'Boom, boom~"

After sunset, the sky over Pingzhou suddenly changed, with dark clouds, thunder, and lightning piercing the sky.

After a while, the rain poured down.

The weather is really changing.

It was a sunny day that was destitute before, but it suddenly rained heavily.

Zhang Xiang and the little slave didn't have time to go back, and when they saw that the sky had changed, they had to stay in Lao Longhe's workshop temporarily.

The guys who set up the workshop were still hurriedly packing up the tools in the rain, moving what should be moved, moving what should be moved, moving them to places where the rain can't get wet.

Steward Qian came out of the rain with an umbrella, put the umbrella outside the door, and then came in and patted the rain that was drenched on his body, and muttered: "This rain is really in a hurry, some of the wood just made over there will be wet again, I greeted the man, and I only had time to move a small part, and the rest of the ones will have to be re-dried when the sun comes out." ”

Zhang Xiang asked the little slave to pour a cup of hot tea for Qian Ziang, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, isn't there a suitable new store over there!" ”

"Found it." Qian Ziang took a sip of hot tea and replied: "A few days ago, the shopkeeper Huang was looking for the vacant houses of those outsiders and large households, but these places were either too small, or the location was not good, there was no suitable one, no way, and finally he went to the government and found a public rental house on the bank of the Qinhuai River, this public rental house used to be an inn, and then he committed an accident and was seized by the government. He originally told the government that he only wanted to rent the lower floor, but the government said that it would either rent it all or not at all, so he asked me to ask the colt and listen to the pony's opinion. ”

"Listen to me?" Zhang Xiang wondered for a moment.

He knew about this kind of public rental housing.

These public rental houses are basically put into the name of the government after the government has seized those who have committed capital crimes, and these places are generally opened by the government after a certain period of time is affixed with a seal, and the government will openly rent them to those who want to do business.

It's just that these public rental houses in the government are quite expensive, much more expensive than the shops rented by private individuals, and the government generally has a face that you like to rent or not.

The status of businessmen in Nanchu is very low, so even if a wealthy businessman wants to rent this kind of public rental housing from the government to do business, if he has no background background, the government will open his mouth widely, and he can slaughter one.

This is basically the situation encountered by the yellow shopkeeper.

Zhang Xiang understood as soon as he heard it.

Qian Ziang continued: "Donkey, this Huang shopkeeper also said that when he goes to talk to the government in a few days, he wants me to go with him, and I also want to ask Don Ma, do I want to go with him?" ”

"This old fox is quite shrewd." Zhang Xiang said with a smile: "He just wants the government to know that this shop has a share of the Horse Mansion, so that the government can lower the price." ”

Qian Ziang nodded: "That's right, so I hesitated, so I came to ask the horse first." ”

Zhang Xiang said: "Go, why don't you go, you will be the shopkeeper of this shop in the future, he wants to pull this tiger skin of the Horse Mansion, let him pull it up, why not use it?" Doing business depends on relationships, businessmen who don't matter, are eventually eliminated, this yellow shopkeeper cooperates with us, isn't it the relationship of the Pony Mansion! If we don't give it to him, how can he willingly help us do business in the future! When you go with him, you will also tell the government, according to the price said by the government, and also tell the shopkeeper Huang, we will pay the difference, don't reduce the price because it is the horse house, the relationship is one thing, but the market price can not be disrupted. ”

Qian Ziang hurriedly bowed his hand: "It's still a good horse." ”

It rained for about half an hour, and the sky had already darkened because of the dark clouds.

By this time, the thunder had stopped, and the rain had gradually subsided.

In the workshop, the guys who should have gone home have all gone home, leaving only two to live here and guard.

Zhang Xiang and the little slave also held an umbrella, walked out of the house, got into the carriage, and set off to return home.

Although the rain was light, after getting into the carriage, Zhang Xiang saw that there were still dark clouds and a sky with hidden thunder, and said to the little slave with a smile: "You have to take advantage of the rain to get light, go back quickly, look at the sky, there will be a heavy rain tonight." ”

The little slave rubbed his little belly and said bitterly: "Donkey, I'm starving to death, we haven't been back for so long, and it's raining so heavily, the princess should be worried." ”

Drive~~

The carriage left the Old Dragon River.

Pingzhou Mansion.

Yang Lin, the head catcher, held the knife and stood in front of the public court.

It was already time to disperse, but because of the heavy rain just now, he had to stay until now.

At this time, seeing that the rain was light, he was about to go back, when a catcher suddenly came in a hurry outside the yamen.

He ran to Yang Lin, only had time to wipe a handful of rain on his face, and then said to Yang Lin: "Yang Zhutou, the house outside the forester in the west of the city is on fire, his concubine was burned to death, and the official on duty has rushed over, but the fire is too big, and there are not enough people there..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Lin was startled, then stepped into the rain and rushed out: "Go." ”

As he walked, he said strangely: "It's raining so hard, how can there still be a fire?" ”

Na Kuai shook his head: "My subordinates don't know, but I heard that the official said that the fire burned from the concubine's room, and it was almost burned to the main courtyard when I came, but fortunately, because of this rain, some of the fire was stopped, otherwise it would have burned faster." ”

Yang Lin didn't have time to be strange at this time, and said, "I'll go over first, you go and call all the catchers and officials who can be called, and rush over." ”

"Yes..."

After receiving the order, the catcher quickly separated from the street and left.

After a while, the officials and catchers who could be dispatched in Pingzhou City rushed towards the west of the city, and the dense footsteps mixed with the sound of raining rain 'clicked'.

On the bank of the Qinhuai River in the east of the city, this rain has made Pingzhou City at night much quieter, and only some sporadic figures can be seen trotting on the streets on the originally lively Qinhuai River.

The sound of horses' hooves was heard, and a carriage slowly appeared in the rain.

On the eaves on both sides of the street, several masked figures dressed in black followed the carriage.

When a figure first passed a few lengths between the eaves, quickly overtook the carriage a few positions, and then turned around, shook his hand, and struck a dart in his hand precisely towards the horse's belly.

The painful horse let out a mournful scream, screamed, and dragged the carriage to gallop wildly, and the coachman grabbed the reins and tried to stop the horse, but the horse was already uncontrollable, and kept struggling, and the coachman was thrown out directly, and fell to the ground and fell into a coma instantly.

The horse dragged the carriage along the side of the street frantically, and when he ran to the steps in front of an inn, the wheels were caught by the steps, and the horse's vigorous tugging directly pulled the whole body on its side, and the reins were also broken in this tug, and the horse was separated from the cart, and the frightened horse soon disappeared into the rain curtain in front of him.

In the overturned carriage, Zhang Xiang got up, only to feel dizzy.

After feeling that something was wrong with the carriage, he propped his hands tightly in the corners of the carriage to maintain his balance.

The little slave was also tightly protected by him.

However, after this rollover, he was also thrown back and forth several times in the carriage.

After shaking his head, he felt a lot more sober.

In the dark, he couldn't see the situation of the little slave under him clearly, so he had to quickly ask, "Little slave, are you okay?" ”

The little slave's frightened voice came: "Horse, the slave is fine." ”

Zhang Xiang fumbled to help her up.

The little slave panicked, "Pony, what's going on?" ”

Zhang Xiang shook his head: "I don't know, let's go out first." ”

At this time, there was a sudden sound of 'clanging clang' weapons outside.

Another voice came: "Horse, go, there are assassins." (Asking for votes)