Chapter 2: Three Hundred and Three Voices
Zhang Xiaoluo saw that the two groups of people were on the bar, and suddenly got up, went to the counter and grabbed a handful of melon seeds, and became a melon eater.
Unexpectedly, at this time, he became the "target of everyone", which made him extremely embarrassed.
"Do you want some?"
Zhang Xiaoluo stiffened, spread out his palms, and handed the melon seeds out.
"Shopkeeper! Didn't Lao Tzu say that he would charter the venue? Where did the idle people come from?"
Li Qiancheng vented his anger on Zhang Xiaoluo.
"Are you saying that we are idle people?" the old man raised his eyebrows slightly.
Li Qiancheng was taken aback, and quickly explained: "No, no, I mean him." ”
Li Qiancheng pointed at Zhang Xiaoluo, and blamed Zhang Xiaoluo for the fault.
Zhang Xiaoluo felt a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart, but he did not show it.
"Where did you come from, get out of Lao Tzu!" Li Qiancheng actually pulled out the war knife on his waist and pointed at Zhang Xiaoluo.
The old man's brows furrowed even more, and Cao Zhengqing and the others were also taken aback.
The duty of the black knight is to protect the people from demons and evil cultivators, and the sword in his hand will never be aimed at the people.
But the future of Li in front of him, didn't he give them black horses?
"Li Qiancheng, put down the knife!" Cao Zhengqing scolded.
If the old man in front of him is the No. 1 black rider in front of him, he will report this matter, and the eight of them will have to hang up the assessment!
Li Qiancheng snorted coldly, but still threw Zhang Xiaoluo a look, which seemed to warn Zhang Xiaoluo: You wait for me!
"My lord, it's me who is impulsive. Cao Zhengqing hurriedly came over to apologize to the old man, and also apologized for Li Qiancheng's behavior of drawing a knife.
"Get out!" the old man scolded, looking genuinely angry.
Li Qiancheng gritted his teeth and left directly, Tianzi No. 1 is amazing?
Lao Tzu's father is General Xuanwei from Sanpin, with 200,000 soldiers and horses, and 50,000 soldiers and horses have the right to directly transfer!
Although the grade is inferior to you, it is not worth you!
Cao Zhengqing apologized again and left with the remaining six people.
Before leaving, he glanced at Zhang Xiaoluo one more time.
"Young man, leave Yunhe Town early. The old man glanced at Zhang Xiaoluo and reminded kindly.
"Why did I leave Yunhe Town?" Zhang Xiaoluo asked rhetorically.
"What a wood, teacher, since he doesn't know whether he lives or dies, why bother with him. The girl sneered.
Zhang Xiaoluo felt inexplicable, he was not deeply involved in the world, so he naturally didn't know the darkness of society, and Li Qiancheng could easily let him go?
For Li Qiancheng, who has been standing on the top of the pyramid since he was born, as long as he sees someone who is not pleasing to the eye, he will engage in whom!
Because to him, all beings are ants! I'm a dragon, what's wrong with stepping on you?
The old man was silent, and drank to himself.
The shopkeeper ran out with the food box at this time, in fact, Zhang Xiaoluo's dishes had already been prepared, but the shopkeeper just saw the tension outside, so he hid behind the curtain and didn't dare to come out.
"Xiao Luo, leave Yunhe Town quickly, those young people won't let you go. The shopkeeper stuffed the food box to Zhang Xiaoluo, and at the same time returned the money for the wine and food he had just collected to Zhang Xiaoluo.
"Take these, run! Let's go now!" the shopkeeper held Zhang Xiaoluo's hand.
Zhang Xiaoluo felt even more inexplicable, he didn't do anything, why did he run away?
Zhang Xiaoluo went out with a food box, and before going out, he put the money bag on the table of the Eight Immortals near the door, and then strode away.
When he returned to Chimelong Buzhuang, the food box in Zhang Xiaoluo's hand was almost knocked over, and he Bi, the shopkeeper of Buzhuang, rushed out of it in a hurry.
"Shopkeeper, what's the matter?" asked Zhang Xiaoluo.
"Black Rider in the central square, gather the whole town over! Put down the food box, and go with me!"
He Bi said, took the food box from Zhang Xiaoluo's hand, threw it on the ground, and ran away with Zhang Xiaoluo.
Zhang Xiaoluo felt that everything today was a little inexplicable.
When I came to the central square, I saw that the usual arrogant and fast people in the yamen of Yunhe Town were like rats who saw cats, and they only stood on both sides.
And in the middle, it was a black rider wearing silver-white iron armor and an ink-black cloak!
At this time, the mayor of Yunhe Town and the county magistrate was nodding in front of Cao Zhengqing.
Even if he is the mayor of a town and holds the seventh-grade Yulu, even if he sees the lowest-level black horseman, he has to see the same as the superior.
There's no way, the power of the black rider is too great, a town mayor, and he can't get into their eyes.
"Ahem. ”
The mayor turned to face the people of Yunhe Town, cleared his throat, and coughed lightly.
"Many of the people present should have been bled by the gang of bandits in Yinshan, and this time the court sent people to clean up the bandits. ”
"But you need a guide, but who wants to go?"
The mayor's voice spread throughout the central square, and everyone changed color when they heard the words, and then they all lowered their heads again.
Cao Zhengqing, who was behind the mayor, frowned slightly.
However, he was quickly relieved, how many bloody people can there be in a small rural place?
Zhang Xiaoluo secretly said twice in his heart.
The first sound was sure to guess that these black horsemen from the court were to clear out the gang of bandits in Yinshan.
The second voice was sure to guess that no one would be willing to lead the way.
They are all people with families and families, who is willing to risk their lives?
"Before dinner today, choose one person. ”
After Cao Zhengqing dropped this sentence, he left directly with a dry black horse.
After they left, the central square suddenly exploded, and everyone was talking about it, not knowing who should go.
"Or draw lots?" the mayor asked tentatively.
Everyone looks at me and I look at you, and I am still a little reluctant, but this seems to be the fairest way.
As the mayor of the town, he did not choose to forcibly appoint individuals, but used the method of drawing lots, which can be said to be very considerate of the feelings of the people.
The mayor of the town immediately ordered someone to prepare, and in a short time he got thousands of sticks, and whoever drew the red sticks would go.
"Who's coming first?" the mayor glanced around, but no one was willing to step forward.
Choose one of the sticks, whoever draws the red sticks is unlucky, although it seems that the probability is equal, but the more you go forward, you can always take advantage of it.
Because if the person in front draws the red stick, there is no need for the person behind to draw again.
Zhang Xiaoluo closed his eyes, sniffled, and finally opened his eyes, and his gaze fell on the ground not far away.
Zhang Xiaoluo licked his right index finger and thumb, then squatted down and touched the ground a few times with his saliva-dipped fingers.
There, a puddle of half-dried poultry blood.
"I'll do it. ”
A voice broke the somewhat awkward silence, and in the eyes of everyone, Zhang Xiaoluo slowly walked out and came to the center of the square.
The mayor breathed a sigh of relief, if no one stepped forward, he planned to assign a group of hunters to draw lots first.
Zhang Xiaoluo put his whole arm into the big wooden barrel of the lottery, then took a deep breath, rubbed the head of the lottery with the thumb and index finger of his right hand and took out the stick.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the head of the sign pinched by Zhang Xiaoluo's fingers, and most of them were praying, hoping that it was a red stick!
Zhang Xiaoluo slowly moved his fingers away, and many people swallowed a mouthful of saliva, their eyes widened.
"Red!"
One of the catchers behind the mayor was the first to see the color of the stick, and cried out.
There was no uproar, only silence and relief.
The mayor of the town also looked a little stunned, just, is this the end?
After being stunned, the mayor regained his composure and ordered the people to disperse, leaving Zhang Xiaoluo alone.
"You ......" Mayor Mare wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
Zhang Xiaoluo, this child, he knows that his life is hard, but his popularity is good, when he talks about this kid, what pops out of everyone's mouths is only praise for him.
"Bad luck, but I'm tough. Zhang Xiaoluo shrugged his shoulders with a smile, and then turned around and left.
However, after only a few steps, he turned around and asked with an embarrassed face, "Well, should I go find those black riders now?"
"Just get to the gate tomorrow morning. The mayor replied.
Zhang Xiaoluo nodded, and then returned to Chimelong Buzhuang.
Anyway, you still have to do the work, don't you?
"Xiao Luo. ”
When Zhang Xiaoluo returned to Buzhuang, he found that the guys and shopkeepers in Buzhuang were all standing at the door, as if they were welcoming the arrival of some character.
"What's wrong, shopkeeper?" Zhang Xiaoluo touched his head with some confusion.
"You ......" He Bi, the shopkeeper, didn't know what to say.
"Oh, isn't it just to show them the way tomorrow? Zhang Xiaoluo looked free and easy, and then walked into the cloth village by himself, picked up a broom and began to sweep away the fallen leaves and dust.
Everyone in Changlong Buzhuang looked at the busy Zhang Xiaoluo, and gradually fell silent, this child, life is hard!
In the county office of Yunhe Town, above the lobby, thousands of sticks were scattered all over the ground, and the mayor looked at the red sticks that should not appear in them, which were so eye-catching.
"This kid ......," Mayor Mare's face was complicated.
After the cloth village closed, Zhang Xiaoluo went back to his home.
A broken Taoist temple.
The Taoist temple is not big, it is only about 20 square meters, and there is an unrecognizable stone statue in the Taoist temple, I don't know which Taoist monarch.
The Taoist temple is quite complete, and when it rains, some rain will leak from the northeast corner of the Taoist temple.
Shelter from the wind and rain, barely enough.
In the Taoist temple, Zhang Xiaoluo looked at the dishes placed on the straw, but felt that he had no appetite.
This dish was originally used by the shopkeeper of the cloth village to entertain distinguished guests, but because the matter of the black horse was not used, Zhang Xiaoluo was asked to bring it back to eat.
What he did today seems a little silly, but he doesn't regret it.
Everyone in Yunhe Town is very good to him, people respect me a foot, and I return him a foot, which is one of the principles that Zhang Xiaoluo believes in.
Besides, if you just lead the way, can you still take your life?
Those who went to suppress the bandits were the black horsemen from the imperial court!
In front of the black rider, a few bandits, a fart?
Zhang Xiaoluo sighed secretly, and finally swept away the dishes on the straw, the grains were all hard, and the food could not be wasted.
At night, Zhang Xiaoluo sorted out the straw on the ground and soon fell asleep.
However, after a short time, Zhang Xiaoluo was awakened by some noises.
It was the sound of stones and the like crashing on the door.
Zhang Xiaoluo frowned slightly, in the middle of the night, who was so immoral and smashed the door of his house with a stone?
One after another, it never broke, Zhang Xiaoluo was afraid that he would be injured by a stone, so he simply waited inside.
Waiting was boring, Zhang Xiaoluo began to count again, good guy, he smashed more than 300 times, how big a hatred does this have?
After waiting for a while, the sound of stones slamming the door finally stopped, and Zhang Xiaoluo pushed the door out, and then his face was stunned.
On the ground, there were one cloth bag after another.
With curiosity, Zhang Xiaoluo picked up a bag and opened it to take a look.
Oh yes, yes, silver!
Zhang Xiaoluo hurriedly checked the other bags and found that they were either copper or silver.
Zhang Xiaoluo collected all these bags, a total of three hundred and three, a total of one hundred taels of silver.
There are three hundred and three households in Yunhe Town, and none of them have been left behind?
One hundred taels of silver, just enough to buy a house with a yard.