The presence of officers of the priesthood is official business. Pan Mei thought very thoughtfully, Deng She no longer shirked, handled the documents at hand properly, led the pro-soldiers, and everyone went out of the provincial capital.

The outer building was on Hualiu Street, and it was getting late at this time, but seeing the brilliant lights, the whole street was crowded with people, and it was very lively, compared with other places in the city, it was a world of difference. Pan Mei had many acquaintances, and she walked all the way to greet her, and after a while, she came to the front of a tall building.

Deng She raised his eyes and saw that there were two or three stories high, and each floor was hung with red lanterns. There are several rooms upstairs with open windows, and the figures of singers and dancers are faintly visible, and the sounds of men and women laughing are in the ears. Seven or eight turtle slaves wrapped in green scarves stood outside the building to greet guests, Pan Mei jumped off the horse and smiled at Deng She: "This is here." Deng Shuai, what do you think? ”

Deng She pointed to the doors on both sides of the building and said: "The bamboo leaves are poured in the cup, and the peach blossoms are dotted on the face, haha, and the wine is served in both colors." The place chosen by General Pan is naturally good. With that, he also dismounted, Pan Mei took his hand, and the two walked into the building.

There is a warbler in the building, the hall is full of high seats, the voices are noisy, there is a high platform in front of you, there is a music group where to perform, in the sound of silk and bamboo orchestra, two oily and powdery singers sing in a shallow voice. Deng She listened to two sentences, he knew a little about popular tunes, but what he heard them sing was Ma Zhiyuan's Yue tune "Little Pink", which happened to be sung to the end of the two sentences: "The host loves guests, ordinary greetings and sends, and the parrot is in the golden cage." ”

These two sang well, and the song fell, and the applause was endless. Pan Mei laughed: "A good host loves guests, and he usually welcomes and sends off." He rolled his eyes, looked around, raised his voice, and asked, "But I don't know where the master is?" ”

There was silence in the hall, and countless eyes turned to it. Although the visitors in the hall were wearing civilian clothes, Deng She saw that most of them were officers, and ordinary people dared to be so reckless, for fear that they would not go out early.

It's just that Pan Mei, as Pan Cheng's righteous son, has a low official position and a very high status, so it can be said that except for a few people such as the three Pingzhang, there is no one bigger than him in Liaoyang City. Everyone looked at it a few times, recognized it, and the unfamiliar ones turned around and continued to drink and have fun, and the familiar ones came over one after another, laughing and saying hello.

One person separated the crowd and hurriedly ran over, and said with a smile: "General Pan, you are here, it is hard to ask the villain to wait." "He was not tall, fat and short, with two short legs, and he was very funny when he was running. Deng She recognized that it seemed to be an official under the left and right divisions. It turns out that the green building on Hualiu Street is full of official camps, and seeing that its business is booming, it must have a lot of money, no wonder Fang Buzhen repeatedly advised, and Guan Duo refused to prohibit it.

Pan Mei scolded with a smile: "You old turtle, what kind of score do you put on?" I have to call Pan Ye personally! The man came to the front, shook it to the end, and said with a smile: "General Pan is not ignorant, the villain works hard, and at night, he is so busy that he hits the back of the head with his foot, which is rude." Seeing Deng She, he bowed down again and said, "Deng Shuai is also here?" Please, please, please. ”

Deng She nodded with a smile, the sky was sultry, there were many people in the building, and it was hot, and everyone's faces were sweating. The man's eyes were smart, and he greeted him one after another, and two people wearing black scarves and black shirts* held basin towels and asked them to wash their hands and cool down first.

Pan Mei wiped two handfuls casually, dropped the towel, and asked, "Have they arrived?" The man said, "I came a long time ago, and the villain arranged it upstairs according to General Pan's orders." Pan Mei nodded and said, "Deng Shuai, please do it." He hugged the surrounding people, "Everyone, have fun, my little brother has gone upstairs." After a pause, he said with a smile, "The big war is coming, you must take it easy, don't flash your waist and annoy the officials." ”

The crowd laughed and got out of the way, and Panmei took Dunsher by the way, and followed Humpty Dumpty through the hall and up to the third floor. He knew that Deng She had come for the first time and introduced to him: "This outer building is the first floor on Hualiu Street, which is different from the rules of other places. The ground floor, the second floor, as long as you have money, you can come; Only this third layer only greets officials. If you don't have an official body or are above the seventh grade, no matter how rich you are, you can't get in. ”

Deng She nodded, indicating that he knew, and thought: "Guan Duo's move is nothing more than differential treatment and people's hearts. "The three floors are all private rooms, and on the corridor covered with thick carpets, the feet are silent, and outside the door of each private room, there are quietly standing maids and turtle slaves waiting to be greeted and waited at any time, and as soon as the short and fat man appears, everyone kneels, and their heads fall to the ground, and they dare not lift them.

Humpty Dumpty didn't look at it, and strode over, and the place arranged by Pan Mei was at the very end, which was the largest one. When I opened the door, there were already seven or eight people sitting inside, all of whom stood up and clenched their fists in response. Deng She and them met for the third time, the first time, at the Guan Duo military meeting; The second time, this morning, I was busy answering the favor. After glancing at it, Pan Mei was right, and sure enough, there were a few generals from the Guan Duo family.

Two of them are still acquaintances, one is a stammering old Li, named Li Jing; A person who provoked him from time to time, with a Henan accent, was named Xu Ren. After the ceremony, the guests and hosts took their seats. Humpty Dumpty asked, "General Pan, are you all the guests?" Pan Mei nodded, didn't say much, and said directly: "Serve wine and food!" He looked at Humpty Dumpty's eyes and said with a smile: "I know that you are busy, and I don't want to accompany you, go back to your turtle shell!" Humpty Dumpty answered, and was not angry, but grinned and led the door out.

A thin officer smiled and said, "This guy surnamed Wang is getting thicker and thicker-skinned. Mixed in this group of bitches in the kiln nest, there was a little bit of a happy look, Guan Pingzhang asked him to take care of Hualiu Street, and he really knew how to make good use of it. ”

Li Jing is notoriously talkative, and he said: "Guan and Guan Pingzhang employ people, so naturally they didn't say anything." To say that this old man, Lao Wang, has contributed a lot to the neutrality of our army. Pan Mei smiled and said, "What do you say?" Li Jing said: "Small, small news, only this building outside the building, a month income ...... money, I estimate, will be able to catch up with the tax of a small city." ”

Deng She was taken aback, some people didn't believe it, and said: "Lao Li, you are good at everything, just a little, you love to brag too much!" Lao Li said: "Who doesn't know the name of my bag and Bao inquire, and he never lies." ”

Pan Mei knew that what Lao Li said was true. A Liaoyang red scarf turned to fight outside the Saiwai, and captured many cities, especially at the beginning of the year, when it fell into Shangdu, "the place where the poor are in the south of the Yangtze River and rich in the north", they are simply rich and flowing, and under the plunder, the officers are rich. Second, most of the official prostitutes in this building are the wives and concubines of the wealthy families of the officials in the cities who have been captured, and their appearance may be ordinary, and their former identities are there, which is very attractive to the officers who were born with mud legs. There is no other pastime in the city, so isn't this Hualiu Street the only gold cave?

He smiled and said: "Lao Li, Lao Li, you have the same name as a famous general in vain, you don't think about how to fight well, what is going on in your mind all day long?" Guan Pingzhang knows how to make good use of people, why didn't he send you to the scout team? It's worthy of the name of your bag inquiry. ”

Lao Li smiled and said no more. Deng She watched coldly, and saw that although they were sitting together, after all, the factions were distinct, and it was okay to face the general middle-level generals of Pan Mei's lineage, but against Pan Mei, Lao Li, as a descendant of Guan Duo, couldn't help but have some scorn on his face.

While talking and laughing, the banquet was arranged, the maidservant girl withdrew, and the short and fat man came back again, led a group of official prostitutes, distributed them to everyone, and commanded them to sit together. Everyone present, except for Deng She, are all regular customers, Humpty Dumpty knows their preferences and good looks, and the arrangements are appropriate, and everyone is satisfied.

At the end, he bowed his hand to Deng She and said, "Deng Shuai came for the first time, and the villain didn't know what Deng Shuai liked. I have heard the name of Deng Shuai for a long time, and people say that the kung fu of Goryeo women waiting for people is unparalleled in the world, and the villain building is full of some rural vulgarity, which can be compared, I am afraid that there is no ,......"

He pointed to the woman sitting next to Deng She, and said, "Fortunately, a few days ago, the Japanese people in Jinzhou offered a few Japanese girls in order to get along with us. Guan Pingzhang sent one, the original goods, no one has tasted it, it is finally an exotic flavor, Deng Shuai uses it slowly, if he is not satisfied, the villain will change it again. "Deng She is illustrious and noble, and he is like a popular person, this short and fat old king is obviously flattering.

Deng She's heart moved, he looked at the widow, she looked very thoughtful, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Wang." He thought to himself, "Did you send it from Golden State?" In this way, Guan Duo has already hooked up with the Japanese in Jin and Fuzhou, I don't know how to talk about it? "It is not expected to appease the fears of the Japanese pirates, or persuade them not to move, or ask for a joint effort to capture the state. Sure enough, he is scheming and calculating, and he will fight the state, and if he does not move, he will win.

Deng She was satisfied, Pan Mei was not satisfied, he frowned and asked, "What about the bead curtain show?" Lao Wang replied: "General Pan wait a while, Zhu Lianxiu is changing his clothes, and he will be there in a while." Pan Mei didn't have anything to say, he threw Lao Wang, he raised his glass and said: "Deng Shuai is in Goryeo, and I don't see you every day, although Deng Shuai doesn't care, we can't lose our duty as subordinates." Today's banquet, there is nothing else, take this opportunity to pat Deng Shuai's ass more, and in the future, I can beg Deng Shuai to give us a free job. Ha ha. ”

As soon as his voice fell, he stood up, and they all came to Deng She to toast with wine glasses. Deng She suffered a loss, how could he be fooled again? Busy also got up and said with a smile: "All the generals are bold people, fighting in the south and the north, I have admired the name for a long time, and I am very pleased to be able to drink with you today." It's just that the amount of alcohol is shallow, and I don't dare to drink more; The war is coming, and you have to get up early tomorrow. So, how about a drink? ”

Since Deng She is a Shangguan, he can't help but listen to what he says; Everyone who came had something in their hearts, so they persuaded a little bit, and took advantage of the situation to touch a cup together.

Deng She lit up the bottom of the cup, took a picture to everyone, and said: "Speaking of which, I have to thank General Pan, since I returned to Liaoyang, I wanted to meet you for a long time, but unfortunately I have not had time to spare, and it has been delayed so far." He stretched out his hand and said, "Please be seated, please be seated." "Put down the empty glass, and pour wine with the official prostitute.

After a few gossips, the topic turned to the upcoming battle in southern Liaoning. These people here, compared to Hu Zhong and others, deserve the Pingzhang lineage, have seen and heard a lot higher, Zuo Li said: "The day before yesterday in the provincial capital, I met a sentry who had just returned from Gaizhou, and when we fought Liaozhou, we were in the same camp, so we were acquainted. ”

These words immediately aroused everyone's interest, and Xu Ren, who had stammered Lao Li, asked, "How is the situation in Gaizhou?" Zuo Li glanced at Pan Mei and said: "Gaizhou military situation, that is an important matter of military aircraft, and that guy didn't dare to say more, only said: Our military war, and Gao Jianu is ignorant, the situation is very good, this battle, our army will win." ”

stammered Li Jing said: "It's not our business to fight and fight Gaizhou, but Shenyang, if Naha wants to make a desperate bet, it will be a bloody battle." Pan Mei said yes and said: "Lao Li is right, the key to Gaizhou is still on the roads of Shenyang and Liaoxi." Turning his head to look at Deng She, he said with a smile, "No matter how Liaoxi cares, how should Shenyang be defended, Deng Shuai must have made up his mind?" ”

Deng She smiled and said: "Defending three ways and attacking all the way is the opinion of the three Pingzhang adults, how to fight, I will obey the order." He holds the purpose of saying less and seeing more, which may be more helpful to understand the relationship between various departments and better grasp the undercurrent under the harmony in Liaoyang City.

Someone pursed his lips and said: "Deng Shuai can't help it, since Deng Shuai came back, it has only been half a month, and Deng Shuai's various majestic deeds in Goryeo have already spread throughout the army. Eight hundred people started and laid down eight hundred miles of rivers and mountains, and they really used soldiers like gods. To tell the truth, this battle covers the state, and many people envy me if I can be under the command of Deng Shuai! ”

Eight hundred people laid down eight hundred miles of rivers and mountains? Deng She was taken aback, people passed from person to person, word to word, and exaggeration was outrageous. He waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "Rumors stop at the wise, everyone, just listen to this, and don't take it seriously." Glancing at Pan Mei, seeing that he smiled and didn't say a word, he sighed, and continued, "It's really a shame to hide it, Fengzhou was defeated, and the panic was like a lost dog, and he turned to Goryeo, which is really helpless." Luckily, he was able to conquer a few cities, thanks to the prestige of the three Heizhang adults. If there were no three Pingzhang looking at Liaodong, only the two Tartars of southern Liaoning and Shenyang, they would have eaten me earlier. ”

This is realistic, everyone nodded, and Pan Mei said: "Deng Shuai doesn't need to be too humble, the three Pingzhang are certainly to rely on, but why didn't I fight Goryeo?" …… That's the level, guys. Come, give Deng Shuai another drink. ”

The crowd touched it and drank it all. Outside the door, there was a soft ring, and a woman came in, about thirty years old, with a light skeleton, plump and graceful, and walked in, holding a piece of green flute in her hands. Her eyes were like black crystals, and she turned around, and everyone didn't pull on their faces, squatting for a blessing, and said coquettishly: "The slave bead curtain show, I've seen all the generals." ”

Pan Mei and her old acquaintance slapped the table and said angrily: "You adulteress, how many tables have you turned?" That's when it came! It's so easy for you to invite guests today, but you refuse to give you a long face? Zhu Lianxiu cried out bitterly and said: "Because of Pan Ye's coming, the slave family didn't dare to embarrass Pan Ye, so they changed their clothes and dressed up for too long, delaying time." Throwing a flying eye at Pan Mei, he said tiredly, "Pan Ye is not angry, wait for a while, and the slave family will make amends to Pan Ye." ”

Pan Mei laughed and said, "Come and sit." "Introduce Deng She, "This one, Deng Shuai, the head of Shuangcheng, is the first young and promising man in Liaoyang, don't make amends to your master, serve him well, and your master will be happy." ”

The previous widow girl couldn't understand the language and couldn't understand what they were saying, Pan Mei took matters into her own hands, lifted her hand to drive her away, and said to Deng She: "The wooden man is also like, where is the pestle, and he can't say a word, what's the meaning?" Deng Shuai, let's try the first bead curtain show in Liaodong. ”

Deng She is indispensable, please take a seat in the bead curtain show. The head of the line is the head of the line, the famous prostitute is the famous prostitute, and as soon as the bead curtain show arrives, the atmosphere at the banquet is very different. She was exquisite, and a few words provoked laughter in the room. Xu Ren and others, Qiu Ba was born, Yingying Yanyan's, he couldn't bear it for a long time, he looked at Deng She's face before, and he barely restrained himself, he couldn't take care of a lot at this time, a few glasses of wine went down, let it go, guess the fist, touch the feet and pick the breasts, and make a mess.

Deng She has been very famous recently, and Zhu Lianxiu has also heard his name from the mouths of prostitutes, and he has not forgotten to flatter him. Deng She was not very interested in Fengyue Field, smiling perfunctorily, occasionally meeting Pan Mei's eyes, and both of them smiled. Deng She knew that he invited himself to the banquet, it was not just pure flower wine, and when he saw him pouring Li Jing and a few people to drink, he thought: "Isn't it because you are drunk with outsiders before you can speak?" ”

He was wrong, the wine was over three rounds, the dishes were over five flavors, the bead curtain show offered several songs in a row, the atmosphere reached a climax, Pan Cheng clapped his hands at the right time, put down the wine glass, sighed, and said: "Everyone, Deng Shuai is a person, everyone must already know." As the saying goes, wine depends on character, this cup is dry, let me ask, can Deng Shuai be called bold? ”

Everyone was half drunk and clamoring; Li Jing gave a thumbs up and stammered: "Hao, bold!" If Deng She is not bold, there will be no boldness! Pan Mei asked, "Are you considered to be a fellow practitioner?" One person said, "Naturally." Pan Mei said: "Since this is the case, the same way should have a heart-to-heart relationship." Deng Shuai, there is a catastrophe, you say, should I tell you? ”

Deng She's heart turned sharply, he was very familiar with what he said, and he couldn't help but think of Hu Zhong's alarmism, and guessed his intentions, but wondered why he dared to speak out in front of Li Jing's descendants of Guan Duo? Laughed: "What is the cause of trouble? General Pan, please. ”

Pan Mei said: "Deng Shuai is not smiling, do you think I am alarmist?" Deng She said: "Naturally not." He pretended to be confused and asked, "Is General Pan talking about Shenyang?" Pan Mei shook her head and said, "Shenyang Naha, although there are many military horses, the prestige is insufficient, so it is not worth mentioning. Deng Shuai, there is a person, I don't know if you know it? ”

"Who?"

Everyone at the table quieted down, listening to Pan Mei's words, he paused word by word, and spit out three words: "Li Dunru." ”

Deng She was stunned, Pan Mei's words were very unexpected, what did he mean by Li Dunru? Slowly picked up the tea bowl in front of him, took a sip, and said, "Mrs. Li's husband?" But there is a relationship. Yu Guangsi looked around, Zuo Li and other Pan Cheng's descendants were expressionless, and Li Jing, Xu Ren and other Guan Duo's descendants all looked slightly moved.

Pan Mei said: "Exactly. Deng Shuai has a relationship with him, what do you think of this person? Deng She said: "How do you say this?" There is no deep friendship, and it is not good to evaluate. As far as I heard in the army, the praise of the public, Master Li is very economical, and he is highly valued by Guan Pingzhang. ”

Pan Mei said: "Li Dunru is extremely reused by Guan Pingzhang, which can be described as my Liaoyang humerus. That's not bad at all. It's just, Deng Shuai, have you offended him? Deng She became more and more confused about his intentions, and said with a smile: "How can you say this? I've only met Master Li once, so why should I offend? ”

Pan Mei said: "If you didn't offend him, why did he slander and slander you in front of Guan Pingzhang?" Having said this, Deng She suddenly realized that Pan Mei wanted to sow discord. But there is one thing that still hasn't been figured out, if you want to separate, isn't it better to be private? Why didn't he avoid the eyes and ears of Li Jing and a few others? Not to mention that there are official prostitutes such as the bead curtain show?

His mind raced, and he replied, "Slander? General Pan laughed. Pan Mei said: "Deng Shuai doesn't believe it? Lao Liu, you can talk about it. But it was the thin officer from before who responded, "Deng Shuai, what General Pan said is true. This news came from me, it was the Gaizhou sentry agent I just mentioned, and when he secretly closed the Pingzhang, Master Li was present at the time. Before entering the door, I vaguely heard a word. ”

Pan Mei said: "What words? ”

Lao Liu said: "But it was Master Li who said to Guan Pingzhang, he heard the six words clearly, Deng Shuai and had to think twice." Pan Mei said: "Which six words?" Zuo Li meant a long time, and said: "Liaoyang is near, Gaoli is far." ”

"This is a heart-wrenching word! Deng Shuai, what is Liaoyang near? What is Goryeo Yuan? Master Li is going to put you to death. ”

When Deng She heard this, he couldn't help but look up and laugh. The generals looked at each other, Pan Mei was stunned, and he asked, "Why is Deng Shuai laughing?" ”

Deng She said slowly: "General Pan, General Zuo, you, scared me, it turned out to be just these six words." What's wrong? Liaoyang is ,...... closer than Gaoli" He noticed Li Jing and Xu Ren and glanced at each other. Xu Ren pretended not to hear, hugged the prostitute on the side, and laughed in a low voice; Li Jingcheng's mansion was shallow, and a pair of eyes couldn't help but glance at him.

His expression remained unchanged, no matter whether this matter was true or not, he must not follow Pan Mei's words, so he simply picked up the topic of Shenyang, and continued: "Actually, in the afternoon in the provincial capital, I was thinking about this problem. To defend Shenyang, Liaoyang is near and Goryeo is far away, although Goryeo has an army, this main force has to count on Liaoyang all the way. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think? ”

He changed the topic cleverly, Pan Mei stared at him for a long time, and suddenly burst into laughter, and said: "Deng Shuai is the main commander, and his vision is really different from ours." After saying hello twice, he no longer entangled, he believed that Deng She was a smart person, so he stopped when he clicked, picked up his wine glass, and persuaded him to drink diligently.

It's just that with this episode, the atmosphere on the table is finally difficult to mobilize, not embarrassed or embarrassed, I guessed two more rounds, listened to the bead curtain show and blew two flutes, and the banquet dispersed for a while, and they went back.

Pan Mei and Deng She lived not far away, and the two walked together, stepping on the moon and the cool breeze, and gossiping along the way. Li Dunru was cloudy, Pan Mei didn't mention it anymore, and Deng She didn't say it anymore. The intersection broke up, Deng She turned back to the mansion, and he couldn't understand Pan Mei's actions tonight.

The weather was hot and sultry, and when the maids were waiting for him to wash, he suddenly guessed, and screamed, and thought in his heart: "Good for you, Pan Mei, if you want to capture me, you want to force me to Liangshan." ”

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1, seven or eight turtle slaves wrapped in green scarves.

Turtle slave, also known as five slaves. In the Yuan period, it was stipulated that "prostitutes wear soap shirts and horn scarves, and prostitutes' parents and relatives wear green turbans." "Soap shirt, that's black shirt.

Zhu Yuanzhang in Jinling" set up the Fuller House on the main road bridge. The man was ordered to wear a green scarf, a red shirt tied around the waist, and a pigskin boot with hair, and was not allowed to walk in the middle of the street, stopping on the left and right of the road,...... The prostitute wears a soap crown and wears a soap back,......"

The name of turtle slave only existed in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Because the head is wrapped in a green scarf, it has also become the source of the word "cuckold".