There were two long queues bustling at the gate of the city, one to enter the city and the other to go out of the city, forming two long winding lines.

From time to time, the people in the procession exchanged words and expressions, or showed uneasy expressions, or frowned, or impatient faces, or cast inquiring eyes, but no one dared to raise a loud voice.

Duanmu Fei stretched his neck and glanced in the direction of the city gate, the atmosphere at the city gate was serious and depressing, and several city gate guards were checking the people entering and leaving the city one by one, looking fierce.

Not only that, but there were three or four Dongchang fanzi wearing pointed hats and brown clothes patrolling back and forth near the city gate, interrogating, and their sharp eyes swept around like sharp arrows, and wherever they looked, those people were silent, either bowing their heads or avoiding their sight, and they didn't dare to look at the people of Dongchang at all.

Duanmu Fei also heard Bi Chan mention that in the recent period of time, because of the capture of two Nanhuai spies in Huangjue Temple, martial law is under law in Beijing, so that many people dare not go out for nothing, and now it seems that the investigation is indeed strict.

Almost everyone who enters and leaves the city has to interrogate, check the time of the first half of the tea, check the household registration, check the road guide, and ask the truth...... As a result, the procession moved very slowly, like a turtle crawling.

Hanxing was so bored that he yawned in the carriage, he was really bored, and asked the little waiter who pulled the cart to greet the guys in the roadside shop, and while waiting, he bought two paper kites, and a few straw grasshoppers and birds......

After waiting for nearly a stick of incense, before it was their turn to go out of the city, the carriage had already been loaded with a lot of miscellaneous things, Duanmu Fei was casually playing with a little fox made of straw, and felt that Han Xing and Feng Yan and Li Tingyou must be very compatible.

Well, this little fox is really exquisitely braided, so let's just take it back and give it to their family. Duanmu scarlet lazily picked through a basket of straw things.

As their carriage drew closer to the city gates, the sounds around them became quieter and quieter, and the faces of the people were uneasy and uneasy.

As the saying goes, there are two official words, and what they are most afraid of the common people is to provoke the government, not to mention, there are people from Dongchang patrolling here, it is said that Dongchang is a murderer without blinking! Once you enter the East Factory, you will enter vertically and come out horizontally!

In contrast, Duanmufei and Hanxing's carriage was full of laughter, Duanmufei was laughing with Hanxing, while opening the curtains again and looking casually in the direction of the city gate.

There were three or four people lined up in front of their carriage waiting to leave the city, and at this moment a hawker carrying a burden in front of them was being interrogated, and the vendor cowered and said: "Master Jun, I live in Chenjia Village, five miles away, and this morning I picked some vegetables grown at home and raised chickens in the capital to sell, and did some small business......

As he spoke, the peddler shook the burden on his shoulders, and saw two ends of the flat pole, one carrying a chicken coop, and the other carrying a small half-basket of green vegetables and turnips.

"These days, it's not easy to do a small business, you see, there are so many left that haven't been sold...... It's just spring sowing time, and there is a lot of farm work at home, so I can't do without people, so I have to go back early. The peddler babbled and frowned.

The city gate guard casually glanced at the two chickens in the cage, and said with a bit of meaning: "Your chicken is quite fat......

"Master Jun has worked hard! Or, I'll pick one for the military master? The peddler lowered his voice and said earnestly, and when he put down his burden, he grabbed a hen from the cage and tried to stuff it over......

The city gate guard snorted angrily and said, "Do you think the military master is greedy for your little bargain?" ”

"How so?" The peddler smiled even more flatteringly, nodded and pulled the chicken closer to the guard at the city gate, "That's what I wanted......

Duanmu Fei's gaze paused for a moment in the vendor's hand, his pupils shrank, and he shouted, "He is a Nanhuai spy!" Catch him! ”

Her crisp and loud voice suddenly sounded in the street, startling the people around for a while, and several Dongchang fans who were patrolling on the side were startled for a moment, reacted very quickly, and pulled out their knives one after another, and the two long knives crossed the peddler's neck, and someone rudely kicked him in the back of his knee, so painful that he screamed and knelt on the ground in embarrassment.

The hen in his hand also came out of his hand, "clucking" and flapping its wings, dropping chicken feathers, chickens flying and dogs jumping.

In the chaos, no one cared about the hen, and let it scurry around in a panic.

The peddler defended himself in trepidation: "Master Jun, you have been wronged! How could I be a Nanhuai spy! His ordinary, swarthy face instantly faded with blood.

The surrounding people became more and more noisy, and the radius of dozens of zhang boiled like a pot of boiling hot water, and more and more people gathered around because they heard that Nanhuai spies had been discovered, pointing at the vendor, their faces were either suspicious, angry, surprised, or scrutinized......

Han Xing's little face in the carriage was radiant, dyed with a faint flush, as excited as if he had watched a big show. Han Xing knows best about the shrewdness of his scarlet cousin, and he firmly believes in what she says.

Hmm, do you want to show your identity like in the playbook......

Han Xing was hesitating, and saw the hawker kowtowing to several Dongchang fans and begging for mercy, shouting: "Master Jun, you must be in the Ming Dynasty, don't listen to a yellow-haired girl's nonsense!" The villain is wronged! ”

As he spoke, his teeth trembled, and his whole body trembled, like a remnant leaf in the wind and rain, as if he would faint in the next moment.

Although the other party said Duanmufei, Han Xing had a feeling that he was also pointed at his nose and said that he was wrinkled, and said in his heart: You are a yellow-haired girl!

Duanmu Fei didn't care, and said with a smile: "Master Jun, just look at his hands." ”

Several Dongchang fanzi and the city gate guards all looked down at the vendor's hand suspiciously, only to see that his dark hands were stained with a lot of mud, the palm was rough, and there were a few calluses on the tiger's mouth, palm, and fingertips, which seemed to be the traces left by holding a sickle and a hoe.

They looked at it, but they didn't see any clues, one of the Dongchang fans said to Duanmu Fei, who leaned out of the car window, "Little girl, what's wrong with his hands?" ”

Duanmu smiled and casually pointed to a dark-skinned farmer in his forties nearby, and said calmly: "Uncle, you will naturally know if you look at his hand again." ”

Duanmufei only cared about talking to Nadongchang Fanzi, and didn't notice at all that several brightly dressed figures in front of him on the right were walking down the stone steps from the city wall, and the man at the head described Swen as elegant, it was Duanmu Xian.

Han Xing's carriage just blocked Duanmu Xian's vision, he only heard a little girl's crisp voice, vaguely felt a little familiar, squinted thoughtfully, and walked in the direction of the carriage.

"You, come here!" Dongchang Fanzi pointed impatiently at the peasant in coarse cloth clothes.

The peasant hurried forward, and spread out his hands in fear.

His fingers were thick and powerful, his nails were stained with mud that could not be washed, and his palms were also covered with calluses, but they were rough and cracked, and they were covered with stripes so deep that they seemed to be engraved, and those cracked black lines were intertwined with the palm prints, like an ugly spider web, full of the vicissitudes of time.

The peddler and the farmer were both in their forties, but when the two hands were placed together, the peddler's hands were surprisingly clean.

The peddler's complexion changed in an instant, and as soon as he was short, his head broke away from the cross encirclement of the two long knives, and then he rolled on the spot, and shot a silver ray in his hand in the direction of the carriage, as fast as lightning......

The little waiter pulling the cart changed his face slightly, and he waved the whip in his hand with a quick response......

However, another gray shadow was one step faster than him, and only to hear a "bang" collision, the dart shot by the "hawker" was hit by a stone the size of a dragon's eye, and it fell to the ground with a "bang".

The people who were watching around were frightened and fled like birds and beasts, crying out, "Murder! Run! ”

"Giggles!" The hen had been hiding under a stall on the side of the road, but when she arrived, she was frightened and screamed incessantly.

At the same time, several Dongchang fans surrounded the "hawker" from all sides, and there were many people, and several long knives with cold light were intertwined into a knife net, blocking all the ways of the other party at once, and restraining the people.

The ordinary dark face of the "hawker" was full of unwillingness, and he glared at Duanmu Fei viciously, as if he wanted to eat Duanmu Fei alive.

Han Xing applauded directly, feeling that this play was too exciting, and sighed: "Scarlet cousin, you actually saw the clue with just one hand, otherwise, let this Nanhuai person run away!" Cousin Scarlet, it's a pity that you don't go to Dali Temple. ”

"Of course, it's not just because of a pair of hands." Duanmu said with a smile, pointing to the remaining rooster in the cage and said, "How can an ordinary farmer take out a hen that lays eggs so casually and give it away!" ”

Duanmu Fei pointed at it, and Han Xing found that there was a fist-sized egg at the rooster's feet, and he couldn't help but look at the frightened hen again, laughed out loud, and called, "Little pebble." ”

The little chamberlain immediately understood what the fourth princess meant, the fourth princess has always liked to "reward meritorious deeds", for example, on the way to hunt last autumn, she happened to meet a white rabbit and let her win the horse race, so she took the white rabbit back to the palace to raise, and this time it was obviously the case......

The little chamberlain reluctantly went to catch the hen, and there was another burst of chickens and dogs.

Duanmu Fei was looking at it with great interest, and he didn't notice that Duanmu Xian had gone around to the left side of the carriage, looking at Duanmu Fei's delicate side face, his face was not very good-looking.

He just felt that the little girl's voice sounded familiar, like his own four girls, but he didn't expect it to be true!

At this moment, thinking back to the scene just now when the Nanhuai spy shot out the hidden weapon, Duanmu Xian felt scared in his heart, and he almost didn't go limp.

"Four, girl, head?!"

Duanmu Xian called word by word, and strode towards Duanmu Fei.

The two silly girls were still silly and happy, but they didn't expect to be happy and sad all of a sudden, of course, Duanmu Fei also heard Duanmu Xian's voice, turned her head stiffly and followed the voice, and just met Duanmu Xian's face, and sighed in her heart.

Han Xing couldn't help but have a thought in his heart: It seems that he can't go out of the city today!

"Grandfather."

"Grandfather."

The cousins called out with some weakness, trying to smile flatteringly, and smiling very cutely.

It's a pity that at this time, no matter how good they are, it won't work.

Duanmu Xian stopped three steps away, and said with a sinking face:

"Hanxing, four girls, it's not peaceful in Beijing these days, you two girls don't stay in the mansion, why do you still come out to hang out?"

"It's not that I won't let you go out in the future, you must avoid the limelight for a while!"

"Like today, if something really happens, what will happen......

Duanmu Xian lectured Duanmu Fei and Hanxing a little incoherently, and while he was talking, the head of the East Factory hurriedly walked over.

Of course, the head of the East Factory knew Lord Shoufu, and to his surprise, the little girl in the carriage who recognized Nanhuai's spy actually knew Shousuke, and listened to the tone of both sides......

"Lord Duanmu, is this a girl from your mansion?" The head of the East Factory hugged his fists and said politely to Duanmu Xian, "Just now, it was really thanks to Miss Duanmu that she recognized Nanhuai Spy, she really has her ancestors and grandchildren." ”

The head of the East Factory originally wanted to call Duanmu Fei and send him to the East Factory for the record. But since this little girl is a girl from the Shoufu family, it is naturally a little inconvenient. It is said that the girl of the Duanmu family has a good relationship with the overseer, but she can't be offended.

The other party's compliment was quite useful in Duanmu Xian's heart, but he still kept a straight face, feeling that he couldn't let the four girls be too proud.