At night, because Wang Jinhuai was drunk and didn't wake up, Wei Zihan and Xiaoyu were not hungry, so they didn't ask for food. Just send a few of them out to eat.

Mr. Wang is a martial arts student, the alcohol is consumed quickly, and he will be fine in the afternoon, and he has done his work just now, and it is estimated that he will be hungry, so I asked the innkeeper to fry a few side dishes, asked for a pot of wine, and said that I would not dare to drink it like noon, if the old man was drunk again, I would be uncomfortable taking care of the two drunks myself.

When we came to the room, Wang Jinhuai was still lying on the bed with thunder, and we didn't call him, and sat down at the table with the old man. Shop man, take the tea and pour it.

After a while, the guy then served the dishes, four dishes and two bowls, Xu is to see that I am a monk, nothing more than some tofu and vegetables, the best one is to mix pig ears, I think it is in this inn, they are mainly operating accommodation, stir-fry is just for the sake of randomness. Then the man took a pot of wine, put it in front of me and the old man Wang, and put two more cups, and said, "Two guest officers, the conditions in the small shop are average, you will use it when you are old, and if you have any orders, you can call me again." With that, he exited the room.

I poured wine for the old man and asked, "Senior, you live in that inn, did you come with you, and you didn't go back so late, did you inform them?" ”

The old man picked up the wine cup and said unhurriedly: "I, I'm alone, and I didn't stay, at noon I just came back from Linqu, and I went to the restaurant to eat when I was hungry, I didn't expect to meet you, I heard that you are going to the capital, I will live with you tonight, the old man is also going back to Beijing, the road is boring, let's be a companion, don't be troublesome to the old man." ”

"Is there anything wrong with the seniors going to Linqu, it is also fate to meet the seniors. We are not familiar with the capital, and it is convenient for us to be with our seniors, so we just asked our seniors to tell us about the matters that need to be paid attention to when going to the capital. ”

"That's no problem, the old man is too familiar with the capital, he went to the capital at the age of 18 to take the martial arts exam and stayed in Beijing after serving in Beijing, until the old man is 65 years old this year, and he has been in the capital for 47 years. There are no streets and alleys in the capital that I am not familiar with, and dignitaries and nobles also know about them. If you encounter anything in the capital, the old man can help you and never look at jokes. As he spoke, the old man drank all the wine in the cup. sighed.

continued: "The old man came to Qingzhou this time is also something, I have no children and no daughters in my life, that is, I have accepted three apprentices, the three apprentices are orphans, the old man adopted them since childhood, and taught them martial arts, the three apprentices are also angry, all of them are born in martial arts, the eldest apprentice Du Zhihao, now Zhejiang is a thousand households in Ningbo Xiangshan Guard, the second apprentice Chen Zhong, under the command of General Liaozhen, this time he came to Ququ because of the three apprentices. “

"The third apprentice's name is Wang Jian, because when I took him in, his parents had died, and he was still young, and he didn't even know his surname, so the old man let him take my surname Wang, which can be regarded as my adopted son. After he was lifted last year, the old man didn't want him to go to the guard and didn't want him to go to the border towns, so he asked someone to arrange him to be a county in Linqu, who knows, last month, a group of bandits attacked the county's big households, killing more than 100 old and weak women and children, only the big family Liu Yuanwai, with a few strong family members ran out, this Liu Yuanwai complained to Beijing, Jingli blamed it, let it be strictly investigated, this does not know the government and the county order to put the responsibility on Wang Jianjian, and I can't complain about them, Wang Jian is responsible for a county's arrest and theft, public security and other things, If something like this happens, he should be punished, but I'm afraid something will happen to him. This time I went to the county prison to see him, and he didn't suffer in it, and went to the county order to check it out, although the old man is no longer in the officialdom, after all, he has also been the imperial guard of the third grade, and he doesn't dare not give the old man face, but unfortunately, I have lived for more than ten days and have not found out where those thieves are, I am not familiar with the place, and the locals have not talked about this topic, so that I can't inquire about any news. It's not interesting to think about staying any longer, so I'm ready to leave. The old man has been an official in the palace, and there are no protégés in the local area, so let's go back to the capital and find a way. ”

The old man said that he drank several in a row, and his face was not as bright as when he first saw him at noon, and I drank one with the old man when he was unhappy.

"Senior, don't worry, go back to the capital to find a relationship, and you can come out with some money. Since you haven't stayed, I'll let the guy open a room for you later, and we'll go together tomorrow, we're not familiar with the road to the capital, since you came to the capital just now, we will rely on you to take care of it on the road in the future. There is another thing I want to trouble my seniors, when you were on an errand in the palace back then, did you see a Taoist priest named Li Xuanqing. ”

The old man said: "When the first emperor was there, there were many Taoist priests in the palace, but they all lived in the Baiyun Temple outside the palace, and there were not many in the palace, and they were all temporarily summoned for something, and I was mainly responsible for the safety of the emperor's bedroom, so I was still not familiar with them." But after returning to Beijing, I can help you ask the colleagues who were in charge of the guards at Baiyun Temple back then, and maybe you can know some news, who is Li Xuanqing. ”

I told Mr. Wang about the purpose of my trip to the capital and everything about the master, and also told him that I went to Beijing to find the master's posthumous work, and by the way, found out how the master had an accident back then. I see that the old man is a straightforward person, he will not be the kind of villain who informes, if it is an ordinary person, I can't say it, and I even said the relationship between Wang Jinhuai and Wei Zihan. I need the help of the old man to go to the capital, and it is impossible for me to understand the situation in the palace on my own.

After listening to me, the old man pondered for a while and said: "I don't know how many good people were framed to death back then, but the first emperor has passed away, and those evil ways that bewitched the first emperor have escaped, scattered, and it is really not easy to find, but we can start from the guards of the year, and the little eunuchs who were doing miscellaneous work inside, the old man has been in it for 40 years, and there are still a lot of acquaintances, how much can I help you, you are going to live there when you go to the capital, you can't enter the Baiyun Temple, that is the Royal Taoist Temple." Other Taoist temples are far away from the capital, it is inconvenient for you to investigate this matter, I think you will live in my house, I will live with my wife, and then a few servants, a few apprentices will not come back, I am also very clean where, you and Wang Jinhuai are there with me. ”

I don't think the old man is the kind of hypocritical person, and he also said: "Okay, we will live in the senior's house, just to disturb you." ”

The old man waved his hand and said: "There are so many disturbances there, the old man is also a person who likes to be lively, you go, even my wife will be happy, and there is one more thing, I have to stop after I arrive in Jinan, go to the governor's yamen to inquire about Wang Jian's affairs, and also go to the local Jinyi Wei Thousand Households, I used to be a colleague who worked together on an errand together, and his son did a hundred households in Jinan's Jinyi Wei Thousand Households, maybe he can help me find out the news." ”

I said, "No problem, no delay for a day or two, I'll talk to Miss Wei tomorrow, come to the seniors and let's have a drink." ”

After chatting with the old man so much, he also became acquainted, and after drinking a pot of wine, the old man was not happy, so he asked for another pot, because he had to go in a hurry the next day, and he didn't drink two pots. I asked the man to prepare another guest room for the old man, just a little further away from us.

After finishing all this, I sat on the bed and saw that Wang Jinhuai was still sleeping soundly, occasionally turning over and muttering a few words in my sleep.

Xiaoyi, who was unwilling to be lonely, climbed out of my sleeve, and I didn't care about it this day, so I took a few fruits over, and Xiaoyi swallowed them.

Sitting on the bed and practicing the mental method for a while, it was not early, I went out to see that Wei Zihan's room had turned off the lights, and when I came back, I lay on the bed with my clothes.