Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 6 Something happened
"Mr. Liu, don't do this kind of thing in the future. If you are found out, Zihou will be scolded, which will definitely make the teacher unhappy!"

After dinner, Fu Zihou pulled Old Liu aside and pleaded with him.

Today, in the teacher's wooden house, Fu Zihou heard the villagers outside saying excessive words. At first, he didn't think that it was Liu Lao who invited him. It was not until Liu Lao went to the wooden house to pick him up that he saw that Liu Lao's expression had changed from yesterday. That look in his eyes...

Only then did Fu Zihou realize that something was wrong.

"If we don't provoke him, who knows if he will teach wholeheartedly. Young Patriarch, please be at ease. With your teacher's arrogant and aloof personality, he will definitely not take the initiative to interact with the villagers! Besides, the people we are looking for today are all from the other side of the village!"

Old Liu said with a smile, as if he had let out a breath of anger. He raised his hand to stroke his long beard, looking contented and relaxed.

"The older you are, the wiser you are! I think what Mr. Liu did was right. Our family will be moving away soon, so let him teach you the real skills as soon as possible. You can just learn from him. After you learn, you may even be able to get some of the apprenticeship gift back in the future! That's right, Hou'er's mother!"

After hearing what happened, Zhang said without any concern. While packing clothes and luggage for her husband Fu Hong, she turned to look at Tao.

Under Fu Zihou's gaze, his mother Tao rarely refuted her aunt.

"Mr. Liu, when the water is full, it will overflow; when the moon is full, it will wane. Don't overdo anything. Overdoing anything will only backfire!"

Fu Zihou had no choice but to go back and persuade Mr. Liu not to do such things again. Maybe the teacher had already noticed that it was wrong but just didn't say it out loud.

"Okay! Listen to the young master!"

Mr. Liu smiled and nodded.

Actually, after venting his anger, Mr. Liu had no intention of using any other means. The reason why he resorted to this desperate measure today, besides being angry, was more because Mr. Liu was worried that Liu Zhiyuan was hiding his abilities and was unwilling to teach Fu Zihou wholeheartedly. This was the last resort.

"That's good!"

Looking at the smiling Mr. Liu, Fu Zihou finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he vaguely heard a little noise from the bark roof above his head.

"It's raining!"

Mother Tao got up and left the house. Aunt Zhang and cousin Tai also followed and brought some dry firewood into the house. Otherwise it would get wet in the middle of the night and Grandfather would have no fire to warm himself the next morning.

Seeing his mother and aunt busy, Fu Zihou knew that the rain would probably continue until tomorrow, and it would turn into heavy rain tomorrow.

"Hong'er, it's raining, let's not go tonight!"

Listening to the old man sitting by the fire talking to his uncle not far away, Fu Zihou suddenly had a bad premonition between his brows. He then looked outside the house, wondering what he was thinking.

After dark.

As the elders in the family went to rest one by one, Fu Zihou did not forget to remind his grandfather, aunt, and cousin to remember to close the doors and windows. It was raining and noisy, and it was easy for thieves to take the opportunity to steal things.

"Mother, remember to close the window!"

Fu Zihou looked at his mother who was also preparing to rest and gently reminded her.

Hearing this, Tao, who had to get up early every day to prepare breakfast, was already sleepy. Hearing her son's concern, she couldn't help but smile and nodded. Although she didn't respond, she touched Fu Zihou's head.

"If you are too sleepy in the middle of the night, go call your mother and she will get up to help you watch over you!"

Tao said softly, looking at Fu Zihou with eyes full of a mother's love.

"Go and have a rest, mother! Hou'er is not sleepy!"

Fu Zihou nodded and told his mother to go and rest.

Watching Tao walk into the room, Fu Zihou looked at the fire in front of him. The smile on his face gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a hint of doubt.

The experience of being almost killed that night and the eyes that looked like they wanted to eat him left a deep impression on Fu Zihou. It was also the first time that Fu Zihou felt helpless and on the verge of death.

At this moment, Fu Zihou had a vague bad premonition.

"What happened to the young master?"

Old Liu was originally planning to take a rest, but when he saw Fu Zihou sitting by the fire with a strange look on his face, he expressed his concern.

"Nothing, I just have a bad feeling!"

Fu Zihou looked at Old Liu and did not hide anything. He then asked Old Liu, "Old Liu! Are those people you went to find today all familiar to you? How long have you lived in this village?"

When Mr. Liu heard Fu Zihou's question, he thought about it and shook his head.

"I'm not familiar with them, but they do live over there in the village. Is the young master afraid that they will come here to steal things at night when it rains?"

As Mr. Liu spoke, his eyes couldn't help but look at the closed door, and then he shook his head.

"They all live here. The clan in this village is surnamed Zhao. The head of the clan always benefits the Zhao family. With the protection of the Zhao family, they should not have the courage to come here at night!"

Old Liu analyzed to Fu Zihou that Fu Rui of the Fu family had made a lot of offerings to the Zhao family.

From a public and private perspective, if anyone in the village dares to touch the Fu family, the Zhao family will definitely not let them go. The villagers today should all know this.

"Ok!"

Fu Zihou nodded in agreement with what Liu Lao said, but a feeling of uneasiness still lingered in his heart. "Did Liu Lao mention Zihou's apprenticeship to those people today?"

Suddenly thinking of something, Fu Zihou quickly looked at Mr. Liu.

When Mr. Liu heard this, he was still thinking about it at first, but in an instant, his eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Fu Zihou, his face changed drastically.

"No, I did say something today. We can't let that person accept the apprenticeship gift but not teach me..."

Before Mr. Liu finished his words, Fu Zihou realized that something might happen and quickly stood up.

"teacher!!!"

This sudden action attracted the attention of Fu Hong and Fu Rui who were talking in the room. Before they could ask anything, after Fu Zihou spoke, Old Liu, who had already realized the problem, hurriedly walked aside, picked up his sword and walked out of the room.

"Hou'er, what's going on? It's raining outside. Where is Mr. Liu going?"

Fu Rui stood up and walked to the door, looked at the open door, and asked Fu Zihou.

Uncle Fu Hong, who was standing by, also frowned and looked at Fu Zihou.

"Father, there is no time to explain! Father, this sword... can I give it to someone else?"

Fu Zihou tried to calm himself, knowing that if Old Liu went alone, he would not be able to solve the problem. He then looked at his father with some guilt and said that after all, this sword was given to him by his father just now.

When Fu Rui heard his son's words and looked at the open door, he realized that something must have happened. No one knows his son better than his father. Knowing that his son was sensible, he turned around to look at Fu Zihou, smiled and nodded, indicating that the sword had been given to Fu Zihou and Fu Zihou could make his own decision.

"Please trouble father and uncle to stay at home to watch over me. Zihou will be out for a while!"

After getting his father's consent, Fu Zihou hurriedly bowed, then picked up the sword that he had played with carefully every time he returned home for the past two days, left home, and disappeared into the night.

It rained all night long.

The weather was already cold, and with the rain falling, the roads in the village became quiet, with no one in sight.

Fu Zihou walked quickly in the rain, ignoring the dark night and the cold raindrops that kept running down his face.

At present, Fu Zihou has determined that it was because of him that Liu Lao made that move, which caused Liu Zhiyuan in history to face danger in advance.

The thought that my contact with my teacher Liu Zhiyuan had caused a slight error in Liu Zhiyuan's historical experience made me realize that.

At this moment, Fu Zihou didn't know whether this was a bad thing or a good thing.

Although he was worried that some unexpected things would happen in the future, Fu Zihou finally realized that he also had the ability to make this world a little different.

In the darkness of the night, Fu Zihou, drenched in the rain, finally arrived at the gate of a large courtyard and knocked on the door.

As he stood there waiting, he felt wet and even colder. It was not until more than ten breaths later that Fu Zihou heard a sound coming from inside the gate.

"Who?"

Although the Zhao family is now secretly training assassins, there are riots everywhere right now. In the middle of the night, the Zhao family's servants dare not open the door and are very cautious in everything they do.

"Fu Zihou, son of Erlang of the Fu family, is visiting you late at night. Please open the door!"

Fu Zihou shouted hurriedly, enduring the coldness all over his body.

As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened a crack, and a sturdy man holding a lamp looked at him through the crack. After confirming that there was no one next to Fu Zihou, he calmed down and looked at the wet Fu Zihou with a puzzled look in the faint light of the candle.

"Fu Family idiot... Young Master Fu Family! Why are you here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping at home?"

The sturdy man asked Fu Zihou impatiently about his purpose of coming. It was obvious that the Zhao family servant guarding the gate was not unfamiliar with the Fu family.

But right now, if the strong man with sleepy eyes didn’t know that the Fu family often offered tributes to the Zhao family, he would not bother to pay attention to this fool from the Fu family.

Nowadays, except for the newcomers in the village, everyone knows that Fu Zihou, the son of Fu Jia's son, is a mentally ill fool who often goes to the fields alone to look for the so-called gold mountain.

"It's the middle of the night, go home quickly! Don't let your family worry!"

The sturdy man urged, looking back as he spoke, fearing that he would be seen by the master of the house and asked him to send him back. It was raining and pitch black, who would want to get wet in the rain!

However, before the strong man closed the door, Fu Zihou took out three coins from his pocket, and before the strong man could react, he put his hand on the strong man's hand that was raised instinctively.

"Please inform him that Zihou wants to see the Patriarch of the Zhao family! He has come to give him a sword as a gift!"

Fu Zihou stared at the sturdy man with his rain-soaked face, and raised the sword in one hand, holding it in front of him.

The sturdy man looked at the money in his hand, then looked at Fu Zihou's rain-soaked hand, tightly grasping the rain-soaked sword, and looking at Fu Zihou's eyes. For some reason, the sturdy man felt that this was not something a fool would have.

But a sword as a gift in the middle of the night? What kind of sword was this? If he hadn't known the Fu family, the first thing the strong man thought was that this guy wanted to learn from the assassins of ancient times and assassinate the head of the Zhao family in the middle of the night.

Looking at the dark night, there was only the boy from the Fu family outside. The strong man looked at the money in his hand and finally felt that it would be better to report it. If something really happened to the boy, it would not be blamed on him.

(End of this chapter)