Chapter 16: White Cloth and Birthday Rites [II]

If a man knows that he has only three hours to live.

So what will he do?

At least for Jin Peng.

Three hours is enough time for a big drink.

It's enough to lose all the money on your body.

It's enough to find another girl to sleep with Meimei in her arms.

But he didn't want to do any of that.

It's not that he doesn't want to do it in the first place, it's that he hasn't done it yet.

Three hours is not long, and it is not short.

There's a lot you can do with a little planning.

Even if he wanted to ride his horse and gallop away, it would be too late.

Enough for him to run far, far away.

But he couldn't run away.

It's not that Jin Peng is confident enough to kill those five people.

Instead, he called all his friends to attend his birthday banquet, so how could he, the birthday host, leave?

What's more, he only paid the deposit for the inn.

Jin Peng doesn't like to owe debts, and he doesn't like to owe favors.

If you just walk away like this.

He'll be a lot happier.

But favors and money are owed.

Now he has left the bathroom.

When I walked in, it was from the main entrance of the bathhouse.

But when he went out, he walked straight out in front of the collapsed wall.

He was back on the street again.

When passing by the entrance of the station building of the Investigation Division.

He saw that the girl had just packed up and walked out of the war building.

When he saw Jin Peng head-on, he smiled gracefully.

Slightly shy.

This is not the first time this girl has been in his bed.

But last night was the first time he had touched her.

The first few times, I just hugged her to sleep.

"Can I go to your birthday banquet tonight?"

The girl was in a hurry, ready to leave quickly.

Such a woman doesn't like to show her head outside.

Because there will always be people pointing fingers behind your back.

"You want to go to my birthday party?"

Jin Peng asked.

Speaking of which, it was the first time he had spoken so much to this girl.

"No...... No...... I'm just asking. ”

The girl waved her hand repeatedly.

After saying that, he turned around and walked away quickly.

I haven't seen you for more than half a year.

This girl has changed, too.

It's just that Jin Peng doesn't even know her name.

I thought I might be dead in three hours.

But I have to ask the name of the girl who had a fish and water with me last night.

"What's your name?"

Jin Peng asked.

"Nian Wei ......"

The girl said timidly.

"I'm asking for your real name. ”

Jin Peng said.

The women in the brothel of the Qinglou will have a nice flower name.

Because it not only sounds elegant, but also arouses people's desires.

"Li Cui ......"

The girl said with her head down.

She didn't deliberately look around, though.

But she knew that her conversation with this adult had attracted many curious people.

They didn't dare to get too close, though.

But his ears are longer than anyone else's.

Compared with the name Nian Wei, Li Cui really looks a little rustic.

But rustic things are often more real.

It's like a word of faith, and a good medicine is bitter.

There are too many carvings, which inevitably seem too deliberate.

Instead, it hides the truth of the past.

Jin Peng didn't speak after hearing her name.

Instead, he walked to a letter-writing stall on the side of the street.

The man asked for pen and ink, and began to write.

After writing it, it was dried by the sun and handed it to Li Cui.

"What is this?"

Li Cui asked.

"You can't read?"

Jin Peng asked.

Li Cui shook her head awkwardly.

If her family had the money to let her read and write, it would not be what she is now.

"Miss Li Cui personally indoors, I sincerely invite you to come to Yangwen Town Inn today to participate in the next birthday banquet. Signed, Jin Peng. ”

Jin Peng gave her a word by word reading.

Although he writes more in a more liteal way than he reads.

But since the girl was illiterate, he tried his best to read it in the vernacular.

After reading it, he handed the note to Li Cui.

"Sorry, time is limited. But I can't give you an invitation as exquisite as others. ”

Jin Peng said.

Obviously, Li Cui didn't hear this.

At this moment, her body and mind were focused on the simple invitation card in her hand.

Although he was illiterate.

Her memory is really remarkable.

Every word that Jin Peng just read, she actually remembered it firmly.

At this moment, I was reading the words on the invitation one by one.

"That's my name?"

Li Cui pointed to the word 'Li Cui' at the beginning and asked.

"I don't know exactly which emerald character you are, but I think girls generally use this word. ”

Jin Peng said.

Li Cui's eyes were a little moist.

Become gentle and demure.

"I'll go on time. ”

Li Cui carefully folded the invitation, put it in his sleeve and said.

"It doesn't hurt to be late. ”

Jin Peng said.

Because at night, it's usually the busiest time for these girls.

"No, I'm not going to be late. I'll definitely be on time. ”

Li Cui said.

After saying that, he hurried away.

Jin Peng also wanted to ask her what kind of dishes she likes to eat.

It's a good idea to prepare one in advance.

But she was in too much of a hurry.

Jin Peng couldn't ask.

Just looking at her back.

Jin Peng's heart also had some tenderness.

The leaves fall back to the roots.

Although longing is a manifestation of long-term affection.

But after all, people have to start a family.

The longer you are away.

The stronger the idea.

Unrestrained debauchery lives, although very lively.

But Jin Peng didn't know how long he could resist the loneliness behind this happiness.

At the end of the song, people will disperse, and the wine will hurt when it wakes up.

Even at the lively birthday banquet, watching his friends leave one by one after the end, going their separate ways, the backs of different sides of the world will make him depressed and melancholy.

Jin Peng watched Li Cui go away.

I walked into a nearby liquor store.

He's not here to drink.

I'm here to eat.

And this was his original plan.

This wine shop is the one Liu Ruiying and the others went to before.

But obviously, the treatment they received when they came in was completely different from the treatment that Jin Peng came in.

He has his own special bathroom in the bathhouse.

In this wine shop, there is also its own special seat.

But no one can do it.

Whether he comes or not, the shopkeeper keeps it for him.

Three hours at a time, he decided to spend an hour here.

What the remaining two hours were going to do, but I hadn't thought about it yet.

It's a big liquor store.

In such a remote town, it is indeed rare to have such a large wine shop.

After Jin Peng sat down, he didn't speak.

Xiao Er knew what he was going to eat.

But it was an extra pot of wine for him.

It was given by the shopkeeper.

Because everyone in Yangwen Town knows that today is his Jin Peng's birthday.

"The shopkeeper, it's a little too stingy to just send a pot of wine!"

Jin Peng said jokingly.

"My lord, if you want to drink, you can drink as much as you want today!"

The shopkeeper came and said.

You must know that the banquet at tonight's birthday banquet is all booked from here.

This alone has made this shopkeeper make a lot of money.

Just a few pots of wine, even if it is Qu Jushi, he will not take it to heart.

What's more, the people who run the inn and wine shop are the most shrewd.

Who to stammer, and who can be offended.

They all have a clear account in their hearts.

Although Jin Peng said this, he really hadn't decided whether to drink or not in his heart.

But think about it.

He drank it involuntarily.

Glass after glass, soon the pot of wine bottomed out.

Xiao Er saw it.

He saw Jin Peng's wine jug bottoming out.

Immediately refilled another pot for him.

Until this pot of wine lands on the table.

Jin Peng realized that he had already started drinking.

And drank a pot out.

It seems that the remaining two hours will not need to be planned.

Wouldn't it be possible to sit here and drink and live quickly?

Just when he made up his mind and started drinking.

Two of them sat down in front of him suddenly.

Sharing tables in wine shops is the norm.

Especially in the evening when it is full.

But the liquor shops in Yangwen Town are never full.

Because there really aren't that many people.

And even if it's full.

No one dared to share a table with Jin Peng.

It's just that these two people didn't walk in from the door openly.

It came in through a window.

They were extremely clever in their calculations.

The moment he turned over, he sat in front of Jin Peng.

The two men looked indifferent.

But the clothes are very elegant.

Strange eyes.

Because they all stared straight at Jin Peng's right hand drinking.

His right thumb, to be exact.

The two men were about the same age.

There is also not much difference in appearance.

The only difference is that a person has thick hair,

The beard and sideburns are all connected.

And the other one, without a single hair.

The beard is also invisible, and the Adam's apple does not protrude.

It's like an old eunuch.

"Little Er!"

Jin Pengwan ignored their gazes.

Said with a greeting.

"Your Command, Your Excellency!"

"Give me two more bowls and chopsticks, and two wine glasses. ”

Jin Peng said.

He was originally lifeless, but this sentence was said very briskly.

He's happy again.

Because there is someone in front of them.

Not friends though.

But at least you can drink with yourself.

As long as someone is around.

Your loneliness can always dissipate somewhat.

"I don't drink. ”

The two said in unison.

The one with thick beard has a deep and thick voice.

And the bald one without an Adam's apple has a shrill voice.

It's like a eunuch.

"If you don't drink, then eat vegetables. ”

Jin Peng said.

All he had in front of him were a few plates of dim sum.

But he ordered Xiao Er to serve a few hot dishes.

Xiao Er put down the bowl, chopsticks and wine glass, and refilled a pot of wine for Jin Peng.

Then he answered and went down.

They all know that this adult has a lot of friends.

Therefore, no matter how strange people are, they will not take a second look and ask more.

Moreover, they know that the farther away they are, the better.

If you know more, I'm afraid you'll be the one who dies.

"We're not hungry either!"

The two said in unison again.

"If you're not hungry or drinking, why are you sitting here? If you want to gamble, go out and turn right and keep walking. If you want to find a girl, you can do it next door to the gambling house. ”

Jin Peng said.

He finished his glass.

He poured a glass for both of them.

The two looked at the wine glasses in front of them.

They all put their right hand on the table.

Both of them have their right hands, one large and one small.

But it was the opposite of the hair and beard.

People with thick beard have small hands.

And the bald man has no Adam's apple, but he has a slap the size of a fan.

It's just that the hands of these two people have one thing in common.

That's all thumbs up.

"I see. You're here to kill me. ”

Jin Peng saw the hands of the two and instantly understood.

There were ten fingers in the wooden box in the woman's place before, and two of them must have belonged to the two in front of her.

But when I looked closely, I felt that it was wrong.

Because the two men were missing their thumbs, the wounds had long since healed.

Smooth and complete.

It wasn't just that my finger was cut off at all.

How much more according to the nature of the woman.

They must have killed someone first, and then cut off their fingers.

Jin Peng didn't know what kind of quirk it was.

When he first met this woman.

When she kills someone, she must chop off the man's blade-wielding hand.

Take the hand with it and the blade it uses.

The name is beautiful: collection.

Jin Peng has seen a collection of antique calligraphy and paintings.

I've seen a collection of treasure mansions.

I've even seen collectors of beautiful women.

I've never seen a collection of stumps like this.

I have to say that this is an extremely perverted fetish.

But everyone must have a reason for what they do.

Although Jin Peng didn't like it in his heart, he couldn't say it.

But later, after getting acquainted, I occasionally mentioned it, but the woman changed.

She switched to just cutting off her thumb.

And sometimes you only need your fingers, and you don't want human life.

Isn't this an endless hidden danger for yourself?

A man is dead, even if you desecrate his body.

But there is no way to know.

But if this man is alive and sees you cut off your thumb, isn't that going crazy?

The two people in front of them must be like this.

"We don't drink, we don't eat, we don't gamble, we just look for one woman. ”

The two said.

Jin Peng found that no matter what the two of them said, they were all in unison.

If it weren't for the big difference in appearance, it wouldn't have been possible to even think that these two people were twins.

"There are two of you, but you only have one woman. Is it because you are shy?"

Jin Peng already knew who the woman they were looking for.

But he said it on purpose.

That said, though, would have made the two men furious.

But for a man who has three hours to live, what else is there to be afraid of?

I'm afraid there are none.

"Let's look for the woman who cut off our thumb. ”

The two said.

Jin Peng nodded.

"I want to find her too. ”

"Don't you know where she is?"

The two asked.

"I knew about an hour ago. It's in a bathhouse not far from here. But I don't know where she is now. ”

Jin Peng said.

"Take us to him. ”

The two said.

This is also not a request, but an order.

But how could Jin Peng follow their orders?

He looked out the window.

Outside the window is facing a road.

It is a street of shops in Yangwen Town.

There's everything in there.

Various specialties of the Zhenbei Domain, or amber and agate made of glaze.

In short, it has everything.

He suddenly wanted to buy himself a gift.

Although he knew that he would definitely receive a lot of gifts at the birthday banquet tonight.

However, it is also possible that there is no gift at all.

Because his friends are really too dashing.

Even more free and easy than him.

I don't think many people will remember to prepare a gift.

So he decided to buy himself the most satisfying gift for himself.

"If you follow, I can show you around and find out. But I only have two hours, and if I don't find it after that, I can't blame me. ”

Jin Peng said.

"Why is it only two hours? You know, we have been looking for her for more than two years. ”

The two said.

"Because in two hours I will die. Five people are going to kill me. ”

Jin Peng spread his hands and said.

"You can't die until you find that woman!"

The two said.

Jin Peng laughed.

This year's birthday is really fun!

Five people must let him die.

And now there are two more people, and they must not let him die.

In the end, it seems that it has nothing to do with himself.

Maybe the five people who let him die and the two who didn't let him die will fight first.

Laughing and laughing.

A back flashed from Jin Peng's eyes.

Hidden in the flow of people on that street.

His face changed, and he didn't even go through the main door.

Instead, he jumped out of the window where the two had flown into earlier.

The two men followed.

It made Jin Peng feel shocked.

With such a handsome body, it seems that the martial arts cultivation is not low.

However, Jin Peng didn't want to deliberately get rid of these two people.

After all, how could the two bodyguards who were so hard-won to prevent him from dying be so easily willing to give up?

He just saw a figure that he missed deeply.

Although a glimpse of it, perhaps it is an illusion.

But even if it's an illusion, you have to catch up and verify it with your own eyes before you can die.