Chapter 17: New Business

Looking at the two mountain thieves holding their heads, Chen Rufeng pretended to breathe a sigh of relief and patted the dust on his clothes, looking extremely relaxed.

"Are you all right?" Chen Rufeng looked at the obviously frightened scholar with concern. The scholar looked at the direction of Hu Jiuwei and Liu Hong's escape, and shook his head with dull eyes.

"Thank you for saving your life." The scholar bowed his head and thanked him, "Xiaosheng Xie Wencheng, I went to Chang'an to look for relatives and friends. I wanted to save some time to walk these mountain roads, but I suddenly suffered this disaster... Alas..."

Chai Yuanlang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, your body is weak, and the road ahead may not be peaceful. Why don't we protect you all the way to Chang'an? I don't know what you think?"

Chen Rufeng saw that the right time was right and hurriedly said, "To be honest, our Tianfeng helps to protect passers-by here to Chang'an, but naturally we have to pay a certain amount of silver as a reward... However," Xie Wencheng immediately frowned when he mentioned the word silver. Chen Rufeng added, "This time is our heaven. Fengbang came out to do these businesses for the first time. If Brother Xie really doesn't want to pay silver, we will always escort you to Chang'an without charging anything.

Xie Wencheng showed hesitation. Chen Rufeng and Chai Yuanlang sweated coldly on their foreheads, afraid that Xie Wencheng would recognize that it was just that they had just played a scene to deceive him. Fortunately, Xie Wencheng finally agreed to escort him on the road.

Looking at the three people leaving, Han Ling and Jiang Shengtian, who were hiding in the dense forest in the distance, smiled. This first business was finally completed.

Along the way, Chen Rufeng patiently introduced to Xie Wencheng how his Tianfeng Gang guarded passers-by.

"We are paid according to the dangerous degree of the road, and you can even entrust us to protect and transport some goods. This is a new business, and we are not sure if anyone will come to visit us." Chen Rufeng shrugged his shoulders and said in a helpless tone.

"I think most of those who are willing to visit you just want to buy peace of mind. In fact, how can there be so many thieves and bandits doing wrong at the feet of the emperor? Xie Wencheng said his opinion, "It's better for you to expand this business to other places, which may be more prosperous."

Chen Rufeng stroked his chin and nodded thoughtfully. Xie Wencheng's words were reasonable for him, but it was easy to say and difficult to implement. Not to mention whether anyone is willing to trust them and entrust their lives and property to them, the dangers in other places are not what they can estimate. According to the human and material resources of the current Tianfeng Gang, it is a little whimsical to expand this business.

"Thank you for your suggestion, I will seriously consider it, but now we just want to do a good job in business near Chang'an. I don't think the road ahead is very peaceful. I don't trust you to go on the road alone. I can't ignore human life for the sake of money, can I? Even in the future, I will do this, as long as they want to give it. If they don't want, we will protect them. Chen Rufeng caused a fever in Xie Wencheng's heart and felt that Bo Yuntian, the gang of the Tianfeng Gang, was a respectable chivalrous man.

Along the way, it was finally calm and safe, and soon arrived in Chang'an.

"Xiaosheng is here to thank the two heroes!" At the time of separation, Xie Wencheng said from the bottom of his heart that there was already a surge of people around him, and there was no worry about bandits.

"Small things! Small things! Ha ha, I'll see you later!" Chen Rufeng held his fist and arched his hand.

"Oh... by the way..." Xie Wencheng took out a money bag, shook out a few pieces of silver into it, and stuffed it into Chen Rufeng's hand. "Master Chen is heroic, affectionate and righteous, and has escorted Xiaosheng without compensation since then. Xiaosheng is grateful that he can only use these words to thank him." Before Chen Rufeng could react, Xie Wencheng had turned around and disappeared into the vast sea of people.

Chen Rufeng held the broken silver in his hand and was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that his good intentions would get a good reward. Originally, he still held the mentality of doing the first business for nothing, but now there is only a strange satisfaction in his heart.

He didn't know that he had created a career, which was the prototype of what later generations called the "biao bureau".

Chen Rufeng was so happy that a refreshing feeling wrapped his whole body.

"It's rare to come to Chang'an... Um..." Chen Rufeng's heart moved silently and wanted to visit his hometown again. The most important thing is to visit someone.

He stuffed the broken silver in his hand into Chai Yuanlang and said, "Brother Chai, you go back to report the situation first. I remember that there is still something else to do."

Chai Yuanlang nodded, said goodbye, and went back to Tianfeng.

With the satisfaction of completing the first business, Chen Rufeng really wants to find someone to share the joy in his heart. And that person knows who it is in his own heart.

Chen Rufeng couldn't wait to come to the wall of the prime minister's mansion, pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind to jump up and disappear like a wind.

After two assassinations, the guards of the prime minister's house were obviously much more strict. The guests kept patrolling the house one by one, and even had soldiers armed guards, which was almost impenetrable protection measures. Even a bird could be found immediately when it flew in, which was extremely strict.

However, for Chen Rufeng, these guards are just a piece of cake. After showing his erratic work, they can't find his trace at all. They can only see slight air fluctuations, but there is no real image at all.

As for why Chen Rufeng didn't leave the door and wanted to sneak in like this, he couldn't explain it himself. Perhaps what Li Linfu said earlier had already drawn a line with the Tianfeng Gang. Perhaps Chen Rufeng personally has a sense of disgust for Li Linfu, but there is still a person in the prime minister's house that makes him nostalgic. Otherwise, he will not come back if he is beaten to death.

After positioning the lower position in his heart, Chen Rufeng swept to the east like a big bird spreading its wings and stood on the roof, but did not immediately show anyone.

Without the pleasant sound of the piano, Chen Rufeng couldn't help but doubt it. He fell into the yard and made a gentle "pop" sound, as if he were coming out of the air.

The fragrance is still the same, and yesterday's scene is still in front of us. The sweetness seems to be integrated into the water, and the heart is suddenly immersed.

Unexpectedly, Chen Rufeng felt a cold light behind his neck. He turned his head and saw the bucket-like sister Ping staring at him sharply. He smiled humply. After all, Sister Ping is the maidservant of the young lady. How can she not know what the young lady is thinking? When Chen Rufeng arrived today, she must be very happy. Thinking of this, Sister Ping snorted coldly and turned around as if she didn't see Chen Rufeng.

Chen Rufeng nodded gratefully and gently knocked on the door of Li Yinru's room.

"Ah..." Li Yinru couldn't help screaming. Chen Rufeng walked into the room with a silly face, and their faces turned red, like two tomatoes.

Li Yinru carefully closed the door, did not dare to face Chen Rufeng, lowered her head shyly and said, "You...why are you here?"

Chen Rufeng grabbed his head with a little awkwardness and his eyes fell on the guqin on the low table. After thinking for a long time, he said, "I want to tell you that I have become the first business of our gang... Although the amount is not very large, it is finally a successful start."

"Ah, are you so capable?" Li Yinru praised, and her soft eyes covered Chen Rufeng's face, but only brought him a hot feeling.

"Yes... I just want to get ahead, so that I can deserve you." Chen Rufeng became angry for a moment, "You are the first person I think of. As soon as I finished that business, I came to you immediately."

Li Yinru smiled sweetly and gently leaned her face on his chest. Chen Rufeng also stretched out his arms and held her in his arms.

"Don't be proud, or no one will come to you to do business in the future." Li Yinru laughed and cursed, as if leaning on a pillow, and closed his eyes comfortably.

Chen Rufeng quickly said, "Of course not! In fact, I would like you to attend the Jianbang ceremony on that day... However, after all, you are the daughter of the Prime Minister. If you attend on that occasion..."

"Okay, okay, I understand, and I don't want Dad to know our relationship so soon... When you get out, you can propose marriage again." Speaking of this, Li Yinru shyly buried her face in Chen Rufeng's chest.

After listening to this, Chen Rufeng's heart seemed to be injected with powerful power. He unconsciously held the person in his arms and said firmly, "Don't worry, I will definitely make a name for myself and make some achievements!" At that time, I will dedicate all the happiness in the world to you!"

In the room, the two people whispered like this. You said a word to me, and unconsciously it was time for the west mountain at sunset.

The words were divided into two parts. Xie Wencheng, the weak scholar, was also searching hard in the huge city of Chang'an. Finally, he came to the gate called "Xianlai Inn" and looked up at the signboard carefully.

Chang'an is originally a place where merchants and tourists gather. Naturally, the Xianlai Inn is also full of people. Every table is full of people, and all kinds of fragrant dishes make people's stomachs itchy. There are also all kinds of exotic guests, wearing pleasant and novel clothes, speaking stiff Middle-earth dialect, which adds a lot of color to this inn.

Xie Wencheng walked in, but according to his searching eyes, he did not come to stay overnight.

An attentive second child came to him and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, guest officer, we are full today. Let's invite you to go somewhere else to rest."

Before Xie Wencheng could answer, a surprised voice had already called out: "Wencheng!"

"Sister!" Xie Wencheng looked at the woman with heavy makeup and about 30 years old striding, and smiled. The woman was also dignified, not fat or thin. Coupled with the heavy makeup and fragrance all over her body, she suddenly seemed to be ten years younger. At a glance, she was similar to Xie Wencheng's age, and she could hardly see that she was a sister. Brother's relationship.

This woman is Xie Lanting, the owner of Xianlai Inn.

Speaking of this, Xie Landing is also a little famous in Chang'an. At the beginning, a woman came to the capital, from being poor and white, starting from scratch to now running an inn. It can be imagined that it is very bitter.

Now the purpose of Xie Wencheng's trip to Chang'an is to visit this sister. Xie Landing greeted him enthusiastically and said, "I'm sorry, Wencheng, there are so many guests today, so I can only sit at the table with others."

"Haha, sister, don't be polite to me. It's too late for me to be happy for you to see such prosperity!" Xie Wencheng smiled and sat side by side with a tough man. The tough man reluctantly gave up a chair, and Xie Lanting apologized with a smile.

"I'll arrange a room for you later to give you a good rest. By the way, why did you come to Chang'an after a long journey? Xie Landing wiped the sweat on his forehead.

Xie Wencheng said with emotion, "With the help of Tianfeng Gang, I was saved from falling into the mouth of bandits, and also escorted me to Chang'an without compensation."

Ah? Tianfeng Gang? Is that the newly established gang in Cuihua Mountain? The tough man sitting next to him also seemed to be an old man, and naturally knew what happened in the world.

This question immediately caused a chain reaction. Many people in the Xianlai Inn also came over to ask. Xie Wencheng smiled and took this opportunity to promote the business of Tianfeng Gang for Chen Rufeng, which was a small reward.

So, Tianfeng Gang's new business spread all over Chang'an overnight. Those people are naturally scoffing, and the mountain thieves of the mob are not paid attention to by them at all. Only those business travelers who have no power to fight are very interested in this.