Chapter 8 The old shopkeeper of Shandong
Besides, on the side of Qingze in front of them in the middle of the hour, they rushed out to the west and were immediately surrounded by the troops who came to support, so Fang Qingze, Gao Huaizhu, and the three of them fought hard, and retreated towards the surrounding alleys, wanting to get rid of the heavy siege with the tortuous alleys. But I didn't expect that there were too many Ming troops rushing over, and I couldn't move for a while, and suddenly a group of hundreds of cavalry rushed over, although I was wearing the armor of the Ming army, but I waved my sword at each other, and ended the situation of heavy siege for myself, Fang Qingze raised his knife and slashed the Ming army that rushed over, and looked carefully at the team, and the person who led him knew was the guerrilla general Guangliang in the sharp knife unit trained by Qu Xiangtian himself.
Fang Qingze once prepared good wine and meat to treat the army, Qu Xiangtian solemnly introduced this person, doing business and talking about business is self-familiar and unforgettable, to people and things, can remember others to grasp a trace of business opportunities, in short, Fang Qingze couldn't help but remember Guangliang's face and remember his name and position, Fang Qingze dodged a spear and waved his knife to force back the enemy and shouted: "General Guangliang, I am Fang, my eldest brother Qu Xiangtian has already fought his way out of the encirclement." ”
Fang Qingze just finished shouting, but saw countless officers and soldiers rushing from the north and south, he shouted that it was not good to greet Gao Huaizhu when he saw and heard, found the gap and got into the alley, and finally got rid of the pursuers under the wild run all the way, the three of them stabilized their minds, leaning against the courtyard wall in the alley and constantly gasping, Gao Huaigang wanted to speak, but saw a door in the alley open at this time.
A man dressed in a man's clothes came out of the small door that had just been opened, carrying a bucket with water in front and back of it, filled with water. Fang Qingze Gao Huaizhu didn't dare to come out when he heard this, for fear that if he frightened this guy and provoked the officers and soldiers again, it would be a big trouble, so the three of them held their breath and continued to lean against the wall and did not dare to make a single movement.
The young man is not very old when he is short of sleep, and at the moment he is also sleepy-eyed, yawning again and again. Just stepped out of the door, but tripped over the threshold, one stumbled and almost didn't fall, quickly shook his head, let himself sober up, this shaking of the head doesn't matter, just saw Fang Qingze and others standing next to the wall, suddenly frightened legs and feet, opened his mouth to shout, the voice was stuck in his throat, Zhu Jianwen, who was closest to him, grabbed his neck, and the remaining two hurriedly stepped forward The three of them hugged the guy into the courtyard he just came out of, and reflexively closed the door, and as soon as the door was closed, a team of people appeared at the mouth of the alley, Then go through the alley and chase forward.
Fang Qingze and a few others breathed a long sigh of relief, and Zhu Jianwen whispered to the young man: "If you don't shout, I'll let you go, otherwise I'll kill you, and blink if you understand." The little guy was already frightened, and when Zhu saw and heard the force of his hand, the little guy understood and blinked.
Zhu Jianwen let go of the young man's neck, and then asked, "What are you doing when you go out so early?" This question was to talk casually so that the young man could calm down the fear in his heart, and the young man trembled and said, "I am a fellow of the water shop, and I must get up early every morning to bring water to each family." After hearing this, a few people nodded, the water shop is a shop that delivers water to the food and clothing families who are inconvenient to get water or a shop that uses a lot of water, and most of them are opened by Shandong people, and it is normal to get up early every day to deliver water.
Gao Huai said: "Where is the shopkeeper of your family? We want to see him. "Who are you?" The young man asked. Fang Qingze roared viciously: "If you want to go, you will go, where is so much nonsense." The young man immediately trembled like chaff, Fang Qingze lifted the young man and walked outside the shopkeeper's bedroom under his guidance.
Just walked outside the door, the lights in the room turned on, Shanxi people are good at doing business, Jiangnan people are good at bartering, Shandong people are diligent in business, this is not dawn The old shopkeeper of this water shop got up early to get up early to prepare to keep accounts and do business. As soon as he lit the lamp and was about to go out to see if the guys were lazy, the guys he hired were all sixteen or seventeen young men, who were at an age when they lacked sleep and food, and were often overslept and complained by the guests. The old shopkeeper opened the door while muttering, but saw his buddy Xiaosi and three big men like bloody men standing at the door, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted out, and before the voice came out, Fang Qingze covered his mouth, Fang Qingze said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, old shopkeeper, you see it's me, Fang someone." ”
The old shopkeeper then looked at Fang Qingze carefully, blinked vigorously, and then said with a sigh of relief: "It turned out to be Master Fang, why did you fall into such a situation, come in with me to change into two clean clothes." "How could the old shopkeeper know Fang Qingze? This matter is a long story, a long story is short, in short, the merchants in the capital know the first richest man in the capital, Fang Qingze, plus he is easy-going and never puts on any shelf, so he is very familiar with other business shopkeepers in the capital, and not only that, two months ago, the shopkeeper had borrowed fifty taels of gold from Fang Qingze because of the poor turnover at home, and although Fang Qingze only accepted the principal in the future, he did not take a penny for the so-called interest, so he handed over the friend of the old shopkeeper of the water shop.
Although the old shopkeeper knew that Fang Qingze's family had a big business, he might only know but didn't know about himself, but this old shopkeeper in Shandong did conform to the loyal and honest temperament of Shandong people, and he was grateful to Dade for seeing Fang Qingze and the other three covered in blood, and knew that something big must happen, so he didn't dare to make a noise, and only took a few sets of decent clothes and some silver taels and gave them to the three of them.
The three of them changed their clothes, and Fang Qingze smiled when he saw Yin Liang, and hugged his fists and thanked him. In fact, Fang Qingze has a lot of Daming treasure banknotes on his body, and there are also some scattered silver, although he is dressed very plainly, but the gadgets he wears are priceless to take down any of them, and he doesn't need the old shopkeeper's money at all. It's just that as a businessman, he understands the old shopkeeper's thoughts, one is to repay his kindness, and the other is to be safe. It means that you should not bring the disaster to yourself, so you put away the silver and did not shirk.
A few people talked but didn't talk about what happened to them, and the three of them knew in their hearts that the city gate would be closed at this moment, and if Qu Xiangtian rushed out, the guards of the city gates would be tighter, so they had to hide until dawn and wait for the city gate to open and then find a way to get out.
Fang Qingze was greeting the old shopkeeper, and suddenly heard the courtyard door ringing, Zhu Jianwen and Gao Huai immediately grabbed their blades and stood up nervously, the old shopkeeper was suddenly so frightened that his face turned pale, only to hear someone shouting outside the door: "Dad, Dad!" Why haven't you gotten up to do business yet, something big happened last night. A man dressed in a Ming army uniform walked into this small courtyard.