Chapter Twenty-Five: The Beginning
"How do you sell this pork?" A coarsely dressed lady asked, standing in front of a pork stand. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Twenty-five dollars a pound, just slaughtered in the morning, fresh." The butcher stood in front of the butcher stall, and as he spoke, he sharpened the meat knife on the whetstone, "Auntie, do you want to chop it into minced meat?" ”
"No, you don't." The lady waved her hand and said, "My wife wants to eat garlic steamed pork today, if you chop this meat, Mrs. Hui will have to chop my old body." ”
The butcher nodded hurriedly and stuffed the three-tiered pork with water fat into the eldest lady's vegetable basket.
The eldest lady took out the money and then looked back at the young man who was following her.
"You...... What do you want to do? ”
The young man hurriedly stepped forward and smiled enthusiastically, "I'll help you get the vegetable basket." ”
The black-and-yellow lady pursed her lips, and her face showed a kind of shyness, "Young man, you have been following me for three days in a row, I didn't expect you to be so young...... Actually, it's good that I have this mouthful. ”
The corners of Zhao Pu's mouth twitched slightly, and he hurriedly put down the basket he snatched, "You're busy, you're busy." ”
"Well, don't go." The wrinkled lady hurriedly grabbed Zhao Pu with a shy old face, "When I was young, I was sold into Secretary Wang Zhang's house as a maid, and I was still a yellow flower girl, Zhao Dagongzi, just call me Cuihua, you won't suffer if you marry me." ”
As she spoke, the eldest lady opened a mouthful of yellowed teeth and sneered at Zhao Pu.
His head tightened for no reason, Zhao Pu's brows furrowed into a big pimple at this time, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Uh...... Let's talk about it, Cui...... Cuihua, I want to ask, what kind of person is Secretary Wang Zhang, and what kind of person is Feng Yiniang? ”
Aunt Cuihua pouted, "Little cub, play with your mother?" Lie to me and the two of you, lie to the news, you are looking for the wrong person!! Hum! ”
The Cuihua lady said, flicked her arms and left, leaving Zhao Pu standing alone on the street stunned.
Cheating color?
Who lied to whom!!
Zhao Pu couldn't help but be speechless, in the past three days, everyone in the Feng family saw Zhao Pu as if they had seen a plague god, only this Cuihua lady was better, and looked at Zhao Pu from time to time, thinking that there was something to tell Zhao Pu, but I didn't expect it...... Is it actually a fancy for yourself?
The head shook like a rattle, Zhao Pu hurriedly sighed, he didn't expect the Feng family to be so strict, in this way, wouldn't there be a negative Fu Sima trust?
Zhao Pu was wandering alone on the street, and the stalls on both sides of the surrounding area were extremely lively, with the sound of selling one after another, and there were quite a few pedestrians on the street.
Just as I was thinking about where to sit and rest, I suddenly saw a familiar figure when I raised my eyes.
"This is ......" Zhao Pu hurriedly spoke, and the two subordinates beside Zhong Tingshi - the young attendant and the groom.
Unexpectedly, these two people came out together, Zhao Pu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he followed behind the two people quickly.
At this time, the groom seemed to say something to the attendant, and the two went their separate ways and went their separate ways.
The groom went to the market alone, while the attendants went alone to a deserted alley.
Seeing that the soldiers were divided into two ways, Zhao Pu was even more lacking at this time, so he could only frown and hurriedly follow behind the attendants.
The attendant seemed to be very alert, walking through the alleys, and not forgetting to look back from time to time when he walked halfway.
The more this is the case with such a young man, the more problematic it becomes.
Zhao Pu's eyes looked a little excited, and he hurriedly quickened his pace, but he was very careful to prevent soft noises, and walked behind the attendant very carefully.
I don't know how many alleys I had crossed, but the young squire finally stopped.
Zhao Pu also followed and stood at a corner not far away, and the attendant looked around with some thief's eyebrows, and then knocked lightly on the door as if there was some code.
The door of the house also creaked open.
The attendant didn't say anything, just stepped forward and handed over a note.
The person in the door didn't come out, but just stretched out a hand with a green jade bracelet to take the note.
Then, the attendant lingered any longer, turned around and left the place, but Zhao Pu squinted his eyes and flashed from the side.
This place is sparsely populated, and if you find out, I am afraid it will be extremely difficult, secretly noting the location of this family, Zhao Pu hurriedly returned according to the original way.
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"West of the city?" Brother Zhang sent a large piece of lamb leg meat to his mouth, and said energetically, "What kind of powerful character is that family in the west of the city?" ”
"Isn't that right? I think the squire is still quite reliable, and he should be a skilled fellow, right? Zhao Pu frowned, and casually picked up a piece of roasted mutton, but he was always thinking about what had just happened in his heart.
"Eldest prince, I didn't expect you to be a fool!" Brother Zhang shook his head and smiled, "What the hell is a chick, there is a woman in the Wu family in the west of the city who has always had a close personal relationship with the Zhong Thorn Shi, this matter is a secret that everyone in the city knows, I'm afraid that in addition to you who doesn't know, there is only a fool left of the Wu family in the west of the city!" ”
Looking at Brother Zhang's smiling face, Zhao Pu also frowned. "But as I saw with my own eyes, the attendant stuffed the note."
Brother Zhang hurriedly waved his hand, "If it's a spy, I'm afraid everyone will be eager to spread the word of mouth, how can they leave a note and wait for others to find out the truth?" I'm afraid that note was written by Zhong Tingshi himself, what kind of 'private meeting under the moon in the dense forest in the mountains', 'take off the fragrant shoes and undress dress' and other meat words. ”
There was a touch of helplessness between his eyebrows, and Zhao Pu hurriedly said, "Then have you seen that groom from Zhong Tingshi?" ”
"Groom?" Brother Zhang shook his head slightly, "Mafu can't be a spy, right?" I heard that he bought a horse in the East Market before, which is normal. ”
"Buying a horse in the East Market?" Zhao Pu's eyes lit up.
The five dynasties and ten kingdoms are in troubled times, and ordinary people can't eat enough for themselves, so naturally they are rarely able to raise horses by themselves, and those who can do horse trading are not ordinary people.
And in this panicked area, the people who sell horses are either Khitans, or guys who can have some contact with the Khitans.
On the other hand, Zhong Thorn Shi is obviously a civil official, and there is already a good carriage in the house, so what do you want horses to do for no reason?
After listening to Brother Zhang's words, Zhao Pu only left two coins of silver and said, "You can eat as much as you want, these are all mine." ”
He didn't speak anymore, but he hurried to the place in the middle of Changzhou City.
Brother Zhang behind him hurriedly smiled and nodded, facing the roast mutton on the table, and hurriedly feasted.
After Zhao Pu walked away a little, his expression changed slightly, "Check out." ”
Throwing down the half-eaten leg of mutton, there was a deep look in the eyes of the beggar Brother Zhang.