Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 239 Looks Good

But in fact, the escorted darts are not goods but two people.

These two people are a woman and a man, a master and a servant.Women are masters and men are servants.The strange thing is that there is no maid.

The woman is a lady with a noble temperament, a faint scholarly atmosphere, and a beautiful appearance.It is said that her father was a founding hero of the Song Dynasty and a county prince, and at the same time she was also the eldest daughter-in-law of a certain feudal official on Qinfeng Road.The servant looked to be in his early twenties. He was dressed in Tsing Yi, which was often worn by guards of wealthy families. He was quite handsome with sword eyebrows and starry eyes. He had a long sword across his waist, and he looked quite skilled.

If someone came from Chang'an and saw this combination of master and servant, they would have guessed about its identity, because an incident in Chang'an had spread throughout the city in the past two days.The eldest daughter-in-law of a certain big shot eloped with a guard in the mansion.It is said that the direction of elopement is the direction of Heiquan Town, and the bodyguards hired are people from the Guanzhong Security Bureau.

Escorts go all over the world, and it is possible to come to any place. Heiquan Town has visited such a team several times before, so people don't seem strange, and some are just excited about the money to be made.

People from the Guanzhong Escort guarded the lady and lived in the only inn in Heiquan Town - the Heiquan Inn, but this Heiquan Inn can only accommodate about 50 people.The other 50 people lived in the houses near the inn, and the people nearby also made a small fortune, and the people on this street were very happy about it.

This Guanzhong Escort Bureau is naturally a stronghold of the Huaxia Weifu in Chang'an.But the so-called young lady is Yu Qingyan, and the servant is naturally Ye Chen.And the one hundred bodyguards are Ye Chen's one hundred personal soldiers.

In fact, Ye Chen brought nearly five hundred Huaxia Guards.In addition, nearly forty groups of Huaxia Guards are hiding near Heiquan Town, and they can come within half a stick of incense with a signal at any time.

As soon as they settled down, the lady's servant, or lover, left the inn and came to the street alone.Just now, the waiter at the inn had heard in the process of inquiring about the way that the only postman in the posthouse in Heiquan town was his cousin, and he was going to find his cousin by the way.

These days, people from the intelligence department have been secretly investigating Heiquan Town, but they have found nothing suspicious.In this regard, Ye Chen knew that if there was really a problem in this small town, it would be difficult to find clues no matter whether he went to investigate the case openly or concealed his identity.So before coming, he carefully formulated a plan to lure the snake out of the hole.

In addition, Ye Chen knows that he is not very good at solving crimes, but his special eyes, nose and ears allow him to see, hear, and smell some things that the experts from the Intelligence Department and Operations Department cannot detect when he walks in the small town. clues.

Therefore, he still needs an identity, or a reason to shuttle around this small town.

Walking out of the inn, the first thing I saw was a not very spacious, even a bit dilapidated street, and a man who looked extremely poor.

In fact, this person can't be regarded as a person, but a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.Wearing ragged clothes that are no longer considered clothes, sitting under the eaves of a house on the corner of the street in a lazy posture.

In fact, strictly speaking, this boy can't be regarded as sitting there, he is shrinking there.It shrank there like a little caterpillar, and like a little turtle shrank in its shell.

Ye Chen glanced at it and saw a lot of information. This young man has no money, no relatives, no friends, let alone a future.

He has nothing.

And he was afraid, very, very afraid.He was afraid of everything, so he could only shrink back.Huddled into a ball, shrunk in his own shell, to avoid what he feared most, poverty, hunger, contempt and blow.

"He's still a teenager, so he doesn't know what he's afraid of. No matter what kind of shell he hides in, he can't avoid it. However, if you ask him about some things, you may be able to find out the truth." Ye Chen I thought to myself.

However, when the young man saw Ye Chen, his eyes suddenly lit up. His bright eyes were actually cute and big.

When these lovely big eyes saw Ye Chen, it was like a hungry dog ​​seeing a bone, or a beggar seeing a piece of steamed bun.

Fortunately, this boy is a hungry dog ​​and a beggar, but Ye Chen is neither a bone nor a steamed bun.Ye Chen came up to him, just wanted to ask him something.

Of course Ye Chen already knew that the only postman in the posthouse in the town was dead, but he still pretended not to know.Therefore, he wanted the young man to find out how to get to the posthouse.

"The posthouse?" The young man wrinkled his nose with a smile: "You want to ask where is the posthouse? There is only one posthouse in this small town, but he has been dead for seven days. The new posthouse has arrived You haven't come yet, are you going to the post house to find the dead?"

"What, my cousin died? How did he die?" Ye Chen had an unbelievable and painful expression on his face.

Little Beggar didn't answer Ye Chen's question, but said with a smile: "I'm very poor. And I'm going to be poor to death. At least I'm half-poor."

Ye Chen stared at this dirty, disgusting and cunning little beggar for a long time, knowing that he wanted money, but still couldn't help asking: "Are you really so poor?"

Little Beggar sighed, "You'll know it if you don't see it."

"But you don't seem to be dead yet." Ye Chen said.

"It's just that I still have a little ability to live."

Ye Chen asked curiously, "What is it?"

The little beggar smiled and said, "I am a little beggar, a beggar. Although a person like me is poor, he can live no matter where he is."

Ye Chen smiled, but he was only thinking about the peripheral members of the Huaxia Weifu Intelligence Department among the beggars in various states. It would be great if they could be half as capable as this little beggar.

The little beggar also laughed, and said, "You are a rich man, so of course you don't understand about little beggars."

"Oh?"

"A little beggar like me can still survive. Of course I have another side job."

"Side hustle?" Ye Chen asked, "What side hustle?"

"It's a lot of knowledge to talk about this kind of thing." Little Beggar suddenly puffed up his chest and sat up: "In this respect, I can really be regarded as an expert."

Ye Chen seemed to be more and more interested in this little beggar.Because it stands to reason that this little beggar shouldn't have so many words.

The little beggar added: "To tell you the truth, I have more than one side job. It's a pity that among my dozen kinds of side jobs, only two can really make money."

"Which two?"

"The first type, the most lucrative one is when you meet someone like you who comes from outside." He pointed at Ye Chen and said, "If someone like you doesn't earn money, it won't be for nothing, and if you earn it, it will be for nothing."

Ye Chen smiled wryly: "You are absolutely right, I seem to have to give you money now."

He asked the little beggar again: "But what would you do if no one like me came to take advantage of you?"

"That's my second side job." Little Beggar said, "My second side job is stealing. I steal when I get the chance. I steal people and houses when I see them. I steal as much as I can. I steal as much as I can. "

This is the principle of survival of this beggar.

But Ye Chen didn't mean to despise him at all, instead he felt a deep sadness in his heart.Isn't it true that there are many people of great status in this world, and the principle of survival is the same as that of this shameless little beggar.

From this little beggar, it can be seen that this small town is like thousands of small towns in the world, except for the Wang Heiquan and the mythical legend, there seems to be nothing special about it.

However, 80 military pay and [-] guard troops disappeared near this small town.

It stands to reason that this ordinary town has nothing to do with the disappearance of 80 military pay and [-] troops.

However, judging from various signs and results, there seems to be a mysterious and strange relationship between them.What's more, the only postman in the town died.And this courier was just placed by the Huaxia Weifu Intelligence Department more than two months ago.

So Ye Chen determined that this small town was related to the disappearance of 80 military pay and [-] troops.

When Ye Chen took out the consistent money, the little beggar told Ye Chen everything he knew about the postman.

No matter how small the town is, there is a tavern.And this tavern buys everything except wine, food, daily necessities, even news and women.

In some small towns, even if there is no inn, no brothel, no casino, no silk shop, no steamed bun shop, no carriage and horse dealership, and no grain and rice shop, there is often such a small tavern.

Of course, such a tavern is also the most well-informed place.

Perhaps this is also the reason why He Lei, the postman, came to this tavern to drink every day.

Ye Chen came here, of course, that little beggar like a little turtle brought him here.

On a piece of wood that has been smudged by the wind and sand, it seems to have turned into a tombstone, with the words "Six Fingers Tavern" written crookedly.

"Six Fingers...Six Fingers Tavern." Ye Chen shook his head: "The name of this tavern is really strange."

"It's not surprising at all." The little beggar said, "The owner has six fingers on one hand, and his name is Liu Liuzhi, so the name of the shop is of course Liuzhi Tavern."

Hearing this sentence, Ye Chen was suddenly stunned.

Every time around dusk, there are always many people in Liuliuzhi Tavern, because it not only sells wine, but also buys all kinds of daily necessities, groceries from North and South, and also sells food such as braised vegetables and bacon.Outside, under a pergola made of hay, there are three square wooden tables and seven or eight long benches.Everyone sat down, holding half a duck head and a piece of dried tofu in their left hand, and half a bowl of old wine in their right hand, chatting all over the world and talking nonsense, it was a difficult life, but they were so confused and happy passed.

This may even be the only entertainment in this small town at present, because just now Ye Chen heard from the little beggar that the only brothel in the small town closed a while ago.

Liu Liuzhi was always like a most hospitable and polite host, always laughing and laughing among these people.

(End of this chapter)