Chapter 62 Beacon Yangzhou Road

The next morning, the ship arrived at the Minnesota wharf. Everyone got off the boat, Cui Hong went to find the carriage, Du Dalei came to Cui Xiaoniang, and said flatteringly: "Sister, what do you want to eat early, I'll buy it for you." ”

Cui Xiaoniang's eyes were red, her face was pale, and she didn't have a good rest. She turned her head away and ignored Du Dalei.

Du Dalei scratched his head and said, "Sister, let me tell you a joke." It is said that once upon a time, there was a widow who set up a stall on the side of the street, and no one had seen her laugh for ten years, and there was no one else in her family except a dog who guarded the door for her. ”

Cui Xiaoniang was a little curious, listened carefully, and Du Dalei continued,

"Two people in the neighborhood were idle and bored, and one named Zhang San said to Li Si: 'I said that if I say one word, I can make the widow laugh, and if I say one more word, I can make her slap me, do you believe it?'

Of course Li Si didn't believe it, the slaughter widow never smiled, men and women don't kiss, and the widow can't slap a man, so Zhang San made a bet with Li Si and said that he would bet on the money. In the afternoon, the widow set up a stall, and the dog was inseparable from her, and naturally followed her, so Zhang San walked over, respectfully kowtowed to the dog, and called 'Daddy', the widow was stunned, although she wanted to make a straight face, and finally couldn't help laughing.

Then Zhang San knelt in front of her again and called her 'mother', she immediately blushed, even her neck was thick, she slapped Zhang San hard, turned around and left. ”

Cui Xiaoniang listened to the joke, leaned back and closed her back, and she was about to get angry. The two maids next to him also covered their mouths and laughed. Du Dalei salivated and leaned up, "Sister, aren't you angry?" It's not pretty to be angry. ”

Cui Xiaoniang couldn't help laughing, glared at Du Dalei, made a "hum" in her nose, and still ignored him. Du Dalei looked at her coquettishly, and her bones were crispy.

At this time, Cui Hong came back and said that the carriage would not come for a while, so he took everyone to breakfast. After eating, the carriage also arrived, everyone boarded the carriage in turn, and the six carriages marched towards the Cui family manor.

Two hours later, the convoy arrived at Cui's estate. Everyone got out of the car and walked to the manor. There were many people coming and going along the way, and there were many more people than usual. Cui Hong explained: "These are the managers and shopkeepers of commercial banks in various places, and they have to come here at the end of each year to take stock and report on the work of the year, so there are more people." ”

Du Dalei said with emotion: "Your Cui family is really a big business!" It is worthy of a family that has been inherited for thousands of years. ”

Cui Hong smiled bitterly and said, "I hope there won't be any problems!" ”

Du Dalei hummed as he walked: "The dance pavilion and song platform, the wind is always blown away by the rain and wind, the slanting sun and grass trees, the ordinary alleys and alleys, and the humane slaves once lived. Thinking about Jin Ge Iron Horse back then, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger------ "He sang the 'Beacon Yangzhou Road' of the reincarnation band."

Cui Xiaoniang walked behind, carefully identifying the lyrics sung by Du Dalei, and thought, this long and short sentence is very good! The three tunes and lyrics made by the third brother Zhe shook the entire Jiangnan literary circle, and the fourth brother Du sang very good words, but the tune was a little weird, as if the rough man was shouting hoarsely.

The group came to the main hall of Cui's house, and a servant went to report to Cui Dao, and everyone sat down and waited. Cui Xiaoniang said goodbye to everyone and went into the backyard to meet her mother and sister-in-law. Before leaving, he said to Du Dalei: "I will go to you tomorrow, and you can write down the words of the song you sang today, otherwise, hum ---."

Cui Xiaoniang's beautiful big eyes glared at Du Dalei, and she shook her little fists. Du Dalei was a little stunned, patted his chest and said: "Sister, wrap it on my brother and me, and I'll give you the lyrics tomorrow." ”

Cui Xiaoniang took the maid away, everyone waited for a while, and Cui Daoshu walked in from behind. He greeted everyone politely and asked the servants to prepare tea and snacks.

After everyone sat down, Cui Daoshu asked, "Why did the two brothers come suddenly without notifying me in advance?" ”

Du Da Lei said happily: "The main thing is to send your sister back for the New Year, and Da Lang and I want to ensure her safety." By the way, look at you, I haven't seen you for a month, and I still miss you. ”

Cui Daoshu shook his head, "Fourth brother, do you believe what you said?" Anyway, I don't believe it, so let's tell me why you came. ”

He looked at Cui Hong and raised his eyebrows, "Steward Cui, did you find them?" You're so clever! ”

Cui Hong lowered his head and just didn't speak. Du Dalei gave Cui Daoshu a look, "Let's go to your study and talk about it in detail later, I have something to ask you." ”

Everyone said some unnutritious words again, and Cui Daoshu got up and walked to the study with Du Dalei, An Dalang, and Cui Hong. Entering the study, Cui Daoshu dismissed the servants and maids and closed the door.

Cui Hong came over and bowed to the ground, and said, "Master of the family, I went to the island to invite the two of you, you can punish me!" ”

Cui Daoshu helplessly helped Cui Hong up, "Hey, I also know that you are worried about me, but you are so excited, okay?" ”

Du Dalei shouted: "What's wrong, I've been on that broken island for a few months, I really can't stand it, I took the initiative to ask to come here, just to enjoy a few days and live the life of a local tyrant." I said Xiao Cui, you won't pick the door like the boss and won't give me any money, right? ”

Cui Daoshu was stunned, he didn't expect Du Dalei to say such a thing. Because according to the general script, Du Dalei should say some bold words, expressing his willingness to stick a knife in the ribs for his brothers, and then the brotherhood is deep, and everyone is moved.

He shook his head and dispelled some ridiculous thoughts, "Money is not a problem, the last thing we lack now is money, and the fourth brother can have as much as he wants." ”

An Dalang squinted his eyes and said to Du Dalei: "When the boss leaves, you can order, let me watch you, don't let you drink, don't let you go out, just stay honestly, and practice martial arts with me if you are bored." ”

Du Dalei shivered, and immediately turned into a deflated eggplant, sat on the chair and began to pretend to be a good baby.

Cui Daoshu asked some more about the situation on the island, and arranged for the two of them to rest. After the two settled, An Dalang took Du Dalei and the five guards brought from the island and began to wander around the manor to see if there were any suspicious characters and observe the defense of the long house.

After walking for an afternoon, I didn't see any suspicious people, but I found a lot of loopholes in the defense of the long house. An Dalang went to find Li Jinyang, the boss of the 'Eight Heroes of the Divine Arrow', who is now the leader of the Changfang Guard.

After everyone met, they were very affectionate, and Li Jinyang inquired about Fan Jinchun and Hu Shuiyang on the island. An Dalang introduced the situation of the two, one of whom is now in charge of the escort team, and the other is the general contractor, managing the real estate business on the island.

Li Jinyang was very happy for his brothers and said that he would invite the two to drink. An Dalang stopped Li Jinyang, who was going to arrange a banquet, and said solemnly: "We have a very important task this time, and we must not drink." ”

Li Jinyang saw that An Dalang, who was usually good at drinking and greedy for glasses, was so serious, and couldn't help but pay attention to it, "Dalang, do you have anything to do, can I help with anything?" ”

An Dalang patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, you and I are friends in trouble, and we have fought hard with bandits on the sea ship, can I trust you?" ”

Li Jinyang's eyes widened, gritted his teeth and said, "Da Lang, you saved my life on the boat, if I don't help you, is it still a human being?" There will be five thunderstorms from the sky! ”

An Dalang smiled with relief, pulled Li Jinyang to sit down together, looked at no one around, and said: "We got the news that someone is going to be bad for the head of the family, so we came to protect him." ”

Li Jinyang frowned, "I also feel that the atmosphere in the manor is a little strange these days, but I can't tell where there is a problem, is it so difficult that someone really wants to make trouble?" ”

An Dalang said with a solemn face: "We must do a good job of guarding and try our best to protect the head of the family." I walked around this afternoon and found a hole in the defense that had to be filled. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, and I'll do whatever you say to adjust it."

At the same time, on Qishan Island, Zhao Zizhong and Boris were inspecting the personal martial arts of the guards, preparing to select some people to take away.

He first let a hundred members run five or six kilometers of mountain roads, and then began to fight freely, selected more than 20 people who seemed to be able to fight, and then sent down some wooden knives and guns, and let these 20 people fight against each other, and finally selected 12 people.

To his surprise, Zhai Xiaoshan, who looked thin, was also selected. Zhao Zizhong came to a valley with twelve guards, and he asked people to fetch a few bows and two crossbows, and erected five arrow targets more than seventy meters away.

Zhao Zizhong asked the guards to take turns to test shoot, hoping to find a few archers. The first group of five men stepped forward with bows and crossbows and began to shoot, each shooting ten arrows. He held up the telescope to observe the target, and the best result was six arrows on the target, he shook his head and asked the second group to come forward and test fire.

Zhai Xiaoshan was on the far left of the second group, he walked up and picked up a bow, pulled it a few times, tested the strength of the bow, and then opened the bow with an arrow, took a slight aim, and released his right hand. The arrow flew out in a parabola like a meteor and hit the bull's-eye.

He continued to fire his bow and arrows, and in a very short time, all ten arrows were fired, and none of them hit the target. Zhao Zizhong carefully observed the arrow target in the telescope and found that the arrows were only evenly distributed on the target, indicating that Zhai Xiaoshan consciously controlled the landing point.

Zhao Zizhong put down the binoculars, walked up to Zhai Xiaoshan, and said with a smile: "You shoot quite well, how long have you been practicing?" ”

Zhai Xiaoshan put down the bow in his hand and said a little shyly: "I started learning archery with my father when I was eight years old, and I practiced for five or six years. ”

Zhao Zizhong asked people to take the crossbow brought from later generations and began to teach Zhai Xiaoshan to use it. After practicing for about two hours, Zhai Xiaoshan was already proficient in using it, and his head was not bad, Boris came over and said, "Lao Zhao, this crossbow will be used for him in the future, it is much more accurate than me." ”