Chapter Forty-Six: Encountering Old Acquaintances in a Foreign Country
"Uncle Qin, there is still something to do right now!" After everyone walked out of the meeting hall, Xu Hao said to Qin Tian.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Qin Tian looked at Xu Hao suspiciously.
"The fat man's family and Qi San's family are still in Sunset Mountain, Da Zhou will send spies up the mountain at any time, once there is a mistake, we can't afford it, so I want to bring all our people in Sunset Mountain to Xuancheng while transporting the property in the treasury to Sunset Mountain, so that I can rest assured!"
mentioned his wife and sister-in-law, Qiu Fatzi immediately became nervous, echoed repeatedly, and couldn't wait to set off to pick them up immediately.
"Also, once we bring all the people from Sunset Mountain to Xuancheng, Meng Qi will cut off contact with us after he returns, and the attitude of the Wumeng is the top priority for us at the moment, so we still have to send a few people directly to Qiancheng, one is to understand the attitude of the Wumeng, and the other is to inform us of our current plan!"
"What Young Master Hao said is extremely true, then I'll do it now!" Qin Tian wanted to leave after speaking.
"Wait, let the fat man and the monkey go together, I can feel at ease with the two of them escorting me all the way, and I can still disguise myself as Zhou Jun on the road, which can reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble. ”
Xu Hao turned around and said to Qiu Fatzi and the monkey: "Go early and come back early, we will still act when you two come back!"
Immediately, the three of them said goodbye and turned to leave, before leaving, Qiu Fatzi did not forget to glance at Ouyang Wan, and laughed at Xu Hao: "Brother Xu is mighty!"
"Dead fat, get back to my brother! See if I don't suck your mouth!"
Hearing Xu Hao's words, the fat man twisted the two fat buttocks at Xu Hao a few times without looking back, and ran out as if flying.
"Dead fat!" Xu Hao couldn't help laughing.
In the afternoon, Qin Tian sent fifty people, together with Qiu Fatzi and the monkey, to drive more than a dozen carriages to Sunset Mountain.
Seeing everyone away, Qin Tian had Qin Tian to worry about the affairs in the city, and Xu Hao suddenly felt that there was nothing to do. The power of the Blood Moon in his body still hasn't made much progress, and relying only on the power of the day absorbed every day is equivalent to a drop in the bucket for Xu Hao's cultivation, and now he has to hope that the three old men of the Wumeng can quickly get the first half of the Blood Moon Killing.
Bored left and right, Xu Hao simply put on a ghost mask and went into the city to hang out, a huge Yicheng, Xu Hao hasn't seen it well.
The streets are still deserted, and occasionally a few people pass by and see Xu Hao as far away as a plague god, not to mention that someone will talk to Xu Hao. Xu Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Unconsciously, when I came to the dock, I saw the captured Qian Zong directing the coolies to load the ship on the shore, but his attitude was not arrogant, but there was always a man in black by his side. And there are also a lot of black figures scattered around the wharf. It seems that Qin Tian's arrangement is still quite in place.
Suddenly, a familiar thin figure unexpectedly appeared in Xu Hao's field of vision, only to see that the man was lying on his body, his thin shoulders were pressing the heavy goods, and he was struggling to follow everyone step by step to deliver goods to the ship moored on the shore, and the biting river wind messed with the small handful of goatee under his chin.
"Jia Ren!" I didn't expect to meet Jia Ren in Xuancheng. Xu Hao was excited.
Xu Hao immediately walked quickly in front of the Qian general and whispered a few words to him.
Then the thousand general manager respectfully accepted the order and left.
When Jia Ren, who was full of panic, was brought to Xu Hao, Xu Hao didn't speak, but just took Jia Ren to a shelter by the river.
Although the separation is only a short year, and Jia Ren in front of him is already much older, his body bones are even thinner, a torn leather jacket is wrapped around his body, a pair of cotton pants on his lower body are also mottled with oil stains, a straw rope is tied around his waist, and he is wearing a pair of torn cotton shoes with cotton wool on his feet.
Looking at Jia Ren, who was cramped and uneasy in front of him, Xu Hao felt sad for a while.
"Bao Chang Jia, long time no see!"
A sound of Jia Baochang shocked Jia Ren into a cold sweat, you must know that although the Baochang is a local official and does not even have an official position, it is definitely within the scope of Zhou Jun's suppression.
"My lord, you have recognized the wrong person! Xiao Lao'er is just an ordinary person in Xuancheng, what kind of security chief is the adult talking about!" Jia Ren vigorously denied it.
A few words made Xu Hao sad again.
"Bao Chang Jia, look at who I am!" said Xu Hao and took off his mask.
"Ahh
"Xu Gongzi, you go quickly! There are Zhou Jun everywhere here, especially those people in black are even more vicious, it would be terrible to be discovered!"
Xu Hao pulled Jia Ren to sit down on the only chair in the shelter, "Bao Chang Jia, don't worry!
As soon as Jia Ren heard this, his face instantly changed color.
"Young Master Xu, did you vote for Zhou Guo?" said Jia Ren, who stood up from the chair with a blushing face.
Xu Hao knew that Jia Ren had misunderstood, "Bao Chang Jia, you sit down first, I haven't finished speaking, why are you in a hurry!"
Then, Xu Hao described the situation to Jia Ren in detail.
Hearing Xu Hao's words, Jia Ren's eyes became brighter and brighter.
"Young Master Xu, are you saying that now the Zhou army in the city has been replaced by your Sunset Mountain people, don't bluff me!" Jia Ren excitedly grabbed Xu Hao's hand.
"Hehe, what's the good of me bluffing you! You should have heard last night's movements!" Xu Hao said with a smile.
"Well, there was a lot of shouting and killing in the city last night, but we didn't dare to go out to see each other, and we woke up in the morning and saw nothing unusual. Little Lao'er is muttering in his heart!" Jia Ren nodded and said.
"Okay, Bao Chang Jia won't treat me as the traitor who defected to the enemy now!"
"Xu Gongzi laughed, but just now it was the little old man who was reckless!" said Jia Ren's old face couldn't help but blush.
"Hehe, don't get in the way, I admire Jia Baochang's jealousy and hatred like hatred! By the way, how did you get to Xuancheng by the way!"
"It's a long story!" Then Jia Ren briefly recounted what happened after leaving Qixia Town.
It turned out that after Xu Hao informed Qixia Town to evacuate, Jia Ren and most of the people in the town fled to Xuancheng, not that Jia Ren and they didn't want to continue to flee west, but that the advance speed of the Zhou army was too fast. After the fall of Xuancheng, Jia Ren has been working as a coolie at the dock to earn an extra ration.
"I remember that Bao Chang Jia once said that Mrs. Ling and the two Ling concubines are in Xuancheng, right?"
Jia Ren nodded, "Thanks to Xu Gongzi, I still remember that now our family of four can barely maintain it with my coolie rations, and one more day of life is one more day of earning." There are many neighboring families who don't have strong men, and it's even more difficult!"
Xu Hao nodded thoughtfully, "It seems that we can't let these poor people starve anymore in order to hide our whereabouts, we have to think of a way to do both!"
"Bao Chang Jia, you don't have to do the coolies at the dock anymore, you can come to the city lord's mansion and help me make the account of the dock, I will also give you some more rations every day, if your old hand helps the neighbors of Qixia Town, this will not make people suspicious! The most important point is not to reveal our affairs to anyone, not even family members!"
"This old decay can naturally be saved, but I have to bother Xu Gongzi again!"
Xu Hao waved his hand and said: "Don't see me when you are old, the current chaos should have helped each other, and I have also received the favor of your old man in Sunset Mountain, this is what I should do!"
Xu Hao paused and said, "Bao Chang Jia, you go home first and explain, I will wait for you in the City Lord's Mansion when you turn around, just report my name directly when you come, and I will explain it clearly to the guards first." ”
Jia Ren wanted to thank him again, but was stopped by Xu Hao.
Xu Hao looked at Jia Ren's distant back, his figure was still rickety, but his steps were no longer heavy.
At present, there is another problem in front of Xu Hao, and Xu Hao has tried his best to come up with a solution that can not only make the people of Xuancheng have food and clothing but also not reveal the secret of Sunset Mountain.
Unknowingly, Xu Hao returned to the City Lord's Mansion again, and bumped into Ouyang Wan as soon as he entered the door.
The little girl was overjoyed when she saw Xu Hao, and stepped forward quickly, "Brother Xu Hao, where have you been! People have been looking for you for a long time!"
"Just go for a walk!" Xu Hao was still worried about that, but replied casually.
Ouyang Wan saw Xu Hao's brows tightened, and he was not annoyed by Xu Hao's perfunctory, "Brother Xu Hao, do you have something on your mind?"
"Well, I walked around the city just now, and the people in the city are living a very difficult life, and we can't help them with so many supplies, and my heart is very uncomfortable. ”
"By the way, Wan'er, you just said you were looking for me, I don't know what it is?"
"It's nothing, I'm just bored, the fat man and the monkey have come back to the Sun Mountain and no one to talk to me!"
"Wan'er, just now I met an acquaintance from Qixia Town at the dock, and now I am very hard, I promised him to let him do the accounting room at the dock, and he will come to see me later, you go and prepare some wine and meat to send to my room, and I will have to entertain him later!"
"Brother Xu Hao is in a bad mood when he sees him!"
"Well, you go first, people will come in a while!"
"Okay!" Ouyang Wan replied obediently and turned around to prepare the wine and food, if Meng Qi saw this scene, he would definitely wonder if this was still the rude Ouyang Wan.
Before the tea was ready, Jia Ren was led in by the guards.
Goodbye Jia Ren is no longer as depressed as when he was at the dock, and his washed and white clothes are not luxurious, but they are also very refreshing. The whole person is also in a lot of spirits.
The two met for a while, and at this time, Ouyang Wan also brought the wine and food, put down the wine and food, and the little girl didn't leave but stood beside Xu Hao.
"Wan'er, can you drink, or you can add a pair of dishes and chopsticks to drink a few cups with us!" Xu Hao said to Ouyang Wan.
After Ouyang Wan took back the dishes and chopsticks and sat down again, Xu Hao didn't say a word, picked up the wine jug and added wine to the three wine cups on the table.
"Jia Baochang, Wan'er is not an outsider, what do you have to say!"
"Wan'er, this is Bao Chang Jia, we originally received the favor of Bao Chang Jia in Sunset Mountain!"
Xu Hao introduced the two of them one after another.
When Ouyang Wan heard Xu Hao say that she was not an outsider, her smile was like a flower.