On this day, Zhang Tong was bored, and there was nothing to do in the yamen, so he wandered around the street alone.

The weather is cold, the wind is freezing, and it is rare for so many people on the street to take advantage of the right time of the day to come out to buy some dry goods and wait for a good New Year.

Zhang Tong put his hands in his sleeves, his head shrunk, his face was a little dry by the cold wind that blew from time to time, he sniffed and slowly shook it along the street.

Suddenly, I don't know what happened not far ahead, the crowd was gathered around, and there was a little noisy noise.

Zhang Tong rubbed over.

Standing at the back of the crowd, Zhang Tong stood on tiptoe, barely able to see what was going on inside.

I saw a young man sitting on the ground, the ground next to him and his body were some broken oranges, his face was also blue and his face was swollen, the yellow juice on the ground, and even the cold air was filled with a light orange fragrance, but the scene in front of him was not comfortable.

There was also a woman standing next to the young man, and seeing that the woman's hair ornament should have been a woman, covering her face and sobbing, her voice was so thin and weak that the onlookers could not bear to listen.

And right opposite them, a young master who was still holding a fan on a cold day was half-tilting his head, looking impatient, followed by a few small men with teeth and claws.

"Do you know who I am? What's wrong with eating a few of your oranges? Do you still want Young Master Ben to give money? The boy put away the folding fan, and the tip of the fan almost poked the young man's face.

Zhang Tong frowned, it's really good not to go out, but as soon as you go out, you will meet a ghost, isn't this God clearly letting himself see the road uneven and roaring?

When he thought about it like this, Zhang Tong was already ready to roll up his sleeves and enter the crowd, but unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, there was an extra force on his shoulders, dragging him back.

Zhang Tong turned his head and saw that it was Gu Li.

"Why are you here?" Zhang Tong asked, and then reacted, grabbed Gu Li's wrist, pointed to the crowd and said, "It's just right to come, your kung fu is better than mine, go and help others." ”

"It's not my relative, why am I in a hurry to find it uncomfortable?" Gu Li took a step back as he spoke, and then raised his arms and hugged them in front of his chest indifferently.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Tong didn't know what to say with disdain, and he didn't bother to persuade him again, so he turned around directly and walked inside, but as soon as he took a step, he was dragged back by Gu Li.

"What are you doing?!" Zhang Tong glared at Gu Li angrily, shook off Gu Li's hand holding his shoulder very hard, and said in a suppressed voice: "You don't want to cause trouble, don't pull me, I will see unevenness on the road, and it won't hinder you!" ”

Gu Li sighed: "Alas, fool. ”

"Who are you talking about?!" Zhang Tong was even more angry.

Then I saw Gu Li push away the crowd and walk in, and before he could speak, he saw the boy brother aiming at Gu Li with his nostrils and asking, "Who are you?" Tell you not to meddle in your business, and stay where it's cool! ”

"People have a small business, it's so cold, you can't make a few dollars at the end of the day, you are a young master of a big family, I see that you wear gold and silver, and you can't pay for eating a few oranges?" Gu Li leaned over, his arms intertwined and hugged in front of his chest, looking like the poor young master couldn't take out a few orange money, Zhang Tong stood in the crowd behind him, almost laughing.

Before the young master could refute, he heard Gu Li say: "It turns out that your family is so poor, so let's do it, I will pay for you for these oranges, no thanks, why should we have known each other when we meet in the rivers and lakes, and we have time to eat together." ”

"You ......"

"Oh, on the way I came just now, I saw that your father seemed to be sending someone to look for you, he was very anxious, I don't know what is going on, go back quickly." Gu Li said again, speaking seriously, the young master was stunned for a moment, turned around and asked a few little guys behind him.

"Did my dad really send someone to look for me?"

"I don't know, young master."

"I'd rather believe the fuck." The young master spat on the ground, glared at Gu Li very unwillingly, and said, "You kid wait, if you let Young Master Ben know that you deceived me, I will definitely ask someone to beat you to death." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Gu Li had a smile on his face.

The young master snorted and hurriedly left with a few small servants behind him.

Gu Li restrained his smile and waved his hand at the crowd: "It's all gone, let's disperse, there's nothing to see." ”

Subsequently, the people who watched the excitement gradually dispersed, and several of them looked here when they left, as if they didn't see the excitement, which was quite a pity, and Gu Lizhi, who was watching, shook his head.

Zhang Tong hurriedly walked over, picked up the injured young man, and asked, "The injury is serious, do you want to send you to Baishitang to see the doctor?" ”

"It's okay, thank you both." The young man arched his hand, looked back at his mess, sighed, and said nothing else, but then cleaned up, and the woman stood aside and thanked her.

"Are you a husband and wife?" Gu Li asked.

The woman looked back, "Yes." ”

"It's really not easy to come out and sell oranges on such a cold day." Gu Li said expressionlessly, looking as if he cared, but the way his eyebrows didn't move, it really made people feel how strong his kindness was.

It was Zhang Tong, who picked up the oranges that were broken, and got the yellow and clear juice in one hand.

He glanced up at the young man by chance, and felt that his eyebrows and eyes were familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere, and he couldn't help frowning and thinking, and then grabbed the young man's shoulder and asked, "What's your name?" Have I seen you anywhere? ”

The young man was stunned, glanced back at his wife, blinked innocently, and said, "My surname is Hou, and my single name is a Ze character." ”

Zhang Tong suddenly realized: "Your father is Hou Lao Liu, right?" ”

"Exactly." Hou Ze smiled, that smile was more similar to Hou Lao Liu's honest appearance.

"It's your couple's turn to come out today?" Zhang Tong greeted each other, looking like they were acquaintances.

The young man also laughed, and in the face of Gu Lishi's pressure, he suddenly eased a lot in the face of Zhang: "Yes, my father is drinking at home today, and it happens to be almost time for dinner, if you don't dislike it, go to the house for a meal?" ”

Hou Ze looked at Gu Li.

The look in his eyes seemed to hope that Gu Li would go, after all, it was Gu Li who spoke out to relieve them, and hoped that Gu Li would not go, because this person's personality seemed to be a little weird and not easy to get along with.

Zhang Tong glanced at Gu Li, who was still next to him as the eldest brother, kicked it over, and said unceremoniously, "What about you?" To go to dinner? ”

"Is it convenient?"

Some eat, Gu Li was very happy, and couldn't help but stretch his eyebrows.

"Convenient, convenient." Hou Ze nodded again and again, and even cleaned up the stall much faster.

Xu has not been a guest at home for a long time, Hou Ze asked his wife to go home first to inform the family, and he took Zhang Tong and Gu Li to walk home slowly, and bought some cold dishes on the way, thinking that the time would be the next drink.

"Did you find the murderer in Brother Jinzhi's case before?" Halfway through the road, Hou Ze suddenly asked.

Gu Li raised his eyebrows and didn't make a sound.

"The murderer has been found, but Chen Jinzhi's identity is relatively special, so the murderer has been sent to the capital." Zhang Tong told a lie without changing his face, Gu Li snorted, and was kicked by Zhang Tong again.

"Did you send back the corpse of the eldest brother of the brocade as well?"

"That's natural."

"It's good that the case is solved, Brother Jin is a good person." Hou Ze lowered his head and stopped talking.

Zhang Tong smiled: "Your father said the same thing." ”

"My three-legged cat kung fu was taught to me by Brother Jinzhi." When Hou Ze raised his head, there was a smile on his lips, bright and dazzling.

Gu Li ruthlessly interjected: "Then you were still beaten like a pig's head by that gentleman?" ”

Hou Ze's blocked face turned red.

"Can you die if you don't say a word?" Zhang Tong glared at him, patted Hou Ze on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't listen to his nonsense, there are so many people, as the so-called two fists are hard to beat with four hands, it's normal that you can't beat it, not to mention that you still have to protect your mother, right?" ”

"This big brother is right, I'm useless. I thought that Brother Jinzhi could teach me a few more kung fu, but I didn't expect him to be killed by gangsters, but fortunately, there was an official government to redress his grievances. Hou Ze forced a smile, but the corners of his lips drooped bitterly.

"He is not the only one in the world who can work hard, Chen Jinzhi." As soon as Gu Li said this, he couldn't help but think about slapping himself, as if he wanted to accept Hou Ze as an apprentice, and then said: "You don't have to have a lot of kung fu to protect your family, you will have a son in the future, send your son to take the imperial examination, become an official, and the family will raise their eyebrows and glorify their ancestors." ”

Hou Ze thought about it, and then he had a sad face: "But I heard my father say that the saint is ...... mediocre today."

Zhang Tong covered Hou Ze's mouth and said: "This is also in Fan County, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, if you let someone hear it, will your family still live?" ”

Hou Ze nodded in fear, not daring to talk nonsense anymore.

After a while, I arrived at Hou's house.

The two white lanterns at the door of Chen Jinzhi's house had not yet been taken off, Zhang Tong glanced at it, and his heart was sour, and he turned his head to look at Gu Li, but saw that he seemed to have seen nothing, and followed Hou Ze into Hou's house as usual.

Hou Lao Liu got the news, he had already built a stove in the house, the room was warm, and when he heard the footsteps entering the door, he greeted him with a smile.

"The two adults are tired of walking, go into the house, warm and warm."

"Don't call adults outside, my name is Zhang Tong, his name is Gu Li, just call us by name." Zhang Tong smiled and greeted each other and held Hou Laoliu's rough hand.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Gu, go to the house first." Hou Lao Liu was a little shy at first, and then warmly beckoned the two into the house.

Gu Li still had a stinky face that couldn't beat a fart with three sticks, and he stepped into the threshold slowly like an uncle, but when he saw the hot pot prepared by Hou Lao Liu, his complexion melted like frost, and the corners of his lips slowly rose, and he didn't need Hou Lao Liu to say hello, he was already sitting on the stool himself.

"Look at your little bit of interest." Zhang Tong said.

Gu Li was cheeky: "The people take food as the sky, is there a problem?" ”

Hou Lao Liu smiled honestly, and immediately beckoned his daughter-in-law to hand over the dishes and chopsticks, Gu Li took it unceremoniously, thanked him, and began to put down the chopsticks.

"Hurry up, sit down and eat." When Hou Lao Liu greeted, Hou Ze had already changed his clothes and came back, with a smile on his face.

Gu Li took a piece of chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, and said, "You can eat such a delicious hot pot on such a cold day, why don't you hurry up and get off the chopsticks, I said that you have a little problem?" Isn't it, old marquis? ”

As soon as the words fell, Hou Lao Liu's face seemed to stiffen in the steaming, Gu Li tugged at the corners of his mouth, as if he hadn't seen it, he lowered his head and ate happily.