Aggrieved Fish Sprite: 139|Things are more similar
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There are twelve squares in Taijing’s east and west, and each square is divided into several small squares, separated by high walls.
Dafang’s name is still official. They are all auspicious words made up of good characters and words. They resemble the reigns issued by the court. Some of the names have been used for hundreds of years and have not changed.
Those small shops are different, especially in the lively places, where there are many restaurants and brothels, and every night there are singing songs. The ordinary people gradually move out, leaving only the merchants doing various businesses.
Dongcheng Peony Square is such a place.
In the past, there were exquisite red lanterns hung, and the streets full of laughter and laughter were quiet in Peony Workshop.
The Imperial Guard and the Xuncheng Yamen were guarded at the entrance of the square, and they kept searching the shops.
Although they didn’t start to rob them, the people in Peony Square were unavoidably shocked, and tremblingly stuffed some copper coins and bank notes, hoping that these evil spirits could leave as soon as possible.
The guards who received the money only improved their attitude a little bit. They did not relax at all during the search, and they tended to be stationed here.
Peony Fang is the largest fireworks willow lane in Beijing. There are many fish and dragons here. At the same time, there are many unseen businesses. The Guards randomly checked out hundreds of people with suspicious identities.
Of course, those who come out for fun and pleasure will not carry guides with them. The guards of the city guards of the Taijing Mansion will come in handy. Those with noble family backgrounds or those who are wealthy at home and stay together in Peony Square will soon be Recognized, there is no need to be taken out and detained alone.
This time the imperial guards are targeting those who are waiting for a weapon and are suspected of being reckless.
Those who had dirty hands and feet on weekdays, who ran around, raped and played slippery ground were also arrested and handed over to the government to interrogate suspicious people who appeared in the workshop.
Many Jianghu people are exposed in this way.
The Guards did not push too hard either, they only sent people with crossbows and bows to surround these flower houses, claiming to search for rebellion. Those who did not have a murder case on their bodies, or were particularly courageous, surrendered knowingly because they knew they could not escape depending on the situation.
Anyway, stay in jail for a few days at most.
Under normal circumstances, Chaotang and Jianghu do not violate each other. Even if there is a strict investigation and arrest order, after the limelight, the soldiers at the bottom will open their eyes and close their eyes. Because people in the arena are desperadoes, and if you are in a hurry, something will happen. Who wants to die?
Because of this, nothing has happened in Peony Square. The Janitor, who was in charge of searching and sealing off the area, also breathed a sigh of relief. The most likely place for the chaotic party to hide, except for the farms on the outskirts of Beijing, is Mudanfang.
It seems that the scale of this rebellion is not large, so there is nothing to worry about.
As soon as the atmosphere became looser, life became much better.
The people who were still hiding in the house yesterday, who dared not say anything, opened the window and stretched out their heads to watch the excitement today.
In the alley at the end of Peony Workshop, there is a shop with an old plaque and a narrow facade.
There is a small building behind this shop, together with a yard overgrown with weeds, this place has naturally been searched again, and the contents in it have been turned over in a mess. The shopkeeper and the guy are heading down to sort things out. .
The guy has wicked eyebrows, and he often works for a while, so he ran to the door to lazily look around.
The shopkeeper didn’t scold him, so he coughed vigorously.
Cough three times, and the guy came back with his head drooping.
“It’s been almost two days and nights, and I still can’t get rid of the restriction. There are only some rotten cabbage left in the shop. What else are you eating?” The guy kept complaining.
Every household has some rice grains, but there are not many perishable vegetables and fruits.
Especially the servants in Peony Workshop, they don’t live in this place at all, they are trapped when the gate of the workshop is closed. Many people were so anxious that the corners of their mouths bubbled and they were fidgeting.
The Guards had already noticed the abnormality of the guy in this shop, and when they heard these words when passing by, they looked away.
The guy turned his back, changed his expression, and screamed at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper quietly entered the back hall, looked around, carefully opened a mechanism on the wall, revealing a dark hole, and then jumped down.
This is not a cellar, but a large secret room.
After passing through a curved passage, the eyes suddenly open up, the furnishings are rich and rich, and tacky, golden objects are piled everywhere. On the translucent gold-sprinkled curtain, there are dark patterns of ingots, and there are two huge copper coin pendants hanging,
There were four or five people sitting in the secret room, but their outfits did not match the smell of copper at all. Those with swords and knives were more like people in the rivers and lakes. The head of the old man has a purple-red birthmark on his right face. The shape is strange, like a wolf’s head, and looks very hideous.
“What’s going on outside?” The old man with the birthmark of the wolf’s head asked in a deep voice.
The shopkeeper hurriedly bowed and said with a smile: “Looking at the wind, I have sent someone to listen to the situation secretly. Two hours later, there should be news from the imperial city.”
The old man was very dissatisfied, and hummed heavily: “What did you say, two hours? Don’t you Fengxing Pavilion claiming to be omniscient? You didn’t find out the plan of the Qingwu ancestor before, now in the capital You don’t know what happened to Fengxingge. Let’s smash the signboard of Fengxingge to avoid being laughed at.”
The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man with a plain-looking face. I guess he won’t be able to find it in embarrassment. Hearing the old man’s ridicule, he didn’t get the slightest anger. He still laughed with him and said, “It’s true that the incident happened suddenly and we were caught off guard. Half of the staff of this pavilion in the capital have been sent to Shangyun Mountain. Delayed outside the city; due to a vision, the pavilion master sent some people out to inquire about the news, and the gate was locked for the time being. But you can’t come back temporarily. But if you relax, patrol and search loosely, they can come back one after another. Up.”
“I hope so.” The old man stroked his beard, looking ugly.
He didn’t know what he thought of, and there was a faint murder intent in his eyes.
The shopkeeper didn’t seem to see it, but still smiled and said: “After entering the door of Fengxing Pavilion, we are the guests of Fengxing Pavilion. Before the transaction is completed, Fengxing Pavilion will properly ensure the safety of the guests…”
“Boom.”
There was a noise above everyone’s heads, as if someone was smashing the ground.
The shopkeeper’s smile froze on his face, and the old man held the weapon vigilantly and stood up.
“Safe?” The old man looked at the shopkeeper sarcastically.
The shopkeeper’s eyes were straight, and his mouth was thinking about impossible.
This underground chamber of Fengxing Pavilion was built very firmly, and I bought a wall-building recipe for Yizhou Pilitang. Not to mention digging it, even with gunpowder, it may not be able to explode immediately. Unless piled with gunpowder on it, the street will be razed to the ground.
Because there are several pipes buried, the outside sound can be heard in the secret room, but it is difficult for people outside to hear the underground movement through the solid and thick wall.
“Boom boom.”
The sound is clear and audible, with a rhythm, and it sounds like a knock on the door.
The shopkeeper’s expression changed. He couldn’t help but walked to the corner of the wall and opened a mechanism. A few small mirrors were cleverly installed in it, allowing you to see the movement in the courtyard above the secret room.
A young man walking around?
This shopkeeper is the chief steward of Fengxingge. He has read countless people and has extremely poisonous eyes. At a glance, he could see that the clothes on the second prince and the weave of the clothes were different from those on the market.
Not necessarily expensive, but very rare.
Looking at the demeanor and behavior of this young man, he is obviously a man who is used to giving orders.
The shopkeeper was puzzled by the fact that such a young man with an extraordinary identity was running back and forth like an entourage. Looking at the appearance of this young man, he was obviously following the opinions of his colleagues.
But the shopkeeper couldn’t see the man, and in a hurry, the sound of dong dong rang again.
At the same time, there is also a deliberately slowing down tone: “Is anyone down there?”
“…”
Even if there are people, they won’t respond!
The guy in the front shop ran over crying and tried to stop him: “This guest officer…”
“What kind of guest official, the outside investigation is so strict, will the people who can appear in your shop be ordinary people?” The young man raised his eyebrows and reprimanded very rudely.
The guy nodded and bowed, and said bitterly: “Yes, yes, our Fengxingge business is fair, I don’t know what the guests want?”
At this time, the shopkeeper finally saw the back of the “door knocker”.
——Uncommon generation.
“I don’t want to buy news. I want to find a hidden place. Passing by here occasionally, I find that you have a nice secret room.” Meng Qi said casually, “The place is big and well ventilated. It’s better to rent one. On the three to five days, we will discuss the price.”
“Huh, what a big tone.”
It was too late for the shopkeeper to stop. He watched the old man with the birthmark push himself aside, and yelled at the pipe used to peek into the yard: “Where is the junior so arrogant?”
“Don’t just open your mouth and talk about juniors. Since you are pretentious, why not sign up for a name?”
Meng Qi is full of enthusiasm. He learned this kind of social cuts and habit from storytellers, and there is no useful opportunity on weekdays. This time, he has been dealing with the doctors all the way from Yongzhou to Taijing. .
He knocked his heels to the ground twice, and there was a continuous bang above the chamber.
In addition to using internal force, it is also because the Taijing Dragon Vessel is very familiar with the things hidden under the ground, and can always find the weak points, and it seems to be knocked in the hearts of everyone.
Fortunately, the man, the people in the underground chamber are already on the verge of an enemy.
The old man turned his head and glared at the shopkeeper and asked: “Are you no one in Fengxing Pavilion? Let the unidentified person be so provocative.”
The shopkeeper was sweating profusely. In fact, of course not only he and the mate, but also Fengxingge people staying in the small building behind the shop, for some reason, there is no movement there now.
Finally, the old man couldn’t hold back, and he was about to go out of the secret road while carrying the weapon. The shopkeeper quickly dissuaded him that the other party was unclear, and he should hide in the secret room underground.
“Safe? I think this secret path is about to be demolished!” the old man sneered.
Don’t go, do you have to wait to be buried in the ground?
Meng Qi held his hands behind his back, and watched the old man rush out menacingly in his spare time.
“Respect driving?”
When the old man saw Meng Qi’s face, he subconsciously felt dangerous, but he couldn’t think of when this figure appeared in the rivers and lakes.
The people behind him had already rushed over, because they were worried about attracting the attention of the guards outside, they were quick and fierce, and they arrived in front of Meng Qi in the blink of an eye.
Blinking again, they lie down on the floor.
Meng Qi put his right hand behind him, and he was relaxed and free.
The old man was even more shocked when he saw his subordinates planted inexplicably.
“It turned out to be—”
The shopkeeper who climbed out of the secret road took a breath of air, his face paled in two battles, as if he was about to faint immediately.
Now everyone’s eyes couldn’t help but focus on the shopkeeper, including the guy in the shop. He didn’t recognize who Meng Qi was, and he was very puzzled.
When Moli walked into the courtyard from the shop, I happened to hear Meng Qi ask the shopkeeper:
“Does this look like you know who I am?”
The shopkeeper nodded like smashing garlic, and said with a trembling voice: “I don’t know if Meng Guoshi came to this pavilion, it is really…there is a loss.”
“I don’t remember meeting you.” Meng Qi thought to himself, people who have seen him are trapped in Shangyun Mountain, how could they send the news back?
“No, I’m sorry to guess,” the shopkeeper said palely, “Fengxingge has a coffin shop in the capital. It had received several deals three years ago, so I took this opportunity to inquire… What you look like. Some time ago, there were rumors on the Yongzhou Road that the former national teacher appeared and walked across the river in full view. I think you have indeed returned to Taijing. So I have the courage to guess. With such martial arts, there is no one. Isn’t it the only masters I’ve seen?”
Mo Lei pauses, this is very familiar.
“The villain is not talented, as the chief steward of Fengxing Pavilion, although I dare not say that I know all the masters in the rivers and lakes, but I am a person of extraordinary appearance, but I am clear and I have a portrait in my hand.”
On the face of the shopkeeper, it was almost written “The ancestors of the Taijing people, the worlds of the world are not known as Baixiaosheng, but they have a world of beauty.”
Looking at Meng Qi with a stiff smile, Mo Li coughed and was about to change the subject. Suddenly, he saw Meng Qi’s eyes lit up and said to himself.
“Wait, sit and watch the sky, and laugh generously. In the world, how can you know one by one, such as this one, do you know who it is?”
The shopkeeper turned his head to look at Moli, and he was taken aback for a moment, as if he was in confusion.
Moli: “…”
He seemed to hear this person thinking in his heart, that’s right, as good as that, who is Meng Guoshi?