The Big Landlord

But even though he knew it was someone he knew, Tang Shi didn't intend to say hello, but went back to sleep.

"Little uncle, what's the matter?" Li Shao asked Tang Shi with his big eyes open.

"It's nothing, it's just that there are guests coming downstairs." Tang Shi patted his head, "Hurry up and go to sleep, we have to hurry tomorrow morning."

Tang Shi thought well, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. When Zhao Jin woke up the next day, he received the news that the whole city was blocked and no one was allowed to go out.After Zhou Xun finished investigating, they realized that it was because they wanted to hunt down a gangster.

After the matter was clarified, Tang Shi and the others went downstairs to have breakfast, and they also planned to meet their acquaintances from last night to say hello. After all, Zhao Jin was under the imperial order, so he couldn't just wait here in Donglin County, right?

When they went downstairs, they happened to meet that old acquaintance—Xu Chengming.

When Xu Chengming saw Zhao Jin, he was a little surprised.When he saw Tang Shi, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and immediately stood up from his seat, came to Tang Shi, looked him up and down, and was amazed, "I haven't seen you in three years, you have changed so much. Already!"

Tang Shi cupped his hands, "Master Xu, long time no see."

Xu Chengming's peach blossom eyes shone brightly, as if he wanted to reach out to hold Tang Shi, but Zhao Jin said, "Master Xu, is it your order to block the city gate?"

Xu Chengming smiled, "It turned out to be the Commander-in-Chief, I have poor eyesight, so I didn't recognize it just now, please forgive me, Commander-in-Chief." There was no sincerity in what he said, "The gate of the city was not sealed by the order of the lower officials, it was The lower officials asked the county magistrate of Donglin County to order the blockade."

Zhou Xun thought to himself: Isn't this nonsense?

It's no secret that Xu Chengming hates the Commander of the Guards. The reason for this is because of an accident, that is, Xu Chengming suffered a loss in Luo Zhen's hands.So he hated Wujiwu, and even the entire commanding department.

"I have the emperor's order, and I need to go to the capital. Can Mr. Xu be accommodating and let us go out of the city?" As Zhao Jin, he doesn't have to be so polite, but he knows that Xu Chengming saved Tang Shi once three years ago, and he still feels a little bit in his heart. grateful.

He originally thought that Xu Chengming would make things difficult for him, but he didn't expect Xu Chengming to readily agree when he heard the words, "Please, Commander."

Zhao Jin nodded, "Thank you."

When eating breakfast, Xu Chengming sat beside them and watched them eat, to be precise, he watched Tang Shi eat.

"I said you don't catch bad guys, what are you doing watching us?" Zhao Xu was a girl with a thin skin, so she couldn't help asking.

Xu Chengming smiled, "What kind of bad guy am I caught as a civil servant? Naturally, I leave it to someone with brute force. Commander, don't you think so?"

Zhao Jin ignored him, and just silently picked up a poached egg for Tang Shi, and Tang Shi ate it naturally.

Xu Chengming's eyes turned between the two, and he suddenly said: "Tang Shi, you have achieved the fame of a scholar at such a young age, you should have a bright future, why bother with some reckless people?"

Zhou Xun heard that he really wanted to go up and give Xu Chengming a few blows. When he was in the capital, Xu Chengming was notoriously venomous. If it wasn't for Luo Zhen's face, Xu Chengming might have been violently beaten by the guard commander Quite a few meals.

Tang Shi swallowed the poached egg and took a sip of porridge, "Oh, every flower is in every eye."

Zhao Jin laughed lightly, and put another meat bun in Tang Shi's hands, "That's right, you really have different eyes, just like Luo Zhen's eyes are also peculiar."

Xu Chengming choked, he hated people mentioning that bastard with facial paralysis in front of him the most!

Tang Shi took a bite of the steamed stuffed bun and smiled. Seeing his happy appearance, Xu Chengming didn't want to argue with them anymore.

After breakfast, Zhao Jin said goodbye to Xu Chengming, but was stopped by Xu Chengming who squinted his eyes with a smile.

"What?" Zhao Xu asked him suspiciously, "Didn't you just agree to leave the city for us?"

Xu Chengming raised his eyebrows slightly, "Miss Zhao, can you repeat what I just said?"

Zhao Xu frowned delicately, "Master Commander, please go ahead...you mean..."

Xu Chengming nodded, "How many commanders are there here?"

Tang Shi smiled at him, "You mean, only Zhao Jin can leave the city?"

Xu Chengming nodded his head as a matter of course, "After all, you are not entrusted with the emperor's order, so you are not allowed to leave the city for the time being. You can leave the city after the thieves are caught."

There was nothing wrong with Xu Chengming doing this, but it was impossible for Zhao Jin to leave Tang Shi and the others here and go to the capital alone.

"Zhou Xun, take someone to help Master Xu." Maybe it will be faster if his people join.

Xu Chengming seemed to be waiting for his words, and he immediately laughed.Although he said that the people in the Guard Command Division were not good or bad, but no matter what, the Guard Command Division's ability was unquestionable.

"Then thank you Commander-sama."

"Since we can't leave the city for a while, why don't we take a stroll in the city?" Zhao Xu was originally a fun-loving person, so he wanted to go out and have fun while taking this opportunity.

Xu Chengming smiled, "Please go ahead."

"Brother, Tang Shi, why don't we take a look on the street, how boring it is to stay indoors, don't you think you are a nerd?"

Wei Cong replied blankly, "It's not boring."

Zhao Xu glared at him, "Study and study, what's the use of you staying in the house?"

Wei Cong nodded seriously when he heard the words, "The girl is right, Tang Shi, why don't we go out and have a look together."

Tang Shi had no objection at all, Li Shao only listened to his little uncle, so the five of them left the inn and wandered around the market at will, Xu Chengming unexpectedly followed them.

"Aren't you going to wait for the news and go shopping with us?" Zhao Xu couldn't help asking when Xu Chengming followed them.

"With the help of people from the Guard Command Department, what else should I worry about?" Xu Chengming felt very relieved.

Compared with Nanfeng County and Kyoto, Donglin County is definitely far inferior, but it is worse than freshness, and Zhao Xu found it quite interesting to visit.

Several people are dressed in extraordinary clothes and have good looks. Some shopkeepers' eyes are shining when they see them.

Zhao Xu has a lively personality. From here to there, Wei Cong also carefully observes various things around him.

Li Shao followed behind the two without any expression on his face.Xu Chengming seemed to have a little interest in Li Shao suddenly, so he asked Li Shao various questions, but Li Shao didn't bother to answer him at all.

"What's your relationship with Tang Shi?"

"He's my uncle."

"Oh, judging by your age, you should be studying, right? Why didn't you go to school at home and ran out instead?"

Li Shao closed his lips and remained silent.

"Running away from home at a young age is not a good hobby." Xu Chengming shook his head and sighed.

Li Shao was really puzzled, "How do you know?" They never mentioned it.

Xu Chengming tempted him, "Want to know?"

Li Shao looked at him and said nothing.

"Actually, I can see it." Xu Chengming looked up at the sky, "There are too few people as smart as me, and I feel very lonely. Do you want to learn from me?"

Li Shao was skeptical of his words, but it could be seen that he had run away from home, this Xu Chengming was indeed quite powerful.

Tang Shi heard their conversation later, and his evaluation of Xu Chengming changed a little. He was promoted to Dali Temple Secretary within three years, which showed that this person's ability should not be underestimated.

"I told you before that Xu Chengming also has some unique abilities." Zhao Jin leaned into Tang Shi's ear and explained.

Tang Shi nodded. He guessed that Xu Chengming's ability must be related to investigating cases.

"Huh? What is this?" Zhao Xu's surprise and doubt suddenly came from ahead.

"Do you recognize a nerd?" Zhao Xu asked Wei Cong, pointing to a huge flower.

Naturally, Wei Cong had never seen it before, "Tang Shi is well-informed, you can ask him."

The flower seller was a vicissitudes old lady. Seeing that Zhao Xu was interested, she quickly introduced: "Miss, this old woman doesn't recognize flowers. I'm afraid I don't know much about them, so I think they look pretty, so I sell them out." One sell."

Zhao Xu nodded, "It's pretty, but I've never seen it before." She turned around and called Tang Shi, "Tang Shi, do you recognize this kind of flower?"

Tang shi saw it from afar, and he never expected that he would see sunflowers here.That's right, sunflowers.

He has always felt that there are too few snacks in this world, not even a melon seed. This has always been his regret, but he never expected to see this kind of plant in Donglin County!

"I recognize it." Except for Zhao Jin, Li Shao and Wei Cong, everyone was a little surprised by his determined voice.

This kind of flower is really unheard of, never seen before, and there has never been a flower similar to it. Xu Chengming thought he had a lot of knowledge and was surprised, but he didn't expect Tang Shi to recognize it.

"Tell me, what's its name?" Zhao Xu liked such a bright color.

"Yingyanghua." Tang Shi looked a little excited, "This kind of flower will always face the sun, so it is called Yingyanghua." Sunflowers were called Yingyanghua in previous ancient books, and Tang Shi introduced it to Zhao Jin and the others in this way.

The flower seller nodded again and again, "Young master is right, it is true!"

Several other people were amazed, and Wei Cong's mind was full of ideas. This kind of spirit of pursuing light really made him admire, and he wished to write an article immediately.

"Tang Shi, I have a feeling and want to go back to the inn first." He greeted Tang Shi and left in a hurry.

"What a nerd!" Zhao Xu muttered.

"Miss, do you want to buy this flower?" The aunt looked expectant, she didn't plan to sell it at first.

Zhao Xuzheng was about to agree, but Tang Shi asked, "Ma'am, where did you find this flower?"

The aunt pointed in one direction, "It's just at the foot of a mountain outside the city. There is a large area there, and we don't even know what it is."

Outside the city...they can't leave the city now, but there is no rush for now.

"Do you only have this one?"

The aunt shook her head, "Not only that, my granddaughter thinks it looks pretty, so I made a few flowers and kept them next to the house."

"Ma'am, can you show us?"

"Yes, yes."

Zhao Xu and the others didn't understand what Tang Shi meant by this move, but they still followed.

The aunt took them to a dilapidated house, and there were indeed several sunflowers planted in front of the house.They are more energetic than the one that the aunt brought out for sale. Zhao Xu and the others observed it, and sure enough, the flowers were facing the sun.

"Brother, let's buy it!" Zhao Xu said he liked it very much.

Zhao Jin was about to refuse, but Tang Shi nodded heavily, and said to the aunt, "Auntie, this is ten taels of silver. How about you sell us all these flowers?"

When the aunt saw so much money, she was startled, "You can't do it! It's just a few flowers, and you can give it to you, but our family really has no rice to cook, and the young master will give you a few dozen. , a dozen pennies will do.”

Tang shi smiled, "Auntie, just take it, they are worth more than this price." Even if they are worthless now, in Tang shi's hands, it may not be so.

The aunt was so moved that she shed tears, "The young masters and young ladies are really kind-hearted people!"

Zhao Jin believed that Tang shi would not do these things for no reason, so he didn't say anything else.

Tang Shi dug out a few flowers with soil and handed them to Zhao Jin, "Hold them for me." Zhao Jin obediently held the flowers for him.

"Let's go, let's go back to the inn." Tang Shi couldn't wait to go back and study. "By the way, let Zhou Xun and the others catch the robber as soon as possible. I'm going out of the city to go to the mountains to have a look."

Zhao Jin laughed helplessly. He sometimes felt that he might be a laborer, the kind who worked hard.