Apart from anything else, the rusty appearance of the iron box made Cheng Ji feel that he had finally found the right direction.
He asked someone to open it, and his subordinates spent a lot of effort to pry open a gap in the iron box.
Cheng Ji looked on anxiously, so he simply went up to hold an iron rod and pointed it at the gap... Hearing a click, the iron box finally opened.
What appeared in front of everyone's eyes was an old account book with slightly yellowed paper.
Seeing this, Cheng Ji finally smiled.
"Haha, no matter who did it, I want to see how you can argue with this account book!"
Cheng Ji muttered excitedly and reached out to open the account book. But as he kept flipping through it, his originally happy face became more and more confused.
The subordinates next to him looked at Cheng Ji nervously. Seeing that Cheng Ji kept looking at the account books and remained silent for a long time, they couldn't help but become curious - what did Cheng Ji see? Why did he look so happy just now?
The child has no voice?
Someone knocked and asked tentatively:
"Sir, is there something wrong with this account book?"
"..."
However, Cheng Ji still didn't speak. As he turned the pages of the book faster and faster, everyone could clearly feel Cheng Ji's irritability.
"question?"
Suddenly... Cheng Ji closed the account book, raised his head and looked around at everyone with complicated eyes, and then said with a weird smile:
"This is a big problem!"
"Put the account books and the iron box away and follow me out of the city!"
With that said, Cheng Ji threw the account book away, and the subordinates next to him quickly caught it. But when he came back to his senses, they found that Cheng Ji had already climbed onto his horse and ran impatiently towards the outside of the city.
Everyone hurriedly followed, but they became more and more confused... What did Cheng Ji see that made him so anxious?
And this answer obviously can only be revealed by Cheng Ji himself.
——
In fact, this time did not pass too long.
In the morning, Cheng Ji was ordered to leave the fields outside the city and come to the city to investigate the matter thoroughly.
It was just after noon, so he led his troops out of the city and rushed in the direction of Liu Zhang.
I want to reveal everything I saw and heard today in front of Liu Zhang.
However, since a whole morning has passed, Liu Zhang must not have been idle.
Before Cheng Ji left, Pang Xi had already taken out a contract. Now after noon, how would things look like?
——
In fact, when Cheng Ji arrived at the tea shed where Liu Zhang and Pang Xi were talking, what he saw was not a scene of the two discussing various contracts, but...
"No one moves!"
Cheng Ji heard Liu Zhang's excited shouts from a distance, but he couldn't see clearly what happened because of the distance.
But he was still able to distinguish Liu Zhang's situation when he was surrounded by a group of people.
Cheng Ji secretly thought that Liu Zhang was being bullied by Pang Xi and others - but then he thought about it... Zhang Ren was still here, and there were so many soldiers and horses protecting Liu Zhang, how could he let Liu Zhang fall into this trap?
Into a dangerous situation?
So the first thing Cheng Ji did was to look around and see where Zhang Ren was now...
However... there was no trace of Zhang Ren anywhere, and only a few scattered soldiers could be seen standing on the top of the mountain to watch. At this time, Qi Qi really felt that something was wrong.
"What are you doing! This is mine!"
Liu Zhang yelled again, which made Cheng Ji very anxious, and he couldn't help but urge his subordinates behind him to follow and rescue Liu Zhang.
Everyone was frightened by Cheng Ji's appearance and became excited.
But... before everyone had gone far, someone suddenly said in a strange tone:
"Sniff...uh...you guys...do you smell a scent?"
The man swallowed his saliva and muttered vaguely...
Cheng Ji was about to retort, but he subconsciously sniffed the air and smelled the aroma the other party mentioned.
In just a moment, this aroma made Cheng Ji's mouth water. Different from the elegant scent of perfume, what filled the air was an obvious burnt aroma... To be precise, it should be the aroma of meat.
.
Is someone having a barbecue?
"Sir! In the distance... look at the distance! There seems to be fire there!"
"What?"
Cheng Ji looked in the direction pointed by his subordinates and saw several people setting up a fire next to the tea shed and making a simple support...
And looking at the rack full of meat skewers, you don’t need to think too much...the smell must come from there.
But Cheng Ji still had questions in his mind...
Since there was a barbecue at the tea shed, what was the reason for Liu Zhang's yelling just now?
Before Cheng Ji could say his question, Liu Zhang answered his question completely with his next roar:
"Give it to me! Even if I compensate you for this deer! You can't deny me a bite! I want to order this deer leg!"
"..."
Cheng Ji fell silent.
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When Cheng Ji arrived, Liu Zhang was enjoying his meal.
He held a huge deer leg and gnawed it without restraint, making some strange noises as he gnawed it... If it weren't for his respect for Liu Zhang, Cheng Ji would have thought it was a wild boar eating it.
Moreover, Liu Zhang was so engrossed in eating that he didn't even notice when Cheng Ji came.
Zhang Ren on the side reminded him, and he turned back to look at Cheng Ji.
"Oh, you're back. Have you eaten? If not, let's sit down and eat together.
Well... there are some meat skewers here, among other things, Miss Zhen’s barbecue skills are really amazing, you can try them!"
Cheng Ji looked at Liu Zhang with a numb face, seemingly speechless.
However, the meat skewers handed over by Liu Zhang did have a burnt aroma that I had never smelled before.
I started to swallow my saliva when I smelled him from a distance. When I got closer, the smell was even more irresistible.
But Cheng Ji still had something important to report, and when he saw a group of people sitting around him, they were no longer as tense as before... This made him have to go to Liu Zhang and whisper to him:
"Lord...there is something that needs to be discussed in a place where no one is around, otherwise..."
"Is there anything more important than eating?
Just asking you if this matter can wait?"
"Um...can it be..."
"That's it. Stop whining and hurry up and eat the skewers. If you don't, I'll eat them all."
"That……"
In the end, I still couldn't resist the aroma of meat skewers.
Soon he was sitting among the crowd and enjoying the delicious food with everyone.
However, while he was eating, his eyes kept following Pang Xi across from him, and he seemed to be quite wary of Pang Xi.
But despite being vigilant, he did not interrupt everyone's interest in eating.
After all, the meat skewers were so fragrant that it made him feel unreal and that all the meals he had eaten over the years were in vain.
