In a small room in the backyard of the wine shop, Guo Song saw Du Duqiu, his face was pale, half lying on the bed, and two personal guards stood beside him.

"Father-in-law, what's going on?" Guo Song asked in surprise.

Dugu Qiu said to the two guards: "You go and stand guard at the door, don't let people in!" ”

The two personal guards saluted and walked out quickly, Dugu Qiu sighed and said: "This time I was careless, I brought too few men, I was ambushed in Hanzhong, and fifteen of the twenty flying fox guards died."

I got the aid of the Hanzhong army, so I rushed all the way to Chang'an, but I was intercepted and killed for the second time on the right bank of the Cao River in the west of Chang'an, three samurai were killed, and I myself was wounded. ”

"Who are they that my father-in-law is talking about?" Guo Song asked.

"Who else but the Hidden Sword Pavilion?"

Du Gu Qiu sneered and said, "The Son of Heaven asked me to come to Chang'an secretly to negotiate with you, but someone didn't want the Son of Heaven to return, so he did everything possible to stop me." ”

Guo Song groaned and said, "Father-in-law refers to Song Chaofeng?" ”

"To be precise, it should be the eunuch power group, including Song Chaofeng, Huo Xianming, Dou Wenchang, Fifth Shouliang, Zhang Shang, Jiao Hope and others, they are unwilling to return to Chang'an, so they will do everything possible to prevent the Son of Heaven from negotiating with you, Song Chaofeng is in charge of the Tibetan Sword Tower, so he sent hundreds of Tibetan Sword Tower warriors to assassinate me along the way."

"Why don't the eunuchs want to go back to Chang'an?" Guo Song asked.

Du Gu Qiu glanced at him, "Isn't it because of you?" With you in Chang'an, will you tolerate them? ”

Guo Song smiled dumbly, this sentence is indeed a bit redundant.

"The Son of Heaven asked me to ask you, what conditions do you want to allow him to return to Chang'an?"

Guo Song was silent, he knew that he would face this problem sooner or later, and Li Shi also knew that this problem was tricky, so he sent his father-in-law to negotiate.

After a moment of silence, Guo Song smiled and said: "Father-in-law's important thing now is to heal his injuries, and we will discuss this issue in the future, go to Xingqing Palace with me first, and live here." ”

Dugu Qiu nodded and smiled: "I haven't lived in Xingqing Palace in my life!" Thanks to you, I can try it too. ”

Guo Song gave the carriage to Dugu Qiu, he rode a horse and followed beside the carriage, and the group left Xishi and went to Xingqing Palace.

Halfway through, hundreds of cavalry caught Guo Song, at this time, Guo Song had already found that someone was following their carriage, back to Xingqing Palace, Guo Song immediately found Wang Yue, the commander of the internal guard, and Song Tian, the head of the Jin Dynasty's governor.

"Is there any clue that the Hidden Sword Pavilion is in Chang'an?" Guo Song asked straight to the point.

Wang Yue shook his head, "At present, the internal guards have not found out." ”

"Will Wang Yi, the tax supervisor of Chang'an, know?" Guo Song asked again.

"I don't dare to say this humble position, but they are two different ministries, Wang Yi is subordinate to the military, and the Tibetan Sword Pavilion is directly under the control of the eunuch Song Chaofeng, they are basically well water and do not violate river water, but the humble position can be checked."

"What about the Jinwei Mansion?"

Guo Song's gaze turned to Song Tian, "Has the Jin Palace's Mansion dealt with the Hidden Sword Pavilion?" ”

Song Tian pondered for a moment and said, "There may be a little clue. ”

"What clues?" Guo Song asked.

"About last year, Li Wenfeng, a special samurai of the Jinwei Mansion, met an old friend in Chang'an, and two days later, this old friend came to Li Wenfeng's inn, gave him a very high treatment, and persuaded him to rejoin the Tibetan Sword Pavilion, Li Wenfeng used his mother's serious illness as an excuse to go home to serve his mother, and the old friend left him an address when he left, so that Li Wenfeng could come here to find him when he returned to Chang'an."

"Where's the address?"

"Shujiang Restaurant in Xuanyangfang."

Guo Song took a few steps and said to the two: "The head of the Dugu family came to Chang'an from Chengdu, but he was ambushed and intercepted by the Tibetan Sword Pavilion twice on the way, and the head of the Dugu family was also injured. ”

"Obey!"

The two of them bowed together and replied.

.........

Shujiang Restaurant is located near the gate of Xuanyangfang, not far from Xuefu, covering an area of about one and a half acres, two-story small building, is a medium-sized restaurant.

When Chang'an was prosperous, there were thousands of restaurants like this, and now although they are not as prosperous as before, there are still hundreds, and Shujiang Restaurant is still an inconspicuous restaurant.

Coming out of Xingqing Palace, Song Tian began to act, he discussed with Wang Yue, first by the Jin Wei Mansion to collect intelligence, and then by the internal guards to annihilate.

His Royal Highness the King of Jin gave them only three days, and the time was very tight, so Song Tian came directly to Shujiang Restaurant with several strong martial arts subordinates.

Song Tian's martial arts are very ordinary, the reason why he can become the leader of Chang'an, naturally has his superiority, he is very good at collecting and analyzing intelligence, has an amazing memory, and is resourceful, what Li Xianfeng said to him last year, he still remembers it now.

Song Tian and two of his men came to the Shujiang Restaurant, and a bartender enthusiastically greeted him, "Third master, welcome to the small shop for dinner!" ”

Song Tian nodded, "Find a seat on the first floor." ”

The shopkeeper is generally on the first floor, and the personnel can see clearly, they found a seat against the wall, ordered seven or eight dishes, two pots of wine, at this time, Song Tian saw the shopkeeper of Shujiang Restaurant, about forty years old, he looked kind, full of smiles, and kept greeting the guests who came in.

Seeing that nothing would happen in this way, Song Tian gave his subordinates a look.

The two subordinates understood, and immediately began to discuss loudly.

"I heard that no, the Son of Heaven is going back to Chang'an soon."

"Fart! How is it possible, the country laid down by the King of Jin was given to the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”

"It's true, what my relatives said, he works in Xingqing Palace, there is inside information, and the two sides have reached an agreement."

"No way, surely your relatives are talking nonsense."

"How can't it be, my relatives have inside information, you don't believe us bet!"

"Bet on what?"

The two shouts of the two attracted the attention of the people next to them, and everyone immediately whispered.

The shopkeeper's face changed greatly, he hesitated, stepped forward and said with a smile: "This lord, are your relatives really doing things in Xingqing Palace?" ”

"Who are you?" The attendant looked at him.

"Under the surname Yu, he is the shopkeeper of this restaurant."

"It turned out to be the shopkeeper Yu, it was rude, my relatives did do work as a steward in Xingqing Palace, and the news is still very well-informed."

"Is the Son of Heaven really going back to Chang'an?" The shopkeeper asked.

"As my relatives said, an agreement has been reached that the Son of Heaven will return to Beijing, and King Jin will be the prime minister for life, and I think this news is still very reliable."

The attendant next to him pouted and said, "Shopkeeper Yu, don't listen to him boast, his relatives are just the little stewards of Xingqing Palace, will he know this kind of news?" ”

"There is no wind and no waves, if there is no news, he will talk nonsense?"

The shopkeeper's eyes became more and more suspicious, he laughed dryly, and went back to the counter, but he didn't know that someone was paying attention to his every move.

Song Tian observed very carefully, and the shopkeeper Yu hurried over, showing that he was very interested in the news, and the general shopkeeper was silent, listening on the side, and finally came to ask a word or two casually, but this was not interested, but reminded the drinker to beware of misfortune coming out of his mouth, but the shopkeeper Yu was obviously different from other shopkeepers.

After asking, Shopkeeper Yu walked back to the counter but walked heavily, showing that he was preoccupied, Song Tian observed Shopkeeper Yu quietly, and after seeing him sit uncertainly for a while, he quietly got up and went to the backyard through a small door behind him.

Song Tian kicked his hand and gave them a look, and one of his subordinates said angrily: "If you have the ability, go to the middleman now, I will settle this bet with you." ”

"Find it, let's go!"

The two of them pretended to be angry and left the restaurant, and the people next to them all smiled, no one took this kind of trivial matter to heart, and the bartender didn't care, only the person who ordered the food was still there, so he didn't want to eat the overlord meal.

About half an hour later, a subordinate and the shopkeeper walked in, the subordinate sat next to Song Tian, glanced at the shopkeeper who was settling accounts in the corner with the corner of his eye, and said in a low voice: "The shopkeeper wrote a note, left the restaurant and left, we have been following him to the Wanquan Silk Shop in Dongshi, he stayed in it for a while and came back, I will come back first to report, Brother Wang is still staring over there!" ”

Song Tian nodded, he probably knew in his heart, this shopkeeper should be just a contact point, he wrote a note, obviously to find someone who knew the warrior's hideout, it seems that they found this shopkeeper, they really found the right person, it is likely that it will not take three days, tonight to complete the task assigned by King Jin.

Song Tian settled the account and left the restaurant, and he returned directly to Xingqing Palace, patiently waiting for news from another subordinate.

As soon as it was dark, another subordinate also hurried back to Xingqing Palace.

(End of chapter)