When Duan Shiying arrived, it was already midnight, who would have thought that the Guandu Gathering at this time would be so lively!

Outside the bazaar, on the edge of the continuous storage yard, the goods flow endlessly, and in the bazaar, there is a group of bright lights, wine and green, drum music and noisy, which is really not inferior to the Zhouqiao night market in Bianliang City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Duan Shiying knew that this place was the first place for material distribution to the west of Jingshi and along Jingzhao Mansion all the way to the southwest.

He shook his head in admiration. The government is corrupt, the eunuchs are in power, and the people are still full of prosperous and peaceful scenes. After the alliance of the Yuanyuan, after the three dynasties of Zhenzong, Renzong, and Yingzong, there were no major wars, and the so-called "forgetting the war and going to the army, and the armament was all abolished" was not only the Great Song family, but also the Great Liao in the north? He heard the pharmacist say that the prosperity and hedonistic atmosphere of the five capitals of Liao were all emulated by the Central Plains.

Perhaps, the best result is that the two courts, the current emperor continues to indulge in Danqing women, and the Khitan Tianzuo Emperor is still addicted to drinking and hunting, and a pair of living treasures are so decadent together, which can be regarded as a good eternal marriage between Qin and Jin. If any family wants to make a mistake, or as Confucius said, there is a person who is "small in wisdom and big, and strong in responsibility", then it is "rarely enough"!

Duan Shiying thought so, turned over and dismounted in the center of the market, and he took the horse straight to the brightly lit mansion in the north. Before he arrived at the door of the store, a guy rushed forward to lead the horse, Duan Shiying saw that the guy was vigilantly looking at the sword and burden behind him, and couldn't help but laugh: "Go and tell your eldest son Teng, Duan Shiying doesn't live in the store, and came from the capital just to ask the Lord of Leibao for a glass of wine." ”

The man's face changed so much that he stopped holding his horse, and turned around and ran into the shop. Duan Shiying clasped the sword behind his back, untied his burden from the saddle with a smile, and stood at the door of the store and waited.

"Hengshan Teng Xuefeng is here, Brother Duan, it's been a long time. ”

After a while, a slender man paced out of the store, followed by a small servant, holding a long object wrapped in coarse cloth in his arms.

When Duan Shiying saw it, he nodded with a smile and said, "Teng Gongzi, don't come unharmed." ”

That Teng Xuefeng was a little restrained, and he arched his hand and said, "I don't know where Brother Duan came from, how do you know that my castle master must settle here?"

"Where are you talking! Others don't know, don't I know the origin of the nickname of Lord Leibao 'moving mountains and reclamation'. ”

Duan Shiying said, walked to the store, Teng Xuefeng was helpless, so he gave both sides a look and accompanied him into the store. I only heard him continue: "Leibao is mainly out of Chengdu, it is impossible to take the waterway down the river, he must take the Golden Bull Road out of Guangyuan to cross Jiujingtan, right?"

Entering the store, Duan Shiying seemed to be familiar with the door, turned the corridor and raised his feet to go up to the second floor. Teng Xuefeng didn't stop it, so he had to follow him inch by inch, listening to him open the conversation box and talk non-stop:

"In the early years, there were three boulders named fish beams, turtle backs, and white rhino horns, which harmed the boat. The lord of Lei Fort led the children of the Lei family to make the river as an embankment, so that the water fell out, and two boulders were pried and migrated to the shore. But the last piece was immovable, and the lord of the castle made the iron smelting a pestle, weighing 1,500 catties, and smashed the boulder. Since then, Jiujing Beach has no wind and no waves, and it has become a smooth road, and the owner of the fort has also been named 'moving mountains and reclamation'.

"Since then, Leijiabao has been expected by everyone to return and unify the Bashu Dao! Teng Gongzi, if your father-in-law goes out of Sichuan, if you don't go to Jiujingtan, wouldn't it be a night trip in Jinyi? And if you go this way, you will inevitably pass through Xingyuan Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion all the way to the west, and the last stop in Beijing will not stop at this Guandu gathering, and you will not be able to spend the night with Zhang Yingxiang......?

Teng Xuefeng was silent for a long time, and said softly: "Brother Duan, I obeyed you, but I ......" He took two steps and stopped in front of Duan Shiying, "Since you know the secret of Lord Leibao's trip, you should understand that I can't let you see him!"

"I saw your lady recently. ”

Duan Shiying said such a sentence coldly, Teng Xuefeng's face changed greatly, he hesitated for a while, and still asked in a low voice: "Rumeng has returned from Yangzhou......?" Are you alright?"

"Duan Zhutou! My father asked Duan Zhutou to talk about it. ”

At the end of the cloister on the second floor, a person walked steadily. The lights upstairs were dim, and when he got closer, Duan Shiying saw the man clearly, and couldn't help but gasp.

The person who came had a tall and straight torso, not to mention that he didn't look like a Bashu person at all, and he didn't even look like his father. Look at this boxy face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but the lips are slightly thin, and the bridge of the nose is not high, but he is still a majestic man.

How could Duan Shiying not know who this person was, but he never thought that Lei Zhantian would bring his only son to the capital! Could it be that he was going to support Zhang Yingxiang to the end?

"Master Lei, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I'm really a lot more heroic. It's so late to bother Lord Leibao, Duan really doesn't want to go, it's just ......"

In a flash, Duan Shiying suddenly thought of it! He had countless plans in half his life, if he wanted to say which one was the most complacent, the plan that flashed through his mind just now made him feel impatient!

"Duan Zhutou is polite, please!" said the young junior, turning to lead the way.

Teng Xuefeng in the back was dumbfounded, he watched Duan Shiying walk forward with Lei Dingqian, but he didn't take a few steps, Duan Shiying stopped again as if he remembered something, he didn't look back, and threw away the burden he was carrying with a wave of his hand. Teng Xuefeng took it, and when he opened it, it was Guo Fengchun's head!

Teng Xuefeng was overjoyed when he saw it, and when he asked what was going on, Duan Shiying's voice had already come: "He died by himself, I just took advantage of it to be a favor for Teng Gongzi, and it is not enough for outsiders." ”

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On the side of the Cai River in the south of the city, in an inconspicuous flat-bottomed boat, Xu Linchuan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back and a complicated expression.

According to his meaning, there was only one lamp left in the cabin, which was extremely dim, and the three of them sat around a low table, looking at Xu Linchuan with a strange expression, waiting for him to speak.

"Your subordinates saw Lei Zhantian? really?"

"Did you read that right?"

Hearing Xu Linchuan ask again, a man sitting in the middle with a coarse cloth wrapped in his head spoke: "Manager Xu, although we haven't read a book, we can never be ambiguous. Didn't you say it all, not only Lei Zhantian, but also his son Lei ...... Hey, what's that called?"

"Lei Dingqian, you have a ...... memory," a person next to him answered.

"Nonsense!" Xu Linchuan couldn't bear it anymore and scolded, "It's a big matter, don't mess around if you don't understand! Lei Zhantian didn't have a reason to come so early! and saw his son? Nonsense!"

The man's face was a little unbearable, and he immediately said angrily: "Chief Manager Xu! Why do you believe it? Our Caihe rudder is the leader of the right row, not like the Yangzhou people who are all in Bianhe." Fortunately, I have people from all over the world, so I can find two subordinates from my hometown Chengdu to investigate for you!"

Xu Linchuan straightened his face, and before he could have an attack, the other person laughed instead: "Manager Xu, Xu 'Deputy Helmsman'! What a big face you have, you opened your mouth that day, and we will keep an eye on Guandu Ji day and night, until today! Why don't you drive the boat back to the rudder now, and I will call my subordinates back, and you will ask in person?"

Xu Linchuan finally stopped, he stared at the man, and said word by word: "Okay! Liu Ziwei, Lei Zhantian doesn't matter, tell me, what does Lei Dingqian look like?"

"Just say it, I didn't make it up by me!" The man named Liu Ziwei puffed up his chest, "Manager Xu, don't talk about you, I didn't believe it at first, I asked those two spies, saying that you have to be three years younger when you went out of Sichuan, you must remember Lei Dingqian's appearance? They replied clearly! They said that Lei Dingqian was unknown to everyone in his hometown, that he was tall and big, with white skin, not at all like Sichuan people, and said that he was a whole head taller than his father, how could he admit his mistake?"

Xu Linchuan listened to it and didn't say a word for a long time, he sat down cross-legged at the table, and said with a tired face: "Three leaders, Lei Jiabao has entered Beijing this time to help the chief helmsman destroy the Sky Eagle Hall!"

"Hmph! It's very good," Liu Ziwei sneered at the other side, "The chief helmsman has money, and his brother Lei Zhantian has people, so let Lei Jiabao go to the castle in the future, Lao Tzu won't serve!"

Hearing this, the man wrapped his head in a coarse cloth slapped the table and scolded: "Well said! My three brothers, if you shed a drop of blood for Zhang Yingxiang, you will be sorry for the dead eldest brother!"

"Shhh It's just that people can't be resurrected after death, look at your bad looks, what should Cai He do if he splits the rudder!"

"Manager Xu, Du Meng and Zhu Shun were open-mouthed just now, but I don't think there's anything wrong with it! We also understand the reason, get on this boat, and give up a life, we are not afraid of death, but we can't swallow this breath!"

Liu Ziwei said with red eyes: "It's only been a few days since the battle of Yuxian Tower? Which of those Huaiyang disciples of the chief helmsman is not greedy for life and afraid of death? In that battle, regardless of Huashan, it belonged to our Cai He rudder with heavy casualties, and the eldest brother died at the hands of Zong Hai!"

"Fortunately, Zong Hai's second shot missed an inch, otherwise you wouldn't have seen my brother Zhu Shun today. He raised his hand and pointed at the man with a coarse cloth wrapped around his head, and said hatefully, "Our brothers met in the immortal building in a bloody battle, and the chief rudder didn't read half the credit, but it was okay, and the mouth of the newcomer in charge of the accounts was not clean, saying that Cai He's rudder's account was underpaid! Can you still be reasonable? Just say that you are the chief manager, and the leaders of Yangzhou still eat celebration wine, so they will punish you for a ......."

"I'm ashamed!" Xu Linchuan laughed, "I admit punishment, who makes me greedy for life and afraid of death." ”

"Manager Xu, we don't mean that, we know you're a scholar......"

"Hey, it's okay!" Xu Linchuan intercepted Liu Ziwei's words and said solemnly, "Although I Xu is an account office, there are not many people in the Shuijiao Gang that I can look down on. It's not just me, our dragon head, Deputy Helmsman Qin, I asked early in the morning, saying who were the few heroes who fought so fiercely that day, and let them come to Longjin Pavilion to drink......

"Vice helmsman Qin, that's a lot of characters, Manager Xu, don't lie to us!"

Liu Ziwei had already begun to whisper to Zhu Shun and Du Meng, with a somewhat suspicious but excited expression on his face.

"It's true! But I stopped drinking. ”

"Mr. Xu, you ......"

"What do you know about the general situation and take into account the overall situation! I persuaded the leader that he was now suspicious of the chief helmsman, and that it was absolutely impossible to befriend the helmsman of the sub-helms!

The cabin was silent, and the three of them held their breath and stared, just waiting for Xu Linchuan to speak.

"The dragon head said, in this way, then listen to you, but since you can't come to drink, you have to give the wine money, so it will come out of the Longjin Pavilion. I asked how much, and the faucet held out a finger ......"

"One...... Wanguan?"

"Ten, ten thousand, through. ”

The three of them stared at Xu Linchuan as if they had seen a ghost, and only after a while did they thank each other repeatedly.

Xu Linchuan was secretly amused, he knew in his heart that this money was a blessing in disguise for Cai He, who was in a difficult situation, but he deliberately sank his face and shouted, "Who did you thank just now?"

"Damn it! Thank you!"

"Please rest assured, Mr. Xu! Our brothers have long admired the 'Mobei Shenlong', and they said that the matter of the dragon head slashing Chen Protector back to his hometown with a knife, the eldest brother mentioned it every time he drank before his death, and it was full of praise!" Liu Ziwei had made up his mind, and only heard him say loudly: "If the dragon head does not dislike it, my old Liu, and my brothers Zhu Shun and Du Meng, are willing to swear to follow him!"

"Well said!" Xu Linchuan stroked his palms and laughed, "The leading man is transporting grain outside, and I will be the master for the leading man today." Come, dry this bowl of wine, and we will all be brothers from now on!"

The three of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and they suddenly agreed, and drank the big bowl with their necks up. But this manager Xu Da said that where could he drink such a sea bowl, he swallowed a few big mouthfuls, and when he raised his eyes to see that there was still most of it left, he simply closed his eyes and poured it into his mouth with his head covered.

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That night, after Xu Linchuan and Liu Ziwei said goodbye, the right half of his head hurt all night, and he couldn't sleep at all. He thought it was too much drinking, but he always felt that there was something he couldn't let go.

Until the third watch, he was still pacing back and forth in the meeting hall of Longjin Pavilion, and then he raised his eyes to catch a glimpse of the chair where Qin Fangyu often sat in the middle, and he vaguely felt that many things were ahead of schedule, but he couldn't think of what the problem was. When the sky was bright, he turned his heart sideways, took up the pen and wrote a secret letter, and his henchmen quickly whipped up and sent it all the way to the north.

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