Although Xie Wan had never been to Cangzhou, his expression was very indifferent.

It took two days to finally reach the border of Cangzhou. Qian Zhuang stood in front of the station, picked an inn near the downtown area, waited until he booked a room and ordered the menu, and then went back to respond, Xie Wan and his party just entered the city gate. Although Huo Jue at the front of the car has been dressed up as ordinary, he still wears a hat and is very low-key.

Xie Wan and the others knew that he had an enemy, so they followed him.

Huo Jue didn't talk much along the way, and even seemed uninterested in everything. But occasionally there was an unusual noise, and he would concentrate for a very short time. Most of the time, he was almost a very competent bodyguard, bold and careful, and few words. The journey in the past two days has also made Qian Zhuang gradually change from a polite "Huo guard" at the beginning to an easy-going "Xiao Huo".

But when Xie Wan thought of Cheng Yuan, they guessed that he might be a little bit, and the bad factor in his bones couldn't help but run out.

When Qian Zhuang was waiting in the yard to book a room, she stared at him with a smile: "Actually, you don't need to be so careful, I see that there are many shops selling wigs on the street, you might as well get a hair cover to wear, change your clothes and dress up a maid outside me." It's better than hiding your head and tail like this. ”

Huo Jue looked at her with the tip of a grass in his mouth: "Pretending to be a maid? ”

"You don't dare." She said leisurely.

"I dare, I'm afraid you won't." He looked at her, raised his lips and said, "You know, you have to wait for you to be a maid, do you want me and Xing Zhu to take turns to serve in front of your bed at night, or follow you step by step to bathe and change clothes for you?" ”

Xie Wan gritted his teeth. I choked on and didn't speak for a long time.

Qian Zhuang booked Xie Wan an upper room.

A few people ate separately, and she called Qian Zhuang and them all in.

"Tomorrow morning you will begin to act. Qian Zhuang, you know Lord Tian Duo, you go and make an appointment with him, and say that I want to invite him to dinner in the city. Xing Zhu, you go to the dock and take a walk to explore the truth and reality. Mr. Cheng, stay in the inn and go downstairs to listen to what everyone is talking about. Gu Xing and Huo Yao, you two, just follow me to the street. ”

Everyone had no opinion on this, and after a few trivial talks, they went back to their rooms.

In addition to being the hometown of martial arts, Cangzhou is also rich in cured meat. The greasy smell of cured meat wafts on all the streets. Gu Xing hired a mule cart. After going around the city for half a circle, I finally picked a teahouse to drink tea for a while and listened to a few excerpts. Huo Yao didn't have any opinions on these, and he accompanied him to drink tea when he drank tea. While listening to the play, he bent his knuckles and gently tapped the table with the singing.

Xie Wan noticed. Then he said: "Do you often listen to plays?" ”

He replied, "When it was all right." Listen to it too. ”

Xie Wan paused, and then said, "You have a mouthful of Beijing films. ”

He laughed, and suddenly said, "Your official language is actually very standard." ”

Xie Wan glanced at him proudly. Laughing: "Because I'm smart!" ”

He glanced at her and smiled. "I used to meet a girl who was as smart as you."

Xie Wan turned his head when he heard this, and said gossipsily: "The girl you like?" ”

He smiled and picked up his tea, "Maybe." ”

Du Liniang on the stage sang again, Xie Wan was attracted to the past and no longer paid attention to him.

I had lunch before returning to the inn.

Cheng Yuan was chatting with a few tea guests downstairs, and when Xie Wan came back, he found an excuse to say goodbye and walked upstairs.

"In the end, it is close to the port, and four or five of the ten topics discussed are related to Caoyun." Cheng Yuan said as soon as he entered the door. "It's really not calm on the dock, and the black eating black thing happens almost every three or five times, but it's just a difference in severity. It is said that this is true not only of Cangzhou, but also of the entire canal. And the farther away from the Beijing Division, the more powerful it is. ”

Xie Wan said: "Then there is no cure in the Cao Gang?" Don't they have rules? ”

"What's the use of having rules?" Cheng Yuan said: "The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it is impossible for the chief helmsman to go down to inspect from time to time." This kind of thing is that if you don't raise it from below, you won't be investigated from above, and a chain has long been formed. ”

Xie Wan was silent.

The Cao Gang was originally among the three religions and nine streams, but it was later corrected by the imperial court, and it was also regarded as half of the yamen, but in fact, this kind of black and black thing belongs to the affairs of the gang, as long as it has not affected Cao Yun, it is impossible for the court to have no position to meddle.

But in this way, it is the merchants who suffer, most of the merchants who open rice money and rice have no official background, just like the Ning family, when they encounter interception and blackmail, who can they cry to? is to sue, the water in the yamen of the official mansion is deep, and the form is thrown into the sea and sunk into the sea, not to mention, maybe you will also inform the Cao Gang in private, and then the Cao Gang will put you on the blacklist, and you will not even have a place to cry.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help sighing: "If the Cao Gang doesn't rectify it, it will ultimately affect Cao Yun." I'm afraid that there will be chaos in the future. ”

Huo Jue glanced at her, then sat next to her and looked at the tea cards on the table.

Cheng Yuan said: "It's a pity that we are soft-spoken, even if we are worried, there is no way." ”

He spread his hands and sighed.

Qian Zhuang returned at the same time as Xing Zhu in the evening.

Qian Zhuang said: "I have made an appointment with Lord Tian Helm, and he said that he will wait for the girl in the lucky building in the city at noon the day after tomorrow." ”

Xie Wan looked at Xing Zhu, "What have you gained?" ”

Xing Zhu said: "The slave maid pretended to be a merchant who sold sugar gourds and stayed at the dock all day, and there seemed to be nothing abnormal on the surface. ”

Xie Wan didn't expect to find any great clues as soon as he suddenly went, so he calmly let them go down to rest.

The next day, I was wandering around the city again.

It's like just coming out to play, and there's nothing urgent to do.

And on the third day, in the morning and evening, Tian Kong sent someone over to spread the word, saying that he had booked a private room in the lucky building, and invited the third girl Xie to come. Xie Wan was a little surprised, didn't he say in advance that she would invite him? How did he get here and wait for her again? I thought it was just the host's politeness, so I didn't dig into it.

After breakfast, Xie Wan drank tea as usual, and then dressed up and took Cheng Yuan and the others to the Lucky Building.

Maybe Cangzhou people are good at martial arts. The buildings in the whole city are on the bold side, and the lucky building is a solid brick and wood building, which can be seen to be old.

When Xie Wan and his party arrived, two of the people standing at the door suddenly turned around and went inside. Xie Wan put on a hood, looked at Cheng Yuan, and then calmly entered, and only then walked under the wooden ladder, he saw a middle-aged man with a dragon head card on his waist leading two subordinates downstairs quickly, and when he was halfway there, he had already surrendered his hand to Xie Wan.

"Dare to ask this Xie San girl from Qinghe?"

Xie Wan looked back at Qian Zhuang, and Qian Zhuang stood up. said: "Dare to ask Your Excellency?" ”

"Under Du Biao. My family master has been waiting for Miss Xie for a long time in Guixiang Pavilion! Du Biao stood aside with a smile and bent down to make a gesture.

Xie Wan doesn't often deal directly with the people in the rivers and lakes, but he also knows what kind of status the Cao Gang rudder owner has in the rivers and lakes, and for the merchants who need them. What does it mean? At present, Du Biao looks at Tian Kong's side, and his status is not low. Tian Kun greeted her in such a way. It's kind of interesting.

Xie Wan smiled and said "please", and then walked up the stairs.

The elegant room of the Lucky Building is the same as its name, except that it is easy to understand. There are no characteristics at all, and it has nothing to do with elegance. But the temper of these rough men is very good, because the chopsticks inlaid with gold leaf, the bowls and plates made of glass, and the tables and chairs decorated with gold patches all show the wealth of this place.

Tian Kun's temperament is as direct as the style here, with a beard, ring-eyed and thick eyebrows, big shoulders and a round waist, and a tiger.

Seeing Xie Wan coming in, Tian Kong stood up and arched his hand: "Third Miss Xie!" ”

Gu Xing stood outside the door, and the rest stayed in the house, Xie Wan looked around the room for a while, and then walked to the table and said with a smile: "Lord Tian Helm, look up for a long time!" ”

Tian Kong spread his hands and said a word of invitation, and Xie Wan sat down.

Tian Kong took four people, like Xie Wan, and left one person outside the door, and Du Biao led the other two to stand behind him. And Xie Wan is here, Cheng Yuan is on the side, Huo Jue and Qian Zhuang are on the left and right, and Xing Zhu is waiting from the side, but he is a little more imposing than Tian Kong.

Tian Kong said: "The three girls came from afar, today's meal, I should be invited by Tian, and please ask the three girls to reward me with this face." ”

Xie Wan pondered slightly, and said with a smile: "Since Lord Tian Duo has this good intention, I might as well be respectful." ”

Tian Kun also laughed and said: "I have heard that the Qinghe Xie Mansion Shili heirloom is a famous family in Hejian Mansion. Now that Lord Xie Rongxie, the head of your mansion, has become the side of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the second master has recently been in Guibang High School, the raw material I, a rough person, must pretend to be in front of the three girls, but the third girl is actually a refreshing person! ”

Xie Wan smiled, but said, "It seems that Lord Tian Duo already knows my origin. ”

When Ning Dayi took Luo Ju Qian Zhuang to the dock to look for Tian Kong, because she didn't want anyone to know, she told not to reveal her identity. Now Tian Kun seems to be polite, but his words explain her background thoroughly, which shows that he has done some investigation on her in the past two days. And combined with his abnormal behavior just now, it seems that Tian Kong's enthusiasm today is not simple.

She glanced sideways slightly, and Qian Zhuang and the others stepped forward quietly, standing on her left and right on both sides.

Seeing this, Tian Kong was silent, and said: "In what the girl said, she is really smart. ”

Xie Wan said: "Lord Tian Duo is the number one person in this Cangzhou territory, and he is also a famous hero in the world, Xie Wan wants to do some small business to make some fat powder money, and he has to rely on Lord Tian Duo to appreciate and be accommodating." Today's meal, it seems that Xie Wan has to be invited. ”

"Isn't the third girl being a coy girl?" Tian Kun's eyes suddenly swelled with some ridicule, "Tian Mouyuan was the third girl who ran the family when she was young, and she was able to expand to such a big industry today within a few years, she must be a well-informed and cheerful person, but I still saw the wrong person!" It's just the money for a meal, and the three girls are so twisted by their mother-in-law! (To be continued.) )

ps: That, Huo Yao's "yao", Wei Xian's "xian", Ren Jun's "jun", I didn't mean to use these words, I usually use them when I see something when I choose a name.

Then there was a tube in the book review area that said that when Cousin Qi saw Huo Jue for the first time, he knew that his surname was Huo, and it was indeed a mistake. As for crape myrtle wisteria, why do I always feel that wisteria needs a flower stand? Baidu, Guo said that what they said was right, and I hereby apologize.

I'm really busy during this time and don't have time to revise the text, I'm sorry everyone, try to pay attention to it later.