Lonely Immortal

These thoughts quickly passed through Zhang Zhiwen's mind. He quickly came back to his senses, showed an embarrassed expression, and said: "Oh, it's nothing, I was just feeling hungry for a while and feeling dizzy..."

After hearing this, Erdan remembered that he had indeed eaten nothing since bringing Zhang Zhiwen back yesterday.

"Oh, look, I forgot about this. Zhiwen, don't worry. Once you sign and place the deposit, you won't have to worry about running out of food in the future. Come on, sign it quickly."

Erdan eagerly handed the contract to Zhang Zhiwen.

The young man was sitting there, staring at Zhang Zhiwen's every move. Faintly, Zhang Zhiwen saw that one of his hands seemed to be hidden in his sleeve. He probably guessed that if he didn't sign his name now, he was afraid that the young man would sign it on the spot. He killed.

The people in this chamber of commerce gang are probably all good at martial arts. Even if the opponent is not much older than him, Zhang Zhiwen knows that he cannot be the opponent of this young man at all, let alone someone like the young man who may be capable of martial arts. Standing next to him Those little beggars were beyond what Zhang Zhiwen could deal with.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiwen immediately showed a look of surprise and gratitude: "Erdan, you didn't lie to me, did you? Is there really something to eat?"

"Of course, how could I lie to you? Just sign and pledge it, and I'll make sure you have enough to eat later!"

Erdan patted Zhang Zhiwen on the shoulder, as if he would protect you from now on.

At this point, Zhang Zhiwen could only sign and stamp. He pretended to be illiterate and just stamped his fingerprints.

The young man took the contract, took a look at it, and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, very good, then you will be ours from now on, Erdan, get him some food, and I will come back tomorrow."

After the young man said this, he stood up and left.

"Oh, okay, boss, walk slowly..."

Erdan hurriedly went to see the boy off.

Several other little beggars also dispersed one after another and went back to their houses.

After a while, Erdan came back with some steamed buns and stuffed them into Zhang Zhiwen.

This big white steamed bun is the first time Zhang Zhiwen has seen it in so many years. If he hadn't known the contents of the contract, Zhang Zhiwen would definitely feel that this was pie in the sky. He had met a good person, so no wonder Erdan would Following that boy so wholeheartedly.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhiwen and Erdan chatted for a few more words, and then they went back to their houses.

This is the first time in so many years that Zhang Zhiwen has a place to shelter from the wind and rain. In the past, he either slept on the street or in the mountains and forests. Although this is just a dilapidated thatched house with not even a bed in the house, He no longer had to worry about being attacked by wild beasts late at night, and he could rest peacefully.

Erdan gave him three steamed buns, but Zhang Zhiwen only ate one and kept two.

This is a habit he has developed for a long time. No matter how hungry he is, he will not finish all the food in his hands. He will always leave some as a spare.

If he hadn't really been unable to find anything to eat, he wouldn't have been starving to death in the past few days.

He didn't know what to do with the next drug test, but at this point, he could only take one step at a time. As for the idea of ​​​​escape, where could he escape?

If it were just an ordinary small gang of beggars, then he, Zhang Zhiwen, might escape tonight, but the one who signed the contract with him now is a big gang like the Wuping Chamber of Commerce. He estimated that the Chamber of Commerce would catch him before he even left the county. He is dead. This Chamber of Commerce gang is very cruel to traitors. The kind of death of being cramped and skinned is really better than starving to death.

In this way, Zhang Zhiwen ate steamed buns and drank water, plus he was tired from many days, and fell asleep unconsciously.

Nothing happened all night, but Zhang Zhiwen woke him up the next day.

He opened his eyes and saw the boy from yesterday standing in front of him, and he quickly got up.

"Come with me."

The young man left these words and took the lead and walked out.

Zhang Zhiwen also followed behind, without saying much, but when he came out, he found that he was the only one in the yard, Erdan and several other little beggars were missing.

Zhang Zhiwen felt a little suspicious and couldn't help but ask: "Where are Erdan and the others?"

"They have their own affairs. Just follow me. Why are you asking so many questions?"

The young man replied coldly, still walking towards the yard without stopping.

Zhang Zhiwen suddenly understood when he heard this. It seemed that the contract Erdan and the others signed with him was probably different. No wonder Erdan kept asking him to sign and pledge. If Erdan signed the same contract with him, Then I'm afraid Erdan has been poisoned to death a long time ago, right?

Then why did the young man sign a contract with him to test drugs?

Is it because he looks short and weak? No other value?

Zhang Zhiwen had a general guess in his mind, which was normal. In the past few years, he had already known what it meant to eat the weak. He was short and thin, and was always bullied wherever he went. It was not surprising.

In this case, he could only bite the bullet and follow the young man.

Soon, the young man took Zhang Zhiwen to the street. These days, there were not many people on the street. Zhang Zhiwen followed the young man one after another to the door of a drug store.

This drug store is the largest drug store in Wuping County, and it is also one of the industries under the name of the Chamber of Commerce.

It's hard to talk about other businesses these days, but the business of this drug store is very good. Zhang Zhiwen even saw many people from all walks of life walking in and out.

The more chaotic the world is, the more chaotic the rivers and lakes will be. Swords are blind. The more fights there are, the more medicines are needed.

In addition, people always have birth, aging, illness and death. In addition, in the years of famine, plague is rampant, and medicine is inevitable. The business of this medicine shop is naturally getting better and better.

At this moment, two big men with knives have long been standing at the door of the huge medicine shop. They looked around and kept alert.

The boy brought Zhang Zhiwen here. The two big men with knives saw the boy and nodded slightly. It can be seen that the boy's status here is not low.

This made Zhang Zhiwen more curious. Who is this boy in the Chamber of Commerce? He is not very old and his clothes are not very rich, but he is very calm and even a little indifferent.

However, Zhang Zhiwen did not dare to ask more, but just followed him into the medicine shop honestly.

It is called a medicine shop, but it is actually a medicine hall.

The lobby was quite large, much larger than the yard where he stayed. There were already more than a hundred people inside, but it didn't seem crowded.

At this time, the clerks at the counter who were responsible for dispensing medicine saw the boy coming in, and they all greeted him politely. Even the shopkeeper was quite polite to the boy, smiling and greeting him, and then continued to count the bills for the guests.

However, the boy just nodded slightly in response, and still led Zhang Zhiwen to the back hall without saying a word.

Not long after, the boy led Zhang Zhiwen to the back hall.

The back hall was just as spacious, even a little larger than the front hall. In the middle was an open area paved with blue bricks, and on the left and right were some side rooms, which were probably the residences of the clerks and shopkeepers at that time. In addition, there were hundreds of shelves for drying medicinal materials, and the medicinal materials on the shelves were dazzling, and the aroma of medicine wafted out from time to time.

At this moment, some clerks were sorting and taking care of these medicinal materials. When they saw the boy, they were also very polite.

The young man barely responded to these people, and led Zhang Zhiwen to continue walking to the back.

Not long after, he led Zhang Zhiwen through the back hall to a courtyard at the back.

This courtyard was much smaller, but at this moment there were already quite a few people standing in the courtyard. These people seemed to be about nine or ten years old, thin and weak, with pale faces and thin bodies, and their clothes were also tattered.

Most of them looked nervous, looking around, and it was obvious that they didn't know what was going to happen next.

In addition, there was a young man in his twenties wearing a green shirt standing in the backyard. This person had a scar on his face, which seemed to be burned by something. The whole person looked more and more indifferent, and seemed to be a few points colder than the young man.

When the young man saw the young man in green shirt, he immediately stepped forward respectfully and handed the contract to him.

The young man in green took the contract and glanced at Zhang Zhiwen. His eyes were like those of a poisonous snake. Zhang Zhiwen's heart jumped. He immediately knew that this man was definitely a man from the underworld. He had seen many people from the underworld in the past few years. There was something scary in their eyes. Zhang Zhiwen didn't know what it was. He guessed that it might be related to martial arts. Ordinary people would never have such sharp eyes.

Zhang Zhiwen hurriedly lowered his head, looking timid and submissive.

The young man in Qingshan then retracted his gaze, nodded, and signaled the boy to leave.

The boy hurriedly clasped his fists respectfully, then turned and left.

"You go stand over there."

The young man in green waved his hand and impatiently asked Zhang Zhiwen to go away.

Zhang Zhiwen hurriedly walked away honestly and respectfully.

He mixed in the crowd and looked around.

He counted and found that there were 27 young men and women, including him. Their common feature was that they were short and thin, with yellow faces and thin muscles.

No one spoke, and there was a look of vigilance in their eyes. It was obvious that these teenagers were not clear about what would happen next, and Zhang Zhiwen was sure that these people, like him, had been struggling to survive on the line of life and death for many years. On the surface, they were timid and cowardly, but in fact, they were all ruthless and decisive.

Otherwise, they would not have survived to this day!

At this time, the young man in green seemed to have seen that almost everyone had arrived, and he said, "Okay, everyone follow me."

After saying this, he walked to the back.

These twenty-seven teenagers, including Zhang Zhiwen, almost all hesitated for a moment, and after a while, they followed the young man in green to the back one by one.

Along the way, none of the twenty-seven teenagers spoke or asked questions, they were all silent, no one ran away, and no one shouted and panicked. The order was unexpectedly good. The young man in green seemed to be accustomed to this, and walked in front without looking back, as if he was not worried that these teenagers would run away.

Not long after, under the leadership of the young man in green, they actually came to another large yard.

This courtyard is obviously different from the outside. It has a strong martial arts atmosphere, especially the fireworks rising in the lobby and the golden clay sculpture sitting on it, which looks solemn and dignified!