On the second day after living in Chen's mansion, Zhang Yuan earned the name of Lord Zhang by fooling Chen Enxu. This Lord Zhang was not shouted by Steward Su, but Qin Mou, the leader of the private soldiers next to him.

Qin Mu is another housekeeper of the Chen Mansion, but he doesn't care about the accounts or miscellaneous affairs, and only takes charge of the private soldiers hired by the mansion for a long time. Chen Enxu listened to Zhang Yuan's words, and asked Qin Mu to come to Zhang Yuan by himself the next day, saying that he asked him to take the latter to the city to see if there were any private soldiers who had been bandits.

"Steward Qin, there is actually one thing I haven't understood." Zhang Yuan, who was walking side by side with Qin Mou, suddenly said, "I heard before that many private soldiers, like the ones we just met, used to be bandits outside the city. It was only later that they made money by plundering and did not make money as private soldiers, so they went into the city to become private soldiers. ”

"yes, but what's so strange about that?" Seeing Zhang Yuan pause, Qin Mu took over the conversation with some puzzlement.

"I was thinking that when these bandits entered the city, on the one hand, the city was easy to earn money, and on the other hand, the private soldiers protected the caravans and granges, and their plundering business was not easy to do. But I think that now that the surroundings of Xishan City are stable, and there are few private soldiers hired in the Grange, so many private soldiers are piled up in Xishan City, where are there so many things for them to do? ”

Zhang Yuan mentioned this, not to say that this question must be clear, mainly because he heard Chen Qianyun mention it yesterday, but he didn't say it in detail, but it hooked out his curiosity.

Qin Mu smiled and patiently explained: "Lord Zhang, in fact, there are many ways for private soldiers in this city to live, not to mention the private soldiers who live in the old man's mansion for a long time, just the private soldiers who guard the doors of various workshops are not a small number. In addition, the caravans that went out of Xishan City also had to hire guards, and there were few private soldiers who really couldn't find something to do. ”

Hearing what the other party said, Zhang Yuan immediately understood, daring to feel that he had not fully understood the meaning of the word private soldier, it seemed that the private soldiers in this stone city were just idle people in society. It's just that these unemployed vagrants carry swords, can be security guards and dart masters.

Qin Mu was clear about the location of the private soldiers in Shicheng, and soon led Zhang Yuan into a tavern on the side of the street. This tavern is not big, and the location away from the street is even a little damp and gloomy, but the level of excitement is similar to the tavern that Zhang Yuan saw a few days ago, and a large number of private soldiers sit in it and brag and fart.

The two turned around, but Zhang Yuan saw Qin Mu shaking his head and said, "There is no here." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a red-faced daredevil crashed into Qin Mu's back, but Qin Mu didn't have a, and the drunk guy fell to the ground with a groan.

Qin Mu looked back, stretched out his hand and dragged the drunkard up from the ground, Zhang Yuan, who was standing next to him, suddenly felt a smell of wine coming to his face, and quickly covered his nose.

"Hey, you guy, have you seen them lately?" Qin Mu grabbed the drunkard's collar and shook it, finally making this drunk man open his confused eyes.

The drunkard himself shook his head and replied, "Who, oh, you said that Fang Big-eyed." Fang Dayan, eh, wasn't he still here just now? Oh, I remember, he committed an accident the other day, spent money to atone for his sins, and now he has no money for drinking. He didn't come without the money for drinking, and I didn't have the money for drinking, so I didn't come. ”

"Alright, go somewhere else and get drunk." Qin Mu took out a few silver fungus coins and stuffed them into the drunkard as a reward, while he led Zhang Yuan out of the tavern.

Zhang Yuan had only gone out for two steps when he heard the drunkard shouting from behind: "Alas, the master is rich, keep drinking, continue drinking!" ”

"Steward Qin, is this big eye the person we are looking for?" Zhang Yuan asked halfway through the road.

"That's right, but I didn't expect him to be here, it stands to reason that he has no money now, so he should go back to the market to try his luck and see if he can get something to eat." Qin Mu shook his head halfway through speaking, a private soldier like him, who had a stable life, looked down on those idle peers the most, if it weren't for Chen Enxu's order, he wouldn't have come to this kind of place at all.

The two of them took a turn in the bazaar in Xishan City, Qin Mu really found Fang Dayan, this guy happened to be kicked out of a shop, and he fell to the ground with a stumble. Zhang Yuan took a closer look and saw two windsurfing carts full of goods in the half-open door in the backyard of the shop.

"Phew, damn it, a bunch of dogs look down on people, grandpa didn't see you so arrogant when he robbed you!"

"Fang has big eyes."

Fang Dayan scolded at this time, and saw a sturdy figure appear in front of him, he quickly looked up, because of the backlight, it took a while to identify the person's identity: "Yo, isn't this Brother Qin?" Alas, Brother Qin, is there a life in your mansion, is it delivery or janitor? You can rest assured, our big eyes are absolutely reliable. ”

"Neither, but there is a job for you, and there is naturally a reward for doing a good job, not to mention your two months' wine. Alright, get up and go with us. Qin Mu said and kicked the big eye with his foot, telling the latter to roll up from the ground quickly.

Waiting for Fang to stand up, Zhang Yuan completely saw the other party's appearance. This person is not tall, a head lower than Zhang Yuan himself, and it is estimated that he is only about one meter and six. He looked sluggish, with some unnatural bruising and purple on his face, and it seemed that his body was not very healthy, probably caused by alcoholism, and even his facial features were a little ugly.

It's just that there is one thing that makes Zhang Yuan surprised, after this big eye stands up, his waist is very straight, his head is held high, and if he doesn't look at his face, he has a different momentum.

Fang Dayan also noticed Zhang Yuan, who was one step behind Qin Mou, he still regarded him as his colleague, and hurriedly came up and said, "Hey, brother, what is your surname?" ”

"Presumptuous, Fang Dayan, you should keep your dog's eyes open, this is Lord Zhang, and he is Lord Chen's honored guest!" Without waiting for Zhang Yuan to speak, Qin Mu opened his mouth and scolded.

Hearing this scolding, Fang Dayan was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect Zhang Yuan in front of him to be so noble, and then this guy put on a smiling face: "Lord Zhang, the villain is clumsy, the villain is clumsy." ”

Qin Mu was used to seeing Fang Dayan's appearance like this, and said coldly: "Okay, don't talk if your mouth is not good." I don't think you should go back with me like this, go home and clean up by yourself first, wash your face, and come to Chen's Mansion by yourself later, and I will explain to the people below to let you in. ”

"Yes, yes, the little ones will go back and clean up." Fang Dayan knew that it was rare for him to receive an errand, so he quickly nodded his head and bowed for a while, turned around and ran away from the alley next to him.

Now that they had seen someone, there was no need for the two of them to stay longer, and Qin Mu took Zhang Yuan back to Chen's mansion.

"Steward Qin, what kind of person is this big eye, how do I see his standing, he doesn't look like a bandit?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"Lord Zhang has a good eye, in fact, this big eye used to be the façade of the bandits, just because he stood up straight, and his eyes were very scary, so when he met the business, this guy was the first to shout. But Lord Zhang, don't look at him as a drunkard, this big eye is really not good at kung fu, but he has also been in many mountains because of this, so he has basically been to all the places where there was a king before. Qin Mu explained carefully.

"Oh, then, then his big eyes seem to be a nickname." Zhang Yuan said, a picture appeared in his mind, a group of thieves stopped the caravan, the leader of the person was carrying a big knife with a ring on his back, stepping on a boulder, his eyes were about to split, and the caravan guards below trembled.

It turned out to be doing this job, Zhang Yuan's eyes rolled, the characteristics of this big eye are fresh, and he can contact more in the future, maybe it will be of great use.

Entering the gate of Chen's Mansion, Zhang Yuan and Qin Mu also separated, one turned right in front of the main house and went to the courtyard where the guest room was located, and the other went to the left and walked through the courtyard gate on the other side.

Although Zhang Yuan was curious, he didn't dare to wander around in other people's houses, so he just returned to his room honestly. How do you know that as soon as he pushed the door open, Zhang Yuan saw someone in the hallway glaring at him, who else could it be if it wasn't Chen Qianyun.

"Where have you been this morning?" As soon as Zhang Yuan stepped into the house, Chen Qianyun's coquettish voice greeted him.

"I've gone out with your Steward Qin to complete the task assigned by your father." Zhang Yuan pulled the chair in front of Chen Qianyun and sat on it, "What's wrong with you, you just looked at me like this as soon as I came back?" ”

Chen Qianyun put away the anger on his face and replaced it with a curious look: "Alas, you said you went out with that stinky face?" Tell me what you're doing. ”

"Stinky face? No, Butler Qin is a very good person, why do you call him a stinky face? Zhang Yuan asked with some surprise.

"Why, didn't you see him put on a stinky face when he spoke? Anyway, I just keep calling him, I don't like him at all, it's not interesting at all. Chen Qianyun snorted and said.

Zhang Yuan sighed and retorted: "I don't think there's anything wrong, people don't smile to show that their business ability is excellent, and the kind of person who likes to be inflammatory, and pats all day long is not a good person." ”

"Cut." Chen Qianyun glanced at Zhang Yuan, "Okay, don't talk about this, tell me quickly, what are you doing when you go out in the morning?" ”

"I'm going to find Fang Dayan." Zhang Yuan told the truth.

"Who is Fang Dayan?" Chen Qianyun asked unrelentingly.

"Well, I don't know Fang Dayan either, I heard what Steward Qin said." Zhang Yuan touched his chin and said, "But I know that he should be an alcoholic, and he used to be a robber outside." His name is Fang Dayan, but I don't think his eyes are big at all, but Steward Qin said that his staring look is very scary, and it is a façade used by robbers to scare people in the past. ”

Chen Qianyun's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Alas, this person is interesting, you have to take me to meet him, I want to see what kind of scary method he is." ”

"Then look at what kind of scary method my stare is!" Chen Enxu's voice came in from outside the door, and the door was pushed open again, and Zhang Yuan saw Chen Enxu walking in with Steward Qin and Fang Dayan.

Chen Enxu didn't want his daughter to get involved in these things, so he immediately drove Chen Qianyun away. Although he was very unhappy, Chen Qianyun saw that his father had a straight face, and he didn't dare to object, so he pouted and left Zhang Yuan's house.

"Zhang Yuan, the little girl doesn't understand the rules, so I'm causing you trouble. Now that the people have arrived, let's go and look at the map first. ”