Steady my mind, I took the two of them, walked towards the end of the alley, at this time I could already see a high gatehouse with two red lanterns hanging at the corner, just about to turn the corner, the second master suddenly grabbed me, pressed my shoulder, and the three of them squatted in the dark.

I only heard a sound of footsteps from the other end of the alley, listening to the movement, it was estimated that there were three or four people, one of whom stammered: "You, you, you fucking, just, can't you be mental?" Oh my God, oh my God, it's like a big smoke, no, not full. ”

"Big brother, it's not with, it's really not full, and the monthly food is enough to buy a few yuan?" ”

"Fuck, say, say you, fat, still, still gasping, wait for this task, over, finish, done, everyone rewards, uh, five, ah, no, ah, three, three big pieces of smoke." ”

While talking, three or four people came to the door of Sufang Pavilion, and a young man ran out of it, standing outside the door early, bowing his body to meet him, and when he arrived, he said with a smile on his face: "Brother Xiaowu, you came late enough today, Pink Chrysanthemum has been waiting for you for a long time, and you just lost your temper, and now you are drinking alcohol alone in the room, you can take a look." ”

"She still has a temper, old, Lao Tzu, also, not high, happy, a broken, broken telegram, put, walk Lao Tzu as a dog, you, how many of you, go, go and continue the night patrol, don't, don't, don't, put"

"Let go of a suspicious person, I know Brother Xiaowu, you are busy, brother, go."

After saying that, the rest of the people turned around and left, leaving only a man and a young man with a parted hair, wearing a light white satin gown, black bloomers, and a box cannon hanging diagonally, this man was only twenty or thirty years old, and it seemed that he should be a security chief or something.

When he followed the guy into about a cigarette, the three of us got up from the shadows, looked at each other, the second master nodded at me, I turned the silver dollar, strode to the door, and greeted a young man inside, first looked us up and down, his face showed a strong sense of contempt, I was very embarrassed by him, I didn't know what to say, the second master jumped out from behind a brisk step, to the buddy, without saying a word, the left and right bows are two big mouths, after the fight, take out a silver dollar from my hand, handed it to the young man who covered his face and his eyes were full of horror, and asked, "Do you have a room?" ”

With tears in his eyes, the young man nodded like a chicken and made a gesture of please, and the second master said to me, "Young master, let's please."

I squinted at him, squeezed out a voice from my throat: "Hmm", and walked in, the little man ran a few steps, led the way in front of his head, entered the gate, and bypassed the shadow wall, it was a huge courtyard, around the yard there were several thick wooden poles, the top of the wooden pole hung with a red lantern with an electric wick, the yard rockery and flowing water, potted vine trellises, faintly floating a fragrance of flowers and plants mixed with rouge gouache.

Directly opposite the gate, is a three-storey small building, the small building is brushed all over, the roof is crowned with arches, even at night, you can still see the carved dragon and phoenix above, it is very magnificent.

Before I could see enough, a woman of about forty years old walked out from the first floor, this woman was as wide as head to toe, like a winter melon that could walk, with a high combed bun on her head, various hairpins, step shakes, tassels, and peony flowers pinned to her ears, like a flower cake on the top, her face was coated with a thick layer of white powder, and her mouth was smeared red, like a vampire ghost, and the people were shocked to see it.

This woman greeted from afar, at first she walked very fast, but the closer she came, the slower she became, and finally when she saw the appearance of a few of us clearly, she frowned and glared at the little guy on the side, the little man didn't speak, stretched out her finger, and implicitly pointed to the ocean in my hand, the woman looked at the money in my hand with disdain, nodded secretly, pulled the guy away, and said with a smile: "Yo, I said, did you meet a thief or a tiger, why did you make such a mess, come on, I will take you to wash up first", said and took my hand and entered the houseand go straight to the second floor.

On the second floor, we were led to a suite in the outer hall, the old bustard told the man to boil hot water, find clean clothes, and ordered the kitchen to prepare wine and food, and so on, she sat at the table, looked at us with a smile on her face, and said leisurely: "We don't talk darkly, you must be heroes who come down from the mountain, right?" As the saying goes, heroes also have troubles, I am a bad heart, especially the most unsightly heroes, so don't be afraid, since you come to me, I keep the food and drink to entertain, but you also know that the current world, is money is not called money, goods are not called goods, the original thing of a big son, now I wish you had ten big sons, it is difficult, so the price of your stay, can we also discuss? ”

I was just about to open my mouth, but the second master arrived first: "Money is not a problem, eldest sister, you relax, we understand the rules, you just need to have a price." ”

"Who's the eldest sister?" Call me Mei Niang, Wu Mei Niang's Mei Niang, Wu Mei Niang's mother, earth leopard. The woman suddenly raised her eyebrows and shouted, startling me, and then I felt sick in my stomach.

The second master immediately smiled and said, "Yes, yes, Mei Niang, we will stay for one night, and you can make a price." ”

Mei Niang pointed to the ocean in my hand: "Hey, it's not much, that's all." ”

As soon as her voice fell, I was in my heart, good guy, it's too expensive, just a few clothes, a meal plus an overnight stay, and a dozen big things, actually want five oceans, it's really faster than robbing the road, these five oceans are enough to buy real estate in this county on weekdays, no wonder people say that this land of fireworks is a joke, where to spend money, sure enough.

The second master wanted to make a counteroffer, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Yuanmei preemptively said: "Deal, but there is one thing to say first, we must not let people know that we are here." ”

"Oh, rest assured, since Mei Niang I dare to take this deal, I have this responsibility, don't say that you stay for one night, that is, live for ten days and half a month, as long as you give the money, you can also ensure that you are safe and sound, okay, it's not early, I won't bother, everyone wash, rest early, I will arrange breakfast early tomorrow morning." ”

After speaking, I stood up, took the ocean in my hand, put it in the black palm and pulled it, nodded with satisfaction, twisted my thick waist, walked out step by step, and when I arrived at the door, I suddenly turned around and asked: "Hey, two little brothers, do you want to teach me this girl, but they are all top water spirits, just take out one in this autumn city and have to hang the first card, Mei Niang, I have a treat, it is a gift to make friends with a few heroes." ”

My face burned when I listened, and Yuanmei said coldly: "No need, I have good intentions." ”

Mei Niang said whimsily: "Okay, good, whatever you want, what an ice and snow beauty." ”

As soon as the front foot left, the wine and food were ready after a while, then again, this Mei Niang can be regarded as having a conscience, this wine and food are very kind in terms of quality and quantity, I and the second master tore a chicken leg of three yellow chickens, took it in his hand and chewed it up, the bamboo tube steamed pork is one bite at a time, Yuanmei held chopsticks on the side, and did not dare to start at all, so she had to frown, looking at it coldly with disgust.

There is also a small bathroom for bathing in the innermost part of the suite, which has a large wooden barrel, it seems that this Sufang Pavilion is also keeping up with the times, and the old house has been rebuilt, but unfortunately it can only take a bath, but there is no toilet, presumably it should be that the old house is too complicated to install sewer pipes.

I washed with the second master first, the two big men did not soak in the barrel, directly poured the bucket, washed briefly, and changed into the clothes sent by Mei Niang, the clothes fit, but at first glance, they were picked up from the guys in the hall, and there was a strong smell of sweat and oil smoke on it, but it smelled to me, but it was extremely familiar.

Yuanmei went in to take a bath, I sat by the window with the second master, looking at the red lanterns that were gradually extinguishing below, a rare sense of relaxation and comfort, and I also felt the long-lost comfort, the two of them were silent for a while, and I suddenly asked him: "Aunt Xiu is gone, why are you still going to Longchang?" ”

This matter has been hanging in my heart for a long time, before in Yelang's tomb, he had no way back, and now that he has reached this place, he can jump out of this troubled water, find a remote place, and live incognito for the rest of his life, after all, Longchang is meaningless to him.

He took a deep breath of cigarette, looked at the Daiwang Lane below and said: "At first, I wanted to take revenge, Xiugu died because of me, how can I say it, and then there was a tomb of that wolf, I also thought about withdrawing if it didn't work, regardless of whether the other party is a military commander or a Japanese, it is not something we can compete with, and they are still united now, we want guns or no guns on our side, and we want people and no people, so what do you say?" Ah, the ants shake the tree, and they don't know what they can do.

But as soon as I entered this autumn city, I found that there was no choice at all, and we were holding it in the palm of someone's hand from beginning to end. ”

"What do you mean by that?" ”

"What do you mean?" Replace you with Zeng Weiguo, how can you only deploy such a small number of people? He brought us out, and he knew that there was a mole on his body, just those few township people, not an obvious pretense. ”

I nodded, and Yuanmei's voice came from behind me: "This is one of them, I think there may be another reason." ”

The two of us looked back and were stunned, Yuanmei was wearing a white satin half-high-necked slanted gown, embroidered with silver peonies, and a lake-blue ankle-length silk pleated skirt on the lower body, which was a typical so-called Chinese material made in the county.

is accustomed to seeing the appearance of a man in breeches and boots, and even ignores her identity as a woman along the way, but now at a glance, Yuanmei has a good interpretation of what it means to be a clear water out of hibiscus.

She was a little embarrassed by us, and raised her eyebrows: "What to see, talk about business." ”

The two of us also knew that they were out of shape, so they quickly turned their heads and smoked two puffs of cigarettes in embarrassment, Yuanmei continued: "I think there is another reason why there is no army here, this is Commander Bai's territory, Zeng Weiguo They don't want to startle the snake, after all, he still has the Japanese, and now the national disaster is at the head, once this matter spreads, the entire military command will lose face, and they are so excited to rush to Longchang, obviously there is no silver three hundred taels here, and the treasure on their own territory was dug up by others, and whoever it is, they will not agree, He is now trying his best to hide his strength, but he is afraid that we will move too fast and break the line, so the purpose of these people is only to hinder, not really want to catch us. ”

The second master and I nodded noncommittally, indeed, just make up a reason to list us as ordinary fugitives or bandits, then the local militia is more than enough, but if you want to mobilize the army, or someone else's army, you must have a reasonable argument, just deserters, in today's environment where the whole world is catching strong men and deserters, this reason is not convincing, that is to say, just a few militia groups are already the largest force that Zeng Weiguo can arrange.

"But why do I always feel so tired as soon as I enter this autumn city?" It feels like I'm in a set. ”

Yuanmei picked up the clothes we had changed, stood at the door and said: "Actually, as you said, we have never escaped the surveillance of the military commander, at the beginning in Xiajiang County, even if there was no flood, you two would definitely be able to escape, after all, the bait released, there is no reason to close the line so early, but if you run back, Zeng Weiguo will have to play again." ”

After speaking, he turned around and opened the door and went out, it seemed that he was going to throw away the clothes we had changed, at this time the sky had begun to turn slightly white, and the two of us were lying on the floor outside, and the second master asked me: "Zeng Weiguo acted quite similarly, did you say that he had learned the kind of stage drama that is quite fashionable now?" ”

"That's called a stage play, whatever puts down your whip, it's all about the landlord and the old money bullying people." "Actually, I haven't seen that thing either, I heard that it's all college students acting, it seems to be talking about such a meaning, and I don't know which one looks better compared to the three forks.

"He plays the landlord? ”

"Pull it down, he'll play a whip at most." Hahahaha, both of them laughed at the same time.

Before the laughter fell, there was a noise outside the door, and the sound should be that Yuanmei and a man quarreled, only to hear Yuanmei shouting: "You let go, let go!" ”

"Little, little girl, I, I'm, just, don't let go, Mei Niang, this, this, this old immortal, hide, hide, hide, such a good thing, live, actually, no, no, don't tell me, out, come out to sell, pretend, pretend to what, right, through, uncle, have, have, have, yes, money." ”

Then there was a movement of entanglement and fighting, and the second master and I got up, and the two shouted in unison: "It's broken", and hurriedly picked up the knife and rushed to the door.