After getting off the train, Shangguan Jielong and I kept turning heads. This was just because we were tall and stood out from the crowd. In addition, our hair was too long. People in Kunlun Mountain or Yunwen Temple all have long hair like the ancients. In their eyes, this is a kind of beauty.
Since we are all very pretty, especially Shangguan Jielong, if we look at our faces instead of our bodies, we look like women at first glance. The streetwalkers holding wooden signs noticed us immediately. Seeing us carrying big and small bags like other passengers, it hurt their eyes.
When I was in Peiping, I heard Fei Long talk about these street hustlers. They were young people who were idle on weekdays. They did not go to school or join the army. They were generally regarded as losers. They often accepted errands and sent messages to make a living. Children's work, or funerals and happy events, they also join in the fun, just to make a living. However, there are some street gangsters who are not easy to mess with, and ordinary people are still very afraid of them, because some street gangsters can also act as spies for local snakes.
If any hawker or merchant offends them, they will bring in local thugs to collect some protection fees, so the street hustlers have become a group of people who just eat and drink. But now, looking at these street hustlers, they are fooling around. It's a bit miserable. I think that once Japan withdraws, China's situation will become much clearer. It will be difficult to fish in troubled waters.
Several streetwalkers suddenly gathered towards us. One of them dug his sunglasses down angrily, and the streetwalkers behind him looked at us a few times, "Oh, look, you two Your image matches that of our employer. I’m afraid you are not from the southern minority living in the mountains. You are pretty good-looking.”
Shangguan Jielong glanced at them indifferently and closed his eyes. I knew that his expression meant that he hated these people. However, I told him about Zhou Tianling's situation on the train beforehand. What he meant was Let me figure it out myself.
I clicked my tongue and thought to myself that Zhou Tianling has short hair. Could it be that this guy hasn't had a haircut for so long?
I imitated Shangguan Jielong's usual tone of voice and said calmly: "Please lead the way."
"Okay, sir, we'll take you to see that gentleman right now." The leader of the street gang put on his glasses again and led us in front.
Peiping is a place with an official accent. The etiquette is more complex than other provinces and cities. The main thing is a relationship chain. It is best not to be contemptuous here, because there are many people with backgrounds here. In the late Qing Dynasty, Those who had sought official positions in the palace were always in trouble after they came out. Even some of the palace ladies were married to local landowners. After decades of development, in fact, most of them were still a bunch of old fritters from the older generation. We don’t need to change the medicine, but the times have changed and the labels have changed. You can’t say that a farmer from the countryside with few connections has become the master here after two years of working in Beiping. That’s unrealistic. .
What the old landlords in Peiping look down on are outsiders, like the descendants of temporarily frustrated high-ranking officials and wealthy people. Some people don’t know them but they still have to help them, because such people have too many connections in the upper class, and you might be able to get them at any time. It has become prosperous again. There is a saying that adding icing on the cake is not as good as providing help when needed. However, some people have taken a wrong look and offended many people. In the end, they have ended up in a situation where they are not human inside and out. It is light to be unpopular, but it is serious to die. Don't know how he died.
So this place in Peiping seems to be very respectable, and everyone talks so nicely, but this is all superficial. In the upper class, for them, etiquette is a mask to hide their ugly faces.
We followed these idle streetwalkers, walked out of the train station, and wandered through a few more streets and alleys before arriving at a hotel that looked like it had a decent appearance. The name of the hotel was "Ke Laixiang."
Some greasy-faced bosses came and went to stay overnight. When they saw the street liar, they spit on the ground and left in disgust. The street liar took us to the door and made a sign of invitation, "Two gentlemen, We just stayed here, went to the counter and called Mr. Zhou Tianling, and then we brothers left because we had something to do."
When I saw them about to leave, I called them, "Brothers, Zhou Tianling has Zhou Tianling's business, and we also have our own business. I have a bean here."
There were so many people here, I didn’t dare to say the word gold, so I immediately stuffed the golden beans into his hand. He quickly took off his glasses to look at them, bit them with his teeth, and quickly put them back in his pocket. He was surprised. , "Sir, what are your orders? Although our brother is an annoying street kid, there is nothing big or small in Peiping that we don't know about. We won't do anything except murder and arson. You can ask for anything else. that is."
I looked around and whispered: "That's it, I want you to investigate the current situation of Wang Pailong's family for me. To be more specific, there is also a man named Sun Xiucai and a man named Thousand-Hand Bodhisattva. Tomorrow morning, I want exact information, and I will give you three more golden beans tomorrow. Furthermore, I don’t want you to use us to investigate the Wang family’s affairs and then do business with the Wang family. If you betray us, it will be unpleasant for me. I won’t say more, I’m afraid I won’t be able to cooperate with you again in the future.”
The leader of the street gang obviously heard something in my words. He hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Sir, look at what you said. We street gangsters are self-aware. We are all bosses and out-of-towners who are fighting with each other. When it comes to business, we don't dare to take advantage of a family like the Wang family. A big family like theirs is the worst at doing things. They'll let you know after the work is done, and they'll get rid of you after almost using it, so we take over. No one’s work will be taken from theirs.”
Hearing what he said made some sense, I made an agreement with them, and then entered the hotel. There was a waitress wearing a cheongsam at the counter. She had applied a lot of rouge. When she saw us walking in, she immediately greeted us, "Ah, we two." What a handsome young man you are! Our guest at Laixiang has never had such a beautiful guest in a while."
At the end of her speech, she lowered her voice for fear of being picked on by other residents.
I was too lazy to talk nonsense with her and went straight to the point, "There is a man named Zhou Tianling in your store. Take us to see him and he will pay you our tip."
The waitress made a sound and waved the fragrant handkerchief in her hand, "Master, you are so polite. That Master Zhou also gave me a lot. Come on, you two gentlemen, come with me. Master Zhou, he is on the third floor." Woolen cloth!"
