Devil’s Advent

The battle situation on the front line of Zhennan Pass has now become the most concerned matter of the entire Chu State.

Just because the man who led the army was called Tian Wujing, and because the soldiers under his command were called the Jingnan Army.

The Chu people dare not slack off, because the Jin people also slacked off before, and then the Jin country was gone.

The princess has not been found yet, although General Li Mu of Congzhou City was ordered to lead his troops back to help the frontier, it is said that Wu Zheng has also returned to Yingdu to sit in town;

But the soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the periphery are still continuing to search for the whereabouts of the princess.

Xiayong City is not big, one side is connected to Mengshan Mountain, and the first floor is far away from Qishan Mountain. Pedestrians who returned home with money had to stay behind. There was also a gang called the Lard Gang.

The Lard Gang is the name of a gang of beggars. There are about 30 or 40 gang members under it. They are all boys and girls in their teens, that is, little beggars. They got together and formed a gang.

The name is not domineering, but it represents a yearning for a better life in the future.

Due to the external closure of the city, the members of the lard gang who originally planned to leave Xiayong for Ju'an City at this time had to stop in Xiayong City and continue to suffer.

Originally, their leader was thinking about the princess getting married with the eldest son of the Qu family, and helping everyone to go to Ju'an City, no matter what, they would get a few opportunities to "have fun with the people". A few full meals are a must, good luck It's a good start to the new year, and you can still get some rewards distributed along the street.

And this day,

Fan Fu's funeral,

The wife of the head of the Fan family, Wen Shi, died of illness.

The obsequious affairs of the Luxurious House are naturally not trivial, and a trifling affair is enough to startle the entire Xiayong City.

Under the leadership of the leader of the lard gang, the members of the lard gang deliberately took out the savings in the gang to buy a lot of coal and firewood, and burned a lot of hot water in the settlement of Anmin Lane to take a bath.

These beggars seldom take a bath on weekdays. First, it is not so convenient to go out to ask for money and beg for food after washing too clean; second, it is cold in winter, and an extra layer of dirt on their bodies is equivalent to an extra layer of warm clothing that costs nothing. , can not bear to wash off.

But today is different. Although the clothes of the beggars are tattered, they are clean. They went to the gate of Fan Mansion in groups to get work. The funeral is cumbersome and there are many people who need it. Naturally, there are them. Work, after finishing the work, you can get a bamboo stick, and you can get red seeh with the bamboo stick.

It's also a red envelope, but it's different from the red envelopes for happy events. Fan's family is generous, so there is no shortage of this little money. For the members of the Lard Gang, this is indeed a lot of gang income.

In a mutton soup restaurant across the street from Fan's Mansion, a dirty child of about fifteen was drinking mutton soup with a seven or eight-year-old girl in his arms.

The older children eat mutton, while the younger girls eat soup and pancakes.

The two of them consciously sat by the window of the store. It is winter, and the window seat is cold, and there are no people sitting there. This can also avoid disturbing other customers and make the store look more pleasing to the eye.

There were also two bamboo sticks on the table between the two of them. They were issued by Fan Mansion. The colors of bamboo sticks vary. Some of them can be exchanged for money, while others can be exchanged for a snack.

At this moment, a group of people walked into the soup shop.

The head is a man, dressed in a brocade robe, who looks extraordinary, beside him, there are two women and a man.

A woman is mature and beautiful, and she becomes romantic after sitting down, another woman looks like a little maid, and there is another man who sits consciously in a corner, drinking his own from a wine bottle.

When ordinary people come to soup shops, they basically order a serving of mutton soup and a pancake. The pancake is considered as a set meal when ordering soup.

Customers from better families feel that the mutton in the soup bowl is not pleasant to eat. For example, the table that just sat down ordered three bowls of mutton soup, plus two plates of cold-cut mutton, a plate of beans, and a plate of wild vegetables. .

In this winter, drinking mutton soup with side dishes can be described as a real enjoyment.

Xiayong produces delicious food, because Fan Mansion is here, there are many merchants, and the proportion of wealthy people is much higher than other counties, so they are naturally more picky about food, and the crowds of visitors bring many other Local taste needs, food also need to rely on continuous communication and collision to improve and upgrade.

Therefore, Zheng Fan is very satisfied with the soup in this store.

When the shop owner came up to say hello earlier, he said that the master of the Fan Mansion was Fan Zhengwen, and he was very kind to them. He often sent people to order food from outside the house, so this time the Fan Mansion held a funeral, and their family also sent silver gifts.

The boss's words are true, because this store was originally introduced to Zheng Fan by Fan Zhengwen.

Zheng Fan also asked Fan Zhengwen, with the financial resources of the Fan family, wouldn't it be more convenient to take over this shop and let the cooks enter the house?

Fan Zhengwen, who was busy "treating the funeral" with his wife, showed a rare sense of freedom, and made a joke,

road:

"Women from other families really want to be taken into the house, so it's not so exciting."

Uncle Zheng thought at first that Lao Fan was making a joke.

I didn't realize it until I got back.

There's a bit of a pun here.

When Uncle Zheng drinks soup, he doesn’t tear up pancakes and soak in it, because in his previous life, he was fascinated by mutton steamed buns, but after he actually went there to eat steamed buns, he was a bit disappointed.

Later, when I drink soup in this world, I am willing to have two bites of soup and another bite of pancakes, so that I can eat cleanly.

So Si Niang didn't help Zheng Fan tear it up, but the princess who had been disguised took the initiative to take the pancake and began to help Zheng Fan tear it up carefully.

Uncle Zheng was stunned for a moment, but he didn't stop her.

As for food, if it reaches heaven, its main function is to satisfy hunger, but the added value of food is different.

On the opposite side, the boy continued to eat meat, while the girl was biting pancakes.

Zheng Fan saw the table and saw the young man staring at him, so he couldn't help waving.

Without hesitation, the boy put down his soup bowl and trotted over, and knelt down to Zheng Fan:

"Greetings, Grandpa Fukang."

"Why do you give your sister soup and eat meat by yourself?"

"If you go back to the master, the girl's stomach is not good, and meat is not easy to digest."

Zheng Fan nodded and said nothing more.

But the young man took the initiative and said, "Master, you want to go out of the city?"

Zheng Fan shook his head.

The young man hesitated for a moment, and said: "If the master wants to go out of the city, the villain has a way here, and he just needs to use some money."

"Who said we are going out of the city? We are going out of the city, can we get out now?"

"Looking at the attire of Grandpa and the aunts and grandmas beside Grandpa, the villain knows that Grandpa is planning to travel far away."

"It's a little perceptive."

"Master, just leave it to me, and the villain will take you out of the city."

Zheng Fan still shook his head, waved his hands, and said, "Don't bother me."

"Yes, sir, the villain will retreat immediately."

The young man retreated to his table, seeing that his sister had almost finished eating the pancake, he hurriedly shouted:

"The shopkeeper made a fortune, and give my sister half a pancake to eat. Later, brothers and sisters will take away the dirty water from the kitchen."

Seeing this, the boss smiled and shook his head, but he also ordered Xiao Er to send two pancakes over.

The boss knows who these two beggars are, the young man is the leader of the so-called lard gang, and this gang is full of beggars, but if you really want to play tricks, keeping them can make your business difficult.

In addition, although these people are also begging for food, they are still righteous. Those who do business don't have to get angry with these people who run around the world, it's nothing more than a matter of two pancakes.

The young man gave another piece of pancake to his sister, and he went to make another bowl of soup. It is okay to refill the soup, but there is no meat, only soup.

After returning with the soup bowl, the young man continued to look at Zheng Fan's table while tearing up the new pancakes.

Zheng Fan was eating and drinking here, but no one spoke. After they were almost done eating, Si Niang went to pay the bill, and everyone got up, ready to leave.

The young boy also got up and let the girl run back by himself, while he followed Zheng Fan and his party.

As he walked, Zheng Fan stopped at the entrance of a teahouse, and a group of people entered the teahouse.

The young boy hesitated for a moment, touched his pocket, and walked into the teahouse.

However, after entering the teahouse, the young man couldn't find any trace of Zheng Fan and his party no matter how hard he searched, he was thankful that he had saved a meal of tea money while scratching his head and walked out of the teahouse suspiciously, and then walked quickly around to the teahouse At the back door, nothing was found.

Shaoqing,

The boy sighed, and walked back to the door of the teahouse, only to see Zheng Fan sitting alone by the window of the teahouse, looking at him with a half-smile.

"hey-hey."

The young man laughed dryly, and without feeling any embarrassment, he ran into the teahouse again, unceremoniously went to Zheng Fan's table, pulled out the tea bowl and poured himself a cup of tea. Zheng Fan ordered warm tea, not hot. I drank three bowls in one go.

Zheng Fan didn't ask what the boy was doing with him, but just smoked a cigarette silently.

The young man found that none of the people who had followed Zheng Fan had disappeared.

On the opposite tea table, someone is playing chess.

The young man glanced over, looking a little hot.

Seeing this, Zheng Fan stretched out his hand to greet the owner of the teahouse to play a game of chess here too.

Soon, an old chess game was served.

The boy didn't need to be reminded, he got up and helped Zheng Fan set the chess pieces together.

Uncle Zheng's chess skills are very bad, and the young man is very skilled in chess. After a while, Uncle Zheng was checked to death.

Zheng Fan smiled and re-clothed.

The boy got up again to help.

After two consecutive rounds, Zheng Fan lost two more rounds.

Uncle Zheng lost interest, so he stretched himself instead of swaying.

Young Lang got up, went to the teahouse waiter to refill the tea, and trotted back to pour it for Zheng Fan.

Zheng Fan didn't drink, but left the tea money, got up and left.

The young man immediately took the silver to pay for the tea, and even penny-pinched for change, before rushing out.

After running out, he found Zheng Fan standing on the street, and the young boy immediately followed him and stood beside Zheng Fan.

As if sensing that he was following, Zheng Fan started to walk forward, and the young man continued to follow behind.

Zheng Fan walked into a small alley, and the young man continued to follow.

Uncle Zheng stood at the end of the alley and hesitated for a while, then went out again, and the young man continued to follow.

After going around in a circle, Zheng Fan stopped at a cowshed and sat down on a haystack. The young man squatted down in front of Zheng Fan, smiling silly.

Zheng Fan pointed at the young man, and said:

"I really dare to keep up."

The young man touched his head and said: "If you follow up, you may die. If you don't follow up, your life will definitely be gone."

"Where are they from?"

"Oh, sir, you are asking a broad question."

The young man touched his pocket, and then took out three tokens from the inner lining of his ragged jacket.

"This is from the Secret Service, this is from Fengchao, this is from the Silver Armor Guard, and there are some brands from small countries, we don't feel embarrassed to carry them all with us.

Lord, if you want to ask me which family I belong to, the villain really can't answer. I only know that since I recruited these little brothers to form a gang to roam, many families have come to me, and they were shocked in front of me. As for me, I took advantage of the trend and bowed, and then threw me a sign. "

The Silver Armor Guard, Secret Spy Division, and Fengchao are the intelligence agencies of the three major countries, but this agency is not a god. They will concentrate on the targets they care about and gain insight into everything, but in other respects, they are just It is difficult to take care of it completely, especially when the lowest layer of eyeliner is developed, it looks a bit sloppy.

Anyway, it's just a little bit of silver for a counterfeit fake brand and a dream of a bright future, which is not costly.

But this young man, perhaps his gang is too suitable, so he picked so many "dreams" by himself.

The young man silently took all these signs back, and said: "Master, the silver armor guards asked me to watch the Fan family, so I came here. Who would have thought that I would meet you, Lord."

"You recognize me?"

"Look at what you said, if I knew you, the villain would have died long ago? This villain has bad luck, and I was bumped into by you as soon as I came."

"hehe."

Zheng Fan smiled.

At this time, the fourth princess came out from the cowshed at the back, but the fourth princess had already changed her attire, looking like a female beggar.

The princess is not too old at all.

The young man opened his mouth, as if realizing something, then knelt down and kowtowed to Zheng Fan.

It's not that he was unlucky today and was bumped into by Zheng Fan;

Instead,

He was selected by Zheng Fan.

"Take her out of Xiayong City." Zheng Fan pointed to the princess behind him and said.

"I……"

Zheng Fan took out a piece of gold from his bosom, yes, it was a piece of gold, not shaped like a gold ingot, and placed it directly in front of the young man.

"As for me, I don't like talking about dreams to people, and I don't like others talking about dreams to me. What I prefer is to insult me ​​with money.

Hope, you too. "

"Yes, the villain obeys."

The young man reached out and grabbed the gold nugget, holding it in his hand.

"Please show me, when will you leave the city?"

"You can leave later."

Zheng Fan stood up,

Xiong Liqing came over and reached out to help Zheng Fan pat the grass clippings on his trouser legs, but Zheng Fan grabbed his hand and stopped him.

"You will be free soon." Zheng Fan said.

Xiong Liqing smiled wryly: "I thought I would arrange a better way, such as in a ruined temple, for example, if a few more people die, I don't like this suit."

"Not many people will like it."

"I like the trousers with small holes on the legs that Mr. Feng wears. I heard from Mr. Feng that you like them very much. I think I can wear them to you in the future."

"It's impossible to say that your dream will come true soon, and poke my whole body into a small hole."

Xiong Liqing smiled and said, "I can understand that, are you afraid?"

"A little bit, but I think it's fun." Zheng Fan said, "Actually, I didn't expect you to stay with Si Niang."

"Yes, even if I stay by your side in the future, I won't be able to make it big." Xiong Liqing nodded.

Because I am a woman, I can understand women better.

"Bon voyage, see you on Lantern Festival."

Xiong Liqing pressed her forehead to Zheng Fan's chest, rubbed her palm on Zheng Fan's chest, and said, "Wait for me."

Subsequently,

The boy left with Xiong Liqing.

Zheng Fan stood where he was, and a carriage came slowly, and Fan Zhengwen was sitting in the carriage.

The driver is Weng Zanghai.

Zheng Fan got into the carriage, Fan Zhengwen smiled and said, "Uncle, are you feeling reluctant?"

"No, it should be Brother Fan who should be reluctant."

"Fan feels that he has earned money."

"That's good."

...

the next day,

Qu Peiluo, the eldest son of the Qu family, personally led 3,000 of Qu's elite private soldiers into Xiayong City and directly into the Fan Mansion.