Chapter 34
Xie Dalang's nest is Qujiangchi. Qujiangchi is located in the southeast corner of Chang'an City. It is a famous scenic spot in Chang'an, but it is sparsely populated and has almost no homes. The east of the pond is the royal garden Furong Garden, with bright lights, but the west of the pond is empty. Xie Dalang and more than a dozen rogue boys settle down here.
Although the residence was not very good, there was a lot of good wine. Xie Dalang took a bottle of Jiannan Shaochun, held two bags of beef, and took Li Zaixing around Qujiang Pool for a while, and sat down on a pavilion by the pool. When the teenagers who received Xie Dalang's notice and were preparing to fight saw this attitude, they looked at each other. They were stunned for a moment and dispersed.
Xie Dalang picked up the wine glass, pointed to the shimmering pool surface, and smiled and said, "Don't look deserted now, it will be lively in a few days, especially during the Shangsi Festival. Even our brothers have to avoid it and make room for those who are out for spring."
"Will Dalang also charge protection fees?"
Xie Dalang let out a "pop" sound, and sprayed all the wine in his mouth. He turned his head and looked at Li Zaixing in the distance: "Brother Li, are you happy with me? The campers who came here are either rich or noble, and even playboys like Wei Sanlang dare not be arrogant. You ask me to collect protection fees?"
"It seems that Dalang's ambition is not great enough." Li Zaixing smiled, raised his glass, and touched Xie Dalang, and drank it all in one sip. Xie Dalang looked at Li Zaixing and suddenly laughed, "Are you afraid that I will poison?"
"Even if it is poisonous, I can still kill you before the poison is released, and I will not lose money."
Xie Dalang was speechless, and after a while he raised his thumb and praised: "You are cruel enough, I can't do it."
Li Zaixing smiled bitterly and said to himself that I was cruel enough and ignored the consequences because I didn’t know if I had a tomorrow. Who I was, I don’t know. Maybe I was targeted when I showed up in Chang'an, and I didn’t know when I was killed in the corner. Take a step back and say that I don’t know if this is a big dream. Maybe one day I wake up and I will lie on the cold frozen soil of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the 21st century. The trip to the Tang Dynasty is just a dream. For me, every moment may be the last moment, and of course I dare to fight for my life. Not to mention Wei Sanlang, even the emperor is in front of me, I dare to shoot him with one shot.
"Who can never die in a hundred years of life?" Li Zaixing picked up the wine glass: "If you want to live, live as much as possible, otherwise you will be a Ranger."
"With that being said, how many people can really see so thoroughly as Brother Li." Xie Guanglong sighed and drank the wine in the glass: "A man should be a rampant, and the emperor is very grateful. A husband should make achievements, win his wife and son, and win his reputation during his lifetime. That would be a pleasure. If he dies like this, I will not be willing to give up."
"If you want to make achievements and win a wife and a son, why don't you go to the border to join the army, but be a ranger here?"
"Do you think you can go to the border if you want?" Xie Dalang curled his lips: "The mountains are thousands of miles away, and even the nearest Fanyang is four or five thousand miles away. Without a road guide, you can't eat and stay in the official inn. The food expenses along the way are a headache, not to mention that it is difficult to make contributions in the army without a saddle and horse armor. Maybe if I can't walk to the border, I will become a hunger on the side of the road."
"You control the Rangers in the Capital, you don't even have this little money?"
Xie Dalang was silent for a moment, couldn't help laughing, full of self-deprecation: "I have collected a lot of money, but there are also a group of brothers to support me. The brothers have no right jobs and are unwilling to be wronged. They have to drink and eat meat every day, listen to music and dance, and spend a lot of money, and can't save a lot of money."
"I'm afraid I'll have to take out a large part of the filial piety." Li Zaixing said: "If the filial piety is not in place, the Wu Hou in the yard will not be so polite."
"This is natural." Xie Dalang sighed, with a depressed expression: "70% of the money I received was in their pockets. Even so, I have to be careful. If I am not considerate, I will be in danger of my life." He glanced at Li Zaixing and smiled bitterly: "In addition to the exploitation of the official family, there is also the jealousy of his colleagues. Brother Li just arrived in the capital yesterday and came to grab my territory today. Isn't it too urgent?"
Li Zaixing laughed and said the situation of taking over the safety of Bodhi Temple. "Actually, I have no interest in your business, but my responsibilities are just my worst. Today is the third year of junior high school, and in four or five days, I can't train those monks to become masters. Shoot people and horses first, and capture the thief first, and find you, the thief, to do things."
After hearing this, Xie Dalang nodded frequently: "Brother Li is fighting for territory, but he is using military tactics. Could it be the descendant of the general?"
Li Zaixing smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, Dalang said, I grew up in a temple and I don't know who my parents are."
"Is that?" Xie Dalang put down his wine glass and scratched his head: "In this way, we are sympathetic. I don't know who my parents are, and I have been wandering around and learned some martial arts. I came to the capital a few years ago. I wanted to take the martial arts exam with my skills and serve the country. Unexpectedly, now I not only have to take the martial arts exam, but also have to submit a family certificate and a guarantee certificate. I don't even have the qualifications to register, so I have to live in the capital and make a living by relying on my fists and feet."
"You are all the rangers in the capital's yards?"
"It's not that easy." Xie Dalang smiled bitterly and said, "I can only hang out with a family-free gossip like Zhang Wan. I dare not mess with a family-born child like Wei Sanlang. This morning I heard that someone killed Wei Sanlang's man outside the city and stole his money. I admired him very much. I never thought it was you, Brother Li."
"Some trivial matters are not worth mentioning." Li Zaixing stood up and clapped his hands: "Since Dalang is in trouble, I will not force it. I will give you a lot of the money that should be paid by Bodhi Temple. But this money is not for nothing. If someone goes to Bodhi Temple to cause trouble, I will come to you Xie Dalang, and you will definitely meet you at that time."
Xie Dalang shook his head and said, "A real man's words are hard to catch. Since I say that Pingkangfang's business belongs to you, I will not charge another money. I will make it clear to Zhang Wan and others tomorrow. If they are willing to follow you, you will reward them with a bowl of rice. If they are not willing, I will give them a way out. It's just..."
Xie Dalang hesitated for a moment and said with some shame: "I can only control my brothers. I can't control others to make trouble."
"There are other people?"
"Hehe, Chang'an City is so big, there are not ten thousand and thousands of golfers. Dongcheng City is rich in oil and water. Pingkangfang is the most famous romantic place in Chang'an City. These two places are not only the targets coveted by the golfers, but also the fat in the eyes of the powerful. If they are not convenient for them to come forward, they naturally have to cultivate some forces to share the fat. I am an outsider and have no foundation, so how can I cover the sky with one hand?"
Li Zaixing scratched his head, a little disappointed. He thought that finding Xie Dalang would solve all the problems, but now it seems that he is too simple. But then again, Xie Dalang is right. How could he have taken such a big amount of oil and water? I wonder how many people are staring at this place.
"Who else will have a chance in Bodhi Temple?"
"There are no less than a hundred temples in Chang'an Temple. If the Bodhi Temple does not show the mountains or the water, no one would have liked it. But if Bodhi Temple is too close to Li Xiang, it will inevitably be hated by people. Those people could not move Li Xiang, so they transferred their resentment to Bodhi Temple. Among them, the Luoyang Gang, which was raised by the Yang family, is the strongest. The leader's surname Pei seems to be a branch of the Pei family in Hedong. It is said that he has a thousand pounds of strength and is good at martial arts. Brother Li must be careful to deal with it."
"Luoyang Gang? Hedong Pei Family?"
"Yes, the Yang family is very close to the Pei family. Yang Zhao's wife comes from the Pei family in Hedong, and the Lady of Guo State also married the Pei family in Hedong."
"I understand." Li Zaixing stood up and turned around and was about to leave. Xie Dalang reminded again: "Brother Li, the Pei family in Hedong is not a solid piece. The Pei family to which Pei Guangting, the former minister of Pingkangfang, was not in harmony."
Li Zaixing stopped, looked back at Xie Dalang, and the corners of his mouth tilted: "Since Dalang knows, why not take the initiative to attack and tell me that he wants to use me as a knife?"
Xie Dalang was seen through by Li Zaixing, and his old face turned red and he laughed dryly.
Li Zaixing walked back and circled around Xie Dalang twice, with a bad smile on his face. Xie Dalang touched his nose guiltily, but he didn't know what Li Zaixing saw again, so he took a step back involuntarily.
"Xie Dalang, I defeated Zhang Wanshi. Zhang Wan said he wanted to go out to find you, but in less than half an hour, you came. Nearly ten miles from Pingkangfang to come here, twenty miles back and forth, and at night, you avoided the street guards from time to time. You appeared too quickly. In my opinion, you were already in Pingkangfang, right?"
Xie Dalang's face was embarrassed and speechless.
"When I saw you, you stood on the wall of the east side of Li Linfu's house. Li Linfu was called a treacherous prime minister, and few people would respect him so much when they mentioned him. But you always claimed to be Li Xiang, and you were determined to instigate me to oppose Pei, the Yang family supported by the Pei family, which made people imagine. Xie Dalang, you were not Li Linfu's instructor, you just received the order, right?"
Even in the night, Xie Dalang was a little hot. He quickly explained: "Brother Li misunderstood. I just saw Brother Li coming and not familiar with the situation in Chang'an. I want to remind you. I am a commoner, so how could I get involved with Li... Lin Fu. If I really had such a backer, how could I fall to this point?"
"A commoner can also be the dominant hero in Chang'an. I don't think you are simple." Li Zaixing snorted: "What is your origin? I have no interest. I see you being generous and willing to make friends with you, but if you fool me like a fool, don't blame me for turning against others."
Xie Dalang was stunned and forced a smile and said, "Brother Li is so serious, how dare I show off in front of Brother Li."
"It's good to know." Li Zaixing strides far away, and his voice comes from afar: "If it's a friend, please help me find out the whereabouts of Pei. I want to ask him to talk."
Xie Dalang was overjoyed and said loudly: "Brother Li, don't worry, when there is news, I will inform you."
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