Go back to ancient times to engage in sideline business
Chapter 18 Scapegoat
Hearing the movement outside, Tang Zhong instinctively tightened his body.
He has seen many torture scenes in TV dramas. Those shocking instruments of torture and the severe pain like a broken bone made him feel deep fear.
Seeing a team of arresters rushing in, he backed away like a desperate lamb, his scalp was numb, his hair stood on end, his chest heaved violently, and he felt like a heart was about to jump out.
The arrester approached quickly, and he was almost out of breath.
The next moment, the leading police officer stepped over him and walked towards Deng Erhu in the corner.
Deng Erhu was already panicked, and when he was quickly arrested, he struggled desperately with all his strength, and the cloth towel that gagged him almost fell off.
The policemen were not gentle characters either, they directly greeted him with knives at the back of his head, knocked Deng Erhu unconscious, and dragged him out by the arms.
"How could it be Deng Erhu?"
Hu Tou'er and Zhao Liju outside were startled, and looked at the policeman, indicating if they had caught the wrong person.
"Hu Touer, take a step to speak."
The leading arrester took Hu Tou'er outside the city tower, covered his mouth with his hand and said, "We just learned that there is a younger brother in this man's family, who recently went to the next door Gucheng County to work as a groom."
"so what?"
The policeman quickly looked around to make sure there was no one else, moved his head over, and lowered his voice.
"Hutouer knows that Gucheng Wu Zhi County and our Lin Zhi County have never dealt with each other. Wu Zhi County went to Futai Master yesterday and found many mistakes in Lin Zhi County."
"Now that there is a poisoning case at Dongchengmen, it is a god-sent opportunity. Linzhi County can just use this as an excuse to write some articles, and seriously participate in the book of his surname Wu!"
"But, after all, there is no evidence to prove that Deng Erhu is the murderer? What's more, he is a little unconscious now, suspicious all day long, and what he said is not credible at all."
Hu Tou'er's heart trembled, after all, he was a subordinate for many years, and he didn't want to watch Deng Erhu get wronged.
"Evidence is not important, as long as we all believe that he poisoned, the real culprit is him."
Hu Touer opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, the policeman quickly saw that everyone was escorting Deng Erhu out of the tower, and raised his hand to make a silent gesture.
"Hu Touer, this matter has something to do with Linzhi County. Only when Linzhi County sits firmly, we people have a future. Not everyone is like your Dongcheng Gate Gate Guard surnamed Tang, who has a hereditary errand. That's all for now. Hu Touer stay behind and say goodbye!"
Looking at the backs of the policemen walking away in great strength, Hu Tou'er had mixed feelings in his heart.
He has always claimed to be upright and upright, and he can't tolerate sand in his eyes, which is why he attaches so much importance to the poisoning.
But right now, is it really important what he insists on?
Since Deng Erhu has been taken away, Tang Zhong has no reason to be tied up again.
Hu Touer ordered Zhao Li to untie him, walked to the table by himself, and poured several cups of cool overnight tea into his stomach.
Seeing Tang Zhong untie the rope, Lao Zhang stood up on the bed and complained in a hoarse voice: "The wrong person was arrested, it is clearly Tang Zhong..."
"Shut up!" Hu Bingyi came over and yelled to stop.
"Stop this matter, no further discussion!"
Hu Touer glanced at Lao Zhang, and then at Tang Zhong who was rubbing his wrists, the corners of his eyes were full of warnings.
"In the future, no matter where you go or whoever you see, you will be bitten to death by me. The one who poisoned the East City Gate was Deng Erhu! You two, you two were lucky enough to escape. If you still dare to have dirty hands and feet, no matter who it is, I must be severely punished!"
Seeing that the city gate was about to be opened at Maoshi, one of the city gate guards under him was sick in bed, one was arrested and quickly taken away, and the other was on funeral leave. There was not even enough manpower to open the city gate.
"From today onwards, your funeral leave will not end, put on your armor and take office."
Tang Zhong took the order and nodded in agreement.
Hu Tou'er was so bored that he didn't have the mind to stay in the tower anymore, he didn't even bother to say hello, so he turned and went out.
Tang Zhong also had mixed feelings in his heart, he took off his old armor from the wall and put it on his body.The little demon in the temple has a lot of wind, and Chiqian has more than eight kings, so he is really right.
Every day in the future, he has to cheer up 12 points and pay more attention.
As the sky gradually brightened, more and more traffickers entered and exited the city gate.
Tang Zhong stood outside the city gate, one on the left and the other on the right with Zhao Li, checking suspicious faces or guides for businessmen from other places.
Going to work is painful, whether in future generations or now.
But now he is penniless and has a family to support.He made up his mind and told himself that he had to earn enough money quickly so that he could escape from the right and wrong place of Dongchengmen as soon as possible.
The white mist on the river slowly rises, transpiring into flowing clouds covering the mountains.The sun gradually emerged from behind the mountains on the other side of the Qingjiang River, lighting up the eastern sky.
The fog on the main road gradually dissipated, and Tang Zhong saw from a distance, a solid figure carrying firewood, walking quickly from the road by the river bank.
"Uncle He, did you come so early?" Tang Zhong greeted him and helped Uncle He unload the burden from his shoulders.
He Bo pulled out the towel from his shoulders and wiped the sweat off his face.He got up too early, and drove for a long time on the mountain road. The clothes outside were soaked in water vapor, and the cotton shoes under his feet were covered with dew and yellow mud.
"What's the matter, the blacksmith shop has already started working at this time, I have to hurry up and deliver today's firewood. By the way, didn't you say you wanted to give me something yesterday?"
Tang Zhong grabbed the hem of his clothes awkwardly, all the silver that he planned to let Uncle He take back was all taken to ask Dr. Chu to treat the beggar grandfather and grandson, there was no surplus.
"No hurry...let me think of a way, or I will go to the blacksmith shop to find you before noon."
Uncle He was puzzled, what else did he need to do to get things?But right now he didn't bother to inquire much, his boss was already at work, so he had to go to the blacksmith shop quickly.
Putting on the towel again, and taking up the load on another shoulder, Uncle He hurried into the city, heading straight for Qingniu Street.
As the sun rose gradually, fewer people entered the city. Tang Zhong found a free time, greeted Zhao Li, and hurried to Baima West Street.
Although I made up my mind before, I want to reduce the number of times I go to Fuxing Restaurant.But compared to the city tower, Fuxing Restaurant reassures him more.
The restaurant just opened at this moment, and the six sons were busy sweeping the steps in front of the door. There were already a few old men around the cabinet, and they were repeatedly asking shopkeeper Liu about the details of the membership card.
There were outsiders around, so it was inconvenient to say more, so Tang Zhong took the teapot and sat down in the corner consciously, and waited for shopkeeper Liu to give a fancy explanation, and persuaded several old men to register one after another, before coming to Tang Zhong for water.
"Hey! It's quite early today! Let me tell you, there are only members who registered yesterday..."
Shopkeeper Liu couldn't stop being overjoyed when he saw Tang Zhong, and came over with the membership book in his hand, wanting to show off to him.
"Ahem, we signed a non-disclosure agreement!" Tang Zhong clenched his fist under his lips and coughed twice, reconfirming that there was no one else in the store.
With such an enthusiastic appearance, one has to suspect that the two of them are tricky!
Shopkeeper Liu went through the non-disclosure agreement in his mind, regarding the terms of compensation, the foundation of the ancestors is above all, and it must not be paid out.
He immediately put away his smiling face and put it back in the booklet, unable to smile anymore.
"Master Cha, what would you like to eat and drink? Sixth son, bring some snacks to Master Me."
"Okay, okay, it's too much to act again, I'm just here to borrow a pen and paper. There are too many people, I'll go to the backyard and stay!"
Shopkeeper Liu's heart was filled with joy again, did Ganqing come up with something new?
One day is a new trick, which restaurants and restaurants on Baima West Street have the ability to compete with him?
Shopkeeper Liu smiled and led Tang Zhong to the table and chairs for drinking tea in the backyard, then took his sleeve and brushed the fallen leaves on the table clean.
But when he rolled up his sleeves to wait for the pen and ink, he couldn't help frowning after seeing the strange objects drawn by Tang Zhong.
"This thing shaped like a bird's beak is..."
"Nail clippers can be used for hand and foot nails." Tang Zhong glanced at it and continued to draw.
Shopkeeper Liu thought to himself that he used to bite the tongue with his teeth, but Tang Zhong was more particular about it.
Carefully rolling it up and holding it in his hand, shopkeeper Liu picked up the ink in front of him that was not completely dry, and blew on it with his mouth.
"It looks like a hook, I don't know what it is for..."
"That's the hook of a clothes hanger, and a wooden or bamboo stick is placed under it to hang clothes."
The clothes hangers on the market today are all wooden shelves standing directly on the ground, shaped like screens.
I have never seen such a small and exquisite hook.Shopkeeper Liu went through it in his mind, but still couldn't imagine how to use it.
In the end, he rolled up the white paper and held it together with the blueprint just now.
Tang Zhong pondered while painting, trying to recall what other small objects of daily life could be made in this era.
After a while, a lot of waste paper balls had accumulated on the ground.Some are complicated and difficult to make, and some are too avant-garde to be useful in this era.
After racking his brains for a while, Tang Zhong finally drew some suitable small objects, a total of six or seven pieces, enough for them to ponder for a while.
"Is this a hidden weapon? It looks very handy."
Tang Zhong picked up the last drawing, and fanned the ink marks that were not completely dried on it with his hands.
"It's just a clip. It's specially used to hold the shells of nuts such as walnuts and chestnuts. The picture in front of you is a shelf. It can be hung directly behind the door as a shelf, so you don't need to hammer nails."
All of them are things that have never been seen before. If you say that he has lived for more than forty years, and his knowledge is no less than that of ordinary people, why didn't he think of making these things?After all, young people's brains are easy to use.
Shopkeeper Liu thought it was an eye-opener, and wanted to keep flipping through it, but Tang Zhong grabbed the blueprint on the table, rolled it up and stuffed it into his sleeve.
"Not for me?"
Shopkeeper Liu couldn't hide his disappointment. He dared to say that the positive energy just now was all in vain.
"The Fuxing Restaurant doesn't need these things. The previous marketing activities are not bad, enough to keep the store's business booming for a while. There are a lot of business affairs in Dongcheng in recent days, so I won't be able to come here for the time being."
After Tang Zhong finished speaking, he took away the blueprints that shopkeeper Liu was holding in his hand, and walked out quickly.
Once he heard that he would not come over for several days, shopkeeper Liu would not agree.Whether he can start the business and completely defeat the opponent depends on the showy operations these days. How can Tang Zhong let him do it without worrying about it!
"No way! You stop for me!"
Shopkeeper Liu chased all the way to the front hall, and the man sitting by the window raised his head with surprise on his face.
"Tang Zhong? Why are you here!"
He has seen many torture scenes in TV dramas. Those shocking instruments of torture and the severe pain like a broken bone made him feel deep fear.
Seeing a team of arresters rushing in, he backed away like a desperate lamb, his scalp was numb, his hair stood on end, his chest heaved violently, and he felt like a heart was about to jump out.
The arrester approached quickly, and he was almost out of breath.
The next moment, the leading police officer stepped over him and walked towards Deng Erhu in the corner.
Deng Erhu was already panicked, and when he was quickly arrested, he struggled desperately with all his strength, and the cloth towel that gagged him almost fell off.
The policemen were not gentle characters either, they directly greeted him with knives at the back of his head, knocked Deng Erhu unconscious, and dragged him out by the arms.
"How could it be Deng Erhu?"
Hu Tou'er and Zhao Liju outside were startled, and looked at the policeman, indicating if they had caught the wrong person.
"Hu Touer, take a step to speak."
The leading arrester took Hu Tou'er outside the city tower, covered his mouth with his hand and said, "We just learned that there is a younger brother in this man's family, who recently went to the next door Gucheng County to work as a groom."
"so what?"
The policeman quickly looked around to make sure there was no one else, moved his head over, and lowered his voice.
"Hutouer knows that Gucheng Wu Zhi County and our Lin Zhi County have never dealt with each other. Wu Zhi County went to Futai Master yesterday and found many mistakes in Lin Zhi County."
"Now that there is a poisoning case at Dongchengmen, it is a god-sent opportunity. Linzhi County can just use this as an excuse to write some articles, and seriously participate in the book of his surname Wu!"
"But, after all, there is no evidence to prove that Deng Erhu is the murderer? What's more, he is a little unconscious now, suspicious all day long, and what he said is not credible at all."
Hu Tou'er's heart trembled, after all, he was a subordinate for many years, and he didn't want to watch Deng Erhu get wronged.
"Evidence is not important, as long as we all believe that he poisoned, the real culprit is him."
Hu Touer opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, the policeman quickly saw that everyone was escorting Deng Erhu out of the tower, and raised his hand to make a silent gesture.
"Hu Touer, this matter has something to do with Linzhi County. Only when Linzhi County sits firmly, we people have a future. Not everyone is like your Dongcheng Gate Gate Guard surnamed Tang, who has a hereditary errand. That's all for now. Hu Touer stay behind and say goodbye!"
Looking at the backs of the policemen walking away in great strength, Hu Tou'er had mixed feelings in his heart.
He has always claimed to be upright and upright, and he can't tolerate sand in his eyes, which is why he attaches so much importance to the poisoning.
But right now, is it really important what he insists on?
Since Deng Erhu has been taken away, Tang Zhong has no reason to be tied up again.
Hu Touer ordered Zhao Li to untie him, walked to the table by himself, and poured several cups of cool overnight tea into his stomach.
Seeing Tang Zhong untie the rope, Lao Zhang stood up on the bed and complained in a hoarse voice: "The wrong person was arrested, it is clearly Tang Zhong..."
"Shut up!" Hu Bingyi came over and yelled to stop.
"Stop this matter, no further discussion!"
Hu Touer glanced at Lao Zhang, and then at Tang Zhong who was rubbing his wrists, the corners of his eyes were full of warnings.
"In the future, no matter where you go or whoever you see, you will be bitten to death by me. The one who poisoned the East City Gate was Deng Erhu! You two, you two were lucky enough to escape. If you still dare to have dirty hands and feet, no matter who it is, I must be severely punished!"
Seeing that the city gate was about to be opened at Maoshi, one of the city gate guards under him was sick in bed, one was arrested and quickly taken away, and the other was on funeral leave. There was not even enough manpower to open the city gate.
"From today onwards, your funeral leave will not end, put on your armor and take office."
Tang Zhong took the order and nodded in agreement.
Hu Tou'er was so bored that he didn't have the mind to stay in the tower anymore, he didn't even bother to say hello, so he turned and went out.
Tang Zhong also had mixed feelings in his heart, he took off his old armor from the wall and put it on his body.The little demon in the temple has a lot of wind, and Chiqian has more than eight kings, so he is really right.
Every day in the future, he has to cheer up 12 points and pay more attention.
As the sky gradually brightened, more and more traffickers entered and exited the city gate.
Tang Zhong stood outside the city gate, one on the left and the other on the right with Zhao Li, checking suspicious faces or guides for businessmen from other places.
Going to work is painful, whether in future generations or now.
But now he is penniless and has a family to support.He made up his mind and told himself that he had to earn enough money quickly so that he could escape from the right and wrong place of Dongchengmen as soon as possible.
The white mist on the river slowly rises, transpiring into flowing clouds covering the mountains.The sun gradually emerged from behind the mountains on the other side of the Qingjiang River, lighting up the eastern sky.
The fog on the main road gradually dissipated, and Tang Zhong saw from a distance, a solid figure carrying firewood, walking quickly from the road by the river bank.
"Uncle He, did you come so early?" Tang Zhong greeted him and helped Uncle He unload the burden from his shoulders.
He Bo pulled out the towel from his shoulders and wiped the sweat off his face.He got up too early, and drove for a long time on the mountain road. The clothes outside were soaked in water vapor, and the cotton shoes under his feet were covered with dew and yellow mud.
"What's the matter, the blacksmith shop has already started working at this time, I have to hurry up and deliver today's firewood. By the way, didn't you say you wanted to give me something yesterday?"
Tang Zhong grabbed the hem of his clothes awkwardly, all the silver that he planned to let Uncle He take back was all taken to ask Dr. Chu to treat the beggar grandfather and grandson, there was no surplus.
"No hurry...let me think of a way, or I will go to the blacksmith shop to find you before noon."
Uncle He was puzzled, what else did he need to do to get things?But right now he didn't bother to inquire much, his boss was already at work, so he had to go to the blacksmith shop quickly.
Putting on the towel again, and taking up the load on another shoulder, Uncle He hurried into the city, heading straight for Qingniu Street.
As the sun rose gradually, fewer people entered the city. Tang Zhong found a free time, greeted Zhao Li, and hurried to Baima West Street.
Although I made up my mind before, I want to reduce the number of times I go to Fuxing Restaurant.But compared to the city tower, Fuxing Restaurant reassures him more.
The restaurant just opened at this moment, and the six sons were busy sweeping the steps in front of the door. There were already a few old men around the cabinet, and they were repeatedly asking shopkeeper Liu about the details of the membership card.
There were outsiders around, so it was inconvenient to say more, so Tang Zhong took the teapot and sat down in the corner consciously, and waited for shopkeeper Liu to give a fancy explanation, and persuaded several old men to register one after another, before coming to Tang Zhong for water.
"Hey! It's quite early today! Let me tell you, there are only members who registered yesterday..."
Shopkeeper Liu couldn't stop being overjoyed when he saw Tang Zhong, and came over with the membership book in his hand, wanting to show off to him.
"Ahem, we signed a non-disclosure agreement!" Tang Zhong clenched his fist under his lips and coughed twice, reconfirming that there was no one else in the store.
With such an enthusiastic appearance, one has to suspect that the two of them are tricky!
Shopkeeper Liu went through the non-disclosure agreement in his mind, regarding the terms of compensation, the foundation of the ancestors is above all, and it must not be paid out.
He immediately put away his smiling face and put it back in the booklet, unable to smile anymore.
"Master Cha, what would you like to eat and drink? Sixth son, bring some snacks to Master Me."
"Okay, okay, it's too much to act again, I'm just here to borrow a pen and paper. There are too many people, I'll go to the backyard and stay!"
Shopkeeper Liu's heart was filled with joy again, did Ganqing come up with something new?
One day is a new trick, which restaurants and restaurants on Baima West Street have the ability to compete with him?
Shopkeeper Liu smiled and led Tang Zhong to the table and chairs for drinking tea in the backyard, then took his sleeve and brushed the fallen leaves on the table clean.
But when he rolled up his sleeves to wait for the pen and ink, he couldn't help frowning after seeing the strange objects drawn by Tang Zhong.
"This thing shaped like a bird's beak is..."
"Nail clippers can be used for hand and foot nails." Tang Zhong glanced at it and continued to draw.
Shopkeeper Liu thought to himself that he used to bite the tongue with his teeth, but Tang Zhong was more particular about it.
Carefully rolling it up and holding it in his hand, shopkeeper Liu picked up the ink in front of him that was not completely dry, and blew on it with his mouth.
"It looks like a hook, I don't know what it is for..."
"That's the hook of a clothes hanger, and a wooden or bamboo stick is placed under it to hang clothes."
The clothes hangers on the market today are all wooden shelves standing directly on the ground, shaped like screens.
I have never seen such a small and exquisite hook.Shopkeeper Liu went through it in his mind, but still couldn't imagine how to use it.
In the end, he rolled up the white paper and held it together with the blueprint just now.
Tang Zhong pondered while painting, trying to recall what other small objects of daily life could be made in this era.
After a while, a lot of waste paper balls had accumulated on the ground.Some are complicated and difficult to make, and some are too avant-garde to be useful in this era.
After racking his brains for a while, Tang Zhong finally drew some suitable small objects, a total of six or seven pieces, enough for them to ponder for a while.
"Is this a hidden weapon? It looks very handy."
Tang Zhong picked up the last drawing, and fanned the ink marks that were not completely dried on it with his hands.
"It's just a clip. It's specially used to hold the shells of nuts such as walnuts and chestnuts. The picture in front of you is a shelf. It can be hung directly behind the door as a shelf, so you don't need to hammer nails."
All of them are things that have never been seen before. If you say that he has lived for more than forty years, and his knowledge is no less than that of ordinary people, why didn't he think of making these things?After all, young people's brains are easy to use.
Shopkeeper Liu thought it was an eye-opener, and wanted to keep flipping through it, but Tang Zhong grabbed the blueprint on the table, rolled it up and stuffed it into his sleeve.
"Not for me?"
Shopkeeper Liu couldn't hide his disappointment. He dared to say that the positive energy just now was all in vain.
"The Fuxing Restaurant doesn't need these things. The previous marketing activities are not bad, enough to keep the store's business booming for a while. There are a lot of business affairs in Dongcheng in recent days, so I won't be able to come here for the time being."
After Tang Zhong finished speaking, he took away the blueprints that shopkeeper Liu was holding in his hand, and walked out quickly.
Once he heard that he would not come over for several days, shopkeeper Liu would not agree.Whether he can start the business and completely defeat the opponent depends on the showy operations these days. How can Tang Zhong let him do it without worrying about it!
"No way! You stop for me!"
Shopkeeper Liu chased all the way to the front hall, and the man sitting by the window raised his head with surprise on his face.
"Tang Zhong? Why are you here!"
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