Chapter 14 The Old Man Meets Again

Zhang Zhong went to work on business, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were not idle, and took more than 20 guards out to go out for a walk, and the two of them didn't want to suddenly encounter any danger when they were walking outside, and it was easy to appear in dangerous places, such as the mountains.

Just walk around the county, especially where there may be bird keepers, such as the market, and go there to see who has pigeons, then you have to ask.

The two of them walked slowly, there were indeed a lot of people in the market, but most of them were selling things, bartering if they couldn't sell them, and the goods they sold were not good things, they were all daily necessities.

There is no one to be seen selling birds, let alone selling birds, even those selling flowers, plants, fish and insects.

"It's the effect of not having money, so that people have put away some of their fun, and the only thing they can do is to find a way to work more and feed themselves, which is really pitiful."

Wang Juan looked at the clothes worn by the people around him, and he didn't encounter a few new ones, the so-called new is that there are no patches, and even this can't be done, even the people in the store are wearing patched clothes.

"It'll be fine, as long as they don't lose hope in their hearts, I guess the people in the store are deliberately wearing torn clothes, go, there is a shop in front that sells the four treasures of the study, go inside and ask."

Zhang Xiaobao pulled Wang Juan and walked forward under the protection of a group of guards, and when he came to the door of this shop, the people inside stood near the door and looked outside.

"Do you have anything good to sell here?" Zhang Xiaobao asked.

"Where there is something good, you look good, that's good, it's not good, even if I say it's not good." The person standing at the door said politely, while constantly looking at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, he also likes children, especially those as cute as Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan went into the store to look at those things, and found that there were indeed no good things, so they believed this person's words.

Wang Juan looked around the store curiously and asked, "Are you a buddy here?" ”

"Dude? How can I have the money to hire a man, I am alone in the store, and it will be just a full meal, and if I invite a man, I and my man will starve to death. The man looked helpless when he spoke.

"Oh, I see, then why do you have so many patches on your clothes? I look at patches that don't seem to be where I can always grind. Wang Juan asked again, pointing to the clothes on this person's body.

This person looked at Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao vigilantly, and couldn't answer for a while.

Zhang Xiaobao seemed to understand something, and said to this person: "My name is Zhang Xiaobao, and I am the son of the new assassin, you don't have to be afraid." ”

As soon as Zhang Xiaobao's words were spoken, this person immediately breathed a sigh of relief, beckoned Zhang Xiaobao and the others to follow him, he turned a door that led to the inside, passed through a corridor, and led the group to the outside of a room.

"I knew that you were a little boy, and I wouldn't be afraid, to be honest, these patches were deliberately sewn on, otherwise, when the county officials saw it, they would think that I still have oil and water to fish in this store, and the same is true for other stores, and some ordinary people who are slightly better at home also wear patched clothes when they go out.

Usually the things sold in the store and outside the stalls are of general color, and they never dare to put out the good ones, in that case, people will snatch them away, and they will not give a penny, if they really want to buy something, they will go into this room and take a look, there are good things inside.

Since I am the family of the new good official, I don't make any money, I sell it directly, as long as there is a good official here, I will be able to live a better life in the future. ”

This person stood at the door and said to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan with a smile.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were suddenly and a little angry at the same time, the intelligence collectors sent out when they got off the ship did not hear the news, which was a dereliction of duty.

The two of them nodded at the same time, and let this person lead it in to see, and when they got inside, it was really different from the things that were picked up casually outside, Zhang Xiaobao came to the front of the pen holder, looked at it, pointed to a pen and asked: "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this wolf pen?" ”

"I'll see, if you want to buy it, just give sixty wen, the capital, collect the capital." The shopkeeper came and reported the number.

Zhang Xiaobao nodded, "Sixty Wen really didn't make money, it seems that the price you bought is also low, give you one hundred Wen, buy it." ”

Zhang Xiaobao spoke, naturally he didn't need to take money outside, he was still young, he couldn't carry too much money, the person next to him handed the money over, and the shopkeeper was very embarrassed to pick it up, and said there: "In fact, the capital of this pen is only fifty-six texts, so I just said four more texts." ”

"Occupying space is also a warehouse money, I don't want much, ask for it, do you know who raises birds here? My dad loves birds, so I wanted to buy two. Zhang Xiaobao felt that this person was so kind, he pressed so much that he asked for more than four yuan, and it was very common to say that it was seventy yuan, and it was not necessary to think about buying such a pen in the capital without two hundred yuan.

The shopkeeper took the money in his hand, was a little excited, and said: "In fact, it is cheap, the hunting people here can't sell the prey at the same price, and the people outside come to buy less, and the people here are not worth it to go out once."

You ask the bird, this is really not there, but if the new good official wants, just post a notice, then there will be many people in the mountains to catch birds, good officials, it's not easy to get a bird? ”

"None? Oh, forget it, you can't issue a notice, if you send a notice, you are still a good official, then we will leave, I wish the shopkeeper a prosperous business. ”

Zhang Xiaobao didn't inquire about the birds, but he knew the attitude of the local people towards his father, which could be regarded as a kind of harvest.

As he spoke, a group of people walked out again, and the shopkeeper followed behind, and when he was about to reach the door, the shopkeeper said: "Little boy, you two might as well bring some paper back, these papers are still good for practicing calligraphy, although they are not as good as good paper, in fact, they are good officials even if they send notices, and they are good officials who do not force people to do things."

Those birds that sound good are indeed not, but in our county, there is a family that raises pigeons, that is, Old Man Zhang, his pigeons are also good, but unfortunately they are not sold, and the officials have been the same, and there are a few people in his family who are very powerful, and the officials have suffered several losses, and they don't know why they dare not provoke. ”

"Pigeons? Who's home? Tell us the place, we bought all the papers you have here. As soon as Zhang Xiaobao heard the word pigeon, he immediately had the spirit, what he wanted was a pigeon, while letting people take money, while pulling the shopkeeper to show him the way.

"Walk west along this road, pass the government office, and then pass the county office, walk more than a thousand steps and you can see a small wine shop next to it, bypass the house, you can see a small courtyard, and the old man Zhang lives in the courtyard."

As soon as the shopkeeper heard that the new official's little son had bought all the paper, he was very happy, standing at the door to give directions, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan carefully wrote it down, and didn't care whether the paper was brought or not, and trotted directly over there.

"Is anyone there? Help shout. Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao found this courtyard, stood outside and shouted inside, and asked the guards who came to shout, and the guards were loud.

"Anyone doesn't? Come out and gasp, quickly, or you will be in a hurry and tear down the yard for you. A guard shouted stupidly, and Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan trembled when they heard the shouting, and hurriedly said to him: "Who made you shout like this?" To put it mildly, it looks like I'm going to have to give you an extra training in the future, and it's easy to get into trouble if you take it out. ”

"It's still two little babies who are sensible, old man, I'm really afraid that others will tear down the yard, you are Xiaobao, you are a juanjuan, smart and smart, right?"

As soon as Zhang Xiaobao finished scolding the guards, an old man came out of it, was helped by someone, and walked to the gate of the courtyard, which was actually a fence, and there was no high wall blocking it at all, so he could easily see the people inside.

The old man asked the door to open the door and said to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan with a smile.

Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao were not surprised at all, the only thing that was a little unexpected was that the pigeon keeper was this old man.

Wang Juan's mouth moved, "You said that the old man knows us so well, is it the news that is transmitted through this pigeon?" What people did he know in Beijing? ”

"I think it's pretty much the same, so the old man's pigeon is not an ordinary pigeon, but a carrier pigeon we are looking for, now it's okay, see how we can convince the old man to help us raise it."

Zhang Xiaobao also thought of this and replied to Wang Juan.

The two of them walked all the way forward, and the guards behind them also followed step by step, and when they arrived at the door of the house, the old man suddenly said to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan: "The place inside is small, can you let your guards wait outside?" ”

When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan heard this, they raised their heads and looked at the old man's eyes at the same time, they didn't see any conspiracy from it, but they still didn't dare to take it lightly, Zhang Xiaobao asked hesitantly: "Can you bring two people in and let them stand, they don't need too much space." ”

"Okay, let's go into two, then let's go into two, the little baby still has a lot of thoughts, and he can't be abducted." The old man did not refuse, and led the four people in.

Wang Juan said sweetly beside him: "The old man has praised us for being clever, if we don't bring two people, if something happens, the old man will not be easy to deal with." ”

"You little girl is not ordinary, no wonder Bi Shangshu praised you that there are few in the sky and no on the earth, tell me, how did you find it? What am I doing with the old man? ”

The old man touched Wang Juan's head, Wang Juan didn't make any dodging reaction, because Zhang Xiaobao stood on the old man's side, where the waist was, raised his hand to be able to reach, and his hands were put together, as long as the old man had bad intentions, Zhang Xiaobao would do it.