Chang An is undoubtedly a shrewd person, and in this case, he has taken the lead, and he can rely on the kindness he gave Jiang Ming before to threaten the current situation and force Jiang Ming to agree to participate in the flag battle, but he used this humble request, so that Jiang Ming had no choice for a while.

Jiang Ming finally compromised, raised his head suddenly, and said: "I can help the landlord in this flag battle, but I can't guarantee what I can achieve, I have to explain this in advance." And I hope that before that, the owner of Chang'an can help treat Meng Lang, which is also counted as a transaction. ”

Chang An pondered for a moment and said: "It can also be called a transaction, but I am not sure that I can cure the epidemic of the five commanders of Wohua Mountain, so I can only say that I will do my best." ”

Jiang Ming said: "How sure can you be?"

Chang An said: "Bai Lao has studied the tea ceremony in the past few years, and he has also studied epidemics before, and he has made some achievements, and I don't know if I am sure of it, I will send Bai Lao to go, you may know some of his abilities." ”

"Mr. Tea Refiner?" Jiang Ming thought for a moment, and finally nodded, he didn't know why, his trust in the tea maker and the flower arranger was far beyond Chang An, although Chang An had always treated him very well, but as Mu Ya said, Chang An's thoughtfulness was intimidating, and he was not suitable for being a "friend".

After asking Chang An about the date of the flag battle, Jiang Ming left the Qianfeng Inn, and when he left, he saw the tea maker and the flower arranger talking in the courtyard, the former was flattering, the latter was angry, and when he saw Jiang Ming walking out of the building, he was silent. Jiang Ming wanted to say hello, but saw that the director girl had already crept to the side of the tea refiner, and seemed to be deliberately avoiding Jiang Ming, and also approached the tea refiner's ear and said a word, after which the tea maker's face suddenly became extremely pale, and the oblique light glanced at Jiang Ming's departing back, and fell into deep thought.

After Jiang Ming left, the director girl also didn't get involved in the family affairs of the tea maker and the flower arranger as if she did it on purpose, and went to do her own thing with interest.

The flower arranger had a gloomy face and said, "Don't say anything, I heard everything, I'll go to the landlord now and take back this order." ”

The tea maker grabbed his daughter's hand, his smile was mixed with a kind of bitterness, but his face was like a pleading, and said, "Don't go, it's useless." ”

The flower arranger shouted angrily: "You know what this means, you have fallen into this appearance, why doesn't he let you go, isn't the seventh act really so ruthless?"

The tea refiner motioned to her to whisper, looked at the people around her, and said again: "Although the landlord is quite kind on weekdays, he is not as close to ordinary people as he seems, we are just his subordinates, and we should obey his orders, which we should pay back." ”

The flower arranger was silent for a long time, and said: "What is this, I can pay it back after more than ten years of raising him, why do you want to exchange your life? We have done so many things for him, why doesn't he show compassion for us? And you can pay off what you owe to Act Seven, when will you pay off what you owe me and my mother?"

The tea refiner opened his hand lightly, his expression was excited, but he coughed heavily, and when he raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, his palm was already dyed red. He ignored it, clenched his palms into fists to hide it, and a trace of unbearability flashed in the flower arrangement's eyes, but this time she didn't step forward to inspect it, but sat aside with a low sigh.

The tea refiner said: "Doctor Hu said before that I only have about two years to live, and the old injuries and the five internal organs are already incurable, even if it is a real Xiao Ming Pill, it will not work. It's been seven years since I found you, and I wonder if I'll be able to finish the two years that the doctor said, but I'm also content with what a man who abandons his wife and daughter? I'm very old now, and as the saying goes, 'Fifty knows your destiny,' but I'm a little earlier than them, and my destiny may be over. ”

The flower arranger's eyes were full of anger, and her expression changed between anger and gloom, but in the end, she just sighed weakly and said, "I'll go and tell the landlord, after all, I still have the ability to fade the memory of flowers, and he can use me." ”

"That's enough!" the tea refiner shouted angrily, then coughed for more than ten seconds, and said with a gloomy look: "It's useless, the seventh act is based on delivering news and trading heavy items in Jiuye, and it's useful to want to talk to them about other things, but once there is a conflict of interest, as long as they think it's worth it, they can give up anything." The decay and snobbery of Act 7 are like weapons born of the times, stifling the freedom of the people of the world while imprisoning the lives of those under him. Once in the seventh act, there is no chance of regret. That's the price of being part of Act Seven, and you know better than I that even if we're in a position now, we can't afford to negotiate anything with it. ”

The flower arranger's eyes were gloomy, and she said slowly: "But, he shouldn't let you die!"

The tea refiner finally relented, he put his other clean palm on his daughter's back, barely held out a smile, and said: "The director said that if you can complete the task, it is equivalent to having a fifth-class merit, and this merit can be exchanged for the opportunity to leave the organization for those below the seventh-rank members of the seventh act, you were too young to control your own destiny, so you strayed into the seventh act organization, I will change you out now, even your mother will agree." ”

The flower arranger was silent, she no longer had any strength to argue.

The tea refiner said: "The director told me that I will go this afternoon, so I will go and pack some things to be used first, and you can go back and rest first!"

After the tea maker left, the flower arranger looked at the cold hall, and resolutely walked in, and it didn't take long for her to walk out, and the half-step nine-dan Hao put the sword on her snow-white neck, and she slowly retreated.

Chang An walked out slowly and said: "Xiaobai, it's not that I'm ruthless, someone in the organization must pay, this is the duty that every member should keep." What's more, Lao Bai is willing to do this, I won't force him, if he doesn't want to try with his own research, just stay in the inn. However, after all, we have been in charge for so many years, I know him well, he will not give up this opportunity, all you have to do is support his decision. ”

The flower arranger took a step forward, and the blade in Hao's hand was retracted, but she still cut a bloody mark on her neck, and Hao whispered, "White girl, don't do stupid things." ”

The flower arranger exhaled softly, her eyes looked at the ground, her body trembled a little, she didn't realize that she was in tears. Since entering the seventh act, I don't know what tears are, tears are just formed by the weak to hide their cowardice, she has not had the opportunity to cry in so many lonely days, she will not cry later, but today, she cried. It's not tears for yourself, it's all sadness.

The flower arranger said: "In the seventh act, there is really only interests, no feelings. ”

Chang An said in a low voice: "You go back." ”

Hao arched his hand towards the flower arranger, a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes, and he hesitated: "White girl, go back!"

The tea maker didn't say goodbye to the flower arranger again, he packed up some things to use, and hurried out of the Qianfeng Inn.

The tea trees he planted are flowing green.

The tea trees he planted are all the best in the world.

The tea trees he planted were cut down with a knife and destroyed the soil and eradicated.

There is no more tea refiner in this Qianfeng Inn who can grow tea and make tea, and there is no old man in this seventh act who can hide his injuries and cough lightly.

Actually, he's not very old.

The flower arranger knelt in the tea garden, looked at the destroyed tea trees, and burst into tears again.

"Besides me, the most sorry thing for him is these tea trees, since they are destroyed, what kind of tea refiner is there. ”

"You left again, I didn't explain to my mother last time, and this time I only left a letter to me, what's the use!"

"If you still recognize me, you should come back and be with me, with you, your daughter. ”

......

The moment Jiang Ming stepped out of the Qianfeng Inn, he noticed that there were several secret sentinels around him who were staring at him, he thought it was just the handiwork of the Qianfeng Inn, after all, it was not easy to operate such an information organization that controlled a region, and it was normal for some secret hands to hide, but he soon discovered that something was wrong, since he entered the city, there were still many people following him, and he even smelled a smell of blood.

He deliberately turned into an alley, and at that moment flashed to the beam, he quietly observed, and after a long time, several spies showed their heads, Jiang Ming could see from the cautiousness of these spies that they were definitely highly trained. After that, a few more spies came in, and after looking at the previous ones, they actually fought directly.

Jiang Ming seemed to see something from it, jumped down, and landed right in the middle of the alley, the two spies stopped at the same time, realizing that their whereabouts had been exposed, and when they were about to leave, Jiang Ming had already pressed the shoulders of the two of them, and said to everyone: "If you think you can escape from my hands, just try." ”

The reason why the secret agent is called a secret agent, the main ability is to track and probe, if the whereabouts are exposed, it is just an ordinary evil martial artist, and the strongest among them is only a sixth-stage person, and it is impossible to escape under Jiang Ming's eyes.

A team of spies from behind walked out of a person and said: "Jiang Minggongzi, I was sent by the landlord, and the landlord said that there are some unknown people in the city now, so we must follow you before Jiang Minggongzi goes out of the city, and if something happens, we can send people to take care of it." ”

Jiang Ming thought for a moment, and felt that there was no problem, he had also fought side by side with the Qianfeng Inn before, this person's moves and exploration methods were very similar to those of the people in the seventh act, and it was almost certain that he was sent by Chang'an. And now that Jiang Ming has agreed to help Chang An participate in the flag battle, he naturally wants to send people to support and protect him, which also has a certain reason for the purpose.

Another team of spies walked out of a leader and said: "In the seventh act, you have a rule that you are not allowed to join the struggle of the country or the big forces, and now he is the general of Wohua Mountain, and your behavior is against the law." ”

Act Seven's Humanity: "So what? Do you dare to offend Act Seven? Do you think anyone will know if you kill all the people here?"

"That's enough!" Jiang Ming didn't want to hear the words that preached the seventh act very strongly, so he stopped the spy and faced the other team, and said, "You don't seem to have any killing intent towards me, let's say, who are you? What is your purpose?"

The secret agent looked at the person who looked at the seventh act fiercely, approached Jiang Ming's side, and whispered a word in Jiang Ming's ear, after Jiang Ming heard it, he said to the people in the seventh act: "You can leave, help me thank the owner of Chang'an for his kindness, but I don't need the protection of others, my skills are enough to deal with everything, don't let me get bored." ”

The secret agent in the seventh act said: "However, the landlord has a life...... Since Jiang Ming Gongzi is unwilling to let people follow, then we will leave, but before leaving, we must remove the threat from your son's side, Jiang Ming Gongzi only needs to do his own thing, and we will never disturb you. ”

Jiang Ming watched the spies in the seventh act preparing for battle again, and couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and scolded: "They are my people, do you want to kill them?" You are so bold, Chang An asked you to spy on me, I can understand, but if you want to get involved in my affairs, I can't make it easy." ”

"But Jiang Minggong ......"

Jiang Ming sent out a palm, sending the person who spoke seven or eight meters away, although this palm did not deliberately hurt people, but it still made the secret agent kneel on the ground weakly. He saw that Jiang Ming had already moved his killing intent, so he thought of his companion and beckoned, and said, "Thank you Jiang Minggongzi's men for their mercy, let's retreat." ”

A few spies dodged and left, while the few spies around Jiang Ming dispersed, and after being on guard all around, after making sure that there were no other spies around, the spies returned to Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming asked, "What does Yangtafeng want me to do? I don't have a very good relationship with this Jiaozhi City Lord. ”

The spy responded: "The city lord said, if the prince wants to know who the man in black killed you in Jiaozhi City last time, please move." ”

Jiang Ming hesitated for a long time and said, "Even if I drive away those few agents of Act Seven, I'm afraid there are still many Act Seventh eyes in this city, after all, Act Seven's hand is very long, if they find out our walking route, there is a chance that they will be able to find out the identity of the people behind you." ”

The spy said: "Don't worry about this, we have already made preparations, the city lord is already waiting, and the prince only needs to go with us." ”

Jiang Ming was stunned and said, "Then let's go!"

After Jiang Ming left, an ironclad army suddenly passed through the alleys on all sides, and in the name of searching for enemy spies, it almost surrounded the nearby streets, and almost no one else could pass through. The person in the seventh act hidden among the people saw this scene and said to his companions: "Go back and tell the landlord, suddenly a soldier appeared and blocked the target's route, and we lost it." ”

In the cross box, Jiang Ming once came with Shen Yiwu, Lin Han, Luo Hu, Chu Hong, and Die were all there, and it could be regarded as a good party. As a middle- and upper-level consumption place in Jiaozhi City, the style of the cross box is indeed unique, and even some extremely discerning noblemen can't find fault with some services.

"Why is it here?What does Yangta Feng mean?Is this just a coincidence?" Jiang Ming thought secretly, and followed a spy up to the box, this day seemed to be a guest, and there was no such lively scene as the last time he came here, and he even suspected that it was Yangta Wind that created such a scene.

As soon as Jiang Ming stepped into the box, he saw a middle-aged man with the appearance of a Confucian sitting by the window drinking tea, a tall black-clothed figure standing beside him, Jiang Ming's pupils were constricted, and there was a daze under his feet, but Yang Tafeng beckoned to Jiang Ming and said, "You are Jiang Ming, please take a seat." ”

Jiang Ming slowly sat opposite Yang Ta Feng, Yang Ta Feng smiled faintly, and the man in black glanced at Jiang Ming, and then turned his back, as if he didn't see Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming said tentatively: "Yangta Wind City Lord, I'm not a member of the Qin Dynasty, nor am I your subordinate, so I shouldn't have to salute you, right?"

Yang Tafeng said: "Naturally no, I invited you here to have something to discuss, so I won't serve wine and food, so as not to waste too much." ”

When Jiang Ming heard this, he was slightly surprised, as the lord of a city, he had no superfluous style, and even behaved extremely stingy in this kind of thing, but he lived up to the good name of the people. He wanted to speak, but Yang Tafeng handed over the tea and said, "I know what you're thinking, maybe you think I'm pretentious, in a high position, and I control the lives of the people of a city, but I still care about whether a table of food is wasted, this kind of behavior is indeed a bit contrived." It's just that I haven't experienced those days, so I don't know how miserable the people are, under the oppression of the three major families, people starve to death every day, and I, as the lord of Jiaozhi City, almost starved to death. Yang Tafeng paused and said, "Fortunately, I survived, but I was very full in the morning, so I didn't want to eat at this time, and my people also saw that you ate a bowl of noodles by the stall, so you are not hungry for a year, so I didn't think of calling you a meal, and it doesn't cost so much." ”

Jiang Ming joked: "No one from the people outside said that the city lord Yang Tafeng won the hearts of the people because of diligence and thrift. ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as most of them can live in peace." ”

Jiang Ming didn't care about what Yang Tafeng said, and asked, "Are you sending someone to spy on me all the time?"

Yang Tafeng said: "That's not true, although I have a few loyal subordinates, I can't do it at the level of the seventh act no matter what, it's just that when you entered Jiaozhi City, my people were lucky enough to find you." Of course, it's also because you didn't deliberately hide your tracks, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to keep tracking. ”

Jiang Ming said, "What about this cross box?"

Yang Tafeng said: "This is unexpected, because the cross box was originally secretly supported by me, and all the people here are my cronies, and I also know that you met here with several commanders of Wohua Mountain a few months ago." As for choosing this place this time, in fact, there is no other meaning, it may be convenient to talk about things, and it can also avoid the eyes of the seventh act!"