Baoyu not only showed the national work token, but also performed the imperial weapon, which stimulated the unique spiritual use of this token, so his identity as a national worker is beyond doubt. Of course Vice Captain Xiaofei knows. Immediately bowed down, and after the rest of the garrison soldiers reacted, they also bowed.

There were many residents in the vicinity who were preparing to enter the castle, and even if they had never seen this scene, they had heard the legends, and when they saw the movements of the soldiers defending the castle and heard what they said, everyone realized that it was a noble national worker who had visited the castle.

Some of them had seen other national workers before, but it was the first time that all of them had seen them with their own eyes. The fact that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party presented the token so formally was indeed as miraculous as the legend said, and it was an eye-opener! Everyone bowed on one knee, and even the archers on the castle tower lowered their longbows and saluted in place.

Mura Bao was stunned, he knew that although Baoyu looked young, he was a monk with good cultivation. may have an extraordinary background, and he has been called a little gentleman all the way, but he never expected that this little gentleman would have such a big background! Mura Bao then realized that everyone around him was saluting Baoyu. Only he was still standing stupidly, and he quickly said on one knee: "Meet the national worker!" I didn't know who you were. ”

Baoyu put away the token and said: "This is just an identity, so you don't have to salute." ”

Everyone stood up again, and many residents were not in a hurry to enter the city at the moment, gathering curious onlookers nearby and whispering about it. This seemingly childish young man has the identity of a co-worker of the country, what is his origin, and why did he run to Feihong City?

Baoyu was very satisfied with the sign and carefully put it up, and before he left, the mountain god asked the mountain master to hand over the token of the country's co-workers to him, and said that this thing was very useful, and now it seems to be very useful!

Xiao Fei had already stepped forward and said, "Master Guogong, do you have any instructions for coming to Feihong City and showing your tokens in public?"

Baoyu smiled: "If I don't take out the token, it seems that I won't be able to get in!" Of course I have something to look for the city lord, I am not familiar with the terrain in this area, and I happened to meet the captain of the village treasure on the way, so I asked him to show me the way. ”

Xiao Fei hurriedly replied: "I was ordered to guard the city gate and not leave without permission, and I can't personally escort the national worker to the city lord's mansion, so I will send someone to report to the city lord immediately, and you can let the village treasure captain continue to guide the way." As he spoke, he commanded a sergeant to rush into the city to report to the lord of the city.

Then Xiao Fei leaned over to Mura Bao and asked quietly: "What's the matter with Master Bingshi, why is the appearance of the person we want to arrest the same as this national worker?"

Murabao replied: "This is a misunderstanding, it should be that the master of the soldier has made a mistake, let him go to the city lord's mansion to explain it in person later." ...... By the way, there are still fighters from our first team who are following behind, and I'm afraid they won't be able to arrive until after dark. You tell the sergeants guarding the gates to go back to the barracks and rest and wait for orders. ”

Baoyu walked into Feihong City in front of everyone's eyes, and it was the first city he had ever entered in his life. At dusk, smoke rises from many homes, and many people are walking on the road. The city is large and bustling, and many buildings are old and still stand here after years of restoration. There are many tall and old trees in the city, and many families have grown vegetables outside the yard and raised chickens in the yard.

The place near the city wall is relatively open, and the further you go into the city, the denser the houses become, the courtyard walls are taller and more neat, and there are no small vegetable gardens planted by people on the roadside. The road under your feet is paved with stone slabs, and you can't see the whole outline of the castle when you walk through it. There were shops in the city, military barracks and warehouses, as well as residences for civilians and officials, and Baoyu certainly couldn't pass through them all at once.

There is an ancient feature here, which is similar to other villages. There is a large square in the center of the city, and there are altars in the square. But there is also a small pavilion built on the altar here, and the altar is not open-air. The city lord's mansion is just behind the square, and there are guards on duty in front of the door. Seeing the City Lord's Mansion in Feihong City, Baoyu felt that the courtyard he had built for the mountain master in Lu Village was really shabby.

Lord Hongyuan, the city lord of Feihong City, is in his thirties and less than forty years old, he is a distant cousin of the monarch of the Xiangmuro Kingdom, with the same ancestor and surname, and he is also a member of the royal family, so he can be trusted and appointed to govern such a large city. Lord Hongyuan can become the city lord of Feihong City, and he may also have to "thank" that gang of rogues.

He took office two years ago, when the previous lord of the city asked the monarch to resign and was replaced, and the monarch sent Hongyuan. Although Feihong City is not in the strategic border zone, its status is also very important in the country of Xiangmuro and is highly valued.

After receiving the news, the city lord of Hongyuan had already walked out of the mansion, and happened to see the village treasure leading a young man over. He was slightly taken aback, Baoyu should be the national worker, but he was beyond imagination to describe his youth. But he is knowledgeable after all, looking at this young man carefully, he does have a calm and extraordinary air in his gestures, his eyes are clear and his skin is warm, and he is obviously good at cultivation and introverted.

Although Hongyuan himself is not a monk, he has also seen many masters in the national capital, and he still has this eyesight. He was already secretly guessing that this master of the national industry was probably not as young as he looked, but had just cultivated some kind of advanced secret method, showing such a description, but judging by his expression, he was definitely not too old, and he should be an important disciple of some great inheritance sect.

The Hongyuan City Lord didn't dare to slack off, and walked down the steps with a smile on his face and saluted: "This little gentleman is already a co-worker of the country at a young age, which makes the city lord extremely envious. I am Hongyuan, the city lord of Feihong City, may I ask your honorable name, welcome to this place, I don't know what Feihong City can do?"

Cun Bao had already flashed sideways to the side, and Baoyu also greeted him and saluted: "Lord of the city, since I left the mountain, the people I have met have all called me Mr. Xiao. That's what you called me just now, so call it that!"

The Hongyuan City Lord was slightly stunned again, and secretly said in his heart that this little national worker had such a big tone and confidence! Baoyu was actually a bit rude to answer in front of the city lord, and he clearly didn't want to say what he meant. Since you don't want to report your origin, why do you have to come to the city lord?

The lord of the castle is a position, and his status is very important and noble in the country of the prime minister, and it is not much worse than the lord of the kingdom in the capital. And the national worker is only an honorary status, although it is very respected, but with this status alone, the status may not be comparable to a city lord. As for those masters of the world who only have one title, are hidden in the cave mansion and rarely show up, of course, they have to say something else.

The city lord of Hongyuan was a very experienced and cautious official, and he did not show any different colors, but still greeted him very warmly: "Mr. Xiao must have an extraordinary background, and it is nothing if he doesn't want to say his identity for some reason, it is enough to have a token of national workers." My house is just preparing dinner, you have come from afar, please sit down and rest first, we can talk while eating. If you have something to do or have a request, just open your mouth at the table. ”

Just after entering the door, you are about to eat? It is really just in time for dinner! Baoyu glanced at Cun Bao and said, "Hongyuan City Lord, don't be in a hurry to eat first. I've come with Captain Murabao to see you, and there's a very important matter, so it's best to talk about it privately. ”

Hongyuan has been the city lord for two years, and there have also been national workers who have visited, but others have sent servants to report before entering the city, and they will not hide any identity and name, most of them are his old acquaintances in the national capital. However, this young gentleman is said to have displayed a token at the city gate to perform a magical magic, attracting everyone to watch and marvel.

But when he arrived at the gate of the city lord's mansion, this person did not reveal his identity, and did not even eat the prepared dinner, so he had to talk with the city lord in private. Hongyuan also felt that the situation was wrong, seeing Baoyu's solemn expression, and Captain Cunbao was also looking at him on the side, and nodded after a turn of thought: "If there is an important matter, you can't delay, Mr. Xiao, please come into the house to discuss it in detail." ”

Baoyu entered the city lord's mansion accompanied by Hongyuan, and came to a small hall on the side of the main hall, and was accompanied by the village treasure after sitting, Hongyuan summoned the servants to offer tea, and Baoyu saw tea for the first time and tasted it himself.

It is said that in the time of Emperor Shennong, most ordinary people just regarded tea as a non-toxic and edible young leaf, collected like wild vegetables, and cooked with other foods to make soup and eat. Emperor Shennong distinguishes the nature of the world's plants and trees, and takes the new buds on the tea tree to make tea, which is said to have the effect of calming the nerves and calming the heart, containing the essence of vitality, which can remove the "heart poison", and can taste all kinds of tastes in the world.

Since then, tea has become a medicine that benefits the body and mind, and people decoction tea juice to take it to dispel illness and prolong life, awaken the mind and eyes. However, it is not easy to collect and make tea, and it is difficult for ordinary people to enjoy it, and it is not only a precious bait, but also a kind of godly sacrifice. Ordinary people collect and process tea leaves, usually dried or roasted, and when consumed, they are decocted in water.

Later, the monks on the Ba Yuan also collected and refined tea leaves, which were made in a similar way to alchemy, which not only had better efficacy, but also could be stored and brewed for a long time. However, for a long time, it was only a drink for monks, and it was different from the way ordinary people made tea and drank it, and it was not spread among the people, and it first appeared in Ba Yuan.

Although the Hongyuan City Lord himself was not a monk, the tea he offered was made by a monk with the power of refining medicine, which showed its preciousness.

Hongyuan asked Baoyu to "look at the tea", what is so beautiful about this? It turns out that the cup used by the city lord to drink tea is also a treasure, and it is actually a glazed texture, completely transparent and free of impurities. It is generally fired in the purest sand and then molded into ware, which is much more complicated and difficult than processing pottery, and is expensive among the people and rarely made.

The cup taken out by the Hongyuan City Lord was obviously also refined by the monk, and it was only used to drink tea, but it was also noble and luxurious enough.

The seemingly dried tea leaves are brewed in boiling water, but they gradually stretch out, and return to the appearance of fresh leaves in the water, exuding a unique fragrance in the steaming heat. The smell is pleasant. No wonder the lord of the city said that he was asking Baoyu to "watch the tea", which he hadn't drunk yet, just watching it in a pure and transparent glass cup, which was also pleasing to the eye.

The tea was not cooked on the spot as usual, the water was boiled outside, and the servant came in with a pot to make the tea. The Hongyuan City Lord, who was full of doubts, had also been paying attention to the expressions of Village Treasure and Baoyu.

It is difficult for the village treasure to have the opportunity to sit in the city lord's mansion like this, and taste this rare tea drink with such a precious glass cup, if it is changed to usual, he will feel a little frightened or even flattered. But at this time, Mura Bao didn't seem to pay attention to the tea on the table, and sat there with his hands and ten fingers clasped in front of him. Seems a little nervous and anxious, it seems that something must be wrong!

And there was no abnormal look on Baoyu's face, he stared at the teacup and looked very curious, as if he was concentrating on the physical properties of the tea, but he never said a word, nor did he say thank you according to the normal etiquette, which made the city lord's heart even more bottomless.

It wasn't until the servants withdrew that there was no one else in the house, and the Hongyuan City Lord finally took a cup and said, "Little sir." Please taste this tea!"

Baoyu also picked up the glass cup and said bluntly: "Lord City, I occasionally come to Feihong City, and I passed by Baixi Village last month. Do you know what happened to me there? And do you know where the patrol army led by Nong Neng has gone?"

Hongyuan was stunned and said, "I know this place in Baixi Village, but what happened to Mr. Xiao there, how can I know it? And Nongneng is the deputy division of Feihong City. Right now, they're leading an army to patrol the city, and I've heard in the last two days that they've been going to follow up on the occasional thief. Could it be that the little gentleman met them and knew what they had discovered?"

Baoyu: "I met the Feihong City army led by Nong Neng in Baixi Village. They showed up where they shouldn't have been, they did things they shouldn't have done on their way around the city, and they didn't show up as a military formation......"

Baoyu didn't talk much nonsense, and directly told what he knew and encountered, and tasted tea while talking, and when he was roughly finished, this cup of tea was almost finished.

Looking at the Hongyuan City Lord again, he was originally holding the bottom of the cup lightly and holding the tea, but gradually his hand tightened the cup, and the palms of his hands were hot but he didn't realize it, the room was not hot, but in the end he was sweating.

Hongyuan is far more knowledgeable than Murabao, and his identity is different, so after listening to it, he did not doubt what Baoyu said. To be able to describe such a complicated situation and all the details so clearly, there is no need for this little gentleman to go to the city lord's mansion to tell such a lie. If it's fake, it can be exposed, but if it's true, the consequences are so serious!

Hongyuan also "understood" why Baoyu didn't want to reveal his identity. This is a scandal, not only the scandal of Rainbow City, but also a scandal that shocks the Aimuro country, and it will even become the laughing stock of the Xiangmuro country being ridiculed by the other four countries of Bahara. As the city lord of Feihong City, I'm afraid he can't afford it!

Hongyuan not only sweated, but also felt as uncomfortable as a pinprick all over his body, and he felt that he couldn't sit still. At this moment, a servant outside the gate asked, "Lord of the city, it's late, do you want to dine with your guests?"

Hongyuan subconsciously shouted in a dumb voice: "What to eat, wait for it, don't come to disturb me to talk with the distinguished guest!" Then he realized his rudeness, and hurriedly whispered to Baoyu, "Little sir, can these things you say be true?"

Although he knew that Baoyu could not tell such a lie, he still had illusions in his heart, what if this little gentleman was mistaken? Baoyu replied: "I heard that the soldier Yan Zhu had returned to the city yesterday, and he claimed that he had something important to report to you. Did he come, and what did he report?"

Hongyuan said in a trembling voice: "No, I haven't seen him at all in the past few days." As for the disappearance of the army led by the Agricultural Energy Institute, I also heard reports from others. It is said that Yan Zhu has left the city and is investigating, has he returned?"

Baoyu sighed and said, "I came back yesterday, and the city guard saw it with my own eyes, but I am afraid that I am no longer in the city at this moment." If the lord of the castle does not believe him, he will order the soldiers to be summoned to inquire about it. ”

Hongyuan immediately ordered Murabao to "invite" the soldier Yan Zhu to the city lord's mansion immediately, and in order to prevent changes, he also asked Murabao to take the guards in the mansion. There was not much time, and the village treasure came back to report that the soldier was not at home, and there was no one else at home, and the village treasure searched carefully, and the valuables were gone.

After a while, someone came back to report that Yan Candle had entered the city from the east gate yesterday afternoon, and that a neighbor had seen him go back to his home, but he had hurried out of the city from the west gate before sunset, as evidenced by the sergeant guarding the gate.

As soon as it was dawn today, Yan Candle's wife and children also went out of the south gate in a two-horse car, which was said to be going back to their parents' home. Seeing that the matter had been revealed, he hurriedly ordered the sergeant to prevent Baixi Village from sending someone to report the news, so as to delay as much time as possible, while he packed up his things and absconded in fear of crime, and also dismissed his family.

Hongyuan hissed and said: "Chase, chase immediately, send someone to arrest him back!"

Murabao reminded in a low voice: "Lord of the City, how can we chase him, and who will we send to chase him?

The evidence that has been available so far is that Nong Neng led an army formation disguised as a rogue, and attacked Baixi Village. And they are likely to be the murderers of the first two bloody crimes, but this fact still needs to be verified. As for the specific relationship between Yan Candle and Nong Neng, the details are not yet clear, but it is speculated that he must be an accomplice of Nong Neng, otherwise he would not have ordered Baoyu to be intercepted.

Yan Zhu has served as the military division of Feihong City for many years, and most of the military formations are his cronies, and if he doesn't disclose his crimes, it is not easy to send someone to arrest him. And Yan Zhu is out of the city alone, he is a monk of the Four Realms who has cultivated well, he is very familiar with the situation in the Xiangmur country, a large area of mountains and fields and many forks in the road, people have been gone for a day, where can they catch it?

The somewhat panicked Hongyuan City Lord finally calmed down, and asked in a low voice, "Little Sir, who else knows about this matter?"

Baoyu replied, "More than a thousand people know about it here. ”

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