Chapter 34: Worship
Without experiencing the ancient road, you can never imagine how inconvenient the ancient transportation from the river was. From the north to the capital, if it is modern, it will take a few hours, but Lin Nan and Shuang'er sat in the carriage and drove for thirteen days before finally stepping into the gate of the capital when it was nearly dark on the fourteenth day.
The capital of this era was only as big as a district of the capital in later generations, but in the Qing Dynasty, it was already an absolute big city, and Lin Nan, who was about to fall apart, gave the hired money to the handlebar after entering the city, and then took Shuang'er to wander around the streets of the capital.
Accustomed to the bustling metropolis of commercial civilization, Lin Nan really felt a little deserted about the bustling streets of the capital, but Shuang'er, who had never been out of the house since he was a child, felt very fresh, and a pair of big eyes kept looking around.
Walking forward, I saw the four big words "Gaosheng Teahouse" written on a banner in front of me from a distance, and Lin Nan, who was already hungry with his chest against his back, suddenly became excited, and walked in quickly with Shuang'er.
Came to the second floor of the teahouse and asked for a pot of good Biluochun and a few plates of dim sum, Lin Nan and Shuang'er sat opposite each other, eating dim sum, while listening to the storyteller in the teahouse talking about the legend of the martyrs with great interest.
This heroic martyr tells the story of Zhu Yuanzhang's founding of the country, which is a bit similar to the novel of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which has a lot of fictional components.
However, seeing the storyteller spitting on it, the tea guests below didn't seem to be much interested, and all the tea guests were talking about something in a low voice, but because the voice was too small and was muffled by the storyteller's voice, Lin Nan couldn't hear it clearly.
At this moment, a man in a green robe walked up from downstairs, and when he saw a tea guest sitting in the center of the second floor, he immediately laughed loudly: "Brother Liu, you are really here, how are you, have you heard, Ao Bai has been dismissed by the decree of the Holy Majesty." ”
"Eh, Brother Zhang, silence." The tea guest sitting in the center saw him say it so loudly, and immediately reminded him.
"Hahaha, Brother Liu doesn't have to worry." The green-robed man laughed loudly again: "Ao Bai Na can't make any waves anymore, and even his fellow party Ban Bu Shan, Ji Bi Long and a few others have all been put in prison by the saint, and they will be beheaded soon." ”
"Really?" The tea guest sitting in the center was overjoyed when he heard this.
"That's nature." The man in the green robe nodded: "I heard that he was captured by a little eunuch in the palace, and it seems that he is called Gonggong Gui." ”
"Hahaha, Ao Bai is called the first warrior in Manchuria in vain, and he can't even beat a eunuch." At this moment, another gray-robed scribe smiled and followed.
Immediately after that, a few people began to discuss the accusations of worship.
On the other side, when he heard that Ao Bai was captured, Shuang'er's face suddenly showed a look of joy, and he whispered to Lin Nan: "Xianggong, I didn't expect that Ao Bai, a traitor, was captured by the Manchu Emperor, which is really happy." ”
"Hmm." Lin Nan nodded, then pinched his chin thoughtfully.
Ao Bai was captured, Wei Xiaobao made a great contribution, and then the people of the Heaven and Earth Society broke into Prince Kang's mansion, Wei Xiaobao accidentally killed Ao Bai, and then was arrested by the people of the Heaven and Earth Society, and by mistake became Chen Jinnan's apprentice, and became the incense master of Aoki Hall.
Heaven and Earth Society, Aokido incense master...... This identity is still quite good, and it just so happens that she also promised Zhuang Han to kill Aobai for her, so it is better to take action by yourself, solve Aobai first, and then go to meet Chen Jinnan.
Thinking of this, Lin Nan looked at Shuang'er and said, "Shuang'er, let's go." ”
"Yes." The little girl hurriedly got up, followed behind Lin Nan, and the two walked out of the teahouse.
found an inn nearby and opened two rooms, Lin Nan first settled Shuang'er here, told her that she still had some things to do, let her wait here first, and then asked the innkeeper about the location of Prince Kang's mansion, and went out.
At this time, the sky was already pitch black, but because it was winter, the days were short and the nights were long, so Lin Nan estimated that it would be six or seven o'clock at most.
Following the guidance of the innkeeper, Lin Nan found all the way to the vicinity of Prince Kang's mansion.
This Prince Kang's Mansion covers an extremely wide area, and it is very magnificent, during which the courtyard is deep, the courtyards are overlapped, and the large and small rooms are divided into them. Fortunately, there is an introduction to the location of Aobai in the original book, otherwise if Lin Nan himself looked for it in this palace, it is estimated that he would not be able to find it for three days.
Detoured to the back wall of the palace, and seeing that there was no one around, Lin Nan jumped into the courtyard with light work.
At this time, from a distance, the courtyard in front of the palace was all brightly lit, and it seemed to be very lively, but fortunately he was in the back garden of the palace at this time, and the surroundings were very clean, and no sound could be heard.
Quietly touching the center behind the rockery in the back garden, and after walking a short distance, I saw a lonely stone house in front of me, with sixteen guards holding steel knives at the door, and two guard leaders patrolling back and forth in front, looking very cautious and cautious.
Lin Nan knew that this must be the place where Ao Bai was imprisoned, but how to get in, Lin Nan was in a difficult situation.
It is not difficult to defeat these eighteen people, but it will inevitably alarm the other guards in the palace, and when the time comes, even if he has three heads and six arms, he may not be able to escape.
Just as he was in a dilemma, suddenly a sound of footsteps came, and then a gorgeously dressed young man who was only about one meter six tall led eight guards towards the stone house.
"Grandpa Gui." As soon as the two guard leaders in front of the door saw the young man, they immediately bowed and saluted, Lin Nan couldn't help but smile when he heard this title, it turned out that this kid was Wei Xiaobao.
Immediately afterwards, under Wei Xiaobao's orders, one of the leaders of the guards opened the big lock on the iron door, pushed open the iron door and invited him in.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a sudden noise around, and then, more than a dozen men in Tsing Yi suddenly rushed out of the courtyard wall behind the stone house, each holding a sword, and killed the guards together.
"Bold!" The guards were shocked and rushed forward with their swords.
Seeing this scene, Lin Nan, who was hiding behind the rockery, couldn't help but be stunned.
Needless to say, this group of men in Tsing Yi must be the people of the Heaven and Earth Society, but I didn't expect that it was a coincidence that I came, and I actually met with these people, which saved me a lot of effort.
Thinking of this, Lin Nan jumped up and rushed towards the stone house.
Here, the guards guarding the door of the stone house have been cut down seven or eight people in an instant, and they have no power to parry at all, and at first glance they saw a person appear, and the two guards thought that he was also a group of men in Tsing Yi, and immediately slashed over with a knife.
With two punches, the two guards flew out upside down, and then Lin Nan kicked open the iron door and rushed into the stone house.