At noon, Qindu Town.

Located in a small town between Huxian and Chang'an, a bluestone road runs through the north and south, there are small shops on both sides, children are chasing, frolicking, adding a little vitality to the town, Xue Rengui hurriedly came, found a restaurant to stop, and handed the war horse to the shopkeeper: "Feed the best concentrate, put on a pot of wine, come to a plate of peanuts, a plate of braised meat." ”

"Okay, please be objective." The shopkeeper hurried to Zhang Luo.

Xue Rengui entered the store, sat down in a window position, looked at the pedestrians on the street, and the shopkeeper personally brought up wine and food, there are not many hotel guests in this kind of small place, and they are not particular, Xue Rengui pretended to ask casually: "Where is the cement road of the imperial court?" ”

"I have been to Huxian, I have specially seen it, it is very smooth, hard, it is incredible, the protector of the country is too powerful, with this cement road, no matter the rain, snow, do not have to worry about the road slippery and difficult, I heard that it will not take a few days to repair to Chang'an, we entrust the blessing of the country, and it will be much faster to travel to and from Chang'an in the future."

Xue Rengui was a little nervous, and he actually repaired to Huxian, isn't it not far from the town, and said with a smile pretending to be casual: "As soon as the road is opened, there will be more businessmen going back and forth, and your business will be a lot better. ”

"It's not that there are more people who build roads, there are more people to eat, and the food in the nearby people's homes is sold at a high price, which one will not follow suit? I heard that many people have given the Protector Public Immortal Card. ”

"And this?" Xue Rengui was a little nervous, and after thinking about it, he understood that the common people had only one arm of strength left, and there was no place to make money, but the vegetables and fruits planted could not be eaten, and they could be sold to people who built roads, and the price was only higher than the market.

At this time, several military masters came in, and one of them shouted: "Shopkeeper, good food has been served for a long time, and you are indispensable for a penny." ”

"Yo, the military master is here, is this Xiu Mu?" The shopkeeper went up, smiling all over his face.

"Where do you have time to rest, I specially asked for leave to come over for a tooth sacrifice, the bird is about to fade out of my mouth, hurry up, the brothers have to go back on an errand after eating." Someone explained.

The shopkeeper hurried to get busy, Xue Rengui listened while eating, these people were very tight, not talking about road repair, one by one thinking about how they were in Chang'an back then, obviously their status was not low, Xue Rengui paid attention to observation, and saw that a few people did not look like ordinary soldiers, there were no calluses on their hands, and although their skin was tanned, they were obviously fat.

No one in regular service soldiers will be fat, and it is even less likely that those who build roads and work as coolies will be fat, is it the "intern" mentioned by the young master? The intern is from a noble family, no wonder he can be in Chang'an, shouting: "How many military masters know Luo Zhang?" ”

Several people were chatting happily, and when they heard someone inquiring about Luo Zhang, they all looked over, and their eyes were a little more vigilant, and one of them asked, "This ...... Looking at the face of the student, do you know our Lord Luo? ”

"I heard that the Luo family's marksmanship is unparalleled in the world, so I will come here for a while, I don't know if a few military masters can report on their behalf? The meal was paid for by a certain agent. Xue Rengui made an excuse, the stakes are very high, it is best to find Luo Zhang without revealing his identity, and if he can't do it, he can only go directly.

One person asked vigilantly, "Want to compete with Lord Luo?" ”

"Exactly!"

The other party snorted: "It's not a certain blow to you, or where you come from, where to go back, Lord Luo never competes with others, and Lord Luo is busy with affairs, so he doesn't have time to pay attention to such things." ”

"You're an intern, aren't you?"

"Yo, I know a lot."

Xue Rengui said with a smile: "There are a few Lao, Zhao Xiaohu." ”

Zhao Xiaohu is a native of Zhaojia Village, a squad leader of the Zhuang Protection Team, or recommended by Luo Zhang, and he will definitely come over when he hears this name.

"Okay, it's okay to help you spread the word for the sake of the meal, it doesn't matter if you come or not." One laughed.

Xue Rengui smiled and didn't say much.

After the meal, the men left in a hurry and left the town, and one of them said, "Message to him?" In case you annoy Lord Luo, it's not a joke. ”

"off, but who are we? It's just a cheat to eat. ”

Everyone smiled knowingly, not entangled, but one frowned and thought, and reminded uneasily: "The other party knows the 'intern', I'm afraid the identity is not simple, in case there is a background, it will cause trouble, and besides, this person has made a special trip, in case he comes to the door to say that it is broken, Lord Luo will not spare it." ”

"Yes, it's a real nuisance."

"Forget it, mention it for a while, don't say too much, as for whether Lord Luo is going or not, we don't care, but if we don't mention it, there will be hidden dangers, and we can't get into trouble."

"Yes, yes, it's better not to mention it."

Xue Rengui calculated that these people would mention, and waited while eating in the restaurant, seeing that the shopkeeper was a little puzzled, but he didn't dare to come up to urge, Xue Rengui asked for some food.

After waiting for a while, Luo Zhang hurriedly came in civilian clothes, and recognized it as Xue Rengui at a glance, not Zhao Xiaohu, he chuckled in his heart, stepped forward quickly, sat down opposite Xue Rengui, and asked eagerly, "Why are you?"

Did something happen to Uncle? ”

"Shopkeeper, add a pair of dishes and chopsticks."

"Here we are."

Waiting for the dishes and chopsticks to come up, Xue Rengui signaled the shopkeeper to leave and said in a low voice: "The young master is fine, there is something too big to be exposed, so I borrowed Zhao Xiaohu's name." ”

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Luo Zhang solemnly stood up.

Xue Rengui looked around vigilantly, motioned for Luo Zhang to come over, and said in a voice that only Luo Zhang could hear: "Someone forcibly entered, the barbecue bar and the Dongshi shop, and also kidnapped a purchaser from Qinjiazhuang, Steward Jia suspected that it was peer competition, and the other party also kidnapped the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to study the items on the house, such as liquor, soap, etc." ”

"Looking for death...... Who is it? Luo Zhang was furious when he heard this.

"Don't worry, listen to me." Xue Rengui looked around vigilantly, and continued to whisper: "Wei Guogong secretly summoned Steward Jia and said that those people might be in Prince Mountain Villa. ”

"Ah......" Luo Zhang's face changed greatly, Prince Villa is not an ordinary place.

Xue Rengui waited for a while, let Luo Zhang digest and accept the information, and continued: "I'm going to make a plan, but the Zhuang Guardian team can't be easily exposed, and I need your cooperation." ”

"You say."

"There is a Fengyulou killer named Shen Mei who threw himself into the house, I am going to use her to send the news out, if the Fengyulou killer chases and kills him, you bring someone to appear, drive them to the Prince Villa, and take the opportunity to kill them to check." Xue Rengui said and laid out the plan and thought very carefully.

Luo Zhang didn't speak from beginning to end, listened carefully, thought carefully for a while, and said: "I will arrive two hours in advance, ambush, how many people are needed......"

Xue Rengui explained: "Two hours is not good, I am worried that the killer will also ambush in advance, the sooner the better, you can grasp the specifics, just hide in the west, I will take a few people to wait in the village, with a rocket as the number, if there is no rocket shot, it means that Shen Mei and they are credible, I will let them break into the Prince Villa and set it on fire, and hide a group of people from the Supervision Mansion in the east, once the fire starts, the people from the Supervision Mansion will go up." ”

"And the people of the Overseer's Office, can they be trusted?" Luo Zhang was a little surprised.

"Listen to me." Xue Rengui looked around, and said in a low voice: "If Shen Mei and the others have a problem, the killer will kill, I will release wolf smoke, you will kill it, and drive the people to the Prince Villa, but don't chase it, hand it over to the Supervision Mansion to chase, the Supervision Mansion is a court department, specializing in major cases of rebellion, there are many excuses to get out, you can't, it is a big crime to transfer troops without permission, if Shen Mei is okay, don't go to the road." ”

"Then it's okay to let the Supervision Mansion take action directly, why do you want me to come?" Luo Zhang asked.

"Because there are killers, we need to catch the secret interrogation, can not be handed over to the Supervision Office, once it is made public, it will startle the snake, second, the Supervision Office needs an excuse for the transfer, at that time we can announce to the outside world that we found a group of strongmen gathered, thinking that they were going to rebel, and they rushed to the Prince's Villa, worried that something would happen, and they rushed in to save people before they had time to ask for an order, which is reasonable."

"In other words, I came to play the strongman, and I gave the Supervision Office an excuse to secretly take the killer prisoner for interrogation?" Luo Zhang suddenly asked.

"That's right, the third point, and the most important point, let people know that another wave of unidentified people has emerged, and if they can force the court to intensify their efforts to investigate thoroughly, the Supervision Office can take further action, grasp the initiative, and completely muddy the situation, and in the future, we can also do many things in the name of 'strongmen', and we can also make the people who calculate us behind our backs afraid and dare not mess around." Xue Rengui explained seriously.

"Fishing in troubled waters?!"

Luo Zhang suddenly raised his wine glass and said with emotion: "Uncle has always believed in you, saying that you are both civil and military, how can you be talented, I didn't believe it before, but this time I believe it, is there enough for two hundred people?" ”

Xue Rengui thought for a while: "Enough, too many are easy to expose, but these two hundred people must be reliable." ”

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Luo Zhang leaned back, his face full of confidence.

The two smiled tacitly and raised their glasses together.