Chapter 29 Chapter Eleven

Di Gong inquired about the address of Miss Zilan's house in front of the General's Temple, so he got off his horse, tied the reins, and walked to an old house.There is a signboard hanging beside the red lacquered gate of the house. On the signboard are four big cursive characters: "Wu De Dojo" - the inscription is from the handwriting of the Prince of the East Palace, and a coiled dragon and a square bell are engraved on the signboard.This is Miss Zilan's house. Duke Di suspiciously looked inside the door, but seeing no one walking around, he boldly stepped across the threshold and entered the courtyard.Folding a shadow wall, there is a dimly lit hall. A thick reed mat is spread out on the floor of the hall, and a few tough men with their upper body naked are practicing wrestling sticks in pairs.On a bench along the corner were five or six disciples waiting to show themselves. ——No one in the hall has ever looked at Duke Di.

A big man with a horizontal face was hit on the wrist by his opponent, and he threw away his stick in pain, cursing non-stop. "Don't speak dirty words!" Suddenly someone reprimanded angrily from behind. The big man turned around, his face full of panic, and he hurriedly bowed his knees and said: "Disciple deserves to die, please calm down, master." He breathed on the injured wrist with his mouth, endured the pain, picked up the stick from the ground, and rushed to look for it Opponent practice. Di Gong looked at the huge and heroic woman in front of him in surprise, and saw that she was almost as tall as himself, with a fat head directly growing on broad and round shoulders.She is dressed in martial arts, as if she is a wrestling master.The giant barrel-like body is tied with two red streamers, which add a touch of beauty to the sky blue bloomers.

"Who is this bearded man?" She couldn't help asking loudly when she saw Duke Di was staring at her. Di Gong hurried forward, bowed and said: "My surname is Ren, and I am a boxer in Chang'an. Shen Ba introduced me here, and I just want to ask Miss to find some apprentices to teach and earn some money. I also hope Miss If you raise your hands high, you will be able to help." Miss Zilan raised her thick right hand, stroked the topknot on the back of her head, looked at Di Gong, and said, "Let's test your hand strength first." She grabbed Di Gong's palm.Di Gong was originally a strong and courageous person, but at this time he had to fight with all his strength to barely resist Miss Zilan's wrist.Suddenly she relaxed her hand, and praised: "You are indeed a boxer! Come on, let's go together, let's drink a bowl." As she spoke, she went to the wine jar under the square table to scoop a bowl full of fragrant white wine and handed it to Duke Di.

Di Gong took a sip from the wine bowl, complimented her, and asked, "Where did Miss Zilan learn this skill? She is really a heroine among women, a hero in pink." Miss Zilan grinned and replied: "Ren Xianggong still doesn't know my background, right? I grew up in Saibei and learned martial arts. We went to the capital to perform five years ago, and the third prince called us to the East Palace to perform three martial arts. On this day, everyone in the East Palace was stunned and applauded. The third prince was very kind and kind. He adopted us in the back garden, and we were companions day and night, discussing martial arts. Later, some dog official from the Ministry of Rites played a book in front of the emperor, saying We deceived the third prince with evil ways and forced us to leave the palace. Before we left, the third prince held my hand and wept endlessly. He also gave me a gold ingot. Brothers and sisters broke up one after another, and I wandered here alone. To make a living, teaching some boxing sticks and receiving some small gifts can be regarded as a temporary livelihood."

Di Gongdao: "I heard people say that you have two young men with both civil and military skills. One is Dong Mei and the other is Xia Guang. They are both talented and good at boxing. I just want to visit you this time, and look up at you." "Ren Xianggong, you are one step late, Dong Mei is already dead. He is not a likable person." "What? Dong Mei is dead? I heard that he is very good at boxing and he is also very smart." "Well, boxing is not bad, but it's a bit cunning, it's just character...Look at that girl, this girl somehow fell in love with him. One night, Dong Mei gave her a tael of silver and took her to a In an empty house, after locking the door and leaving, another person came - that's how it happened. This girl took the bait voluntarily, and I was about to teach Dong Mei a lesson, but unfortunately he died first."

"Does Dong Mei often seduce women?" Duke Di asked again. "Yes. But he prefers to collect antiques. He used to come here often, but recently he seems to have fallen out with his business owner. He is ambitious. He dreams of digging a well with a shovel, and a business will make a fortune. I guess it must have been Xia Guang, a scoundrel who secretly tripped Dong Mei and took over the business. Xia Guang came here yesterday morning, drank a few glasses of wine, and paid off the wine debt he owed me for a long time. I Suspicious in his heart, he asked him: "When did you get rich, and which money tree did you hit?" He replied: "No, it depends on tonight. If it goes well tonight, you can get a lot of money. The transaction is very simple: Put a chick in the chicken coop.’ I said: ‘Be careful not to be locked in the chicken coop yourself, and let someone mistakenly take it for slaughter!’ He grinned and said, ‘Don’t worry, it’s a remote place, No one will ever hear the chickens clucking. ——Dong Mei doesn’t bother to do it, and that person’s payment is not too small.” I saw Xia Guang speaking strangely, and I was afraid that he would do it behind his back. He was earning a living, so he warned him: If you go wrong with your conscience, be careful, my old lady knows that flying knives don’t recognize people.”

As Miss Zilan spoke, she suddenly drew a sharp knife from her cuff. With a sound of "whoosh", the flying knife pierced deeply into the door frame of the gate through the hall.There was applause in the hall, and the two big men walked to the gate and pulled out the sharp knife with all their strength, and held it back to Miss Zilan respectfully.Miss Zilan raised her eyebrows triumphantly, and said with a smile: "My flying knife is only looking for the throats and chests of adulterers and evil people." Di Gongdao: "When Miss Zilan sees those adulterers and evil people, she only needs to take them to the Yamen for trial and questioning by the government. She must not kill herself. It breaks the law."

Zilan didn't take it seriously: "I'm not afraid of breaking Fadu. When I left the capital, the third prince gave me a certificate of exemption from crime. Even if I really broke the law, I will only be supervised and punished by the empress of the harem, and I will not be bound by the government's laws." Di Gong argued: "Miss Zilan is admirable and admirable for her kindness and righteousness in eliminating violence and peace in the world. But in the end it is better to follow the laws of the country, and recklessly make a big mistake." Zilan sneered and said: "Mr. Ren is too official, and I don't want to expose the mechanism. You come to ask Dong Mei and Xia Guang, why hide your identity as the governor? You just use sweet words to fool the old lady, and set the old lady's words. The old lady is pretending to be stupid. Let’s admit it, and I don’t want to point you out. Now the master doesn’t need to investigate openly and secretly, Dong Mei and Xia Guang are not serious people.”

Di Gong was shocked, he couldn't help being terrified, he bowed his body to salute, and said: "Miss Zilan, to tell you the truth, Xia Guang was also killed this morning. The murderer may be the person who hired him, miss Do you know who that person is?" "No, sir, I really don't know. If I knew, I would have dragged him here a long time ago, tortured him until he was called father and mother, and then dug out his heart and lungs. I asked that silly girl She couldn't tell what she looked like. On the day she was kidnapped, the empty house was so dark that it was impossible to see the guy's face clearly."

"Miss is loyal and courageous, and I will never forget my feelings. By the way, let me tell Miss, Shen Ba wants me to speak a few words of kindness for him in front of you." A strange light flashed on Zi Lan's face: "Really? He really said that?" She began to feel shy, and her round cheeks were flushed. "Does he want to entrust a matchmaker to formally propose the marriage contract?" Di Gongdao: "This is not very clear, he just said a few good words for him..." "A few good words, a few good words, in the past two months, he has asked someone to come and say a few good words for him several times. He has to take advantage of his own time, come to the door in person, answer the shameful person, should I pick it instead? Dowry looking for him?"

Di Gong said: "Actually, I don't need to speak well for him. Miss already knew that he is an honest and reliable person. Heh, Miss Zilan, I have to leave." Zilan sent Duke Di to the gate, the street was as hot as a stove, and the horse neighed endlessly under the scorching sun.Di Gong took him over, flew on the saddle, nodded to Zilan, whipped the letter horse and galloped away.