Chapter 362 Acquaintance?

Chapter 362 Acquaintance?

After crossing the river and walking two steps southwest, Zhao Yushu, following the instructions of the city gate official Lord Yu, saw the bustling food street in front of him, and felt the warmth of the big market in his previous life.

It is not normal for people in this world to have three meals a day. In some poor places, people only have two meals a day. But Xiangzhou is different, or rather, the docks in Xiangzhou are different, because coolies really cannot do the work at the docks if they don't eat.

So when the sky gets light, this street is crowded with people and hot air is rising, sweeping away the autumn chill.

Zhao Yushu randomly found a street stall to sit down, ordered a fried dough cake, a bowl of bean porridge, and a salted duck egg, and ate a warm breakfast happily.

Perhaps it was because his clothes were too clean, perhaps it was because his sword was too dazzling, or perhaps it was because his temperament was so different from the people here. Zhao Yushu didn't even need to ask around, someone would naturally give him the information he wanted.

A group of people were looking at Zhao Yushu, wearing a long gown and a long sword, sitting with them and eating a not-so-clean breakfast. They felt it was strange and couldn't help pointing and criticizing him.

"Big brother, is there anything wrong with me?" Zhao Yushu turned around and asked a man sitting next to him.

The man was stunned and felt quite embarrassed. He didn't expect that the man with a scar on his face would notice him in such a noisy and chaotic street.

"No, haha, I just saw that you didn't look like a local, so I looked at you a little more."

Zhao Yushu smiled, asked for another salted egg and handed it to the man. The man wanted to refuse, but when he thought of the golden and oily yolk, he couldn't help it, so he chuckled twice and took it.

Zhao Yushu took another sip of bean porridge and said, "Indeed, I am from another place. I see that Xiangzhou City is not small, with so many ships coming and going. Is it rare to see outsiders?"

"There are a lot of people from other places, but no one comes to our dirty street." The man broke the salted egg, cut it in half, and handed half to his companion next to him.

"Dirty streets? It's not very clean, haha." Zhao Yushu looked around. There were food shops full of greasy dirt, streets that no one cleaned, and the ditches on the side of the road were full of dirty floating objects.

"Hey, sir, our dirty street doesn't mean dirty."

The man's companion ate half a duck egg in two or three bites and wiped his mouth: "It's best not to hang around in this place, a young man like you, finish eating and leave quickly."

Zhao Yushu looked surprised: "Why, people are not allowed to walk here?"

The two men were about to say something when their faces suddenly tensed up and they hurriedly pushed Zhao Yushu and said, "Go, go!"

Zhao Yushu looked back and saw a few rough men wearing only blue short jackets with their shirts unbuttoned in the freezing cold weather walking out of a food store. They spotted Zhao Yushu, the odd one out, at first glance.

If Zhao Yushu had fled decisively at this moment, with so many people here and a little obstruction, perhaps these people in blue would not bother to chase him. But Zhao Yushu certainly would not leave, but stood up and walked a few steps outside, seeming to be very curious about the identities of these people.

The two men who had benefited did not dare to say anything at this time. They quickly finished their breakfast and ran away.

"Hey! Whose young master is this? Did he come to the wrong place?"

The leader in blue clothes came over, but he didn't do anything improper. After all, if it was someone from someone he knew, he would just let it go.

"Xijing Baijia, if this is a dirty street, then I should be in the right place."

Several men in green were stunned. They had never heard of the Bai family in Xijing and didn't know what level they were at. Moreover, the other party specifically came to pick a fight. Could they be a rival family?

"May I ask which sect you are from, sir?"

Zhao Yushu took out his folding fan and said, "There are two ways. One is Lao Yu at the North City Gate, and the other is Zang Niu at the Dog Hall. Which one do you think is better?"

The men in blue clothes suddenly started to make a noise. Zhao Yushu's ears moved and he clearly caught a sentence: Zang Niu's people!

Isn't Dirty Street the territory of the Cao Gang?!

The leader in blue rolled his eyes and said, "Of course Master Niu's face is useful. I wonder what advice Master Bai has for coming to Zang Street?"

It seems that Lao Yu is not as famous as he says. These young men simply ignored his title.

However, if Dirty Street and Dog Hall are not on the same side, maybe I can give it a try.

"I came to Xiangzhou to do business and talked to Zang Niu. But when doing business, you have to compare prices from three different stores, so I came to Zang Street to take a look."

Qing Yi chuckled twice: "It seems that Mr. Bai is also knowledgeable, but we are all rough people. If we want to do business, I still have to patrol the streets. How about I let the little ones take Mr. Bai to see our manager?"

Zhao Yushu put away his folding fan and touched his sword intentionally or unintentionally: "That's good, but I still want to walk around this dirty street. I wonder which brother is willing to introduce me to the local customs and practices here."

The leader in blue hesitated for a moment. This man looked capable and courageous. He had clearly seen Zang Niu before, yet he still dared to come to Zang Street.

"A Biao!"

A man in green clothes immediately stood up from behind.

"Accompany Mr. Bai for a walk. When you get tired, bring him to the boat to see the Fourth Master."

A Biao nodded in agreement and made a gesture of invitation. Zhao Yushu followed him leisurely.

After taking only two steps, Zhao Yushu suddenly said, "A Biao."

A Biao was a little uncomfortable, but he still stopped and asked: "Master Bai, what do you want?"

"Aren't you cold wearing so little?"

Ah Biao's mouth twitched, and he let out a long breath: "The men in our Cao Gang are all made of iron and are not afraid of the cold."

Zhao Yushu's hands tightened slightly. Cao Gang?

Goutang is from the Cao Gang, and Zangjie is also from the Cao Gang, but these two groups obviously don't get along well.

The Cao Gang is fighting among themselves.

Zhao Yushu quickly deduced a possibility. If so, it would make sense why Zang Niu was so eager to tie himself, an outsider whose background he didn't know, to the chariot.

The people in the Dog Hall want to deal with Mr. Six of the Academy because they have a backer behind them, but the people in Zang Street may not trust this backer very much and do not want to completely offend the Academy. The best way at this time is to make things difficult for the Dog Hall to do, so that the mission will come to nothing, and then push a few people to take the blame to vent their anger on the backer behind them.

Therefore, all the capable people in Gou Tang must have been targeted, and no matter what they do, they are hindered by insiders. Only Bai Jintang, who came from outside, is most likely to avoid being targeted by Zanjie.

This is probably why Jiao Niang is so reluctant to come to Dirty Street.

But her opposition was not very resolute, which meant that the two families had not yet become complete enemies. Who knows, there might be someone in Zan Street who wanted to deal with her.

"The Cao Gang is indeed powerful." Zhao Yushu sighed sincerely, and A Biao raised his head proudly.

"Ah Biao."

"Master Bai, what do you want?"

"Let's go to the boat."

"Master Bai is not going to go shopping anymore?"

Ah Biao thought, why did he stop after just two steps? He didn't even reach the end of the street.

"I've been playing in the dog hall all night, and I'm tired. I have to find a clean inn to sleep in later, so I'd better get things done as soon as possible."

A Biao thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll take Master Bai to see Master Si."

A Biao led the way and soon they reached the riverside. Zhao Yushu looked up at the big ship in front of him, then looked at the bearded man leaning against the side of the ship, and could not help but smile bitterly.

We will meet each other everywhere in life.