The thick aroma of wine filled the room, the charcoal in the brazier burned red, and the firelight reflected everyone's faces. Hu Sanniang grabbed the small wine jar in her hand, poured a sip of wine, wiped her bright red lips, and her pretty face, which was originally a little red, looked crimson in the firelight.

Song Ting is not good at drinking, so he broke off a chicken leg from the roast chicken wrapped in lotus leaves, stuffed it into his mouth, and when the aroma of roast chicken slowly dissipated with the leg meat in his abdomen, he smacked his mouth and said: "Tonight, Fang Lajun's fifth watch is in trouble, and we must evacuate before the fifth watch." Right now...... Eat and drink enough, rest for half an hour, and later, whether it rains or not, we will rush to Gusu Street. Just now Yanqing went downstairs and asked the way, Gusu Street is not far from here, and you can get there in half an hour by horseback, so you don't have to rush too much, take a break, take a rest, everyone hasn't rested for a long time. ”

Fang Cai Yanqing not only went to ask for directions, but also bought felt hats, roast chicken, wine and other things back, of course, this is also what he ordered to buy, after all, everyone has worked hard for a day, although the four of them are in good physical condition and can withstand the beating, but since they have already understood the location of the stereotype, there is no need to rush at this time, they can eat and drink enough before going on the road.

Hearing him say this, Lu Junyi nodded silently, Yan Qing said that he was not tired at all and could be responsible for guarding, Hu Sanniang didn't speak, and looked at him with slightly drunk eyes, she looked a little charming.

There was a slight silence, only the sound of drinking and chewing, and the four of them were drinking and eating roast chicken, Lu Junyi suddenly raised his head: "Master Ma, are we really not going to report to the official?"

Listening to his words, Song Ting threw the chicken ribs in his hand to the ground, stood up from the low stool, and found that Yan Qing and Hu Sanniang were also looking at him expectantly, so he clapped his hands and said: "It's too late to report to the official, and there are 300,000 people in the Fang La army, so it's useless to report to the official...... Suzhou City will fall tomorrow, even if it is reported to the official, the official will not believe it, instead of wasting and entangled with the government, we should quickly find Chen Zhixian and escape from here. ”

The three of them nodded, and Lu Junyi said, "It's still the master of the horse who is thoughtful."

"Without further ado, let's rest for half an hour and then hurry." While speaking, Song Ting walked to the side of the bed and lay on the bed and pretended to sleep. The soft bed stretches his muscles and bones, and he feels comfortable and relaxed.

Lu Junyi sat on the chair and closed his eyes to take a nap, while Yan Qing and Hu Sanniang didn't sleep at all, carefully listening to the movements around the room.

Half an hour later, he settled the house money and forage money for the shopkeeper on a daily basis, took out the horses that had been fed the forage from the stable, and the four people who put on felt hats set off for Gusu Street.

At this time, the rain stopped, the ground is still waterlogged like a pool, the air is filled with a fragrance of osmanthus, it turns out that Suzhou City likes to plant osmanthus flowers, and there are osmanthus trees along the street. A bright moon hangs high in the sky, and there are lanterns on the street and by the river...... The smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the beautiful scenery is like this, but I don't realize that chaos is coming.

"Gusu Street, Pingjia Lane, Zhang Ji Iron Shop......" four riders searched all the way, and finally found this so-called "Zhang Ji Iron Shop" after turning around and asking passers-by non-stop.

Deep in the alley, there is a tattered flag with the word "Zhang Ji" embroidered on the door of a shop, and the door is only half open. The sound of Dada's horses' hooves became the only movement in this deep alley. At this time, in the middle of the night, only the faint bean lamps shrouded the whole alley in a faint light and shadow, and the "Zhang Ji Iron Shop" emitted a glimmer of light from the curtain, and most of the lights were lit inside.

"This is it." Yan Qing, who led the way in front, said, took the lead in dismounting, took the reins of Song Ting's mount, Song Ting dismounted, the reins of the horse were led by him, and the felt hat was also handed over to him.

Lu Junyi dismounted, handed the reins to Hu Sanniang, felt the hat behind his back, stepped forward and knocked lightly, and asked inside, "Is anyone there?"

The sound of coughing came from inside, knowing that there were living people inside, Lu Junyi opened the curtain and glanced inside, then nodded to Song Ting, and went inside.

Song Ting bowed slightly, followed him and walked in, leaving Yan Qing and Hu Sanniang outside the door to lead the horses.

As soon as he entered the door, Song Ting saw three people around a low table, pulling something from a pile of scrap iron, and the sound of striking iron came from the back door, and he found the bearded stereotype from the three, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Seeing the two people coming in, the three people who were pulling things on the low table also raised their heads, the stereotypes were still unkempt, their beards were longer and thicker than before, their hair was tied in a bun, wrapped in cloth, but unfortunately they didn't wrap much, and most of them were still fluffy and draped behind their heads, completely looking like they hadn't been groomed for dozens of days. When he saw Song Ting, his two eyes rolled for a while, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and he was surprised: "Brother Chaozhong......"

Song Ting couldn't help but smile: "Brother Yuan Ze, don't come to harm?"

Chen Gui shook his head, wiped his eyes with his hands, and said, "I'm not dreaming, am I?"

"Ah Ping, you screw me!"

After listening to the master's such a cheap request, Ah Ping, a fifteen-year-old boy with a dark face, did not dare to disobey the master's orders, so he had to do it.

"Oops...... Why are you twisting so hard! Clumsy! You can't learn anything! Chen Gui yelled fiercely at Ah Ping, and the spittle stars flew in the space.

The honest and innocent young man Ah Ping was so frightened that he raised a pair of hands to protect his face, and said in a snort: "Master, don't hit me in the face!"

"Your face is so black, who rarely hits you in the face!" Chen Gui said, and slapped Ah Ping's head lightly and heavily.

Ah Ping touched his head and muttered, "Master, it's obvious that you asked me to screw ......"

Chen Gui didn't continue to pay attention to this stupid apprentice, but looked at Song Ting, smiled and asked, "I heard...... Brother Chaozhong...... Well, you're a colt now? ”

Seeing that Song Ting bowed slightly, Chen Gui changed his hippie smiling posture, and immediately knelt down and bowed: "See the horse!"

His apprentice Ah Ping and another thin man in his forties next to him were startled when they heard the sound, and they also knelt on the ground and kowtowed. This is the only time they have seen the royal relatives in their lives.

Song Ting helped Chen Gui up, let the other two get up, and said to Chen Gui: "Bearded, you and I used to be like that, and now we are still like that, you don't have to call me a concubine, it's better to call me Chaozhong."

Chen Gui scratched his head and smiled: "Then I'm welcome!" I like the pony without a shelf...... Wait, bearded? You call me a beard? Grabbing a handful of mustaches that he was horrified, he smiled and said, "Okay! Good! I'm Chen's beard! ”

Chen's bearded temper was very much in line with Song Ting's appetite. Everyone else is respectful to him, but this bearded man doesn't care about those red tapes. I remember the first time I ate in a small restaurant, Chen Dabeard didn't care whether others ate or not, and mainly ate himself. Even if this practice is obtained after a thousand years, it will be criticized, but Song Ting knows very well that he is for the sake of invention, saving those red tape time for invention, the progress of human society needs this kind of person, this kind of person is not a madman, but a genius.

"Who are these two?" Pointing to the two people beside Chen Gui, Song Ting asked.

Although he had already guessed that the boy who was about fifteen or sixteen years old should be his apprentice Ah Ping. However, I don't know who the thin man in his forties and dressed in gray clothes is?

"This is apprentice Ah Ping." Chen Gui pointed to the left and right, and introduced: "This is Lao Liu under our Twenty-Mile Pavilion, I don't know much about the journey to Suzhou, so I asked him to be a guide."

Old Liu Yan smiled and nodded, showing a respectful look towards Song Ting. Originally, he thought that the county prince should be riding in a big sedan chair, showing official authority everywhere, and the imperial relatives must also be bullying people everywhere to show off their might, who knew that the two people in front of him, a county lord and a horse, actually did not have any official shelf, and were very approachable, which made him feel a sense of discomfort.

"Twenty Mile Pavilion...... I remember, it's not Miaowangpo, right? Song Ting recalled that at that time, the trial of "Liu Mou'er's murder case" was that the bitter master's family was from Wangpo Village, Twenty Pavilions Temple.

"It's not Miaowangpo, it's Gazikeng......" Lao Liu smiled on his face, and he was still honored to greet him with his relatives.

"Oh......" Song Ting was not in the mood to chat with Lao Liu now, but pulled up the old rules and said: "Without further ado, we must leave now."

"Huh? Why? Chen Gui obviously didn't know anything about the important news of "tonight's Wufeng Fang Lajun's incident in Suzhou City", so he showed a surprised expression.

Song Ting couldn't tell him directly, "There are people here to rebel tonight", so he said euphemistically: "I just heard the news, someone is going to hunt you down tonight...... Don't ask so much, come with me! ”

"Hunt me down? …… Anyway, my bearded Chen is also a dignified seven-rank court official, who dares to hunt me down? ”

As soon as Chen Gui shouted these words, Song Ting noticed that the sound of striking iron in the direction of the back door suddenly stopped, as if he suddenly realized something, and pulled him: "Don't talk, follow me immediately!"

"But...... My hook ...... My hook! ”

"What hook?"

"The ...... of the press-fire rope to be used on the musket Do you remember that crooked hook? I have searched all the blacksmith shops in Yangzhou, but they can't do it well, only this Zhangji ironshop in Suzhou can do it well, Brother Chaozhong, you also know that every accessory on the musket is missed by a millimeter, a thousand miles away, and it is not allowed to be sloppy ......" muttered the stereotype.

Chen Gui was dragged by Song Ting, although Chen Gui did not have his physical strength, he still stretched out his hand and shouted in the direction of the back door to strike iron.

At this time, a tattooed man with a naked upper body suddenly came out of the back curtain, holding a nine-ring red iron machete in his hand, grabbed the door, bolted the door, and made two "hehe" sounds in his mouth, staring at him with bared teeth, and laughing: "None of you can escape!"

"Boss Zhang, ...... you?" Chen Gui stared blankly at the tattooed man, with disbelief in his eyes.

Lao Liu and Ah Ping were also taken aback.

Lu Junyi, who was on the side of the tattooed man, wanted to make a move, but Song Ting shook his head at him, signaled him to wait before making a move, and then asked the tattooed man: "Good man, what are you doing here?"

The tattooed man raised his knife and pointed at the old rules: "You are the magistrate?"

Chen Gui nodded stunnedly, "I'm the magistrate!" ”

The tattooed man laughed three times, his arm and abdominal muscles were knotted, and his face showed a hideous look: "Then you must die tonight!"

Chen Gui blinked: "Why?"

There was contempt in the tattooed man's eyes, and he raised his knife and pointed at everyone present, and said: "Tonight, the Holy Father is coming to capture Suzhou City, and in this city, no one who is an official will let it go...... Hehe, including you, the magistrate! General Liu Yun had already issued a secret order, to get the head of a nine-grade official, a reward of 1,000 yuan, to get a seven-grade official head, a reward of 3,000 yuan, as for the top of these seven grades, there is also a reward for beautiful women......"

"If there's any news, tell me as well." Song Ting interrupted him lightly.

As soon as he spoke, the tattooed man's attention was all focused on him, and his vicious eyes stared at him for a while, then he snorted and asked, "Little rabbit, what did you say!?"

(End of chapter)