Lingnan Gang

The owner of the tea shop looked at the sky and was about to close the stall when he saw a group of people coming up the official road from a distance. He knew that the court was escorting the criminals by looking at the attire. He rubbed his eyes, looked around carefully, and muttered: "Just such a prisoner?"

The leading official yelled from a distance: "Old man, take a step slower!"

The old man stopped what he was doing slowly, went back to his old seat and sat down. After waiting for a while, those people arrived at the tea shop.The official made a fan with his hands, wiped his sweat with his sleeves, sat down in the tea shop carelessly, and said, "Thank you, old man, please bring me two pots of tea."

The old man responded, stood up and went in, then picked up some tea, put it on the table, and said: "It's time to close the stall, the tea is cold, don't blame the official."

The official loosened his collar, waved his hands and said, "This damn weather, it's so hot that you should drink cold."

He first poured himself a large bowl of tea, drank it whole, took a breath, and then put the other pot on the other table, and said: "Give him a drink too, if you don't come to other places, people will leave." Boil to death first."

The soldier who was at the same table with the prisoner spat and said softly: "Hey, there are still few people who died on the road in the past, Xue Li must be too careful."

The soldier sitting on the other side glared at him, and said: "You talk a lot, and you have a good reputation, so of course you shouldn't treat him lightly, just drink your water!"

After finishing speaking, he poured a glass of water for the prisoner sitting in the middle of the two, pushed it in front of him, and said, "Mr. Su, drink some water."

The prisoner who had been hanging his head silently raised his face. He was very handsome, even a little delicate. Although he was wearing a prison uniform and his bun was messy, he looked a little embarrassed, but in his smooth and slender phoenix eyes, His eyes were very calm and calm, without the embarrassment and bitterness of the exile.

"Thank you." He thanked in a low voice, put his hands bound by shackles on the table, carefully picked up the tea bowl, drank a few sips politely, finished the water, and then put it down.

The old man waved his cattail fan, looking curiously at the prisoner, and after a while, he approached the official sitting alone at the table and asked, "Hey, what happened again this time?" ?”

The official glanced at the old man, sighed, and said, "What else can I do...don't ask any more questions."

The old man was not reconciled, and continued to ask: "Don't hide it, my lord, this one looks young, how did he get to this point?"

The official drank most of the tea in one go, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Is this the old man's birthday?"

The old man replied in confusion, "It's five out of seventy."

The official smiled and said: "The old man should have heard of Su Qingbai Su Taifu's name, right?"

The old man was startled, and hurriedly nodded: "Of course I have heard of it." His face showed a look of admiration, "If Master Su did not promote Chinese studies, in this remote place like ours, where would the baby be able to find a place to study? .”

The official sighed: "Yes, this prisoner is Taifu Su's only son."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the old man's reaction, he knocked on the table behind him impatiently, saying: "It's getting late, let's go, there are still several miles to go before we reach the post station!"

But there was no movement on the table at the back, the official turned around suspiciously, only to see that his subordinates were lying on the table staggeringly, and the prisoner also had his head down, apparently unconscious.

"This is..." Before the official could react, there was a sharp pain in the back of his head, and he also fell down.

The old man threw the palm-leaf fan aside, knelt down and searched the skirts of the officials, and found a lot of banknotes. He laughed and said, "If you admire Mrs. Su even more, if you don't have these silver coins as a base, I'm afraid Nas Even the gentle young master can't come here, it's taking advantage of our boss."

His tone of voice at this time was totally different from that of an old man in his 70s. The "old man" pushed the official aside, scratched something on his face, and walked towards the prisoner.

After a tooth-piercing sound, a thin man with an ordinary face appeared in the dilapidated tea shop. He threw away the disguise mask in his hand and carefully inspected the two soldiers. Just whistled.

After the whistle, five or six more people came to this desolate outskirts for some reason.The leader wiped off his sweat and complained, "Then who? Why are you so slow! It's killing us."

The man gave him an unfriendly look, and said, "What is that? My name is Yin, why don't you always remember?"

The big man rubbed the back of his head, turned his eyes to the sleepy prisoner lying on the table, and wondered: "The boss told us to rob this man? He is smaller than you, what can he do in our village?"

Yin Buzai said slowly: "You don't understand after I say it, you all should be careful with me, don't bump into him, otherwise the boss will be unhappy..." His tone was drawn out, Glancing at the men from the corner of their eyes, they all shivered, and the original sleepy look was swept away, and then they stopped in satisfaction and motioned for them to do it.

Soon, there were only a few sleepy officials and soldiers left in the dilapidated tea shop by the roadside, no matter whether it was the old man making tea or the gentle and handsome prisoner, they all disappeared.

In the middle of the night, the intense heat of the day has long since disappeared, and there is a cool breeze in the mountains and forests. If you don’t cover yourself with a thin quilt at night, some people with weak bones may not be able to carry it.

Yin Buzai was sitting at the table, propping his chin as if asleep, his ears moved for a while, and he asked, "Is Mr. Su awake?"

The young prisoner on the simple bed slowly sat up, his eyes were clear, as if he had never been stunned, he pulled the thin quilt covering his body and asked, "Where is this place?"

Yin Buzai yawned, opened a pair of sleepy eyes, and replied lazily: "This is an uninhabited village, dare to ask Mr. Su's name?"

The young prisoner silently recited the name of the village before replying in a low voice, "I'm in Subei Qin."

"Su Beiqin..." Yin Buzai rubbed his chin, muttered a few words, shook his head, and said, "Mr. Su, let's rest first, there's nothing else, I'll go first."

Su Beiqin raised his hand to look at the shackles on his hands, and asked, "Can this shackle be removed?"

Yin Buzai grinned and said: "I can't do this, Mr. Su just bear with it, and when I see the boss tomorrow, I will naturally let you go." After saying that, he waddled out and walked out.

Su Beiqin sat silently on the bed for a while, sighed, and actually lay down, covered the quilt, closed his eyes, and fell asleep by himself.

Yin Buzai stood outside the door for a while, then clicked his tongue and said, "So indifferent..."

When Su Beiqin woke up, it was the dawn light. He sat up, looked around the room, then silently folded the thin quilt, went to the door and opened it.

The scene outside the door made him a little stunned. Outside the corridor was a courtyard with verdant flowers and trees, and there was even a pool of spring water, in which several Tang-red koi fish were swimming lively.He looked to the left and right, and there were two rooms under the eaves on both sides of the courtyard, and the main hall behind it. I don't know if it was because it was too early at this time, the whole house was quiet, only the occasional koi fish raised their voices when they were swimming. sound of water waves.

He stood quietly at the door for a while, when he suddenly heard someone say: "Mr. Su got up very early."

He turned his face to the side, and saw the person sitting in the room last night standing aside at some point, neatly dressed, looking at him with a smile.

Su Beiqin was silent for a moment, and said: "Last night, I was impolite, and I haven't asked your name yet?"

Yin Buzai hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I'm not here."

Su Beiqin looked at him for a while, nodded, and said softly, "It's a good name, very suitable for Your Excellency."

Yin Buzai's smiling face froze for a moment, and immediately said: "Mr. Su was joking."

Su Beiqin stared at the small spring in the courtyard, and said: "I have traveled all this way, and only saw the suffering in the wilderness of Lingnan, but I have never seen such a house before."

Yin Buzai followed his gaze and sighed: "These fish... well, let's not mention it, Mr. Su has never seen such a place, but because he came to escort the exiled prisoners, he never went to the bustling place. Forget it, if you enter the city of Guangzhou, such dwellings can be found all over the place, it's not unusual at all."

Su Beiqin smiled slightly. He was still wearing a dilapidated prison uniform. He had a thin figure and disheveled black hair, but his posture and expression did not imply any distress. Good thing."

Yin Buzai always felt that there was something unsatisfactory in his words, but he had to listen to the boss's orders, and said: "Mr. Su, our boss wanted to see you, so he hijacked you. Now, if it is convenient for Mr. Su , just walk with me."

Although these words were polite, Su Beiqin could not refuse, not to mention that Su Beiqin didn't know why these people hijacked him. He made a gesture of invitation with his hands in shackles, indicating that Yin would not lead the way. .

Passing through the patio, we arrived at the main hall. The sky was bright in summer, and the sky that was still a little dark just now was already bright.The main hall was still a little dark, but as soon as Su Beiqin entered the door, he saw a man sitting on it with a big grin, his eyes were surprisingly bright in the dim place, reminding him of the cat he had at home before.

Yin Buzai led him into the hall, and quickly backed out.The person sitting at the top seemed to be looking at him for a while before he spoke, "I never thought that Taifu Su's only son would be so young."

Su Beiqin was startled, and said: "Listening to the voice, you don't seem to be very old."

The man above was silent. After a while, he stood up and walked in front of Su Beiqin. Su Beiqin saw the man's appearance clearly, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Excellency...do you have eighteen?"

The man raised his eyebrows, and smiled instead of anger, "I'm twenty years old. If I remember correctly, Mr. Su should be one year younger than me. Mr. Su was old enough to have a son, and after returning to his hometown, he took good care of him at home. , Mr. Su became the leader at a very young age, and joined Yushitai, how come he has fallen to this point in only two years?"

Su Bei Qin Muran, he carefully looked at the person in front of him, his pupils were big and black, there was even a slight dimple on one side of his cheek when he smiled, and he had a pure and harmless good-looking appearance, but there was darkness everywhere in his words He pointed out that Su Beiqin had to take it seriously.

"I don't know if you are..."

"Wu Weiyang, Mr. Su can just call me by my name." Wu Weiyang said with a smile, the surface of the pupils seemed to be shining, but the inside was cold.