Chapter 74 Rain Curtain (please ask for a monthly ticket)
The summer rain is falling, carriages occasionally rush by, splashing water, and pedestrians are rushing on the road. When looking from a distance, there are several oil lamps arranged in the store at the intersection. Although the light does not appear to be very bright, due to the care taken at the beginning, when I see it now in the dim rainy day, it has a warm artistic conception. , people can’t help but want to go in and sit down after seeing it.
The rain curtain separated the world from the sky. A man and a woman were saying this in the store, and there was a follower behind the man. The conversation was obscured by the sound of rain and could not be transmitted. However, at a certain moment, the elegant woman could be seen shaking her head and saluting apologetically. This conversation did not end because of this, but it always ended. After a long time , they just finished talking, the young man in a dark green robe nodded politely to say goodbye to the woman, held up an umbrella, and walked into the rain with the entourage with the scar on his face.
Until the light of the shop disappeared from the rear view, he did not look back. Raindrops crashed all around him. When he turned the corner, he said: "Go to Haiqingfang."
The heavy rain in the evening showed no signs of letting up. Haiqingfang is not far from here. In the early years, there used to be a wharf nearby, where merchant ships were berthed and the flow of goods was bustling. Later, a new wharf was built, but this area was gradually abandoned. Now the square is messy, with fish and dragons mixed together. It is the most complicated area in Jiangning City. There will be a fight and stabbing incident in a day or two. For ordinary people, Everyone will warn their children not to come near this place on weekdays.
Although it is chaotic, the place is still very lively. Various low-level traders and people running around in the world, including moneyless Hu businessmen, students who are down and out and moneyless, wandering people who take part-time jobs, and gang members will choose this place as their residence. When Gu Yanzhen and Lao Liu arrived, due to the low-lying terrain, the streets in the square had already turned into pools in such a heavy rain, and the various shops and pubs on both sides were brightly lit. They walked inside for a while, put away their umbrellas in front of what seemed to be the largest restaurant, and walked in.
In the light of oil lamps and torches, all kinds of people gathered in the lobby of this hotel. It looked like ruthless Jianghu people, with weapons in their hands, talking loudly while eating and drinking, and people dressed as gangsters. Behaving happily with your companions on the sidelines Dance, occasionally joking about the woman who passed by looking for a financial backer, the down-and-out scribes snoring and immersed themselves in eating, some looked nervous, looking left and right nervously and vigilantly while eating, some were drunk and vomited. , children were playing around inside.
With Gu Yanzhen’s demeanor and temperament, he was obviously out of tune with this restaurant. He attracted some people’s attention as soon as he entered. However, Lao Liu’s gloomy eyes and the scar on his face dissuaded these people from continuing. Interest in watching. A lone sheep is easy to slaughter. If someone like this follows, it probably means that the other party has some trust. They walked to a table at the back of the hotel and spent some money to get the down-and-out scribe who was sitting there to get out. Then I asked the waiter to clean up and serve new food and wine.
In the noisy environment, they were still waiting quietly. After the food and wine were served, Gu Yanzhen said: "Uncle Liu, sit down, it will take a while..." The old Liu sat down as he was told. But he didn't start eating. After a while, Gu Yanzhen said: "Uncle Six, do you have something to say?"
"I just feel that the young master is about to take office, and some small things may cause problems."
"Last time, you supported me."
"Because last time it was a major event related to the young master's future..."
"For me, Gu Yanzhen, they are actually trivial matters. "Gu Yanzhen smiled and looked at the sixth man, "The only difference is, do it or not do it. What happened last time is not that big. It's just an obstacle. Hey, this matter is not necessarily trivial. I came back to Jiangning mostly for this matter. Even if it is not perfect, there must be a result."
He paused: "Lao Liu, you said. How many of my friends have been to Haiqingfang?”
“…I’m afraid not many.”
"They are all rotten scholars, which is ridiculous. They only think that they can be elegant by writing a few poems, have fun with a few women on the boat, and think that they can make the country peaceful by talking about national affairs. They are all blind. Three years ago Going to Tokyo, I met bandits on the road, and a moment ago they were all talking about saving the world. The people were in a panic, but a few of them could remain calm in front of the bandits. When they saw the wound, they cried loudly and knelt down to beg for mercy."
He raised one hand. To the height of his eyes: "These pure literati only think that the reality of the world is here." Then Then he pressed it down to the desktop, "But I don't know that the so-called truth is actually here. Comparatively speaking, those people mocking each other at the top of the Wenmo Tower thought they had taken advantage of it. What's the point? I knew that person's son-in-law a few days ago Identity, Shen Zishan only thought that he would expose the other party, and he thought he had taken advantage after seeing the excitement. , What’s the actual meaning? It’s like if I didn’t harvest anything from my farming this year, and I was happy when I saw someone else had an accident and didn’t harvest anything, what’s the point of this? Am I still hungry?”< br>
“When I was doing things since I was young, I always made sure there was something I wanted and something I didn’t have. That is to say, as long as I want to do something, I will do whatever it takes to get results. I will never be perfect and I will never let go. If I can achieve 80%, I will achieve 80%. If I can achieve 70%, I will do the same. If the people are not doing things perfectly, why don’t they do it?”
He? Knocked on the table: "The situation in the world is now chaotic and complicated, and the foundation of the Wu Dynasty is in danger. What's the use of literati talking about peaceful principles? For example, the storytellers on the streets of Tokyo, talking about how so-and-so humiliated the domineering envoys of the Liao Kingdom, listen. The reporter was pleased, but if he really encountered the Liao people, he would not have taken a detour. Now our court has returned. Aren't we being bullied by the Liao people? We should face our true hearts and know what we want..."
"Actually, I am still young and not well-educated enough. When I come back this time, I have too much in advance. Thoughts of desire. I knew that bitch was ruthless, but I never thought that Yunzhu was also such a vulgar thing. I'm disappointed. In a few years, I won't be affected by such emotions, but if I just let go and leave this time, it will become a mental block for me and prevent me from thinking clearly." He closed his eyes slightly. My mind flashed back to the dumbfounded and stunned feeling after being slapped on the street that day, and the ridicule in the hearts of many bystanders.
"A man who sacrifices himself for rice, joins a merchant family, and then writes two poems thinks he has become a world-famous scholar. He probably thinks he is unique and unique. A man who does a small business thinks he is so great. Feng Shuang is noble and has forgotten his past identity. They are all ordinary people like ants. Uncle Liu, how can this be such a big deal in today's world? It’s a small matter, done casually. In the future, I will go to Leping and then to Beidi. What does this matter...”
After saying this, he looked outside the store, and two figures were already there. Coming this way in the rain...
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Haiqingfang, Yingbin Restaurant.
In the noisy crowd, in the dim light, Lao Liu stood up from his seat and stood next to Gu Yanzhen. Gu Yanzhen's eyes also flickered slightly, and then he returned to his indifference and calmness. On the other side of the door, two figures wearing raincoats came in. Looking around, some people made eye contact with the two, and their voices became smaller. People who have been here for a long time probably know these two. When the waiter came up to meet him, he was two heads shorter than the leader and looked like a child.
Both of them are tall and burly, and they are not wearing the bunting attire of warriors. They look like fishermen. But the leading man is more than two meters tall, and his body is well-proportioned and strong, with a slightly calm gaze. The other man looks full of flesh. He is slightly shorter than the leading one, but he looks like an iron tower, with dark skin and smaller eyes. , full of hostility. This kind of people are probably the ones that others don't want to mess with in the world. Even Lao Liu, who follows Gu Yanzhen, looks weak compared to them.
Looking around the restaurant, the leader pushed aside the waiter with his big hand and came towards Gu Yanzhen and Lao Liu. Basically, the others didn't pay much attention to them, only a few looked like they were from outside. Warrior is in the store The man was talking loudly at the door. At this moment, he turned to look at the two people. The iron-tower-like man stopped and looked over with wide eyes. These martial arts warriors did not show weakness. The two sides looked at each other for a moment, but in the end it was these martial arts people who withdrew their gaze.
The iron tower followed the people in front of him, and then he thought he had found something in the restaurant. He reached out and touched the big man who was a head taller than him, pointed to the side and said a few words, big man Nodding, Tie Ta walked over to that side, and the big man came to Gu Yanzhen, showed a heroic smile, and slapped Gu Yanzhen on the shoulder.
"Mr. Gu, it's been a long time."
His words were calm but not loud enough to be heard by the people next to him. However, Gu Yanzhen was shaken by the slap. He gritted his teeth and said calmly: "I have something to do, please do it."
"What kind of job is it again?"
"It's almost the same as last time."
"There has been an assassin, and there has been a lot of noise in recent days."
"It will be withdrawn tomorrow. Lost it.”
“Haha, so you are the young master...”
The big man was sitting there, and Gu Yanzhen looked completely out of proportion to his size. He smiled and looked around. Gu Yanzhen was also looking over there at this time, and saw a man pushing aside a stool on the side of the restaurant and running away. The tower walked over a few steps, picked up a stool and knocked the man to the ground.
"Run?" After the second blow, the stool was already broken into pieces, "Old Huang! It's not a good idea not to pay back the money you owe!"
"Just kidding, my brother just accepted it Number of strokes." The big man picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
"Since when did your brothers start lending money at high interest rates?"
"Is this something you should ask?" Gu Yanzhen originally asked that question with a smile, but the big man looked over and said, Suddenly felt a little embarrassed , the big man patted him on the shoulder again, "Brother, you have to be responsible, don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask... The money is not much, and I don't lend money, but since he doesn't plan to repay me, I shouldn't ask him in the first place. I borrowed it.”
At this time, Lao Liu gently tapped Gu Yanzhen's shoulder. Gu Yanzhen looked to the side of the restaurant. Two government servants were walking by outside and noticed the chaos in the restaurant.
"I'll go upstairs." He said this, and after the big man nodded, he and Lao Liu walked toward the stairs. When they reached the top of the stairs, they stopped and looked back.
There were constant sounds of kicking, beating, and cursing in the restaurant, and the man who was beaten kept begging for mercy and trying to escape. This kind of thing is common in Haiqingfang. The two government officials looked at the door for a while, probably because they didn't want to take care of it. But then they saw that the man who had been beaten had vomited blood all over the floor, so the leader of the government officials came over: "Stop! Yang Heng , You want to beat someone to death!"
The two government officials are a head shorter than the iron tower. Maybe together they can equal him, but after all, they are suppressed, so they have to give some face. The man who was beaten to death on the ground struggled up his strength and ran behind the Yamen servant, vomiting blood in his mouth: "Second Master Yang, Second Master, I will definitely pay it back, I will definitely pay it back. I have joined the Tiehe Gang, and my hall leader is Master Tan. Look at his face, give me a break for two days, I You must still..."
"Master Tan? Although our brothers don't have any gangs, your gang leader still has to give us face when he meets us. Is it enough for you to name him?"
As he spoke, he grabbed a stool and threw it at it, and then wanted to chase him. The slightly younger yamen officer suddenly took a step forward to stop him, and pulled out a simple knife in his hand: "Stop!" The knife was pulled out halfway before he was The elderly government servant next to him held down the iron man named Yang Heng. The strong man in the tower stopped when he saw this action: "Boss Zheng, your subordinate is new to the industry, right?"
The older yamen officer looked at him: "You fight again If he goes down, he will die!"
"Huh! "It doesn't matter if you injure or maim someone. If you kill someone directly, you won't be able to explain it to anyone. Yang Heng smiled and snorted, then raised his hand, "Okay, I, Yang Heng, am a law-abiding person. Today, I am a law-abiding person. Give me face, Team Leader Zheng, and he owes me money. , I’m right, I won’t pursue it now, but you have to take care of your new little brother from now on. If you draw a knife at will... what if you scare people to death?"
He stretched out his finger? He nodded silently at the young yamen servant's forehead. The man who was seriously injured in the rear just said: "I will definitely pay it back, I will pay it back..." Yang Heng knelt down and looked at him: "No need to pay it back, just pay for your injuries and medicine! Just remember in the future, there are two people in this world. There are two types of people: one is a gangster, and the other is a desperado. If you want to dirty your money, you should dirty it with the money of those who are also gangsters. You should not dirty it with our brothers!”
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the big man at the head.
The young yamen officer also blushed, and was then dragged out by the older one. Under the rain, he pulled him for a few steps before turning around and leaving: "Monitor, who is that?"
The squad leader was gloomy. He said with a face: "Brothers Yang Yi and Yang Heng, don't mess with them!"
"How can you let these people be so arrogant?"
"These two people... are real death The gang leader..." The squad leader took a deep breath, "But they usually don't cause big troubles, and they are quite measured. Several gangs in Haiqingfang don't dare to mess with them. In the early years, Yang Yi once killed one person. Joined the Iron Sand Gang, dragged a gang leader's intestines and ran around the street three times, and was covered in blood. He is a real ruthless person..."
"...A murder case on his hands?"
"Everyone knows that they must have a murder case, but a fight between gangs is a confusing account that is difficult to manage, and the rest has no evidence. They will not imitate others to make small troubles. This time, the gambling that owed money Ghosts deserve to die too. They lost all their daughters in gambling in the early years. This time, they borrowed money and got it from their brothers. , they deserved this retribution. In the early years, when Leader Lei was here, he thought of punishing them. He arrested Yang Yi and ran away from Yang Heng. Yang Yi stayed in prison and refused to plead guilty no matter what. He made it known outside that if anything happened to his brother, he would kill the younger brother of Lei Ban. In the end... he was let go, but they would also As a human being, I sent gifts to Bantou Lei’s house to express his gratitude. After that, no one wanted to mess with them easily..."
After the elder Yamen said this, the young man was also a little surprised. That year. The chief officer shook his head and said: "In short, if you really want to do it, kill them all at once. If you don't have this opportunity, If so, try to keep it as little as possible, otherwise there will be endless troubles. These brothers are also measured in many things. These are the real ruthless people. There are many gangsters in Haiqingfang... Just take care of these and don't do anything too eye-catching. It's a big deal, that's it..."
Lightning flashed across the sky, and the two government officials walked forward. Being left behind in the restaurant, the Yang brothers walked all the way to the second floor and discussed the deal with Gu Yanzhen in the private room.
In the ancient city of Jiangning, the rain continues...************
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