Rice bug

There are few places to go shopping in the small town, just to see if you can meet traveling merchants from other places. Most of them don’t go to the big city very much. There is nothing missing in the big city. They just go to the small town and village, which is convenient for themselves and others. .

Lin Dong and his party strolled on the street, probably because the previous news had spread, and the people in the town didn't look good when they saw them.

Ye Batian still felt innocent, "Why do we do this? Somehow, we were treated as a gang."

Lin Dong had a lot of meaning, "It's really a group, and Master Zhang is probably happier."

"what?"

Ji Le nodded and said, "Looking at that person's appearance, he seems to be in urgent need of help."

Otherwise, Zhang Cheng would not have invited them, otherwise Master Zhang would not have entertained them so easily.

"What's the name of that Zhang?" Zang Feilong said from the side: "He asked our names, but he didn't say his own."

"I probably think it doesn't matter if you say it or not." Ye Batian rubbed his chin, "Maybe he likes others to call him Master Zhang."

"If I don't want to be addressed, I can use the word hello instead." Zang Feilong snorted.

Lin Dong said: "Maybe he thought we already knew his name."

Ye Batian exclaimed, "He is such a narcissistic person again! I knew that like attracts like, he and that Zhangcheng are thick-skinned!"

Lin Dong rolled his eyes, "If you want to know what his name is, just ask the people here."

When he was speaking, Ye Batian had already jumped over. He came to a small shop selling groceries, leaned on the door frame and looked in, "Is anyone there?"

An old voice said in the dark room: "Today, the goods are not in stock, and the saponins are still there, but the others are gone."

Ye Batian said awkwardly: "I don't buy anything, just ask a question."

The voice paused, then changed to a doubtful tone, "What's the matter?"

"What's the name of your master Zhang here?"

It was eerily quiet inside. After a while, there was the sound of a chair being pulled in the room, and then the sound of footsteps approaching.

Before Ye Batian looked carefully, he felt something coming with the sound of wind.

He hurriedly stepped aside, leaped back lightly, and then raised his head to see an old man with white hair, holding an old pipe in his mouth, and waving a big wooden stick with both hands.

Ji Le immediately became vigilant and pulled Ye Batian's collar.It's just that the wooden stick was probably too heavy, and the old man just swung it like this, and couldn't afford to swing it a second time.

He propped himself up on the ground with a wooden stick, and leaned on it to breathe.

"Which bastard is looking for a bastard?"

Ye Batian was dizzy from what he said, but he still grasped the point, and said righteously: "I'm not a bastard."

Lin Dong poked his head out and said, "Old man, we are just passing by to ask questions, there is no other meaning." He looked at the wooden stick that was a bit taller than the old man, and said, "Don't get angry, Be careful."

The old man squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, then said, "You guys...couldn't be the ones that May Bo said?"

Lin Dong pretended not to know, "Who? Who is Maybo?"

"It's spread all over the town. Several travelers who passed by had conflicts with Zhang's family, but they were later drawn over by Zhang's family."

The old man looked at them with vigilance in his muddy eyes, "Is it you?"

"Maybe it's a misunderstanding." Lin Dong smiled, revealing a faint dimple, "We were just invited as guests, but we don't know much about Zhang's family."

"It really is you!" The old man didn't listen to him, he just waved his hands like chasing something disgusting, and said, "Go away! The old man doesn't accept your business, and he has nothing to tell you!"

After saying that, he turned and went back to the house, and closed the door by the way.

Ye Batian stood there a little depressed, "I told you not to buy anything."

Ji Le glanced at him speechlessly, then turned to look at Lin Dong, "It seems that as long as we step into that house, we won't be able to wash off this stain."

Lin Dong shrugged, apparently indifferent.

"I can't ask this one, but there are other questions I can ask."

As he said that, he turned around, only to see that there was no one on the long street.The old man's voice was a bit loud just now, but now all the businesses are closing their doors with a bang, only the cold wind blows the grass dumpling in front of the few people.

If there were any living creatures, um... there was only one hen left before being put back in the cage.

Ye Batian narrowed his eyes, "Let us grab this chicken and roast it."

These people are simply unreasonable.

Zang Feilong took a slow look at him, "If you catch him, you will really be the same as the Zhang family."

Ye Batian clicked his tongue and crouched to tease the hen.The hen tilted its head and clucked, then turned around, turned its butt to him, pooped, and walked away with a twist.

Ye Batian frowned and twitched, Ji Le coughed dryly, and said: "It seems that the Zhang family's reputation is really hopeless."

"This also shows how many bad things they have done to make these people so disgusted." Lin Dong also opened his eyes.In the capital city, there is no lack of powerful people, but the common people dare to be angry and dare not complain.

And the people here are obviously not afraid of offending the Zhang family. It feels like: if you have the ability, you come to knock on the door, and at worst, you will fight to the death and die together.

Lin Dong touched his chin, "What exactly does the Zhang family want to do?"

If these people were not afraid of offending him, why did they watch their family members being robbed?This sense of contradiction always feels unreasonable.

Zang Feilong suddenly said: "Perhaps, the so-called bully has other secrets behind it."

"Hidden feelings?" Lin Dong raised his brows, "The old man just said that the surname is Mei, right? How about we go find it?"

Ye Batian said: "There are so many families, where can I find them?"

"Someone will know." Lin Dong chuckled.

Sure enough, someone will know.

Zhang Cheng was "invited" out of Zhang's house.The boss was not happy on the face, and his eyes rolled around the faces of several people, looking very sneaky.

"What do you want?"

"Looking for you to lead the way." Lin Dong said, "Where is the Mei family?"

"Mei...?" Zhang Cheng became vigilant, "What are you looking for?"

"Ask something." Lin Dong didn't hide anything, and said directly: "I want to know what kind of person your Master Zhang is."

"You can know it from someone else's mouth?" Zhang Cheng sneered, "If you want to know, why don't you get along and see for yourself?"

When he said the word 'get along with', his tone was a bit vague and ambiguous.

None of the people present were idiots, so they quickly understood what he meant.A murderous look flashed across Ji Le's face, and Zang Feilong immediately lifted Zhang Cheng up, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Cheng's feet didn't touch the ground, and he was so angry that he blushed and said, "It's literally!"

Zang Feilong stared at him fiercely, "It's better to mean it literally. If you dare to say this kind of thing a second time, I will tear your mouth apart."

Zhang Cheng shuddered suddenly, but felt unwilling.He just bit his lip and looked at people fiercely, without answering.

Zang Feilong snorted, threw him to the ground, folded his arms, and said, "Lead the way."

Surprisingly, the Mei family doesn't look too bad in the small town.The courtyard is connected to the courtyard, and the left and right sides also occupy fields.

Compared with the small thatched cottage next to it, this place looks like a big family.

Zhang Cheng sneered, "Is it the Mei family you are looking for, or the old man Mei?"

"Is there a difference?" Lin Dong was puzzled, "Are they two families?"

"It's a family." Zhang Cheng said disdainfully: "But whether they admit that they are a family or not is another matter."

Lin Dong vaguely seemed to understand something, that Ye Batian had already knocked on the door.

dong dong dong-

"Here we come." A lazy voice replied, followed by the sound of footsteps, the door was opened, and a sloppy man stood inside.

The man looked at a few strangers inexplicably at first, and then his eyes fell on Zhang Cheng.

"Hey! What kind of wind brought you here? Please come inside!"

He regained his energy and shouted inside: "Hurry up and boil the water to make tea, Mr. Zhang is here!"

Ye Batian was at a loss, but didn't know what to say.He turned to look at Lin Dong, and Lin Dong looked at Zhangcheng again.

Zhang Cheng had a half-smile on his face, as if seeing a joke, and didn't intend to say anything.

Seeing how many people were standing still, the man asked puzzledly, "My lord... what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, these few are the guests of Zhang's mansion, just stroll around."

As soon as he heard that he was a guest from Zhangfu, the man's expression immediately turned polite, "Ah, how many of them are passengers passing by our place?"

Obviously, there was nothing to talk about this kind of pleasantries, and of course Lin Dong and the others had nothing to say to him.

Lin Dong turned around bluntly, walked towards the small thatched cottage next door, and said, "We knocked on the wrong door."

"what?"

……

Mabel was the old man who asked them for help earlier.Compared with the big house next door, he huddled in the small thatched hut with only one candle lit, looking extremely bleak.

When he saw Lin Dong and the others coming, he showed no expression.Zhang Cheng naturally wouldn't intentionally make things boring, so he didn't go in.

"What are you doing here?" Mabel snorted coldly, but didn't want to chase her away.

Lin Dong said: "Meber, we want to know what kind of person Master Zhang is."

"Master Zhang?" Mei Bo looked angry, "It seems that you are not short of money, what benefit did that Zhang give you? After all, you are now Master Zhang?"

Lin Dongdao: "Meber, I have personal requests. I can only tell you that we will never do unrefined things like him."

Mei Bo glanced at him, turned to face the wall, and said slowly: "I'm old, I don't know what you young people think. I just ask for the safety of my family, and let an old man like me watch his grandson be killed. Tossing about Zhang, even if I die, I will not rest in peace."

Lin Dong said: "Your son is in Zhangfu?"

"Isn't that right? He snatched the children of several families here, saying that they were doing servant work. Who doesn't know what they are doing? Just look at the Zhangcheng. My lover even changed his last name."

Lin Dong and Zang Feilong looked at each other, and Lin Dong boldly guessed: "Mei Bo, dare to ask. The Mei family next door... is your family?"

"..." Mei Bo didn't say a word for a long time, and after a while he sneered: "It's not for me. My poor grandson is the only family left."

Ye Batian recalled, "Could it be your son in the house next door?"

Mei Bo didn't say a word, Zang Feilong said in a deep voice, "The one named Zhang spent money to buy it?"

"To me, it's no different from robbing." The old man said angrily, "But my damned bastard son, for money..."

Needless to say, everyone present understood what was said later.

"Is it the same for other family members?" Lin Dong asked, but the old man just nodded, but didn't answer.

Coming out of Mei's house, Zhang Cheng waited impatiently outside.

He looked at Ye Batian's surprised and uncertain face, and sneered: "How? Do you still feel that they have been wronged?"

Ye Batian looked at him for a long time, and suddenly said: "Could it be that you were also sold by your family?"

Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and his expression suddenly turned sour, "My fate is my own choice."

Ye Batian was even more puzzled, "Why?"

"None of your business." Zhang Cheng snorted and walked away.Lin Dong looked at his back thoughtfully, and Zang Feilong said beside him: "This Zhang, it seems difficult to deal with."

The author has something to say: double update the day after tomorrow~~~(^o^)/