Text Chapter 22 Zhao Fat
The next day, Zhuo Yucheng dressed neatly under Xinyao's service, and after greeting Pu Jia and the two of them in the front hall, he took Xinyao to Hongyun Building.
"Why don't we take a carriage?" On weekdays, they travel in a carriage, but today, it is an exception, isn't there something else? Xin Yao had some doubts in her heart.
"Today, I'm going to take you to the bazaar to join in the fun. With a mysterious smile in his eyes, Zhuo Yucheng explained to Xin Yao. In retrospect, this princess has been here for a long time, and she has never experienced the fun of the market, and he has been busy recently, so it is rare to have some free time, so why not take advantage of today and take her to see it by the way, and it should be a distraction.
Xinyao grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she was bound by palace rules and etiquette since she was a child, and she rarely had freedom. Now that she has the opportunity to join in the fun, her eyes suddenly brightened, thinking that she is just a teenage girl in addition to the identity of the princess of a country, it is the time for her to be in the mood for love, vitality and fun.
Looking back at Xinyao, the little girl was full of interest, with a smile on her face, and Zhuo Yucheng suddenly missed a beat in her heart. Hurriedly turned his head, pressed one hand on his heart, and waited until his heartbeat was stable before removing his hand. In the phoenix order in his arms, the wisp of spirit swam again.
After about a stick of incense, the two came to the market, and the market was full of people and bustling. Hawkers shout and shout on the streets, people perform the streets, winning bursts of applause, and drooping children laugh and play on the road, a joyful scene. Xin Yao had never seen such a street market, looking left and right, and seeing the stalls selling gadgets in front of her, she couldn't help but come forward to take a look. On that small stall, there were a dazzling array of novelties, and Xin Yao was dazzled.
Zhuo Yucheng followed behind her, playing and watching by her, with a calm and leisurely smile on her face. Seeing her play in the market like a child, a soft place inside him is opening up for it.
Xin Yao was extremely excited along the way, and it was easy to think of Zhuo Yucheng behind her, and just turned around and walked towards him, who expected that just as she turned around, a group of children swarmed up, seemingly unintentionally bumped into her, and almost knocked her down, but fortunately, Zhuo Yucheng's eyes were quick, and he reached out to hold her up, and the other hand grabbed the collar of one of the children in the group of children.
When Xinyao stood firm, he withdrew the hand that was holding Xinyao, and turned his head down to the child he was carrying and said, "Little friend, the so-called gold is not ambiguous, the money bag you just picked up was dropped by this sister, can you return it to us?" Seeing that these children were still young, Zhuo Yucheng didn't want to embarrass them in public, so he just persuaded them with kind words.
When Xin Yao heard this, she hurriedly touched her waist, only to find that the money bag on her body was missing, and she said to the child with round eyes: "Boy, return the money bag to me!"
These children exchanged glances with each other, and did not have the intention of returning the money bag, but instead attacked Zhuo Yucheng in groups, wanting to snatch the child in Zhuo Yucheng's hand! In the face of a group of children, Zhuo Yucheng did not seem to treat the villains like a villain, and even kicked and beaten, so he had to take Xin Yao, take the child in his hand, and fly to the alley on the other side of the street. Not to be outdone, those children ran in the direction of Zhuo Yucheng.
How is this good, a look of helplessness appeared on Zhuo Yucheng's face, just when he was embarrassed, a figure rushed to Zhuo Yucheng, and shouted at the group of children: "What are you doing!
Xin Yao fixed his eyes and took a closer look, and the person standing in front of them was big-shouldered and round-waisted, burly, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and had extremely coarse strips of cloth tied on his head. The voice was rough and loud, and it really scared the children.
"Fat Zhao, long time no see. Zhuo Yucheng put Xin Yao down, also withdrew the hand on the child's collar, and said hello to the fat man. After hearing Zhuo Yucheng's voice, the huge body hurriedly turned around, with a big face and a scruffy beard, looking at Zhuo Yucheng with a smile on his face.
"Great, big brother. Hearing the fat man's words, Xin Yao was startled, looked at the fat man carefully, and then stared sideways at Zhuo Yucheng, back and forth several times.
"Xinyao, don't look at it, I'm not afraid to sour your neck. The index finger pointed at the door of Dim Xin Yao's head, but his eyes always looked at Zhao Fatzi.
Zhao Fatzi looked at the child beside Zhuo Yucheng, and beckoned: "You, what about you, come here." The boy heard the fat man's call and hurried to him.
The fat man spread his hand and said to the child: "Take out the money bag, little rabbit cub, whose bad are you stealing, you have to steal the big brother's money bag, itchy?" took the money bag from the child's hand, and knocked another chestnut on the top of the child's head.
"Ouch!" was suddenly hit the head, and the kid covered his head and shouted, and then was pulled behind by Zhao Fatzi.
"Big brother, these little rabbits don't have much eyesight, don't blame them, this money bag belongs to this girl, girl, I'll give it back to you, I'm sorry. As he spoke, he handed the money bag in his hand to Xin Yao.
"Zhao Fatzi, I said, where did you find so many children, looking at their appearance, the oldest is only twelve or thirteen years old. "Look at these children, they are a different batch from the last time he saw them.
"These children, they are all from poor families and no one wants them, if you let them go, they will either be beaten to death or starved to death, anyway, I lack some manpower here, so I simply recruit them. Zhao Fatzi took out a sealed bamboo strip from his arms, the bamboo tube was hollow, and the rolled letter paper was stuffed inside: "These are all thanks to the blessings of these children, and some of the information collected is exactly what you ordered last time, eldest brother." ”
It turns out that this fat man is Zhuo Yucheng's eyeliner to collect information. Xin Yao's heart was clear, and she said that Zhuo Yucheng had not been in Beijing for a long time, how could she be so well-informed.
Zhuo Yucheng took the bamboo strip, carefully put it into his arms, and said to Zhao Fatzi: "Thank you." But I saw Zhao Fatzi waving his hand and said: "Big brother, what you said is true, if it wasn't for you back then, my life would not have been so good!
Zhuo Yucheng smiled, took off his money bag from his waist, handed it to Zhao Fatzi and said, "You take these silver taels." ”
Zhao Fatzi pushed away the hand he handed the money bag and said, "Big brother, what are you doing, I am happy to help you do things, not for this." ”
Zhuo Yucheng insisted on handing over the silver taels again, and looked at the children behind Zhao Fatzi, these children are all yellow-faced and thin-skinned, but they are stunted due to insufficient food and clothing, which is really pitiful: "Lao Zhao, these silver taels are for these children, buy them some delicious food and good clothes." ”
Zhao Fatzi's heart warmed, the eldest brother is really a kind-hearted and good person. Then he took the silver two from Zhuo Yucheng's hand with both hands, and said to the group of children behind him, "Thank you brother yet." ”
Those children hurriedly thanked them again and again, thinking that with these silver taels today, everyone could finally eat a full meal, and their faces were full of joy.
"Okay, okay, it doesn't have to be like this, in the future, Brother Yucheng still has a lot to rely on you. Towards the group of children, Zhuo Yucheng said with a pleasant face.
"By the way, Zhao Fatzi, there are still some things that I need you and your subordinates to help me inquire, and the more detailed the news, the better. As if he suddenly remembered something, Zhuo Yucheng said to Zhao Fatzi again.
"Eh, big brother, if there is anything to order, Zhao Fatzi, I will definitely do my best!"
"You come here. The two of them approached each other and whispered that they didn't know what was going on, Xin Yao stood aside, trying to listen, but she didn't hear what they were talking about, and she was really curious.
After a while, Zhuo Yucheng finished explaining everything, only to see Zhao Fatzi bow his hand, and said with a serious face: "Zhao Fatzi must live up to the trust of the eldest brother." ”
"So, please. Zhuo Yucheng also returned the courtesy, then looked at the sky and said: "I also made an appointment with someone else today, so I will say goodbye, and then I will come to you again and say goodbye." After speaking, he flew away from the alley with Xinyao in his arms, and when Xinyao came back to his senses, the two came to Fangcai's market street again.
There is still some distance from Hongyun Building, and now, it is almost noon, so it is not good to let the girl wait, so Zhuo Yucheng stepped up his pace and walked in the direction of Hongyun Building.
In order to keep up with Zhuo Yucheng's pace, Xin Yao had to speed up her pace, trotting behind, and was very interested in the conversation between Zhuo Yucheng and Zhao Fatzi, and asked Zhuo Yucheng while running: "Young Master Zhuo, what did you say to that Zhao Fatzi just now?"
Zhuo Yucheng glanced at her and said with a smile: "What's the matter, is the princess so interested in my conversation with a rough person?"
Xin Yao secretly confessed to him, Fang Cai's remarks, fools can hear it, although Zhao Fat Man is a rough person, but he is the person who collects critical information for Zhuo Yucheng in the market, and the content of the conversation between them is definitely not simple: "I see that Zhao Fat Man is just a rough person on the surface, but I can also hear your conversation with him clearly, he is your informant in the market, naturally not a simple character." ”
The corners of her mouth were lightly raised, and Zhuo Yucheng's eyes showed a slight look of appreciation, this girl was smart, so she opened her mouth and said: "Since you are so smart and know that he is doing things for me, then you must be able to easily guess the content of my conversation with him, right? The things he explained to Zhao Fatzi are not convenient for anyone to know now, otherwise if he is careless, the news will reach the ears of those who have a heart, and it will be difficult to do, so Xinyao, I'm sorry, I'm afraid this question can't be answered for you at present.
Xin Yao looked unhappy at the moment, pouted, and whispered: "You have so many twists and turns in your stomach, who knows what the hell the hell the idea is, where can I guess." ”
"If you can't guess, just put it aside for the time being, there are so many mysteries in the world, to solve them, don't rush for a while. Zhuo Yucheng said this, looked up, Hongyun Building was in front of him, and then stopped.
However, Xinyao failed to stop in time, and hit Zhuo Yucheng's back headlong, covering her nose so painfully that her eyes were red, and she looked at Zhuo Yucheng pitifully, with a look of blame in her eyes.
"Well, I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention. Tsk, this little eye stared at him, it was really pitiful, Zhuo Yucheng laughed with him, and apologized softly.
At this time, a waiter walked out of the building, with a familiar face, it was the one who led them into the study at that time, the waiter bowed to Zhuo Yucheng and the two, and said politely: "Shenwujun, Miss Xinyao, my young lady has been waiting for a long time." ”