Chapter 68: Non-mainstream
Tan Yibo's voice trembled involuntarily, and said: "These people have been rumored in the rivers and lakes for a long time, mavericks, strange costumes, and extremely high martial arts, and few people in the rivers and lakes can match them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć It is said that they also rarely interact with people, and no one knows where they came from. But it's best not to offend them, it is said that their leading boss, on the shore of Poyang Lake, killed Tu Tu, a master of swordsmanship who has been famous in the rivers and lakes for thirty years, with just one move. ā
Du Shenfei hadn't heard of these stories, he didn't know how famous a swordsman Tu Lixiang was, and he didn't know what kind of organization the Stranger was, so he asked, "Who is the leader of this Stranger?"
Tan Yibo said: "Their leading boss is called the Poultry House River. A fowl is the fowl of an animal, a house is a house of houses, and a river is a river of rivers. Isn't it strange that you call such an inexplicable name?"
Du Shenfei listened to it and said with a smile: "Although this name is strange, there is already a precedent, I have heard of Mozi's chief disciple, and it is called Bird Slippery." ā
Tan Yibo smiled and said continuously: "Yes, yes, yes, you don't mention it, I forgot, the name of the bird is also very strange, and it is also a famous person in the rivers and lakes. ā
Du Shenfei heard this and said with a smile: "Uncle Tan must be mistaken, this bird is a person from the Warring States Period, fifteen or six hundred years ago. If the bird slippery in the Warring States period is the grandfather of the poultry house, then it seems that the father of the bird house river is the Jin Dynasty. After living for 800 years, they are still young and middle-aged, and they can still give birth to sons, and everyone in their family must have lived for thousands of years. ā
Seeing that the two of them were not in a hurry, Mao Ye stood and talked, and had already sat down on a cobblestone on the side of the road, and when he heard this, he also interjected: "Brother, it seems that those surnamed birds and beasts can become spirits and monsters." ā
Tan Yibo listened to the words of the two, wiped his face, glared, and said, "Oh? That's old and confused, and it made a mistake, which made the two young heroes laugh." ā
Du Shenfei said: "Don't dare!May I ask the old man, what is this poultry house river for, to kill that swordsman Tu Tu and leave his hometown?"
Tan Yibo said: "Just because this Tu Lixiang relied on his own skills, he got drunk and made trouble in the hotel under the banner of the Wonderman, ate the overlord meal, and pierced the throat of the hotel shopkeeper with a sword." ā
Du Shenfei suddenly remembered the Jianfeng Zhai brothers who were killed by the poor in the Quanhuanwu drink shop, and said: "Killing innocent people like this indiscriminately deserves to die." If it were me, I would have killed him. ā
Mao Ye stared at the four people on the stone for a long time, and asked in surprise: "Brother, how can the hair of those people be red and green? This old fellow's fur is also strange, both white and black. After speaking, he pulled the burnt yellow hair on his sideburns and looked at it, and muttered, "Why do you understand that my hair is yellow again?"
Tan Yibo saw Mao Ye calling him "old guy", so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him, but he didn't dare to reply, for fear of angering this grumpy big guy.
Du Shenfei smiled and said: "Wild, you don't know." Their hair is not the color it is generated, but is dyed with dye. ā
Tan Yibo also said: "What the young man said is exact. I have also heard of the methods of dyeing hair with bone-piercing water, one of which is the method of dyeing the mane with the comfrey, which is the method of dyeing the mane with the medicine boiled in this way, which is red, and the hot water extract of henna can dye the hair orange red, the white hair can be dyed black by mixing mutton fat and vegetable ash juice, the hair can be dyed pale brown with walnut dye, and the hair can be dyed yellow with chamomile dye. ā
Du Shenfei said: "It seems that the old man knows a lot about hair dyeing, which has benefited him a lot." ā
Mao Ye said again: "This old guy must be a dyer. ā
Du Shenfei patted Mao Ye's shoulder and said: "Wild, don't be so ignorant of etiquette, you should also respect others, for people who are slightly older than you, you call him big brother, like this Uncle Tan, who is far older than you and has gray hair, you should call him an old man or uncle, how can you call someone 'old guy' when you open your mouth and close your mouth?"
Tan Yibo's face showed anger, but he immediately smiled and said, "It's okay! It doesn't matter what it's called, it's just a title." He added, "It's just that I haven't heard of anyone dyeing their hair in history." ā
Du Shenfei said: "Yes, I know one, and there is a record of his hair dyeing in the official history." It's just that he dyed his white hair and beard black. ā
Tan Yibo was curious: "Who is this person?"
Even Tan Yige, who has always been silent and has never said a word all the way and doesn't seem to have any expression, is actually looking at Du Shenfei at this time, with light in her eyes, listening curiously, because she thinks this method of dyeing her hair is very good, so that even if the years go through the vicissitudes of life, old age, and gray temples, she can still use this method to retain youth and beauty.
But as soon as she thought of this, Tan Yige's head lowered again, she was thinking, in this river and lake where the weak eat the strong, people's hearts are sinister, everyone is for their own selfish interests, regardless of the lives of others, whether she can live to the time when her temples are white and old, it is unknown. So her face immediately darkened.
Du Shenfei also saw Tan Yige's expression, but he didn't understand other people's thoughts, so he just replied to Tan Yibo: "The Book of Han said that Wang Mang 'wants to look at himself externally, but he dyes his hair'. It is about Wang Mang, the founding emperor of the new dynasty, who saw that he had a 'white beard', and in order to cover up his old state, he specially dyed his hair and beard black."
Tan Yibo suddenly gritted his teeth and asked hatefully: "Is it the big traitor Wang Mang who is disloyal and unjust, usurps the throne and steals the country, and has left a stench for thousands of years?"
Du Shenfei looked at Tan Yibo, and saw that he looked so indignant, presumably most of the loyal people in this world still don't like people like Wang Mang and Cao Cao, so he said: "Although Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and became the emperor, for more than a thousand years, he was denied by most people. Ban Gu said in the Book of Han that he was: 'Advisor thief, usurper the Han Dynasty, arrogant Xia Gui, and abuse the martyrs of Shang Xin. Hypocrisy Huang and Yu, Miao called the classics, the resentment of the gods was angry, and the evil was punished. The extreme of a hundred kings, it is treacherous. But I don't think he's a good-for-nothing emperor, but much more brilliant and far-sighted than most emperors. ā
Tan Yibo frowned, and asked in a loud voice, "How can you see his brilliant vision?"
Du Shenfei has heard some stories about Wang Mang from Xie Youlong when he was a child, Du Shenfei has deeply remembered this person in his heart, and he feels that Wang Mang is a very great person, a person who does what others dare not do.
Du Shenfei said: "Wang Mang's reform of the land state-owned, equalization, abolition of slavery and other policies was ahead of its time, although it was completely incomprehensible and unacceptable to the people at that time. However, I think he was an earth-shattering person who carried out comprehensive reforms, and that the management and distribution of his new policies were based on the interests of the people, and he worked hard to implement his ideals, and he did not hesitate to risk the condemnation of the world. But such a person is also destined to become a "heinous" person in the long river of history, because he violated the interests of many powerful people at that time. ā
The crowd sighed.