Chapter 1559: Liu Yuanwai
In this kind of weather, it is almost summer, and few people wear black robes. Moreover, the people of the Central Plains generally regard black as unlucky, and no matter what season it is, few people wear black clothes.
As if sensing that someone was watching him, the middle-aged man immediately turned his head to look at Xuan Bao, who quietly looked away, and said, "It's a spiritual cultivator!"
With his current cultivation, he can retract the aura and prevent it from overflowing. Spiritual infants and cultivators who have cultivated above can do it, Xiao Yin and they have been in contact with this recently, otherwise they will always let the spiritual energy leak out, and it is too easy to reveal their identity!
Unless you are at the same level or higher than your own cultivation, you can find the aura that is converging, and others will not notice it. Therefore, Xuan Bao was not afraid that the man in black would see the flaws in his body, and whispered to Mu Huafeng, "Are there any other suspicious people?"
Mu Huafeng nodded and said, "Yes, there are more than 300 suspicious people in the Immortal Gathering in the past two days, all of whom cannot be investigated for identity, and they have a common characteristic, that is, their behavior is a little different from ordinary people!"
As for the origin of these people, Xuan Bao has already guessed a rough idea, it should be the spiritual cultivators who came to Tongxian Gate! It is estimated that the aura in the Styx Lake also has a part of them, but unfortunately now all of them have been absorbed by Xuan Bao!
The black-robed man took turns looking at the faces of the three of them, but found nothing strange, so he lost interest, turned his head, stopped asking about the cloth, and walked down the street.
Xuan Bao waited for him to go away, and said to Mu Huafeng and Gong Liangwei: "As long as they are behaving properly, they don't have to pay attention to it, it is estimated that they will leave here soon!"
Mu Huafeng nodded, and made a gesture to the two plainclothes city guards who followed behind the black-robed man, and the two quickly disappeared in the alleyway.
In view of the importance of Xianji City, Mu Huafeng, the general who defended the city, implemented the method of loosening the outside and tightening the inside, dividing the guards of the city into two parts, one part of the city guards and the other part of the city patrol guards.
The guards were responsible for the security of the four gates. The Xuan Dynasty stipulated a sword wearing system, and ordinary people were not allowed to carry any weapons unless it was approved by a local official.
Therefore, if you want to enter Xianji City, you must be clean, which is the main inspection target of the city guards. As for what to abide by after entering the city, it is the thing that the city patrol guards must supervise.
Since the emperor saw the identity of this person, Mu Huafeng also knew that the other party must know the fact that there was a tail behind him, and it was useless to follow him, so it was better to simply withdraw it generously.
"Let's go, let's go to the Tongfu Inn and have a look!" Xuan Bao said to Gongliangwei and Mu Huafeng beside him, and then walked forward.
Tongfu Inn is the largest inn in Xianji, and it is also the officially designated reception inn, which is very famous. The reason why it has such a big reputation is mainly that Tongfu Inn has a very famous rule, that is, the disabled live in the hotel, and the room and meal fees are free!
There are two red lanterns at the gate, which are lit at the end of the day and are not extinguished all night, and the oil is no longer added when the hour comes, and the purpose is to light the way for those who are still walking at night at night.
There are many people in and out of the lobby, and some are sitting at the table chatting, and it is not yet unitary, but some people have already committed the wine worm in their stomachs, so they sit at the table and push the cup with their friends.
Xuanbao walked in and saw that the shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his thirties, who was burying his head in the accounts, but his eyes and ears were very sharp, and as soon as the three of them entered, he had already found out and immediately raised his head.
A small servant had already come over and said to the three of Xuanbao: "The three guest officers, please! Now only the lower room is left, and the rest are all full." If the three of you are not satisfied, you can sit down for tea and rest, let's help a few go to other inns to ask, and notify the three of them if there is a room, I don't know what to do?"
Before Xuanbao and the three of them could reply, the shopkeeper had already trotted all the way to the three of them, and just wanted to kneel, Gongliangwei whispered: "Shopkeeper Liu, excuse me, don't make a noise!"
The little guy couldn't recognize the few people in front of him who were less knowledgeable, as a shopkeeper, if even the prefect and the city guard general couldn't help but come, it would be a strange thing!
It's just that Shopkeeper Liu never saw who this young man in the middle was, who could let the prefect and the city guard general accompany him at the same time, could it be a big official from the capital?
"Okay, let me greet you here, you go and greet other guests!" Shopkeeper Liu waved his hand at the little guy and asked him to leave.
"My lord, there are a lot of people here, why don't you go to the inner hall to rest?" shopkeeper Liu asked Gongliangwei softly.
Gong Liangwei looked at Xuanbao, saw him nodding, and said to Shopkeeper Liu: "Okay, then trouble Shopkeeper Liu!"
Shopkeeper Liu smiled and said, "It's an honor for the shop! Three adults, please come with me!" turned around and walked to the inner hall next to Xuanbao and the three of them.
This is a small meeting room, the room is very clean, lit with sandalwood, and exudes a faint fragrance.
It seems that it is not the first time that Gongliangwei and Mu Huafeng have come here, so they are very familiar with asking Xuanbao to sit on the main seat first, and then sit on both sides by themselves.
Seeing this scene, Shopkeeper Liu's heart jumped, and he immediately picked up the teapot on the table, walked outside to pour the tea inside, replaced it with a pot of good tea, and whispered in the ear of a small servant, and then walked back to Xuanbao and the three of them, and poured tea for the three of them respectfully.
The door of the inner hall was closed, and Gongliangwei said to Xuanbao with a smile: "Actually, the Tongfu Inn is very close to the official mansion, and there are some things that we need to grasp through these bosses to grasp the latest information." ”
Xuan Bao nodded, knowing very well that if the government wants to grasp the hearts and dynamics of a city, the best way is to have its own people among the people. And if Tongfu Inn didn't have an official background, it wouldn't be famous today!
Mu Huafeng looked at Shopkeeper Liu and said, "What is the situation of the few people who let Shopkeeper Liu pay attention?"
Shopkeeper Liu arched his hand and said: "Tell my lord, from last night to now, these people have been out of the room once, but every time they go out alone, the time is different, and they bring back a lot of things in large bags and small bags when they go back, and the strange thing is that they never call for meals, do not eat or drink!"
That's because they don't have to eat or drink. Xuan Bao didn't say this, after all, some habits of spiritual cultivators, these people try not to understand as little as possible, they can be surprised by these spiritual cultivators, but they don't need to understand how these spiritual cultivators cultivate, what habits they have, etc., so it is easy to bring disaster to themselves!
Gong Liangwei showed a puzzled look, and whispered to Xuanbao: "Why did you come together and go out alone?"
Xuan Bao smiled slightly and said softly: "A place like the Styx Lake can be said to be a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. is not a fairy sheep king, but those heavenly soldiers and generals are not easy to deal with. These cultivators act alone, and their aura is not very strong, but once they come out together, it will be obvious!"
I see! Gong Liangwei and Mu Huafeng both nodded. The door was gently opened, and an old man with white hair walked in, and Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Owner!"
It turned out that this person was the big boss of Tongfu Inn, nodded to Shopkeeper Liu, his eyes fell on Xuanbao and the three of them, looked at Gongliangwei and Mu Huafeng, and gave a deep salute, "The grass people meet the two adults, I don't know the two..."
The owner didn't finish his words, but his eyes stared at Xuanbao without blinking, the whole person's body suddenly trembled, and his face became more and more excited, and then he knelt on the ground with a "poof", and his entire upper body was almost lying on the ground, and he said in his mouth: "Liu Tongfu, grass people, knock on the emperor!"
The shopkeeper Liu next to him was also stupid, his knees weakened, and he also knelt behind Xuanbao. No wonder the prefect and the general of the city guard are willing to accompany him, it turns out that this young man is actually the emperor!
Xuan Bao smiled slightly, and said to Liu Tongfu: "Uncle Liu, I thought that this Tongfu Inn was sold to someone else by you, but it turned out that you were the owner! Yes, you did a very good job!"
"Liu Yuanwai can be regarded as the number one benevolent person in Xianji! Not to mention the various regulations of the Tongfu Inn for the benefit of the people, even if it is a weekly charity, it is also a good deed that the entire Xianji people praise!" Gong Liangwei nodded on the side and looked at Liu Tongfu with a smile.
Liu Tongfu was so excited that he knelt on the ground and said: "The grass people can have today, all because of the emperor's grace! The grass people remember every word the emperor said to me back then, and the grass people thought that they would never see the emperor in this life, but they didn't expect that they could still now..."
Because he was so excited, Liu Tongfu was speechless. Xuanbao was also embarrassed, seeing that he was not a fake, but sincerely moved, smiled slightly, and said to him: "Okay, you are also an outsider now, don't kneel in front of me, by the way, what about your two sons Liu Ren and Liu Yi?
Xuanbao remembered that the two teenagers, one blind and the other deaf, were both given by Liu Tongfu, who was his father, in order to prevent them from joining the Yin Army.
Back then, in order to protect their sons and prevent them from being arrested as soldiers, the people of the Central Plains didn't know how many families used the same means, which also invisibly reduced some difficulties for the Xuan army, otherwise the strength of the Yin army would be more than at that time!
Unexpectedly, the emperor still remembered the names of his two sons, Liu Tongfu's face smiled like a flower, straightened up, but did not get up, and said to Xuanbao: "Thanks to the emperor's Hongfu, they are very good now, but they are busy in the righteous hall every day, and they are not here." ”
"Yiguan?" Xuan Bao was stunned and looked at Liu Tongfu a little strangely.
Gong Liangwei next to him said with a smile: "The Yiguan is also a place opened by Liu Yuanwai, which is full of disabled people, everyone gets together to work, earn some money to support themselves, and not cause trouble to the family! I think Liu Yuanwai's biggest good deed is here, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish, and Liu Yuanwai is the hero of Xianji!"
Xuanbao nodded, looked at Liu Tongfu with appreciation, and couldn't imagine that a few unintentional words back then would actually contribute to a great benevolent person in Xianji City now, which was also beyond Xuanbao's expectations!
"Uncle Liu, you can't keep kneeling and talking to me, right?" Xuan Bao looked at Liu Tongfu with a smile.
Liu Tongfu knelt on the ground, his face was full of tears, but there was a smile on his face, he looked at Xuanbao and said: "Your Majesty, let the grass people kneel for a while! The grass people are stupid and can't say words of gratitude, only in this way can the grass people feel better! Liu Cheng, you go out to greet the guests first, just leave it to me here!"
The shopkeeper Liu behind him answered, got up and retreated respectfully, and as soon as he arrived at the door, Liu Tongfu suddenly stopped him and said, "When you get outside, you can't talk too much!"
Shopkeeper Liu nodded and said, "Boss, don't worry, Liu Cheng is not a talkative person!"