Chapter 253 "The Know-It-All—Duo Ye"

Zheng Chaoyang blew out a puff of smoke, calmed down and continued, "Later, our guerrillas joined the Jin-Cha-Ji army, and in 44, because I was from Beijing, the organization sent me to secretly infiltrate the puppet police station until Beijing was liberated."

"During this period, due to various reasons, I was unable to return to Liujiazhuang to visit my fellow villagers. Later, I was sent to Shanghai to preside over anti-espionage work and was transferred back not long ago."

“It’s been almost 20 years now.”

When Liu Zhiye heard this, he was filled with emotion. What a coincidence, he didn't expect that they had such a connection.

"To be honest, that old Chinese doctor is probably my grandfather. Besides him, the only people in the village who know medicine are my uncle and his apprentice."

"And Liu Fusheng married Liu Yucui, the eldest sister from my uncle's family."

Hearing this, Deng Chaoyang excitedly held Liu Zhiye's hand and said in a surprised tone: "Really? I finally see my relatives today."

Liu Zhiye smiled and nodded to him, and the two smiled at each other.

"Brother, how about this, come home with me after get off work and have a simple meal, and we can have a good chat, and you can tell me in detail about the changes in Liujiazhuang. Although I have only lived there for a few months, I will never forget the simple people there." Deng Chaoyang invited him enthusiastically.

Liu Zhiye was also willing to make his acquaintance, so he readily agreed: "Okay! I have a few bottles of good wine here, take them with you."

The two agreed to visit Zheng Chaoyang's home together after get off work, while Zheng Chaoyang returned to his office to continue working.

After Zheng Chaoyang returned to the office, he was filled with emotion. He never expected that his new partner would be his benefactor's junior. What a small world!

So he carefully called his wife Bai Ling's office. The phone rang, and soon Bai Ling answered the phone.

"Hello! Lao Bai, are you busy?" Zheng Chaoyang said into the phone with a grin.

Bai Ling picked up the phone and heard a familiar voice. She asked casually, "Oh! I'm fine. Why did you think of calling me?"
"By the way, have you reported to your new unit today?"

Facing Bai Ling's series of questions, Zheng Chaoyang had no choice but to answer one sentence at a time: "This is what happened..."

After listening to Zheng Chaoyang's story, Bai Ling smiled and said, "I haven't been busy at work these days, and there's nothing urgent to do. I'll go back early and cook some of my specialties for you."

When Deng Chaoyang heard that his wife was so cooperative with him, he was immediately overjoyed and said happily: "Yeah! It's settled. I'm hanging up now!"

After get off work, Deng Chaoyang called Liu Zhiye and said, "Zhiye, I'm waiting for you downstairs. Hurry up and don't dawdle."

"Okay! I'll go downstairs right away." Liu Zhiye hung up the phone, thought for a while, and took out two bottles of "Aizui Huangjiang" Moutai from the space.

This is the new wine this year. He used his connections and a lot of effort to get about 30 boxes of it a while ago. This wine is very good. If it is preserved for future generations, it will be worth a lot of money.

Liu Zhiye is a wine lover, especially famous wines. He remembers that in 2011, someone bought a bottle of "Aizui Huangjiang" Moutai worth 120 million yuan at an auction, which was enough to buy a house in first-tier cities at that time.

After he learned that the wine was on the market, he asked someone to buy so many boxes of wine for him to store. He planned to continue storing more famous brand liquor and high-end red wine, which would be another investment channel to consume funds.

He specifically instructed Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng and others to help buy back at high prices those high-end, aged wines that people were reluctant to drink.

These people are indeed powerful. They have come out in force, causing all kinds of old wines scattered among the people to flow into his space. However, compared with the cash flow of millions in his space, it is still nothing to mention.

Therefore, in order to consume the funds as quickly as possible, he once again set his sights on new wines from major wineries, and whenever there was an opportunity, he would buy and store as much as possible at any cost.

And because the space is static, the wine in the space will not change at all if stored for a long time.

Therefore, in order to meet the needs of future appreciation, he also asked Lei Laoliu to lead people to secretly build a large mountain warehouse around the courtyard in the village, which was specifically for storing those wines.

He went downstairs and saw Deng Chaoyang waiting for him in his car. When he came out, Deng Chaoyang leaned out of the car window and said, "Zhiye, get in my car."

Liu Zhiye followed suit and got into Deng Chaoyang's car. "Shall we drink this tonight?" He said, holding two bottles of "Aizui Yellow Soup".

He learned that Deng Chaoyang was also a wine lover. In the original drama, he and Hao Dachuan always secretly drank wine in the office. This hobby was completely incompatible with their professional image.

Deng Chaoyang's eyes lit up when he saw that it was Maotai "Ai Zui Huang Jiang". He said politely: "With our relationship, why are you being so polite to me? I've wasted money! Don't do this next time." Liu Zhiye teased him deliberately: "Oh, that's right, how about I just take it back?" He said this with a chuckle, as if he was teasing the other person.

Deng Chaoyang's face changed when he heard this. He glared and said, "Hey! Why are you so stingy? How can you take back a gift you gave away?"

Liu Zhiye rolled his eyes at him and said, "Didn't you say before that you don't have to be polite? I think you are right. It's better for me to come empty-handed."

Deng Chaoyang laughed and scolded, "How dare you play this trick on me, Liu Zhiye? I was just being polite to you, but you took it seriously. Why are you so stingy?"

"Hahaha……"

The two chatted and laughed all the way and drove to the gate of a unique courtyard house in Lishi Hutong.

Lishi Hutong is located in the southeastern part of Dongcheng District, Beijing. It starts from Chaoyangmen South Street in the east and ends at Dongsi South Street in the west. There are branch alleys in the south connecting to Yanle Hutong and Dengcao Hutong, and a branch alley in the north connecting to Qianguaibang Hutong. It is under the jurisdiction of Chaoyangmen Sub-district Office.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this place was a market for selling donkeys and mules, and was called "Lushi Hutong". It was not until the late Qing Dynasty, during the Xuantong period, that the livestock market was abolished and people cleverly changed the name to "Lishi Hutong" based on the homophony.

Today, Lishi Hutong is a deep alley with rich green shade deep in the alley and gray walls and roof tiles on both sides.

This place is famous for its many mansions. The TV series "The Mansion Gate" was filmed at No. 129 Lubei, the mansion of the prefect of Wuchang in the Qing Dynasty.

If you stroll from one end of the alley to the other and look around as you go, the most impressive thing is the dozen or so large Qing Dynasty brick carvings on the north wall in the middle of the alley.

It is said that such exquisite brick carvings cannot even be found in the Forbidden City! This is a major feature of Lishi Hutong.

"Here we are. This is my home. It originally belonged to my brother, but after he moved out, it was left to me."

Liu Zhiye followed Deng Chaoyang into the gate and found this place very familiar, almost exactly the same as the scene in the TV series.

Here, he guessed, if this was the home of Deng Chaoyang's brother Deng Chaoshan, then next door must be the yard of Duomen "Duo Ye".

Liu Zhiye is very interested in the role of Duomen in this drama. He thinks this role has too few scenes and should be the third male lead.

Duomen is only a supporting character in the play and does not have many scenes, but his character and storyline are fascinating and memorable.

Now that Liu Zhiye has come to this story world, it is inevitable that he wants to make friends with this extraordinary person.

This Duomen is a truly capable person. His ancestor was a third-rank guerrilla general and belonged to the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner.

From his grandfather's generation to his own, they are already the third generation of police officers, and can be considered a family of police officers.

Duomen's seemingly simple yet extraordinary family background actually contains a lot of content.

First of all, he is a man of great knowledge and experience, and he understands the ways of the world. He knows a thing or two about the secrets and legends of the capital, and is a well-known "know-it-all";
Secondly, he has a family tradition of investigating and solving cases, and coupled with his many years of exposure and personal practice, he can be described as a modern-day detective.

Logically speaking, with such strength, if Duomen is willing to do things against his will and find ways to climb up, he will definitely succeed with his qualifications and connections.

But he is a man of great wisdom. He knows the philosophy of survival of keeping a low profile in troubled times, so he would rather be a low-key policeman than go against his conscience and do something he doesn't want to do.

When he first met Hao Pingchuan and his gang and knew they were Communists, there was no conflict between the two sides, but he pointed out a way out for them. This is enough to show his high emotional intelligence and ability to deal with people.

While investigating the murder of Wan Linsheng, clues that no one had discovered were discovered by Duomen's discerning eyes.

You can imagine that if Duo Ye had not discovered the bloody stone, the plot of the blind cat would not have happened.

If it wasn't later discovered that Blind Cat was extremely nearsighted, Zheng Chaoshan would have been exposed at this time and the drama would have ended early.

This is the power of Duomen. No wonder Zheng Chaoyang always respectfully calls him “Master Duo” when he sees Duomen!
Liu Zhiye also truly admired this old guy and knew that he was a hidden figure like the Shaolin "Sweeping Monk".

(End of this chapter)