Chapter 139

At this time, Zhang Xiaohu frowned and stared at Zhang Xiaohua, asking, "Xiaohua, why didn't you stay in Huan Xi Mountain Villa? Why did you come to this small town for no reason?

This place is very far from Ping Yang City.

Did you come alone?

Or did you come with someone else?

Did you make a mistake in the mountain villa, so you escaped here without permission?

If that's the case, Little Blossom, don't be afraid. Tell me what's going on. Don't be afraid. Even if the sky falls, I'm here to hold it up. However, you have to tell me the truth. "

Zhang Xiaohua heard her second brother asking so many questions, which were getting more and more ridiculous. She quickly waved her hands and said, "Don't, second brother. Even if the sky falls down, there's someone higher than you. You don't have to worry about me.

How do you expect me to answer so many questions? You'd better pour me some water first. I'm thirsty. After I drink the water, I'll tell you in detail. "

Zhang Xiaohu had no choice but to turn around and pour him some water. Seeing him gulp it down, he asked again, "Now you should tell me."

In fact, it was not that Zhang Xiaohua was unwilling to tell Zhang Xiaohua that she, Ou Yan, and others went south. However, He Tianshu's instructions before she went out and the attack on the rainy night made her hesitate. She did not know if she should tell Zhang Xiaohu. Moreover, she was injured by the men in black and almost lost her life. Although she was fine now, if she told her second brother, he would be worried. What should she do?

Moreover, Shitai Shitai did not seem to want others to know her whereabouts. She did not even tell Zhang Xiaohua about her background. Of course, Zhang Xiaohua had to consider for her.

However, Zhang Xiaohua thought again. This Zhang Xiaohu was her biological second brother. If he could not be trusted, who else in the world could be trusted?

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Xiaohua said, "Second Brother, there are some things that I must keep a secret, so you must keep it a secret. What I told you today, you mustn't tell anyone. Even if Escort Luo asks, you mustn't say a word."

Zhang Xiaohu saw Zhang Xiaohua's hesitation and thought that he had done something bad. When he heard this, he could not help but become serious. He nodded and answered, "Okay, Xiaohua, I promise you, I'll only tell one person about this. I will never tell anyone else."

Thus, Zhang Xiaohua recounted how she had set off from Ping Yang City with the convoy of Huan Xi Manor and how she had been attacked in the rainy night. However, she did not mention the fight with the old man in black. She only said that she had accidentally fallen into the water to escape in the dark and had picked up a wooden board in the water. That was how she had drifted down the rapids.

Zhang Xiaohu and Zhang Xiaohua had grown up together. He knew Zhang Xiaohua's swimming ability like the back of his hand. She could be a little frog in the small river in front of the Guozhuang House, but she was a far cry from being a loach in this river. Thus, he did not have the slightest doubt that Zhang Xiaohua could not get ashore in time with a wooden board in the rapids.

However, when he heard that Zhang Xiaohua had drifted for a long time and was only rescued by someone in a slower stream, he was so scared that his face turned pale.

Zhang Xiaohua was puzzled when she saw her second brother's scared look. She asked, "What's wrong, second brother? Am I not fine?

What's there to be afraid of? "

Zhang Xiaohu smiled stiffly and said, "The ignorant are fearless.

Xiaohua, you should know that this place is very close to the sea. The rivers on the left converge to Luojiang, which is not far ahead. I think the river that you drifted over is the same. If you were not rescued at that time, you would have drifted into Luojiang soon. The river is wide and it would be even more difficult to get ashore. Moreover, this is the estuary of Luojiang. If you could not get ashore before entering Luojiang, you would have no chance.

Tell me, how can I not be scared? "

When Zhang Xiaohua heard this, a trace of cold sweat appeared on his back. In his heart, he secretly thanked Xiao Meng for her fishing rod. If it were not for her fishing rod, he was afraid that he would have been sleeping in the boundless sea by now!

Then, Zhang Xiaohua said that she had drifted for a long time and fell ill when she got ashore. It was not until yesterday that the person who saved her brought her out and put her in this strange town.

When Zhang Xiaohu heard that his younger brother had almost died, he was already distressed. How could he still distinguish between his words? He only held Zhang Xiaohua's little hand and held it tightly. He only wanted to replace the pain that his poor younger brother had suffered some time ago with himself.

When Zhang Xiaohua saw this, she felt that her decision was correct. If Zhang Xiaohu knew that she was almost beaten to death, wouldn't he immediately burst into tears?

After a long while, Zhang Xiaohu said, "Since you drifted here by yourself and don't know whether Manor Master Ou is alive or dead, you naturally can't tell anyone about this matter. You can just say that you were sent here by the steward of Huan Xi Mountain Villa."

However, he immediately smiled and said, "It's also difficult. How can a small child like you be sent so far away?

Why don't you say that you came here with someone else and got separated when you reached here.

Now that you have coincidentally met us, just follow the escort team back. Everything will naturally be clear when we reach Ping Yang City. "

Zhang Xiaohua blinked and said with a smile, "Then we will do as Second Brother says. Fortunately, Big Brother Yuan brought me back yesterday. He saw that I was tired and didn't ask me in detail. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know what to say."

At this point, Zhang Xiaohu seemed to have thought of something and said with a smile, "I heard that someone was very impressive yesterday. She killed everyone and obtained a lot of spoils of war."

When Zhang Xiaohua heard this, she immediately blushed and muttered, "I also didn't want to let them go for nothing."

Then, she shook Zhang Xiaohu's arm and said, "Second Brother, I won't dare to do it again, okay?"

However, Zhang Xiaohu's face turned stiff and he said in a strange tone, "Why not?

Not only will I do this in the future, but I will also make them bleed a lot. I can't wait to beat these local ruffians up personally. Why would I blame you? "

Zhang Xiaohua looked at Zhang Xiaohu in surprise and stopped shaking his arm. She couldn't believe her ears and asked, "You really agree with what I did yesterday?"

Zhang Xiaohu said with a smile, "Yes, Second Brother agrees wholeheartedly."

When Zhang Xiaohua heard this, she giggled and said, "That's my good Second Brother. That's right, I haven't taken a look at yesterday's loot. It's a good time to take an inventory."

When she finished speaking, she took out a pile of money bags of different sizes.

She casually took a bulging bag and opened it to take a look. Zhang Xiaohu also took one and opened it.

Zhang Xiaohua's money bag had some scattered silver and some copper coins. While he was counting, he heard Zhang Xiaohu shout, "Oh, there's a lot of things in this money bag. There's even a pearl hair clip. Yi, why is there a small stone?"

Zhang Xiaohua looked up and saw that her Second Brother was holding the money bag she picked up and looking at it with great interest. Zhang Xiaohua snatched it and said, "This isn't yesterday's loot. I picked it up on the mountain a few days ago."

Zhang Xiaohu was surprised, but he didn't doubt her and said with a smile, "Xiaohua, your fortune has come. How can you casually pick up a money bag? There's a lot of silver inside."

Zhang Xiaohua was too lazy to explain to him. She took a money bag from the table and threw it to him, saying, "Hurry up and take a look."

Zhang Xiaohu caught it and said, "It's too slow to look at it like this. It's better to pour it all on the table."

Zhang Xiaohua said with a smile, "Second Brother, that's a good idea."

Thus, the two of them picked up the money bags and poured out the contents one by one.

Although there were seven or eight money bags on the table, there were very few things inside. Apart from one of the money bags, which should be Brother Fan's, which had a bit more silver, the others were mostly copper coins. Zhang Xiaohua looked and thought, "The money bags are so empty. No wonder they want to steal from me."

However, many grains of sand make a tower, and many armpits make a fur coat. Although each pouch did not have much silver, there were seven or eight of them. Upon closer inspection, other than the dozens of copper coins, there were also about five taels of silver scattered around. Zhang Xiaohu was extremely happy to see this.

After tidying up, Zhang Xiaohu pushed the silver and copper coins to Zhang Xiaohua and said, "This is your harvest. Keep it for yourself."

Zhang Xiaohua smiled and kept the copper coins. She pushed the rest to Second Brother and said, "Second Brother, I'll keep the copper coins as pocket money. Help me keep the silver for now. When you have time, you can bring it back to Father and Mother."

When Zhang Xiaohu heard this, he didn't refuse. He found a nice looking one from the empty money bags and put the money in his chest, saying, "Alright, it would be impolite for me to refuse. Today, I finally have my own money bag. Hehe, it's not worse than the one you picked up from the mountain."

Zhang Xiaohua didn't say anything. He took out the jade tablet from his chest and said, "This is also for you. Yesterday, that person said it was a fake. When you have time, find a pawnshop and sell it for some money."

Zhang Xiaohu received it with his hands, looked around, and then returned it to him, saying: "Forget it, this silver is not a small amount. This is a fake after all, it's not worth much, just take it and play with it."

When Zhang Xiaohua heard this, he kept it in his chest.

Then, he took out the small sword from his chest and passed it to Zhang Xiaohu.

Zhang Xiaohu saw Zhang Xiaohua taking out things from his chest and couldn't help but laugh, "Is that a hundred treasures pouch in your chest?

Why do you always have good things to take out? "

Zhang Xiaohua smiled and then told Zhang Xiaohu about the incident with He Tianshu at the small town's weapon shop. When Zhang Xiaohu heard this, he was secretly amused. In the past, before he was sent out in Ping Yang City, he thought that the price of weapons was the same everywhere. After coming out a few times, he realized that the price of each weapon was different in every place. These seven taels of silver were probably not much in He Tianshu's eyes, but in the eyes of the blacksmith, it was a huge sum. It was no wonder that the blacksmith would buy one and get one free.

Zhang Xiaohu saw that his younger brother liked this small sword very much and took it to take a look. After looking at it from left to right, other than it being very heavy, he couldn't see anything special about it. It also didn't have the feeling of being connected by blood as Zhang Xiaohua said. He smiled and said, "Looks like you hit it off with this small sword. I can't see anything strange about it.

However, since it was given for seven taels of silver, it must be something good. "

Although Zhang Xiaohu said this, he didn't think much of it in his heart. He felt that his younger brother had only found one because he didn't have many toys since he was young and couldn't bear to part with it.

Zhang Xiaohua saw that her second brother didn't think much of it and lost interest. Naturally, he couldn't tell him that he had used this small sword to kill people, so he could only keep it close to his chest.

At this time, the sky was already bright. Zhang Xiaohu said, "Let's go, Xiaohua. Let's go eat first. I still have work to do later. You can play in this courtyard.

The time of our return is more or less set. Just come back with us. Don't worry about anything else. Just have fun. "

Zhang Xiaohua pursed her lips and thought to herself, "You're still treating me like a child!"

Zhang Xiaohu led Zhang Xiaohua out the door and bumped into Escort Luo. Escort Luo looked sleepy, as if he had a hangover. He didn't look embarrassed when he saw Zhang Xiaohu. Instead, he yawned and asked, "Zhang Xiaohu, how did the discussion go yesterday?"

Zhang Xiaohu replied respectfully, "Reporting to Escort Luo, everything has been discussed. After breakfast, I'll report to you for your decision."

Escort Luo nodded and said, "Good, good job. Go eat first and come find me later.

By the way, is this little brother really your younger brother? "

Zhang Xiaohu smiled and said, "Yes, he is my younger brother, Zhang Xiaohua. It's quite a coincidence to meet him here. I'll tell you the details later."

Escort Luo waved his hand and gestured for Zhang Xiaohu and his brother to go eat. He covered his mouth and yawned before going somewhere else.

Zhang Xiaohua carefully pulled on Zhang Xiaohu and asked, "Second Brother, this Escort Luo doesn't look like an escort leader. Are all the escort leaders of the Lotus Flower Escort Agency like this?"

Zhang Xiaohu looked around and said carefully, "Xiaohua, you can't say that. Don't talk about others so casually. Be careful of the trouble that comes from the mouth.

The other escort leaders don't look like this either. I guess it's because Escort Luo has been away for a long time and is homesick. "

After that, Zhang Xiaohua followed Zhang Xiaohu to the courtyard's kitchen for breakfast. At this time, there were many escorts and armed escorts in the kitchen. Many of them already knew that Escort Luo had met his younger brother here. Moreover, Zhang Xiaohua's performance on the streets yesterday had been spread by Yuan Changqing's big mouth. Hence, everyone had a good impression of this inconspicuous young man. No matter what, he was still a brother from Ping Yang City. How could he beat up a local bully so badly? Just thinking about it made them feel relieved, as if they were the ones who did it.

Zhang Xiaohua had not seen his family for a long time. Now that he saw so many people from Ping Yang City, he felt very close to them and spoke to them obediently. Before the meal was over, everyone already found Zhang Xiaohua pleasing to the eye, as if he was their brother.

Zhang Xiaohu had a lot of work to do in the team and did not have much free time to take care of Zhang Xiaohua. He was worried that Zhang Xiaohua would not be able to adapt here. Now that he saw that everyone liked Zhang Xiaohua, he was relieved. After hurriedly finishing his meal, he gave Zhang Xiaohua some instructions and hurried to Escort Luo's room.

Escort Luo's room was obviously bigger than Zhang Xiaohu's. It was a two-room room with a central room. At this moment, Escort Luo was sitting in the central room with a bowl of porridge in front of him. He was rubbing his temples hard. Obviously, his hangover had affected his appetite and caused his head to hurt.

When he saw Zhang Xiaohu enter the room, Escort Luo pointed to the stool beside him and said, "Sit."

Then, he picked up the bowl of porridge and drank two mouthfuls before asking someone to bring it out.

Escort Luo drank two more mouthfuls of tea before turning to look at Zhang Xiaohu and asked, "Deputy Escort Luo, tell me about yesterday's incident."

Zhang Xiaohu hurriedly got up and said, "Escort Luo, you don't have to be so polite. Although Fourth Master Wen thought highly of me and made me your deputy, I am still an executioner. You don't have to address me as such. Just call me Zhang Xiaohu."

Escort Luo smiled and said, "Deputy Escort Luo may be an executioner in the escort agency now, but you have already entered the Martial Arts Hall to learn advanced martial arts. Won't it be a piece of cake for you to become an escort in the future?

I am only addressing you as such in advance.

Don't you think so? "

Zhang Xiaohu still refused, "As long as I am not an escort, you can't address me as such. Don't you think so?"

Escort Luo smiled disapprovingly.

Zhang Xiaohu saw that Escort Chief Luo did not speak and knew that he was jealous of him for being able to study in the Martial Arts Hall. Moreover, this position of Deputy Team Leader was fought for by Fourth Master Wen. Perhaps he did not have the intention to call this Escort Chief Luo. Therefore, he did not argue and said pleasantly, "This is what I discussed with the merchants yesterday."

Then, Zhang Xiaohu recounted what he had discussed with the merchants yesterday to Escort Luo in detail. Escort Luo nodded as he listened. When Zhang Xiaohu finished his report, he said, "You have done well. Deputy Escort Luo, everything will be as you have discussed. In a while, go and give them a definite letter. It is settled."

Zhang Xiaohu nodded and said, "Then, Escort Luo, I will be going out now. Tell the brothers to pack up in advance and prepare to depart in a few days."

Escort Luo nodded and said, "Alright. It is time to let them know. They have been here for so long that the New Year has already passed."

Zhang Xiaohu bowed and turned to leave.

At this moment, Escort Luo spoke again and said, "Deputy Escort Zhang, please wait a moment."

Zhang Xiaohu quickly stopped in his tracks and turned around to ask, "Is there anything else, Escort Luo?"

Escort Leader Luo smiled and said, "It's like this, Deputy Escort Leader Zhang. As leaders, we should lead by example. We should set a good example in everything we do."

Zhang Xiaohu was stunned and said, "Escort Luo, if I have done anything wrong, please remind me. I have only been in the escort agency for a short time and there are many things that I still need to learn from experienced escorts like you."

Escort Luo was very satisfied when he heard this and smiled, "Actually, it is not a big deal. The agency has its own costs for us bodyguards when we go out. There is a standard for everyone's daily meals and toiletries. You know this standard as well. The team's finances will also be recorded accurately. If there is a discrepancy, I will not be able to explain it to the agency, will I?

Look at how your younger brother suddenly joined our team. It won't be easy to calculate his food and lodging expenses. "

Zhang Xiaohu's expression changed drastically when he heard this.

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