Chapter 12 Inquiring about the news
"Haha, it's great." As soon as I returned to the room arranged by Xiao Changlong, Xiao Tianci couldn't wait to laugh.
"Lord, stop the voice." Jia Xu quickly stopped it and whispered, "Lord, you are still under the surveillance of others. Please keep a low profile in everything."
Xiao Tianci hurriedly stopped laughing, nodded and said seriously, "Yes, I'm careless. It's really not appropriate to be arrogant at the moment. Wenhe reminds you right."
As he said that, Xiao Tianci reached out to signal Jia Xu and the others to sit down and continued, "Wenhe, Wenyuan, what do you think about today?"
Jia Xu gently touched the goatee, smiled and said without saying anything. Zhang Liao said first, "Lord, it seems that these people don't take you seriously at all. Xiao Changlong doesn't mention the city lord's delivery, it seems that he wants to delay time. Wei Biao kept cooperating with Xiao Changlong, these two were completely birds of a feather. As for the guard Shi Linchong, hum! Just because he and the thousand old and weak dared to go deep into the wilderness? I think it's a complete excuse. He is expressing his dissatisfaction with you with his actions."
"Ha, Wenyuan also saw it." Xiao Tianci smiled softly, "Wenhe, what about you, what about you?"
When Jia Xu heard Xiao Tianci ask him, he said calmly, "General Wen Yuan is right. At present, these people should still be examining us, or are still waiting for the instructions of the Xiao family's eldest family. They probably didn't expect that we would escape the assassination and come so quickly. Now we should have sent the information back to the capital to see what plans are there."
At this point, Jia Xu paused, took a sip of tea and continued, "But according to my observation, the literary and historical figure named Zhang Jingting should not be the same as them, and may be helpful to us."
"Oh, Wenhe, why did you pay attention to this person alone?" Xiao Tianci was puzzled. He was a little judging people by his appearance and has not paid much attention to him today.
"Haha, go to lord, although this person is not good-looking, it is not easy to be able to sit in the position of literary and historical city." Jia Xu smiled slightly, "Xu has been observing this person just now. Although he doesn't agree with his lord, he has not clearly expressed his opposition. Since he doesn't object, it is a good thing. Xu is confident that he can win over this person for lord."
"Oh, Mr. Wenhe, this person is very important?" Zhang Liao said in confusion.
Jia Xu touched his beard and nodded, "Wenyuan, we came to Xingye City. We are not familiar with the place and are completely in the dark. The lord wants to successfully take over the military and political power of Xingye City. If you rely on you and the Hundred-Man Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, I think there is no problem at all, but there will be endless troubles when you use force to take over the throne. After all, they are still ministers personally granted by the kingdom. If we kill them directly, it is equivalent to plotting rebellion. Xiao Tianya and the others will have an excuse to send troops."
"Yes, we are still very weak now, walking on thin ice. Before we develop, we must keep a low profile. We cannot give any excuses to those people." Xiao Tianci took the speech and sighed.
"That's why I plan to win over that Lord Zhang." Jia Xu nodded and continued, "That man is a local snake after all, and he definitely knows more about all aspects than we know. Moreover, with the help of this master Wenshi, it will definitely be much easier for the lord to deal with Xiao Changlong."
"Yes, Wenhe is more thoughtful, so let me leave this person to Wenhe to do." Xiao Tianci affirmed, "There are also Lin Chong and the thousand soldiers, which are also time bombs. Now we don't know where he is. The enemy is dark and I am bright, which is a problem. Do you have any solutions?" Xiao Tianci held his head and gently tapped the table with his right hand.
Jia Xu gently fiddled with the teacup in his hand, and hesitated for a moment, "Lord, in fact, Lin Chong is the best solution. Didn't he say he would lead his troops to the Great Wilderness to inquire? We can use this as an excuse to find out his current whereabouts first, and then let General Wen Yuan take action to solve him directly. Without knowing it, even if the above investigation is made, the lord can be pushed to the lone wolf thief."
"Okay, that's it." Xiao Tianci slapped his hands, "Then I'll bother Wenhe to contact Mr. Zhang first tomorrow. Wenyuan and I went to the city to find out Lin Chong's whereabouts."
"Yes, lord." The two of them received the order at the same time.
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Early the next morning, Xiao Changlong's hospitality was rejected, and Xiao Tianci took Jia Xu and Zhang Liao directly out of the city lord's mansion.
"Lord, there are indeed people following you." Before he walked far, Zhang Liao walked to Xiao Tianci and whispered. As a master, Zhang Liao's perception is definitely super strong, and nothing around him can escape his perception.
"Ha, it's really coming." Xiao Tianci curled his lips, "Wen Yuan, I'll leave it to you."
"I understand." Zhang Liao nodded and left, but he soon walked back. After making a gesture to Xiao Tianci, Jia Xu separated from them and walked straight towards Zhang Jingting's home.
"Wenyuan, go and find a restaurant for breakfast." Xiao Tianci waved his hand and the two continued to walk forward.
There are not many people on the street at this moment, and almost all of them are hunters who come to the city to sell prey. Xingye City is not big, with just two streets across the street. A three-story wooden building with a large wine word hanging on the street attracted Xiao Tianci's attention.
"Just go to this store. It seems that it should be the largest restaurant in Xingye City." Xiao Tianci and Zhang Liao walked in.
The first floor of the hotel is quite large, with seven or eight tables placed, almost full of people. It can be seen that these people should be the rich and noble gentry of Xingye City, each of whom was either rich or noble, otherwise they would not have come to the restaurant early in the morning to drink and spank.
Under the guidance of the waiter, he casually found a table beside the window and sat down, and ordered a few side dishes. Xiao Tianci leaned against the window and squinted his eyes and listened to the conversations of these people in the restaurant.
"Hi, have you heard of it? The new city lord arrived yesterday."
"Really? Then Xiao Changlong is willing to give up the position of the city lord?"
"So what if I can't bear to bear it? I've already inquired. The Lord of New City is said to be the youngest grandson of the Duke of the Fuguo, Old Master Xiao. Can Xiao Changlong be better than others?"
"Huh! It's so big? It seems that Boss Xiao is going to eat the turtle."
"Tsk, do you know the ball, why did the second young master of the Xiao family come to our small countryside?"
“Why?”
"Say it."
"That's because he is just a second child born in the royal capital. I have relatives in Wangdu. I heard that this time I was exiled to us because of a mistake. With him, he still wants to fight with Boss Xiao, hum! I think it's lights in the toilet and looking for shit (death)."
"Bastard!" Hearing these conversations, Zhang Liao was furious, the master was humiliated and the minister was ashamed. That was not bad. He was about to get up when he started to work, but was stopped by Xiao Tianci.
"Wen Yuan, don't be anxious, just a few boring people, why bother to have ordinary knowledge?"
"But, lord..."
"Okay, drink with me."
At this moment, two people walked in outside the door. In front of him was a middle-aged man. He was not tall and dark in his skin. He was wrapped in a fur coat, carrying a crossbow on his back, and carrying a few fat pheasants in his hand. Behind him was a young man, fifteen or sixteen years old, and it was Aniu, the boy guarding the gate yesterday.
A Niu didn't take the time today, and his father happened to come to the city to deliver goods, so he followed him. Although he was thin, he had a lot of strength. At this moment, he was following his father with a roe deer.
There was also a majestic animal next to them, which looked like a dog but not a dog, or a wolf but not a wolf. When they stood, they were afraid that they would be half a human tall, with golden short hair all over their bodies, and they looked extremely majestic.
"Dashan, what prey have you hunted today?" The shopkeeper sat lazily behind the platform, looked at the two people in front of him, and asked faintly.
"I beat a few green chickens and a roe deer. The shopkeeper, do you want it?" Dashan raised the pheasant in his hand at him, his voice a little anxious.
The fat shopkeeper leaning against the back of the stage shook his head, "Phizi, it's this thing again, there are a lot of piles in my kitchen, hey! Dashan, it's not me that I'm talking about you, the eldest son of the Wei family has always wanted to buy your golden retriever, and he has offered to buy ten gold coins. I advise you to sell it early. That's ten gold coins, which are less than you can sell hundreds of pheasants."
"If you don't sell it, I won't sell my rhubarb." Dashan didn't chew it, but A Niu became anxious and put the roe deer on the ground and shouted.
"Shopkeeper, do you want this roe deer? If you don't want it, I'll go to the next house. I won't be able to sell Ah Huang." Dashan also spoke.
"Hey! Dashan, I said why are you so stubborn? Then Mr. Wei is the young master of the sheriff. Who wouldn't give him some face in Xingye City? Don't regret it if you suffer any losses."
Hearing the threat of fat stuttering, Aniu raised his neck and snorted coldly, "Hmph! I'm not afraid of him. Dad, let's go. If he doesn't buy it, let's go to the next house."
"Baba!" At this time, a white-faced young man slowly walked down from the second floor. He looked in his early twenties and clapped his hands to A Niu. Behind him, five or six guards with knives, all wearing public uniforms, and they were obviously soldiers under the sheriff.
"Boy, are you sure you won't sell it to me?" This person is the eldest son of the Wei family, and he and his brother Wei Biao were printed on the same mold.
"Hmph, Ah Huang is mine. If you say you don't sell it, you won't sell it." Ah Niu stretched out his neck and said stubbornly.
"Hehe, okay, I have the courage." Master Wei felt embarrassed and laughed angrily, pointing at A Niu, "But from now on, you don't want to sell things in this Xingye City. Remember that this is what I, Mr. Wei, said."
"Why, you are not Lord Xiao?" A Niu was a little anxious. This was to cut off his family's source of life.
"Just because I am Wei Qing." Master Wei reached out and patted A Niu's face, "Boy, be good at it, be careful that disaster will come from your mouth."
"You bastard." A Niu is a newborn calf who is not afraid of a tiger. He directly digs away his hands that are hitting his face, and his face is only slightly glaring red.
Perhaps he didn't expect this kid to resist, so Wei Qing almost fell into trouble, which caused the boring spectators on the first floor to burst into laughter.
"Shut up." Wei Qing was so angry that his little white face suddenly turned purple. After being helped by his subordinates, he pointed at A Niu and his son and shouted, "I'm beaten me, mom, I'm shameless."
"Good." A stick of tricks had already sharpened his fists and palms. Now when he heard the master's words, he all surrounded him and prepared to take action.
"Oh, it's another bird show for playing playboys bullying civilians." Xiao Tianci shook his head. He actually had a good impression of this city gate guard named A Niu. At least he was still an upright boy, and he deserved his help.
Thinking of this, Xiao Tianci gave Zhang Liao a wink. Zhang Liao understood it, stood up and shouted, "Stop."
Unexpectedly, someone who was meddling in other people's business jumped out. Wei Qing turned his head and looked at Zhang Liao up and down, "Oh, why do you want to stand out?"
"Just just a child, I'm really embarrassed for your father." Zhang Liao walked over slowly, his tone very disdainful.
Chapter completed!