Tang Gong's clan is scattered outside Taixing City, only one Tangjiazhuang has Tang Gong's old childhood residence, often people clean, some people pay tribute, but it is limited to this.

Wei Ming came to the three incense sticks, saw the portrait of Tang Gong, how many ferocious Japanese people had resisted the trident in his hand, and now such a Qing Japanese general, but only left his childhood old residence, thatched eaves and earthen courtyard, occasionally people came to pay respects, and did not dare to make noise.

The crime of being a convict almost wiped out the glory of his life.

Wei Ming worshipped Tang Gong, and then asked about Tang Gong's accusations, and the people in Tangjiazhuang had the same attitude, "It's nothing!" If Wei Ming vaguely mentioned whether he was indeed guilty, the Tang Gong clan said: "Are you here to visit Tang Gong, or are you here to ask about the crime!" If you are not sincere, don't come! The three fragrances in vain made Tang Gong uneasy in the spirit of the sky! ”

Wei Ming didn't want to mention it again, so he had to try to find Wu Li.

But he didn't know about Wu Li, he hadn't even met in this life, and after asking for a long time, he didn't find Wu Li's whereabouts.

Wu Li can know about Tang Gong, there must be a special channel, and I heard the words of some people who know the inside story. The clansmen of Tangjiazhuang are all the former clansmen of Tang Gong, and they only do some farm work or small business near Taixing.

It's just that Tang Gong's old department is a military household, under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Health Centers, and in the health centers at all levels, Wei Ming is not easy to contact, rather than looking for these people, it is better to find Wu Li, the news comes quickly.

But where can Wu Li go?

According to what Duan Wanquan heard for him before, Wu Li took Wu Tao's post to Taixing County to find a job, Wu Tao's hand had more silk and satin villages, Wei Ming inquired about several silk villages in Taixing, but found nothing. He was going to look for two more days, but if he didn't work, he would make another plan.

On this day, Wei Ming came down from the inn to forage for food, and heard someone on the street talking about the wine invitation. The wine invitation conference is a grand event in Yangzhou Mansion, although it is not in Taixing in Yizhen, but the merchants who come and go, whether it is wine gluttony, there is nothing that is not missed.

Wei Ming thought that Cui Zhi and his entourage were going to the wine invitation meeting, so he couldn't help but turn his steps and entered the restaurant on the side, and just chose a table by the window to sit down, ready to listen to people talk about the wine invitation, when he heard a commotion in the backyard of the restaurant.

"Drunkard! Catch the wine thief! ”

With this shout, everyone looked towards the backyard of the restaurant, only to see a person suddenly burst out of the foyer of the backyard, this person ran very fast, and he was about to sweep towards the gate.

"Catch him!"

Someone chased and shouted, and the station that ran to the hall was close to the door, and the door was suddenly closed.

The thief was unwilling, and he didn't tie his hands and arrest him, he saw that the window behind Wei Ming was wide open, and as soon as he turned around, he rushed towards Wei Ming, he shouted "Get out of the way", jumped on the bench next to Wei Ming, and was about to jump out of the window.

However, at this moment, I saw that the stool under his feet slipped, and the thief standing on the stool was unstable.

At this moment, the runner had already come over and twisted him, "Where are you going?!" ”

The thief didn't look as good as the weak crown, he was sloppy in dress, his face was full of stubble, and he was in no hurry when he was caught, he just said to Wei Ming: "You are so fast under your feet, but you have fallen me miserably!" ”

He said it well, the serious thing is that Wei Ming's eyes are quick and he kicks the stool under his feet.

It's just that Wei Ming originally kicked the road when he saw it, but it was just an ordinary thing, but as soon as this person opened his mouth, the smell of Qingzhou floated out along the bad breath.

Wei Ming looked at him, and the guy who ran the hall and the guy who was chasing after him came over. The young man in the kitchen held a flask in his hand and placed it on the table with a clatter, and the flask was put down, but no sound of wine swaying came from inside.

The guy pointed at the sloppy thief and scolded: "Rotten mouth wine thief! I obviously poured wine into the flask, why didn't I give it away, the bottle was empty! I thought I had a bad memory! It turned out that you drunkard stole the wine! ”

The guy grabbed the thief by the collar and said, "Take the money!" ”

The thief laughed, "Catch the traitor and catch the double, take the thief and take the dirty, how do you prove that I stole something?!" The bottle is in your hand, but not in my hand, who knows if you stole it? ”

He was playing a scoundrel here, the young man was so angry that he stared dryly, and he didn't know how to respond to his words for a while, who wanted to drink too much, it was impossible not to react, and the thief was not paying attention at the moment, and the wine burp came out.

"And said it wasn't you! Dirty in your belly! The young man grabbed him at once, "Lose money!" ”

The thief laughed, "If you want money, I'll spit it out to you if you want wine!" ”

His sloppy appearance, let alone vomiting, even if he drank a sip of wine, it was useless. The young man was so angry that he ran and said directly: "You don't have any money, let's not drink, pull you to the official!" ”

At this time, the thieves were a little panicked, "Alas, alas, the two big brothers, there is something to say!" ”

Wei Ming watched from the side, if he didn't know who it was, he would have come to Taixing for nothing.

When he saw that he was pulling the thief to see the official, he stepped forward and patted the hand of the thief, "How much money is missing from this thief, count it on my head." ”

When he exited, everyone looked at him. The thief looked at Wei Ming, "Qingzhou fellow? ”

Wei Ming chuckled, and when he saw that he was still carrying the thief's collar, he took out the silver. When he saw the real money with the young man, he would not think that Wei Ming was an accomplice of the thief, so he immediately let the thief go.

The thief was relieved, hehe laughed, a mouthful of big yellow teeth swayed in front of Wei Ming's eyes, Wei Ming didn't dislike it, and pushed the saltwater beans he ordered to the center of the table, "You are also a showman, what kind of system do you become through wine?" If you make trouble with the government, aren't you afraid of ruining your reputation? ”

"You—how do you know I'm a showman?"

Wei Ming smiled, didn't look at him, and put a bean in his mouth, "I not only know that you are a Xiucai, but I also know that your surname is Wu, and your single name is a pear character." ”

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After Wu Li was driven by Wu Tao, he originally came to Taixing to find a tea house according to the post given by Wu Tao. At that time, he thought that Wu Tao would ask the owner of the tea house to give him some business to do, or bet a batch of tea back to Qingzhou, who knew that the owner of the tea house heard that he was a showman, so he let him take care of the accounts. It's not for nothing that Xiucai is in charge of the accounts, but the owner of the tea house is no different from the guys next to him.

And isn't he a member of the Wu clan introduced by Mrs. Wu?

That's it?

Is Mrs. Wu too thin-faced, or did she deliberately "take care" of him?

He did it for three months and then he did it again. He didn't come to make a bookkeeper when he went south, so if he made money in a bookkeeper, why did he go south?

Wu Li quit the tea house and left, but the tea house didn't keep him, so he found a bookstore to be a copyist, and he could also have the opportunity to see the current texts printed by the bookstore, and the salary was also a lot.

But he got good at drinking, and he had to save money to go back to the imperial examination, so he was helpless, and he became addicted to alcohol, so he came to steal alcohol.