Chapter 377: Mutual Fear and Survival (7)
This northern town has not been baptized by war, although the people do not worry about national affairs, the firewood, rice, oil and salt around them will have to worry because of the impact of the war.
Everyone is working hard, working hard, struggling, and all living beings seem to be different, but they are not the same.
"Boss, did you think Miss would come to this place?"
The man looked around with worry in his eyes, the three of them had been here for several days, from nothing to the current martial law in the city.
"Several of us arrived here first, and judging from the situation outside, Miss is safe for the time being, and these people don't know where Miss is."
"Boss, you have also seen that there are already a lot of people in Shengri City now, and they seem to be sent by the imperial court."
The boss in this man's mouth is Xiang Cai, Xiang Cai's face is worried, they were fleeing in the direction of Zhongzhou.
The soldiers and horses of the imperial court couldn't catch them for a while, and they learned that there was no Xiao Qi in their group, so they gave up the pursuit halfway.
No one cared about the big men of them, and they didn't bother to ask who they were at the checkpoint on the way, so they were directly released.
It's not as frightened as Xiao Qi, it's just a trivial matter that he needs to hurry up to Shengri City.
But after Xiang Cai arrived in Shengri City, he couldn't eat well or sleep well in the past few days, and he was worried every day about whether something happened to Xiao Qi on the road.
Xiang Cai's subordinates comforted Xiang Cai, it was good news that no bad news came in, but they still couldn't help but worry Xiang Cai.
Since the appearance of people from the government in Shengri City, Xiang Cai was relieved, and his subordinates went out to knock on the side, and it was not difficult to deduce from it that Xiao Qi had nothing to do.
Gone of the previous worries, new worries immediately appeared.
Although Xiang Cai now knows that Xiao Qi is safe for the time being, if Xiao Qi really wants to come to this Shengri City, it must be another kind of trouble.
Racking his brains, Xiang Cai didn't think of any good solution.
"Boss, don't be like this, Miss has Mo Yan's seniors by her side, with the seniors' years of experience, Miss, there will definitely be no problems."
I wanted to try my best to comfort Xiang Cai, but I didn't think that another person said: "If experience works, how can there be such a sentence as a horse stumbling and the gutter overturning." ”
"Shut up!"
"Boss, don't listen to his nonsense, what kind of person is Mo Yan's predecessor, I think you know more than us, boss, that is the master of the second realm of martial arts."
The person who didn't open the pot and mentioned the pot wanted to speak again, but he glared at him fiercely and swallowed the words into his stomach.
Xiang Cai sighed heavily, he also knew the details of Mo Yan and the nail palace, and he also believed that the two of them had such ability.
But after all, now that Xiang Cai hasn't seen Xiao Qi, it's really safe, as long as he hasn't seen Xiao Qi for a day, Xiang Cai will be anxious for a day.
Just now, he turned his eyes to the side, and a casual glance made him discover something.
Someone was watching them, Xiang Cai quietly withdrew his gaze, picked up the teacup on his table, and made an imperceptible small movement with his little finger and ring finger.
The two people who accompanied Xiang Cai to drink tea instantly understood what Xiang Cai meant.
Pretending not to know anything, he still spoke as before, and naturally he was in high spirits, and skillfully buckled the copper coin in his hand on the table.
"Little two checkout."
"Guest, let's go!"
As Xiao Er's voice sounded, the three of them got up at the same time and walked outside in a very coordinated manner, without any mistakes.
The three of them walked out of the teahouse towards an alley, there were six people in Jincheng, but in order not to reveal their identities, they aroused suspicion.
Deliberately divided into two groups of people, three or three acts, Xiang Cai now doesn't know if they found out his identity, or if they were randomly followed.
It's just that now is clearly not the time to turn the other cheek with them.
For convenience, the three of them rented a small courtyard in an alley in this prosperous day.
After the three of them came to this alley, they walked in without hurrying.
There were a few idlers and old men standing at the mouth of the alley, because of the winter, they could only do some short-term work, and when they had nothing to do, they would sit at the mouth of the alley and chat.
These people obviously knew Xiang Cai and them, and when they saw the three people coming back, they greeted them and accompanied the three of them to talk and laugh.
Seeing that the people chasing behind him showed no signs of leaving, Xiang Cai and one person left first under the pretext of going back to the house, and stayed here to continue chatting with these people.
The people living in these alleys are extremely xenophobic, after all, there are many people who walk the streets and alleys to steal chickens and dogs.
Except for the neighbors who live in the alleys, these people are very wary of outsiders.
Those who chased Xiang Cai could only pretend to watch there, and there was still one person left at the mouth of the alley, so they naturally didn't dare to rush directly into the alley.
Besides, they were only given orders to follow a few people.
Xiang Cai actually thought too much, he didn't reveal his identity, but his departure was guessed, and it might be related to Xiao Qi, but now the people who suspect him have no real evidence.
After all, the manager of a royal garden, even if the Zhang family falls, with years of operation, as long as he makes a good offering, he will not be implicated much.
But on the day Xiao Qi disappeared, he also disappeared.
This makes the people who track Xiao Qi's whereabouts feel a little strange, after all, to check the situation of the people around Xiao Qi, it is normal for Xiang Cai to appear in their sight.
The chaos was the disappearance of an unimportant person, and it didn't attract much attention from them.
But when Lord Qian assigned his men to these cities, it was no coincidence.
"Boss, are we exposed?"
Xiang Cai, who was still smiling just now, entered the room, his face changed suddenly, and Xiang Cai did not answer in the face of his subordinates' inquiries.
"I'm not sure how many people are following us, and I don't know what the situation is like outside."
"Little Liuzi, when you go out to see Lao Wu and them in the afternoon, you must be careful."
"Boss, do you say it could be those people who have come to Shengri City in the past few days, and one of them knows the boss, which exposes the identity of the boss?"
If the official who investigated Xiang Cai was here, you would be amazed at Xiao Liuzi's guessing ability.
"Impossible, I am a dispensable little person in the capital, although I manage the royal manor, but no one knows, it is because of the face of the Zhang family."
"Boss, as you said, you are a dispensable person who takes care of the royal manor in the capital, if someone doesn't recognize you, how can they turn their attention to us."
Xiang Cai still couldn't believe it, waved his hand, and said to Xiao Liuzi: "This matter still needs to be considered." ”
Xiao Liuzi's words still touched Xiang Cai, but after thinking about it, he felt that this matter was very unreliable, after all, he was careful in doing things in the capital, how could he leave a handle on people.
In the end, Xiang Cai, who couldn't figure it out, still blamed all this on Sheng Ri City's recent search for outsiders.
"Mingxuan, why hasn't he come back for so long? It can't be that you're arguing with those people at the mouth of the alley again, right? ”
"Boss, this kid Ming Xuan is a well-known poisonous tongue, and he happened to be taught a lesson by those people at the mouth of the alley!"
Xiang Cai directly patted the back of Xiao Liuzi's head and said, "Are you stupid?" Mingxuan, this guy, his martial arts are a little worse, have you ever seen this kid lose to others? ”
If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Liuzi had to find three other people in the afternoon, Xiang Cai would not have left the disgusting poisonous tongue Mingxuan outside.
"Why don't I go out and have a look?"
"What do you think?"
Xiao Liuzi laughed, immediately exited the door, and walked towards the mouth of the alley.
Only Xiao Liuzi originally wanted to rescue Ming Xuan, but he never thought that this little Liuzi did not have a quarrel with those people at the mouth of the alley, but went out with them, talking endlessly to a group of people they didn't know.
"Little Liuzi, you're here!"
It was an old man who spoke, and the old man was the oldest old-timer in this alley.
When this little sixth son came to this alley, the first person to please was this old man.
"Zhu Lao, what is the case with you? What's the matter with being called a little one? ”
Zhu Lao poked his crutches and sounded, "Little Liuzi, you kid is still sensible, look at these people, with a few stinky money, they are shouting here!" Don't take me as an old man in your eyes at all! ”
Following Zhu Lao's line of sight, Xiao Liuzi noticed that the idlers who were also in the same alley surrounded two or three gorgeously dressed sons in the middle.
Xiao Liuzi hurriedly gave Ming Xuan a look, wanting to ask him what was going on?
Unexpectedly, this Ming Xuan was directly spread out of his hands, looking like he had nothing to do with himself.
Of course, Zhu Lao saw the confusion on Xiao Liuzi's face, and explained to Xiao Liuzi what happened very angrily.
It turned out that a few people were chatting just now, but unfortunately, these boys suddenly came to their side, saying that they wanted to buy the land here, which was where they had lived for many years.
As long as there are title deeds, these people will not be afraid of these individuals, and besides, there are no evil slaves around them.
They have a tough attitude, and they are going to use money tactics directly, and everyone is not a guy who sees money, after all, the house here is now sold, not to mention this kind of troubled times, even this cold winter and wax moon, they can't stand it.
Xiao Liuzi breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's good that Mingxuan is not causing trouble!" ”
When Zhu Lao heard Xiao Liuzi's words, he said directly: "If it weren't for Ming Xuan's general to see through their measurements, we, the croppers, would have been killed alive!" ”