20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 245 The Shocking Master’s Pavilion

At night, the hotel in front of the station and the lobby restaurant.

The glass chandelier illuminated the hall brightly and transparently. Chinese and foreign tourists were scattered around, whispering, accompanied by the sound of cups and plates.

The waiter, wearing a shirt and vest, held a tray with one hand and shuttled between the tables.

Jiang Lianheng and others were sitting in the far corner, close to the window, and could faintly hear the waves of the Liao River.

Not long after Zhao Guoyan came back, he felt a chill in his body. As soon as he sat down, he began to report incessantly.

"Brother Dao, that Second Master Qiao lives on the south side of Jiushi Street. The house is quite big, but a bit old. It should be passed down from ancestors. There must be seven or eight servants who live there. It's hard to say whether they are Lianjiazi. , but there are always three or five people wandering around the door, probably watching."

He is indeed a very low-key person.

Jiang Lianheng nodded and asked again: "After leaving the Rooster Building, he went home directly?"

"No." Zhao Guoyan whispered, "This old man is a bit arrogant. I thought he believed in foreign religions, but as soon as I walked past, I saw that he entered temples and temples and worshiped whatever he wanted. However, everything I didn’t stay as long as I did at Rooster House. After I finished, I went to a charity house run by foreigners and the port. In short, no matter where I went, people followed me and praised me, which was quite respectable.”

"You can really pretend!" Jiang Lianheng couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Yansheng asked, "Brother, could we have mistakenly admitted the wrong person?"

"Impossible!" Jiang Lianheng said, "There is a fixed eye, but there is no second eye! When I mentioned Hong Wan in the Rooster Building, his reaction was absolutely unmistakable."

Not only Second Master Qiao's reaction, but also what he said on the carriage.

Jiang Lianheng wouldn't believe it even if he said that Second Master Qiao had nothing to do with Hongwan.

"That doesn't mean we can't even talk about it, right?" Zhao Guoyan asked doubtfully, "Since you are doing this business, you are doing it to make money."

Jiang Lianheng sighed and said, "I guess I'm a foreigner, so don't worry!"

Liu Yansheng didn't think so: "Second Master Qiao can be so powerful and confident, and there must be some connections behind it. Moreover, he is so close to foreigners, and he is a believer himself, but he is so timid. It is really unreasonable."

"Let's see! This Mr. Qiao doesn't look like the combined character on the line." Jiang Lianheng recalled the situation during the day and said thoughtfully, "Anyway, let's change to a hotel in Jiushi Street tomorrow. It's convenient to go anywhere. Look. Come on, this trip won’t be possible for a while.”

As he said this, Wang Zhengnan walked into the restaurant with a wilting look, carrying large and small parcels.

"Where have you gone?" Jiang Lianheng hurriedly greeted you, "I thought you were fucking lost! Sit down and order what you want."

Wang Zhengnan's face looked like food, as if he had been constipated for ten and a half days. He sat there and shook his head: "I won't eat, I have no appetite."

Don't eat?

Jiang Lianheng was quite surprised.

"Hey! The sun has come out in the west? You don't want to eat? What, who bullied you?"

"No, no, no." Wang Zhengnan waved his hands quickly.

Jiang Lianheng didn't persuade him any more: "Okay, if you don't want to eat, you won't eat. Then go back and rest quickly. Let's move to another place early tomorrow morning."

Everyone paid and got up, went straight to the second floor, and went back to the guest rooms to rest.

Wang Zhengnan was worried. He walked along the carpet to the door of Jiang Lianheng's room, and finally stopped suddenly.

"Brother Dao, I want to tell you something."

Jiang Lianheng was not surprised. He pushed open the door, turned sideways, and let Nan Feng into the room. Then he sat down on the bedside and asked: "Did you let someone bear you? Eh? I was carrying it in my hand." What?"

"Oh, something for my throat." Wang Zhengnan put the big and small bundles on the bed.

"You are quite thoughtful." Jiang Lianheng picked and picked, but said, "Okay, these are the gifts from me."

"what?"

"Ah, what? It's not free. I'll give you how much it costs. You can go buy some more."

Wang Zhengnan nodded blankly: "That's okay."

"Tell me about it!" Jiang Lianheng lit a cigarette, "What's going on?"

"Actually, it's nothing." Wang Zhengnan asked hesitantly, "Brother Dao, how's the Hongwan business going? Have you found Xiao Laoer?"

Jiang Lianheng naturally knew everything about Si Fengkou, and immediately said: "I found it. His name is not Xiao Laoer, but Qiao Erye."

"Did the discussion go well?"

"It's not going well. You are guarding us. Why do you ask? If you have something to say, just say it. Don't be nagging."

Wang Zhengnan hesitated and hesitated for a long time before finally squeezing out a few words through his teeth: "Brother Dao, how about - I think, let's not do this business, right?"

Jiang Lianheng frowned and immediately scolded: "What's wrong with you? If you don't do business, why are we here?"

It's not that Nanfeng doesn't deserve to give advice, but that he should say it early.

Now that everyone is here and the matter has not been settled, how can he endure the south wind and retreat?

What's more important is that Jiang Lianheng himself was upset after having just suffered a blow at Mr. Qiao's place during the day. He was so angry that he went back in disgrace. Where could he put his face? How will you travel around the world in the future?

When Wang Zhengnan saw that Brother Dao was angry, he timidly smiled and said, "Brother Dao, don't be angry. I, I just said it casually."

"Then what have you been doing?"

"This...I didn't know this was the case earlier!"

"What do you mean?" Jiang Lianheng was stunned and asked suspiciously, "What did you find out about it?"

"Brother Dao, my mouth is really not enough." Wang Zhengnan said a little embarrassed, "Otherwise, if you are not sleepy, I will go with you now. Brother Dao, go and take a look for yourself, just Know everything.”

Jiang Lianheng didn't know why, so he asked, "Where are you going so late at night?"

Wang Zhengnan swallowed his saliva and said, "Old Market Street, Laoye Pavilion."

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In a city or a county, no matter how big or small, the City God and the Wen and Wu temples are always indispensable.

Yingkou Laoye Pavilion, whose real name is Guansheng Pavilion, is located at a three-way intersection in the northwest of the old city street. Due to years of war and disrepair, it gradually became depressed and dilapidated. It was left unattended and showed its decline. Occasionally, beggars took shelter here.

Bluestone strips and bricks are built into a platform base of two to three meters, with a fence on top to protect a two-story attic.

The red-faced second master is sitting in the hall, with Guan Ping and Zhou Cang waiting on his left and right.

There is a couplet in front of the pavilion: When he resigned from the court in Hebei, in the autumn of trouble, he angrily killed the six generals of Cao Guan; when he went to a banquet in Jiangdong, he felt as if he was in a deserted place, laughing and drinking three glasses of Lusu wine.

There is a plaque in the hall - Powerful to China!

It’s not working anymore!

The lively Rooster Building near the river bank in the north reflects how deserted Laoye Pavilion is today.

Jiang Lianheng and Wang Zhengnan arrived here in a foreign car. They heard the cold wind blowing and saw only a few people.

There was a row of crows perched on the eaves of the Laoye Pavilion. The strong wind made the two door panels crackle, as if they were about to collapse at any time. The dark red face in the hall was looming under the night, which made people feel terrified.

"What the hell! There's no light at all!" Jiang Lianheng couldn't help but frown and complain.

Wang Zhengnan raised his hand with lingering fear: "Brother Dao, go to the back of Laoye Pavilion and you will know everything." Jiang Lianheng asked: "What do you mean, you won't come with me?"

Wang Zhengnan hesitated for a moment, then said with a grimace: "Then... then go!"

There were no lights everywhere, but the moon was as white as soap.

The two of them walked around the platform of Laoye Pavilion and headed towards the narrow streets and alleys behind the temple.

Crows stood on the eaves and screamed, the bushes at their feet shook, and a big wild cat with shaggy hair suddenly jumped out and walked up the wall. It walked in a straight line as if there was no one around, with two points in its eyes. green light.

While walking, Wang Zhengnan suddenly tripped. Frightened, he turned around and saw a beggar lying in front of the platform.

The man didn't move, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

From then on, the sound of the wind began to be mixed with some whimpers and moans, which were intermittent and almost inaudible.

As soon as I turned the corner, a disgusting stench immediately hit my face.

Jiang Lianheng stopped immediately, grinning and frowning; Wang Zhengnan even covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves.

But behind the base of the Laoye Pavilion, there were about a dozen haggard people in ragged clothes, lying or leaning on each other, huddled together in a huddle.

Several large weasels with smooth and shiny fur were mixed in, tumbling and jumping, as if they were searching for something.

Some people are snickering, but I don’t know what they are laughing at; some people are sobbing, but I don’t know what they are crying for; some people are dead, rotting into a puddle, leaning and unattended.

Jiang Lianheng frowned and turned around, but asked: "You have nothing to do, what are you doing here?"

Wang Zhengnan covered his mouth and nose, groaned and pointed to the ground.

Jiang Lianheng looked in the direction and saw a skinny man leaning on the platform, holding a red pill coat in his right hand.

Just as he was about to pull it out and take a look, the skinny man opened his eyes suddenly, and immediately grabbed Jiang Lianheng's arm with his claws like iron hooks, asking viciously: "What are you going to do?"

Jiang Lian shook his arm and raised his hand to hit.

Just at this moment, a woman's scream suddenly came from the dark alley next to her.

Jiang Lian raised his leg and kicked the skinny man away. He turned around and walked quickly towards the entrance of the alley to check what was going on. He saw about ten people lying in the same huddle in this narrow and short alley.

The whole alley was filled with feces and urine, and big rats were black and shiny, crawling around on people with impunity.

The situation in front of him was even more gloomy and terrifying than when he came in the afternoon. Wang Zhengnan was begging for food. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but hold on to the corner and vomited.

Some people were sleeping in the alley, some were sniffling, and some were throwing stones there, looking particularly attentive.

In the distance, there are two dark figures.

A skinny man was squatting on the ground, struggling to take off a woman's clothes, as if he was going to commit adultery.

No matter how much the woman bared her teeth and claws, it was to no avail.

Unexpectedly, when he took off his clothes and pants, the man turned around and ran towards the entrance of the alley without raising his gun.

Jiang Lianheng immediately raised his leg and kicked the man to the ground without much effort.

The skinny man in his thirties, dressed in rags, immediately stood up. Just as he was about to curse, his eyes suddenly lit up again. Then he held up the tattered single clothes he had just taken off the woman's body with both hands, bared his black teeth, and asked playfully. : "Brother, do you want some clothes? One dollar."

Jiang Lianheng frowned.

Before he could speak, the skinny guy was all balled up and trembling as if he had held back a soak of urine. He asked eagerly: "What about eight cents? Isn't that seven cents? Do you want it? Don't take the lead!" "

After saying that, he pushed Jiang Lianheng away and rushed out.

Jiang Lianheng dodged sideways and let him rush out. Then he turned around with his heels, slapped his mouth directly on the skinny face, pushed his head against the corner of the wall.

His skinny body already had a fistula, but after such a collision, blood started to pour from his forehead, and he immediately fell to the ground.

"What a dog!"

Jiang Lianheng cursed, then leaned down, grabbed his clothes and pants with his left hand, pressed the handle of the gun with his right hand on his waist, and walked slowly towards the dark alley step by step.

"Brother Dao, be more careful!" Wang Zhengnan reminded from behind.

Jiang Lianheng turned around and asked, "How about you take the lead?"

Wang Zhengnan quickly cowered down and explained: "Brother Dao, it's not that I don't dare, it's too smelly here!"

"Then just wait there honestly!"

Jiang Lianheng turned around, carefully crossed his arms and legs across the alley, and finally came to the woman.

This woman, who was in her early twenties, was pale and skinny, huddled in the corner, hugging her knees with her arms, burying her face inside, with only two thief-like eyes exposed.

I looked down and saw that there were indeed red pill coats everywhere!

What he didn't expect was that he could occasionally see a few Western needles scattered here and there.

Throwing down his clothes, Jiang Lianheng picked up a medicine coat, held it up in front of the woman, and asked, "How long have you been taking it?"

Unexpectedly, the woman suddenly grabbed Jiang Lianheng's wrist, raised her pale and withered chest, bared her black teeth, and said in a flattering and teasing way: "Brother, please touch me! Fifty cents, You can do whatever you want!"

"What the hell?" Jiang Lianheng pulled out his hand in disgust.

There have been few times in his life when he was so-called chivalrous and righteous, and once in a blue moon, he actually used it in the wrong place.

He stood up and wanted to leave, but the woman jumped forward like a hungry tiger pouncing on food, hugged his right leg with both arms, and shouted with tears in her eyes: "Brother, don't go, take pity on me, please give me a little something." That’s fine, don’t go, please…”

"Fuck you!"

Jiang Lianheng raised his hand with great force, but the woman was still holding on to her like a water ghost, refusing to let go.

With her howling, the entire area around Laoye Pavilion immediately became a commotion.

Suddenly, crows flew away in flocks, wild cats and weasels scattered in all directions, and the rest of the people, who were panting, started wailing like they were raising rice seedlings, as if they were in purgatory.

"Brother Dao, stop looking!" Wang Zhengnan stood at the entrance of the alley and urged, "Let's go! Let's go quickly!"

"Nonsense! Do you think I don't want to leave?" Jiang Lianheng struggled to free himself a few times.

As soon as he raised his head, he suddenly discovered that behind Wang Zhengnan, there were two black figures wearing long gowns and top hats, rushing over from the diagonal, raising their guns at the same time.

Jiang Lianheng's heart trembled, he quickly pulled out his pistol and shouted at Wang Zhengnan: "Nanfeng! Get down!"

Wang Zhengnan was stunned, then asked: "What?"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

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