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Chapter 52 The Man in the Veil (Part 2)

When Zhang Zong was shocked when he saw Princess Taiping falling from the wall, he didn't like him, but he didn't want to do anything to her. If the other party fell out, he might blame himself for it.

"Ghost!" But then Zhang Zong heard Taiping's scream from the other side, and then burst into tears. This made Zhang Zong finally relieved. Being able to cry means nothing should be done.

"You...you're too..." Zhang Zong then turned his head and looked at the man with a hat, but stopped halfway through his words. He saw that the other party's hat had been lifted open, revealing the appearance behind the gauze, which also scared Zhang Zong.

This is a face burned by fire. The face was covered with red and black burns, and even the nose was gone. Only two black holes were left. A piece of the lower lip was missing, revealing white teeth. Zhang Zong remembered that he had watched a classic ghost movie called "Ghost Street". The ghost king Freddy in it was already scary enough, but the person in front of him was even more terrifying than the ghost king.

No wonder Taiping fell from the wall in fright! Zhang Zong took a long breath when he looked at this terrifying face, but then calmed down. Although the other party was terrifying, as a doomsday zombie movie enthusiast, he could even watch Resident Evil gnaw pig's trotters, so the other party's appearance only brought him a little impact, but it quickly returned to normal.

"Huh? Are you not afraid of me?" The other party felt very keen. At this time, he also looked at Zhang Zong with interest. Since he was disfigured, everyone who saw him seemed to have seen ghosts. Zhang Zong was the first person to face him so calmly.

"You have no malice to me, why am I afraid of you?" Zhang Zong spread his hands and told the truth, but he immediately advised kindly, "You should leave quickly. The girl who was scared by you just now has a very special identity. Now the opposite side is in a mess. They may cause trouble for you later!"

Hearing Zhang Zong's persuasion, the man's ugly face showed a look of surprise, but then he said indifferently: "I know that the only daughter of the Emperor and the Queen is naturally fond of the whole world. To her, you and me are actually like two small ants. As long as she wants, she can stretch out her fingers to pinch us to death at any time!"

"Do you know her?" Zhang Zong also looked shocked when he heard this. He had never revealed the identity of Princess Taiping just now. In addition, the other party knew that he was a flower garden, but when he first came, he pretended to be confused. This made Zhang Zong suddenly feel that the other party was very mysterious.

"It's not just acknowledge, hehe~" the man said this and smiled, but he looked even more terrifying, but he didn't continue to talk about it. Instead, he changed the topic and said again, "Okay, I've met your request. Can you sell me wine now?"

"This..." Zhang Zong also smiled helplessly. Although the other party used too rudely, he did fulfill his request, which made him unable to break his promise. Finally, he had to nod, "Okay, take that jar of wine!"

"Thank you!" The disfigured man showed a terrifying smile again, then turned around and took away the wine jar, but then took out another piece of gold and handed it to Zhang Zong, "This is the wine!"

"There are too much, just treat this jar of wine as I gave it to you!" Zhang Zong was also shocked by the other party's generous price. The price of gold and silver in the Tang Dynasty was extremely high, and such a piece of gold could be exchanged for at least a few cents of money. His two jars of wine were less than a hundred cents, and the price was dozens of times higher.

"I don't like to owe others. If you think it's too much, just treat it as my deposit. If there is such a good wine in the future, I will definitely leave some for me!" The man said very persistently. After saying that, he put the gold on the still, and did not allow Zhang Zong to refuse. He turned around and left with the wine jar.

"Why……"

Zhang Zong grabbed the gold and wanted to return it to the other party, but he didn't expect that the other party suddenly stopped, then turned his head and said to him again: "Remember what I said just now. In her eyes, you and I are all ants. She has been staring at you all the time in the wall these two days. In fact, it is a game for her, just like a child likes to stare at ants and keep busy. When one day she loses interest in you, she may smash you into pieces!"

After the disfigured man said that, he turned his head and walked out of the yard without waiting for Zhang Zong's reaction. Zhang Zong was stunned by the other party's words. Although the other party's words were very extreme, after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was not completely unreasonable, which made him suddenly feel a little cold in his bones.

"Young Master, is that... that weird guy gone?" Just then, Zhang Zong suddenly heard a crisp voice behind him asking. When he turned around, he found Shangguan Wan'er standing on the wall at this time looking around, with a nervous look on her face.

"I've left, how about the princess, is she injured?" Zhang Zong asked with a dry cough and a little disgusted. Although the disfigured man scared Taiping, the other party did what he asked, so the responsibility was still on him.

"The princess is fine. She was caught by our people, but she was a little scared." Shangguan Wan'er replied.

"Who said I was frightened, I wouldn't be afraid of that ugly man!" Unexpectedly, Princess Taiping suddenly emerged from Shangguan Wan'er, waving a small wooden sword that I found from somewhere in his hand, full of indignation, as if she wanted to find a disfigured man to avenge him. Of course, if she wiped the tears on her face clean, it might be more convincing.

Seeing Princess Taiping's lively appearance, Zhang Zong finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, when he thought of the disfigured man's words just now, he suddenly felt a little disappointed. After he hesitating for a moment, he said to Princess Taiping: "You should stop climbing the wall, be careful to fall down!"

"If you want to care, what I love!" Princess Taiping said stubbornly again.

Seeing that the other party didn't listen, Zhang Zong felt bored. The alcohol he had finally made was gone, and he was not in the mood to work anymore. It was noon at this time, so he simply went to cook some food and went back to his room to take a nap after eating. As for Princess Taiping, if she likes it, let her stay!

But I don’t know if it was because the weather was too hot or because Zhang Zong was irritated, so he lay in bed for a long time but didn’t fall asleep. He kept thinking about the disfigured man in his mind.

Judging from the clothes and accessories, and the other party's actions, it is obvious that the other party is either rich or noble. Moreover, when Zhang Zong first saw the other party, he felt that the other party was tall and outstanding, and obviously he was not from ordinary origin.

However, the other party's personality is somewhat extreme, perhaps it is related to his disfiguration. After all, a disfigured person, no matter how rich and status he has, he will be discriminated against by society. This will definitely have a huge impact on his psychology, and may even lead to his psychological distortion, which will be even more extreme to people and things.

"He actually knew Princess Taiping, and obviously had conducted an investigation into me. In other words, he definitely did not come for a mere jar of wine, so what was his purpose of coming to me?" Zhang Zong suddenly sat up and said to himself.

However, no one answered Zhang Zong’s questions, and he knew too little about the disfigured man, and he didn’t even have time to ask the other party’s surname what the other party’s surname was.

"But with his background and his disfigurement, he will definitely have a certain reputation. Maybe..." Zhang Zong's eyes lit up when he thought of this. Although Chang'an City is big, some circles are small and the news is very well-informed. The disfigured man's appearance is so prominent, it may not be difficult to find out about his origin.

The next morning, Xue Shao brought Xue Ning'er to visit again. What surprised Zhang Zong even more was that Princess Taiping on the wall was missing, which made him finally relieved. Then he pulled Xue Shao aside and talked about the disfigured man he met yesterday.

"The other party knows Taiping, and it ruined his face?" Xue Shao frowned after hearing Zhang Zong's introduction. After a while, he shook his head and said, "There are actually not many people in Chang'an City who know Taiping, but I really can't remember which man from a family has ruined his face!"

"You don't know each other!" Zhang Zong shouted in surprise. Now he felt that the disfigured man was even more mysterious.

"I don't have such a person in my impression, but maybe it's because I've been back too short, so some people don't know each other. After I go back, I'll ask someone to inquire, maybe I can find out some things." Xue Shao thought about it for a moment and said again.

Hearing Xue Shao say this, Zhang Zong could only nodded, but Xue Shao has been back for a year and is also the top noble in the Tang Dynasty. As he said, even among the nobles, only a very small number of people know Princess Taiping. In such a small circle, Xue Shao has no reason not to know the other party unless the other party is not in this circle, but knows Taiping through other channels.

"Brother Shi, don't think so much, but the other party was so scared that Taiping cried. I really wanted to get to know him!" Xue Shao suddenly said with great interest. He usually was very angry with Taiping. Now that he heard Taiping crying, of course, it felt very satisfying.

"Don't mention Taiping, she has been annoying me these two days. Let's make the perfume quickly so that she will not lie on the wall and stop leaving!" Zhang Zong also smiled bitterly at this time.

"Okay, okay, Brother Shi, you make perfume quickly. I also want to see how perfume is made!" Xue Ning'er, who was eavesdropping on the side, also shouted excitedly.

Just as Xue Ning'er finished speaking, she heard a familiar voice screaming next to her: "Ah~, are you finally going to make perfume? Tell me if you need anything, I can help me!"
Chapter completed!
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