Volume 2 First Entry into Officialdom Chapter 57 Revisiting the Xu Family Manor

Jiang Lan waited in the camp until late at night and no soldiers came to report the whereabouts of the little white dragon, so he waited a little sleepy, so he lay down and fell asleep slowly.

During the night shift, he slept soundly, when he suddenly heard someone in his ear calling him: "Lord Captain, Lord Captain." ”

Jiang Lan opened his eyes and saw that it was the soldier on duty: "In the middle of the night, the master has just fallen asleep...... What's wrong? ”

"My lord, the brother who went to track him has returned!"

"Come back, come back! Why are you arguing me to sleep......" Jiang Lan said vaguely, but suddenly remembered something, "He's back!" Quick, call him to see the officer. He immediately sat up, and his sleepiness disappeared in an instant.

"Yes." The soldiers on duty answered the call and went out of the door. After a while, he brought back a man dressed in black.

"See Lord Captain!" As soon as the man saw Jiang Lan, he bowed down and bowed. Jiang Lan recognized his black clothes - because he had not yet received the approval, this outfit was the temporary clothes that Jiang Lan had chosen for the Military Intelligence Department......

"How's it going?" Jiang Lan asked impatiently.

"Back to my lord, my subordinates have traced the whereabouts of the little white dragon."

"Great! Where is he hiding? Jiang Lan was originally worried that his military intelligence department had just been formed, and the soldiers had not undergone much training and would do their errands. Now it seems that his worries are completely unnecessary.

The soldier replied, "He's in an abandoned Taoist temple in Shinno County to the north." ”

"Hehe, hiding in the Taoist temple again, is this kid changing his career to become a Taoist priest?" Jiang Lan chuckled, "You go find a few people with good skills, take them, and keep an eye on that little white dragon for me!" ”

"Yes!"

"Go, call Lian Wen over." Jiang Lan commanded again.

After a while, Lian Wen came to Jiang Lan's big tent. His eyes were bloodshot and he seemed to have stayed up all night.

"Didn't you even take a break after you went back? Why do you look so tired? ”

"My lord, your subordinates have not done a good job of the things you have explained, so naturally your subordinates dare not be lazy." Lian Wen clasped his hands and replied respectfully.

It seems that he is quite attentive to the task given to him by Jiang Lan.

"Well, that's good...... Right now, I have something to hand over to you. Jiang Lan nodded.

"Your Excellency, just give me orders."

"You quickly send a few people to the surrounding county offices to inquire if the local ordnance department has been robbed or stolen." He commanded. A while ago, the amount of ordnance he searched for from Xiaobailong far exceeded that of the Xiangyang Ordnance Division. And yesterday, the little white dragon was delivered to Xu Aicai in several big carriages...... Jiang Lan suspected that this little white dragon should not only have robbed ordnance in Xiangyang County......

"Yes, my subordinates will do it." Lian Wen replied, and then retreated.

After Lian Wen left, Jiang Lan was no longer sleepy. He came to the bookcase again, prepared the paper and ink, and took up the pen to revise and copy the martial arts, mental methods, and experiences he had learned into a book - he planned to do it, and after he revised and transcribed it, he handed over his experience to Xiang Beichuan, and asked him to teach his martial arts experience to the soldiers in the camp.

Jiang Lan wrote, but he didn't feel like a captainβ€”an ordinary lieutenant was only in charge of arranging troops and training morale, so that he could command the soldiers like an arm when fighting. And he is more like the head of a Jianghu sect, not only to train morale, but also to pay more attention to the martial arts level of each soldier. He had a good idea: as long as his soldiers were trained to be masters, coupled with high morale, the battle would be invincible!

I just don't know how much this group of soldiers can learn their skills......

Jiang Lan lowered his head and copied it all night, but when he looked up again, it was already dawn. He stretched and looked at his work with satisfaction, "Lan Xinlu". Don't look at this booklet is thin, but it records all of Jiang Lan's martial arts experience, as well as a simplified version of his martial arts.

If someone in the rivers and lakes gets this book, not to mention that he can become a top master, he will definitely be able to dominate one side.

Jiang Lan put the booklet away, but sleepiness suddenly came up. Just when he was hesitating whether to get some sleep, he saw the curtain of the compartment lifted-Liu Yinan yawned and walked out.

As soon as she came out, she saw Jiang Lan still sitting in front of the bookcase, so she quipped: "Captain Jiang got up so early." ”

Jiang Lan didn't even look at her: "Don't you want to be early?" I didn't sleep much this night! ”

"Yo, Captain Jiang is so dedicated, is he going to emulate Zhuge Wuhou and do his best to die?"

"My second miss, don't be sarcastic!" Jiang Lan spread his hands and said helplessly, "By the way, the master plans to go to Xu Aicai again today, do you want to come along?" ”

"Still going? Haven't you already found out? ”

Jiang Lan explained: "We have only figured out the origin of Xu Aicai's ordnance now, and we haven't found out where his ordnance is going. And...... Forget it, you don't understand anything else. ”

He didn't tell Liu Yinan about his other purpose-that is, Xu Aicai's immortal lock. He thought that he would try to ask Xu Aicai about the whereabouts of the old eunuch who stole the lock out of the palace, and it was best to steal the lock as well...... After all, he went down the mountain in order to find out his life experience, and he had no clues other than this immortal lock......

After listening to Jiang Lan's endless explanation, Liu Yinan felt a little inexplicable. She guessed that Jiang Lan had something to hide from herself, but she didn't inquire too much, just nodded and said, "Okay, Miss Ben will accompany you again." It's boring enough to stay in this camp anyway......"

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In the afternoon, Jiang Lan also took several naps in the camp, and he was almost rested. and Liu Yinan made it easy for the two to look good, and together they were thousands of manors who loved money.

Unlike in the past, there were a few more vendors at Xu Aicai's door for no reason.

When Jiang Lan saw those vendors, he couldn't help but scolded twice in his heart: Master still thinks how reliable you are, but you can't even make the most basic disguise! How could any vendor set up a stall in such a remote place, is this a person who is not sure to be watching...... Fortunately, Xu Aicai's brain is not bright, if he were replaced by his father, I am afraid that he would have fallen short a long time ago!

He glared at those subordinates, didn't say anything, but thought in his heart that he would wait until he went back to count the Lianwen.

He took Liu Yinan to the gate of the manor, raised his hand and was about to knock on the door, when he saw that the door was opened, and Xu Aicai was standing at the door. As soon as he saw Jiang Lan, who was transformed into "Jiang Xiaoshui", he greeted him warmly: "Ouch, Brother Jiang!" I've been talking about you for the past two days! No, I'm in a panic and want to go out for a walk, so you're here. We really have a heart! ”

"Phew! Who wants to have a heart with you! Disgusting......" Jiang Lan scolded twice in his heart, but said in his mouth: "No, Brother Xu and I hit it off at first sight, but we have been delayed for the past two days because of something, and I didn't come to the house to pay a visit." The younger brother also misses his brother Tai very much. After these two meaty words, Jiang Lan was so disgusted that he just wanted to rinse his mouth, and Liu Yinan on the side was also covered with goosebumps when he heard it.

Xu Aicai laughed twice, but his eyes turned around Liu Yinan who was pretending to be an old man. Jiang Lan also noticed Xu Aicai's strange behavior, but he didn't know what he meant.

"Since Brother Xu wants to go out for a walk, then I don't know if the little brother has the honor to accompany him?"

"Since my brother is here, I will go out and do anything. Brother Jiang hasn't tasted the craft of my chef yet, has he? That's what I invited from the capital at a great cost! Seeing that it's a little late this day, why don't you have a meal in my house, what do you think? ”

Being able to enter the mansion, Jiang Lan was naturally very happy. After all, half of his purpose is for the immortal lock of Xu Aicai. He hurriedly responded: "Brother Tai is like this, if the younger brother is like this, it will be a little disrespectful." ”

Seeing Jiang Lan agree, Xu Aicai was surprisingly happy: "Haha, then brother, please come into the mansion." ”

"Brother Xu, please first."

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Evening, Manor.

Jiang Lan and Xu Aicai chatted from time to time. Jiang Lan has been talking nonsense with the other party for a long time, but he still hasn't talked about the point.

Liu Yinan on the side was a little annoyed when she heard it, and she kicked Jiang Lan under the table. At the same time, he secretly glanced at him and signaled him to hurry up......

She is anxious, and Jiang Lan is also anxious. He tried to change the topic again: "By the way, Brother Xu, the two businesses you said a few days ago The little brother went back to ponder for a long time, and I don't know ......."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xu Aicai waving his hand: "Hey? Didn't I say it, let's not talk about business today, just talk about the wind and snow......" He looked at Liu Yinan as he spoke.

What's wrong with this Xu Aicai? Liu Yinan has obviously changed into an old man, and he still stares at it from time to time, could it be that he has any special hobby for the old man?

Jiang Lan wondered in his heart, but he couldn't care about it so much. Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of the other party's mouth, he came up with the idea of the immortal lock. Taking advantage of Xu Aicai's inattention, he quietly came to Liu Yinan's side, and said softly: "The young master has no choice but to take this guy, why don't you try it?" ”

"Me?" Liu Yinan looked at Jiang Lan in disbelief, but saw him nod seriously with a serious face.

"yes, I think this guy seems to be a little interested in you...... Wait for the master to blurt out and leave, go do something else, and I'll leave it to you here. Jiang Lan said, and without waiting for Liu Yinan to express his position, he continued to talk with Xu Aicai.

The two chatted about the time when there was a stick of incense at the table, and Jiang Lan suddenly covered his stomach and shouted: "Ouch, ouch...... The little brother has some in his belly, and some ...... I don't know where the toilet is? ”

"Hehe, brother goes out and turns right."

Jiang Lan went out of the door, pretending to be in a hurry all the way to the toilet. When he arrived in front of the thatched house, he saw that there was no one around, so he turned over to the roof one by one, and then stepped on the blue bricks and glazed tiles all the way to Xu Aicai's study.

Although it was night, there were still two guards standing at the door of the study.

How can this be difficult to live in Jiang Lan?

He took out two pieces of silver from his bosom and threw one against the doorframe. The silver fell to the ground, attracting the attention of the two guards.

Both guards had sharp eyes, and at a glance they could see the broken silver falling to the ground. One of the guards immediately crouched down and picked it up.

"You kid...... I gave me back the money. ”

"Nonsense! Obviously I dropped it. ”

The two were about to argue, when suddenly they heard a crisp sound in the distance.

"Silver!" Both shouted at the same time, and then hurriedly ran in the direction of the sound......

Jiang Lan saw that the two guards were led away, and he didn't have time to feel distressed, so he turned over and got off the roof, and then quietly entered the study while no one was around......