Hearing the sound of horses' hooves outside, the boys who had been waiting for a long time in the Stove King Temple secretly clenched their fists, and even the burly young man sitting on the chair narrowed his eyes and was on guard.

At the door, several teenagers of different heights walked in, each with two swords hanging from their waists.

The Kuiwei boy's eyes narrowed even tighter, wasn't it Wei Wu, the boss of the Beicheng Heroes Association, who was once arrogant, who was at the end? What is the origin of the boys in front, it seems that the oldest of them is only fourteen or five years old, and they are all dressed in fine cloth, so they really can't see what their identity is, how can they make Wei Wu obediently obey orders.

It was Cao Song who came in, Cao Song stepped forward, raised his head and said loudly: "You are Zheng Laohu from Nancheng?" ”

The burly young man sat on the chair, did not get up, and said coldly: "It is in the bottom, dare to ask what this little brother is called?" ”

Cao Song pursed his lips: "My eldest brother has taken a fancy to you, and when you become my eldest brother's long-term follower, you will naturally know the name of the second master?" ”

The brothers of the Tiger Gang were not as worried as Fang Cai when they saw that the people who came were just a few little hairy children, and they were all angry when they saw that this little fat man who was talking was rude.

Cao Yan rolled his eyes in his heart, this kid really didn't pay attention to what he said, what does it mean to "take a fancy to him", what he said was as if he was really a wicked young man who "bullied men and women".

Zheng Laohu laughed angrily, patted his chair hand and stood up. Cao Song couldn't help but take two steps back, this Zheng Laohu was eight feet tall (one foot in the Qing Dynasty was equivalent to 0.23 meters in the first place, and eight feet was one meter eighty-four), two heads taller than Cao Yan.

"It's a mule or a horse, pull it out for a walk, there's no wind in March, be careful of fanning your tongue!" Zheng Laohu said as he approached Cao Song step by step.

Cao Yan saw that Zheng Laohu was burly and stable, and he was afraid that Cao Song would suffer a loss, so he picked up the sword on his waist and slashed at Zheng Laohu with a wave. Zheng Laohu didn't expect that before the words were said properly, the other party made a move, so he had to wave his knife to meet him. As soon as the two started fighting, Cao Song and the people of the Tiger Gang were not idle, glued together, and started to move.

Cao Song and Wei Xin are both hands-on masters, so they naturally rushed towards the boys opposite unceremoniously. Guna just watched the field and waited until someone attacked him before fighting back.

On the field, there was only one person who did not make a move, that is, Zheng Laohu's younger brother, who was watching Cao Yan and Zheng Laohu fight with melancholy.

Before Zheng Laohu's knife could be swung out, the opponent's sword had already slashed into his right arm. When the sword touched his arm, his eyes were full of fear, could he become a one-armed tiger in the future, so how could he bring a brother. didn't have time to think about it, a burst of pain made him almost cry, but it was not the pain of a sword entering the flesh. Cao Yan's sword is unbladed.

Not a quarter of an hour, few of the Tiger Gang brothers are standing. Cao Song and Wei Xin also had a lot of colors on their bodies, only after Gu Na defeated a few people, no one provoked them anymore, and they stood next to them with a light breeze. Cao Yan and Zheng Laohu also stopped, Cao Yan looked down at his body, the front placket was damaged in two places, and there were more than ten cut marks on the other party's body. Although Zheng Laohu is a person in the market, he has his own routine of knife skills in his hand, and he does have two strokes, which is good to put in the Cao family's nursing home.

Zheng Laohu was half-kneeling on the ground, unable to lift his arms. Although there was no blood on the body of the unbladed sword, it was painful. Zheng Laohu was in a cold sweat of pain, gritted his teeth and looked at Cao Yan and shouted: "If you want to kill, you will kill, if you want the tiger to be a slave, you will talk about it in the next life!" ”

Cao Yan didn't speak, and nodded at Cao Song. Cao Song took out a purse from his arms, which was full of scattered silver, walked to the Tiger Gang, and said: "The Tiger Gang is scattered today, each brother has two taels of silver, too much, too little!" The honest brother went home to be filial to his parents, and if he really had nothing to eat, he went to find Xu Lao Liu in Dongcheng! If you have the guts to be fat, you still dare to pull a field in Nancheng, hehe, then find a chance to see you again! ”

Listening to this old-fashioned Jianghu talk, Cao Yan only felt funny. Wei Xinxin, who looked at all this coldly, snorted coldly, this is the bullshit boy of Cao Mansion, what is the difference between him and himself, he will only pretend to be in front of people, he is a well-behaved and sensible little boy in the mansion, and he is more ruffian than a ruffian when he comes out. This will be the case for heroes, and the same will be true for the Tiger Gang, which is nominally disbanded, but in fact it is not merged under Xu Laoliu. Xu Lao Liu was the gangster who beat Cao Song at the beginning, and was later beaten by Cao Song and accepted Cao Song as the boss.

Most of the brothers of the Tiger Gang are children of poor families, and they usually carry a few coppers like the New Year, where do they think that there is such a beautiful thing as sharing silver, and they all accept it in a daze.

Cao Song finished distributing the silver, clapped his hands, and said, "It's scattered!" ”

The people of the Tiger Gang reacted to what was going on, and the slippery ones had already run out, and there were a few people who had a good relationship with Zheng Laohu, looking at Zheng Laohu, I didn't know what to do.

Although Cao Song is not very old, he is extremely good-looking, seeing that a few people are disobedient, and Wei Xin is watching next to him, he feels that he can't pull his face, and he pulls out a sword and says angrily: "Is it really that the second master has a good temper?" Don't get out of here! I want to taste the blade of the master! ”

Those teenagers were beaten again, they were already cold, and when they heard Cao Song's words, they dared to stay, and they ran out of the temple gate with a crawl.

Except for Cao Yan and them, only Zheng Laohu and his younger brother were left in the temple. His younger brother saw that Cao Yan was the head of everyone, stepped forward with red eyes, and knelt down with a "snap": "Uncle spare my brother, Zheng Jiang is willing to be a slave for my brother!" ”

Cao Yan didn't look at Zheng Jiang, but turned around and sat down on the chair in front of the offering table, and muttered, "Zheng Jiang, shouldn't you be called Zheng Woxue?" ”

One sentence made the Zheng family brothers change their faces, Zheng Jiang was speechless, Zheng Laohu's face was full of resentment, and he stared at Cao Yan viciously: "Who are you, the old thief sent you?" ”

Cao Yan didn't reply to Zheng Laohu's words, but said slowly: "Yang Mingchang, the owner of Jiangning Bihelou, is known as 'Yang Million'." Formerly known as Yang Gouer, he is a native of Jinsha Town, Nantong Prefecture, Zhejiang. The boy's parents died, and he was adopted by a distant relative, the Zheng family, and joined the Zheng family as a son-in-law at the age of nineteen. Zheng family pearl diving for a living, the family is quite rich, Yang Gouer as the foundation, 16 years ago changed its name to Yang Mingchang, opened the Bihe Building in Jiangning, 14 years ago, married Jiangning 100 years old jewelry store Miss Bai as the wife, and then, Bihe Building became the largest pearl jewelry building on the bank of the Qinhuai River. ”

Zheng Laohu's eyes were red, he bit his lip tightly, and stopped responding. Cao Yan paused and continued: "In May of the fortieth year of Kangxi, the seriously ill Zheng family took his son Zheng Hai and daughter Zheng Woxue to Jiangning to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, but they were rejected by Yang Mingchang, and then humiliated by his wife Bai. That night, Zheng died of illness, and a pair of children were exiled in Jiangning. ”

Cao Song and Wei Xin heard this for the first time, and when they heard that the "Yang Million" who was full of Jiangning was such a despicable and shameless and ungrateful person, they were so angry that they scolded. Zheng Laohu roared angrily: "Bastard, don't say it! Zheng Woxue, who was dressed as a man next to her, couldn't hold back any longer and cried "hum".

"What? Has the Son not heard of the Father? If you are so filial, I am afraid that you will have to go along with your wishes, and after two days, you will be able to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors and become the eldest of the Yang family. Cao Yan said lukewarmly.

Zheng Laohu, that is, Zheng Hai, clenched his fists and shook his head violently: "Lao Tzu's surname is Zheng!" Own ancestors! Meet the bullshit surnamed Yang! ”

Cao Yan looked at Zheng Hai coldly and shook his head: "This can't help you, in the past two years, the pearls of the East China Sea and the South China Sea have gradually decreased, and the pearls of the East Sea have begun to pour into Jiangnan." Yang Mingchang wants to send his son as a hostage and take the line of the widows! If you don't go, do you want the grandson of the Bai family to go? ”

Seeing Zheng Hai dumbfounded, Cao Yan said again: "Even the placement of Sister Ling, Yang Mingchang has arranged it, and he wants to give it to the newly appointed Jiangning General Wan Jiha as the fifth concubine!" ”

Zheng Hai gradually calmed down, looked at Cao Yan and said, "Who are you, a member of the Yang family, who want to arrest our brothers and sisters back?" ”

"The Yang family is a fart? If you are a big man, you will be a rich man, and you can still pretend to be wide in front of outsiders, and in front of our Cao family, you don't have to be like a gray grandson! Before Cao Yan could speak, Cao Song said proudly: "My eldest brother is the son of the chief of the weaving mansion, and he has the title of a first-class lieutenant of the light car, which is a few grades higher than that of Jiangning Mansion. You've been his long-term follower, and it's not a piece of cake to protect your brothers and sisters! ”

Among the four people in Cao Yan's party, Zheng Hai only knew Wei Xin, looked over with a puzzled gaze, and confirmed Cao Xin's identity only when he nodded.

In Jiangning, who doesn't know the Cao family of the weaving mansion, the year before last, Long live the southern tour, is to settle in the Cao family. Now that the city and the city are busy, it is still for the sake of the long live that the Lord is about to drive to Jiangning, and it is still the Cao family who is still driving without surprise. No wonder the dignified young master of the Wei family willingly became someone else's subordinate, and what else did he have to take from Zheng Hai, who was not nameless. Thinking of this, Zheng Hai closed his eyes, bowed his head and said: "As long as the son promises to protect my sister well, Zheng Hai is willing to serve the son as the master!" ”

Cao Yan nodded and glanced at Gu Na. Gu Na took out two written deeds of sale from his bosom, and took out a small box and took out a quill pen. Zheng Hai signed the deed of life in frustration, originally wanting to stop his sister, but sighed but did not speak again.

The brother and sister had sad faces, neither of them looked at what was written in the deed, and after signing it, they lowered their heads and said nothing.

"What, don't you take a good look at the contract, and you're not afraid that the son's heart will be black, and he will accept you as a clothed slave?" Cao Yan asked amusedly.

The brother and sister are both literate, so they picked up the deed, looked at it carefully, looked at it, and their eyes were wide open, full of incredulity.

"W-that's true?" Zheng Hai stumbled and asked, "Selling yourself for ten years, worth two thousand taels of silver, two hundred taels a year!" ”

Gu Na took back the deed of sale from the brother and sister, and took four silver tickets and put them in Zheng Hai's hands, each of which was one hundred taels.

Where did Zheng Hai still have doubts, he heard Cao Yan say lightly: "The two thousand taels of silver are just the value on the surface, if you do your duty, ten years later, whether you want to take Yang Mingchang's surname or want to seize his property, I will help you!" If this promise is violated, the sky will thunder! ”

When Zheng Hai heard this, his face was full of tears, he fell down again, and said in a deep voice: "Dare not serve your son!" ”

Cao Yan helped Zheng Hai up: "Get up, take your sister to Linxia Zhai, find Cao Fang to settle, and there will be arrangements for you in two days!" ”

"Yes, Childe!" Zheng Hai replied, and after kowtowing to Cao Yan again, he limped away with his sister.

"Lord, master!" After the Zheng Hai brothers and sisters left, Wei Xin stepped forward and said a little nervously: "The slave wants to ask something!" ”

Cao Yan smiled and said: "In the future, I will still call him a son, a slave is not a slave, just do it for a few days and have a good time." ”

"Yes, Childe, my subordinates want to ask how the subordinates' deeds are written!" Wei Xin scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "My subordinates also signed it at the beginning, and I didn't pay attention to what was written on it." ”

Cao Yan replied casually: "It's the same as Zheng Hai!" ”

When Wei Xin heard this, he almost fainted from the fun, two hundred taels a year! You must know that his eldest brother's six-grade official body is only sixty taels of silver a year. Two hundred taels, two hundred taels, on average, sixteen taels per month is more than sixteen taels, which is eight times his monthly silver. With such a master, let alone being a long-term follower for ten years, even if he has been doing it for a lifetime, he is also willing.

Cao Song was heartless, he didn't think so much about his brother asking Wei Xin and Zheng Hai to sign a deed of sale, his brother's subordinates were not his own, but he also knew that it was confidential, if he let his family know, he should think that the two brothers were bullying. Gu Na knows that his cousin, although he has practiced martial arts diligently in the past few years, he is an out-and-out lazy person, and he is most tired of using his brain. I've known each other for several years, but I just thought of an idea and tossed out a forest under the roof.

Wei Xin said that for Wei Ren's sake, he jokingly accepted him as a servant, but what were the Zheng brothers and sisters for? Since reading the news of Yang Mingchang sent back by Lin Xiazhai, Cao Yan has been planning hard these two days, so he has successfully accepted the Zheng family brothers and sisters today. In the meantime, all of them fell into Gu Na's eyes, and Gu Na's heart was full of doubts.