Chapter 34 Sugar-coated Cannonballs
The voice of Captain Xing came from the prison, "Chief Chief, what's the matter? Look at the soldering iron I just released, it will be cold if I don't open the door!
Zhuge Shaobing cursed, "You are trying to commit suicide. If you want to die, you should go by yourself. Don't drag me down too." "I was so cautious, but I was still obsessed with this boy's way. Fortunately, I was smart or I would have been detained, and I would not have been dealt with by the prefect."
I shouted through the door, Captain Zhuge, you see, you have signed the deposit order. Why don’t you open the door first? Let’s sit down and talk slowly and open the door.
Want to open the door? There are not even any doors. You guys will put the door on me. If they are asked to come in, they will be dismissed from their posts and investigated!
Xu Kaishan took two steps forward and said that you two would get out of the way, I would smash the door open! I said no, you are destroying public property like this, and I can't explain to you when you are caught. Zhuge Shaobing, I don't believe you won't come out.
Beggar Jiang Nan looked around for no reason, saying that he lived so big, and I only saw Yingtian Mansion prison who wanted to come out and refused to let him go, but I had never seen anyone who wanted to go in but refused to let him go outside. It was really strange.
I said that the world is so great that it is natural to live for a long time.
The two sides were in a stalemate, and I thought it was nothing wrong. It was going to be evening, so I took out two taels of silver and handed it to Jiangnan, saying that you go to a restaurant outside to get a hot pot, beef and mutton all day long, let's eat here while waiting.
The charcoal fire rises and the hot pot is fragrant.
The three of us sat at the gate of the prison and had a lot of fun eating. I shouted at the gate, "Captain Zhuge, it's not too early, and it's time for brothers to have a meal. There are still a lot of seasonings here, why don't we have a pot together?"
I guess there is no food inside. I heard from Captain Xing that the chief of Captain, it is not a solution to continue like this. People are iron rice and steel. If you don’t eat for a meal, you will be hungry. Of course, you are very good at martial arts, but there are still 100 people in this prison.
Zhuge Shaobing said that it wasn’t three meals a day, and he would never die if he didn’t eat it. Headmaster Xing said, “This is the chief constable, the prisoner in the phone last time he ate three days ago.” Zhuge Shaobing said angrily, “Who gave you so courage? The food expenses allocated by the court every month have been embezzled by you!
I laughed in my heart. The daily meals set by the prisoners in the prison were twenty cents, and they made three meals a day into three meals a day, and the silver deducted in a month was seventy or eighty taels. No wonder Captain Xing was so anxious.
I heard Captain Xing say swearing, and whisper, last month your third grandmother gave birth to the second child, your fourth aunt gave birth to a birthday, and your fifth aunt remarried. The money for filial piety was all obtained from it. Zhuge Shaobing snorted coldly and silently.
I picked up a glass of wine and said, Brother Xu, thank you for your care along the way. You have arrived in Jinling safely today, and I am also ready to report my life. Today's glass of wine is just to say goodbye to the bar. I must have no chance to meet you in this battle with Feng Wanli. I wish you a victory. I promise you to find your daughter's affairs as soon as possible.
Xu Kaishan laughed and said loudly, "Okay, when the Jinling incident comes, I will find my daughter and go to the capital to drink with you!" As he said that, he raised his neck to kill the wine. I was going to Jiangnan Road again. Today's matter has caused trouble for you. I have made up your friend. When I go to the capital, I will go to Liushemen to find me.
Beggar Jiangnan said that you are from Liushangmen. After all, you are from the capital. You have forced the head of the dignified Chief Zhuge into prison and dared not come out.
At this moment, someone outside the door said, "Brother, the people I caught at noon actually ate vain under my nose and beat me. I wanted to serve them myself." Three or four people came in outside the door, because it was Zhuge Xianyu, the shopkeeper of Bianyifang.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhuge Xianyu collided with me and was confused. What was going on?
I said this is the Yingtian Mansion Prison, the government office. You just came here as soon as you say it. Do you think it is a vegetable market?
Zhuge Xianyu said I'm looking for my elder brother, why are you coming out?
I said your elder brother is inside!
Zhuge Xianyu's face changed drastically and she cried loudly. Brother, why did you get in? I just said, "My brother, I'm responsible for making money. You are responsible for being an official. Don't make money randomly. If something happens to you, who will take care of my eight sister-in-laws?"
With a bang, the door opened.
Zhuge Shaobing left coldly before she came out and scolded angrily, "What are you talking about?" Zhuge Xianyu said you were not under double custody. Zhuge Shaobing just punched you, you are a big-headed turtle. Get out if you have nothing to do, don't make things up for me here."
When I came to me, I smiled and said, "Captain Zhuge, the six gates of the capital, Su You, are greeting you." Zhuge Shaobing put her arms around my shoulders as if she had changed her body and said that it was Brother Su. I said why are the magpies chirping today? It turns out that they know you are coming."
Seeing his attitude turning 180 degrees, I was not sure about it and said, "It's a bit awkward today. If I finish the work, I will place wine in Zuixianlou to apologize to you!"
Zhuge Shaobing said that when he came to Yingtian Mansion, he would ask you to treat him. It would be a shame for me. Today, I will serve as a host, and I will welcome you at Bianyifang. I pointed at Xu Kaishan. Since I have already taken the deposit form, I will take the deposit.
Zhuge Shaobing said that it was all over the get off work, so what was the serious matter? I heard you call him brother and brother, and I must be your friend. Let me call him brother, why don’t we go together.
I was stunned when I heard this. It was because I was waiting for me here. At this time, I said that this was Xu Kaishan, the thief of Jiangyang, and he would probably be caught by him again. In the future, I would report to my superiors and say that I was going to be a criminal with the court. This clearly forced me not to admit that this person was Xu Kaishan.
Ginger is worthy of being old.
Zhuge Shaobing came up to help me, and I was shocked. This man's martial arts skills were not weak. Then I thought that after all, he was the chief of the Six Gates of Yingtian Mansion. He could not sit in this seat without two martial arts skills.
When he arrived at a private room in Bianyifang, Zhuge Xianyu was busy making seasonal river food and brought a puffer fish for each person.
The Jiangnan puffer fish has delicious meat, but the puffer fish's liver is highly toxic. The puffer fish poison is a nerve toxin. It only takes a cup of tea to kill people. It is second only to Hedinghong among the strange poisons in the world. It is said that the second prince of Dongyi Kingdom was assassinated not long ago, and the murderer has not been arrested yet.
However, if the internal organs are removed, the pufferfish is a big delicacy on the dining table. Ordinary restaurants dare not make it easily. Zhuge Shaobing said that this dish is one of the three treasures of Jinling. The brothers came at the right time. Come on, this bowl belongs to Brother Xu, so please don’t refuse.
When I saw that our bowls were all puffer fish meat soup, but Xu Kaishan's bowl was all fried puffer fish liver. I said that Brother Xu's cholesterol has been a bit high recently and is not suitable for eating liver. Xu Kaishan said it was okay, and he picked up the chopsticks and ate it clean after a few strokes. I thought to myself, Xu Kaishan used the crane red as a drink on weekdays, and eating puffer fish liver was not like playing, and he was not dissuading him.
Seeing that Xu Kaishan had no reaction, Zhuge Shaobing began to persuade him to drink. This red-clothed captain had great martial arts skills and great alcoholism. His skill in urging him to drink was even more first-class. Although I was wary of everything, I was still filled with more than three pounds of soju.
Halfway through drinking, Zhuge Shaobing sighed.
I asked Captain Zhuge why he sighed.
Zhuge Shaobing said, I'm going to tell you, everyone envies me, the six gate chiefs, just say that they have little power to make money quickly, but who knows my difficulties? I am quite interested. The chiefs in red, the entire Yingtian Mansion, and the three people above ten thousand people, why bother?
Zhuge Shaobing drank a sip of wine. To be honest, this person seems to be glorious, but in fact he is an errand about his waist. The official and civilians were originally a family, but the general leader asked Liushemen to be in charge of the affairs of the rivers and lakes not long ago. Our Jinling has a special status in the rivers and lakes, and the rivers and lakes have not been peaceful recently. Let’s not talk about the decisive battle between the hero Xu Kaishan and Feng Wanli. In the past two months alone, there have been three or four conflicts between the Netherworld Sect and the Martial Arts Conference.
Along the way, I heard about the Netherworld Sect many times, and encountered internal struggles between them and their guardians. The Netherworld Sect, which had always been very low-key, has been so active recently, but I don’t know why? As for the martial arts conference, it is just a loose jianghu organization with the headquarter in Jinling. Its status in the martial arts community is a bit awkward. The major sects have symbolically paid membership fees, and even the decent martial arts conference cannot be organized.
Thinking of this, I toasted a glass of wine and asked, what is the ability of this Netherworld Sect that makes the chief captain so worried?
Zhuge Shaobing said, it was probably a battle for territory.
Xu Kaishan said coldly, "As far as I see, it's the old woman named Jing who has taken a fancy to the land in Taoshan."
Taoshan, I felt a stern. At that time, this was the territory of Murong Villa. After the destruction of Murong Villa, the leader of the martial arts world, Li Mingxiu took over the territory of Murong Villa by the way. However, now Li Mingxiu is old and has long been no longer concerned about the affairs of the world.
When I talked about tomorrow's delivery, Zhuge Shaobing interrupted, "It's getting late, let's talk about it when I see the prefect tomorrow. You three have not arranged an inn, so just stay here."
Jiang Nan was quite excited and said that I had never lived in such an expensive restaurant, but hesitated for a while, but I had to go home first. I asked why, and he said there were elderly people at home, so I stopped forcing them.
Zhuge Xianyu took us to the backyard. Xu Kaishan looked up and saw Tianzi No. 1 and Tianzi No. 2. He asked, could he change the room? Zhuge Xianyu said, these are the two best rooms in our store. Are you not satisfied?
Xu Kaishan said no, and the name was a little scary. I laughed in my heart. Xu Kaishan had lived in Room No. 3, Tianzi, Tianzhuo for fifteen years. Now I guess I want to vomit after seeing such a name. Zhuge Xianyu arranged two other rooms in a row.
I said that it was done at least, and Brother Xu had a good rest today. Xu Kaishan looked at me and said that Zhuge Shaobing is not simple. You have little experience in the world, but don’t worry about him. I said, what are you afraid of? After all, we are also an official, so what dares he really dares?
Xu Kaishan smiled and said, "Of course you are not afraid of being tough, but you are afraid that he will get you some capitalist sugar-coated shells to confuse you." I said, "How can that be? Even if I come, I will eat the sugar-coated shells and spit it back for him."
Xu Kaishan turned around and was about to go back to the room. I suddenly asked, Brother Xu, what is the origin of the Netherworld Sect and the Martial Arts Conference? Xu Kaishan looked at me and said with a smile, "Are you so interested?" This story may be a bit long. But in short, it is just for a formation where Murong Baiyun was here. Are you interested in listening?"
I was immediately indifferent. I thought it was love, hate, and love, so I waved my hand and went to bed early.
After washing up, I just lay down for a while and heard a knock on the door outside. Who should I ask?
There was a woman outside the door saying, "The little maid is sugar-coated, thinking that the official is drunk and thirsty, so she will bring you some hot tea."
Chapter completed!