Chapter 34: By a Handprint
Chapter 34: By a Handprint
"Oh sigh, go quickly, it will be dawn in a moment. The beggar urged.
The shopkeeper reluctantly glanced at Jixiangju Restaurant, and then drove away.
At night in Chang'an City, the city gate will be closed, but a small gate will be left on the north side for passage, but the inventory will be much stricter than during the day, even if you have no money, the small gate at night will be taken over by the forbidden army, and the people of the forbidden army will not eat this set at all.
Chang'an City is like this, and the same is true of the nine cities guarding Chang'an, a small door will be opened on the north side, and the shopkeeper is driving to the small gate in the north of the city.
The shopkeeper took off his clothes and changed into a set of clothes that looked more civilian, a white cloth shirt, black boots, and his hair was as messy as possible.
The beggar and the shopkeeper in the car also changed their outfits when they didn't like each other, much like two rich men, the beggar was older, and the shopkeeper was younger.
The sound of horses' hooves and wheels was so abrupt on the deserted streets at night that a few miles away from the small city gate the forbidden army heard the movement and became all on alert.
When the carriage came to the small city gate, the forbidden army conducted inspections and interrogations as usual, and the rhetoric had been thought out for a long time, they were merchants who settled in Hung Yen City, but there were still several old people in the family in their hometown, and when they received the news that one of the old men had died, they needed to go out of the city overnight to rush back in order to attend the funeral of the old man.
The forbidden army examined the three of them, and they didn't look like bad people, and the situation was quite serious, so they let them go directly.
"Thank you to a few military masters, it's cold, you guys defending the city, you can't drink wine, but it's okay to eat some meat, this is home-made pig's head meat, a few military masters can eat a little. The beggar, disguised as a rich man, took out a bag of pig's head meat from his bosom and gave it to several forbidden soldiers.
Several forbidden soldiers glanced at each other, they couldn't collect the money, they were on duty, and they couldn't drink the wine, but after eating a few bites of meat, it was not a big problem, so they gladly accepted it, and before they were released, they also told them to pay attention to safety on the road to show their gratitude.
"Look, this is coming out, isn't it? After getting out of the city safely, the beggar, disguised as a rich man, laughed, took off his expensive-looking clothes, and changed into his beggar clothes again.
"Are you used to being a beggar?" the shopkeeper glanced at the beggar with disgust.
"You know a ball! Do you know how comfortable this beggar's suit is? Lightweight, loose, easy to move. The beggar glared back at the shopkeeper, there was one of the most critical advantages he didn't say in his heart, he was afraid that the shopkeeper would rob him of the beggar suit after he said it.
The most important advantage of this is that this dress is loose and comfortable.
"Shopkeeper, where are we going next?" The shopkeeper didn't pay attention to the beggar again.
"You can't stay near Chang'an City, run farther, go to Youzhou or Merge State. The shopkeeper said.
"Haha, well, I heard that the girls in those two places are very wild, just go and taste it. The shopkeeper laughed, they have opened a lot of restaurants over the years, but unfortunately they don't have time to sell the restaurant, otherwise they have more money now.
In the early years, after the three of them washed their hands, they partnered to open this Jixiangju restaurant, and all the money they earned was invested in it, and they only began to earn back in the last year or two, and there was some surplus, but they didn't expect to suddenly have to run away, which was really a big loss.
"Shopkeeper, who do you say the old man and the young man are? It can't be sent by the former owner, right?" The shopkeeper asked a little nervously, if the former owner wanted them to die, they wouldn't be able to hide even if they fled to the ends of the earth.
"No, this old and young man shouldn't have determined our identity yet, if it was someone sent by the former owner, they didn't need to confirm our identity first, they could recognize us at a glance. The shopkeeper denied.
At the former owner's place, they have all their identification information, including portraits, so if it is someone sent by the former owner, they will definitely be able to recognize them immediately, and they don't need to be identified by details like Liu Chu.
"However, whether or not the former owner sent him, this person is investigating us, so it's better to leave. The shopkeeper continued.
"It's a pity, you can't fight in Xing'an City, it will attract the forbidden army and street patrol guards, otherwise I would like to try the strength of this old and young, I haven't touched anyone for a long time, I don't know if it's rusty. The shopkeeper said with a little regret.
"Is it you? Can you still pick up the knife now? can't even hold it?" said the beggar mocked.
Listening to the bickering of the two people in the carriage, the shopkeeper shook his head slightly and continued to drive the carriage.
When they reached a small stream, the shopkeeper stopped the carriage and planned to rest for a while, they were far enough away from the city of Xing'an, and there were still two hours before the sky was completely light, and they planned to rest for two hours before leaving.
"You keep the first hour, you keep the next hour, you come in turn, I will sleep, and tomorrow I will drive the carriage. The shopkeeper finished his task and went to sleep.
The shopkeeper and the beggar glanced at each other, and after a while, it was determined that the shopkeeper would be the first to keep watch for an hour.
"If you dare to oversleep, I'll on your head!" the shopkeeper threatened, he was really afraid of the beggar's tricks, so he slept for two hours.
The beggar snorted, ignored the shopkeeper, found a comfortable position on the side, and fell asleep.
The shopkeeper looked at the sleeping beggar and the shopkeeper, yawned sleepily, trying to keep himself awake and staring at the surrounding environment.
Under their carriage, a black shadow suddenly flashed away, and the confused shopkeeper didn't notice the existence of the black shadow at all, and the black shadow hid in the dense bushes on the side.
"Alert enough, I just observed their palms, they can think of so much, run away, fortunately I have been staring at it for the past few days, otherwise they will really run away. In the bushes, the black shadow just now muttered to himself for a while, this black shadow was Liu Chu.
After discovering the abnormality, he ran to the side of the Jixiangju Restaurant, and when he learned that several people were planning to run away, he found an opportunity to get under the carriage, and then followed all the way.
Fortunately, his body can be strong, the chassis of this carriage is also good, there is an extra wooden stick, Liu Chu is lying on that wooden stick, as long as he keeps his body balanced, it is much easier than holding the carriage with his hands for a long time to fix his body and not fall.
"Looks like he should be a member of the Extinction Gate Hellish Team. Liu Chu felt that his guess was true, or that Lu Youwei was right.
Liu Chu didn't know what the strength of the three of them was, so he didn't dare to think about it rashly, Liu Chu thought of a safe way, and he aimed at the water bladder on the carriage.
In the Shiquan Dart Bureau, there are a lot of strange things, there are some strong sweat medicine, it is said that a grain of powder can pour a buffalo, Liu Chu felt curious, so he took a bottle out and carried it with him, because he felt that maybe he would use it one day.
Today, it just so happens to be useful.
Liu Chu waited for another half an hour, and found that the shopkeeper was already sleepy and crumbling, so he slowly approached the carriage, took the water bladder down, and then put a little sweat medicine into it, shook the water bladder, and put it back in the distance.
After doing all this, Liu Chu returned to the bushes, just waiting for tomorrow to harvest the prey.
The closer to the morning, the darker it gets, and the cooler the temperature becomes, as if the essence of the whole night has been put in this time period.
Liu Chu had two panda eyes on his head, and he didn't sleep all night, he was afraid that he would oversleep.
Liu Chu rubbed his eyes to cheer himself up, and when he saw the three of them walking towards the carriage, he immediately sobered up for most of the time, expecting them to drink water from the water bladder immediately.
It's a pity that they didn't, the shopkeeper took out some dry food and a small pot of wine from the baggage, and the three of them ate a lot of things with wine, but they didn't drink a sip of water, which made Liu Chu very depressed.
Just when Liu Chu thought there was no hope, the shopkeeper picked up the water bladder and took a sip.
Liu Chuxin thought, it's useless to drink alone, pour one, and two don't pour, then they will suspect that someone is drugged, and it will be even more difficult to deal with when the time comes.
However, Liu Chu seems to have made a friend to the goddess of good luck today, and his wishes have come true.
After drinking the water in the water bladder, the shopkeeper smashed his mouth, feeling that the water in the water bladder was a little different, and it seemed to be better than usual, so he asked the shopkeeper and the beggar to also take a few sips and taste it.
In this way, the three of them successfully drank the water mixed with sweat medicine......
Liu Chu just took the three people who fainted back, and when he returned to the city and left, the east gate was big, so those guarding the city gate just took a look and let Liu Chu drive in, without looking at what was in the car, and the wording that Liu Chu had prepared after thinking for a long time could not be used.
After bringing the three of them back to the Shiquan Dart Bureau, Liu Chu locked them in the utility room, and informed Shi Changyun that he would send a few people to take care of them.
After doing all this, Liu Chu returned to the house, took the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, sat on the stool, grabbed the brush, and wrote seriously for a long time, a long list of words, estimated to be thousands, the font is crooked, but it is ugly.
After writing, Liu Chu took the red ink again, pressed a red handprint on it, and then took the paper and went to the utility room.
Liu Chu spread out the paper full of words on the ground, then took out the red ink, picked up the hands of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper, and the beggar, and then dipped them in red ink one by one, and pressed their handprints on the paper one by one.
After pressing, Liu Chu took the paper and became satisfied, and there were a few big words written on the front of the paper, the transfer agreement.
After writing, Liu Chu took the red ink again, pressed a red handprint on it, and then took the paper and went to the utility room.
Liu Chu spread out the paper full of words on the ground, then took out the red ink, picked up the hands of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper, and the beggar, and then dipped them in red ink one by one, and pressed their handprints on the paper one by one.
After pressing, Liu Chu took the paper and became satisfied, and there were a few big words written on the front of the paper, the transfer agreement.