Peerless Pirates

Song Zheng nodded, stood up immediately, and knelt down on one knee towards Yang Tong, "Song Zheng, my subordinate, please see Commander Yang." Yang Tong hurriedly stretched out his left hand and said: "Little brother, please get up quickly. Just call me Brother Yang." Lu Hengshan also twirled his beard and smiled, saying: "You are really not easy to fool around with. I talked to you for a long time before you agreed."

After Song Zheng stood up, he sat down again and said with a wry smile: "Master Guards, I was fooled by you today. You made a fuss about Miss Lu from the beginning, did you just want me to join the Imperial City Division? ?But I was intimidated by you, and even your trump card was revealed."

Lu Hengshan laughed, "If I don't scare you, you will reveal such a brilliant idea. It seems that God is not as good as God, and I will have to force you more in the future." After that, the three of them laughed together.

Afterwards, Yang Tong introduced Xingyuan Dufang. Xingyuan Dufang is the largest gambling house in Mizhou City, with three floors. The first floor is for ordinary dice rolling, horse racing, etc. Gamblers start their battles on the first floor. The second floor is a VIP private room with a higher taste. It is mainly used for gambling and is also the designated place for the Michigan Chess Club. The third floor is where the management staff live. Taizu Pang Butcher himself of the Daqi Dynasty He was very fond of gambling, so gambling was very popular in Da Qi Dynasty. However, Taizu also knew that gambling was not a good thing, so he made some regulations. For example, wives and children could not be pawned, and only cash money could be used to participate in gambling.

The Xingyuan Gambling House was originally opened by the Zhao family. Speaking of which, it is thanks to the famous poet Li Qingzhao. Historically, Li Qingzhao not only wrote good words, but also was proficient in gambling, and almost never missed. Because of this, "History of Women in Ancient and Modern Times" calls her the "ancestor of the Bo family" and gives her the title of Patriarch, which shows that her gambling skills are indeed at their peak.

Due to the emergence of the Da Qi Dynasty, Li Qingzhao did not have the trouble of crossing south and has been living in Mizhou. Li Qingzhao's husband Zhao Mingcheng died relatively early, so in his later years, Li Qingzhao, who had become his grandmother, had a respected position in the Zhao family. Gambling was not enough, so he planned to build the Xingyuan Gambling House.

Later, Mizhou Dark Eagle took over the gambling house and used it as a stronghold, and two descendants of the Zhao family also joined Mizhou Dark Eagle. Yang Tong's injury this time actually had nothing to do with the Zhao family. Because this gambling house is still run by the Zhao family on the surface, and among the people who had a fight last night, there were people from the Zhao family involved, so Yang Tong is full of resentment towards this gambling house.

After Yang Tong introduced these, Song Zheng said coldly: "We lost several brothers this time, and Brother Yang himself was injured. Doesn't Brother Yang not want to avenge his brothers?"

Yang Tong sighed: "Why don't you want to? It's just that this conflict is different from the past. This time both sides lost their lives. I'm afraid that if I retaliate again, it will cause a bigger fight. If I lose some brothers, the gain will not be worth the loss. This The two brothers who died last time were so heartbroken that I couldn't sleep all night. I wanted to kill all these bastards, but I was also afraid that another brother would be hurt, so I had to dictate the matter in a letter and prepare to let a brother Send it to Licheng and let Commander-in-Chief Li of the Imperial City of Shandong Road make a decision."

From Song Zheng's point of view, Yang Tong himself is actually not suitable for the job of the Imperial City Division. Firstly, Yang Tongcheng does not have enough government, and secondly, his methods are not ruthless enough. In addition, he attaches great importance to friendship, so he is somewhat constrained in his actions. This This kind of character may not be a big problem in the military, but when it comes to spy work that involves both competition in force and conspiracy, Yang Tong is somewhat lacking in ability.

Although Song Zheng wanted to encourage Yang Tong to do something cruel at this time, he was afraid that his intentions would be too obvious and arouse the suspicion of Lu Hengshan, an old fox. Besides, Yang Tong was injured, and without Lu Hengshan's full support, Yang Tong Even if Tong was determined, he could not kill the Mizhou Dark Eagle. In desperation, Song Zheng had no choice but to suppress his thoughts and look for opportunities later.

Thinking of this, Song Zheng said: "Looking at it now, it can only be like this. However, we cannot let the brothers die in an unknown way. In the future, we must get this debt back from them."

Yang Tong nodded and said: "The accounts will naturally be settled with them. Little brother, there is no problem for you to join the Imperial City Division, but some procedures still need to be completed. I still need to report your situation to the top before it can be formalized. I want you to join the Imperial City Division. My elder brother already has a general understanding of your situation. However, I would like to ask my younger brother to explain your martial arts background. You are still young and Shangfeng is very likely to pay attention to this matter. I am afraid that if I am not clear about it, You will be blamed by Commander Li!"

Song Zheng secretly cursed in his heart, isn't he just a Broken Imperial City Secretary? He made it mysterious and had to organize an examination! There was no other way, he just had to lie again. Song Zheng brought out his strange dream again, but The old man with a white beard did not provoke the old man with a white beard anymore. This kind of thing was okay to deceive Song Jue and the Zhu family. For people like Lu Hengshan, it was a bit nonsense. Of course, Song Zheng put the main credit on Mr. Song, saying that Mr. Song When he was young, he joined the army and learned some martial arts. The old man taught him these before his death. He has been studying hard and practicing hard in the past two years, and he has figured it out on his own.

Not to Song Zheng's surprise, Lu and Yang both lamented Song Zheng's strange dream and marveled at Song Gongzi's innovative ability. He actually figured out a set of weird kung fu by himself. They were worthy of being martial arts wizards. In this way, Yang Tong So he decided to describe Song Zheng's skills as "ancestral martial arts, self-created skills" when reporting to the summit.

Yang Tong was inconvenienced. After the three of them finished talking, Lu Hengshan asked someone to drive Yang Tong back in a carriage. Song Zheng declined Lu Hengshan's request. He happened to take this opportunity to visit Mizhou City and visit Xing. Take a look around Yuandufang.

Song Zheng came out of the garrison and walked west along the road. Recalling the scene when the three of them came out of the house, a smile appeared on his lips. It turned out that Lu Qiang was standing in the yard at that time, pretending to be playing with weapons. Song Zheng rushed She cupped her hands in salute, and made a pinching motion with the thumb and index finger of her right hand. Because the movement was so small, neither Lu Hengshan nor Yang Tong noticed it, but Lu Qiang could see it clearly, and she was so angry that she pulled the knife again. He raised his voice. Song Zheng hurriedly hid behind Lu Hengshan. Lu Hengshan was quite surprised, what happened to his daughter? It was just a misunderstanding, how could she be so angry?

After walking four to five hundred meters west from the garrison, there were gradually more and more people on the street. Naturally, the prosperity of Mizhou City was not comparable to that of Shishan Town. Since it was the holiday day, the streets were very lively with small merchants and hawkers. There were hawkers along the street, and the teahouses and wine shops were overcrowded. Various grocery stores and clothing stores were also crowded. Wandering in the market, Song Zheng was a little happy and forgot to leave. He didn't know what night it was.

After looking at the street for two quarters of an hour, Song Zheng's stomach began to growl. After talking all morning, Song Zheng was also a little hungry. He looked around and saw that there happened to be a Shanxi noodle restaurant on the street, so he turned around and went in. It was not big, only fifty or sixty square meters, but there were not many people. Song Zheng sat on an empty table in the corner and asked the waiter for a bowl of shaved noodles. Soon, a steaming bowl of noodles arrived. , half-inch wide noodles, topped with a thick layer of beef sauce, the aroma is fragrant and makes people want to eat. Song Zheng wanted to order more chili peppers, but after looking around, he realized that chili peppers have not yet been introduced to China in this era!

Not to mention chili peppers, there is not much pepper. Song Zheng still remembers that when Yuan Zai, the powerful official of the Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Yu, was overthrown, his family property was seized and eight hundred stones of pepper noodles were found. This is an anecdote in the five thousand years of corruption history. However,

, which also illustrates the preciousness of pepper.

Song Zheng started to eat noodles while reminiscing about this period of history. Soon, a large bowl of noodles entered his stomach. The waiter came over and cleaned it up and said: "Sir, a bowl of noodles costs five cents." Song Zheng touched it.

He felt embarrassed in his arms. It turned out that he was in a hurry to go to the martial arts academy this morning and didn't even bring any money.

In desperation, Song Zheng said: "Brother, I'm really sorry. I went out today and forgot to bring money. Why don't you follow me to the liberal arts college to get it? I am a student of the liberal arts college. I will give you ten more coins then.

,what do you think?"

The waiter was unhappy, "Master, please don't lie to me. You are obviously a student from the martial arts academy, why did you pretend to be from the liberal arts academy?"

Song Zheng looked at his short clothes and couldn't help but secretly regret it. It turned out that he wore short clothes to the martial arts academy every morning to exercise, and after he returned to the liberal arts academy, he changed into a long shirt and went to class. He walked in a hurry this morning, and he habitually

He came out wearing short clothes. When the waiter asked, it was difficult for him to explain.

Seeing him like this, the waiter became even more sure of his guess: "The students from your martial arts academy are here to cheat again. What's wrong? You want to trick me into beating me again?" Song Zheng was stunned. He really didn't expect that the martial arts students would still cheat me.

There has been such misdeeds.

Just when he didn't know what to do, an old man in his fifties asked in Shanxi dialect at the counter: "Liuzi, what's wrong?" Song Zheng knew that if the waiter in the store said it, he would definitely not say anything good, so he quickly bowed his hand and bowed.

He said: "Shop owner, I forgot to bring money when I went out this morning. I wanted to ask this young man to follow me to the liberal arts college to pick it up, but he was misunderstood as a student from the martial arts college. Although I am wearing short clothes, I am undoubtedly a liberal arts college student.

I hope I can forgive you."

The shopkeeper looked at Song Zheng and said with some suspicion: "Master, it's not that I don't believe you, but we have suffered losses before. So, you'd better..." Before he could finish his words, he saw another person coming in from the door.

The expressions of the two people immediately changed.

One of these two people was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the other was about twenty. They were also wearing short clothes, but they looked arrogant, with malicious smiles on their faces. The two women walked up to the counter in a grand manner.

The younger one was sitting on the counter, tapping the wooden board with his fingers, and said: "Boss Zhang, this is February 21st, is it time to pay this month's share?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly saluted and said: "You two young gentlemen, don't you only collect money at the end of the month? There are few customers in the shop during this period, and I really can't pay for this two cents of silver. Please two gentlemen, please be more lenient.

In time, when the business of the shop gets better, I will personally deliver the money to the two young men."

But the other party glared, "Stop talking nonsense, just take it as I'm told. Otherwise, I will destroy your store!" (Please comment, please flowers, please give me bricks)