A small wine gathering in the gossip street

The strong man's life history is a mystery

Bagua Street is Shenyang City in addition to the Forbidden City and the Marshal's Mansion, in the most famous territory of the people, according to legend, this street was built in 1918, when the warlords were divided, the world was in chaos, the Northeast King Zhang Zuolin according to the needs of the troops, found the Taoist Qingxu who was quite famous in Shengjing at that time, let it build this Bagua Street with the layout of the two Yi Bagua, for the street is named after the street with Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui, the main purpose is to build the last line of defense for themselves, Once another faction invades Shengjing City, it can be used as the last line of defense for the soldiers.

However, this is only the official statement all along, and the folk rumors are completely different, according to legend, this place was haunted in the middle of the night one after another, many residents at that time often saw a white python swimming in the street at midnight, although it was shaped like a dragon, more than ten meters long, the head was as big as a truck, and the eyes were green like lights, but it was like a ghost and haunted, without a trace, in addition, it spit black breath, but wherever it passed, it would be covered with a layer of white frost, and the cold was biting, This is true even on a hot summer day, and if the unlucky ghost accidentally encounters it in the night, it will be swallowed up entirely, and there will not be a single bone left.

At the earliest, between the Bagua Street and the unbuilt, there was a dragon king temple here, but because the incense was broken for many years, and the monks and laymen in the original temple fled to a foreign land because of the turmoil, no one cared about it here, and it was already dilapidated, except for a few homeless beggars, there was no one else. As soon as this incident came out, the local residents thought that the dragon lord had appeared and came to collect debts. At first, the military government didn't pay much attention to it, but slowly, not only the residents near Bagua Street could see the white python, but similar incidents began to occur dozens of kilometers away. In desperation, Zhang Zuolin invited the master of the Taoist Maoshan faction at that time to find out, and this Qingxu Taoist is not a person who deceives the world and steals fame, he found that the black fog here is shrouded in black fog, and then stepped on the seven stars, holding a red copper compass, after calculating the direction, ordered someone to open the place on the east side of the dragon king temple twelve meters away, sure enough, after digging not long after, he found the remains of a white snake with a length of more than ten meters, it has long been dead, and only white python skin and protruding skeleton are left in the body, It seems to have been dead for some years, and the most terrifying thing is that there are thousands of dried corpses scattered around it, men and women, old and young, each of them has been sucked dry of every drop of water on their bodies, black and sallow skin, protruding eyes, and the death is extremely terrifying, and judging from their clothing, it is the residents who have disappeared in this vicinity before. Seeing this, Qingxu Dao Chang nodded slightly, and said: "This snake is a rare thing, it could have become an immortal demon, but it died tragically here, and resentment piled up, so it came out to harm people." "Anyway, the Qingxu Dao Chang opened the altar and sealed the resentful spirit of this white python here with the "Heavenly Master Bagua Formation", and ordered someone to build this gossip street to surpass the white python. Sure enough, after the completion of this gossip street, there were no such incidents.

Because the street is designed according to the "Four Elephant Hexagram Map", there is no road in it that is straight, plus the big road sets the small road, arranged in the shape of crisscrossing gossip, if you are not a person who has lived here for a long time, basically go in that it is impossible to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and you are dizzy. When I was a child, I went to Bagua Street a few times, and I thought I could shuttle freely, but in the end, it ended in failure, either calling my grandfather to pick me up, or walking for a long time with my head covered.

However, the big black man was obviously very familiar with the environment of Bagua Street, and he took me around for about twenty minutes in it, and finally came to a stop in front of an extremely narrow alley.

"It's kind of getting rid of the cops." He looked at me and grinned, then gave me a thumbs up and pointed behind him. "We're here, come in!"

I glanced up, and he was pointing to a small tavern at the mouth of the alley. There are not many places that can be called taverns these days, although many places nowadays focus on retro nostalgia, and the name of the restaurant is called this tavern and that tavern, but it is still more or less the taste of the year. However, this is indeed a real old tavern, not only because it still retains the decoration style of the early 80s, but also because the temperament it exudes is not pretentious at all, and it is really full of the charm of the year.

This tavern has a sign hanging directly above the door, which reads "Wednesday's Tavern", the font is sonorous and powerful, it is a subordinate of the Eight Classics, although after many years, the black paint on the word has been seriously faded after the wind and rain, but this plaque has been wiped as new, obviously, the owner of this shop cares about his name. And what makes me curious is that on the side of this plaque, there is a rectangular wooden box, the material of red pine, more than ten centimeters long, about six or seven centimeters wide, and the height is almost the same, and two regular circles are carved with a knife, which looks extremely exquisite, and it is unknown what the purpose of hanging such an object here.

"What are we doing here?" I asked curiously.

"Haha! Didn't you say it before? Now that the battle is over, find a place to drink! I'm a man who talks all the time, let's go! The big black laughed and slapped me the back, and without saying a word, pushed me straight into the tavern.

The tavern is not large, there are only three tables in total, two at the door, and one inside near the counter. The two of us sat down on the left side of the doorway.

"Old Zhou, old rules! However, I have friends today, buddy, so I have an extra pot of wine. Thanks! The big black man shouted at the old man reading the newspaper at the counter.

I put down the box in my hand against the wall, and looked around at the environment in the room, this tavern is really simple, not to mention any decoration, there is even a "Lin Zhiying poster" in the 80s of the last century on the wall, the mushroom head now looks super old, the funniest wall actually hangs a wall calendar, and the year turned out to be 1994. There is no menu here, all the dishes are printed on a piece of A4 paper and then pasted on the wall. I looked up at the "menu" posted on the wall. Good guys, there are only eight dishes, the signature dishes are sauce elbow and beef stew, and the rest is what sauce scrambled eggs, chili dried tofu, boiled liver tips and other home-cooked dishes, the funniest thing is that peanuts are actually a dish. It's a miracle that this store is still in business until now, and it hasn't closed down.

"yes, got it!" Lao Zhou raised his eyes and looked at me, then agreed without being salty, and then stopped talking.

When the big black man saw that Lao Zhou was backing, he stopped talking to him, and then turned around and whispered to me: "Lao Zhou is like this, don't you mind." Don't look at the small shop, the wine and elbows here are absolutely unnecessary! ”

"Yes, it's okay!" I smiled as I spoke.

"My name is Zhang Chengyong, and everyone who knows me calls me camel, because I can eat and starve, hahahaha. Most importantly, I have good stamina, especially good! The black man introduced himself. I grew up in this area, 31 years old this year, and I opened a pawn shop not far away, but the business has not been good recently, so it has closed. Now it belongs to the idle clouds and wild cranes, where are you, brother? See if you're good? What's the mix? ”

"I ......" I didn't know how to answer for a while. And at this time, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl walked out with a big tray, the girl was very thin, very tall, about one meter seven, white and smooth skin, although she was not a peerless beauty, but it also belonged to a super durable type, and her slender eyes revealed a charming light. Her fingers were very long, and she dragged such a large tray steadily, and it seemed that it was not difficult at all, and there were three dishes on it, and two jugs of wine. The taste of the dish is very fragrant, in addition to a big elbow, there is a plate of boiled liver tips and a large plate of peanuts.

Seeing the little girl, Zhang Chengyong suddenly smiled and said, "Oh, isn't this Xiaomei!" It's looking better again! Do you miss you, Brother Zhang? Would you like to have something together? ”

This girl was obviously accustomed to Zhang Chengyong's improper "flirtation", and did not pay attention to him, walked up to us with a calm face, slammed the dish in her hand on the table with a "pop", and then turned around and walked into the back kitchen, and did not come out. And Zhang Chengyong looked at her departing back with a smile, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, it seems that this kid has been "coveting this girl for a long time"!

It took a long time for this kid to come back to his senses, and he smiled at me and said, "Where did you just go?" Oh yes, brother, you ......"

Before he could finish speaking, my phone rang suddenly.

"Hey, it's me!" I made an apologetic gesture to Zhang Chengyong and motioned for me to answer the phone first.

"Tianyi, I found the Zhang Weiguo you are looking for, however, I'm not sure where he still lives, I'll send you the address a little, you can go over and take a look, if you have any questions, feel free to contact me." Wang Xin on the other end of the phone said straight to the point.

"Thanks, brother. Send it to me! I'll be there later. I said.

"Okay! Then I'll hang up first. Wang Xin said.

"Yes, thank you!" With that, I hung up.

After hanging up the phone, I looked up and found that Zhang Chengyong was looking at me with a strange expression, which was very strange, not wary or curious. So, I asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"You're looking for someone? Looking for Zhang Weiguo? Zhang Chengyong asked without hesitation.

"That's right!" Apparently he had heard what I had just said, and since he had heard it, there was no need for me to lie to him again, it would be self-defeating. "How?"

"That Zhang Weiguo?" Zhang Chengyong asked.

"It doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, does it?" Seeing that his tone was not good, I also said unceremoniously.

And at this time, my mobile phone suddenly came with a "ding" sound, and it was no surprise that Wang Xin should have sent Zhang Weiguo's address. I opened the text message on my mobile phone and took a look, "Heping District Bagua Street No. and So-and-so", and it is Bagua Street again, it seems that I am very close to this place today. I couldn't help but frown when I thought about it.

But what makes me feel strange is that when I was reading the text message, Zhang Chengyong, who was originally sitting opposite me, actually said this address exactly at all, "No. XX Building, Bagua Street, Heping District." ”

I looked at him in surprise, and seeing my expression, Zhang Chengyong seemed to be more sure of his doubts, and asked again: "What are you looking for Zhang Weiguo for?" ”

"Does this have anything to do with you?" I asked rhetorically.

"Absolutely!" Zhang Chengyong said categorically: "Because, the iron lock Zhang is my grandfather." ”