The remnant sun is like blood, at dusk.

Lin Sanqing and his entourage rode their horses along the small road and gradually approached the periphery of Chengdu Mansion.

There are already many houses here, and there are many pedestrians on the road, so you can inquire about the news at any time.

Lin Sanqing found a roadside wild shop and led Zhao Xue and Dong Siyu into the store, ready to eat something, and inquired about the news along the way.

After the three of them sat down, they asked for some food and drinks.

"Shopkeeper, is there any news in Chengdu recently?"

While eating, Lin Sanqing asked the hotel shopkeeper.

Except for Lin Sanqing and the three of them, there were no other customers in the store.

Listening to Lin Sanqing's words, the hotel shopkeeper couldn't help but be curious: "This military master, you just came back from the front line?" ”

Lin Sanqing said: "That's right, Ben General just rushed back from the Jingzhou front line to receive a reward, and I don't know what the situation in Chengdu Mansion is." ”

"It turns out that the military master came back to be rewarded, disrespectful and disrespectful!" The hotel shopkeeper was polite, and then opened the chatterbox.

"Speaking of this Chengdu Mansion, there has been a lot of news recently, but well, most of them are trivial, not worth mentioning, the only thing worth mentioning is our general commander General Wu, I heard that his old man recently led the army to attack a cottage, and won a big victory, and his exploits are not young!" The hotel shopkeeper said solemnly.

Lin Sanqing smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his heart What kind of military exploits does Wu Yi have? More than half of the soldiers he brought with him were wiped out by himself, so is this still called a complete victory?

"General Wu is a victorious general, isn't it easy to deal with bandits?"

Lin Sanqing continued to follow the shopkeeper's words: "I just don't know if his old man has any new actions, I will have heard that there are many bandits in the vicinity." ”

"That's right," the hotel shopkeeper sighed, "If you want to talk about those bandits, they have been too rampant in the past two years, and it's time to rectify them." However, I don't know if General Wu will continue to attack the bandits, anyway, there is no news for the time being. ”

"Shopkeeper, do you know who is more well-informed in the territory of Chengdu Prefecture? You also know that Zai Xia has just returned from the border pass, and he doesn't know anything about the situation in the city, and he is worried that he will act recklessly and accidentally provoke someone when he turns around. Lin Sanqing said half-truthfully.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately looked like an old man and a sophisticated man, and gave him a support: "The military master is really right, this Chengdu Mansion is full of dragons and snakes, you are a foreign general, you have to be careful." ”

Lin Sanqing shrugged and said, "It's a pity that there is no one in the lower court, and I don't know what to do." ”

"It's not easy for the military master to understand the affairs of Chengdu Mansion?" As the hotel shopkeeper spoke, he said to Nunu at the door: "Isn't there a jack of all trades squatting at the door?" ”

Lin Sanqing turned his head to look and found a beggar with a broken bowl squatting at the door of the hotel.

Could it be that this beggar is a jack of all trades?

But when he thought about it, he soon understood.

Aren't these beggars well-informed?

And as far as he knew, there seemed to be gangs of these beggars, some of whom even specialized in selling news.

"Thank you for the reminder from the shopkeeper, and I'll look for these know-it-alls to get a good understanding of the situation in Chengdu Mansion when I go back next, hehe." Lin Sanqing looked at the shopkeeper and smiled.

After eating, Lin Sanqing walked to the door of the restaurant, took out a few copper plates from his pocket and shook them at the beggar.

The beggar's eyes lit up, and he immediately knelt down and said, "Thank you for the reward!" ”

Lin Sanqing shook his head and said: "The general's reward is not for you, you have to do the general a small favor." ”

The beggar was curious: "What does the military master want to do?" ”

"Who are you beggars in the neighborhood? Take me to him, and the money will be yours." Lin Sanqing threw the copper coin into the beggar's broken bowl.

"What is the matter with the military master looking for us?" The beggar asked Lin Sanqing with some curiosity.

Lin Sanqing snorted: "I naturally have something to do with him, you don't need to know!" ”

"The reward you gave is not enough," the beggar grinned, raised a finger and said, "If you want to see us, you need at least one or two pieces of silver." ”

Lin Sanqing was full of amusement, and said in his heart that he was just a small leader of the beggar gang, and it would cost so much money to meet him?

In desperation, Lin Sanqing took out two taels of silver and handed it to the beggar and said, "The extra tael is for you, lead the way!" ”

"Yes, Master Jun, please come with the little one!"

When he stepped forward, the beggar immediately smiled and nodded his head to lead the way.

After a while, the beggar led Lin Sanqing and his party into a village.

"The little ones, all of them practice, maybe they will be able to follow Lao Tzu into battle to kill the enemy in the future!"

In the courtyard of the village, a bald martial artist with a slight beard was sitting on the Taishi chair with a shy belly, directing several tattered, thin and dry beggars to practice boxing.

"Mr. Wang, this military master wants to see you," the beggar stepped forward to salute the bald martial artist.

The martial artist glanced at Lin Sanqing, didn't get up, but said lightly: "The military master is here, what's the matter?" ”

Seeing that the martial artist was so arrogant, Zhao Xue immediately stepped forward and scolded: "You are such a big fighter, don't you want to beg for a fight when you see my husband?" ”

"Little girl, you'd better be polite, I don't know any Mr. Junye, I only know that this is Lao Tzu's territory, even if the emperor is coming, Lao Tzu is not afraid!"

As the martial artist spoke, he waved his hand to the beggars who were practicing boxing, and several beggars immediately grabbed their knives and spears and surrounded the three of them.

Seeing this, Zhao Xue couldn't help but pick up the abduction gun.

Lin Sanqing pressed her hand, but then stepped forward with a smile, looked at the martial artist and said, "In Xia Wuming, I haven't asked for advice on how to call the general." ”

"My name is Wang Fu, what are you looking for me?"

Wang Fu draped his clothes obliquely, fiddled with the two iron balls in his hand, looked at Lin Sanqing and said, "Wu Ming, nameless, you guys are hiding your head and tail, do you want to do something bad?" ”

Hearing Wang Fu's words, Lin Sanqing smiled helplessly, and said in his heart that you are a little too smart.

You must know that there are some things, it is best to see through them and not say them, once they are broken, they are not beautiful.

"I'm not going to do bad things, but I want to make a deal with Mr. Wang," Lin Sanqing took out a cloth bag from his waist as he spoke, opened the bag and shook it at Wang Fu.

"This, so much gold—"

The bag contained more than a dozen pieces of gold cakes, Wang Fu looked a little distracted for a while, but he quickly reacted, quickly looked around, waved his hand to let those beggars disperse, and then respectfully invited Lin Sanqing to sit in.

"Ahem, that, please come inside the military master, there is something to discuss!"

Entering the hall, the two sides sat down, Wang Fu asked the maid to pour tea, and then lowered his voice and asked Lin Sanqing: "What is the matter with the military master?" There's no one else here, but you say it's okay. ”

Lin Sanqing took a sip of the teacup, looked at Wang Fu and asked, "Does Mr. Wang know anything about the affairs in Chengdu Mansion?" ”

Wang Fu said with a smile: "I know a little bit about it, I don't know what the military master is asking." ”

"The commander-in-chief is from the Captain's Mansion," Lin Sanqing replied.

"Ah, this, this ......" Wang Fu hesitated: "I really don't know much, but if the military master really wants to know, he can immediately send someone to inquire." ”

Lin Sanqing frowned and said: "General Wang, this is not a joke, most of the things in the Commander's Mansion are related to the soldiers, are you sure you can find out the news?" ”

"Don't worry, this matter is on Wang, it's this price, hehe, you have to be fair. Those brothers below are risking their lives to find out the news for you," Wang Fu glanced at the cloth bag in Lin Sanqing's hand as he spoke, his expression full of greed.

Seeing that Wang Fu was full of greed, Lin Sanqing was relieved.

He's here to spend money to buy news, and what he wants is that the other party is greedy enough.

If the other party is not greedy, the money will be ineffective.

"Rest assured, as long as the information is accurate, I will not hesitate to pay the honorarium!"

While Lin Sanqing was talking, he took out five gold cakes and put them on the table next to Wang Fu, and said to him: "These are deposits, keep them first, and buy some wine for the brothers!" ”

"Hey, hey, hey, it's easy to say!"

Wang Fu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly put the golden cake into his pocket, and then called in a few beggars under him.

"You go to Chengdu Mansion now, carefully inquire about the news of the General Commander's Mansion to Lao Tzu, and report immediately if there is any movement!" Wang Fu said to a few of his subordinates.

The beggars took the order, turned and hurried away.

After arranging his subordinates, Wang Fu turned to Lin Sanqing and said, "Sir, wait patiently, I believe there will be news soon." ”

"Well, then there's Mr. Lao!" Lin Sanqing arched his hand to Wang Fu.

"Hey, it's not interesting to wait like this, if you don't mind, sir, why don't we play two games?"

Wang Fu felt that it was boring to wait, and wanted to play chess with Lin Sanqing to kill time.

Lin Sanqing didn't see his rough appearance, he actually could play chess, and readily agreed at the moment.

Wang Furang set the chessboard out and played against Lin Sanqing seriously.

Nineteen paths, how many people are confused?

This is the charm of the game of Go, once you put it in, time flies so fast, and before you know it, two hours have passed.

The result of the game can be imagined, Lin Sanqing already had the heart to give up, but Wang Fu still lost in a mess.

In the last game, Lin Sanqing was really helpless, so he could only let Zhao Xue take the lead, which allowed Wang Fu to win half of the game.

After the last game, it was dark.

Wang Fu asked people to bring wine and food, invited Lin Sanqing to the table, and arranged a room for them to live for the time being, and waited for the news slowly.

Lin Sanqing finished dinner and entered the room, but before he had time to rest, Wang Fu came upside down.

"Sir, there's news!"

Wang Fu excitedly took out a note from his arms and handed it to Lin Sanqing: "The Commander-in-Chief Captain's Mansion really has a big move!" ”

Lin Sanqing took the note and looked at it, immediately frowned, and said in amazement: "Is this all true?" Will they be out tonight? ”

Wang Fu nodded and said: "It's true, I have confirmed it again and again, they will attack Erlong Mountain tonight, this is the news revealed by Wu Yi's deputy general Zhang Nan, it is absolutely wrong!" ”