Chapter 332 [Flying Eagle Castle] (II)
Xu Beishan has already incorporated Langya Village in private, if he adopts Feiying Fort again, then it will be equivalent to Xu Beishan controlling the entire Pale Mountain, taking the lead and being invincible in the turf competition between the two major forces in Manchuria.
Zhang Tongwu naturally couldn't sit on the fact that this kind of thing happened, and both sides offered extremely generous conditions in order to win Li Changqing's attachment.
It was in this situation that Luo Lie came to Flying Eagle Castle under the banner of incorporation.
Li Changqing Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old today, but he was born early, his hair was gray, and he looked much older than his actual age. It is said that this person used to be a teacher before he fell into the grass, and there is no way to verify the truth of the matter.
Luo Lie said: "The scenery of this Flying Eagle Fort is really beautiful. "There is an icefall group in front of you, and the evening sun shines on the icefalls, and the overflowing color is very magnificent.
Li Changqing smiled and said: "The most beautiful time in Flying Eagle Castle is in autumn, which season is colorful and beautiful. ”
Luo Lie said: "If you have the opportunity, you must come and see it in person." ”
As they spoke, the rest of the people were paying attention to the internal environment of the Flying Eagle Castle, and no one knew where the situation would go in the future, so first of all, they should familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment and keep it in mind, this aspect is Zhang Longbow's strong point, although Zhang Longbow is a native and has traveled to almost every corner of the Pale Mountain, but he has never entered this place. Flying Eagle Castle, Ling Tian Fort, and Lianyun Village are all bandits' nests, and ordinary mountain people avoid them, and if they rush into them, they are likely to be killed as spies.
Arnold's observation angle was different from the others, when he entered the huge valley of the total nest, he found that there was a straight road in it, and the road could see the traces of tires running over, Arno wondered in his heart, from the time they entered the Flying Eagle Castle, they didn't see any vehicles, why were there traces of tires crushing? Could it be a carriage?
Arnold estimated the distance, and the runway should be long enough for an airplane to take off.
Tiewa hated Flying Eagle Castle very much, in his eyes, Flying Eagle Castle was his enemy, but before coming here, the master specially explained, telling him to stay calm, don't let people see the flaws, Tiewa obeyed the master's words, and actually controlled her emotions well.
The world is different for everyone, and the same is true for Flying Eagle Castle.
The feeling of Flying Eagle Fort and Ling Tian Fort is completely different, the danger of Ling Tian Fort is that it is difficult to enter, while Flying Eagle Fort is difficult to leave if you enter, the entire thief lair is composed of two sinkholes, more like a natural cage.
As they entered the inner square of the Eagle Castle, they saw a guillotine, which was used for the public execution of prisoners, and although it was washed with water after each execution, it still left a lot of old red blood stains over time.
Li Changqing arranged for Luo Lie and a few people to move in first, relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, the place where they lived was also a cave, but most of them were artificially dug out, they were arranged in three layers, along the winding stone steps on the cliff wall until the third floor, and then along the narrow plank road into the cave where they lived.
The cave where Luo Lie is located is quite spacious, artificially excavated, and the roof of the cave is arched, like a cave in the northwest, except that the latter is made of loess. Although the layout of the cave ** is not luxurious, it is better than comfortable and natural, it is said that the cave from the furniture to the bedding are made in-house in the Eagle Castle, which can be called preliminary self-sufficiency.
There is also a hot spring in the Flying Eagle Castle, the water temperature is 50 °C all year round, of course, this hot spring is not open to everyone even inside the Flying Eagle Castle, unless the guests arrive, Luo Lie and a few people as Xu Beishan's envoys naturally got the most grand reception, and the hot spring bathing is also one of them.
Luo Lie took a comfortable soak in the hot spring, changed into clean clothes and returned to his residence, and someone had already come over to invite him to the wind and snow hall to attend the dinner.
said that it was a dinner party, not to invite everyone, in fact, it was a private banquet specially arranged by Li Changqing with Luo Lie, and the rest of the people were also ceremoniously received, but they were not with Luo Lie.
Luo Lie followed the little minion to the Wind and Snow Hall, which was not a cave, but a stone pavilion built on a high platform, and sitting in the pavilion, you could take in the scenery in the valley.
On each side of the pavilion hangs a huge ice waterfall like a jade dragon, and when the spring flowers bloom, this ice waterfall will melt and flow down from the cliff top above.
Li Changqing, as the master, came here to wait before Luo Lie, there is an iron cylinder around the stone pavilion, and wood is burning inside, although the stone pavilion is outside, but sitting in it will not feel cold even if it is counted nine cold days.
Wine and dishes have been placed on the stone table, four kinds of cold dishes, two meat and two vegetarian dishes, which are not exquisite, but the portions are huge.
Li Changqing changed into a cyan cotton robe and said with a smile: "Commissioner Zhang, how is the hot spring?"
Luo Lie still uses Zhang Fugui's name, so Li Changqing will call him that. Luo Lie smiled: "Great. ”
Li Changqing invited Luo Lie to sit down, and did not forget to introduce: "I once invited a Japanese hot spring scholar to come here, and through the water quality appraisal, he said that if my hot springs are placed in Japan, they will also enter the top ten, and they will soak once a day, and they will not grow old." ”
Both of them laughed, Luo Lie looked at Li Changqing's full hair, and secretly wondered in his heart, if this hot spring really has such an effect, why did you have gorgeous hair early?
Li Changqing seemed to guess Luo Lie's thoughts at this moment, and said with a smile: "My hair has been like this since I was twenty years old, if I had come to Flying Eagle Castle earlier, I might have been younger if I had soaked in the hot springs for a few years earlier." ”
Luo Lie said with a smile: "The shopkeeper Li is full of energy. ”
Li Changqing said: "When others praise your temperament, it proves that you are not good-looking, and when others praise your spirit, it proves that you are old." ”
Luo Lie laughed and said, "How dare you! How dare you!" This Li Changqing is a sober-minded character.
Li Changqing picked up the wine glass in front of him and said to Luo Lie: "Please!"
Luo Lie raised his glass and touched Li Changqing, the two drank it all, and after drinking, Luo Lie put down the wine glass, and someone on the side immediately filled it for him.
Li Changqing's fair face already had a slight redness, and he said apologetically: "Commissioner Zhang, I don't drink well, and I have never drunk more than one glass in my life. ”
Luo Lie smiled: "Drink freely, as long as you have your heart, even if you drink tea." ”
Li Changqing said with relief: "Commissioner Zhang's mind is admirable. ”
The hot braised roe deer meat here had already been served on the table, Li Changqing beckoned Luo Lie to eat vegetables, asked his subordinates to pour himself a cup of tea, took a sip of tea and said softly: "Commissioner Zhang came here this time, I don't know what happened?"
Luo Lie said: "It's still before, the general asked me to bring a secret letter to the shopkeeper Li. He took out the letter that Xu Beishan entrusted himself to hand over to Li Changqing, the letter was well sealed, but this was difficult for Luo Lie, they still read the content in advance, Xu Beishan's conditions were extremely generous, so generous that people could not refuse, but Luo Lie understood that the conditions were conditions, and once the goal was achieved, anything could change. Especially a grassroots hero like Xu Beishan.
Xu Beishan's purpose now is to protect his baby son Jiale, Luo Hunt came to Pale Mountain just according to his plan, as for what to do next, Xu Beishan did not give an explicit statement, and the communication between him and Xu Beishan still needs to be conveyed by Song Changjin, what makes Luo Hunt headache is that Song Changjin is waiting like him, because Xu Beishan has not yet given instructions for the next move.
Li Changqing opened the letter in front of Luo Lie, he read it very carefully, and after reading it, he put the letter away, and did not rush to give a reply, and Luo Lie was not in a hurry to ask, before himself, Xu Beishan had sent people over more than once to collect it, but in the end, Li Changqing politely declined, Luo Lie did not think that Li Changqing would suddenly change his mind.
Li Changqing said: "Commissioner Zhang can go around in the past two days, and I will read this letter from General Xu carefully." ”
Luo Lie said: "I am busy with official business, and I have to leave for the day after tomorrow." ”
Li Changqing smiled and said, "I will give Commissioner Zhang a clear answer the day after tomorrow." He picked up the teacup, replaced the wine with tea, and before the two of them could clink glasses, they saw a person hurriedly walking over, whispering something in Li Changqing's ear, Li Changqing's face changed suddenly, he hurriedly got up, and apologized to Luo Lie: "Commissioner Zhang, I'm really sorry, something urgent happened, I have to deal with it personally." ”
Luo Lie said: "Shopkeeper Li, please." ”
Li Changqing asked the second master, Chen Mingxi, to come over to accompany him for him, Chen Mingxi was very attentive, but Luo Lie and he didn't have much in common, so he hastily filled his stomach and said goodbye and returned to his residence. Chen Mingxi wanted to send him off, but Luo Lie declined his kindness, only saying that he wanted to walk back alone and take a walk by the way.
Luo Lie remembered the way back very clearly, when Li Changqing left suddenly just now, Luo Lie also heard the content of their whispers, it should be that his wife is ill, and Luo Lie has very little information about Li Changqing's wife.
Luo Lie observed his surroundings as he walked, because he was worried that he would get lost, and there was a bandit following him from a distance, which was actually surveillance.
Luo Lie was secretly amused, this Chen Mingxi was not atmospheric enough, and halfway through, he saw a gray figure running towards him in a panic, it was a tall and thin woman, she was disheveled, barefoot, with a panicked look on her face, and a group of people were chasing her behind.
The woman saw Luo Lie turn around and was about to climb over the plank road, which was still nearly twenty meters high from the bottom of the valley, and if she fell off the plank road, she was afraid that she would fall to death.
Luo Hunt rushed forward with an arrow step, grabbed the woman before she climbed the plank road, the woman screamed like a mad demon, Luo Hunt didn't feel anything at first, but the woman's scream was too harsh, like a steel needle piercing his eardrums, and the bandit who was following Luo Hunt in the back had covered his ears because he couldn't bear the sharp scream.
Luo Lie reacted quickly, holding the woman with one hand and covering her mouth with the other to prevent her from continuing to scream.