Two days later

"According to what you say, let's stay here first?" Song Ning, who took the hot towel handed over to Xiang Yuan, and finally broke free from his weakness, raised his thin eyebrows.

"This is the best option for us at the moment. Two fingers picked up the fritters and put them in his mouth, and Xiang Yuan puffed out his cheeks and said:

"First of all, we are all newcomers, and we have little experience in dealing with yin ghosts, so it is easy to fall into a yin ghost disaster area like Wancheng rashly, it is too dangerous.

Xiadu is currently the shallowest place in the Liaohe region.

Let's accumulate experience here first, and then it's not too late to go to places like Wancheng.

Military merit is such a thing, you still have to save your life to come in handy. ”

Feeling that Xiang Yuan's analysis was reasonable, Song Ning nodded and agreed to the plan.

"Let's have breakfast first, and in the afternoon, we'll go to visit the local town guard yamen. Tilting his head and pouring a bowl of sweet soy milk into his mouth, Xiang Yuan glanced at Song Ning's bowl of salted soy milk that had not yet moved, and muttered something in his mouth.

"Salted soy milk is heretical......"

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After lunch, Xiang Yuan Song Ning, who had sorted out his clothes, took the wooden note and came to the east of the city according to Fan Guchun's explanation before, and found the Mito tea stall located at the mouth of a wide alley.

Under the blue and white shade cloth supported by two bamboo poles, the five tea tables were polished.

In front of the tea stall, a large pot was supported, and five or six cage drawers sat on it, and the fragrance of dim sum buns wafted in the rising white mist.

"Two guest officers, have some tea?"

The owner of the tea stall was not tall, with dark yellow skin, some drooping eyes were not big but shrewd, and a pair of blue-black linen shirts with two or three patches on them, and he looked a little simple.

"If you don't drink tea, does the shopkeeper recognize this? Spread out his right hand, revealing the wooden note left by Fan Guchun, and asked Yuan softly.

Seeing the wooden note, the tea stall owner's eyes suddenly froze, but he quickly regained his smile: "Who are the two?"

"No need to ask, just lead the way. ”

Without answering the tea stall owner's question, Xiang Yuan said in a low voice, showing a little impatience.

Seeing that Xiang Yuan was displeased, the owner of the tea stall hurriedly smiled and said:

"Your Majesty is angry.

Liu Shan, take the two of them to the house and take the snacks that were ordered before. ”

After laughing twice, the owner of the tea stall shouted back, and a young boy who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old with his sleepy eyes came out of the back of the tea stall with a muttering mouth.

Seeing the young man's sleepy-eyed appearance, the tea stall owner raised his head and kicked the young man's buttocks:

"Spirit, these two are distinguished guests, don't slack off. ”

Biting very the word distinguished guest, the young man was also kicked awake by the boss's kick, and when he heard the boss's words with other meanings, he hurriedly nodded: "I know, I know." ”

Under the guidance of the young man, Xiang Yuan and Song Ning walked into the wide alley behind the tea stall.

Leading Xiang Yuan and Song Ning forward, the young man turned his head from time to time and peeked at the two people behind him.

Feeling the young man's gaze, Xiang Yuan's expression moved, and he suddenly stepped forward with a thick arm and clamped the young man's neck: "Little guy, you always look at what we do!"

Caught by Xiang Yuan's arm, the boy struggled.

But the arm around his neck was like a steel bar made of a hundred smelted iron, and it couldn't be shaken at all.

"I didn't...... I'm just curious, are you like Lord Fan and them...... It's a tall man. ”

With a blushing face, the boy tried his best to explain.

Hearing this explanation, Xiang Yuan smiled and let go of his arm, he also knew that the young man was just curious and intended to tease him:

"You guessed right, we are all masters like Fan Guchun, you are good at leading the way, if you miss a big thing, you can ask you. ”

Frightened by Xiang Yuan like this, the young man didn't dare to look back anymore, and quickened his pace and took Xiang Yuan and Song Ning to the door of a deep courtyard at the end of the wide alley.

The deep courtyard is surrounded by a brick fence about two people high, and there are quadrangular holes in rows at the height of one person.

On both sides of the gate of the courtyard are two double-happiness words that have been somewhat yellowed, and it has been a long time since then.

The jujube red door, there is only one knocker left, and the bright red door link is also torn to pieces.

A light breeze blew in the alleyway, the corners of Song Ning's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned his head to look at Xiang Yuan beside him:

"This is the town guard yamen of Xiadu?"

Looking at the courtyard in front of him, which seemed to be a civilian house, Xiang Yuan was also a little dumbfounded.

"Maybe it's to better hide your identity, after all, although the town guard yamen sounds lofty, we are a hidden organization after all.

If you really make a grand face, wouldn't everyone know it. ”

No matter what, it's already at the door, and you can't go back.

Xiang Yuan stepped forward and gently knocked on the doorlink of the courtyard.

Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk!

"It's coming. ”

Hearing this answer, Xiang Yuan beckoned to Song Ning.

With a creak, the courtyard door opened, and Fan Guchun's face appeared in front of Xiang Yuan and Song Ning.

"Brother Xiang, please come in, please come in. Seeing Xiang Yuan coming at the appointment, Fan Guchun seemed very happy, and hurriedly greeted Xiang Yuan and the two into the courtyard.

Walking into the courtyard, Xiang Yuan looked around, there were some piles and stone locks for practicing martial arts on the left side of the small courtyard, and a lot of daily miscellaneous items and a well were scattered on the right.

The whole courtyard does not seem to have the appearance of the demon mansion guarding the yamen, it is completely an ordinary or even somewhat simple house.

also saw the slight surprise in Xiang Yuan and Song Ning's eyes, Fan Guchun laughed twice:

"I'm really sorry because it's not a major city.

Therefore, the government office on our side should be simpler, and I hope the two of you will not be surprised. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I don't know if the town guard is here, let's pay a visit. He waved his hand to signal that Fan Guchun didn't have to care, and said to Yuan.

There are a total of 69 cities in Bazhong County, and in addition to small cities like Zhuyang and Guangling, 26 of them have the existence of town guards.

These twenty-six towns guarded the yamen, because the size of the garrison cities varied, and the scale was also large and small.

According to Shi Jinwu, who taught Xiang Yuan, there are as many as eight or nine or ten people as there are scattered in various parts of the town, and there are only three or four people at the few.

Although this number is not large, it refers to hidden soldiers, and if there is a danger, the town guard yamen has the right to mobilize the local county government and even the garrison to assist.

The town guard yamen in each place has a town guard official appointed by the branch government himself, and this town guard official is also the boss and chief of the entire town guard yamen.

The other hidden soldiers in the town guard yamen must obey the deployment order of the town guard officer, otherwise they will be punished for disobeying the military order!

Xiang Yuan and Song Ning are both newly promoted hidden soldiers, and they do not belong to the town guard yamen in any place for the time being.

Now that they have come to Xiadu, according to the rules, they must first pay a visit to the local town guard and show their courtesy.

"Sit down. Leading Xiang Yuan and Song Ning into the hall, Fan Guchun poured two cups of tea for the two:

"There were signs of ghosts in Zhouzhai Village yesterday, and the boss went to investigate.

The rest of the people also went their own way to deal with the situation in the other villages. ”

"How many hidden soldiers are there in the town guard yamen of Xiadu?" took a sip of slightly bitter tea, and asked Xiang Yuan with a grin.

Patting the carbon ash on his trouser leg and sitting down, Fan Guchun smiled: "There are five people including me."

If it weren't for the sudden appearance of many yin ghosts in the center of the Liaohe River, the manpower in our place would be enough. ”

Fan Guchun said, Xiang Yuan nodded secretly.

Indeed, if a town guard yamen can have five resident hidden soldiers, the ordinary town guard task must be sufficient.

If it weren't for the uncontrollable situation, Fan Guchun and the others would definitely not be so anxious to increase manpower.

While chatting with Fan Guchun about the basic situation of the crossing, he waited.

Xiang Yuan and Song Ning sat until it was already sunset, and then the gate of the courtyard of the yamen was pushed open.

A burly bearded man leaning on his back walked in scolding.

"He's a, Lao Tzu finally ran into a big guy, and he ran away.

Next time, Lao Tzu will take everyone with him, and he will have to dismantle that guy!"

Hearing the bearded man's scolding, Fan Guchun, who was talking to Xiang Yuan, hurriedly greeted him, leaned over to the bearded man's ear and whispered a few words.

"Why didn't you say it earlier, the victim waited here for a day. With a grin, the bearded man complained to Fan Guchun, turned over his hand and removed the back basket on his body, and walked into the hall laughing.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't know that two colleagues came, and I caused you to wait for a day, forgive me, forgive me. The bearded man's voice was loud and his laughter was crisp, and he apologized as soon as he sat in the room.

"Lord Townsman is polite, we didn't say hello in advance this time. I don't know what adults call them. Noticing the way the bearded man walked, Xiang Yuan's eyes moved, and then he said with a smile.

"What kind of adults and villains, Lao Tzu...... cough, my name is Sun Deyi, it seems that I should be a few years older than you, you can call me Brother Sun or Old Sun. "The bearded man has a bold demeanor, and it seems that he is full of rough words on weekdays.

It's just that today is the first time I've seen it after all, and in the face of Xiang Yuan and Song Ning, this town guard of Xiadu City still suppressed his own nature, and swallowed the dirty words that came to his mouth again!

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