Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Setting Up Shops to Sell Liquor

The sound of the door opening. Fragrant wind came. Di didn't need to open his eyes for two moments, but only used his nose to know that Mrs. Zhen was coming again. Mrs. Zhen leaned against the door, and said softly: "There are still two hours before I hand you over to Hu Jie, do you know what excuse Su Shan will use to force you to stay under our protection until Xu o'clock tonight. " Zhai Yushi smiled calmly and said: "Is it really protection? I think it's both soft and hard. I think I will recruit all the hiding spots and cover-up methods of the Nujiao Gang!"

Mrs. Zhen sighed: "I really save a lot of tongue when talking to a person like you. Back then, I did have naive thoughts, thinking that a man who loves scheming like you would be more afraid of death than ordinary people. I didn't expect you to be so calm and resolute, so I have changed my mind! Not only will I not pull out the golden needle for you, but I have also decided to hand you over to Hu Jie, even if you beg it, it will not work." "boom!" After Madam Zhen finished speaking, she opened the door and left. Zhai Yushi felt a big headache, this woman's methods are indeed unpredictable, and she will definitely have more powerful methods to deal with him later.

The only thing he can do now is to pretend to be indifferent, stick to the decision just now, and show no anxiety at all. Thinking of being an idiot, he might cry if he was sure no one was watching. Han Bai and the other three took the original car and headed for the hotel in Mochou Lake. Chen Lingfang was in the best mood, humming a minor tune of Kunqu Opera. Fan Liang stared at him disdainfully, seeing that Chen Lingfang didn't react at all, he turned to Han Bai and said, "Just now after you went with the White Demon Girl, the Ghost King came up with a wonderful way to help you pursue his daughter."

Han Bai was overjoyed and said, "Quickly tell me!" Fan Liangji's expression became very strange, and he said in a low voice: "He will lose his temper in front of the masters in the mansion, and scold you, saying that you don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, you dare to see his precious daughter, the toad wants to eat swan meat, Don't think he agrees." Han Bai lost his voice: "What? Is this considered helping me?" Fan Liangji smiled and said: "This is where the ghost king is so clever. According to him, Xu Yeyue's personality is the most rebellious, and he will do what is not allowed to do. Now that the ghost king clearly doesn't like her approaching you, she will Deliberately staying with you to show her unruly and unruly character."

Han Bai's face calmed down a little, and he frowned and said, "It doesn't seem appropriate! In fact, the ghost king doesn't care about anything, wouldn't it be better to let me pick it?" Fan Liangji hesitantly said: "There is not much time, in order to deal with Li Chimei, you have to suffer all kinds of hardships, but fortunately you are a fool, so what are you afraid of?" Han Bai heaved a long sigh, but thinking of the beautiful Xu Yeyue and the date at dusk, he felt better again. After arriving at the hotel at Mochou Lake, Fan Bao greeted him and said in a low voice, "There are three guests here. I arranged for them to wait for the special envoy in a different side hall."

When the three of them heard this, they all froze. Fan Bao wanted to greet them separately, because it was inappropriate for the three of them to meet. Sure enough, Fan Bao said in a low voice: "First of all, Mr. Xie Tingshi, the sworn brother of the three gentlemen, came first." The three snorted at the same time. Fan Bao continued: "The other person is Hu Weiyong's family general who sent an invitation for the dinner. I don't think it is acceptable to collect it on behalf of me. I insist on handing it to the special envoy myself." Fan Liangji snorted coldly: "A little family general, what qualifications does he have to meet the special envoy, let me send him away." Then he lowered his voice and said, "As long as I say the three-character mantra of 'Wan Nian Shen', I will protect him." Go back to the house immediately."

Fan Bao said: "The other person is Ye Sudong's deputy Changbai master Lu Shuang. This person is quite famous for his palm kung fu. I've heard his name before. I didn't expect him to be so ugly." Han Bai was stunned and said, "What is he doing here?" Chen Lingfang reminded: "Fourth brother, did you forget? He was ordered by the emperor to pick you and sister Shi into the palace to meet the emperor." Han Bai secretly groaned, now there is only an hour before Youshi, if he misses the date, will Xu Yeyue still pay attention to him in the future?certainly!Her lady may not be willing to go to the appointment so obediently, but he has to go.Remembering that time is running out, he said: "Let me deal with Xie Tingshi, my second brother will help me inform Sister Shi, and I will immediately go to the palace with her."

Unexpectedly, when he came to the capital, he was so busy. Qi Changzheng got out from the cellar where the wine was stored in the Guanyuan Building, and with enough ear power, he was overjoyed. Except for the sound coming from the kitchen, there was no one in the other places. Anan Zan praised that he made the right choice, at such a tense moment, who would dare to go here for a drink against the military order. After a while, he came to the second floor of Guanyuan Building, stuck it to the window, and looked out. The originally bustling avenue has become deserted, with only occasional cargo trucks passing by officers and soldiers, moving supplies into the island.

There are sentry personnel on the heights of the building, watching every inch of the place. From time to time, people's voices and horns sounded along the coast, and the warships moved and deployed to strengthen the defense. The high tower that the Nujiao Gang used as an outpost was full of soldiers. The atmosphere is tense, making people feel breathless. At this time, Qi Changzheng noticed a mule cart parked in front of the main entrance of the restaurant, and the cargo space behind it was empty, obviously waiting to deliver some kind of cargo. Instead, I looked at the Tengjiao Pavilion where Hu Jie had spoken just now, and saw a group of officers and soldiers riding horses out of the square, heading towards Wunan.

Qi Changzheng secretly groaned, the south of the island is the residence of the leaders of the Nujiao Clan, the houses are quite large, and his home is there, but Ling Zhantian's tunnel is only for the buildings near the main pier, how can he do it? Where did it go without anyone noticing? If one goes back into the water through the secret passage, of course one can dive there, but the problem is that once one climbs up to the shore, one will be noticed immediately, so how can one save Zhai Yushi. At this moment, there are only two hours before Xushi, and there is no time to wait for the dark to act.

At this moment, there was a "bang bang" sound downstairs, as if something was being moved. Then someone yelled: "Hurry up and send the food to Shuai's residence!" Someone said yes. Qi Changzheng remembered the mule cart in front of the restaurant, his heart moved, and he looked down again. I saw two gang leaders dressed in cigarette oil carrying several buckets of food to the storage place behind the mule cart, and they rushed downstairs with a heartbeat.Go to the dark place next to the kitchen. I saw the two gang leaders coming out again, only one of them was holding a bucket, and the other was empty-handed. Needless to say, this was the last bucket. When Qi Changzheng waited for the two to pass by, he flashed out from behind and pointed out with two fingers. The two fell back softly. Qi Changzheng followed one another while stretching out his right foot, just in time to pick up the bucket that fell to the ground. The bucket stuck to his feet as if rooted to the ground, motionless. Qi Changzheng brought the person and the barrel into the hall on the left, sent the two of them to the cellar as quickly as possible, changed the clothes of one of them, returned to the hall, picked up the barrel, and stepped on the ground like a man. After going out of the building, after putting the barrel away, I ignored the original destination of the meals, and drove the mule towards the south of the island. Seeing Han Bai coming in, Xie Tingshi stepped forward overjoyed and said, "Fourth brother! You are now the most popular person in the capital. Since you are the emperor's servant, even the ghost king looks at you differently. My third brother also has a lot of glory. " Han Bai cursed secretly in his heart. At this moment, he was only bored with Xie Yanshi's big plans. He remembered that he might be able to go boating on the Qinhuai River with the beautiful woman at dusk. How could he be interested in getting involved in the father-son dispute between King Yan and Zhu Yuanzhang, and said: " I want to see the emperor right now, third brother had better make a long story short." Seeing that his expression was cold and impatient, Xie Tingshi turned his eyes and said: "The blonde beauty will arrive the day after tomorrow, so King Yan wants to invite you to meet formally, and by the way, formally gift this rare alien beauty to four people." younger brother." Han Bai was so excited that he cheered up and said: "Really!" Then he whispered: "It must be a virgin!" Xie Tingshi laughed secretly in his heart, and said: "Of course it is true, otherwise would you still recognize me as a deceitful second brother?" Han Bai frowned and said, "Frankly speaking, I really don't have the good fortune to accept this great gift from the King of Yan. May I ask what can I get in return? I'm so timid, it's never my turn to kill someone." Xie Tingshi thought to himself that there is no one in this world who is more daring than you, he smiled and said: "Fourth brother was scared by what I said that night, and now the situation has changed, so I will treat those words as if I hadn't said them. I am very happy to see you early, I just want to make friends with you, and I have no other requirements." Han Boxin said that there is no such cheap thing in this world, but his hands and feet are his own, and he can decide what to do, so he can't let it go if it is cheap.But this blonde beauty must not let her live here, otherwise she might be slapped by Zuo Shi, nodded and said: "Okay! Please tell me the time and place, third brother. If there is no accident, I will go there on time meeting." Xie Tingshi smiled mysteriously: "At dusk the day after tomorrow, the third brother will come to pick you up in person, remember to inform our other two brothers." Han Bai thought of the day after tomorrow that he could try the taste of becoming a beautiful woman from gold, and his heart couldn't help but warm up. Qi Changzheng drove the mule cart all the way without hindrance, but when he turned onto Nan'an Highway, he encountered trouble. There was a checkpoint in front of him, and it seemed impossible to pass without a password. At this time, it is not possible to go back, and the problem of moving forward is even greater, so we have to bite the bullet and drive forward. There was a sound of tellurium from behind, and several riders rushed up like a whirlwind. Qi Changzheng turned his head to look, and was so frightened that he called "Mother". It turned out that it was Hua Zhaao, the "Devil Lord with Purple Eyes", Guangyingcheng and Yahanqing, the "Brave Boys and Pretty Girls". After Qi Changzheng pretended to take a look, he continued to move forward as if nothing had happened, and at the same time restrained his true energy so as not to give the other party a sense. The three of them brushed past each other without noticing, and ran to the checkpoint, Yahan Qingjiao shouted: "Slay the Jiao and Slay the Dragon!" The horseshoe did not stop and went across the checkpoint. Qi Changzheng was ecstatic in his heart, and when he arrived at the checkpoint, he called out the password in the same way. One of the soldiers said: "What kind of goods!" Qi Changzheng said: "Here comes the food for you!" The soldier readily let him go, he must be hungry by the look of him. Qi Changzheng put his heart in the air before letting go, and then passed three checkpoints without any surprises and came to the famous South Garden of Nujiao Island, where the familiar house was located among the trees. He didn't even need to ask, he drove towards Shangguan Ying's mansion, just because of the heavily guarded situation, he knew that Zhai Yushi was imprisoned there. Hope is kindled in the heart, because the house has a secret design, which greatly benefits the rescue operation. It was about thirty feet away from the gate of the house, so it was stopped by someone. The officer in the lead smelled the aroma of the food, and said kindly: "That's great! The food was delivered so quickly." Looking up at Qi Changzheng, he said in astonishment, "Brother! You have a very handsome face." The Nujiao gang has been fighting with the navy for a long time, and they know the organization of the navy well. Qi Changzheng sighed and said: "I was originally the eighteenth leader of the third team. I was transferred to do this kind of rough work when I made a mistake. You'd better not let me in, I'll deliver the goods here, and I'll be at ease." The soldiers laughed and cursed. Someone said: "If you are so lazy, no wonder you will be punished." Knowing that they had just been transferred from the "Shuaifu", Qi Changzheng said with a smile: "I see you are very familiar, last time I came you were not here." The officer let go of all doubts and waved his hand to let him go. Qi Changzheng broke out in a cold sweat, drove around to the back of the house, and someone came out to take the food. Taking advantage of the chaos, Qi Changzheng sneaked into the house from the dining room. So far, I am determined. This house was jointly designed by Shangguan Fei and Ling Zhantian, who passed away back then. There are countless bright rooms and dark spaces, all of which are used for emergency escape.There is also a secret passage below, which can lead to the back mountain. Although Madam Zhen is clever, she has only been here for half a day, so she must not be able to see through all the arrangements. Only after entering the corridor leading to the main hall, footsteps came from ahead. Qi Changzheng didn't rush, he slammed into the wall on the left side, the wall moved, he retreated in, the others followed the wall, submerged into the wall, and went to the small secret room inside, there were iron spiral staircases at the four corners of the secret room, leading to above. In the middle of the roof, there are more than a dozen copper ventilation pipes equipped with pistons, hanging down from the roof. Qi Changzheng pulled out one of the pistons and punched his ear. After listening for a while, I opened another tube plug to listen carefully. It turns out that these copper pipes lead to different halls and rooms in the house. If an enemy comes to assassinate or ambush the house, as long as you enter this room, you can know the enemy's location by sound.The four spiral staircases can lead to different places in the house. Qi Changzheng listened to the brass pipes one by one, and after a while he even found out the location of Hua Zhaao and others, but he still couldn't find the place where Zhai Yushi was imprisoned. Only two copper pipes remained. His heart began to become anxious, and he pulled out one of the pipe plugs, only to hear the officer's voice just now: "Where is the gang leader who brought the food just now, and now someone is delivering the food again." Knowing something was wrong, Qi Changzheng had no time to listen to the conversation in the dining room, so he unplugged the last copper pipe. It was different from any place before, there was no human voice or footsteps, only the faint sound of breathing. Qi Changzheng didn't dare to hesitate, grabbed one of the spiral staircases, and rushed to the third highest floor at full speed to get out of the small room. Only halfway through, the warning whistle sounded inside and outside the house. The place where Zhu Yuanzhang met them this time was the Yizheng Hall, the pentagonal hall that Nie Qingtong showed him this morning and left a deep impression on him.At that time, I just looked at it from the outside, but this time when I entered the hall, I saw exquisite bucket arches and ceiling algae wells on the top of the hall. There are Sanskrit characters in the circle light in the center of the outer ring well, and blessing, fortune, happiness, longevity, etc. in the circle light in the center of the inner ring well. Kind words.Five giant beams are decorated with colorful paintings, and the pillars and double eaves supporting the hall. Except for the two coiled dragons in the middle of the south, which protect the dragon seat on the middle high platform, the others are decorated with yellow glazed tiles and green trimmings. It is a luxurious atmosphere of an imperial palace. . Zuo Shi, who came to the palace for the first time, turned pale and bit her lower lip, making Han Bai feel pain in his heart.He loves and is afraid of this beautiful sister who is deeply affectionate and looks after him. The two knelt down in the center of the hall, and after a short while, Zhu Yuanzhang descended on a dragon, sat on the dragon chair, and more than a dozen close guards lined up on both sides. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't ask them to stand up or sit down this time. After watching the two kneel down and worship, he said calmly: "The special envoy's wife's wine making skills are unparalleled in the world. I don't know who passed it on." Han Bai's heart trembled, and he secretly called negligence, too many things happened, so he didn't have time to think carefully about how to deal with everything.It was only now that I remembered that Zuo Shi’s father was Zuo Boyan, the chief brewing master of the capital at that time. With Zhu Yuanzhang’s precise information, he naturally knew that Zuo Boyan had gone to the Nujiao Gang to join the bandits. If one can't answer well, the head will fall at any time. It's a pity that he said that he wanted to see Zuo Shi, but he didn't reveal his thoughts at all. He immediately activated his magic skills, and if there were any changes, he immediately picked up Zuo Shi, fled back to Mochou Lake to join Fan Liangji and others, and then tried to find a way to escape. Zuo Shi's delicate body shook, and after a short moment of contemplation, she said in a slightly trembling voice: "The father of the people's daughter is Zuo Boyan." She obviously didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang's first question to be followed by this joint. Zhu Yuanzhang's voice turned cold and said: "It's as I expected. I don't know how Madam knows the special envoy, can you tell me." Zuo Shi's voice calmed down, and he said calmly: "When Minnv was twelve years old, father took Minnv to Nujiao Island, got married and had a daughter, and later her husband died in a Jianghu vendetta..." After that, He told Zhan Yu abducted her word by word and how Lang Fanyun rescued him back. Han Bai was sweating profusely when he heard it, and thought to himself that Zuo Shi is so honest, this time it must be a disaster, alas!It's hateful that Xu Yeyue has an appointment.Even if he escaped with his life, he would have no time to attend the meeting. Now there are only eighteen guards seen in the hall, all of them are first-class masters in the Jianghu, if surrounded by these people, and he has to take care of Zuo Shi, the situation is so bad that it can't be worse. When he was thinking about whether to preemptively strike and escape immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "Why does the special envoy seem to be in a state of panic?" Before Han Bai could answer, Zuo Shi had already bravely said: "My husband doesn't know about the life experience of the civilian girl, so the emperor just punish the civilian girl!" Han Bai sighed in his heart, Zuo Shi had always lived in the Nujiao gang that valued love and righteousness, and was used to talking and reasoning, and one person was responsible for doing things, and he didn't know that there was something "involved".If she is guilty, even Han Bai's "relatives" in Goguryeo should be implicated, so how can he avoid disaster. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly shouted: "Come here! Take Pu Wenzheng down for me." Han Bai and Zuo Shi were shocked. Han Bai gritted his teeth fiercely, and just about to make trouble, a soft old voice whispered next to his ear: "Han Bai! He's trying to test you, don't resist!" As soon as Han Bai stayed still, he was caught by the four masters, knocked to the ground, with the sword on his body, and now he has no ability to resist. Zuo Shi was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she fell to the ground holding her heart. Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "You have offended the special envoy, and you still don't let him go." Four masters helped him up. Zhu Yuanzhang's expression softened, and he said, "Give me a seat!" Han Bai was shocked, he helped Zuo Shi, and followed the instructions to the two chairs on the left side of the lower level of Zhu Yuanzhang's high platform, and gave birth to them. Who actually reminded him? The voice sounded next to my ears and said: "The poor monk is gone, Miss Mengyao entrusted me to take care of you, don't be suspicious!" Han Bai secretly said that he was really blessed and fateful, if he resisted just now, he would definitely reveal his true nature. Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the previous cordial attitude, taught people to offer tea, waved away the guards, and said: "The special envoy and madam don't blame me, with the special envoy's skills, there was a great opportunity to resist just now, but you didn't resist at all. , It can be seen that there is no one else to ask, come! Have a cup of hot tea first." After Zuo Shi drank the hot tea, his complexion improved a bit. Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look at Zuo Shi's beautiful face, showed admiration, nodded and said: "Since the envoy's wife has been poisoned, Lang Fanyun should take you to the capital. Did you meet the envoy on the way?" Han Bai's heart arose again, as long as Zuo Shi remained as honest as before, his neck and head would still be unsafe. Zuo Shi didn't dare to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, bowed his head and said: "Brother Lang only took three days to heal the poison of the women. He rented a house in Wuchang, taught me to live there, and waited for him to come back. Unexpectedly, I met the special envoy at the famous 'Bai Yuquan' there, and followed him!" Han Bai was full of praise, what Zuo Shi said was always the truth, only a few key words.It is really clever to lie to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Now your elder brother Lang has also arrived in the capital, does Madam want to see him?" Zuo Shi was startled and said, "Really!" Then he bowed his head and said, "I want to!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted: "Okay! The truth is true. Besides, when you came to the Nujiao Gang, you still didn't understand right and wrong, so I will forgive you for being a thief." Turning to Han Bai, he said, "You boy is not only blessed with beauty, but also blessed with wine. , I have something to discuss with you." With Fan Liangji's lesson, Han Bai was most afraid of the word "discussion", and suddenly thought that if Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to give Zuo Shi to him, or left Zuo Shi to brew wine in the palace, he would drink it.So what should we do? At this moment, Zuo Shi boldly called out: "Your Majesty!" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes shot out a look of compassion, and he said: "If someone interrupts me like this, I will definitely hit him three sticks first, but just now my tired wife was falsely alarmed, so let's forget if the two things balance each other out. If you have anything on your mind, just say it boldly." Come out!" Han Baixin said: You are the emperor, black turns white, white turns black, everything is determined by your dragon mouth. Zuo Shi bit her lip and said in a low voice: "The daughter of the people wants to reopen the wine shop in the old alley of Zuojia. I hope the emperor will approve it." So far, Han Bai admired Zuo Shi's dexterity, and Zhu Yuanzhang had the nerve to dominate her alone and occupy her wine or her people when she asked so. Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and said slowly: "Is the name of the restaurant called 'Qingxi Liuquan'?" Han Bai's heart was shocked, and he secretly called out for danger, just now he regretted not asking for a fake name, so that Zhu Yuanzhang would not guess Zuo Boyan.Only now did he know that Zhu Yuanzhang must have an insider who is familiar with the big and small things of the Nujiao Gang, and he can even recognize Zuo Shi by just drinking. Zuo Shi nodded and said: "Yes! The emperor knows everything before, and the women will make wine for the emperor. Even if he wants to return to the country with his husband in the future, there will be a lot of 'clear streams and springs' in the emperor's palace." Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, then patted the armrest of the dragon chair and said decisively: "I will do as you asked, and I will reward you with a hundred taels of gold. The signboard of the wine shop is written by me personally, and it is guaranteed that the name of 'Qingxi Liuquan' will last forever and will be remembered forever." Relish." Han Bai and Zuo Shi were overjoyed and kowtowed to thank them. When the two stepped back, they found that their clothes were completely wet. On the way back to Mochou Lake, Han Bai naturally expressed his gratitude to the beautiful sister and wife in his own way, which made a car full of spring scenery, which was wonderful.