Chapter 31 Section 2 Looking for Cheng Laizi

The snow in the mountains was even greater, and Yang Shaochuan never expected it to snow. He was sweating all over in order to hurry, and a cool wind blew, and he felt as if his body was frozen. The snow fell so hard that it covered the road in a short while. As the saying goes, if you look at the mountain and run a dead horse, you can see the golden summit in front of you, but his legs hurt from walking, and after passing a hillside, there is still a mountain in front of him.Yang Shaochuan was really discouraged, the mountain wind was indeed too strong, he found a place with a leeward wind, and decided to rest for a while, avoiding the wind.

Yang Shaochuan found some hay, put it on the bottom, and slowly fell asleep, he smelled a sweet smell, it was sesame candy, and later, he saw a bright piece between the sky and the earth... When Yang Shaochuan woke up, he found himself lying in a simple stone house. He slept on a heated kang, which was connected to the stove without a partition wall. The room was full of smoke, and something was steaming on the stove. One meter high, Yang Shaochuan sniffed and smelled the aroma of steamed buns. Yang Shaochuan wanted to move his body, only then did he feel weak all over.At this time, an old lady came over. It turned out that she was the old lady selling steamed buns.The old man said in the local dialect: "Are you awake? It took a lot of effort for us to bring you back."

Her husband, the old man, who was lighting a fire in front of the pot, looked up. The old lady said: "Young man, you almost froze to death. Fortunately, we met you when we went down the mountain." Yang Shaochuan asked suspiciously: "I almost froze to death?" The old lady said: "No..." She came over with a bowl of ginger soup and said, "Hurry up and drink some to warm your body." Yang Shaochuan took a sip and almost choked. The old lady said, "You may have a serious cold, but we don't know how to see a doctor. There are Taoist priests in this mountain, and they can see a doctor."

Yang Shaochuan asked, "What time is it now?" The old lady said, "It's the next morning." Yang Shaochuan thought, it seems that he has lived here for one night.After another hour, he reluctantly got up, and the old lady said: "It seems that there are no problems with his hands and feet. Some people will freeze their hands and feet off in the mountains." Yang Shaochuan said: "Thank you, old man, and I don't know how to thank you." The old man said, "What are you doing, why do you need to thank you? It's a good deed to save your life."

At this time, the old man went to the door to chop wood, but he remained silent.The sound of boom boom came into the room.The old lady talked a lot, and finally couldn't help it, and asked: "Why are you running into the mountains when it's snowing?" Yang Shaochuan said, "I'm here to inquire about a man named Cheng Laizi. Have you heard of it?" The old lady was stunned for a moment, stopped talking, lowered her head and said, "I don't know." Yang Shaochuan added: "Last time, when I was buying steamed buns, you told us to go to the Li Family Courtyard, thank you."

The old lady was stunned and said, "I didn't tell you." Yang Shaochuan said: "Why not? You told the girl I was with when she gave you change." The old lady said, "She gave me the change and I took it, but I didn't say anything." Yang Shaochuan suddenly fell into confusion. At this moment, the old man came in, and the old lady stopped. The old man said in a low voice, "What on earth are you doing?" Yang Shaochuan said: "I am Yang Zhongshan's son, I want to inquire about my father." The old man said: "Who can prove it?" Yang Shaochuan didn't know how to answer.

The old man said: "I do know something. It seems that twenty years ago, a surveyor died in the mountain, and someone buried him under the golden roof, under a big poplar tree." Yang Shaochuan asked, "How do you know?" The old man said, "I heard people say it." Yang Shaochuan wanted to ask more questions, but suddenly he heard footsteps outside, and someone said a few words in Japanese.There was a squeak, and a spear came in, scaring the two old men speechless. A Japanese soldier came in and went to get the steamed buns first. Shaochuan shouted: "Stop." The Japanese soldier heard the voice and shouted happily: "I found it!" After a while, Shandao came in, and everyone Shout: "Ichiro Shaochuan, we finally found you."

The Japanese soldier asked Shaochuan to leave, but Shaochuan said very angrily: "Your soldier, you took my savior's things privately, please give me an answer." Shandao walked up to the soldier and slapped him twice , order: "Give money!" The soldier took out the money.The old man trembled with fright and dared not ask for it.Shaochuan tidied up his clothes, thanked the two old men, and left with the Japanese soldiers. As soon as the soldier left, the old man scolded in a low voice: "We saved a poisonous snake." The old lady regretted and said: "I think he is kind-hearted." The old man raised the ax and split a piece of wood with a bang, like a gun being fired, and another bang.

The old lady was terrified, she sat there, tremblingly said: "Old man, will you still be dead?" The old man raised his head again with a bang, and said: "I have lived for twenty years longer. These twenty years are a great limit, and the golden curse is coming again." The old man looked at the sky outside the house, his thoughts seemed to be Flew to the Li family compound. The snow in the Li family's compound was not very deep, Xiao Liu twisted and twisted to avoid the snow while walking.He was planning to bully that shepherd, bullying others gave him a kind of pleasure.However, he was blocked by a person.

Hongying stood in front of him, holding sesame candies in her hand.Xiao Liu pursed her mouth and said, "It's still it. I don't want to eat sesame candy these days." Hong Ying had to take a bite by herself, and said, "It tastes really sweet." Xiao Liu said, "Is there something wrong?" Hongying said: "If you want money, tell me about what Yang Shaochuan asked you to inquire about." Xiao Liu said: "I have found out everything. If you say one thing, you will give me one yuan. One, the dumb man was Yang Zhongshan's servant back then. Come and give me the money."

Hongying gave it, and Xiaoliu said: "The second thing, the dumb person was taken away by that person named Chen Ma to see a doctor..." Hongying said, "Please explain in detail." So Xiaoliu leaned into Hongying's ear Side, talked for a long time.Hongying repeated again: "Jinding, Cheng Zizi?" Xiao Liu nodded, expressing that it was absolutely true. Xiao Liu took the money and continued to move forward, but he was stopped by another person, the two talked for a while, and Xiao Liu got the money again. Xiao Liu stood there thinking, this world has changed.He looked at the man, it wasn't from the Li family compound.Xiao Liu already knew that in the past few days, many people came, and these people may be from Luoshan. Mount Luo has been covered with snow, looking from a distance, it looks like a furry animal.There is no snow on the abrupt mountain peak, its white coat has been stripped by the relentless wind. Liu Muzhi rode forward on the horse, but the wind and snow blinded the horse's eyes, so the horse couldn't run fast. When he turned a corner, he saw Hongying. Hongying was facing the wind and snow, turning her face to look back, she saw the man on the horse, so she waved her hand. Liu Muzhi recognized the woman in front of him as the girl who was with Yang Shaochuan.Liu Muzhi asked, "Why aren't you with Yang Shaochuan?" Hongying said, "He came to the mountains to do some business by himself." Liu Muzhi always felt that it was inappropriate to walk with a woman in the mountains, so he clasped his fists together and left first. When Liu Muzhi came to Wolongju, Wu Dongmei came to greet him. Xiaohu had already built a snowman in the yard. Liu Muzhi asked, "Is there anything going on at home?" Wu Dongmei said it was okay. The two entered the house, Liu Muzhi said: "Yang Shaochuan went into the mountain again yesterday, I arranged for an informant to get the news, Yang Shaochuan has already found out about a person named Cheng Laizi." Wu Dongmei said: "I have never heard of this person. Liu Muzhi said: "I heard people say that this person seems to be near the Golden Summit." Wu Dongmei thought for a while and said, "We have lived in this mountain for many years, why have we never heard of this person." The two were racking their brains to guess, when the male servant came in and said, "Second Young Master, there is not much food in the mountains, so I have to go down the mountain to buy some." Liu Muzhi nodded and asked him to make arrangements.At this moment, I heard someone knocking on the door, and I sent someone to open it, only to see Hongying standing at the door, shivering with cold. Liu Muzhi immediately said to Wu Dongmei: "She's here." He winked at Wu Dongmei. Hongying came in and said, "Brother Liu, there is no other way. I'll stay here with you." Liu Muzhi said, "A rare visitor." Wu Dongmei came over and said: "Look at what you said, it's too far-fetched. It just so happens that I also lack a companion." So Wu Dongmei pulled her in, Hongying entered the room, and sat and talked with Wu Dongmei. However, it has already floated to the painting hanging on the wall.Wu Dongmei knew that she and Yang Shaochuan were interested in this painting when she and Yang Shaochuan came to Wolongju last time, so she asked, "Big girl, do you know how to paint?" Hongying said: "I know a little bit. Originally, I went to the mountains to sketch and inquire about my father's affairs. It was a bit strange to see the paintings in your house." Dongmei asked: "What's so strange?" Hongying said: "This painting is made with fine brushwork, and the proportions match the real thing, more like a map." Dongmei smiled and said: "We don't know so much, we just hang it here for a scene. By the way, where is the Mr. Yang who was with you last time? I think you two are quite suitable, isn't there? What does that mean?" Hongying lowered her head, blushing.At this time, it was getting dark, Wu Dongmei said: "Let's go, help me clean up and cook something together. So the two of them went to the kitchen." There was a maid in the kitchen, and three women were sitting and working together. Hongying said A few homely words, and then asked the maid: "Is there someone surnamed Cheng in this place?" The maid shook her head and said she had never heard of it.Wu Dongmei figured it out in her heart and knew what she was asking for. Because a beautiful aunt came, Xiaohu became very active, and ran over to say that the aunt smelled really good.Hongying laughed and said that she had sesame candies on her body, so she took a piece and gave it to Xiaohu, who ran to find Liu Muzhi. Liu Muzhi looked at Xiaohu's sesame candy and thought, this is the sesame candy from the Li family compound.As he was thinking, Wu Dongmei greeted everyone for dinner.Everyone sat around the table, and Liu Muzhi asked Hongying, "What are you doing in the mountains?" Hongying said: "I went to the mountain to find Yang Shaochuan." Liu Muzhi said: "It's hard to find it in the mountains, you'd better go to the place where he lives, at the Kinugawa Company." Hongying asked, "Where is this place?" Liu Muzhi said, "It's next to the barracks." Hongying nodded. After dinner, Wu Dongmei arranged for Hongying to live in the next room and lit the lamp for her.After that, Wu Dongmei whispered to Liu Muzhi, "Just now, she inquired about Cheng Laizi." Liu Muzhi nodded and said, "It seems that there must be something behind it." The winter night in the mountains was very cold, because of continuous snowfall, wolves and wild dogs had no food and howled intermittently.Suddenly the puppy barked, then rushed and bit the door.Liu Muzhi said vigilantly, "There is someone!" Liu Muzhi identified them carefully, there were at least three people, they immediately raised their knives and jumped out together.