Outside a rice shop in the West Market, the yellow-faced man worked hard to move bags of millet into the rice shop, and Han Xin, who got the payment, was happily dialing the abacus to calculate today's profits.

Boss Han went outside the city to buy rice and grain not to sell it himself, but to supply it to the rice shop in the city to make the difference, and today's car of grain will make nearly two taels of silver, which can be said to have doubled, although it is very hard, but it is worth it.

Moreover, Boss Han also "picked up" an extremely cheap helper, all the rough work was covered, and the salary for a day was only 20 yuan, and he couldn't find it with a lantern.

At this time, the yellow-faced man had already finished unloading, wiped his sweat and walked over and said, "Boss Han, everything has been moved." ”

Han Xin took out twenty-one cents and handed them to the yellow-faced man, and said with a smile: "Xiao Wu, you have worked hard today, this is your salary, take it, a total of twenty-one cents." You work so hard, Boss Han and I are not a stingy person, so I will reward you with an extra penny. ”

"Thank you, Boss Han." The yellow-faced man took the copper coin and put it in his belt.

"Well, I will continue to wait at the city gate tomorrow morning, I will add you to the labor, you must remember to come, remember to come!" Han Xin didn't say how much money he added, and after speaking, he drove away with a smile on his face.

The yellow-faced man's obedient appearance disappeared in an instant, he straightened his waist, his eyes were full of fierce light, and he snorted angrily: "Profiteer, if it weren't for the purpose of sneaking into the city, Lao Tzu would have killed you with a big-eared scraper." ”

This person is Wu Sanba, the leader of the lead mountain bandits who escaped, it is said that Wu Sanba touched the outside of Shangrao County that day, and saw with his own eyes that Governor Sun escorted his brothers into the city, so Wu Sanba also wanted to touch into the city to find the prince of Ning Wang to see if he could find a way to save the brothers from prison.

However, the current city defense has been taken over by Sun Sui's soldiers, and the inventory is very strict, and Wu Sanba's wanted notice is also posted at the city gate, on which his portrait is painted. Wu Sanba was afraid of being recognized, so he wandered outside the city for a few days and didn't dare to enter the city, and today he happened to meet Han Xin going out of the city to pull goods, so he lied that he was a villager from a nearby village and asked if he needed help.

The helper who only asked for 20 wengong, and Boss Han, who was known as a dead grass, naturally invited Wu Sanba, so Wu Sanba successfully sneaked into the city under the cover of the grain truck.

It's just that Wu Sanba was late, and a few days ago, the prince of Ning Wang was expelled from Shangrao County, and Li Zhen and other thieves were all poisoned, and even the corpses were transported out of the city and buried in mass graves.

Of course, Wu Sanba didn't know about these things, and still thought that the prince of Ning Wang was in the city, and his brothers were still locked in the yamen prison, so Wu Sanba left the rice shop and walked quickly to the north of the city.

At this time, Wu Sanba happened to pass by Xu Ji's haggis shop, smelled the tempting fragrance emanating from it, and immediately felt hungry, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

It is said that Wu Basan has relied on finding some wild fruits, grass roots, earthworms and the like outside the city to satisfy his hunger in the past few days, and at this time, he can withstand the smell of meat, so he walked into the haggis store and asked for a spiced haggis and two bowls of noodle broth, ready to go to the prince of Ning Wang when he was full.

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Xu Jin walked around the street leisurely and saw a shop that specialized in the four treasures of the study, so he walked in, ready to buy some paper, because the family's stock was almost running out.

The shopkeeper, an old man of about 60 years old, was squinting his eyes and lying behind the counter painting, when he heard someone come in, he didn't even raise his head, but just said casually: "Take what you need yourself, choose it and take it to checkout." ”

Xu Jin glanced closer with some curiosity, and found that the old man was making a portrait, and the man in the portrait was a little familiar, so he couldn't help asking, "Boss, who is this painting?" Why does it look familiar? ”

At this time, the old man had finished painting the portrait, wrote the word "Wanted" directly above the drawing paper, raised his head and said with some pride: "This person is Wu Sanba, the leader of the lead mountain bandits, and the wanted portraits posted in the city are all from the hands of the old man. ”

Xu Jin had a flash of inspiration in his mind, as if he had grasped something, and hurriedly picked up the painting on the case and looked at it carefully, and the old man exclaimed urgently: "Hey...... Be careful, the ink hasn't dried yet. ”

Xu Jin embarrassedly put down the drawing paper: "I seem to have seen this person in the city." ”

The old man glared at Xu Jin a little annoyed, because the ink on the painting paper had not yet dried, and when Xu Jin took it like this, a drop of ink on it was scattered, and a black bar was "drawn" on the face of the portrait, so this portrait was considered a waste.

These wanted portraits are all commissioned by the county government to paint, according to the salary of the piece, a piece of twenty yuan, so scrapping one is equivalent to the loss of twenty yuan, the old man is naturally annoyed, and said with a black face: "I really want to see, your kid will be rich, there are ten taels of silver reward, but Wu Sanba is not an idiot, at this time to Shangrao County, that is not equivalent to giving away people's heads for nothing?" ”

Xu Jin smiled a little embarrassedly: "What the boss said, I'll buy this portrait and give me a stack of papers." ”

The old man's expression was slightly relieved when he heard this, and he took a pile of paper for Xu Jin, handed it over along with the discarded portrait, and said stiffly: "Fifty yuan, take it, don't be so reckless next time, it's not such a waste of money." ”

Xu Jin paid the money and walked out of the store in a gloomy manner.

"Xianggong is back, you go first to rest for a while, and you will have food soon."

When Xu Jin returned to the haggis shop, Xie Xiaowan was stir-frying, and when she saw him, she smiled sweetly.

It's almost time to close, and there's only one diner left in the restaurant bowing his head and gobbling up.

Xu Jin nodded, and was about to go to the back house, when the diner suddenly raised his head and glanced at it, Xu Jin was slightly stunned, and recognized that this person was the yellow-faced man who drove the car for Han Xin before.

Wu Sanba was also stunned when he saw Xu Jin, but immediately pretended to be casual and lowered his head and continued to eat noodles.

Xu Jin subconsciously opened the wanted portrait and glanced at it, and his heart suddenly beat sharply: "It's him, the bandit leader Wu Sanba!" ”

Although the wanted portrait is only five or six points long, one of its features is very recognizable, which is a long-haired black mole the size of a chopstick-headed head under the left cheek. And standing from Xu Jin's current angle, he can just see the left side of the yellow-faced man's face, and the black mole under the cheeks is clearly visible.

"Xianggong, who is this painting?" Xie Xiaowan saw Xu Jin looking at the painting, and came up curiously.

Xu Jin hurriedly put the portraits together, and said casually: "When I bought the paper just now, I don't know who painted the painting that the boss gave me." ”

Xie Xiaowan sighed suspiciously, and Wu Sanba, who was eating noodles with his head down, subconsciously raised his head and looked at it, staring vigilantly at the painting rolled up in Xu Jin's hand.

Xu Jin's heart suddenly lifted, and he was about to return to the back house as if nothing had happened to ask his brother-in-law to help capture the thief, when a familiar voice came from outside the store: "Sister Xiaowan, Sister Xiaowan." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a boy who was too beautiful to speak to fly in rushed in, it was the little slave Zhu Houxi, and his face was full of excitement at the moment.

Xie Xiaowan said in surprise: "His Royal Highness, why did you come here alone?" ”

"Xi'er, don't run so fast, fall carefully."

With a doting voice sounded, several people then walked into the store, the leader was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a set of lilac gown, elegant temperament, but his face was a little pale, he was weak when he walked, obviously not in good health, and his kind eyes always fell on the little slave Xu Houxi after entering the door.

Xu Houxi introduced with a smile: "Xu Jin, Sister Xiaowan, this is my father!" ”

Xu Jin had already guessed seven or eight points when the middle-aged man came in, and he couldn't help but secretly complain when he heard the words, little slave, you are a pit father, why did you bring your Lao Tzu at this time, anyway, there is still a big thief who kills people without blinking an eye in the store, what should I do if something happens?

"Xu Jin see the prince!" Xu Jin hugged Xie Xiaowan next to him and made a gesture to kneel.

Xingwang Zhu Youyuan smiled kindly and said, "Xu Gongzi is exempt!" ”

After Xu Jin finished speaking, he saw the prince, but the kneeling action was deliberately slow, and when Zhu Youyuan, the king of Xing, said the word "free courtesy", he stood up straight and did not kneel.

The little slave has been with Xu Jin for more than half a year, so she won't be able to see Xu Jin's little calculation, but she doesn't bother to care, and said happily: "Sister Xiaowan, is there any spiced haggis?" Bring me a bowl for my father. ”

"Oh, and!" Xie Xiaowan was a little nervous, this was the prince in front of her.

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness, how can the ugly food in the market enter the mouth of the prince, let's go to the back house and sit down." ”

Zhu Houxi rolled his eyes and said: "What kind of ugly food in the market, I haven't eaten it for more than half a year, I just brought my father to taste the spiced haggis today." ”

Xu Jin had no choice but to say: "Then please invite the prince to eat in the back house, there are many people here." ”

King Xing smiled and said: "It's okay, it's more delicious to eat in the small shop, this king heard Xi'er say that he has spent most of the year here, and this king also wants to experience it." ”

"Father, sit down!" Zhu Houxi pulled out a stool for his father to sit down, and then easily took the bowl to the pot to serve the haggis.

Xingwang Zhu Youyuan looked at his skillful son kindly, but the old eunuch standing behind him secretly wiped his tears, look at the actions of His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, I don't know how much suffering I have suffered for most of the years!

Xu Jin was secretly anxious in his heart, but fortunately, there were more than a dozen big men guarding outside the store, and it was estimated that they were the guards brought by King Xing.

At this time, Wu Sanba, who was sitting at the adjacent table, was also nervous, as the so-called thief was weak-hearted, and more than a dozen guards standing outside the door brought him a lot of pressure.

"Damn, you can meet a prince if you eat noodles." Wu Sanba scolded his mother in his heart, and took out twenty yuan and put it on the table: "Boss, check out!" ”

Xu Jin's footsteps paused, and he subconsciously took out the portrait and opened it to glance at it, and suddenly chuckled in his heart: "It seems to be ...... Kind of! ”

"Xianggong, who is this painting?" Xie Xiaowan probed over curiously.

Xu Jin hurriedly closed the portrait and said casually: "The painting that the boss gave me when I bought the paper just now, and the husband didn't know who the painting was. ”

Xie Xiaowan sighed suspiciously.