"Boss, let's have another pot of wine and add some pickles." The first three steamed buns went down, and Qin Baichuan also warmed up and greeted loudly.

"Here we are." Qin Baichuan didn't have a bit of a nobleman's shelf, and the shopkeeper was willing to serve, put the wine on the table, rubbed his palms and said with a smile: "Guest officer, you are really good at eating, and the laborers around you who are working hard to make a living will only eat two or three steamed buns at most, and you are already the fourth!" ”

"It's not that I eat a lot, it's that those laborers are reluctant to eat." Qin Baichuan smiled bitterly.

"Can't afford to eat?" The shopkeeper was stunned at first, and then suddenly understood, yes, those laborers who worked hard and sweated in the sea did more, who was willing to let go of their bellies and eat openly? The shopkeeper suddenly sighed and said with a wry smile: "Xiao Lao'er thought that the guest official was noble and would not understand the suffering of ordinary people, but now that I think about it, the guest can see it more thoroughly than Xiao Lao'er." ”

"I'm in business like you, you're the boss, and I'm just a hired hand, so I can feel a little bit of it." Qin Baichuan smiled, in fact, what he used was nothing more than the simplest customer analysis method, but unfortunately people in this era didn't know too much.

After saying a few words, the shopkeeper was about to say goodbye, but Qin Baichuan said again: "Boss, there is no one here at this time, so it is better to say a few more words." Look there......" Qin Baichuan pointed to the mansion destroyed by the Shenwu Dart Bureau, and frowned: "That Shenwu Dart Bureau...... Judging from the scale, it should not be small, why is it empty now? ”

"Listening to the accent of the guest officer is not a local, let alone a person in the rivers and lakes, it is normal not to know these things." The shopkeeper sighed and said: "Five or six years ago, the Shenwu Dart Bureau was indeed very prosperous, and the head of the general Wang Shenwu was a hero. Even the Anyang coastal army did not dare to show off its might here. ”

"Don't deceive the people, heroes." Qin Baichuan listened carefully and nodded in approval.

"Heroes are heroes, but they will inevitably do some foolish things." The shopkeeper's voice was full of regret, and said: "Anyang has a special location, so the Shenwu Dart Bureau also takes over most of the business on the sea, and I have heard rumors before that Mr. Wang has a very good relationship with the leader of a group of Jiangyang thieves named Bofeng Thieves who were entrenched in the sea at that time. ”

"Walking the rivers and lakes, it is inevitable to walk around a lot with black and white." Qin Baichuan thought about it for a moment, the leader of this wave of wind thieves was probably talking about Du Bo.

"That being said, the bad thing is also bad for the Wind Thief." The shopkeeper's face was full of hatred, and he snorted: "That winter, it happened that the merchants outside the island needed a batch of goods, and at that time, the coastal army received a ban from the imperial court and was not allowed to carry out coastal trade, which was sad for Duke Desheng. Li Mingxiu, who had just taken office, said that they could not go to sea, but the Shenwu Dart Bureau was not subject to this restriction. So, Li Mingxiu personally found Wang Shenwu and rumored to have a dart worth 300,000 taels of silver. ”

"This dart was looted by the Wind Thieves?" Since ancient times, brothers have turned against each other for money or for women, plus Du Bo said that he did it wrong back then, it is not difficult for Qin Baichuan to have such a guess.

"That's not either." The shopkeeper vetoed: "Xiao Lao'er also heard that he couldn't do it accurately, it is said that at that time, Li Mingxiu asked Wang Shenwu to escort a batch of weapons of the Dasong military system, long crossbows, and objects that seem to have some strange skills...... Oh, and there are also ceramics, calligraphy and paintings that are expressly forbidden by the law. ”

Qin Baichuan narrowed his eyes and didn't speak, smuggling arms and cultural relics is a capital crime in any dynasty, as for those so-called strange and obscene skills, it is likely to be some agricultural tools used in Da Song, the dynasty of Da Song is backward everywhere in Qin Baichuan's eyes, but in the eyes of those small islands in Dongying, it is already one step ahead.

"What kind of hero do you say Wang Shenwu is, can a hero ignore the law?" Having never heard such a story, Yan Ruyu couldn't help but interject.

"This little ...... Childe ......, "The shopkeeper is also a Linglong person, and after changing his name, he saw that the face of the boy who was dressed as a man was not very good-looking, and said with a smile: "Heroes and heroes always have to eat, and when he receives the dart, Mr. Wang doesn't know that it is these things." ”

"And then?" Qin Baichuan didn't care about these and asked.

Later, I don't know how the wind leaked out, not to mention what the dart was, the total price of 300,000 taels of silver alone was enough for the Jiangyang thieves to flock here. Let's not talk about the big songs, and the ronins on the surrounding islands have also been dispatched to encircle and suppress the Shenwu Dart Bureau...... Mr. Wang was only in his early twenties at that time, and he didn't know how to advance or retreat, so he fought hard with others and became blind in one eye. The shopkeeper seemed to be a little distressed: "Fortunately, the leader of the Wind Thieves was familiar with Haidao at that time, and he rescued the Shenwu Dart Bureau with people and goods. ”

"I see." Although the shopkeeper didn't finish speaking, Qin Baichuan knew almost everything: "Mr. Wang wants to recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind, and he can't send the darts to his destination, so he entrusts the leader of the Wind Thieves to go on his behalf." But I didn't expect that after the leader found out that the dart was a thing that Da Song expressly forbidden, instead of abiding by the agreement, he took the dart to the official? ”

"Childe thinks quickly, and the little old man has never seen it." The shopkeeper patted a sycophant, nodded and said, "I don't know my heart...... Hey, although the actual situation is a little different from what Childe said, it's about the same. ”

The shopkeeper looked at the old site of the Shenwu Dart Bureau, and said bitterly: "After Mr. Wang returned to Anyang, he returned the dart money and repaid double the payment. ”

"The Shenwu Dart Bureau is gone, the coastal army thinks this place is poor, and they don't come to take it over, and the old neighbors who have lived together for many years have also left to make a living, and it has become what it is now." The shopkeeper pointed to the end of the street: "In the past two years, more and more ronins have poured over from Dongying, and they dare not provoke the coastal army, so they show off their power here." I'm not afraid to talk to the guest officer, maybe in a few months, the power of the Dongying Ronin will infiltrate here, and the little old man will also move away. ”

The shopkeeper's voice was full of confusion about the future, and after he finished speaking, he no longer had any interest in chatting, and staggered back to the store. Qin Baichuan took out the half of the jade pendant that Du Bo handed over to him from his body, maybe in Du Bo's mind, with Wang Shenwu's ability, he should be able to revive the reputation of the Shenwu Dart Bureau again in a short period of time, but he didn't expect it to backfire, otherwise Du Bo would not let himself come to the boss.

"Sitting in front, but Qin Baichuan, little brother Qin?" After eating and drinking, Qin Baichuan was about to get up and leave, when an ordinary carriage came by the side of the road, and an old man's voice came out handsomely.

Qin Baichuan turned around and saw the old man poking his head out of the car window with a happy face, then pushed the car door, and hugged his fist at Qin Baichuan from a long distance, and laughed: "It's been less than twelve hours to meet Brother Qin twice, it seems that between us, the old and the young, there is a deep fate." ”

The old man was dressed in a washed white coarse cloth shirt, with a patch on his shoulder, and his clothes were shabby, but his hair was neatly combed, and there was no humility on his face. Yan Ruyu instinctively regarded the old man as Qin Baichuan's poor friend, and was about to turn his head and disappear, but saw Yan Juzheng standing up in a panic, saluting with a deep fist, and bowing to the ground: "Senior Yan Juzheng, I have seen Master Lu." ”

"This morning, the old man heard that Yan Mansion Yan Gongzi and Qin Xiaoge made a big fuss last night, it must be you?" This old man is not an outsider, it is the emperor he met in the bazaar, Lu Shigao.

"It's the junior." Yan Juzheng's excited lips were trembling, I have two forks, the other party is famous all over the world, a unique emperor, with his identity, he has to speak politely to himself, who will dare to look down on himself in this Anyang in the future? Yan Juzheng puffed up his chest and said proudly: "Lord Lu, the junior introduces you...... Well, you've seen this Brother Qin, and this—"

Yan Juzheng wanted to be so cool in his heart, and pointed at Yan Ruyu and said, "This is the sister, Yan Ruyu...... Ruyu, what are you still sitting for, why don't you hurry up and come over to meet Lu Shigao, Lord Lu. ”

When Yan Juzheng introduced himself, Yan Ruyu's face was so ugly and ugly, Yan Juzheng, you ate leopard gall, right? Although you are an elder brother, how can you call the word "Ruyu" casually? Yan Ruyu was almost furious on the spot, but when she heard Lord Lu Shigao, she was stunned, remembering that her father had also mentioned this name to herself.

"Lord Lu, which Lord Lu?" Yan Ruyu was a little unsure.

"Bastard!" Yan Juzheng roared in a low voice: "Of course it's the emperor, Lu Shigao, Lord Lu!" Hey, Lord Lu, the sister is young and ignorant, and she has never seen the world, so don't be like her. ”

Lu Shigao's life has been up and down, Yan Juzheng's intention to use his name is so obvious, how can he not see it? It's not good to cooperate with Yan Juzheng to act, Lu Shigao just smiled faintly, but Yan Ruyu jumped up all of a sudden: "Emperor-you really are-"

"Little girl, don't shout, don't shout, the old man passed by here, and happened to see Brother Qin drinking alone here, so he came over to see him." Lu Shigao waved his hand to stop Yan Ruyu's restlessness, and the latter covered his mouth hard, his eyes flashing with intense shock.

After Yan Ruyu quieted down, Lu Shigao smiled with a smile on his face: "Little Brother Qin, since there is a fate between you and me, why don't you find a place, how about you and I talk freely?" ”

"Lord Lu thinks too highly of Qin." Compared with Yan Juzheng's deliberate pretense and Yan Ruyu's shock, Qin Baichuan didn't say anything other than feeling a little surprised, he hugged his fists politely, and said with a smile: "We are eating, there is no need to find a place, there are still three steamed buns left, it is better to cheapen you." ”

"Huh?" As soon as Qin Baichuan's words came out, Yan Juzheng and Yan Ruyu's eyes widened at the same time. Lu Shigao, what kind of person is Lu Shigao? I'm afraid that there are countless eunuchs who prepare delicacies from the mountains and seas and invite people to go, but you Qin Baichuan is good, so you invite people to eat steamed buns? Even if you eat steamed buns, you dare to use a tone of charity?