Chapter 398: Master Guest

Hu Guiyang experienced another "hand-over" trip.

Before dawn he went out with Yuan Mao, came to a small temple nearby, and stayed with a eunuch's tablet for more than half an hour, he was handed over to a strange coachman, and transferred to the back door of another large temple, where there was no need to wait, the mule cart was ready, and he got on the car and left.

The new driver was quite hearty, and shook the whip in his hand so loudly that he did not hit the animal, and kept chatting with the mule named "The Lad" in his mouth, encouraging at one time, laughing at another, and reassuring at another......

Hu Guiyang listened interestingly in the carriage, and tried to interject several times, but couldn't find a chance, the coachman spoke too fast, changed the topic faster, one sentence went to the sky, and the next sentence went to the ground, and no one else was allowed to join at all.

After a long detour, the mule cart finally stopped in an alley, and the coachman said aloud, "Guest, you can come out." ā€

Hu Guiyang couldn't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, and after getting out of the car, he didn't know where he was, went around to the front of the car, and said with a smile: "With Your Excellency's eloquence, being a coachman is a little wronged." ā€

The coachman is not very old, in his twenties, and he also smiled: "Fuqin needs to have a bosom friend, and there must be a suitable listener to speak, 'young man' is the best listener in the world for me, if you want to talk about grievances, it is not me but it, you have to work every day, and you have to listen to my nagging." ā€

Hu Guiyang became more and more fond of the coachman, "Dare to ask what Your Excellency is called?" ā€

"I drove around the city just to hide people's eyes, I don't ask your name, and you don't have to ask me, wouldn't it be nice to forget each other cleanly?"

Hu Guiyang laughed and said, "Reasonable. ā€

The driver pointed into the alley, "Go inside, I don't know where to stop." ā€

"Thank you."

The coachman arched his hand slightly, and then flicked his whip, "Young man, run, let your hooves trample the streets and alleys of the capital, and prove that you are a noble-born 'Beijing Mule', and the eunuch can hold power, you ......"

The sound was drowned out by the sound of rising hooves, and it didn't take long for even the sound of hooves to disappear.

"This is a strange person, but it's a pity that he didn't have the opportunity to get acquainted, and the person who can support him must also be a character." Hu Guiyang suddenly became more interested in this "escape", and walked into the depths of the alley, and couldn't help but think that his feet were also trampling on the streets and alleys......

Hu Guiyang walked slower and slower, passing by the small door twice, but no one suddenly came out to invite him in, seeing that the end of the alley was ahead, he was a little confused, "Where is the person who picked me up?" ā€

The alley is connected to a bustling alley, and there are many shops and pedestrians outside, and Hu Guiyang stands at the corner of the street in a daze, not knowing where to go next.

He was about to take a step in a random direction, when someone behind him suddenly shouted, "That person, don't go!" ā€

Hu Guiyang turned around, only to see a middle-aged man in a robe running in a hurry, panting and stopping, "I almost let you run, where are you going?" ā€

"Me? I don't know, who are you? ā€

The man was about forty years old, dark and thin, as if he had just woken up, and there were traces of a hangover on his face, "Who am I?" I...... Who are you? ā€

"You stopped me, but you didn't know who I was?"

The man turned and looked into the alley, then asked suspiciously, "Did you come from here?" ā€

"Hmm."

"That's you, don't care who you are or who I am, come with me." The man was impatient, as if missing the previous handover was all a mistake on the part of the other party.

Hu Guiyang's high interest immediately decreased by half, and said with a smile: "Please lead the way." ā€

"There should be a signal, such as knocking on the door a few times or something, who can stand behind the door and keep an eye on it."

"No, what do you call you?"

"My surname is Pi, and my name is Pi Mingde...... Hey, how can I tell you this? I have explained it to the top...... Forget it, my name is Pi Mingde, and everyone else calls me Pi Liuye. ā€

"It turned out to be the sixth master." Hu Guiyang gave up again.

Pi Mingde led the guests into a small door and closed it, "What about you, what is your name?" You look like you've come to the capital from other places to take refuge, right? ā€

Hu Guiyang smiled: "It's better not to say my name." ā€

Pi Mingde pouted, "Whatever you want." See the small courtyard over there? You live there, everything is ready for you, and if you need to call me at any time, I will live in the house over there, not necessarily all the time, you can just call one or two times, don't keep calling. ā€

Hu Guiyang nodded.

This is the garden of a certain mansion, it is not very big, and it is not carefully cleaned up, there are dilapidated flowers and plants everywhere, and no one cleans it, but there is a different style of abandoned garden.

The small courtyard that Hu Guiyang lived in was quite small, the courtyard was only a few steps wide, and it was occupied by an old well that was nearly half of it, and the wellhead was blocked with large stones, which had obviously not been used for a long time.

There were only two rooms in the courtyard, and Pi Mingde brought people in, and without much explanation, he left directly, locking the courtyard door outside.

"Hey, you lock the door, how can I find you?" Hu Guiyang asked loudly.

"You just shout, I can hear it, if you don't answer, I'm not there." Piminde is gone.

Hu Guiyang inspected the two rooms, and the room was cleaned and clean, with a door connecting in the middle, one with a bed as a bedroom and the other with a table as a living room.

"It's better to go with the coachman." Hu Guiyang muttered, turned around and walked out of the house, came to the gate of the courtyard, and shouted "Pi Mingde Pi Sixth Master", but no one answered, so he kept calling.

After seven or eight sounds, an answer finally came from outside: "It's coming, didn't I tell you not to scream?" You're a guest who doesn't know how to read. ā€

"It's hard to be hungry and have fun."

"Wait a minute, I'll find you something to eat, it's really troublesome."

There was only one "interest" left in Hu Guiyang's heart: this person really didn't seem to know his identity.

The courtyard door opened, food was delivered, two large pieces of meat and a bowl of rice, Pi Mingde put it down and wanted to leave, Hu Guiyang stopped him, "Wait." ā€

"What are you going to do?"

"This is the meal you serve to your guests?"

"Well, what more could you want?" Pi Mingde asked with a glare.

"Bring your food."

Pimingde's eyes widened.

Hu Guiyang said with a smile: "Look at the oiliness on your mouth has not been wiped clean, give me good wine and good food, eat happily, and you will be rewarded." ā€

"Ha, you should reward yourself with a thicker cotton coat first." Pi Mingde was furious, stepped forward and pointed at Hu Guiyang's nose, "You are an outlaw who came to our family for refuge, and you dare to pick and choose?" In order to wait for you, the sixth master didn't even sleep soundly, you are good, wandering around by yourself, and almost missed it. I don't blame you, it's not bad, you still dare to pretend to be an uncle in front of me. Tell you, boy, don't say that in this garden, it is the entire capital, and your sixth master is also a famous person, you can inquire about it......"

"Which Wanjia?" Hu Guiyang only noticed this sentence.

"Huh?"

"I ask you which Wanjia you are?"

"What, which Wanjia?"

"There are several tens of thousands of families in the capital, there are thousands of cabinets and assistants, there are several brothers of Wan Guifei, there are thousands of rich people's homes, and there are ordinary families I don't know, which one is your family?"

"I—I didn't say this is Wanjia." Pimingde's face changed, and he turned to go.

Hu Guiyang was discharged from the hospital first, closed the door, and the lock happened to be still hanging on the door, so he casually locked it.

Pi Mingde patronized and scolded angrily, and only reacted when he heard the lock sound, and it was too late to open the door, "You, what do you want to do?" You kid, I don't know what to do, we have a family...... I have taken you in kindly, but you are ungrateful, and when I go out, I will hand you over to the government immediately......"

Hu Guiyang ignored him, walked around, and soon found the door to the other courtyards, and hesitated to push the door.

At least he knew that this was definitely not an ordinary Wanjia, and it was estimated that it was not a rich family, and the remaining "20,000", one was the first assistant and the other was the imperial family, which was indeed very unexpected.

"Yuan Mao can, no, he said it, and he doesn't know where the place is."

Hu Guiyang hesitated a few times, decided that it was better to be cautious, and turned to Pi Mingde's residence, which was a separate hut, well furnished, especially with half a table of wine and food, and had not moved many chopsticks.

Hu Guiyang laughed, sat down to eat and drink, and said with emotion: "It's so comfortable to be a servant in a powerful family, no wonder everyone is above the top, and some people rush to enter the house, tsk." ā€

He was eating when he suddenly heard footsteps outside, and someone pushed the door and said, "Pi Liu'er, have you received the guest?" Good hospitality, it's not convenient for me to show up......"

When the visitor entered the house, he was stunned for a moment, "Are you ......?"

"I'm a guest. You are ......"

"I'm ...... I am the host. ā€

The two looked at each other.

The owner was in his forties, fat and black, fat and panting, black and shiny, wearing silk and satin, quite like a rich man.

After being silent for a long time, Hu Guiyang spoke: "Thank you for the host's hospitality, this table of wine and food is prepared for me, right?" ā€

"Of course. Uh, why are you here? What about Pi Liu? ā€

"I said that place was too cramped, so Piliu changed places with me."

"This guy ......" the owner frowned, and then smiled and said: "Captain Hu is free, you can live anywhere, just don't go out of this garden, let others see it." ā€

"So you know who I am."

The owner was slightly embarrassed, "I know, I was also entrusted by someone to do me a favor...... That, you eat first, I'll ......"

"Let's eat a bit, I haven't thanked you yet."

"No, I have something to do."

"At least let me toast the master." Hu Guiyang got up, turned over another cup and poured wine.

The host hesitated for a moment, but walked over to the table, "Just a drink." Piliu changes rooms with you? When did this guy learn to make his own decisions? ā€

"I don't blame him, it's the two of us who hit it off at first sight." Hu Guiyang raised his glass and said with a smile: "The first cup, Xie Guifu took it in, and Hu was grateful." ā€

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." As soon as the master drank it all, as soon as he put down the cup, it was poured.

Hu Guiyang raised his glass again and said: "The second cup, the master is as blessed as the East China Sea and has a wide range of wealth." ā€

The host had to drink, and then covered the mouth of the cup, "Enough is enough, I really can't drink more." ā€

Hu Guiyang poured himself full, "Then I'll drink it, the master is free." This third cup ......"

The host removed his hand, "The last drink?" ā€

"One last cup."

"The third cup, I wish the family prosperity for generations, and the concubine happiness and longevity."

The owner was shocked, "Do you know who I am?" ā€

"Sorry, I shouldn't have said it, do it all over again: I wish the master ......"

The master smiled: "Since you know, it's even better." In the lower Wantong, a glass of Captain Hu. ā€

Wan Tong is a younger brother of Wan Guifei, Xing Er, who holds an idle position in Jinyiwei, and does not care about anything, although Hu Guiyang has not seen this person, but he has heard of it, and immediately said: "Lord Wan is my boss, or I respect you." ā€

"Really about the position, I don't care about your idle business, let's help each other in the rivers and lakes, just about friendship."

"Then you're welcome, Second Brother Wan."

"Brother Hu." Wan Gui laughed, obviously preferring the names on the rivers and lakes.

"Since it comes to friendship, can Second Brother Wan drink a few more glasses together?"

"Yes." Wan Gui sat down, glanced at the dishes on the table, frowned, and said, "How did Pi Liu entertain him?" That's it? ā€

"The wine is not good, the food is not too much, the important thing is to be able to eat and drink at the same table with friends."

"Well said. Why did Lao Qin say that your words are sharp, let me take care of it? ā€

"I don't hide it from this mouth, Eunuch Qin is good, but it's boring, so ......"

Wan Gui became more and more happy, "Indeed, that is a rare old scholar in the eunuch pile, who treats himself as a saint, but he is indeed a good person. Brother Hu, when it comes to this point - when will you hand over the Shenyu to me? ā€