Chapter 21: Cold Lights, Lonely Nights, Far Journeys [4]
When Liu Ruiying woke up, she found herself lying on a bed.
It was pitch black, and you couldn't see anything.
So how did he know he was in bed?
Because the touch from the back is very soft.
If you lie on the ground or on the table, you won't have such a soft touch.
Liu Ruiying didn't know where this bed was.
I don't know how I ended up in this bed.
I don't even know why he fell asleep.
His memory was still a few hours ago, when he was drinking with the crowd in the lobby of the inn.
The laughter still seems to be in my ears.
The smiling faces are still vivid.
Only suddenly, those smiling faces began to distort.
Start with the nose.
Like a spinning top, twisted.
And then it spun rapidly.
The laughter and laughter are not far yet.
But it's repeating over and over again, and it's getting faster and faster.
In the end, every sentence is like a silk thread.
Densely woven into a light blanket, pressed against his body.
He remembered that when he was in the Investigation Division, for a long time, he slept early.
But if you go to bed early, you may not be able to fall asleep.
Although the lights were blown out, it would be at least half an hour before he closed his eyes.
Just like now, Liu Ruiying enjoyed the darkness very much.
Not only does it make his eyes extremely comfortable.
It also gave him a kind sense of serenity.
Such an emotion for no reason, Liu Ruiying herself doesn't know how it came about.
But now that he already has it, he can only open his heart to accept him.
It's just that there weren't those laughter, and the twisted, rapidly spinning smiling faces.
"Wow!"
Liu Ruiying vomited.
He didn't even have time to get out of bed.
I just moved my head to the side of the bed slightly.
The filth that was spit out came out with a strong smell of wine.
Liu Ruiying knew that she had drunk too much.
Smell this sour **.
But it made him even more disgusting......
But there was really nothing left in his stomach to vomit.
At this moment, I only felt a splitting headache and thirst.
He struggled to get out of bed.
I accidentally stepped on my own vomit with a "bar".
But he couldn't care about that now.
He just wants to drink water.
Even if it's bath water, I don't mind the foot washing water.
Liu Ruiying thought in his heart, if anyone can let him drink water, he will be his first benefactor.
Liu Ruiying stumbled to a table.
At this point, his vision seemed to have recovered a little.
Actually, it's because I'm used to the dark.
In this way, you can see the general outline of some objects.
So he saw a bottle on the table.
Liu Ruiying picked it up and found it heavy.
It must have been filled with clean water.
For him now, there is no elixir jade liquid that can compare to a sip of water.
But when he drank the liquid from the bottle into his mouth, he squirted out.
There is no water in the bottle.
It's wine.
It's still wine.
It's the same thing he drank in last night and just spit out.
Liu Ruiying smiled bitterly.
Is it so hard to take a sip of water?
He didn't think about it at all, so he walked out of the room and went outside to have a look.
Just sat dumbfounded, staring at the bottle in his hand in a daze.
Wine is also made from water.
But it doesn't quench your thirst.
But Liu Ruiying thought about it, if she drank too much again and fell asleep, wouldn't she feel thirsty?
So he really "cooed" a few sips and drank the whole bottle of wine.
As soon as the wine passed his throat, he began to sweat slightly.
At this time, the smell of alcohol in the house is stronger.
The wine that had not yet dissipated seeped out of the pores of his body little by little as he sweated.
"It's over......"
Liu Ruiying thought in her heart.
Diaphoresis is a sign of sobering.
After spitting up, I sweated again, but the wine woke up.
But the more awake he was, the more his head hurt.
The more my head hurts, the more I can't stop thinking about it.
Now what he is looking for is not water.
It's its own sword.
There's a reason he doesn't open the door.
The reason is that he does not have a sword in his hand.
Over the past few days, not to mention that he has experienced dangers, at least he has been full of dangers.
So without a sword in his hand, he would definitely not go out the door.
Fortunately, the sword was placed at the head of his bed.
When he was lying down, it was parallel to his face.
Liu Ruiying covered her head and lay down again with her sword.
A man who can put his sword so flat.
Either when sober, he is an extremely calm person.
Either that, or not drinking too much.
Liu Ruiying doesn't know if she's that kind of person.
All right, half of each......
"Knock knock!"
Just as he was about to close his eyes and take a nap, when the wine and sweat had dissipated, there was a knock at the door of the house.
Liu Ruiying didn't know where she was.
But he knew that he had the Moon Flute by his side, as well as Hua Nong, and Jin Peng, so there would be no danger.
But before Liu Ruiying could speak, this person pushed the door directly and entered.
In this way, what's the point of knocking on the door?
It's better to come in directly.
At least it's straightforward.
Such a knock on the door is too hypocritical.
"You're awake!"
It was none other than the Moon Flute who came in.
She held a lamp in her hand.
Ordinary lamps.
The lights are orange-red.
The wick has just been cut.
The flame is very stable.
"The birthday party is over?"
Liu Ruiying asked again.
This is a complete nonsense......
Of course, the birthday feast has long been over.
It's just that Liu Ruiying doesn't know what to say.
He doesn't remember anything.
can only talk about the last thing he remembers, so that Yuedi can tell him what happened next.
"It was over yesterday. ”
Said at the end of the month.
"Yesterday?"
Liu Ruiying sat up from the bed with a spirit.
He knew he was drunk, but he didn't even think he was drunk for a whole day.
"A day and a half ago, to be exact. ”
Said at the end of the month.
She placed the lamp on the table and sat down on the edge of the table herself.
Liu Ruiying saw that she also brought a bottle.
A bottle that was exactly the same as the one on his desk.
"I don't drink anymore......"
Liu Ruiying said.
He lowered his head, embarrassed.
"Water. When you wake up drunk, you have to drink some water. ”
Yuedi said.
Liu Ruiying thanked him, then took the bottle and drank the water in one gulp.
He wanted to stand up and sit down at the table.
But as soon as Liu Ruiying got up, there was a clanging sound in his stomach.
The water is sweet.
It seems to have put sugar.
"Mixed some honey so my head doesn't hurt. ”
Yuedi said.
In fact, martial cultivators can use their strength to delay or suppress the strength of wine.
Liu Ruiying can do the same.
But he didn't.
Nor does a drinker want to do that.
Unless you are cheating on the wine, you will make this decision.
To drink is to drink.
As long as you drink, getting drunk is a common thing.
And when you get drunk, you will inevitably be embarrassed.
It's just that everyone gets drunk sometimes.
It's even a tie to embarrass each other like this.
No one can laugh at anyone.
"Where are we?"
Liu Ruiying asked.
"Yangwen Town Investigation Division Station Building. ”
Yuedi said.
"What time is it now?"
Liu Ruiying asked again.
"There is still an hour to go. ”
Yuedi replied.
She didn't seem to want to tell Liu Ruiying anything.
In her eyes, getting drunk and sleeping is an extremely common thing.
Nothing to say about it.
She just passively answered Liu Ruiying's question.
But if Liu Ruiying asks him how he got drunk and how he slept, Yuedi will also tell him.
After all, there's nothing to hide either.
What's more, Liu Ruiying is really drunk, and he is really heroic.
In the end, it was a wine fight with Jin Peng!
A large iron basin was placed in front of both of them.
But this iron basin weighs more than ten pounds.
What's more, there are more than ten catties of wine in this basin.
He and Jin Peng have one pot per person.
It is stipulated that whoever drinks fast wins.
But the premise is that not even a single drop can be spilled.
Unexpectedly, the two reached a tie.
After drinking this iron basin wine.
Liu Ruiying and Jin Peng fell forward and backwards.
But they were all drunk.
In the second half of the entire birthday banquet, the birthday star, like Liu Ruiying, was carried back to the station of the Investigation Division.
Maybe it's because the drunkenness is too intense.
Jin Peng didn't go to the girl for the first time.
However, the girl named Li Cui failed to come on time.
Although she came later.
But Jin Peng had drunk too much and was sent back to the station building.
Li Cui glanced timidly at the door, didn't see Jin Peng, and left very disappointed.
"Where's Jin Peng?"
Liu Ruiying asked.
"He woke up half a day before you. ”
Yuedi said.
In fact, Liu Ruiying still wanted to ask Hua Nong.
But he felt that he had a lot of problems, and they were a little verbose......
Therefore, he held it in his stomach and did not open his mouth.
"Hua Nong is in the room next to you, but he is even more drunk than you!"
Without waiting for Liu Ruiying to ask, Yuedi said.
Liu Ruiying finally raised his head and smiled.
That's what people are.
If the people close to you are not as good as you, then you will feel pity.
From time to time, I want to give it a boost.
But if there are too many people close to you than you, you will become jealous.
Even if it's a celebration of Daoga, the words are insincere.
"Who the hell is the Chill Lantern Man?"
Liu Ruiying saw that Yuedi took the initiative to tell him about Huanong, so she had no scruples, and continued to ask.
"Back to Zhongdu, if you go and ask Jiang Changchong, will you know?"
Yuedi said.
"How do I ask?"
Liu Ruiying was very confused.
"You just say an old man with a strange lamp. The flame of the lamp was blue. Who is he. ”
Yuedi said impatiently.
But Liu Ruiying seriously repeated this sentence again so that she could remember it firmly.
"Liu Xingqi!"
The moon flute suddenly shouted loudly.
"In!"
Liu Ruiying reflexively responded.
"You haven't forgotten what you came to Yangwen Town for, have you?"
Yuedi said.
“...... Of course not, it is to find a station building and report what happened to Zhongdu. ”
Liu Ruiying said.
"Did you report it?"
Yuedi asked.
Liu Ruiying was silent.
He was drunk for a day and a half, how could he have time to report it?
"Jin Peng is waiting for you. ”
Yuedi said.
Then he got up and prepared to leave.
"He got up so early?"
Liu Ruiying asked in surprise.
"Jin Peng is only half a day less drunk than you...... Whoever sleeps for a day and a night will find it difficult to fall asleep again. ”
Yuedi said.
Liu Ruiying took the sword and walked out of the door with the moon flute.
Through a narrow hallway, I saw a room on the left hand side at the end.
The door was not closed.
Liu Ruiying and Yuedi walked straight in.
Jin Peng turned his back to the door.
Look at a map hanging on the wall behind you.
It was a map of the Earthquake North Domain.
Jin Peng's house is very bright.
made Liu Ruiying's eyes extremely uncomfortable.
After all, I was familiar with the darkness, but now I have turned to the light.
It always takes time.
"Liu Xingqi has a lot of wine!"
Jin Peng didn't look back, but he praised first.
"Let Lord Sifu smile......
Liu Ruiying said embarrassedly.
Jin Peng turned his back to him and shrugged.
He points to a location on the map.
He had made comparisons with a cinnabar pen.
It's very conspicuous throughout the map.
"The silver was robbed here. ”
Jin Peng said.
"That's right. ”
Liu Ruiying also walked to the map.
It seems that Yuedi has already told Jin Peng everything that happened.
Presumably, this Master Sifu has already reported it to Zhongdu.
"But here I met a man ......"
Liu Ruiying picked up the cinnabar pen.
In the northwest mountains and forests where the silver was robbed, another circle was drawn.
immediately told the story of how he and Hua Nong met Gao Ren in the temple.
"Senior brother of the Supreme Onmyoji Taibai, this is interesting. ”
Jin Peng said after listening.
After saying that, he looked at the moon flute.
The moon flute sat on the side, looking out the window at the already hazy sky.
It seems that he has no intention of participating in the discussion between the two people.
"I think it's important to find out where they went to buy their arrows. ”
Liu Ruiying said.
"That's what I thought, too. But do you know how many arrows you can buy for four million taels of silver?"
Jin Peng asked.
"I don't know ...... below"
Liu Ruiying said.
Jin Peng picked up a booklet from the table and threw it to him.
Liu Ruiying saw that the title on the booklet was "Zhenbei Wangyu Ordnance Tunshu".
It is clearly written in the booklet that the cost of an arrow is around one tael.
It's just the cost.
Besides, it is a felony to resell arrows without permission, but it is a felony for the whole body, and it is necessary to cut down all the houses and remove the nine clans.
Those who dare to take risks are all for the sake of profiteering.
In this way, even if the price is increased by five times, or even ten times, it can be sold.
But even so, four million taels of silver was enough to buy nearly a million arrows.
That's not a small amount.
Judging from the records on the booklet, this number is already more than half of the war-ready arrows in the Zhenbei King Domain.
"So I don't think they're going to buy arrows at all!"
Jin Peng said.
"What do you mean?"
Liu Ruiying didn't understand.
Moreover, Gao Ren also told him with red lips and white teeth that Jing Yao was going to buy arrows.
As a result, the border army lost its salary, and the steppe also got arrows.
Kill two birds with one stone, and kill two birds with one stone.
"Because if he buys it, he will definitely buy out more than half of the inventory of the entire Zhenbei King Domain. I don't think anyone has the guts to resell such a huge arrow. Unless he shook the king of the north and Shangguan Xuyao nodded himself. ”
Jin Peng said.
Liu Ruiying thought about it and felt that it made sense.
But if you don't sell arrows, where will they come from?
"Is he going to make his own sword?"
Liu Ruiying asked.
"That's right, make it yourself, and an arrow only costs about a tael of silver. Four million taels makes four million arrows. Even if you remove labor, fire consumption and other expenses, you can get 37.8 million pieces. ”
Jin Peng said.
"But wouldn't it take a long time to make such arrows, and with such a huge quantity?"
Liu Ruiying asked.
"Doesn't Jing Yao just want to delay it for a long time? If the salary is delayed for a day, the hearts of the border troops will be anxious by an inch. Ten days of delay, ten inches of scorching. ”
Jin Peng said.
"Besides, four million taels is not a small number. Even if we raise the middle capital city of the world, it will take a lot of time. Moreover, if such a major event as the robbery of the silver is spread, wouldn't the people of the entire Zhenbei Royal Domain panic?"
Jin Peng continued.
"Lord Sifu's analysis is correct...... Jing Yao must have calculated the time correctly, how much can be made. Such a person will certainly not trap himself in it. ”
Liu Ruiying said.
In fact, it is very simple for Shangguan Yao Xu, the king of Zhenbei, to find the whereabouts of Jing Yao and his party.
As long as all trade channels facing the steppe are closed.
Externally, the caravans entering and leaving are strictly checked, and the internal households are supervised by each other.
Soon Jing Yao would have nowhere to hide and would have to be exposed in broad daylight.
It's just that for the king, one is to use force, and the other is to want the people's heart.
Resist external humiliation by force, and appease internal troubles with the people's hearts.
One is indispensable.
Therefore, Shangguan Yao Xu, the king of Zhenbei, will definitely not do this.
Even if his heart is already anxious at the moment, he will sit quietly in the main hall of his palace and talk and laugh.
"Iron is the most needed to make arrows, may I ask Lord Sifu, where is there a large iron mine in the Zhenbei King Domain?"
Liu Ruiying asked.
Jin Peng suddenly smiled.
He and Yuedi glanced at each other.
Yuedi also nodded with satisfaction.
She recognized Liu Ruiying's thinking.
I think he really deserves to be a rising star who is favored by the cold lamp people.
Jin Peng asked Liu Ruiying to come closer, and then used a cinnabar pen to draw a line on the map.
Look at the geo-hydrological structure through which that red line passes.
Liu Ruiying also smiled.
"When are you leaving?"
Yuedi asked, getting up.
"Wait for Hua Nong to wake up, and then leave. ”
Liu Ruiying said.
"I'm awake. ”
Hua Nong's figure came from behind Liu Ruiying.
Liu Ruiying saw that he had already cleaned up.
The sword was clenched in his hand.
But his face is still that plain and unapproachable.
But Liu Ruiying saw the scorching heat in his eyes.