Chapter 11 Chapter Six

The woman was Tingting Yuli, with a pair of big black and white eyes arrogantly looking all over the shop.She was wearing a thin silk shirt with white flowers on a blue background and a long black Baitong skirt.The face is like a pile of flowers, the body is like carved jade, the lips are bright and the teeth are bright and beautiful.Seeing her dragging up her long skirt, there was a loud noise; when she walked to the counter, she tapped her fingers on the counter twice, and the hunchbacked shopkeeper immediately walked out of the back room.When the hunchback saw the woman, he quickly put on a smile, held the jug and poured a full cup of wine with the woman.The woman raised her neck and drank it all in one gulp, and the hunchback shopkeeper poured another full cup for her.

Ma Rong was stunned and cheered for a while.He had never seen such a beautiful girl from a poor family, who drank so much, had an extraordinary rhyme, and an intimidating demeanor. He pushed Yuan Yutang's elbow and asked in a low voice, "Does Mr. Yuan know this woman?" Yuan Yutang twirled the jagged gray beard under his forehead, and replied, "I've never seen her before." Suddenly, with a loud shout, four rascals broke into Wufu Restaurant. "Bring four big bowls of white wine!" The burly man in the lead saw a handsome woman standing in front of the counter, staring at her with a pair of rogue eyes, as if she was about to let out a fire.He shouted: "Tonight, there is a twig-like pink head! Brothers, hurry up and get the wine."

The four scoundrels rushed forward and surrounded the woman, ignoring Ma Rong and Yuan Yutang. The woman put down the wine cup, looked at the hand of the burly man resting on her left arm, and shouted sharply: "Pull back this dirty paw!" The four rascals laughed wildly, and they all came forward to fight. Ma Rong was furious, stood up and moved his legs to help the woman, but Yuan Yutang tripped over one of his feet, fell down on his face and gnawed a piece of shit on the ground.When he got up, he was dizzy and could only hear screaming like a pig being slaughtered at the counter: "My arm...Little lady, please spare my life."

There was a burst of chaos accompanied by foul curses, groans, and a knock at the door, and the four rascals slipped out of the Wufu Hotel in a pack.Calm returned to the shop. Ma Rong stared dumbfounded at the woman in front of the counter, the hunchback shopkeeper was pouring wine for her.Seeing her calmly fiddle with the wine cup, her gorgeous face and cheeks are like two peach blossoms blooming.Ma Rong found that the woman's right cuff was stained with blood. "She's injured!" Ma Ronglang snarled at Yuan Yutang fiercely: "If you didn't trip me on purpose..."

"Sir, calm down." Yuan Yutang said calmly, "When the two sides in the fight have hidden weapons in their arms, wouldn't it be in vain that you get injured by stepping forward! Right now, the woman has wounded the leading man's arm with an iron bullet, and the rest of the scoundrels are doing nothing. When the brain beasts scattered, they all ran away in fright." Ma Rong stroked the bruise on his forehead, and couldn't help being surprised.Female chivalrous men and heroic women who love martial arts often hide an iron bullet the size of a chicken in their sleeves for self-defense.The law strictly forbids the common people to carry sharp swords and daggers with them, so the stunt of being a woman became popular for a while.After a long period of hard training, you can often hit the target and do whatever you want.In the past, there was an iron bullet hidden in each of the two sleeves, so it was easy to move, and it was a powerful weapon when necessary.If they want to kill the opponent, they can hit the opponent's temple or human body, and they can kill with one bullet.

Ma Rong complained: "Mr. Yuan, you can tell me about this joint. You don't have to deliberately trip me up and get my nose and eyes swollen. If you were younger, I would really give you a good punch." Ma Rong saw that the woman took out an iron bullet from her sleeve and put it on the counter, and washed the blood on the sleeve with water.He hurried forward and said courteously, "Miss, I'll help you." The woman showed no sign of shyness, so she extended her hand to Ma Rong, and looked tenderly at the heroic officer Kong Shuo in front of her. After Ma Rong wrung out half of her sleeves, he couldn't help asking: "Miss only used an iron bullet to drive away those gangsters, why don't you see that there is also an iron bullet hidden in the left sleeve?"

The woman cast a reproachful look at Ma Rong, and replied lightly: "One is more than enough, why bother with two!" A layer of admiration suddenly rose in Ma Rong's heart.That woman is heroic and charming, and she has such a superb skill.Ma Rong only hated the late meeting, but he didn't dare to ask his surname rashly. Qiao Tai entered the Wufu Hotel, recognized the woman at a glance, and shouted loudly: "Miss, why did you leave in such a hurry at that time, Doctor Lu is a beast in clothes, you can tell him the truth!" The woman looked at Qiaotai by chance and didn't say a word.

It was only then that Ma Rong realized Qiao Tai's arrival. The woman tidied up her dress, nodded to Ma Rong and Qiao Tai, and then floated out of the hotel. "Sir, where have you seen her? Who is Dr. Lu?" Yuan Yutang hurriedly asked Qiao Tai. Qiao Tai replied: "It's just outside the yamen of the Jingzhao Mansion. She was singing and playing the Yueqin. Doctor Lu's animal dealer was trying to tease her, and it happened that I arrived on duty, so she ran away shyly." Yuan Wangtang pondered for a while, nodding frequently.He hurriedly said: "Bosses, please calm down, and Yuan Mouquan will leave now." He lifted his big mirror-embedded box and the big bamboo basket containing puppets and puppets, and shook out of the shop door.The monkey sat on the top of the big box.

The hunchback shopkeeper came out to entertain Ma Rong and Qiao Tai. Ma Rong hurriedly asked: "Who is that woman? She often goes to and from this hotel?" The hunchback smiled treacherously: "The chief's eyes are dull, that woman is the daughter of Mr. Yuan, and her nickname is Lanbai." Ma Rong was stunned, suspicious in his heart.Said: "Then why are their father and daughter acting like passers-by and not recognizing each other?" The hunchback shrugged and said, "Lanbai is a very courageous heroine, and Yuan Xianggong is also a righteous man who ventured into the rivers and lakes. The relationship between father and daughter is not restricted. Miss Lanbai also has a twin sister, whose nickname is Scarlet—she is really a A gentle and lovely girl. She is good at singing and dancing, playing the piano and flute, omnipotent, and she has a beautiful appearance, which is the most pitiful."

Ma Rong said to Qiao Tai: "Brother met Miss Scarlet—but he mistook Lanbai. If Dr. Lu bumped into Lanbai, there would be a bullet flying away, and Yintang would be lucky." Ask the hunchback: "Does the shopkeeper know where Yuan Yutang and his daughter live now?" The hunchback frowned slightly, and said with a smile: "The entertainers who travel around the rivers and lakes do not have a fixed residence. Today the east of the city, tomorrow the west of the city, but they can be found at the Guanyi Pavilion of Fansi Temple and the Ludi Inn." Seeing that his words were rambling, Ma Rong couldn't ask him carefully.After paying for the wine, he and Qiao Tai went out to Wufu Restaurant.

After walking about ten steps on the main street, six corpse collection teams in black robes and black hoods came pulling a corpse cart.The two hurriedly covered their noses and mouths with their hands so as not to pass by. Qiao Tai said: "I'm really worried that the master will also be infected with this terrible epidemic. The civil and military officials of the imperial court have taken refuge in Fengxiang Mansion, and even ordinary wealthy families in Chang'an have temporarily moved to other places, leaving us here alone to deal with ghost corpses." Ma Rong said: "Brother's words are true. We also have to try to persuade the master to leave Chang'an. The master has been really busy in the past half month, and his face is getting thinner and thinner." The two came to the canal in the center of the old city.The canal slowly flows through the city from east to west. The majestic Crescent Bridge spans the canal like a rainbow.After three hundred years of wind and rain erosion, the bridge looks old and dark.Today, another layer of desolation and coldness has been added, which is really different from the busy traffic and bustling in the past. At this moment, Qiao Tai suddenly saw a young man dressed as a maid running towards him from the bridge, grabbed Qiao Tai's armor, and said out of breath, "Your Majesty...Your Majesty was killed! Master Jun, hurry up!" Lead me to the Jingzhao government office to report the case." "Who is Lord Hou?" Ma Rong asked hurriedly. "who are you?" "The villain was sent by the Ye Mansion, and the Marquis Ye Kuilin was murdered! My mother personally saw the body of the Marquis in the corridor of Zhenliu Pavilion. My mother, like the villain, is a servant of the Ye Mansion." Qiao Tai asked again: "Is that the old Hou's mansion across from the Crescent Bridge? Was it really the Houye Ye Kuilin who was killed?" "Could it be that the villain can't deceive the chief? At this moment, there are only Mrs. Ye and my mother in the Ye Mansion!" Qiao Tai said to Ma Rong: "Go back to the Yamen to see the master and report this matter. This servant and I will go to Ye Mansion to protect the scene first." Suddenly he thought of something and said verbally: "Ma Rong, in this way, God's will It is obvious, so scary. Doesn’t that nursery rhyme say ‘Mei, Ye, He, Guan Zhonghou,’ ‘The day is too long to live’? In these two days, the Mei and Ye families have died. The old family in Chang’an is like the end of a crossbow. , has reached the field of collapse and destruction, and it is hopeless."