In the town of Yuehua County, on the hundred-year-old osmanthus tree on South Street, Wu Yuan carefully hid among the dense flower branches and looked around, she waited for two hours and did not see the slightest trace of the old man, because she was worried that the nine tails could not help but be a little anxious, after struggling for a long time, she gritted her teeth, and wanted to jump down and go back to see, but almost bumped into a person.

"Eh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't see anyone under the tree just now, did I hurt you?" Wan Yuan apologized and wanted to help the man pat the shoe print on his leg.

The man didn't speak, but when her hand was about to touch her, she quickly took a step back, and Wan Yuan straightened up slightly embarrassed, and looked up, the young man in front of her, who was a head taller than her, had a fair and handsome face, but there was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows.

And this young man also saw this little girl dressed as a woman for the first time, he looked around, now the streets of Yuehua County can be described as full of doors, how could a little girl of half age suddenly appear here?

So he asked tentatively: "Now that the world is not peaceful, why are you playing here alone?" ”

Wu Yuan looked at him with wariness in his eyes, but his eyes were like torches, and his face was open, so that he didn't look like a bad person, at least not the same kind of person as the demon who attacked them today, so he thought about it and replied: "It's really not peaceful here, so I'm not playing here, just having an appointment with someone, seeing that Gongzi is not like a person from Liangzhou, he must have something to do here, so I won't bother much." After saying that, he consciously wanted to leave.

"Little brother, stay here."

Wan Yuan turned around and was not less vigilant in his eyes, the young man touched his nose a little astringently, and bent down slightly before he walked and said: "Little brother, don't be afraid, my name is Twilight, I am from Kyoto, please ask my little brother to respect his name?" ”

Wan Yuan was a little confused, and didn't understand what this person was going to do, but he still replied politely: "Me? My name is Bai Ruo, I'm a local, but there's something wrong with my son? ”

"There is indeed a thing, I want to bother the little brother, I passed by here with my friend in business, but I didn't expect my friend to be infected with a strange disease, I heard the doctor say that only the old man can cure this disease, and he came here to try his luck after being instructed, but I looked at it for a few days, and the little brother was the only one who came here, so ......" he said as he pointed to the second floor of a teahouse.

Wu Yuan was a little clear, it turned out that it wasn't that she didn't see it just now, but this person took the initiative to bump into it, no wonder, she felt a little strange.

"Little brother, do you know the old man?"

Wan Yuan nodded, and when she first saw her response, Twilight was still very excited, and then she heard her say: "I come here every year to listen to the story during the Lixia Festival." ”

Immediately, my heart instantly poured down like a basin of cold water, "Just like this? He was disappointed and said, "If so, then it is also false......

The obvious sadness in his eyes touched the source of the song, and she took two steps forward with a slight crampedness, tugged at his sleeve and said, "Brother Twilight, don't be discouraged. He pointed to himself again, "I, I'm also here to find the old man, my brother is also seriously ill, I also heard people say that as long as you wait here, the old man will come when he senses it, let's wait." ”

Twilight looked at her and smiled a little far-fetched, but she still nestled back into the tree with her, and the two waited until sunset without eating or drinking.

The moon was born, and before the night could be illuminated, it was obscured by a few heavy clouds.

The night is getting deeper, and the coolness of autumn is mixed with the damp cold and cold air unique to rainy days, and it invades the skin along the slightly thin clothes of the two people.

Wuyuan tossed for a day, and was already a little sleepy at this time, but thinking that the nine-tails were still waiting for her, he cheered up and held on, and another cool breeze swept by, falling with a little osmanthus flowers.

"Ahh She rubbed her nose and smiled apologetically at Twilight.

The corners of Twilight's lips hooked slightly, "It's fine." He looked up at the sky again, "I'm afraid I can't wait today, why don't you go back first, I'm here to guard, and I'll call you when someone comes?" ”

When Wan Yuan heard this, he shook his head and refused without thinking about it, seeing this, Duxia didn't persuade him anymore, after all, they didn't know each other well, and excessive concern might make people suspicious.

After a stick of incense, noisy footsteps and vigorous knocking on the door sounded on the originally quiet street.

A large number of officers and soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the city guards poured into the streets, carrying torches in their hands and carrying large knives, and went from house to house to check the shops, and for a while the sounds of begging for mercy, insulting, and arrogant shouts filled the eardrums of everyone around.

Wu Yuan looked at everything not far from the tree in horror, those people seemed to be coming to them soon, she had never seen this kind of scene, and looked at Duxia a little helpless for a while.

And Duxia was also very surprised, what happened in Huaxian County this month, and he actually sent the guards of the border city to search, besides, the general guards were not allowed to send troops without the permission of Zhizhou, but Yan Xingge should still be in Guanshanzhai at this time, so someone was impersonating his name? Or was there something wrong with their previous message?

However, in any case, with the current behavior of the two of them, if they were discovered by those people, it would be really difficult to explain, he could not tell his identity, let alone explain the meaning, and then look at the little girl, I am afraid that the same will be the case.

"Don't be afraid, I'll send you back first, and then I'll find a chance to come back when they're done searching." Twilight said.

Wu Yuan thought about it and felt that it seemed that it could only be like this, so he nodded in response.

Under the leadership of Twilight, the two easily evaded the inspection of the officers and soldiers, and walked through the streets and alleys to the courtyard where Wuyuan and the Nine Tails had previously hidden.

After entering the alley, Wu Yuan lowered his voice and asked him, "What do you do?" My brother is still in there. As soon as the words fell, a group of officers and soldiers with torches rushed out from another street, came to the door of the courtyard and called for the door, but the people inside did not know whether they had fallen asleep or how, and no one responded.

The leader of the team seemed to feel that his face was gloomy, so he ordered to slam the door, and just as many officers and soldiers drew their long knives and raised them, about to slash at the gate, the door "creaked" and opened from the inside.

An old man with a lot of style appeared, he looked past the few officers and soldiers holding big swords in front of him, looked straight at the person leading the troops in the rear, and said slowly: "I don't know what happened to the military master, I must visit this late night." ”

The person who led the army raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, walked towards the old man, and when he got closer, he said to the old man: "The old man is disturbed, I am Hu Biao, the leader of the city guard, and I will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing." ”

"It turned out to be General Hu, dare to ask the general, what happened to such a battle?" The old man said.

"Search-house!" After saying that, someone over there wanted to make a move.

"Who dare!" At this time, the old man's originally calm eyes were dyed a little fierce.

Hu Biao waved his hand, and the people who were originally close to him took a step back, "Don't worry, old man, we have an official document for searching." ”

He smiled evilly, and after speaking, he took out a document stamped with an official seal from his bosom, and the old man took a cursory glance, raised his eyes and said to him: "Does the general know whose mansion this is?" ”

"Isn't it the home of the famous Nanyue rich Jia Gu Minzhi's courtyard, and the border city army Gu Huaigu's home?"

The old man ignored his yin and yang weird tone, and still said calmly: "Since the general knows the names of Master Gu and Little Master Gu, he must have heard of the relationship between this courtyard and the royal family. ”

"Old fool, don't take Zhizhou and come up to pressure me and so on, see clearly, this is a document stamped with the official seal of the capital protector and the official seal of the county, someone came to report the day before yesterday, Beizhao Xizuo lurked in Yuehua County, and now the whole town is under investigation, if you block it, don't blame me for being rude." Hu Biao gradually lost his patience, his vulgar nature was exposed, and in the face of this old minion who didn't get into the house, if he hadn't taken into account their relationship with the royal family, he was afraid that he would have led people into it a long time ago.

"General Hu!"

A shout interrupted the stalemate between the two, and the county magistrate Gao Pan, with the master book and several fast arresters, walked quickly to the two, he first said to the old man in the door: "Yan Lao, don't come to harm." ”

"Lord Gao, you're polite, you were originally fine, but now, it's hard to say." The old man ignored the visitor and said with a bit of self-deprecation.

"Elder Yan, where is it, your body has always been healthy, so you should take care of yourself. General Hu has just arrived, and there are many offenses, Yan Lao must not blame, Gao will compensate you first for him. ”

"That's not necessary, my old man can understand General Hu, after all, he is on official business, but the official document is stamped with the official seals of Lord Du Hu and Lord Gao, the old man is old but he doesn't know that Lord Gao's current power is to be able to ask for soldiers and cross Lord Yan to let people search this courtyard, but it is really eye-opening and extremely admirable."

Here, Gao Pan listened to Yan Lao's words, cold sweat was already soaking his back, if these words were uploaded, he was afraid that he would not end well, so he hurriedly said: "Yan Lao said and laughed, where does Gao have so much power, but it is a matter of urgency, please Yan Lao ......"

"That's it, if Lord Gao wants to speak, you don't have to say it to the old man, just keep it and explain it to Lord Yan."

"Yes, yes, yes, Gao will naturally make it clear to Lord Yan."

"So now, can the old man go back to rest? When I get older, I feel uncomfortable when I get tired, and when I return to Beijing after a while, the old man will go into the palace to give a lecture for today, if I am unwell and delay the trip, I am afraid it is not very good......"

"Of course this is not done, your body is expensive, today's affairs can not be delayed, Gao and others will also go to other places to inspect, Yan Lao, go back and rest quickly, and wait for Gao to come to the door tomorrow to make amends to you."

"There's no need to make amends, everyone, don't send it slowly!" As soon as the words fell, the old man's hands snapped hard, and the door closed tightly.

Where is this physical discomfort, it is clearly mental discomfort.

Gao Pan shook his head, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and let out a rough breath, before he could rest, Hu Biao on the side said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you so humble to that old thing?" ”

"Old thing? I said, do you have a problem with your ears, didn't you hear that the old thing in your mouth is going to tell the emperor? Do you know who he is? Gao Pan looked at him disdainfully.

"Hear that, isn't it just a storyteller? What's the big deal, what is the difference between telling the emperor and telling in a teahouse? It's you people who take him seriously. Hu Biao said unscrupulously.

"I'm surprised, is Nanyue really unmanned?"

"What do you mean?" Hu Biao asked.

"You can be a general? Oh, it's really funny, let's go! Gao Pan didn't want to look at Hu Biao again, if it weren't for a few hours ago, those few pieces of evidence full of private exchanges between him and the border city guards and a document stamped with the seal of the protector of the city were placed in front of him, borrowing him ten guts, he would not have gone to the trouble of the Gu family.

"My lord, what can I do now?"

Quickly walked to the dark alley, the master asked this sentence nervously, Gao Pan stopped, waved away the others, and whispered: "This doesn't matter about our business, before I came out, I had prepared a letter for people to send to the governor's mansion overnight, anyway, the official documents are all sealed in front, I am also in a hurry, and the detailed things can be big or small, it is really helpless." ”

"My lord, that's a clever one! However, that person spent such a lot of money to search this courtyard, and returned in vain, will there be a backhand for us? ”

"Probably not, the person who did the work would not be so brainless, with this time, I will definitely destroy everything, and if I want to use this to control the official again, it will never be possible! This time, he just wanted to borrow the hands of me and Du Hu to make things bigger, just now I helped him drag down the key people in this mansion, as for the rest, if they can't do it, then they can't blame me......"