Chapter 21 0021

"Forget it, brother, a person on the stage, a few truckloads of salt can't be taken too seriously." A fat man said: "Brother means-every slot has a share, and each takes a truckload to go back to the business.— —Let’s say it’s snowing, there’s less business passing through the road, and those with the handlebars are just a lucky start.” "Fatty Xue Er is right, you won't get angry like this!" Someone echoed, "Dip a little bit in all the slots, that's what it looks like." "It's not worth it," someone said: "There are thirteen official tanks in each town, and there are only seven carts of salt."

"I beg you, my masters... We are all dragging the bills to take lake salt. Along the way, we have paid several dollars for the card tax alone. If the official price is used, it is not enough to maintain. Pity our whole family, the whole family. How about waiting for this truckload of salt to survive?” A man who walked the salt almost cried, cupping his hands and begging, knowing that his begging was a waste of energy, and he couldn’t care less when he became anxious. Amidst all the noise, Guan Baye led the horse and passed behind those people. The shop assistant ran down the doorstep to take the reins, but Guan Baye was not in a hurry to enter the shop, holding the whip in his hand. Son, with his hips akimbo standing on the side of the crowd watching.A piece of jade was put into the trough, and when it saw the horse feed, it neighed joyfully.The salt truck led by Lei Yipao, followed the horseshoe marks and pushed up the slope mightily. The sharp noise of the axle made the tax official gulp.

"Drink! Great deal," said the tax official, "Listening to the sound, there are at least 20 salt trucks from the North Gang." "The lottery is drawn!" said the old Cao with the bag. "I'm afraid it's...a tough stuff, (referring to a large group of salt trucks, armed with weapons.) If you eat it, you won't be able to spit it out, and it will kill you." "Hey, Xue Er," Uncle Huai said, "You are such a cartilaginous worm! What kind of tough guy dares to stand up at Dadukou? According to you, the men in our thirteen official positions are all idiots. ?!"

The salt cart creaked and pushed over amidst the fluttering snowflakes. "Damn—legs!" This long and loud chant sounded as if it was going to shake up a corner of the cloud-covered sky. Sixteen loud salt trucks were set up under the forest all the way, and sixteen men surrounded the square.It turned out that the smiling tax official heard the chant, and the smile on his face froze immediately. He is a smart person, and once he heard the chant of stopping the car, he knew it was the big man. To help with business, if you can go straight to Fan's shop with checkpoints, you have its support.

"It's the size of the font, let me say." He rushed over in three steps and two steps, bowed his waist, and said to the bearded Lei Yipao: "Brother, I am in charge of Karl here, and you are not here. , Brother is here to meet you." Lei Yipao squinted at the tax official, sorted out the character "six", and folded his palms together.As soon as the font size of the Liuhe Gang appeared, the tax official suddenly fell three inches and took two steps back.The local snakes who came out of the official trough to cut salt didn't mind, stretched their necks, and just counted the salt carts.

"Sixteen legs, plus these seven,...seventy-six big three, twenty-three, thirteen are evened out, two in each place, it's not enough to pay back." "Hey, my friend, Cao Da from Yuxing Groove is waiting for you here. South of the ferry, the brigade is tight. Brothers are all kind. Maoyan took a basket and sold three yuan and a hundred catties. Nod your heads. Brother pays out of pocket, and treats everyone to a glass of water and wine." Old Cao Pi said with a half-smile. "Lao Zhenxing is willing to pay three yuan and three yuan, regardless of the loss." The gold-teethed man also made do with it: "All you need to do is nod, whoever insists on it, I will cover it!"

"It's lively, it's lively." Lei Yipao raised his beard and said, "It's a pity that the brothers can't be the masters of this business, so we have to be the ones in charge. We servants are happy to eat, drink and have fun." "Hehe, when Yan arrives at Dadukou, we are the ones in charge." Uncle Huai walked out with a teapot in his hand, "If you don't agree to enter the official slot, the car will be impounded immediately to keep the salt. By then, you won't even be able to smell a piece of copper." , then it's...too late."

"Well, it's the first time I've heard of this.... You are Gou (the word for dog is homophonic.) What kind of uncle is Gou?" Guan Baye walked slowly out from behind the crowd, holding a horsewhip in one hand and a horse in the other. Paocha'er said slowly, "Are you the one surnamed Gou? - Seize the car and leave salt, only he dares to say it." The crowd became agitated, showing a little embarrassment.Because no one noticed when this big red-faced man squeezed into the crowd, how could he look like he was leading the way in the rivers and lakes with his attire? !The gleaming gray satin cloak was completely free from snowflakes, and the neckline and sleeves were all trimmed with precious ermine fur; his robe was an extremely expensive brocade, and the black boots with spurs were completely unstained and so shiny that they could shine See people.His jujube-like face was square and long, and his composure contained a bit of intimidating majesty. His broad shoulders swayed above the head, fully revealing his proud figure.

Facing such an unfathomable stranger, Uncle Huai seemed a little stuttering: "I... I... My surname is Jiang, and Jiang Ziya's Jiang is not a dog." He said, "Have you misunderstood someone?" "I didn't admit it," Mr. Guan said, holding his horsewhip, "Your ancestor was surnamed Gou, and you are a bastard of dog traitor (homophone with the word Jiang)." Uncle Huai's face suddenly changed; no matter what, in the area of ​​Dadukou, Jiang Huai's name was still trembling on the stage. He couldn't get off the stage, so in a hurry, he put his right hand on the handle of the gun.In the Dadukou area, Jiang Huai was very familiar with the pistol, and was quite famous. As soon as his hand was attached to the handle of the gun, some people rushed away.

People only saw Uncle Huai picking up his gun, but not the man on the other side. In the blink of an eye, Uncle Huai's pistol flew out of his hand. He knelt down on the snow on one knee, the teapot was thrown aside, and the one holding the teapot Pressing tightly on the back of the hand that used to pick up the gun, he yelled ahhhhh, his upper body trembled like a sadistic disease because he couldn't bear the pain.But the other party didn't move at all, just swinging the thin horsewhip leisurely. "Get up, Uncle Gou." The other party's voice was slightly teasing: "You are still very young when it comes to playing with guns!"

And Uncle Huai couldn't get up without ten and a half months of recuperation. He fell forward, gritted his teeth and rolled, his body covered in snow.No one saw clearly how the opponent's whip was shot, and after a crisp sound, Uncle Huai's hand, which was good at playing with a gun, showed a purple whip mark as thick as a thumb, from the wrist to the arm. "Order the ferryman to send these seven salt trucks across the river." Guan Baye said to Lei Yipao, "I will charge the tax on my head." He glanced at the tax official and turned his back. , strode straight into the shop. The gangsters released from the thirteen troughs were overwhelmed by the imposing aura of this unexpected visitor.Seeing that the business that had been worked so hard to intercept before was pushed downhill, the sixteen men followed into the shop, and they didn't even dare to say a word.Someone lifted Uncle Huai from the snow. Poor Uncle Huai looked like a mangy dog ​​with its tail between its legs. He didn't look like a man in the slightest. The place where the whip was held in his right hand suddenly swelled up, and the back of his hand was swollen. Yeasted buns. "Even if he is fierce, your taxes will have to be paid." The old Cao with a brat provocatively said: "I don't believe that these gangsters dare to resist the government?" "Forget it, you!" The tax official gestured and said in a small font: "Which gang is here, and you didn't open your eyes to see it?——I would rather not play Pai Gow in eight lifetimes than dare to accept them half a son." "Liuhe Gang?!" Lao Cao said, "Did you capture the soldiers of the commander-in-chief's mansion on the East Road?" "How can there be a second Liuhe gang in the world?!" The fat man said, sticking out his tongue. "It's not just the Liuhe Gang," Shorty Shi Er came out with a drink, sat on the threshold of Fan's shop, and interjected, "And the one who leads the legs, Guandong Shanguan Baye, you just met." It's over!" If there was any trouble, it was also found by Shorty Shi Er. Guan Baye has such a big name and face; Shier Shorty said something, and there was a word "Guan" in the wind. At that time, several animals braved the wind and snow and went on the road to inform the officials. .As early as when Guan Baye came back from fighting Liaodong, rumors spread to the dam. Some people said that Zhang Zhuishuai was gone in North Xuzhou, and the new warlord intended to recruit Guan Baye as commander so as to resist the Southern Army that was about to go to the Northern Expedition. The National Revolutionary Army who swore to lead the Northern Expedition from Guangzhou.) Some people said that Sun Chuanfang mentioned Guan Ba, boasting that he was an unrivaled hero in the North, and that the old man Peng, who was freed from the black pine forest, gave up his life in prison to single out the suffering of the people. It is comparable to Guan Yunchang in ancient times.Some people even guessed that Baye Guan was a divine dragon, and Sun Chuanfang, Feng Guozhang and other leopards would never get official titles and titles, gold, silver and treasures would impress him.Guan Baye was on the shore of Lian Yundeng, and once he landed, he re-introduced the Liuhe Gang. The gangsters in all major towns were waiting for him, and the country gentry and celebrities were waiting for him, but no one waited for Guan Baye.It wasn't until a few days ago, when Judge Zhu Si's bandits collapsed on the dam, that news came that Baye Guan had leaked his face in Wanjialou. ... Judge Zhu Si used more than a dozen guns to lock up the castle of the Wanjialou ancestral hall, and wanted to plant Guan Baye there. The fourth magistrate's nephew also asked Guan Baye to take the lead. Guan Baye, who was sitting in the living room of Fanjiapu, did not expect this. He was not in the same furnace as the Beiyang government, and he had little relationship with the gentry and celebrities of the world. It is not what he wants, but the people. Abundance and peace.For the brothers in the Liuhe gang, he has to go through the dangerous world. He only hopes to lead them to walk a few more times. If the font size is louder and the road is firm, he will go back to North Xuzhou alone. Go, check on Aigu's whereabouts. When the old prison guard Qin Zhen was in danger, he entrusted himself with his daughter and aunt, and also mentioned Bian Sanmaoliu's name; the Beiyang government has changed a lot in the past five years, and I don't know where Aigu will live?This matter is not difficult as expected, Bian San Mao Liu has a name and surname, even if he is not a jailer, he still has clues to find.I was so anxious that I was anxious about the case of Boss Luo with Shuangqiang. It had been dazzling for many years, and I couldn't even find any clues. Could it be that Boss Luo's brother really deserved to sink into the bottom of the sea? The reception at Fan's shop was very good. When Guan Baye had dinner, the tax official with crooked nose and evil eyes came over to serve him. "Young one's surname is Li, the eighteenth son Li," the tax official said, "Young Fubo, I didn't catch up with Baye to learn from him. It was after Baye you surrendered that the young one made up for the private sector. The young one I never dreamed that I would meet Eighth Master in this remote and remote place, and it was the old man surnamed Shi who mentioned you..." Following the tax officer came in, as well as Lao Cao from Yuxing Slot and Lao Pan from Laozhenxing Slot; even Jiang Huai, who had been taught by Guan Baye, came here with his scarf hanging on his arms to plead guilty. "Baye, to be honest," Jiang Huai said flatteringly: "From the dam to the big and small ferries, my surname Jiang has a bit of face. Compared with you, Baye, you are the sky and I am the earth. Nothing can climb your heels, today Ba Ye rewarded me with a horsewhip, hehe, it is enough for my surname Jiang to benefit for the rest of my life! ——In the future, even if my arm is disabled, if someone asks, I can stretch my arm, To boast that I have been whipped by the famous contemporary hero Guan Baye, and that I can be planted in your hands, it is my ancestor's virtue..." A group of people surrounded Guan Baye like ants seeing honey, making Guan Baye lose even a little bit of alcohol.In the world of troubled times, the most abominable thing is this gang of caterpillars who eat their own food. They are born with two faces. When they encounter weak and deceitful people, they come out with vicious words and black consciences. , Immediately put on another face, flattering people so much that they make people feel obsessed and separate their families.It's not unreasonable for a true chivalrous man to be afraid of the Jianghu. Just by looking at the faces of these gangsters, seven or eight out of ten of the gangsters are said to kill them. It shouldn't be a death penalty, so if you say educate them, it is tantamount to teaching stubborn stones to nod. After those people finished flattering him, Guan Baye stood up with a wry smile and said: "Guan Dongshan, straight-spirited people, since I am honored to meet you today, I would like to give you a few words that are not very pleasant; Rice bowl, what is it for, you can’t oppress good people like today... If you really have Guandong Mountain in your heart, please remember, that’s all I said.” Although it was past noon, the heavy snow didn't mean to stop; Lei Yipao came over to ask if he should get up and cross the Salt River immediately?Guan Baye pushed away the wine cup and was about to order to leave, but was stopped by that old Cao.