In a large manor north of Fengyi County, Tongzhou, there are endless wheat fields in the manor, there is a forest in the northwest corner, and there are walls around this manor covering an area of 30 hectares, which can be seen that this is a very old manor.

At this moment, a carriage drove in through the gate and drove along the main road towards the westernmost strip of houses.

With the millions of horses sent from Hexi and the northern grasslands in recent years, horses have long ceased to be scarce, and the imperial court has let go of single horses to the common people, whether it is a single-drawn carriage or a horse, whether it is a single horse-drawn carriage, or a horse, whether it is a farmer or a merchant, they can use it at will.

But the two-horse-drawn carriage must be used by officials above the county order, the three-horse-drawn carriage is an official above the fifth grade, the four-horse carriage is an official above the third grade, and the five-horse-drawn carriage must be specially approved, and only the scholars of the Jixian Palace can use it at present, as for the eight-horse-drawn carriage, only the king of Jin and the princess can use it, and the nine horses are the emperor's carriage, which is not yet available, although the queen mother can, but she is very low-key and rarely goes out, and the most she can go out is to take a double-drawn carriage.

Therefore, this ordinary carriage drawn by a single horse drove into the manor, and there was nothing special about it, and many carriages that ran long distances to do business were the same as this one.

There was an old man with deep eyes and a high nose sitting in the carriage, who looked a little of Hu blood, and he looked at the wheat fields on both sides with deep eyes, the wheat had turned yellow, and it would be harvested in half a month.

The carriage galloped through the woods, and in a short time came to a large house, which was actually a house? Covering an area of about 20 acres, located in the woods, a small river runs through the house? Stunning scenery? It's a paradise.

The carriage dismounted? Walking directly to the mansion, the two samurai hurriedly saluted him, at this time? The housekeeper greeted him? "Steward Kang is here!"

"Is the master there?"

"In the back garden! Steward, please come with me. ”

The old man followed the housekeeper to the back garden, and saw an old man in a white robe sitting on a big rock feeding the fish, and the old man surnamed Kang stepped forward? Said respectfully: "See the master!" ”

The white-robed old man's voice was very cold? "Twelve archstewards? You're the last to arrive. ”

"Humble duty to get things clean? Can't be caught by the other party? So a day late? Please forgive me! ”

"Did you clean it up?"

"Back to the master, it has been dealt with, Wu Faping has been killed in time, we suspect that his brother Wu Fashan knows a little about the situation, but there is no evidence? Why don't you just kill it together? The other party could never find any clues. ”

The white-robed old man sneered? "Are you underestimating Guo Song too much? He has already seen through that Du Guqiu was assassinated by Wu Faping, and the man in black you got is just a trick. ”

The old man surnamed Kang was shocked, this is his proud work? He didn't think there was a flaw at all, but he was seen through?

"Shame on your duty!"

"That's why I often tell you, don't be smart, this little cleverness is not enough in front of Guo Song, if you underestimate him, we will die without a place to bury, you think about it again, what loopholes will there be?"

"After repeated consideration, there are indeed no loopholes."

"Wrong!"

The white-robed old man glanced at him sharply, "Your pigeon letter is still kept, how did I explain it to you?" ”

"But..... Many merchants use pigeon letters. ”

"Do you dare me to talk back?"

There was a hint of coldness in the words of the white-robed old man, and the old man surnamed Kang trembled, lowered his head and said, "Don't dare to be humble!" When I got back, I sent the pigeon letter away. ”

The white-robed old man's face softened slightly, and he said seriously: "Only if we don't move, there will be no loopholes, as long as we move, the loopholes will come out, that's why I came to you, everyone is silent, don't take any action, be honest in business, don't take any action for at least three months." ”

"The master's instructions have been remembered!"

The white-robed old man looked at the sky again and said: "Our career is a long-term process, we have suffered too many losses, we must learn a lesson deeply, guard against arrogance and rashness, be patient, forbearance, careful planning, if you can't get out of the way, you would rather give up the plan, patience is the only way for us to defeat Guo Song, I said this, do you remember?" ”

"The teachings of the master are always in my heart."

"Did you find anything?"

"It has been discovered that Wei Lian, the head of the Wei family in Chang'an, is extremely dissatisfied with Guo Song, and often criticizes the court and the king of Jin in the gathering of friends, and asks for instructions from his humble position, can he win him over?"

"No way!"

The white-robed old man categorically denied it, "This Wei Lianzhi is very talented, he has more than enough success, and he has no words, if you contact him, he will definitely betray us, and the Wei family is now Wei Yingwu's most prestigious, you can't win over the Wei family, Wei Lian is a mediocre Guo Song don't need it, and we don't need it." ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

"Go ahead! Take a detour back to Chang'an in Jingzhou, your whereabouts have nothing to do with Tongzhou. ”

The old man surnamed Kang saluted and left in a hurry,

The white-robed old man began to feed the fish again, and he sat on the boulder like a statue, with no expression on his face, as if nothing had happened.

.........

At dusk that day, the bell for the closure of the West Market rang, although Chang'an has not closed the gate of the city gate, but the West Market and the East Market still have to close, which is also the requirement of many merchants, taking into account the safety of the goods.

The customers left, all the merchants were busy counting the goods, calculating the accounts, in the tea shop, a group of five or six-year-old children were happily playing a game of hide and seek, they were very familiar with every corner of the place, a child hid in the corner of the second floor of the stairs of the Bashu Chuanxiang tea shop, there was a small hidden space, just enough to hide in a small child.

The child hid in the corner, the setting sun shot in through the gap in the plank, through the gap in the plank, the child found that the small room next to him turned out to be a treasure trove, his eyes widened, one of the treasures was close at hand, he finally couldn't help it, and his little hand reached through a small hole that was bitten by a mouse......

Next to the Bashu Chuanxiang Tea Shop is also a tea shop, called Zhu's Tea Shop, the owner of the tea shop is a couple, a fat woman and her thin husband,

Mrs. Zhu is very fat, she has given birth to three children, the eldest daughter has been married, the second son is sent to school, only the five-year-old son is by her side, like other shops, when they are busy with business, the children are free-range.

The shop was closed, and Mrs. Zhu was accounting for the accounts, while her husband and two men were upstairs counting the goods.

At this time, a child suddenly heard from the backyard 'Wow! There was a big cry, a very sharp cry, like something big had happened.

Frightened, Mrs. Zhu dropped the account and ran to the backyard, the scene in front of her stunned her, only to see the child with blood on his hands, sitting on the ground crying, she suddenly panicked, and shouted: "The child is his father, come quickly!" ”

After a while, the shopkeeper Zhu and the two guys ran over like a gust of wind, and when they saw that their son's hands were covered with blood, the shopkeeper Zhu was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "Hurry up and find a doctor!" ”

One of the guys had been a soldier and had been injured, he had experience, and hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, don't worry, deal with it first, big lady, please make a basin of water!" ”

"Hey!"

Mrs. Zhu hurriedly went to fetch water, and carried a bucket of water for a while, and the man cleaned the child's hands, but fortunately, three fingers were cut at the same time, but the wound was slightly deeper, and the blood flowed more.

There are ordinary hemostatic herbs in the store, which can disinfect and stop bleeding, and the guy dresses the child and bandages it.

Zhu saw that the shopkeeper was not a big problem, so he complained to his wife dissatisfied: "Why don't the children be optimistic!" ”

"I don't know! How did he get it. ”

Mrs. Zhu saw an arrow under the child at a glance, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly pulled it out, "This.... Where did this come from? ”

The man recognized at a glance that this was not a feather arrow, but a crossbow arrow, and he took it and looked closely, it was a typical army-style crossbow arrow, a three-edged arrow, with blades on both sides, very sharp, and the child's hand was cut by the blade.

The shopkeeper Zhu also recognized that this was a crossbow arrow, and he hurriedly asked his son, "Xiao Saburo, where did you find it here?" ”

The child sobbed and said, "In... It is inside the side stairs. ”

"How can there be such a thing on the top of the stairs? If you tell you the truth, Daddy promises not to hit you. ”

"There was a small house in the staircase, and there were many, many of them, so I took one."

"It's all this arrow?" The guy asked.

"A lot of others, long spears, and broadswords, a lot of them."

Five or six-year-old children worship weapons very much, just like the worship of weapons by children in later generations, they basically know all kinds of weapons.

The guy and the shopkeeper glanced at each other, they all knew that spears and broadswords and crossbows were weapons that were strictly forbidden to be held by the people, and there was a rusty spear or broadsword at home, which was not a big problem, if there were many, many of them, it would be a big problem.

"Shopkeeper, let's go and report!"

The guy was a soldier and was discharged from the army after being injured, so he was more vigilant.

But the shopkeeper was a little hesitant, he had a good relationship with Li Wulang, and the report was tantamount to betraying Li Wulang, but Mrs. Zhu thought about the child, the child knew his secret, would he attack the child in the future?

"I'm going to report!" Mrs. Zhu made a decisive decision.