It is only five or six miles from Baiyue Village to Zhaozhuang, and although it rained heavily last night, the roads are all hard dirt roads, and it is not difficult to walk. Although the five of them talked and laughed and walked not very fast, they didn't need a stick of incense to arrive.

Zhaozhuang Tavern is in the southwest corner of Zhaozhuang, and there is a signboard in front of the tavern, which reads: Li's Tavern.

Because the tavern proprietress Li forcibly broke up her daughters Li Zhenzhen and Zhang Yong, and married Li Zhenzhen to Cheng Dingye in Gaochang Town, Zhou Zhi actually didn't want to come here to eat.

But in this poor four miles and eight towns, there is only one tavern like her family, but Zhou Zhi has no choice but to come reluctantly.

The tavern guy saw Zhou Zhi and his party, especially Lu Xingchuan and Che Lang, who were dressed well, and they were wearing a square scarf on their heads, so they didn't dare to slack off, greeted each other with a smile, and let the five people into the hall.

It was past noon, and there were only five or six bare-armed men in the tavern hall, sitting around one table and still drinking happily, while the rest of the tables had already been wiped clean and tidy.

Five or six bare-armed men were very eye-catching, and as soon as Zhou Zhigang entered the hall, he saw Liu Hui in it at a glance. At this time, Liu Hui sat at the top, because the weather was too hot, Liu Hui was also bare-skinned with white arms, his face was slightly red, obviously he had drunk a lot of wine, and he was squinting slightly at the other five people to make a fist.

Under Liu Hui are his younger brothers Zhang Dong, Niu Desheng and Liu Wa, and the other two Zhou Zhi have also met, all of whom were gangsters who followed him to Xinzhuang to save his father Zhou Tie.

Liu Hui naturally saw Zhou Zhi for a long time, and was about to stand up and come over to meet him, but he sat down again and didn't move, but smiled very friendly at Zhou Zhi, which was regarded as a greeting.

Obviously, Liu Hui saw Lu Xingchuan, Che Lang and others behind Zhou Zhi, they were all dressed as showmen, Zhou Zhi was with them, and Liu Hui was very interesting.

How smart Liu Hui is, and what a governor he is, he is naturally worried that greeting Zhou Zhi will have a bad impact on Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi immediately smiled at Liu Hui, and then found a table by the window with Che Lang and the others, and sat down with courtesy.

As for Zhang Dong and the others, seeing that the boss Liu Hui did not recognize Zhou Zhi, they knew the truth after a little thought, so they simply didn't look at Zhou Zhi, and they didn't know each other at this time.

The guys from the tavern had already come over to greet him warmly, Fan Jin was not polite at all, and ordered six meat cooked dishes and a jar of good aged Yongfeng wine in one go.

The effort was not great, and the good wine and food were brought to the table, and several people began to push the cups and change the lamps. Literati naturally have to be a little literate when drinking, but Fan Jin is very bold and very interested, drinking big and talking at the same time.

The topic of discussion is naturally inseparable from Zhou Zhi's eight-strand article, and Zhou Zhi is full of envy and admiration in his words.

Liu Hui could naturally hear their talk very clearly, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and said secretly, no wonder Brother Zhou Zhixian didn't join the gang, it turned out that he had already had a thought of being a scholar!

It's better this way, with Zhou Zhixian's ruthlessness and his cleverness, hehe! I can't say that Brother Zhou Zhixian can really get a name for himself, and it is unknown whether he will be an official in the future.

Thinking like this, he was even more in awe of Zhou Zhi.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, Che Lang, Lu Xingchuan, and Wei Haogu also talked a lot, and gradually the atmosphere on the wine table became more intense.

At this moment, the sound of the coachman shouting at the horses suddenly sounded outside the tavern, and then a male duck's voice was heard, "Mother-in-law, the son-in-law is here!" ”

As soon as Zhou Zhi heard it, he knew that it was the third son of Cheng Kecheng, who was a big man, and he was determined to do business.

Although the salutation is in place, the words are full of momentum, containing a lot of arrogance and dissatisfaction.

After a few moments, a middle-aged woman of about thirty years old hurried out of the room.

The woman is beautiful, wearing a fashionable silk skirt, walking left and right, very charming.

Naturally, she is the proprietress of the tavern, Lee.

At this time, Li Shi already had a smile on his face, and hurriedly agreed, and hurriedly walked out of the hall and greeted him.

As soon as the Li family went out, Cheng Dingye came in with a pout, followed by three burly house slaves.

The short and ugly Cheng Dingye first glanced arrogantly in the hall, then walked to a table and pulled a chair to sit down. The three house slaves behind him stood behind him, their heads held high, and they were also very arrogant.

The innkeeper Li Shi had already said with a smile on the side, "The virtuous son-in-law has worked extremely hard all the way, please drink a cup of herbal tea and rest first." ”

Cheng Dingye rolled his eyes and said in a rough voice, "If you don't drink, what kind of tea do you drink?" Mother-in-law quickly summoned the slut Li Zhenzhen out. ”

Li was obviously choked enough, but he still smiled and said, "I know that the virtuous son-in-law is here for the little girl this time, but the little girl is sick, so she can't come out to see her." ”

She spoke of extreme humility and cowardice.

"Sick? Have a fart disease! That slut is very rude, and he is very disobedient in my house, hum! I'm almost. Cheng Dingye said angrily.

Then I saw that the proprietress Li didn't move, and she was even more angry, "What? Could it be that the mother-in-law also wants to protect that little slut? ”

"This ...... This ......" Li hesitated, but in the end he seemed to have made up his mind, and slowly walked to the inside of the tavern.

Cheng Dingye sat there panting freely, and a pair of small eyes scanned the hall again.

Zhou Zhi found that Cheng Dingye's gaze stayed on him a little longer. Apparently he recognized himself and was astonished. I didn't expect a poor vegetable vendor in the countryside to sit at the same table with a group of talented literati.

However, the vegetables sold to his family that time were only a little more expensive, and this pen said at the time that he was not afraid of being expensive, and there was no holiday between them.

Cheng Dingye finally stopped his eyes on Liu Hui's table.

At this time, Cheng Dingye was very angry, and was obviously even more upset by the noise of Liu Hui's table of gangsters. However, maybe he knows Liu Hui, and he may still be a little afraid of Liu Hui, and it is inconvenient to have a seizure.

Suddenly, Cheng Dingye's little fist slammed on the table and shouted, "Mother-in-law, why haven't you come out yet?" Could it be that they are all dead in the house? ”

"It's coming, it's coming soon! Zhenzhen is freshening up! Li said anxiously.

After another moment, before the Li family could bring Li Zhenzhen out, Cheng Dingye was furious, and shouted at the three house slaves behind him, "What are you still doing in a daze? Go and drag that slut out to Master Ben! ”

How dare the three house slaves slack off, and hurriedly went to the inner room.

Soon dragged out Li Zhenzhen, who was disheveled and tear-stained.

Zhou Zhi has never seen Li Zhenzhen, but he has long heard from Zhang Yongge's mouth that Li Zhenzhen looks handsome and has a peugeot figure.

But I saw Li Zhenzhen today, but under the scattered hair was a very haggard and pale face.

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but secretly think that the tavern proprietress Li came to beat the mandarin ducks with a stick and forcibly separated Li Zhenzhen and Zhang Yongge. At the beginning, Li Zhenzhen was disobedient in every possible way, and she was extremely sad. But in the end, Zhang Yongge was forced to be helpless, so he made up his mind to give himself the knife.

According to the development of history, Zhang Yong will inevitably hold heavy power in the future and become a pivotal figure in the Ming Dynasty. But he's only been gone for eight or nine months, and I don't know what happened to him now. Thinking about it, if Brother Zhang Yong saw Li Zhenzhen become like this today, he would definitely be heartbroken.