The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 40
"Dachun, you and Master Wang are guarding the shop, I'll go out for a while."

Turning around, he exhorted Geng Dachun, who was sitting on the threshold and was still wagging his fingers. Geng Qing cupped his hands and followed Dou Wei through the bustling market. The well-dressed literati leaned against the window and talked, talking about poetry and the situation in the south.

Going forward, the street is more and more prosperous, with the towers standing on one side, the red silk lanterns swaying, and the beautiful prostitutes seducing the passing men with their delicate voices.

"That handsome young master, come in and play." The graceful bustard at the door, with heavy make-up, no one can tell her age, a red flower in her hair, dancing with red sleeves, greeted her. She naturally knew Dou Wei, and her eyes slanted. He glanced sideways at Geng Qing, who was wearing a men's suit and black boots, with a wider smile on his face, "Oh, what a handsome little brother, come in quickly, my sister has a lot of girls, pick one and take it to the room to play with." .”

"Go aside. The leader will meet him."

Dou Wei was familiar with her, so he unceremoniously pushed the bustard aside and strode out the door. Geng Qing followed behind, looking around curiously, but he had never seen this kind of place with his own eyes. Through the screen, a humming sound lingered in my ears.

There are still few guests in the hall for entertainment, but it seems that most of them are merchants from other places. In the middle is a wooden platform with a height of one person, with a red carpet on it. The bell rang softly with the beating waist drum.

Dangdang
The sound of pipa plucked strings, accompaniment of Hujia and reed pipes, the heavy fall of the waist drum, and the melodious and brisk vocal music become bold and unrestrained with the women's dance.

Geng Qing could still hear a sense of alienness, and after looking a few more times out of curiosity, he followed Dou Wei up to the third floor, and stopped in front of a certain door. A voice came: "Come in."

Dou Wei pushed the door open and retreated to the side, "The boss is inside, go in by yourself."

"Thank you, brother Dou will lead the way."

Saying that, Geng Qing put down his hands, took a deep breath, and the moment he walked inside, a smile appeared on his face, and he walked quickly to the arched door with tulle vine branches. I've seen it before, I'm used to eating rough tea and light food, and I can't help swallowing the tangy aroma.

In the first place, the tall and tall Gao Sheng sat there, with his arms around two beautiful women on the left and right, and took the leather mouth that was fed.

"Geng Qing has met Chief Gao." Geng Qing stepped forward and arched his hands.

"Don't be too polite, sit down quickly."

Gao Sheng raised his hand and pressed the button, and asked the young man to sit opposite, and casually patted the butt of a prostitute next to him, "Go and sit over there, and have a drink with my little brother."

The woman covered her face and smiled charmingly, looked at Geng Qing with ecstasy in her eyes, dragged her skirt and sat aside, her delicate body seemed to be boneless and snuggled up, took the jug and filled the small cup, Geng Qing quickly held it with both hands , Jing went to the opposite side: "Thank you for the hospitality of the leader Gao. I saw the leader outside the county gate that day was as heroic as a mountain. I didn't expect that his demeanor was even more admirable. I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money here. Geng Qing is really grateful."

After finishing speaking, he raised his head and drained the wine in the glass. Over there, Gao Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly. He was still in a good mood after being flattered, "Little brother Geng, I love to hear , but this is not the way to drink wine."

Gao Sheng winked at the prostitute next to Geng Qing, and saw that the wine he had originally picked up was not meant to be a toast to Geng Qing, but he squeezed it into his mouth, leaning over with his red lips slightly pursed.

"This"

It's not that Geng Qing has no experience, but it's the first time to feed wine like this, but if you want to get along with others, you have to do the same thing, and have the friendship of going to a brothel together, then you can be regarded as a fellow.

What's more, he doesn't suffer.

Stretching out his hand to hug the prostitute, the two of them immediately moved closer, their lips met, a warmth flowed down the tip of the tongue and the crevice of the lips into the mouth, Geng Qingpin didn't feel anything, anyway, it was just two words, enjoyable!

"Not bad, the little brother will learn it as soon as he learns it, and I'm afraid he will be a master in the wind and snow and moon in the future."

Gao Sheng looked at the young man on the opposite side, and he liked it more and more, unlike those hypocrites who pretended to be thieves and prostitutes behind their backs, thinking, he smiled and put down his glass, "If you like her, she will be yours tonight, and all expenses will be paid." It’s all on my head, if one is not enough, I’ll pick it myself.”

boo~
Geng Qing swallowed the wine, hugged the woman and kissed her hard again, wiped off the vermilion from the corner of her mouth, quickly got up and took the wine pot, and poured wine for Gao Sheng graciously.

"Master, I'm afraid I can't do it tonight. I have to go back to Gengjia Village and press my father's legs. Because of what happened last time, his feet are inconvenient and he often needs to press them. My mother is not strong enough, so I can only do it."

"Well, filial piety is the foundation of being a human being, so I won't persuade you." Gao Sheng filled the wine glass with satisfaction, touched the raised glass appreciatively, took a sip, clicked his mouth, and started talking business.

"I called you here today not only for drinking, but also for hearing about what you did on those two mine roads. It made me wonder how many tricks you have in your mind. I really want to take a look."

Gao Sheng had a smile on his face, and his words, which seemed to be compliments, actually had the meaning of beating and threatening, "But you came up with the idea, I just called you over, and I have to say hello, the Golden Knife Gang wants to sell the business on these two roads." Do you think it is appropriate to collect everything in your pocket?"

wow——

The wine was poured out of the long mouth of the jug and fell into the cup. Geng Qing, who was slightly bowed, buried his face, his eyes flashed with emotion, put down the jug, and when he raised his face, his smile continued, "Master Gao No matter what you say, those are some small businesses, to give the people in the mountains a way to survive, since the leader is interested, just take it, and the villagers still have land, as long as they don’t starve to death.”

"happy!"

Gao Sheng slammed the table, got up and took the wine glass over, his thick and long arms, with great strength, he took Geng Qing lightly and stretched out two fingers.

"Little brother, we won't do all the wicked, you get [-]% of the proceeds from the business on the two mine roads."

"That's it, little one. Thank you, Chief Gao, for taking care of me. With the Golden Knife Gang and a group of knights, there will definitely be no troubles on the two mine roads. I still get [-]% of the proceeds for nothing. I'm afraid I will wake up laughing from a dream."

The other party talked to this point, Geng Qing had no choice but to follow the words, really feeling like he was trying to hide from a tiger, he still had a happy conversation with the other party with a smile on his face, greedy a few chopsticks of chicken, duck and fish, and left wisely.

"You go out too."

Gao Sheng waved his hands at the two prostitutes, and when the door was gently closed, he raised his head and drank the wine in his glass, got up and walked to the back, where there was a curtain, a wooden couch at the foot of the wall, and the county captain Gao Jun, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, was Pour fine wine and sip.

"gone?"

"Just left. What do you think of this temptation, brother?" Gao Sheng is skilled in martial arts, but in front of his brother, he showed a respectful attitude. He walked to the opposite side and sat down, and added wine to Gao Jun. Is there a fraud?"

Over there, there was a short silence, and the mighty figure slowly sat up, "If he doesn't put his hands up, he will die in the wilderness when he leaves Feihu County today."

"Why?"

"Hmph, this person has the ability to make contact with Khitan according to the wind, so he is the best candidate." Gao Jun got up and walked to the window lattice with his hands behind his back, lifted a corner of the curtain, looked at the street scene outside the building, and the young man who came out of the brothel walked briskly In the market, the figure behind the window has sharp and dark eyes deep in it.

"This person can easily take the drink that the prostitute feeds with his mouth, and he can get closer to us in temperament, which is better than those who have a righteous heart."

Looking back, Gao Jun looked at the brother who already understood the expression, smiled and went over to pat him on the shoulder.

"Observe him for a while, and then we can win him over."

"Yes, brother!"

"Dachun, let's go!"

Going back to the shop, called Dachun, who was busy, drove the donkey cart away from the blacksmith shop, and out of the city gate, the sun was setting in the west, it was a bit hot, and the cicadas were neighing all over the mountain one after another. Geng Qing squeezed his fists and pressed his knees a little irritably, his face gradually turned cold, and a serious air appeared between Duan Fang's brows.

"Insatiable greed. This bit of stuttering, I have to take it away."

Clenched teeth squeezed out low-pitched words filled with anger, and as the donkey cart drove past Niujiaji, the teahouses on the other side of the road were all villagers, and when they saw Geng Qing sitting upright on it, they came out one after another, He greeted him with herbal tea and pancakes.

"Da Zhu, come down and drink some tea before going back."

"No, my parents are still waiting."

Geng Qing put on a smiling face and bowed his hands towards them. After leaving here, he went down to the dam, and all the villages he met greeted him, and some people showed him some copper coins.

"Da Zhu, thanks to you, you can see that we have added more than 20 papers to our family today."

A simple and honest villager pushed a wheelbarrow of vegetables, melons and fruits and sat at the entrance of the village counting his income for the day. Geng Qing looked at it for a moment with his lips pursed and smiled, then separated from Dachun and walked back to the fenced courtyard.

In the yard, the old man Geng turned the wooden wheel, glanced at his son, and continued to sweep the fallen leaves on the courtyard dam. The little red fox followed the wheel with a stone in its mouth and stared curiously. The woman came from behind the house with a Then I picked up an egg and prepared tonight's meal.

know~~
know~
Amid the annoying chirping of cicadas, Geng Qing brushed the dust off the ground casually, and sat down under the eaves, watching the scene full of courtyards. On the way, the smiling faces of the villagers stretched out their hands to touch the head of the fox in front of them.

In the rays of the sun, there is a soft murmur that seems to be asking it.

"If it were you, how would you do it?"

Huh?
The fox yawned sleepily, tilted his head, and looked at the human in front of him suspiciously, wagging his tail.

　And at night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)