Chapter 18: The Battle of the Talismans

Zhang squinted barefoot, looked Xiao Mu up and down a few times, and said, "Remember, remember, aren't you a rich young man of the Xiao family? The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info drag your blessing, every time I can drink good wine, hehe, I am barefoot and very grateful to you. ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper had already served a pot of sake, a large stack of delicate wine dishes, chicken, duck and fish, the aroma was fragrant, and it was appetizing.

Zhang Barefoot poured the wine from the jug into his worn-out gourd, and then said, "Young Master Xiao Mu treats me with good food and drink, and I am grateful to Zhang Barefoot." It's just that I suddenly have no appetite for big fish and meat, why don't I ask Young Master Xiao Mu to go to another small shop to eat something light, how about it?"

Xiao Mu didn't care, he smiled: "Mr. Zhang is known as the iron rooster, and it is an honor to let the iron rooster pluck its feathers today." ”

Zhang stood up barefoot and said to the few little hairy children next to him who had not yet dispersed: "Little one, little two, little three, little four, come to dinner, today Young Master Xiao has a treat!"

Those children didn't recognize Young Master Xiao, they only recognized the table full of wine and food. Their eyes lit up and they pounced like hungry wolves.

Zhang Barefoot said a little embarrassed: "Young Master Xiao, let you laugh!"

Xiao Mu didn't care about it at all, he took out three taels of silver, handed it to the shopkeeper, and advised: "Although the food is served, they must be full, and the wine is not needed!"

As soon as he got out of the restaurant, Zhang Barefoot led Xiao Mu through a few alleys, and after a while, he came to a village, where there were no people, and not far away, there was a dilapidated earthen house, which surrounded Xiao Ran. There are five willow trees in front of the door, and the body of the tree is dry. Zhang pushed open the wooden door with his bare feet, the light inside was dim, and the air was filled with a thick pungent smell. In the room, there was only a wooden table, two wooden stools, a wooden bed, and nothing more.

Zhang wiped the table and chairs clean with his bare feet, turned around and said, "The Burrow, Si is the Burrow, let Young Master Xiao smile!" As he spoke, he turned around and entered the kitchen, and when he came out, he took out a pot of turbid wine, a plate of broad beans, and a plate of peanuts. Two pairs of wooden chopsticks, two wooden cups. Although it was simple, the two staggered and talked happily.

When Zhang Barefoot said that Xing was on his head, he put his feet on the wooden bench and said: "Xiao Mu, it seems that you have changed a lot in the past six months. ”

Xiao Mu waved his hand and said embarrassedly: "Hey, the past is unbearable, there is no need to mention it." By the way," he changed his words and asked, "Mr. Zhang, have you heard that a medium-grade spiritual weapon, the Nebula Sword, has appeared in the Red Maple Auction House recently. I heard that the person who took out this sword was an old man, who was very similar to Mr. Zhang. ”

Zhang drank the wine in the barefoot cup and said: "It's not a secret, the one who sells the Nebula Sword is indeed old, this is originally an heirloom handed down by the ancestors, and recently the hand is a little tight, so I have to sell it cheaply, hey, after selling it, the old decay is afraid all day long, lest I have more prestige of the ancestors." He said that he was frightened, but he couldn't see a little panic on his barefoot face.

When he said this, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Mr. Zhang, are you there?"

"Who's coming in!" Zhang called Barefoot.

I saw a peasant woman dressed in coarse linen walking in with four boys, and as soon as she entered, she said, "Little one, little two, little three, little four, don't hurry up and thank your benefactor!"

"Yes, mother!" said the four children in unison, and then bowed down in unison.

Xiao Mu was very strange, he thought to himself: Aren't these the four children in the restaurant? Why did they come here? Benefactor? What did Zhang do barefoot?

The peasant woman also wanted to worship Zhang Barefoot, Zhang Barefoot took an arrow step, helped the peasant woman, and hurriedly said, "There is no need to do this!"

The peasant woman said with tears in her eyes: "Before, the four children accidentally broke into the honor guard of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, if it weren't for the help of Mr. Ji and the thousand lines of silver, I am afraid that the four children of the slave family would be executed by His Royal Highness the King of Qi." Mr. is as kind to the slave family as a mountain, and the slave family is willing to be a cow and a horse in this life!" said that, she knelt down again, and the four children also bowed down.

The peasant woman added another sentence: "Sir, the slave family will definitely find a way to repay you for this thousand stripes of silver!"

This time, Zhang Barefoot didn't stop him, he said generously: "It's just a thousand lines of silver, you don't need to take it to heart, I will give it to you as an old man." He paused and said, "King Qi is greedy for money and lustful, violent and cruel and easy to kill, you can rest assured, God will take care of him." ”

The peasant woman was startled, she didn't dare to speak ill of King Qi. She uncovered the red cloth on the bamboo basket in her hand, took out a plate of roast chicken and a plate of salted duck eggs, put them in front of the table, and said embarrassedly: "There are no good things in the slave family, please don't dislike it, sir!"

"It's not a good thing, I haven't eaten meat for months!" Zhang Barefoot licked his tongue and said with a smile, "This is the best gift I've received in years." ”

After a few casual conversations, the peasant woman quickly left. Zhang Barefoot saw Xiao Mu's confused look, he smiled, tore off a chicken leg, handed it to Xiao Mu, and said: "A few days ago, the King of Qi came to Yangxin County, these children were ignorant, and accidentally broke into the honor guard of the King of Qi and frightened the King of Qi. The king of Qi wanted to put them to death on the spot, and the peasant woman fainted in fright on the spot, and the county order that accompanied them later said that today was a good day, and it was not appropriate to see blood. It's better to let them lose some money. King Qi thought about it, so he asked them to take out a thousand lines of silver. ”

Xiao Mu took the chicken leg and said: "A thousand lines of silver, it's not a small amount, many people can't save so much in a lifetime! However, King Qi is the third prince, supreme, and there are a bunch of gold and silver mountains at home, does he really lack this thousand lines of silver?"

Zhang's bare feet were full of oil, he wiped it with his sleeve, and said: "Who knows, then the old man couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood up and said that he wanted to repay it for them, but the king of Qi agreed and gave the old man a day." ”

Xiao Mu thought for a while and said, "According to the character of King Qi, I don't think King Qi really wants the peasant woman to come up with money, but just wants to embarrass the peasant woman, wants to make the peasant woman desperate, and just has some fun." Later, I saw Mr. Zhang, who was dressed," he paused, and said, "The well-dressed old man came out and thought it was very interesting, so he agreed to your suggestion." ”

When Zhang Barefoot was about to say something, an old voice came from the courtyard again:

"Zhang Pifu, haven't you lost your breath yet?"

"Qi Zhuzi, you still dare to appear in front of me!" Zhang Barefoot suddenly became like an angry lion when he heard the man's voice. With his right foot on the bench, he jumped out of his body and was extremely fast. Xiao Mu didn't know who appeared to make Zhang Barefoot's mood fluctuate so much, and he rushed out with Zhang Barefoot.