"Aren't you a wall climber who's not familiar with this?" Li Xingtian said, but Chang Yu shook his head: "I've only been doing this for a short time, and I only climb walls and rarely go down mountains. I heard that the people here are very fierce. I didn’t dare to come. I couldn’t get through the lockdown these days. I was bored hiding in a cave, so I came down to open my eyes.”
Li Xingtian curled his lips: "It's true that the folk customs are tough, but they may not be more fierce than us Han people." He glanced at Wu Ren next to him: "Last night, I saw three of them in the valley of Qingshui River in the north. The Han people killed five or six Tatars who were as strong as calves... In this territory these days, as long as you have a knife and encounter trouble, don't be afraid of it. If you don't die once, others will be afraid of you..."
Chang Yu and others looked at each other in confusion, and when they were about to trick him into talking more, Kuang Ren suddenly pulled Chang Yu and winked outside. Chang Yu looked around and saw a few Manchu Tatars with money and rat tails strutting around. Walking over, Li Xingtian turned his head when he saw some of them looked strange, and then snorted coldly: "The Manchu Dog Tatars, don't mess with them easily, but there is no need to be afraid of them. Although they have surrendered to the Manchus now, After all, the territory is still in their hands. We, the Ming Dynasty, can’t control them, nor can the Manchu and Qing Tatar dogs. They all make ends meet according to their own abilities.”
"Although it is the territory of the Tatars, it is beyond their reach and no one cares about it. To put it bluntly, this is a no-nonsense zone!" Chang Yu said softly, and Li Xingtian nodded: "Indeed, it is very chaotic! There are murders and looting from time to time. occur".
"Then how about I kill those Tatars?" Chang Yu felt a little itchy, and Li Xingtian frowned: "What do you want to do? Don't do anything random."
"Qing Gou killed my second uncle when he entered the customs last time. I want to avenge him." Chang Yu made nonsense and Li Xingtian shook his head: "It's not impossible to do it if you want to, but you can't do it openly. The water here is very deep. There are not many Manchu Tatars on the surface. I don't know how many people are used by them secretly. Once Don’t even think about getting out of here after you reveal your identity!”
"You mean the Tatars are crafty..." Chang Yu pretended to be surprised, and Li Xingtian nodded: "But there are also people from the Ming Dynasty here." He said in a low voice: "Those Han people I saw last night may be the Jinyiwei of... or a spy of the Ming Army..."
It seems that Li Xingtian knows a lot, but Chang Yu is also very pleased to hear that the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty are awesome, and they can penetrate everything from heaven to earth! He knew that at this moment, there were many Jinyiwei spies lurking in Japan, North Korea, and even Malaysia. These were all recorded in historical records.
Even when the Ming Dynasty was dying, these Jin Yiwei who were once famous all over the world were not just decorations. They were still operating silently and performing tasks silently.
In fact, since he took charge of Dongchang, Jin Yiwei has recovered most of his energy. Given time, he will return to the glory of his ancestors.
While talking and chatting, after drinking enough tea, it was getting dark, the wind and snow were getting tight, and he was feeling a little hungry. Chang Yu planned to eat something here, but it was windy and snowy near the door and it was too cold. And it was crowded with guests and there was no room.
So Li Xingtian suggested: "There is a restaurant in front with good food and drinks. As soon as we meet each other, how about we go there and have a good drink?"
This guy was very naughty. He only talked about having a good drink and didn't mention who was treating him, but Chang Yu didn't care about it. He thought this guy was interesting and wanted to talk to him more, so he agreed to go there. At a restaurant.
As soon as he entered Chang Yu, he knew that this restaurant should be one of the best. It was not that the decoration inside was so good, but that the few customers were Tatars. It was dinner time, and the big stalls and cheap inns and restaurants were already overcrowded. Yes, you must know that there are thousands of people stranded in this market.
Only this kind of star-rated restaurant is not so crowded. Who is willing to eat and drink in ordinary caravans? They are not the owners of the business. Most of them are stewards with a group of errand boys, and they make a lot of money. It's hard work.
Of course, there are also people who spend a lot of money, most of them are independent gangs, that is, self-employed people, and Tatars.
After everyone sat down, Li Xingtian called the waiter to order a table of food and wine, as if he didn't want him to pay the bill.
While waiting for the food, Li Xingtian put his arm around Chang Yu's shoulders: "Little brother, although you are not very old, you are not as interested in me as those stupid people who look at me and get bored. Are they all your subordinates?"
Chang Yu quickly shook his head: "No, he pointed at Li Bingxiao, that's my eldest brother, and pointed at Kuang Ren, that's my second brother, that's... I'm the youngest in our family, they just don't like to talk." Li Xingtian pushed him away and put his arms around Li Bingxiao's shoulders: "Brother Li, you look like the kind of person who has seen the world. You are calm and sophisticated, unlike your youngest who talks a lot of nonsense. Brother, I admire you very much. In the future Let's go in more. If anything happens here at Yuanbaoshan, I'll say hello and I'll handle it for you..."
When the food and drinks were served, Chang Yu didn't drink but secretly promised Kuang Ren and the others, but they also knew that the retinue had great responsibilities. No matter how Li Xingtian persuaded him to drink, it was enough to just try it briefly to get over the addiction. Li Xingtian's mouth was really good at talking. After a while with this After hooking up with each other for a while, they called each other "brother" and "buddy", and they kept bragging about their various experiences during the dinner. Everyone listened with gusto. Chang Yu even made some insinuations, which was quite rewarding. Some useful news.
"Do you guys listen to the music?" While the chat was in full swing, an old voice came. Before Chang Yu could turn his head to take a closer look, Li Xingtian shouted: "Listen, listen, here comes the song "Eighteen Touches" …”
Chang Yu turned around and saw that he was a rickety old man with white eyes. He turned out to be blind. He was leaning on a cane in his left hand and holding an erhu in his right hand. He had a gray cloth bag on his shoulder. Next to him was a thin black girl of thirteen or fourteen years old with a simple hair tie. Mawei held an old pipa in his arms.
"I'm sorry, uncle, I can't sing this song." The old blind man sighed.
"Who dares to listen to you if you can sing?" Li Xingtian's eyes lit up as he stared at the little girl holding the pipa: "Of course I will listen to that little lady..."
"Be a human being." Chang Yu couldn't listen any more and hit Li Xingtian's hand with his chopsticks to stop him from continuing. Then he said to the old blind man: "Go to another table, we..." Suddenly he saw the girl The expression on his face was one of feeling humiliated but gritting his teeth and holding on. Tears welled up in his eyes, so he sighed: "What kind of songs can you play?"
"I know a lot about Kunqiang and Qinqiang. I can sing, play and play. What do you want to listen to?" The old blind man became more relaxed now that he had a business. Chang Yu thought for a moment and said, "Let's play the first song and listen."
"Master, what do you want to hear?" The girl said in a voice that sounded like an oriole.
"What can you do?"
"Beyond the fortress, there are high mountains and flowing water. Zhaojun comes out of the fortress, and the city is full of spring and snow," the girl said.
"Do you know House of Flying Daggers?"
The girl was startled: "Yes, but here..."
"It doesn't matter, play!"
There was a clanking sound. The restaurant suddenly fell into silence.
House of Flying Daggers, although it is just a song, is filled with murderous intent and murderous intent!
Therefore, the girl felt uncomfortable playing here.
But after hearing this, Chang Yu poured himself a glass and drank it down in one gulp, looking at Li Xingtian with a half-smile.
Li Xingtian was horrified. He had already woken up from the wine. How could this young man have such strong murderous intent? But when he looked at it again, he found that the murderous intent came from the obsessed look on his face. Could it be that he was hallucinating after drinking too much.
The girl's skills are not superb, but she also has the aura of killing at the snap of her fingers. Chang Yu's blood boiled when he heard the song. At the end of the song, he couldn't help but sigh: "Zhuang Zhi is hungry for Hulu meat..." As soon as he finished his words, he heard a thump at the table next door. There was a loud noise, and someone slapped the table and shouted: "You know how dare you bark in a place like this, you do not know how to live or die?" Chang Yu frowned and looked up, there were several strong men, and when he saw Chang Yu looking at them, they were standing there shouting. He stood up and took off his hat. It turned out to be several Manchu Tatars and Mongolians.
