The pock-faced man stretched his neck to look at the brand, arched his hand, and said, "Thanks to the official, the news is five taels regardless of size." ”

The flatbread took out a handful of silver from his bosom, one tael and one ingot, to say the least, seven or eight taels.

The pock-faced man glanced at the silver, didn't reach out to take it, and asked, "The official asks." ”

......

Half an hour later, Da Bi and Fang Fei informed Xiao Ren and Shen Tong of the news they had heard.

There were two large courtyards in that small alley, and a total of fifteen families lived. Not long ago, someone bought these two courtyards, and the tenants who used to live here got five taels of silver each and moved out happily.

Every two or three days, two people come out to buy some firewood, rice, oil and salt, and the people who come out to buy things are fixed, and they are all the same.

Flatbread said: "We are not the first to inquire, just the day before yesterday, the people of Flying Fish Guard also went to ask. ”

Shen Tong came to the capital and found out clearly, there is only one sect similar to the True Immortal Sect in the capital, what came out two years ago, what is it called the Huang Pozi Sect, the believers are all old women, pretending to be gods and ghosts, and it didn't take long for the government to ban it, the True Immortal Sect acted in a low-key manner, although there were some believers, but there was no splash in the capital.

The True Immortal Sect was able to attract the attention of Feiyuwei because of the letter from Old An Changhou to Li Guanzhong.

Xiao Ren said: "Mrs. Jiang and Fang Fei met the True Immortal Sect on the road to collect mules and horses, it seems that their plans are not small. ”

At this critical moment, a large number of ordinary people came to the capital, and their plans were not small.

The news from Li Guanzhong's side was also sent over quickly, similar to the Great Dao Circle, there are no less than twenty True Immortal Sects in the capital, most of them are in the downtown area, the more crowded the place, the less attention will be noticed.

Shen Tong asked Li Guanzhong: "Does Dingguo know about this?" ”

Li Guanzhong smiled: "This matter of the Great Qi Dynasty, except for Yanbei and Northwest, I am afraid that there is nothing that can be hidden from the Duke of Dingguo." ”

In other words, it is the same whether he says it or not, in addition to the Dragon and Tiger Guard in the south, the Xiao family in the Dingguo Mansion also has its own spies in Beizhili.

Li Guanzhong said again: "Listen to my father, Dingguo Gong sent Xiaoliu to the king of Yanbei County, this is not the practice of putting eggs in one basket, his old man is more handy than anyone else." ”

Not really.

The youngest two males of the Xiao family, one was given to the King of Qin, and the other was given to the King of Yanbei County.

And the way to give away children is also particularly beautiful, so that there is no way to take them hostage.

Xiao Ren was raised by the King of Qin and has a father-son relationship; The king of Yanbei County has the old Anchanghou by his side, and the eldest son of the old Anchanghou, Li Guanying, and Xiao Changdun, the duke of Dingguo, are friends of eight worships, and the reason why the old Anchanghou will go to Yanbei is that Xiaoliu has contributed a lot.

Shen Tong said: "Xiao Chai is doing very well in Yanbei, and Ling Zun treats him as if he is his own grandson." ”

At the same time, in the Dingguo Mansion, Xiao Changdun was also talking to his eldest son Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi said: "Exact news, Xiao Qi did come to the capital, and he lived in Yangliu Hutong, Miss Shen also came, and Li Guanzhong has been there twice." ”

A trace of melancholy flashed in Xiao Changdun's eyes, Xiao Ren came to the capital, but he didn't even enter the door of the Dingguo Mansion.

"Father, will Xiao Qi come to fight the front station for the King of Qin, the King of Qin has captured Songzhou, Jiao Shengqi is closed without a fight, in my opinion, Han Guang and Yanhua's base camp is afraid that it will not be guaranteed, if we attack Shunde Mansion at this time, the chances of victory will be a few points higher."

Xiao Changdun was silent for a long time, and he said: "Your Majesty's intention is to lure Yang Jincheng into Beijing and cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

Xiao Yi sneered: "His vision is so narrow, the rebels are about to hit the capital, but what he thinks about is to kill the people of the Yang family first, he cares more about the throne than about the Great Qi country." ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense!" Xiao Changdun reprimanded and said, "Compared with that puppet emperor, the emperor is the real royal bloodline, the rightful heir to the throne, do you want him to give up the dragon chair to the King of Qin?" ”

"Father, Xiao Qi is under the command of King Qin, do you want to see that one day, Xiao Qi will turn against us?"

"He's been turning against us for a long time!" Xiao Changdun shouted.

Xiao Yi was speechless, lowered his head, and didn't speak for a long time.

Xiao Changdun sighed and said, "Let Ama go and see Miss Shen, no matter what, it can be regarded as an acquaintance." ”

Xiao Yi was even more speechless.

When Fang Fei came back from the street, she brought back a lot of things, and Fang Fei said with a smile: "Uncle Ma gave it to the girl." ”

Shen Tong smiled, pulled Xiao Ren to look at it, and said, "Your eldest uncle sent it to you." ”

Xiao Ren's face tightened, his neck twisted to the side, and he refused to look at what he said.

Shen Tong still wanted to tease him, so he said, "If you don't want it, I'll let everyone share it together." ”

"Divide it, didn't you say it was for you? Your stuff, your way. Xiao Ren said with a stiff neck.

Shen Tong stretched out his hand to pull his neck, Xiao Ren's face turned red, and said, "They are all watching, don't." ”

"If you turn your neck, I won't pull it." Shen Tong said.

Xiao Ren had no choice but to twist his neck, so that those things were in front of him.

Shen Tong said: "There are excellent Jinchuang medicine and bone-setting medicine, as well as human skin masks, and the rest are osmanthus-flavored dim sum, only you like to eat this here, what do you say?" ”

Xiao Ren bit his lip and didn't say a word, Shen Tong asked Fang Fei to receive all the medicine and human skin masks into her room, and asked Xiao Lizi to take those snacks to the kitchen, Xiao Ren was expressionless the whole time, as if these had nothing to do with him.

At dinner, Xiao Ren went to Shen Tong to eat together, and after sitting down, he glanced at the table, there was nothing on the table except for the snacks sent by Amma.

"Just eat this?" Xiao Ren asked.

"yes." Shen Tong said.

"What about me?" Xiao Ren said unwillingly.

Shen Tong glanced at him and said, "Don't you want to eat with me?" ”

Xiao Ren made a straight face, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and took a bite, his face full of disgust.

Shen Tong pretended not to see it, Xiao Ren ate one piece after another, a plate of osmanthus crisp was eaten cleanly, and seeing Shen Tong holding a piece of osmanthus cake and eating it in small bites, as if taking medicine, he didn't like to eat at first glance, he simply grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth, and said to Shen Tong: "If you don't like it, don't eat it, I'll take you out to eat." ”

After speaking, he picked up Shen Tong and went out.

It was getting dark, Fang Fei opened the back door, and Ama hurriedly came out of the shadow of the tree and asked, "What did Qi Shao say?" ”

Fang Fei grinned and said, "Qi Shao didn't say anything, just ate all the dishes of osmanthus crisp, and grabbed the girl's piece to eat." ”

"Okay, good", Ama was overjoyed, took out a purse from his arms and stuffed it to Fang Fei, "Good girl, take this to buy candy to eat." ”

Fang Fei took it generously, and when she went back, she saw that there was a silver ticket of fifty taels inside.

Fang Fei was frightened, and hurriedly handed the silver ticket to Shen Tong: "The slave thought it was a small amount of money, but I didn't expect it to be so much." ”

Shen Tong returned the silver ticket to her again, and said, "Take what you gave it to you, and collect it yourself." ”