Chapter Seventy-Six: Counting is Counting
"Hmm."
Zhang Xiaochi nodded slightly.
"Xiaochi, the revenue from selling wine in the past three days has exceeded 2,500."
"Second aunt, you are busy first, I still have something to deal with."
Entering the backyard, Zhang Xiaochi dressed up in disguise, and then left the restaurant through the back door, and when he reappeared on the street, Jin Guoren had disappeared.
He was unwilling, but he could only accept it silently, since he had temporarily lost their traces, he could only remind Zhao Qiankun in advance and let them prepare in case they were taken advantage of by the people of the Jin Kingdom.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaochi came to the blacksmith shop, the number of people here doubled, Zhao Qiankun was not guarding here, but there were five people who knew Zhang Xiaochi, and when he saw him appear, he quickly greeted him respectfully.
Zhang Xiaochi was afraid of being suspected, so he asked one of them to go to the barracks to find Zhao Qiankun.
"When I arrived at the barracks, I said that I was looking for him urgently, and I must remind Zhao Qiankun to wear civilian clothes, don't go to Chixi Restaurant first, and I'll talk about everything when I come here to see me."
"Don't worry, Gongzi Zhang, I'll do it."
In order to facilitate contact, Zhao Qiankun left a horse in the blacksmith shop, and the blacksmith rode away, back and forth, and it took less than twenty minutes to appear in the blacksmith shop with Zhao Qiankun.
"Xiaochi, I heard that you have something urgent to find me?"
Zhang Xiaochi nodded, pulled Zhao Qiankun to the backyard of the blacksmith shop, and after confirming that there was no one else around, he seriously told the matter of the Jin people mixing into Qingwa Town.
Hearing this, Zhao Qiankun's eyebrows rose and he said in a deep voice.
"Xiaochi, the people of the Jin Kingdom killed everyone who saw their identities?"
"Yes, I also accidentally found a corpse in Wagang Village, and then followed the traces to look for it, which made me accidentally discover the traces of the Jin people."
Zhang Xiaochi explained, paused slightly, and then continued.
"Brother Zhao, I suspect that this group of people is here for my uncle."
Zhao Qiankun's face was serious, he turned his hands behind his back, went back and forth in the courtyard, and after a few minutes, he suddenly said in a deep voice.
"It seems that the people of the Jin Kingdom have the same plan as ours, and they all want to come up with a decapitation operation."
"However, our decapitation operation is an operation after the start of the war, and they seem to want to carry it out before the start of the war."
"Xiaochi, did you lose someone?"
Zhang Xiaochi nodded helplessly, in order not to arouse suspicion, he could only give up tracking.
"You're doing the right thing, as long as we don't get discovered, we can pretend that we don't know anything, and we'll do what we want, and when the time comes, we'll catch turtles in an urn."
Zhao Qiankun sneered.
"Brother Zhao, nine times out of ten, they are coming to the headquarters, you must be careful."
"Don't worry, I'll plan it out."
Subsequently, the two conspired for a while, and it was getting late outside, and Zhang Xiaochi was ready to return to Wagang Village before dark.
"Xiaochi, since this group of Jin people appeared, they didn't do it today, they will definitely act tomorrow, the day they act, that is, when the Jin people attack, you'd better bring Ling'er back today, it's safer in the town than in the village."
Zhang Xiaochi nodded, if the body had not been found in Wagang Village, he might have considered letting Lin Xiaoxi stay in the village, but now, some of the people of the Jin Kingdom have infiltrated in, and there is almost no defense force in the village, so it is safer to come to Qingwa Town.
"Brother Zhao, don't worry, I'll arrange it."
"Well, I'm going to get ready, too."
The two separated one after the other, and while it was still dark, Zhang Xiaochi rushed back to Wagang Village as fast as possible.
When he came to the village, a large crowd of villagers had gathered at the entrance of the village.
"What's wrong with you?"
Zhang Xiaochi asked curiously as he walked towards the entrance of the village.
"Xiaochi, it's okay if you're okay, you're scared to death."
Hearing the news, the village chief immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Xiaochi took a look, it turned out that he had been following the clues for a long time and had not returned, and everyone was worried that something had happened to him.
"I'm fine, thank you for your concern."
"Xiaochi, go back quickly, Xiaoxi is probably worried."
"Hmm."
Zhang Xiaochi hurriedly walked towards home, and before anyone arrived, he found Lin Xiaoxi standing at the gate of the courtyard looking forward to it, his delicate little face full of worry and tears.
"Creek."
Hearing the movement, Lin Xiaoxi looked at Zhang Xiaochi, and when he saw that he was safe and sound, he immediately cried with joy.
"Husband, where have you been?"
"When I heard that there was a homicide in the village, I was almost scared to death."
Zhang Xiaochi was moved in his heart, but the time was urgent, and he didn't have time to talk too much to Lin Xiaoxi, so he could only explain to her on the road.
"Xiaoxi, where is Ling'er?"
"We'll go back to Qingwa now."
Zhang Xiaochi said seriously.
"Ling'er is taking a bath at the second aunt's house."
"Tell her not to wash, we're going to leave now."
"Okay."
Lin Xiaoxi wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, although she was curious in her heart, but out of trust in Zhang Xiaochi, she didn't think much about it, and went directly to the second aunt's house to inform Zhao Ling'er.
Zhang Xiaochi went back to the house and cleaned up briefly, locked the door and came to the door of the second aunt to wait.
"Sister Xiaoxi, I haven't finished washing yet."
"Don't wash it, wash it in the town, and if you don't leave, it will be dark."
Helping to lock the door, Zhang Xiaochi took the two of them away.
When they came to the entrance of the village, everyone saw that the three of them had to leave so late, so they couldn't help but ask.
For the sake of the overall situation, Zhang Xiaochi could only find a random reason to explain.
He also wanted to take the villagers to the town, but in this way, it was too deliberate, and maybe it would arouse the suspicion of the people of Jin.
Besides, it is not necessarily unsafe in the village, and if the two countries go to war, unless the front line fails and special circumstances are discharged, the probability of an accident in the village is still very low.
For example, the people of the Jin Kingdom who infiltrated today only killed the common people who found their traces, and they sneaked in, definitely not to target a small village.
……
The three of them hurried and finally arrived at Qingwa Town before dark.
And Zhang Xiaochi was on the road, and Lin Xiaoxi and Zhao Linger roughly talked about the situation.
When I came to the door of Chixi Restaurant, the restaurant had not yet closed, and when I walked into the restaurant, I found that the second aunt was negotiating with a group of people.
"Second aunt, what's wrong?"
Zhang Xiaochi opened his mouth and interrupted the second aunt who was concentrating on negotiation.
"Xiaochi, you're back!"
Seeing Zhang Xiaochi appear, the second aunt was overjoyed, and the group of people who negotiated with her also looked back at Zhang Xiaochi, and the next second, Zhang Xiaochi's mood became weird.
These people are actually spies who have infiltrated the Jin Kingdom.
"Xiaochi, they have to eat your fried dishes, I said you are not available, they just don't believe it."
The second aunt briefly described the process.
"A few guest officers look at the face students, aren't they locals?"
Zhang Xiaochi asked naturally.
"We're here to do business."
"No wonder."
Zhang Xiaochi nodded slightly, and then explained seriously.
"There's a lot to do next, and I'm really sorry that I don't have time to stir-fry for you."
"What's the matter with you at such a late hour?"
"I see that you are clearly bullying us from out of town."