Under the full moon, lanterns fill the streets and alleys.

On the streets near Hutai Street, people of all religions and rivers walk among women and girls carrying lanterns, and there are also small fans who set up stalls along the street to sell handmade scabbards, leggings and other objects.

Zhu Manzhi, disguised as a lantern girl, carried a bamboo basket with a few lanterns in it, and walked and stopped in the bustling crowd, keeping his eyes on a man in front of him, keeping enough distance.

Zhu Manzhi is a wolf guard after all, it is impossible to mix with Ning Qingye every day, and he still has to go to work usually. In recent days, the secret post of the Investigation Department has reported that a team of envoys from Fanbang who entered Beijing a few years ago is a bit strange.

The team that called themselves the 'envoys of the Baisha Kingdom' were all proficient in Yayan, although the strength of the Dayue country made the Fanbangs scramble to follow suit, but it was not to the point that they could just pull people out and speak the same language, and only the Jianghu people who often traveled from south to north would learn these masking accents.

Secondly, except for a few officials who are a bit of an envoy, the rest of the entourage is simply a plate of loose sand, every night when a few people run out of the Siyi Pavilion to go to the gambling house Qinglou to mingle, jargon, black words are one set of one set, more familiar than most people in the rivers and lakes.

After learning about this situation, the Investigation Department sent people to track down Hu Yanjie, the leader of the envoy team. Because Zhu Manzhi looks more like an ordinary girl, and she is the wolf guard of the Tianzi Battalion, the task of keeping an eye naturally falls on her, and several teams of wolf guards of the Tianzi Battalion are nearby to support at any time.

After a few days, he finally had some gains, and this afternoon, Hu Yanjie suddenly went out of the Siyi Pavilion alone, and did not let the court officials follow him on the grounds of going out for a casual walk. After that, I went to an inn, changed into the costume of a Jianghu person, and came to the vicinity of Hutai Street.

Zhu Manzhi knew that there would definitely be a harvest today, and followed Hu Yanjie to the vicinity of Renyi Hall.

Renyi Hall is located in a remote and inaccessible area, and it is a place where the martial artists of Hutai Street meet, which is considered a public venue, and whoever uses it clears the venue. Guarding nearby today are the disciples of the Iron Wire Gym, who are obviously doing something inside, and they are heavily guarded.

Zhu Manzhi didn't dare to follow up, and after a little thought, he turned around and ran back, looking for a master in the yamen to solve the matter......

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In the afternoon, Xu Buling rode a fast horse back to Chang'an City and came directly to the old courtyard where Ning Qing lived at night.

The yard located in the deep streets and alleys was originally an idle deserted yard of the master's family, and Xu Buling placed Ning Qingye here, which inevitably caused unnecessary trouble, so Lao Xiao secretly bought the yard early. Because of the sparse population, there is little difference between the alley and the New Year's close, and there are only a few portals with couplets and New Year's paintings.

The horse's hooves stepped over the bluestone pavement and stopped outside the old courtyard gate.

Xu Buling turned over and dismounted, and before he raised his hand to knock on the door, there was a sound of footsteps from inside, obviously hearing the movement of the horse's hooves, and hurriedly ran over to open the door.

Xu Buling raised his eyebrows, and did not make any more moves, holding the reins and standing outside the door with a smile:

"Miss Ning is in such a hurry, do you miss me?"

“……”

In the old courtyard, the footsteps paused obviously, and soon returned to normal.

The door of the courtyard opened with a squeak, and Ning Qingye showed his figure, dressed in black clothes with a hat, because the military uniform was relatively tight, his legs were straight, and his chest was naturally a little more eye-catching than when he was wearing a loose fox fur.

Xu Buling naturally swept his eyes up and down and nodded in satisfaction.

Ning Qingye saw this gaze, his cheeks became more and more cold, showing a little displeasure:

"Master Xu, if you are so rude, the love between each other will be broken."

Xu Buling laughed, and glanced at the courtyard:

"Where did my family go?"

Ning Qingye came out and closed the door: "The people arranged by Gongzi Xu to spy on the two of us, why do you knowingly ask?" ”

It seems that Ning Qingye has discovered the old seven and eight who are secretly stalking.

Xu Buling led the horses to walk in the alley, and said casually: "Girl, don't think too much, I'm just afraid that something will happen to you." Last time, Manzhi was besieged outside the city, and if I hadn't sent someone to follow, I would have been in big trouble. ”

Ning Qingye had some experience in the rivers and lakes, and knew that Xu Buling would not be gullible, so he didn't care about this, and hesitated a little with his sword:

"Gongzi Xu, I have been in Chang'an for more than two months, and my strength is not good, and it is difficult to protect the enemy, and I have to go back to practice hard for a few years, and I can't stay in Chang'an City for a long time."

Xu Buling knew that she was going to say this, shook her head and sighed: "As the saying goes, 'five hundred times of looking back in the past life, in exchange for passing by in this life', you and I finally met, and we shared the hardships of life and death, so it is a pity to be so separated." ”

The words were a little numb, but unfortunately Ning Qingye didn't understand the meaning at all, frowned and pondered carefully, and tilted his head slightly:

"And this kind of statement? What did you do when you looked back at me in your last life? ”

“？”

Xu Buling blinked: "Hmm...... Don't say it so absolutely, maybe Miss Ning looked back at me in her last life. ”

Ning Qingye shook his head: "Walking the rivers and lakes, seeing the six roads and listening to the eight directions is basic, looking back at people is a big taboo, it will attract the attention of the other party, how can I make the same mistake five hundred times." ”

Xu Buling pondered for a moment, but still gave up the idea of flirting with this heroine who was nothing but beauty, and his tone was more serious:

"When are you leaving?"

"A few days ago, I met an old acquaintance, and I want to sell and buy recently, so please join me. I agreed, and I'll leave when I'm done. ”

Xu Buling raised his eyebrows: "What kind of business, do you want me to help?" ”

Ning Qingye shook his head: "The rivers and lakes have the rules of the rivers and lakes, and things may not see the light. You are a member of the imperial court, and I can't take you there. ”

Xu Buling spread his hands: "I'm from Xiliang, I have nothing to do with the imperial court, I killed Zhang Xiang with you, you still don't believe me?" ”

Ning Qingye was stunned for a moment, and pondered a little, it was really such a truth.

"I give people a guarantee, it's about the reputation of the rivers and lakes, if you can't do it, we leave, if you break the rules with your identity, I won't be able to go to the rivers and lakes in the future."

Xu Buling nodded: "If you believe me, I will naturally believe you." I'm the most disciplined person, follow you to see, if something goes wrong, someone has to protect the girl, isn't ......"

Ning Qingye took a deep breath and turned his head to look away......

As Ning Qing walked around at night, he came to the market near Hutai Street.

It was just dark, there were a lot of people on the street, and there were all kinds of vendors on the roadside, as well as people from the rivers and lakes, troupes, juggling stalls, and so on.

Ning Qing walked around the street twice at night, but the people hadn't come yet, and he was a little embarrassed: "Maybe people will come over after a while, or maybe they won't come, most of the people in the rivers and lakes are cautious, and they run away when they notice the wind and grass." ”

Xu Buling tilted his head slightly: "Anyway, it's okay, if your friends don't come, I will accompany you shopping." ”

Ning Qingye stood in place with his sword in his hand, and suddenly felt a little strange in his heart. I have been in the Taoist temple most of the time since I was a child, and I used to walk the rivers and lakes alone, but suddenly followed a man with bad intentions around the street, and I felt ...... It feels like those scholarly trysts......

Thinking of this, Ning Qingye subconsciously opened a little distance, raised his eyes and looked around, but he didn't know what he was looking at......