Zhurou

Chapter 81 Nanzhu (Two in One)

After Zhao and Li left, Mrs. Xu and a group of people still stayed where they were, but there were already a group of people hiding in the tea shop, watching the current incident from beginning to end.

One of them was the village master Nawen.

He changed into an unremarkable cloth shirt, his head was completely wrapped, his jacket was all undershirt, he wore trousers, and hemp shoes on his feet. At first glance, he looked no different from a farmer carrying vegetables on the road.

"Villager, they are gone, shall we chase them?"

A subordinate hurriedly entered the door and leaned over to his desk.

The master of Wenzhai sat on the wooden bench, waved his hands and said, "Why are you panicking, you have stepped on the road seven or eight times."

"These two are leaving now, and they will probably rest in Lintou Town."

"There are people guarding Lintou Town. When we arrive, we will lead the way. Twenty or so brothers can get in in the middle of the night. If you chop them up with knives, no matter what martial arts you have, they will all be turned into meat."

"If these two legs and feet are fast, they will run to the tail of the rabbit and land." Master Wenzhai said, grabbing a long strip of cloth bag on the table in his hand, "There is no need to worry about that place, Huzi and the others It has been lying in wait for half a month."

Someone suddenly asked: "Go to Rabbit Tail, what if we collide with that family?"

He picked up his fingers, counted a few, and said, "Just these two days."

This time, there was no need for Mr. Wenzhai to speak, so someone helped to answer.

"Isn't that just right! Two piles are combined to make one pile, which happens to burn it clean, and we save effort! We don't have to think about picking up the dead halfway."

The man gulped down the remaining wine in the thick bowl in front of him, and smashed it twice: "It's snowing, the ground is very hard, it's hard to dig, and there are few mountains and forests around, so I'm afraid that if you don't throw it well, people will bump into it. It will take trouble to kill and bury another one."

He said again: "The one named Fu is also long-winded. Why do you want to kill one and keep the other? After seeing the appearance of our brothers, how can we stay!"

"I heard that they want to save that woman's life? Everyone has entered the yamen, and they still miss the woman!"

"Whoever cares about him will chop it up with a single knife!"

This person started, and then someone started to complain, saying: "His grandma, you have worked so hard for this ticket, if you knew that you would have robbed him on our land, it would be better than chasing him here in the city and holding your breath." For 20 days, like the grandson of a turtle, he has been bullied by these guys! He is still being teased around by people right now!"

"At the beginning I said to do it, but I didn't know who it was, but I spoke loudly, saying that the officers and soldiers were on the way, and that the Di people were coming. Such fat sheep were all in front of me, and my sex was ready. Dare not to do anything but to say nothing, and scared the entire village to hide for several days, now the days have passed, where are there any Di soldiers? Not to mention Di people, even the officers and soldiers don’t even have a single hair!"

This person wanted to complain, but suddenly he heard a rough cough beside him, turned his head and saw that the master Wenzhai coughed up a mouthful of thick phlegm and spit it on the ground.

For a while, everyone didn't dare to talk anymore, and they all shut their mouths.

Master Wenzhai cleared his throat, instead of drinking the full bowl of wine in front of him, he just took a sip from the teacup beside him.

He squinted his triangular eyes, looked at the two riders who were covered by the crowd, and gradually moved away, and said: "What are you arguing about, the meat you should eat, and you can't run, so you will catch up this time, and you will give it away for nothing." A few officials got hold of it in my hands."

"In the future, as long as this incident is used as an example, no matter whether the surname is Zhao, Liu, or Fu, we are not allowed to rub it round and flat."

A few people nearby laughed, but one person had a bad expression and said, "Let me see, none of the people in the government can be trusted. This time we helped the man surnamed Zhao, but it's natural for him to beg us right now. If I really wiped his butt clean for him, and as soon as he catches his breath, he turns around and comes to clean us up..."

He said again: "After all, they are officials and we are thieves. If those families sent officers and soldiers to the mountains to arrest people under the pretext of catching thieves, it was he who helped to spread the message before so that they could hide easily. In the future, it would be a loss if he didn't cooperate with the inside and outside." I'm going to eat big hair..."

Master Wenzhai put the thick teacup on the table with a "boom" and hummed, "I'm not a vegetarian either. If I dare to do something, it depends on whether the soldiers' legs are faster or my knife is faster!"

On the one hand, he grabbed the cloth bag in his hand and put it on his waist.

He stood up, and waited until he could no longer see the backs of Zhao and Li, and said: "Go after the two first, don't let that surnamed Li notice it!"

Then he ordered the rest of the people: "Take all the eaters and follow behind, let's go!"

……

In the outer city, Zhao Mingzhi was only half a horse behind Li Xun, and quickly ran two or three miles.

After the flow of people lessened, Li Xun did not move forward quickly, but stopped at a tea shop by the roadside, tied up the horse, and called Zhao Mingzhi to come in and sit down.

He put his luggage on the bench beside him, called Xiao Er to come over and order a pot of mutton soup, and two catties of pancakes, and he wanted to order some side dishes. After all, there are not many things in the roadside shops, and in the end he only served a plate of peanuts Same with pickles.

When the mutton soup and pancakes were ready, Li Xun asked casually, "What did you have for breakfast?"

Zhao Mingzhi had been running around all morning. Although he was very tired, he was ready to go on the road. He didn't want to take a rest at this moment. As soon as he sat down, he felt a little drowsy. When he heard such a sentence suddenly, he was stunned by the question.

Seeing that Li Xun was arrested, she immediately left Xu's house, and made follow-up plans, counting the time from head to toe, and really didn't remember what breakfast was.

When Li Xun saw Zhao Mingzhi's expression, he said, "Is it too late to eat?"

Zhao Mingzhi thought about it slowly, and finally said: "It seems that I ate... the dim sum I ate in the teahouse opposite the yamen when I was waiting for someone."

Mentioning this, something suddenly came to her mind, she searched through her sleeves, took out a small bag of stuff in a handkerchief, put it on the table, and said: "I just left some, I thought the second brother When I really entered the prison, I thought that if I could go in with the Ping An Bodyguard, I would secretly fill your stomach, I’m afraid that you will be sad in prison, no one will take care of you, and you will be hungry.”

After speaking, open the small bag.

The cakes in the teahouse were already finely made, but after all the tossing, they have already collapsed and are in disrepair.

Zhao Mingzhi was about to send it to Li Xun, but he saw that he was confused, so he had to stop, laughed at himself, and said, "I forgot about it for a while, I guess I can't eat it."

But Li Xun glanced at the pastry, but said: "The food hasn't been served yet, I happen to be hungry, let me have a taste."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.

The table in the teahouse was a square table, Zhao Mingzhi and him each occupied the adjacent side, heard the words, but didn't think too much, and gently pushed the things in front of them.

Between pick-up and send-off, the two touched briefly with their fingers on the table.

Zhao Mingzhi's fingertips were cold, but warm to the touch. He glanced and saw that his fingertips were touching the fingertips of the person next to him.

She raised her head subconsciously and met Li Xun's eyes.

The wooden tables are only an inch in size, so they are naturally close together.

Zhao Mingzhi knew that the second brother Li in front of him was very good-looking, and he was shocked once, but at this moment, he was too close, facing those bright eyes and extremely good-looking facial features, he was fascinated again for a while. .

Originally facing each other day and night for a few days, she felt that she had gotten used to it, but this time when Li Xun looked at him, he withdrew his original sharpness, but instead had a calm and contemptuous demeanor, which was very attractive.

Zhao Mingzhi regained consciousness for a moment, smiled back, and asked, "How does it taste?"

Li Xun first used his chopsticks to pick it up, but because he couldn't hold it, a lot of debris fell, so he picked up the tea on the table and washed his hands carefully, picked up a piece with his hands, and ate it slowly, then nodded with Zhao Mingzhi and said, "Not bad."

After eating only two yuan, he wrapped the four corners of the handkerchief and put it aside, then took out a small bag from his pocket and put it on the table, saying: "I asked you to put it away."

The small bag was bigger than a grown man's fist, and it was covered with gray rice dumpling cloth, no matter its shape or color, it was very unfamiliar to Zhao Mingzhi.

She couldn't help asking in surprise, "What is this?"

While speaking, while receiving it, she opened the outer layer of coarse cloth, but the middle was still wrapped with a layer of indigo cloth, and there was something very familiar in it—it was the sachet she sent out in the morning.

"This..." She was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Second Brother, I didn't give this to Ping An..."

Li Xun nodded and said, "A little bit."

Seeing that there was no one else in the tea shop, even the owner was making soup at the back, and there were no pedestrians outside the house, only the sound of horses chewing grass and snorting, so Zhao Mingzhi simply opened the belt of the sachet and put it on the table. Up and down.

Only a few blunt sounds were heard, and gold cakes, gold bars, and a few pieces of gold the size of walnuts all fell on the table.

She said: "There is nothing missing, just... how will the second brother thank you in the future? In fact, it is better to give this little gold and silver to the past, rather than owe more favors..."

Li Xun said: "I have asked someone to give me another gold and silver. After all, this sachet is your belongings, and it is not easy to fall into the hands of outsiders."

Zhao Mingzhi looked at the sachet and said: "Actually, it's not really my carry-on - it's brought by my subordinates at home. I'm afraid that it will be inconvenient when I need to spend money in the future, so I specially carry it on my body."

Li Xun was slightly stunned, but said: "Since that's the case, if you can give it now, how can it be useful to go to Jingzhao Mansion in the future? It's a new place, everything needs to be done, just accept it."

Zhao Mingzhi stopped talking, put the red gold in front of him back into the sachet, wrapped it in the coarse cloth again, and put it away, Fu only rummaged through the luggage for a long time and took out something.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, she put the thing in front of Li Xun and said: "It's for the second brother - I keep it with me, and I'm afraid of losing it. I thought that after all, I'm very poor now. When we arrive at Jingzhao Mansion, everything needs to be done, and we need this thing to save us."

The thing was round, and as soon as it landed on the table, it began to roll against the bowl and plate.

——It was originally a bright pearl the size of an egg.

"It's Nanzhu." Zhao Mingzhi said, "At that time, I thought about it simply. I just thought that this thing was easier to carry than others, and it was good to give it to my uncle as a favor, or to exchange it for money. I don't feel right."

"Second brother was right last time. After all, we have only exchanged letters for many years, and it is easy to move people. Whether it is seeking refuge or giving gifts, it is very hasty. If this is the case, it will be a burden to carry things with you."

"If I take it out rashly, I have nothing to rely on. If I don't meet well, I will be born with bad intentions."

"It's not used to thank you." She said honestly, "I feel that I have a friendship with my second brother, so I don't need to say thank you."

Hearing this, Li Xunfang stretched out his hand to hold down the priceless bead, and said: "I know, since you don't use it, I will keep it."

He said again: "As I said before, I will discuss it with you again this time - when I arrive at Jingzhao Mansion in a while, don't rush to find your relatives, I..."

He paused for a moment, and then said: "My house is vacant, just for you to live in, and there are others who can command you, whether you buy property, buy land, or find a shop, the city is always more prosperous than Xiatou county town , It’s also cheap to do business, send a letter home, let alone pick up the parents and brothers.”

"There is also my bodyguard agency in the city. If you have someone to escort you, if you are not at ease, how about picking some bodyguards from Jingzhao Mansion to pick them up with your letter?"

Without any hesitation, Zhao Mingzhi immediately nodded and said with a smile: "Second brother doesn't push my pearls, and I don't push second brother's kindness either—if that's the case, when we get to Jingzhao Mansion, there will be more trouble."

But Li Xun said: "There is not much trouble, but if you are free, the house is empty, and you can help take care of it—although the house has been in place for several years, I live very little, and I really don't have time to take care of it." .”

He said in his mouth, took the pearl in his hand, and then reached out to explore in the side bag for a while, but his brows were slightly frowned.

Zhao Mingzhi guessed that it was because he couldn't find something suitable to hold it, so he took out a sachet from his bosom.

This sachet is completely different from the one just now. It is only the size of a baby's fist. The outer layer is four-way twisted. It has a gold-painted cloud pattern and gold tassels on the bottom. It is less than half the size of a palm. The back is embroidered with a smile. The flowers are silky, and there are two little butterflies dotted on the flowers, with different postures and superb embroidery skills.

However, there is only a lotus leaf embroidered on the front, the large leaf is not even outlined, and the thread is barely neat, it looks like it was done by a beginner.

She sealed and opened the belongings, without mentioning anything else, just handed it over, saying: "Put it here."

Li Xun was not polite, he stretched out his hand to take it, he felt the sachet was warm to the touch, so he didn't put it in the luggage, but took it with him, and just now he brought the earthen pot to add hot water to Zhao Mingzhi.

Just at this time, the shopkeeper came out from behind, carrying a big pot of mutton soup, and his wife came out with a lot of pancakes.

The two of them didn't talk much anymore, and they served soup and cakes without mentioning it.

This time when we set off again, the north wind had gradually died down. Although there was snow, it did not hinder the journey.

After running for another hour or two, the wind and snow stopped together.

The two of them, one person and two horses, did not rest in the middle of the journey. They saw that the sun was half setting and the sky was half dark. Li Xun was originally in front, but at this moment they slowly stopped galloping.

And Zhao Mingzhi walked along the side of the road in front of the small and mixed trees, looked at the snow-capped land ahead, and then pulled the rein, not aware of anything at first, but after a moment of careful inspection, he felt vigilant in his heart.

In the thick snow on the ground, there are many shallow footprints, all of which came from the direction ahead, stopped abruptly halfway, and turned back again. The farther away from here, the shallower the traces.

At this time Li Xun got off his horse, but for some reason, he didn't follow the traces, but went to the right side of the road.

　Help, after editing, I found that everyone’s chapters are missing QAQ
　　
　
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