Part 4 Maritime Silk Road 11, Night Exploration of the Tiger's Den

Although he knew that Felipe was not short of money, Shen Qi still did not reply to him directly, this matter had to be discussed with Elder Yuekong, and a strategy could be formulated together before the trip could be made. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

After being full of wine and food, they sent off the Western merchants, and Shen Qi and the others returned to the warehouse and found that Zhu Hui had not returned.

Song He and Wanxi were about to go out to find someone, but Shen Qi hurriedly stopped them, considering their reckless behavior last night, they were worried that the two of them would cause trouble, while Zhu Hui was much more stable than them, and just when they were arguing with each other, Xuande Zhenren suddenly came back.

The three of them gave Xuande Zhenren a salute and invited him into the house, and when they learned that Elder Yuekong could not come back for the time being, Shen Qi couldn't help but be a little anxious, Felipe and the others were still waiting for a reply, if the deal was made according to their wishes, they would have to go back to Nanjing immediately.

As soon as he sat down, he found that Xuande Zhenren seemed to be preoccupied, and Song He asked why, it turned out that he had nothing to do during his time in Southern Shaolin, and set up a stall outside the mountain gate, and he didn't want to make money, so many pilgrims liked to ask him for fortune telling.

Yesterday, a pilgrim came to count the hanging, and even drew three auspicious signs, and the heart was very happy, and the two chatted, Xuande Zhenren only knew that this person spent a lot of money to buy a merchant ship ticket, ready to do business in the Ryukyus, and accidentally met Shen Weijing, and found that this person knew the Ryukyus well, and spoke the truth, and was simply a right-hand man sent by God, so he went to the Shaolin Temple to repay his wishes.

Hearing this, Xuande Zhenren was taken aback, I wonder if this Shen Weijing is his apprentice? According to the characteristics of Jingming's appearance, accent, words and deeds, etc., they were questioned one by one, and the pilgrims answered fluently, but they praised Shen Weijing like a flower, and admired Xuande Zhenren, who could pinch and calculate, even more so much!

I don't know what Jingming has done, Xuande Zhenren suddenly became angry and scolded loudly: "Abominable evil obstacles, it's really a dog that can't help the wall!" ”

The pilgrim who didn't know what was going on thought he was scolding himself, and he didn't understand why the old fairy suddenly got angry? was so frightened that he turned around and ran, and when Xuande Zhenren woke up and came to chase, where could he catch up? Therefore, he rushed back to Yuegang overnight to find his disciple Jingming.

Shen Qi also briefly described what happened recently, and was about to go out to find Zhu Hui, Xuande Zhenren thought in his heart, Liu Qian relied on Pang Shangpeng's power, lawless in Yuegang, and now Shen Qi blocked his financial path, Zhu Hui went to find him alone, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck.

With the experience of wandering the rivers and lakes in this life, Xuande Zhenren believes that if he comes forward to solve it, he will be able to settle this thorny trouble, and time is not waiting, so he will go to "visit" Liu Qian.

I found that the old man was extremely tired, and I wonder if he had eaten? Shen Qi shouted, "Wanxi, hurry up and make some food for the real master." ”

Wanxi didn't have a good impression of Xuande Zhenren, and replied wryly: "I only fight, and the food I cook is not delicious." ”

Xuande Zhenren knew that they were in a hurry, so he stood up with a smile, stroked his snow-white beard and said: "I ate a lot of things on the way, and I am not hungry at all, besides, Poor Dao went to find Liu Qian, there is no need to fight, you all don't care, I can go alone." With that, he got up and left.

Shen Qi had no choice but to send him out of the hospital, and Xuande Zhenren found that Song He and Wanxi looked murderous, so he hurriedly stopped them and said: "Two, you can fight, you can't subdue demons and eliminate monsters, forget it." ”

"Back then, the ancestor of my family was also one of the eighteen disciples of Changchunzi......"

Before Song He finished speaking, Xuande Zhenren smiled and said, "Is Liu Qian a good person?" Let the poor Dao go and see it first, if it becomes a spirit, we have a spell to subdue demons and eliminate monsters, if it is a muddy person, it will not be too late for you to fight him again. ”

"This son is the younger brother of Song Jiang of Hubaoyi, who studied under a Qingdao Dao and entered Yunlong Gongsun Sheng, and learned to call the wind and rain, soar the clouds and drive the fog, how can I not subdue the demons and eliminate the monsters? Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law......"

Song He's words reminded Xuande Zhenren, hurriedly interrupted his words, leaned in his ear, whispered a few words, and turned around and drifted away.

Xuande Zhenren came from Southern Shaolin, regretting along the way, at such an age, he couldn't control his emotions and scared away the pilgrims, if this person went home to see Jingming, and told him what happened, Jingming This kid can't hide? It's hard to find him anymore.

Jingming grew up with Xuande Zhenren since he was a child, and the relationship between the master and apprentice was very deep, of course, most of his bad problems were also learned from the master, Xuande Zhenren was depressed and unwilling in this life, and he had wandered the world, been abducted and deceived by the pit, and spent most of his life in confusion, until he met the Elder of the Moon Sky, and he was on the right path. If the ridiculous things he did before were all forced to do it, then what happened to Jingming that caused him to do those speculative things?

According to his understanding of his disciple, Xuande Zhenren knew that in fact, he was very timid, and he couldn't help but speculate in his heart, could it be that he was sent back? fell in love with Wu Xiang, a kid in Nanjing, and went astray and had no face to see people, why did he come to Yuegang for no reason?

Could it be that Jingming had already inquired clearly, and Liu Shufang, who was in Xingji Qianzhuang, made a fortune in Yuegang and tried to defect to him? With the experience of Xuande Zhenren, it is not difficult to guess what the result will be, people like Liu Qian, who wish that the people who knew him earlier, are all dead, how can they take in Jingming?

In any case, if you find Liu Qian, you may be able to know Jingming's whereabouts, so Xuande Zhenren inquired about Liu Qian's mansion regardless of fatigue, ran more than 50 miles, and came to Zhangzhou Mansion.

It's past the hour, Xuande Zhenren is dizzy with hunger, most of the wine shops and tea shops in Zhangzhou Mansion have closed, and there are few pedestrians on the street, he went around Liu's mansion for a while, which is much bigger than Tang Jing's mansion in Jinling, only to see the tall wall hung with red lanterns, the spacious archway under the door D open, there are many bodyguards standing outside, it seems that something big has happened.

Xuande Zhenren rested for a while, and suddenly found that a fast horse was whistling, and the person who came threw the stirrup off the saddle in front of the mansion and got off the horse, handed the reins to the bodyguard, and hurriedly ran into the house, so he couldn't sit still, got up and wanted to break in, but was stopped by the bodyguard.

In order to test the situation, Xuande Zhenren deliberately said: "Please report to Liu Daguan, there is an old man who has come to visit." ”

The bodyguard outside the door asked in surprise, "Who are you?" What's the matter with us, Master Liu? ”

"Catch up on the old days, nothing else." Xuande Zhenren replied calmly.

The bodyguard sneered and shouted, "Get out!" ”

Immediately took Xuande Zhenren by surprise, and it was also a preliminary verification of his guess, now this Liu account room is really amazing, the old man came to visit, and his subordinates didn't even ask, so they were so rude, and they suddenly became angry, so he gasped a few times, suppressed his anger, and asked calmly: "Do you know who I am?" ”

"It doesn't matter who you are, a month ago, there was a little Taoist priest who wanted to deceive my master, and only a few days after we beat him away, my lord was angry when he saw the old way, if you don't get out, be careful of the whip in my hand." As he spoke, the bodyguard snapped the whip......

No need to ask, this little Taoist priest must be pure and clear, at this time, he found that there were people coming in and out, all of them were very busy, as if they were looking for someone, Xuande Zhenren thought about it carefully, could it be that Liu Qian trapped Zhu Hui in the mansion and was investigating his identity.

"May I ask if there has been a guest surnamed Zhu in your mansion?" Xuande Zhenren asked again.

The bodyguard was stunned for a moment, squinted at Xuande Zhenren, and asked, "Are you invited by the master?" ”

Xuande Zhenren nodded and replied: "Exactly, I'm afraid that only poor Dao knows the details of this guest surnamed Zhu." ”

"You wait a minute, I'll send a report to the family." This bodyguard didn't dare to slack off, and ran into Liu's mansion with a smoke.

After a while, a butler came out and asked, "May I ask where the chief is from?" ”

Xuande Zhenren was full of confidence, and replied without hesitation: "Fuzhou!" ”

After hearing this, the housekeeper asked the guard of the concierge and asked, "Have the people we sent to Fuzhou come back?" ”

"Uncle Qiqi, how can it be so fast? It would be nice to be back tomorrow morning. The porter replied.

"Did you find the little Taoist priest who was taken away a few days ago?" The butler then asked.

The leader of the bodyguards replied, "I heard that I found the boy's den, and I will be able to get him back soon." ”

So, the housekeeper came to the front of Xuande Zhenren and said quite politely: "This Taoist chief, it's really not a coincidence, there is something in the house today, and it is inconvenient for Liu Daguan to meet guests, please come again tomorrow." ”

As soon as the words fell, a carriage suddenly came, stopped in front of the door of Liu's mansion, and two big men got off the car, and threw the five flowers and tied up Jingming on the ground.

Several big men pushed and shouted that they wanted to escort Jingming to Liu's Mansion, but he was frightened and begged: "Grandfathers, spare me, I, I don't dare to talk nonsense anymore, get out of Zhangzhou Mansion immediately, and never set foot in Lingnan half ......a step in the future."

Obviously, Jingming doesn't know what to do when he is kidnapped, Xuande Zhenren listens to it, and his heart is very uncomfortable, for the mentality of Liu Ledger, he has already watched the fire, an upstart like him, what he is most afraid of is that acquaintances expose his shortcomings, the more acquaintances he is, the more he doesn't want to see, it must be when Jingming defected to him, he said something he didn't like to hear.

It stands to reason that Liu Shufang and Pang Shangpeng are just a master-servant relationship, and Xuande Zhenren knows a little bit about Pang Shangpeng's personality, so he will not protect a former servant like this, since he dares to be powerful on Pang Shangpeng's territory, there must be an ulterior secret.

Taking advantage of the bodyguards dragging Jingming into Liu's Mansion, Xuande Zhenren quickly left this place of right and wrong, bypassed the patrolling bodyguards, and climbed over the wall into Liu's Mansion from the backyard.

At this moment, Liu Qian was sitting in the main hall, there were two maids pinching his feet and beating his back, he was sipping fragrant tea, while waiting for the arrival of news from all walks of life, tonight must be clear, Zhu Hui is still not Jinyiwei? What is the purpose of accompanying Shen Qi to Moon Port?

Since he invited Zhu Hui into the house at dusk, Liu Qian secretly sent someone out to investigate, he was like a humble gentleman, accompanied Zhu Hui to drink and catch up, until late at night, from this kid's mouth, he was stunned that he could not get any valuable news.

At the same time, Zhu Hui also tried to inquire about Pang Shangpeng's situation, but Liu Qian also did not leak, the two chatted all night, and it was inevitable that they felt a little tired, and they drank until late at night, secretly took sweat medicine, and finally drank Zhu Hui down......

Liu Qian was most worried that Zhu Hui was investigating Pang Shangpeng, of course, he was also afraid that what he had done would reach Pang Shangpeng's ears, so he sent many minions out to investigate, if Zhu Hui was no longer Jinyiwei, he would kill him tonight.

Zhang Biao, Zhang Biao, the prefect of Zhangzhou, Tian Youcai, and others from the Fujian Jinyi Guard's Command Department stationed in the Yuegang Guard, have all heard the news one after another, no one has heard of the name Zhu Hui, and the people sent to Fuzhou to investigate will not be able to come back until at least tomorrow, Liu Qian is worried that once Zhu Hui wakes up and wants to leave, he will not be able to do it, so he remembered Jingming, who had just been beaten away, and sent someone to arrest him back, no matter what, Zhu Hui's origin must be found out tonight.

Jingming, who was tied up with five flowers, was thrown at Liu Qian's feet, Liu Qian waved his hand to the family, and they all retreated, and then drove the two maids away, and then asked reservedly: "Jingming, don't blame me for being ruthless, do you know why I came to you?" ”

Jingming, who was so frightened that he sifted the chaff, begged: "Master Liu, spare your life......"

"Look at your useless look!" Liu Qian said with a slight smile and continued to ask, "Remember you once said that you came from the capital?" Then you tell me the truth, why did Zhu Hui, the brocade guard who lived in Tang Jing's house back then, also come to Yuegang? ”

Jingming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, immediately stopped crying, and said in disbelief: "This little bastard, why did he also come to Yuegang?" Could it be that you're chasing me? ”

Liu Qian sneered and asked, "Hehe, why did he chase you?" ”

Jingming was also worried about revealing his identity, and he didn't know why Liu Qian inquired about Zhu Hui's situation, so he was silent for a long time, and replied rather depressedly: "I am poor, I have made a mistake." ”

Liu Qian was suddenly shocked, as if he had verified that Zhu Hui was still a Jinyi guard, but it was this damn Jingming who recruited him, and he was immediately furious, stepped forward and grabbed Jingming's collar, and asked viciously: "What mistake did you make to let him chase here?" ”

Mistakenly thinking that it was caused by his fraud in Nanjing, Jingming hurriedly defended: "Wronged, Liu Daguan, I, I have wronged, I have all returned it to them, and I haven't even won half a tael of silver, I don't know what this little bastard is still chasing me for?" ”

Liu Qian listened to these words inexplicably, and made trouble for a long time, it was the disaster brought by this damn bull's nose, Liu Qian was furious, kicked him to the ground, and scolded: "Damn thing, you made a fucking mistake, where is it not good to run?" I just ran to Yuegang, and I dragged you out to feed the dogs. ”

But Jingming was scared stupid, I don't know what mistake I made, lying on the ground kowtowing like pounding garlic, begging for mercy, suddenly, he found that something was wrong, Liu Qian, who was sitting on the Taishi chair, was like a demon, staring at his big eyes and half-open mouth, and he didn't move......

At this time, Jingming was extremely nervous, and hurriedly looked forward, backward, left and right, and found nothing abnormal, so he moved his body to escape, but as soon as he turned around, he found that the master was standing behind him.

Jingming mistakenly thought that he had bumped into a ghost, and fell straight to the ground with a bang, and began to foam at the mouth......

Like an old fairy, Xuande Zhenren descended from the sky and floated to Liu Qian's approach, only to see that the corners of his mouth were full of ha, rolling his eyes, trembling all over, and still couldn't hide the extreme fear in his heart.

So, Xuande Zhenren nodded, stepped forward to pat his face, smiled and sighed: "What else is Liu Daguan, hehe, it's just an ordinary demon, far from cultivating into a refinement." ”

(End of chapter)