Yun Qi was also very surprised when he heard this, and he pondered for a long time and asked, "How did you do it?" ”

Qiao Zhong smiled mysteriously: "Guess." ”

"I guess you run faster than the others, and when the fish is ready, you pick it up and run, and when you arrive, the fish is still opening its mouth." Yun Qi Dao.

"No, the fish can't be more than half a stick of incense from the pot to the table, and from the restaurant to the backyard of the county order's house, there are about two hundred zhang, and it takes two-thirds of the time to run fast, not to mention the food box, the fish is packed in the food box, if you run too fast, the fish will definitely bump into it, even if it doesn't die, it will be smashed, do you think the county will be happy to serve a pot of rotten minced fish?" Qiao Zhong asked rhetorically.

"Then ...... you" Yun Qi thought for a long time, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he patted his thigh: "I thought about it, you must be riding a fast horse, as soon as the fish is ready, you will quickly whip the horse and rush from the restaurant to the county commander's house, so that the time will be in time." ”

"Riding a horse and carrying a food box and galloping down the street, won't the fish just like that crumble?" Qiao Zhong looked at Yun Qi as if he was an idiot, and pouted.

"I really can't figure it out, how did you do it?" Yun Qi humbly asked.

"Actually, this thing is very simple, if I really want to say it, it won't be worth a penny, and the answer will be told to you next time. From today on, the two of us are partners, you first follow me to run for a few days, and so all the business is familiar, you may have to run by yourself, the rules of our line are, general items, one person is enough, where valuables are encountered, there must be two or more people, do it together, in addition! ......" Qiao Zhong began to talk about the rules of the dart game again, ignoring Yun Qiji's eyes that wanted to know how to send the answer.

From the next day, Yun Qi followed Qiao Zhong to do things in the dart bureau, in fact, it is very simple to do fast feet, most of them are to send some things back and forth in the city, which is what Yun Qi wants to do the most, so whenever there is a task, he is always the first to rush to do it, at the beginning, because the road is not very familiar, there were one or two delays, but later, with his familiarity with the streets and alleys, Yun Qi became more and more comfortable, and gradually got the favor of Steward Cui, in Steward Cui's opinion, this kid always smiled and took the initiative to do thingsOnce, Steward Cui deliberately asked Yun Qi to send a bag of loose silver and copper plates to another place, generally speaking, valuables like this are sent by two people together, and there is a supervision of each other, but Steward Cui found an excuse to let Yun Qi send it alone, and as expected, Yun Qi sent the silver to the destination in the end, without embezzling a copper plate. Another time, Steward Cui asked him to send a bag of jujubes, the bag of jujubes was not sealed, under normal circumstances, the fast feet would find a place where no one was, secretly grab a handful and stuff it in their pockets, and if they have a good character, they will also taste a few, but Steward Cui sent someone to follow all the way and found that Yun Qi did not open the bag from beginning to end, and did not steal a single date, which made Steward Cui very happy, and slowly, he took more care of Yun Qi.

Time flies quickly, two months have passed in a blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching, the weather is quite cold, at this time, it is the busiest time for the dart bureau business, some businesses are ready to return to their hometowns for the New Year, need to transport a lot of property from the city to the countryside, and the general restaurant needs to buy more goods, store them, according to local customs, before the seventh day of the first month, generally do not do business, after the seventh day of the first month, in addition to the restaurant, most of the other people are at home to rest and enjoy, the materials of the restaurant should be prepared before the year, and can be used directly to the end of the first month. In addition, there are nouveau riche who want to go home to show off, officials who are provincial, and there are many places that require fast feet, Yun Qi feels that people have been busy and crazy recently, and their feet do not touch the ground every day, and they have to be busy until late every night before going to sleep, after eating, they don't even want to wash their faces, and they fall asleep on the bed.

And after two months of fast-paced career, Yun Qi also got acquainted with the streets and alleys of this county, and got acquainted with people from three religions and nine streams, but for what happened five years ago, he still has no clues, after all, he doesn't dare to ask around, and he can't blatantly ask others about the Japanese Kou, so he is still looking for opportunities, looking for people who know the inside story, and trying not to let go of any clues.

On this day, it was the twenty-first day of the lunar month, and the hour was almost dusk, and the sun had just set on the horizon, and it would not be long before it would be dark, as has always been the case in winter. Yun Qi, who had been busy all day, had not yet eaten dinner, and there was a thick hemp rope on his shoulder, and the rope was tied to a wheelbarrow at the back, and there were four jars side by side on the wheelbarrow, the two larger ones in the back and the slightly smaller ones in the front, which were probably filled with wine, and the mouth of the jar was sealed with oil paper, and then tied with hemp rope, and a square piece of red paper was pasted on the side of the jar, which was diamond-shaped. It was Qiao Zhong who pushed the cart, and it could be seen that the jar of this cart was very heavy, Qiao Zhong pushed it very hard, his face was flushed, the green tendons on his hands burst out, his steps were heavy, and Yun Qi in front of him was bending over hard, dragging the hemp rope forward.

"I said Yunqi, I estimate that this car of wine is more than 600 catties, it is too heavy, I am afraid that the axle will not be able to bear it, but don't break it halfway, this Wu shopkeeper is too harmful, not to say that a car can be transported away, really treat us as camels, but I am tired, go to the corner in front of me, take a rest, right?" Qiao Zhong gasped.

"I said you don't talk nonsense, don't you have to work hard to speak? I don't want to say anything now, it's the New Year soon, everyone else is preparing to rest, we are getting busier and busier, in addition to being a fast foot, now I actually have to work as a wrestler, although the money is more than the original to earn a lot, but if it goes on like this, I also feel unbearable, and I turned back to mention to Steward Cui, we must give us a red envelope for the New Year, otherwise we won't do it. Yun Qi said.

"Well, I want him to invite us to a big meal, Lao Tzu has been tired for the past few days, and if he doesn't eat something good, he won't be able to make up for it." Qiao Zhong spat fiercely on the ground.

About to walk to the corner of the street, Qiao Zhong gritted his teeth, walked a few more steps forward, and then slowly bent down, trying to put the car away, who knew that the supporting legs of the wheelbarrow had not yet been put on the ground, and from the other side of the corner of the street, a person suddenly burst out, carrying a cloth bag in his hand, and crashed into the wheelbarrow in a hurry, Qiao Zhong was taken aback and shouted: "Be careful, don't come." ”

Yun Qi also saw this black shadow, and hurriedly held the car with his hand, and shouted, "Don't come here." ”

The man couldn't hold his feet because he was running too fast, and although he made a dodge move, he still crashed into the car straight up, and he heard a few bangs, and several jars all rolled to the ground and shattered into several pieces, and the wine flowed all over the ground, and the aroma of the wine suddenly filled the air, so strong that people could hardly open their eyes.

"My wine." Qiao Zhong screamed miserably, stretched out his hand and tried to hold the jar, but he didn't hold any of them, looking at the wine on the ground, his heart ached.

The person who crashed into the car was also stunned, probably his hip bone was hit, he touched his hip bone with a bitter face, and looked at the wine on the ground in a daze.

"Catch him......" There was a loud shout behind him, Qiao Zhong and Yun Qi looked up, and saw a person dressed up quickly, holding a waist knife in one hand and holding a hat in the other hand running towards this side.

The guy who had caused trouble seemed to suddenly wake up, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and he wanted to run away as soon as he turned around, Yun Qi saw it, and his heart was in a hurry, all the wine in this car was broken, if he didn't catch him, it would definitely be his own compensation, how could he let him run, look at the surroundings and there were no tools to take advantage of, so he had to shout, and the hemp rope in his hand was swept out, and the hemp rope swept out, just swept the perpetrator's leg bone, the rope was soft, and it touched a hard object, but it rolled up, the guy just took a leg and didn't run yet, The leg was entangled, but the body continued to rush forward, only to hear a plop, the whole person fell to the ground straight like a dead fish, his face and hands were broken, he screamed in pain, his body curled up, and he inhaled cold air on the ground in pain.

The catcher finally ran over out of breath, looked at the man lying on the ground and smiled, pulled out a chain lock from his back, clicked, locked the man, and then stood up to the side, angrily kicked the man in the ass, and scolded: "Let you run, let me run, see where else you can run." ”

Then he turned around and hugged his fists to Qiao Zhong and Yun Qi, and said: "Thank you two for helping, this guy is a habitual thief, and he is stealing and committing crimes today, and he was discovered by his neighbors, I chased all the way, if it weren't for the two fighters, this kid might have run away today, thank you again." After speaking, he bent down, grabbed the chain, and shouted: "Don't pretend to be a dead dog, get up quickly, did you think about today when you stole something?" It's about to be the New Year, and you won't let people live in peace, you, this time you will spend the New Year in prison. ”

After finishing speaking, he was about to lead the prisoner away, Yun Qi was anxious all of a sudden, how many jars of wine can be broken on this ground, you took him away, who will compensate for our losses, hurriedly stepped forward, arched his hand at this catch, and grinned: "This official, the wine jar we transported was damaged by this person, if you take him away, what will we do with our losses?"

Na Kuaiyi frowned: "This, I will go back and explain to the county commander, and when the verdict is announced, let the county magistrate order this kid to compensate you with money." ”

Who knew that the thief actually laughed: "I said Guo Zhutou, you don't know my details, if my family is rich, will they come out to steal?" Wouldn't that be a joke if I had to pay for the wine. After saying that, he squatted down, found a fragment of the jar, on which there was still some wine, took it up, carefully poured the wine into his mouth, and then sighed with satisfaction, smacked his lips, and muttered: "It's a pity that there is wine, but there is no food." ”

Qiao Zhong was also anxious at this time, stepped forward and grabbed the thief's clothes, glared and said: "You don't want to escape, this car was knocked over by you, so naturally you should pay for it, if you don't pay, I will break your dog's leg." ”

The thief smiled very honorably, with a look of respect, Guo Zhutou walked over, separated the thief from Qiao Zhong's hands, and then said to the two: "I must take this thief away today, if you want compensation, you can go to the county government to appeal, my surname is Guo, my name is Guo Qisheng, when you report to the official, if you need witnesses, you can report my name, and I will also testify for you." ”

After saying that, he didn't care about the two of them, he shook the chain, and turned around and left with the thief.

Qiao Zhong and Yun Qi watched them gradually walk away, at a loss, looked at each other a few times, couldn't help but sigh, and squatted on the ground.

For a long time, the two of them were speechless, at this time, some people gradually surrounded them, many of them were attracted by the smell of wine, looking at a large piece of wet land on the ground, they couldn't help but smack their tongues and feel heartache for these jars of wine.

Qiao Zhong was stunned for a long time with a sad face, suddenly patted his thigh and stood up, and said to the surrounding villagers with a smile: "Fellow villagers, it's about to be the New Year, I invite everyone to drink, it's free, everyone can drink as much as you want, no money." ”