Chapter 47: Ah Fei appears
Cheng Manxing didn't know where Ah Fei came from. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info He doesn't even know when Ah Fei came to this place. He only knew that Ah Fei was a fisherman. On the days when he could go to sea, Ah Fei went out to fish every day, and only caught a few at a time.
Cheng Manxing once secretly followed Ah Fei once out of curiosity. But after only following for a distance, Cheng Manxing told himself that this approach was absolutely wrong.
That time, Ah Fei didn't have any abnormal performance. He didn't even show that he had noticed that Cheng Manxing was following him. But Cheng Manxing doesn't think so.
Cheng Manxing knew that Ah Fei must have discovered that he was following him. The reason why he is indifferent to his tracking is because he disdains to react in any way.
That short period of tracking gave Cheng Manxing the feeling that he was following a wolf, an old wolf who had been killed for a long time and had been traumatized. And he himself is an ignorant rabbit. How could an old wolf who had been injured care about an ignorant rabbit following him?
Every time Cheng Manxing comes to the tavern, as long as it is in the evening, he will definitely see Ah Fei.
Ah Fei only drinks one pot of wine at a time. A small pot of bitter vermouth.
Ah Fei never wants any side dishes to accompany the wine. He was always alone, with a jug of wine and a glass, sitting at the table at the very back of the tavern and drinking quietly.
Ah Fei didn't drink fast. It takes less than a quarter of an hour for drunkards to pour a pot of wine into their stomachs. Ah Fei will definitely drink for an hour. Cheng Manxing secretly calculated a few times. From Ah Fei getting the wine to drinking it, every time it is an extremely accurate hour. Not a single point. Not a little bit.
Cheng Manxing knows that a person like Ah Fei must be a person with a story and a wonderful story. Cheng Manxing also wanted to dig out Ah Fei's story more than once. Because, all the stories of other people here, Cheng Manxing knows it clearly. He knew even eight generations of their ancestors.
But Cheng Manxing didn't know anything about Ah Fei.
If he doesn't dig out Ah Fei's story, Cheng Manxing always feels like a stone in his heart.
But instinct and the experience accumulated after more than ten years of catching fast told Cheng Manxing that Ah Fei's story can't be dug up. An old wolf that has been injured in the past is better not to open its scars.
"Thankfully, I didn't dig it. Cheng Manxing was sitting under a big tree more than ten zhang away from the Zheng Family Tavern at the moment, looking at the Zheng Family Tavern, and thought of it with great luck.
The day before yesterday, the Zheng Family Tavern began to be vegetarian in the whole building.
It is said that it is the whole museum, but in fact, it is two people. One boss, one guy. Cheng Manxing knew that there was also a proprietress in the tavern, who looked pretty good. However, the proprietress rarely comes out to meet people. In such a place where sinners live, if a good-looking proprietress comes out all day long, it is like holding a large piece of fresh fish and dangling under the noses of a large group of hungry cats.
Regarding the matter of Susu, the boss's explanation to Cheng Manxing was that the big owner had passed away.
Cheng Manxing didn't ask for more news. It is not uncommon for the owner to die and his property to mourn for him. He thought that the big proprietor of the Zheng family tavern was a wealthy businessman in the local county or state capital.
The only thing Cheng Manxing found a little strange was that although the Zheng Family Tavern was temporarily closed, it did not stop the supply of absinthe. The wine is placed outside and guests can take their own drinks. Moreover, the boss made it very clear that the wine these days is not only free, but also unlimited.
Therefore, in the past two days, there have been many people in front of the Zheng Family Tavern. Some people who didn't come to drink much before also came. They are all here for free wine.
However, since the proprietor has a white matter, no matter how thick-skinned the person who comes to drink the free wine, he will inevitably bow to the couplet on the door of the tavern. It's just that no one knows who they are bowing to.
Even Cheng Manxing didn't know.
Until this morning.
This morning, Cheng Manxing received a letter from the six doors of the state capital. The content of the text is very simple, except for a brief mention of a few bloody cases, that is, he should immediately arrange for manpower to closely monitor all the Zheng family properties under his rule, and pay attention to suspicious characters.
Until this time, Cheng Manxing knew that the Zheng Family Tavern was one of the Zheng family industries mentioned in the text. And the big proprietor of the tavern is a wealthy merchant with a very good reputation in the Central Plains, Zheng Sanzhou.
As for the "suspicious character" who asked for attention in the text, it was actually Xiao Li Tanhua, who was once famous all over the world!
This place under the jurisdiction of Cheng Manxing is indeed a place where birds do not lay eggs. But this does not mean that Cheng Manxing's news is more closed than others.
On the contrary, as a head hunter who manages a large number of criminals who have been exiled from the Central Plains, Cheng Manxing's news can be said to be more than the news of a state capital yamen in the Central Plains combined. As for the past events on the rivers and lakes, Cheng Manxing knows more. Because at least half of the criminals who have been exiled here are from the rivers and lakes.
The name Xiao Li Tanhua, Cheng Manxing is not only not unfamiliar at all, but can even be said to be thunderous.
That is a person that Cheng Manxing once admired immensely. Because, in Cheng Manxing's heart, there was also blood in the heart. If there is no blood in his heart, how can he swing an axe at those three two poles? But anyone who has blood in his heart, as long as he has heard the story of Xiao Li Tanhua, who will not admire him?
Because of admiration, Cheng Manxing spent a lot of time to understand the story of Xiao Li Tanhua. After all, he doesn't have much to do here either.
The sinners here are vicious, but they are simple. They don't have that much of the short verbosity of the parents. When they disagree, the most common thing they do is to fight each other. When something like this happens, Cheng Manxing usually takes both sides back and plays 30 boards each.
Therefore, Cheng Manxing has a lot of time to understand what he wants to know. He learned a lot about Xiao Li Tanhua from the mouths of the criminals who were exiled from the Central Plains.
Cheng Manxing knows that those stories are true and false. But he also knows that the characters in the story must have existed or still existed.
Among them, there is the flying swordsman who is regarded by Li Xunhuan as a friend of life and death. That swordsman named Ah Fei!
Hoodlum!
This name is so ordinary, so ordinary that under Cheng Manxing's rule, there are at least seven people who can be called Ah Fei. Therefore, Cheng Manxing never thought that under his rule, there would be someone who might have anything to do with Xiao Li Tanhua and the Flying Swordsman.
How could a man like them, a man like them, come to such a place?
But the moment Cheng Manxing saw the six doors, he knew that the Ah Fei who always went to the tavern to drink in the evening must be the Ah Fei who took care of Xiao Li Tanhua! Only a person like him would be so indifferent to everything, and there would be that kind of sadness that seemed to never be erased in the indifference.
Is he still thinking about Lin Xian'er, who looks like an angel and has a heart like a demon?
It was nearly evening. It's time for Ah Fei to come to the tavern. Cheng Manxing's heart was pounding wildly. This time, he came alone, just as he did when he came for a drink.
Ah Fei really arrived as scheduled.
He was still so indifferent. It's just that when he looked at the couplet on the lintel of the Zheng Family Tavern, in addition to the original sadness, there seemed to be some new sadness on his body.
He stood quietly in front of the door of the Zheng family's tavern, quietly looked at the couplet, and then bowed deeply three times. His attitude was so sincere that the owner of the tavern and his fellows had to rush forward and return the salute.
After Ah Fei bowed, he walked to the place where absinthe was placed in front of the Zheng family tavern, picked up a jar of wine, raised it to the couplet, tilted his neck, sucked like a whale, and poured a jar of wine into his mouth.
Then, he put down the wine jar in his hand, picked up another jar of wine, and slowly walked to Cheng Manxing under the big tree.
Cheng Manxing stammered, "Ah Fei...... Brother!"
Ah Fei said lightly: "You should know who I am by now." ”
Cheng Manxing stammered and replied, "I know." ”
Ah Fei said lightly: "Is there any news about Mr. Zheng?"
Cheng Manxing calmed down and briefly told Ah Fei about the bloody case mentioned in the text and the appearance of the flying knife at the scene of the murder.
Ah Fei was silent for a while and said, "Mr. Zheng is a friend of Brother Li and a friend of mine. ”
Friends! The big proprietor of the Zheng Family Tavern will actually be a friend of Xiao Li Tanhua and the flying swordsman!
Ah Fei continued: "Brother Li likes to drink Mr. Zheng's absinthe. I would also like. ”
No wonder! No wonder Zheng Sanzhou's liquor industry will open all over the Central Plains! No wonder the wine in the Zheng Family Tavern has a bitter taste! No wonder Ah Fei will call Zheng Sanzhou Mr.!
Ah Fei said again: "Thank you for telling me." ”
Cheng Manxing stammered, "I'...... I ......"
Ah Fei stopped talking, turned around, and slowly walked into the distance.
Cheng Manxing watched Ah Fei gradually walk away, and suddenly felt as if there was a particularly important thing in his life that was getting farther and farther away from him, and at the same time, he felt that there were some things in his life that had been lost for a long time and were being awakened.
Cheng Manxing gritted his teeth, quickly caught up with Ah Fei, hugged his fists and said, "Brother Ah Fei, please wait!"
Ah Fei turned around and looked at Cheng Manxing quietly.
Cheng Manxing clenched his fists and said: "Brother Ah Fei, please rest assured, Cheng will never leak Brother Ah Fei's news." ”
Ah Fei nodded and said lightly, "Thank you." With that, Ah Fei turned around again and walked forward.
Cheng Manxing gritted his teeth again, stood in place and arched his hand to Ah Fei's back: "Brother Ah Fei, will you come back?"
Ah Fei paused slightly, then took another step and walked forward.
Watching Ah Fei's back gradually disappear, Cheng Manxing finally understood what he thought was being lost.
He also knew what those things that had suddenly awakened in his heart.
He and them have never really intersected, and they have forgotten each other.