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"I said Ba Ye," the old accountant said with a gray face, "the gates on both sides of Wanliang Shop are all closed, not only the gates are closed, but also iron chains and ram horn locks are added. I don't know how it happened. Something? Even when I wanted to go out of the gate, the master of the gun team stopped me.... I was thinking, this is not aimed at Ba Ye, is it?" "Oh?!" Guan Baye pondered for a moment, then smiled calmly and said, "I don't think so? I came to Wanjialou to ask for help for Yanshi. It's all about whether you like to extend a helping hand or not. I can't force anyone to do their own affairs in Wanjialou. If Wanjialou refuses to pull the gun, I will go north to Chaijiapu. If the big households in the Northland are afraid of offending Beiyang, I will lock up eight horses and go back to Yan. City, and die with the brother who caused the trouble, there is no need for Wan Jialou to deal with me."

As he spoke, he moved his crutches and staggered towards the outside. The old accountant looked at him, rushed over to help him and said, "Baye, where are you going? In my opinion, you should rest first, and let me go and find out what's going on with my buddy? Tell me later." you." "I don't think so." Guan Baye said, "I may be a bit stubborn. For half my life, I have always embraced life and death, and the idea of ​​wealth and honor. The word rich and honor has never been with me. A word, I don’t bother to worry about it, now I want to go to the ancestral hall, I will meet Gu Ye. I don’t believe that the gun team will stop me, I’m just a man with a gunshot wound, not a prisoner! At least Gu Lord, didn't he say in front of me that he would put me under house arrest?!"

"That's not what you said, Eighth Master," the old accountant said pleadingly, "If Master Gu turns his face down, what should you do?" "That's easy," Guan Baye said stubbornly, "If Master Gu says that, I'll just go back to Wanliangpu and wait, and I can deal with him however he likes...but, things Maybe it's not as serious as you think, don't worry." Guan Baye insisted on going out, how could an old accountant turn him around?As soon as Cheng Qingyun let go, Guan Baye stepped over the threshold and limped to the middle of the street.On a clear and sunny day after the fog, the morning sun sprinkled the street with warm and bright copper yellow, and the ground in the middle of the street was still damp with some mist. When the head of the crutches fell, there were obvious circular concave spots on the ground.

Master Cheng is right. At the entrance of the street seven or eight feet away from Wanliangpu, in the middle of the protruding brick wall, a thick wooden gate is really closed. Snake-like iron chains, each joint of iron chains is hung with a palm-sized number one claw lock.Such wooden fence gates are not only found in Wanjialou, but also in almost all large and small market towns in the north; people built several fence gates in the middle of a street, most of which were used to prevent robbers; When bandits with open flames and sticks swarmed to loot, the townspeople could immediately seal the fence to resist the bandits; Guan Baye frowned and thought for a while, and realized that there were no bandits in such broad daylight. Well, Wanjialou really didn't have any reason to seal the gates in the street, no wonder the old man Cheng Qingyun was going to make a fuss and become paranoid.

Holding on to his crutches, he was walking towards the closed gate, and saw two men with foreign guns sitting on the long bluestones on both sides of the gate, exchanged nervous glances, and stood slowly. Standing up, with the gun under his side, he swung the gun intentionally or unintentionally, and the two black and shining muzzles were always aiming at him secretly. "Morning, both of you!" Baye Guan greeted leisurely through the wooden gate. The two men exchanged glances again, and Qi said to Guan Ba ​​Ye, "Good morning, Ba Ye." "Last night there was a lot of fog, and this morning the fog is even thicker, like a steamer on a raging fire." Guan Baye said again: "I didn't expect it to recede so quickly, and the sun will be seen in a blink of an eye."

"Yes, Lord Ba." One said, "I haven't seen such a thick fog in the past few years." "The dense fog in spring is fierce. It's not a good omen, Ba Ye." Another scumbag said.It was clear that Guan Baye was alone, without a horse or a gun.Only holding a cane in their hands, the expressions of the two of them relaxed, and they chatted with Guan Baye word by word. "Did something happen outside?" Guan Baye said, "I guess if nothing happened, the Wanjialou wouldn't be locked and closed." "No... nothing happened, Ba Ye, it's just..."

"I just heard that there are too many refugees coming from outside the town." The other one was more tactful, and hurriedly replied, "Because Gu Ye was busy opening the door of the ancestral hall and calling the clans to discuss clan affairs, I'm afraid that the good and the bad will be mixed. The refugees took advantage of the opportunity to pour in, so we were ordered to close the gate." "Well, is that so?" Guan Baye praised casually: "Your Gu Ye looks reckless and strong, but who knows that he is so careful, he is really a kind person in the ancestors!"

The two laughed helplessly. "The bell rang just before the fog cleared, and the ancestral hall summoned people to discuss matters," Guan Baye said, "Then Master Gu is in the ancestral hall now, right?" "Yes, Master Ba," said the shorter of the two. "Should Master Zhen from Shahekou come too?" "I didn't hear that Master Zhen came back." The taller one said: "Ba Ye, your leg injury has improved so quickly, we didn't expect it, you will be able to get out of bed and walk around in a blink of an eye." "Baye, your leg injury hasn't recovered, so it's better not to move around more." The shorter one realized the intention of the taller one to divert the conversation, so he rushed to say: "In my opinion, you should still walk around." Go back to Wanliangpu and rest."

"Thank you both for paying attention to me." Baye Guan pointed at the gate, looked at the two people with piercing eyes and said, "Please don't mind raising your hands, open the gate for me, and take me to the ancestral hall to meet Gu Ye." ..." "This... this..." The shorter one took half a step back, mumbling, with a look of embarrassment on his face. "Master Gu...he ordered..." The taller one also hesitated under Guan Baye's gaze. "Since Gu Ye said to prevent refugees from flooding into Wanjialou, I am not a refugee," Guan Baye said, "It is Gu Ye who I want to see. Don't worry, if Gu Ye takes responsibility for this I will do it for you."

Just as Guan Baye was speaking, there were more and more people under the corridors on both sides of the gate outside the gate. Guan Baye's straightforward words attracted many people to criticize the gun team for being so cautious. Huozhu didn't open the gate in broad daylight, so the two men couldn't stand still any longer.The short man blushed and opened the hem of his short jacket, and was about to take out the key from his belly pocket, but the tall man took his hand and said: "Wait a while, wait a while, let me accuse Ba Ye again... I said, Ba Ye, you are a magnanimous person, you will definitely not embarrass our subordinates, this place is not far from the ancestral hall, let me tell Gu Ye in the past, and then I will open the gate and help you to the ancestral hall."

Before Guan Baye could answer, he saw a half-old man by the street corridor, wearing a blue cloth jacket, a soft scarf around his waist, and holding a flat flagon in his hand, pushing away the crowd. , All the way slanted straight out and said: "Okay, I know who has the guts to beat my apprentice?! It turned out to be the two boys from the second room! If you dare to beat my apprentice with a different surname, of course you can!" Hit my uncle in the next room!" "That...that was all a misunderstanding," said the short man, "Uncle Wancai, I beat that kid Heisuoer because he was the first to swear." "You beat people with gun butts?! You beat people really well!" Wancai's voice became even hotter: "All the uncles and uncles of the same clan in the street corridor are listening. It's a man or a ghost, the whole mother's boat has no rudder—it's straight! He hit my ten-year-old apprentice with the butt of his gun on the head, and almost smashed his head as flat as this wine jug?! ...I am about to go into the ancestral hall to kowtow and cry for grievances, and talk to Gu Ye and the deacons of the various clans..." "My good uncle, please don't yell first, okay?" The tall man hastily went up to bow and apologize and said, "Even if our little brothers offended you, the second wife didn't offend you, so why do you yell so much?" It's ugly, you want us to kowtow to apologize, we just do it..." "Who cares about you knocking on that stinky head?!" Wancai pointed to the gate and said, "Baye Guan is a distinguished guest of Wanjialou. Last time Judge Zhu visited Wanjialou at night. Stand up and help those bastards from the Liuhe gang, you two boys, I’m afraid you’ve already ventilated your head and lie in my coffin! Now that you’ve taken off your scars, you forget the pain, and Eighth Master wants to go in and out of the gate, take off your pants and fart poor Instigate?! Bring the key and I will unlock it, and I will take care of it if there is something else,...Ba Ye is not a criminal, I am afraid he will run away!" Not allowing the short man to back down, pushing aside the hesitant resistance of the tall man, Wancai reached out and took out the bunch of keys from the short man's belly pocket, opened the gate, raised the crushed flagon with a smile and said, "Last night, the two A kid stomped on my jug, and I didn’t ask them to pay for it. It’s a good thing. It can be seen that I have been sleeping for half my life. The coffin lid is open, tolerant, and tolerant... Now the gate is I just opened it, I don’t depend on anyone, you guys like to drink, I’ll treat you, let’s go to Wanliang shop for breakfast,... who said I don’t have money?! ——Last night Gu Ye asked Big Mater to come to my shop , just ordered the last two coffins in my shop!"