Chapter 139: Old Man Tai
"Taimeng, have you been here before, do you know how far it is from your house?" When the group walked to dawn, they happened to pass a small river seven or eight steps wide, and Zhang Yuan also walked so hard that the soles of his feet hurt, so he found a stone by the river and sat down.
Tai Meng looked at the surrounding scenery, shook his head in confusion, and replied, "Boss, this, this wilderness, how do I know how far away from my house is." ”
"Didn't you say that your house is quite close to this mine, we have been walking for so long and haven't arrived, can you call it close?" Zhang Yuan took off his shoes and rubbed his feet with his hands. The shoes Shen Cheng is looking for really don't fit, but there is no way, it would be good to have a pair of good shoes, at least the guard's shoes are still quite durable.
"Boss, there should be nothing wrong with our direction, I have just released the Pathfinder Flying Star, and it is estimated that I will know how far Xishan City is in a while." Shen Cheng also walked to the side and sat down, don't look at the three people who are responsible for taking care of Xuan Zijun along the way, Zhang Yuan, Tai Meng and Tietou are responsible for the physical work of taking care of Xuan Zijun, in fact, Shen Cheng, who has been using magic, is the most consumed.
Zhang Yuan also knew that Shen Cheng was very tired now, so he hurriedly pressed his hand on the other party and said, "I'll just talk about it, why do you still use magic?" Take the flying star back, you have to go so far anyway, it doesn't matter if you know the distance or not. ”
"It's okay, I can still afford this bit of mana, besides, we've been walking for so long, and we're not far from Xishan City. However, how long do you plan to stay in Xishan City, Boss? The Xishan City that several people said was the city where Tai Meng lived, but Tai Meng said that his family had a manor outside the city, and he would not be found if he went there.
"Well, I plan to do some preparatory work in Xishan City first, at least I have to buy all the things I need to transfer again, and it would be better if I could recruit some more people. After that, I thought I could go to Hanse, where I had some memories and I wanted to go back and see. And there is another advantage to going to Hanse, where conflicts between the temple and the local nobility broke out before, and now it is a place that the temple cannot reach, which is more suitable for our development. Zhang Yuan said all his plans at this stage in one breath, not only for Shen Cheng, but also for Tai Meng and Tietou, but most of the ironheads will not have objections.
Shen Cheng nodded on the side, indicating that he had no objection, Tai Meng praised repeatedly, and Zhang Yuan directly ignored this living treasure. Zhang Yuan looked at Tietou again, and found that the latter looked at him with a dignified face, and it seemed that it was really the same as Zhang Yuan thought.
After a few people had rested, they got up and set off again. At this time, the Pathfinder Flying Star released by Shen Cheng also returned, and sure enough, as he thought, Xishan City was not far away, and one morning was enough time to arrive.
Outside the city of Xishan, a large grange.
It was noon, Zhang Yuan and the five of them also arrived at Tai Meng's house, looking at the surrounding criss-crossing Qianmo and the houses in the fields, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but sigh at Tai Meng: "I didn't expect it, your guy's living conditions were really good before, I was a little afraid to go in, or you lead the way." ”
Tai Meng was also a little proud at this time, which could be regarded as earning enough face in front of the boss and his brothers, and he walked to the front of the line for the first time and swaggered along the main road. Xuan Zijun was still lying on the back of the iron head at this time, and it seemed that the iron head was too heavy, so that Xuan Zijun had not woken up yet.
The group was walking towards the largest house in the Grange, and in that direction was the main house of the Tai Meng family. At this time, an elderly maid suddenly walked over from the field next to him. The passing servant just glanced at this side inadvertently, and was so shocked that he threw away everything in his hand and rushed directly to Tai Meng, with an expression as if he was going to eat Tai Meng raw.
The servant stretched out his trembling hands and wanted to touch Taimeng, but when he was about to touch them, he saw Zhang Yuan and others walking with the other party, and those hands stopped in mid-air and didn't know where to put them.
"Aunt He, why are you stunned? Come and touch it, I'm your favorite Taimeng! Ignoring the surrounding gaze, Tae-mon grabbed the maid's hand and put it on his face. The two looked at each other, and in the next second, two lines of tears flowed from Aunt He's face, and her lips trembled incessantly, but she couldn't say a word.
Tai Meng also cried, crying presumptuously, and the loud cry of "ahh When Zhang Yuan saw this scene, his vision became a little blurred, this Aunt He is probably Tai Meng's kindest subordinate, just like a family member.
"Come, Aunt He, let me introduce to you, this is my boss, these three are my brothers, Tietou, Shen Cheng and Xuan Zijun." Tai Meng wiped the tears on his face, pointed to the few people behind him and introduced to Aunt He.
Aunt He heard Tai call Zhang Yuan's boss, so she hurriedly saluted Zhang Yuan, and also shouted: "Hello boss." ”
"Eh, Aunt He, don't do this. My relationship with Tai Meng is not so raw, since you are Tai Meng's Aunt He, that is also a few of our Aunt He. From now on, you can call me by my name and call Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan didn't dare to let someone of such an age call him the boss, so he hurriedly returned to the isolation and said. Zhang Yuan's family also said in the past that he was so greedy for the old man's cheapness, but he would lose his life, and he didn't want to lose his life.
"Ah, good, good, good." Aunt He opened her mouth nervously, and only dared to respond one by one.
Tai Meng saw that Aunt He was a little uncomfortable, so he could only say to her first: "Aunt He, you go and talk to my father first, we will be there in a while." ”
Aunt He heard Tai Meng's words, and didn't care about the things scattered all over the ground, she pulled out her legs and ran to the main house, and the speed also startled Zhang Yuan, I didn't expect that people of such an age would still have such sharp legs and feet.
Tai Meng also looked at Aunt He's back and introduced it to Zhang Yuan in a timely manner: "This Aunt He, she was originally a nurse who grew up with us, but later we all became adults, and Aunt He was also old." Alas, when I was still in the village before, my father said that Aunt He had said many times, saying that she was our nurse, and they were all a family, so there was no need to be so tired and tired. But Aunt He didn't listen, she said that she didn't do anything, and she didn't feel at ease with this salary. ”
A few people listened to Tai Meng talk about Aunt He, and walked towards the main house, but they didn't expect that as soon as they entered the courtyard where the main house was located, Zhang Yuan saw a little old man walking towards Tai Meng angrily with a crutch. When a few people saw the appearance of this old man, they were a little similar to Tai Meng, and they also had a plan in their hearts. And Tai Meng was telling a story with his back to the direction of the main house, and he didn't know the situation behind him, and everyone didn't remind him, but he had the idea of watching Tai Meng's jokes in it.
"I call you a deserter, I call you a deserter! You've got the face to come back, see if I don't kill you! The old man walked behind Tai Meng, picked up his crutch and hit Tai Meng's leg, so startled that Tai Meng jumped up from the ground. When he looked back and saw that it was his own father who was fighting, Tai Meng ran away, and the old man was about to chase after him, when a pair of young men and women hugged the old man behind him.
"Dad, Dad, don't chase it, Tai Meng finally came back, there are outsiders here." The young man pouted in the direction of Zhang Yuan, and said to Tai Meng's father.
Tai Meng's father only looked in Zhang Yuan's direction at this time, and hurriedly walked over and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, let everyone laugh." My surname is Tai Minglai, I am the owner of this manor, and I am also the father of Tai Meng, dare to ask you is the chief of Tai Meng. ”
Zhang Yuan looked down at the stolen guard clothes on his body, and went through what the old man had just said and done in his mind, and he also had a little understanding in his heart. How could this old man not be able to see if he was really a chief, he didn't even have the adjutant shelf, so he made it clear that he wanted to dismantle his own platform, and he was afraid that he had just beaten Taimeng and was afraid that he would also have an element to show himself.
However, Zhang Yuan didn't plan to pretend to be officers and soldiers, he and Shen Ying glanced at each other and said: "Sir, we can't talk about it, we are just friends of Tai Meng, passing by here and hearing that Tai Meng's family is here, I followed him over to have a look." However, there are some things related to Taimeng, and I want to talk to the owner of Taizhuang, but there are many people here, and I don't know if I can take a step to speak. ”
Old man Tai's eyes flashed and looked several people up and down, even fainting Xuan Zijun He didn't let go, after a long time, Old Man Tai nodded, and said with a smile: "Distinguished guests come to the cold house, how dare I not treat each other politely, and please move to the main house for a while." ”
Tai Meng didn't know when he had quietly stood behind the old man, but he didn't dare to get too close, for fear of being beaten again after a while. When the old man Tai turned to lead the way, he deliberately leaned in the direction of Tai Meng, said "It's good to be back", and continued to lead everyone into the back room.
Although the old man and Tai Meng lowered their voices when they spoke, Zhang Yuan still heard them clearly, combined with Tai Meng's words before, Zhang Yuan could still deduce that the old man was a reasonable person. Now that there is a chance to get it through communication, Zhang Yuan is still a lot more relaxed, but he doesn't know if the old man is a fan of the temple, he forgot to ask before, and Tai Meng didn't mention this question.
Looks like we have to be careful.
After entering the main house, the old man asked Zhang Yuan to sit down first. But how dare Zhang Yuan, this room is the old man's biggest, he knows best what Zhang Yuan is, and he is nothing without the support of the external spirit. As soon as Zhang Yuan excused himself, the old man Tai was not polite, and sat down as soon as he sat down, and Zhang Yuan and the others also found a chair and sat down.
"Little friend, I can also see that little old man, I'm afraid that this line of work on you is not your own." Old man Tai got straight to the point, and directly exposed Zhang Yuan and others, causing Zhang Yuan to sit opposite the old man, and suddenly his heart beat faster.
"Dad, it's true that one is still asleep......" Tai Meng interjected as he stood next to the old man.
"Shut up!" Old man Tai directly gave Tai a fierce kick, and the latter quickly dodged and retreated to a place where the old man couldn't kick it.
"Hmph." The old man glared at Tai Meng again, and then turned to look at Zhang Yuan and said again, "Don't worry, there are no outsiders here, just say something." I can see that you are not officials, and I can naturally see that you are not a great traitor, but Aunt He and I have said that since you are a follower of Tai Meng, you must have something extraordinary. But little old man, I think I'm a fool, if you don't explain things clearly, I don't dare to let Tai Meng continue to follow you. ”
"Daddy!"
"Shut up!"