"Oh!" Jin Renwen's keen eyes immediately found those familiar figures. They squeezed out of the field as unnoticed as possible and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
"Sanlang, can't you guess wrong once?" Jin Renwen shook his head and said to the house slave on the side: "You can take a few people to follow this old man later. Don't get too close to be discovered, and don't get too far away to lose him. Yes, do you understand?"
"I understand, little one!" the slave responded and squeezed out. Jin Renwen smiled: "Sanlang, today's trip to the West Market is not in vain!"
As dusk approached, the people beside the cockfighting ring dispersed in twos and threes. They talked enthusiastically about the wonderful game that had just ended. This was enough for them to talk about it for ten days, or even longer, until the next more popular topic replaced it. Like most urbanites, Changan people are so vain, superficial, love to be lively, and change their mind when they see different things.
"Hurry, move everything out of the car!" the commoner man urged breathlessly.
"Aye, why are you moving here? Don't you want it anymore?"
"How much does five hundred copper coins weigh? If you don't move the things down, can the carriage still move? Hurry up, before it gets dark, move all these copper coins to the Zoroastrian Temple and store them, so that you can have peace of mind!"
"Hey!" The young man finally understood and hurriedly stepped forward to help. The two of them worked hard for a while before loading all the coins into the car, and then rode towards the Zoroastrian Temple. But just after passing through the wasteland, they walked into A small alley was blocked by someone, it was the two evil teenagers who had just performed a fight in the field.
"You were the one who won in the cockfight just now!" The evil boy with an injured arm pulled out his sword and stabbed it into the ground: "You are old enough to die, but it's a pity that you harmed your grandson!"
"If I keep the money, can you not kill us?" the common man said with a bitter smile.
Poof!
The evil boy next to him laughed: "If I had known this, why would you come forward? I'll let you two off today. You will talk nonsense outside in the future, but Liu Langjun won't be able to spare us! Get out of the car quickly, don't let Er go to public expense." Power!" After saying that, he drew his sword and stepped forward.
"What a pity. I didn't want to kill anyone today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a soft sound. The evil boy who stepped forward covered his throat with a heavy sound in his mouth. His knees went weak and he knelt on the ground. His companions hurried forward to support him and found that his throat It has been hit by a short arrow, with green feathers and a red shaft, which is quite gorgeous.
"Wu Xiaoyi?" The evil boy's voice was full of fear: "We are Liu Weili's people. You have also served the master, why are you killing each other!"
"Who will kill each other with you!" A man jumped out from the wall of the alley. It was Wu Xiaoyi who was holding a small crossbow. He sneered: "I did do something for Liu Weili, but it was all about hoeing the strong and supporting the weak, and chivalry. There is no harm in killing the old and the weak just for money! Get lost, or I will kill you too if you don’t get lost!"
At this moment, there was a sudden rush of footsteps behind him, led by Jin Renwen's domestic slave. When he saw the corpse on the ground and the old man's carriage, his face changed greatly and he shouted: "The situation has changed, take down everyone present! "
"Here!" Seven or eight men responded in unison. They drew their swords and stepped forward. The sword's light was like snow and like an iron wall. When the evil young man from the previous robbery saw this, he knew something was wrong and turned around and ran away without caring about the corpses of his companions. . Wu Xiaoyi, however, was unafraid and drew out his sword and shouted: "It takes so many people to kill an old man like Liu Weili, but why should I, Wu Xiaoyi, be afraid? Come on!"
When Wang Wenzuo and Jin Renwen came, they only saw a massacre in the alley. Their followers were blocked by a handsome young man with a sword. They were blocked after several consecutive attacks. Behind the young man was the old man's carriage. There was also a corpse on the ground, which was vaguely the evil boy who had just performed a sword-and-shield fight in the cockfighting ring.
"What's going on? Where is the old man in civilian clothes? Is he still safe?" Jin Ren asked.
"That's what happened when the villain arrived. One person was already dead on the ground! Sir, please wait a moment. The alley is so narrow that they can't move through it. I've allocated half of my manpower to let them go around it. I'll definitely be able to capture this little thief! "
"The man on the ground was not killed by your people?!" Wang Wenzuo asked.
"No, the man is already dead when my people arrive!" the slave replied.
"Stop!" Wang Wenzuo shouted: "Stop fighting!"
Jin Renwen's followers all knew that Wang Wenzuo had a close relationship with his master, so they retreated when they heard the greeting. Wu Xiaoyi was alone and did not dare to pursue him, but was just on guard. Wang Wenzuo bowed his hand to him: "We are here to rescue the old man on the carriage. Who are you and why are you here?"
"I was passing by just now and saw two people blocking the carriage to kill people and steal money, so I came to help!" Wu Xiaoyi said coldly: "You said you came to save the people on the carriage, but I don't believe it. You are obviously dressed like slaves of a wealthy family. , this carriage is very dilapidated, and obviously has nothing to do with it, why are you here to save him!"
"Wait a minute!" Wang Wenzuo stretched out his hand to stop the slave who was about to scold him, and said with a smile: "We will find out if we know the old man or not by asking him!" He cupped his hands towards the carriage and said loudly: "Mr. Li , it’s okay now, I’m an old acquaintance here, please come out of the car and meet me!”
The old man was so frightened by the flash of swords and shadows outside that he hid in the carriage and shivered. When he heard Wang Wenzuo's voice, he stuck his head out and recognized Jin Renwen and Wang Wenzuo. He hurriedly got out of the carriage and said with a wry smile: "Little old man, just now I was frightened to death when I heard the shouts of killing outside. It turned out to be two gentlemen, this little brother. The misunderstanding was all a misunderstanding. These two gentlemen met each other in the cockfighting ring and are not evil people."
"That's not necessarily the case!" Wu Xiaoyi still looked alert and sneered: "If we just met by chance in the cockfighting ring, why did we send the slaves to catch up? It's obviously the same as those two people, and they are also targeting you. It comes from money.”
When the old man heard what Wu Xiaoyi said, he couldn't help but become suspicious and took two steps back. At this time, the four attendants who had detoured from the other end of the alley ran over, holding steel knives one by one, showing their fierceness, and gave Wu Xiaoyi The words add a bit more credibility.
"Put away all the knives!" Jin Renwen shouted in a deep voice, and he bowed his hand to the old man: "A certain family is Jin Renwen, the general of the left army guard. I just saw you in the cockfighting ring and the old man received a reward. I'm afraid someone wants to do it. You made up your mind and sent your men to escort you home, but you don’t want this little brother to get there first!”
"General of the left-leading army guard?"
The first thing the old man did when he woke up was to kneel down on the ground, and Wu Xiaoyi hesitated for a moment, then he bowed down. The residents of Chang'an were not ignorant country folk. According to the official system of the Tang Dynasty, those who could have the title of general were at least He is a senior official of the fourth rank. Even in Chang'an City, he is a well-known figure, not to mention those with the word "leader". Most of them are related to the palace guards, either from the clan or relatives. He's an incredible person.
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