Before dawn, Fu Wei, the county magistrate, stood in front of the window of the back hall and pondered, thinking about the exchange of hostages after dawn, and couldn't find a way to get the best of both worlds, so that he could get back Prince Sumeng without showing that he was derelict in his duties.

A servant walked into the back hall and announced: "Prince Sumeng's lieutenant asks to see him." ”

Master Fu waved his hand to invite in, walked back to the table and sat down, picked up a cup of tea and took a sip.

The deputy general walked in, and Shi Li said: "See Lord Fu, the last general's surname is She, on the order of Princess Su Jin, I came to participate in the exchange of hostages, please allow Lord Fu to go with the last general." ”

Master Fu pondered for a moment and asked, "Vice General She, you came at the right time." Regarding the rudeness of the three princes to the princess last night, this official has sent an urgent message to inform His Majesty the King, and now that there is another exchange of hostages, if the three princes are handed over, and His Majesty the King sends an important message, how is it good? ”

Vice Admiral She is also a resourceful figure who follows Prince Sumeng on weekdays, but in front of Lord Fu, he looks like a child in a school, and he is a little at a loss in the face of the questions raised by Lord Fu, and he doesn't know how to solve it, so he said loyally: "Lord Fu, the last general is a martial artist, and everything is under the orders of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"That's good." Master Fu tapped his fingers on the table, and he was quite satisfied with this reply, knowing that this action could not hide from Vice General She, and it was best to spread things out with him on the bright side, so that each other knew it.

Vice Admiral She stood at the table, seeing Lord Fu's unpredictable expression, knowing that there might be a mystery hidden here, he took a step closer, wanting to eliminate Lord Fu's concerns, and reported in a low voice: "If your lord has any plans, even if he orders him, the last general will be strict in his tone and know how to control the measure." ”

Fu Wei nodded, pondered for a moment, and said approvingly: "Very good!" If all of the officers under this official can be as sensible and knowledgeable as Deputy General She, why worry about big things? ”

When Vice Admiral She heard the praise, he hurriedly stood as straight as a benchmark, bowed his head and replied, "My lord has won the award." The last will do everything with all his heart. ”

Fu Wei sat at the table and said thoughtfully: "This official plans to set off before dawn, and hurry up to exchange when the sky is about to be bright, so as not to let the other party see that we have dropped the bag." ”

"Dropping?" Vice Admiral She asked puzzledly.

"Yes! Because this official does not plan to exchange the three princes, he decided to find a confidant to replace him! Adjutant General She, I don't know if you have the guts to pretend to be the third prince and go on a trip to exchange Prince Sumeng back? Fu Wei's eyes were like lightning, staring at Vice Admiral She's face and observing his reaction.

Vice General She was surprised, can he pretend to be the third prince? First of all, there is a difference of 108,000 miles in appearance, and I couldn't help touching my chin with my hand, and excused myself: "Thanks to Lord Fu's appreciation, it's a pity that in this face, where can I compare to the handsome appearance of the third prince like an immortal?" ”

"Well, that's easy to say. Even if the third prince is as beautiful as a crown of jade, when the sky is about to dawn, when the clouds and mist are in front of the woods outside the city, a person wearing a prison uniform, a mantle, and a face covered with black mud and blood is lying on his side in the prisoner car, who can recognize it? Fu Wei analyzed confidently.

Vice General She was right to think about it, this concern was dispelled, and a new question was raised, and he asked: "However, the voice of the last general is not clear, and it is not as good as the magnetic voice of the third prince Qingyue." ”

"This is easy to do! You just pretended to be unconscious, lying down without saying a word, being carried on a stretcher to the exchange scene, when you and Prince Sumeng passed by, you jumped off the stretcher and pulled Prince Sumeng to run back, a shock, who would have expected the incident to turn around? Fu Wei revealed the details and explained in detail.

"Yes, the last general is willing to be stiff, as long as he can save His Royal Highness the Prince." Adjutant General She had no doubts and immediately agreed.

"Well, if this matter can be accomplished, Vice Admiral She will make a great contribution to you, and this official will ask His Majesty the King for grace and reward you." As soon as Fu Wei heard that Vice General She agreed, he immediately promised benefits.

"Thank you Lord Fu for making it complete, the last general still has something to ask, I don't know where the third prince is being held? If the secrecy is not strict, some of his subordinates will come to rob people while we are out of the city to exchange hostages, and we will lose all our efforts. ”

"You can rest assured of that. In fact, the third prince was not imprisoned in the county jail. Even the official didn't know where he was sent? Yesterday, although the official glanced at the note written by Prince Sumeng, it was a code word, and the specific location was not written, and the official could only guess one or two, and others had no way of knowing. ”

Vice General She was relieved and relieved of all worries.

The discussion was decided, and Lord Fu instructed several officials to take Deputy General She down to change their clothes and dress up. When Vice General She walked back to the back hall, Master Fu was almost unrecognizable after some discussion, looking from the back, he was tall and slender with a thin waist, messy hair in prison clothes, and a face full of soot.

When the group walked into the courtyard, they found that two carriages had been prepared in the courtyard, one was for Lord Fu to ride, and the other was a wooden cage prisoner cart on which the prisoners were held.

Vice Admiral She got into the prisoner car, lay down on his side, intentionally or unintentionally put one arm in front of his face, and then let the messy hair fall down to cover his head.

Lord Fu changed into civilian clothes, boarded the carriage, and instructed the head of the government to inform the city gate guards to close the city gate today, and no one was allowed to enter or leave the city gate.

The head of the government agreed to do so. More than a dozen officials rode horses and followed the two carriages, left the county office, and hurried out of the north city gate.

At that time, Qin Xingyi and Princess Jin'er were preparing to leave the city at the gate of the north city, and saw a team of officials riding horses to escort two carriages out of the city, and then the city gate was closed, and the people waiting to leave the city couldn't get out.

"How so? Qin guard, can you go out over the wall alone? Princess Jin'er was at a loss and asked anxiously.

"I'm afraid not. The walls are too high, I was injured and couldn't get out, and I needed at least two days to recuperate and recover some of my strength. Qin Xingyi replied with a sigh.

"Well, what now?" Princess Jin'er was also disappointed, but there was no way, and she could only give up if she couldn't get out of the city gate.

"Princess, I want to wait for them to come back from the exchange of hostages, just wait near the city gate, it shouldn't be long." Qin Xingyi looked left and right, and found that a bustling street closest to the North City Gate had a banner with a big wine word on it.

"Princess, this guard will take you back to the post station, or will we go to the restaurant together?" Qin Xingyi asked.

Princess Jin'er didn't get any tangible news and didn't want to go back to the post station, but she was just killed by Pear Blossom Dew last night, and she was scared of wine, so she asked vaguely: "Princess Ben doesn't want to go back to the post station, but she can't drink, and that kind of place is not suitable for us women, right?" ”

Qin Xingyi took a fancy to the location of the restaurant, which was two stories high, and sitting on it and drinking could make it clear all the movements below, including the area around the North City Gate.

"Princess, you forgot, this guard is not a woman, and it is normal to bring a woman up for a drink. Let's go, the princess doesn't drink, it's good to have a hot cup of tea. Qin Xingyi said, pulling Princess Jin'er to rush to the restaurant without touching her feet.

The two came to the restaurant, looked up, the plaque on the door was written "the world's first restaurant" six big characters, the handwriting was extraordinary, at a glance they knew that it was from the famous calligraphy.

The lights are still on inside the restaurant. Qin Xingyi touched her hand lightly, and the door of the store opened, and she asked, "Is there anyone?" ”

It turned out that the restaurant was open for twelve hours, but there were few customers at dawn, and the shopkeeper squatted at the door and dozed off, and hurriedly stood up to greet him when he heard the sound of people.

Qin Xingyi pulled Princess Jin'er straight to the second floor, picked a pair of window tables, and instructed the shopkeeper to make a pot of hot tea first.

The shopkeeper promised to go downstairs to serve tea, thinking: This guest is strange, he got up early in the morning, but he didn't drink wine when he came to the restaurant, and he wouldn't go to the teahouse when he drank tea? Because it is the same pot of tea, the price in the teahouse is much cheaper than in the restaurant.

The shopkeeper quickly brought a pot of brewed chrysanthemum rock sugar tea, poured the tea into the teacup, and asked the two guests to use it slowly.

"Princess, drink a cup of hot tea and calm down, right?" Qin Xingyi said, picking up a cup of hot tea and handing it to Princess Jin'er.

"Thank you for your thoughtfulness." Princess Jin'er took the teacup, and suddenly heard a low scream, her hands trembled in fright, and the teacup fell to the ground with a "clang".

"Guard Qin, listen, what kind of voice is that? It's scary! Princess Jin'er knew that she was a little nervous at the moment, and she was not very confident in her hearing.

At this moment, the restaurant was quiet, almost everyone didn't get up, and only Qin Xingyi and Princess Jin'er were sitting and drinking tea on the second floor, so the subtle noise from the backyard of the restaurant could reach the ears.

It's just that Qin Xingyi's attention was all focused on the gate of the northern city, for fear of missing the cavalry team that returned after exchanging hostages, although he also heard a small miserable cry, he didn't want to meddle with things, and said: "Don't be afraid, princess, it's nothing, eighty percent of the masters are teaching people, and we can't manage so many difficult scriptures." ”

Princess Jin'er was shocked, and happened to see the shopkeeper running upstairs when she heard the sound of the teacup breaking, so she asked, "Little Er, did you hear it just now?" It was as if someone was screaming. ”

The shopkeeper's face was flustered, and he waved his hand again and again, persuading: "Don't ask too much!" It was a group of people who came yesterday afternoon, and they took over the entire backyard, and the leader got drunk in the middle of the night, tied a little brother to a tree and smoked non-stop, who would dare to meddle? ”

The words of the shopkeeper attracted Qin Xingyi's attention, thinking that the person who could take over the entire backyard of the world's No. 1 restaurant must not care about silver, and the guy who got drunk and smoked people in the middle of the night was definitely not a good person.

Qin Xingyi secretly thought: If it weren't for the fact that he had something important to do, he would definitely take care of this gossip!