CHAPTER XXII

"Slow two. Seeing that Zhang Deli and I were leaving, the old man suddenly stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "My apprentice has the eyes to offend the master by not knowing Mount Tai, but you can't just forget it, why don't I be the east tonight and wash the dust for the two of you?"

"Catch the wind and wash the dust?" The benefits of this door-to-door delivery made me and Zhang Deli stunned together, and frowned together, as the saying goes, there is no pie in the sky, the weasel will give the chicken and duck New Year's greetings with a knife, this old man and we have only just met, or this kind of unpleasant situation, for no reason to invite us to dinner, that is really wrong, so Zhang Deli asked bluntly: "What do you want to do?"

"I want to ask you two for a favor, I wonder if you are willing to help us through this difficult time?" The old man smiled dryly, sighed and said, "Today, I'm afraid there are only two people who can help us." ”

"How did you know we could help you, and who told you we were superior?" I glanced at the old man, he didn't look like a person with a bad heart, but the more this is the case, the more uneasy it is, and the current situation is that we don't know anything about this old man, and he seems to know us in general, this feeling of being figured out by others, I'm afraid few people like it, although I have made up my mind, no matter what rhetoric this old man says, don't fall for this, but what should be asked is always to ask, otherwise this Xuzhou will not be able to stay.

"This morning, there was a monk who came to my house to make a fortune, I only thought he was a liar, but he said that our recent affairs were not bad at all, I was surprised, I thought that he might be a real person, so I asked a few more words, and he told me, today at the train station, my apprentice will bring two masters to come, and as long as I come up to ask for help, you will help. The old man sighed embarrassedly, shook his head and said, "Who knows, it's actually like this." ”

"What kind of monk?" As soon as he heard that it was a monk, Zhang Deli's pupils constricted suddenly, and he stepped forward and asked, "What are the characteristics of that monk, is it an old man?"

"It's not an old man. The old man was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's just a middle-aged man in his forties, not tall, one meter seven, dressed in tatters, but his face is capable, and he looks like a real person." ”

"That's weird. Zhang Deli frowned, and asked again: "Does he have anything else to explain to you, such as what will you say if the two of us don't agree?"

"No, he said that you have a relationship with my apprentice, and if I come to you, you can agree. The old man looked at me and Zhang Deli in embarrassment, and said curtly: "Two, although what my apprentice is doing is indeed not authentic, we also have difficulties." ”

"But how could this kid pick on us, I don't think about it like this. Zhang Deli nodded, pondered for a moment, and said to the old man: "You call your apprentice here, don't hide there, we won't beat him." ”

"Third son, come, hurry up. The old man nodded, turned around and beckoned to the man who had crossed the street, the man shrunk his neck, and his face was stunned in place for a moment, but after all, he came slowly, and when he saw the two of us staring at him with malicious intent, he was actually trembling with fright, and he did not have the ability to play a scoundrel on the train.

"It's strange, you dare to get on the train to deceive people, did you take the wrong medicine at the time?" Zhang Deli and I were both holding back the fire in our hearts, and we were naturally not polite when we spoke, Zhang Deli sneered and stepped forward, looked at the middle-aged man from head to toe, and said with a sneer: "Tell me, how did you have the courage to start with the two of us?"

"That is, there is a Taoist priest, a white-bearded old Taoist priest, who told me my fortune, saying that I have to go to Nanjing to try my luck, and I can't get out of the train station when I get to Nanjing, so I wait there, and when I see the two of you, I will follow back, and then I also said, as long as I dare to do it, you two will help me. The middle-aged man was so frightened that he trembled and said something inexplicable.

"Damn, it's a monk and a Taoist priest, I kind of understand. The middle-aged man's words may be inexplicable to me, but for Zhang Deli, it seems to have explained something, he smiled strangely, shook his head, and said angrily: "Okay, since it was someone who instructed you to come to us, then I will help with this favor, but the help is not in vain, the two of us have nowhere to go in Xuzhou, and we are not picky, just squeeze your house, and it is convenient for us to do things." ”

"That's nature, that's nature. As soon as the old man heard that we were willing to help, his happy beard was cocked, and he hurriedly invited us to the edge of the square, and the middle-aged man followed closely, and we took a car and came to an old-fashioned residential building, and after the old man invited us into the house, the table had already prepared wine and food, but the atmosphere in the house was indeed a little colder, except for the old man and his apprentice, there was no one.

"This place is good. Zhang Deli pulled a chair and sat down, gave me a look, neither of us moved the meat and vegetables on the table, just left and right to say some words to deal with and looked around, this place is not big, that is, the pattern of two bedrooms and one living room, the age of the house is placed there, the decoration inside is naturally conceivable, the green paint painted wall, plus the white porcelain floor, are the most old-fashioned style, the TV is small and old, as soon as it is turned on is the opera channel, although the house is fully furnished, it is terrible that it is older than the age of the TV, the sofa is broken and the spring is exposed, the paint on the table and chair has fallen off most of it, the exposed wood is smooth, and there is a reading glasses on the coffee table, An old couple in a frame next to him smiled peacefully, looking at that look, this is what the old man looked like in the past, we looked at it like this, we all understood, I am afraid this is really the old man's home, but the middle-aged man is busy with a familiar look and makes me a little curious, this middle-aged man and this old man look not like each other at all, plus he also said that it is his apprentice, but why is he so familiar with this family.

"The little old man's surname is Sun, he learns a single word, this is my apprentice, called Wang Laishun, both of us came out of the chemical factory, so we can still say something about the trick on the street just now, what do you call the two?" The old man saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassed, smiled and took a bite of the dish and ate it himself, then pointed to the wine and food on the table, and said: "If the two of you are not hungry, the little old man will be round, this kind of good thing, I haven't eaten it for a few days." ”

"I'm Zhang Deli, this is my friend Bai Mu, we eat with one mouth, you may already know, what to eat and drink, for us, it doesn't matter, since that person asked you to find us, then there is nothing to worry about your wine and food, but we are not a waste of time, what difficulties do you have, you might as well talk about it, we do things just to ask for peace of mind, not for your wine or food or anything else. Zhang Deli's words were extremely atmospheric, and the old man and Wang Laishun who listened to them were immediately impressed, but I just smiled, and when he entered the door, he made me look at him, and what he said was that he didn't eat indiscriminately, we went out, and we could say whatever we wanted, but the rice could not be eaten casually.

"It's a long story. Old man Sun sighed, and then told the story.

This is a long story is not too complicated, Sun Lao Man and Wang Laishun is a master-apprentice relationship, the two have known each other for more than ten years, the relationship is good, this Sun Lao Man's wife left early, just look at this Wang Laishun as a son, Wang Laishun is a worker, naturally there is no money, people in their thirties can't get a daughter-in-law, but they are anxious Sun Old Man, all day long to see whose girl is suitable to introduce, introducing and introducing, I met a twenty-eight woman, this woman is from Hubei, has lived in Xuzhou for ten years, selling clothes in a clothing store, although it is not a good condition, but the person is also considered Zhouzheng, these two people are also considered to be eye-catching, just like that, the two fell in love.

"At first, it was fine, but later, Zhang Cuihong said that she wanted to do business, but what money did my apprentice have, a total of tens of thousands of yuan Zhang Cuihong said that it was not enough, and said that the business was done on a one, and he could retire and live a good life, my apprentice didn't believe in this kind of good thing at first, so he gave Zhang Cuihong 10,000 yuan, but within two days, she brought 20,000 yuan back, and proudly said that it was earned, but she was confused, and promised her to mortgage the house, and mortgaged so 200,000 yuan to invest, but this woman was actually a white-eyed wolf, and ran away after taking the money！”

"Didn't you catch it back?" Zhang Deli listened expressionlessly, as if he was used to this kind of story, yawned, and said to himself: " Presumably no, but what can you do to find us, this person has run, China is so big, she can run wherever she wants, although the two of us are not bad, but they are not police dogs, smell the smell of the woman left behind and know where to run, this kind of thing, you have to find the police, the police wanted a warrant, there are people all over the country to help you find, looking for us can be regarded as finding the wrong person, if you have a clue, and not too far, we can also help you do something in this city, too far, no one can afford to toss, right?"

"The woman ran away, but the bad bastard didn't run!" At this time, Wang Laishun, who had been pale and silent, broke out, patted the table hatefully and said: "When I came to collect the house that day, I heard the bald head calling, although it was called by another name, but the voice was Zhang Cuihong, and said that she did a good job, and gave her some bonuses, they are partners to pit me!"

"It's kind of interesting, it's kind of a new trick. Zhang Deli finally became a little interested, and shook his head and explained to me: " This bureau is a cheating marriage, now not with the past, used to get married and then do it, so as to divide the family property, but now they also know how to change, the people who used to come out to do it are beautiful girls like flowers and jade, of course, nine times out of ten is the kiln sister who came out of the kiln, and the landlord was dizzy, and then after getting married, he killed people and took the family property, and now there is a risk of killing, that is, to cheat some money, but I didn't expect that I actually used this method, deceived to invest and then mortgage the house, fresh, really fresh, it can be seen that the way of fraud is also to continue to innovate。 ”

"Now I have nothing left, and I'm in debt. Zhang Deli said happily, but Wang Laishun's face was very ugly, he hugged his head in frustration and said: "That big bald head let go of the words, if there is no money to pay him back next month, it will cost my life, the master and his old man said that he would sell the house, but how can I do such an unfilial thing, I, I really want to die headlong." ”

"You still owe money, it's really stupid, the world's first stupid, you still owe money for a woman who went to the house and still owes money?" Zhang Deli asked in amazement.

"One hundred thousand..."Wang Laishun sighed, his head almost lowered to the ground.

"Then you are looking for us, just to pay back the 100,000 for you?" Zhang Deli nodded, looked at Wang Laishun and said: "Then you give me a reason, why let us help you, don't say that we are well-wishers, kindness is limited, and we can't help everyone, especially a big fool with the number one in Tianzi." ”

"I didn't sit still!" Wang Laishun glared and shouted: "I have a way, I also went to follow them for a few days, I want to catch that Zhang Cuihong, if not, I will do my best!"

"Bang!" In this way, in Wang Laishun's roar, a knife lit up on the table, and when he saw this knife, the ridicule on Zhang Deli's face was much less, and he nodded and said: "It seems that it is not a person who can be slaughtered, but why don't you call the police?"

"The police said that the case had been filed, and I said that Li Guangtou and Zhang Cuihong were in a gang, they didn't believe it at all, and they didn't find anything at all, these people were originally colluding, and I saw Li Guangtou drinking with their director!" Wang Laishun patted the table angrily and said: "These bastards, what do you say to serve the people, they are not riding on the people's heads to make a fortune!"

"It's not too stupid to say this, if you wait for the police to give you a head, then you might as well die. Zhang Deli smiled, and then asked: "Then you can talk about it, how do you want us to help you, do you want to vent your anger or even get the profit back?"

"At least you can't embarrass my master!" Wang Laishun gritted his teeth and said: "I can do anything, but they are too much, they found my master's head and forced him to sell the house, it's all my fault, tell that Zhang Cuihong that my master is very good to me!"

"You're still a man who knows how to be satisfied. Zhang Deli nodded, and said slowly: "This matter, after I listened to you talk about it in general, I didn't dare to promise you anything, what can I do, in addition to the two of us working hard, it also depends on the time and place, if God doesn't help, then there is no way, but no matter what, I can always make your master okay, I can guarantee you." ”

"I will bear the sins of my own making, as long as my master is okay. Wang Laishun's face was much more relaxed, and he seemed to be a little relieved, but the old man Sun shouted unrelentingly: "What nonsense is the bastard boy? Can I watch you fall into trouble? It's a big deal, let's sell the house and go to hide in other places, the world is so big, isn't there a place for us to stay? We two big men, with these hands, even if we pick up garbage, we won't starve to death!"

"No!" Wang Laishun admired me very much at this point, he frowned, shook his head and said: "It is said that the homeland is difficult to leave, and there is still a master here, I can't let her be frightened below, this house has to be kept!"

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, isn't there another week?" Zhang Deli waved his hand, pretending not to care, signaling them not to say something useless, but I can see that Zhang Deli also has a little feeling, but he hides it better, I can't do it, I want to cry a little when I am moved, this most beautiful and noble quality of human beings, it really has his unique charm.

"Let's talk about the origin of Li Guangtou first, if it is not small, then maybe there are only thirty-six plans to take such a road as the plan, no matter how capable we are, it is just two people who have nothing, plus you two flat-headed people, it is nonsense to people with a big background with courage or something, only the part that is crushed, this is the so-called mantis arm as a car. Zhang Deli sighed, and then said: "But if this Li Guangtou is just a small person, even if he has a little power, it is also the kind that can't touch the sky in general, then it is much simpler, and it is our specialty to govern these little people." ”

"He has a financial company, specializing in lending and mortgage or something, I called the police and said that this is a debt to repay money, as long as it is not a loan shark, they can't manage it, even if I go to Beijing, the court will have to judge me to be wrong, he has seven or eight guys in this financial company, all of them are hooligans on the street, and they are considered local figures, but they are not too big, right?" Wang Laishun thought for a while, and said: " Anyway, what I inquired about was that there was no one above him, at most he knew some people, and the biggest one might be the director of the police station, but in our place, with this director talking, no one dares to mess with him. ”

"Then it's not a difficult thing, I'm afraid that he has a big brother on his head, so we have to tie our hands and feet in everything, do you have any enemies or anything like that?" Zhang Deli nodded and asked again.

"If you want to say that the enemy is also some competitors, there is another person who does this financial loan in our area, and the two of them have fought once, and it is quite big. ”