The lights are on.

The one hundred and eight square cities in Chang'an City are like a sea of tourists like a tide, Xu Buling took Lao Xiao and drove a horse to Daye Fang to find Zhu Manzhi.

The gentry gather in the streets, the white horse carved cars flow endlessly, in addition to the absence of various neon lights, the prosperity does not lose half a point of modernity, and the scenery is even more than that.

When you get here, there are very few warriors with weapons on the street, most of them are fan-wielding, and occasionally two scholars walking with swords are also used as decoration.

Although he rarely went out after arriving in Chang'an, he still came to Daxingfang many times, in addition to the banquets of princes from all walks of life, the most important thing was to buy wine.

This place is not far from the Guozijian, if the 'lock dragon Gu' on his body does not drink to suppress the Gu poison, ten thousand ants will eat the heartache and do not want to live, the Sun family shop in the market is a century-old shop, and the 'broken jade burning' of the town store is famous for the best effect, drink this every day, and I really like it after a long time, and occasionally I will come by myself.

Leading the horse into a bluestone alley, from time to time there are drinkers carrying wine jugs or blushing faces, Daxingfang rich and noble people have many homes, but there are no drunks who are drunk like mud and teeth and claws.

Sun's shop is in the depths of the alley, the yellowed wine banner hangs with the word 'Sun', the shop is not big, there are three square tables inside, and there are more than a dozen wine jars.

For the sake of being famous, there are guests at the three tables, and there is a Jianghu man sitting at one of the tables inside, dressed in black with a hat, and a long sword is placed on the table, and only a relatively slender back can be seen, looking like a woman, and her figure is quite tall.

Xu Buling glanced at it, and noticed that the Jianghu man was slightly alert, and he didn't look at it anymore, took the wine gourd from Ma Ce, and said:

"A jug of wine."

"Okay, Sancai, make a pot of wine...... Yo, Childe is free to come over by himself today, rare guest, or is it the same as before? ”

"Hmm."

"Huh...... Childe is really massive, every day a pound of broken jade burning thunder can't be moved, half of the wine brewed in the small shop this year has gone into Childe's stomach......"

The shopkeeper Sun is in his sixties, with gray hair and looks very kind, he has been brewing wine all his life, and his son does not come back often after leaving his career, and he is usually alone in the wine shop. Because of the good craftsmanship, there are many people who come to learn the arts, and the shopkeeper Sun does not refuse to come, but he is afraid that the ancestral craftsmanship will rot in his own hands.

The apprentice in the shop should be new, I haven't seen it before, he looks honest and honest, he opened the wine jar and poured a pot of wine seriously, and handed it over respectfully.

Xu Buling chuckled, took out a silver ingot from his sleeve, and after throwing it to Sancai, he led the horse out of the wine shop, and just walked out a short distance, there was a sound behind him:

"Shopkeeper, give more."

"This son has always been like this, if you give too much, you can take it, save it well, don't gamble anymore, the daughter-in-law has run away and gambled, be careful to lose it and take your life to ......"

"I have a sense of proportion......"

Xu Buling frowned slightly, paused, thought about it, and finally led the horse out of the alley......

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In the Sun family's shop, Sancai took the silver in his mouth with bright eyes, bit it, and carefully kicked it into his arms.

Shopkeeper Sun took peanuts and cold dishes and put them in front of the three tables of drinkers, his mouth was still chattering, and he said a few words to the drinkers on the table from time to time.

There are all kinds of people who drink here, and I heard that they all came here in disguise today, but no one confirmed it, just as an elegant fun.

The Jianghu guest with his back to the alley only raised his hat slightly at this time, revealing his slender lips and chin, his skin was better than winter snow, his red lips were like vermilion lacquer, and only half of his face could make people feel the color of his country. She took the wine bowl lightly with her bare hands, and a somewhat cold voice sounded:

"Who is the shopkeeper?"

Shopkeeper Sun has opened a wine shop for a lifetime, and the stunning beauty is not unseen, put the peanuts on the table, and smiled:

"I don't know, it should be the son of a certain family in the city, the fox fur on his body is not cheap, he is either rich or expensive, he looks really handsome, and he wants the little old man to look no worse than the girl......"

The woman hooked the corners of her mouth: "It looks vain, I'm afraid it's because I'm addicted to wine and hollowed out my body......"

Shopkeeper Sun was stunned for a moment, thought about it, shook his head and said: "This son is not false at all, he is different from those sons who spend all his time drinking, and he is not bad......"

"Hehe......"

The woman didn't answer, but just ate by herself......

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On the other side, in a wine shop on the side street, the flags were already yellow, and there was a constant noise inside, and there was the sound of shaking dice, and many sloppy men gathered inside, with braziers burning in the middle.

The female catcher quickly wished Manzhi to hold the wine bowl that was bigger than her face, frowning and a little worried.

After the disappearance of her parents, she entered the yamen as a fast catcher, got up early and worked hard for a long time before she was transferred to Chang'an to become a wolf guard, I thought I could enter the case library to see what happened back then, but I found that she was completely unqualified.

Only by catching thieves can she be promoted, she wants to catch them, but Chang'an City does not close her door all night, even if it is the most chaotic Yongning Fang, she can't meet a few thieves a day, and she has to share it with two teammates, and this road is long so that she only feels that the future is dim.

At the wine table, a tall man with a figure like an iron tower, sitting on a stool with one leg, sitting in a bold posture, opened his mouth to comfort:

"Man Zhi, don't worry, it takes ten years to enter the Tianzi Camp, knowing that you want to find the whereabouts of your uncle and aunt, Liu Hou'er and I, just give you a few more credits."

The slender and tall Liu Monkey took a sip of turbid wine and smashed his mouth: "That's right, last time the big case of Fumanlou's private salt, although the credit was shared by the Royal Forest Army and our commander, it was also recorded on you, and if you recorded two more great achievements, you will enter the Tianzi camp steadily, what are you anxious ......about?"

Zhu Manzhi took a sip of rice wine and snorted: "Where is such good luck, if I didn't happen to bump into Xu Shizi last time, I wouldn't have been able to handle this case." ”

"That's ...... too"

While Liu Hou'er was talking, he turned his head to look at the street, suddenly stared, raised his hand and patted the man in the iron tower next to him: "Wang Dazhuang, look, there is a fool." ”

Zhu Manzhi and Wang Dazhuang looked out the window, but saw an old man on crutches on the street, walking with difficulty, his eyes were dull, and he hammered his waist with his hand from time to time.

Zhu Manzhi recognized this old man, often telling stories in the tea shop on the back street, today the old man has a money bag hanging around his waist, the outline of the bulging bag reveals the outline of silver, and he is afraid that it will be dozens of taels at a glance.

Zhu Manzhi was stunned: "This old man, he went out with so much money and leaked rich, isn't he looking for robbery......"

His eyes swept across the street, and sure enough, a few thieves leaned forward to the old man, and the old man was so dead that he walked directly into an alley next to him.

"Hey—"

Zhu Manzhi's face was slightly anxious, and he hurriedly carried the Yanling knife, jumped out of the window and landed firmly on the ground, followed by two companions.

Rushing into the alley, he walked a few feet away, and next to a thatched pile full of debris, he saw a scene that made people angry.

I saw three masked splashes with short knives in their hands.

The old man leaned against the corner, holding a cane in his right hand, trembling and waving his knowledge to drive away the villains, holding the money bag in his left hand, and his face full of grief and anger with tears:

"Someone's coming!"

"Old immortal, if I don't teach you a lesson, you can't be a fake knife when you are Lao Tzu......"

"Stop!"

Zhu Manzhi was furious, Yan Ling's knife 'choked' out of the sheath, and his thin body was like a cheetah surprise attack, and he rushed out of two feet in an instant, and arrived in front of the three robbers. The Yanling knife slashed down and landed on the arm of a robber, who never thought that the robber would burst out a few sparks with an iron bracer.

Bell –

The three robbers reacted very quickly, and the man next to him immediately fought back when he saw this, and smashed a pair of old fists at Zhu Manzhi.

Zhu Manzhi was caught off guard, hurriedly raised his arm to block, and was beaten and slammed into the wall of the alley, leaving a robber with a short blade, who had already rushed to the edge of the wall and handed it out.

Martial arts fight, and the victory or defeat is basically in the blink of an eye.

Wang Dazhuang and Liu Hou'er's faces turned pale, except for shouting, "Thief dares!" ", there is no way to rescue.

Right now.

The cold wind suddenly rose in the quiet alley, and after three soft sounds, I saw a white shadow falling from the sky and falling behind Zhu Manzhi, holding a sword in his right hand and holding Zhu Manzhi's back with his left hand to stop the retreat.

Zhu Manzhi was hit by two fists and snorted, and only then did he recover when he landed, holding the knife with his eyes full of horror, but he saw the three robbers staggering, as if his head had been hit hard.

Bang Bang –

The short knife fell, and the three snatchers fell to the ground one after another.

Zhu Manzhi's body stiffened, holding the knife in both hands, looking at the three bandits who fell to the ground, and was stunned for a long time before reacting.

looked back in astonishment, but saw a white-robed boy standing next to him, with a three-point smile, and said softly:

"Girl, be careful."

The voice is magnetic, the appearance is handsome and extraordinary, a pair of peach blossom eyes, with a seductive charm.

Zhu Manzhi was stunned on the spot, looking at it stupidly, and after a while, his face gradually turned red......

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Flying snow sprinkled on the quiet alley, and two wolf guards tied up the three bandits.

At the entrance of the alley, Zhu Manzhi comforted the trembling old Xiao, instructed him to hide the silver before letting him leave, and walked back to the alley with a knife. Looking up, Xu Shizi, dressed in white, stood in place with a wine gourd, his body was straight and unmoving.

She knew Fang Cai's dangerous situation, if it wasn't for Xu Shizi to come to the rescue, she would either die or be disabled.

Zhu Manzhi hesitated for a moment, walked over and was about to say hello, but Xu Buling raised his hand first:

"With a gesture, when you go out, just call me Xu Gongzi."

Zhu Manzhi looked back at the two wolf guards, and did not reveal the identity of Xu Buling, and followed him out of the alley:

"Thank you, Mr. Xu."

Xu Buling took a sip of wine and looked at it a few times: "I am young, I don't stay in the house to embroider and make a female red, I ran out to learn how to fight and kill men." I've met you twice, you've been beaten, be careful in the future. ”

Zhu Manzhi chuckled, hooked the hair around his ears, raised his eyes and peeked a few times:

"Mr. Xie Xu cares...... How did you end up here? ”

Xu Buling chuckled: "There is a chess game in Longyin Pavilion, I wanted to go over to see it, but I happened to pass by...... What is your name? Seeing that you are not very old, why did you come to the capital to be a fast catcher? ”

"My name is Zhu Manzhi, which means that osmanthus is full of branches."

Zhu Manzhi walked slowly behind, and his eyes showed a little loss: "My father gave me the name, when I was a child, my family planted a lot of osmanthus trees, and my mother liked it......

…… The year before last, on the day I turned fourteen, my father and mother suddenly disappeared, and the official couldn't find anyone, so I went to the county government to be a catcher and look for ......

…… Later, I heard that the Investigation Department of the capital knew everything, so I ran over to take a look, and it turned out that the wolf guards of the Tianzi Battalion could enter the case to check things......"

"In order to find your father and mother, you should be a fast catcher?"

"yes." Zhu Manzhi put the knife behind his back, lowered his head and kicked the pebble on the ground: "My father should be from the rivers and lakes, and he left me silver, he must have deliberately left me to run, the Investigation Department knows everything, and he will definitely be able to find his whereabouts." ”

Xu Buling was silent for a moment, and chuckled: "Do you want to enter the Tianzitou Wolf Guard?" ”

Zhu Manzhi nodded hurriedly, and sighed again: "Only by catching a hundred thieves can you get promoted, and the credit is not enough, and you can't get in for ten years." ”

"I'll help you."

Zhu Manzhi paused and looked at Xu Buling with a little doubt: "Why?" ”

Xu Buling smiled lightly: "It's okay to do, I see that you are quite pitiful, just forget it if you don't want to." He walked towards the door.

"Huh-"

Zhu Manzhi hurriedly trotted to follow: "Young Master Xu, you are so powerful, you will definitely be able to help." All it takes is one sentence. ”

Xu Buling shook his head: "The Investigation Department supervises all the princes, I can't say hello." But you can help, anyway, there is nothing to do, you will go to the Investigation Department tomorrow to pick up a few cases, and you will arrive at the door at three o'clock in the hour, and you will not wait for the time to expire. ”

"No problem."

Zhu Manzhi's eyes showed a little surprise, and he saw Xu Buling leave, standing in place and waving happily......