Chapter 204: Lock the Dragon Well
In the next few days, to select the most lively street in the capital, it must be Zhushikou.
Liufangmen promulgated a "Notice on Carrying out the Work of Cultural Creation and Renovation of the City", and took Zhushikou as a pilot unit to focus on rectifying and inspecting unlicensed operations and unqualified security and fire protection stores.
Originally, the end of the year is approaching, Zhushikou as an important commercial street, each store also wants to take advantage of the end of the year to make a fortune, this policy came out, many unwilling to buy (pay) Ping (Bao) security (protection) insurance (fee) shops, directly shut down. In desperation, these shops held the principle of calming things down and paid the money.
Twenty taels of silver is a bit much, but the insurance period is one year, and there is a fire in a store where the insurance is purchased, and according to the contract, we compensate for the loss of one hundred taels. As soon as this word of mouth spread, other stores saw hope and bought them one after another, and some even paid some more protection fees in order to increase the amount of insurance.
In three days, we collected more than 8,000 taels of silver, went out to sell more than 1,000 taels, withdrew 4,000 taels of compensation reserves, and handed over the remaining 3,000 taels to the White Tiger Hall. Although the White Tiger Hall is subordinate to the Sihe Hall, each hall is also an independent accounting unit, and the three thousand taels are deposited into the money bank of the Qinglong Hall at a cost of monthly interest.
Qi Xiaowei asked me to write a report on the plan and gave it to Zhao Jiuye, who was praised by Zhao Jiuye, and ordered all streets to reform the collection of protection fees according to this plan in the future. In order to embody the principle that only talents are used in the Sihetang, Zhao Jiuye made an exception and promoted me to the assistant to the head of the White Tiger Hall, ranking behind Qi Xiaowei and Li Laohu, and becoming the third in command of the White Tiger Hall.
As for the disappearance of Zhao Long and Zhang Hu, Qi Xiaowei did not pursue it, it was just two male pets, and it didn't take long for her to find two more. Since I was able to open up the relationship between the six doors, and she was happy to sit back and enjoy it, I made up a reason that I had a distant relative among the six doors, and I could say two words in it.
Qi Xiaowei said that on the surface, we are incompatible with the six doors, but in fact, they are mutually beneficial. In particular, some of the six doors are inconvenient to meddle in or some dirty work, and they are transferred to the Sihetang through some channels.
I rose too fast, and the deputy hall master Li Laohu regarded me as a thorn in his side, and he had not had a good face in the past few days, and the reform plan he proposed to me had always been yin and yang, waiting to see my jokes, and saying in front of me that if my plan could work, he would drink the footwashing water of the flower girl in heaven and on earth.
Heaven and earth are the best green buildings in the capital, and this flower girl is as famous in the capital circle as her weight of three hundred catties.
Heaven and earth have always been to provide unconditional service for the purpose, some of them have a strong taste, this flower girl, is for this part of the people. When she first entered the heavens and earth, she was only two hundred pounds, and later as she gained weight, her fame and price also rose. It is said that before she picks up customers, she has to weigh them on the scale, and the overnight fee is charged according to her weight.
Later, when I took the money and went to him to cash it in person, he avoided him, and even when I met him, I would talk about him left and right, and would not take the stubble. After all, he is the second-in-command of Baihutang, and I didn't deliberately force him, but the feeling of slapping his face is still very cool.
On this day, there was heavy snow in the sky, which was the second snow in the capital since the beginning of winter.
I finished my busy work in Zhushikou, and it was already evening. I don't have too many friends in the capital, Zhang Youqian and Lao Sun Tou are people in the six doors, I want to avoid suspicion, think about it, only find the first senior brother and the fifth senior brother to go, before I can reach Xizhimen, I was stopped by Xie Junyan in the middle of the road.
When I saw her indifferent, I knew that she was not Xie Junyan, but the queen of the underworld.
I said, why are you here?
The Queen of the Dead sneered, What's the matter, I miss your Junyan sister? Why don't I leave her to you tonight?
I beat the drum in my heart, this guy is too difficult, even the sword god Feng Wanli is not the enemy of her next move, in the world, except for the hidden great master, who can be her opponent.
Thinking of this, I decided that I couldn't force it, and followed her tone, of course not, but I was also extremely happy to meet my seniors here. Have you eaten it before, recently opened a stinky tofu in Beijing, it tastes good, why don't you take it to taste?
The queen of the underworld carried it with one hand, looking proud, I can't pretend to be a master.
She asked, "Would you like to invite me to dinner?"
I said I didn't want to, but I didn't dare to say it, if a word made her unhappy, let alone kill me, just come lightly, and it would be enough for me to lie down for ten days and a half months. I said loudly, it's my pleasure.
The queen said lightly, today's New Year, let's eat dog meat hot pot.
I looked for a long time, where is there any dog meat hot pot, she was quite impatient, took me to Shangshu Mansion, the two fierce Tibetan mastiffs at the door, saw the queen of the underworld, like a well-behaved teddy, lying on the ground, not daring to move.
With a wave of her hand, the two iron chains broke, and she said in a deep voice, come with me.
Two people and two dogs, walking on the long street on a snowy night, came to a hot pot, and said in the aftermath, what are you waiting for, go to the pot quickly.
I gasped, and dared to bring two dogs to eat me, I said that my meat is a little sour, sister, why don't we change to a different one?
The queen looked disdainful, I talk to the dog, what stubble do you take?
Uh-uh......
The two Tibetan mastiffs were lying on the ground, their faces were full of pleading, their mouths were whining and whining, and with a wave of their hands, the two dogs were killed instantly, looking at me and saying, what are you waiting for, do you want me to do it?
The hot pot is steaming, and my heart is cold and cold.
Ignoring me, she took the dog meat slices, dipped them in the seasoning, and put them in her mouth. To be honest, this action is very elegant, but I have the sadness of a rabbit dying and a fox in my heart. She asked why not to eat?
I said no hunger.
Really not hungry?
I have to say, it's cruel for such two cute dogs to be eaten in your stomach.
The queen snorted coldly, not long ago in Songhe Tower, you and your good brother killed more than a dozen people in one go, I just slaughtered two dogs, you are here to reason with me and talk about cruelty?
I said yes, we're protecting ourselves, you're just trying to get enough of it.
The queen of the underworld disdainfully said, kill is kill, don't make excuses. If you quibble with me again, I'll cook it with you.
I didn't move my chopsticks, but she ate them without hesitation.
In less than half an hour, two Tibetan mastiffs were eaten by one of the queens of the underworld. I said you have a good appetite. The queen rumbled twice, saying that she was still not too full. As he spoke, he stared at me with an inexplicable smile.
I got goosebumps all over my body, and hurriedly said, I heard the doctor say that it is healthiest to eat sixty percent full at night, and it is easy to accumulate food if you eat too much. You see, the food has been eaten, the wine has been drunk, we should go, right?
The queen smiled and said, what, afraid that I will eat you?
I nodded honestly, yes.
Aftermath, don't worry, it's still useful to keep you. And if you really die, Xie Junyan's little girl is too sad, which is not conducive to the recovery of the deity of this seat, wouldn't it be a pity?
I got up to settle the bill, and Gray followed her out.
The queen looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky and said that it was snowing, do you want to call Xie Junyan out to talk to you?
I said what can I say, can I tell her that your body is occupied by another person, and you should be careful in the future?
The queen smiled, this little girl is extremely smart, she has vaguely guessed my existence. But she's also a cautious person, and she won't tell anyone about it. Do you remember that day, she picked up a book in Momoyama?
I vaguely remember this, when the cave was littered with yellowed books, and she had them all in her arms. So he asked, so what?
After the underworld, I said that this girl is smart, and she almost deduced the Yellow Array Diagram Formation with some broken books. This set of formations restrains my deity, and if she really calculates it, I'm afraid I'm going to be annihilated. So, whenever it was a pinch, I would come out and destroy her formation.
I calculated in my heart how much of what I said was true and how much was false. Since she told me this, aren't you afraid that I will say it to Xie Junyan?
I said that it was not too early, and it was too late to go back, and Xie Shangshu would be angry.
The queen didn't answer, but said a word, and followed. As he spoke, he walked towards the east side of the city. Her martial arts have transcended the three realms, even if I have unparalleled skills, in front of her is still pediatric, not a few steps, she stopped and waited for me, and finally impatient, grabbed my arm, I intuition in the ears of the wind, not long, came to Dongzhimen Beixinqiao.
There is no bridge in the north of the new bridge.
The place where the underworld stands is a well, and there is a stone tablet at the mouth of the well to lock the dragon well.
The mouth of the well is made of six large iron chains, which are said to be connected to the bottom of the sea.
According to folklore, there is an evil dragon trapped in this locked dragon well, and there is also a legend here that Emperor Taizu had a nightmare and Yao Guangxiao designed to trap the evil dragon. Of course, the legend is just that, no one will compare the fact that Emperor Taizu actually did not live in Beijing, and the capital of the early Ming Dynasty was in Yingtianfu.
The queen didn't speak, and looked at the locked dragon well in silence.
I felt that the atmosphere was a little depressing, and asked tentatively, the seniors called the kid over, wouldn't it be to remember the places of interest. The Queen looked at me and said, "It is rumored that there is an evil dragon trapped here."
I said in my heart that you have read too many fantasy novels, and the evil dragon, the underworld alone is enough for me to digest for a long time, but I said, I believe it! As long as you say a word, I will jump down and catch the evil dragon, to be honest, I really haven't eaten the dragon meat hot pot.
I didn't expect me to say such a thing, I sneered, and my peerless and arrogant face made me feel a little relaxed, she asked, do you really believe it?
I said in amazement, in fact, I am an atheist, but since my predecessors said that there is, then there is.
The queen said, "Then what do you say these six chains are for?"
I'm not Liu Bowen, and the capital was not designed by me, how do I know, so I said nonsense, it is rumored that as long as these six iron chains are pulled out, the water of the sea will be introduced into the capital, I think, this is a water conservancy project through a culvert.
The Queen laughed, you're only half right.
I wondered, half?
The queen said lightly, this locked dragon well is actually one of the eyes of the Shocking Array.
I was shocked in my heart, I have heard of this amazing array, ranked first in the three strange arrays of "A Brief History of Jianghu", it is rumored that it was founded by Lu Zu that year, gathering the world's luck in the capital, and bless the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years, but I heard that the first strange array in the world has long been destroyed.
The Queen commanded, jumping down.
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PS: Amway's novel "Burning Sky Road" written by a friend, Chu Cheng was reborn, holding a cigarette and holding a brick, fighting all over the world, burning the road to the sky. Yes, I was reborn with a cigarette lighter, and I recommend it, I can't confiscate the money.