Xu Lang pointed to the wine shop: "Gao Chen, go and ask them if they have any empty rooms, let's stay here tonight." ”

"Got it, second uncle." Gao Chen ran over to the wine store with a dozen horses.

After a while, Gao Chen ran back: "Second uncle, there is still a vacant room, I have already agreed with the boss." ”

"Then let's stay." Xu Lang shook the reins of the horse and was about to move forward.

Gao Chen grabbed Xu Lang's horse, lowered his voice and said, "There are already people in the wine shop, who look like officials of the imperial court. And there were quite a few people, with luggage, seven or eight. ”

Xiao Junzhe opened his mouth and asked, "Brother, is it Jinyiwei or Dongchang?" ”

"Neither." Gao Chen said, "I look like I have a private visit to Weifu or a resignation home." The man at the head was about forty years old, and he didn't behave like an ordinary official, and I am afraid that his rank was not low. ”

"Really?" Xu Lang asked, "Do you see where they came from?" ”

"I don't see that." Gao Chen said, "But I heard someone call him Master Shi. ”

"Master Shi?" Xu Lang was taken aback, "Could it be Shi Kefa?" ”

Xu Lang has been thinking about a question in the past few days, if Chongzhen really agrees to mobilize soldiers and horses from Nanjing to Xi'an after arriving in Beijing, then who is more appropriate to send. Xu Lang went through the people he could think of in his heart several times, and felt that Shi Kefa was more reliable.

Although many people in later generations evaluated Shi Kefa as loyal, but his ability was low, so that he was incompetent and mediocre, Xu Lang still felt that in terms of the current situation, as long as Chongzhen could reuse Shi Kefa and Yulinwan helped him again, then he was still the most suitable candidate.

I didn't expect to meet him in this remote place today, and Xu Lang suddenly had a lot of ideas. If this person is really Shi Kefa, he must find an opportunity to talk to him and probe his tone first.

Thinking of this, Xu Lang smiled at Gao Chen and Xiao Junzhe: "Let's go, let's go and meet this Master Shi for a while." ”

The three of them rode to the door of the wine shop, Xu Lang jumped off the horse and threw the reins to the shopkeeper, raised his legs and walked into the wine shop and deliberately shouted: "Shopkeeper, feed our horses, take some wine and meat to eat, and we will go to Beijing early tomorrow morning, and we can't delay." ”

The owner of the wine shop greeted him attentively: "Guest officer, the room you have set has been arranged, I don't know if the food will be served to you in the room or eaten here?" ”

Xu Lang glanced at the two tables sitting next to him, one of them was about forty years old, with a somewhat dark face, and the person who was a man of Xuan Xuan heard Xu Lang's shout and looked up. Xu Lang smiled at him and continued to shout, "Just eat here." I'm tired of the store, dare to ask if I go to Beijing but go north from here? ”

"Exactly." The shopkeeper replied, "All the way north to Luzhou Mansion, but it's still far away from Beijing." The guest officer sat down for a while, and the villain went to prepare wine and dinner. ”

Xu Lang beckoned Gao Chen and Xiao Junzhe to sit down, and kept glancing at the table next to him out of the corner of his eyes, but the people at the two tables were only eating with their heads bowed, and no one was looking at this side.

Xu Lang glanced at Gao Chen, Gao Chen understood, and asked in a voice that was not high but could be heard by others: "Second uncle, did you say that we can meet Master Xue when we go to Beijing this time?" ”

"Ugh." Xu Lang let out a long sigh, "This is not good. But you don't have to worry, even if Lord Xue can't see it, let's go to the officer training corps, and they will have a way to see it. The situation is urgent, we must see Lord Xue. ”

The three of them said a few more words, and the shopkeeper served the wine and rice, and Xu Lang stopped the voices of the two people: "Let's eat first, we have to get up early tomorrow and hurry." ”

The shopkeeper put down the wine and rice, and there were only three Xu Lang and the two tables next to him left in the hall. Xu Lang buried his head and began to eat, and the forty-year-old man at the table next to him looked up at the surroundings, put down the chopsticks in his hand and got up and walked over.

Xu Lang also put down his chopsticks, got up and hugged his fists and asked, "I don't know what happened to this benevolent brother?" ”

"This benevolent brother." The man also clenched his fists and said, "In the next abruptness, I can hear a sentence or two of what Brother Fang Cai said, I don't know that Lord Xue in Brother Ren's mouth is the current first assistant Lord Xue?" I don't know what Brother Ren has to do with the officer training corps in Beijing, and what are the urgent matters? ”

"No, no." Xu Lang hurriedly denied it, "Brother Ren listened to the errand, and he didn't say anything about Xue Ge Lao. ”

The man gave another salute: "I am not talented, the surname is history, the name is lawful, and the word is constitutional." ”

Xu Lang was shocked, and hurriedly returned the salute: "It turned out to be Master Shi, please forgive me for not knowing Mount Tai with my eyes." ”

Shi Kefa smiled: "I don't know the name of Brother Taigao? ”

"Don't dare. In Yulin Bay, Yazhou, the capital of Lower Qiongzhou, Xu Lang, a remnant of the Song Dynasty. ”

This time it was Shi Kefa's turn to be surprised: "You are Xu Lang?" The remnants of the pre-Song Dynasty in Yulin Bay? Two surprise attacks on Shengjing, Xu Lang, the official worship of the third-grade general? ”

Xu Lang and Shi Ke were surprised: "Master Shi knows the name below? ”

"Not only do I know that this official admires you in Yulin Bay, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to meet, but I didn't expect to meet General Xu here today." Shi Kefa pulled Xu Lang to laugh, then turned his head and ordered, "Shopkeeper, bring good wine and food, I want to drink with General Xu." ”

Xu Langxiang conceded: "My lord, please take a seat." ”

"Sit together, sit together."

Xu Lang and the three of them sat down with Shi Kefa, drank a few glasses of wine, and exchanged a few words, Shi Kefa asked: "I don't know what the urgent matter General Xu just said is, can you tell me a word or two for this official?" ”

"Excuse me, sir." Xu Lang briefly talked to Shi Kefa about the loss of Xi'an, the withdrawal of Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou, and the possible actions of Huang Taiji, and Shi Kefa's brows became tighter and tighter.

"Master Shi doesn't have to worry." Xu Lang pretended to persuade, "I think the Holy One will have a perfect solution." ”

Shi Kefa shook his head slightly but did not answer positively: "This official and father-in-law have passed away, and I am in a hurry to go back to mourn, alas." ”

Xu Lang knew that Shi Kefa was currently leaving his job because of the death of his father-in-law. After the funeral, Shi Kefa was appointed as the right attendant of the household department and the right servant of the imperial history, replacing Zhu Dadian in charge of Caoyun, and patrolling Fengyang, Huai'an, Yangzhou and other places. Shi Kefa impeached and dismissed the three grain governors, added one person to the Caochu Road, and vigorously dredged the Nanhe River, so that the Caowu was greatly rectified. After that, he was transferred to the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, counselor of confidential government affairs, because the army had not been trained for a long time and had no combat effectiveness, Shi Kefa played eight reform opinions.

"Now that the rogue is in full swing, Lord Yang and Lord Hong can only avoid the edge for the time being." Xu Lang pretended to be anxious, "The Manchu Tartars are ready to move again, even if I have the heart of loyalty to the king in Yulin Bay, but the Yulin army is too small, and I am really powerless." ”

Xiao Junzhe interjected: "Sir, don't worry too much, our Ming Dynasty has millions of soldiers, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the south of the Yangtze River. When we go to Beijing to see Xue Gelao, the imperial court will have a way. ”

"There is a situation in Nanjing." Xu Lang muttered.

Shi Kefa didn't show his meaning anymore, and took a cup at Xu Lang and the others: "I am fortunate to meet General Xu today, and this official respects General Xu with a glass." ”

"Thank you, Master Shi." Xu Lang replied with a cup.

The next day, after saying goodbye to Shi Kefa, Xu Lang and the three of them flew in the direction of Beijing.

Tao Min in Busan had just received information from Xie Tian and urgently found someone to call Tao Gong to his room.