Chapter 40: Wine Putty is Caught

Fei'er and Wantong walked up to Xu's mother and blessed themselves.

"Qiu Tang is a few years older than you, she used to be like you, she got up before dawn every day to wash clothes, and if she moved a little slower, she would also be beaten by Master Quan, which you all know. But you look at the current Qiu Tang, a silk and satin, a head full of pearls and jade, there are sedan chairs in and out, the right master greets her with a smile, she doesn't have to get up early to wash her clothes, such a day when the fingers are not wet and dusty, have you ever thought about it? ”

"It's all up to my mother." Fei'er and Wantong both knelt down and said.

"Okay, that's the case, from Ming'er, the two of you will follow Qiu Tang to Mingyuexuan, listen to her singing first, see what she does, watch a few days first, and then find an opportunity for you to come to the stage, when you can also come back with a small gold-painted box, I will never let you wash a piece of clothing again, and you don't have to be beaten by the power master. What do you think? ”

"Thank you mom for your kindness." As soon as they heard that there was a chance that they would no longer have to wash their clothes and not be beaten, Fei'er and Wantong were busy kowtowing to thank them.

"Get up, thank you and thank Master Liang." Mother Xu poured two cups of tea and put them on the table, "Just sit with me today and drink tea and listen to music." ”

"Mother Xu, these are the two refreshments that I sent at the order of our shopkeeper." As soon as Fei'er and Wantong sat down, the door of the box was pushed open, and the young man in the teahouse nodded and walked in with two plates of dim sum.

"Put it here, thank you for me. By the way, help me with a word, wait for Qiu Tang to leave, let the proprietress come up, I have something to find her. Mother Xu took out a silver coin and stuffed it into the young man's hand.

"Thank you, Mother Xu." The young man laughed and left.

"Master Zhang, the bounty has been increased to eighty taels, but no one has come." Zhang Bang's family was full of anxiety.

"Have all those who were scattered have returned?" Zhang An's face flickered in the candlelight.

"Not long after I came back, we were all eating."

"Eat, eat, eat! Just know how to eat! Do I have a herd of pigs? Zhang An caught fire namelessly, and the table shook the sky, "Eighty taels." Didn't anyone come for eighty taels? Who are the people in this mausoleum? Tomorrow, tomorrow raise the silver bounty to one hundred taels! One hundred taels of snowflake silver! Zhang Anxin was very bored.

"Look! It's up again! It's up again! The crowd erupted in excited shouts, and every day a group of people came to pay attention to the silver bounty on the search list, and watching the higher and higher bounties, people's curiosity became heavier and heavier.

"Ahh A roar suddenly erupted in the crowd, and the official guarding the search list was so startled that he immediately pulled out his knife and crossed it in front of him. Looking at the voice, the crowd took the initiative to separate, and in the open space in the middle, there was a famous wine putty in Lingcheng. The drunken putty shouted like crazy, but no one could understand what he was shouting.

"Brother, I always feel that there is something wrong with this person." As soon as he saw that it was a wine putty, the family in the crowd instantly remembered what had happened in the tavern, and after thinking about it, he always felt that something was wrong, and shouted, "Take it back!" With a hula, three or four people sprang out of the crowd and pounced on the wine putty.

It wasn't until the wine putty was taken away that people realized again that these people were not from Lingcheng who sold goods on the streets and alleys. The inexplicable fear was like a thunderbolt that woke everyone up. It was only when the people who watched the excitement reacted that something was wrong, something was wrong.

"Shaolang, go and take a look, see how the street is in a commotion." Si Duhan was disturbed by the noise in the street.

Shao Lang walked to the door according to his words, and happened to see a few foreigners dressed as sellers, dragging the drunken and crazy wine putty towards the yamen. Seeing that the faces of those people were not good, Shao Lang instructed the guys on the counter to be careful, and then walked into the back hall: "Master, the government has arrested people."

"Official? Xue Bowen hasn't arrested people like this for a long time. "Xue Bowen, who has just passed the age of not being confused, grew up under the watchful eye of Si Duhan.

"It's not Lord Xue." Shao Lang looked outside the door and lowered his voice, "It's the group of outsiders who came to Lingcheng a few months ago. ”

"Oh," Si Duhan nodded, thoughtful, "who did you catch?" ”

"It's like wine putty." Shao Lang's words made Si Duhan chuckle in his heart.

The drunken wine putty was brought to Zhang An. When Zhang An heard that he had found a clue, he was overjoyed, but the moment he saw the wine putty, Zhang An couldn't wait to pull all his subordinates out and chop them alive.

"A bunch of trash! What are you doing when you catch a drunkard! At this time, Zhang An only felt that the blood in his whole body rushed to his head, and he had difficulty breathing, and his eyes were full of stars.

Seeing that Zhang An was about to break out, the family hurriedly knelt down: "Zhang Ye is angry, it's like this, the little one was ordered to wander around the city to find out the news, and once met this person in the tavern, the bounty was twenty taels at that time, this person cried and shouted in the corner of the tavern, saying that he had lost twenty taels of silver, we asked the tavern Xiao Er, and Xiao Er said that this person was full of wine all day long and couldn't take it seriously, and the little one didn't care." Today the bounty was changed to one hundred taels, and the man shouted in the crowd like crazy. ”

"So he's not a drunkard, he's a madman?" Zhang An interrupted Jiading's words.

"No, no, the little one thinks he probably knows something, so the little one brought him back." The family hurriedly explained that he kowtowed, like a chicken pecking rice. Although they are all on errands in Zhang Guoshi's mansion, after all, Zhang An is a housekeeper and a close confidant of Zhang Guoshi, and the family only feels that his life is in danger.

"Okay, come on! Tie him to the pillar outside! Splash some water on him and help him sober up! I'm going to ask! ”

"Yes!" The man next to him replied yes, and carried the putty out of the house and tied it to the pillar of the porch. On the other side, someone carried a large wooden basin, which was freshly filled with cold well water, and several family members carried the basin and poured it on their heads, and the wine putty was wet from head to toe.

"Master, wake up." Seeing that the wine putty opened his half-squinted eyes, the family came to the house and called Zhang An.

"I heard, you lost your money?" Zhang An looked at the wine putty in front of him and asked with a temper.

"What's up! Lao Tzu is losing money! But Lao Tzu is not bad for money when he drinks! The wine putty shouted indistinctly, and the rich smell of wine sprayed on Zhang An's face.

"How much money did you lose?" Zhang An fanned the smell of wine sprayed in front of the door in front of him, frowned and continued to ask.

"How much...... At the beginning, I only lost twenty taels at the beginning...... Later, I lost forty taels, and then I lost more and more...... Belch! In the end, in the end, Lao Tzu lost a hundred taels! The wine putty's wine burp made Zhang An nauseous.

"How did you lose it?" Zhang An took a step back, he was afraid that if he got so close, he would vomit in the next second.

"One hundred taels...... One hundred taels! Have you ever seen so much money? The wine putty didn't seem to hear Zhang An's question, and roared to himself.

"Look at this man!" Seeing that the drunken putty was crazy, Zhang An ordered someone to bring a portrait and wanted to try it again.

"Hahaha, one hundred taels! She's a hundred taels! The wine putty was even more excited when he saw the portrait.

"You tell me where she is, and I'll give you a hundred taels." Zhang An saw that the wine putty reacted strangely, and unconsciously stepped forward and said.

"It's sold, it's been sold for wine a long time ago." The wine putty stretched his neck and rubbed a hippie smile on Zhang An's face.

"Bastard!" Zhang An felt that the wine putty was playing with himself, and instantly became angry, raised a foot, and kicked on the stomach of the wine putty, the wine putty only felt that the stomach was overturned, his chest was stuffy, his mouth was open, and the half-digested wine and food sprayed Zhang An's body.

"A bunch of bastards! It's all for Lao Tzu to kneel here! Zhang An only felt sick for a while at this time, he had never been so disgusting since he was a child, he tore off his drunken clothes three or two times, smashed them into the arms of his family, and returned to the house angrily.

With the arrest of the wine putty, the strangers on the streets of Lingcheng are like the world has evaporated, and none of them are gone.

"Shaolang, come on, sort these bags of medicinal herbs and put them away, I'll go sit outside for a while and bask in the sun." Si Duhan stood up and slowly walked out of the door, "Old man, my back hurts when I sit for a while." ”

"You're not old." Shao Lang carried the rattan chair in one hand and supported Si Duhan in the other hand and walked out of the door.

Looking at the people coming and going on the street, Si Duhan felt much more comfortable.

Shao Lang put the rattan chair in front of the door, settled Si Duhan, ran in and moved a small table next to the rattan chair, and made tea. Si Duhan has been practicing medicine for decades, and he has seen almost all the people in Lingcheng, large and small, who have been sick for a few days, and have been recuperating for a few days. Such greetings made Si Duhan feel the temperature of being alive again.

"Mother, Erchen is back." As soon as Mu Lingyi returned to the palace, he went straight to Zhang Rou Palace, and before anyone entered the house, the voice arrived first.

"Greetings to the Eleventh Prince. The virtuous concubine is not in the palace, His Royal Highness the prince is sick, and the virtuous concubine is taking care of His Royal Highness the prince in the East Palace these days. The little maid who stayed in the palace hurriedly ran out.

"Got it." Mu Lingyi felt a trace of unhappiness in his heart. Although Mu Lingyu is now the crown prince, he is Zhang Rou's biological son, and when he comes back, Zhang Rou will definitely wait for him in the palace, but now he ran to the East Palace.

"Eleventh Prince?" Mu Lingyi was making a hypocrisy at the gate of the palace, but he didn't want to hear Zhang Wan's voice in his ears.

"Erchen greets Xiao Zhaoyi." Mu Lingyi saluted.

"Excuse me, you are my dear nephew, you don't have to be so polite." Zhang Wan smiled and took Mu Lingyi's hand, "What?" Did Concubine Xian go to the East Palace again? Zhang Wan looked inside.

"Yes, Erchen also just came back to listen to what the palace people said." Mu Lingyi's face was full of unconcealable decline.

"Let's go, go to my palace, there are wild ducks paying tribute from outside today, and I ordered someone to stew soup." Zhang Wan took Mu Lingyi's hand and walked towards Yulan Palace.

Mu Lingyi didn't have time to thank him, and staggered behind Zhang Wan, with a trace of warmth in his heart.

"Where have you been on such a hot day?" Mother Xu lazily half leaned on the rattan chair, and Pearl was fanning on the side.

"Went out for a walk. Guess what I found? Quan Ye sat down, stretched out his hand and poured a sip of herbal tea, it was only early summer, and it was uncomfortable for people who were hot.

"What?" Looking at the mysterious appearance of Master Quan, Xu's mother was interested.

"The strangers on the street are gone." Quan Ye looked around and said in a low voice.

"Gone?" Mother Xu sat up and repeated suspiciously.