Chapter 40: Light
Lan Ting faced the stone wall, which was high and thick, and he threw a few punches and kicks and still didn't move. www.biquge.info He didn't know what was going on, and all he could do now was not to panic.
The night was dark, and Lan Ting's heart seemed to be swallowed up by the night. The stone wall on the long street cut off his back path, and a man had to move forward when he had no way back. Although he didn't know what was waiting for him in front of him, maybe it was warm fragrant nephrite, maybe it was murderous, no matter what was better than waiting. There is nothing harder in life than waiting.
Lan Ting walked down the street alone, and he didn't worry about anyone, because the remaining four were better than him, no matter who they were. Now all he has to do is to make himself not so afraid, only calm can he have life.
The autumn night was cold, but he was hot, and his legs were as heavy as lead, and he moved step by step. At this moment, there was a little imperceptible light in front of the left. In the endless darkness that even a firefly could illuminate the path beneath his feet, Lanting searched for that little light until he came to a crossroads.
If you were standing at a crossroads in your life, and only one of them had a glimmer of hope and vitality, would you choose?
Lan Ting walked towards the light without even thinking about it, at least the light would make him feel better. As I walked, I saw a brightly lit street, and on both sides of the street were shops doing business, and the doors were open at this time, and both the boss and the guys came out to solicit customers. At a glance, there are comfortable and spacious inns, restaurants full of meat, gambling houses with thriving business, and of course, brothels with beautiful women.
Lan Ting was still a poor child before he followed Qi Chu, and his family background can be said to be very ordinary, even more ordinary than ordinary people. He never knew that his father, who could only cook vegetables, was the once famous Yizhan Yunfei Yanhan, and he didn't believe that he would become the successor of Qi Chu, the son of Streamer. But in the dark, he seemed to know that he would be able to live a good life one day. On the day he left home, his father told him: You must remember that the truth and the way of heaven that people seek are often in darkness, and that requires you to have the courage to find them. And the light is here to disturb and confuse you.
At this moment, he remembered this sentence again. Behind him was endless darkness, and he looked back, even though he knew in his heart that there might be truth and the way of heaven there, but he still sent the gods into the light.
Even if the light in front of him is illusory, he is willing to die in illusory happiness, because he simply cannot control the greedy desire for light in his heart.
He walked into the spacious inn, took a hot bath, dried the water droplets on his body with a clean towel, and changed into brand new clothes. The materials of this dress are extravagant, and the craftsmanship is also superb, and he can't put it down and touch it, for fear that the clothes will be gone in the blink of an eye. At this time, the door of the bathroom opened, and a cute little fat man walked in, bent down and bowed, "Young Master Lanting, can you finish washing?"
Lan Ting looked at the little fat man, he was wearing gold and silver, but he was bent over at the moment.
"It's over. He was a little worried, did this person come to ask for money?
The little fat man smiled: "Young Master Lanting, don't worry, this inn is all yours, so naturally I won't ask you for money." ”
"Mine?" Lan Ting asked cautiously, he didn't remember that he had such an inn.
"Yes, have you forgotten? you have ten inns like this!"
"I really don't remember. Lan Ting wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to himself: It would be great if there were really ten such inns.
The little fat man said: "Don't be joking, come out to eat with me, the rich people within a radius of a hundred miles are waiting for you in the restaurant!"
Lan Ting said, "What are you waiting for me for?"
The little fat man smiled: "Naturally, if you don't go, they don't dare to move chopsticks, do you know that the reason why they are rich depends on you?"
The second monk Lan Ting was puzzled, what the hell was going on? Suddenly there were ten more inns under his name, and the rich man within a radius of 100 miles was waiting for him to eat, and he couldn't do it, no one dared to use chopsticks?
Follow the little fat man out of the inn, opposite is a five-story restaurant, at this time each floor is lit up, strangely no one in or out.
The little fat man turned around and smiled: "This is also your restaurant, and if it is not open today, I am afraid that it will make you dine." ”
Lan Ting looked up and saw that there seemed to be wine and food on the fifth floor, and there were many people sitting on it. He walked into the restaurant and found that the decoration inside could be described as splendid, and he was stunned when he walked up to the fifth floor.
There was only one round table in the entire fifth floor, the size of which was just enough for a hundred people, and the main seat was reserved for him. There were fewer than a thousand kinds of dishes on the table, and more than half of them were things he had never seen. The little fat man led him to the main seat and sat down, and Lan Ting looked at the rich people with wide eyes. Suddenly, I heard the little fat man say, "Please ask Young Master Lan Ting to say a few words." ”
Lan Ting had been hungry for a day, but he had just picked up his chopsticks and stopped in mid-air, where would he say anything? At this time, a hundred pairs of eyes stared at him, Lan Ting's face suddenly turned red, and he said hesitantly: "Everyone eat and drink well!"
Immediately, there was thunderous applause, and everyone said in unison, "Young Master Lan Ting said it really well." ”
Since Lan Ting ate the first bite of food and drank the first glass of wine, the rich people dared to move their chopsticks. Lan Tinghu ate and drank a meal, and hurriedly went downstairs. The little fat man still followed him and said, "Young Master Lan Ting, do you want to go to our gambling house to play two games?"
"Okay" Lan Ting was also interested, it seemed that everything here seemed to be his.
In the smoky gambling house, a group of gamblers are gulping and desperately swallowing the turbid air. Suddenly, someone said, "Young Master Lan Ting is coming in soon, you should hurry up and suck up this harmful gas." ”
When Lan Ting walked into the casino, the air was filled with the scent of flowers. The gambling house, which could no longer accommodate one more person, turned out to be extremely spacious. Because the gamblers would rather squeeze themselves than Young Master Lanting.
Lan Ting came to the gambling table and suddenly heard the little fat man ask, "Young Master Lan Ting, are you playing dice or pai gow?"
"Shake the dice, win or lose. Lan Ting reached out and touched it, and there was only a piece of broken silver in his arms.
At this time, the dice cylinder brought up by the servant turned out to be made of crystal. Lan Ting said in his heart: Wouldn't this see the inside clearly?
After shaking the dice, Lan Ting saw that the points inside were two, four, five, small. He took out the broken silver and put it on the "small", and at this time, everyone in the gambling house took out all the money on their bodies and put it on the "big".
Taking away the tube, Lan Ting won countless sums of money with a piece of broken silver, and said in his heart: Aren't these people blind?
The little fat man smiled: "This gambling house is also yours." ”
Lan Ting said: "I also have ten gambling houses like this?"
The little fat man smiled: "Wrong, not ten but a hundred." It's no wonder that you're mistaken, but these 100 gambling houses are not as good as a tenth of your property. ”
Lan Ting asked, "Am I so rich?"
The little fat man said: "Yes, how vulgar it is to raise money." You call it rich. ”
Lan Ting was thinking about it, and then heard the little fat man say, "Are you tired, how about spending the night in Qiuxiang Pavilion tonight?"
At this time, the two had walked out of the gambling house, and Lan Ting saw Qiu Xiang Pavilion, which was the best brothel on the street. He stood at the door and hesitated, the girl in the business was so prosperous that she must be beautiful.
The little fat man always knew what Lan Ting was thinking, and said, "Young Master Lan Ting, are the girls of Qiuxiang Pavilion waiting for you today? ”
Lan Ting only felt a strange itch in his heart, and walked quickly towards the brothel. At this point, he was hot-headed, and although he felt that the facts of what happened tonight were too strange, everything was so real. Looking down at the brand new clothes, I told myself not to think so much and to get in quickly. At this moment, someone suddenly grabbed his sleeve. This pull almost pulled him to the ground, and he was just about to scold, when he turned around and saw that the person who pulled his sleeve was Shi Ling. Lan Ting was overjoyed and pulled Sherin to let him go in with him.
Suddenly, Shering whispered, "Come with me, there is danger here." ”
Lan Ting was pulled away by Shering before he could react, he only felt that Shering had a lot of strength and couldn't resist at all, so he asked, "What's the matter?"
She Ling said: "Don't look back, go quickly!"
At this time, I suddenly heard the little fat man shouting, "Young Master Lanting, where are you going?"
Lan Ting believed that there might be danger here, so he didn't reply: "Let's talk about some business, you don't have to come with us!"
The little fat man smiled: "Young Master Lanting, don't go, the girls are waiting for you!"
But Shering walked faster and faster, Lan Ting knew that something was wrong, only to hear the wind behind him, and a burst of miserable laughter came: "Eat, it's over, do you want to go? Hmph, it's not that easy!"
There was wind at the feet of Shering, Lan Ting couldn't help but look back, and was suddenly frightened!
Where there is a restaurant inn behind him, it is a desolate cemetery. The bluestone tombstones glowed green in the miserable moonlight, and the cute little fat man had become terrifying, his eyes leaking fiercely, and his two fangs grew outside. If Qi Chu and Xu Jinyu were here, they would definitely recognize him as the Wu Ke people of Daming Temple!