【Section 3】Secret meeting(1/2)
The two men in the corner private room had been drinking quietly without talking. Among them, the man in black with his back to Yan Peiwei suddenly picked up the jug and wine glass, walked to Yan Peiwei's table with a serious expression, and signaled for a toast. Yan and Yang
The two of them saw that the man's muscles were tangled and his temples were bulging. They quickly took their own wine glasses and stood up. The man drank it all in one gulp, poured another glass for himself, and also filled the glasses for Yan and Yang.
They drank like this three times in a row without saying a word. Yan and Yang didn't know what to do, so they had to drink three glasses.
The big man drank three glasses of wine without changing his expression before speaking, "Watson, the doorman of Seven Swords. I just listened to the words of the two of you and was very impressed. You two have seen a lot of people, so I would like to toast you two with a few glasses of muddy wine."
Everyone knows that the Seven Swords Sect has a big business in Suzhou, and the various forces at the water transport terminal that have long controlled the silk trade are rich and powerful. Tong Huasheng is the talker of the Seven Swords Sect and the boss of the green forest in Suzhou. He is a chivalrous and righteous person.
The name is very famous in Suzhou area.
When Yan and Yang heard the words "Tong Huasheng", they immediately stood up straight as they were about to sit down. They regretted that they had spoken too much and wondered if they had angered the big boss.
"Hello, Master Tong." Yan and Yang said with fear. They didn't know whether to sit down, so they had to stand and wait for Master Tong to speak. Master Tong asked: "You two are so concerned about the current situation.
, I dare to say things that the world dare not say, and I just want to ask you who is under the mountain?"
Yan Peiwei and Yang Nianru looked at each other and knew that it was Lu Lin who had come to touch the mountain winding road. They timidly replied: "We just like to discuss current affairs and care about the safety of the country. In fact, we don't know Kung Fu, and we don't belong to any mountain or sect.
, we just do some small business."
The child leader frowned slightly and suddenly punched out, aiming straight at Yan Peiwei's face. The punch was as fast as thunder. Both Yan Peiwei and Yang Nianru screamed in fright. Yan Peiwei squatted down with his head in his hands to avoid it.
, but his center of gravity was unstable and he fell to the ground.
For example, if a martial arts practitioner sees a heavy punch coming straight to the upper plate, he will definitely raise his shoulders and use his right arm to block the incoming blow, instead of squatting down with his head in his arms like Yan Peiwei. Master Tong now believes that the two of them are not people in the world.
Haha, he quickly helped Yan Peiwei up.
"It turns out that you two really stumbled into a thief's den by mistake. Hahaha, but we are destined to meet each other. Don't be alarmed. Let's sit down and have a glass of wine."
Leader Tong smiled heartily, sat down without ceremony, and summoned the other person at the same table to sit down with him.
Only then did Yan Peiwei find out that another man in white clothes and coarse cloth was also a well-known person in Suzhou. He was Fan Jianglong, the second stall owner of Bailongtang. He was nicknamed Fanjianglong in the world. In addition to expressing that he had good water properties, like a dragon in the river, it also implied that he was a water transporter.
The dragon on the pier. Another meaning of the dragon is that he is domineering, with a fiery personality like the Dragon King of the East China Sea. If something goes wrong, he will immediately turn the river upside down.
Yan Peiwei and Yang Nianru were ordinary people who traveled around doing business, so they had the opportunity to meet the big shots in Green Forest. Seeing that Master Tong and others did not have any ill intentions, they gradually felt relieved.
The four of them chatted about current affairs while drinking, and gradually became warm. Although Tong and Fan were martial arts people, they were well-informed and well-connected. They knew a lot about things in Suzhou and even the capital's government. Suzhou is not big, and the most famous locals are
The officials were Zhou Shunchang and Gu Dazhang. Both Tong Fan and Tong Fan's words and derogatory remarks were in line with the current situation, which made Yan Peiwei and Yang Nianru admire them very much.
As they talked, Tong Huasheng talked about Wang Wenyan's case. Boss Tong said: "Actually, you two misunderstood Wang Wenyan. He did not confess these ministers."
"How do you say this?" Yan Peiwei and Yang Nian asked in unison.
"Wang Wenyan was tortured and refused to confess that the Donglin Party members had taken bribes. Xu Xianchun had no choice but to make up a confession himself, and held the hand of the dying Wang Wenyan, and forcibly signed it. Dongchang took it with him With this false confession, arrests began."
"There is such a thing!" Yan Peiwei slammed the table angrily, causing the wine glass to jump and spilled the wine.
"What's more, as soon as Wang Wenyan drew the picture, Xu Xianchun immediately did something and strangled Wang Wenyan to death that night, but reported that he died violently in prison. As a result, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Wenyan were both dead. There was no evidence for all the deaths, and it was Dongchang's fault. It’s up to you.”
"These people have done many evil things and will be punished by God." Yang Nianru said angrily.
"No, three high-ranking members of the Donglin Party have been arrested, and now everyone in the Donglin Party is in danger." Head Tong said sadly.
At this time, there was a knock on the door. There was a creaking sound, and the store door was pushed open. Five men in black cloaks came in quietly. There was a long protrusion under the cloak, revealing the blade of the knife wrapped in black linen. Five The person went straight to a table and prepared to sit down.
The waiter hurried over to greet them and told them that they would not accept outsiders today.
The man who came in first snorted and threw a ten tael of silver on the table. He took off his knife and put it on the table. He swung his cloak and sat down without paying any attention to it. The waiter and the shopkeeper spread their hands and ran away helplessly. Entering the back hall, the shopkeeper shook his head and looked ugly.
Fan Jianglong squinted his eyes from the corner of his eye and realized it was a stranger, so he glanced at Tong Huasheng. Tong Huasheng pretended to be calm and glanced at the man in black for a few times. When he saw the other person's eyes looking over, he quickly looked away.
Fan Jianglong talked about trivial matters in the world, and never mentioned anything related to Donglin. He talked about some things about water transportation and Bailongtang. Fan Jianglong said: "Hey, since ancient times, water transportation has been mainly for transporting grain, but there are also many objects. By the way, I entrusted the water transportation, but there are a few things that the brothers in the Cao Gang are not able to transport." Head Tong said about this matter.
"What?" everyone asked in unison.
Master Tong clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Women, money, and scholars. We call this the three things that don't touch the rivers, seas, and rivers."
"What kind of fame is this? How do you say it?" Yang asked.
"The smuggling of women is mostly about abducting and selling women from good families to be prostitutes. This is an outrageous thing. I will not touch it. The smuggling of money is mostly from unknown sources. It is probably used for illicit purposes by officials. We will not be official lackeys. You have to transport it. Go find an escort yourself."
"What about the scholars?"
"The scholar is pedantic, and along the way he talks about the Analects of Confucius and the Tao Te Ching, Confucius and Mencius. The more than ten days you think our water transport brothers have been walking together, it makes me want to vomit, bad luck!" said the headmaster Tong, laughing loudly.
"Hahaha, that's good." Yan and Yang laughed loudly.
Fan Jianglong asked: "What are you doing with these three things? There are still three big ones in the world that you can't afford to offend, including Jin Yiwei, do you know?" After saying this, he glanced at the five people over there meaningfully.
Yan Peiwei smiled and said: "The three big ones cannot be offended? What do you mean? Let me guess, the ones who can't be offended must be women, villains, and literati! As the saying goes, beating women is not a good man, we can't afford to offend women. Villains "We can't afford to offend you if you're full of evil schemes. We can't afford to offend you if a scholar writes a pen that ruins your reputation and composes a song."
The waiter who came to serve tea couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Brother Yan, you can't be offended, but that's not what we're talking about. These three big pieces have a name, called One Song, Two Flying Snows, Shandong Duanmu."
"What one brother, two snows and three trees?" Yan Peiwei asked.
Fan Jianglong said: "The third-ranked Shandong Duanmu is a mysterious family. They have been doing business for generations and have luxuriant branches, but they have never been in contact with the martial arts. But anyone who messes with this family will be in trouble. This
The martial arts passed down in the family are said to be secret techniques passed down for thousands of years. There was once a second stall owner of Panlong Village in Shandong who molested the maid of the Duanmu family on the official road. He was then brutally retaliated and the entire village was destroyed. That was a tyrant in Shandong with more than 200 people. It is said that
The two young masters and two book boys of the Duanmu family were able to deal with the entire Panlong Village. This incident shocked the world, and the strength of the Duanmu family became known to the world from then on."
"The second-ranked Feixue is a woman, but she possesses supreme swordsmanship and is known as the best in the world. Not many people in the world have seen her swordsmanship, and those who have seen it are almost dead. Only once, you still remember Henan Liuhe
The door? It is said that [Bahuang Liuhe is the fastest, and spears kill people every time.] But in front of everyone, Feixue fell from the sky and killed the famous Liuhe Spear Sect master in Henan with a flying snow sword move. The Liuhe Sect members saw this.
It was clear that from then on, her legend in the martial arts world began. People say that "the flecks of gunfire are not as good as the flying snow in the sky." The descendant of Liuhe Spear, who is famous in China, was attacked by a flying snow swordsmanship in full view of the public, and was hit by three swords.
Died violently."
"Then who is the singer? He is ranked above Feixue and Duanmu?" Yang Nianru asked with great interest.
Before Fan Jianglong could reply, at the same time, the waiter ran to Yan Peiwei's table, lifted up the white cloth on his shoulders, and wiped up the wine spilled on the table. While turning his back to the man in black, he whispered
"Master, stop talking, it's Xiu Chun Dao." He blinked to show them the group of men in black.
Yan Peiwei rolled his eyes and saw that one of the five men had taken off the weapon from his waist at some point and leaned against the table. The linen cloth was not completely tied up, revealing a black section of the wooden scabbard body, made of gilded copper.
The rim is different from ordinary swords. The tail end of this weapon is slightly tilted, and the width and length from head to tail are the same. It looks more like a Japanese sword. Yan Peiwei turned to look at Tong Huasheng and Fan Jianglong, and found that their expressions changed drastically.
Yan Peiwei thought to himself that the Xiuchundao was a weapon specially equipped by the Jinyiwei. Could it be that he came to arrest the four people because of his remarks just now? But after thinking about it for a moment, the Jinyiwei's jurisdiction was in the capital, and most of the arrests were in Beijing. This is Suzhou,
It's not where Jinyiwei is stationed, so it's unlikely that they're here to arrest him. So what are these five people doing in Suzhou?
Just now, Yan Peiwei loudly said that he would stop these thieves, but now that people are coming, he doesn't even dare to say a word.
After discovering the embroidered spring knife, he stopped talking and sobered up, and suddenly there was an eerie silence in the store.
There is half a catty of wine and a plate of cooked beef on Jin Yiwei's table. He drinks occasionally. His expression is solemn and he doesn't say a word. The person sitting at the head of the table looks like the leader of these people. He is tall. He closes his eyes to meditate and occasionally opens his eyes.
He drank wine quietly.
After the sound, one of the men in black turned around and challenged Fan Jianglong: "Hey, keep talking, Fan Jianglong, who is the singer? Can you do it better than Bailongtang?"
"What did you say!" Fan Jianglong was irritable. He slapped the table and stood up to curse.
"What's the matter? I haven't finished listening to the story yet, so hurry up and tell me." The man in black said contemptuously.
Yan Peiwei suddenly remembered that these people had just come in, how did they know he was a dragon?
"Huh." Fan Jianglong didn't reply, but threw a piece of broken silver cake on the table, pulled Tong Huasheng and stood up to leave.
The man in black who spoke suddenly drew his knife, blocking the way of Fan Jianglong and Tong Huasheng.
The man in black said provocatively, "Are the Seven Swords Gang and Bailongtang planning to do something big? Tell me about it?"
"Mr. Factory Guard, we are just ordinary people. What big things can we do? We talk nonsense after drinking. Please forgive me." Tong Huasheng knew that this was not the right time to settle a grudge, so he said humbly with fists in his hands.
"I don't think it's that simple." The man in black said. "Let's not waste time talking about random things. Today, the Jin Yiwei was ordered by Dongchang to arrest the prisoner. I heard that you two secretly conspired to obstruct it. These days, you are going against the government.
We have seen each other from time to time, but this is the first time I have heard of anyone who dares to go against Jin Yiwei. We originally thought that all the mountains were coming, so Jin Yiwei specially sent five gentlemen including me..., but we didn't expect that,
There were only two or three kittens. I said, there are so many of us here, so damn angry, but it doesn’t matter. We don’t need to choose the time anymore, just make some gestures now. It seems that these two masters are good.
We, the Jinyi Guards, are slightly better."
Tong Huasheng was shocked. Gu Dazhang was a famous figure in Suzhou. This time, a secret message came from the capital. Dongchang wanted to arrest Gu Dazhang and bring him to justice. The two of them had always admired Gu Dazhang, so they agreed to use the strength of Bailongtang and the Seven Swords Gang to help Gu Dazhang escape. This matter is extremely important.
It was a secret. They agreed to meet and discuss it tonight. Unexpectedly, the news leaked out and Jin Yiwei had already prepared to rob someone in the wine shop.
The man in black slowly picked up the scabbard and slowly pulled out the Xiuchun Dao.
This embroidered spring knife is shiny all over, and has a groove on the blade. Although the candlelight in the store is not as dim as in the daytime, as soon as the knife is taken out of the sheath, the reflection of the blade immediately illuminates the room. The man in black raised the blade of the knife diagonally, shaking it continuously, and the reflection continued.
The ground was reflected on everyone's faces, and every time it hit Yan Peiwei and Yang Nianru, they couldn't look directly at them.
The man in black challenged, "Shall we make signs? Should we both come together or who comes first?"
Fan Jianglong has a hot temper. Although he knows that Jin Yiwei can't offend him, he can't stand such provocation. He can't hold it back for a long time. With a horse step, he makes a circle with his left palm and pushes out a palm, which is like thunder. His right hand comes from the ankle of the leg.
He took out a dagger and attacked the man in black with one palm and one dagger.
When Tong Huasheng saw Fan Jianglong move his hand, he kicked off the tables and chairs next to him with his right foot, creating space for Fan Jianglong to fight. In addition, he pushed Yan and Yang towards the door with his left arm and said sternly, "
Let’s go!”
Yan and Yang didn't know martial arts, so they felt a strong force coming and were pushed back several steps, hitting the table. Yang Nianru's head hit the wall next to the door, and stars appeared on the spot. Fortunately, the waiter and the shopkeeper
With sharp eyesight and quick hands, he grabbed one by one and escaped from the wine shop in a hurry.
To be continued...