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After spending dinner in the house rented by the Xiong brothers and sisters, it was already dark. Because Liansheng Inn was very far away from here, Master Zhang immediately offered to say goodbye. The Xiong brothers could not help but send Master Zhang's master and servant out of the house. Before leaving, Master Zhang, who was rich and powerful, had to take out fifty taels of silver and hand it over to the Xiong brothers to help them overcome the difficulties. The Xiong brothers at first refused to refuse, but could not resist Master Zhang's enthusiasm. In addition, they were really nervous - the family had almost no rice for overnight stays, and finally they took the money left by Master Zhang with great gratitude, alleviating the urgent need.

"Oh, Master, you are so bad." On the way back to the inn, Zhang Shitou basically rushed up to rinse his mouth every time he saw a well, and kept complaining: "You know that Xiong Hu's tigress has bad intentions, but you force me to eat that bowl of rice. You have made me suffer...don't you..."

"I deserve it. Who told you that even the young master dared to cheat?" Zhang Da Shao smiled treacherously, "Young Master, I don't know. You deliberately tricked me to Xiong Hu's tigress house today? Do you think I really can't remember the address on that note?" Zhang Shitou was stunned for a moment, and didn't even have time to spit out mouthwash. He swallowed it and asked, "That young master, why are you still tricked into Ankang Lane by the little one?"

"Two reasons, first, Master, I really want to see that beautiful girl Xiong Hu." Master Zhang attached himself to Zhang Shitou's ear and explained: "As for the second reason, when we saved Xiong Zhaolian for the first time today, did you not notice that two people were following us sneakily? If the young master doesn't deliberately get fooled by you, he will just run to find Xiong Hu stupidly, then it won't make people doubt what does it have to do with Mr. Master, and Xiong Tingbi, who is in prison?"

Zhang Shitou recalled carefully and found that after saving Xiong Tingbi's second son today, there were indeed two people who seemed to be staring at them. They almost disappeared until Deshengmen. However, people came and went on the way, so he did not regard them as pickpockets and thieves. Thinking of this, Zhang Shitou shivered and asked in a low voice: "Young Master, do you know who is following us?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the people from the East Factory." Master Zhang pondered and analyzed: "The capital is so big, Xiao Chuan can get the address of Xiong Hu's family's residence in a few hours. This proves that the Jinyiwei of the East Factory is likely to be secretly monitoring the movements of Xiong Tingbi and his children. Today, Xiong Zhaolian came out to sell paintings, and the people from the East Factory cannot not follow and monitor. If we rescued him, they naturally have to pay attention to us. That's why I deliberately pretended to be cheated by you and said so loudly that the people from the East Factory and Xiao Chuan knew that our rescue of Xiong Zhaolian was just a coincidence, not what Xiong Tingbi's family had to do, so that they would not follow us like a ghost in the future."

As we all know, the intelligence work of the Ming Dynasty has always been very good. According to legend, when Hai Rui wrote a letter to scold Jiajing, the Dongchang had already known the content of the memorial before Hai Rui handed the memorial to Jiajing. Fortunately, Huang Jinren, the eunuch in charge of the Dongchang at that time, was not bad. He truthfully reported Hai Rui's determination to risk his life to make suggestions. Hai Rui was not beaten to death by the court stick. This story is widely circulated among the people, and Zhang Shitou has certainly heard it. But it was because of hearing this story that Zhang Shitou was even more frightened. While looking around, he spoke with a tremolo, "Save... and save someone, he was targeted by the Dongchang. Is there something wrong with this?"

"We have nothing to do with Xiong Tingbi, what are we afraid of?" Master Zhang was very open-minded and snorted: "The people from the Jinyiwei are not completely unreasonable. They have to catch them if they have some contact with Xiong Tingbi's children. Then the people from Ankang Hutong have been arrested long ago. Besides, this young master is now a designated Jinke Tanhua. Even if the Dongchang wants to touch us, he has to consider the consequences first."

"That's good, that's good." Zhang Shitou patted his chest and shouted for gratitude, and asked curiously: "Young Master, I have a question I just wanted to ask you. Why didn't that tiger bear coral rushed up to tear you into pieces when she saw you today? She cut her seventeen or eighteen knives?"

"Sun! If you give you some colors, you'll be too dyeing shop!" Master Zhang was furious. Just as he was about to teach Zhang Shitou a lesson, a gloomy voice suddenly sounded in the alley on the side of the road, "That's because my brother and sister-in-law are all by my side. I'm afraid they will pull me and let you go."

"Xiong Hu?!" Master Zhang's master and servant changed his face and screamed at the same time.

"Yes, it's me." With a cold snorkeling, Xiong Hu, who had a pretty face, walked out of the alley with a murderous intent. Master Zhang screamed like a frightened rabbit, turning around to run, but Xiong Hu shouted first: "Stop! If you dare to run, I will kill him on the road today!" Master Zhang shivered and subconsciously took back his steps that had already taken. Xiong Hu said that he would be able to do that kind of storm, and Master Zhang knew very well.

"Very good, you're smart." Xiong Hu snorted coldly, and yelled at the alley where he was hiding just now, saying, "If you don't want to die, come here, I have something to ask you." Master Zhang hesitated a little, and Xiong Hu snorted again, "What? Are you afraid? A man is a real man, dare not act like a man? Why are you not afraid when you lied to me at the Linqing Wharf?"

"If you die, you will die! If this stinky girl really comes to chop me up - I will push Zhang Shi To block the knife!" Master Zhang gritted his teeth, closed the fan in his hand, and walked towards Xiong Hu, shouting: "Shi Tou, go, Master, I want to see you. I will help their Xiong family again and again. What dares she do to me?"

"Young Master, you and Miss Xiong have finally met once. The young man won't bother you to talk alone." Zhang Shitou said very loyally: "Young Master, go in, the young man will give you a wind at the entrance of the alley."

"You bastard!" Master Zhang almost lost his nose. But before Master Zhang could speak more, Xiong Hu had already grabbed his ears and dragged our Master Zhang into an empty and remote alley like an eagle holding a chick. The loyal servant Zhang Shitou was very loyal to the intersection of the alley - by the way, he was posing for a walk away at any time.

"Oh, Miss Xiong, please be gentle, you will pull my ears off." Master Zhang screamed and begged like a pig. Xiong Hu ignored it and kept pulling our Master Zhang into the depths of the alley. Then he finally let go of our Master Zhang, and then quickly put the hatchet on Master Zhang's neck. His legs were so scared that our Master Zhang's legs were weak. He begged: "Miss Xiong, I have something to say. It was wrong for me at Linqing Wharf that day, but I definitely didn't really want to bully you. It was just that my friend and I bet that bet, and I wanted you to rest at my house for a night so that I could win their money the next day. The conscience of heaven and earth, I really didn't lie to you!"

"Shut up!" Xiong Hu's pink face turned red and shouted, "I won't bother you for the moment about the matter at the dock. I ask you, why are you following me to the capital? Why are you trying to approach my two brothers on purpose? Today, my second brother went out to sell paintings. Did you arrange the person who is in trouble with him?"

"The conscience of heaven and earth, is I Zhang Haogu that bad?" Master Zhang cried and beat his chest and said, "I can swear to God that the person who troubles your second brother today was definitely not arranged by me. I really kindly saved him! If you don't believe it, go and ask your second brother. In order to save him, I was almost caught by the yamen runners of Shuntian Mansion. If I kindly save him, I will secretly protect him and go home and pay the rent for you at your house?"

"Really?" Xiong Hu asked suspiciously. Master Zhang replied with a sad face: "What are the benefits of lying to you? If I had known that he was your second brother, would I dare to send him home secretly? Why didn't I fall into the trap? Miss Xiong, can you not treat my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs?"

"Will you be kind? Then the sun comes out from the south!" Xiong Hu snorted coldly and asked again: "Then why are you doing in the capital? Did I hit you at Linqing Wharf last time? Do you want to come to the capital to seek revenge on me?"

"Of course not." Master Zhang shook his head and answered truthfully: "I came to the capital to participate in the imperial examination."

"Take the exam? You are the only one?" Xiong Hu sneered disdainfully, "I won't make a good excuse even if I lie. When I was on the Linqing Wharf that day, I heard from people that you are a famous celebrity in Linqing City - Zhang Gou Shao, who can't even write his own name!"

"It's unfair." Master Zhang shouted aggrievedly: "Who said I can't write my name anymore? Seeing that it's true, I'll write it now!" As he said that, Master Zhang pulled a piece of white gray from the wall next to him, and actually wrote down his name and Xiong Hu's name - only the word "Zhang" among these five words is traditional Chinese, which is very simple, so our Master Zhang can really write it.

"Huh? Do you really know how to write your own name? Can you still write my name?" Xiong Hu was a little surprised, "Why do people in Linqing City say you don't know a word?"

"That's because they are jealous of me. My family is the richest man in Linqing - wealthy and noble have conscience, while poor and humble are malicious, so those people spread rumors and slander me." Mr. Zhang replied with confidence. Xiong Hu was amused by Mr. Zhang's words, and then immediately raised his face and hummed: "What's the point of writing a few words? He is not a rogue hooligan."

"Hasn't I changed this?" Master Zhang said without blushing: "Your father was wronged and imprisoned. Not only did I help your Xiong family repeatedly without avoiding suspicion, but I also tried every means to rescue your father from prison. If you are as good as me to you, can you find a second person in the Ming Dynasty?"

"What did you say?" Xiong Hu shook his body, and the hatchet trembled and touched Master Zhang's throat, and asked sternly: "How do you know that my father was wrongly imprisoned?"

"Of course I found out." Master Zhang replied with a wry smile: "Mr. Xiong Tingbi is so famous, it's not easy for me to find out about him? It's because I know Mr. Xiong was wronged that I racked my brains to find a way to rescue him."

Xiong Hu was very comfortable by Master Zhang's flattery, and couldn't help but relax some hatchets and snorted: "What does my father have to do with you? Why do you have to find a way to save him?"
Chapter completed!