After a very hearty lunch, and a little rest in the private room, the head of the guards saw that it was not early, so he came to Fan Wucheng's side and asked Fan Wucheng when he would start inspecting the various trading industries of the "Datong Commercial Bank" in Wuqing County. The result was to the surprise of the leader of the guards, Fan Wucheng, who has always been very dedicated to his work, gave him an answer that was not to set off immediately, but to say that he had been tired on the way, and he seemed to have a little cold when he slept yesterday night, and his head hurt a little at the moment, and he planned to rest first and then inspect tomorrow. Although the leader of the guards was a little strange, the Fan Fourteenth Master in front of him was fine when he went out in the morning, why did he feel uncomfortable again at this moment. But as a subordinate, he has neither the qualifications nor the courage to question Fan Wucheng, all he can do is do as he is ordered.

Although the scale of the "Tianfulou" Wuqing branch is not as good as the "Tianfulou" main store in Liangxiang City, it is also the leading restaurant in the local area, in addition to the main business of catering for guests to eat and drink, providing accommodation for guests is also one of its essential business items. Therefore, it is not difficult to prepare a place for Fan Wucheng and his party to rest and stay. And after hearing that the owner was unwell, the shopkeeper of the restaurant naturally would not let go of this good opportunity to express himself. As soon as he heard the news, he ran over very attentively to ask for warmth, and instructed his men to pack up several heavenly rooms for everyone to rest. Subsequently, this guy wanted to send someone to ask the most haode lang in the city to come to check the pulse of the owner, but Fan Wucheng said, "But the car and horse are a little tired, and there is nothing serious." Rest and rest and it's fine".

After sending away the shopkeeper of the restaurant who was a little too attentive, Fan Wucheng ordered the accompanying guards to wait in the next room, so as not to disturb his rest. Although the leader of the guards felt that Fan Shiye was acting a little strange today, he was not as approachable and kind as he was on weekdays. However, Fan Wucheng had already said that he was not feeling well just now, so some changes in his mood were normal. Second, no matter what, Fan Wucheng's identity is the master and the master, although the personal guard is not under the control of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade in which he is in charge of the subordinate relationship, but the respect and deference to him are the same as those of the committee, the military department, and the security department. Therefore, there was no doubt about Fan Wucheng's orders to the head of the guards, and he immediately took a few of his men to the next room to wait.

At this time, all the people that Fan Wucheng thought would hinder his actions left the room, and only he and his three or four cronies were left in the room. Since the house is full of his own people, Fan Wucheng will no longer hide and hide and delay time. While taking a set of green clothes and hats from a close servant and changing them on, he instructed the cronie who was helping him to change his clothes: "It may take a few hours for the master to go, and he will not come back until the evening." During the period of Ye's absence, you and Xiaosi have to do a good job, and you must not let others know that Ye and I are out. ”

"Rest assured, the little one understands. This is not the first time this has been done, and there will be no mistakes. The cronie replied with a smile on his face while bowing down to sort out Fan Wucheng's clothes.

"It's not the same time as it used to be. In the past, the master said nothing in Youzhou City, and the guards would never have any doubts. Now that the big war is imminent, several brothers are afraid that some accidents will happen to our brothers during this critical period, and have now issued a 'summoning order', strictly ordering all brothers to return to the 'cool garden' before Chinese New Year's Eve, and requiring all personal guards to ensure the safety of our brothers, and never let us act alone, otherwise these guards will be asked.

With such a strict order, those guards are usually familiar with the master, no matter how friendly they are, they will not let the master leave their protection and leave it alone. At that time, it will still be a trivial matter for them to find a master in Wuqing County, and if this matter reaches the ears of several brothers, it will inevitably be a turmoil. You know, in order to have this opportunity to come out to inspect, I have spent a lot of time with a few brothers before. If they knew about it, I didn't know how much effort it would take to explain it to them when I went back. Therefore, if the good things of the master are ruined because of the negligence of the two of you, the first thing the master will do when he comes back is to pick your skin. Fan Wucheng ignored the blind confidence of his cronies and warned viciously.

After speaking, without waiting for his cronies to answer, he continued to ask, "Is the carriage ready?" ”,

"Back to the fourteenth master, when I was having dinner just now, Xiao Wu had already hired the carriage, and he stopped at the back door of the restaurant and waited. Gifts to cover people's eyes were also prepared and placed on the carriage. The cronie replied cautiously, for fear of upsetting his master, and although he might not really pick his own skin when he turned back, he would not be able to run away with a severe punishment.

Fan Wucheng snorted lightly when he heard this, and did not speak again. After his cronies helped him change his clothes, put on the small hats and ear protectors often worn by his servants, and put two plasters on his face, he took out the small mirror he carried with him and looked at it, confirming that his dress should be able to deceive most people, then he nodded with satisfaction, took a cronie out of the room, and walked towards the back door of the restaurant with his head down. Since the location from Fan Wucheng's room to the back door of the restaurant did not pass through the room where the guards were waiting, the guards on duty at the door only saw the backs of Fan Wucheng and his cronies dressed in green clothes and hats, thinking that they were sent out by the master to do errands, and they did not suspect it. After all, their duty was only to protect Fan Wucheng, not to monitor Fan Wucheng, let alone to monitor the whereabouts of Fan Wucheng's servants - even if there might be spies planted by the Ministry of Intelligence among these guards, he only had the right to spy on them, and would never ask Fan Wucheng's servants about their whereabouts in person, let alone confront Fan Wucheng.

So, Fan Wucheng and his cronies walked out of the back door of the restaurant very smoothly. Seeing that his master who was dressed up and almost unrecognizable came out, Fan Xiaowu, who was already waiting here - Fan Wucheng's cronies and servants had all changed their surnames to Fan, and they were Fan Wucheng's house slaves - hurriedly jumped down from the carriage and ran forward to help Fan Wucheng into the carriage.

Fan Wucheng waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to come over to hold him. Instead, he looked to the left and right, and after making sure that there was nothing suspicious, he walked briskly to the carriage, lifted up his shirt, jumped onto the carriage with a brisk step, and then got into the carriage with a short body. Fan Xiaosan and Fan Xiaowu also got into the carriage and got into the carriage.

The handlebar style of the car was taken aback by the behavior of these three people, especially Fan Wucheng's agile movements when he jumped into the car, and the feeling of being as light as a tanuki when he landed on the car, which made him a little surprised, he couldn't understand which servant this was, and he had such a haode skill. However, surprise is surprise, as a qualified handlebar style, he knows that he should not ask, do not look at what should not be seen, and do not say what should not be said, these "three no principles". Therefore, although he was surprised in his heart, there was no undeserved expression on his face. It was only after Fan Wucheng and the three of them sat down firmly that he asked lightly: "Where are you going, a few guest officers?" ”

"South City, Willow Shade Lane." Fan Wucheng replied in a low voice.

The handlebar style didn't say much, and shook the whip. With the crisp sound of the whip of the car, the carriage started and headed smoothly in the direction of Nancheng.

The Wuqing branch of "Tianfulou" is in the north of the cross street of Wuqing County, and the Liuyin Lane to the south of the city can be regarded as passing through the city. Fortunately, the county seat of Wuqing is not large, so the carriage carrying Fan Wucheng's master and servant took a short time to reach its destination and stopped in front of a small courtyard.

When the car stopped, Fan Wucheng did not get out of the car immediately, but signaled Fan Xiaowu, who was accompanying him, to call the door. Fan Xiaowu jumped out of the car, stepped forward, and knocked lightly five times on the closed courtyard. After a while, there were five same knocks at the door, and then a young woman's voice asked, "Who's visiting outside the door?" ”

Fan Xiaowu replied: "The villain is the little servant of Master Fang's family, and Master Fang has something to give to Master Wu in your mansion." ”

"It turned out to be the fifth big brother of Master Fang's family, please come in quickly." The young woman in the courtyard opened the courtyard door as she spoke, but it was a very pretty little girl.

Fan Xiaowu thanked the little girl, turned around and returned to the side of the carriage, and together with Fan Xiaosan, he took down a large bag of gifts prepared in advance from the car, and carried them into the courtyard under the guidance of the little girl. Behind them, Fan Wucheng also got out of the car, and after saying to the handlebar, "Wait here, we have to go back", and then followed Fan Xiaowu and the others into the courtyard.