Li Yan stood at the window and watched the Yan family's carriage creak away, thinking about what to do next.

Officials kept coming in the hall, greeting each other well, saying flattery against their will, and after seeing the teacher, they all showed greasy smiles and stepped forward to talk.

The more Li Yan looked at it, the more uncomfortable he became, and while the emperor hadn't come yet, he simply went downstairs and stayed, out of sight and out of mind.

When he walked to the staircase, he saw Yu Hou coming towards him with two of his subordinates, and Li Yan gave a salute.

Yu Hou's ability to observe words and emotions is still okay, and he asked, "Why is Master Li depressed?" ”

Li Yan said with a flash of inspiration: "Marquis Yu still remembers the immortal chief who can divinate the future affairs that the lower official said? ”

Marquis Yu blinked his eyes and said suspiciously, "But the one who Lord Li wanted to introduce to the official family in Wansui Mountain yesterday?" Is something wrong? Is it impossible to come? ”

"No, no, no, here, here, I've been arranged in a private room, it's just ......" Li Yan wanted to speak and stopped, deliberately showing a little frightened look on his face.

Yu Hou was anxious, and said: "Master Li, don't swallow and vomit, there are many guests here today, and you are very busy, you better talk about it quickly." ”

"Okay, on the way here, the immortal chief divined a hexagram, a big murderer!"

Li Yan frowned, quietly glanced at Yu Hou's reaction, and was really attracted, and did not continue to urge, but was engrossed in hearing the following.

"The meaning of the hexagram is that there is danger in the saint today!"

"Ahh

Yu Hou was shocked, this is his restaurant, if the emperor has an accident here, he will never be able to get away with it, and he will definitely be arrested and questioned.

What's more, he is also the supreme commander of the forbidden army in Bianliang City, which is even more of a crime.

"Take me to the Immortal Chief!" Yu Hou grabbed Li Yan's wrist and said.

The two were guided by the man to the private room where the old Taoist priest was, and as soon as the door opened, Li Yan found that there were four Taoist priests sitting in the room, each of these four Taoist priests was sitting on a couple, and no one paid attention to anyone, all of them had a self-respecting posture.

In fact, this is a sign of no confidence, and no one knows which one is really capable, so they dare not be the first to speak, pretending to be unfathomable to others.

Yu Hou was also stunned, and he didn't expect such a Taoist priest to come to find a "job".

As a military general, he naturally didn't have so many courtesies, so he only saluted the Taoist priests with a slight fist, and then threw an inquiring look at Li Yan.

Li Yan walked to the side of the old Taoist priest Guo Jing and said: "Daoist Guo, this is Lord Yuhou, the commander of Bianliang City, responsible for the security of the imperial city, and also in charge of the safety of the saint. ”

Li Yan was still very confident in the old Taoist's on-the-spot reaction, and he could understand the meaning of some information briefly.

Sure enough, the old Taoist priest snorted and blamed himself: "Poor Dao has not made a mistake in divination for half his life, but this time, I really hope that Poor Dao has miscalculated." ”

Yu Hou immediately asked, "But there are assassins?" ”

"Marquis Yu doesn't know, the science of divination is the art of spying on the heavens, the emperor is the son of heaven, and divination for the son of heaven is naturally different from other mortals. Thinking about it, the old Taoist priest's mana is too shallow, and he can only calculate that there is chaos in this restaurant today. ”

"Chaos? In other words, it doesn't have to be related to the emperor? Yu Hou relaxed slightly.

Li Yan silently gave the old Taoist a thumbs up, and said in his heart: It's really amazing, the words you say are really leaky, and you really have to learn from the old Taoist priest in this regard.

There are two things in the world that are most distressing: unclear speech and not having enough to eat.

Li Yan said: "Marquis Yu, don't let your guard down, as the saying goes, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, if you really startle the holy driver, isn't it our sin to be courtiers?" ”

"But today's people are all friends of Benhou, so they can't all disperse, right?

"There's no need to make such a big move, just send a few masters to protect the emperor's side at all times, and the lower officials have another request." Li Yandao.

"What request?" Yu Hou asked.

Li Yan smiled awkwardly and said, "The subordinate has always been timid, can you send two officers and soldiers wearing armor to protect him?" ”

Yu Hou frowned, he didn't expect Li Yan to make such an unreasonable request, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, but for the sake of saying good things for himself yesterday, he barely squeezed out a smile and said, "Okay." ”

Then, he turned around and instructed his subordinates: "Go and arrange, find the diehards, be sure to beware of the crossbow arrows shot from afar, and send two good hands to Lord Li to protect Lord Li." ”

Li Yan bowed happily and thanked him, and squeezed his eyes at the old Taoist priest, who looked dazed, completely cooperating with Li Yan in the situation of not knowing anything, this feeling really made him scared.

……

After a while, two soldiers in armor walked up to Li Yan, clasped their fists and saluted, saying, "For your lordship." ”

Li Yan touched his chin and looked at it carefully for a moment, then nodded with satisfaction.

Tall, strong, with a cold expression and a fierce momentum, you can tell at a glance that he is a veteran of a hundred battles.

Li Yan took out a stack of fifty taels of silver tickets from his arms, as many as a dozen of them, and said with a smile: "The two soldiers, in fact, they don't need protection. ”

The two soldiers obviously showed puzzled expressions, and their task was obviously to protect this man, but this man said this, and he froze in place for a while, not knowing what to do.

Li Yan said with a smile: "I said to Yu Hou that I need protection, but it's just an excuse, in fact, I want the two to protect the other person, of course, I won't let the two of you work in vain, here are some scattered silver, give the two of you tea." ”

As he spoke, he divided the silver ticket into two parts and stuffed it into the hands of the two soldiers.

The soldiers were pleasantly surprised to hold the silver ticket in their hands, this kind of pie falling from the sky is really unheard of, and it is a few hundred taels when it is shot, which is too proud.

Only a fool would refuse, and the grim faces of the two soldiers disappeared, replaced by joy, and they bowed one after another, and said: "The adults command, the little ones go to the soup and the fire, and they will not hesitate." ”

Li Yan helped the two of them up and said, "You don't need to go to the soup and go to the fire, you just need to keep it secret." ”

"Okay."

"It's a shame to say that I have always admired Master Oiran in Xia, but I didn't expect to be taken first by Wang Shaozai, and when I saw them sitting so close, I was very jealous in my heart, can the two of you use the excuse of protecting the safety of the teacher to separate the two?" Li Yan said embarrassedly.

"This ...... That's Lord Shaozai. ”

"What are you afraid of Shaozai, you have a legitimate reason, and there is also Uncle Yu Hou to support you, he doesn't dare to do anything to you, Li Mou can guarantee his life, and there will be no problems."

The two of them looked at the silver ticket in their hands, looked at each other, and nodded heavily.