Chapter 221: Inquire about the situation

The three of them walked into the restaurant, the shopkeeper came over, and the three of them ordered a few local snacks, which were nothing more than soup dumplings, dried tofu, and gruel.

The three of them quickly finished eating. Walking on the street, Bai Yuyao asked:

"General Li, we don't know the leader of the Restoration Society, and we don't have a relationship with him, how can we go to them? Ask them to do something? ”

Li Xingdao: "We don't say that it was sent by Emperor Dashun, but only that it was a man of lofty ideals who was worried about the country, and persuaded them to force Ma Shiying and others to resist the Qing soldiers and defend the country. ”

"That's right." Bai Yuyao said: "But we don't know these people." ”

Li Xing smiled: "Let's go find that Liu Aming." ”

Bai Yuyao patted her head and said, "Why did I forget him." ”

The three of them still remember that when Liu Aming was leaving, he said that he lived in Quliu Lane. Along the way, I asked people to understand, and we walked towards Quliu Lane together.

The three of them walked slowly to the east, and they were about to go outside the city, there were low houses and dilapidated houses everywhere, but they could see Zhongshan Mountain in the distance outside the city, rolling in the sky, and the verdant color was reflected in the city.

Bai Yuyao couldn't help but say suspiciously: "This Liu Aming lives in this poor heap, how can he know about the upper-class people." ”

Li Xingdao: "This person is a mixed eater, he doesn't know about the resumption of the society, he just looks at this group of people from afar." With his introduction, let's learn about the situation of the resumption of the society. How can we be introduced by him, we will go to the Restoration Society ourselves. ”

The three of them finally walked to the Quliu Lane on the edge of the city, which is a winding alley, with tall acacia willows growing on both sides, covering each other, although there are some poor families living in this environment, this environment is very quiet.

The three of them walked into the alley, and an old man came up to them, Li Xing stepped forward to say hello and asked where Liu Aming lived?

The old man pointed forward and said, "This is the room, and I see him in the room." ”

"Thank you." The three of them walked forward. Liu Aming's house was in a particularly dilapidated state under the foil of the neighbors on the left and right, and the wall was about to fall, but fortunately there was an old locust tree outside the wall.

The old man looked at the three of them just walking forward, and he couldn't help it, so he coughed.

The three of them listened to the coughing sound, turned their heads, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The old man was also kind-hearted, so he took a step forward and said: "I see that you are outsiders, and my old man is also kind-hearted. I'm worried about your ......."

Li Xing said: "I know that the old man is for our good, but we just look for him to drink, listen to him gossip, relieve boredom, and nothing else." As he spoke, he took out more than 20 pennies and said, "Thank you for your kindness, this is a little bit of our heart, don't be surprised, just accept it." ”

The old man got the twenty cents for nothing, and when he saw that the three of them teamed up to find Liu Aming alone, three against one, just drinking and playing, he didn't suffer much loss, so he left with confidence.

The three of them said goodbye to the old man, and walked forward, and came to Liu Aming's house, the courtyard door was in tatters, and they could see inside, the courtyard was full of grass, and there was a plum tree, which grew crookedly against the wall.

There are two rooms in front, which are neat and tidy, and the doors are ajar.

Li Xing shouted: "Is Liu Aming at home?" ”

When he shouted, Liu Aming walked out.

As soon as he saw someone outside, it was estimated that he was asking for an account, and when he turned around and wanted to enter the house again, Li Xing hurriedly said: "We are three people from Henan, and we have drunk together, you forgot, we miss you, and we want to invite you to drink." ”

As soon as Liu Aming heard that someone was going to invite him to drink, he hadn't eaten breakfast yet, and he was hungry.

At first sight, he really recognized it, and said: "Thank you three sons for remembering me, ah, I'm sorry, I didn't know that the guests came, and I didn't clean up in the house." ”

This Liu Aming eats all directions with one mouth, and now he lets people know his bottom line, and his face suddenly turns red.

Of course, Li Xing knew, and hurriedly said: "The three of us brothers, if we want to invite you to drink, where can we have time to enter the house, let's drink quickly." ”

As soon as Liu Aming heard this, he immediately became relaxed and said, "Please." Last time, the three sons invited me, and I haven't replied to the invitation, but this time I want to do my best to invite the three sons. ”

The three of them knew that he was talking beautifully, and they didn't bother with him, they just smiled.

The three of them followed Liu Aming and quickly walked out of Quliu Lane and came to the street. Li Xing asked:

"What's the best hotel in the vicinity? I want good food and wine, and I want good scenery. ”

"Yes, yes." Liu Aming said, "I'll take three of them." ”

Liu Aming opened the way in front and led the three of them forward. But it came to the east, and then walked along the city wall to the south, walked a street, and came to a street that was horizontal, only to see this street, which was exceptionally neat, and there were restaurants on both sides.

Liu Aming said: "This is a famous street in Nanjing, and the emperor walked through this street when he went to Zhongshan in the past. This is the famous royal road. ”

Liu Aming led the way in front as he spoke, and soon came to a hotel with a black plaque and gold letters: "Taibai Restaurant".

Liu Aming said: "This is a famous century-old shop. ”

Saying that, he led the three of them inside, and Liu Aming knew that the three of them were very generous, so he took the three of them to this luxurious hotel.

As soon as he walked to the front of the hotel, a shopkeeper saw it, strode over, grabbed him by the collar, and shouted, "Liu Aming, you stinky boy, where are you hiding?" You poor ghost, when will you pay back the money you owe to our hotel? Still want to run? ”

This Liu Aming blushed like a red cloth, and said, "You let go, I brought three rich uncles to your store today." ”

The guy was only afraid that he was deceived by this Liu Aming, but he didn't let go and called for the money to be returned. Li Xing took out two taels of silver and said to the guy:

"Let's pay first, you can quickly take us to find a good seat."

When the guy saw the silver, he took it in his hand, no longer bothered with Liu Aming, and said, "Three masters, please." ”

The man walked into the hotel with the three of them, and for the sake of two taels of silver, he led them up to the second floor, walked to a private room, and waited for the four to sit down.

The guy asked, "Three masters, what kind of dishes do you order?" ”

Li Xing said: "The silver is given to you, just send it with good wine and food." ”

"Three masters, wait a minute."

Soon, the wine and food came up like a stream, and the table was full, roast duck, smoked hooves, fried fish, stewed chicken, and a few new vegetables.

The four of them sat down and began to drink. Not long after Li Xing and the three of them finished breakfast, they ate less food and drank wine all the time.

That Liu Aming didn't even eat breakfast, his stomach was hungry, and now he eats breakfast and lunch together, it's like a hungry wolf, he eats meat when he sees it, and drinks wine when he sees it.

This private room is really in a good location, looking east, you can see Zhongshan, only to see overlapping, lush trees, and smoke.

Li Xing looked at this Zhongshan Mountain, thinking of the place where Nanjing is a dragon and a tiger, there is a big river in front of it, there is a big mountain in the back, and the southeast faces the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is such a good place, the monarchs and ministers are drunk and dreaming of death, and they are about to die in the country.

The four of them drank wine and talked a little, and after eating for half an hour, Li Xingcai asked:

"Liu Aming, do you know anyone in the Restoration Society?"

Liu Aming said: "How could I not know, they are a very strong force, even Ruan Dacheng is afraid of them, and when he sees them, he will leave." ”

"Do you know who is leading them?"

Liu Aming hurriedly finished chewing a chicken leg in his mouth, and then said: "There are four sons in the Fushe, all of whom have a lot of money and write good articles, and the scholars in Jiangnan listen to them, and even the officials in the court have to make friends with them. ”

Liu Aming saw that the three of them were looking at him, and he couldn't talk too far, for fear that he wouldn't be able to talk about it when the time came, so he chose what he knew and said: "Of these four sons, two of them are in Beijing. One is called Mao Bijiang, and the other is called Hou Fangyu. ”

Li Xing knows this Hou Fangyu, he is from Henan, his father is against Da Shun, Li Xing has specialized in studying their father and son, this Hou Fangyu has indeed done a good article full of flowers.

Li Xing thought of this, so he asked, "Are you very familiar with these two sons?" ”

That Liu Aming's face was as red as pig's blood, that Hou Fangyu is a rich son, he doesn't deserve to lift shoes for others, he just looked at it from a distance, and he didn't even smell a fart, how could he be very familiar with others?

He knew his embarrassment, and the three of them could see it clearly, so how could he boast in front of the three of them again, so he had to tell the truth:

"I—I'm just a legend."