Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 200: Shishi Pulls Out the Weeping Willow Tree

After Yang Yuan and Li Shishi's car left Fanfang, Yang Yuan said goodbye to Shishi.

Yang Yuan is going to the Qiantang River because today is the day for ducks to play in the waves.

Although Yang Yuan didn't know why Ya Ge was so obsessed, he knew that this was his wish since he was a child, so he naturally wanted to see the result.

Shishi sat in the car and said to him with a smile: "You go ahead, I will go back to the foot of Shifeng Mountain by myself."

Yang Yuan glanced at Leng Yuchan and said, "Okay, Leng Yaya will protect you closely."

After hearing what Yang Yuan said, Leng Yuchan immediately looked at him sensitively.

This time, his pronunciation of the three words "Leng Ya Ya" was normal, and it was no longer "Leng Ya Ya".

Is he avoiding something, or rather, is he avoiding someone?
Leng Yuchan subconsciously looked at Li Shishi, and saw the affection fading from her eyes.

Something is wrong! There must be something going on between Yang Yuan and Madam Li that I don't know about.

A woman's intuition quickly raised a question in Leng Yuchan's mind.

She dared to conclude that Yang Yuan and this Madam Li had definitely not just met each other during this visit to Shifeng Tea Farm.

Yang Yuan exchanged horses with a royal guard who was dressed as a guard, whipped the horses, and galloped away along Phoenix Mountain.

Although the journey to Qiantang Tide Watching Site was not short, the horses were galloping fast, so it didn't take too much time.

When they were about to turn a low hill ahead, Yang Yuan had already seen the colorful flags standing by the river, and bursts of cheers came from them.

After the horse passed the bend, Yang Yuan reined in the horse suddenly, and the horse stood up, breathing heavily and stopped.

The tide roared on the river and crowds of people surged on the riverside.

Even in the crowded place, one could still see the young man in the crowd, with his strong, dark chest exposed and a bright red silk draped across his chest.

He was riding on a tall horse, which was also covered with red satin.

That person was Brother Ya.

Brother Ya was waving to the cheering crowd around him, looking very excited.

Yang Yuan patted the horse's neck, looked at Brother Ya from a distance and smiled.

Brother Ya is in the center of thousands of people.

……

Wadiye will send people to the Shishan Tea Plantation tomorrow, obviously with the intention of surveillance.

So Li Shishi must go back to the tea plantation today and make some arrangements in advance.

Although her tea plantation was a normal business, even if people from Wadiye came, they wouldn't be able to see anything.

However, the tea here is in short supply under normal sales, so how could it be possible to squeeze out more than ten stones of tea for Wadiye to ship out to sea?

Yang Yuan wanted to pretend to be a tea merchant and follow the foreign ships to the seaport to see if they had any smuggled goods. It was impossible for him to use more than ten stones of real tea as bait.

That would delay Shishi's ability to make money.

Furthermore, if we reach the seaport and find evidence that the foreign ships are assisting the Jin people in smuggling, and a fight breaks out between the two sides, and the goods are damaged, will the court compensate for such a huge loss?
Obviously impossible.

Shishi is earning money to buy milk powder for her baby and will not allow such a huge loss to happen.

So, how to pass off a fake as real under the nose of the monitor sent by Wadiye is a technical job, and of course preparations must be made early.

The ox cart was moving leisurely on the road. Leng Yuchan and Li Shishi sat side by side, chatting all the way.

Li Shishi is well-read and has extensive knowledge.

She was once the head of a gang in Tokyo, and had extensive connections in both the black and white worlds.

So no matter what topic you talk about, she knows it, and she also knows many things that ordinary people have never heard of.

Leng Yuchan listened with great interest, and she began to admire and feel pity for Madam Li even more.

She was impressed by Mrs. Li's beauty and charm when they first met.

Now she respects Mrs. Li because of her knowledge and vision.

That's why she felt regretful.

Because she heard Yang Yuan call Li Shishi "Mrs. Li", she thought she was married or widowed.

No matter what the situation was, she shouldn't have anything ambiguous with Yang Yuan.

In Leng Yuchan's opinion, no one is worthy of being wronged by a fairy concubine like Shishi, who is as beautiful and charming as a goddess.

……

The car was halfway through the journey and had already left the city.

As the number of pedestrians on the road gradually decreased, the curtains of the carriage were rolled up.

The setting sun shone obliquely, casting its warm light into the car and over the two of them, like a beautiful oil painting.

Leng Yuchan held her chin and looked at the sunset in the sky, thinking to herself, it seems I will have to stay overnight in the tea plantation.

That’s good, so that I don’t have to be bothered by Miss Xue again when I go back.

As she was thinking, there was a sudden sound of clappers from the side of the road, and then a group of people rushed out from the bushes on both sides.

Several soldiers from the "Imperial Archery and Horse Training Institute" who were riding horses to protect the carriage were shocked. They did not expect that there was an ambush here.

The guards hurriedly drew their swords, quickly circled the horses, and protected Li Shishi's carriage.

But when they saw the crowd surrounding them, their faces changed drastically.

There were probably more than a hundred people surrounding us from both sides, all holding whistles!

Leng Yuchan was horrified when she saw this scene from the window.

She picked up the long sword standing beside her and was about to bend down to get out of the sedan chair.

Li Shishi's eyes flashed, and she suddenly reminded: "Remember, don't tell others that you have a government job."

Leng Yuchan was stunned at first, then she understood.

Yes, it is hard to say whether these people were not sent by Wadiye to test them.

Even if it wasn't, with so many people on the other side, they definitely wouldn't be able to keep the secret. Once the identity was revealed to them, it would surely spread.

Once the news reaches the ears of the foreign merchant, the fish will be impossible to catch.

Leng Yuchan said in a deep voice: "Madam, don't worry, please stay in the car and don't come out."

After saying that, Leng Yuchan bent down and lifted the curtain to walk out.

……

On a mound in the distance, there is a small land temple.

There were two people standing in front of the land temple.

The man on the left was about forty years old, with a burly build, a face full of flesh, and a pair of shiny iron balls in his hands.

The iron ball, the size of a chicken egg, was spinning in his palm, colliding with other balls from time to time, making a tinkling sound.

Seeing the surrounded car, he showed a sinister smile on his face: "The owner of Shifeng Tea Farm is really like a dragon that can't be found from head to tail. However, no matter how cunning you are, I still blocked you today, hehe..."

This man is Feng Qihuai, a big tea merchant, who mainly deals in round tea and cake tea.

Tea became popular during the Tang Dynasty, and soon a stable industrial chain was formed by people who grew, made and sold tea.

From then on, tea became the most important beverage for people, and nothing could shake its position, except... itself.

As tea, when tea frying becomes the mainstream, it is the heaviest blow to the traditional tea industry chain.

Many tea merchants have realized that the future will be dominated by tea speculation. Although abandoning a mature industrial model will inevitably come at a considerable cost, they have resolutely begun to transform.

But there are also some people who can't figure it out, especially those who had stockpiled too much goods before and suffered heavy losses.

They hate those who fanned the flames of the Shifeng Tea Farm speculation.

Feng Qihuai is one of them.

He mainly deals in cake tea and lump tea.

He doesn't have his own tea mountain, but he has his own tea plantation.

He would send people to various places to purchase loose tea, process it himself after returning, and then sell it wholesale.

During this process, it was his opportunity to commit fraud.

His tea farm not only mixed impurities such as tea stems and broken tea leaves into the tea to pass off inferior products as good ones.

Every spring, he would buy large quantities of young leaves from locust trees and willow trees and mix them into tea.

When these fake tea leaves are mixed with real tea leaves and made into tea cakes or tea balls, it is even more difficult to distinguish them with the naked eye.

When everyone was selling tea cakes, even if his tea cakes tasted worse, as long as they were cheaper than those of others, they would still sell well.

But now tea speculation is very popular, and even good tea cakes have become unsalable, let alone his inferior tea cakes that are bitter and astringent?

Feng Qihuai's goods suddenly piled up.

This adulterated tea is easy to rot, and the funds occupied cannot be recovered, which are things Feng Qihuai cannot afford.

Feng Qihuai therefore hated the Shifeng Tea Farm to the core. He had sent people to the tea farm to cause trouble more than once, but to little effect.

Once the Shishan Tea Farm organized its own security team, the people he sent there would be of no use.

Therefore, he joined forces with others and gathered a large number of thugs to ambush here. He wanted to kill them once and for all. He didn't dare to kill people, but if he could cripple them, he would have a lot of room for maneuver.

His accomplice was the man next to him, who was thinner and wore a robe with copper coin patterns. He was another teahouse owner, Zhang Xin, who was in the same situation as him.

Zhang Xin looked at the car that was surrounded by people and said with a smile: "Mr. Feng, have you heard that the reason why the owner of Shifeng Tea Farm rarely shows up in public is because she is a woman."

Feng Qihuai sneered: "No matter if he is a man or a woman, if he dares to cut off my source of wealth, I will make him a cripple!"

……

Li Shishi went to Fanfang to "fish" today, and the followers she brought with her were all dressed as officers and soldiers from the "Imperial Archery and Horsemen's Institute".

Although these officers and soldiers have never experienced the battlefield, they were trained as grassroots officers and are well-trained.

Although the situation was unexpected, they still adjusted their formation in time, rode their horses outwards, and completed the protection of Li Shishi's carriage.

However, they did not expect that there were so many ambushes.

There were more than a hundred people, each holding a whistle stick, surrounding them tightly.

The one in the front had already swung his whistle stick and was hitting them on the heads.

Seven or eight officers and soldiers immediately drew their swords to resist, but as the horses were stuck in place and lost the bonus of accelerating the charge, riding horses became a burden instead.

The besiegers all wielded long sticks, taking advantage of the weapons. In addition, they were outnumbered, so the officers and soldiers were unable to resist and two of them were knocked off their horses immediately.

When the other soldiers saw this, they decisively dismounted and chose to fight on foot.

Leng Yuchan rushed out of the carriage, stood on the shaft and looked around, her pretty face immediately frosted: "Don't hold back, you must protect the carriage!"

Leng Yuchan gave the order decisively, drew his sword, and jumped off the shaft of the cart.

With two "clang" sounds, the sword flashed and Leng Yuchan pushed away two whistle sticks. Blood was seen where the sharp sword tip passed.

A ferocious man wielding a whistle stick was slashed in the chest by her sword, and another was slashed in the belly by her backhand sword.

Although the wound was just a wound caused by the tip of the sword and did not rip the abdomen open, it still frightened the man so much that his face turned pale.

He let out a strange cry and backed away.

But a group of people behind were rushing towards them frantically, holding whistles.

The thug was knocked to the ground with two hits, and before he could shout, seven or eight feet had already stepped on him involuntarily.

Leng Yuchan lived in the palace since she was a child. After she came out, she went to work in the highest military office. Naturally, she was good at killing and making decisions.

When she was trained in the palace and was responsible for protecting the concubines who were traveling, the instructions she received were: if anything unexpected happened, kill!

Who has time to figure out where you came from and what your purpose is?

Not to mention hurting the nobles, even if they were frightened, it would be a huge sin for a palace guard.

Although the situation is different now, and judging from the attire of these people and the weapons they hold, they should be civilians, and they have no intention of killing anyone.

Because in the Song Dynasty, people did not ban the use of swords and guns, even bows and crossbows were not banned.

If these people came to kill, they would not all be holding whistles.

Despite this, Li Shishi is a key figure in the court's efforts to capture the Jin Dynasty's smuggling criminals. How could she be allowed to fail?

Seeing that the enemy outnumbered us, Leng Yuchan decisively gave the order to attack at will.

When the officers and soldiers heard this, they no longer had any scruples. With the momentum of the steel knives in their hands, they actually forced the thugs who swarmed over to retreat more than ten feet.

However, the officers and soldiers who gave it a try chased too fast, and as the defense circle expanded, there were gaps due to their limited numbers.

A fierce scoundrel took the opportunity to rush in and stabbed the sedan chair window with a stick.

Li Shishi was about to lift the curtain to find out what was going on. Just as she leaned over, she suddenly felt a sense of alarm.

Just like some sensitive animals, they can hear sounds that humans cannot hear and detect risks that humans cannot sense.

Li Shishi only felt her eyebrows bursting. She had no time to think about it and quickly pulled herself away.

The stick lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and poked past Li Shishi's nose with a "whoosh" sound.

Just a millimeter!

If Li Shishi's reaction had been half a second slower, her extremely beautiful and charming face would have been completely ruined.

Li Shishi was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, and her adrenaline surged due to nervousness.

Seeing a whistle stick lying in front of her, Li Shishi reached out and grabbed the stick without thinking.

Although she was not familiar with martial arts, having a weapon in her hand would always make her feel more at ease.

Li Shishi stretched out her hand and grabbed the front end of the whistle.

She also knew that she was weaker than the man, so she leaned back and grabbed the top of the stick with her other hand.

She wanted to take advantage of the fact that the person holding the whistle outside the car was caught off guard and snatch the whistle.

The man outside stabbed with a stick, which penetrated into the car like a spear, but his forward momentum was in vain.

The thug realized that he had missed the target and quickly retracted his stick.

Although his thrust and retraction were slow, it only took the blink of an eye.

However, just as he clenched his hands and was about to withdraw the stick to hit again, a huge force that no one could resist suddenly came from the stick.

"Hey……"

The thug cried out in surprise, but before he could let go, he was thrown into the air.

He flew more than two meters high in the air, passed over the roof of the car, and rushed towards his accomplice on the grass opposite with his fangs and claws.

Inside the car, Li Shishi tried her best and grabbed it!
As a result, she had a feeling that the person on the other end of the stick suddenly let go, and the tip of the stick felt light and powerless.

Li Shishi took advantage of the opportunity and jerked her body to the side and back, hitting her shoulder on the compartment board.

There was a loud "crack" and the rosewood carriage board was cracked by her full-strength impact.

The originally square roof was distorted into a crooked, non-standard diamond shape.

Li Shishi still held the whistle stick tightly in her hand. She suddenly raised the outer end of the stick upwards, and the ruffian who was holding the whistle stick outside let go of the stick with both hands and flew out.

But Shishi had not yet used up her strength to grab the baton, and the baton first broke the window frame apart, and then with a loud "bang", it blew away the already deformed roof of the car.

The scoundrel who was blown away flew out dancing and knocked down several of his companions, but he himself was not hurt at all.

He got up in great surprise, and just as he stood up, the tattered roof of the car rolled over and hit him.

With a "bang", the roof cover was like hitting a rotten watermelon.

The rascal fell straight down with a relieved smile on his face.

Such a noise immediately alarmed both the enemy and us.

The soldiers wielding swords and the thugs wielding sticks all stopped and looked at the car in astonishment.

The roof flew off, the carriage cracked, and the four panels of the carriage began to shake.

Shishi sensed that the floor was about to collapse and quickly stood up.

As she did this, her shoulder hit the cracked board again, and the four boards swayed twice, then flipped outward and fell down like flowers blooming.

Everyone stared in amazement as they saw a beautiful woman holding a whistle standing up on the ox cart that had turned into a flatbed truck!
A small waist and a good romance.

……

Li Shishi was also stunned by this unexpected scene.

I wonder if the mysterious Taoist Chen can see some secrets of the future.

Or maybe he saw Yan Xiaoyi who was following Miss Shishi at the time, and mistakenly thought that the two of them would eventually achieve a happy ending.
That's why I passed on this Taoist method to Miss Shishi.

Currently, the people who have learned this technique include Shishi, Dan Niang, Xiaotang, Luxi, and... Yang Yuan.

Five people in total.

Dan Niang, Xiao Tang and Lu Xi have only learned the first part, so they are still in the foundation-building stage.

Yang Yuan, on the other hand, was very good at it and learned everything.

But, he has only been practicing for how long? He can only be said to be just beginning to learn the basics.

He is still far from even having achieved some success, let alone having mastered it thoroughly, becoming proficient at it, and attaining perfection.

Among these people, Li Shishi has practiced the longest and benefited the most.

She started by learning the entire text, but she was always lacking the key link of "comprehensive understanding", so she could only go back and forth in the foundation-building stage repeatedly.

But because of this, the foundation she laid is more solid than anyone else's.

When she breaks through the last link, she will naturally possess great strength all of a sudden. After all, even the person who created this technique has never achieved such a solid foundation as hers.

She was nearly disfigured just now, and her adrenaline surged. The power that erupted in this state should not be underestimated by anyone, even if she had never practiced internal energy.

What's more, the pull she just used required at least twenty years of hard work. Can you resist it?

Leng Yuchan grabbed the opponent's whistle stick with one hand and held the long sword in the air with the other hand, staring blankly at the "flatbed ox cart".

She didn't understand why the carriage just...exploded?

After a moment of surprise, Li Shishi quickly figured out the whole story and was extremely surprised.

It turns out that the skills taught by that sloppy old Taoist priest are so powerful?
It's a pity that he was already so old back then, I'm afraid he would have turned into dust by now?
Otherwise, when I have the chance to see him again, I will kowtow to him at least!
(End of this chapter)