Zang Hanzhong had exhausted all his traps and had done too many cunning things. Now he had to be more vigilant. Not only had he arranged spies and strongholds in the front yard, but he also arranged heavy troops to guard the back yard. He even placed secret sentries outside the yard, one by one. Pretending to be a commoner, Zang Hanzhong mingled among the traders on the left and right. What Zang Hanzhong was afraid of was that someone from the Chao family would climb over the wall or get out.
At that moment, Wu Yong, who was outside, held the account book that Ruan Xiaoqi had thrown over the wall. Regardless of the strange looks in the eyes of the people around him, he immediately acted like he was a professional, rolled up the account book like a scroll, and went to With this under his arm, he took a step forward and left.
At this moment, the secret whistles among the people also noticed that something was fishy. Two cake sellers with melon-skin hats on their heads immediately dropped their businessmen and walked away, looking at Wu Yong's back. Go up.
"Hey, sir," the two vendors called from behind.
When Wu Yong heard that someone had noticed him, he was afraid that these people were the Zang family's thugs. Once he was caught up, how could he, a scholar, keep the account books? Thinking about this, he couldn't help but feel anxious. However, Shi Jin's words It came to his mind again: "If someone calls you from behind, don't panic. Just treat it as normal. Look back and then turn around. No matter what the person behind you calls you, just keep walking forward. Don't stop." Don't panic, just walk the same way you usually do on weekdays."
Wu Yong felt that Shi Jin was not an idle person. In this situation, he would not neglect the last step and stumble. Since he arranged this way, there must be reasons for him, so Wu Yong mustered up his courage on his own. As usual, Wu Yong looked back with a calm face, and sure enough there were two yellow-faced hawkers walking behind him. They told him to stop with a trick. When he had something to say, Wu Yong turned his head left and right and looked as if Embarrassed by "being sentimental", I walked on my own and ignored the man's shouts.
"Sir, stay here, your things have fallen." Seeing Wu Yong's calmness, the two hawkers originally wanted to catch up quickly, but as soon as the words came out, the other one had an idea flash in his mind and grabbed him. He grabbed the man's clothes and whispered: "Be careful, they have an ambush."
After hearing this, the person from before was stunned for a moment, and immediately grabbed the person behind him and said: "It is a matter of eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor. We took Master Zang's money and let the scholar run away. "
"You are stupid. If he were you and me, how could he not run away? However, look at his steps, he is very calm, without a trace of panic. What does it mean? It's not that there is someone here. The ambush set up is waiting for you and me to go up and dig into it. You have to know that the Zang family and the Chao family are now fighting to the death, and the knife is inevitable. You said that Mr. Zang used money to support us, of course it is, but what Mr. Zang gave us It’s just to see if there is money to pay for us. If you have money to sacrifice your life for us, you and I will chase after you closely. Don’t be reckless and take your life, then you will lose it.”
When the man heard that, he thought so, so the two of them chased after him, shouting loudly: "That scholar in front of you, walk slower," "Stop,"
Wu Yong felt that the sounds behind him were getting stronger and stronger, and the beat in his heart became louder and louder. However, Wu Yong was a thoughtful person after all. Even in the most tense moments, he could remain calm and still take steady steps. Go forward, there is no need to look back now, keep your eyes firmly on the intersection not far away.
The two men chased for more than ten steps and felt that there was nothing unusual among the businessmen. Then they felt that they had been fooled by the scholar's empty city trick. The man couldn't help complaining: "No, this scholar is very thief. We can't let him run away like this. If the problem is with us, when Mr. Zang investigates it, we will be in trouble. Now Zang Hanzhong's power can kill us." After saying this, both of them felt nervous. When he got up, the man became more and more impatient and complained: "Huh, it's you who stopped me, why don't you hurry up and chase me?"
The man was speechless, but felt that what he said was reasonable. So, the two of them saw that the scholar was about to walk out of the alley, so they took steps and ran wildly.
At this moment, before they could even take two steps, there was obviously no one in front of them, but no one knew what kind of trick they were playing. Suddenly, a person appeared in front of them and knocked the man in front of them to the ground immediately. The man following him had quick eyesight and quick hands. He had just stopped, but he didn't know what the footwork of the man who came halfway was. Just as his eyes blurred again, he was knocked to the ground by him.
At this moment, the two secret sentries of the Zang family were knocked to the ground by the man, and the two men fell into the mud. However, after all, they were chasing the scholar, so they didn't care about it at the moment. He got up from the ground and chased after him, but unexpectedly, a big hand like a steel plier was grabbing hold of his collar behind him. The Zang family's secret whistle was a little annoyed, and he turned around and shouted: "Fuck,"
Before he could finish cursing, the man who caught him used both hands to throw them both to the roadside, knocking over a piece of the fruit stalls on both sides, and yelled: "You're so stupid Two hairless bastards, they came out without eyes or whatever, they bumped into grandpa and they wanted to slap their butts and leave,"
The secret sentry of the Zang family glanced anxiously at the side of the alley. Seeing that the scholar was about to go out in such a swagger, he was so anxious that he didn't bother to argue with him. He immediately got up to chase him, but he didn't expect that the young scholar would His skills were as fast as lightning. As soon as he stood up, he was grabbed by the man and he groaned loudly. The wind passed by his ears and he threw him heavily on the body of another Zang family Anshao who was about to get up. The people were stacked on top of each other and were struggling to get up, but the young man came over reluctantly, raised his feet and stepped on them firmly. He even yelled and cursed to himself, saying: "It's not that easy to run away. Looking at your rampant behavior, I guess you are used to being wild. You are pretending to be a grandpa and don’t care about you. You ruined other people’s business, but you want to get money out of it."
When the two secret guards of the Zang family encountered such trouble, they complained in their hearts. However, they could only admit that they were unlucky. Now is not the time to be angry and spend money to ward off the disaster. The two struggled to reach into their arms to get the money. At this moment But I heard the young man say to the surprised stall owners on both sides: "The two of them broke your things and the loss is not small. How much do you want, please give me a price."
The stall owner didn't know what the situation was, but since someone was giving his support, he roughly estimated a slightly higher price and said: "The total of us is only one tael of silver..."
The young man didn't wait for the stall owner to finish speaking, but interrupted abruptly and said: "I know, I've done business, so I don't know how you feel. How can one tael of silver from these stalls together be enough?" It will cost at least ten taels of silver,"
When the stall owners heard this, they were a little dumbfounded. They stretched out their hands to make a sign of ten, and said in stunned silence: "Ten taels,"
The two secret sentries of the Zang family were also surprised, and they said angrily: "What kind of crap can be worth ten taels of silver?"
The young man immediately picked up an apple from the ground and said with a look of realization: "Oh, indeed, these ten taels of silver are not enough."
The young man put the apple in front of the two secret whistles of the Zang family, lowered his voice and said with a threatening tone: "Do you know what kind of apple this is? It grows on Laozi Liang Mountain. How can you say it is an ordinary apple?" price,”
The two Zang family secretly whistled, and the number one in Liangshan suddenly understood in their hearts that the man stepping on him now was from Liangshan. No wonder his hands and feet were so fast, and he was so damaged in the hands of Liangshan people. It's not so embarrassing. As for Zang Hanzhong, if there is any investigation, some of them will shirk it. As for the scholar in white... Thinking of this, the two secret guards couldn't help but feel tight in their hearts. Could it be Wang Lun, the scholar in white? It's strange that he didn't walk so freely just now. This is his territory. Of course he is not afraid. No, people from Liangshan are already all over this alley. The two of them couldn't help but get wet with cold sweat when they thought about this. .
At this moment, the young man straightened up and said: "I know that you are from the Zang family. For the sake of Mr. Zang, I will give you face. There is no need to pay more, just a hundred taels. Okay, this The matter is settled, get out of here and ask him to send the money to these people. Don't play tricks. We all know your every move." After saying these three words, then The two Zang family secret guards were convinced of the man's identity, and they just nodded their heads.
Only the few vendors around him were left gathered together, as if they were in a crazy dream, muttering to themselves: "One hundred taels,,,"
This word reached the ears of the junior student, who turned around and said: "Why, one hundred taels is still less, okay, then..."
"It's quite a lot, it's quite a lot," the merchants were afraid that the more money they had, the more fake it would be and the less they could cash it out, so they nodded in unison.
Looking at the satisfied smiles of the merchants, the young man couldn't help but smile. He kicked the two men who were stepping on him and said, "Go ahead and ask Zang Hanzhong to prepare the money quickly. We don't need to specialize in it." Go collect it at midnight,"
"No, no, sir, we will bring them to you, we will definitely bring them to you." The two men climbed up quickly, not caring about the dirt all over their bodies, and ran away in front of everyone's strange eyes.
The young man watched their figures disappear at one end of the alley, smiled with satisfaction, and slowly turned around towards the other end of the alley. At this moment, the scholar was no longer around, and the young man's smile became even brighter. , at that moment, humming a little tune, he strolled along the alley, and soon disappeared.
At this moment, Wu Yong was already sitting in the pre-arranged carriage. In a state of shock, he remembered the critical moment just now and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, because he could tell that it was Shi Jin who came out to scold him. The sound of...