Night Lights

Chapter 189

The appearance of ordinary people is pure and strange, vulgar and poor, noble and harmful; the name is in the eyebrows, the eyes are clear, the one who looks up is tall, the one who looks down is poisonous, the one who is farsighted is wise, the one who is nearsighted is stupid, the one who looks straight is virtuous, and the one who looks squinted Stealing, those who look indiscriminately are promiscuous, and those who look fiercely are violent; anyone who has vision must have this experience; this name is: the method of visual discrimination. ——Excerpted from the eighth volume of Jiangyin in "The Book Without Words".

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Success or failure is often in the blink of an eye!

I saw Pang Gouzi waved his right hand, and then officers and soldiers rushed forward, pulled the hemp rope and hit everyone on the necks, and tied a knot in the back with their backhands, and took Bai Shibao and others down on the spot!

"Don't mess around!"

Lin Jiu saw it clearly and knew in his heart that if he wanted to resist under the current situation, he would inevitably be pierced by bullets, so he shouted: "Don't panic, let them tie you up..."

Everyone asked anxiously: "Where is this going to kidnap us?"

"Lin Daochang, make up your mind!"

Lin Jiu frowned tightly, didn't make a sound, his eyes swept around...there were dead bodies everywhere, including the corpses of officers and soldiers, as well as the corpses of Taoist leaders of various factions. After this fierce battle, there were more than 20 dead bodies. Bloody puddles were everywhere, devastated.At this time, officers and soldiers were turning over the corpses, carrying them to the carriage, and stacking them on both sides of the coffin, one on top of the other.

Those who were seriously injured and still alive were carried by the officers and soldiers on a stretcher made of tree branches wrapped in cloth.This includes old lady Liao, Lan Xin'er, Mao Xiaofang, Yuan Duoliang and no less than seven or eight members of the Taoist sect!
Bai Shibao kept silent at the side, lowered his head, and was thinking about the "Great Master" that Pang Gouzi was talking about, when suddenly a hand fell on his shoulder, and immediately after that, he heard someone behind him shout: "Master Bai?"

Bai Shibao turned his face to take a look!
I saw that this man was wearing a brand-new military uniform, a pair of leather boots on his feet, a long gun on his shoulder, and a face that was red and white, showing a look of surprise!

This face is all too familiar...

Bai Shibao asked in surprise, "Yan, Yan Xisan?"

That's right.This person is the 'Yin Le' of Changle Square, Yan Xisan who used to catch 'ghosts' at Commander Xu's house with Bai Shibao and Zhang Xiazi! 'Xisan' is the name of a dog. His parents used it to make a living. Yan Xisan is good at making troubles. He can't sit still. He always makes a fool of himself. When he has troubles, he comes to his senses. When he makes a fuss, he's fine. He's everywhere. , The odds of winning and losing are well calculated, the master who draws money at both ends in the casino!

Only Yan Xisan exclaimed in shock: "Oh my god! You are really Bai Ye! If I can't find you again, I will die!"

"Where did this come from?"

Yan Xisan suddenly said such a sentence, which made Bai Shibao startled.

It turned out that when Bai Shibao, Zhang Xiazi, and Yan Xisan were hunting ghosts at Commander Xu's house, Yan Xisan took advantage of the loophole and sneaked away by himself. He was so scared that he hid at home with his head covered all night and dared not go out.Turning to the dawn of the next day, Yan Xisan wrapped up his clothes and was about to go to his uncle's house far away. Unexpectedly, he was caught by the officers and soldiers to carry the coffin on his back as soon as he stepped out of the threshold. It was Commander Xu, and it was that little aunt who carried this coffin!

Yan Xisan was so frightened that his face lost his face, and he even called 'unlucky home'!
After being buried, he got 13 yuan and left the city in a hurry.

A few months later, Yan Xisan was ordered by his uncle to evict him. When he returned home, he saw notices posted all over the street. After a closer look, it turned out that they were notices for Bai Shibao.The silver reward on the notice flashed his eyes, and Yan Xisan secretly shouted: "It's easy to find it if you don't move! Now I'm short of money, why don't we try our luck..."

Yan Xisan revealed the list, and searched back and forth along the 'Dingyin Hutong' several times, but he couldn't find Bai Shibao's house at all, and thought to himself: "That's right! According to the decree issued by Lord Kangxi back then, the Eight Banners barracks were stationed, and the Baiqi People live in this area, and after hundreds of years, it is said that people change and real estate is bought and sold, but Bai Shibao has never moved his nest..."

Then he called a family and asked, and Yan Xisan found out that Bai Shibao's house had been occupied by his uncle, not to mention a new ceiling, doorposts, plaster and brick walls. Freshly painted!Yan Xisan stepped forward and patted the door knocker of Bai Shibao's house, and a middle-aged man wearing a crepe bunt came out from inside.

Yan Xisan leaned forward and asked, "Bai Shibao...does Lord Bai live here?"

The man scowled and said angrily: "We don't have such a person in the Bai family!" After saying that, he closed the door with a clang.

Yan Xisan was rejected, and ran back to Changle Fang to have a look. The previous position of "Yin Le" was taken by someone else, and the people were quite unfamiliar. In desperation, he had no choice but to go to Yuan Shikai's place to join the army, carrying a foreign gun as a pawn. There is a new recruit.

I didn't expect to run into Bai Shibao here today!
Besides, at the moment, Yan Xisan just slipped away, so he had to make up a lie, and when he got back, he said to Bai Shibao: "Master Bai! You don't know, Commander Xu once ordered me to find you two masters and apprentices, but a few days ago I I went to your house and saw that your old house was taken over by your uncle..."

"What?" When Bai Shibao heard this, he trembled with anger, felt dizzy, and said with trembling lips, "Who dares to occupy the old house of the Guerjia Bannerman?"

"Bannerman?"

Yan Xi replied three times: "Master Bai! You are so angry and confused, isn't the Qing Dynasty over?"

"This……"

Bai Shibao was startled, his face turned red, and then he realized that it is the Republic of China now!

Yan Xisan paused and then said: "Master Bai! Back then when you were in trouble, no one in your uncle's house went to check it out, so you don't have to worry about this guy any more... It's nothing if you lose the house, just buy it again." , life is important, isn't it?"

"life?"

After hearing this, Bai Shibao was dejected, with a sad face, looked down at the hemp rope on his body, and sighed: "It's not clear, seeing me like this, I have already become a prisoner, what condition is there to talk about my life!"

"wrong!"

At this time, Yan Xisan looked left and right, twisted his thin neck towards Bai Shibao, and said in a low voice, "Master Bai! After all, we are friends, and we are buddies. I have to tell you something now, so that you don't Buried in a drum!"

Bai Shibao paused, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Yan Xisan whispered: "There are not many people in the world who know about this, as long as you know, don't spread it to the outside world!" Yan Xisan took out a small cloth bag from his arms while talking, spread it on the palm of his hand, and opened it, revealing a It was like a ball of horse dung, a small black hard stone.Afterwards, Yan Xisan laughed and said, "Master Bai! Do you recognize it?"

Bai Shibao was stunned: "This is?"

"Shh!"

Yan Xisan hastily squeezed a pair of pea eyes, and whispered: "This is Lao Chen!"

Who is Lao Chen?

Lao Chen is a jargon, commonly known as: Big. Smoke. Cream!
All walks of life have their own ancestors.The patriarch of gambling is Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and the first ancestor of Hu Bandit is the No.17 "Pocket Monk" in Eighteen Arhats; It is the originator of tobacco and the ancestor of smoking!
For the sake of purity, some big cigarettes do not change their names, so they are also called "Fu Shou Gao"!
Having said that, let me mention by the way that the originator of Feng Shui is named Guo Pu.Three days after his funeral, there was no corpse in the museum, so he got the way to dissect the corpse. The corpse was dissected into a fairy, and he became the uncle of Narcissus. He is the ancestor of the previous "Feng Shui Taoist" Zhang Wang!
Let's talk about this time!

Bai Shibao looked at the 'horse dung ball' in Yan Xisan's hand and asked, "Old Chen? Is this smoke?"

"That's right!"

Pang Gouzi said: "You are not as familiar with this as I am. As the saying goes: Don't invite Lao Chen to serve the God of Wealth! Now the warlords are fighting for territory. What do they rely on? Some people must have guns, expand the number of troops, and arm the army. Guaranteeing supplies requires oceans! Where does the money come from? Just this..."

"Using smoke and soil to feed the army?"

Bai Shibao frowned.

Yan Xisan continued: "Yuan Shikai is now secretly colluding with gangs. He manufactures Lao Chen's raw material 'coarse' in the army, and then sells it to various places, and uses the money he earns to expand his power!... At present, the river surface of the Yangtze River You can often see warlords’ smoke and earth boats, one ship of smoke and soil going east, and one ship of guns going west, and some warlord troops never pay military salaries, but send them to their hands with “smoke instead of salary” This is it!"

Bai Shibao blinked and asked, "Is this what you want to tell me?"

Yan Xisan nodded, put the big smoke cream in his arms, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, Lord Bai! You won't die... I heard from them that Yuan Datou intends to ask your Taoist sect to use 'corpse to hide poison'. "Ghost move poison" what kind of spell, someone will help him sell cigarettes and soil without anyone knowing it! Now gangs and warlords from all over the world have united. If you add your Taoist factions, use the method of ghouls to cover people Eyes and ears, this is a combination of extracting money..."

Bai Shibao was dumbfounded when he heard this, and the previous scenes flashed through his head quickly, feeling that the source of all crimes was in two words - smoke. soil!
Yan Xisan felt that the time had come, so he said, "Master Bai! When people are poor and want to be rich, and when people are rich and want to be poor, listen to me and teach you a way..." Yan Xisan had just finished speaking when he heard gunshots next to his ears. Explode!
Clap clap clap clap!
In a blink of an eye, a group of people straddled their horses with spears in their hands, wearing leather jackets and riding boots, blue military uniforms, their ponytails swung sideways, and blood splashed from their horseshoes!
The visitors were mighty, about a thousand people!In an instant, everyone was tightly surrounded, like making dumplings, tightly stitched, not leaking, there are three or four layers inside and outside.The dense barrels of guns aimed at everyone's heads in unison, watching the battle, who dared to shake their hands and move their heads!

Bai Shibao was stunned, "Why, are you soldiers again?"

Yan Xisan was surprised and said: "Look at the clothes, it doesn't look like ours... It's so messy now, and I can't tell it's the soldiers. Could it be that they bumped into Cai E's National Guard Army?"

"CaiE?"

"Cai E is Yuan Datou's deadly enemy. His name is Songpo, and he is known as 'General Songpo'!"

(End of this chapter)