Chapter 501: Eight Great Hutongs and Qiao's Cannon (2-in-1 Chapter)
Since the beginning of the Qingming Festival, three consecutive days of rain have finally turned this prosperous Jinling City into a lot of desertion.
A few days ago, most of the talented people who chanted poems and recited the spring rain were depressed at this time, and they didn't even have the interest to go out to play. It's as if the sentence they wrote two days ago about how beautiful the spring rain is seems to have been made up...... I think they should be lying in the inn room again, saying something sad and boring!
Of course, not everyone is like this, and there are always people who really like this spring rain, still holding umbrellas, walking out of the city in twos and threes, wanting to do something elegant by Mingyang Lake.
They may really like the spring rain, but it may also be that it is too uncomfortable to hold in the room, and who knows about this? In short, there are really a lot fewer pedestrians on this street......
Brother Shi originally wanted to go directly to Guo's house to find Guo Renjie, but after thinking about it, he felt that he should go to Luo Haotian first, ask about the Jiangnan Poetry Club first, and by the way, he happened to meet Dong Qingyun. Therefore, he walked towards the east of Jinling City.
There is a very ornate teahouse on the street, this teahouse has two floors, and the window of the upstairs seat is right next to the street, and when you look down from the window, you can see everything on the street clearly.
Lao Chai is still the first time to come to this kind of place, even if he followed Gao Xiaowu into the city before, in a place like this, he could only look at it from a distance, they went to the tea stall on the street, a bowl of tea for two pennies, they could drink for most of the day. But in just a few days, he sat in this kind of place, which made him feel very unreal, but the fragrance of tea wafting into his nose pulled him back to reality.
"What? Do you think this tea is not delicious? ”
Mo Lingtian, who was sitting opposite Lao Chai, looked at him with sincere fear and restlessness, and said softly.
Lao Chai heard this, and quickly shook his head, and then picked up the teacup on the table with some trembling...... And the new tea, which was supposed to be tasted slowly, was a little nervous and drank it.
But I don't know if it's because he was in too much of a hurry to drink, or because the aroma of this tea is too strong, after drinking it, he couldn't help coughing......
But as soon as he coughed twice, he saw Mo Lingtian, who was sitting opposite him, looking at him, so he didn't dare to cough anymore, and his face turned red.
Mo Lingtian glanced at Lao Chai, who was a little embarrassed, and seemed to be very satisfied with his appearance of being so afraid of himself, so the corners of his mouth raised slightly, smiled, and then turned his head to look at the street outside the window.
"Did you return the dagger?"
Mo Lingtian looked out the window while shaking the teacup in his hand and asked casually.
Lao Chai wanted to open his mouth to answer, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the cough that he had just endured couldn't bear anymore, so he couldn't help coughing twice, and finally stopped......
Lao Chai, who stopped coughing, glanced at Mo Lingtian with some concern, and saw that Mo Lingtian didn't pay attention to himself, so he relieved his heart and hurriedly replied: "The little one has already sent the dagger to Fenglai Tower according to the instructions of the son." ”
"Hmm~" Mo Lingtian heard this, first nodded, and then asked again: "How is it?" Is it fun to come to Fenglailou? ”
Fenglai Lou is the largest green building in the south of the Yangtze River, although Lao Chai has heard of it, but he has never been there before.
In such a land of wind and moon, he was only dragged by Gao Xiaowu to an alley in Fanshui County once after making a "big deal" with Gao Xiaowu...... Although they were received by a widow who was almost forty years old, for Lao Chai, this was the most unforgettable experience in his life! After all...... That was his first and only time.
As for Fenglai Building...... He hadn't even thought about it. Although Mo Lingtian did say this to him yesterday, and also gave him silver to look at the flowers, he didn't have the courage.
At that time, after seeing the "Sister Hua" of the Fenglailou, it had already made him "frightened" and out of breath. After saying what he meant, he left the dagger behind, and hurriedly turned and left.
So when he heard Mo Lingtian ask him if it was fun to come to Fenglailou, he was a little panicked, and said hesitantly: "Xiao ...... Small, don't dare ......"
But before Lao Chai's words were finished, Mo Lingtian suddenly crushed the teacup in his hand!
Seeing this, Lao Chai couldn't help but be startled: he ...... He's not going to kill me, is he? I knew that I should have had a good life in Fenglai Tower yesterday, if I died, I would really be wronged!
"Childe, I'm ......"
Lao Chai thought in his heart, so he knelt on the ground in a panic and was about to ask for mercy, but Mo Lingtian suddenly interrupted him: "Shut up!" Come over and see if that person is Shi Yuan. ”
When Lao Chai heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that Mo Lingtian was not targeting him, he quickly stood up and turned his head to look out the window.
The street here is not wide, and there are three or four pedestrians under the teahouse. Although everyone is holding an umbrella from the point of view, there is one person who looks more unique.
Because other people's umbrellas are held in their hands, but his umbrella is placed diagonally on his shoulder, which looks very casual. In this way, although it is not clear, you can still see the appearance of a star.
Lao Chai looked at it, and he recognized it at a glance - that person was Shi Yuan!
"Childe, this is indeed Shi Yuan!" For Shi Yuan's impressed old chai, after taking a look, he replied to Mo Lingtian with great certainty.
"This Jinling City is really small! I didn't expect us to meet so soon! ”
Mo Lingtian naturally recognized Shi Yuan, otherwise he wouldn't have broken the cup and called Lao Chai to come, just to ask him to confirm.
Seeing Mo Lingtian, who still looked like a handsome son, he couldn't help but become a little hideous at this moment. Lao Chai next to him looked at him, thinking that he was going to make a move on Shi Yuan again, but Mo Lingtian never made a move.
"Gong ...... Childe, we ...... Don't you go down? Seeing that Shi Yuan was about to go away, Lao Chai opened his mouth and asked.
Mo Lingtian heard this, and then slowly loosened his clenched fist: "You go follow him and see where he is going!" ”
When Lao Chai heard this, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned: Follow Shi Yuan? It's not an easy job!
But Mo Lingtian's order he couldn't disobey, if he was discovered by Shi Yuan, he might spare his life, but if it was Mo Lingtian, I was afraid that there would really be only one way to die!
"Good...... Good. Therefore, Lao Chai hurriedly answered, took the umbrella on the side, and walked downstairs.
When Lao Chai came out of the teahouse, Mo Lingtian turned around and looked out the window again. His face was gloomy, but he didn't know what he was thinking......
The street in the east of the city is the widest in Jinling, of course, not because of how wide it was built, but because there are so few people on this street! And there are no small stalls on either side, so it seems to be relatively wide.
Usually there are no pedestrians on the "Huangquan Road", but now when it rains, there are no people anymore!
In terms of location, Luo Haotian's prefect's mansion is in the middle of the street, while Dong Qingyun's prefect's mansion is at the end. But Brother Shi didn't rush to find Luo Haotian, but first went to prepare to find Dong Qingyun.
Since he asked himself to find Luo Haotian and said this to himself, it is better to ask clearly. What's more, the prefect's mansion is called the existence of the "Yama Palace" by the people of Jinling, although he is not afraid, but at this extraordinary moment, it is better to bring Qiao Feng's master.
Although Dong Qingyun, the governor of the three provinces, has been in Jinling for some time, he has always been relatively low-key, except for the last time he came out of Guojiayaokou to come forward for Shi Yuan, but he has never taken any action in Jinling. So much so that when he took Dong Feng and Liu Ruyan to visit the Lin family yesterday, no one on the street knew him, the governor of the three provinces.
Of course, this is only on the surface. As for him secretly, I'm afraid he has done a lot of things!
As far as Brother Shi knew, he had secretly been to Fenglai Tower and had seen a hundred flowers. and secretly took his family in the capital to Jinling...... In addition to the questions that Liu Ruyan and Dong Feng's sister and brother had asked themselves, all kinds of signs show that Dong Qingyun is indeed brewing something!
Brother Shi was thinking about his thoughts, and unconsciously walked to the governor's mansion. Then he went up and knocked on the door, and when the door opened, he walked in...... But from beginning to end, he didn't notice that someone was following him not far away!
After Lao Chai got off the teahouse, he followed Shi Yuan all the way to the east of the city.
Originally, this eastern part of the city was not suitable for him to follow again, but because it was his first time in Jinling, although he had heard of Luo Haotian and the name of King Luo Yan before, he didn't know that this Jinling Chengdong City was the rumored "Huangquan Road"!
Therefore, he didn't think much about it and followed Shi Yuan in. Although he found that something seemed to be wrong after coming in, he remembered Mo Lingtian's instructions, but he still stubbornly followed.
I have to say that his luck is really good, the streets in the east of the city are empty because of the rain at this time, and there is not even a person, as long as Shi Yuan turns around, he can see him. But Shi Yuan went all the way, but he didn't look back.
But fortunately, Lao Chai was literate, so after Shi Yuan walked in, he came to the door of the governor's mansion to see what kind of place this was. But this look up, but almost scared stupid!
The words "Governor's Mansion" written on the door almost scared him to the ground...... You know, he's a member of the Qinglian Sect!
Lao Chai, who was taken aback, suddenly remembered that he had passed by a place that looked like a yamen after he came to his senses. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now it seems that this street is very problematic! This seems to be a ...... to yourself It's time to come to "Huangquan Road"!
Thinking of the rumors he had heard about Jinling City before, Lao Chai reacted and realized that he had come to the wrong place, so he turned around and walked quickly towards the outside of the street!
Unexpectedly, that Shi Yuan actually knew Lord Governor, and he decided to quickly tell Mo Lingtian about this matter......
And after Brother Shi entered the Governor's Mansion, the first person he saw was Qiao Feng, who was chatting with a few soldiers in the corridor avoiding the rain! His thick voice is really very easy to recognize!
"Fuck you! Lao Tzu was in the eight alleys of the capital back then, and he didn't know the name of my Qiao cannon? I'm afraid of that bullshit Luo Haotian? If it hadn't been for my lord's orders, I would have hung his dog's head at the city gate!" ”
It sounded like they were talking about something about Luo Haotian.
At this time, Qiao Feng happened to have his back to Shi Yuan, so he didn't know that Shi Yuan was coming. And the people around him happened to see Shi Yuan who walked in quietly and wanted to speak, but Brother Shi made a silent gesture to them.
So, I heard Qiao Feng continue: "It's still called King Luoyan, and I will let him know my name as King Qiaoyan one day......"
Luo Haotian said a lot, and then suddenly found that the people around him did not speak at this time. Then he couldn't help but ask angrily, "What?" Don't you fucking believe in Lao Tzu? Why don't you fucking speak? ”
"Brother Qiao, it's so majestic!" Brother Shi saw that he was about to be exposed, so he simply opened his mouth and said a word to Qiao Feng.
In fact, when Brother Shi met Qiao Feng for the first time, it was obvious that his character should belong to the type of open-mouthed and rough-spoken. But the last time he and himself went to Yelian Island outside the city, he seemed to be a different person, and he was extremely calm along the way, saying what he should say and not saying at all, so that Brother Shi thought that he was wrong.
It wasn't until now that he heard his heavy voice again, as well as all kinds of he bragged, that Brother Shi was sure that it was not that he was wrong, but that this old boy was deliberately pretending to be last time! It seems that this Yelian Island is really greasy!
"Stone ...... Shi Gongzi? That one...... Well, long time no see......"
Qiao Feng turned around when he heard the sound, and saw Shi Yuan looking at him with a smile, and he still had a look of pride on his face, but at this time, he couldn't help but fidget, and actually said something like "long time no see".
And after Brother Shi heard it, the smile on his face became even bigger: "Brother Qiao, you and I have only just met before Qingming, and it seems that it hasn't been a long time, right?" ”
Qiao Feng realized that he had said the wrong thing, but at this time, apart from smirking, he didn't know what to say for a while......
"Joe Cannon...... This name sounds quite imposing! By the way, what is the place of the eight alleys, can Brother Qiao introduce it to the younger brother, this name sounds like a very knowledgeable look~ Hehe......"
Hearing Shi Yuan's words, Qiao Feng's face couldn't help but be even more embarrassed, and the few soldiers beside him couldn't help but laugh out loud......
"It's all a fart laugh, what's so funny?" Qiao Feng saw that the scene was a little out of control, so he said something in a deep voice to a few people.
"Brother Qiao, you're going too far! Don't let anyone laugh anymore? ”
Brother Shi pretended to be uneven, opened his mouth to speak, and then paused again, looked at a person beside Qiao Feng and said, "This little brother, I see that you are smiling so happily, you must know what kind of place these eight alleys are, right?" Tell me about it! ”
When the man heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, but obviously he wasn't afraid of Qiao Feng, but he didn't expect Shi Yuan to ask himself. was about to speak, but Qiao Feng next to him tried his eyes in a panic. Therefore, he was a little hesitant.
"I forgot to mention, you Lord Dong still have something to do with me! If it's been delayed for a long time...... Brother Qiao, who do you think should be responsible? Seeing this, Brother Shi said again quietly.
"Those eight alleys...... It is the land of smoke and willows in Bianjing. These old bustards usually live, and I was very quiet because of my work, so I got the title of Qiao Cannon......"
Seeing that Shi Yuan was ready to get to the bottom of it, Qiao Feng also knew that he couldn't escape, so he gritted his teeth and said it himself.
"Uh...... This, this...... The eight alleys are really extraordinary! Brother Shi is a good place, if you have a chance, Brother Qiao, you must accompany me to go around! Joe Cannon...... Haha......"