Back at the inn, Jiang Anyi immediately asked Shi Shi to pack up his things and move to the Yuan Mansion - the Qing War Envoy Yamen.

The failure of the night exploration of Jishantang hit Jiang Anyi very hard, and his crazy self-confidence suffered a hailstorm, and the stumps fell to the ground, and Jiang Anyi began to re-examine his inflated self-confidence. After being hit by self-confidence, it is easy to turn into inferiority, and the injury in his chest is faintly painful, Jiang Anyi thinks that Jiang Jian is better than himself, and there is a dragon and a crouching tiger hidden in Li Zhuang, and it is hopeless to steal the secret contract.

This is a good thing for Jiang Anyi, the eighteen-year-old Zhuang Yuanlang understands the importance of life, and no amount of glory can be easily taken away by a sharp arrow. Prudence is a virtue, and Jiang Anyi keeps it in mind.

A veteran came in and said, "Lord Jiang, Lord Yu asked you to go to the lobby." ”

The lobby of the Qing envoy was set up in the main hall of the Sanjin Mansion, and Yu Zhijie was checking the official documents behind the official case, and several piles of account books and other materials were piled high on the table. Jiang Anyi put the oil-paper umbrella in front of the door, patted the rainwater splashed on his body, and went into the house to salute Master Yu.

Hearing Jiang Anyi's salute, Yu Zhijie raised his head, his face sank like water, and stared at Jiang Anyi without saying a word. Jiang Anyi was worried in his heart, Master Yu was angry with me?

"Anyi, you disappointed me too much."

Yu Zhijie's tone was heavy, which frightened Jiang Anyi's heart to beat a drum, and the incident of visiting Li Zhuang at night happened?

"Li Mingde came this morning and said that you have a marriage contract with a woman in his clan, Anyi, what's going on? As a teacher, why don't you know, when did you have a marriage contract with someone? Yu Zhijie was very angry, not to mention that this matter was very important, but from the identity of the prince of heaven and earth, as a teacher, how could Jiang Anyi not tell himself that he had a marriage contract with others.

It turned out to be this matter, Jiang Anyi let go of most of his heart, and said with a smile: "Master Yu, you listen to my explanation, this matter happened suddenly......"

Jiang Anyi met his roommate Li Shicheng, and as a result, his family was imprisoned, and in order to save Li Shicheng's family, he deduced that he had a marriage contract with Li Shicheng's sister Dong'er. Of course, Jiang Anyi did not say that he entered Li Zhuang at night, but only said that he met Li Shicheng on the road.

Yu Zhijie Tieqing's face softened a little, and said: "In order to save people, you have the right to do things, and it's no wonder that you can't blame you, but you must give someone an explanation afterwards, don't give people a handle." ”

"Yes", Jiang Anyi nodded honestly in agreement.

Signaling Jiang Anyi to sit down, Yu Zhijie said: "Li Mingde came to the showdown today, it was a threat and a woo, saying that the family is powerful and difficult to support alone, and promised that as long as the teacher is willing to end up with 2,000 hectares of land, the Li family will do their best to help the teacher move to the household department." Hehe, as a teacher, he is a timid person who is afraid of things and greedy for power. ”

"However, in order to learn from Li Mingde's tone, I heard a little resolute, and I had to prevent the Li family from breaking the kettle and causing trouble, and it would not end well." Yu Zhijie frowned and said, "The teacher has already reported to the Son of Heaven, please show the Son of Heaven, it is not appropriate to be too anxious in front of you." ”

The sea is up and down, Yu Zhijie has seen a lot of capsizing incidents, how can he not act carelessly.

The wind and rain outside the house were getting more and more urgent, and the oblique wind blew the drizzle through the window lattice, wetting the account books on the table, Jiang Anyi hurriedly beckoned the soldiers under the corridor to paste the window lattice with oil paper.

The house became dark, and Yu Zhijie sighed: "The wind and rain in late autumn are the coolest. It's hard to do things, it's hard to do things. ”

Jiang Anyi said with a smile: "Master Yu, you often warn Anyi to rise to the occasion. It is very difficult to clear the acres of land, so the Son of Heaven chose Yu Shi you to break the ice, as long as Jane is in the emperor's heart, all the hard work is worth it. ”

Jiang Anyi's words swept away Yu Zhijie's fearful feelings, and his eyes brightened a lot. Yu Zhijie said with a smile: "An Yi's words are fundamental, and the teacher is a little out of shape. ”

Reinvigorated himself, Yu Zhijie arranged: "Anqi County is okay for the time being, Anyi, you go to Xingguo County to help Yushan." Huang Xinqing of Xingguo County is a big landowner and the in-law of the Li family, see if you can open the gap from the side. ”

Jiang Anyi was a little puzzled, Xingguo County was originally Ren Guoqiang, but later Liu Yushan went again, and now Yu Shi let him go again, it could be that something happened in Xingguo County.

Sure enough, Yu Zhijie sighed: "I sent Ren Guoqiang to check the acres, but this person actually married Huang Xinqing's righteous daughter and lived in the Huang family." After Yushan went, he found out the evidence that the Huang family had embezzled the fields, but the Huang family and Xingguo County Ling were in collusion, and sent someone to burn the secret deed overnight, Ren Guoqiang actually helped Huang Xinqing attack Yushan, saying that Yushan was greedy and slandered as a thief, which was really annoying. ”

First Zhang Liangkuan hanged himself, then Ren Guoqiang recognized the thief as his father, Yu Zhijie also heard that Wan Huaide received the Li family's silver taels, and several people are said to have secretly had dealings with the Li family. Among the ten people brought, only An Yi, Yushan, and Xiang Dongrong can be trusted, and the purpose of the Son of Heaven to choose good talents is afraid that half of it will be defeated.

Jiang Anyi thought of the master of the Li family, once the Li family sent someone to deal with Master Yu, what should he do?

"Anyi, this time you go to Xingguo County, you bring a few people, they will help you." Yu Zhijie looked a little mysterious, and shouted loudly, "You two come in." ”

The two of them entered in response and gestured with their hands. Although he is wearing a soldier's uniform, he is full of spirit and energy, and he is not an ordinary soldier at first glance.

Yu Zhijie said with a smile: "An Yi, last month, Long Live ordered Long Wei to send ten good hands to protect him as a teacher, and it is unpredictable to go to Xingguo County, I will let the Xiang brothers go with you and be responsible for the safety of you and Yushan." ”

Jiang Anyi's heart was warm, Master Yu didn't know that he knew martial arts, so he asked Long Wei to protect his safety. Anqi County is the nest of the Li family, and the existence of Long Wei can deter the Li family, although the Li family has thousands of Zhuang Ding, but unless they choose, they will never dare to move the slightest.

Jiang Anyi put down his mind and went to Xingguo County with peace of mind.

The Xiang brothers, Xiang Jingjian and Xiang Jingshi, are all men in their early thirties, with broad eyebrows and broad mouths, beards, and the appearance of the two brothers is very similar, the eldest Jingjian is shorter and talks less.

Xingguo County is more than 100 miles away from Anqi County, and most of them are gravel and mud roads, there is rain in the sky, potholes on the ground, and the three people have to jump over the horse from time to time to lead around. In one afternoon, it was only a little more than 30 miles away.

The sky was already dark, Xiang Jingshi was a little anxious, wiped the rain on his face, turned his head to Jiang Anyi and said: "Jiang Gongzi, I'm afraid I'm going to miss the night tonight, in ghost weather, there is not even a place to shelter from the rain." ”

Xiang Jingjian rode up a high slope, looked around for a while, turned his horse back, and said, "Jiang Gongzi, there is a village three or four miles away, I saw the lights." ”

The village is located in a mountain col, but there are only thirty or forty households, and there is a land temple at the head of the village that is quite neat and unguarded. After Xiang Jingjian saw it, the three of them tied the horses to the grass shed behind the temple, Jiang Anyi fed the horses, Xiang Jingjian made a fire, and Xiang Jingshi prepared to eat it.

When Jiang Anyi stepped into the temple, the fire in the middle of the temple was blazing, and the oil hanger was steaming white. Xiang Jingjian is accustomed to walking in the rivers and lakes, boiling water on the wooden frame, taking out the oil cakes prepared in advance from the baggage, baking them on the fire, and the whole temple is exuding the fragrance of scallion oil.

Xiang Jingshi walked in with a smile, holding two big hens in his hands, squatting in front of the door to pick his hair and dirty, it seems that he does not do much stealing chickens and touching dogs on weekdays.

Half an hour later, the clothes on the three of them were dry, sitting on the ground, tearing the fat chicken with their hands, and biting the oil cake with the chicken soup, which had a different flavor.

Xiang Jingshi took out a flat pot from his arms, Jiang Anyi had seen the same thing on Qin Ziyan, and knew that it was a wine jug.

There is good wine on a cold night, life is a happy thing, three people, you drink wine and eat food in one sip, Xiang Jingshi talked about some rules on the rivers and lakes, Jiang Anyi listened to it with relish.

"Da Da", there was a dense sound of horses' hooves outside the temple, and the three of them were stunned, you must know that this village is not close to the main road, it is close to the second watch, how can anyone pass by?

Xiang Jingjian winked, stretched out his hand to block the oil cloak in front of the fire, stood up and quietly disappeared into the darkness. Xiang Jingshi obviously didn't care about the eldest brother's caution, and still sat still, taking small sips of wine.

Jiang Anyi tore the oil cake in his hand into small pieces, but listened attentively to the movement outside, there were noisy people outside the temple, the sound of horses' hooves was chaotic, and there were at least four or five horses.

"Jiang Ye, there is a land temple here, why don't we deal with it here for one night?"

"Okay, Li Quan, you can take a look inside and see if you can shelter from the rain."

Jiang Anyi was stunned for a moment, his voice was familiar, and Jiang Jian's appearance immediately flashed in his mind, it was really a narrow road, and he could actually meet him in this barren mountain and wilderness.

Footsteps sounded, a big man broke in, saw the firelight and people retreated again, and Li Quan's voice came from outside the temple, "Jiang Ye, there are already people in the temple, that place is very narrow, we can't squeeze it, we can only go to the village to spend the night." ”

The sound of horses' hooves drove towards the village, and the barking of dogs came and went, and it was quiet for a while.

Xiang Jingjian flashed out of the shadows, stretched out his hand to roast on the fire, and said softly: "Five people, the leader is a good hand, I don't know who it is?" ”

"It's from the Li Mansion. I've heard that voice, and I can't go wrong. ”

Xiang Jingjian glanced at Jiang Anyi suspiciously, and thought: "I heard that Chen Hongming's master and apprentice are worshipping in the Li Mansion, if what Gongzi said is right, it should be Jiang Jian, the cold ice hand." This guy doesn't stay in Li Zhuang, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? ”

"Ice Hand Jiang Jian?" Xiang Jingshi put down the wine jug in his hand, and a look of surprise appeared on his face, it seems that this Jiang Jian's name is not small.

Jiang Anyi had little understanding of the affairs in the rivers and lakes, so he took the opportunity to ask, "Is this person very powerful?" The last time I visited the Li Mansion and said a few words to him, how did I think he was like a farmer. On that day, in the inner city, by the light of the torches, Jiang Anyi saw that Jiang Jian was not tall, but he was solid, and he really looked like a farmer.

Hearing Jiang Anyi say that Jiang Jian was like a farmer, Xiang Jingjian confirmed that the person who came was Jiang Jian.

Xiang Jingshi glanced at Jiang Anyi with disdain, and said, "Farmer, son, you are really good eyesight. It's no wonder that you are a scholar and don't know about the rivers and lakes, this Jiang Jianwei is famous and is known as the top ten masters of the younger generation, and my old three are not opponents of others. ”

Seeing Jiang Anyi's eyes blazing and full of interest, Xiang Jingshi took a sip of wine and continued: "Jiang Jian was born in Liuhuamen, and his master Chen Hongming is an elder of Liuhuamen, known as 'Xuanzhi', who committed an incident in Chenzhou and was imprisoned in prison. Master Li was an assassin in Chenzhou and saved him once, so this old boy was willing to go to Li's house to worship......"

"Don't be idle", Xiang Jingjian said to his younger brother, silently ate the cake in his hand, stood up and said: "Second brother, don't drink the wine, sleep more vigilantly, you sleep first, and change me on the fourth watch." ”

The bonfire dimmed, Jiang Anyi was lying in peace next to the fire, and Xiang Jingshi on the other side was already snoring slightly. Looking at the flickering bonfire, Jiang Anyi felt strongly uneasy.