"Huang Zhutou, sit down for a while"

"This pear is very delicious, do you want to taste it?"

"Huang Zhutou, thirsty or not, do you want a bowl of tea just brewed?"

When Huang Laogui, who was wearing a public uniform, walked all the way, people kept greeting him flatteringly, and some even took the initiative to stuff fresh fruit pastries into Huang Laogui's hands, and Huang Laogui greeted them one by one with a smile.

However, Huang Lao Ghost is very shrewd, and every time he symbolically leaves one or two articles, without it, he doesn't look down on these little things but enjoys the feeling of being complimented, throwing a few small coins, lest someone make a fuss about it.

As for someone calling himself an "old ghost" nickname behind his back, Huang Lao Ghost knew it, and he ignored it, on the contrary, he thought that it could make people hate and fear, and it was also a manifestation of strength.

When he arrived at Fuqian Street, Old Ghost Huang turned around and entered an inconspicuous teahouse.

In the private room, Dr. Tea rushed over the tea and bowed and retreated, Huang Lao Ghost drank the tea by himself, and just took two sips, a thin man sat quietly beside Huang Lao Ghost, and said respectfully: "Jian Ye." ”

The person who spoke was Zhou Chong, a well-known pimp in Guixiang County, he was a subordinate secretly cultivated by Huang Laogui, and even now, Zhou Chong's deed of sale is still locked in Huang Laogui's closet.

Huang Lao Ghost has solved a lot of cases, among which Zhou Chong has contributed a lot.

"How's it going?" Old Ghost Huang asked without raising his head.

Zhou Chong refilled the hot tea for Huang Lao Ghost very interestingly, and said in a low voice: "Hui Jianye's words are all done, the pigs in the entire Guixiang County are in the water, and the small ones are all collected, and the police also tell those who kill pigs, which one dares to sell the pig into the water to the surname Zheng, don't want to mix in Guixiang County in the future." ”

"Well, are you watching from outside the city?"

"Keep an eye on it, if the kid surnamed Zheng goes out of the city to collect it, no matter where he goes, our people will take the pig into the water first, and the little one also told the official who guarded the door, and said that it was the meaning of the Jian Ye, and he didn't want to bring the pig into the city if he was lucky to receive it outside the city."

After a pause, Zhou Chong said a little proudly: "Master Jian, just now my subordinates reported that the surnamed Zheng couldn't collect pigs into the water, and he and the little maid pushed the empty cart home, and it is estimated that they will not go out of the city to collect pigs into the water again." ”

Huang Lao Ghost nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, what's the use of making it delicious, there are no materials, see if he can make something out of nothing." ”

"That's it" Zhou Chong echoed very interestingly: "If you want to gain a foothold in Guixiang County, you won't go to Jianye's mansion to worship the mountain, if Jianye hadn't let the little one endure it first, the little one would have come to him to be ruthless, so as to avenge the young master nephew." ”

Huang Laohu ran into Zheng Peng, thankless, forced himself to surrender, Huang Lao Ghost originally planned to repair Zheng Peng and avenge his nephew, but he inadvertently knew that Zheng Peng had a stunt to make braised meat, which could make other people's unwanted pigs into delicious dishes, and secretly saw the hot scene of rushing to buy braised pork, and also tasted the braised pigs in the water, and quickly changed his mind.

A million fortunes are not as good as a skill, and the shrewd Huang Lao Ghost saw a huge business opportunity from it, so he changed his strategy.

Hatred put aside first, try to get the secret recipe and then say, isn't it just a down-and-out poor scholar, these poor and sour eyes are low, most of them read to the point of pedantic, and they can be coaxed with small means.

In order to achieve his goal, Huang Laogui first cut off Zheng Peng's supply of goods in the first step.

Judging from Zhou Chong's feedback, the first step was very successful.

"Without my order, don't touch him, continue to cut off his supply, without me nodding, don't let him get one or two pigs in the water, by the way, send someone to pay more attention, who does the surname Zheng contact with on weekdays, and notify me as soon as there is any situation." Old Ghost Huang quickly gave a new order.

According to the investigation by the chief, this Zheng Peng is a distant relative of the Zheng family, a rich man with three wives and four concubines, and many relatives, the Zheng family in Yuancheng has no climate, let alone its distant relative, if he pays attention to it, he will not arrange for him to live in such a dilapidated house.

Another point, Zheng Peng came here to study, there was only a little maid bought on the road, and there was not even one of them, he bought a maidservant, and he didn't see him visit relatives and friends, nor did he go to school, and he rolled up his sleeves to do the next ninth-rate business, needless to say, he should have seen the beauty of the bundle (the meaning of tuition) and the coil all spent, and he didn't dare to tell the family, so he could only pick up pigs and sell them to make braised meat to make money to spend the day.

What kind of background can this kind of person have?

That's how Huang Lao Ghost had the idea of keeping the secret recipe for himself, and quickly turned his thoughts into action.

After all, it is a cheap business to catch fast, and you have to work up and down, if you get the secret recipe of braised meat, the future generations of the Huang family can benefit.

Zhou Chong answered, and then quietly drilled out of the door.

Seeing that things were going well, Huang Lao Ghost was in a good mood, drank two cups of tea, and ordered a Hu cake and a plate of pastries, and ate and drank to his heart's content, so Shi Shiran left the teahouse and continued to patrol.

Out of the door, Huang Lao Ghost patted the horizontal knife on his waist, smiled, changed his usual route, and patrolled in the direction of Guiyu Street.

Striking while the iron is hot, facing this young opponent, Huang Lao Ghost plans to find out the bottom and test Zheng Peng's quality first.

His nephew is not stupid, he suffered losses in front of Zheng Peng twice, which shows that this Zheng Peng is not so simple, and Huang Lao Ghost wants to see what countermeasures Zheng Peng has.

The identity of the head catcher gives Huang Lao Ghost a good cover, hand over the dirty things to Zhou Chong to do, stand on the side of justice, and calculate Zheng Peng in the open and dark, if Xiao Xiucai, surnamed Zheng, is simple-minded and tells himself about the difficulties, it will just deceive his trust, and it will be more convenient to act in the future.

Old Ghost Huang calculated as he walked, and his small triangular eyes flashed with a grim light from time to time.

At No. 18 Guiyu Street, Lu Shu was tidying up the house, and Zheng Peng, as the eldest young master, moved a chair and sat in the yard, holding Erlang's legs, drinking water while nibbling on the pears he bought on the side of the road when he went home.

At this time, it is more suitable to drink tea, but Datang has not yet mastered the technology of fried tea, tea is not only jerky and difficult to swallow, many people are seasoned with salt, vinegar, sugar, etc., drinking without that ethereal, contemplative feeling, the taste is strange and strange, it is better to drink unpolluted mountain spring water.

After Lu Shu finished cleaning, she came out and saw Zheng Peng sitting leisurely in the yard munching on pears, and couldn't help frowning and said, "Young master, you're still eating, didn't you say that there is a way?" ”

couldn't receive the pig into the water, Lu Shu was anxious, but Zheng Peng was calm, saying "the sky can't fall", I thought that my young master had some way to solve it, the sun was about to set, and the eldest young master was still gnawing on pears as if nothing had happened.

It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuchs are in a hurry.

"There's a way." Zheng Peng responded with a smile, and after speaking, he picked up a pear from the fruit bowl and threw it at Lu Shu: "Lu Shu, you taste it, this pear is good, sweet and juicy, refreshing and sweet." ”

Lu Shu hurriedly caught the pear and stomped her feet anxiously: "Young master, if you think of a way, why are you still sitting here?" The sun is about to set, and if it's late, you won't be able to come out tomorrow. ”

"Don't worry" Zheng Peng waved his hand and said: "The gongs and drums are sounding, the foreplay is done, and the protagonist should also appear." ”

People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, Zheng Peng thought that there would be people jealous of selling braised meat, but he didn't expect to sell it for only three days before the situation happened.

The reaction is so fast, the efficiency is so high, Zheng Peng guessed that the people behind him are very powerful, whether they buy and collect pigs into the water or go home, there are faint people following, indicating that he is not ambitious, originally Lu Shu proposed to collect pigs outside the city, but Zheng Peng still refused.

If people have the intention to cut off your supply, even if you go outside the city, it is the same result, it is better to save some energy, and respond to all changes at home, and see what the "caring person" will do next.

"The protagonist? What protagonist? Lu Shu was once again confused by Zheng Peng's leaping thinking.

"Bang bang... Bang bang bang..."

"Anyone?"

While he was talking, there was a sudden sound of a hard object knocking on the wooden door, and a somewhat shrill voice shouted.

Zheng Peng winked at Lu Shu, lowered his voice and said, "Did you hear it, the protagonist is on the stage." ”