Chapter 33 0033

"It's Mr. Dai Wangguan Dai I mentioned last night!" Guan Baye said, "Whether the old man is willing to come out, he said he might not be sure. Let's visit him now." Posts about protecting the salt and protecting the dam and resisting the Beiyang imperial bandits went out, and the horse squads scattered around the surrounding areas that had originally seized the private sector withdrew to Yanshi, so that the pillars of the teahouses were all tied with horses of various colors.The police station was busy copying the pamphlets, preparing for the handover when the Dahuze militiamen went north, but the real Northern Expeditionary Army was still at the far edge of the two provinces of Fujian and Jiangxi, stalemate with the two major warlords Sun and Wu.

In the rope mat factory on the south of Yanshi Street, in several large storehouses where salt is stored, the porters, barmen, and women from the sheds hired to weave mats and tie ropes are still busy as usual; In the huge huts that were originally gloomy, mat-weaving women sat in rows on cattail mats. While weaving the mats from cracked reed wood, they sang ancient folk songs to relieve loneliness, such slow ballads, and other songs. The ballads and songs of the rope-weaving women in a large hut echoed; but after a while, their soft singing was interrupted by the loud and fierce chants of the porters, and it was always like a flying dragon. Loud, humming:

"Hi, yo! hey hey hey Oh, hey, hey, hey - hey! " Beside the barges moored at various piers on the banks of the Salt River, strong hookers wield their scimitar-shaped salt claws with handles to hook the piled salt bags, and the porters catch the salt bags and put them on soft rope bags , carry salt into the storehouse, there are scalers sitting on the high stool at the door of the storehouse, and a giant scale is hanging in front of it, as soon as the salt bag is hung on the scale hook, the scale hand wipes the thallium of the scale, and then the ship number and storehouse are sang. number, package number and weight.

"Barge No. 4...Lian Fuchang, Bag Thirty-Third, One Hundred... Zero Three" The paddler held the charcoal pencil to his ear, and always paddled so carefully and peacefully that he never saw Guan Baye and the chief inspector riding past the door of the inn. Turning east from the inn, there is a stone road uphill beside the empty field, and the second house at the corner of a narrow street hangs the inn's lantern.The lantern was extinguished and swirled in the cold wind, and the words "Welcome Inn" appeared in black on one side by chance.Guan Baye reckoned that this was the inn opened by Fang Sheng, who was sweet-hearted.

The two dismounted in front of the inn, and when the shopkeeper came to take the reins, Guan Baye asked, "Is there a Mr. Dai here?" "Ah, you mean the old master? He is warming up in the conservatory!" "Come on, take a seat." Guan Baye said, provoking Men Lianzi to step into the house; Wang Guan was still wearing the old leather robe, holding a cigarette stick in his hand, and sat on a wooden chair by the window. Fang Sheng didn't take his seat, and stood at attention with his hands down.Guan Baye rushed in a few steps ahead, and no matter how dirty the ground was, he landed on one knee, cupped his fists and said, "Old man, old man, Guan Baye is here to visit you!"

The heart-warming Fang Sheng suddenly saw Guan Baye barging in to make such a great gift, and was so frightened that he knelt down to help him.Mr. Dai also stood up in a hurry, shook his hands and said, "You, you...you, Baye, you are really fooling around, this is not a bad old man like me?! I have been in the rivers and lakes for many years in vain, why? Dehe Neng? Dare to accept your great gift, this is really... this is really... there is absolutely no reason for this." Only then did Guan Baye stand up and bow his hands and said: "The younger generation has only a false name, and I am really terrified. After the death of the boss of Shuangqiang Luo, there are very few people who teach the younger generation. It is really a great fortune to meet you in Yanshi this time... ..."

Mr. Dai pressed the hands of Lord Guan and the chief inspector, and asked them to sit down. Then he sat down and said with a sad expression: "Master Guan, you are so polite, tell me, who is about to enter the coffin, to sit and stand." Difficulty, I really don’t know how to put it?... My mentor and apprentice, all because I admire you from the bottom of my heart, I made a toast over the table. In the past few decades, I have seen all the people in the world, and none of them can match you. Compared to you, when I saw you, I was extremely ashamed and felt that most of my life was wasted!"

Guan Baye let out a bitter haha, leaned back and said: "Your junior's mood, you seem to be able to predict it... It's like being trapped in quicksand, you can't pull it out if you want to, and you can't escape it if you want to escape. This kind of world, There are so many difficulties in trying to stand upright and learn to be a human being.” Fang Sheng went to make tea himself; Mr. Dai Wangguan twirled his beard and nodded, as if he was pondering what Guan Baye said.The warm room is small, and the burning fire spits red flames, which makes people feel hot, but the old man's face is always covered with a layer of frost.

"It's all a man who is tired of the word 'Xia'." After a long while, Mr. Dai spit out the words: "Friends in the aisle, when it comes to 'wu', everyone has two hands, and it is really 'Xia'. It is difficult to pick one person out of thousands of people. When the word "Xia" is mentioned in the Jianghu, the word "Wu" is always added in front of it. It seems that one cannot be a hero without martial arts. Xiangru Huaibi, Zhang Liang stabs violently, that is the style of a hero!... Later, some low-level people in the world did not understand the true meaning of being a knight, and they often fought with each other, typing forward, grudges against each other, and fought each other Killing each other, endlessly from generation to generation, what is that?!... I said Ba Ye, when he practiced martial arts in his early years, he still had to be taught by his masters, and it took decades of hard work to develop his true skills. Look at it now ! Buy a gun at will and you will be 'armed'! If you get confused, my master and apprentice will not hide, what can I do?..."

"The old man is very true, but..." Guan Baye rubbed his hands and said, "But..." "I know why you're here, Lord Ba." Old Master Dai always frowned, with a shadow of contemplation gathered under his brows: "Fang Sheng just came to tell me that the dam has decided to unite with the four townships to protect the dam, and The Beiyang Defense Army kicked the bandits away. I am a useless old bone. I can't talk about my efforts, but I should work hard, but I am afraid that I will start it too early!" "If you say it's early, it's really not early." The inspector said: "You don't know how loud the crowd is?!...Everyone hates to suck up their salary and eat free rice, but secretly praises the bandit's defense army, Otherwise, how could Judge Zhu and the others be so big?"

"I know," the old man said slowly, "the dam is isolated and weak, but Sun Chuanfang has hundreds of thousands of troops. What I worry about is...if the Northern Expedition comes one step later, many good people... ...Buried bones in the wilderness!" The old man picked up the tobacco rod, loaded a bag of cigarettes, and instead of lighting up the fire to smoke, he bent down and picked up a piece of red-hot coals, smoked and lit the cigarette. The charcoal was still pinched in his hand. "I also thought of this level, so I came here to ask you, old man, for the sake of this group of Li Shu, and came out to rescue them." Guan Baye said: "At present, the Beiyang army is gathered in the south of the Yangtze River, and only the army is left behind. With a small number of defense troops, if there are people to support it, maybe the ending will not be as tragic as expected." Old man Dai didn't make a sound, but turned to Fang Sheng and said, "Go to the rope mat factory and find Zhang Erhua shoes to meet me." Fang Sheng went out, the old man silently puffed smoke, and the smoke drifted in front of his eyes. "I've heard rumors that you forced Judge Zhu Si away in Wanjialou, Beidi?" said the old man. "That's right." Guan Baye said, "Actually, judge Zhu Si and I have nothing to do with each other. We have no grievances or enmities. You know, when Shuangqiang Luo led the Liuhe gang, how much kindness did he receive from Mr. Wan?!... Four The younger generation happened to be present when the judges went to Wanjia Building at night, and seeing their patriarch Baoye shot dead, they had to intervene, and besides, the actions of the four judges in the Northland are really unsightly." Mr. Dai sighed again and said, "Baye, you have provoked jackals. My old man admires you, so I have to advise you...to settle all grievances and grievances one day earlier, and live a different life. Otherwise, No matter what kind of hero they are, the ending will always be tragic. This is especially true for those who have a 'chivalry' character...those sinister and cruel people will never tolerate you." "A lot of care from the old seniors, the personal grievances and grievances of the juniors are not always on my mind..." "It's because Ba Ye doesn't care about life and death, so I had to take action last night." Before Guan Ba ​​Ye could finish speaking, someone outside the house interrupted and said, "I wanted to help you catch Liu Mao, who knew he Hearing the wind, he ran away first." Zhang Erhuaxie followed the sound, and came in to bow his hands to Guan Baye.Guan Baye's face flushed, and he took out the dagger from his sleeve and said, "You are not a layman, you don't need to be thankful, Guan Ba ​​knows how to be kind. From now on, I will use this life for what I want to do." The place where it is used." Holding the dagger, he turned to the chief inspector and said, "I can't help but believe it. I went to Ruyi Hall last night and didn't pay attention to that bandit Qian Jiu. Thanks to Zhang Erye who flew this spear and pierced Qian Jiu's wrist, otherwise, I should be burying him today." "I'm an ordinary person," said the head of the auditor, "Of course I can't see that the master and apprentice have such skills?! I said, Ba Ye, you have a lot of face, so I'll trouble you to put on the old man again. In any case, for me All the people on the dam come to bear the burden!" "I'm looking for Zhang Erhua Xie, that's what I mean," Mr. Dai said, "To be honest, it's too fast to pull a gun to protect the dam this time! Since you and Ba Ye came here, my old man led a few apprentices Working one's life is something that has nothing to say, but there is a saying that must be said first, that is: working hard without selling fame——if Yanshi reveals the names of my masters and apprentices and spreads them all over the world. In the judge's ears, it is harmful but not beneficial... Back then, the fourth judge was a small leader of the White Tiger Gang, who was forced to run away by Zhang Erhuaxie. The fourth judge was a very scheming person. Even if he wanted to take revenge, he would not come in person , In that case, it will be impossible to capture the thief and the king.” "The meaning of the bashang is that he wants to invite Mr. Dai to lead the army," said the chief inspector, "Ba Ye also thinks this is appropriate, what do you think?"