Under the flickering candlelight, Guan Yu carefully used a dagger to peel off the sealing wax on the bamboo tube, unscrew the thin bamboo tube, and pulled out the letter hidden in it.

Laying out the letterhead on the table, Guan Yu frowned tightly by the candlelight, and looked at it carefully three times, then stretched his eyebrows, and a strange smile appeared on his lips.

He stood up suddenly and said loudly: "Someone, hurry up and prepare the horse, I will go to meet the imperial brother." ”

Behind a bush of green and dense grass, the guard looked up at his master and said in a low voice: "Young master, why don't you show up to meet the thief with your magic arrow and save the two beauties?" ”。

The young man known as the Young Master turned his face and said with a low smile: "I waited for this time to sneak into Dadu, firstly, to investigate the reality of the garrison of the Great Qi Capital, and secondly, to find out the path and prepare for the future. Therefore, if you want to try your best to hide your body, saving people from danger is just a gesture, so why bother to publicize it? ”。

The graceful figures of Ruyan and Green Pothos running in a panic disappeared from everyone's sight, and Ma Chengen straightened up, reinserted the hard bow in his hand behind his back, and said to the attendants who followed: "Brothers, follow me into the city and walk around the capital of Daqi!" ”。

Duliv strode out of the gates of the prison camp, not bothering to look back at the two gates that were slowly closing behind him.

He hadn't taken a few steps before he heard a rumbling in his belly. He raised his hand and patted his shriveled belly, turned around and walked towards the downtown area.

Du Lifu didn't treat the name given by his parents, he was able to eat and drink when he was young, and his body was strong. When he became an adult, he made a living by selling coolies because he had a lot of strength. Just because he was drunk, he accidentally injured someone and was thrown into prison for several months.

Du Lifu is not only physically strong, but also extremely healthy. As soon as he stepped out of the prison door, he was thrown out of the sky. In his mind, in life, if you don't squat in prison for a few days, you are missing something, just like forgetting to put salt in a stir-fry, although you can eat it, after all, there is less taste. How do you know that not everyone in this world is qualified to go to the prison camp set up by the imperial court to go around, and still be able to get out of the whole body!

The hungry Du Lifu wandered for a long time on a lively street in the capital, and finally gritted his teeth and got into a bun shop on the side of the street.

After taking a seat, the shopkeeper stepped forward to greet him politely: "This master, what do you want to eat?" ”。

Du Lifu, who was penniless, was calm, and his eyes rolled to the shopkeeper and said: "Invite your shopkeeper out, and the Sprinkle family has something to say to him." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned when he heard this, looked up and down at the unkempt and dark-skinned strong man in front of him for a few moments, and turned around and left without saying a word.

After a few moments, the shopkeeper came out of it.

Du Lifu hurriedly got up, clenched his fists, and said loudly with a smile: "Shopkeeper, I have long heard that your buns are good." I made a special trip to make a bet with you, if I can eat all of your two steamed buns in one go, can I be exempted from the food money? If I can't finish eating, I'm willing to stay and work for you for three months without taking a penny."

The diminutive shopkeeper rolled his shrewd little eyes, and looked up and down at the muscular, powerful, and black tower-like strong man in front of him.

Seeing that the other party's ragged appearance was about a master who ate white food, he had the intention of asking the guys to rush up and blast him out, and he was afraid that if he really couldn't beat him, he also disturbed the other guest officers. If you break the store again, it will not be cost-effective!

The shopkeeper quickly pulled the small abacus in his heart, and after a while, he squeezed out a smiling face and said: "My buns are big and meaty, and they are genuine." Since I opened the shop, I have never seen anyone swallow two steamed buns in one sitting. I made this bet with you today, if you really eat, not only will you not take a penny, but you will also be given a pot of good wine brewed in our store! ”。

The loud conversation and laughter of the two attracted the curious eyes of the other diners in the restaurant, and everyone turned their heads to watch. Even passers-by who passed in front of the door crowded in when they heard the noise, and craned their necks to take a look at the excitement.

The table was set up, and two steaming buns that had just come out of the pot were brought to the table. I saw Du Lifu sitting firmly on the bench, his eyes shining, and he shook off his cheeks and opened the bow left and right in front of everyone's eyes, gobbling it up. After a while, the two steamed buns were swept away.

In the applause of everyone, Du Lifu raised his hand to wipe the oil droplets from the corners of his mouth, puffed out his cheeks and raised two thumbs up and said vaguely: "It's delicious!" Shopkeeper, what about the good wine? Give me another basket of steamed buns! ”。

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, and hurriedly beckoned the shopkeeper to serve the wine and steamed buns, and secretly praised in his heart: This is the real foodie, Lao Tzu lost a lot of money today! Forget it, it's all about spending money to advertise the shop.

The red-faced Du Lifu made persistent efforts, reversed the last basket of steamed buns, and drank the last drop of wine in the pot with his neck tilted, only then he was reluctant to give up, and stood up with a full burp, and staggered out of the store with a fist at the shopkeeper's admiring gaze.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way if you don't want to die!"

On the spacious street, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves.

A team of well-dressed knights galloped on. The man dressed as a family member in front of him waved the horsewhip in his hand fiercely, and beat and drove away passers-by mercilessly.

The originally lively and bustling street market suddenly jumped with chickens and dogs, and ghosts cried wolves.

A panicked woman, holding a child in her arms, stumbled to dodge the galloping horse, stumbled and fell to the ground. The child in his arms fell into the middle of the road, struggling and crying.

The woman screamed in panic, and turned to crawl towards the child, and the galloping horses did not slow down in the slightest, and were about to step over them, and trample them both into meat sauce.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, Dulif, who was burping, rushed forward, stretched out his strong arms, grabbed the woman's belt, grasped one of the child's legs in one hand, rolled and hid by the side of the road, and finally saved her two lives.

The weeping woman took the child from Dulif's hand and stepped aside, thankfully. The galloping horses stopped in front of Dulif, and immediately jumped down a dozen men with steel whips in their hands, and surrounded them violently.

The first one pointed at Du Lifu's nose and scolded: "Rabbit cub, you don't have long eyes?!" disturbed my little prince's mount, even if you are cut with a thousand knives, it will be difficult to resist his crime! ”。

While scolding, he waved the whip in his hand and hit Du Lifu without a head.

In pain, and relying on the fact that he had just drunk some wine, Du Lifu burst into a shout, stood up, grabbed the whip, and glared angrily at the butler-like person.

"Yo he, after eating the bear's heart and leopard gall, you kid still dare to fight back? Can't you do it?! Brothers, give me a blow to the death! ”。 The thin man who was caught with the whip was furious, but he couldn't break free for a while, and shouted loudly at the family members around him.

Du Lifu has brute strength, but unfortunately he can't do martial arts. After the "bang" punch knocked one of the family members who rushed to the front flying, under the siege of everyone, he was quickly knocked to the ground, lying on the ground with his head in his hands, and suffered vicious punches and kicks.

In a teahouse next to the street, a dozen strong men sit around a square table. Seeing this scene, one of them couldn't hold it back, and reached out to pull out the sharp blade hidden behind his waist, but was silently held down by a young man with thick eyebrows beside him.

The man raised his head indignantly and whispered, "Young master, ......."

The thick-eyed boy shook his head slightly, closed his lips tightly, and signaled him with his gaze to calm down.

Everyone turned their heads to look again, and at this time, Du Lifu, who was lying on the ground, was already bleeding from his mouth and nose and was unconscious. The evil slaves had no intention of stopping.

A shiny steed slowly walked out of the horse team, and the brocade-clothed boy on the horse slowly spoke: "Okay, Gyeonggi is a key land, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, a stinky lesson will teach him a lesson, if you really kill it, it will cause a lot of trouble, and it will also ruin my mood." ”

More than a dozen house slaves who were punching and kicking vigorously hurriedly stopped, turned around and nodded with a smile on their faces, and looked up at the brocade-clothed boy on the horse.

The thin man who looked like a housekeeper turned around and spat at Du Lifu, and scolded in a weird way: "Count your boy's life as big, my master opened the golden mouth, otherwise you will die without a place to be buried!" ”。

With that, he waved his hand, and everyone got on their horses and rode away.

In the teahouse, Ma Chengen, who was sitting at the table, waved his hand past the store and asked, "Who are these people?" In broad daylight, he is so high-flying and domineering, and he can't live forever, treating human life like a mustard? ”。

The shopkeeper first turned his head to look around, and then turned around and whispered, "The guest officer is not a local, right?" The little prince of Yongwang's Mansion and Prince Gong's Mansion and others were called the four young people in the capital, all of whom were relatives of the emperor and the country, with prominent family backgrounds, and they couldn't afford to provoke the master! Even today's saints turn a blind eye to their nonsense, and we ordinary people hate them so much that they dare not speak out. ”

Ma Chengen turned his head and glanced at one of his entourage, and grinned: "You said that Prince Gong's son is also one of the four young men in the capital?" ”。

The shopkeeper nodded again and again: "Yes, it's just that after the fall of Prince Gong, the prince was nowhere to be found, and he probably hid incognito." ”

Ma Chengen raised his head and smiled: "The sky has eyes, he can hide from the first day of junior high school, but he can't hide from fifteen!" Maybe he stepped on Huangquan Road one step earlier than this arrogant little prince and explored the way for them. ”

Then he turned to one of his attendants and said, "Go and carry that strong man back to our inn, take care of him, and find a man to heal him." ”

Several of the attendants nodded understandingly, got up and hurried away.

Ma Chengen got up and took out a piece of silver from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper, who stretched out his hands to take it with bright eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "Thank you, Master Guest, I can't do so much!" ”。

Ma Chengen hurriedly smiled and waved his hand, and then asked, "The store doesn't have to be polite, can you help me point out the location of the Yongwang Mansion?" ”。

Without saying a word, the shopkeeper hurriedly walked out of the store, stretched out his hand and enthusiastically pointed out the direction and route from Yongwang's Mansion to Ma Chengen.

On a quiet and peaceful night, a fire suddenly broke out in the Yongwang Mansion in the capital. The fire was so fierce that it was extinguished in the early afternoon of the next day.

In addition to being shocked, the government at all levels sealed the Yongwang Mansion, which had been burned to ashes, and sent people to carefully and secretly investigate. It was found that everyone in the palace had died before the fire, and even the fierce dog who was guarding the home was inexplicably dead.

This incident caused great shock and panic among the government and the opposition, but the people of Li ran to tell each other, celebrated with their crowns, and secretly rejoiced.

This is under the nose of the Son of Heaven, how can such a shocking case be easily let go. Officials at all levels took active action, and the soldiers and horses patrolling the city were forced to close the four gates of the capital, and the officials at all levels were ordered to search for suspicious criminals from house to house. Several officials in the DPRK and China were even demoted because of the case, but the criminals were still not found.

The arson case of Yongwang's Mansion was finally closed and became an unsolved case in the history of Daqi. No one knows who did it, and how this gang of gangsters who came and went without a trace managed to evaporate from the heavily guarded capital.

As the saying goes: the legal net is magnificent, and the leakage is not negligent.