Chapter 20: Cheng Yi

Seeing Zhang Wang's big gift, Ding Yu and the three of them hurriedly turned sideways to get out of the way. Wu Daoming helped her up and said generously: "Please rest assured, the three of us will do our best to prevent the blood and tears of the wrongdoer!"

Zhang Wuben and Zhang Wang's thanked each other again and again, and then left behind, leaving only the housekeeper in the hall. The housekeeper stepped forward, took out three letterheads from his arms, and sent them to Ding Yu and the three of them one by one, and said: "For the affairs of my Zhang family, the three officials sent the three officials to go to a foreign country and work hard, my housewife is uneasy, here is a little Cheng Yi, only for the three of them to spend money on the road." When it comes to the day of the triumph of the three triumphants, there will be another thanksgiving. ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for the three of them to excuse himself, so he summoned a guy from a million-dollar trading house from outside, and said: "This person's name is Zhang Changshun, who is the confidant of my family's first master, who has been working in the million-dollar trading house for more than ten years, is familiar with the Tibetan language and the Tibetan road, and also knows Zhang Baizhao and the martial artists around him, and his hands and feet are also diligent. I asked him to follow the three of them, one to recognize the people and the way, and the other to serve some tea and food in the morning and evening. ”

I saw that this Zhang Changshun was about thirty or forty years old, his expression was capable, his body was strong, and his actions seemed to have practiced some superficial martial arts, such martial arts would not become a burden because of physical exhaustion, and would not make Ding Yu and the three of them vigilant, which shows that the Zhang family's arrangement was made with heart.

The horses of Ding Yu and the three of them were tied in front of the door of Zhang's mansion, and Zhang Changshun was going to pick up the horses in the horse pen, so the three of Ding Yu went to the door first to wait. Just when the porter sent the three of them out of the house, the old porter seemed to have weak legs and feet, and fell forward, but this blow was too far-fetched, and Ding Yu and the three knew that it was deliberate.

Wu Daoming held the old porter with one hand, and the old porter held Wu Daoming's arm and thanked him repeatedly, but took the opportunity to stuff a paper ball into Wu Daoming's hand, Wu Daoming quietly wrapped the paper ball into his sleeve, and then led the horse aside casually.

Seeing that there were no people from Zhang's Mansion around, Wu Shuang leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Big brother, what is written on that note?"

Wu Daoming quickly unfolded the paper ball, only to see that it was written "Please stay at the Jialiang Inn tonight", he smiled slightly, crushed the paper ball, and scattered it with the wind with a wave of his hand.

Wu Shuang covered her mouth and smiled: "Big brother shouldn't be taken by other people's daughters again, right? Be careful that I go to complain to my sister-in-law." ”

Wu Daoming said with a straight face: "Nonsense, your eldest brother is handsome, it's strange not to be looked down upon by female dependents, your sister-in-law has long been used to it." But this time," he chuckled softly, and then lowered his voice and said, "I'm afraid it's not an affair, but something strange about this Zhang family." ”

Ding Yu bowed slightly, this person of the Zhang family is indeed abnormal, obviously the matter has not been clarified yet, but whether it is the clan uncle or the Zhang Wang family, the words are hinting that they should not bring Zhang Baizhao back alive to see the official for trial, and then let them kill Zhang Baizhao directly, and come back with the corpse or simply the head. Presumably, the person who handed over the note is also here tonight for this matter.

At this time, Zhang Changshun had already led the horses out of Zhang's mansion, Ding Yu and the others naturally would not discuss the matter in front of him, and the four of them exchanged a few polite words, and then got on their horses and headed northwest.

About dozens of miles out, there are two bamboo buildings on the side of the road in front, pick out a green flag from the side, embroidered with the word "stack" of the big bucket, and the plaque on the front is "Jialiang Inn".

Wu Daoming slowed down his horse and said to the other three: "It's getting late today, why don't you just rest here and start early tomorrow morning?"

Ding Yu and Wu Shuang understood and both nodded in agreement. Seeing this, Zhang Changshun also followed the three into the inn.

This Jialiang Inn has two bamboo buildings, the front one has a restaurant on the first floor, the guest rooms on the second floor, and the back one with two floors are guest rooms. Wu Daoming excused himself to say that he was worried that the shopkeeper would not feed the horses well, so he asked Zhang Changshun to take care of it, and he took the opportunity to hand a piece of silver to the shopkeeper, and asked him to arrange the three of them and Zhang Changshun in two different buildings.

After Zhang Changshun came back from the horse circle, he saw that he and Ding Yu were separated from the two buildings, and at first he wanted the shopkeeper to vacate the room, so that the four of them could live next to each other, and it was convenient for him to pour tea and water and wait. But the store received Wu Daoming's silver, and only said that it could not be replaced, and Wu Daoming also said that it was only one night, so there was no need to worry too much, and Zhang Chang did not fight again by the way. After the four of them had dinner in the front building, they went back to their rooms to rest.

Zhang Changshun lived alone in the front building, while Ding Yu and the three lived in three side by side rooms in the back building. After the three of them put down their luggage, they all gathered in Wu Daoming's room.

As soon as he entered the room, Wu Shuang asked impatiently: "Big brother, you said that there was something strange in that Zhang Mansion in the afternoon, what is going on?"

Wu Daoming said: "Don't worry, let's take a look at the Cheng Yi sent by the Zhang family first." ”

The three of them opened the envelope, and there was a silver ticket in it, Wu Shuang picked it up and looked at it, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Five hundred taels per person!"

It's not that Wu Shuang hasn't seen silver, but this amount doesn't make sense. Whether it is a person in the hunting village or a six-door headhunter, when going on a business trip, if you meet with the bitter master, the bitter lord will most likely stuff some hard-earned money, which means that the officials and officials will be more attentive, which is also a common practice, the number ranges from ten taels and eight taels to forty or fifty taels, but there are rarely more than one hundred taels, unless there is any illegal request.

For example, in "Water Margin", in order to let his son occupy Lin Chong's wife, Gao Taiwei sent the messenger who escorted Lin Chong to do him halfway, or Lu Junyi's housekeeper Li Gu in order to seize his family wealth and wife, and also let the escorted yacha kill people halfway, only at these times will the tolerance receive such a large amount of "Cheng Yi".

The Zhang Mansion gave the three of them a total of 1,500 taels of silver tickets, and combined with their words during the day, it can be determined that their purpose was to make it impossible for Zhang Baizhao to return to the Zhang family alive. And in the end, the housekeeper said, "Wait until that hundred trillion is awarded...... There must be another thanks", which means that after the deed is completed, there will be at least a few thousand taels of gifts.

Wu Shuang was puzzled: "This Zhang family is really weird, not to mention that the case is still uncertain now, it is uncertain whether Zhang Million was killed by Zhang Baizhao, even if Zhang Baizhao was killed, wouldn't it be more hateful to arrest him and behead him to show the public?"

Wu Daoming said disdainfully: "These rich families are very dirty, who knows what twists and turns are in them, if I expect it to be correct, the person who handed the note is also for this matter, and he will know it when the time comes." ”

Next, the three of them chatted about some anecdotes about the rivers and lakes, fists and feet martial arts, and around midnight, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and then the door knocked lightly, and when the door was opened, it was a ******** with a calm face.

blessed the three of them, and said in a low voice: "The concubine is Zhang Baizhao's wife, Zhang Li's family." I've seen three officials. (To be continued.) )

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