Mu Yan, who had just arrived in Jizhou, didn't even have time to take a breath and carried three or five people to inspect the situation on the street together, at this moment, due to the unstable situation in the imperial court, on the originally prosperous street, except for Mr. Storyteller, there were only a few pedestrians.

And after hearing the storyteller's explanation, they didn't stop anymore, and turned their heads to do the rest of their work.

Now that there are many troubles in the local area, the reason why the scattered pedestrians who appear on the street are willing to take risks is just to make a living, Mu Yan walked around the street, and then turned back to the storyteller's stall: "Old gentleman, why haven't I seen a few pedestrians in the street market in Jizhou now?" ”

For some reason, although the storyteller in front of him looked thin and small, he could tell from his voice that he was full of energy, and although his face was a little old, he was always smiling.

The storyteller's eyes wandered around him, and finally fell back to his eyebrows, and explained with a smile: "You said that this street market is naturally because of the previous flood and the people who made trouble in the Xiongnu country, no one cares, they can only hide to avoid misfortune." ”

"Why doesn't the old gentleman find a place to hide, it stands to reason that this street seems unsafe now." Mu Yan continued.

Mr. Storyteller raised his eyebrows disappreciatively, and reached out to brush the big white beard that went straight down from his sideburns: "What am I afraid of an old man, it doesn't matter how old I am, after all, there are still people to take care of, and I need to make a living in person, I don't think you look like a Jizhou person, you just came here today, right?" ”

"But it's a pity, if you had come a while earlier, maybe you could still see the situation in the city, the city was lively when there was no such thing before, but everyone heard that the Huns were in turmoil, so they fled and hid, and no one came to listen to my old man."

Although the old gentleman showed regret on his face at the moment, he was still in a good mood, even with a stranger, he could talk about it for a long time.

Mu Yan arched his hand and said frankly: "Mr. is really good-looking, then can I find out with Mr. which area the Huns have been active in recently?" I'd like to go and inquire about the situation. ”

There has been no one to accompany him for several days, and at this moment someone has given him an old gentleman to accompany him, he was very happy for a while, and pulled the wooden branch chair that was originally used for people to listen to books behind him to Mu Yan's side, and after seeing him sit down, he also sat down closely: "If this matter is really said, I don't know how many nights to talk about, if you have a heart, I will make a long story short, and I will focus on it with you." ”

The next half of the tea was the old gentleman who kept chattering, Mu Yan listened very carefully, until the end, he was basically able to find out the location of the Xiongnu traces around Jizhou, but it was not yet known when the Hu people would choose to travel.

However, in the very casual conversation just now, Mu Yan had already found that although the old gentleman in front of him was old, he had profound knowledge, and he could explain the situation in Jizhou in the simplest language, and he couldn't help but secretly admire.

"By the way, did you come to Jizhou for a parade? But I don't think so, because you have some attendants behind you, if I guess correctly, which family should you be? ”

Before leaving, Mu Yan deliberately picked out some ordinary clothes, but the dark lines and materials on them can still show his identity, and he nodded hesitantly in the face of the old storyteller's question.

In the second half of the day, the old gentleman glanced at him incomprehensibly: "But in my opinion, you are not a thing in the pool, and now the official rank is only temporary, and if there are nobles to help you in the future, you will be rich and noble all the way." ”

Mu Yan grew up under the old lady's knees, and he didn't believe in these life theorems, so it can be seen that the old gentleman's tone was very sincere when he spoke, and he was inevitably in a happier mood: "You may be tormenting me with this statement, where do you see that I have a rich life?" ”

The storyteller sighed slightly: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, and the son will be able to know whether what I said is true or false in the future, if you come to Jizhou to do business, take advantage of the sky to go on the road early, if it is dark, it will inevitably add more danger." ”

Now Jizhou is not very peaceful, if you travel at night will inevitably encounter Hu people, while the sun is still hanging in the sky is the best time to travel, if at night, this street is afraid that even the scattered pedestrians have disappeared, only the street is tightly closed wine shops and shops.

Mu Yan saw that he had almost done the investigation, so he got up from the chair and bowed to the old man: "If I can meet the old man in the future, I will be very grateful. ”

After Mu Yan left the street with the people behind him, he went straight to the place of dispute mentioned by the old gentleman, and after about a stick of incense, they arrived at the place where the most common disputes occurred as described by the locals.

Mu Yan and the group of people behind him waited for a long time, outside the forest, and finally stood with a group of people, turning their heads and ears without knowing what they were saying, and when the words fell, they glanced over and looked at the jungle behind them, Mu Yan saw this and hurriedly made a gesture to let the people behind him hide in time.

He had thought that the group was very well disguised, but one of the black-robed leaders of the group stared at him as if through the jungle.

"Who's hiding behind the jungle, it's time to show up now, right?" The black-robed man waited very patiently for a long time when his words fell, and when he saw that Mu Yan behind the jungle did not move, he stood in front of him for a while, grabbed his wrist, and said thoughtfully: "Childe is looking for us, right?" ”

Mu Yan tried to break free from his hand several times, but in the end to no avail, he had to unload his strength: "Since you know, then let go of me, the reason why I came today is to negotiate with you." ”

The strange man stared at him, as if he wanted to see him through, but after a long time to no avail, he raised his eyebrows again: "Oh? Negotiation? It depends on whether you are qualified or not, but we Hu people have our own rules, I don't know if Gongzi can accept it. ”

"Since you have intentions, you expected me to come, I came here today, according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, I should come according to what you say."

The black-robed man was a little surprised when he saw him compromise, and after a while, his expression returned to normal, and he loosened the force on his wrist a little and said: "Since the son is so frank, I have no reason to hide it, you and I will compete with each other, if you win, I will take the initiative to retreat outside the border, no longer harass the people of Jizhou, if you lose, then obediently go back to Kyoto, don't stand in my way." ”

As soon as these words came out, Mu Yan immediately understood that the black-robed man in front of him was prepared, otherwise he shouldn't know the purpose of his coming, and based on all his reactions, his identity has been roughly exposed, but along the way, he has clearly been very low-key, how can he unknowingly expose his whereabouts, just when he was puzzled, the black-robed man spoke again: "How?" Do you need me to give Mu Gongzi some time? ”

The black-robed man is a well-known general in the Huns, named Shu Zhan, the reason why he is stationed at the border between the two countries this time is that he was ordered to explore the reality of Da Liang, a while ago he has been wandering in Jizhou for a few days, and he has not really seen a powerful person coming, and at this moment he saw that the so-called Mu Gongzi sent by the court was only a scholar, and his vigilance was greatly reduced.

Mu Yan didn't tremble when he faced his gaze, turned his eyes to look at the people behind him, and straightened his gaze: "How do you compete?" Since it is a matter for you and me, the rules should be set by the two of us, what do you think? ”

"Then what has Mu Gongzi come up with now? To be fair, I'll give you some time. ”

Mu Yan's expression moved slightly, according to his observation, although the person in front of him was dressed as a Hu person, he did not have a Hu accent in his words, and he was very confident when negotiating with him, as if he was sure that he would definitely have the upper hand in the game, and now his side was still inferior to the other party, so he could only rely on follow-up strategies to win.

When Mu Yan was thinking about countermeasures, a big man behind Shu Zhan paced forward and whispered in his ear: "Master, since this prince has come all the way from Kyoto, if we don't let him see our strength, we will inevitably fall into the name of despising him, why don't we take the opportunity to kill him?" ”

Shu Zhan's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood his intentions, he coughed lightly a few times, and lowered his voice: "But if the Emperor of Daliang and the dog finds out that he has died, will he blame all the blame on our Xiongnu country, and then the common people will all suffer because of us, if there is such a hidden danger, this method will never work." ”

"Master, when you asked me to inquire in the past, I already understood clearly, this son is not favored in Kyoto, you can rest assured, the dog emperor sent him here is just a delaying tactic, even if he dies for the country, I take care of the emperor will not even blink an eye, and can give him an official, master, you don't need to have such worries, not to mention that after we solve him, we can disguise his subordinates as if they died on the way, as long as he dies, what happens next is dead without proof."

After listening to the big man's plan, Shu Zhan's eyelids jumped, and he continued to think about it and felt that the previous method was a little unfeasible, so he immediately lowered his voice and shouted: "This kind of thinking is absolutely impossible, I just want to give the emperor of the current dynasty a disadvantage, he will not die for his crimes, not to mention that there are a group of Hun people behind us, don't talk about it anymore." ”

The big man who originally came up with the plan laughed dryly: "The little one just saw that the master didn't seem to be able to do it, so he made this decision, if you don't want to, then I didn't say it." The two of you will compete in peace, but with my many years of experience, that kid probably has no power to fight back, and the master should teach him a lesson. ”

Shu Zhan was actually a little moved, but now he was just worried that his actions would affect the fortunes of the Xiongnu, but he hesitated, and the Han saw this and hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "Actually, the master has a different idea, if we can strike at the main force of Da Lianglai, we can also frustrate their spirit at that time, so as to increase the morale of our Hu people." Since ancient times, it has not been the law of the jungle, in the past, our Hu people have been bullied by their cool people, and now it is finally good to have a momentum for the better, and the master should not be indecisive. ”