Disclaimer: Wu Xuehua's original works, refused to reprint.
As I said in the previous section, after Du Yuesheng entered the Huang Mansion, he was just a lonely and nameless inferior person, and he had no chance to approach Lin Guisheng, the ruler of the Huang Mansion, but the heavens took care of him, Lin Guisheng was ill, and only he met the conditions to ward off the disaster. His dedication, in exchange for Lin Guisheng's gratitude, decided to promote him, not the level of male-female relationship that some people randomly speculated.
After the disaster, Du Yuesheng was also looked at by Jin Ronggao, transferred to his side as a follower, and his status was much higher, but he still slept with his brother Ma Xiangsheng in the stove, and there was no sign of reusing him.
In fact, based on his own experience in the Huang Mansion for several months, Du Yuesheng concluded that Jin Jinrong and Lin Guisheng were both people who were very scheming and scheming, and would never easily reuse anyone, and in order to gain their trust, a single time to block the disaster was far from enough, and they still needed to continue to perform.
Therefore, Du Yuesheng was not impatient, he began to walk out of the Huang Mansion, contact the original friends, and through Gu Jiatang's people, he met Rui Qingrong, a famous "small iron pier" in Caojiadu, Huxi. Rui Qingrong is full of flesh, born with an iron body, his fist is very hard, even if he is slashed a few times, after being injured, he will desperately seek revenge, in modern parlance, it is Xiao Qiang who cannot die. Over time, Rui Qingrong, who was covered in scars, spelled out his fame, worshiped under the door of Ji Yunqing, the "Tong" character of the Qing Gang, and became the king of Tuba in the area of Cao Jiadu in Western Hu. Later, Du Yuesheng relied on these friends to make his fortune. Rui Qingrong, like Gu Jiatang, became one of the Eight Great Kongs under Du Yuesheng.
During this period, Du Yuesheng also fell in love, fell in love with a girl named Shen Yuexian (there are many novels that call Shen Yuexian Shen Yueying, in fact, it is a fallacy), Shen Yuexian looks very beautiful, is a Suzhou native, the original family followed her father to the northeast to do business, the result of the business failed, her father also died in a foreign land, Shen Yuexian and her mother went to Shanghai, the mother and daughter rented a small house, relying on the Suzhou commentary that Shen Yuexian learned when she was a child, selling music and selling tea to live a very hard life. Du Yuesheng once drank with Gu Jiatang, and after drinking, he found a place to listen to a small song, so he met Shen Yuexian and liked her from then on, and came to the door every three to five minutes. It is not easy for the mother and daughter to be on the beach, the hooligans can come to the door at any time to invade, since Du Yuesheng came, those people did not dare to come. In Shen Yuexian's eyes, Du Yuesheng became her and her mother's patron.
One night, Du Yuesheng was in the stove, outside the noisy do not know what is going on, he went out to listen, only to know that a group of people in the mansion went out to grab soil (smoke soil), snatched a large bag back, let the rickshaw driver send it back, even if they know that the people after the break have returned, and they do not see the shadow of the rickshaw driver, so everyone asks Lin Guisheng to think of a way.
After Du Yuesheng entered the Huang Mansion, he also knew that there were many people under Jin Rongzhan and did some business without a foundation, that is, robbing other people's tobacco soil. Shanghai beach is mixed with fish and dragons, various forces are intricate, and it is common for smoke and soil to be robbed, and no one can check or find it, so they can only think that they are unlucky. Once, the smoke and soil that Jin Rong snatched back was also taken by his family for two packs, and the man fled to the countryside to buy a house to beg for his wife.
Anyway, the winner is king, and whoever grabs it is whoever grabs it.
At that time, those characters in the mansion who dared to fight were either brought out of the wind and happiness by Jin Rong, or went to the casino to suppress the battle, and the rest were small roles, everyone knew that if they went to grab it again, maybe even their lives would be gone, so no one dared to say anything. Although Lin Guisheng was anxious, he didn't know who to send.
At this time, Du Yuesheng stood up: "Let me try!" ”
Lin Guisheng looked at Du Yuesheng's thin figure, but his eyes revealed a confident light, not only admiring his courage, but also at the moment there was really no one to send, she thought about it for a moment, nodded her head slightly, and asked: "Do you want to send a few people to follow you?" ”
Du Yuesheng was worried that he would not have the opportunity to show his ability, where would others rob him of the credit, so he listened to Lin Guisheng's words and smiled: "No need." I'm going alone! ”
Then, he asked for a clear route to transport the smoke, borrowed a pistol from Lin Guisheng, and brought a dagger himself, and in the surprised eyes of Lin Guisheng and everyone, his slender figure walked out of the Huang Mansion.
According to the description of that passage in many novels, Du Yuesheng called a rickshaw and went directly to pidgin, and quickly caught up, he showed his pistol, the thief directly surrendered, followed him obediently back, and was taken back to the Huang Mansion after being stolen and captured.
Seeing that there was none, only the rickshaw driver who pulled Du Yuesheng to drive past was a witness, and there was no one else. Therefore, back at the Huang Mansion, no matter how Du Yuesheng explained it, it was all justified.
The problem is that if the thief has the courage to take a pack of tobacco, he must also be a cruel character, not an ordinary person, maybe there are accomplices, after the things are in hand, they will find a place to hide as soon as possible, or rush to the British Concession as soon as possible. After the thugs of the Huang Mansion returned, that is, the people who broke it finally returned, they suspected that the smoke and soil had been taken away, and they had doubts and reported it to Lin Guisheng. After everyone and Lin Guisheng discussed unsuccessfully, and then Du Yuesheng took the initiative to ask for help, during the period I don't know how long it took, and Du Yuesheng called a rickshaw, and actually caught up with it at once, and successfully snatched the smoke and soil back.
Where in the world is there such a coincidence?
In fact, as long as you analyze it, you will find problems. In all the novels about Du Yuesheng, the story describing this paragraph says that the pack of tobacco soil is more than a hundred pounds. Rickshaw drivers pull people all day long, and the weight of normal people is also more than one hundred pounds, and the fat people reach two hundred pounds. Therefore, a large package of more than a hundred pounds of smoke is not heavy for rickshaw drivers. After grabbing something, don't rush to run, still waiting for Du Yuesheng to chase?
There is also a question, since the pack of tobacco soil was snatched back by them, and now it has been taken by the rickshaw driver alone (just a person), why don't they dare to chase it back?
What causes them to be afraid to go?
Let's look at the record in Mr. Zhang Jungu's "Biography of Du Yuesheng":
...... Someone came from outside in a rage and reported to Gui Shengjie that there was a ticket and that a marijuana bag had been obtained and handed over to someone to hire a rickshaw to tow it to the mansion. The people who knew that after the break had arrived, they had just asked outside, but the person who transported the goods had not yet arrived, he said that he was afraid that something was wrong, and asked Gui Shengjie to send someone to investigate quickly...
Do you see it? A group of people went out to grab the tobacco soil, snatched the tobacco soil in their hands, and asked a rickshaw driver to pull it back, but no one followed, allowing the rickshaw driver to pull away such an important smoke and soil.
Strange or not?
Some people will explain that the people who pull the rickshaw are also the people of the Yellow Mansion, so others are assured!
Is this far-fetched explanation reasonable? How many people go out together to grab things for the boss, and when the things are in hand, let one person pull them back? Others playing in the back instead of protecting the cargo back safely?
Therefore, I think there is only one possibility, that is, the whole incident of taking the smoke and soil of the Yellow Mansion is completely planned by Du Yuesheng.
Here's my guess, friends with different opinions, can bring it up.
Du Yuesheng entered the Huang Mansion for a few months, and with his cleverness and wisdom (huang Gongguan said that he was good), he must have known that Jin Jinrong often sent people to do things that did not have any money, because he had not yet been trusted, so there was no share of him, he had to find an opportunity to show his ability and gain trust.
He used to be mixed up on the docks, with a whole bunch of buddies. That night, when he learned that the soil snatcher had gone out, he secretly informed his buddies to come to a half-way robbery, because the number of robbers was quite large, and they were all masked, so the people who were running errands returned to the Yellow Mansion and did not dare to take any more risks. In this way, Du Yuesheng went out alone, and according to the plan, a person successfully took the smoke back.
There is also a possibility, that is, Du Yuesheng is righteous and loose, and he is kind, and he has long become a good buddy with those few people who snatched tobacco and soil, and several people have discussed it and cooperated with him to perform a play, and after the fact, everyone's benefits are indispensable. Everyone has had a lot of benefits from him before, this kind of help and self-interest, who wouldn't do it?
But is Lin Guisheng a fool?
Certainly not stupid!
With Lin Guisheng's shrewdness, she must have seen a little problem, but she thought about it for a moment, Du Yuesheng was able to make other people in the Huang Mansion cooperate with the acting, this means of attracting people's hearts was very clever, and she was a talent! Moreover, Du Yuesheng shielded her from the disaster, which was really survived day and night. In addition, he also helped the old lady of Cao's chief interpreter to block the disaster, and the destiny of heaven was so, not an ordinary person.
Therefore, in Lin Guisheng's eyes, Du Yuesheng is a strategic lucky general, even if she sees the hint, she will not break it, and continue to perform along Du Yuesheng's play. She happily spared the coachman who stole the smoke and soil, and gave 100 yuan to let the man get out of the beach and never come back.
In fact, this trick is Lin Guisheng's means, she is warning Du Yuesheng: the old woman knows that you are singing, the old woman will not move your friends, but absolutely not allowed to have a next time, otherwise, the old woman will not care about the face.
We can analyze it, if the coachman is really a thief with more than a hundred pounds of smoke and soil, with the style of Lin Guisheng and Jin Rong, can he easily spare it?
You know, the guy who stole two pieces of smoke and fled to the countryside before suddenly died violently within a few days of a happy life.
In this matter, Lin Guisheng not only rewarded Du Yuesheng, but also rewarded the rest of the people, and she did a very good job in this hand: the smoke and soil came back safely, I did not blame in the past, this is the first and last time!
After Jin Rong returned, he listened to Gu Zhangsheng say that Du Yuesheng had come back alone to grab the soil, he felt that Du Yuesheng had the courage to go into the inner house to discuss with Lin Guisheng, and let Du Yuesheng go with him to grab the soil in the future, but Lin Guisheng did not agree. Why would Lin Guisheng not agree? Please follow me and read on.