There is a small town called Pack Ox Town thirty-six miles south of Chang'an City, the town is not small, the population is thousands, the reason why this place is prosperous is simply because of the geographical conditions, from this to the north more than 30 miles to Chang'an, ordinary people go out on foot, when the remaining more than 30 miles will feel a little far, it seems better to live in the town for one night and then walk, not to mention that the inns and restaurants in this town are complete, and also gather snacks from the north and south, so it becomes more and more prosperous.

The town is well governed, and even His Majesty has heard the name of the official here, so he was transferred to the household department soon after, although it is not a smooth progress, but it is also a huge change in life.

Two years after arriving at the household department, he was released from a small official and made the county order of the city and county under the rule of Shuntian Prefecture.

Two years after leaving the town of Pack Ox and coming back, it is no longer a town official but a county magistrate, Daning is a seven-grade official system, and the official is at most a nine-grade, to put it bluntly, it is not a product, if there is no two-year resume of the household department, it is not easy to be promoted to the seven-grade county order.

Your Majesty loves talents, this person has achievements and brains in governing the place, knows how to develop, is clearly organized, and is naturally much stronger in the local area than being a knife and pen official in the household department.

Shang Jiu naturally didn't know so many things, he just felt that this Pack Ox Town looked really good, there was a street from this end to that end of the street is all kinds of snacks, gathering the local characteristics of the north and south of Daning, the scale of the town is now comparable to the county seat of Fangcheng County, pedestrians are weaving, walking more than 30 miles is indeed a little hungry, simply find a small restaurant on this street to fill the stomach.

I saw a store not far away where donkey meat was burned, and the stomach was hooked up, and I hadn't eaten well for many years, but this time I came out and felt a lot more open, so my appetite was also better.

Put the donkey cart and was just about to enter the door, Shang Jiu glanced apologetically at the little donkey pulling the cart, and patted the donkey's head: "I'm really sorry for your family, it's just a matter of pulling the cart, I'll still come to eat ......."

Suddenly, two people came from the side, one left and one right, and stopped him, the two people had a smile on their faces, but there was guard in their eyes.

"But Mr. Shang?"

One of them clenched his fists.

Shang Jiu nodded: "I am, who are you?" ”

The person who spoke just now smiled and said, "If you want to see Mr., please move to the Dongshan Restaurant over there, the gentleman has already prepared a banquet, just wait for Mr. to arrive." ”

"Is it the noble man who wants to see me?"

Shang asked at the age of nine.

The man nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, you want to see Mr." ”

Shang Jiu said: "No matter what kind of noble person he is, since he wants to see me, then naturally he came to me and asked me to move over...... Sorry, not interested. ”

He stepped up the steps, and another person stretched out his hand again to stop: "Sir, don't miss the nobleman's business." ”

"You really want to stop me?"

Shang Jiu's eyelids rose slightly.

The man subconsciously took a step back, probably thinking about what such a thin person could do, and taking a step back also seemed to lose face, so he came back and continued to stop there: "What the noble man explained, please don't embarrass the two of us." ”

Shang Jiu looked sideways, and there was a big willow tree not far away, which was bare in the middle of winter, and the magpie nest on the big willow tree also looked bare.

"What do you think of there?"

Shang Jiu asked a question, walked up the steps, the man reached out to grab Shang Jiu's clothes, I don't know what was wrong, he suddenly turned around, and when he felt that he had stopped he was already stuck in the magpie nest, he was shocked, and wanted to come down, and then the pain came from his arms, and when he looked at it again, the two arms were broken by someone at some point, and he fell from the tree in a panic, and he couldn't move when he fell.

The other person who stopped Shang Jiu's face turned pale: "Please think twice, this noble gentleman can't afford to offend." ”

"Hmm."

Shang Jiu continued to walk: "You also want to go up?" ”

The man subconsciously got out of the way, where did he dare to stop him.

Shang Jiu years old entered the store, asked for three donkey meat to burn a bowl of chaotic dishes, sat down and waited, not long after the hot fire burned up, all said that the dragon meat in the sky and the donkey meat on the ground, the taste really made people appetite, took a fire and took a bite, the unique aroma of donkey meat immediately permeated between the lips and teeth, the golden crispy of the fire barbecue, mixed with the fragrance of donkey meat swallowed, I felt that the stomach could taste the same.

This feels really cool, Shang Jiu was nine years old after eating the first fire in two bites, the footsteps outside the door were chaotic, and after a while, someone opened the cotton curtain, and a man wearing a brocade dress with a hat slowly came in, swept the people in the store, and then sat opposite Shang Jiu, when he took off the hat, Shang Jiu found that this person did not know him, it was a middle-aged man who looked like he was in his forties, his eyebrows were charitable, and he had a learned and Confucian temperament.

"Hello Mr. Shang."

The man smiled.

"Good, very good."

Shang Jiu picked up the second donkey meat and burned it: "If you can disappear from front of me, I will be even better." ”

"Sir is really good at laughing."

The middle-aged man smiled: "I know that Mr. Shang is a cheerful person and has a frank personality, so I will say some things directly." ”

He pointed back, and the people who brought it began to clear the field, those who ate in the store were invited out one by one, there was no violent behavior, everyone was accompanied by a smiling face and gave five taels of silver, and the diners who took the silver were naturally happy, five taels of silver is not a small amount for ordinary people, with free money, who will resist?

The boss and his family got ten taels of silver, and they were also very happy, so they went to the door to wait in the distance as requested.

Four big men stood outside the door to block the door of the store, and no one was allowed to approach.

Only Shang Jiu and the middle-aged man and his entourage were left in the store, Shang Jiu didn't care, but he cared more about the donkey meat in his hand, the first one he ate quickly, and the second one became chewing slowly as if he wanted to taste the donkey meat, and the middle-aged man was not in a hurry, waiting for him to finish the second fire before he spoke: "Mr. Shang has worked hard all these years, in fact, Mr. didn't do anything wrong back then, but he punished himself and thought about it behind closed doors, which is enough to show that Mr. is a person who values love and righteousness. Sir shouldn't have forgotten it, right? ”

Shang Jiu picked up the third donkey meat and burned it, and subconsciously looked at the counter, and the husband and wife of the shopkeeper were not in the house, so he was a little annoyed.

Not enough to eat.

Seeing that Shang ignored himself at the age of nine, the middle-aged man was not brainless, got up and went over to make himself a pot of tea, the tea in this small store is naturally not good, it is often the cheapest broken tea, northerners drink more jasmine tea, it has some bitter taste, the taste of broken tea is strong, and the bitterness is heavier.

The middle-aged man poured a cup of tea and took a sip, as if it was the first time to drink this worthless tea, so he frowned slightly.

"When an old man entrusted Mr. Shang to go south to see a man named Shen Xiaosong, Mr. Shang shot and seriously injured him, but this person did not die, and the child Mr. Shang was not found, speaking of which, Mr. Shang did not complete the trust of the deceased, I heard that Mr. Shang was saved by the old man, Mr. Shang's father died in the war in Northern Xinjiang and his mother died in depression shortly after, the people in the village were taken care of, and the government also sent people from time to time to see your life, but fate is always so ruthless, a plague took the life of Mr. Shang's sister, So Mr. Shang became lonely. ”

Shang Jiu paused slightly, and then continued to concentrate on eating.

The middle-aged man looked at Shang Jiu's reaction, and felt that the first sip of this cheap and unpopular tea was so bitter, but it was actually a faint sweetness, so he took another sip.

"Mr. Shang was later found by the old man and brought to Yunxiao City, Xishu Road, in fact, the old man was also to please the people she cared about, at that time their husband and wife relationship was good, but later they were intervened, so there was a rift."

Shang Jiu finished eating the third baked cake and began to attack the bowl of Chaos, and there were a few oil stars floating in the bowl, like decorations, which made the seaweed and shrimp skin also a lot more beautiful.

The middle-aged man still didn't react when he saw that Shang was nine years old, so he continued: "Maybe the old man didn't have any children of his own at that time, so he treated Mr. Shang as his own, and always took better care of Mr. Shang than others. ”

Shang Jiu took a bite of Chaos, feeling a little salty, so he looked up at the counter again, and no one was making a fire, and his mood became even more irritable.

"If Mr. Shang still remembers the old relationship, there is something I want to ask Mr. Shang for help."

The middle-aged man was silent for a while and then continued: "It's not that Mr. Shang is going to kill people and set fires, nor is it going to target anyone, I just want to ask Mr. Shang to stay and be a helper." ”

Shang Jiu looked at the counter for the third time, thinking if he would taste worse if he did it himself?

The middle-aged man followed Shang Jiu's line of sight and looked behind him, where could he guess that Shang Jiu had watched it three times just because he hadn't eaten enough.

"If Mr. Shang is willing to stay, I will agree to any conditions."

He looked at Shang's nine-year-old eyes and said seriously: "Although Mr. Shang's old man is no longer alive, but those of us who used to do the same thing for her have always been grateful, we think, although the old man has passed away, but there are still many things that need our support to help, if Mr. agrees, many people will only look forward to Mr. Shang in the future, and Mr. can order half of the rivers and lakes." ”

"Half a river and lake?"

Shang was nine years old and finally spoke.

The middle-aged man was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "At least half of the rivers and lakes." ”

"It's too small."

Shang Jiu shook his head: "I'm not interested." ”

The middle-aged man frowned slightly: "Doesn't Mr. Shang think about the old love at all?" For Mr. Yu, it was a life-saving grace. ”

"Hmm."

Shang Jiu glanced at the middle-aged man: "Thank you for reminding me." ”

The middle-aged man said: "It's half of the rivers and lakes now, but the future may be ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Shang Jiusui waving his hand, Shang Jiusui looked at the middle-aged man's eyes and said very seriously: "Do you know how to make donkey meat for fire?" ”

The middle-aged man was stunned: "What do you mean by Mr. Shang?" ”

Shang Jiu sighed slightly: "If you can't do it, then you may die." ”

The middle-aged man got up suddenly, and the guards he brought with him in the store also approached.

Shang Jiu's face was still unsatisfied: "It's really delicious, why do you want to disturb me to eat?" It's a very unpleasant thing to not eat enough, I'm not happy, and none of you will do it, so I think it's only fair that you should become unhappy too. ”

The middle-aged man immediately stepped back: "Stop him." ”

Where can it be stopped?

Half a cup of tea later, there were more than a dozen people piled up in the room, all of them knocked unconscious and stacked together, the middle-aged man stood behind the stove with half fear and half indignation, he looked at the meat in front of him and didn't know what to do.

"If you don't do it well, you'll die."

Shang Jiu Sui poured himself a cup of tea: "Do you know that it is rude to interrupt someone else's meal?" ”

The middle-aged man knew that something big was going to happen today, so he had to rub his face, but where would he?

Shang Jiu walked over and picked up one of his hands: "I'll teach you?" ”

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and before he could say anything, the hand was pressed on the stove by Shang Jiu, and the sound of Zila Zila came out immediately, and a pungent smell of green smoke appeared.

The middle-aged man screamed in pain but couldn't break free, Shang Jiu Sui let go of his hand after pressing it for a while, and looked at the hand whose palm was already black.

"Bother you to go back and tell the person who asked you to come, I haven't killed for more than twenty years, don't provoke me again, you know? Killing is addictive. ”

Shang Jiu was nine years old and went out with his small package, raised his hand and touched the little donkey.

I don't know why, but the little donkey felt that his eyes were wrong, and took a step back in fright.

Shang was nine years old, smashed it, smashed it, and got in the car.

The little donkey seemed to let out a long breath.

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[I got up at four o'clock in the morning, I was so hungry that I wanted to eat donkey meat and burn it. 】