Chapter 21: The Beggar Gang Leader
"Big brother, are you okay?"
"It's okay, leave me alone, go after it!"
Although Qiao Gui said this, his eyes were on fire, and tears kept flowing. The heavy quicklime choked on his constant coughing.
Wang Badshui took this opportunity to jump out of the yard and escape.
Zhang Ke also chased after him, and when he saw Qiao Gui's condition, he hurriedly said, "Don't chase it, wash Brother Gui's eyes first." ”
"I'm fine!" Qiao Gui said anxiously: "Wang Bad Water has run away, if our affairs leak out, it will be over!" ”
Zhang Ke smiled and said: "Brother Gui, don't worry, how much does Wang Bad Water know, besides, does he dare to sue us?" ”
Zhang Ke was indeed very annoyed when he let go of Wang Badshui, but if he thought about it carefully, Wang Badshui didn't know that the cow steward had died, and he didn't know about arson. He was originally a liar, how dare he go to the government to sue!
After Zhang Ke's explanation, Qiao Gui finally breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly returned to the room, and washed his eyes repeatedly with well water, fortunately, there was not much lime in it, and after tossing for a quarter of an hour, Qiao Gui finally recovered, but his eyes were still red and swollen like a peach.
"It's really hateful, this guy Wang Bad Water must have been prepared, otherwise who would bring quicklime!"
Zhang Ke sighed: "Or I'm too greedy, always trying to squeeze out a little more oil and water, but I forgot to beware of the dog jumping off the wall in a hurry, I underestimated Wang Bad Water." ”
"Brother Ke, it's not like we're not without gains, didn't Wang Badshui throw down a box, open it and see if there is a silver ticket."
Qiao Fu said and opened the broken wooden box, and sure enough, there were three silver tickets inside.
Strictly speaking, this is not a silver ticket, the only legal banknote in the Ming Dynasty is the Ming treasure banknote, but this thing is too hard to wipe the ass at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it has long been thrown into the gutter. It is too inconvenient for a merchant to carry a large amount of silver, and some money bank tickets are just a bank's bill, similar to a deposit receipt, which can be cashed out at any time.
The denomination of these three silver tickets is fifty taels, and the Yongchang ticket number is written on them, and the words that the ticket is redeemed when you see it, and there are neat patterns around it, which is quite exquisite.
Qiao Fu took it in his hand, looked at it again and again, and asked suspiciously: "Brother Ke, such a thin piece of paper can be topped with white flowers?" ”
"Naturally, but ...... You have to prove that these silver tickets are real! ”
"What, Wang Bad Water lied to us?"
"It's hard to say! None of his people from top to bottom are true! ”
Qiao Gui, who had been silent, suddenly held his head and said bitterly: "It's all useless to me, if I catch Wang Bad Water, don't worry!" I'm worried that he will find a way to design us, doesn't the old man often say that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake! ”
"Well, Brother Gui, you're right to be worried, let's leave now."
The three of them went to the front of the carriage outside, and carefully inspected it, and there was no shortage of things at all, a lot of cars, five or six taels of broken silver, and finally a small harvest.
Just when Zhang Ke turned around to leave, he suddenly heard a sound of chirping behind him, and when he looked back, it was Liu Er, this guy woke up slowly.
Zhang Ke didn't say a word, and when he got closer, he smashed the hilt of his sword on his temple again, and suddenly Liu Er fainted like mud. Zhang Ke found hemp rope again, trapped him into a big dumpling, and his mouth was blocked.
"Lao Tzu raised his noble hand and didn't kill you, whether you are dead or alive depends on your creation!"
Zhang Ke is not a murderer, Wang Bad Water has run away, and it is useless to kill Liu Er.
Out of the house, Qiao Gui and Qiao Fu were busy, they hid the stolen ingots in the carriage, covered them with clothes, skins, and stoves, and they couldn't see it from the outside.
Zhang Ke checked it, there was no problem, and the three of them drove the carriage and left Wang Badshui's house in a hurry. By this time, the night had faded outside, and many merchants who were preparing to go to the horse market began to move. Zhang Ke and the others also pretended to be merchants and walked on the road as if nothing had happened.
Although the brothers didn't sleep all night, but the spirit was all extraordinarily excited, yesterday they were all poor, but now there are more than a thousand taels of silver in the car, steep and rich, this feeling is more refreshing than winning the jackpot in the next life, the footsteps are extraordinarily brisk, as if they are about to fly.
The carriage passed by the Land Temple, Zhang Ke jumped off the wheel, and there were more than a dozen little beggars standing at the door, all of them looking forward to it. After Huzi pointed the way yesterday, he was beaten back by Zhang Ke, after all, some things are inconvenient for him to see.
After returning to the Land Temple, Huzi couldn't sleep anymore, he was like a dream, no need to be a beggar, no need to endure white eyes, no need to be picked up by dogs, no need to be disliked, straighten his chest, and be a decent person!
This is something he has dreamed of many times, and it is finally about to become a reality, but he is worried that Zhang Ke is just joking. Huzi looked out against the cold wind over and over again.
Finally, when the sun was just showing the first rays of sunlight, Zhang Ke drove the carriage over, and far away, Huzi ran to the front of the carriage.
"Master Zhang!"
"Hahaha, didn't I sue you, I want to call you big brother!"
Zhang Ke smiled all over his face, looked at Huzi, and then looked at a group of little beggars standing at the door. Zhang Ke put his hand into his arms and took out a piece of broken silver.
"Huzi, please have something to eat for your friends!"
"Hmm!" Huzi nodded in surprise, hurriedly greeted Erzhu and Xiaodouzi, and disappeared on the corner in a blink of an eye, and within ten minutes, they ran back with a large pot full of food. There are fried dough sticks, soy milk, fire, meat buns, steaming, and you can smell the fragrance from afar. Long saliva flowed from the corners of the little beggars' mouths.
Huzi ran back, and did not rush to give things to his little friend, but respectfully sent them to Zhang Ke. Zhang Ke smiled with satisfaction, grabbed a few fires, and Qiao Fu and Qiao Gui also took food.
At this time, Huzi delivered the things to everyone, and the little beggars stretched out their hands, grabbed the food one by one, and stuffed it into their mouths in big gulps. Some were so choked that they rolled their eyes, but fortunately, Huzi sent the soy milk over, and finally swallowed it.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the food was swept away, and everyone ate with a round belly.
"Let's go, it's time to hit the road!"
Hearing Zhang Ke's words, Huzi's eyes were red, he grabbed his stunned hand, and said: "I'm leaving, take care of Xiaodouzi more in the future, he's still young, don't let the dog bite him." If I can do well, I'll pick you up. ”
"Hmm." The second stunned smiled: "Huzi, follow Master Zhang well, don't think about us, I always call Huazi and say that winter is a ghost gate, can you go over...... Live well for us! ”
Tears flowed down the eyes of the two stunned men as he spoke, and one cried, and the others cried too. Don't look at them small, but many people know that this farewell is afraid that they will never see each other again.
The carriage slowly moved forward, and the tiger followed closely, looking back at his friends from time to time, and they were all following behind, passing through the streets, and the little beggars followed him, and none of them dispersed.
"Brother Ke, they are young, and they are quite affectionate and righteous, I think that a sheep is also a herding of sheep, let's accept them all!"
Before he finished speaking, Huzi's eyes suddenly lit up, and the little guy jumped to the front of the carriage in a few steps, and knelt on the ground, kowtowing with a bang.
"Brother Zhang, take them all away, otherwise they will all freeze to death and starve to death, please, okay!"
It's just you!
Zhang Ke glared at Qiao Fu, and then reached out and pulled up the tiger.
"Huzi, we are not rich people, we are only afraid that we will suffer and suffer, sweat and blood, and even be born and die."
Huzi clenched his fists and said firmly: "I'm not afraid, we are not afraid!" ”
Zhang Ke let out a long breath and said, "Okay, I agreed!" ”
"Thank you, big brother!"
Huzi jumped three feet high, a pair of rag shoes were broken, and he couldn't care about it, so he ran barefoot.
"Brother Erleng, look, Brother Huzi is back again!" Little Bean pointed excitedly.
The second stunned man who was about to turn around and leave hurriedly turned around, Huzi hit him like a cannonball, and shouted excitedly: "Brother Zhang is gracious, let the big guys follow him, we all have a way to live, we can still be together!" ”
Hearing this, the little beggars were silent for a long time, and suddenly burst into a burst of joyful laughter, happy from the bottom of their hearts, and the second stunned wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes with the back of their dark hands.
"Everyone, hurry up and thank Zhang Ye!"
More than a dozen little beggars ran in front of Zhang Ke like a swarm, and kowtowed on the ground.
Zhang Ke's head was a little dizzy all of a sudden, he didn't open an orphanage, how to go on the road ahead, he hadn't figured it out yet, so he made such a bunch, isn't this adding to the chaos!
"Brother Ke, I believe in your ability, a good man and three gangs, besides, you always need some people to do things, I think they are very good!"
Huzi nodded hurriedly: "Brother Zhang, we are absolutely obedient, we will do whatever you tell us to do!" ”
"I'll tell you to change your clothes now, wash them well, and don't look like beggars."
The second stunned man scratched his head: "Master Zhang, it's good to be dirty, if you wash it clean, the skin on your face is tender, and it is easy to freeze and crack, but it hurts." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, you want to be a beggar, I don't want to be a helper yet!"
Zhang Ke gritted his teeth and took out two taels of silver from his arms, he brought more than three taels from home, and he had spent one tael along the way, and got five taels from Wang Bad Water, Zhang Ke had a total of seven taels of silver, and the remaining silver ingots, as well as the silver tickets that I didn't know whether they were true or false, could not be used. I took out two taels at once, and it really hurt.
"Qiao Fu, you go buy them a few pairs of cotton shoes and cotton clothes, and I'll lead them to take a bath!"
I found a small bathhouse on the side of the street, and more than a dozen boys lined up to get down to the pool, and after half washing, the boss cried and found Zhang Ke.
"Master, take a look, after they washed, the water is black, how can I entertain other guests!"
"Hey!" Zhang Ke sighed and took out another ten cents. "Boss, take care of it!"
The boss smiled bitterly and said, "Young man, if it weren't for your heart to take in these little beggars, I would have kicked them all out!" ”
Finally finished taking a shower, Qiao Fu also bought clothes and shoes, and the leather monkeys immediately changed into new clothes, one by one, just like the New Year.
"Alright, let's beggar...... No, it's time for our caravan to come out! ”
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