"Who else is arresting him?" Yan Nan asked vigilantly.

"I haven't seen it, just listen to him, I really don't know," the old man covered his mouth in a little panic, kept shaking his head, with a frightened face, looking at the guards behind Yan Nan, the people trembled, almost crying, "I'm just a lonely old man, relying on storytelling to ask for some wine money, officials, don't arrest me, that kid asked me to tell stories, I'm just confused for a while!" Just spare me, I won't dare to do it again! ”

"Cover his mouth!" Seeing that the old man's voice was getting louder and louder, Yan Nan immediately asked people to press him on the chair opposite and cover his mouth, so as not to attract the attention of others.

"We are not from the state of Wu," it is forbidden to discuss current affairs in the capital of the state of Wu, and there are also teahouses and restaurants and superintendents, and this old man is afraid that he will regard them as people from the government. Yan Nan had no choice but to explain to him, "We won't arrest you, let alone send you to see the official, you just need to tell me, I want to know something, understand?" ”

The old man nodded, his snot and tears were blocked in the hand that covered him, and the guard who was covering him was so blue that he could almost ooze water. Why is this old man so timid?

"If I ask you anything, you will answer," if he were to tell himself, he would be so frightened that he would be confused and not know what to say or where to start. It's better to ask yourself, "Also, don't make it loud." ”

The dry old man who was covered nodded desperately and said, I know, I will definitely not make a loud noise, young master, I will say whatever you ask me, and I will never say a word more.

"Let him go," Yan Nan couldn't stand it anymore, this snot was about to drip on the table, it was really disgusting. Immediately took out two handkerchiefs from his arms, handed one to the guard, and the other to the withered old man, and asked them both to wipe it.

"You say he's Qingming's grandson?"

"He said it himself," replied in a low voice as he rubbed his nose, "and he appeared in the capital half a month ago, and I was like a beggar at the time, but I was soft-hearted and gave him some money, and let him use it to buy warm clothes and food." He said that he would help me pull the guests, let me partner with him, and we would be with him for the money we earned. ”

"How did he talk about the fact that he was Qingming's grandson?" Yan Nan was not interested in how they met and how they did business together.

"I mentioned it one day when I was drunk," the old man said slowly.

On that day, the two of them went to three houses to tell stories and earned a lot of money, and the two of them went to eat and drink in the restaurant as soon as they were together. When they were full of wine and food, they began to brag to each other, and as soon as the young man slapped the table, he said that he was Qingming's grandson, who came out of the snow-capped mountains in the far north, and wanted to go to his grandfather and go to him. At that time, he also bragged to Ku Lao, saying that this Qingming was the largest intelligence organization in the rivers and lakes, the founder of the Qingwan Pavilion, and this Qingwan Pavilion would be his in the future.

Qingwan Pavilion is an organization, and the old man has only heard rumors, but he has not really seen it. This little boy bragged when he came up, and he recognized his relatives indiscriminately, and he really didn't know the height of the sky. Who doesn't know that this Qingwan Pavilion was created by Qingming for his junior sister, the imperial concubine of Wei, Wan Xiao Xiao. Later, Qingming disappeared, and Xiao Xiaoxiang died, and this Qingwan Pavilion had no master and disappeared into the rivers and lakes.

Isn't this a joke about what kind of Qingwan Pavilion is this son talking about, what kind of grandson of Qingming? If what this young man said is true, then how can he live on the streets, and he has to help him himself!

The old man didn't believe a word of his words. This young man not only boasted that he was Qingming's grandson, but also said that on the way from Qi State, he had been chased by Zhao Rui, the prince of Qi State, and was targeted by the Prince of Wei State when he arrived in Qingzhou City.

asked him why he didn't go to the people in the Qingwan Pavilion to ask for help, and he began to find a reason, saying that there were too many people staring at him, although he had his grandfather's jade pendant in his hand, but he himself had never been out of the snowy mountains, and he didn't know people, so he couldn't tell who was friend or foe.

He was chased and blocked by Zhao Rui, just because he was careless, he showed his feet and was noticed by others. Li Chenru, the third prince of Wei, and so did the Ye royal family, it was his carelessness that made them aware of it.

The young man also said that the Qingwan Pavilion has not disappeared, but has been operating secretly, and now the master of the Qingwan Pavilion is just in vain, and only by holding the jade pendant in his hand can he be recognized by everyone in the Qingwan Pavilion.

In other words, this jade pendant is the symbol of the master of the Qingwan Pavilion, and whoever owns him can command the Qingwan Pavilion, the first intelligence organization in the rivers and lakes.

"This is all said by that kid himself when he is drunk, it has nothing to do with me, I really don't know anything!" The old man cried again as he spoke, with a handful of snot and tears, and the handkerchief that Yan Nan handed him had long since lost its original appearance.

"What's his name?" Yan Nan couldn't stand it, and handed him a new handkerchief.

"Harukawa," the old man replied with a sob.

Qingchuan, okay, I wrote down this name, Yan Nan silently recited it several times in his heart, and asked impatiently, "Did the person catch it, why didn't you reply at all?" ”

As he was talking, he saw a team of officials come in from outside, the leader was in his twenties, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, holding a sword, and as soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help but say, and asked his subordinates to look around.

"Lord Liang, what kind of wind blew you here?" The owner of the restaurant was originally looking at the account book behind the counter, and seeing that the situation was not right, he immediately chased out of the backstage of the counter, smiled, nodded, and stopped in front of the visitor, "The people here are all well-behaved and have not committed any crimes!" ”

"You have a young man here, wearing cotton clothes, and he is going around pulling people around and saying that he wants to go to other people's houses to tell stories?" The one who came was Liang Zhesi.

"There is such a person," listening to Liang Zhesi say this, the boss had the impression in his mind, there is indeed such a person, "He has been dangling in my inn for half a month, you wait, I'll help you take a look!" ”

The shopkeeper himself ran to the middle platform of the storyteller, walked around the restaurant, and looked at the upstairs and downstairs, everyone's appearance, and did not see the young man who came here every day, but he noticed the old man sitting opposite Yannan.

Yan Nan also noticed the movement downstairs, and the guards behind him saw who it was, and immediately leaned over to his ear and reported to him.

After the boss saw the old man, he immediately returned to Liang Zhesi, pulled Liang Zhesi to him, said something in his ear, and pointed to the old man who was sitting on the second floor.

Liang Zhesi nodded, and led people to the second floor and stood in front of the dry old man, who was busy covering his face with his sleeves, and couldn't wait to get under the table.

"Is that him?" Liang Zhesi pointed to the old man and asked the shopkeeper behind him.

"It's him, that kid is for the old man to solicit customers, it's right to look for him." The boss nodded triumphantly.

"What are you doing, Master Guan, I really don't know anything," the dry old man saw that the officers and soldiers were surrounding him, and immediately hid behind Yan Nan and the guards, "I'm an old Taoist priest in the Taoist temple, I really don't know anything!" ”

"Take it away," Liang Zhesi didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and directly waved his hand to order, and the official behind him immediately stepped forward to pull people, and the old man dragged the arm of a guard and didn't let go, crying snot and tears, and the whole restaurant screaming was his voice.

"Slow," Yan Nan glanced at his subordinates, and several guards immediately pushed the officers and soldiers who came up to pull them to the back, protecting the old man behind him.

"Who is this?" Liang Zhesi frowned, with a guard, his bearing was extraordinary, at a glance, he was the appearance of a noble son, but in his mind, he had no impression, but he had never seen this person.

"Yan Nan, the Duke of Qi State," Yan Nan took the token from his waist and handed the document to Liang Zhesi, now you should know who I am.

A cadre of guards looked at their master's impatient temper, and couldn't say anything at the time, didn't they still say in the morning that they wanted to make a low-key mission? Why are you reporting your home again?

"It turned out to be Yan Gongzi, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome," Liang Zhesi glanced at the others, and originally wanted to compete with the guards behind Yan Nan, but he had to give up, with a look of unwillingness, "Yan Gongzi is here, why don't you report it, we can also let the Ministry of Rites go to greet the reception!" ”

"There's no need to be so polite, I just want to be low-key, I don't want to be public," the corners of the guard's mouth twitched when he said this, what kind of low-key and unassuming are you like this now!

"Do you want me to inform the Ministry of Rites and arrange a place for my son?" Liang Zhesi saw through it without saying anything, smiled and nodded, and asked politely.

"No need, I have already chartered the Xinjing Inn opposite, and I will visit the palace in person until tomorrow," Yan Nan rejected Liang Zhesi's kindness and directly shook out his residence.

"Since that's the case, then I'll send someone outside the inn to do a good job of protection," Liang Zhesi turned his head and ordered an official messenger to hurry up to the Ministry of Rites to report. After doing this, he turned his head and continued to look at Yan Nan, smiling without smiling, staring at the dry old man without saying a word.

"Yan Guogong save me!" The withered old man tugged at Yan Nan's sleeve and pleaded in a low voice.

"What is wrong with this old gentleman?" Yan Nan asked angrily.

"I didn't do anything, but I just wanted to ask him about something," Liang Zhesi touched his nose, looking very embarrassed, "We just want to find a friend of his." ”

"Liang Gongzi's appearance is not like-" Before Yan Nan finished speaking, someone panicked and broke into the restaurant, shouting loudly: "Oh no, no, Lord Liang, the third prince of Wei is sending someone to chase the young man, you go quickly, otherwise people will be arrested by him!" ”

"What?" Liang Zhesi immediately panicked when he heard this, and rushed downstairs with people, saying goodbye to Yan Nan while running, "Young Master Yan, there are still affairs down there today, and when you are free tomorrow, you must go to Xinjing Inn to visit!" ”

"What's going on?" Yan Nan turned around and asked the guards behind him, let you go and arrest a young man, why did you still alarm Li Chenru, the third prince of Wei?

"Master," said one of the two guards who had just gone to arrest him.

"What about people?" Yan Nan is worried about this now.

"At the inn, we left one man to guard him," the guard replied, "In the process of chasing, we met the men of Li Chenru, the third prince of Wei, but we have already thrown them away!" ”

"Okay, then let's hurry back to the inn!" Without further ado, I have to hurry up and make inquiries about this Qingchuan.

"Alas, Yan Guogong, don't go," Seeing that he was leaving, the dry old man immediately pulled his sleeve and didn't let go, "You are gone, what should I do?" ”

"Liang Zhesi has left, you will be fine, hurry back to your Taoist temple!"

"Yan Guogong, I've told you so much information, what's the matter, you have to-" The old man twisted his fingers, "Give me something?" ”

"Otherwise, how about I sell that kid in Qingchuan to you, one hundred taels, even if he runs away in the future, as long as I know his information, I will tell you as soon as possible," Seeing that Yan Nan didn't mean to deal with him, he was in a hurry, and shouted to himself, "Fifty taels, fifty taels will sell him to you, I saved him alive, and now that people are there with you, fifty taels is not expensive, otherwise, if others find me, I will poke out his information from you!" ”

"Give him 50 taels," Yan Nan was disgusted and disdainful.

"Thank you Yan Guogong, I didn't hear anything just now, I don't know anything, don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut!" The old man held the 50 taels in his hand, and waved goodbye to Yan Nan's back.

After the people went out, they put away their smiles, sat down at the table, and ate the pastries on their own.

Alas, it's really old, and now I can only cheat people for 50 taels!