Madam, let's steam buns together

By the time Zhao Pingjing couldn't hold on and fell asleep on the table, it was already early morning, the sky turned pale, and the morning light came in through the broken old windows, hitting the candlesticks that had been extinguished.

Considering his current state and the fact that there were two people taking turns guarding the door, Zhang Huaruo had no choice but to give up the current opportunity to escape, and planned to find a more suitable opportunity to carry out the escape plan after recovering his energy.

In such a short time of slacking off, sleepiness suddenly struck, Zhang Huaruo told himself that he could only take a short nap, and leaned against the wall to close his eyes to rest.

He planned to take a light sleep for a while to nourish his spirit, but his body didn't listen to him, because he was so tired, Zhang Huaruo accidentally fell asleep and reached a state of deep sleep.

I don't know how long it has passed, but suddenly there was a man's rough exclamation from the surroundings that had been quiet all the time. Zhang Huaruo, who was sleeping, was suddenly awakened by this sound, and instantly woke up. The first thing after waking up was to look at the person Zhao Pingjing sat on Location.

People are not there.

Zhang Huaruo's first feeling was to breathe a sigh of relief, and then he immediately became nervous again. He looked around the whole room, and after making sure that he was the only one left here, he lowered his head to check his clothes to make sure they were in good condition.

Now Zhang Huaruo can finally relax his mind for a while, and no longer need to be nervous about guarding against the wolf Zhao Pingjing.

Just as Zhang Huaruo was about to stretch his muscles, he unexpectedly found a long rope attached to his leg. Zhang Huaruo pulled the long rope and looked up along the rope.

As long as Zhang Huaruo moves too far or leaves the designated range, the long rope will pull the bell to make it make a crisp sound. It is impossible for anyone guarding outside to hear the bell.

However, these are just a few small bells after all, as long as the distance is a little further, the sound will not be heard.

Before Zhao Pingjing left, he should have told the guards that as soon as the bell rang in the house, the guards outside would immediately enter the house to check the situation.

The voices of Zhao Pingjing's two subordinates were very excited, and they couldn't control the volume at all. In addition, it was a dilapidated old house with poor sound insulation. Zhang Huaruo could hear part of what they said intermittently.

In order to get closer to the door so that he could hear more clearly, Zhang Huaruo carefully moved to the door, moving as close as possible without pulling the long rope.

Not long after the conversation between the two outside the door started, the voice that woke Zhang Huaruo came from the guard who just came back from outside: "I was scared to death! God, you don't know how scary it is outside now!"

Shouting in horror, he ran towards this side quickly, holding the breakfast he just bought in his hand.

"Shh! Keep your voice down! The one inside is still sleeping, wake him up, the young master will scold us again when he comes back!" The other person guarding here hastily stopped this person from speaking loudly, waiting for someone to approach, impatiently The food in the opponent's hand was divided generously, and he ate it voraciously, and a piece of pie was gone in a few bites.

Feeling that there was finally something in his stomach, he wiped his mouth and asked in a low voice, "What happened outside?"

The man who had just returned pointed to the room with his finger: "What else can it be, him. Now there are officers and soldiers searching everywhere on the street. I asked, and I was looking for him."

Let's call the person who has been guarding here as guard A for the time being, and the one who just came back as guard B. When guard A heard what guard B said, his voice could not help but carry a bit of disgust.

Guard A disliked Guard B's fuss: "There's no need to panic. We tied him up and expected that Prime Minister Zhang would send someone to look for him. Why are you in such a panic? I thought something bigger had happened."

For a moment just now, guard A thought that someone had discovered this place and was about to be surrounded!

Guard B retorted: "If it was just like that, I wouldn't make such a fuss. The biggest thing we had expected was that Prime Minister Zhang sent more officers and soldiers to look for Zhang Huaruo's whereabouts in the city for public benefit, but now, now the whole The city is immediately under martial law! The streets are full of imperial troops, the main city gates have been closed, and people in the city are not allowed to go out. Vehicles on the street, as long as they can hold a person, will be strictly inspected, even if they are royal relatives The carriage of the relatives!"

"Forbidden Army? No matter how powerful Prime Minister Zhang is, he wouldn't dare to use the imperial imperial army to find his son. Could it be..." Guard A became more and more panicked as he thought about it, and began to understand why Guard B was so panicked. He looked up at the guard B, look at each other.

Although Guard A didn't speak, Guard B still understood what he wanted to say from his eyes, and nodded frantically in agreement: "Yes, it's not the Imperial Army ordered by Prime Minister Zhang, it's the Emperor."

I didn't expect that this matter could alarm the emperor, and he would go to war so aggressively that he would not hesitate to mobilize the forbidden army around him!

Faced with such a big battle, panic was nothing more than panic. Guard A knew that at this moment, he couldn't let himself go. Their employer, that is, Zhao Pingjing, would not give up just because this incident alarmed the emperor.

Guard A comforted himself, not only talking to Guard B, but also to himself: "Here

It's been abandoned for so long, and it's not close to Yang Dabao's house. It's impossible for them to find this place. Even if they come to search, it's okay. We have enough time to hide it. This is the end of the matter. Let's not scare ourselves by thinking about what we have and what we don't have.Don't forget, when this thing gets done, we can get the number! "

As soon as money was mentioned, Guard A's eyes almost lit up. He excitedly compared a number with his hands, and instantly he was no longer as uneasy as before.

Guard B was not as excited as he was, but his mood recovered a lot because of the mention of the reward: "If it weren't for the fact that there are so many golds to take, who would come to do such a dangerous thing, kidnap the son of a high official?" It is already dangerous enough, and now that even the emperor has come to intervene, I am really getting more and more uncertain."

"Don't be afraid, as long as we keep him in prison and don't reveal his whereabouts, when he obediently obeys Mr. Zhao, we can take the money to live a happy life, just worry about it for a few days, and it will pass."

"I don't think it's that simple. Who is Zhang Huaruo? The son of the prime minister! Although Mr. Zhao has a good family background, he still can't compare with the family background of the prime minister. As the son of the prime minister, how could Zhang Huaruo just look at it so easily?" on him?"

"It's really hard to say. In terms of family background, the family background of selling buns is not as good as Mr. Zhao. What happened?"

"Speaking of this, do you think that Zhang Huaruo and that Yang Dabao are really controlled by a manipulator behind the scenes like what the young master said? If there really is, judging by the current situation, could it be..."

Guard B pointed to the sky with his finger, meaning that the controller behind the scenes might be the current emperor.

Speaking of this matter, Guard A looked up and looked around to make sure that Zhao Pingjing hadn't come back, and whispered his opinion in a low voice: "If there is no Prime Minister Zhang, the little emperor will not be able to sit firmly now. If you say that Prime Minister Zhang is in I believe that the little emperor is secretly holding back the little emperor to control the government, but if it is said that the little emperor controls Prime Minister Zhang, and even forces Prime Minister Zhang to sacrifice his own son for his control, I don't believe it."

Guard A paused, and continued, "As the prime minister's son, Zhang Huaruo, apart from Prime Minister Zhang, should have no one else who can influence his thoughts, not even the emperor. The most important thing is that the ancestor who sold the buns also An ordinary small farmer with neither power nor background, what do you think of him? In my opinion, all this is because Mr. Zhao asked for it but couldn't imagine it, and made up such an unimaginable story to comfort him. It’s all about ourselves, it’s enough for the two of us to listen, how can we take it seriously.”

What he said made sense, and Guard B couldn't help nodding his head: "I don't think it's possible, but I can understand Mr. Zhao's feelings, the feeling of being compared to such a seemingly uncompetitive man. , it must be uncomfortable."

Zhang Huaruo could only hear part of what they said, but it was enough. For example, he now knew that the man who kidnapped him was named Zhao, and he had a good family background.

The family surnamed Zhao in the front row in Chang'an City, a young man in his early twenties, had been in and out of the prime minister's mansion and met him once. After all these conditions were selected, Zhang Huaruo already had a few candidates in his mind.

The topic outside the door was chatting, and it turned to Zhang Huaruo himself.

When he helped Zhao Pingjing tie Zhang Huaruo here, Zhao Pingjing held Zhang Huaruo himself the whole time, and he didn't give the two of them a chance to help each other, and didn't even let the two of them take a look, so the two of them haven't had a good time yet. Take a look at Zhang Huaruo.

The more they are not allowed to watch, the more the two guards want to watch. At this moment, both of them can't hold back their curiosity and voyeurism. They look at each other to understand what is in each other's mind, and stop talking tacitly. Pushing open a small gap at the door to the inside of the room, I want to see what Zhang Huaruo is doing inside the room through this small gap, and catch a glimpse of his demeanor.

As early as the moment they stopped talking, Zhang Huaruo felt something strange, and quickly sat back on the bed and leaned against the wall to fall asleep, pretending nothing happened.

Coincidentally, Zhao Pingjing came back at this time, just in time to see the scene of these two people peeking into the house, he was instantly furious, and asked reprimanded: "What are you doing?"

The two guards were startled by Zhao Pingjing's sudden explosion. The two who had been huddled together to look into the room split up instantly, and each jumped to the side. They glanced at each other. Guard B was the more timid of them. That one, immediately lowered his head and pretended to be a turtle.

Guard A had no choice but to take the initiative to come out and explain: "He seems to have woken up, and there is some movement inside. We just check the situation in case he escapes."

After listening to the guard's explanation, Zhao Pingjing stared at the two without saying a word, until goose bumps all over his body.

Guard A couldn't see that Zhao Pingjing believed that he didn't believe his explanation just now, but fortunately Zhao Pingjing didn't say anything more, he pushed open the door and went straight into the house. The first thing he did when he entered was to face the two people and his back to Zhang Huaruo, and shut the door firmly. , cut off the outside line of sight.

The two guards breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the creaking door, and said to themselves: This wooden door has been broken like this, and there are holes everywhere in this room. Such an obvious place, such an obvious behavior!

Zhao Pingjing didn't return empty-handed, he brought a food box to Zhang Huaruo.

When he put the food box next to Zhang Huaruo, Zhang Huaruo clearly felt the heat coming out of the food box, obviously the food in the food box was hot food.

Based on the principle of running away only after eating full, Zhang Huaruo did not refuse the food brought by Zhao Pingjing, opened the lid and saw that there were steamed stuffed buns in the food box.

At this moment, Zhang Huaruo's heart was filled with joy.