The autumn breeze is cool, the autumn leaves are flying, and the autumn mood is strong.

It was noon, but the sun was blazing.

On the official road outside the gate of Xinjingdong City, three fast horses galloped over, led by Yan Zimo, one of the "Nine Tigers" of Qingfeng Hall controlled by Lu Shikun, who commanded the Heavenly King Altar and Xiaosheng Altar.

Dressed in a brown silk gown, with black hair behind his head, eagle eyes and a high nose, two whiskers slightly cocked to the sides, a wide belt around his waist, and a leather whip in his hand, he saw the soldiers of the patrol brigade outside the East City Gate, who were checking the passers-by, he was not in a hurry, "--- ----", and restrained the tall horse; To say that this horse is not ordinary, this is a Gansu friend to Lu Shikun's Kazakh horse, the whole body is blue-black, the ankle hooves are snow white, so the name "Snow Wild Chasing the Wind Horse", because Lu Shikun often lives in the city, it is inconvenient to ride a horse, so it was given to Yan Zimo, which is regarded as a treasure at home, cherished incomparably. He was appointed by Lu Shikun this time, and he had just returned from visiting Zhou Jiuting from Huadian Peony Ridge Langya Village. Since the Jiangqiao train was rescued by Qin Sicang last week, they have been recuperating from their injuries in Peony Peak after several tosses.

The two horses behind Yan Zimo also stopped, "Master Mo, I see that there are still people in front of me checking pedestrians, and there is a tea shed on the other side of the road, why don't we go there to rest?" It was a white-faced young man who spoke, and he seemed to be the closest person.

"Okay, Guangqiang, I'm really a little thirsty, anyway, I'm in Xinjing, so I'll rest for a while and then enter the city." Yan Zimo dismounted, threw the reins to the young man named Guangqiang, and walked towards the tea shed on the side of the road with his hands behind his back, and another guy behind him untied the burden hanging next to the saddle, put it on his back, and followed closely.

The roadside tea shed is a straw shed with pine poles outside the two adobe houses, and six square tables are placed underneath, and there are five people scattered around the table to drink tea under the shed, all dressed as merchants. The boss was a hunchbacked old man with sauce-colored skin, with a white towel on his shoulder, and saw Yan Zimo enter the tea shed, "This master, what kind of tea are you drinking here?" With that, he wiped the bench next to a free table with a towel, and smiled all over his face.

Guangqiang motioned with his hand to the young man who was tying his horse by the willow tree next to the shed not to move, and asked the owner of the tea shed instead: "Boss, what good tea do you have at home?" ”

"Little brother, we have Yunnan Yunnan Red and West Lake Longjing, which one do you drink?"

"Then let's have a pot of Dian Hong." Guangqiang pulled up the stool next to the table and sat down.

After a while, the boss brought the tea bowl and a pot of Yunnan red, poured tea for the two of them, took out a tea bowl, poured tea and gave a bowl to the young man by the tree.

"Mo Ye, the scenery of Peony Ridge is so beautiful, I haven't seen enough yet."

"When you come to this realm, it's not like in the mountains, don't talk nonsense, you have to keep your mouth shut about wherever you have been and what you have done." Yan Zimo made a silent gesture and whispered.

Guangqiang nodded, bowed his head and drank tea.

Yan Zimo picked up the black tea bowl and just took a sip of tea, when he saw a person driving a jujube red carriage from the city gate desperately rushing to the tea shed, the person who came was dressed in gray cloth, and got out of the car before Yan Zimo approached, and stopped the car on the side of the road, "Hu--- Hu---- old Yu'er, hurry up and have a big bowl of tea, I am so thirsty that I can't do it, and I am smoking." The man's voice sounded like a duck's voice.

The owner of the tea shed was originally surnamed Yu, "Alas---- isn't this Rong Changhe's Tiebiao brother?" Where are you going? Didn't you come back yesterday without going out? ”

"Then don't ask, I only came back yesterday, and before I could get over, we received the news,...... Something happened to the boss......" Then he lowered his voice and whispered in the boss's ear, "Old Yu, you said that it's easy to eat after running around all day?" Hey, by the way, do you have a pie here? When you go into the mountains, you don't necessarily have to eat at any time. ”

"There are really six steamed buns in the house, it's my dinner, if you're in a hurry, bring them."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Yu. Then I'm not welcome, give you money. ”

"Tie Biao, too much, too much, I don't need so much." As he spoke, his hand unconsciously stuffed a stack of banknotes into the pocket of his waist, "When you come back early, let's have a good drink, I still have two altars of elm sorghum kings here." ”

"Okay, wait for me to come back, I don't know what the situation is, I'm leaving." After speaking, he hurriedly got into the car, threw off the whip, and drove the carriage towards the official road with a "pop----papa----- gallop.

The young man named Guangqiang put his head on Yan Zimo's ear, "Mo Ye, I listen to that guy, what kind of partner is he Rong Changhe, is it He Wenhua, He Ye's business name Rong Chang and Ginseng Xing?" It seems that He Ye is a little urgent, just with the friendship between He Ye and you, if he really has something, we can't sit idly by. ”

"What if it's a coincidence? Are we not busy? Can...... But I've never heard of any other business in Changchun City called 'Rongchanghe'? After all, Yan Zimo has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he kept whispering suspiciously in his heart, secretly thinking in his heart, if it was really Brother He who had an accident, wouldn't it be a pity to know and ignore it? Then I wouldn't really be a buddy. After so many years, walking on the rivers and lakes, what wind and waves have you not seen? Wouldn't it be better if I had been too careful, even if I had picked him up halfway, and he would be safe? Otherwise, I still have a lot of things to say to him, so it's decided, I'd rather believe it than believe it, not to mention, we all have guns on us, and now we will have trouble going into the city. But in which direction did the man named Tie Biao go? Can't I chase after me? Thinking of this, he glanced at Guangqiang and then looked at Boss Yu.

Guangqiang understood, stood up and walked straight to the adobe house, "Boss, I'm asking you something." ”

"Little brother, if you have something, you can tell me. Is it to refill the tea, or to settle the bill? ”

"Neither, let me ask you if you know the person who drove the car just now?"

"Ahh Did you inquire about him? ”

"I seem to have met him somewhere, it's my old man's family buddy, I just can't remember his name, he may be in a hurry and didn't talk to me, so do you know where he went to run errands?"

"This ...... This one...... He won't let me say it, I can't talk nonsense, not to mention that I'm a small businessman, I can't afford to offend anyone, we are still fellow villagers in the same village, so naturally we can't casually reveal his whereabouts......"

Guangqiang comprehended, he noticed the old man's actions when he collected the money, and knew what to use to pry open such a person's mouth, so he took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and stuffed it into his hand, "Give you more tea money, you bothered, I just want to know what he did, if it is our master's old man in trouble, we can also help him, if it is okay, wouldn't it be better?" It's even more caring, you did it for us. ”

"That'...... That...... I'm entrusted by someone, after all, I'm not keeping my promises, something went wrong, maybe my tea shed will have to move, you have to be more considerate of me. ”

His eyes kept looking at Guangqiang's bulging waist.

"Then I'll give you another family heirloom baby, come and touch it." As he spoke, he pulled the old man's hand over, and touched the pistol on his waist, the old man was so frightened that he snorted and sat down on the ground, "Little master, you have to be considerate of me, you take this money, I don't want the tea money, don't scare me, the little old man is guilty." Raise your noble hand and spare my life, I still have an eighty-year-old mother and a nursing child at home......"

"Hehe----- hehe----- can you stop teasing me, how old are you? Do you still have an eighty-year-old mother? Nursing child? Don't tease me. To tell the truth, the money is yours, otherwise leave your life to me. ”

"That's good, after you see him, you must say that it was a chance encounter, don't say that I told you, or he and I won't even be able to do it. You listen to me tell you......" As he spoke, he first looked out at the door, and saw that the tea drinkers had put the money on the table and left, only Yan Zimo sat there quietly drinking tea, turned his head, and whispered on his knees: "He said that he went to Harbaling to pick up his master, and his master is the owner of Rongchang and ginseng firm on Greenstone Street, what is his surname...... I want to think about it...... What kind of culture does it seem to be called, or is it Wenhua? I don't know very well, when their boss went to Tonghua to buy goods and came back, he was intercepted by bandits in the mountains there, and asked someone to send a message, telling him to quickly take the money to ransom people, otherwise the goods will be ruined and people will die. ”

"But the surname He? He Wenhua? ......" Guangqiang said eagerly.

"Yes, yes, when the two of us drank together, he mentioned that it was a long time, and I can't remember it clearly. Dude, you're not looking for revenge, are you? Then if you sell me, I'll be finished. Boss Yu shuddered.

"Don't worry, maybe I'll thank you when he comes back. Don't talk nonsense, let's go. After speaking, he walked out of the adobe house, walked to Yan Zimo's side, and explained in detail what he had heard.

Yan Zimo's face suddenly changed greatly, and he stood up with a "-----", and the two walked straight to the willow tree, got on the horse with the brother who was watching the horse, and chased along the official road in the direction of the jujube red carriage.

"Wait a minute------, wait a minute------- "The old man chased him from under the tea shed to the main road, and shouted to Yan Zimo and them.

That Guangqiang turned around and didn't get off the horse, "Why are you old than the head?" ”

"Look at this, it was Tie Biao who fell on me when he asked me for steamed buns, and when you saw him, give it to him immediately." As he spoke, he handed over a bronze medal.

Guangqiang leaned over and took it, and drove his horse to catch up with Yan Zimo, who was waiting for him, "Master Mo, look, this is that Tie Biao who fell." ”

Yan Zimo took a look at it in his hand, this is a shield-shaped copper waist card, the front of the middle is carved with a tiger head, and the back is engraved with a "double knife" pattern, yes, this is the waist card of Qingfeng Hall, this bronze medal is formulated by Lu Shikun himself, a total of nine, Qingfeng Hall "Nine Tigers" has one, he concluded that it is He Wenhua's undoubted, "Hurry ----- hurry, I am afraid that Lao He will worry about his life at night." ”

The three of them kept running into the distance......

(End of chapter)