Xie Ming

Chapter 167 Your name is Li Sigou!
The gatekeeper, Old Xia, and Shuanzi, took advantage of the time when no one was passing through the north gate, and sat in the sheltered doorway to gossip about the wives and the ugly deeds of Ma Saner's family.

I never expected that it would happen in just such a short while!
Not far away, a dark-faced man came pushing a cart outside the city. Who else could this dark-faced man be but Li Huchen? !

Hu Chen was a big man with broad shoulders and a thick waist, thick cheeks and a beard, a figure like Zhong Kui's black tower. He stood quietly in the city gate, which gave Xiao Shuanzi, who was listening to the chatter, a fright!
"Xia, Uncle Xia!"

"Teacher, the teacher is here!"

As he spoke in panic, Old Man Xia beside him also raised his head!

Just heard a loud roar!

"Ah! This, this"

Old Xia shrank back suddenly and hit the wall of the doorway.

The two were frightened, and Li Huchen was also completely confused.

I thought, what is this?
These two are squatting in the doorway in broad daylight, telling ghost stories to each other?!
My disguise is perfect, right? It's not that scary, right?!

It took a long while for the two officials, one old and one young, to recover.

Looking closely, they saw that the big man in the black tower was a human being and not a ghost, and his shadow was cast on the ground. Then the young Xiao Shuanzi stood up first, gasping for breath.

"Hey!"

"Oh my god, I'm scared to death!"

"What are you doing?!"

"Why are you standing so close to me?!"

Shuanzi mustered up his courage and yelled, his tone was firm but still trembling.

While speaking, he waved his hand and asked Hu Chen to move away and keep some distance from him.

Upon hearing this, Hu Chen and Heisi did as they were told, even bowing slightly to pretend to be respectful.

Seeing this situation, Old Xia dared to move.

"Good guy!"

"You big black guy, you came at the right time!"

"What? Are you really a teacher?!"

"Go, go, stand outside a little further, in the sun!"

"It's so close, it makes me dizzy!"

Old Man Xia was confused and kept talking nonsense to boost his courage. Hu Chen also obeyed him and moved out again.

"Haha, you are joking!"

"I don't look like a teacher at all!"

“Selling dates!”

"I'm selling dates from a cart!"

As Hu Chen spoke, he grinned and smiled, and as he did so, the murderous look on his face was largely eliminated.

Xiao Shuanzi, who was standing nearby, saw what had happened and breathed a sigh of relief. He finally dared to walk towards the large flatbed cart in front of the black man.

"Selling dates?!"

"Isn't this the wrong season?!"

"This year's dates won't be harvested until September or October at the latest!"

"It's only the end of April, what are you selling?!"

Shuanzi acted in a pretentious manner, and that annoying feeling of a doorman gradually returned!
"Haha, what this young military officer said is true!"

"But what I sell here are not fresh and crispy dates, but aged dates!"

"It's been a year!"

As he said this, Hu Chen wanted to untie the sack and let Shuanzi check it.

But suddenly the black man moved his hands, and Shuanzi immediately became alert.

"stop!"

"Stop it! Don't move!"

The young gatekeeper hurriedly ordered him to stop moving, and he put his hands on the sword at his waist in panic.

Hu Chen didn't understand what was going on and was stunned, so he stopped at the moment.

Then there was a clang sound!
The bolt is tied to the waist and the blade is unsheathed!
He held the knife in one hand, slowly moved to the front of the cart, and stabbed the knife into the sack.

He rubbed it left and right twice and felt nothing unusual, so he felt safe. He twisted his wrist again and suddenly a big hole appeared on the sack.

Xiao Shuanzi drew his sword back into the sheath and pulled it out. Large red dates followed the gap and rolled out, falling onto the cart!
Seeing the situation, Hu Chen was very calm. The young gatekeeper looked at the red dates and breathed a sigh of relief. He took a few more steps to the front of the carriage. He took a handful of dates from the gap and held them in his hand. He stared at Hu Chen and ate them provocatively.

Hu Chen remained calm and smiled, and even grabbed a handful of food from the gap with his big hand. He pretended to curry favor with Old Man Xia and handed it to him.

"Haha, what do you think of this little soldier? Sweet, right?!"

"Come here, military lord, you try it too."

As he was speaking, Hu Chen was about to turn around and hand over the dates.

But at this moment, Old Xia, who had been watching from the side, suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Hu Chen's wrist!

"Bah!"

"You black bastard!"

"I recognize you!"

Old man Xia shouted suddenly, and the words came out like a bolt from the blue!
Li Huchen's eyes suddenly widened!
The two sides froze for a moment!
At the same time, Hu Chen's other hand had already quietly groped and pressed on the sack under the handlebars!

There, his sword and short gun were hidden!

In an instant, the atmosphere in the archway of the north gate of Baoding City became tense.

Hu Chen thought to himself, not good!
Could it be that the old man in front of me really recognized me?
After all, I did not intend to hide my trip to Yi County. If this thief really came from the north, it would not be surprising that he recognized my face.

So now, Hu Chen thought, hehe, if you can't explain the reason, then forget it.

If you, old fellow, are not aware of the current situation, you will ruin my good deeds!
Well, don't blame me for being rude!

If I can't get into the city, I'll be embarrassed when I go back. And you're determined to ruin my plans, huh!

Then I'll just kill you two here to vent my anger!
On the side, the young gatekeeper Xiao Shuanzi had no way of guessing what Hu Chen was thinking at the moment.

So he just turned his head in a daze and asked Old Xia.

"what?"

"Xia, Uncle Xia, do you know this black guy?!"

As he spoke, little Shuanzi was still chewing red dates in his mouth, completely unaware that his death was approaching!

"hey-hey!"

"You black man, you can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me!"

"Li Sigou!"

"Your name is Li Sigou! Is it or isn't it?!"

From the looks of it, Old Xia's words seemed solemn and confident, and it didn't sound like he was joking.

Upon hearing this, Hu Chen was completely stunned!

I thought, where is this? How did I become Li Sigou again?!

Your last name does match, but..., you old bastard, you're just a dog!
I am the second child in my family, with three brothers in total, and there is no fucking fourth child!

"what"

But no matter how much Hu Chen complained in his heart, he still looked resigned and continued to play the role of the date seller.

The other party was stunned for a moment, and he hesitated for a long time before continuing the conversation.

"Ah, this, sir, how do you know my name?!" Hu Chen reluctantly replied.

"Hahaha"

"See?! That's right, right?!" When Old Xia saw Hu Chen agreed, he turned to Shuanzi with a hearty smile.

"I told you, my old eyes are still useful, there's nothing wrong with that!"

"Oh? Well, Mr. Xia, what's the matter? Do you really know him?!" The doorman Xiao Shuanzi replied and asked again.

"Hey, this black guy, I've never seen him before."

"However, when I went out to buy breakfast today, I ran into my neighbor, Shopkeeper Zhao, and we chatted for a while!"

"He said that this afternoon, his cousin from the countryside will come to the city to bring him a cart of dates!"

"His jujube wine is really good! It replenishes blood and strengthens Qi."

"It's the chaos right now!"

"At the beginning of the year, we ran out of red dates, so we won't have any fermented rice wine for a month or so!"

"From what he said, his cousin is tall, dressed like a country boy, and has a tan!"

"Just call me Li Sigou!"

(End of this chapter)