Chapter 4 Life and death are like darts
Wine, sex, wealth, and gas are the four major weapons that harm people. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info among which wine is in the first place, and it is also known as a poison that pierces the intestines. However, wine has been available since the time of the Yellow Emperor and has continued to this day, and the reason why it is difficult to refuse is because when you are happy, you need to drink to cheer up, when you are sad, you need to use wine to drown your sorrows, and when you are dull, you need wine to add color. Wine also has the benefit of being able to speak the truth after drinking.
Seeing Li Xuan's puzzled look, Duan Xiaotian couldn't help but laugh and said, "Aren't you in the rivers and lakes?" Alas, people will always see the rivers and lakes as a place to fight and kill, but in fact, the rivers and lakes are around you. Brother, think about it, is there always a soft knife in the business field to kill people without seeing blood! If you can kill people, that is the rivers and lakes!"
Seeing Li Xuan nodded thoughtfully, he raised his mouth and drank a large bowl of wine and said, "But the rivers and lakes in the business field are only small circles in the rivers and lakes, because the rivers and lakes are composed of many small circles. Some of these small circles appear before your eyes, some hide behind you, and some take root in your heart. And the core of these small circles is nothing more than fame and fortune. When the circles around the word fame and fortune continue to push you forward, and you have to go, I am afraid that you are deep. Alas...... People are floating in the rivers and lakes, no one knows where the bones will be buried next, so the rivers and lakes cannot be touched, especially the bloody rivers and lakes with knives and guns, you come in, either you die or I die, and you are in the rivers and lakes, when it should end, you don't know I don't know, no one knows. I always thought that it would be the day my life ended!" he let out a long sigh and looked through the window and into the distance.
Li Xuan asked: "Does Brother Duan mean that I want to stay well in the rivers and lakes of the business field, don't you want to aspire to be involved in your rivers and lakes?"
Duan Xiaotian nodded and said, "That's it." Since everything you do is in the rivers and lakes, it is better to choose a more stable one in the rivers and lakes, such as the two rivers and lakes of business and officialdom. In these two places of chaos, everyone is intrigued at most, not directly holding the bright knife on your neck, so that you can feel the pain and fear of the blade cutting through the skin and spurting blood. ”
Li Xuan shook his head and said, "If my brother says this, I don't think the intrigue is as happy as the knife flying and the gun walking, and the open fire fighting." Duan Xiaotian smiled and said: "You are really standing on this mountain and looking at the mountain high, if you are not good at kung fu, you really let you fight with others with open fire and guns, you try! If you lose your hands and feet, you are lucky, if you don't die or live, how can you talk about happiness." ”
The two sighed for a while, Duan Xiaotian suddenly lowered his voice, leaned into Li Xuan's ear, and asked mysteriously: "Inquire brother, you have come all the way from Chang'an, taking this loess avenue, can you see a few majestic dart cars passing by?"
Li Xuan was puzzled, shook his head suspiciously, and said: "In today's world, thieves are everywhere, and in the turmoil and chaos, who dares to entrust valuable things to a dart cart?
Duan Xiaotian cautiously looked around, leaned towards Li Xuan, and said in a low voice: "Brother is wrong! This world is indeed chaotic, and people's hearts are not ancient, but the more you are in troubled times, the more you need to use a dart cart to escort valuable things." ”
Li Xuan asked, "Why did my brother ask about the dart cart?"
Duan Xiaotian's face was smug and said, "This matter is a long story. A few days ago, the old dart master Xu of Chang'an Weisheng Dart Bureau took a trip to Kaifeng's rich dart. It is said that because this dart is too valuable, VIA Dart Board dispatched all the good dart master bodyguards. This way out of the dart, with a fast horse relay, changing horses without changing people to Kaifeng. But now something big has happened to this dart. ”
Li Xuan was shocked: "Something is wrong?"
Duan Xiao nodded vigorously and said, "Just a few days ago, this rich dart was lost as soon as it arrived in the Luonan area. ”
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Brother is here this time, does it have anything to do with this?" Duan Xiaotian's eyes lightly flashed a trace of pride, and he sighed as if he pretended to sigh: "Although my martial arts skills are not high, I have always been heroic, and I have a deep friendship with Old Dart Master Xu, seeing that he is in trouble, how can I not help! This time, I was asked by Old Madam Xu to help find the information, so I asked." ”
Li Xuan knew that the Weisheng Dart Game that Duan Xiaotian said was a well-known golden sign on the rivers and lakes. With the Yangtze River as the boundary, when the people in the rivers and lakes of Jiangbei mention the name of the Weisheng Dart Bureau, whether it is the green forest or the official family, they will give a thumbs up and praise the righteousness. And the big master of the dart bureau Xu Renfeng Xu Lao Dart Master although he is over sixty years old, but he is very strong, because he is good at making a hand to split the mountain golden knife knife, and is also known as the golden knife Xu. Although the master of Xu Lao Dart has high martial arts, he is well versed in the way of business, so since the establishment of the dart bureau for decades, he has been pursuing the way of harmony and righteousness, and has won the good reputation of everyone who admires and is good at making friends.
Although the dart store is to make a living by licking the knife, after all, it also has to open the door to do business and make money to make a living. Therefore, for thousands of years, darts have had their own rules of multiple friends and multiple roads. Dart line guard, if the bodyguard on the way to the robbery, will not hurt people's lives, do not cause people to be disabled, can not fight is not to fight, can be used to money channel, as long as the foot horse money, can make the money channel, if you encounter the people who do not know the shape of the river and lakes to rob the dart, most of them are just a lesson, and in the end will still be held high and falling, so as not to die and be released. Therefore, the old dart master Xu has protected countless darts in his life, but he has never offended anyone, on the contrary, he has made countless friends. Will a person like him, who understands the rules of the Tao and has a wide range of good connections, also get into trouble because of darts?
Seeing that Duan Xiaotian was shouldering such a heavy responsibility, Li Xuan's admiration was overflowing, and he poured Duan Xiaotian a full glass of wine and a full toast.
He gave a thumbs up and said, "My brother is anxious and in need, so that my younger brother admires me! It's just that heroes are born in troubled times, and there are many heroes in troubled times." Now the world is turbulent, people's hearts are not ancient, the peaceful and prosperous world has long been gone, and some old rules may not work. Alas, there are no rules, and those who dare to hijack the big dart of the Viaph Dart Bureau in broad daylight are afraid that there are many people. ”
Duan Xiaotian nodded and said, "Brother said yes. May Lord Xu Dart be blessed and broad, and this time the loss of news is only temporary. ”
Li Xuan sighed and said, "The little brother doesn't often go to the rivers and lakes, so he doesn't know what to do." The rivers and lakes all know the name of the old dart master of the Weisheng Dart Bureau in the rivers and lakes, and that is a figure that everyone respects! If this accident is really done by the heroes of the green forest, I am afraid that it is only to get some money, and it should not be embarrassed. It's just that, with their fast dart method, they should be able to reach Kaifeng Mansion in less than ten days, so why did something happen in Luonan?
Duan Xiaotian said: "Luonan is a little far away from Kaifeng, and the old dart master Xu has arrived there in only three or five days, which is already fast." Li Xuan let out an 'oh' and asked, "Brother Duan, I don't know what kind of rich dart it is, but you want Old Dart Master Xu and all the dart masters to send out to protect the dart?" Duan Xiaotian shook his head and sighed: "We don't know, but I vaguely feel that this rich dart must be extraordinary." He swallowed his saliva and said, "The day before yesterday, Mrs. Xu of the VIA Dart Bureau sent a guy to find me in a hurry and asked me to go to the Dart Bureau. I don't know what happened, but I didn't know it was until I got to the dart game. But Mrs. Xu didn't say what kind of rich dart it was, but just asked me to find news along the road. ”
Li Xuan thought for a while and sighed: "I see! But the little brother is so strange, how can this old woman Xu know that there is no news about this rich dart?"
Duan Xiaotian poured himself a full wine, toasted a glass, and said, "Brother may not understand the way of the Weisheng Dart Bureau's fast horse relay to change horses without changing people. Do you know that the VIA Dart Game is a first-class dart game in Jiangbei, and if you don't encounter a rare rich dart, you won't protect the dart in this way, because the cost of the dart is too great. The method of this kind of guard is that a group of people are guarding the bodyguard on the road, a group of people rush to the front to prepare the horse and wait, the dart car arrives, and the waiting group of people will take over the dart car and continue to hurry, and the original group of people will ride first, go to the next station to seize the time to rest, and wait for the dart car to come and then carry out the next rotation. In this way, the dart master and horses can get enough time to rest, and the dart cart will not stop all the way. ”
Li Xuan nodded and praised: "This kind of bodyguard is indeed a good way." In this way, the dart master who was waiting in the Luonan area did not wait for the dart car, and searched all the way back, but did not find the dart car, so he dared to be sure that the rich dart car had lost the message?"
Duan Xiaotian pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Li is smart, it is estimated that this is exactly the case. The dart car could not find a trace, which was a big deal, so they flew the pigeon and told Mrs. Xu, so Mrs. Xu asked people everywhere to help find it. ”
Li Xuan stopped saying something after hearing this, and suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing into the store from the window, mixed with the chill of Sensen, and couldn't help but look out the window. At this time, the wind outside the window blew and stopped, and condensed with the yellow clouds that had wandered before, thick like a pile of cotton, low and attached to the earth. The originally dim earth dimmed and became as gray as a dead man's face, and the base of Changtian's contact with the distant mountains seemed to be mixed with cyanine dye, and the ashes fluttered into it, revealing a faint dark cyan.
The wind blew in through the windows, and the smell of mud wafted through the store.
Li Xuan let out a long sigh and said, "This day, I'm afraid it's going to rain." He turned his head to Duan Xiaotian and said, "It seems that you are not the only one who came out to look for the dart car this time." Well, this is probably the most alarming event in the Chang'an area this year. ”
Duan Xiaotian shook his head, took a long breath, and said, "Not only in the Chang'an area, it is estimated that half of Shaanxi's rivers and lakes will be a sensation. The brothers didn't know about it, and because of this incident, the good players who rarely went out came out. You also know that Mr. Xu's dart master is usually very popular, and the people who learned the news put down everything and came out to help find the information of the dart car!"
Li Xuan sighed when he heard this, and said: "People are in the rivers and lakes, their heads are in their waists, their knives are rolling, and their souls are in the wind." Whoever eats on the rivers and lakes, how many people can live a stable life! Big brother, in life, it seems that there is no wealth and wealth in the world!"
These words seemed to touch Duan Xiaotian's mind, he nodded, and suddenly he was silent. Just when the two of them were speechless, they suddenly heard the noise outside the store, and the two looked out the window, and saw that the thick clouds were pressed lower at this time, the distant mountains and trees were near, the sky was blurry, and the high sun became as light as an orange lamp. And in such a gray sky, six or seven drunken men in front of the store made a loud noise.
Li Xuan saw that these Jianghu men had crooked collars, and despite Xiao Er's dissuasion, they surrounded a white horse and a woman on the white horse while supporting each other. The woman on the horse was graceful, wearing a light gauze hat, although she couldn't see her face clearly, she seemed to be a little overwhelmed because the white horse was held by an eight-foot-tall man. Isn't this the same woman who inquired about the news at the pergola before? Li Xuan secretly said in his heart: "She didn't look for the Scarface person, how did she get here?"
Duan Xiaotian saw that there was a lot of excitement, so he pulled Li Xuan to the door. At this time, there were many diners in front of the store, Li Xuan asked the side of the customer: "These people are pestering a woman, but what is the matter?" The visitors seemed to be unhappy with this matter, and when they heard Li Xuan ask themselves, they said indignantly: "These reckless men have eaten too much wine, and when they saw that other women's women were graceful and rode alone, they said that she sat down and the horses collided with them, grabbed the horses, and shouted for money for medicine!"
Li Xuan looked, and sure enough, there was a man lying on the ground, looking injured and in pain, and the other men were pulling the woman's horse, laughing and laughing, and with a frivolous expression, it seemed that he only cared about the graceful woman in front of him, and did not intend to help his companion. Just when the woman was at a loss for what to do, one of the men in a purple robe with a three-foot long knife hanging from his waist shouted: "Hey, little lady, your horse hurt our Sang brothers, why don't you pay for the medicine?" haha...... If you don't have any money on you, it doesn't matter, obediently go with your brothers for a night, even if it's even. After that, he winked at the man lying on the ground unscrupulously, and his expression was extraordinary.
The man on the ground heard the purple-robed man tease the woman like this, and seemed to suddenly lose his pain, grinning with a big mouth, while the rest of the partners heard the purple-robed man propose this, and they all joined in and applauded. The onlookers saw that these men were rough and heroic, with swords hanging from their waists, knowing that they were playing tricks, but they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
Immediately, the woman listened to the man's words, and she didn't know whether she was frightened or what, but she only held the reins with a pair of white hands, and sat down on the white horse and kept whispering and retreating. Seeing this, all the men were even more unscrupulous, and shouted in unison: "Come down quickly, are you waiting for Lao Tzu to do it?"
Although Li Xuan had seen the kung fu of the woman raising her hand and throwing five baht copper coins, and knew that her martial arts were not weak, but when she saw a few men with rude words, she still rushed up with anger, and turned her head to Duan Xiaotian and said: "Just such a scoundrel dog, with vulgar words and deeds, to bully a lonely woman, you should really be beaten." Alas, they also deserve to roam the rivers and lakes?"
Duan Xiaotian heard Li Xuan's loud and angry reprimand, his face changed, he hurriedly pulled his clothes, and said in a low voice: "Brother doesn't know the situation, don't shout, do you know that these people are the most difficult to mess with!" Li Xuanqi said: "Why are they not easy to mess with?" Duan Xiaotian's wine color seemed to fade, his face was pale, he pointed to the purple-robed man who was holding the woman's horse, and whispered to Li Xuan: "Do you know who that person is?" Without waiting for Li Xuan to answer, he said: "That person is the famous Zheng Ping Zheng Er Zhuang in Chang'an Fulin Village!" Li Xuan didn't know who the owner of Zheng Ping and Zheng Er Zhuang in his mouth was, and he was angry when he heard the words: "What does he care about Fulin Zhuang Fushui Village! Since you are the owner of the village, you should be checked, how can you bully a lone woman?"
Duan Xiaotian shook his head and said, "The affairs of the rivers and lakes are not as simple as a bowl of cold water. Brother, walking in the rivers and lakes, words and deeds can't be separated by sex! And wait and see, wait and see! According to Brother Yu, maybe this matter in front of you is not so simple!"
Li Xuan heard Duan Xiaotian's words as if he was persuading himself to be careful, but it sounded like he was planning to stand by and watch, so he was even more annoyed in his heart, snorted coldly, and said hatefully: "When the road is uneven, draw a sword to help!" I believe that my brother knows the true nature of the people in the rivers and lakes better than me, how can I wait and look at it?"
When Duan Xiaotian heard this, he sighed lightly and said with some displeasure: "When did you become a person in the rivers and lakes? Aren't you doing business...... Brother, look, the masters in this hotel are not in a hurry, but why are you in a hurry?"
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, looked into the store, and saw that there were only two people left in the store, an old man and a young man sitting in the corner, holding a dark knife in his arms, and he was pouring himself a drink and munching on it.
Could it be that these three people will be masters of the rivers and lakes?
The old and the young in the store still sat silently opposite each other, deaf to the noise outside the store, and the reckless and reckless flirting with the woman riding alone, one still raised his glass and drank slowly, and the other lowered his head and carefully played with the patent leather mottled pipa in his arms.
Li Xuan laughed angrily, waiting to see the short-bearded young man drinking by himself, eating indifferently, as if a hungry ghost had come back to life, muttering wine and eating meat, regardless of the soup and wine, stained his sleeves. He sighed secretly, and was about to ask where the master Duan Xiaotian was talking about, but immediately the woman suddenly opened her mouth and asked the purple-robed man: "Are you Zheng Ping of Fulin Village, Zheng Lao Er?" Since you don't know who I am, I can't blame you. If you get out of the way, everything will be fine, but if you still get entangled and bad for me, don't blame me for not giving face to Zheng Xing of Fulin Village!"
Everyone listened to her speak, and their voices were so crisp and beautiful that they couldn't help but be stunned.
The man who was called Zheng Ping Zheng Lao Er at the head heard her not only call out his name, but also his brother Zheng Xing's name, and couldn't help but be stunned, but then he thought about it, his brother Zheng Xing is famous in Chang'an, and there are many people who know it, and it is not surprising that he is now named by a woman. He laughed and said, "Little lady, you know us?" haha...... Say...... Little lady, if you didn't speak before, we thought you were dumb, and it was a pity in our hearts! Since you can speak, it's good, hurry up and lose money! Haha...... I will not ask you much more, just fifty taels of silver leaves. ”
Li Xuan saw that Zheng Ping, as the second owner of Fulin Village, opened his mouth and closed his mouth to ask the woman to lose money, and he already understood that what Duan Xiaotian said was very true, and there must be another reason why these people in front of him were so entangled. So be patient, and see how the woman copes.
Several men beside Zheng Ping heard that the owner of the village was so unrelenting, they all laughed with him, and shouted in unison: "Hurry up and get the money!" Immediately, the woman seemed to be unwilling to endure it anymore, raised her jade hand, and said hatefully: "Do you want money? Then give you money." ”
Everyone only heard the sound of 'snorting' breaking through the air, and a copper coin with a cold light shot out of her hand, lying on the ground in the middle and pretending to be injured. The man on the ground didn't expect that the woman would suddenly make a move, and hit his ass with a copper coin, because he was not prepared, he was hit by the copper coin at once, and he made a painful 'oops' and jumped up.
The rest of the men were startled by his sudden shout, and when they looked closely, they saw that the copper coin had hit his buttocks, and it was deeply embedded in it, and blood flowed. Zheng Ping was slightly stunned when he saw that his partner was injured, and he yanked the reins that he had held in his hand for a long time. The white horse was pulled by him, neighed, and raised its front hooves high. But the woman on the horse has superb horsemanship, although she was a little unstable by the white horse, but her legs were clamped, and the white horse rushed forward a few steps, and she still stood in place honestly.
Seeing this, Zheng Ping glared and shouted, at the moment when the white horse rushed forward, his hand had released the reins, and with a whistle in his mouth, several people on his side and the man who got up on the ground showed their blades one after another, and surrounded the woman without saying anything. Zheng Ping saw that the woman was surrounded by water, the tiger's eyes widened even more, raised the cold and shining waist knife in his hand, and shouted: "Grandma, I know the name of Lao Tzu, but I don't obey obediently! Hmph, don't lose money! Then lose your life." ”