Chapter 845: Opportunity (I)
There is no way to start for a while, Yang Zhen and they can only be patient for the time being, but this does not mean that they have to hide in the dilapidated state government and wait passively, although they can only be there at night, but they can still walk around Banzhou City during the day to grasp more information. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In the past two days, Yang Zhen and the others have almost visited the entire small city, whether it is the Yang family's mansion with high walls and deep courtyards, and there are many soldiers guarding the door, or they have long been taken care of, but they can see that the well-guarded granary in the city has been remembered by them one by one.
Also, under their deliberate mindfulness, the rules of when and where the army patrolling the city would appear were almost all mastered, and for Yang Zhen and them, everything was ready now, and they only needed a suitable opportunity, a reason to make some noise here.
And this reason quickly appeared in front of them, and at the same time, it also solved a previous doubt about Yang Zhen, what did Wu You hide from himself and others.
The intersection of the street, which is not too far from the Yang family's mansion, is the most lively place in the whole Banzhou City, where the prestige of the government is swept away, completely replacing Yaqian Street, and many merchants have set up their stores here.
And Yang Zhen and Cai Yingyang mixed in the middle of this group of people, slowly drinking wine and eating food, wanting to find out some usable news from the mouths of these people. It's a pity that the people who eat in this kind of hotel are just ordinary people or businessmen, and most of what comes out of their mouths are rumors that have no factual basis, as long as they have the slightest discernment, they won't believe it, let alone Yang Zhen and them.
What imperial army was defeated in Guangxi, what General Xu's clever calculation, a fire burned out dozens of miles, and even the emperor Wanli, who was personally conquest, could only flee in a hurry...... These are obviously things that have been derived from the script, and only these guys who don't know anything about real warfare will talk about it and spread it around as if it were the real thing.
After listening to such nonsense for half an hour, Yang Zhen could only give up this idea and planned to leave. At this time, a little beggar in ragged clothes stole in at the door, and when he saw that Yang Zhen was leaving, and there was still a lot of leftover food on the table, he swallowed his saliva violently, and said pitifully: "Uncle is kind, have mercy on me......" said and kept looking at the food on the table.
At the same time, Xiao Er, who was waiting on the side, also saw this scene, and hurriedly ran over with a tiger face, but before the person arrived, the impatient voice had already sounded: "You little beggar, you dare to come to our store to disturb." If I had known that, I shouldn't have given you food the day before yesterday. As he spoke, he waved his hand in disgust to drive people out of the store.
"Forget it......" Seeing this, Yang Zhen hurriedly waved his hand, pointed to the remaining food on his table and said, "Anyway, we can't eat it, Xiao Er, just give him all this." ā
"Okay, guest officer, you are really a kind person, and you will definitely be rewarded in the future." While flattering, Xiao Er poured all the leftover leftovers into the bowl of the little beggar who had reached out earlier, and it was full in a short time.
"Thank you, thank you, two masters......" The little beggar kowtowed to the two of them very gratefully, and then left satisfied. But Yang Zhen just smiled indifferently, paid the money, and walked out of the hotel slowly with Cai Yingyang.
"I didn't expect that there were still beggars in this city at this time......" Cai Yingyang said with some emotion.
"Everywhere there is a place where people beg for a living." Yang Zhen said, unconsciously remembering the later generations, in that era of highly developed society, there were many people who lived on the streets and only relied on begging because of the environment, or because of themselves, not to mention the era of great land annexation and war: "And the more chaotic the time, the more such people, which no one can contain." ā
Cai Yingyang replied as if he didn't understand, and then his eyes were attracted by a wooden platform not far in front of him that was being built by several craftsmen: "What is this?" At this time, will this Banzhou City still sing? ā
Yang Zhen also saw this platform, this is a big platform that is more than half a zhang high and three zhang square, but it doesn't look like a stage, and he doesn't think that Yang Yinglong and others will have the mind to sing on stage at this time: "This is indeed a bit weird...... " He smacked his lips and said thoughtfully.
"Why don't I go over and ask?" Cai Yingyang proposed with some curiosity.
was stopped by Yang Zhen with his eyes: "Didn't you notice that the people around you were surprised by this?" Let's go up and ask like this, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of others. ā
"Oh......" Cai Yingyang reluctantly agreed, and could only follow Yang Zhen to continue walking. At this moment, there was a sudden chaotic sound of footsteps in an alley to their left, followed by several vicious shouts: "Boy, stop me, otherwise I won't spare you this time......"
The two of them followed the prestige, and saw a small figure running out of the alley in a daze, and behind him were two men who were also in tattered clothes and had vegetable faces, but they were fierce.
"Isn't this the little beggar who just begged us for food?" Cai Yingyang recognized the identity of the other party and was stunned.
At this time, the little beggar was weak after all, and his steps were slower, so he was caught up by two adult men behind him, and was pulled by the back of the placket, and lifted him up. Then another snatched the bowl from his arms, which he was holding tightly.
"Damn, you dare to eat alone and not honor us, I think you are impatient!" The beggar who grabbed him threw him to the ground, and the other took advantage of the momentum to fly up and kicked the little beggar hard, kicking him forward and rolling forward, while screaming.
But even so, the little beggar struggled to get up, pounced on the two of them, and shouted, "You pay me back, this is what I begged for!" ā
"Damn, you really kicked your nose in the face!" When the two beggars saw that he was so unrelenting, they were even more annoyed, and they were not in a hurry to eat what they had in their hands, so they immediately stepped forward and waved their fists to teach this blind fellow a hard lesson.
"Eagle Fly!" Yang Zhen immediately opened his mouth and glanced at Cai Yingyang, who had already seen it with an angry face. The latter hurriedly agreed, and rushed to them in two steps, and when the beggar's fist was about to smash into the little beggar's face, his fist, which was larger than a rice bowl, slammed into it.
He heard a sound from Kara, and then the man screamed, holding his right hand and snorting. The other person who was also about to make a move suddenly made a move at this time, looked at the man who suddenly appeared in surprise, and couldn't help but shrink back: "You...... What do you want to do? ā
"You two adults have hands and feet to bully a child, and you actually rob him of food, it's really shameless!" Cai Yingyang scolded with a dark face, and at the same time, he grabbed the other person out of thin air with a probe of his hand.
The man didn't expect the young strong man in front of him to have such strength, and he was immediately frightened and screamed, and then begged for mercy.
Cai Yingyang snorted, snatched the rice bowl from his hand first, and then threw it to the ground hard, warning: "Don't let me see you bullying children again, otherwise it won't be so cheap, get out!" ā
Knowing that the two of them were far from Cai Yingyang's opponents, the two beggars could only support each other in embarrassment, and walked away with a sigh of relief. At this time, Cai Yingyang stepped forward to pick up the little beggar, and stuffed the rice bowl back into his hand: "Are you okay?" ā
"Thank you...... Thank you, uncle, for helping me......" The little beggar knelt down and kowtowed to Cai Yingyang very gratefully, which made him a little overwhelmed, and he hurriedly picked it up again.
At this time, Yang Zhen also walked over slowly, looked at the little beggar and said, "What's your name, do they always bully you and rob you of things?" ā
"Well, the little one is called Little Stone, and the two of them are from the beggar gang in the city, because I am small, so they always rob me of things. There were a few times when I ran fast and I slipped away, and there were times when I didn't run fast and I had to be beaten by them. ā
When Yang Zhen heard this, he sighed unconsciously in his heart, no matter where in this world, any class is the weak, even to the point of asking for food. But he can't control this kind of thing, the only thing he can do is to try to help some people who see it.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen took out the dozens of copper coins he had found after paying the bill after eating before and handed them to Xiao Shi: "Well, if you take these, you can at least eat a few full meals." ā
"Thank you, uncle......" Xiao Shi was stunned for a moment, he had never been given so much money before. But then, he reacted again, hurriedly kowtowed a few times, and said while taking the copper coin: "The little stone will be used as a cow and a horse to repay the two masters in the next life." ā
"That's not necessary, but it's a gesture." Yang Zhen waved his hand and said. Suddenly, he remembered a little more: "Of course, if you want to repay us, it is not difficult, I just want you to help me inquire about what the platform over there is for." ā
Xiao Shi looked in the direction of his finger and said, "I don't need to ask about this." ā
"Oh? What is that for? ā
"It's for head-killing!" As he spoke, Xiao Shi's eyes showed a hint of fear: "Two months ago, I also set up a platform there and killed five people, and this time I should also kill people." ā
"Murder?" Yang Zhen chuckled in his heart, and some of his previous suspicions quickly had some guesses. But soon, he settled down again, and said to Xiaoshi: "Okay, then even if we are clear, you have to be careful in the future." With that, he and Cai Yingyang turned around and left.
But the little stone behind him obviously didn't think so, and his eyes were full of gratitude as he watched them leave......