The place where the little beggars were going was a deep alley near the East Market, and the alleys were flanked on both sides by the back walls of the shops, narrow and dark, and the air was filled with the smell of dampness and must.

As soon as Du Baozhu landed, he stepped on a soft and suspicious mass and almost didn't spit it out.

The wolf cub who led the way seemed to guess Du Baozhu's thoughts, and explained coldly: "That's not, it's dog pee." ”

Du Baozhu had the courage to bow his head, only to see that the tips of the pink embroidered shoes had been stained with a little black juice, and the foul smell was rushing towards him.

The dark and damp alleys in Chang'an City are all over the place, and the beggars have seen countless dog urine moss, and occasionally stepping on it is just a casual wipe of the weeds. But at this time, I saw that the tips of Du Baozhu's shoes were stained with black juice, and somehow, the more I looked, the more I felt that it was an eyesore.

He hesitated for a moment, then turned around to reveal his thin and rugged back: "There is a lot of dirt along the way, if you don't dislike it, I will carry you over." ”

Lu Ming is still there, how can a kid who doesn't know the root be caught in the corner of Du Baozhu's clothes. As soon as the wolf cub's voice fell, he also turned his back to Du Baozhu: "Little lady, I have a lot of strength, so I'll carry you." ”

"I'm fine." There were no outsiders around, Du Baozhu leaned against the wall, and shook the black juice on his shoes not very ladylike. Turning his head to look at the wolf cub, "How far is the place you are talking about?" ”

Although Lu Ming's kung fu is good, and she also has some means of self-defense, but after all, there are many little beggars, and if they really have the intention to ambush, she and Lu Ming will not be able to bear it.

The wolf cub heard the precaution in her words, and his dark eyes darkened for a moment, and then he said in a muffled voice: "You will arrive through this alley." ”

He didn't lie about this, and after walking hundreds of steps down the alley, Du Baozhu's vision suddenly brightened.

At the exit of the alley was a small open space, piled with some discarded bamboo baskets and rags. When a few little beggars who were guarding here saw the wolf cubs, they immediately uncovered a few pieces of rubble behind them with their hands and feet, revealing three or four men with obscene descriptions hidden in them.

"This is ......" Du Baozhu was full of doubts, no matter how clever she was, she couldn't imagine that the little beggars had mysteriously brought her over, just to see a few ruffians.

"These are the thieves we caught at the promotion meeting in the afternoon."

Du Baozhu couldn't help but be stunned. She was still wondering before, even if it was a small temple with thieves, why this time a bunch of guests with silver money gathered together, but they didn't meet half of the pickpockets, it turned out that they were all caught here by this group of little beggars.

However, there is nothing to be done, and it is either a traitor or a thief. She didn't think that the wolf cub would be able to change his mind after being slapped by her: "What do you want to exchange these thieves for from me?" ”

The flesh on the cheeks of the wolf cub tightened: "Change for a long-term errand." ”

He straightened his back and stared at Du Baozhu sharply: "Don't look at our age, we all have the ability to have!" ”

A sneer appeared on the corner of Du Baozhu's lips: "What if you have the ability?" If you can betray Wang Debao today, you can betray me tomorrow. I don't need a dog that bites its owner. ”

As she spoke, her eyes kept on the wolf cub's body, and sure enough, she saw the wolf cub's fist at her side clenched and released.

After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "If you can live cleanly, who wants to be a dog?" It was wrong for us to steal the purse, but we didn't want to kill anyone. If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask the people who lost the money, and we will return the money bag a long time ago. ”

Du Baozhu glanced at Lu Ming without a trace, and when he saw Lu Ming nodding, he knew that the wolf cub was not lying.

"So, you all want to change your ways?"

The wolf cub nodded earnestly.

Du Baozhu suddenly grinned, revealing an evil smile: "How can you be sure that I won't let you do bad things?" Perhaps, what I want is an obedient murder knife? ”

The phrase "......" made a hint of hesitation flash in the wolf cub's eyes.

However, he quickly made up his mind and said coldly: "I would like to be your sword, but they can't." As long as you can settle them well, you can do whatever you ask me to do! ”

"Heh, you have righteousness."

Du Baozhu saw that although the wolf cub acted ruthlessly, he did have a warm feeling for these little beggars, so his impression of him improved.

Although she didn't trust the wolf cub yet, she had also been at the bottom, and knew that sometimes reaching out to someone in the mire was also a good deed, so she said: "I don't hire useless people, what skills do you have, take it out and see." ”

"I'll fight." The wolf cub probably took the words "I want to use an obedient murder knife" seriously, and immediately sold myself hard.

Du Baozhu asked Lu Ming and the wolf cub to try their hand.

Lu Ming was a few years older than the wolf cub, and he was much taller, so he left three points of strength. Who knows, after a few moves, the wolf cub's move is a deadly street fight, and he wants to bite off a piece of his meat even if he is injured.

He couldn't help but hiss, and used all his strength to hold the wolf cub down. When Du Baozhu called a halt, the wolf cub was still struggling.

"Lu Ming, what do you think?"

Lu Ming cut off the wolf cub's hands and gently pushed him into the little beggar, then nodded reservedly: "I do have some strength, but there is no discipline, and when I meet someone who knows martial arts, I will be defeated in three moves." ”

After encountering the mob in Xin'an County, Du Baozhu realized that if he wanted to survive safely in the troubled times, the armed forces were definitely a big head. Therefore, she has the intention to train the wolf cub into a general: "If you invite a martial artist to teach, you may catch up with you?" ”

"It's hard." Lu Ming shook his head and explained: "Xiwu is practicing Tongzi Gong, and now that his bones have grown together, if he starts to get started, he is afraid that he will only get half the effort." ”

The wolf cub listened to the conversation between the two, and his eyes couldn't help but dim. However, he was not born to accept his fate, and soon patted his chest and promised: "I'm not afraid of half the effort, I have strength, as long as you are willing to use me, I will definitely catch up with him!" ”

His fingertips pointed at the deer fiercely, with an unyielding momentum, really like a wolf cub on the grassland.

Lu Ming couldn't help but 'hey' and said: "This hasn't entered the door yet, you have offended your predecessors, you kid is really not afraid of death?" ”

The wolf cub ignored him, his eyes were as bright as cold stars, and he stared at Du Baozhu tightly.

There is a kind of person, even if his life is like a mustard, as long as he is given a gap for survival, even if he grows in the crevice of the cliff, he can hold up a piece of heaven and earth.

The wolf cub is obviously such a person, Du Baozhu is at the time of employing people, and he is quite willing to give him this opportunity: "Okay, you have been hired." ”

A flash of joy flashed in the wolf cub's eyes, but he quickly calmed down again, pointed to the group of little beggars with blank eyes and asked, "What about them?" ”

The biggest thorns have been collected, and I don't care about the remaining group of diced radish. Du Baozhu raised his eyes to look at the increasingly dark sky, and said lightly: "This is not the place to talk, let's talk in another place." ”

Let the groom tie up a few thieves and send them to the government, and Du Baozhu and his party returned to the vacant wine shop. Hearing the sound, Shopkeeper He neatly lit the oil lamps on the four walls of the lobby, and couldn't help but be surprised to see that the room was densely packed with one or twenty little beggars with ragged clothes and dark faces.

"Little lady, what are you doing here? Do you want to open a church of goodness? ”

"It's tight in your hands, what kind of good hall to open!" Returning to the familiar environment, Du Baozhu was in a much more relaxed mood, and he still had the leisure to joke with Shopkeeper He.

She asked Shopkeeper He to find a blank piece of paper and record the names, ages and things that the little beggars are good at in turn.

These beggars are very young, and the oldest one is a wolf cub, who is thirteen years old this year. The youngest one is only four years old this year, and he fled from the northwest the year before last, and Ye Niang has died of illness, and it was this group of beggars who begged for a hundred meals to raise him.

Of these, twelve were boys and nine were girls. This surprised Du Baozhu, this group of children had dark faces, their hair was tied up like straw, and they couldn't tell the gender at all, but they didn't expect there to be so many girls.

In a patriarchal society, girls have always been treated as goods. The boys can still be beggars who eat hundreds of meals, and most of the girls will be sold into the Goolan Washe before they have time to become beggars.

This wolf cub is ruthless, but it is very fair, not only does not exclude the girls, but also protects them so thoroughly.

Du Baozhu took a look at the roster and learned that the wolf cub's original name was Chen Niao.

The wolf cub also seemed to feel that he couldn't get his name, and said with a red face and a rough voice: "If the master doesn't like this name, start another one." ”

"You're my employee, not a minion, but it's not my turn to change your name." Du Baozhu smiled and said, "Your mother named you 'Bird', I think I want you to fly high and fly more freely, which means very good." ”

As soon as she said it, the name of an ordinary folk like 'Chen Bird' seemed to have a little more elegance, and Chen Bird's eyes immediately brightened: "Yes!" ”

The shopkeeper He on the side took out a stack of Du Ji's standard employee contracts, intending to let them press their fingerprints. Who knows, as soon as they saw the contract, the children's faces immediately changed, and they hid behind Chen Niao.

Chen Niao's face was also very ugly: "We don't sell ourselves. ”

"It's not selling." Shopkeeper He patiently explained: "This is our Du Kee employee contract, and everyone has to sign it. ”

He read the terms of the contract, took out his copy from the cabinet, pointed to the three words 'He Wannian' and said: "Oh, this is my contract, you can see for yourself, the content on it is different from yours?" ”

The little beggars were illiterate and could not read what was written on the contract, but they could tell whether the glyphs on the two contracts were the same. After a few little heads got together and muttered, Chen Niao took the lead in smearing his thumb with ink, and pressed the contract as if he was dead: "Take it!" ”

"Huh-" Du Baozhu, who witnessed all this, couldn't help laughing: "You even dare to kill people, and you are still afraid of signing a contract?" ”

Chen Niao blushed and defended: "In the past, Xiaoguo'er and they were sold into such a ...... If we hadn't broken in in time, they would ......"

Of course, Du Baozhu understood what his vague part was, thought about it, and said: "Anyway, your work is not heavy for a while, and when the time comes, I will ask someone to teach you to read, and you will not be fooled like this again in the future." ”