Lonely Immortal

I don’t know how long time passed. When Zhang Zhiwen woke up, he found that he was in a shabby bullpen.

This cowshed has probably not been raising cattle for some time, and there is no particularly strong smell. It is just that there is air leakage everywhere, and there are a lot of mosquitoes. They keep buzzing into Zhang Zhiwen's place. Zhang Zhiwen has to fight the mosquitoes away, but After being hungry for several days, he was no match for these mosquitoes. Within a few moments, he was tired and panting, and he lay down on the ground as if resigned to his fate, letting these annoying things torment him wantonly.

At this time, there were footsteps outside, and soon, a person appeared in front of Zhang Zhiwen. This person was the little beggar Zhang Zhiwen had seen in the alley before.

He was so dizzy at that time that he couldn't see the other person clearly. Now he could see clearly while lying on the ground. He felt that this little beggar looked so familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember it. Find out who the other party is.

The little beggar came to Zhang Zhiwen. When he saw that Zhang Zhiwen was awake, he said impatiently: "Get up quickly before you die, otherwise I will think you burped!"

Hearing his voice, Zhang Zhiwen felt more and more familiar. He looked at the other person blankly. Suddenly, he remembered and couldn't help shouting: "Erdan, is it you?"

The little beggar was also stunned. His name was rarely known. How did this person know his name?

Zhang Zhiwen didn't care about his weakness and quickly got up. He grabbed the little beggar's shoulders: "Me, Zhiwen, don't you recognize me?"

"Zhiwen?..."

The little beggar stared at Zhang Zhiwen hesitantly. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and showed a sudden expression: "Oh...it turns out to be your boy. Why does it look familiar to me? Are you not dead?"

It can be seen that the little beggar Erdan was a little surprised and excited after he recognized Zhang Zhiwen.

This little beggar was none other than the unlucky guy who was caught when he went stealing with Zhang Zhiwen. He had an arm broken. Zhang Zhiwen thought he would die, but unexpectedly this guy survived, and We met again.

After all, the two had known each other before, so they sat down and talked.

After talking, Zhang Zhiwen learned that Er Dan has been in the Zhuya Gang for the past few years. The Zhuya Gang is one of dozens of beggar gangs in Wuping County. There are not many people in the gang, and they are not prominent in Wuping County. , the market has been very bad in the past few years. There were originally thirty or forty people in the gang, but now they are dying and running away, and only seven or eight people are left.

These seven or eight people can't be considered a gang anymore, but the other beggar gangs are not much better. Many beggars are dead. As for what to do with the dead, Erdan was very covert and didn't make it clear, but Zhang Zhiwen felt it in his heart. It was clear that those little beggars had probably disappeared.

However, Zhang Zhiwen could tell that Erdan probably didn't touch that thing. Usually, after being touched by that thing, people don't look like humans and ghosts don't look like ghosts. It's normal for Erdan to look obvious.

After Erdan broke his arm, he was rescued by his brothers in the gang. He was also a good fortune teller and survived.

Because he had a broken arm, he couldn't commit theft and robbery, but the gang leader thought that he didn't betray his brother at that time, and because he was a good talker, the gang leader simply kept him around as an errand boy, so he could barely make ends meet.

After hearing what happened to Zhang Zhiwen, Erdan also felt a sigh of relief. He was constantly glad that he had not left the city, otherwise he would have been turned into a pile of bones and buried in a mass grave.

The two chatted for a while before Erdan said: "Zhiwen, since you're back, just stay here. Come on, I'll take you to see the boss now!"

"Boss?" Zhang Zhiwen asked doubtfully.

Only then did Erdan remember something. He touched his head and said awkwardly: "By the way, I forgot to tell you something. Our Zhuya Gang has been disbanded long ago, and the gang leader is dead. Now we are the only ones left." We are brothers. If the leader hadn't led us around, we would have died long ago..."

"Hey, don't say so much. You'll know when you meet him later. The boss is a very nice person..."

Erdan seemed to be very confident in this leader, so he pulled Zhang Zhiwen and walked out.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't say much. He vaguely knew who the leader was. He saw the young man next to Er Dan at the entrance of the alley.

But he was about to fall into coma at the time and couldn't see clearly, so he followed Erdan out without thinking too much.

The place they live in is a remote corner of Wuping County, a shabby courtyard with seven or eight thatched houses. It is estimated that this courtyard has been abandoned for many years, and the original owner is probably gone long ago. At this moment, a young man wearing linen was sitting in front of a stone table in the yard. He looked quite dignified. There were seven or eight little beggars standing around him. These little beggars were about twelve or thirteen years old. They are similar in age to Zhang Zhiwen, but they all seem to be a little afraid of the young man. They all stand obediently and do not dare to say a word.

At this time, Erdan took Zhang Zhiwen into the yard and came to these people.

"Boss, I brought someone here. By the way, his name is..."

Erdan was about to follow the young man to introduce Zhang Zhiwen, but the young man waved his hand and interrupted him: "Let him speak for himself."

"Oh, okay..." Erdan could only give up. He winked at Zhang Zhiwen, indicating that Zhang Zhiwen should be nice to his boss.

In fact, Erdan was planning to put in some sweet words to his boss for Zhang Zhiwen. After all, the two of them had known each other before, which was considered a fate. Especially in these days, it was really not easy to survive and meet again.

Erdan felt that Zhang Zhiwen was not very talkative, so he planned to help him, but since the boss asked Zhang Zhiwen to speak for himself, he had no choice.

At this time, several other people stared at Zhang Zhiwen curiously and jokingly, because Zhang Zhiwen looked very thin, frail, and sickly. It was a miracle that such a person could survive.

On the other hand, Zhang Zhiwen remained calm. Who hasn’t he seen in these years? Not to mention a mere young man?

Although this young man looked a little dignified, he was still a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old. The childishness on his face had obviously not faded yet. He hugged his fists at the other person and said, "Boss, my name is Zhang Zhiwen."

Seeing Zhang Zhiwen's calm expression, the young man seemed satisfied and nodded: "Well, how old are you? Where do you come from?"

"Looking back, I am twelve years old and from Wuping County."

Zhang Zhiwen replied truthfully.

Erdan knew all these things anyway, and there was nothing to hide.

After listening to Zhang Zhiwen's words, the young man was slightly startled. He obviously didn't realize that Zhang Zhiwen was twelve years old, but these days there are so many people who are chronically hungry. How can one grow taller if he doesn't have enough to eat? That's not surprising.

He nodded, and then said: "Well, then you will be ours from now on, Erdan, let him sign and sign."

"Oh, okay! Okay!"

Erdan was obviously overjoyed. It was obvious that he was very happy that the young man was willing to accept Zhang Zhiwen.

But Zhang Zhiwen didn't think so in his heart. He knew almost nothing about this place. The Zhuya Gang had been disbanded long ago. He didn't know what this gang did for a living. What if they were doing murder and arson? ?

But now it seems that he cannot be tolerated without signing his name, otherwise these people will not let him go easily. He does not think that these people who caught him came back with good intentions to save him. If so, why don't they even have half a steamed bun now? Didn't you even feed him?

But now he can only take one step at a time. If he really does that kind of thing, he will probably take the opportunity to escape.

Soon, Erdan brought a piece of paper and placed it in front of Zhang Zhiwen.

"Hey Zhiwen, sign it quickly and follow the boss from now on, so you won't have to worry about food and clothing."

Erdan was beaming, and he hoped that Zhang Zhiwen could live a better life in the future.

Zhang Zhiwen was not as optimistic as him. He always felt that something was fishy. He took a look at the contract and saw that it was stamped with the seal of the Wuping Chamber of Commerce.

The Wuping Chamber of Commerce is a great gang. It is one of the nine major gangs in Wuping Prefecture. It is very powerful and has many kinds of businesses. For example, in Wuping County, most of them are large and small drug stores, banks, restaurants, etc. It is the property of Wuping Chamber of Commerce.

It can be said that apart from the Wuping Salt Gang and the Cao Gang, the Chamber of Commerce is the largest gang force.

This contract is the contract of the Wuping Chamber of Commerce. The general content of it is to let people go to their pharmacy to test the medicine. As long as they agree to test the medicine, they will take care of the food every day.

It sounds very good. Finding a backer who can take care of things, or such a big backer, should make people very happy, but Zhang Zhiwen is not happy at all, because it also says that life and death are determined by fate, and death will be the same. Not the responsibility of the Chamber of Commerce.

Although Zhang Zhiwen doesn't understand herbal medicine, he has been working outside the city for several years, and he has some knowledge of some herbal medicines. Some herbs are poisonous and will definitely kill people if they are taken by mistake.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiwen's face turned ugly. He would rather steal and rob than be poisoned to death for no apparent reason, right?

This is tantamount to asking him to be a drug test boy!

"Zhiwen, what's wrong?"

Erdan couldn't help but ask when he saw something wrong with Zhang Zhiwen's expression.

Zhang Zhiwen remained silent because he couldn't let anyone know that he understood the contract, especially the young man opposite him.

He vaguely guessed that this young man should be related to the Chamber of Commerce, or even a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

As for why the Chamber of Commerce asked people to test the medicine, he didn't know.

But he knew very well that once the other party knew that he understood the contents of the contract, he would definitely not survive today.

Because testing medicine is very taboo in the world, it is no different from evil heretics.

So it’s no wonder that the Chamber of Commerce would do this secretly, and to do this, the best targets are naturally beggars like them who live on the streets without parents.

Naturally, these beggars couldn't read, so they signed and stamped their names in a daze just for food.

Now that the matter has come to this, Zhang Zhiwen also knows that he has to sign this contract whether he wants to or not.