I slept until about 11 o'clock the next morning. After getting up, I took Zhou Jing and me to Uncle Li's car to visit the people who used to work with my father.
My father used to work in Changfeng Street, Taiyuan. In fact, he just rented a residential house of more than 100 square meters. It was an office layout and there was no sign at all.
When we arrived, there were already two people in the office, a man and a woman. The woman was in her thirties, with ordinary looks and medium build. She was answering the phone at the desk. She should be the office clerk Qi Nan that Uncle Li mentioned. On the sofa opposite the desk, a very sturdy black-faced man was drinking water. No need to ask, this must be the other person Zhang Bowen that Uncle Li mentioned. I heard that this person is a retired soldier and used to be a special forces soldier. However, he never found a good job after retiring at the age of 23, so he followed my father. He was originally my father's driver, but he was good at fighting. When he followed my father on missions, he did a lot of work. The most important thing is that he is brave. I heard from Uncle Li that this man and my dad encountered an iron corpse on their first mission. Iron corpse is actually the name of the zombies in the Qing Dynasty. Due to funeral customs and other reasons, the corpses of that period were invulnerable to swords and guns once they resurrected, and had infinite strength and were very difficult to deal with. They were considered an outlier among zombies. As a result, Zhang Bowen was not afraid at all when he saw that thing for the first time. He just pounced on it and fought with his life. My dad admired his ferocity very much, so he taught him a few methods of Fa Qiu to exorcise evil spirits, which were basically the ones I learned when I first watched "Fa Qiu Secret Art". As for the murderous aura, my dad definitely would not teach him. After all, that was the secret of our Ge family. Even Uncle Li and my dad had never taught it, let alone him. But Zhang Bowen is really a warrior. He relies on the trick of spraying tongue blood on the weapon, combined with the skills he learned in the army, and he is very successful. He is not afraid of fighting all over the world. Sometimes when he encounters a difficult dirty thing that hides and refuses to show up, he directly takes a willow leaf with cow tears and wipes it on his eyes. It's really fierce. He has become my father's most capable assistant!
"Brother Li, you are here!"
As soon as he saw Uncle Li and I come in, Zhang Bowen immediately stood up from the sofa to greet us. It doesn't matter that he stood up. I found that he was half a head taller than me. He was a big man of 1.856 meters. His burly figure was like an iron tower. His face was full of arrogance. At first glance, he looked like a barbarian who couldn't be provoked. With his posture, I guess if he stood on the street, even gangsters and thieves would have to stay away. There is no trick. With his physique, he would punch someone and ordinary people would be beaten to shit!
Zhang Bowen was obviously stunned when he saw Zhou Jing and me, and then he hesitated for a while before asking: "Who are these two little brothers?"
"This is Ge Tianzhong, the young master."
Uncle Li introduced me to Zhang Bowen: "You two will have to work together in the future, and you have to help each other!"
"You mean... the young master is coming to lead me and Sister Nan to do things?"
Zhang Bowen was stunned, and subconsciously glanced at me. The doubt in his eyes was almost obvious, but it was no wonder. I'm afraid no one would believe a little kid like me, right? After all, we are doing a life-threatening business, and we must be very selective about our teammates. Otherwise, if the whole team is full of pitfalls like Zhang Jinya, we will probably die quickly.
"The son follows in his father's footsteps. It's the perfect thing for Xiaotian to take over Lao Ge's business!"
Uncle Li said with a smile: "Besides, don't underestimate Xiaotian's young age. He is definitely capable. He has destroyed the Qinling ancient tombs that destroyed Lao Ge, fought against the ghost soldiers who borrowed the road, opened bronze coffins and cellar coffins, fought against flying corpses, kicked over the Soul-Calming Tower, and subdued the Smiling Corpse. Although he is not as capable as Lao Ge now, he is definitely worthy of the saying that heroes emerge in youth. How could Lao Ge have such ability when he was this age? Following the young master is the right thing to do!"
Looking at Uncle Li's endless chatter, I felt ashamed...
Yes, I have participated in all these things, but it seems that except for kicking over the Soul-Calming Tower and fighting against the ghost soldiers, the others have nothing to do with me, right?
Uncle Li was really shameless in order to find a protector for me...
I know that Uncle Li exaggerated my ability infinitely in order to make Zhang Bowen willing to work hard with me, but I still felt embarrassed when I saw him boasting to Zhang Bowen with a red face. Was I still Ge Tianzhong, the person in Uncle Li's story who went through fire and water for his teammates? How come I didn't know that I was so great?
It turns out that honest people like Uncle Li are more deadly when they cheat others! !
Poor Zhang Bowen, he looked like a real person at first glance, or he was completely deceived by Uncle Li's honest appearance. He was so excited that his eyes sparkled and his forehead was throbbing. It looked like he almost wanted to follow me and work.
I mourned in my heart - what a straight-forward person, but it's a pity that I'm not as awesome as Uncle Li said. If you hang out with me, you are just here to be my thug and meat shield! ! !
But I definitely can't say this. How can I refuse Uncle Li's good intentions?
Uncle Li boasted for half an hour, and as soon as he finished, Zhang Bowen immediately jumped in front of me, stretched out his hand, and said to me sincerely: "Young Master, I apologize for my doubts just now. Please forgive me. From now on, I, Zhang Bowen, will follow you. If you say go forward, I will never take a step back!!!"
What a straightforward soldier...
In the end, he was pushed into a deep pit by Uncle Li, an honest man...
He I felt a little embarrassed, so I reached out and shook hands with Zhang Bowen, and then said, "I will still have to be taken care of by Brother Zhang in the future, after all, you are older! Don't listen to Uncle Li, as an elder, he is too supportive of the younger generation, so he can't help but get excited when I achieve a little success."
"Modest! Too modest!"
Zhang Bowen pointed at me and laughed, "Heroes have always been young since ancient times, and I admire talented young people!"
You idiot...
I am not modest, okay! ! !
I cursed inwardly, and really didn't know what to say to Zhang Bowen on this issue, so I simply changed the subject: "By the way, Brother Zhang, I have a case on my hands today. You can clean it up later. We will go to Wuzhai in Xiba County in northwest Shanxi tonight!"
"There is a case so soon?"
Zhang Bowen rubbed his hands excitedly: "Damn it, I haven't moved for half a year. I'm tight on money, and I'm finally looking forward to the case!"
I smiled and nodded, and roughly told Zhang Bowen about the case. When Zhang Bowen heard that we were going to investigate Li He's affairs, he patted his chest and said that it was no problem. He had no choice but to do things for his old friend. He would go home to clean up and pick me up in the evening in my father's business car used for office.
I nodded, said hello to Qi Nan, and left with Uncle Li and Zhou Jing.
As soon as I left the house, Zhou Jing whispered to me: "This Zhang Bowen can be used. He looks like a warrior, but he is not destined to be a general. He is destined to choose one master until the end. He is definitely a reliable person."
In fact, I know this even if Zhou Jing doesn't say it...
Such a simple person is really rare nowadays...
I smiled and walked downstairs, thinking about whether to sell the jade beads found in Helian Qi's tomb in the afternoon to get some money to pay Zhang Bowen and Qi Nan.
No money, no soldiers!!
Zhang Bowen and Qi Nan usually pay commissions, which means they take a cut from the remuneration given to my father by the organization after completing a task. In fact, this job is not open for a year, but it can only be used for half a year, which is similar to my father's antique shop. It's just that after my dad got into trouble, Li He also got into trouble, so they haven't received any tasks for a long time. If I don't give them some money to spend, I don't think I can support these two people. Now is the time for me to use people. Without these two people who have been working with my dad for a long time, I really can't make ends meet!
As soon as this thought came up, I gritted my teeth and decided - never mind, I'll go sell this jade bead in my hand this afternoon!