"Alas, I'm sorry, this case, we bad people took over. Three Qianniuwei colleagues, please let go. ”

Wei Chang walked over and showed his waist card.

The three Qianniuwei soldiers saw that the case was led by bad people, and they happened to be idle. So he scolded a few words and left.

The sturdy man, seeing that Li Xian was brightly dressed, did not fight back when he was beaten, and was later pulled to the side of the road by a group of strong men, and looked a little scared.

"Don't be afraid." Wei Chang said: "We won't bully you, we knocked over our maid's vegetable basket, how much money should you lose." ”

"I don't have any money."

"Boy, what about getting beaten?" Li Xian put his hand on the man's shoulder, pointed to the vegetable leaves on the ground and said, "You can't afford to pay for this little dish?" Li Xian looked around angrily, "If you can't afford to lose, I'm not short of that money, at least you have to be soft, right?" ”

The man bowed his head and did not speak.

At this time, Wei Chang smacked his lips and said, "Forget it, he was also beaten, he is still a poor bastard, don't embarrass him." Come on, Xiaohong, give you a few more money and go grocery shopping. ”

A small episode seemed to be about to end, but at this time, Chen Bao stood at the door and shouted, "Wait, Zhong Qingkui, is it you?" ”

When the man heard someone shouting his name, he suddenly turned his head, looked at Chen Bao, and suddenly said with joy: "Brother Leopard? ”

"Hey, boy, how did you end up like this now?" Chen Bao smiled bitterly, walked over, and took Zhong Qingkui's arm to introduce to everyone: "This kid used to be a standard-bearer under our Dengzhou Defense Envoy. ”

The one who can be the standard-bearer shouldn't be a coward, but now it seems that he is a little cowardly.

Chen Bao didn't know what had happened to this brother, so he just pulled him into the house and sat down.

After inquiring, I learned that Hu Guanghua, the former defense envoy of Dengzhou, had committed an accident and was dismissed by Emperor Zhide, and then sent a new general to lead the Dengzhou soldiers.

As soon as the new general arrived there, he began to purge Hu Guanghua's cronies, and Zhong Qingkui was squeezed out of the ranks.

He didn't have a home, so he came to Chang'an to eat, but as soon as he came here, he realized how difficult it was to eat in Chang'an.

At first, I wanted to find some jobs as a caretaker with my good figure, but the big families in Chang'an City were very xenophobic, because he was alone and still had a household registration far away, so no one used him.

Later, he ran to various docks, but because he was too capable, he was driven away by the head of the snake, who scolded him for not being able to work.

After coming here for a few months, he seemed to understand the routine of working in Chang'an City, so he went to Pingkangfang to find some strength to work. He also heard that there are many cheap women in Pingkangfang, and if he can make money, he may be able to pick up a cheap one and start a family.

"Brother Leopard is now an official family?" Zhong Qingkui looked at Chen Bao's clothes.

"Well, bad guys." Chen Bao said.

"Did General Hu walk around for you?" Zhong Qingkui asked, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I knew this was the case, so it was better to let General Hu help me move around." ”

"How is General Hu now?" Chen Bao asked.

"Locked up." Zhong Qingkui said listlessly: "Say that he is rebelling." ”

"General Hu rebelled?" Chen Bao was stunned: "This is unlikely, right? ”

"The emperor said that he rebelled, that is, rebellion, what else can others do?" Zhong Qingkui smiled bitterly: "I hope this matter won't affect you, after all, you were also introduced by him." ”

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The unpleasantness just now was resolved after a meal, and Li Xian also invited Zhong Qingkui to come to him to help. Li Xian said that now his business is too big to go on.

When Zhong Qingkui heard this, he was overjoyed and naturally agreed.

This kind of opportunity is undreaming of him when he is poor.

During the meal, Chen Bao suddenly asked: "Brother Zhong, you are not bad, you didn't consider joining the killer organization in Chang'an City?" To tell you the truth, when I left the army, if General Hu hadn't recommended me to a bad person, maybe I would have done the job of a killer. ”

"I tried." Zhong Qingkui said: "At that time, I was still messing around in Dongshi, and I asked Hu Laosan's Seventh Taibao to help introduce me, and later he introduced a broker to me, but because I didn't have a family, they didn't use me, so they said let me go to a small group to try it." ”

"Did you go, then?"

"It's all reduced to being a killer, why don't you pick a big place?" Zhong Qingkui also has a proud side: "Let's not go to small places." ”

"What's that broker's name, and can you still get in touch with him now?" Wei Chang asked.

"Yes." Zhong Qingkui said: "I don't know what Brother Wei wants to do?" However, ......, it's better not to touch him. ”

"I know they're not easy to touch, but I still want to meet him." Wei Chang said.

"In the first lane of the south of the East City, the shopkeeper of the Lin family's medicinal herb shop is a broker. We don't know what his name is, everyone calls him Lao Lin. ”

"Okay, I'll meet him tomorrow during the day."

"If no one introduces him, he won't admit it."

"I'm going to ask the Seventh Taibao you just said for help." Wei Chang said.

Wei Chang didn't inquire about the name of the Seventh Taibao, nor did he ask about more specific things, so he looked very sure.

Zhong Qingkui didn't know the details of Wei Chang, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

In the evening, Zhong Qingkui and Chen Bao were in the same room, chatted with Chen Bao, and said to Chen Bao: "That old Lin is not easy to mess with, there are still three people hidden in his house, once he finds out that the situation is wrong, he has at least three openings to escape." ”

Chen Bao said: "Wei Chang is even more difficult to mess with. But tomorrow, I'll tell him to be careful. ”

"That's good."

The next day, the fifth day of June.

Chen Bao was recuperating at home, and Li Xian took Zhong Qingkui to busy with business.

Wei Chang took Qi Qi and Tang Hu to the South Lane of Dongshi.

Just now, they first went to the Internal Affairs Office of Wannian County, found Chi Jun, the bad captain of Wannian County, and asked for help to find Hu Laosan, the big snake head in East City.

As a result, it was vetoed by Yu Chijun.

Wei Chang was very angry, but he couldn't fight with the bad handsome, so he came to Dongshi directly with people.

As a result, after a long time, I didn't catch a snakehead.

Just feeling puzzled, suddenly his mind turned and he came to the Lin family's crude medicine shop in Nanyi Lane.

"Hey, Lao Wei, are you going to walk in directly?"

"We're here to worship the mountain, not to cause trouble." Wei Chang turned his head and looked at Tang Hu: "You still don't want to go in, I'll go in with Qi Qi." ”

"Huh? Lao Wei, what do you mean? In your eyes, I'm not as good as a girl? ”

"That's what you said." Wei Chang glared at Tang Hu: "You five big and three coarse, take you in, people have to be on guard." How can you take Qi Qi in? As soon as people saw Qi Qi, a beautiful big girl, they immediately relaxed their vigilance. ”

Qi Qi narrowed his eyes and didn't speak, just looked unhappy.

Then followed Wei Chang into the Lin family's crude medicine shop.

A pair of doors at the door of the crude medicine shop: "I hope that people in the world are free of diseases, and they would rather put medicine on the shelves and produce dust." ”

Wei Chang nodded and went in, the medicinal herb shop and the coffin shop are both bowed business, and when people come in, they will not be too enthusiastic.

This is not to say that the store is impolite, but rather a special courtesy.

Guests are not welcome at the store.

As soon as I walked in, I didn't see the shopkeeper, but I saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, and when the boy saw someone coming, he said in a business-like voice: "Oh, your family is here to help others?" ”

"Ming people don't say dark words, let's come to find Lao Lin." Wei Chang looked around, "We are bad people in Chang'an County, my name is Wei Chang." ”

"What are you looking for Lao Lin?" The boy looked at Qi Qi, who was also dressed in an official uniform, and his face was raw.

Wei Chang understood what the boy meant, and wanted to see if the person next to him was a "guide".

Wei Chang said: "Come and inquire about some small things, don't break your rules." ”

"Yes, this lord, you will break the rules with this sentence." The boy smiled, stood up respectfully, hugged his fists and said, "The boy doesn't dare to stop the master's way, but you shouldn't come to inquire." Our shopkeeper Lin is timid and afraid to see people. ”

"I know you're going to say that." Wei Chang took out the imperial gift waist card and said, "You go and tell him that my mission today is to do things for the emperor." If he doesn't want to be, come and talk to me. I repeat, we don't break your rules. Ask a few words, you will know if you know, and it will not be difficult for you if you don't know. Do you understand? ”

The boy looked at Wei Chang, and then at the gold medal, and was a little undecided.

At this time, an old voice came from upstairs and said, "Xiao Linzi, who is talking below?" If it's a guest, bring it up, but don't bring too many people, I'm sick with leprosy, I'm afraid it will be passed on. ”

Wei Chang smiled and pointed to Qi Qi beside Xiao Tong, as if to say, this beautiful girl can't be brought?

This Xiao Lin Zi knew that the people upstairs could see through the cracks in the wall and see clearly, but that old Lin must have said vaguely.

Xiao Linzi stopped talking and motioned for Wei Chang to go up alone.

Wei Chang hugged his fists and strode up.

"Master Wei, don't come in. If you have something to say, let's talk through the door panel. Lao Lin's voice sounded again: "It's not that our Lao Lin is rude, but that no one wants to get this leprosy." ”

"Okay." Wei Chang said: "I've heard of Lin Lao for a long time, and it's disrespectful to come to visit for the first time today. However, I'm not going to talk nonsense with you, I'm just going to ask you three questions. First, who was the assassin who was arrested in Chang'an County yesterday; second, who he wants to kill; Third, who is the employer? ”

"Master Wei, your three questions are too bad." Lao Lin coughed lightly and said, "I can answer you for the first question, but for the last two, even if you burn down my house, I can't tell you." ”

"Okay," Wei Chang said, "I said just now, if you don't break your rules, just say it." It's inconvenient, I'll think of another way. ”

"I don't know what the killer's real name is, but his code name is Fang Lei. Yesterday, he was arrested by Zhang Wuxiang, a bad person in Wannian County, and was forced to interrogate for two hours, but he did not confess. Later, he bit his tongue and committed suicide. Lao Lin said.

"No wonder you can tell me his code name, it turns out he's dead." Wei Chang said.

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't be able to answer that question." Lao Lin said.

"If I want to ransom a killer from you, how much will it cost?" Wei Chang suddenly said this.

"Hehe, I don't know who Wei Ye wants to ransom?" Lao Lin sneered.