(18)
It doesn’t take long to walk from Zhaojiashang to the Money Rat’s lair. If you don’t pay attention to the slow movement of cars and horses on the long street, the moving of people’s heads, the billowing of smoke, and just keep walking forward, you really won’t let it go. People feel how far the journey is.
But in fact, the market is anything but boring. It's not like being trapped in a room. If you have nothing to do, you can only sit there and think wildly. If the time goes by, you will easily get sick.
The Xianbei witch knew this very well, so of course she would not let go of anything that could arouse interest along the way. Although these things are extremely common in the eyes of ordinary people, she will go up and take a look curiously.
Not far away is a meat stall that buys and sells fresh beef and mutton; there is a big meat pie that has just been baked. According to the people around him, the meat filling of the big pie is made of camel meat; the carriage transporting the army's baggage is being driven ahead. The surging crowd blocked the middle of the road, making it impossible to move forward or retreat.
However, Murong Yan was only in the spice shop a hundred steps away, purchasing new spices with Bai Feng. After hearing such a novel thing, her heart began to stir.
After thinking for only a moment, she dropped everything here and said casually: "I'll go there and have a look!" Then she went straight into the crowd, leaving the young swordsman behind.
The situation is roughly like this - Bai Feng, who was originally going to take Murong Yan to find the rat hunchback, has now turned into the other party's bodyguard and servant.
In fact, Bai Feng knew very well in her heart that Murong Yan was like this. She was a combination of a rich girl and a child of the world. Even if no one wants to help her, she can escape disaster by herself and will never sit still and wait for death. In short, she is not used to relying on others, but she is also indecisive and helpless when facing many things.
Because she has a sincere and selfless kind heart. If she had just wandered through the rivers and lakes and never seen higher and longer things, she would never have such feelings. Because of this, she often forgets that she cannot save everyone. The result of working too hard and not getting what you want is to feel dejected and unable to do too many things that you want to do.
Although these two heroes have very different backgrounds, their temperaments are very similar. Their meeting was indeed like fate, something that could only happen by chance.
But in the blink of an eye, Murong Yan was overwhelmed by the crowd. Bai Feng pushed the people in front of him and joined the officers and soldiers who got off the car behind to drive away the crowd. The boys who were transporting the baggage held up their spears and waved them in a state of laughter and laughter, saying: "Get out of the way, get out of the way! You selling camel meat biscuits, can you sell them later? The men in this barracks haven't drank for a few days. Well, if I get scolded again, it will be more difficult for you!"
It turned out that this group of people came here for the camel meat biscuits. They stood in a pile in front of the small shop and blocked the left and right turns.
"Master, Master! I can't drive this person away, why don't you come too?" the shop owner said with a smile, not forgetting to throw away the coins one by one from the endless stream of customers in his hand. Picked it up and looked very proud.
Seeing that he could not take charge, the official could only wait where he was. But after a while, he couldn't hold back his greed, so he asked his servants to buy one for each colleague as an afternoon snack.
The young swordsman searched outside the crowd for a moment, and finally saw Murong Yan walking out of the crowd, carrying two portions of sesame seed cakes in her hand. She handed one of them to Bai Feng and said, "You haven't had lunch yet, have you? Eat quickly, and we'll leave after eating." Then she took a bite of her own sesame seed cakes and said with satisfaction: "It turns out This is camel meat, it’s so delicious!”
"Yes." Bai Feng took a bite and agreed: "Yuyi Town is really a good place. Most of the people are comfortable and contented. In my life, I have never seen a crowd of people cheering and gathering in one place, just for a few mouthfuls. Donkey meat pancakes?"
"That's Brother Feng, you are ignorant!" Murong Yan recalled while tasting the delicious food: "When I was a child, there was always an endless stream of guests under my mother's seat. As soon as one of them left, there were several people behind them vying for it. They rushed to visit. They said they wanted to see the 'famous face of the saint' and 'hope to receive blessings and guidance'. One time, hundreds of ordinary people stood outside the house, cheering for my mother's name. . Just because my mother told them about the recent flash floods and asked them to move the village as soon as possible..."
Bai Feng said: "It's true that the world is so big and full of wonders."
The conversation was over and the two of them continued on their way.
After a while, Bai Feng returned to the familiar intersection.
The Liquor Street has always been so noisy and the smell is particularly strong. Those wanton, shameful laughs, curses, and all kinds of aromas, including the smell of wine lees, the smell of decay, and the smell of women.
Faced with the sensual sight in front of her, Murong Yan suddenly became cautious. She heard the slut on the street corner was about to bid farewell to last night's distinguished guest, and she accidentally took a few more glances. Perhaps those eyes were full of confusion, doubt, and even disgust. After the slut noticed it, she quickly glared back at Murong Yan viciously, then pointed at her and cursed loudly.
"What are you looking at? Who do you think you are? You have come to this alley and you still think of yourself as a young lady?"
Seeing that the situation was not right, Bai Feng immediately raised his sword to stand in front of Murong Yan and responded: "Girl, what do you mean by this? We were just passing by and accidentally looked at her a few times."
"Who are you scaring? Do you think you are the only one who has a sword? My aunt has one too!" Before he finished speaking, a beggar came out of nowhere, jumped up and slapped the woman.
"Are you confused? You don't recognize anyone?" The beggar then said respectfully to Bai Feng: "Young Master Bai, you are here. We, the Money Rat, have come from afar, so please come with me..."
After hearing this, Bai Feng put down the sword in his hand and whispered to Murong Yan behind him: "Yan'er, follow closely. This place is dangerous and not a place to play!"
Soon, they came to the Money Rat's lair and met the big brother who called himself Rat Hunchback. At that time, he was still tasting private wine in the wine cellar to see if the quality was uneven. However, as soon as he heard that Bai Feng was coming to visit, he immediately dropped everything in his hands, limped back to the ground, set up a banquet, and waited for the guests.
He attaches great importance to this friendship, as if it is to renew his relationship with Gao Zhen. In Shutuozi's heart, apart from his own business and his brothers, only Bai Feng and Gao Zuo can occupy a place.
However, Bai Feng and Murong Yan did not come here to drink and have a banquet, but to ask some questions. This incident is naturally the truth behind the "silver robbery case".
When meeting the rat hunchback, Bai Feng didn't say anything. He didn't even sit down at the table before he asked: "Senior, you should know who is the mastermind behind the robbery of ten thousand taels of silver, right?"
"So what if you know? Boy Bai, what are you going to do?" Rat Hunchback was very puzzled. He originally thought that the other party was here to reminisce about old friendships and talk about life ideals. Unexpectedly, Bai Feng wanted to know things that he shouldn't know when he opened his mouth.
"Who is the girl next to you?" Rat Hunchback then asked: "You want to give a woman to an old man to make me talk? Then you are really looking down on me, Mr. Bai."
"No, senior. This girl's name is Murong Yan. She is the closest and most important person to me. My parents and master are both dead, and she is my only relative in the world." Bai Feng bowed and said: "I brought her here because I want everyone to get to know each other. The seniors regard me as a brother, so I naturally have to trust you too."
"Hahaha." The rat hunchback sat there and sneered: "Offer yourself a handle in exchange for the information I know? You are not so naive, are you, Mr. Bai?"
"Senior, of course I know that you must have a request to win me over now. Sparing my life will definitely be useful in the future." Bai Feng said: "Compared with the 'real villains' like senior, I am still more afraid of those who can't see it" Qing's 'hypocrite'."
"Hahaha..." Rat Hunchback laughed immediately and said: "You kid, you are interesting! But you must promise me not to do anything stupid!"
"I don't know how to do anything. I just want to know the details of the people I will face in the future."
"Okay! You guessed right, the mastermind behind the scenes is the Zhao family!" After the rat hunchback said, he took a long breath, as if the heavy burden in his heart was finally put down, and started chattering: "Well, collusion between government and businessmen is nothing new, but this There are benefits of money rats in it, otherwise, who would want to take care of their mess!"
When Bai Feng heard that the truth was as he expected, he couldn't help but smile and said: "What the senior said is that I have poor eyesight, and it actually takes me so long to see clearly. I just pity the daughter of the Lou family, she has been deceived in this, I guess even if she knows I can’t believe the fact.”
"Brother Feng, what should we do in the future? Do we still want to continue working for the Zhao family?" Murong Yan stood tremblingly for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say a few words.
"Yan'er, we don't do things for the Zhao family. We do it for Brother Zhao and for our friends." Bai Feng replied: "We once shared adversities, life and death, and now we have arrived in Yuyi Town, and we have been given a peaceful place. Land, we should do things for him.”
"That's right, Boy Bai, you can still distinguish right from wrong! As long as the old boy dies, Zhao Kuo will still control the lifeline of Yuyi Town. Even if you don't want to be an official, he will get you one Official! Hahaha..."
"Senior!" Bai Feng was about to retort, but when he thought about it, he realized that the other party was a complete villain and could not listen to his good advice, so he felt that there was no need to waste any more words.
"Now that seniors have finished talking about the matter, I will take my leave first."
After that, the two of them stepped out of the Money Rat's lair and looked at the streets with a different mood. This place reminded Bai Feng of the outer city of Jiangzhou, but at that time he and Zhao Xiaomei were chasing Fu Wentao, who had kidnapped Murong Yan, and had no time to stop and take a closer look.
Many people who have not finished their meal are huddled in forgotten street corners. Even the Money Rat cannot support so many refugees and prisoners, nor can it provide so many jobs, and these people are not controlled. Accepted by the people of Yizhen. They are real lonely ghosts.
