Spring River Plumbing Duck Yan Zhi.

When the clouds of war cleared, the malls were the first to react.

The largest trading alley in Suzhou has taken the lead in recovering its prosperity, and the streets and markets are bustling with activity. In addition to the business dealings, the teahouse restaurant and even the Qinglou gambling house are also located in the meantime, business travelers can talk about business in the teahouse, and after the business is negotiated, they can go to the wine shop to buy drunk, the wine is the matchmaker, you can go to the Qinglou to buy joy when you are drunk, and you can also go to the gambling house to enjoy a dashing time after a night of entertainment, one-stop service.

Among them, there are also some artists who beg for a living here, such as Mu Sanshui, a storyteller in Lu Yu's teahouse, is one of them.

Mu Sanshui has a wide body and a fat body, a fat head and big ears, and a huge bald head, like a monk in a big temple where incense is flourishing.

Sitting at the table across from him was a thin little old man, with a bitter and hateful face, coarse cloth clothes, a blanket hanging from his shoulders, and a bowl of unfinished flatbread and broth in front of him. This man was a small merchant named Feng Wanshun.

The book that Mu Sanshui said today is a story about the gods and monsters of King Wu, taken from the "Wuhuan Vernacular" of the Southern Song Dynasty, which is the predecessor of "Romance of the Gods", but Feng Wanshun heard that he was playing tricks and pretending to be ghosts, and the two of them choked like this.

At this moment, the two made a bet on the impossibility of the world, so Feng Wanshun took a pen and wrote a few words on the paper, put it in the desk in front of Mu Sanshui, covered the tablecloth, Mu Sanshui opened his mouth, and said all the words written by Feng Wanshun, which made Feng Wanshun stunned.

He jumped up on the ground, ran to the stage, lifted the tablecloth and took a look, the piece of paper on which he had written a few lines of words was still lying in the desk, and he couldn't help but wonder. Mu Sanshui said triumphantly: "How? Is there a spell in this world? I'll tell you, I'll do this, but I know this kung fu, naturally there are people who know how to be a hundred times more clever than me, soaring clouds and fog, calling for wind and rain, and scattering beans into soldiers, that's fine, you've lost, take the money! ”

Feng Wanshun said with a red face: "You...... You're all evil magic, maybe you're a White Lotus demon! ”

Mu Sanshui's face suddenly changed: "What's the matter?" Buckle a big hat of the White Lotus Sect to me, and I want to pay for it, brother, let him know who is the landlord in this alley! ”

As soon as Mu Sanshui's words fell, a few big men who were wandering around the teahouse approached Feng Wanshun with their arms dangling, with a bad face, Feng Wanshun was a person who sacrificed his life and money, and grabbed his own bag...... Screamed, "What are you doing? Grab something! Blackmail and blackmail, everyone, come and see......"

The guests who drank tea were watching, the problem was that no one came out to help, seeing that those sweaters were forced in front of him, they were about to grab his coat, and suddenly a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks flashed into the teahouse, and when he saw Mu Sanshui, he beckoned: "Sanshui, hurry up, the master told us to go...... There's a big deal! ”

Mu Sanshui waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, first ask me to accept the lottery head of the bet!" ”

The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man was in a hurry, ran over and grabbed the sleeve of his robe, and said, "Urgent, big deal, what about Qianqian?" ”

“……”

The thin-faced man understood as soon as he heard it, he picked up the waking wood, slapped it on the table a few times, and shouted: "Ye Qianqian, come out quickly, the master told us to go, there is something urgent, hurry up!" As he spoke, he dragged Mu Sanshui and left.

The main man was gone, and the big men who were idle couldn't help but look at each other, and they didn't know whether they should continue to blackmail this little businessman surnamed Feng. At this time, there was a creak under the desk where Mu Sanshui was talking, and as soon as the tablecloth was lifted, a person came out, this person was thin and flexible like an ape, Feng Wanshun was amazed, he had just seen under the table, it was obviously empty, and he didn't know when a person came out.

The thin man who called Ye Qianqian chased Mu Sanshui out, and the big men felt bored, gestured to each other, and then also went out of the teahouse, and then a kind teahouse guy smiled at Feng Wanshun and said: "You are lucky today, otherwise you will definitely break the fortune." Let's tell you the truth, this Mu Sanshui and Ye Qianqian two brothers have a double reed, others say that the double reed, are all memorized in advance before the mouth shape, but the two of them, even if the person hiding below says something that the person above does not know in advance, the person above can also match the mouth shape vividly, unless you have been staring at his mouth, or sitting face to face with him, you can hear that the sound is not from his mouth, otherwise there is no flaw. ”

At the same time, a few gray men came in at the north gate of Suzhou City, and someone had already greeted him in front of the city gate, greeted him, and asked with a smile: "Brother Gongsun, how is the harvest of this trip?" ”

The man surnamed Gongsun said: "Hey, looking at a huge ancient tomb, it was finally dug up, but there was no gold or silver, only a copper unicorn, a copper kettle Zhen and a copper two-strand fork, two copper basins, and a large number of pottery, but there were a few jars of ancient money, but it was not worth a few pennies." I was about to dig another big one, and the master was in a hurry to find us, is there any big deal? ”

The person who greeted him said haha: "Brother Gongsun, I don't know the details, but the master said that if this deal is completed, it will be inexhaustible in this life!" ”

The man surnamed Gongsun was refreshed when he heard this: "There is such a good thing? Walk! Let's hurry up and see the master! ”

People from all walks of life rushed to a large gambling house one after another, and there were seventeen or eighteen tables in the gambling house, and the gamblers gathered in front of the table, shouting five and drinking, and these people entered the gambling house and ignored the gamblers, only said hello to the thugs who watched the gambling house, and then walked through the gambling house to the backyard. In the backyard, Wan Songling was drinking tea and eating beans, waiting there quietly......

Song Sheng received Xia Xun's letter, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy, he immediately sent someone to report to Jingli and the Yongle Emperor who was on the front line in northern Xinjiang, and then set off with his sick body and went to Jiayuguan to meet Xia Xun.

Xia Xun said in the letter, asked him to immediately control the matter of Hu Shang Tuoba Mingde, he did not slack off, he sent his third son Song Ying to Suzhou in person to arrest Tuoba Mingde, originally thought that it was a stable thing, who knew that Song Ying arrived in Suzhou, but only caught a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, the main target Tuoba Mingde and Yu Jian, who was alias Hu Qiqi, was missing.

When he broke into the lower courtyard of the Mafu rented by Tuoba Mingde to arrest people, Tuoba Mingde's subordinates were there, and it seemed that he didn't know his identity, and Tuoba Mingde didn't look like he had escaped after getting the news, so Song Ying sent someone to report to his father while personally interrogating the prisoner, hoping to force Tuoba Mingde and Yu Jian's whereabouts.

But these people were all dead soldiers sent by the Timurid Empire, and it was not easy to ask for news from them, so Song Ying had no choice but to torture them overnight.

When Song Ying turned a Suzhou city upside down and captured Tuoba Mingde and Yu Jian, Song Sheng had already received Xia Xun and his surviving soldiers at Jiayuguan. According to Song Ying, Xia Xun has been missing for a long time, and he and the king of Hami have sent troops to search the 800 miles of Hanhai, but they have never found the whereabouts of Fu Xun.

Emperor Yongle was chasing down Benjamin in the desert at that time, and when he got the news, it was already the beginning of spring this year, and when he learned of Xia Xun's misfortune, Emperor Yongle was very sad, but he could not deal with this matter at that time, so he only ordered Song Sheng to adjust the military deployment to take on the defense of Xiliang, and at the same time sent a message to Beijing, preparing to wait for him to return to Jinling after the war, and then handle the aftermath for the auxiliary state.

Now many preparations for the aftermath of the Duke of Fuguo have been completed, the name, the sacrificial text, the clothes and mounds, the scale of the funeral, and the preparation of crowning him as the king of Hanzhong, fortunately he came back in time, otherwise when the emperor returned to Beijing, his funeral affairs were completed, and he jumped out again, the Ming Empire is afraid that it will encounter an unprecedented problem: after the death of the posthumous county king is alive again, how should this prince be handled?

Immediately, Song Sheng informed Xia Xun of the arrest of Tuoba Mingde and Yu Jian, and while exchanging all the things that had happened in the past six months, they also rushed to Suzhou. The two places were not far apart, sixty or seventy miles, and at the end of the day, they entered Suzhou City in the evening.

When he entered the city, the officials of all parties were busy with the cold and hustle and bustle, so that he was able to stay in the official residence specially vacated for him by the Suzhou Wei Yamen, and as for the dinner, he had to wait a little longer, all the way

It's summer again, Xia Xun and his party don't say that they are dusty, but they are also full of dust and sweat, so they have to bathe and change their clothes first, clean and clean.

Xia Xun took a bath happily under the clothes of Xilin and Jeanna, changed into a light robe and went out, and the two beauties were only bathed in wide clothes, before they entered the water, Tang Sai'er, who had been waiting impatiently, broke in, and someone accompanied her to take a bath alone, so she naturally wanted to take a bath with Xilin and Jeanna.

The two big and one small three beauties took off their smooth and slippery, not to mention the water bathing for the time being, Xia Xun, who had finished bathing, had already gone to the flower hall to rest.

The next person waited for the tea to come up, and it happened to be lukewarm at this time, so Xia Xun sat down on the bamboo and rattan circle chair and drank the tea.

At this time, Xia Xun, dressed in a jade sè light robe, wearing a head, and a piece of fresh emerald jade in the middle of the head, the whole humanistic quality is polite, graceful, but the skin looks darker, Rao is so, it is also a prince and grandson posture, just look at the fan in his hand but can't help but make people feel gimmicked, this son is not shaking a folding fan, but a big pu fan, cool is cool, with his hand dress, but it is a little nondescript.

After another while, Liu Yujue, who had already finished bathing, rushed over, Xia Xun was very handsome, but compared with Liu Yujue, he was much inferior to him, Liu Yujue had a white and clean face, as if he was not tanned, wearing a moon white background bullet ink plum blossom soap sè trimmed collared light clothes, a handsome son, a beauty like jade, compared to Xia Xun, it is really more than a step and a half.

"Guogong, the Marquis of Xining said that he had already heard the whereabouts of Tuoba Mingde, and Song Ying took people out of the city to arrest him, and he didn't know the details, so he had to wait for Song Ying to come back. After tonight's banquet, please rest first, in these three or two days, Song Ying will definitely come back, let's just rest in Suzhou City for a few days, this road is not a car, I feel uncomfortable! ”

Xia Xun nodded and asked, "Is there Yu Jian's whereabouts?" ”

Liu Yujue said: "Not yet, I'm afraid that the whereabouts of Yu Jian will also fall on that Tuoba Mingde." ”

Xia Xun frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not!" Although I am trapped in other eight miles, there is no one who knows my whereabouts of life and death. Yingzhan and Yu Jian both knew, but when I arrived in Hami, King Hami was surprised and inexplicable, I didn't know that I was still alive before, and I knew at that time that it would not be so easy to catch Yu Jian. ”

Liu Yujue sat down beside Xia Xun and said sleepily: "Guogong is saying? ”

Xia Xun said: "The winning husband and wife helped me, but they concealed the news that I was in Bei Lost Bali, which is understandable. If I survive, I will not forget their kindness, and if I die, they will not be implicated, and once Timur's army really breaks through the Jiayu Pass and takes the Central Plains, he can also use his friendship with the country to protect himself. Later, when Timur died and retired from the army, the dust settled, and he had no need to say it, because if he did, he would not be able to explain the reason why he had not said it before. But why didn't Yu Jian say it? ”

Liu Yujue's eyes flashed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "I understand!" Yu Jian's thief heart is not dead, and he also hopes that Yu Guogong has an accident in Beishibali. He was the identity of Tuoba Mingde's steward at that time, and no one knew about the future changes, if he had the opportunity to go to Tuoba Mingde again, he would even have the opportunity to put the Duke to death again! ”

Xia Xun led the way and said, "Yes, so, he must pay special attention to the news from the Western Regions." The civil strife and withdrawal of troops in the Timurid Empire may not necessarily confirm that I am safe and sound, but when we rush to Hami, we can't hide it at all, he must have eyeliner in Hami, and now, he must have gotten the news, and I am only worried about ...... now."

Liu Yujue said: "Guogong doesn't have to worry, if he can run away from the monk, he can't run away from the temple, where can he Yu Jian escape?" ”

The concubine sighed and said leisurely: "What I'm worried about now is his temple!" I'm afraid that the abbot of the temple, in order to protect his temple, will kill Yu Jian, a little monk who invites disasters and causes trouble, that said...... It's a big deal! ”

Liu Yujue's face also became solemn: "Not bad!" With my Ran Jigang's understanding, he will definitely do this kind of thing! If Yu Jian died, I am afraid that he would not be able to overthrow Ji Gang only based on the confession of Tuoba Mingde, a spy from an enemy country. ”

Xia Xun said: "It's not that I'm afraid, but I can't be defeated!" Therefore, Yu Jian must not die, and he must fall into our hands! ”

"Oh......"

Xia Xun suddenly smiled and said: "Yu Jian is a very life-sparing person, if my estimate is good, he must have thought of this kind of consequence now, so he is afraid of falling into my hands, but he will be even more worried about falling into the hands of Ji Gang, in this case, we may not have a chance to catch him!" ”

Xia Xun stood up suddenly, shook the pu fan and walked to the bottom of the porch, the terrazzo brick paving, the log railings on all sides, forming a patio, on the top are the vines that grow thickly, covering the stars and the moon, but it is unusually cool.

Xia Xun suddenly said thoughtlessly: "Outside the Yumen Pass, in the sandy beach where the water is gone, it can't pounce, and when it comes here, it should play a role!" ”

Liu Yujue followed up and said in a míhuò manner: "What did Guogong say?" ”

Xia Xun said slowly: "I said...... "It's time to fight with Ji Gang!" ”！。