The gray-clothed scribe suddenly spoke: "This little brother, it's not easy to go out, I paid for my father-in-law's tea, and it's good to have two steamed buns." As he spoke, he made two big bucks and threw them on the table.

The fellow put away the two large coins, weighed them in his hand, and walked away angrily. The middle-aged businessman and his black-faced guard glanced at each other and asked the wolf, "Uncle, look at your body, why are you going out alone, isn't your family with you?" ”

The wolf had been prepared for this just now, and when he heard the merchant ask, he coughed and said: "I won't tell you, Xiao Lao'er is going out of the city to go to the grave of his wife today, and Xiao Lao'er's daughter is married away from home, and I am alone and helpless, so I go out alone, you see, these are the things I prepared for going to the grave." As he spoke, he took out a small basket beside him, in which were two white candles and a handful of paper money.

The black-faced guard frowned: "I said old man, if you go to the grave, you can go to the grave, those things should also be hidden, we who go out to do business, you show us this, bad luck is not bad luck." ”

The wolf slapped his head and hurriedly covered the basket with a cloth: "The little old man was confused for a while, and he offended the masters, I'm really sorry." He said with a look of apology.

A trace of unhappiness flashed on the middle-aged businessman's face, and he seemed to be quite afraid of this kind of death and life. But in front of the gray-clothed scribe, he didn't have a seizure, but he no longer opened his mouth to ask, but hurriedly stuffed something into his mouth to eat, apparently wanting to get up and leave early.

The gray-clothed scribe smiled slightly: "My husband reminded me like this, I remembered that it was almost Qingming in the past two days, but unfortunately, I am now in the field and cannot go to the grave of my relatives." It's a shame to think about. When he said this, his expression seemed to become a little lonely.

The middle-aged merchant finished the last two bites of noodles, glanced at the gray-clothed scribe, and asked with interest: "This brother, I don't look like a businessman, what are you doing here so early in the morning?" ”

The gray-clothed scribe said "oh": "I like to travel around to study, I haven't been to Beijing before, this time I came to visit my old classmates, I stayed at an inn more than ten miles away from this last night, and I got up early today to come over." Just resting in this tea shop, where is the boss going to make a fortune? ”

The middle-aged businessman smiled and waved his hand: "It's just a blind busy, I don't know if I can get back to my roots." He didn't say anything about what kind of business he was doing, and he didn't even say where he came from. Where are you going.

As he spoke, the wolf slowly nibbled on the two steamed buns that the gray-clothed scribe had helped him nibble. While taking a closer look at this small tea shop. At this time when I came here, people came and went, and the people who stopped and hurried to do business have basically gone almost, and the four tables of people who are still sitting here are all dressed in rivers and lakes, holding swords and swords. Looks like he's waiting for someone here.

The three people at his table are obviously all skilled in kung fu, and even a little old man like himself, the black-faced guard has tried it. There was no reason to let this gray-clothed scribe go, and he had been sitting here for a long time, saying that he was visiting a friend, but he had no intention of leaving at all, and he was obviously waiting for someone.

While the wolf was thinking about it, there was a sound of horses' hooves on the official road, and when he turned his head, he saw a tall red horse, and a person riding on it was wearing a light red military attache robe, carrying a scroll wrapped in yellow silk on his back, and wearing a hedgehog? hat, carrying a knife at his waist, sword eyebrows, tiger eyes, heroic between his eyebrows, and three long whiskers fluttering under his chin, is it not the Jinyi Wei who has experienced Shen Lian?

Everyone's eyes were on Shen Lian, and a few people's hands had unconsciously touched their weapons, and the wolf now understood why Lu Bing wanted to protect this person by himself, Xia Yan had a lot of dead soldiers in the rivers and lakes over the years, and he had just set foot on the way home for Zhishi yesterday, and these people estimated that they had also heard the news that the emperor was going to send a decree to arrest Xia Yan, or they were afraid that Jinyiwei and Yan Song's people would cause harm on the road, so they waited in this tea shop, anyway, as long as it was a person who was unfavorable to Xia Yan, they would find a way to strike first.

Shen Lian was obviously prepared for this qiē, his brows furrowed slightly, he simply got off the horse, walked to the outermost table, sat down with a golden sword, his upper body was straight, his legs were slightly bent, his hands were clenched into fists, and he was placed on the table, which was a standard military attache sitting posture, the voice was not loud, but the full Zhongqi could make everyone hear clearly: "Shopkeeper, come to a plate of steamed buns and a pot of tea." ”

A guy led Shen Lian's horse to the side of the pile, just now the slightly older guy who had served the wolf walked in front of Shen Lian, this time he changed his smiling face, a gold tooth was flashing, and wiped the table diligently: "This official, you are tired of traveling, the steamed buns and tea in the small shop are famous for this Jingshi, and I guarantee that you are satisfied." ”

Shen Lian nodded, took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and threw it on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Help pack another basket of steamed buns, I want to eat them on the way." You don't have to look for the rest of the money, it's just a little quicker. ”

The little second happily took the silver, thanked him, quickly poured a bowl of tea on the table for Shen Lian, and sang loudly: "A cage of steamed buns to pack, a plate of steamed bun shop food, hurry up!"

Shen Lian's eyes were like electricity, sweeping from the faces of the people who were staring at him in this tea shop, and the wolf was also secretly watching these people, judging from the costumes, these people were good and evil, it didn't look like they were all the way, and they were quite wary of each other, it seemed that today's small tea shop was really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and it was not simple.

It's just that now that the hour has passed, even Shen Lian has arrived, and Feng Wu, who asked him to meet here, is nowhere to be found, although the wolf knows that she should be incarnated as someone in this tea shop, but she has not appeared, and she doesn't know if she has recognized herself, and if she starts to do it, she doesn't know if she will fight herself.

That day, the wolf only saw Feng Wu using the Phantom Invisible Sword all the way, and he didn't know what other martial arts she had, none of the people in these tea shops had her sword that day, and it seemed that the martial arts she used at that time would not be the Phantom Invisible Sword Technique, so he naturally wouldn't know which one was Feng Wu.

The three people at the same table, after Shen Lian appeared, looked at Shen Lian in unison, the black-faced guard's hand had unconsciously pressed on the knife, and the atmosphere in the small tea shop became very tense for a while, and the shopkeeper and his wife and the two guys didn't know where to hide after receiving the money, only more than 20 people from the rivers and lakes surrounded Shen Lian, and the fight was about to break out.

Shen Lian took a sip of tea and said loudly: "You have been waiting for me here for so long, I don't know what advice you have?" ”

A big man wearing a hat stood up, the brim of his hat was pressed very low, he couldn't see his face clearly for a while, and his voice sounded like a middle-aged man, and he said in a deep voice: "May I ask if Your Excellency is the messenger who is preparing to pass the decree to Lord Xia Yanxia, has Jinyiwei experienced Shen Lian?" ”

Shen Lian nodded: "It's here, since you know that Shen has the emperor's order, please make it convenient." ”

The big man laughed: "Shen Experience, I have been waiting here for a long time, just for you, you want me to make it convenient for you, then please give us a convenience first, what is this edict saying, can you tell us?" ”

Shen Lian's face sank suddenly: "Everyone, this is an edict issued by the emperor, no one is allowed to open it before it is read, and Shen does not know the content of it, only that he needs to catch up with Xia Yan, the former head of the cabinet, within three days, read this edict to him in person, and then act according to the orders in the edict." ”

The big man said coldly: "That means there's no talk, right?" Shen experience, we have also heard that you are an upright official, upright, and fought against the Japanese in Jiangnan, knowing that you are a good man, you should also know that Lord Xia has worked hard for the country, and is a great loyal minister, this time he was framed by Yan Song and his party, so he dismissed the official and returned to his hometown, and left a line of life, so he would see each other in the future, why did Shen experience go to kill them all? ”

Shen Lian also replied coldly: "This good man, Shen doesn't understand your words, Shen Mou works in the imperial court, and he should act on orders, what is written in this edict Shen doesn't know, but Shen knows that he must send this edict to Xia Yan and act according to the decree, you are here to intercept, do you want to resist the decree?" (To be continued......)