The inferior position means that it is a great blessing to have a friend like a young marshal!"

When everyone came to the Qingyuan Building, several attendants came to the shop to give it to him. Hou Junji took a bath and changed his clothes to sober up the soup. Qin Mubai and Xue Wanche sat in an elegant pavilion, and some silk bamboo kites were also placed in the pavilion behind the pearl curtain. The wine was not bad, at least for Liangzhou, it was a "high-standard" treatment.

"The young commander laughed." Xue Wanche smiled bitterly and said, "Liangzhou is broken, and there is no decent hospitality. The Assassin's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion have been moving for days, which is even more unbearable. I have to aggrieved the young general."

"It doesn't matter. I don't pay attention to these. Qin Mubai replied with a faint smile, and his mind was not focused on these things.

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

The word to deal with this appeared in Qin Mubai's mind, which was really a little strange.

In his impression, Hou Junji is a strong and arrogant master. In the past, even if he was Qin Mubai, the emperor's son-in-law, the imperial red man, or the prince of the Qin family and the new master of Lanzhou, Hou Junjitong would not put it in the corner of his eyes.

Everyone who has been in the court knows that Hou Junji has only been obedience to one person in his life, and that is the emperor Li Shimin. In addition, even if Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling are his mentor Li Jing, he doesn't take it seriously.

Therefore, although Hou Junji and Li Jing have the name of master and apprentice, they do not have a good relationship with each other. Later, they even did not communicate with each other. It is reported that Hou Junji wanted to learn the art of war from Li Jing at the beginning, but Li Jing did not want to teach, just because Hou Junji was unruly and wild. If he learned the art of war in the future, it would be a disaster for the society. So Hou Junji found the emperor and asked the emperor to make an order for Li Jing to accept Hou Junji as a disciple.

Forced by helplessness, Li Jing had to do it. However, when Professor Hou Jun gathered the art of war, he naturally had some reservations. For this reason, Hou Junji was very angry and sued Li Shimin, saying that Li Jing did not do his best to teach the art of war. Li Jing explained to Li Shimin, saying that if the military techniques I taught him were well learned, it would be good to defeat the enemy and win before the battle. No matter how much he wants to learn, he is not good at it.

Naturally, Li Shimin can't blame Li Jing. He also understands Li Jing's intentions. If Hou Junji inherits all his Li Jing's skills, and when the older generation such as Li Shimin and Li Jing pass away in the future, who can control Hou Junji?

Because of this incident, Hou Junji and Li Jing turned against each other.

Qin Mubai thought that if he used the identity of "teacher out of the same family" to get close to Hou Jun, it is estimated that there will be not only no good things, but also bad things.

Hou Junji, this is a fierce horse. Of course, if you use it well, it is naturally a peerless good horse. How to control it with one heart.

The two of them drank for a long time, and it was dark after an appointment, and Hou Junji was still taking a bath. Xue Wanche was a little impatient and said, "Young commander, why don't you go back to Xingyuan to rest first? When Hou Junji woke up, I asked him to go to visit him.

"We are all military personnel. Why bother Luo Yan so much? If he doesn't come, I'll go and have a look. After saying that, Qin Mubai got up, picked up a plate of new hot mutton leg meat and carried a pot of wine. He smiled and said, "Well, he is also my brother. It's okay to serve him as a junior brother.

Xue Wanche snorted coldly in his nose, and he was really annoyed. The head of the Governor's Mansion of Lanzhou, who governs thousands of troops under the command of the people, is so low-ly treated by a waste that has lost power. It's really aggrieved!

Hou Jun gathered a gang soaked in the bathtub, and there were two resentful entourage next to him, wiping his back and rubbing his shoulders patiently. Hou Junji put his hands on the edge of the bucket and put a hot towel on his face. He shook his fingers and commanded the two soldiers to wipe and press wherever he was very enjoyable.

Qin Mubai walked in, pouted, and motioned the two soldiers to go out. If the two of them were pardoned, they let go and ran away. Xue Wanche couldn't stand it and gently pulled the door and walked away.

"Don't stop, keep pinching. Here's the shoulder, sour." Hou Junji was still covered with a towel and hummed.

Qin Mubai smiled, put down the mutton and wine pot, and really walked behind Hou Junji. He put his hands on his shoulders and pressed his hands.

Maybe there is still wine. Hou Junji's reaction is a little slow, and there is no strange reaction. The hot towel on his face was a little thick, as if he was going to take a nap.

Qin Mubai didn't call him either. He really massaged him for a while, at least for a long time. Hou Junji lay in the bucket like a dead man, motionless.

After a long time, Hou Junji reached out to his face and touched the towel and soaked it in the bucket. He did not look back and said lightly, "The water is cold."

"I'll ask Xiao Er to change it." Qin Mubai said.

"No." Hou Junji paused, turned his head, looked at Qin Mubai with a smile, and said, "The craftsmanship is good, governor."

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

Hou Junji was not polite. He stretched out his arms from the bucket, grabbed the mutton with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth. With the other hand, he picked up the wine pot, raised his neck and poured it into his throat.

Qin Mubai stood aside like a little man with a meat plate, still with a smile on his face.

Hou Junji was like a prisoner who came out of the hungry prison. He didn't have any gentry style to eat and chew. After eating all the meat and drinking wine, he put the wine pot on the empty meat plate with a long bang, burped, and said coldly, "If you have nothing to offer kindness, you are not a traitor or a thief. Come on, what's the matter with me, Governor Qin. Oh, they all call you, young commander."

"You're right. I'm really looking for you." Qin Mubai didn't care. He threw the plate and wine pot aside, clapped his hands and said, "I know you are unwilling and unconvinced, but I'm afraid you can't escape a wronged death. So now I live in great pain every day, and I can only anesthetize myself with promiscuous skeletons.

"How am I doing? It's none of your business." Hou Junji turned his back to Qin Mubai, slowly wiped his body with a towel, and said coldly, "Try your intention. Although I, Hou Junji, have been a civil official for several years, I am a warrior who bends bows and shoots arrows. I don't like that set of twists and turns.

"Okay, it's refreshing enough!" Qin Mubai stroked his palm and said, "Since we are from the same boat..."

"Wait!" Hou Junji suddenly interrupted Qin Mubai in a loud voice, "Who is in the same boat as you?"

"We have a common enemy, so that's the people in the same boat. Isn't that right?" Qin Mubai said.

Hou Junji's action was stagnant, and he said, "Even if we have a common enemy, we are not friends. I, Hou Junji, have never had any friends.

"But you have had a peer-in-arms and a comrade-in-arms." Qin Mubai said, "Over the years, who has accompanied you to gallop on the battlefield? How can you be brave and good at fighting alone, and kill thousands of troops and horses? How many people are friends who know each other in the same robe? But it is necessary to work together with the same enemy. There is no need for me to tell you this simple truth in the future, right?

"It makes a little sense for you." Hou Junji seemed to be a little disdainful and a little desperate, "But what's the purpose of you, such a popular big man, to come to me, an ominous person? Aren't you afraid of getting into my bad luck and being cleaned by Changsun Wuji?

"Oh! If I, Qin, are afraid of his eldest grandson Wuji, I will not set foot in Lanzhou today. Qin Mubai smiled and said, "I came to you with a very simple intention. I have 100,000 soldiers in Lanzhou, and I can't control it. But this is your specialty. Come and help me."

Hou Junji's whole body stagnated. He turned his head and looked at Qin Mubai incredulously: "What are you talking about?"

Qin Mubai smiled and smiled sincerely and said, "Lanzhou Governor's mansion still lacks a marching Sima, and my Yifu Qinxun is also a general in Yifu. If you don't mind, please come and help me."

"What do you call me?"

"Brother."

"..." Hou Junji turned his head and fell into a long silence.

Qin Mubai was not in a hurry. He stood aside patiently and waited for his reply.

The room was quiet and didn't listen to any sound.

After a long time, Hou Junji opened his mouth and said--

"I, Hou Junji, have had great ups and downs in this life, and I have tasted everything. At present, all I have left in my life is wine, meat and beauty. I don't want to try that ridiculous feeling of ups and downs again. You go and don't come to me again."

Qin Mubai is not in a hurry. If Hou Junji is so easily moved and surrendered, then he will not be the arrogant Hou Junji. He nodded and said, "I won't force you, and I'm not in a hurry. One year, two years, ten or twenty years, as long as I, Qin Mubai, am still in Lanzhou, the door of the governor's office will always be open for you. Before that, you just have to enjoy yourself in Liangzhou. As long as you don't kill or commit crimes, there won't be half a person to bother you.

"You want to be captured, right?" Hou Junji sneered, "It seems that you have learned the true biography of Li Yaoshi. You have not only learned the art of war, but also learned how to deal with people and things."

"If you doubt my sincerity, you can let time prove it." Qin Mubai said, "It's useless to say so much. That's all I have to say. Have a good rest, and I won't bother you."

After saying that, Qin Mubai walked to the door.

As soon as he opened the door to go out, Hou Junji behind him popped out coldly and said, "Qin Mubai, why are you jumping up and down so many things? In the end, it's nothing more than empty. The fame, wealth, wealth and meritorious people are all ethereal things. After all, you are still young, and you only know how to do these boring and stupid things. When you experience the experience, you will be as frustrated as I am. Instead of taking a big circle like this, I advise you not to waste your efforts. In a person's life, what should be enjoyed should be put down, this is life.

"Maybe you're right." Qin Mubai turned his head, smiled at him and said, "As you said, I'm still young. When you are young, don't do a few stupid things. When you are old, your memories are blank. Isn't it more sad? In this life, people can't let go of what they should enjoy, and what they should fight for and what they should grab. This is the life that Qin Mubai wants. Who would like to die nameless? Hou Junji, do you think you are really willing?"

"Who... would like to die without a name?! ...I, Hou Junji?"

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[7,000 words in this chapter, gradually regain the state...]