Chen Guan had read many books about the city of Beijing in the book left by Mr. Li in the secret room of the Beidou Nine Stars Mechanism, so when he saw that the name of the bridge was "Lugou Bridge", he was not unfamiliar.
He walked to the end of the bridge, and sure enough he saw hundreds of lying stone lions, large and small, carved on the pillars of the stone guardrails on both sides of the bridge. These stone lions had different expressions and were lifelike.
Now there are many stalls on both sides of the bridge, which is like the bustle in the picture "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". In the troubled times, the people have temporary peace.
Chen Guan stretched his muscles and relaxed a little. He and Jiuling stayed away from the crowd and walked along the guardrail. While watching these stone lions, they were exquisitely carved and had different expressions. Some were lying quietly, some were playing, some were showing their teeth and claws, and there were many little lions or
Climbing on the back of a male lion or nestling under the knees of a female lion, there are countless people in various poses. He smiled and said to Jiuling: "It is recorded in the book that there is a saying among old Beijing folk, 'The stone lions of Marco Polo Bridge - countless.'
.I don’t think it’s fake!”
However, when he lowered his head, he found that Jiuling's expression was a little strange. It was trying to look at these stone lions with wide eyes. It seemed that it was not familiar with them, or even recognized them!
"This is strange!" Chen Guan thought to himself: "The Maoshan Red Dragon is the leader of the scale insects, and the Guandong White Tiger is the giant caterpillar. From this inference, Jiuling is the leader of the caterpillars among the five insects in the world, even the purebred Tibetan Mastiff
Everyone is obedient when they see it, and beasts like the Leopard King of the Far East dare not move rashly when they smell its breath. How come the Nine Spirits are confused when they see these lions?"
However, Chen Guan was only confused for a moment. He immediately remembered the wolf dogs that viciously attacked Jiuling in Maoshan, and suddenly understood: "Yes, wolf dogs are a new hybrid species and do not know Jiuling's breath! I heard that these lions are from the Han Dynasty
It was only introduced to China from the Western Regions at that time. I'm afraid that when Jiuling became famous in Kyushu, the lion had not yet entered China, so no wonder Jiuling didn't recognize it!"
He smelled a fragrance in his nose and quickly turned his head to look at a stall about ten meters away. There was a big banner on the stall with eight big red characters "Cixi Favored, Imperial Food". The steamer in front of him was emitting white smoke.
, it should be something like Wo Wo Tou.
Chen Guanzi was snacking on half noodles and half rice. When he walked over, he saw "chestnut noodle steamed buns" sold in the steamer. He was hungry and smelled the delicious smell, so he said, "Boss, let's get ten steamed buns!"
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The stall owner was very happy: "Okay!"
While picking up the steamed buns, he smiled and said, "The Taoist priest must be from out of town. My chestnut flour steamed buns are the best dim sum in Beijing!"
Chen Guanzao saw a piece of dirty paper next to the stall that boasted in the introduction that in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Power Allied Forces of the Western Powers invaded the Forbidden City. Cixi was so hungry during her escape to the west that a man left all the rest of his family behind.
The steamed buns were presented to Cixi. After eating them, Cixi tasted quite good and was deeply impressed. After Luan Jia returned to Beijing, Cixi got tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, so she remembered the small steamed buns she had eaten when she was escaping. The imperial dining room naturally did not dare to neglect after receiving the decree.
I wanted to go, but instead of making the cornmeal steamed buns that people usually eat, the chef uses very fine ingredients. He selects the best new cornmeal, sieves it through a fine basket, and then mixes it with good soybean flour. Not to mention, the color is like corn, and the price is
Expensive chestnuts are ground into flour, mixed with cornmeal and soybean flour, and added with osmanthus and white sugar when steamed in a pot. It tastes juicy and sweet.
"No wonder the former Qing Dynasty was about to perish! After returning to Beijing, I didn't think hard about bringing order to the chaos, but I thought about food!" Chen Guan shook his head.
This kind of steamed buns are exquisite and small. Now the stall owner gives Chen Guan ten of them, which are no more than a small paper bag.
Chen Guan gave one to Jiuling and ate one himself. It was indeed sweet and delicious in his mouth.
"Haha, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, it is not a bad thing that such royal cooking skills will be lost among the people!" Chen Guan chuckled. As for whether the legend of Cixi is true or false, who has the mind to care?
Chen Guanzai bought a large bottle of Huolie shochu from the stall next door. He took out two big coins and gave them to the steamed bun stall and the wine stall respectively: "No need to look for it!"
The two stall owners were overjoyed. You must know that the world is difficult now, and one can buy dozens of kilograms of rice with hard currency. They were overjoyed to meet a generous customer like Chen Guan.
Chen Guanhuai had a lot of money and money in his pocket, and money was exchanged all over the world. If he had no money, he would have his own way, so he wouldn't have to worry about making a living.
Chen Guan leaned on the railing of the bridge, thinking for a while and asked the stall owner the location of Baiyunguan, and rushed over to take revenge. He knew that the dojo of Longmen Sect was at Baiyunguan!
He fed Jiuling some steamed buns and drank wine with him. The crowds around him saw that this man and beast were very strange. This Taoist priest was really unscrupulous. He was wearing a tattered Taoist robe, and he ate and drank with strange dogs.
, but he didn’t dare to step forward and say anything.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Suddenly, there was a loud noise on the southern bridge of Marco Polo Bridge. Old people and children could be heard crying. There was a sound of horse hooves behind, dust was stirring in the distance, and behind there was the sound of neat military steps.
came.
"I wonder what kind of army this is?" Chen Guan frowned slightly, and saw the common people on the bridge, old men, women and children hurriedly clinging to both sides of the bridge pillars as much as possible to get out of the way. The vendors stopped shouting and pretended to smile and salute.
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After Chen Guan finished eating his steamed buns, he didn't bother to pay attention to the troops coming over. He raised his feet and led Jiu Ling towards the road in the middle of the bridge.
"Taoist priest, stop!" The owner of the Wotou stall, an old man in his fifties, quickly grabbed Chen Guan and whispered: "That's amazing! Taoist priest, you may be an outsider. I don't know that this is the return of Shaoshuai Zhang's team."
The city is coming! You can't go in the middle of the road. If you offend the soldiers, you will get into trouble. It's better to avoid it first!"
"Shaoshuai Zhang?" Chen Guan slightly felt that this title was familiar. The old stall pulled Chen Guan and continued: "This Shaoshuai Zhang is the eldest son of Zhang Zuolin, the great warlord in the Northeast. He is one of the four young men in Beijing. He is one of the most powerful in Beijing. He
I always like to go hunting in the countryside. I went out this morning and am now returning to the city!"
Chen Guan then remembered it and couldn't help but secretly thought: "Hey, I never thought that I would see Young Master Zhang, the Fourth Young Master of Beijing, as soon as I arrived in Beijing!"
According to his temperament, even if the King of Heaven, the Principal and the President come, they will not hinder him from walking. Anyone who dares to pull him will be beaten!
But when he saw the kind and sincere worried look in the old stall owner's eyes, he was really worried about himself. Chen Guancai sighed and drew back his feet. The people in the capital, like all places in the world, are afraid of officials and soldiers!
And this Marshal Zhang is undoubtedly a prominent second-generation official, dominating the city of Beijing!
There was a moment of silence on the several-hundred-meter-long Marco Polo Bridge deck. A few minutes later, two rows of soldiers walked past, more than forty of them holding bright rifles in their hands. The people on both sides were so frightened that they dared not speak.
Chen Guan sneered: "Why are you pretending to be majestic? If you are powerful, how can you drive away Japan? If you are powerful, how can you repel the Northern Expedition of the southern army? What kind of hero can you pretend to be majestic in front of the common people?"
Behind the two rows of soldiers, there were four soldiers in the middle carrying several pheasants. The pheasants had their heads lowered, and there was blood flowing down them. They were dead.
Later, four soldiers actually used a tree trunk to carry two spotted deer with their legs tied up. The two spotted deer were still underage and very young. They were still awake and moaning "mi..." while they were being carried bumpyly.
Chen Guan only squinted his eyes and looked at the two men on horses following him about thirty meters away!
One of them is a Taoist priest. This Taoist priest is about fifty years old. He has three long beards and a very chic expression. His eyes are exquisite and have a look of pride. He is wearing a yellow Taoist robe with a round bowl-sized Tai Chi pattern embroidered on the front and chest.
There was a long sword stuck on his back. Chen Guan only took one look and knew that this person was a Taoist master of Quanzhen Tao Longmen Sect who had survived the thunder tribulation. However, he used the Heaven and Earth Qi Detection Technique to explore the spiritual energy of this real person and found that
This person's spiritual energy cultivation level is higher than three points, but he is not his opponent yet!
"Obviously, this Taoist priest is a Taoist priest of the Longmen Sect, and should be a fellow disciple of Master Shou Yue!" Chen Guan said secretly.
Riding with this real person was a young officer. He seemed to be only twenty-six or seventeen years old. He was handsome and handsome, and he was wearing a military uniform. He was very majestic. From his neat belt, pistol, clean military boots and
The white gloves on his hands were quite grand, and Chen Guan had already guessed that this person was Shaoshuai Zhang, the Fourth Young Master of Beijing!
However, how come Marshal Zhang and the masters of Longmen Sect and Xuanmen are together?
He was a little confused and asked the old stall owner in a low voice: "Old man, is this far from Baiyun Temple?"
The old stall owner shook his head: "It's not far! After crossing the Lugou Bridge, walk directly north for more than ten miles to Baiyun Temple! The Taoist name of that real person is Shuhe. Shuhe Zhenren is the senior brother of the master of Baiyun Temple, Shuyue Zhenren. He has profound magic skills.
Unpredictable! Now Marshal Zhang is temporarily staying in Baiyun Temple!"
Chen Guan instantly guessed: "The Northern Expedition of the Kuomintang-Republican government troops in the south severely damaged Zhang Zuolin's army. Now that the Northern Expedition troops have withdrawn, Marshal Zhang may want to ask the Longmen Sect Xuanmen masters to come out to help!"
Sure enough, Marshal Zhang's voice came from more than twenty meters away: "Master Shukaku, you were so awesome just now! From a distance of three feet, you killed two pheasants with one sword, and you shot a faint deer with one palm from a distance of only one foot.
His skills are really amazing! I don’t think the leader of the noble sect, Master Shou Yue, even Zhang Fengxian from Longhu Mountain in the south is just like this!"
"It is my honor to invite you to come out this time, Mr. Zhang. Our Kwantung Army will definitely be able to defend the city of Beijing! If any Japanese ninjas come to China, I will definitely be able to drive them away!" Marshal Zhang said again.
Chen Guan was secretly amused, and now he heard that Marshal Zhang was trying to please Master Shuhe and wanted to ask Master Shuhe to take action. Moreover, it was very likely that Marshal Zhang had suffered Zhang Fengxian's losses in Nanjing and Shanghai, so he knew how powerful Taoist Xuanmen was.
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Even Japanese Koga ninjas or Iga ninjas have given Zhang Zuolin some trouble, so Marshal Zhang and his son have suffered a lot, so Marshal Zhang wants to invite Master Shukaku to come out to deal with the Japanese ninjas!
Chen Guan is thinking about these things, but he hasn't taken action yet!
However, it didn't matter that Jiuling felt angry when he saw the spotted deer hanging upside down in front of him, and suddenly snorted softly.
The call of the nine spirits is very rare, but it is completely fine for humans. However, the tall horses ridden by Marshal Zhang and Master Shukhe, who were more than ten meters away, seemed to go crazy suddenly and slammed into the stone pillars beside the Marco Polo Bridge!
"Haha, even Jiu Ling can't stand it anymore!" Chen Guan sneered. Anyway, he was looking for trouble with Longmen Sect. Anyway, he didn't like the fourth young master of the capital. Jiu Ling's speaking out was equivalent to helping him take action.