The shopkeeper reported a few words to the door, not only did he not get a reward, but was pushed by a strong man, the shopkeeper hugged his fists and arched his hands, his face was full of smiles, and after a few complaints, the strong man came over, first looked at Li Mao, and then circled around the magic power of Moqi, snorted in his nose, and asked lazily: "You really saw the trace of the old lady?" If you lie about the military situation, what do you see it is? ”

Dahan pointed to a row of bloody wooden sticks, and the shopkeeper smiled and said, "It's true, who dares to trick Da Lang into playing?" After that, he explained to Li Mao: "Since Da Lang posted a notice, I don't know how many people came to report the news, and all of them were false reports, Da Lang is a person with an anxious personality, and when he was impatient, he beat people with sticks. Speaking of this, the shopkeeper's face sank, and he asked Li Mao worriedly: "Guest, you won't look away." ”

Li Mao said: "As long as the portrait on the notice is not wrong, then there should be no mistake." The shopkeeper gasped and said, "You said that there should be no mistake, guest, you and I have no grievances, you can't harm me." ”

Mo Qi shouted: "Don't follow if you're afraid of being affected, no one will pull you here." The shopkeeper was speechless, gritted his teeth, turned back to the Han and said, "What we see is true, there will be no mistakes, please take us to see Da Lang." ”

The big man didn't say a word, just waved his hand, and the door opened, facing the Dao Shadow Wall, with the words "loyalty", "righteousness" and "bravery" written on it. Bypassing the shadow wall is a long corridor, at the end of the corridor is a solemn hall, the wings on both sides are also neat and solemn, and the flowers and trees in the courtyard are neatly trimmed.

Li Mao smiled secretly, what is a local tyrant, this is it, you are a businessman, you make your home like a festival envoy, what is the matter.

Passing through the door, walking through a few verandahs, and coming to a small courtyard, four sturdy young men at the door were playing a game of hand-to-hand games, and when they saw the big man leading people to arrive, they asked: "Are you here to ask for a reward, or are you here to ask for a fight?" Seeing the shopkeeper again, he exclaimed: "Xu Laosi, you are an honest man, why can't you bear to come to beg for a beating?" Xu Laosi smiled and said: "Hugh wants to make fun of me, this guest said that he knows the whereabouts of the old lady, and I will take him over to pay a salute." All the teenagers laughed in unison: "You pushed cleanly, but Da Lang's temper doesn't care about this, if he makes a mistake, he will beat you the same." ”

Xu Laosi, who was scared by typing, was excited, he fixed his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, it can't be wrong." An old man said in a harmonious voice: "Xu Laosi, we are acquaintances, I won't hide it from you, Da Lang has a bad temper in the past two days, if you let off the cannon and get beaten, don't blame the brothers for not informing you in advance." ”

The one who spoke was the head of the Hu family's gun and stick, named Wu Yinzhong, who was old and serious, and he also meant well, Xu Laosi heard it but his heart was weak, and he looked back at Li Mao, Li Mao smiled: "As long as the graphics are accurate, then it is right." Wu Yinzhong said: "The image of the old lady is written by Mr. Du, and there is no one in the house who says it is not like, you really saw the old lady?" ”

Li Mao nodded, everyone was overjoyed, and someone coaxed: "Man, you take us to see, if it is really to ask for a reward, if it is fake, you will also be exempted from fighting." Li Mao said: "If I don't see Hu Dalang, I won't say it." ”

Everyone couldn't coax him, so they had to go in to report, and from time to time, the housekeeper came out to invite Li Mao, and Mo Qi Shentong and Xu Laosi were blocked outside.

This small courtyard is very elegant, the courtyard is not wide, but it is well arranged, the open space is full of swords and guns, stones, hanging rings, a fat man is sitting shirtless at the stone table drinking tea, there is a beautiful concubine standing beside him, two slender maids, are seventeen or eighteen years old like a flower.

Li Mao stood up and saluted with his fists, but the man didn't look up, and asked while drinking tea: "Where did you see her old man?" Li Mao asked: "What is the relationship between the driver and the old lady?" The man looked up and asked, "Why do you ask this?" Li Mao replied calmly: "If you look for her for good intentions, I will naturally tell you the truth, if it is evil intentions, forgive your fate?" ”

The big man put the tea bowl on the stone table, made a loud noise, rotted into slag, and shouted: "Since you know, don't be verbose, provoke Lao Tzu's sex, and chop you alive." With this drink, Wu Yinzhong led a group of apprentices to break in like wolves and surround Li Mao.

Concubine Yuanxiu frowned, and hurriedly said to Li Mao: "The missing old lady is Da Lang's mother, and the guests should be suspicious, if you know, say it quickly, great kindness, and the Hu family will definitely repay it." ”

Li Mao glanced at the man, he must be Hu Yuchun, and then he told the whereabouts of the old woman, and before Hu Yuchun commanded, several men in Tsing Yi had already rushed away.

The concubine observed the words, saw that Hu Yuchun's anger had subsided, and hurriedly glanced at the two maids, and the two took clothes and put them on the head of the house.

Li Mao said: "I still have something to do, so I will leave." "The man didn't stay, the concubine was careful, and secretly asked people to follow Li Mao to see where he lived.

Seeing Li Mao come out, Xu Laosi asked nervously, "What did Da Lang say?" ”

Li Mao said: "He didn't see anyone and didn't believe me. Xu Laosi didn't dare to ask more, and accompanied Li Mao back to the store.

The wine and food have been served, Qingmo and Li Jie are sitting opposite each other chatting, Li Mao went out to Hu's house, the two didn't know, seeing Li Mao come back, they asked a few words at random, and invited them to eat and drink together, and the topic somehow turned to Liaodong.

Li Jiedao: "I have been to the military state of the Tang Dynasty, even Longxi, which has fallen into the dust, but Liaodong has never been there, which is a big regret in my life." Li Mao said: "Since the Pinglu army moved south, that place has been occupied by the Khitan and Murwei, and some Han people who are unwilling to Huhua set up forts along the river and sea to live, hoping day and night that Wang Shi will recover the lost territory. ”

Li Jiedao: "The Anshi Rebellion has hit the vitality of my Tang Dynasty hard, causing thousands of miles of fertile fields to fall into dust, which is sad and lamentable. Qingmo said: "What's the use of lamenting, the important thing is to recover as soon as possible, do the princes of the court have any big plans?" Li Jie smiled and didn't answer, and asked Li Mao and Qingmo rhetorically: "Do you two have a plan to recover Liaodong?" ”

Li Mao smiled and said: "I'll wait for a cloth, how can he de, what can he do, what to take to recover Liaodong." Li Jiedao: "You don't have to hide it from me, you are Ziqing Li Shangshu's henchmen, yes or no, if you can persuade Li Shangshu to float in the sea and go on a northern expedition, the old people of Liaodong will inevitably respond, and it is expected that the Khitan and Murowei will not collapse at the touch of a button, and the recovery of Liaodong is just around the corner." ”

Qingmo was drinking wine, and coughed when he heard the words, Li Jie smiled and said, "Little brother, what's so strange about this, I also stayed in the store that night, but you didn't pay attention to me." Although everyone was puzzled, Li Mao was like pressing a boulder. (Dissertation College)