The three of them found a Yashe in a wine shop near the academy and left their seats. Then they began to push cups and drinks. Yu Fengwen was like a dream. Half an hour ago, he was worried about food and clothing. But he thought that a pie fell from the sky and fell on his head. The books he had to copy this time were numerous and his salary was quite expensive. If he could copy them all, he would not only have no worries about food and clothing, but also gain a savings. Mr. Lu was so generous, and it was definitely not difficult to get along with.
Yu Fengwen finished the glass of wine, and soon he was drunk and the two of them looked at each other. Mr. Lu said: "Sir, you have a lot of money! Have another glass!"
Fuck! Yu Fengwen raised his glass and drank it all, his body slipped, and he almost slipped under the table
Mr. Lu ate a broad bean and said: A few days ago, my nephew She met Mr. Yu. Is my nephew Ah? Are you serving or adding soup?
This guy caught the opportunity to take advantage of it. Cheng Zongyang grinded his teeth and said: "Super soup."
Mr. Lu kindly held Yu Fengwen's wrist, it was in Changxing Foot Shop, right?
Yu Fengwen was dizzy and nodded randomly when he heard this.
Who did Mr. Yu meet at Changxing Foot Shop?
Changxing Foot Shop...people...huh?
Mr. Lu said slowly: Changxing Foot Shop, which is on soup
Yu Fengwen raised his head suddenly, exhaling heavily as he sniffed his alcohol, his face flushed red, and he tried to raise his hand, but his wrist seemed to be tightly clamped by an iron hoop.
Mr. Lu picked up the wine glass as if nothing had happened and said calmly: I heard that there is a master in the store? I wonder if Mr. Yu met him?
Yu Fengwen shook his head in panic, no
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: Who did Brother Yu meet?
No, no
There is not a single person? That won’t be a ghost shop? Cheng Zongyang said quietly: Brother Yu, think about it carefully
I... can't remember
It would be great if the girl was here, so the beautiful girl could do it. Ah, the art of silence will continue. Cheng Zongyang was hesitating whether to summon the poppy girl and use it as a seduction. Then he gave up the idea and obeyed me again, and it was not used like this.
Lu Jing smiled and said: I remember someone in the store was gambling, but Mr. Yu didn’t play tricks?
You talk about playing games? Yu Fengwen has just replied to the color slightly. There are indeed a few people playing games in the store, but Yu is short of money and has never participated.
Who is gambling?
Yu Fengwen squirted and shook his head and said: I don't recognize it
What does it look like?
They are all rude and unwritten... Yu Fengwen thought hard, and there was a boxer next to me who said he wanted to go back to his hometown to get married... What a big tiger head...
What tiger head?
On the shoulders...
Where is he from?
Yu Fengwen burped and said: No...I don't know
Lu Jingdao: Are there many customers in the store?
All are... all full...
Cheng Zongyang said: Is there an old man who looks at a unique knowledge?
The old man...hehe... Yu Fengwen laughed for no reason, and then cried out again, I didn't...I didn't...
Lu Jing hurriedly asked: Where did that boxer go?
Yu Fengwen is already drunk
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Lu Jing wrote it with his left hand, Yu Fengwen of Yuntai Academy, then rolled up the note, stuffed it into a copper tube tied under the pigeon's feet, and raised his hand to let it fly.
The middle-aged man surnamed Tang was extremely safe to do things. After the two sides agreed, he sent a cage of carrier pigeons before dawn, with fifteen or sixteen pigeons for contact.
Cheng Zongyang said: I finally found someone who was drunk, but I couldn't even tell how many people there were in the store.
Twelve People Lu Jingdao: Two shops can accommodate eight people, two upper rooms can accommodate four people, and those with twelve guests can accommodate four people
Cheng Zongyang had seen a shop in the foot shop, which was built with a dirt kang on the wall. Eight people could sleep, but they were crowded together in a hot day, so the taste must be bad.
Very good now we know that there is Yu Fengwen, and there are ten boxers left to get married. Even if it is a man or a woman or a child, we don’t know what to do next?
Lu Jing twisted his beard stuck to his lips and said: Only that boxer is here
How to find him? Where is he from, where he came from, where he went, and when he got married? There is no clue at all
How do you know if you don't try it? Lu Jing said and changed his clothes
Brother Fifth, it’s all curfew now, where are you going?
Lu Jing said as he walked: Since the boxer returned to his hometown to get married, 90% of them were probably the one who left Luodu four days ago. He walked slowly. Now he has passed Hangu Pass and is not lucky. He has arrived in Qin and cannot delay it. He went to look for it overnight.
Where to find it?
Martial Arts Hall
What if I encounter a curfew check?
Lu Jing's eyes flipped, of course you paid for it
The pigeon flew out of Lejinli, circled under the night sky of Luodu for a moment, then passed through the towering Nangong, the magnificent Beigong, crossed the standing Hanque and Wanglou, and flew towards the lush Mangshan in the north of the city.
At the foot of Mang Mountain, surrounded by green trees, a pool of clear water ripples under the moonlight. The lotus flowers in the clear waves have withered. Green lotus leaves are covered on the water. A frog squatted on the leaves, making drums sound from time to time. A middle-aged man was sitting next to the pool, holding a fishing rod in his hand, fishing quietly under the shadow of the swaying tree.
Tang Jichen hurried over with a note, and reported to the Marquis, he had already found one.
Lu Buyi looked at the fish silk, raised his sleeve, waved it suddenly, Tang Jichen closed his mouth, bowed and bowed, and quietly retreated.
Yuntai Academy, Yu Fengwen Tang Jichen said to a man in black: Go
No The man in black responded in a low voice, turned around and left
Tang Jichen indignantly instructed: Do it cleaner!
The man in black made no sound, his figure flashed and disappeared in the night
I don't! I don't! No...
Yu Fengwen woke up in shock, and his eyes were dark. It was midnight when he remembered the dream just now. He couldn't help but swallow his mouth and felt dry mouth. His throat seemed to be on fire. He struggled to touch the desk, trying to get up, but kicked over the copper basin beside the couch.
Zheng Ziqing woke up when she heard the sound, Brother Yu, are you awake?
water……
Zheng Ziqing said: I'll go get water! Don't move
Zheng Ziqing picked up the clay pot behind the door and drew water from the well railing in the backyard.
Compared to the scorching heat a few days ago, the night is much cooler now, but the dormitory of the college is narrow and there is not much wind in a small window. When I slept until midnight, I had sweated a lot on my body, Zheng Shaoqing simply took off his jacket, first used a bucket of water to rinse the sweat on his body, and then used the clean water to draw it into the jar.
Zheng Ziqing had just left the well railing and suddenly saw a fire leaping. Then the flames rose and swallowed a room. Zheng Ziqing was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was his dormitory that it was a fire that broke out. He picked up the clay pot and ran towards the dormitory desperately. A wave of fire erupted from the wide open door, almost causing him to get involved.
Brother Yu! Zheng Ziqing raised the clay pot full of water and smashed it on the flames with a sound of light. The clay pot shattered, the clear water overflowed with flames and then raged even more fiercely
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A sudden knock on the door came, and the boxer guarding the door of the Xiongmao Martial Arts opened the small window on the door, held the oil lamp and looked at it.
Outside was a servant in a small hat. He was holding a blue cloth package and his face was anxious.
The boxer was secretly wary and said in a deep voice: What's the matter?
The servant said: Uncle, good luck, I'll find a boxer in the museum
Who are you looking for? What's the matter?
I am from the Fanjia Clothing Shop. Five days ago, an uncle in the restaurant ordered a set of clothes at the small shop, saying that he was going back to his hometown to get married, so he asked us to be a little quicker but the tailor in the store fell ill and delayed for a few days. The little one was afraid of missing the matter, so he delivered it overnight as soon as he finished.
The boxer frowned, you remember wrongly that there were no boxer in our gym getting married, and he said, "I closed the window."
The fifth one is Cheng Zongyang said: It seems that we are not very lucky.
Lu Jing rolled his eyes and said: If you can help you run away, there will be ten families now.
Cheng Zongyang smiled bitterly and said: Fifth brother, it’s not that I don’t want to run for you, but I really don’t have Fifth brother, you are pretending to be young, how did you do it? With a wrinkle and a pinch of your throat, you are just a pretty young man, just a 15 or 16-year-old boxer, who knows how to do it, but none of them can see the flaws.
Who can watch so carefully in the middle of the night? Lu Jing said: Disguise is just a trick. What matters is the tone of speaking and walking posture. As long as you can do it, you can let others know what you are without looking at your face.
Then I can't learn it. Cheng Zongyang is very self-aware. Fortunately, most of the martial arts schools are gathered in the south of the city, otherwise they would not be able to find them in three days if they were on the way back and forth.
Come on, the sixth house
Ask the uncle for help, the servant begged: If the guest is misleading, the young man will have to eat and leave when he returns.
You've made a mistake
Although it was a chance, Cheng Zongyang could not help but sink in his heart. If the martial arts hall in the south of the city could not be found, the boxer might not be from the Luodu martial arts hall at all. The only clue was interrupted here.
The boxer said impatiently: Lao Du went back four days ago. What's the point of making clothes now?
Cheng Zongyang was ecstatic and the servant's voice did not fluctuate at all, but he still looked anxious. Uncle, where is Master Du's house?
The door was closed with light, and the voice of the boxer floated from the crack of the door, Shigu!
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Shigu is located in Wushan, from east of Hangu Pass, and the mountains are connected by lineage and extending to the north of Luodu. It is Beigushan, where countless emperors and generals are buried.
Lu Jing and Cheng Zongyang left the city overnight and arrived at Shiwu in the afternoon. When they asked in the village, they could easily find out about the Du family who was preparing for a marriage.
The Du family’s house was freshly painted, and the yard was decorated with lights and guests kept coming to congratulate him. When they gave gifts, they suddenly invited the old scholar who wrote the gift list to raise their voices. Yingchuan Peng Chen, congratulations to gold and 10,000 yuan!
Du Huai welcomed and saw him off all day long, and was sweating all over the place. He had just taken off his clothes and scrubbed the house. He was stunned when he heard this, and took a short jacket and hurriedly greeted him. He was just an ordinary boxer. The martial arts school he was in was also ordinary. The gifts of relatives and friends who came and went were just a few dozen or hundreds of coins, and more than one thousand copper baht were absolutely rare. This Yingchuan Peng Chen sounded very unfamiliar. He didn't know where it came from, but he actually spent tens of thousands of dollars.
When he saw Du Huai, Cheng Zongyang knew why the boxer said that Lao Du was already over thirty years old. According to the usual marriage age in Han Dynasty, his son should be thirteen or fourteen years old. He is tall and his muscles are obviously hard-working for years, but he is just a short look, and a huge wound left in his right eye, which looks ferocious and terrifying.
The Peng Chen was not tall but full of energy. He saw that he was walking around the world and traveling around the world. He walked quickly and smiled from afar: Brother Du! Congratulations!
Du Huai bowed and said: Du doesn't know that Brother Peng has come far away and has not changed his clothes. Please forgive me.
Peng Chen smiled and said: I left in the martial arts hall that day and failed to say goodbye to Brother Du. I met Brother Lu in Luodu yesterday and realized that Brother Du was about to be happy. Today I would like to congratulate you!
Du Huai couldn't remember that he had seen this person before, so he just said with a haha: Brother Peng, please sit in there!
After sitting down in the room, Du Huaicai said: Who is this?
Peng's companion, Brother Cheng
Oh, oh Du Huai nodded repeatedly, but his single eye was shocked and confused
Peng Chen rolled his sleeves neatly, and the brother Cheng and I are now working under the command of the great hero of Yingchuan and Xue.
Du Huai immediately changed his expression. Yingchuan and Xue Hao's reputation was like thunder. Even if he didn't deal with people from the martial arts world after being injured, he heard about Xue Hao's reputation for chivalrousness.
Du Huai patted his chest and said: If you have anything to do, just give orders! Frown, I, Du Huai, are not a hero!
Good man! Peng Chen praised and said without any concealment: Brother Du, if he had settled in Changxing Foot Shop where he was on the 9th night of the lunar month, he would like to ask Brother Du.
Du Huai's face changed slightly, and he stopped for a while and said: This is indeed the case.
I wonder who Brother Du has seen in the store?
Du Huai said cautiously: It was too late when Du arrived in the store that day. After eating some dry food, he fell asleep. I really don’t remember who he had met.
Does anyone remember a scholar, Brother Du?
Oh, some scholars carried a wooden barrel and said they were dried dates from their hometown, and they had to sell a few pianos in Luodu.
Peng Chen stared at him with his eyes and said in a deep voice: To be honest, Brother Du said that the scholar is someone's enemy. Someone asked him to come to Xue Daxia and ask Xue Daxia to help. If Brother Du can tell the truth, not only Peng Chen, but also Xue Daxia has received the friendship between Brother Du.
Brother Peng, don't worry! As long as Du knows, he should tell me
I dare to ask Brother Du, is there anyone around the scholar?
Du Huai thought for a while, then shook his head. The scholar walked alone and did not see anyone walking with him.
Brother Du still remembers who? If I could tell you one thing, Peng would be grateful.
Others... Du Huai pondered
Cheng Zongyang reminded: Is there an old man?
Old man? Yes! Du Huai thought about it
Is his surname Yan?
The surname is Yan? Du Huai shook his head and said: I don't know
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: I think Brother Du is a boxer and has no interest in teaching.
Teacher? Du Huai shook his head. He was the right person to play the violin, and there was also a woman.
Woman? Peng Chen showed a perfectly surprised look
Du Huai said: The old man who played the violin came to ask for money, but was kicked by the man next to her, and even the violin was broken. If it weren't for a scar-faced boy, he would have fallen to death.
Where is that woman from? Is it from the town?
Du Huai grabbed his head, I don't know this
Peng Chen changed the topic. How many people live in the store? Do Brother Du still remember it?
Full of accommodation Du Huai said: I arrived late, only the bedding is left
That woman lives in the room?
Anyway, she is not in the bed, Du Huai smiled, most of whom lived in the room, so it was easy to pick up customers
Is it a prostitute?
Du Huai said: That woman is not a serious person at first glance, but where does she have a house for women?
Only one woman?
Du Huai said affirmatively: She is the only one in the hotel.
You said she was following a man?
Du Huai hesitated for a moment, I can't remember it
Peng Chen stood up and disturbed Brother Du if he passed by Yingchuan in the future, Xue Daxia would definitely come forward to thank him in person.
Du Huai grinned, you're welcome! You're welcome! Oh, tomorrow is the wedding banquet. Brother Peng and I and Brother Cheng will have a good drink tonight!
Peng Chen smiled and said: I have to go back and report to Xia Xue, come and disturb me again the next day, and say goodbye!
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The man surnamed Du didn't tell the truth. Cheng Zongyang said: I saw that he was not true, as if he was hiding something and refused to say it.
Lu Jing also felt the same way and said: It's already good to ask these questions before asking them. He was wary of them.
To put it bluntly, at least we now know that among these twelve people, there is one woman, and the other eleven are men, men or women, and finally we can tell whether they are men or women.
There is also an old man and a young man
Yu Fengwen, Du Huai, as well as prostitutes, at least one client, and an old man playing the violin, and a scarred boy on his face. Cheng Zongyang stroked his palm and said: Not bad, half of it!
Compared to the blank space when I just took over this matter, the current gains are far beyond my imagination. However, the difficulty of finding them has not decreased at all, but it seems even more difficult.
The carriage was carrying a pigeon cage, and Lu Jing wrote down Shi Gu Du Huai with charcoal strips, then rolled the paper strips, stuffed them into the copper tube tied under the pigeon's foot, and raised his hand to let it fly
Yesterday, I received a letter from Fei Ge. The guest of Yingyang Hou sent 500 gold baht overnight, including the remaining 200 gold baht for Yu Fengwen, and the 300 gold baht for the next person in advance in two days. Zong Yang also understood that if it were his own, he would probably have returned the 300 gold baht as soon as possible.
Lu Jing looked at the direction where the pigeon flew away, touched his chin and said: "Ah in Mangshan."
Time is tight, and the two of them did not stop at Shigu. After asking, they rushed back to Luodu.
Cheng Zongyang said: Brother Lu Wu, you are not going to search all the brothels in Luodu, right?
Lu Jing took out a handful of broad beans, squatted in the corner of the carriage and ate slowly. After a while, he clapped his hands and said to the outsider: Go to the soup and stop.
Jiang Anshi was still driving. Although he also put on makeup and the carriages and horses he used had nothing to do with Pengyi Society, he ran after two days. If anyone noticed, he would probably see something wrong. So when he arrived at the soup, the two asked him to return to Luodu first and look for him in the town.
Lu Jing pretended to be a client and came to find a prostitute with her before. She asked her about it after she didn't get any clues. She only found out that Old Man Sun was honest and afraid of trouble and never dared to cause trouble. Even if there were women in the store, they would only pass by. As for what origin, they had no way to know.
It was getting late. After two days of tossing, Lu Jing was not tired at all. He rushed to Changxing Foot Shop and paced in the ashes fire.
One room is a prostitute and a client Yu Fengwen, Du Huai, and the old man playing the violin sleeping in the bed. If a scarred boy lives alone in the bed, then there are eleven people, and there are five people in the bed.
Porter! Cheng Zongyang said: Since it is a foot shop, you must be a porter.
Lu Jing nodded, not bad
Then let's find the porter Ah
There are nine famous people in the nine cities in Luodu, and the rest are Jinshi, Zhishi, and Huaishi... There are no less than ten thousand porters who make a living in the city. If you want to find a few porters, that is just like finding a needle in a haystack.
Cheng Zongyang was shocked, so many?
The reason why Yu Fengwen was found in Huai City was at least because he learned that he had carved five zithers and was a scholar from afar. He was likely to sell them in Huai City. These porters can be found without any hesitation.
The two of them fell silent. Lu Jing rolled his eyes at the sky, thinking about something like entering a meditation. Cheng Zongyang looked aimlessly in the burning fire. He tried to find any valuable clues. It seemed that it had been completely interrupted here, but Cheng Zongyang was really unwilling to accept that it would be fine if he couldn't find anything at the beginning, but he already knew that a prostitute had stayed here that day, but he had no idea how he could start. That feeling was simply terrible.
Tiger head! Lu Jing's eyes suddenly rolled up and spit out two words from his mouth
Cheng Zongyang looked stunned
The scholar mentioned that the boxer was about to get married, and mentioned that there was a big tiger head on his shoulder. I thought I was talking about. Lu Jing said quickly: But there was no tiger head on Du Huai's shoulder! Yu Fengwen mentioned another person present at that time, a man who was gambling in the hall and had a tiger head on his shoulder!
Cheng Zongyang said: Is it a hero from Luodu?
No! A tiger with a shoulder stabbing is playing in a foot shop, and 90% of them are local gangsters!
Lu Jing went to the town to inquire again and soon got the news that the neighboring Xia Tang had a gangster nicknamed the Tiger. He often came to the town and had a tiger's head thorn on his shoulder!
Another village is bright and bright! Cheng Zongyang is ready to pick him out! Yu Shusheng and Du Boxer are not easy to attack. What are you polite about a gangster? He will refuse to say anything and beat him to death!
Lu Jing is not a saint and gentleman, and said unambiguously: Be polite first and then fight!
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A thick man sat on the ground, his shirtless, his chest was black and his palm-sized heart-protecting hair, holding a greasy pork shoulder and gnawing. On his shoulder, a tattooed tiger head shaking as the movement of his muscles, as if it was making a low roar
Although the appearance of the Tiger on the ground was ferocious, it was not difficult to pass. When Lu Jing found him, the Tiger on the ground had just lost in the casino. Seeing the wine and meat they brought with them, they were like hungry wolves. They took it and ate it. They just opened their mouths and gave them a bucket of cold water. On the ninth day of the lunar month? No! I didn’t spend the night in Old Man Sun’s shop!
The Tiger sat down with a wine bowl and tilted her neck to take a few mouthfuls, wiping her mouth and said: I went to Old Man Sun's shop that day, but I left after a few bets.
The thin man who claimed to be Liu Si poured him a bowl of wine and said with a smile: Brother Hu, don’t tease me, there is a place for gambling, will Brother Hu still be willing to leave?
The Tiger sat down at him, "What am I lying to do?" That night, a noble man came, and the store was full again. If I didn't leave, would I squat in the yard all night?"
Is there a noble person coming? It's not right! Cheng Zongyang shouted in his heart: Didn't Yingyang Hou say that he heard someone talking when he passed by, but he didn't go into the yard at all? Why did he sit on the ground and say that a noble person came in and even took the opportunity to attend the court?
Liu Si smiled and said: Where did the noble man come from and doesn’t even give Brother Hu’s face? Is it the Hou family in Fuping or the Grand Sima in the court?
I can't say it's just so grand. The tiger chewed the meat hard and said vaguely: If you don't say anything else, just that car, just break down one piece, it's enough for you to eat for a year or two.
Liu Si said in surprise: Since he is such a noble person, why did he go to Old Man Sun’s shop?
How did I know? The Tiger said: Those guards were very vicious, and they drove all the irrelevant people out as soon as they came in.
Liu Si jokingly said a few words, then changed the topic. Others didn't know it. I, Liu Si, knew that no matter whether you put soup or add soup, you can compare with Brother Hu's gambling skills, no more than one hand! I wonder which hero had the courage to gamble with Brother Hu that day?
What a good man? The Tiger said disdainfully: Just a soft-faced Tiger Master who wins a lot of money, he will win him a few hundred dollars. If someone didn't come, he must win him completely!
A soft-fed young man? How could he stay in a store?
Who knows?
Where is that young man from?
Don't know
Liu Si helped him fill his wine again and said with a smile: That boy is lucky. If he continues to bet, he might even lose his wife to Brother Hu.
The tiger sitting on the ground spat, "Where is my wife?" The little girl brought by the little face, thought she wouldn't be able to tell when dressed up as a good family tiger? Isn't she just a little bitch who does a flesh-and-hearted business?"
Liu Si became interested and said, "Is it the fan of the brothel?"
The decree cannot be wrong. The tiger sitting on the ground said: The little bitch is wearing wooden clogs barefoot and holding an embroidered handkerchief. He is so evil that he is not a good person at first sight
What flowers are embroidered?
Where did Hu Ye know Hua Ah? That little bitch kept asking to go back, making Hu Ye uneasy even if he bets on money
Where to go?
have no idea
How many customers were there in the store that day?
Who knows this?
What happened later?
Where did I know afterwards?
Just now, Mr. Hu was invited out by them?
Oh, you said that those guards drove me out and closed the door
Why close the door?
How do I know this?
Cheng Zongyang heard that the tiger sitting on the ground is not a push or drag, but he really didn't know a gambler like him. As soon as he entered the casino, he only had dices spinning around, and only the crisp sound of dice falling into the cup in his ears. He didn't care about anything else. It was worse than Yu Fengwen, and it was useless to spend the wine and food they bought with money.
After coming out of the Tiger's residence, Cheng Zongyang was depressed. What is Tiger? He is simply deaf and blind
Lu Jing wiped the mustache stuck to his lips. If he was right, the woman would be in town.
Why?
It was already night, but the woman "always clamoring to go back." If she hadn't lived nearby, how could she go back?
That woman is a prostitute in the town?
If it is a prostitute in the town, where should I stay in the foot shop?
But she lives in the town, why isn't she a prostitute in the town?
There is only one possibility that the woman is not a prostitute, but a wandering girl
The prostitute and the wandering girl are only one word different from the same business, but the business they do is roughly the same, but there are two different identities prostitutes, including official prostitutes and private prostitutes. The common point is that they have no personal freedom. The wandering girl is unrestrained. For example, it is more like aid and socializing.
Yu Fengwen finished the glass of wine, and soon he was drunk and the two of them looked at each other. Mr. Lu said: "Sir, you have a lot of money! Have another glass!"
Fuck! Yu Fengwen raised his glass and drank it all, his body slipped, and he almost slipped under the table
Mr. Lu ate a broad bean and said: A few days ago, my nephew She met Mr. Yu. Is my nephew Ah? Are you serving or adding soup?
This guy caught the opportunity to take advantage of it. Cheng Zongyang grinded his teeth and said: "Super soup."
Mr. Lu kindly held Yu Fengwen's wrist, it was in Changxing Foot Shop, right?
Yu Fengwen was dizzy and nodded randomly when he heard this.
Who did Mr. Yu meet at Changxing Foot Shop?
Changxing Foot Shop...people...huh?
Mr. Lu said slowly: Changxing Foot Shop, which is on soup
Yu Fengwen raised his head suddenly, exhaling heavily as he sniffed his alcohol, his face flushed red, and he tried to raise his hand, but his wrist seemed to be tightly clamped by an iron hoop.
Mr. Lu picked up the wine glass as if nothing had happened and said calmly: I heard that there is a master in the store? I wonder if Mr. Yu met him?
Yu Fengwen shook his head in panic, no
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: Who did Brother Yu meet?
No, no
There is not a single person? That won’t be a ghost shop? Cheng Zongyang said quietly: Brother Yu, think about it carefully
I... can't remember
It would be great if the girl was here, so the beautiful girl could do it. Ah, the art of silence will continue. Cheng Zongyang was hesitating whether to summon the poppy girl and use it as a seduction. Then he gave up the idea and obeyed me again, and it was not used like this.
Lu Jing smiled and said: I remember someone in the store was gambling, but Mr. Yu didn’t play tricks?
You talk about playing games? Yu Fengwen has just replied to the color slightly. There are indeed a few people playing games in the store, but Yu is short of money and has never participated.
Who is gambling?
Yu Fengwen squirted and shook his head and said: I don't recognize it
What does it look like?
They are all rude and unwritten... Yu Fengwen thought hard, and there was a boxer next to me who said he wanted to go back to his hometown to get married... What a big tiger head...
What tiger head?
On the shoulders...
Where is he from?
Yu Fengwen burped and said: No...I don't know
Lu Jingdao: Are there many customers in the store?
All are... all full...
Cheng Zongyang said: Is there an old man who looks at a unique knowledge?
The old man...hehe... Yu Fengwen laughed for no reason, and then cried out again, I didn't...I didn't...
Lu Jing hurriedly asked: Where did that boxer go?
Yu Fengwen is already drunk
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Lu Jing wrote it with his left hand, Yu Fengwen of Yuntai Academy, then rolled up the note, stuffed it into a copper tube tied under the pigeon's feet, and raised his hand to let it fly.
The middle-aged man surnamed Tang was extremely safe to do things. After the two sides agreed, he sent a cage of carrier pigeons before dawn, with fifteen or sixteen pigeons for contact.
Cheng Zongyang said: I finally found someone who was drunk, but I couldn't even tell how many people there were in the store.
Twelve People Lu Jingdao: Two shops can accommodate eight people, two upper rooms can accommodate four people, and those with twelve guests can accommodate four people
Cheng Zongyang had seen a shop in the foot shop, which was built with a dirt kang on the wall. Eight people could sleep, but they were crowded together in a hot day, so the taste must be bad.
Very good now we know that there is Yu Fengwen, and there are ten boxers left to get married. Even if it is a man or a woman or a child, we don’t know what to do next?
Lu Jing twisted his beard stuck to his lips and said: Only that boxer is here
How to find him? Where is he from, where he came from, where he went, and when he got married? There is no clue at all
How do you know if you don't try it? Lu Jing said and changed his clothes
Brother Fifth, it’s all curfew now, where are you going?
Lu Jing said as he walked: Since the boxer returned to his hometown to get married, 90% of them were probably the one who left Luodu four days ago. He walked slowly. Now he has passed Hangu Pass and is not lucky. He has arrived in Qin and cannot delay it. He went to look for it overnight.
Where to find it?
Martial Arts Hall
What if I encounter a curfew check?
Lu Jing's eyes flipped, of course you paid for it
The pigeon flew out of Lejinli, circled under the night sky of Luodu for a moment, then passed through the towering Nangong, the magnificent Beigong, crossed the standing Hanque and Wanglou, and flew towards the lush Mangshan in the north of the city.
At the foot of Mang Mountain, surrounded by green trees, a pool of clear water ripples under the moonlight. The lotus flowers in the clear waves have withered. Green lotus leaves are covered on the water. A frog squatted on the leaves, making drums sound from time to time. A middle-aged man was sitting next to the pool, holding a fishing rod in his hand, fishing quietly under the shadow of the swaying tree.
Tang Jichen hurried over with a note, and reported to the Marquis, he had already found one.
Lu Buyi looked at the fish silk, raised his sleeve, waved it suddenly, Tang Jichen closed his mouth, bowed and bowed, and quietly retreated.
Yuntai Academy, Yu Fengwen Tang Jichen said to a man in black: Go
No The man in black responded in a low voice, turned around and left
Tang Jichen indignantly instructed: Do it cleaner!
The man in black made no sound, his figure flashed and disappeared in the night
I don't! I don't! No...
Yu Fengwen woke up in shock, and his eyes were dark. It was midnight when he remembered the dream just now. He couldn't help but swallow his mouth and felt dry mouth. His throat seemed to be on fire. He struggled to touch the desk, trying to get up, but kicked over the copper basin beside the couch.
Zheng Ziqing woke up when she heard the sound, Brother Yu, are you awake?
water……
Zheng Ziqing said: I'll go get water! Don't move
Zheng Ziqing picked up the clay pot behind the door and drew water from the well railing in the backyard.
Compared to the scorching heat a few days ago, the night is much cooler now, but the dormitory of the college is narrow and there is not much wind in a small window. When I slept until midnight, I had sweated a lot on my body, Zheng Shaoqing simply took off his jacket, first used a bucket of water to rinse the sweat on his body, and then used the clean water to draw it into the jar.
Zheng Ziqing had just left the well railing and suddenly saw a fire leaping. Then the flames rose and swallowed a room. Zheng Ziqing was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was his dormitory that it was a fire that broke out. He picked up the clay pot and ran towards the dormitory desperately. A wave of fire erupted from the wide open door, almost causing him to get involved.
Brother Yu! Zheng Ziqing raised the clay pot full of water and smashed it on the flames with a sound of light. The clay pot shattered, the clear water overflowed with flames and then raged even more fiercely
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A sudden knock on the door came, and the boxer guarding the door of the Xiongmao Martial Arts opened the small window on the door, held the oil lamp and looked at it.
Outside was a servant in a small hat. He was holding a blue cloth package and his face was anxious.
The boxer was secretly wary and said in a deep voice: What's the matter?
The servant said: Uncle, good luck, I'll find a boxer in the museum
Who are you looking for? What's the matter?
I am from the Fanjia Clothing Shop. Five days ago, an uncle in the restaurant ordered a set of clothes at the small shop, saying that he was going back to his hometown to get married, so he asked us to be a little quicker but the tailor in the store fell ill and delayed for a few days. The little one was afraid of missing the matter, so he delivered it overnight as soon as he finished.
The boxer frowned, you remember wrongly that there were no boxer in our gym getting married, and he said, "I closed the window."
The fifth one is Cheng Zongyang said: It seems that we are not very lucky.
Lu Jing rolled his eyes and said: If you can help you run away, there will be ten families now.
Cheng Zongyang smiled bitterly and said: Fifth brother, it’s not that I don’t want to run for you, but I really don’t have Fifth brother, you are pretending to be young, how did you do it? With a wrinkle and a pinch of your throat, you are just a pretty young man, just a 15 or 16-year-old boxer, who knows how to do it, but none of them can see the flaws.
Who can watch so carefully in the middle of the night? Lu Jing said: Disguise is just a trick. What matters is the tone of speaking and walking posture. As long as you can do it, you can let others know what you are without looking at your face.
Then I can't learn it. Cheng Zongyang is very self-aware. Fortunately, most of the martial arts schools are gathered in the south of the city, otherwise they would not be able to find them in three days if they were on the way back and forth.
Come on, the sixth house
Ask the uncle for help, the servant begged: If the guest is misleading, the young man will have to eat and leave when he returns.
You've made a mistake
Although it was a chance, Cheng Zongyang could not help but sink in his heart. If the martial arts hall in the south of the city could not be found, the boxer might not be from the Luodu martial arts hall at all. The only clue was interrupted here.
The boxer said impatiently: Lao Du went back four days ago. What's the point of making clothes now?
Cheng Zongyang was ecstatic and the servant's voice did not fluctuate at all, but he still looked anxious. Uncle, where is Master Du's house?
The door was closed with light, and the voice of the boxer floated from the crack of the door, Shigu!
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Shigu is located in Wushan, from east of Hangu Pass, and the mountains are connected by lineage and extending to the north of Luodu. It is Beigushan, where countless emperors and generals are buried.
Lu Jing and Cheng Zongyang left the city overnight and arrived at Shiwu in the afternoon. When they asked in the village, they could easily find out about the Du family who was preparing for a marriage.
The Du family’s house was freshly painted, and the yard was decorated with lights and guests kept coming to congratulate him. When they gave gifts, they suddenly invited the old scholar who wrote the gift list to raise their voices. Yingchuan Peng Chen, congratulations to gold and 10,000 yuan!
Du Huai welcomed and saw him off all day long, and was sweating all over the place. He had just taken off his clothes and scrubbed the house. He was stunned when he heard this, and took a short jacket and hurriedly greeted him. He was just an ordinary boxer. The martial arts school he was in was also ordinary. The gifts of relatives and friends who came and went were just a few dozen or hundreds of coins, and more than one thousand copper baht were absolutely rare. This Yingchuan Peng Chen sounded very unfamiliar. He didn't know where it came from, but he actually spent tens of thousands of dollars.
When he saw Du Huai, Cheng Zongyang knew why the boxer said that Lao Du was already over thirty years old. According to the usual marriage age in Han Dynasty, his son should be thirteen or fourteen years old. He is tall and his muscles are obviously hard-working for years, but he is just a short look, and a huge wound left in his right eye, which looks ferocious and terrifying.
The Peng Chen was not tall but full of energy. He saw that he was walking around the world and traveling around the world. He walked quickly and smiled from afar: Brother Du! Congratulations!
Du Huai bowed and said: Du doesn't know that Brother Peng has come far away and has not changed his clothes. Please forgive me.
Peng Chen smiled and said: I left in the martial arts hall that day and failed to say goodbye to Brother Du. I met Brother Lu in Luodu yesterday and realized that Brother Du was about to be happy. Today I would like to congratulate you!
Du Huai couldn't remember that he had seen this person before, so he just said with a haha: Brother Peng, please sit in there!
After sitting down in the room, Du Huaicai said: Who is this?
Peng's companion, Brother Cheng
Oh, oh Du Huai nodded repeatedly, but his single eye was shocked and confused
Peng Chen rolled his sleeves neatly, and the brother Cheng and I are now working under the command of the great hero of Yingchuan and Xue.
Du Huai immediately changed his expression. Yingchuan and Xue Hao's reputation was like thunder. Even if he didn't deal with people from the martial arts world after being injured, he heard about Xue Hao's reputation for chivalrousness.
Du Huai patted his chest and said: If you have anything to do, just give orders! Frown, I, Du Huai, are not a hero!
Good man! Peng Chen praised and said without any concealment: Brother Du, if he had settled in Changxing Foot Shop where he was on the 9th night of the lunar month, he would like to ask Brother Du.
Du Huai's face changed slightly, and he stopped for a while and said: This is indeed the case.
I wonder who Brother Du has seen in the store?
Du Huai said cautiously: It was too late when Du arrived in the store that day. After eating some dry food, he fell asleep. I really don’t remember who he had met.
Does anyone remember a scholar, Brother Du?
Oh, some scholars carried a wooden barrel and said they were dried dates from their hometown, and they had to sell a few pianos in Luodu.
Peng Chen stared at him with his eyes and said in a deep voice: To be honest, Brother Du said that the scholar is someone's enemy. Someone asked him to come to Xue Daxia and ask Xue Daxia to help. If Brother Du can tell the truth, not only Peng Chen, but also Xue Daxia has received the friendship between Brother Du.
Brother Peng, don't worry! As long as Du knows, he should tell me
I dare to ask Brother Du, is there anyone around the scholar?
Du Huai thought for a while, then shook his head. The scholar walked alone and did not see anyone walking with him.
Brother Du still remembers who? If I could tell you one thing, Peng would be grateful.
Others... Du Huai pondered
Cheng Zongyang reminded: Is there an old man?
Old man? Yes! Du Huai thought about it
Is his surname Yan?
The surname is Yan? Du Huai shook his head and said: I don't know
Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: I think Brother Du is a boxer and has no interest in teaching.
Teacher? Du Huai shook his head. He was the right person to play the violin, and there was also a woman.
Woman? Peng Chen showed a perfectly surprised look
Du Huai said: The old man who played the violin came to ask for money, but was kicked by the man next to her, and even the violin was broken. If it weren't for a scar-faced boy, he would have fallen to death.
Where is that woman from? Is it from the town?
Du Huai grabbed his head, I don't know this
Peng Chen changed the topic. How many people live in the store? Do Brother Du still remember it?
Full of accommodation Du Huai said: I arrived late, only the bedding is left
That woman lives in the room?
Anyway, she is not in the bed, Du Huai smiled, most of whom lived in the room, so it was easy to pick up customers
Is it a prostitute?
Du Huai said: That woman is not a serious person at first glance, but where does she have a house for women?
Only one woman?
Du Huai said affirmatively: She is the only one in the hotel.
You said she was following a man?
Du Huai hesitated for a moment, I can't remember it
Peng Chen stood up and disturbed Brother Du if he passed by Yingchuan in the future, Xue Daxia would definitely come forward to thank him in person.
Du Huai grinned, you're welcome! You're welcome! Oh, tomorrow is the wedding banquet. Brother Peng and I and Brother Cheng will have a good drink tonight!
Peng Chen smiled and said: I have to go back and report to Xia Xue, come and disturb me again the next day, and say goodbye!
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The man surnamed Du didn't tell the truth. Cheng Zongyang said: I saw that he was not true, as if he was hiding something and refused to say it.
Lu Jing also felt the same way and said: It's already good to ask these questions before asking them. He was wary of them.
To put it bluntly, at least we now know that among these twelve people, there is one woman, and the other eleven are men, men or women, and finally we can tell whether they are men or women.
There is also an old man and a young man
Yu Fengwen, Du Huai, as well as prostitutes, at least one client, and an old man playing the violin, and a scarred boy on his face. Cheng Zongyang stroked his palm and said: Not bad, half of it!
Compared to the blank space when I just took over this matter, the current gains are far beyond my imagination. However, the difficulty of finding them has not decreased at all, but it seems even more difficult.
The carriage was carrying a pigeon cage, and Lu Jing wrote down Shi Gu Du Huai with charcoal strips, then rolled the paper strips, stuffed them into the copper tube tied under the pigeon's foot, and raised his hand to let it fly
Yesterday, I received a letter from Fei Ge. The guest of Yingyang Hou sent 500 gold baht overnight, including the remaining 200 gold baht for Yu Fengwen, and the 300 gold baht for the next person in advance in two days. Zong Yang also understood that if it were his own, he would probably have returned the 300 gold baht as soon as possible.
Lu Jing looked at the direction where the pigeon flew away, touched his chin and said: "Ah in Mangshan."
Time is tight, and the two of them did not stop at Shigu. After asking, they rushed back to Luodu.
Cheng Zongyang said: Brother Lu Wu, you are not going to search all the brothels in Luodu, right?
Lu Jing took out a handful of broad beans, squatted in the corner of the carriage and ate slowly. After a while, he clapped his hands and said to the outsider: Go to the soup and stop.
Jiang Anshi was still driving. Although he also put on makeup and the carriages and horses he used had nothing to do with Pengyi Society, he ran after two days. If anyone noticed, he would probably see something wrong. So when he arrived at the soup, the two asked him to return to Luodu first and look for him in the town.
Lu Jing pretended to be a client and came to find a prostitute with her before. She asked her about it after she didn't get any clues. She only found out that Old Man Sun was honest and afraid of trouble and never dared to cause trouble. Even if there were women in the store, they would only pass by. As for what origin, they had no way to know.
It was getting late. After two days of tossing, Lu Jing was not tired at all. He rushed to Changxing Foot Shop and paced in the ashes fire.
One room is a prostitute and a client Yu Fengwen, Du Huai, and the old man playing the violin sleeping in the bed. If a scarred boy lives alone in the bed, then there are eleven people, and there are five people in the bed.
Porter! Cheng Zongyang said: Since it is a foot shop, you must be a porter.
Lu Jing nodded, not bad
Then let's find the porter Ah
There are nine famous people in the nine cities in Luodu, and the rest are Jinshi, Zhishi, and Huaishi... There are no less than ten thousand porters who make a living in the city. If you want to find a few porters, that is just like finding a needle in a haystack.
Cheng Zongyang was shocked, so many?
The reason why Yu Fengwen was found in Huai City was at least because he learned that he had carved five zithers and was a scholar from afar. He was likely to sell them in Huai City. These porters can be found without any hesitation.
The two of them fell silent. Lu Jing rolled his eyes at the sky, thinking about something like entering a meditation. Cheng Zongyang looked aimlessly in the burning fire. He tried to find any valuable clues. It seemed that it had been completely interrupted here, but Cheng Zongyang was really unwilling to accept that it would be fine if he couldn't find anything at the beginning, but he already knew that a prostitute had stayed here that day, but he had no idea how he could start. That feeling was simply terrible.
Tiger head! Lu Jing's eyes suddenly rolled up and spit out two words from his mouth
Cheng Zongyang looked stunned
The scholar mentioned that the boxer was about to get married, and mentioned that there was a big tiger head on his shoulder. I thought I was talking about. Lu Jing said quickly: But there was no tiger head on Du Huai's shoulder! Yu Fengwen mentioned another person present at that time, a man who was gambling in the hall and had a tiger head on his shoulder!
Cheng Zongyang said: Is it a hero from Luodu?
No! A tiger with a shoulder stabbing is playing in a foot shop, and 90% of them are local gangsters!
Lu Jing went to the town to inquire again and soon got the news that the neighboring Xia Tang had a gangster nicknamed the Tiger. He often came to the town and had a tiger's head thorn on his shoulder!
Another village is bright and bright! Cheng Zongyang is ready to pick him out! Yu Shusheng and Du Boxer are not easy to attack. What are you polite about a gangster? He will refuse to say anything and beat him to death!
Lu Jing is not a saint and gentleman, and said unambiguously: Be polite first and then fight!
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A thick man sat on the ground, his shirtless, his chest was black and his palm-sized heart-protecting hair, holding a greasy pork shoulder and gnawing. On his shoulder, a tattooed tiger head shaking as the movement of his muscles, as if it was making a low roar
Although the appearance of the Tiger on the ground was ferocious, it was not difficult to pass. When Lu Jing found him, the Tiger on the ground had just lost in the casino. Seeing the wine and meat they brought with them, they were like hungry wolves. They took it and ate it. They just opened their mouths and gave them a bucket of cold water. On the ninth day of the lunar month? No! I didn’t spend the night in Old Man Sun’s shop!
The Tiger sat down with a wine bowl and tilted her neck to take a few mouthfuls, wiping her mouth and said: I went to Old Man Sun's shop that day, but I left after a few bets.
The thin man who claimed to be Liu Si poured him a bowl of wine and said with a smile: Brother Hu, don’t tease me, there is a place for gambling, will Brother Hu still be willing to leave?
The Tiger sat down at him, "What am I lying to do?" That night, a noble man came, and the store was full again. If I didn't leave, would I squat in the yard all night?"
Is there a noble person coming? It's not right! Cheng Zongyang shouted in his heart: Didn't Yingyang Hou say that he heard someone talking when he passed by, but he didn't go into the yard at all? Why did he sit on the ground and say that a noble person came in and even took the opportunity to attend the court?
Liu Si smiled and said: Where did the noble man come from and doesn’t even give Brother Hu’s face? Is it the Hou family in Fuping or the Grand Sima in the court?
I can't say it's just so grand. The tiger chewed the meat hard and said vaguely: If you don't say anything else, just that car, just break down one piece, it's enough for you to eat for a year or two.
Liu Si said in surprise: Since he is such a noble person, why did he go to Old Man Sun’s shop?
How did I know? The Tiger said: Those guards were very vicious, and they drove all the irrelevant people out as soon as they came in.
Liu Si jokingly said a few words, then changed the topic. Others didn't know it. I, Liu Si, knew that no matter whether you put soup or add soup, you can compare with Brother Hu's gambling skills, no more than one hand! I wonder which hero had the courage to gamble with Brother Hu that day?
What a good man? The Tiger said disdainfully: Just a soft-faced Tiger Master who wins a lot of money, he will win him a few hundred dollars. If someone didn't come, he must win him completely!
A soft-fed young man? How could he stay in a store?
Who knows?
Where is that young man from?
Don't know
Liu Si helped him fill his wine again and said with a smile: That boy is lucky. If he continues to bet, he might even lose his wife to Brother Hu.
The tiger sitting on the ground spat, "Where is my wife?" The little girl brought by the little face, thought she wouldn't be able to tell when dressed up as a good family tiger? Isn't she just a little bitch who does a flesh-and-hearted business?"
Liu Si became interested and said, "Is it the fan of the brothel?"
The decree cannot be wrong. The tiger sitting on the ground said: The little bitch is wearing wooden clogs barefoot and holding an embroidered handkerchief. He is so evil that he is not a good person at first sight
What flowers are embroidered?
Where did Hu Ye know Hua Ah? That little bitch kept asking to go back, making Hu Ye uneasy even if he bets on money
Where to go?
have no idea
How many customers were there in the store that day?
Who knows this?
What happened later?
Where did I know afterwards?
Just now, Mr. Hu was invited out by them?
Oh, you said that those guards drove me out and closed the door
Why close the door?
How do I know this?
Cheng Zongyang heard that the tiger sitting on the ground is not a push or drag, but he really didn't know a gambler like him. As soon as he entered the casino, he only had dices spinning around, and only the crisp sound of dice falling into the cup in his ears. He didn't care about anything else. It was worse than Yu Fengwen, and it was useless to spend the wine and food they bought with money.
After coming out of the Tiger's residence, Cheng Zongyang was depressed. What is Tiger? He is simply deaf and blind
Lu Jing wiped the mustache stuck to his lips. If he was right, the woman would be in town.
Why?
It was already night, but the woman "always clamoring to go back." If she hadn't lived nearby, how could she go back?
That woman is a prostitute in the town?
If it is a prostitute in the town, where should I stay in the foot shop?
But she lives in the town, why isn't she a prostitute in the town?
There is only one possibility that the woman is not a prostitute, but a wandering girl
The prostitute and the wandering girl are only one word different from the same business, but the business they do is roughly the same, but there are two different identities prostitutes, including official prostitutes and private prostitutes. The common point is that they have no personal freedom. The wandering girl is unrestrained. For example, it is more like aid and socializing.
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