The shopkeeper suddenly realized: "No wonder, these masters don't look like ordinary people, yesterday they invited Dr. Ding to diagnose the disease, and the shot was a string of East Beads, Third Master, you didn't see it, that string of beads is worth at least 100,000 taels!" ”

"One hundred thousand taels?" Zhang Laosan also gasped, the Qing prefect was only 100,000 snowflakes and silver in three years, and these outsiders were the prefect's three years of extra money, how much did this have to be magnanimous.

The shopkeeper went upside down to report, Lei Meng learned that the government sent someone to come, and personally went downstairs to greet him, the two sides greeted each other, Zhang Laosan was in professional habits, and carefully looked at Lei Meng, and saw that this person was eight feet tall, with bearded eyes, and Zhang Fei was reincarnated, Li Kui was reborn, and his momentum looked very similar to his military background, but it was definitely not the kind of green battalion soldiers who ate and waited for death, at least it was the elite soldiers of the Xishan Jianrui Battalion in the capital.

Zhang Laosan handed over the invitation, and Lei Meng took out a silver dollar and handed it over: "There is this master." ”

Waiting for Lei Meng to go upstairs, Zhang Laosan was holding a silver dollar in his hand, his face was gloomy for a long time, and he suddenly asked the shopkeeper: "How much luggage did they bring?" Do you have a carriage or a horse? ”

The shopkeeper said, "There are only two chests, and there are no carriages and horses." ”

"Keep an eye on me." Zhang Laosan took the silver dollar into his arms, "Something went wrong, be careful of your head." ”

"Huh." The shopkeeper lowered his waist, and sent Zhang Sanye out respectfully, this year, the official and bandit family, Zhang Sanye is afraid that he has taken a fancy to other people's goods.

This is the shopkeeper's careful heart, Zhang Laosan is a native of Hunan, a fellow of the Lin Governor's Mansion, he almost beheaded in the early years, and was rescued by Lin Huaiyuan, who was still the imperial history at the time, and then he has been taking him with him as an errand, the yamen is divided into three classes and six rooms, the three classes are soap classes, strong classes and fast classes, the former is responsible for the logistics and guard work of the yamen, the latter two are responsible for standing in the hall and arresting, Zhang San is the head of the soap class, specializing in the security of Lord Lin's access, personal guards, is one of the henchmen of adults, fate and adults are closely linked, Therefore, for fear that the unknown person would be unfavorable to his master, he asked the shopkeeper to monitor more, and there was no intention of killing people and extorting goods.

Lin Huaiyuan listened to Zhang San's report, frowning slightly, these people have a lot of background, and the so-called Nanyang merchants are just an excuse to cover people's eyes.

"My lord, is there anything wrong with what you have done?" Zhang San asked.

"Well done, go down." Lin Huaiyuan nodded, "Go and call the master." ”

When the official is around, he will bring a master who does not occupy the establishment to help make suggestions, Lin Huaiyuan is no exception, the master he invited is a Shaoxing person, surnamed Zhou, in his fifties, full of poetry and books, but he has no fame, all his ambitions are put on the master, Lin Huaiyuan will discuss anything with him, he can be called the think tank of Omijiang Mansion, Lin Huaiyuan's deputy.

Master Zhou said that this matter was easy to do, and he invited them to a banquet on behalf of Lord Lin, and after a few words during the banquet, the truth came out.

"No matter what kind of swagger and deceit, you can't hide the fiery eyes of the old decay." Master Zhou gently shook the folding fan, the bamboo was on his chest, and the goatee on his chin was pouted.

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In the morning, Lei Meng took the silver to the mule and horse market to buy large livestock, the Antai Consortium has its own horse farm, Lei Instructor has a lot of research on horses, and usually rides imported British thoroughbred racing horses, Arabian horses, tall and divine horses, and meticulous care, which has never seen such inferior horses in the Omifu Mule and Horse Market.

Even if it is an inferior horse, the number is limited, the mule and horse market is dominated by cattle, mules, donkeys, such large animals that can farm and pull carts, there are very few horses on behalf of the traveler, there are also short Yunnan horses, Mongolian horses, Lei Meng This kind of physique of the big man to ride, how funny and funny.

The price of big animals is not expensive, according to the different years, ranging from more than a dozen taels to dozens of taels, but Lei Meng didn't fancy any of them, and returned in a huff.

He didn't notice that there were people behind him who were quietly watching, watching his every move.

At noon, it was still a combination of dishes called in Tianxiangju, and they were eaten on the second floor of the inn, and Xiao Er was waiting for the four masters beside him, pouring them wine and listening to their chatter.

Lei Meng said that he couldn't go to the capital because he didn't buy a suitable horse, so Liu Yanzhi said that he didn't need to ride a horse, and he could take a boat from Omi to Shanghai, and then take a foreigner's steamer from Shanghai to Tianjin, and take a train from Tianjin Wei to Beijing.

What they said was methodical, Xiao Er listened to the clouds and mountains and fog covers, those terms didn't understand what they meant at all, they kept it in mind, and waited for the masters to finish eating, and reported to the shopkeeper in 1510.

The shopkeeper took these conversations to heart and prepared to report to Zhang Sanye at night.

In the evening, it was time to go to the prefect's banquet, but when the four of them went, there was no one to take care of Zhou Jiarui, they solved this problem by drawing lots, Zhang Wenbo stayed to take care of it, and the rest went to the banquet, at the cost that Zhang Wenbo could go out alone to drink flower wine at night.

The Yuejiang Building in the 26th year of Guangxu and the Yuejiang Building in 2017 are two completely different buildings, the former collapsed due to disrepair in the 20s, the warlord Chen Zikun funded the reconstruction in the 30s, was demolished by the Red Guards as the four old in the 60s, and rebuilt again in the early 80s.

The prefect's identity is respected, and it is inconvenient to come forward in person, so he arranged for Master Zhou and Steward Lin of the government office, as well as Zhang Bantou of the soap class to accompany the guests, and there was also Zhao Fuchen, a dart master from the capital, who sat down, poured tea for the little guy, served preserved fruit and refreshments, and chatted and talked first.

Master Zhou's eyes were poisonous, so he stared at the clothes of these masters first, and he was taken aback when he didn't see it.

The Qing Dynasty costumes that crossed the group are all special versions, using excellent Suzhou embroidery materials, in the eyes of Master Zhou, this is the special tribute of the palace, and then look at the jade hat on the Lei Meng melon skin hat, the water head is extremely full, the green is gratifying, Master Zhou has limited knowledge, and naturally does not understand that this thing is plastic.

On behalf of the prefect, Master Zhou expressed his gratitude to Zhao Fuchen and Liu Yanzhi, and toasted with a wine glass.

Zhang Bantou wants to drink a pound of wine every day when Lei Meng can't move, Lei Meng is a soldier, and the most popular thing in the army is to fight wine, the two hit it off at first sight, and a jar of liquor was drunk in an instant.

Master Zhou saw that the fire was coming, and began to talk.

He first asked the guests where they came from, and Lei Meng replied according to the predetermined script that he was from Nanyang Java, a merchant selling spices and jewelry, and he returned to China to look for business opportunities......

"Listening to your accent, it seems that people from the Jingshi area, why did they go all the way to Nanyang to do business?" Master Zhou asked.

Lei Meng opened his mouth: "I am from Beijing, and when I was young, I traveled all over the world, and it is normal for my hometown accent not to change." ”

Zhang Bantou said with the strength of wine: "My brother is from the capital, have you ever entered the Forbidden City?" ”

Lei Meng laughed: "I often go, I went to play with my parents when I was a child, I went to play by myself when I grew up, and I took my friends to play, I don't remember how many times I have been there." ”

Master Zhou's heart was shocked, the Forbidden City is the palace inside, but it is not a place where ordinary people say to go, it is heavily guarded, even the emperor's relatives have to go through a lot of trouble to get in, this person is either bragging, or has another hidden secret.

"What is the Emperor's Jinluan Treasure Hall like?" Zhang Bantou didn't know whether he was really drunk or fake, so he squinted his eyes and continued to ask.

"That's not the place where the emperor went to court, it's not called Jinluan Palace, it's called Taihe Palace, it's the place where the royal ceremonies are held, usually the emperor goes to court at the Qianqing Gate, and calls the royal gate to listen to the government, or summons the ministers in the Qianqing Palace and Yangxin Palace, and the two rows of small houses outside the Qianqing Gate, which are the ...... of the Military Aircraft Department" Lei Meng said proudly, he does often go to the Forbidden City to visit, and he is about to catch up with a professional tour guide.

Zhang Bantou listened to the five confusions, I don't know if it's true or not, Master Zhou's legs are trembling in shock, he knows so much about the palace, what are these people!

Liu Yanzhi touched Lei Meng with his foot and signaled him not to be nonsense.

This detail was seen by Master Zhou, which added to his doubts.

Lei Meng was reminded by Liu Yanzhi, no longer bragging, honestly playing the role of a Nanyang merchant, with the broad vision and insight of the 21st century, fooling these people more than a hundred years ago effortlessly, what a quick rush to fire 600 bullets a minute, an iron-hulled ship that can walk on the bottom of the sea, and an iron plane that can go to the sky, stunned everyone.

Zhao Fuchen, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Brother Liu, dare to ask where the teacher is?" ”

Liu Yanzhi smiled and said: "Self-taught, without him, only fast hands, the world's martial arts, only fast and unbroken." ”

Zhao Fuchen muttered these words, and said, "Brother Liu's blade can be borrowed from the next view." ”

Liu Yan straightened the saber at his waist, offered it with both hands, Zhao Fuchen took the knife, first admired the knife outfit, shark skin sheath, pure copper knife outfit, exquisite shape, the handle was wrapped with red silk thread, pressed the tension spring, and slowly pulled out a knife blade, the swallow mouth is a dragon's mouth shape, and the knife body is bright and narrow.

Zhao Fuchen left the table, took out the long knife, and slapped the right hand holding the knife with his left hand, the blade vibrated slightly, making a buzzing sound, and the blade of the knife body of the multi-layer folding pattern steel was created by the new steel ancient method with excellent elasticity, extremely sharp, and the hair could be broken.

"Good knives!" Zhao Fuchen praised, he is a martial idiot, You Xi collects magic weapons, this kind of treasure knife he has not seen, in the early years, Qianlong spent a lot of money and spent more than ten years to build ten treasure knives, in addition to the knife is equipped with more gold, silver and gems, as far as the weapon itself is concerned, it is this level.

After the banquet, the drunken guests went back to the inn to rest, and Master Zhou asked Zhao Fuchen: "Master Zhao, in your opinion, what is the origin of these people?" ”

Zhao Fuchen shook his head: "It's hard to say, but the knife may have been made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs." ”

After everyone left the Tianzi private room, a screen was moved, and Lin Huaiyuan, who was dressed in casual clothes, sat in the back, with wine and food on the small round table, and had been pouring himself drinks for a long time.

"My lord, look at ......," Master Zhou said.

"Jingshi accent, neither humble nor arrogant, with stunts, carrying a lot of money, should be the son of a noble relative of the clan." Lin Huaiyuan said, just now he saw those people through the gap in the screen, all with fine skin and tender meat, and good facial features, but they are not the kind of people who carry cages and hang birds without learning and unskilled, and they are heroic between their eyebrows, and they should be people in the army.

The children of the clan, the people in the army, are familiar with the forbidden terrain of the Great Inner Palace, and even know the location of the Imperial Gate and the Military Aircraft Department, there are so many officials in the Qing Dynasty, but not everyone has entered the Forbidden City, Lin Huaiyuan lives so big, it is said that he went to the palace more than ten years ago, these guys are so familiar with the palace, and based on the above conclusions, the truth is about to come out.

That bearded guest should be at the level of the imperial guard, the little white face surnamed Liu is at least a guard of the Qianqing Gate, and the rest of the one surnamed Guo is also a blue feather guard.

So what kind of characters are the "masters" carried by these Ouchi guards? Lin Huaiyuan didn't dare to think about it anymore.

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