Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven
Ma Rong thought about it, since he wanted to show Wu Feng that he was a member of the government, there was no need to disguise himself, so he just replaced the black hat of the official with a small pointed hat that ordinary people often wear.Tao Gan changed into a black gauze hat.
Before leaving the county line, the two discussed the countermeasures in detail in the value room.
Ma Rong said: "I want to let Wu Feng know that I am a spy under the county government to prevent him from leaving the hotel. This is not difficult, but the difficulty is that we don't know how he will react. Get rid of me, how will you deal with it?"
Tao Gan shook his head and said, "In my humble opinion, he would not be like this. You think, Wu Feng doesn't know what order you are in, in his opinion, if he goes out, the government will be suspicious, and you will arrest him on the spot. Now, he will never dare to take this risk. My only worry is that Wu Feng doesn't want to escape at all, but stays behind closed doors as ordered. However, if he really slips out, you don't need to worry, he Even if there are seventy-two changes, they still cannot escape from my grasp."
The two of them had made a plan, they left the county office, Ma Rong was in front, Tao Gan was behind, they separated a distance, and came straight to Yongchun Hotel.Hong Canjun explained the way to the hotel to Ma Rong clearly, and the two found it without any difficulty.
When Ma Rong arrived at the entrance of the hotel, he saw that the wine jars in the store were neatly arranged, and two colored paper lanterns hung high above the beams, illuminating the red labels on the wine jars to shine brightly.The shopkeeper was lowering his head to sell wine, and two idlers leaned against the counter, reaching out to grab the salted fish on the plate before the wine arrived.
Opposite the hotel is a house with a high porch and a black gate. "You can tell it's a wealthy family at a glance. Ma Rong stepped forward and stood under the porch by the door.
Ma Rong looked up and saw that the upstairs of the hotel was brightly lit, and a figure was moving around on the window paper.Ma Rong could clearly see that Wu Feng was painting meticulously upstairs.
Ma Rong leaned forward and looked around the street, but Tao Gan was nowhere to be seen.He folded his hands and planned to wait in the corridor for a long time.
The two idlers drank a pot of wine and were about to leave when they suddenly saw the door open behind Ma Rong, and an old man was led out by a slave.When the old man saw Ma Rong, he asked, "My friend, what are you doing here? Do you want to see the little old man?"
Ma Rong said angrily. "Who wants to see you!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and stood against the doorpost.
The old man said angrily: "This is my private house, since you have nothing to do here, please take a step away!"
Ma Rong retorted loudly: "This house is yours, but this street is not yours, who can't stand?"
"If you insist on not leaving, I will call the watchman to send you to the Yamen to meet the officials. Now that Mr. Di is the master of the people, I am afraid that you will act wild!"
Ma Rong wanted to get angry a long time ago. Seeing that the old man was determined to make fun of himself, he cursed: "You old pig and dog don't know how to flatter you. If you stand here, I will drive you away if you have the guts!"
The second idler was leaning against the counter with his chin resting on one hand, and he was watching the commotion with his head tilted.
A window upstairs was opened, Wu Feng poked his head out, and loudly urged: "Old man, how can you swallow this breath? Don't look at that fellow's savagery, in fact, he is tough on the inside, strong on the outside and hard on the inside, don't take advantage of him!"
The slave asked: "Master, how about I go and call all the servants here?"
Ma Rong had no color at all, and he roared angrily: "Call your bastards to come, I will accompany you!"
The old man saw that Ma Rong was tall and strong, with a combative posture. He thought that those who came would not be kind, and those who were kind would not come, so he might as well admit that he was unlucky and give in a step, so that the wind would be clear and the sky would be bright.Thinking of this, he said: "Since ancient times, a gentleman will not move his hands, let him stand there until his bones are rotten!" After finishing speaking, he walked away.
The house slave slammed the door shut again and inserted the latch.Seeing Wu Feng, he was greatly disappointed, retreated back, and closed the window.
Ma Rong approached the hotel staggeringly, Er Xianhan hurriedly made a way for him by the counter.
Ma Rong glared at them, and said coldly, "Aren't you two servants of the family opposite?"
One person replied: "Don't misunderstand me, man, we live in the next street, and the old pedant who used to live in the school is the most rude."
Another person said: "We definitely didn't come to listen to him recite the poem Yun Zi said, that's all. We only recognize the three-foot T-shaped counter. We come here to drink a cup every night to relieve fatigue and go to worry."
Ma Rong laughed loudly after hearing this, patted the broken silver in his sleeve, and yelled to the counter: "Listen to the shopkeeper, good wine and good meat, but there is, only the future. I will count the money on you later!"
The shopkeeper hurriedly came forward to say hello, filled the three wine cups, added a plate of spiced beef and a plate of pickles, and then asked, "May I ask where the guest officer came from?"
Ma Rong drank the wine cup in one gulp, and waited for the shopkeeper to fill it up again before replying: "My master, shopkeeper Wang, is the owner of the Spring Tea House in Beijing. We have brought three carts of high-quality brick tea from Xing'an, and we plan to sell it outside the boundary of Hexi." , I just arrived here this afternoon. The master rewarded me for my hard work in whoring all the way, and ordered me to live a happy life here. I wanted to find a brothel to rest, but unexpectedly I went to the wrong place."
The shopkeeper said: "The guest officer is right. The small shop is really helpless in this business of looking for flowers and willows. When it comes to Fengyuechang, there are two places here, but they are far away from the small shop." Before Ma Rong could speak, the shopkeeper went on Flatteringly said: "However, according to my humble opinion, most of the prostitutes here are girls from the mountains and villages. They have seen the world for a few days? Guest officials like you who came down from the capital are not worthy of them. I think you travel all day long. If you are well-informed, there must be a lot of interesting anecdotes, so why don't you come in and tell us about the anecdotes, customs, anecdotes, and anecdotes along the way, so that we can open our eyes and gain insights. "
The shopkeeper's invitation fell right into Ma Rong's arms.The reason for the shopkeeper's persuasion to stay is that Ma Rong has three liang of silver in his sleeve.
The shopkeeper invited Ma Rong into the store, and said, "This first round of wine is a tribute to the guest officials, and I won't take any money. If you think the taste is not good, just open a new jar with a word."
The second idler was looking forward to eating and drinking for free, seeing this scene, he immediately became energetic.One said to Ma Rong: "You are such a good man, how many thieves who cut the trail fell under your fists along the way!"
Let them brag and sing, but Ma Rong just ignores them.While talking, the three of them entered the store and sat down at a table with the Eight Immortals. Ma Rong chose the seat facing the stairs.
The shopkeeper himself also came to have fun, and the four of them sat around a table.The narrative of human nature is flying and the friendship is easy to thick. This is a good statement.Ma Rong told the horror story vividly, and the three of them were shocked when they heard it.
After telling a few stories, Wu Feng walked down the stairs, stopped halfway, and cast his sharp eyes on Ma Rong.
The shopkeeper saw him and said, "Mr. Wu, come and have a drink with us too. The story this guest officer told is really bizarre and interesting."
Wu Feng replied: "I'm busy, so I won't accompany you. But I have to go downstairs to have supper late at night, don't forget to leave food and drinks for me!" After speaking, he went upstairs again.
The shopkeeper introduced: "This is my tenant. He is very romantic, and it is a lot of fun to talk to him. Don't leave, wait for him to come downstairs and meet him for a while."
The shopkeeper filled the four wine cups again.
Tao Gan saw Ma Rong enter the porch of the house opposite the hotel, walk into a dark back alley, quickly took off his robe, and put it on backwards again.
Tao Gan's brown jacket is strangely made, the face is made of high-quality silk and satin, which is very luxurious, while the lining is made of hessian patchwork, with several dirty spots on it, and several patches made crookedly with thick needles and thick threads.Tao Gan's hat is also very special, when he took it off and clapped it with his hand, it became flat, it was indistinguishable from the small hats that beggars often wear.
After Tao Gan dressed himself as a beggar, he went outside the backyard wall of the hotel, found a broken wine jar on the ground, rolled it to the base of the wall, and stood on it himself, with his elbows just enough to rest on the top of the wall.He rested his chin on his folded arms, and calmly observed the hotel.
There are no windows on the back wall of the shop downstairs, but light shines through the windows upstairs.There are many empty wine jars in the courtyard, which are neatly stacked in two rows.There is a narrow balcony outside the window on the second floor, with a row of potted flowers on it.Below is the plastered back wall of the hotel, with a small corner door ajar. There is a building next to the door, which is probably a small temple kitchen.Tao Gan thought to himself, if Wu Feng climbed down from the balcony and escaped, it would be very easy for him.
Tagan waited patiently.
As expected, it took less than half an hour.The back window of the room opened slowly, and Wu Feng poked his head out to look around.
Tao Gan lay motionless on the wall.He understood that it was pitch black around him, and Wu Feng couldn't see him from the light.
Seeing no movement around, Wu Feng climbed down from the window sill, tiptoed along the balcony to the top of the building, climbed over the railing, and descended to the roof of the building.Lie down on the room and look down, after choosing a landing point between the wine jars, lightly jump, land on the open space between the two rows of wine jars, and quickly walk into a small passageway between the hotel and the neighbors middle.
Tao Gan jumped off the wine jar and hurriedly chased after him, just as he got out of the corner of the courtyard wall, he bumped into Wu Feng.Tao Gan uttered obscenities and curses, but Wu Feng pretended not to hear, and hurriedly walked towards the street without looking back.
Tao Gan followed behind at a distance.The streets are bustling with people.Tao Gan didn't need to choose a dark place to walk.Furthermore, Wu Feng was eccentric and different, and Tao Gan followed him, so he was not afraid of being thrown off by him.
Wu Feng walked south all the way, and then suddenly turned into a small street with few pedestrians.Tao Gan didn't stop and chased after him. He unbuttoned the middle button of the small cap, and the small cap immediately became a pointed top hat that common people often wear.He also took out a bamboo tube about one foot long from the oil, pulled it three times and pulled it twice, and pulled out the four small bamboo tubes of different thicknesses that were wrapped in it step by step, and it became a walking stick.Holding the bamboo branch in his hand, Tao Gan turned into an old man again, and walked steadily forward until he was very close to Wu Feng.
Wu Feng turned another corner and entered an alley.Tao Gan saw that there was no one in the middle of the alley.I knew in my heart that they had reached a place not far from the east city wall.It seemed that Wu Feng was very familiar with this area. He turned around and turned into a side road.Tao Gan took a closer look at the corner, and it turned out to be a dead-end alley, and at the end was the mountain gate of a small temple. The wooden gate had long since disappeared, and the temple was pitch-black. It was obviously a desolate temple with no one inhabited.
Wu Feng walked towards the ruined temple, and when he reached the temple, he stopped and looked back into the alley.Tao Gan quickly retracted his head.
When Tao Gan probed to watch again, Wu Feng had long since disappeared at the door, and after waiting for a while, he came out from his hiding place and walked quietly towards the temple.When I came to the temple, I raised my eyes and saw three large characters embedded in glazed tiles in the brick wall above the mountain gate. Although it has been stripped by wind and rain, I can still vaguely see that these three characters are "Sanbao Temple".
Tao Gan went up the steps and entered the temple, only to see that the main hall was empty.The roof had collapsed in several places, and the stars could be seen in the sky when looking up.Tao Gan walked on tiptoe to the depths of the hall, but Wu Feng was nowhere to be seen.When he came to the back door, he poked his head out, but then retracted and hid behind the doorpost.It turned out that the back door of the main hall led to a barren garden with walls, and there was a small pool in the middle of the garden, the water was clear. Wu Feng was sitting alone on a stone bench by the pool, resting his chin on his hands, looking at the pool, lost in thought.
Tao Gan thought to himself: "So this is a place for a secret rendezvous!" He found a hole in the window and sat in it. From there he could see Wu Feng's every move, but Wu Feng couldn't see him.Tao Gan gathered himself together, closed his eyes, and listened carefully, but he didn't dare to keep staring at Wu Feng.He understood that many people are very sensitive to being watched in the dark.
At first Wu Feng sat quietly and did not move, and later he occasionally picked up a few stones from the ground and threw them into the pool for his own amusement, then got up and started pacing in the garden.He clearly had something on his mind, as if he was waiting for someone, but he couldn't arrive for a long time, so he was restless.After a while, Wu Feng quickly left the small garden and walked towards the main hall.Tao Gan hurriedly retracted into the window niche, and pressed his body against the stone wall.
Wu Feng hurriedly returned from the original road, walked to the small street where the hotel was located, stopped at the corner and looked towards the center of the street for a while, seeing that Ma Rong was not on the street, he strode into the narrow passage between the hotel and the neighbors.
Tao Gan let out a long sigh of relief and walked back to the county office.
The hotel was still full of laughter and chatter, and it was very lively. After Ma Rong finished telling the story, the shopkeeper also told a few stories.
Finally, Wu Feng came downstairs and sat down to gather together.
Ma Rong always drank a lot, even though he had two pots of wine down, he was still sober as usual, thinking in his heart, if Wu Feng was drunk, it would be unknown if he would utter the truth while drunk.After making up his mind, he said: "Mr. Wen Wu is also a native of Chang'an, so we are fellow villagers in Zili. It is said that we are destined to meet thousands of miles away. If we don't have the destiny to meet each other face to face, we will never meet each other face to face. Today we see each other like old friends. We must drink it to get drunk. stop!"
Everyone is good.From then on, one of them was turned, the cups and plates were messed up, and he punched and ordered, and drank to his heart's content.It didn't matter if the trouble was serious or not, the neighbors had already been alarmed, and several months later, the trouble was still the subject of the neighborhood talks in that area.
Wu Feng first poured half a jug of high-quality wine called "Toupingxiang" into a bowl, drank it all in one gulp, and satiated his cravings at the bottom, then drank with Ma Rong, and they drank three jugs in a row while talking and laughing.
Ma Rong had been drinking for more than two hours in a row, and gradually felt the power of the wine, so he had to force himself to accompany him. If he wanted to inquire about the other party, he would have forgotten to go to Jiuxiaoyunwai.At this time, the two idlers were already drunk, they left their seats and staggered out of the shop.After Wu Feng drank two jugs of wine, he became more energetic, and he drank two more jugs while fighting Ma Rong.Ma Rong was already overwhelmed, and began to talk incoherently, regardless of the words.Wu Feng ordered another pot of powerful Daqu called "Going out", and he and Ma Rong drank half and half.At this time Wu Feng's complexion was already ruddy, beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, so he took off the hat and threw it to the corner of the room.At this point, both of them were drunk, clapping their hands and laughing, making a mess.
It was past midnight, and the rowdy drinking ended.Wu Feng stood up from his seat crookedly, stumbled towards the stairs, and hummed as he walked, "It's like old friends at first sight, it's wonderful when you get drunk, wonderful! Wonderful!"
When the shopkeeper helped Wu Feng upstairs, Ma Rong slipped quietly under the square table, and before the shopkeeper came downstairs, he was already snoring like thunder. "
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