Drilling into the ground, fighting, and drinking blood, Wei Shiqi became ashen and tattered, almost like a disaster victim lying on the ground sleeping. He was not in a hurry to find that familiar scent, so he went straight into a mansion, took out about ten ingots of gold, returned to Zhuque Street, picked a clean and quiet inn, opened the way with gold ingots, and asked for an upper room. Heat some hot water to take a shower, and then go to a clothing store to grab a few changes of clothes.
The innkeeper’s surname was Miao. He had many contacts in Luoyang City and was considered a number one person. He looked on with cold eyes. The man had a tough back and a shady background. Eighty-nine times out of ten he was a desperado. The gold was stolen goods. It’s easy and it’s fun to spend. But the rich man is the uncle, so he needs to be careful. He doesn't intend to go to the government. The world is a matter of politics. He is doing serious business. It's best to stay out of it and not get involved.
Buckets of boiling water were poured into the bathtub. The deep basin as tall as a person was filled to about seventy-eight percent without any cold water. Wei Shiqi took off his clothes and jumped into the bathtub. With his head exposed, the waiter bit his finger and stared blankly, almost thinking he was dreaming. Is this still a human being? You don’t need such hot water to kill a pig!
Shopkeeper Miao kicked the waiter out, and he became more and more aware that with his two moves, this was probably the famous Thirteen Taibao in the Golden Bell Cover and Iron Cloth Shirt who were practicing boy skills. He became more and more convinced of the other party's identity and decided to keep silent.
Wei Shiqi took a comfortable bath, dried his body, put on new clothes, new pants, new socks, and new shoes. They were all new from head to toe. Shi Shiran walked into the dining hall and ordered The waiter will only serve the wine and meat.
The dining hall was lit with candles, and the light and shadow were swaying. There was only one table of guests. He was a man with a scar face and a big golden knife. He had one foot on the stool, gnawing on the rabbit head and sipping strong liquor. , face flushed, humming a tune randomly in his mouth, enjoying himself.
Although there is a shortage of food in Luoyang City, as long as he can afford to spend a lot of money on wine and meat, Wei Shiqi has a pot of fragrant wine, four kinds of wine, and beef tendon in front of him. , mutton legs, venison, and fat chickens, piled up like a hill, which is eye-catching.
The man with the scarred face chewing on the rabbit's head was salivating. He stared hard at it, took a sip of wine, stared again, and took another sip of wine.
Wei Shiqi was drinking and eating meat leisurely. After a while, two helpers walked in from outside the door. Bowls and chopsticks, order them to do as they please.
The two gangsters, one surnamed Zhao and the other Liu, were both pretending to be polite, but they were really villains and local snakes. Wei Shiqi tricked them with wine and meat, and the two of them ate so hard that they poured beans out of bamboo tubes. Tell all the current situation of Luoyang City.
The earth cracked, the sky collapsed, and mourners were everywhere in the Central Plains. Bianliang, the capital, had been reduced to ruins. On that day, I happened to lead all the civil and military officials to the East China Sea to worship the sky, and escaped the disaster. However, misfortunes never come singly, and then The coming tsunami swallowed up the Tiantai with the overwhelming force of a mountain, leaving very few survivors alive.
It is said that Emperor Xu, under the protection of two close and beloved generals of Xin Yue, rushed to Kunlun in a light carriage.Mountain, begging the immortal master to help turn the tide, passing through Luoyang, they went into the city to rest for a night, and left in a hurry the next day. No one knows what happened that night, except that the prefect Yan Keji and the backbone general Fang Bi gave up the idea of independence. He was determined to defend Luoyang for the emperor with no second intention.
Luoyang City is lucky. It has escaped natural disasters and only the people are left. Human problems are always easy to solve. The thousands of officers and soldiers in the city are enough to maintain order. If things go wrong, thirty people east of the city will There are tens of thousands of troops stationed in Xinfeng Camp inside and outside, all of them are veterans who have been on the battlefield. With Xinfeng Camp here, Luoyang is as peaceful as Mount Tai.
There were hundreds of thousands of victims who poured into the city. General Fang sent veterans from the Xinfeng Battalion into the city to suppress them. For the time being, they were content to keep to themselves. Grand Administrator Yan decided to drain the firepower and provide porridge every other day, on the first day of the lunar month. After half a meal of steamed buns, most of the victims were not full to eat, starved to death, and felt faint and weak. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, people would not raise their heads to oppose the government. After all, the soldiers armed with swords and guns ate better than them. I don’t know if they rebelled. How many lives should be filled in?
However, there are hundreds of thousands of victims in the city, and countless victims outside the city. The wealthy gentry in Luoyang City have stayed awake all night, fearing that one day, hungry mobs will push up the high walls and break into their houses to burn their homes. Killing and looting destroyed the family fortune accumulated for generations, so they united and frequently visited the prefects and key generals, presented antiques and treasures, and promised huge profits, hoping to drive the victims out of the city and nip the crisis in the cradle. Luoyang is a high city, it is In a fortified city, no matter how many victims there are, they are still a mob, and they can't do anything to the moat and walls with their bare hands.
The expulsion of the victims out of the city clearly meant that they would have no way out. Governor Yan was worried about getting into trouble, prompting the riot to break out in advance, and ignored their requests in a careless manner. The wealthy gentry jumped up and down and made a fuss for a while, then stopped and stopped petitioning the prefect's office. Yan Keji felt strange and sent his confidants to inquire secretly. He was shocked to find that the number of victims in the city had been decreasing day by day in the past few days. Every night, there were dozens of people in the city. People are missing, no one is alive or dead, and there are rumors among the victims that monsters are out and about, eating people like hemp.
There is no need to evict, there are people who are harming the victims. No wonder the wealthy gentry stopped talking... No wonder...
Zhao and Liu were drunk and muttered, Every word you said to me, what should be said and what should not be said were all poured out, making people look at them. The drunk man was unconscious. Shopkeeper Miao listened to everything one by one. He couldn't sit still and stepped forward to comfort him a few times. In a sentence, he used both soft and hard tactics to persuade the two helpers to leave.
Wei Shiqi poured a glass of cold wine and drank it slowly, with a half-smile on his face. Shopkeeper Miao accompanied him and said with a smile: "I poured a few cups of yellow soup and chewed my tongue. This is the virtue of a helper." "Sex, sir, please don't take it personally."
Wei Shiqi nodded and ordered the waiter to serve another portion of wine and meat. After finishing his meal, he walked out of the dining hall, walked out of the inn, and went to the hotel with his hands behind his back. Let's go to Zhuque Street.
The scarred-faced man on the side interrupted and asked: "Shopkeeper, who is that guy?"
Shopkeeper Miao looked back and saw that it was Ba Laosan from West Street. Bring a pot of jelly when you come backAfter ordering two braised rabbit heads with wine, and then eating a bowl of rotten noodles to satisfy his hunger, the regular customer said perfunctorily: "I am doing business and staying in the hotel..."
Ba Laosan was a little drunk. , and said with a big tongue: "Shopkeeper Miao, don't be careless. That man is a desperate ranger. He came to Luoyang City and most likely did some dirty work. Be careful if you are implicated by him, you will lose the coffin!"
Shopkeeper Miao said with a straight face: "Ba Laosan, you drank too much. Hurry up and eat the noodles and go back to lie down and talk nonsense!"
He stared. His voice and expression were both stern, and Ba Laosan shuddered, snoring and ate the noodles in silence.
Shopkeeper Miao was disturbed by what Ba Laosan said. He called a clever boy, bit his ear and gave some instructions, and ordered him to drive him up and stare at the man who lived in the upper room from a distance. Where are you going, man?
Ba Laosan looked at them one by one and chuckled, feeling quite proud. Shopkeeper Miao glared at him again, took two braised rabbit heads, wrapped them in oil paper, stuffed them into Ba Laosan's arms, and said impatiently: "You don't have to pay the money, I'll treat you, and leave as soon as you finish eating!" ”
Ba Laosan took the warm oil paper bag and ran out quickly, fearing that Shopkeeper Miao would regret it. The pride in his heart, humming the victory command, staggered to find his old lover. (..)