Seeing that Master asked about Huiji, Tu Qin said, "Master, as soon as I arrived at Huiji, I asked the guards who came with me to disperse and inquire about the news. In the past few days, a lot of news has indeed been discovered, but after verification one by one, there are not many useful things for our mission, it can be said that the only thing we can know now is that the clansmen of the Xiang clan do still have survivors, and they are living incognito in Huiji County. ”

Meng Tian rubbed his chin, he walked back and forth in the room, and then said to Tu Qin: "What about Xiang Yu, do you have any news about him? This person is the young master of the Xiang clan, except for his uncle Xiang Liang, this person should be Xiang Yan's direct family." ”

"Xiang Yu? There is no news of him at all in Huiji, and the people here seem to have a special feeling for the people of the Xiang family, as long as the people we go out to inquire smell it, the other party will basically prevaricate with one or two irrelevant words, and then leave, so we didn't find out about Xiang Yu's news at all. Tu Qin said.

"Not at all?" This made Meng Tian feel a little surprised, he knew about Tiewei's ability to do things, if even Tiewei couldn't find anything, then it could only mean one thing, that is, Huiji County either didn't have anything at all, or it was a very deep lake, the kind of bottomless deep.

Meng Tian sat back in his seat, and then asked Tu Qin, "Then what do you think of the situation in Huiji, is it good or bad?"

Tu Qin thought for a moment, and then he replied to his master: "The apprentice thinks that the situation in Huiji is much more complicated than we thought, we are new to the city, and we are not familiar with everything here. The Xiang family has been operating here for generations, and must have their own special channels to protect themselves, otherwise we wouldn't have no news at all, plus the attitude of the locals towards us, it speaks for itself. ”

Meng Tian was very satisfied with Tu Qin's super perception, "You can think of this, it seems that you have really grown up." Yes, if the people of the Xiang family are not in Huiji, then the people here will not be so afraid of inquiring about the affairs of the Xiang family, the more they want to cover up for the Xiang family, it will only expose the Xiang family to us for a faster time. ”

"What the master said is right, this is clearly three hundred taels of silver here, and the people of the Xiang family must be in the meeting. ”

Meng Tian nodded and said, "Tell me to go down, don't go to the street to inquire about the news in the next few days, maybe our whereabouts will be the first to be exposed." Tomorrow I will go out with your sister-in-law, and you don't have to follow, I believe that someone from the Xiang family will come out in a few days. ”

"Yes, Master. ”

The city of Huiji is not very large, it can only be said to be decent, but the population living in the city is not quite large. The Chu land south of the Yangtze River is the area with the least wars, because the Yangtze River is their best natural danger, and now in the territory of the Qin State, the population south of the Yangtze River is almost more than the population of the area north of the Yangtze River, so the scale of the city here is not as large as that in the north, but the population is much more. The same is true of Huiji, there are nearly 100,000 people living in a county town, so the streets in the city are lined up one after another, and it is easy to get lost if you are not familiar with it.

Meng Tian and Zi Yanran walked hand in hand on the streets of Huiji County, Huiji and Nanjun are only separated by a Miluo River, but the prosperity of the city is incomparable, according to Meng Tian, the streets here are better than Xianyang City. At this time, it is close to dusk, and the flow of people on the streets is not only not reduced compared with the daytime, but on the contrary, it is much more dense, which shows that the people in the south of the Yangtze River live quite richly, especially in this good place with mountains and rivers.

Zi Yanran picked out her favorite things from the stalls on both sides of the street, while Meng Tian's attention was focused on her surroundings.

"Do you think this looks good?" Zi Yanran picked up a string of shells and hung it on her wrist, and then put it in front of Meng Tian and asked.

Meng Tian replied casually: "It's good-looking." As a result, someone grabbed one of his ears with his hand, and the pain was so painful that he had to come back to his senses.

Zi Yanran let go of her hand and said angrily: "You haven't even seen it, how do you know it's good-looking, I see that you are here to accompany me shopping, and I am here to accompany you to find out the news." ”

Meng Tian rubbed his somewhat sore ear that was pinched by Zi Yanran with one hand, and hurriedly smiled: "Madam, what are you talking about, of course I came to accompany you shopping, you see how beautiful this bracelet is, especially on your hand." Then Meng Tian looked at the owner of the stall and asked, "Boss, how much is this?"

The boss stretched out two fingers and said, "Guest, this shell bracelet only needs two coins." ”

"It's so cheap, No, I have half a tael of silver here, and if you give me a few different colors, you don't have to look for the money, so I should reward you." Meng Tian took out a small piece of silver and threw it to the stall owner, and then said.

"Hey, thank you, officer. This is what you want, you take it!" the boss saw that there was a big business, smiled and took the silver, and then wrapped up the remaining strings of shell bracelets on the stall and put them in Meng Tian's hand. This shell was picked up by the Miluo River, and at home, her ingenious mother-in-law strung them together, but I didn't expect that someone really fell in love, but the owner of the stall was very happy.

Meng Tian also brought a string to Zi Yanran's other wrist, and then asked with a smile: "How is it, is it good-looking, I'll buy a few more strings, and I'll change them when I go home later." "Everybody

"Hmph. Facing Meng Tian's great dedication, Zi Yanran snorted and continued to walk forward.

Meng Tian stood there a little embarrassed, but the boss who was watching the play said on the side: "Guest officer, this woman is more spoiled, I am really angry when I see Mrs., I am actually happy in my heart, if you don't catch up, I'm afraid I will be really angry if I don't chase Mrs. again." ”

A sentence woke up the person in the dream, Meng Tian slapped his forehead, how could he not even guess his wife's thoughts when he led the troops all these years. Meng Tian hugged the boss and said, "Thank you." Then he walked quickly to catch up with Zi Yanran, who was a little far away.

There are many talented people in Chudi, especially since Qu Yuan, the wind of poetry in Chudi is prevalent, and scholars from all over the world often get together to study poetry, and there is just one in this Huiji City tonight.

After Meng Tian caught up with Zi Yanran, the two of them continued to walk forward, and at this time it was already dark, and the merchants on both sides of the street also hung bright lanterns. Since neither of them had eaten before going out, Zi Yanran felt a little hungry in her stomach, so Meng Tian took her to find a place to eat.

At the end of the street, a three-story pavilion was brightly lit, and there was a smell of wine wafting from afar, Meng Tian expected that that place must be a restaurant, so he happily took Zi Yanran to it.

When I arrived at the door of the pavilion, I saw that the door was full of people, and I could hear the noise inside when I stood at the door. There is a plaque hanging on the door of the restaurant, with three red lacquer characters on it, which looks quite a bit pretentious. There were a few people standing at the door, but they were not like other restaurants to attract customers, but they were blocking customers from entering.

Meng Tian Hao Zi Yanran watched at the door for a while, and a person in front of them shook his head and was about to leave, but was pulled by Meng Tian and asked, "Why did this brother shake his head and sigh and leave?

The man was dressed in a costume, and it seemed that he should also be the son of a wealthy family. Seeing that someone was holding him, the other party was quite polite, so he said softly: "Brother Tai is a foreigner, right? ”

"Isn't this Drunken Spring Mansion a place to eat?

The man nodded, and then said: "It's true that this Drunken Spring Building is a restaurant, but it's not an ordinary restaurant. It is said that this drunken spring building is opened by the brother-in-law of the county guard of Huiji County, the brother-in-law of the county guard is a scholar, his sister married the county guard as a wife, and the county guard loves this lady very much, this brother-in-law will also do things, and usually likes poetry and songs, so he opened this drunken spring building. Every month today, Zuichun Lou has to hold a 'poetry banquet', and only those famous scholars and officials can be seated. Originally, I also had the opportunity to sit down today, but unfortunately I was pressed down by the song of a foreign scholar, so I had no choice but to leave and wait for the next month to come back today. ”

"Don't you know that His Majesty the Emperor has ordered the burning of books, why do these people dare to gather together to talk and sing Fu, aren't they afraid of being arrested?" Meng Tian then asked.

The man smiled bitterly and shook his head, "There is the support of the county guard behind the people, and the county guard is the chief of the council, how can he arrest his brother-in-law? ”

After saying goodbye to the man with a fist, Meng Tian looked at Zuichun Lou and said to Zi Yanran: "Let's go, today I will take you to eat this 'poetry banquet' to see what is magical about this banquet." ”

The two of them arrived at the door of the Zuichun Building, and saw that anyone who wanted to enter the Zuichun Building had to pay a volume of poems written by themselves to Xiao Er at the door, and then Xiao Er took them into the restaurant.

Meng Tian and Zi Yanran didn't care about this, he could enter and leave the palace at will, and a small drunken spring building could stop him? The two of them walked through the crowd to the door, and they were going to enter the drunken spring building directly.

"Hey, hey, why are you two casually like going in? What about your poems, according to the rules, you don't have your own poems and songs, you are not allowed to go in, if you want to eat here, please come back tomorrow, you will not be accepted today. The two juniors stopped Meng Tian and Zi Yanran and prevented them from entering the Zuichun Building.

"Oh, what's the matter? I don't have any poetry today, but I just want to eat here, can't I?" Meng Tian didn't want to move, and said calmly.

Xiao Er raised his chin and said arrogantly: "No." ”

"If you say no, you can't, then I can do it. Meng Tian's angry eyes suddenly glared at Xiao Er, who was blocking him, and his sudden momentum frightened Xiao Er back a few steps.

"What kind of person is it, dare to go wild here?" a voice suddenly came, and then the crowd at the door of Zuichun Building automatically divided into two sides, and a group of people walked over.