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Chapter 144 Lean Man

Arriving ashore from behind the Lijiadaokou Hotel, Zhang Zhengdao bid farewell to the village leaders who came to see him off one by one in the water pavilion.

Zhang Zhengdao looked at everyone's "reluctant" expressions and said with a smile: "I am going to Cangzhou, and I will ask you brothers to guard the village."

Ruan Xiaoer cupped his hands and said, "Brother, village leader, take care of yourself along the way."

The man then said seriously to Ruan Xiaoqi: "Don't be playful along the way, and protect the leader of the village well."

Ruan Xiaoqi shouted: "Second brother, I know, I'm so verbose."

Ruan Xiaowu shouted: "If it hadn't been for the establishment of the Shanzhai navy, I would have wanted to follow my brother and go to Cangzhou together."

Wang Lun stood behind everyone, and seeing the deep brotherhood between the three men of the Ruan family and the village leader, he secretly tugged on Du Qian's sleeve and whispered: "Brother, be careful along the way, don't risk your life."

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Du Qian nodded and replied: "Don't worry, brother."

Zhang Zhengdao looked around at the crowd, saw Wang Lun, stepped forward, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "We must carefully calculate the money and food for the village. Building city gates is the most important, followed by training the naval army. There are more

We need brothers to support us."

Wang Lun solemnly replied: "Don't worry, Lord of the village."

Zhang Zhengdao saw Song Wan, a straightforward man, following Zhu Gui, grinning.

"Brother Song Wan, the construction of the mountain village falls on your shoulders." Zhang Zhengdao also urged: "Don't mess around with the city gate construction, it must be built firmly."

Song Wan quickly said: "Brother, don't worry, I will build it seriously."

After saying goodbye to the leaders and seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Zhengdao turned over and mounted a bay-red horse and said loudly: "Brothers, take care of yourself."

Everyone shouted: "Brother, take care!"

Ruan Xiaoqi and Du Qian also mounted their horses, and the three of them took the road north and rode away.

Looking at Zhang Zhengdao's retreating figure, Zhu Gui said to Ruan Xiaoer and others: "Brothers, would you like to sit in my shop and enjoy the scenery of the lake and spring?"

Ruan Xiaoer shook his head and said: "There are a lot of things going on in the village. Come back and have a drink with Brother Zhu Gui another day."

Seeing what Ruan Xiaoer said, Zhu Gui did not try to persuade him to stay. He watched several leaders jump onto the boat one after another.

The arrow swung toward the depths of the water.

But it was said that Zhang Zhengdao was riding on a horse, and he was just rushing along under the guidance of Du Qian.

Although the horse riding under the three of them is not very fast, it is one of the few treasures in the village, and there is always a dedicated leader responsible for raising it.

On this trip to the north, Zhang Zhengdao still had the idea of ​​buying some northern war horses, but this thought was a bit out of reach. The imperial court could not buy any good horses. How could he, a copycat king, buy good horses?

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There was no conversation all the way, and the three of them just hurried on. In just one or two days, they left Jingxi East Road and came to the boundary of Hebei East Road, preparing to take Gaotang, pass through Dezhou, and rush to Cangzhou.

It was early summer, and the days were long and the nights were short. The three of them were busy on their way. Fortunately, Du Qian was familiar with the road, so they were less likely to make unnecessary mistakes.

Just when he reached the vicinity of Gaotangzhou, Zhang Zhengdao reined in his horse and sat on it, meditating.

Ruan Xiaoqi saw Zhang Zhengdao stopped and asked, "Brother, why don't you leave?"

Du Qian also stopped his horse and looked back.

Zhang Zhengdao raised his eyes and looked towards the surrounding areas. There were more and more people walking on the road, all of whom were going to Gaotang City.

Touching the slightly hot bronze mask on his face, Zhang Zhengdao wanted to take it off, but when he thought of continuing to conceal his identity, he slightly straightened the bamboo hat on his head to avoid sunlight, and said with a smile: "Go ahead.

Let’s take a rest in the city. After walking for so long, I’m still tired.”

Du Qian said: "My brother and I will lead the way."

The three men urged their horses forward and entered the city of Gaotang.

This Gaotang Prefecture City is actually the Gaotang County City, which is under the jurisdiction of Bozhou on the East Road of Hebei Province.

After entering the city, they found an inn in a secluded place and asked the innkeeper to take the horses behind and feed them. The three of them went inside, ordered some food and drinks, and ate in the hall on the first floor.

While sitting and drinking, Zhang Zhengdao heard the waiter shout: "Haha, Brother Shi, are you here to drink again today?"

Zhang Zhengdao turned around and saw a lean man walking into the store.

The man weighed the exquisite money bag in his hand and showed it in front of the store clerk. He said with a smile: "Dazhu, my brother made a fortune today. Go and get some wine."

Although the shop assistant had a look of disdain on his face, when he saw the bulging money bag in his hand, he replied: "I'll go get it right now."

The lean man did not sit down in a hurry, but looked around with his thick eyebrows and bright eyes. It was not lunch time, and there were no other customers in the store except Zhang Zhengdao and the three of them, who were sitting together and drinking.

The lean man rolled his eyes twice and sat down at the table next to Zhang Zhengdao.

The waiter brought the food and wine to the table. Seeing that the lean man kept glancing at the waists of Zhang Zhengdao and the other three, he looked displeased and said in a low voice: "Brother Shi, if you are in my store, use your wonderful hands to attack the enemy."

"Shu, don't blame me for not caring about brotherly loyalty and going to the county office to ask the official to come and get you."

The lean man smiled sarcastically and replied: "Dazhu, my brother is such an unloyal person." After saying that, he picked up the wine bottle on the table without using a cup, he just lifted it up and put it into his mouth.

Pour the drinks.

The waiter put down the meat and returned to the counter to wait, but he kept staring at the lean man eating wine.

Zhang Zhengdao turned around and only looked at the appearance of this lean man. In addition, the shop clerk had just called this man Brother Shi, and he had already guessed his identity.

"The flea on the drum" moved in time, and I didn't expect to meet this person in Gaotangzhou City.

Then he glanced at Shi Qian who was drinking and eating meat. Zhang Zhengdao put down his wine glass, winked at Ruan Xiaoqi and Du Qian, lowered his voice and ordered: "In a moment, capture the man next to you and bring him to my room.

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Zhang Zhengdao got up and went back to the guest room first. Taking advantage of Du Qian's absence, he took off his mask and washed the oil on his face.

Fortunately, I wore a bamboo hat all the way to block the sun, and there were no traces of the sun on my face. If there were traces of a mask on my face, wouldn't this identity be self-inflicted?

Shaking his head and sighing bitterly, Zhang Zhengdao put on his mask again and sat in the room to rest.

After a while, Ruan Xiaoqi and Du Qian were seen entering the room, twisting Shi Qian's arms.

"Brother, this little thief is like a loach, with slippery hands. It took a lot of effort to catch him." Du Qian was a little angry, and he almost let this lean man escape from his grasp.
Ruan Xiaoqi said: "Fortunately, this kid had some wine and was a little slow, so we were able to capture him."

Shi Qian was tightly held by the arms of the two of them, his bones and bones were weak, swaying unsteadily, but he couldn't get away. Most of his drunkenness was gone, and he looked at the man wearing the Taotie mask, staring at him and sneering.

Shi Qian's eyes were full of pleading, and he immediately shouted: "Hero, spare your life!"

Zhang Zhengdao asked: "You thief, you have been staring at the waists of my three brothers just now, but you want to steal our money?"

Shi Qian yelled at Qu and said, "Hero, I have misunderstood. When did I ever have the idea of ​​​​taking your money?"

"Then why have you been staring at the three of me?" Zhang Zhengdao continued to cross-examine.

Shi Qian's thieves rolled their eyes and argued: "There are no other people in this shop. I just looked at you a few times. Could it be that this also hinders the heroes from drinking?"

Zhang Zhengdao showed a smile and said: "'Gu Shang Sao' Shi Qian, your case has been published!"