[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 176 [English]

Chapter 171 Tattoo

Ding Tao was frightened. In that moment of looking at each other, he thought he would die like Jida.He still remembers the look in Shen Zechuan’s eyes when he killed Jida. Just now, the person staring at him was he.He wanted to run desperately, but at the moment when Shen Zechuan handed over the candy, he lost the courage to raise his hand.

It was quiet under the eaves, and Shen Zechuan had already hidden himself in the house.The sun was shining brightly on Ding Tao, and he hadn’t recovered yet. The feeling was indescribable, but what was certain was that he was not the young master he was familiar with.

Ding Tao raised his arms and wiped his eyes randomly.He wanted to pick up the sugar, but the sugar had already melted in the sun, and the sweetness of the sweet-scented osmanthus attracted ants everywhere.Ding Tao knelt on the spot and shed tears for some reason.

* * *

Shen Zechuan’s interrupted memories could no longer be connected. The dream was too dark and he couldn’t remember any more details.He stood behind the bamboo curtain and heard Ding Tao sobbing under the eaves.

Shen Zechuan thought.

He cannot indulge in this dream too much.

He must distinguish the truth from the false as soon as possible, and distinguish whether everything in this dream is what he has really seen, or whether it is his own imagination.He has suffered from nightmares for six years, and he knows best that these dreams are sometimes both true and false.For example, he always dreamed of the Tea Stone Tiankeng before, but the situation in the pit would change according to his state of mind.

Shen Zechuan, a member of the Chazhou group, was injured, and he then dreamed that he was lying in a sinkhole. This was the beginning of him no longer trusting this body, and it also made him clearly understand that he was beginning to fear death.Frequent nightmares will disrupt memory. In fact, Shen Zechuan is no longer sure which sentence Ji Mu said to him before he died.

It’s dangerous.

Shen Zechuan thought mockingly.

Just a Shen Wei.

* * *

Liuer’s net is very useful. They are hidden in the streets and alleys. As long as you give them enough money, they can become eyes of various sizes.With these eyes, Fei Sheng could spy on any corner of Dunzhou without leaving home, but Lei Jingzhe’s movements were intriguing.

“Lei Jingzhe has been conducting extensive searches for three consecutive days, checking all the goods coming in and out.” Fei Sheng whispered behind Shen Zechuan, “Master, does it mean that he already knows that we are in the city?”

Shen Zechuan, wearing a sun hat that is common in Qandu, said, “Then he should check the carriages of merchants, not the goods.”

This batch of baggage is very important to Lei Jingzhe, otherwise he would not rush to Dunzhou immediately to check it in person.According to Shen Zechuan’s guess, Lei Jingzhe would use this batch of baggage to exchange for something of equal value from the Twelve Biansha tribes.But when he came to Dunzhou, he did not immediately search westward, but wandered around the city of Dunzhou.

Shen Zechuan raised his arms and leaned on the edge of the railing, looking up and down the restaurant through the gauze, slowly sorting out his thoughts, and said: “Checking the goods shows that Lei Jingzhe believes that the baggage will return to Dunzhou.”

How strange.

Shen Zechuan’s fingertips tapped on the railing.

How could Lei Jingzhe be so sure that the baggage would return to Dunzhou?There are only a handful of forces in Zhongbo that can take advantage of this batch of baggage, and Cizhou is the primary suspect among them. Shen Zechuan was even ready to challenge Lei Jingzhe, but Lei Jingzhe did not suspect him at all.

“Master, even if Lei Jingzhe thought someone else had robbed the baggage, who would send the baggage back to Dunzhou?” Fei Sheng was puzzled. “There are still scorpions stationed here. If you bring the baggage back, you are throwing yourself into a trap.”

“You are right,” Shen Zechuan, who had been unable to sleep for days, rubbed his brows sleepily, “Who would take something away and then send it back…”

This makes no sense at all.

“All the informants we deployed in Dunzhou have been ineffective because there is too much chaos here,” Fei Sheng said bravely. “Could it be that the bandits who are unwilling to join the Biansha people are fighting with Lei Jingzhe?”

Shen Zechuan thought carefully and shook his head slightly: “After the Luoshan bandits split, there was no leader who could convince the crowd. Ding Niu and Liu’er were captured because they never thought of uniting to fight against Lei Jingzhe. According to their current scale, it is possible for them to fight on a small scale, but they definitely don’t have the courage to touch such a large amount of supplies.”

Ordnance is not its own thing, it cannot be opened and hidden like food.This batch of baggage required hundreds of bandits to push the carts. As you can imagine, the weight was too heavy for the little bandits to eat.The key to Shen Zechuan’s ability to transfer them was that he did not kill the bandits, and there were Libei Iron Cavalry accompanying them to suppress them. Otherwise, he would not be able to easily move these things.

This is so weird that it’s almost funny.

Fei Sheng didn’t dare to laugh, he thought for a moment, and thought it would be great if Mr. Cheng Feng or Yuan Zhuo were here, then he wouldn’t have to speak.But there is no one around Shen Zechuan now, and he remains motionless like a fool.So Fei Sheng thought hard for a moment and said, “Could it be——”

There was a sudden noise downstairs, interrupting Fei Sheng’s words.Shen Zechuan picked up the bottom curtain of his sunhat and squinted at the lobby.We are on the fifth floor and can have a panoramic view of the lobby.

This restaurant belongs to the Yan family. Shen Zechuan came here because Lei Jingzhe would come here to entertain someone tonight.It is not clear who this person is for the time being. The eyes are not qualified enough to get to that level, but Shen Zechuan has a pretty good guess.

“Scorpion,” Fei Sheng lowered his voice, “Lei Jingzhe is taking Scorpion with him.”

Shen Zechuan looked down at Lei Jingzhe, who had just recovered from his injuries. He shaved his hair short and was surrounded by scorpions on the edge of the sand. Suddenly he couldn’t tell the difference.Because of the distance, Shen Zechuan couldn’t see clearly the tattoo on the back of Lei Jingzhe’s neck.

Lei Jingzhe obviously had something to do, so he walked through the hall and hurried upstairs.

“If it’s for a banquet,” Fei Sheng slowly frowned, “then he will bring too many people tonight.”

There are many merchants in this building, but no one dares to block Lei Jingzhe’s way.He did bring a lot of people, at least thirty.A few of them followed him upstairs, and the rest took their seats in the lobby.The Jin Yiwei dressed up in various disguises and watched Lei Jingzhe calmly while eating, drinking and having fun, and even passed him by.

Shen Zechuan picked up the tea cup and watched Lei Jingzhe go up to the fifth floor, opposite he.He drank tea and said: “Go back and reward Liu Er for pinching the position so accurately.”

Fei Sheng agreed.

A bamboo curtain was placed across the street, blocking the view.Several people brought by Lei Jingzhe were standing outside. Fei Sheng had amazing eyesight. He used the lighted lantern to carefully search for scorpion tattoos on these people.

About half an hour later, all the lanterns in the building were lit.On the opposite side, people are called to serve food, and the waiters come in and out.Fei Sheng tried to move his position, but the screen opposite was set up cleverly, not giving him a chance to pry.

Lei Jingzhe’s banquet lasted for a long time, and it lasted from Youshi to Haishi.Shen Zechuan drank the whole pot of tea and leaned on the chair feeling sleepy.After another hour, the atmosphere in the building not only did not dissipate, but became heated.

“The Yan family’s place,” Fei Sheng reminded Shen Zechuan in a low voice, “Master, this is for all the merchants to enjoy themselves.”

Shen Zechuan let out a “hmm” in his nose, opened his eyes sleepily, looked down in the slightly gray chair for a while, and said, “Buying and selling are free. What the Yan family gets here is the dividends from the reconciliation of all parties, and what they receive is face money. After a while, we will ask someone to sell the grains we brought.”

“Ren Yazi,” Fei Sheng looked at the person below, “that’s Fanzhou’s old bustard.”

The Madam of Fanzhou was fat, colorfully dressed, and well-groomed.She used to come here not to do business with merchants, but to take care of Lei Changming’s children.Later, Yan broke up with Lei Changming because of this, and her business in Dunzhou was hindered, so she reluctantly changed her business to selling women.People were brought in from various states in China. In the hungry years, a bucket of rice could buy a whole family.

“Master,” Fei Sheng leaned forward and began to introduce in detail, “this old madam is called Cui Qing. When we were in Fanzhou to check the prices, we checked her details. She and Lei Changming are old friends. She was originally from Duanzhou. She was also a madam before the defeat. Later, she went to Fanzhou to work in her old business. Lei Changming provided the money, so she was willing to take the risk to give Lei Changming a child.”

Cui Qing clutched the handkerchief and twisted around to squeeze into the group of merchants.No one dares to take advantage of her here, but she occasionally likes someone and will find ways to get it.She is a veteran of Dunzhou, Duan and Fanzhou. She has been in the industry for a long time and has some involvement with Lei Changming and Cai Yu, but she has not yet boarded the Yan family’s ship.

Cui Qing was fat and squeezed several men away when she sat down.She crossed her legs and leaned against the table. The white-faced man behind her knelt down and lit her cigarette.She tilted her head and took a few mouthfuls, puffing out smoke.

“Where is the eldest nephew not down yet?” Cui Qing glanced up and said, “It’s been so long, let alone eating, it’s time to retreat even under the covers.”

The businessman who was sitting next to him said, “Mom, what good stuff did you bring when you came this time? Take the opportunity to take it out for a walk. If there is something suitable, we want it too!”

“Bah,” Cui Qing looked at the gold-inlaid jade bracelet on her right hand, “What kind of good stuff do you want to go with? What we brought this time is not a few dozen taels of silver, they are all outstanding young people. We are going to Qidu. We don’t want to take away even a few hundred taels of silver.”

“How can a chick be worth this amount? Bitches are all romantics. Naturally, the more knowledgeable they are, the more expensive they will be!”

“You are worthy of playing in those rotten brothels,” he said with a chuckle as he touched the white-faced man’s cheek with his green-stained fingers, “In the early years when Duanzhou was still a gold cave in the Great Zhou Dynasty, my hands were full of stunning beauties. After so many years of rankings in the pavilion, which bitch from other families can beat my daughter?”

When the army was defeated, Cui Qing fled in embarrassment and usually did not mention the past.But the atmosphere was good tonight, with adulation from left and right.She smoked a cigarette, feeling proud in the crowd.

“Don’t tell me that my mother has a high vision. Before, the goods I brought here would only be used to serve tea and water in my restaurant.” The rouge on Cui Qing’s mouth was bright red, and her heavy makeup covered up many wrinkles. You can see from the outline that she was also a great beauty decades ago.

“Mom mention the name!”

Cuiqing laughed contemptuously and said: “The top three in the list are all girls from my mother’s shop, and they all married well. Today’s bitches are indistinguishable from tricks, but at that time they were very different. You people who buy art have to spend gold just to see it. If you don’t see it, you will not see it. You are more precious than a rich lady. My eldest nephew heI am also my mother’s daughter, named Xiao Yinlei by the Chashi River, and she is married to the Zhu family of Duanzhou.”

Cuiqing said, pinching the man’s face and spitting smoke all over his face.

“These are all minor roles. My mother’s favorite is the number one in the house. Have you ever heard of ‘as white as jade, as good as porcelain’? Back then, as long as this person’s brand was displayed, the streets of Duanzhou City would be deserted. Even the emperor wanted to see her from far away!”

The surrounding merchants clapped their hands and said happily: “White tea!”

Cui Qing was intoxicated in the smoke. She crossed her arms, as if she hadn’t woken up yet, snorted and murmured: “White tea… Do you think that the whiteness of jade is fake? That is the real jade-like porcelain. If you see her, as long as she frowns, everyone will kneel down to use her as a footstep, and no one can bear to ask her to touch the ashes on the ground…”

The hall was filled with the smell of cigarette smoke, which made several of the ladies sitting with me cough. However, they were so funny that they didn’t dare to cover their mouths and noses, for fear of making the guests around them suspect that they were being disgusted, so they all suppressed their emotions until their cheeks turned red, and they were squeezed in the middle and dripping with sweat.Cuiqing asked someone to lay out cards and play with a few popular flowers. The man she brought was handsome and kept kneeling next to her and rubbing her legs.

Less than a moment later, one of the girls couldn’t sit still anymore, frowning and covering her handkerchief with a thin cough.She smelled something strange, so she sniffed a few more times, stood up with an “Oops”, and exclaimed: “It’s on fire!”

The merchants and sisters in the hall immediately panicked. Everyone saw the smoke billowing, and the few people who were serving were already dead.Suddenly, there were screams of exclamation, and everyone was hurriedly collecting the money, not knowing whether it was their own money or not.The cards fell all over the floor. Cui Qing was so fat that she was shaken by the squeeze, and the hairpin on her temples also fell off.

“Open the door!” The person who rushed to the door first smashed the door and shouted, “Why is it locked?!”

Tables and chairs overturned, and some people tried to climb through the window, but that window was also sealed!

Lei Jingzhe suddenly popped up his head and looked down.

Cui Qing looked at him and quickly waved her handkerchief and shouted: “Nephew! Try to open the door quickly, it’s burning in the back!”

Fei Sheng had already touched the handle of the knife, and as soon as Shen Zechuan gave the order, the Jin Yiwei would pounce on him.But Shen Zechuan ate his tea without saying a word.

Fei Sheng couldn’t help but said: “Master——”

While Fei Sheng was speaking, a hand suddenly grabbed hold of the railing in front of Lei Jingzhe, and then a man climbed up.Lei Jingzhe immediately changed his color and dodged the opponent’s scimitar backwards.The screen was knocked down with a crash, revealing the tables and chairs in the middle, among which there was only one person, Lei Jingzhe!

Fei Sheng was shocked and said: “He didn’t invite anyone at all. This is just luring the snake out of its hole!”

Shen Zechuan wanted to touch the folding fan, but then remembered that it was broken.He finished the tea and saw that the troops left behind by Lei Jingzhe were quickly going upstairs.The strange thing is that except for Lei Jingzhe’s area on the fifth floor, the rest of the place is quiet.

Fei Sheng’s eyes were poisonous, and he suddenly stretched out his head and stared at the fight on the opposite side, watching carefully and not missing any of their movements.Fei Sheng said strangely: “Master, this is also a ‘scorpion’!”

The man who came to assassinate Lei Jingzhe exposed the side of his neck. There was a scorpion tattooed on it, exactly like the one in Jeddah!