The shopkeeper was very talkative, and Chu Qing hadn't chatted with anyone else for a long time.
It was considered a formal invitation to the shopkeeper to sit down and listen casually.
This is not the first time that the shopkeeper has encountered this kind of thing. People from Jingzhong always come and ask questions when they come.
There's nothing to be afraid of, just tell the truth and say whatever comes to mind.
"In the past, this Taizhou city was a military city. There were many soldiers and generals, but there were no strong generals or soldiers to fight."
The shopkeeper shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Master Zhu, our master, is a civil servant, but he is also a good man who can go into battle. But Master Zhu has no legs. There are also many wine bags and rice bags in the nearby Zhechong Mansion. The prince is here... Hey, this To put it bluntly, everything is inseparable from the prince."
Chu Qing smiled and said, "That's right, I like to hear about the prince."
The shopkeeper laughed loudly: "Everyone likes it, Donghai. Who doesn't like to talk about the prince? Everyone likes it. When the prince comes, the troops in Zhechong Mansion have all changed. In the past, they were guarding against the wolves, tigers and leopards of the Three Roads of the East China Sea. Now, With many soldiers and generals, you may know why, sir."
Chu Qing's expression changed a little: "There are still wolves, tigers and leopards in the East China Sea?"
"How can it be possible? Anyone who dares must be treated as a human being. Anyone who is not a human being and lets the prince know about it will definitely become a ghost. The sword will kill the ghost. There are many soldiers. The reason is that waiting makes everyone's eyes red. "
"Your eyes are red?"
"Yes, the generals of the Marine Corps are very ambitious now. The new soldiers they recruit cannot go to the Marine Corps. They have to go to Zhechong Mansion. When the Marine Corps goes to sea, they will only use veteran soldiers. Commander Chen Dinglan is very arrogant. , Whoever recruited soldiers in the past ignored him, he would not be able to go to the naval division and die."
Chu Qing was overjoyed: "Yes, the previous boat master was outrageous."
"Today is not what it used to be, it is not what it used to be. Now Marshal Chen is very arrogant. He said that he, the captain, took over from the prince. The captain is a dragon in the vast sea. If you want to join the navy division, and if you want to join the navy division that the prince once commanded, you must have the ability. Therefore, nowadays, Zhechong mansions everywhere are red-eyed. Many generals who can be promoted to the first and half ranks do not look down upon them and stare at them. The boat division is crowded, but it’s not that easy to squeeze in. There are about a hundred generals, big and small, and the boat division has 12 battalions of powerful soldiers, nearly 200,000 people.”
Chu Qing took a breath: "So many?"
"It's not because of what the prince said back then."
"I said...what did the prince say."
"At the beginning of the sun's rise and the dawn of the moon's setting, the land near the sun and the moon is prosperous. People who see the sun and the moon regard Dachang as their esteem. If they don't obey, the boat master will conquer it."
Chu Qing was stunned. After thinking for a long time, he finally recalled it.
I had said this before on the boat.
That's not what I said, but sooner or later, all the countries in the world will be respected by me, the Dachang Dynasty. Anyone who is unhappy will be killed so that he will not be able to see the sun tomorrow. When the moon appears, it is the time to bury him. !
After thinking for a long time, Chu Qing recalled that when he said this, there were two people next to him, a third brother and a teacher Liao.
Third brother would not say such things to outsiders without any problem, so it must be Teacher Liao who said it.
Looking at these words again, they are domineering and quite refined at the end. They have obviously been artistically processed by Teacher Liao.
For a moment, Chu Qing felt a little lost again.
He misses the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, and misses this old talker. Those who can beat him can't speak to him. Those who can speak well of him can't beat him. Those who can speak of him and beat him can't cry for him.
When you miss someone, you never feel the changes in the outside world.
The shopkeeper left at some point, and Tao Ruolin sat next to her, propping her chin up, her eyes widened, and her soul was wandering.
Chu Qing's thoughts returned to reality, the sun set, and another day passed like this.
Stretching out his hand and waving it in front of Tao Ruolin, Chu Qing said softly: "Let's go to Guocheng. It's too late. Wen Ya should leave."
Tao Ruolin's pupils began to focus and she shook her head: "I'm so tired. I'll rest for three more days."
Chu Qing laughed dumbly.
Tao Ruolin was not tired, she was just waiting for an impossible result.
According to her plan, the two of them will stay in Taizhou City for seven days. During these seven days, the friends will meet up one after another.
Now four days have passed, and no one has come, not one, not one, not one.
Chu Qing knew that when he first left Beijing, he asked Tao Ruolin to write a few more letters to tell her friends not to come, but Tao Ruolin didn't send the letters at all. To be precise, she didn't write them at all.
Precisely because he didn't write it, Chu Qing was worried about gains and losses.
Day after day passed, for four full days, no one came.
If according to the plan, according to Tao Ruolin's plan, at least half of the people have arrived now, and before sunset today, the third brother should be there.
"We won't come. We didn't ask them to come. We just informed them that we are leaving and we won't come."
I don’t know if these words were meant for Tao Ruolin or for myself.
As he said this, Chu Qing finally came to the window and looked at the market.
Although it was night, there were many people on the road, and there were more cars and horses.
Minutes and seconds passed, there were fewer pedestrians, fewer cars and horses, time always passed quickly, the drums sounded at midnight, and the nurse with a long scar on his chin, who was famous all over Zhongzhou, still did not appear after all.
Tao Ruolin had already fallen asleep, and Chu Qing was also lying on the bed. Another cross was left on the list in his heart.
There are many names on the list, extremely familiar names, and various nicknames.
One after another, the number of names that have not been crossed out is getting fewer and fewer.
The next day, Chu Qing, who had always felt extremely tired recently, opened his eyes.
Although he was very tired, he hurriedly sat by the window and looked at the market, hoping to see a familiar figure, even just one.
At noon, the shopkeeper came in with wine and food.
Chu Qing looked back with confusion on his face.
The food we ate was all bought by Wu Gang. This was Tao Ruolin's request. She had never bought food in an inn, not even a bite of the fruits.
The shopkeeper was full of apologies: "Sir, there are many foreign envoys coming from the East China Sea. As usual, they have to look at their registration cards."
"Registration card?"
"This is a rule, the rule of Taizhou City. I am always afraid that those envoys will pry in private. Young Master Haihan..."
After a pause, the shopkeeper tentatively said, "It would be fine if you had an official status."
"I'm not an official."
Chu Qing's claws went numb for a moment, and he rushed over. Wu Gang was responsible for interrogating people entering and leaving the city. When he came out to hang out in the past, he had never obtained any identity cards. His face alone allowed him to pass through various cities unimpeded. .
"Why don't you come over later? We will be on the ship in a few days. The old servant at home has gone shopping with my wife. I will ask the old servant to look for you when you come back later."
"Young Master will be boarding the ship in a few days...but boarding is not..."
A trace of suspicion flashed across the shopkeeper's face, but he quickly concealed it. He thanked him repeatedly and walked out. For some reason, he didn't put down the food and wine he was holding.
Chu Qing didn't think much, and still stood by the window and looked down.
Seeing that another day passed, a general on horseback led dozens of government officials to the outside of the inn.
The shopkeeper ran out, hurriedly greeted him and whispered something to each other.
Chu Qing still didn't take it seriously, thinking that there really was a "foreign spy" in this inn.
Not long after, the door was kicked open.
The general wearing a tiger helmet pressed the hilt of his sword, and behind him were a group of government officials.
The shopkeeper was also behind him and said loudly: "Sir, it's him. He felt something was wrong before. He looked outside every day and was sneaky. He bought food from outside. He sent his waiters to follow him secretly. He spent a lot of money and spent money like this. It's like running water, all I use are banknotes. I came over today and asked, but I didn't have a registration card. That's all. I accidentally let it slip. I said that I would board the ship in a few days. It must be a foreign country. We, from Chang, want to board. Ship, how can he stay in Taizhou for a long time, he has already gone to Guocheng, you are looking at his head, how can his hair grow like this, you think so."
Chu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Before he could speak, the general strode forward: "This general has arrested countless people, so be honest and follow..."
Before he finished speaking, the general was stunned, and then rubbed his eyes vigorously.
After rubbing it two or three times, the general took a breath of cold air and knelt on the ground with a thump. There were three thuds.
The shopkeeper looked confused, and the yamen servant also looked at each other.
Chu Qing stared at it for a long time: "Who are you?"
"Commander, it's...the younger one is...the younger one is Xiang Lin."
"Who is Xiang Lin?"
Xiang Lin took off his tiger helmet, knelt down and rubbed it forward until it touched the edge of Chu Qing's thigh. Just as he was about to speak, his face suddenly showed ecstasy.
"Commander, are you going to sea again?"
Before Chu Qing could speak, Xiang Lin said directly to himself: "You must go to sea, you must go to sea, otherwise you would not show up in Taizhou..."
Halfway through, Xiang Lin was stunned: "Where are the Third Master and the others? Why are you the only one in the room?"
Chu Qing snapped his fingers: "Remember, you are the stupid assassin who killed Bihua, Tao Qi, and Ma Ying, right?"
Xiang Lin was stunned, tears suddenly fell.
Happiness came so damn suddenly. He actually had a nickname, Shark-Armed Assassin, and he said it from the handsome man himself.
Listen to this name, shark, shark, fierce fish, its arms are extremely powerful, shark-armed assassin, this means that he is a brave and powerful assassin!
The shopkeeper was confused: "Sir Xiang, this young master is..."
"What are you doing, Mr. Xiang!" Xiang Lin turned around and shouted angrily: "From now on, I will call you Mr. Shark-Arm!"
Chu Qing showed a happy smile that he had not seen for a long time: "Yes, I want to go to sea. Third brother and Dajun brother are not here, so I will take my wife..."
Chu Qing's smile grew stronger, and he helped Xiang Lin up, looking like a kind brother next door: "General Xiang, how about you follow me in the future? Let's go to sea together?"
With a "pop" sound, Xiang Lin didn't kneel down this time, but fainted.
The happiness was so heavy that it knocked him unconscious.
Not only was he "given" a nickname, but he could also go to sea with His Highness King Qin. What made him feel that the ancestral tomb exploded was that there was no competitiveness at all, not to mention that the front line was not there, not even a thread, he was the only one. Sense of presence, brush it as you like!
Before fainting, Xiang Lin saw the future.
In the future, stories about him will be sung in Zhongzhou, to Uncle Xiang Lin, just like the legendary Third Master back then. The second Third Master...
