Chapter 48: The End of the World (1)
But he said that Ouyang Bei said goodbye to Wu Fengzhao from the Shangshu Mansion of the Nanjing Military Department that day, although he said it chicly, but when the door of the Shangshu Mansion was closed behind him, he understood what it meant to be unaccompanied and cornered.
Fortunately, although he was alone, he still had the next goal, which was to go north to Jingshi to find the mystery of the letter and the salt introduction.
Fortunately, I didn't meet anyone from the Donghai faction along the way, and I was safe. After traveling for nearly a month, Ouyang Bei arrived at a town, and after inquiring, he learned that he had arrived in Shandong.
He had spent more than ten taels of silver on his body along the way, and at this time he was penniless, standing in the middle of the city, embarrassed. He had no money to eat or drink, so he wandered around the streets.
On the way, he passed a yamen, and there was a notice posted outside, and when he saw it, his soul flew out of the sky on the spot!
I saw that the notice had not been posted for a long time, and it was clear that there was a person drawn on it, but it was not me? The official document read: "Arrest the criminal Ouyang Bei, and reward 5,000 taels of silver." This person was formerly the head catcher in Yangzhou, colluded with bandits, killed 62 people from the Guangsheng Ma family, robbed 100,000 taels of silver tickets and salt, raped and killed women, and was extremely vicious.
Ouyang Bei felt dizzy after seeing it, and just wanted to shout that he was wronged.
He remembered that when his predecessor was arrested, every time he arrested the gangsters, everyone shouted at him for wrongdoing, but he never believed half a word from them, and now that he was also wanted, he only understood the suffering of those people when he put himself in the shoes of the people.
Ouyang Bei couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, and said to himself: "Retribution! Could it really be retribution?"
He was in a state of confusion, and said secretly: "This prefect Jia Jingzong is so vicious, just force me to lose my official position and flee, and also plant all the bloody cases of the Ma family's destruction on my head, I am afraid that my life will be ruined." "I think that except for Lord Zhai Yu in the letter, no one else in the world can save himself.
He was tired and hungry, and he was in a really uncomfortable mood, and when he was bored, he was suddenly pushed away by a man who stretched out his hand and shouted, "Boy, get away! Don't hinder my lord's walking!"
When Ouyang Bei looked at it, he saw that it was several tall and strong men who were opening the way in front, and a wealthy businessman with a fat brain behind him was swaggering over.
Ouyang Bei's heart was furious, thinking that he was in Yangzhou before, who of these rich people didn't give him a treat, so he knew that he was angry in such a small place?
Ouyang Bei made up his mind, since he was wronged, he simply did a big vote and spoke out his evil anger fiercely.
This rich businessman probably didn't look at the yellow calendar before going out, he didn't know Mount Tai with his eyes, and he didn't have a good way to go, so he had to offend Ouyang Bei. At this time, Ouyang Bei was angry, and he needed a place to vent, so he sneaked into the rich merchant that night and stole more than 800 taels of silver to vent the hatred in his heart.
Ouyang Bei has been the head of the hunt for many years, and he has been caught as a thief, and when he committed the crime, he put on a daze and left his footprints straight to the county yamen.
When he went out the next morning, he saw a large crowd surrounding the yamen. The rich businessman was furious, and shouted with dozens of family members, Ouyang Bei was amused in his heart, and secretly left. On the way, he was afraid that people would recognize him, so he wiped his face with black charcoal, and all the way he ate and drank well, big fish and meat, all of which were the money of the rich businessman who poured the frieze.
Another month later, Ouyang Bei had arrived in a small town in Hebei on this day, and it was expected that it would not take long to enter Beijing to meet Lord Zhai Yu.
At this time, the solar term enters winter, and the weather is getting colder. Ouyang Bei saw that the sky was overcast and the cold wind was raging, and he was afraid that it would snow for a while, so he found a small inn nearby to live in. In the evening, sure enough, the wind turned stronger, and it snowed heavily. Not to mention hurrying, I am afraid that I will not be able to delay outside.
Ouyang Bei shook his head, fortunately, the inn was quite warm, so there was no need to brave the wind and snow outside. He ordered two side dishes, heated a pot of old wine, and poured himself a drink. Although it is in the midst of difficulties, it is also comfortable.
While he was drinking, he suddenly heard a person yelling, "Fuck, what is this!"
Ouyang Bei looked back and saw several countrymen pointing at a man and scolding.
The man had white temples, about forty years old, although he was not young, but he had dragon eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and his appearance was really extraordinary.
Ouyang Bei couldn't help but feel a little surprised in his heart, he couldn't imagine that he could see such a character in the countryside here.
He stared at it again, but saw that the man was dressed in tatters and filth, holding a chicken paw in one hand and gnawing on it, but holding two dice in the other hand, and still shouting in his mouth: "Come, down, make sure you win a wife for the New Year, the eight generations of ancestors are all stained!" Ouyang Bei frowned, that person looked handsome, he seemed to be a famous family, but he didn't know that his behavior was so unbearable.
The man was talking nonsense, but several gamblers stopped gambling and left the table one after another.
The man hurriedly said, "Don't go! You haven't paid yet!"
A gambler said viciously: "Fuck, Lao Tzu has never seen such a thing in his life, and he has grown up with eighteen in a row." You guy is obviously a fool, and you dare to ask for money!" he said and punched the man in the face.
The man cried out, "Mom!" and stood up and fled backwards, as if cowardly.
Everyone in the inn was stunned at the same time, only to see that the figure was about ten feet, which could be said to be extremely tall, and when he stood up, the top of his head almost touched the lintel.
Ouyang Bei has been boasting about his length since he was a child, but who knows that compared with this person, he is actually half a head shorter.
Ouyang Bei took a closer look at the man, and saw that he was not only huge, but also broad-chested and broad-shouldered, in terms of size, it could be said that he was extremely powerful, like an overlord's momentum.
When the gambler saw the man's extraordinary posture, he did not dare to move again, so he had to scold, "His grandmother's, what is it!" and walked away.
When the tall man saw that the gamblers were gone, he didn't chase after them, but only giggled.
He saw that Ouyang Bei was the only one left in the inn, so he sat in front of him honestly and unceremoniously, and said, "Brother, do you bet or not?
Ouyang Bei smiled slightly and said, "I never gamble in Xia, so brother Tai should find someone else!"
The man squinted at Ouyang Bei, as if he had seen some monster, and shook his head and said, "I don't believe that you never gamble, so be it! Bet that your brother will not dare to bet with me! Ten taels of silver." ”
Ouyang Bei had something important to do, how could he talk to him, and immediately shook his head and said: "I never gamble in Xia, I really can't gamble with my brother." If Brother Tai doesn't believe in the words of the younger brother, then there is no way to think about it. ”
The man grinned and said, "Brother, didn't I say that I would not dare to bet with me if I bet on you, but your brother didn't gamble even if he was killed, but who lost?"
Ouyang Bei shook his head and said: "Since if you don't gamble, you will lose, then okay, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman and gamble with you." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Now I am willing to gamble, in exchange for you to lose ten taels of silver to me." ”
The man laughed and said, "If you don't bet with me, you lose, but if you bet with me, I won't lose." ”
Ouyang Bei was quite impatient, and said: "Why do you lose and I lose, how can there be such a thing in the world?"
The man said, "If you don't gamble, you will lose." But if you want to gamble, you just promise to bet with me, this is just the opening of the bank, how can you win?"
Ouyang Bei couldn't help but smile dumbly, and said: "So if I don't bet with you, I will give you ten taels of silver, if I am willing to bet with you, we will only open a dealer now, yes or no?"
The man smiled and said, "Look at you are still smart, let's come now! Do you want to bet big or small?"
Ouyang Bei smiled and said, "I don't want to give you silver, nor do I want to gamble with you, how are you doing, brother?"
The man was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "It's the first time I've seen a person like you who is so openly dead-faced." ”
Ouyang Bei listened to the man's rudeness, couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, snorted, and stopped answering.
Seeing Ouyang Bei's anger, the man scratched the top of his head and said, "Brother, you have a bad face, I think that your luck must be very bad recently, but what I said is the truth?"
Ouyang Bei seemed to have a deep meaning in his words, and his heart sank, I don't know if this person is a character in the rivers and lakes.
He didn't want to confide in his heart, and said lightly: "The theory of luck has always been slim. I don't believe in this kind of thing in my next life. He drank to himself.
The man smiled: "I said that luck is the most important, let Zhuge Liang calculate everything, without luck, but he didn't calculate that he couldn't continue his life in Wuzhang Yuan." A person who has no luck to support him, is afraid that he will not live for a moment or three, do you say?"
Ouyang Bei smiled slightly and said, "Your Excellency has said so much, but what is your luck?"
The man was stunned for a while, shook his head, and said, "I...... I don't know, it seems like my luck hasn't been so good......"
Ouyang Bei saw that his behavior was suddenly strange, and frowned: "Who is Your Excellency?
The man was stunned again, only to see his handsome face slowly wrinkled together, hugging his head and crying, "I don't know...... I'm just an inverted frieze...... Inverted frieze ghost ...... Woohoo......"
Ouyang Bei shook his head, he couldn't imagine that this person was actually a madman. The man cried for a while, and then suddenly he giggled again and began to froze.
Ouyang Bei ignored him anymore, drank to himself, and saw that the rain outside was getting heavier, and he looked out of the gray patch.
Suddenly, I heard a young girl's voice outside the door, shouting, "Silly Fu! You have run away again, causing us to look for you everywhere." ”
I saw a man and two women walking in outside the door. The man is in his thirties and forties, and his figure is slightly blessed.
The two women are beautiful and in their youth. The three of them all hung long swords from their waists, and they were obviously from the martial arts, but the snow outside was too heavy, although there were already a lot of snowflakes on their bodies.
The tall man jumped up and said in a trembling voice, "I...... I didn't run around...... Sister Baimei, don't hit me......" The man seemed to be very afraid of the girl, shrunk his tall body, and squatted in the corner.
The girl ignored the snowflakes on her body and pulled the tall man over, and said angrily: "Silly Fu, how old are you, do you want us to watch you all day long?"
Don't look at the girl who is nearly twenty years younger than this big man, but her tone is as straight as the eldest sister teaching the younger brother.
Ouyang Bei couldn't help but smile slightly: "This person is in his forties, looking at his dignified appearance, but calling a little girl a fool, it's really messy." ”
Suddenly, another girl said: "Senior sister, it's good that the person has found it, don't be busy training him first, come over and shake the snow on your clothes!"
Ouyang Bei heard this, and turned his head to look, only to see that this girl had a melon seed face, and her appearance was incomparable, and she was afraid that it was rare to see a big beauty in a big town.
Ouyang Bei was stunned for a while.