姚景遇袭山岭间 巧遇莽汉解危难(2 / 2)

饮马出关山 七喜加冰 2737 字 2022-05-09

姚景歇息了一下,起身像汉子鞠躬行了一礼!“不瞒恩公,我乃当今丞相府使者,准备前往燕州为朝廷办一件大事!行至这峡谷之内,就遇到了这伙歹人伏击与我等!多亏恩公相救,不然今日吾等休矣!”

“大人不必客气!我一介草民,见朝廷命官受困,哪有不帮衬一二之礼!”

身旁的徐刚缓了一阵,定睛细瞧了一眼这汉子。只见这汉子高出他一头,四肢粗壮如牛,在这初春时节便只穿了一件单衣,胸堂大开,一身护胸毛如麻绳般粗细,脸上也是一片络腮胡,其面目大鼻大口,两眼如虎目一般,甚为瘆人!要知道他徐刚可是甚高八尺有余,但站着这汉子面前,明显小了一圈,此等人物怎么可能是放牛之辈!

“恩公此等魁梧健硕,实为罕见!若说你是寻常田间庄稼汉,我是万万不信的!但恩公此词相助,我徐刚日后必定报达,君子一言,驷马难追!”

“我就是个放牛的!何须瞒你?我家就在前方村子,我看你们也无处歇脚,不如随我回家,歇息整顿一番。”

“姚兄意下如何?”徐刚问道。

姚景思索了片刻,便回答道:“那就依恩公之言,前往村落歇脚。护卫们浴血拼杀,也都累了,先填饱肚子,再做决定!不过谷中还有些贵重礼品,如今车马尽毁,如何将这些东西带走啊?”

“这有何难?我的牛群就在前面,让你的护卫清点好!绑到我的牛身上,咱们一并回去如何?”

“好!那就多谢恩公了!还不知道恩公如何称呼?”

“我名为褚喆,咱们不必啰嗦了!还有半个时辰太阳就落山了,抓紧干活儿!我家中还有妻儿等着我呢!”

这褚喆快人快语,让姚景徐刚猝不及防!只得起身安排众护卫收拾残局,清点货物。随后众人便跟在褚喆牛群之后,来到了村中!

村中也就几十户人家,村头玩耍的娃娃见褚喆和众人身上带血,满脸灰尘!吓得赶紧跑回了自己家中。进了村挨家挨户也都探出脑袋来回张望!这时一名花甲老人来到众人面前,这老人是村子的里尹,早年也在外闯荡过一时,所以看出姚景等人是官府之人,当然不敢怠慢!

这时姚景看出里尹有些紧张,便下马说道:“老人家,我等是落难的朝廷使臣,在前方峡谷之地受了埋伏,多亏恩公褚喆即使搭救,才逃过一劫!听恩公说他家就在这村落之中,便想来到此地歇息一日,修整一番!多有叨扰了!”

“大人哪里的话!大人能来我们这小村之中歇脚,是我等贱民之福啊!我这就去安排吃食、床榻,诸位大人先到我家喝口水吧!”

此时褚喆瞄了一眼里尹说道:“族公无需多言,我家也有水喝。这几位大人是我的客人,不劳烦你老头子,到我家吃便可!”

原来这村子全村之人都姓褚,外人都称此村为褚家堡,这里尹同时褚氏一族族公。只是平时与褚喆不甚对付,多有拌嘴之时,所以此刻褚喆便想借着姚景等人压其一头!

褚喆这一番话让里尹不知如何应付,只得回家叫上儿子儿媳,杀了几只鸡鹅,一同前往褚喆家,帮助褚喆的媳妇生火造饭。

褚喆家里有两个儿子,一个十岁,一个六岁,长得虎头虎脑,甚为喜人!褚喆之妻老实本分,温柔贤淑。姚景、徐刚深感褚喆真乃有福之人,家庭合睦、安居乐业让二人十分羡慕。只是有些可惜褚喆此等天赋,不去战场杀敌报国、建功立业,太浪费了!

说话之间,褚喆之妻与里尹儿媳等人已将饭菜做好!褚喆还将自己家藏了许久的酒拿了出来!护卫们与村民推杯换盏,好不热闹。在村子中能有外人来,无异于如过年一般,所以挨家挨户都来瞧一瞧这朝廷命官长什么样!各家也都拿出些酒食来供姚景一行人吃饱喝足!

几轮酒水过后,众人也喝得尽兴,姚景与徐刚小声商量:“此村之民,颇为义气,咱们又受恩公救命之恩,不如将皇上赏给燕州反贼的礼品赠与恩公与村民一些如何?”

”那怎么行!姚兄你若送人,被朝廷知道可是要掉脑袋的,何况少了礼品,燕州反贼未必会愿意受朝廷招安啊!“

“反贼乃一群乌合之众耳!我姚景单凭口舌即可让其乖乖受降!此乃我毕生所学也!只是今日遇伏,必是小人公孙华所为,我姚景实在是吞不下这口恶气啊!我欲招揽恩公跟随与我,此人日后必有大用!”姚景说完,两眼寒光乍现,让徐刚着实一激灵!

“既然姚兄胸有成竹,那我徐刚也并无异议!我也深感恩公留在这穷乡僻壤,屈了大才!大丈夫报效祖国,马革裹尸,在所不惜也!”

两人商量完,便继续持碗大口喝酒,大口吃肉!这时褚喆发话了:”诸位相亲想不到我褚喆能结识二位大人吧!不是吹牛皮,姚大人乃当今朝廷使臣,徐大人是奉命保护姚大人的亲卫首领,皆为朝廷一等一的大官!今日能来咱们村喝酒吃肉,那全是应了我褚喆的面子!哈哈哈哈!”

村民们听闻褚喆之言,哄堂大笑。心想其必是喝多了,敢在大人面前吹嘘!

“各位乡亲们,褚兄是我等恩公!为报其救命之恩,我等愿赠与褚兄锦缎数匹、玉器数盏、及白银百两!不知褚兄意下如何?”

褚喆听闻姚景之言,吓的立马就醒了酒!急忙推脱说道:“大人,小人哪里敢受如此赏赐,小人不过举手之劳,可不敢邀功寻赏啊!”

一旁褚喆的媳妇听见更是赶忙上前给姚景、徐刚行礼说道:“大人,我等寻常百姓万万不可受此恩惠啊!如若大人您想扶助我家一二,不如给我夫君寻个差事吧!我父君虽一届粗人,却天赋异禀,当年我嫁于他,便是看重其不止为一介农夫,日后一定可有所作为!今日能遇到两位大人,正是我夫君出头之日!还请二位大人答应贫妾请求!”

其实村中之人都以为褚喆绝非等闲之辈,大家都希望他能成为大人物,为褚家堡光耀门庭!只是这褚喆一直毫无所求,让村民里尹甚为着急!所以才对他冷言冷语,只为激发出他的一腔热血而已!村民们良苦用心,今日终有实现之日,众人见褚喆之妻如此请求,大家也一起跪在地上,一同请求姚景二人给褚喆一个机会!

姚景等人见此情景,心中更是喜出望外!原来这些村民与我等同样想法,皆可惜褚喆之才啊!于是乎,姚景便起身扶起褚喆之妻,向村民们保证:“我姚景同各位乡亲一样,甚是珍重恩公之才华!所以恩公建功立业之事,尔等不说,我也会请求恩公随我一起报效朝廷的!至于这些礼品,便是我姚景以自家财产赠与恩公的,愿恩公不要推辞!”

“多谢大人,多谢大人呐!”听闻姚景之言,村民们便异口同声的连连答谢!就这样,姚景一行人与村民们痛饮到身夜才堪堪入睡!

夜里,褚喆与妻子共度鱼水之欢后,妻子伏在其胸堂之上,轻声说道:“大丈夫应胸怀天下,驰骋疆场。我虽珍惜平常时光,但家国为大!夫君你天人异相,定要为我儿富贵着想,切不可失此机会啊!”

“夫人放心,我明日便跟随大人出行。假以时日,我得道一官半职便接夫人与儿子们同享富贵!”

第二日晌午,村口大树之下,姚景、徐刚、褚喆与众护卫整装待发,望燕州府方向走去!

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