Make a long-term worker as an old attack

Three days later, a carriage with a goose-yellow roof appeared on the official road outside Sanyuan County. The horse on the carriage was a tall maroon horse, which was very valuable at first glance.The man driving the car was dressed in black and black trousers. He seemed to be dressed like a warrior. His figure looked tall and strong, which seemed to be different from the figure of ordinary men.On one side of the carriage was a big black dog, running along with the horses in front of the carriage. It didn't bark or make noise, and looked very human.

The man driving the car didn't seem to be in a hurry, the horse ran slowly, and he didn't use the whip to urge him. He just sat in the driver's seat and ate some jerky, and even sent some to the curtain from time to time.

"Don't eat it, don't eat it, this jerky is very spicy, I don't like it." A coquettish voice came out from inside the carriage, and Niu Geng didn't force him when he heard it, but he didn't send the jerky inside either. up.

"There's a teahouse in front, how about some side dishes?"

The person inside did not respond, thinking that he should agree.

Niu Geng tightened the reins to stop the carriage, and after ordering the shopkeeper to serve two light side dishes and two bowls of clear porridge, he took out the small pile and put it away, and helped a person out from behind the curtain.

The man was dressed in brown and black rough linen clothes, with a pair of black linen shoes on his feet, like a servant. If you saw him standing with that big man at first glance, your first reaction would be that there are two masters and servants.But if you think about it carefully, you can see something wrong: How can there be a reason why a servant rides in a car and the master drives it?

What's more, although the man's clothes were vulgar, he was extremely white, and his hands were pink and tender, without a single callus, and he didn't look like he had worked.On the contrary, the big man's hands were full of calluses, and he didn't know whether they were worn out by holding a knife or a farm tool.I saw the man dressed as a servant helping the big man get out of the carriage, but it seemed that he was very uncomfortable behind him, and the way he walked looked weird.

The big man took a cushion from the carriage and put it on the stool in the teahouse before helping him to sit down.

"If you can't eat spicy food, just have some porridge." Niu Geng said.

"Humph..." Xue Zhaoqing pouted and didn't look at him, gently raised his buttocks and sat on the mat, slowly relaxing the fleshy buttocks until he sat on the porcelain and felt a little more comfortable.

With a spoon in one hand, he delivered porridge to his mouth, and with chopsticks in the other hand, he fiddled with the stir-fried rapeseed in front of him.

"I went too far yesterday. I didn't know that Uncle Chen's medicine is so powerful." Niu Geng said sorry, but his face was refreshed, and he delivered food to Xue Zhaoqing with a smile on his face. , a flattering look.

"..." Xue Zhaoqing ate happily and ignored him.

"Then Qing'er didn't like it, so I threw the medicine away, and I just don't need it in the future."

"No!" Xue Zhaoqing patted his thick arm with a small hand, and his charming Danfeng eyes narrowed: "Don't lose it, hand it all in!"

"Okay, okay, I'll keep everything for you." Niu Geng put another mouthful of vegetables into Xue Zhaoqing's mouth, but he didn't intend to hand over the medicine at all.

"Qing'er, we are going to enter the county seat soon, do you really want to change your clothes?"

"Don't change it. If I dress like a scholar again, won't others recognize me at a glance?"

"But you don't look like a servant when you dress up."

"You sit in the carriage when you enter the city, and I will drive the carriage. Oh, yes, I will find the owner of the teahouse later to ask the owner of the teahouse to paint my face with stove bottom ash. Oh, and also, don't feed me while eating. It is rare to see a servant who can serve with the master, so who else is fed by the master himself?"

"Why do you have to make such a fuss? Isn't it better to go back directly?"

"No, my aunt and Zhaowen must think that I am wandering outside, and I will come back with you just like this. They may not know how to turn black and white in front of father. Instead of losing the initiative at that time, let's hide it first and find out who is at home now. Whatever the situation, it’s better to adapt to the situation. Oh, I told you not to feed me.” Niu Geng fed another mouthful of porridge into Xue Zhaoqing’s mouth, Xue Zhaoqing swallowed it deliciously.

After a full meal in the teahouse, Niu Geng and Xue Zhaoqing changed seats and sat in the carriage. Xue Zhaoqing's face was grey, and he looked like a little servant. He set up the carriage, led the dog, and rushed Drive in the direction of the county gate of Sanyuan County.It's just that the big man in the carriage seemed to be uncomfortable in the carriage, poking his head out for a while, and feeding him food from time to time, until Xue Zhaoqing, who was annoyed, yelled at him, and then shrank back obediently go back.

The two entered the county seat smoothly. As Xue Zhaoqing expected, after entering the city, no one suspected his identity. The well-known young master of the Xue family in Sanyuan County would never think of pretending to be a servant came back.

Niu Geng found an ordinary inn, and the two opened a room to live in. They put the horse in the stable in the backyard, and Xiao Bai took it with him.

This inn is not far from Xue's residence, only two alleys away. After the two settled down, they took advantage of the time when Xiao Er brought tea up, and inquired about the current situation of Xue's family.

"Master, do you know someone from the Xue family?" Xiao Er saw that Niu Geng looked familiar, but couldn't tell where he had seen him.

"Well, I had some friendships in the past, and now I pass by Sanyuan County, thinking about whether to pay a visit." Niu Geng sat upright, with a black face that was not angry and pretentious, and Xiaoer had many people coming and going, so he could tell at a glance that this was a man. People in the military, such people are often not easy to mess with, so he hurriedly replied: "The Xue family is not doing well now, Mr. Xue suddenly fell ill in bed for some reason in the first few months. If you don't come out, you can only drink some gruel every day..."

The little second brother hadn't finished speaking when he saw the boy next to the master let go of his hand and smashed the cup he was about to pour into on the ground.

"... Oh... Master, I accidentally missed it..., please punish me." The servant hurriedly knelt aside, and was about to pick up the cup that was broken into several pieces with his hands.

"Don't touch it." The military master on the other end, who was still dark-faced at first, said with extreme affection, he immediately helped the boy who was kneeling on the side, without punishing him, and said to Xiaoer: "Go on."

"Oh, that's right, isn't Master Xue not feeling well? Second Young Master Xue takes care of the family affairs on behalf of his father. Chongxi, married a girl as a concubine, this new wife has not been married for a few days, and I heard that she is wandering around the Flower Street and Willow Lane in our county all day long."

"Anymore?"

"Others, I don't know about the younger ones. It's just my master. Forgive me for asking too much. Seeing that you are not very old, do you have friendship with any master from the Xue family?"

"The young master of the Xue family, Xue Zhaoqing."

"Then you came at the wrong time. The young master of the Xue family has gone to nowhere because of the Donglin Party. You can't see him now."

"Donglin Party, what Donglin Party?!"

"Ah? Master, the younger one didn't say anything, and the younger one didn't know anything." The waiter became nervous when he heard Niu Geng repeat Donglin Party twice, and he didn't care about Niu Geng to stop him. Hastily took the tea tray and backed out.

"Qing'er, how are you?" Niu Geng closed the door of the guest room, and quickly helped Xue Zhaoqing to sit on the stool. After cleaning up the debris on the ground, he poured Xue Zhaoqing a cup of tea.

"My father, my father...how could he be so seriously ill?"

"Qing'er, don't worry." Niu Geng comforted: "The little brother here is just hearsay, what is the situation in Xue's mansion, we have to find a way to go into the mansion to find out."

"Uncle Zhong, Brother Niu Geng, look for Uncle Zhong, he lives in the backyard at home, not far from where you lived at the time, let's go find him, he must know!"

"Well, I think the same way. Uncle Zhong has been in Xue's family for decades. He was good to us and my wife at that time, and he would definitely not harm us. It's just that the sky is still bright now. When it gets dark, let's start from the backyard. Go over the wall, there is a low wall in the backyard, it's easy to get in there, and it won't attract people."

"Hmm..." Although Xue Zhaoqing was anxious, this was the only way out right now.

When it was dark at night, Niu Geng took Xue Zhaoqing to the alley in the backyard of Xue's house. This alley was so narrow that even a wheelbarrow could not pass it. During the day, few people walked, and at night, there were not even a shadow of a ghost. invisible.

Putting Xiaobai at the entrance of the alley, Niu Geng held Xue Zhaoqing's buttocks and pushed him up the wall, then turned over by himself, and then came down holding Xue Zhaoqing who was sitting on the top of the wall.

Not far away there are several simple thatched houses, one of which has a slightly flatter front, which is Xue Zhong's residence.

Through the paper window, you can still see a little light. Uncle Zhong probably hasn't rested yet. The two of them were afraid that others would find out that there would be troubles, so they walked over there lightly.

"Bang bang bang." Niu Geng lightly knocked on the wooden door of Xue Zhong's hut.

But no one answered inside.

"Bang bang bang." Niu Geng knocked again, but still no one answered.Xue Zhaoqing wondered, how could the room be empty even though the candles were lit?He held his breath and leaned on the wooden door to listen carefully to the sound inside. There was no movement inside, but a strange whining sound came through the door panel. The sound seemed to be deliberately suppressed by something to prevent it from coming out. Yes, is it?

Xue Zhaoqing was startled, only the words "murder and silence" appeared in his head, Auntie and his gang dared to do tricks to drive Niu Geng away, so what's the difficulty in smothering an old man in sixties to death while no one is paying attention?

In a panic, he kicked open the door, only to see that there was no one in the room except Uncle Zhong, but in the dim light of the oil lamp, Xue Zhong was crying sadly with his nose and mouth covered, two lines of old tears running down his face. The ravine was ticking downwards, a pair of white eyebrows were tightly locked, when he saw his wooden door being kicked open, Xue Zhong stopped crying in shock, but after seeing the face of the person at the door clearly, he rushed the two of them together. The room was dragged in, and after confirming that no one was around, he quickly closed the wooden door from the inside.