After saying that, Xu Zhengquan took out a piece of broken silver and put it on the table. He hurriedly got up and left the teahouse without even saying hello to Zhang Banxian.
"Hey, hey, your distinguished guest will stay..."
Zhang Banxian wanted to stop Xu Zhengquan from behind, but he had already disappeared.
Zhang Banxian looked at the small pieces of silver on the table, shook his head and said: "This young man...you should pay for the tea before leaving, and you have to let me pay it myself..."
Afterwards, Zhang Banxian put the broken silver into his pocket and said to himself: "That's all, I won't bother with him about the business."
As for Xu Zhengquan, after leaving the teahouse, he went straight to the north gate.
In fact, to be honest, Xu Zhengquan didn't really believe in Zhang Banxian's words. He just had no idea or direction in his heart, so he started with a fortune-telling.
If you can't find that warrior gang, you have to try your luck and chance...
Half an hour later, Xu Zhengquan left the city. Standing outside the city gate, he wanted to hire a donkey cart to go to the countryside, but when he thought of Xu Youde's words, he stopped hiring a cart.
Xu Youde repeatedly told him to keep the secret secret and never tell others who he was looking for in the city.
So Xu Zhengquan bought some food and drink at the gate of the city, then hunched his neck and braved the cold wind towards the suburbs.
When he came to a fork in the road, Xu Zhengquan hesitated again. One was an official road and the other was a small road. Which way should he go?
I looked at the two streets and saw that there was not even a single person in sight...
After thinking for a moment, Xu Zhengquan decided to go along the official road because he remembered Xu Youde said that the people from the Warrior Gang went to the carriage and horse dealers to collect tolls. The carriage and horse dealers always used the official road, so he felt that going there
If you look for it on official roads, you have a higher chance of meeting the Warriors Gang...
Of course, the premise is that those people happen to be "doing business" in this area today!
After walking along the official road for more than an hour, Xu Zhengquan found no trace of the Warriors Gang.
Xu Zhengquan was tired and hungry from walking, so he sat down on a short tree stump beside the official road, chewing dry food while cursing Zhang Banxian...
"Bah! He's just a liar...and half-immortal, bullshit!"
While he was eating and cursing, Xu Zhengquan saw four figures walking on the road in the distance. The two in front were dressed as scholars, and the two in the back were dressed as book boys.
All four of them had anger and frustration on their faces. The two scholars in front were still talking and conversing, sometimes angrily swearing, sometimes shaking their heads helplessly.
When the four of them got a little closer, Xu Zhengquan vaguely heard their conversation.
One of the scholars said in an angry tone: "Brother Zhang, just wait and see. As soon as I enter the city, I will go to the government office to report the case. I must bring these road bandits to justice!"
The other scholars immediately nodded in agreement: "Brother Li, don't worry! I will go to the government office with you to report the case soon. Zhang also hates those strong men!"
After hearing these two sentences, Xu Zhengquan immediately stopped chewing...
After being stunned for a moment, Xu Zhengquan suddenly jumped up and quickly chased after the two scholars.
"Wait, don't leave yet..."
Xu Zhengquan's shout frightened the four of them. The two bookboys quickly protected their young master with their bodies and stared at Xu Zhengquan with vigilance, who still had dry food foam on his mouth.
"You...what do you want to do?" The person asking was Mr. Li.
Mr. Zhang beside him said softly: "Brother Li, this man doesn't seem to be a robber..."
Xu Zhengquan felt that his appearance had caused a misunderstanding among the four of them. He immediately clasped his fists and said politely: "I'm sorry for frightening the two young masters..."
Mr. Li felt calmer now and asked: "Who are you?"
Xu Zhengquan first gave a false name, then said that he was going in the direction they came from, and finally asked: "You two gentlemen, just now I heard you talking about... road bandits, strongmen...
....What on earth is going on?”
As soon as this matter was mentioned, the anger in the four people's hearts rushed straight up...
The two scholars Li and Zhang told me what happened.
It turned out that the two of them were returning to Beijing to celebrate the New Year. Unexpectedly, they encountered a group of road thieves on the road. They took away more than half of their silver coins on the pretext of collecting tolls.
When Xu Zhengquan heard this, he was secretly excited. He wandered around all morning. Could this group of people be the Warrior Gang he was looking for?
"You two gentlemen, where are those people...Oh no, I mean...where did you two meet them? I will be there soon, I have to be more careful.
yes......."
When Mr. Li heard that Xu Zhengquan still wanted to go back and forth, he kindly reminded him: "Brother, you'd better not take this road. Take some time to go around and avoid these road bandits. It's always safe."
Some..."
Mr. Zhang also nodded and said in agreement: "Brother, you don't know, those people are all vicious, and if you go over like this, you are giving away money in vain..."
Xu Zhengquan quickly promised the two of them that he would not go there...
But as soon as he turned around, Xu Zhengquan walked along the official road again, and his pace seemed very brisk.
"Hey, big brother, why are you still..."
Mr. Li wanted to call Xu Zhengquan, but was stopped by Mr. Zhang...
"...Brother Li, forget it, stop yelling. If this person doesn't believe us, just let him suffer some pain!"
The two book boys also nodded in agreement with Mr. Zhang's words.
Mr. Li shook his head helplessly and continued towards the capital with everyone.
With the news, Xu Zhengquan walked much faster than before. He followed the instructions of the two scholars and searched along the way. As long as there was a slight movement on both sides of the official road, he would stop and look around.
Just like that, another hour passed while walking and searching, but the group of people collecting tolls still didn't show up.
Xu Zhengquan was a little discouraged. He stood on the road and looked up at the sky, wondering if it was noon and the group of people had just gone to eat and he had missed it...
Just when Xu Zhengquan didn't want to go any further and was about to return to the city, the frightened cries of women and children came from the woods ahead.
Xu Zhengquan immediately cheered up and thought to himself, could it be that group of people who were robbing?
With curiosity and questions, Xu Zhengquan walked towards the source of the sound. After walking for a while, he came to the small mound and felt the cries of women and children close in front of him.
Soon, a man's request came from behind the mound: "Fellow heroes, all the silver in our family is here. You can take it, but please don't hurt my wife and children..."
Xu Zhengquan's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, but he gritted his teeth and couldn't help but poke half of his head out from behind the mound...
In the woods in front of the mound, I saw five men with strong bodies and tough temperaments surrounding a couple and their children in the center. The husband was kneeling on the ground holding a money bag and begging the five people for mercy.
Suddenly, Xu Zhengquan's eyes were attracted by a huge fat man among the five people.
Xu Zhengquan looked at the big fat man dumbfounded, and couldn't help but secretly thought: I have a biological mother, is this still a human being? It's like a big wild boar!