C1129 There is also a martial arts community here (1/2)
Yang Zhi understood the hidden meaning behind Li Tuo's words. As an outsider, a traitor, he did not know much about the Manchu dynasty, and adding on that the Beijing had its own special underworld rules, Yang Zhi was completely confused. He was just worried that there was not a good teacher to take him along, so when he heard Li Tuo's words, he immediately clasped his hands and bowed as if he was holding onto his savior.
”I am willing to listen to the details! You and I don't need to address each other as adults or not. How about we call each other brothers? Looking at your age, you should be several years younger than me.
Oh, right, is two years older than Li Tuo, so naturally he took Li Tuo's hand and laughed for him, ”Brother, let's not do those things to cut off the chicken heads and burn the yellow paper, I am truly grateful to brother for saving me earlier, from today onwards, you will be my blood brother.”
Speaking till this point, Yang Zhi's eyes moistened, ”Ai …. After so many years of war and chaos, my hometown no longer has any relatives. If my brothers don't mind, then how about I treat my brothers as my true relatives? ”
Li Tuo hurriedly lifted his cotton robe and kneeled on the ground. ”Brother, being able to recognize big brother is also third time's fortune, please accept my respect …”
The two of them actually kowtowed and became sworn brothers in the square of the Supreme Harmony Temple. The distant imperial guards' eyes widened as they saw this. They thought to themselves, ”Why are these two dirty officials holding back now?” There must be something wrong with his stomach.
The two of them walked towards the afternoon gate hand in hand. On the way, Li Tuo had unraveled his secret, and in truth, it was very simple, ”Big brother, us small officials, if we want to live well, if we want to survive in this muddied water of the imperial court, we need to embrace!”
”Every day when I enter the Forbidden City, I have to remind myself that nearly 90% of the people in this city are higher ranked than me! Don't look at those guards with runny noses who are standing at the mouth of the cold wind, they might be from a big family under the yellow flag. ”
”Don't look down on the little eunuchs who are leading the way. Who knows, they might even be paying respects to Li Lianying and her foster father. We can't afford to offend them …” ”Not to mention the real lord of the imperial court, even a third rank official or higher would pinch us to death. Wouldn't it be as easy as crushing ants to death?”
”For us small fry, if we want to live, we have to have some sense of judgement! He had to know in advance that the official was going to turn red, and the noble was going to turn black … ”Who's going to have a happy occasion at home today? You have to think of a way to get yourself into a good mood. Whoever has an unpleasant situation at home, you have to be careful to avoid them and avoid getting angry …”
”Just look, this is the way of things!” Come to think of it, Master Weng couldn't possibly kneel on the washboard the whole night and praise his wife's virtuousness in front of him, right? ”Isn't that looking for a big mouth to hit you …”
Li Tuo laughed and said, ”So we want to share the information! We small characters have to weave a big net, hold on to each other, support each other, so that we can live … ”
”The few words that I spoke with Xiao Liu just now contained a few riddles. I asked him if the Second Madam was in good health. That's not to say that his concubine really is ill, but to ask just what's inside the box … ”
”He said it's better to take some medicine because of the chilliness. This chilliness represents a telegram! Because the telegram is invisible like a gust of wind, and the news inside is sometimes cold and sometimes hot, sometimes good and sometimes bad! ”
Yang Zhi was stunned, in a flash, the big doors of the mysterious martial arts world slowly opened up in front of him, he did not expect the Beijing's water to be this deep … And it was so interesting.
Li Tuo continued to laugh, ”The wind chill represents a telegraph, then the Xiao Liu said that there was a southern wind. It is very likely that the southern part of the winter is going to snow … … The Southern Wind represents the south, it says that the telegraph message came from the south side of Great Qing! ”
”After that, he blinked three times with his left eye. Only we can understand this signal. Blinking three times represents the most noble of intentions … It's a telegram from the south, and it's from the most respectable person. Who do you think it is? ”
”Haha, who else could it be other than our Great Qing's Immovable Sea God Needle Great Marshal Zeng?”