Chapter 63: Deadly Means
From a distance, I watched a group of strong men wearing black yin danshilin robes walking along the street with a boy, and the two little apprentices who were guarding the entrance of the main gate of the fire suddenly jumped up, got into the crack in the door that was only an arm's width wide, and screamed in a throat that had not changed his voice: "The man who leaked the roof of our house with a gun is here again!" β
The palm holding the tea bowl trembled, and Na Jiuye, who was sitting on the main seat in the main hall of the main gate of the fire, took a deep breath and stabilized his mind, and then shouted to a few little apprentices standing on both sides of the hall: "Open the door and welcome guests!" β
Simply agreed, and a few little apprentices neatly opened the two doors, but they retreated into the lobby one after another, completely losing the usual appearance when standing at the door of the lobby to greet guests!
After half a day's work, some people were found in the main gate of the fire to inquire about the origin of the boy's brother. But on weekdays, those ghosts in the field who seem to know everything in Sijiu City can't say anything about the ins and outs of this boy.
With the fragmentary information that is easy to hear, and secretly figuring it out in private, it is only then that Qi probably figured out that this son should be from Zhejiang, and the father of the family has a lot of guns in Zhejiang Province, collecting donations and taxes, covering prostitution and gambling. It is also because of the great power of the family, the officials of the Republic of China government in Sijiu City took fun and invited several sons and brothers with similar status and power in China's territory to Beijing, saying that they wanted to discuss some national affairs, but in fact
According to those literate and hyphenated gentlemen, this is also a group of mountain kings who intercept the road and let their sons get together to discuss how to divide the territory! Anyway, no matter how you divide it, it's still the people who are unlucky and sad!
I stayed in Sijiu City for less than seven days, in addition to letting my subordinates open the skylight on the roof of the hall at the entrance of the main gate of the fire with 20 rings of virtue, the boy also took a fancy to a Danjiao in a theater garden, and before the play was over, he asked his subordinates to take a handful of 20 rings of Dezao and ten big yellow croakers in front of the head of the troupe, and that night the Danjiaoer, who was only 14 years old, was ruined!
is such a scourge of the master of the seedlings, naturally he can avoid as far as he can, and no one is happy to come forward, right?
Looking at the few little apprentices who were timidly dodging in the lobby, Na Jiuye sighed slightly, and put down the tea bowl in his hand on the table: "Let's all stay in the back, if you don't hear the greeting, don't come out!" β
When the words fell, the nine monkeys who had been standing beside Na Jiu Ye said to Na Jiu Ye in a loud voice: "I'm afraid this won't work, in front of the main entrance of our fire, how can we say that there is no way to welcome guests, right?!" Sit down, sit, I'll come! β
Without waiting for the ninth master to stop him again, the nine monkeys strode to the side of the gate, and shouted in a loud voice in the face of a few big men who rushed in: "There are distinguished guests here!" β
In the sharp and crisp shouting, the nine monkeys quickly pinched a cloth resting on the side of the gate to whisk the dust, almost rubbing the cracks between the few big men and drilled into front of the boy who was protected by several big men, the cloth in his hand was gently patted by the dust, and the auspicious words in his mouth were read out like a cannon: "This lord, you are high under your feet!" The streets of Sijiu City are dusty, and you are not used to walking gold bricks and stepping on jade steps on weekdays! If you don't raise dust and dirt when you enter the house, you will definitely go to the hall in the future, and it is an ordinary thing to worship the marquis, and you have to sit on the chair of Kowloon! β
In the auspicious words with a crisp voice, the cloth whisk dust in the hands of the nine monkeys had already swept away the little dust on the upper of the boy's shoes lightly and neatly.
Perhaps it was because of the auspicious words spoken by the nine monkeys, a smile appeared more or less on the gloomy face of the boy. Raising his hand and waving away a few big men who grabbed over to catch the nine monkeys, the boy raised his leg and kicked heavily at the nine monkeys who had not been able to straighten his waist: "Do you want you to be a monkey cub with a lot of mouth?!" Looking for a fight, isn't it? β
was kicked into a rolling gourd by the boy's brother's legs, but the nine monkeys got up from the ground with dexterity, nodded and sneered at the boy's brother: "The noble man stepped on it, and the dog became a unicorn!" The apprentice of the Fire Sect Nine Monkeys, thank you for the reward here! β
sneered disdainfully, the boy seemed to have seen too many flattering characters around him, and snorted coldly and shouted at the nine monkeys: "Good dogs don't get in the way, take the reward money and get out of the way!" β
With a dazzled smile, he picked up a few pieces of ocean thrown by a big man in front of him, and the nine monkeys flashed to the side quickly, turned his head and shouted to Na Jiuye, who had already stood up to greet the guests: "There is a distinguished guest here, please welcome the head of the house!" β
Ignoring Na Jiu Ye, who bowed to him, the boy sat down on the main seat in the main hall of the main gate of the fire with a big grin, and raised his hand to sweep the tea bowl that Na Jiu Ye put on the table next to the main seat to the ground: "Where are my things?!" Take it out! β
Holding back the uneasiness and anger in his heart, Na Jiu Ye turned around and bowed to the boy again: "This master, the things you want are already served!" It's just that"
With a roll of his eyelids, the boy stretched out his hand to the black-clothed man beside him, and the black-clothed man next to him immediately handed a small Browning pistol to the boy's hand.
Grabbing the Browning pistol and playing with a gun, the boy raised his hand and shot at the roof: "You can listen to meβI'll serve that thing, and you can take it out for me!" If you don't serve well, then"
lowered the muzzle of the gun, and the boy pointed the muzzle of the gun directly at Na Jiuye, who was trembling with fright: "You said that my bullet hit your head, is the thing that collapsed red or white?" β
Qiang Zi calmed his mind, Na Jiuye trembled his arms, and slowly hugged his fist towards the boy's brother: "You thing, it's really good to serve!" But if you don't follow the rules of serving things, then you will destroy me, and your things will be destroyed in your own hands! I'll tell you one more thing - but in these four or nine cities, you can find a master who can serve a thrush in three days and learn thirty-six calls, and you will collapse me! β
slapped the Browning pistol in his hand on the table next to him, and the boy raised Erlang's legs, and looked at Na Jiuye, who was forced to be calm, with interest: "Ho, you're still an old green skin?!" It's just a bird, bring the bird to you, and you will strangle it to play! You're really a horn, aren't you?! β
As soon as the words fell, he entered the courtyard from the main gate of the fire, and suddenly a crisp yellow oriole chirped sounded. You don't have to listen carefully, the crisp and watery chirping of the oriole already makes people feel as if they are sitting in the shade of a wild forest in the dog days, listening to the chirping of wild birds, how can they feel comfortable.
As if awakened by the chirping of the oriole, a sharp wren cry came from the second courtyard. Swifts, starlings, larks, cuckoos, and other birds all rushed to chirp.
With round eyes, the boy who was sitting in the main seat was completely attracted by the sound of birdsong one after another, forgetting where he was, and just pricked up his ears to listen carefully. Even the black-clothed men who occupied all corners of the main entrance of the fire all looked shocked, but none of them made a single movement, lest they interrupt the continuous birdsong of the day!
With the sound of a thrush chirping higher than a door, the birdsong from the second courtyard finally came to an end. And in the moments after the birdsong ended, Xiang Youbao, who was holding a bird cage covered with a black cloth in one hand and an oil-paper bag in the other, had already walked lightly into the main hall of the fire.
Extremely carefully put the bird cage next to the dumbfounded son-in-law, Xiang Youbao bowed his hand to the child-in-law who had not yet come to his senses, and at the same time suppressed his voice to the lowest level, almost like a whisper to the son-in-law: "This master, the thing you want me to serve at the main gate of the fire has been adjusted, can you test it?" β
didn't wait for the boy to speak, but Xiang Youbao whispered to the boy again: "It's just one thing, you sent this silver eyebrow and gold thrush, I'm afraid that when you catch it, it will make people frightened, and you can no longer stand the scare, and you have to touch the clean water!" β
Squinting his eyes, it was obvious that he had just come back from the sound of birdsong, and sneered, grabbed the Browning pistol and put it on the head of the leopard: "Just with a bird that can call a few times, you dare to pinch me?!" β
Turning a blind eye to the black-clothed man beside him who also drew a gun and pointed at him, Xiang Youbao still lowered his voice and whispered to the boy: "This lord, you are a nobleman, no matter how valuable things in the world are, it is estimated that it is a joke in your eyes!" But I'm going to say a lot here, what kind of really valuable things in this world can be bought with money? If anyone can buy something for money, how valuable can it be? β
Secretly glancing at the boy's brother's face, Xiang Youbao slowly raised his finger and pointed to the birdcage placed in the boy's brother's hand: "The golden thrush in front of me, it is said that it is in the Sijiu City, even if it is on the ground in the whole of China, this is the only one!" β
Stretching out two fingers, Xiang Youbao gently lifted the black cloth covering the birdcage, and angrily pouted at the thrush that was unusually active in the birdcage because of the sudden light: "This thing also has a unique job, it can sing three times in a row thirty-six mouths!" After singing three times, you can feed the bird food made from the dried grasshopper, and after forty-eight hours, the bird will be able to call it again! I'm not afraid to show off in front of you, back then, in the palace inside, there was such a thing raised by the side of the Empress Dowager Cixi Lafayette, like a baby's heart, and the feeding was done by the Empress Dowager Cixi Lafayette herself"
Obviously shocked by Fang Cai's series of crisp birdsong, and then moved by Xiang Youbao's rather demagogic words, the boy unconsciously lowered his voice: "Is there really such a rare bird?" β
Holding up the oil-paper bag in his other hand, Xiang Youbao carefully re-covered the black cloth covering the bird cage: "It is said that seeing is believing, and hearing is false, but now we have to see and hear together, so as to show the unique work of this bird that has just been served!" β
pursed his lips, and the leopard whistled loudly towards the black-clothed cage. As the whistle fell, from the birdcage, a series of crisp and melodious birdsong really came. After thirty-six calls in a row, the thrush in the cage seemed to have a temperament, and raised the tone with a tactful voice, and another thirty-six consecutive calls came out crisp and bright!
Without waiting for the boy who heard the dancing eyebrows to make any side moves, the third string of birdsong, which almost pierced through the clouds and cracked silk, sounded again from the birdcage covered with black cloth. With the last thrush bird that raised several tones fell, the muzzle of the boy and brother on the door of Xiangyou's leopard's head had already been moved, but it was replaced by a big brother who picked in front of Xiangyou's leopard's eyes!
Humbly hunched his waist, Xiang Youbao held the base of the bird cage with both hands, and respectfully handed the bird cage to the eyes of the boy's brother: "This bird has just practiced calling for you three times, you have to rest well these days!" This bird is so clean on weekdays, don't be surprised! The black cloth covering the cage is opened every two hours, and the bird's food and water must be clean."
didn't bother to listen carefully to Xiang Youbao's almost nagging advice, the boy raised his hand and signaled the strong man standing behind him to take over the birdcage in Xiang Youbao's hand, but he signaled another strong man to throw two big yellow croakers on the table, and walked away without saying hello!
Looking at the son-in-law who was surrounded by a group of strong men from afar, Na Jiuye, who had been standing next to him and was forced to calm down, his legs were weak, and he collapsed like mud: "This meeting is going to kill me."
The eye quickly helped Na Jiuye, and Xiang Youbao signaled Jiu Monkey to quickly pour a bowl of hot tea for Na Jiuye, and at the same time dragged Na Jiuye to the chair with half support and half a frame: "My uncle, what are you afraid of?" Zuo is just a boy who doesn't know anything, why are you afraid of doing this? β
Trembling and slapping, Na Jiuye wiped the sweat gushing out of his forehead with his sleeve, and stumbled and shouted at Xiang Youbao: "Why are you afraid of being like this?" Just this one, killing someone is like crushing a bedbug! If there is a little bit for him to see that something is wrong, I am afraid that there will be dozens of mouths up and down the main gate of our fire, and there will be no one left who can breathe! β
He sent a bowl of hot tea to Na Jiu Ye with both hands, and the nine monkeys who had been kicked on his body laughed and smiled at the frightened Na Jiu Ye: "Just such a son, brother, it is said that these tricks that my senior brother Na has figured out, that is, the master of the Roll Bag Club in Sijiu City can also be blinded into it!" I said, brother, how are I doing that job? It's just a few strokes of cleaning with a cloth, and all the fine fluff on the pestilence chicken's body is sprinkled in the placket of the boy's brother's clothes, and there is no bad thing at all! β
raised his hand and slapped the triumphant nine monkeys on the head, and the leopard slapped it, revealing a yellow and clear eight-tone whistle in front of Na Jiuye's eyes: "Uncle Shi, look, this is the eight-tone whistle we hid in the mezzanine of the bird cage, I have already retrieved it!" After a few days, the thrush infected with the plague died, and it was said that it would not be our fire to break the sky! Besides, the son's brother Ming'er will return to Zhejiang, can he still kill a bird and go back to Sijiu City? β
After pouring a large bowl of hot tea together, Na Jiuye, who had finally calmed down a little, nodded slightly, but quickly shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that golden thrush"
With a raised brow, Xiang Youbao lowered his voice very proudly and smiled at Na Jiuye: "This uncle, you are distressed!" The thrush I took away for that boy was touched by me on the old official garden, and he was so sick that he didn't eat much! Take the potion to dye the color of the hair, and get some medicine to flush the blood, and it looks exactly like the golden thrush! I also mixed the bird's food with the blood of the plague, so that the bird would not live for seven days."
With round eyes, Na Jiu Ye pointed at Xiang Youbao with a gurgling throat and shouted: "You unlucky kid can kill a bird, that plague of chicken blood may be able to pass on people, and it will kill people!" β
put away a playful face, and a hint of fierceness flashed in the eyes of the leopard: "Have you heard?" Just a few days ago, a fourteen-year-old Danjiaoer, Leng just called this boy brother to be ruined to death! That little Danjiao is also a human life! Whoever lives is fate! β
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But on the day it was put on the shelves, why did I suddenly feel like I was writing children's literature?