(Happy New Year!) ）

Half a month passed quietly, the streets were still muddy, and the courtyards of large families were already in full bloom.

Hu Guiyang was no longer embarrassed to go to the noodles on credit, thought about it, and decided to go to Xichang to ask for money, "I haven't taken a mile yet." ”

He is also lazy, go home for half a month, in addition to eating, carrying water, usually rarely go out, today is the first time to go farther, but just arrived at the mouth of the alley was stopped.

The man who stopped him was a beggar, who had been sitting under the wall, but when he saw him coming, he immediately got up and held out a broken bowl.

Hu Guiyang glanced at the bowl and said with a smile: "You are richer than me, I am poor and penniless." ”

"You have food and shelter, what are you doing with the money?"

Hu Guiyang was stunned for a moment, stopped his steps, and felt that this beggar was a little strange, "You are ......"

The beggar nodded and said with a smile: "The little people on the street, I'm embarrassed to mention my name, but I've seen Captain Hu today." ”

"Do you work for the West Factory?"

The beggar nodded again.

"Keeping an eye on me?"

"I also want to thank Captain Hu, I haven't caused trouble to everyone these days, everyone said that when the matter is over, I must invite Captain Hu to drink to express my gratitude."

The beggar could speak, Hu Guiyang understood it, and said with a smile: "I can still stay at home as before, and I won't go out of the alley for half a step, but-I have to live, look at me, I don't even have a copper plate on my body, and if I continue like this, I will starve to death at home sooner or later." Or, you can go to the West Factory for me and ask for my money for a year. ”

The beggar smiled and said, "I will tell my boss about the money, but Captain Hu will never starve to death, doesn't that noodle restaurant always give you noodles on credit?" ”

"I'm not thick-skinned enough to keep on credit."

"Yes...... I'm not saying that Captain Hu is thick-skinned, but that you can always take credit, and the noodle restaurant will never ask you for money. ”

"Oh, I said the shopkeeper is so generous, okay, I see, I won't trouble you. Please tell the factory that I also want to arrest that person. ”

The beggar kept thanking, but he wouldn't say anything else.

The Hu family was closely monitored, and it was likely that there were still a large number of officers and soldiers in ambush nearby, just to wait for He Sanchen and Wen Kongyin to show up, but they never found out that He Sanchen had already come and gone.

Hu Guiyang had nothing to worry about, reached out and fished out more than ten copper coins from the beggar's bowl, threw down a "thank you", and walked away.

A few pilgrims from the Erlang Temple walked right on the opposite side, looking in horror at the scoundrel who robbed the beggar on the street and walked around him.

"He ......" Hu Guiyang wanted to explain, but when the words came to his mouth and swallowed back, he glared at him, and frightened the pilgrim to run quickly, which he thought was more interesting.

The shopkeeper and his buddies were still enthusiastic, but the apologies in Hu Guiyang's heart were gone, and he put out a row of copper coins on the counter and looked at the shopkeeper with a smile.

"Don't be in a hurry to settle the bill, and ......" The shopkeeper is not easy to say, this amount of money is too little.

"I'm not here to settle the bill, I'm here to go on a blind date."

"Blind date?" The shopkeeper was even more confused.

"Ten ...... for my men The three Taibao believed that the shopkeeper would find thirteen female copper coins and match them with them. ”

"Haha, Captain Hu really likes to joke, where did the same copper coin come from?"

"It's hard to say, there are many strange things in the world now, and the shopkeeper of the noodle restaurant can do things for the West Factory, and the copper money may be divided into male and female."

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Captain Hu knows?" Please bear with me, the people from the West Factory come to the door, I have no other choice. ”

"I'm the captain of the West Factory myself, can I not understand?" Hu Guiyang smiled, "Anyway, my expenses here with you, Xichang will come to settle the bill, right?" ”

The shopkeeper also understood, so he had to open the money box, take out a few copper coins, and put them on the table one by one, pairing them with the "Thirteen Taibao", "Is it worthy?" ”

"It's a match made in heaven."

The shopkeeper shook his head with a smile, and just about to close the money box, Hu Guiyang said: "Slow, the husband and wife are done, it should be time to have children, right?" ”

The shopkeeper had no choice but to take out thirteen copper coins and place them beside the "husband and wife" one by one.

"Look, how sweet is this family?" Hu Guiyang said with a doting face, "Isn't a child a little less?" It's better to have both children and daughters. ”

"Okay, Captain Hu, you have both children when you get married, and you're not afraid of outsiders' jokes when you say it?"

Hu Guiyang nodded, thought so, and put away the copper coins one by one, "The old rule, a bowl of noodles, half a pot of wine...... Well, four more side dishes, happy today. ”

Hu Guiyang left after eating, and said at the door: "It's troublesome to come to you every day, why don't you send someone to send it to me, so I don't even have to go out of the gate." ”

"Okay, no problem." The shopkeeper just wanted to watch Hu Guiyang leave quickly.

The morning is not the time to eat, there are no guests, only the guys have been eating and laughing, the shopkeeper sank his face, and after a while, he also laughed, and then sighed: "Captain Hu has a bad year." ”

"I think he's going crazy." Dude said for sure.

"Go, don't talk nonsense." The shopkeeper looked at the door, and felt that Hu Guiyang was not normal.

Hu Guiyang felt that he was very normal, and after leaving the store, he walked to the entrance of the alley, and the beggar who was guarding there was changed, Hu Guiyang came to him and said directly: "From today onwards, give me a jar of water every day, and I won't go out." ”

"Huh?" The beggar was stunned.

Hu Guiyang looked at it carefully for a while, and found that this was a real beggar, and said with a smile: "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person." Then he took out the copper coins of the "family" from his bosom, put them in a broken bowl, separated them from the other copper coins, and "treat them well." ”

"Huh?"

Hu Guiyang turned around and looked around, only to see the beggar from the West Factory running over from Erlang Temple, and said with a smile when he got closer: "Captain Hu is still in trouble?" ”

"Well, from now on, the noodle restaurant will deliver food, take care of my three meals a day, you will deliver water, make sure that my tank is not empty, take away the garbage by the way, clean up the house and come by myself, and then I will no longer go out, I have to be idle, you are also idle, how about it?"

"I'm going to talk to my boss." The beggars in Xichang also began to feel that Hu Guiyang was a little abnormal.

In the evening of the same day, the noodle restaurant brought food and found someone to carry two buckets of water.

"It's all on the books." The guy thought it was funny, "How are the 'Thirteen Taibao' doing?" ”

"Alas, there are only 'Twelve Taibao' left, and I have to send one away."

The guy said goodbye with a smile.

More than a month has passed, and it is nearly May, Hu Guiyang got up, touched his bulging belly, and pondered that he had eaten enough noodles and should let the noodle restaurant change its tricks, but no one brought food until noon.

There was still some water left in the tank, and after Hu Guiyang washed up, he walked out of the door again.

The sun was blazing, and the streets were no longer the muddy water he remembered, but the dust blowing on his face.

Hu Guiyang's legs and feet were weak, and he was out of breath when he walked to the noodle restaurant.

The guy happened to go out and said with a smile: "Yo, Captain Hu is out of the cabinet?" ”

The two always joked, but Hu Guiyang didn't care, grabbed him and asked, "Why didn't you send food in the morning?" The fat that you have finally raised, you will have to lose money if you lose one or two. ”

"Captain Hu still doesn't know? The people in the west factory have been withdrawn, and the accounts in the store have been settled, so ......"

"All gone?"

"yes, they didn't tell you about last night?"

Hu Guiyang let go of his hand, "They don't dare to disturb my dreams." Then I'll eat at the restaurant today. ”

The guy let him in, "The 'Twelve Taibao' is still there, right?" ”

"Yes, just like me, I've gained weight."

The shopkeeper still doesn't want money, "This time it's really please." ”

Hu Guiyang was not in a hurry to go out, after eating, he went home to rest, and only went out the next day, first to Yuan Mao's house, but the owner of the house has changed, and it is said that the original owner was transferred to another place.

Hu Guiyang walked to Xichang, and when he arrived at the yamen, he was already sweating profusely, his clothes were soaked, and he complained to himself in a low voice: "I only think about eating and sleeping, why can't I take the opportunity to practice?" ”

After Wei Ying was informed, she personally went out to greet her.

Hu Guiyang was in a happy mood, and said with a smile: "I finally saw a living person." ”

Wei Ying also greeted him with a smile, invited Hu Guiyang to the gatehouse, and brought tea, "If Captain Hu doesn't come, I will also visit the house." ”

"The tea in Xichang is always so delicious." Hu Guiyang praised.

"Captain Hu is confused, right?"

"Wait until I'm done with this cup of tea." Hu Guiyang savored it carefully, and put down the cup after a while, "My confusion has long been blurred, I just want to know if I am still the captain of Xichang?" ”

"This ...... Let me briefly explain what happened before. ”

"Well, as long as I have tea to drink, you name it."

Wei Ying poured a cup of tea, "That night, Shi Baihu, Yuan Mao, and Fan Dajian returned to the end of the passage with the prince, and felt that it was not appropriate to stay for a long time, so Shi Baihu dug some small pits with a knife and walked to the ground. It turned out that all were in a semi-comatose state. Shi Baihu wanted to hand over the prince to the factory father, but Yuan Mao suggested hiding in the crowd first and seeing. ”

"Hey, it's still Yuan Mao who is smarter."

So the four of them took off their coats and picked out a few beggar's clothes to put on.

"Can you still find clothes?"

"There was a group of people who left the Temple of Heaven because of 'insincerity', probably because they were too sad, so they took off their clothes and threw them around."

"Hmm." Hu Guiyang continued to drink tea.

When he came to the ground, the prince was more obedient and did not shout. When it was dawn, the three of them left with the prince and the beggars, and sent them directly here, hiding from the factory father and me. ”

"Hehe, the factory must be very happy when he comes back, right?"

"Rejoice, but also reprimand them." Wei Ying recalled the past and couldn't help but shake her head, Yuan Mao and the others were completely risky at that time, in case the emperor just wanted the prince to stay in the Dan cave, they would have committed a capital crime.

Yuan Mao advocated the protection of the crown prince, claiming that there must be a reason why several of them were sent to the Dan cave.

Yuan Mao guessed correctly, after Wang Zhi sent the prince to the palace, he praised the three of them as soon as he returned to Xichang, and then told them that this matter should not be publicized, and they could not be rewarded immediately, Shi Guida and Yuan Mao wanted to go out of Beijing for a year or two, and after coming back, they were promoted, and Fan Dajian also went to other places to take charge of the pipe, and then gave them to a larger place when they returned to Beijing.

The three of them had to leave that night, and they didn't have time to say goodbye to anyone.

Wei Ying continued: "There are also five strangers such as Jiang Dongxia and Zhao Aqi, all of whom were seriously injured in the passage, and they were only discovered after a whole day. It was also their cowardice, the factory father and Li Xianchang entered the passage in person, and passed by them, but no one dared to squeak. ”

"They're not dead?"

"They are not dead, they are still in captivity, and it is said that they will be released in a few days, because they are really just mortals, and they are no longer useful."

"Li Zi Province has been punished?" Hu Guiyang became interested.

Wei Ying shook her head with a smile, "I don't know much about the things in the palace, it is said that Li Xianchang's status is still stable." ”

"Regret."

"And then there's the Divine Jade."

"It's called Shenyu?"

"Yes, where did He Sanchen get it? How miraculous is it? ”

The jade pendant was transferred by the emperor to the princess, of course Hu Guiyang would not say it, and said with a smile: "I am just a confused tool, I don't know anything." ”

"Alas. Xichang thought that Sanchen would visit Captain Hu and even take you away. ”

"That's a heartless woman."

Wei Ying smiled, "Recently, Xichang got news that she appeared in Jiangnan. ”

"Oh, I see." Hu Guiyang finally understood why his surveillance was withdrawn, "I'm not interested in anything else, I just want to know if I'm a civilian or a lieutenant now?" ”

"You are still a school captain, from now on, you only have one task, to capture He Sanchen, at least to recapture the divine jade, that is the world's treasure, and it must not be lost to the people."

"Okay, give me Yulu first." Hu Guiyang didn't even think about where the jade pendant was.

(End of volume)