The old man who sells sugar is not doing well today, there are a lot of sugar sellers on this street, and a few guys have come from Lingzhou these days, using brightly colored candy silk, and the price is five cents cheaper than himself, so he has very little business.

In the evening, after a few words from the Hun family, the old man was depressed, there was no business left and right, so he simply put his hand into his sleeve and shrunk his head to doze off.

"Hey, candy seller, why are you dozing off, are you still in business?" A hoarse voice sounded overhead, pulling the old man back from his daze, and the old man hurriedly looked up, only to see an old man with a wrinkled face and a long beard standing in front of him.

"Sell it, why don't you sell it, what style of candy man do you want? This is flowers and birds, this is a beast, this is a beauty, this is a dragon and phoenix, I have a complete range of fancy here, and I have everything. ”

"My husband's hand is very skillful, why is the business so sluggish, I see that the two businesses on the other side of the street are booming." The lewd old man asked casually while looking at the candy man style inserted on the edge of the stall.

"They? The old man is not robbing business, the sugar shreds that the gang uses I don't know what are boiled out, the color is a little brighter, but the taste is much worse; I'm the sugar silk that I and the Hun family boiled malt at home, and I'm an absolutely authentic sugar man. It's a pity that the current people's pictures are cheap and fresh, and they don't have eyesight. ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "I still like to eat old sugar people, so let's have three." ”

The old man opened his eyes and smiled and said: "Thank you for patronizing, twenty wen one, three is cheaper for you, give fifty-five wen." ”

Song Nan stretched out his hand and took out a tael of silver from his arms and handed it over, the old man hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I can't change it, don't say that there is no business today, but the business is good, and there is no silver in a day, didn't the guest officer scatter the copper coins?" ”

Song Nan smiled: "You don't need to look for it, the rest will be rewarded to you." ”

The old man was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "This can't be done, although my old man is poor, but he can't ask for other people's silver in vain, besides, it's so much money, can't you ask for it, or you look at the stall for me, how about the old man go to the store over there to make room for it?" ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "Don't ask you to take it for nothing, you just need to do a little thing for me." ”

"What's the matter, the guest officer commands." When the old man heard that he was taking money to do things, he was no longer stubborn, after all, silver is a good thing, and there has been no income in the past few days, and the family has been turned upside down.

Song Nan said in a low voice: "Did you see a tall and burly man on the side of the marquee?" ”

The old man stretched his neck and glanced at it and nodded, "See, how?" ”

Song Nan said: "His surname is Hou, after I leave for a while, you will go to look for him, tell him that a person surnamed Song asked you to pass a message to him, and let him follow me far away with someone, but he is not allowed to reveal his identity, nor is he allowed to come up to answer, and he will act when he sees the opportunity." ”

The old man blinked and said, "Guest officer, what kind of person are you, I listened to your words, as if I wanted to do something." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Don't hide it from my father-in-law, I am a messenger from the government, and I have targeted a group of thieves, so I did this to avoid my identity being revealed, so you don't care about the rest, just do as I tell you, and the money will be yours." ”

The old man blinked and thought for a while: "This master, don't hurt me, my old man doesn't want to cause trouble." ”

Song Nan sighed and said, "Come on, you don't want to make such an easy amount of silver, I'll look for the shopkeeper who sells fried chestnuts over there." ”

When the old man saw that Song Nan was leaving, he immediately regretted it, thinking that after a while, he would close the stall and go home, and he would not do his own business if he made a fuss here, so he hurriedly said: "Stay, stay, the old man will run errands for you." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "That's it, how can there be a reason for not making money, you take the silver, but there is one thing, the words must be brought, if it hurts my business, you can't stay in this Ningxia Town." ”

The old man hurriedly said: "Don't worry, if you don't agree, how can you delay your affairs if you agree." ”

Song Nan nodded, raised his hand and threw the ingot of silver into the old man's hand, pulled out three sugar sticks on the stall and turned to leave, the old man was stunned for a long time, and saw Song Nan's back disappear into the flow of people, so he quickly put the silver in his arms, got up and dressed and walked towards the group of people standing by the marquee.

Hou Dabiao had already taken a few brothers to stand at the south entrance to search, and there were not 10,000 but 5,000 people who came in to watch the lanterns, but he never saw Song Nan's figure, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

In a blink of an eye, I saw a guard staring directly at a woman's writhing waist in a daze, and immediately raised his hand and slapped it and scolded in a low voice: "I told you to look at people, I didn't tell you to stare at the ass of the girl, damn it." ”

The guard stroked the sore spot and said aggrievedly: "Boss, you don't tell us who we are looking for, the brothers don't have a goal to stare here." ”

Hou Dabiao was speechless, Song Nan's entry into the palace was a top secret, and the guards didn't know about it, even if they brought someone to pick up Lord Song today, they didn't tell them who they came to pick up.

"Staring at it lively, whoever is suspicious will be notified." Hou Dabiao said stupidly.

The guards rolled their eyes in agreement, and looked blankly into the bustling crowd; Hou Dabiao turned his head, and suddenly touched the face of an old man with a wrinkled face, and was suddenly startled, and quickly leaned back and said, "What are you doing?" ”

The old man was the old man who sold candy, and he was stunned by the fierceness of Hou Dabiao's face, and hurriedly said: "The old man is rude, forgive the sins." ”

"Go aside." Hou Dabiao was in no mood to talk to him much.

"That...... Dare to ask if this master is surnamed Hou? ”

Hou Dabiao was startled, twisted his neck and quickly twisted it back, and said with wide eyes: "How do you know, do we know each other?" ”

The old man hurriedly said: "No, how do I know the official master, I was just entrusted by a master surnamed Song to pass on a message." ”

"The surname Song?" Hou Dabiao's nerves immediately tensed, and he reached out and grabbed the old man's arm and carried him to a secluded place like a chicken.

The old man's arm seemed to be clamped by iron tongs, and he shouted in a low voice: "This master, my arm is about to be broken, you should be lighter, my old arm and legs can't stand it." ”

Hou Dabiao asked in a low voice, "What did the surnamed Song say?" ”

The old man rubbed his arm and said, "He wants the old man to tell you, he is already here, let you bring someone to follow him, don't talk to him, don't expose your whereabouts." ”

Hou Dabiao nodded again and again: "What else?" ”

"It's gone."

"Where is he now? How do we follow? ”

"That Song Ye was wearing a sheepskin jacket, sheepskin pants underneath, and a sheepskin hat on his head, and went over there." The old man pointed to the middle of the flower market.

Hou Dabiao looked around, sheepskin jackets, sheepskin pants, sheepskin hats were all over the street, scratched his head and said: "It's all dressed like this, how can I find it?" ”

The old man thought for a while and said, "By the way, there are two girls with him, and two military masters in armor. ”

Hou Dabiao thought about it, and suddenly remembered that there were indeed a few people at the entrance just now, and the two people dressed as guards also attracted their attention, although the two women wore black veils to cover their faces but were slim, and they also looked at it a few more times, but the others who were with them didn't pay attention.

"The old man's words are here, I'm leaving, and you will have nothing to do with the old man when you make trouble." The old man who sold the candy turned to leave with his sore arm, and began to clean up the stall without stopping, and after a moment it was gone.

Hou Dabiao also acted immediately when he got the news of Song Nan, and led people to the center of the flower city, and after a while, he saw the people described by the old man in the crowd, in addition to the two guards and two girls, an old man in a sheepskin jacket with a stiff back also followed on the left; Hou Dabiao looked at the back more and more he looked like it, and the old man touched his nose with his hand from time to time, which was Song Nan's habitual action.

"Lao Sun, Lao Jiang, you two go to the front to report to Wang Yanshi, tell him that Lord Song has been found, let him take someone from the north to come slowly, and tell him that Lord Song ordered him not to act rashly."

"Song ...... Lord Song? Isn't Lord Song watching the lights at the front light market? ”

"What's the wordy? If you are told to go, you will go, and if you have many. Hou Dabiao scolded.

The two guards went in confusion.

Hou Dabiao thought for a while and turned to another guard: "Lao Liu, you hurry back to Guanxue Tower, and let Zhao Baihu and Chen Baihu bring more brothers here." ”

Lao Liu said: "Lord Zhenfu, what the hell is going on, it makes me nervous." ”

Hou Dabiao said: "I don't have time to say it now, you will understand later." ”

Lao Liu hurriedly turned around and went back to call someone, Hou Dabiao took the remaining three guards to Song Nan and others from a distance and walked to the center of the street with the flow of people, Hou Dabiao can be regarded as having a lot of experience, Song Nan used this hidden way to contact him, but did not show up in person, there must be something unspeakable.

Maybe Lord Song was being monitored and held hostage, maybe Lord Song had other plans, in short, following Song Nan for a long time, some of Song Nan's behaviors Hou Dabiao gradually figured out, and the tacit understanding between them also increased a lot.