Chapter 209: Imperial Watermelon (2)
"Lord Xiao......"
Seeing Xiao Tong's indecisive and hesitant appearance, Wang Yanhe despised it in his heart for a while, and was about to open his mouth to continue persuasion, when he suddenly looked stunned, looked behind Xiao Tong with a frightened face, and at the same time involuntarily raised his hand and pointed in the direction behind Xiao Tong: "Xiao... Lord Xiao... You... You..."
"What's the matter, Lord Wang, I was shocked, don't you know that the most important thing for an official is to have a stable mentality, and to have Mount Tai and not be ...... Uh......"
Xiao Tong saw Wang Yanhe staring directly behind him with his eyes as if he had seen a ghost, and turned around a little strangely, but the scene in front of him made his heart beat suddenly, and his body trembled and took a few steps back before barely stopping.
"You...... Who are you?! Standing with Wang Yanhe, looking at the stranger in front of him who appeared in this room from some point to date, Xiao Tong said boldly and tremblingly: "You are so bold, do you know what kind of place this is?" Believe it or not, an order from this government can make you unable to escape! ”
"Hehe, don't be nervous, if I'm really malicious, I'll have countless chances to take your life before you see me, and you two won't even have a chance to speak out." Tian Yuan looked at the two of them with a smile, and then threw Xiao Tongtong token casually, and said lightly: "No, take a look at this first, the two of you are not low, you should not know each other." ”
"Royal Guard!"
After taking the token and seeing the whole picture of the token, Xiao Tong and Wang Yanhe were both shocked at the same time, and couldn't help but look up at Tian Yuan. The previous horror was gone, replaced by a deep fear and awe.
Xiao Tong bowed down and returned the token with both hands, and asked in a voice: "I didn't know how much I was negligent about my identity before, I don't know what this adult is called?" ”
"My surname is Tian, as for the specific name, I guess you don't want to know it. As for what I'm doing today," Tian Yuan took back the token and hung it on his waist, glanced at Xiao Tong and Wang Yanhe, and said, "Did you bring back an assassin from the Tang Mansion in the east of the city today?" ”
Xiao Tong and the two of them were in their hearts, just an assassin, how could they have anything to do with the royal guards?
"Lord Huitian's words," Wang Yanhe replied respectfully, "There is indeed such a thing, but the assassin bit his tongue and committed suicide after the crime, although he was not killed at the time, but it was already in danger, I don't know why Lord Tian ......"
"Don't ask blindly if you shouldn't ask," Tian Yuan glanced at Wang Yanhe dissatisfied, and said, "Regardless of whether that assassin is dead or alive, transfer him and all those evidences to me." As for this case, as you discussed before, just announce the assassin's death to the outside world, and close the case. ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Xiao Tong tugged at Wang Yanhe's sleeve, and hurriedly responded, "Don't worry, Lord Tian, the lower officials know what to do, and tomorrow the lower officials will announce to the public that the assassin is dead, and the assassin's body will be burned along with those evidence, and no one will see any flaws afterwards." ”
"Huh." Tian Yuan smiled softly, glanced at Xiao Tong with satisfaction, and said: "Lord Xiao is really a person who understands the rules, since Lord Xiao is so cooperative, Tian is not stingy, so I will give Lord Xiao a piece of news for free." ”
"The Tang family has watermelons, the emperor already knows, if Lord Xiao reports at this time and quickly pays tribute to some watermelons, maybe he can change a good impression in front of the emperor, if it is a few days later, Lord Xiao will have nothing to take advantage of!"
If the watermelon sent by Xiao Tong can be sent to Chang'an before Li Siwen and them, maybe they can really get a chance to be promoted and make a fortune in front of the emperor, but if they are behind Li Siwen, it can only be regarded as the icing on the cake, and there will be no such a big surprise.
"This ......," Xiao Tong was stunned, "is what Lord Tian said true?" The Tang family's watermelon even the emperor already knows? ”
That's a little faster, isn't it? You must know that the watermelons in the Tang Mansion have only been officially sold five days ago, and even Xiao Tong and this Mansion Yin only heard about it the next day, the emperor is far away in Chang'an, how could he get the news so quickly? This Tian Daren can't be fooling people, right?
Tian Yuan didn't explain much, and said lightly: "I'm just giving a suggestion to Lord Xiao, whether I listen to Lord Xiao himself or not." ”
"That's it!" Tian Yuan's face turned pale, and he said solemnly: "My time is limited, so I will arrange for Lord Xiao to secretly send the assassin and those few pieces of evidence outside the city gate, and I will immediately escort the assassin back to Chang'an!" ”
"Yes, yes, Lord Tian don't worry, the next official will do it." Xiao Tong responded respectfully, and then whispered to Tian Yuan with some embarrassment: "It's just that the assassin has been seriously injured, I'm afraid that he can't withstand such a toss back and forth, and the lower official is worried about ......."
"It's okay," Tian Yuan waved his hand, and said indifferently: "I said before, it doesn't matter if you live or die, the important thing is to hand him over to me, even if he is really dead, it has nothing to do with you!" ”
"In this way, the lower officials will be relieved." Xiao Tong breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his head to Wang Yanhe and said, "Lord Wang, this matter is confidential, how about bothering you to go there in person?" ”
Wang Yanhe nodded in response, and then bowed his hand to Xiao Tong and Tian Yuan, turned around and walked out of the room.
"Lord Tian, I don't know about you...... Uh, what about people? ”
Seeing Wang Yanhe go out of the room, Xiao Tong turned around with a smile and wanted to be close to Tian Yuan, but as a result, the person disappeared again.
"Come without a trace, go without a trace, worthy of the royal guard!" Xiao Tong put away the smile on his face and praised softly, and then began to think about the watermelon royal tribute in his heart.
He doesn't know this secret guard surnamed Tian, this Lord Tian doesn't seem to have a reason to deceive him, if the emperor really knows the existence of watermelons and he, the Yin of Taiyuan Mansion, has no movement, a dereliction of duty hat is estimated to be unable to take off, and his impression of Xiao Tong in the emperor's heart is afraid that it will become even worse.
However, if the Tang family's watermelons are also as anticlimactic as the Pei family's greens, then how should he, the Yin of Taiyuan Mansion, deal with himself? planted two heels in the same place, which is also a taboo in officialdom, and it is a manifestation of the incompetence of officials, Xiao Tong has to think twice.
"Watermelon watermelon, I didn't expect my Xiao Tong's future to be related to a gadget that a loser made up when he was fine!"
One hundred acres, hundreds of thousands of catties of watermelon production, dry!
Xiao Tong clenched his fists, he still didn't believe it, he Xiao someone would always go back to the word, this time the watermelon, he Xiao Tong bet!
"Xiao Wan, don't you go to the Tang Mansion for a trip, let the Tang family immediately prepare two carts of watermelons for the mansion, the mansion will be of great use!" Having made up his mind, Xiao Tong immediately made a decision, and directly instructed his henchman outside the door, "Well, also, remember to be polite when you go to the Tang Mansion to speak, pay as much as you want, don't bully others!" ”
"Yes, sir!" Xiao Wan answered, turned and left.