The two of them walked out of the inn, and Duan Si led the way, chasing all the way in the direction where Fang Cai Jiu Niangzi had fled. In order not to go in the wrong direction, the two of them kept asking people all the way, asking if they had seen a big-eyed woman in a yellow shirt and apricot skirt about twenty-five or sixteen years old passing by. Most of the people they found shook their heads and said they didn't know if they didn't pay attention. However, there are also kind-hearted people, who listened to them and asked a few words about how the nine ladies looked and dressed, and immediately enthusiastically pointed them in the direction.

With the whereabouts of the Nine Niangzi, the two of them came to their senses, threw off their legs and chased after them.

But chasing left and right chasing left and right to catch up, Xiaoluo River has crossed back and forth twice, and the willow causeway, one of the eight views of Shangjing, "the old base is floating", has climbed up and down three times, each tired of a stinky sweat, and he didn't see half of the shadow of the nine ladies.

Coming down from the causeway again, Shang Cheng didn't want to leave. He sat down on a bench at a roadside tea stall and shouted to the tea boss, "Three bowls of herbal tea!" He pulled his trouser legs to his knees, grabbed the rotten fan thrown by someone at the foot of the stool, and shook it with a hula and a clatter. Take a breath first. One by one, I'm afraid that this trip will come out for ten miles! Even if the mother-in-law has wings on her ribs, she can't fly so far, right? ”

Duan Si didn't say a word, and drank the two bowls of herbal tea under the guise of the tea stall in front of the car in one go, scolded his mother, and then said: "I'm afraid it's more than ten miles." Suffering from sissy plague, who knew that this mother-in-law could run so well! He took the first bowl of herbal tea that the boss scooped to Shang Cheng, poured half a bowl down, and then took the bowl and felt around to find a place to sit.

There were two or three people in front of the tea stall who were resting and drinking water, but when they saw the two of them, they stopped drinking the tea and their feet were gone.

At this time, Shang Cheng was drinking water and didn't pay much attention. Duan Si felt that things were not quite right. He took the bowl, looked at the few tea guests who fled in a hurry and seemed to leave, looked at Shang Cheng again, looked at himself again, and reacted immediately, and suddenly he was so angry that he almost dropped the bowl, patted his thighs and opened his mouth and scolded: "I was fucked!" These people! ”

"What's wrong?" Shang Cheng asked. In fact, he also sensed that something was not right, but he was in a hurry, and thirst and fatigue came up together, and his brain did not turn for a while.

Duan Si was still jumping to his feet and scolding, saying, "Look what you're wearing!" ”

Shang Cheng looked down and saw that he was in a hurry when he went out, wearing the sweat gown that he grabbed after taking a shower, and because the weather was too hot, he didn't tie the leather belt issued by the army, and he took a piece of cloth to tie the black crotch pants, and stepped on a pair of mango shoes barefoot...... He frowned, and immediately pondered the taste: where are the good intentions of those people who give them directions, it is obvious that they see that he and Duan Si are dressed in ordinary clothes and look fierce, and mistakenly think that they are the family members sent by the bully and inferior gentry to arrest the fugitive slaves, and specially give them the wrong direction of random pointing, the purpose is to make them unable to catch up with people and be tired and half dead!

This group of Diao people! He viciously echoed Duan Si's correct evaluation of those "well-wishers".

Duan Si was so angry that he wanted to turn around and go back immediately and arrest all those guys who pointed the way.

Shang Cheng asked him, "Why are you arresting people?" In fact, he also had the idea of turning back and arresting people, but when he saw the bright sun above his head that seemed to be nailed to the middle of the sky, he was immediately deflated.

"They're bandits!" Duan Si gritted his teeth and said confidently. These blind people helped Zhao Jiuniang escape, and only planted them on the charge of "banditry", and they were all polite to them; If he were more ruthless, he could have added another crime to their heads: deliberately obstructing the officials and soldiers from arresting the thieves. With this charge, if you drag it into the yamen, you can clean up half to death, and when you see it, they will dare to tease Admiral Yanshan in the future, and the deputy lieutenant of the yamen section will not dare! Oh, and General Yanshan Shangda...... Seeing that they dare to tease General Shang in the future, they don't dare!

"Go!" Shang Cheng booed Duan Si very dissatisfied. "Don't do anything on me! Find out, it's you who are embarrassed, and you have something to do with my fart! But he has also said many times just now, "I am a blind businessman in Yixian County" and other bold words, which cannot be denied in any way. Now Zhao Jiuniang, a "female streamer", has escaped from "his palm" again, although it is not a terrible thing, but her face is always gloomy. He laid the empty bowl on the table, wiped his mouth, and said, "Then look for it again, maybe she is hiding somewhere here." As he spoke, he pointed to the crowded place in front of the big temple over there. Let's go over and look again. ”

Duan Si also put down the bowl and followed him out of the tea stall with his head down. He felt that there was no hope. From the time he bumped into the Nine Niangzi to now, more than an hour has passed, and the direction of the chase does not know whether it is right or wrong, so if you still want to find the Nine Niangzi, it is better to go to the temple to burn incense and beg the Bodhisattva, so that the Bodhisattva can guide a clear way to capture the Nine Niangzi alive with kindness......

He was still delusional about the Bodhisattva's manifestation of the Nine Niangzi's hands, and one hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder, and then he heard someone sneering behind his back and said, "Hey, good, this is what you want to run?" Tea money you ......"

Originally, Duan Si was the lieutenant of the Admiral's Mansion, and his main responsibility was to be responsible for Shang Cheng's daily security, so no matter where he went, his vigilance was extremely high. Today is different, though. First, the matter of Jiu Niangzi divided most of his mind, and secondly, this was in Shangjing Plain Mansion, not in Yanshanwei, where the country was rich and the people were peaceful and peaceful, so he didn't pay much attention to the surrounding environment. Who knew that it was this slight carelessness that was unconsciously grabbed by someone's shoulder...... He didn't turn around in a panic, nor did he shout in surprise, with a smile on his face, he said "tea money" in the man's tone, and suddenly grabbed the man's wrist on the shoulder with both hands and pulled it, then leaned over and bent over, and the two arms dragged forward hard, and in an instant, the person behind him fell out of his head like a cloud. The man was smashed on his back to the sky, and his mouth was wordy, "You haven't paid the tea money yet............

Duan Si took a step forward, stepped on the man's chest, and his hand went to his waist to touch one by one, but stopped suddenly. Only then did he see clearly that the person who was knocked down by him was wearing thin boots like an official, and a small wooden sign two fingers wide was tied to the rough cow belt around his waist, and at a glance he knew that it was an errand in the yamen.

There were also a few catchers with latte rulers and waist knives behind Duan Si, and when they saw that the leader had been caught by someone by mistake, they shouted in shock:

"Thieves dare?!"

"Let go of our heads!"

"Hah! Thieves commit murder! Quick, go and call more people! ”

Since the sixth year of the Shangjing Luoshui flooding, Emperor Wenzong personally ordered the officials and people in Beijing to take a piece of soil before and after their own homes, and built this embankment of more than ten miles by the Luoshui side, and made people plant willows all over the embankment, and the willow embankment is a famous good scenery in Beijing. Below this embankment is Ganlu Temple, also known as "Huai Bao Li Temple", it is also a famous thousand-year-old temple in the Central Plains, and there are famous people in all dynasties to write poems here. There are beautiful scenery, and there are ancient temples, it is where the lyricism of Yeyou lies, originally there was an endless stream of literati and rioters on weekdays, and today coincided with the day of the Daughter's Day, and the embankment and the embankment were even more crowded. It was just a few shouts, and in the blink of an eye, there were a lot of people around this small herbal tea stall. There were men and women, young and old, scribes in gauze shirts, sweaty in short coats, women with beaded hair in a high bun, and girls with red ropes wrapped in their buns, all pointing excitedly, waiting to see rare things. A few sturdy guys even shook off their coats and rubbed their hands. It is estimated that they are prepared to follow the messengers once they do it.

Shang Cheng was also surrounded by the crowd in the middle.

He complained to Duan Si in his belly, and he had the intention to ignore this guy and leave by himself, but looking at the people around him who were surrounded by people, all of them were either full of light or eager to try, and his eyes were also both fearful and curious with a little inexplicable excitement, how could he be allowed to swagger out calmly? Besides, he is tall, and the place where he stands is at the foot of the embankment, and he can see far away, and several groups of errand catchers patrolling the streets have received the news, and they are running towards this side as if they were flying away from the tourists, he is just squeezing out of the crowd, and he may not be able to run away?

Alas, if he had known that this would be the case, he should have stayed in the inn and suffocated! Now it's okay, and he said that he would secretly enter Beijing, do good things, and then secretly return to Yanshan, just in front of him, he is still secretly a fart!

He sighed silently, stepped back and sat down on the stool of the tea stall again, and first said to the boss who was squatting behind the tea jar and shivering, "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people. Bring me bowls of water again and again. He said to Duan Si again, "You're full!" You say, "What should we do now?" One by one, the people were released. He sighed again. He blames himself for this. He thought early in the morning that something would inevitably happen when he and Duan Si came out together, but as a result, he still forgot about this stubble when he was about to do it......

Duan Si also knew that something was wrong, so he moved away with a black face and stepped on the foot of the head catcher. But the head catcher was also frightened by him, and he didn't get up for half a day.

Shang Cheng made a bluff and said impatiently to a few officers who hadn't decided whether to go up to grab people or wait for reinforcements, "Which yamen are you from?" ”

Several of the officers were so shocked by his question that they couldn't help but glance at each other. They have caught a lot of little thieves who climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard to steal chickens and dogs, but this kind of guy who has committed a big crime and is calm is the first time he has encountered it! One of the errand officers didn't know if he was suddenly fascinated by the ghost, so he took a few steps forward with an iron ruler and approached to look at Shang Cheng carefully.

After a few glances, his eyes widened: "Ha! It's you! ”

When he said this, he was stunned. What the hell, there is still someone in the errand who knows him?!

He was so confused, and the errand officer felt that he was not wrong. He first inserted the iron ruler into his waist, clasped his fists towards Shang Cheng, bent his waist and said, "You don't remember me?" In October last year, in the Hui Kee Liquor Store in Ping Lok Fang...... You, and the female adult surnamed Tian, and a female bandit...... No, there's also a kabuki. ”

"Oh." As soon as he said this, Shang Cheng immediately remembered. Last year, he bumped into Zhao Jiuniang in a wine shop, and he was surrounded by people from the yamen like today; Unexpectedly, when he came to arrest Zhao Jiuniang today, he was still surrounded by people from the yamen; What's even funnier is that the two rounds up turned out to be the same group of officers. He laughed and said, "I remember." At that time, the person who recognized my Xuntian jade plate seemed to be you, right? Over there, it's still that Wang ...... Wang catches the head? ”

Seeing that Shang Cheng still remembered himself, the officer's eyes immediately narrowed into a slit with a smile, and then arched his hand and said, "I didn't expect you to remember me." What, ...... you?"

Shang Cheng interrupted him: "Let's not talk about these things first, you hurry up and find a way to let people disperse." You can find any reason, anyway, don't alarm too much, let alone disturb the magistrate's mansion one by one" He stared at the officer and asked him, "Do you understand what I mean?" ”

The messenger and Wang Zhutou, who had already come back to his senses, were grinning at the same time. At this moment, there are at least a few hundred tourists and idlers gathered here, and there are several people from the public gate who have rushed over, how dare they make up reasons? Besides, they can't make it up. They were patrolling elsewhere, but because someone in the yamen reported that there were a few bandits and thieves who seemed to be trying to kidnap women from good families, so they were ordered to follow the path to pursue and arrest them. Besides, even if they dare to fabricate it, those poor people will definitely report it truthfully, and when they go back to their bosses, they will be held accountable......

"It's fine." Shang Cheng waved his hand impatiently. "I'll send people to greet the various yamen. You quickly disperse the crowd. The reason, just say it one by one, just say that we are the Liyuan Forbidden Army. Never mind! Let's tell you the truth, we are the guards of Yanshan, and we have some official business to do when we enter Beijing, and we were misunderstood by you before we clashed. Old Duan ...... Captain Duan, show them your waist card. ”

Duan Si said with a bitter face: "...... Didn't bring it today. "He doesn't come out every day to provoke right and wrong, who will carry that thing on his body at any time? Not to mention the waist card, they changed into civilian clothes and entered Beijing, and the waist card and the silver nail belt of the seven-rank military attache were also stuffed in the package; Just because there are no such things around, they will be misunderstood by a few enthusiastic ordinary people in Beijing and these errand soldiers.

Shang Cheng is also the same as Duan Si, there is nothing around him that can prove his identity. This is neither in the army nor in the imperial city, of course he will not tie a gold nail belt, let alone carry his official certificate seal.

Fortunately, Wang Zhutou had seen his cloud-patterned unicorn jade pendant, and knew that he was a great person, and he did not doubt his identity. Since he said that he would greet the yamen, there must be an explanation, so as soon as he discussed with the other yamen's officers, he immediately explained to the people around him, saying that the two of them were "veterans of leopards from the countryside who came to Beijing from other places". But now the misunderstanding has been revealed, and it's all right......

When the people gradually dispersed, Shang Cheng thanked Wang Tou and the messenger, and asked them, "You are from the Yamen of Pingyuan Mansion, right?" Is Tao Fu Yin okay? ”

The two messengers didn't expect him to know Fu Yin Taoqi, and said in surprise: "Do you know our Lord Tao?" ”

Shang Cheng smiled: "Old acquaintance." You go back and tell him that this trip to Beijing is busy, so I won't go to see him. I'll see him next time I have time. ”

Wang Tou pondered for a moment and asked cautiously: "Then, if Master Tao asks about your name, what should we say?" ”

Shang Cheng pointed to his face: "After telling me what I look like, he will know who I am." As for whether the two poor people can take this opportunity to have a relationship with Tao Qi, it depends on their own abilities. This was also a little bit of his gratitude to the two of them for helping him out of the siege. Then he said to the two of them, "But you had better not talk about me, and don't inquire about me." Got it? ”

The two messengers agreed in succession.

After such a fuss, Shang Cheng didn't have the heart to chase after Zhao Jiuniang, so he drooped his eyebrows and drank half a bowl of water, let Duan Si double the tea money, and prepared to find a car to go back. If you don't look for a car, who won't let them both know the road? Moreover, although most of the people around them have dispersed, there are still some people who have not left, and are now pointing at them and muttering.

He was about to leave the herbal tea stall when suddenly another person in the crowd approached, stood still a few steps apart, and bowed deeply to him with both hands:

"Your Excellency, please stay."