Chapter 48 It's Time to Pay the Protection Fee
When the adult heard the call of the servant, he stopped the pen in his hand and looked up to see the two little fat men.
This adult is Zhu Youcong, the current prefect of Lianyun City, and he said to the tall servant: "Jin Buyan, you go down first." ”
"Yes!" said the tall servant, bowing his hand, and walked outside the way he came.
"Young man, please inside. The prefect greeted the little fat man warmly.
When the little fat man heard the prefect's call, he took small steps shyly, walked to the table, saluted the prefect with a fist, and said, "I've seen the prefect!"
"Haha!" The prefect pointed to the chair in front of the little fat man and said with a smile: "Young man, please take a seat!"
"Thank you, sir!" the little fat man thanked and cautiously sat down in the chair in front of him.
The prefect had been standing all along, and now he saw that the little fat man had sat on the chair, and he also pulled the chair behind him and sat down slowly.
Only then did the little fat man see the appearance of the prefect, and he saw that the prefect was about forty years old, and he didn't need it. With a tall nose bridge and two bright eyes, he looks like a brilliant literati. Look at the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table, and a few words written on a piece of rice paper: honor and disgrace are not shocked, and watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court. Go and stay unintentionally, and look at the clouds outside the sky.
These words are strong and powerful, and the little fat man is also a person who has read books for a few days. Seeing the prefect's words, the little fat man suddenly felt that the words he wrote were no different from a child's scribble.
"Young man, are you from the Immortal Sword Villa?" the prefect asked, breaking the little fat man's contemplation.
When the little fat man heard the prefect's question, he came back to his senses, and quickly nodded and said, "Well, yes, my lord." My master is the master of Qiao Yuan, Xiyuan of Lianyun Villa. I have a letter here, and Master has instructed me to meet the adults and hand it over to you. ”
As he spoke, the little fat man took out the letter written by the master from his arms and handed it over respectfully.
When the prefect heard that the little fat man was Qiao Huacheng's disciple and had a letter, he hurriedly reached out and took it. The prefect stretched out his hand to tear open the letter, and after reading the contents of the letter, his eyebrows suddenly fluttered. It turned out that Qiao Huacheng roughly wrote in the letter that his apprentice Zhu Xiaopang had slight difficulty in moving his legs due to an accident. Now, he asked Zhu Youcong to take Zhu Xiaopang in and be a catcher in Lianyun Mansion. As for why the prefect was happy, it was because Qiao Huacheng's cultivation was quite clear. As the saying goes, an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and a phoenix's relatives are more beautiful than a crow. His disciples, again, will not be far behind. Lianyun Mansion by himself, what he lacks now is some masters with cultivation. The little fat man at the moment, Qiao Huacheng is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow.
"Your name is Zhu Xiaopang?" asked the prefect.
The little fat man nodded and said, "Yes, my lord, I am Zhu Xiaopang." ”
The prefect pondered for a while, and said to Zhu Xiaopang: "Your master asked you to be a catcher in my mansion first, you should know, right?"
"I know. The little fat man replied.
The prefect said again: "The situation is like this, we have no place to live in Lianyun Mansion now. You can live in the office in Dongcheng District for the time being, I don't know what you think. ”
It's good to have a place to live, and of course the little fat man won't pick and choose. The little fat man said respectfully: "It's all up to the adults." ”
"Okay, you come with me, and I'll let Jin Buyan take you to the place where the office arranges a place to live first. With that, the prefect got out of his seat. The little fat man also quickly stood up, followed behind the prefect, and walked outside.
When he arrived at the door, the prefect roughly told the tall man Jin Buyan about the situation of the little fat man, and ordered him to take the little fat man to the office first. Jin Buyan took the order and walked towards the office with the little fat man.
When he was walking on the road, the little fat man chatted with Jin Buran. The little fat man was very curious about Jin Buyan's name, and asked him why his parents gave him this name, and whether there was anything special about this name. In all fairness, the little fat man thinks Jin Buyan's name is quite special.
Jin Buyan smiled awkwardly when he heard the little fat man's question, and said, "My name is not special, you see the short man opposite me, right? He is my cousin, and his name is even more special." My name is Jin Buran, and his name is Jin Bufu. ”
The little fat man was puzzled and asked Jin Buyan about the origin of such a special name for the two brothers. Kim smiled wryly, and told the little fat man a ridiculous story about the origin of their brother's name.
It turned out that Jin Buyan and Jin Bufu's father were brothers, Jin Da and Jin Er, respectively. It is said that a year before Jin Buran and Jin Bufu were born, Jin Dae and Jin Er went to the bathhouse to take a bath together. The bathhouse is one of those large pools that can accommodate a lot of people. This Jin Da and Jin duo are very good, but they have a shortcoming, and they both like to show off. Some time ago, Najin Dajian Jin Er wore a gold necklace the thickness of soybeans around his neck, hanging on his neck, shining with gold and eye-catching. Jin Dae was very envious, and he worked hard to create an identical necklace to wear around his neck. Taking a bath on this day, both of them wore their own big gold chains, and there was a secret psychology of competition. While washing, Kim laughed, and tears of laughter flowed out. Jin Er was inexplicably laughed by Jin, and when he looked down, his face turned red. It turned out that the necklace around Jin Er's neck surfaced when he was taking a bath. As we all know, when gold hits the water, it will definitely sink to the bottom. Now that Jin Er's necklace has surfaced, it can only show one truth, his necklace is fake. Just as Jin Da laughed so much that tears and snot flowed out together, Jin Er said coldly: Big brother, don't laugh yet, look down at your necklace. Jin Da looked at the necklace around his neck suspiciously, and suddenly his face was as ashamed as a monkey's buttocks. Jin Da saw that there was a yellow mark on the part of his neck with a necklace. Obviously, it was the color of the necklace that faded and stained. In addition to the fact that gold does not surface, it also does not fade. Now, Jin Da's necklace has actually faded, which fully shows a road, Jin Da and Jin Er's necklaces are the same, they are fakes. After this incident, the two Kim brothers were embarrassed. A year later, the brothers' daughter-in-law each gave birth to a son. In order to remember the incident of the fake necklace, the two brothers named their sons Jin Buyan and Jin Bufu respectively.
After listening to Jin Buran's narration, the little fat man suddenly realized that the name of the tall and short two brothers still has such a legendary story. The father of these two brothers is also quite funny, I don't know what to remember about this shameful thing. The two talked and laughed, and then went to the office. Jin Buyan, the official of the public office, knew him, and he told the officer that the little fat man was let by the prefect to rest here. In the future, the little fat man eats and lives here, and if there is any problem, he goes directly to the prefect, and the errand reluctantly agrees. Jin Buyan saw that the matter was successfully resolved, and his task was completed. So, Jin Buyan instructed the little fat man to gather at the prefect's yamen tomorrow, then bid farewell to the little fat man and strode towards the yamen.
After Jin Buran left, the little fat man checked his house with the officer, which was a west wing in the inner courtyard of the office, with complete beds and bedding. The little fat man saw that the bedding was all clean, and thanked the officer, and told him to go back and look for him again if he had something.
After the place to live was settled, most of the little fat man's heart fell. As soon as his heart relaxed, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he felt his stomach rumble. Only then did I remember that it was now two hours before lunch. In these two hours, he first had a fierce fight with the iron bull. Later, when eating with Tie Niu, the little fat man didn't move his chopsticks, and Tie Niu ate all the dishes he ordered. Later, when I met the old man who "touched porcelain", the little fat man lay on the ground for a while. This back and forth, Lang took physical strength, and Lang spent mental strength, and he was already hungry. The little fat man didn't bother to tidy up his room now, so he threw the luggage on his horse's back into the house casually, and strode out of the office, ready to forage for food.
When the little fat man walked out of the office door, he saw a small restaurant not far away. There is a black sign hanging on the door of the restaurant, and the black sign reads "Chu Ji Tofu Brain" in red letters.
When the little fat man saw the word tofu brain, he suddenly smelled the fragrance of tofu in his nose. The little fat man salivated, secretly swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and walked towards the "Bijia Tofu Brain".
After entering the tofu brain shop, the little fat man saw the situation inside. This tofu brain shop is not big, only seven or eight tables. Although the shop was not big, there were four or five tables of people sitting inside, and the little fat man picked up an empty table and sat down. As soon as he sat down, the little fat man saw a man wearing a small felt hat, a blue shirt, and a white towel on his shoulder. This kind of dress, needless to say, must be the second shopkeeper.
"Hey, guest officer, how many of you are?" the shopkeeper walked up to the little fat man and asked enthusiastically.
"Let's start with a bowl of tofu brain. Two fritters, the rest will be talked about later. ”
"Alright, guest officer, wait a minute. The shopkeeper said, turned around and walked to the back, he should have gone to the kitchen to place an order.
Before the tofu brain came up, the little fat man felt bored, so he looked around. The customers in the store drank and talked, lively and coaxing, and from time to time there was unbridled laughter, which entered the ears of the little fat man. When I looked inside, I saw a person standing in front of a table that collected money, and it was a woman. It should be a girl, to be exact, because she is about seventeen or eighteen years old.
When the little fat man first saw this girl, he thought she was plain and nothing special. When he saw her for the second time, the little fat man felt that she was radiant and had a unique charm. When he looked at her for the third time, the little fat man was stunned by her beauty, which was a fresh and refined beauty. When he saw the fourth sight again, the little fat man was completely distracted. The beauty of the girl in front of her can no longer be described in any words.
"Boss, it's time to pay the protection fee!" a rough voice thought about the little fat man's thoughts.