Chapter 17: The Shabby Brocade Guard
"Good boy, it's not small!"
Bao Yuanqian was locked in his throat, only to feel that the man's hand was like an iron palm and a golden hoop that could not be freed, and the man saw that the five points of force were unstable, so he used seven or eight points of force.
This man didn't expect that this Bao Yuan Qian had only slashed hundreds of knives, and now he was still so powerful in his hands.
"Okay, Ying Hao, pinch it again, and your life will be gone."
A sound came, and Ying Hao laughed strangely and let go of his hand.
"Ahem......"
Bao Yuanqian crouched on the ground, covering his throat with his hands and coughing violently.
He didn't care who it was, and he greedily breathed the hard-won air.
"You, your name is Bao Yuanqian, yes or no?" , the man asked.
Bao Yuanqian relieved himself, and then got up to judge the two.
That Ying Hao is about thirty years old, ordinary, with a Chinese face, and he can't find it when he throws it into the crowd.
Later, the man was much older, the same as Uncle Bao, with two short white hair, and the appearance of an old farmer in the field, staring at him with a smile.
Bao Yuanqian's heart froze, and he knew that this Ying Hao's martial arts were quite strong, and he took down himself in three moves and two styles, he was afraid that this old man was not under Ying Hao.
The two of them were unknown, and although they did not resemble the Warats, they did not seem to have any intention of killing him.
These two people knew their names, and they obviously came prepared, but they were already enemies and we were passive.
But he didn't dare to open his mouth indiscriminately, provoking anger.
The old man saw that Bao Yuanqian's eyes were cautious, and he understood his concerns in his heart, so he stepped forward and said, "Don't be afraid, my name is Kou Shicheng." This is my deputy, Ying Hao. ”
Ying Hao changed his ruthless attitude and arched his hand: "Under Ying Hao, Fang Caiquan is self-preservation, and he is offended." ”
Bao Yuanqian returned the salute, "If you don't offend, you almost get strangled to death." ”
There are words in Bao Yuanqian's words, implying that he is quite ruthless.
Ying Hao said dumbly: "If Fang is only half a beat slower, I may already be the soul of your sword." ”
Bao Yuanqian put the knife into the sheath, "Since you know my name, you can go straight to it, why do you need to be sneaky?" I will only kill you if you are a Navarat. ”
Ying Hao looked at Bao Yuanqian with strange eyes, as if to say who looks like a Warat person?
Bao Yuanqian was uncomfortable by his eyes, so he asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”
Na Kou Shicheng stepped forward and said, "Jinyi Wei asks about the case." ”
“.....”
Bao Yuanqian never thought that the two people who came were not Wara people, but Jinyiwei.
But to be precise, it was the laid-off Jinyi Guard.
In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Jinyiwei's power was too great, and the killing was too heavy and affected the government, so he first reduced his power and then abolished it.
After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, adhering to the benevolent government of his father Zhu Biao's magnanimity towards others, he no longer used the Jinyiwei, so far the Jinyiwei has not been established for nearly ten years, but it has become a broken household.
However, although the power has been abolished, the intelligence network and structure accumulated by Jinyiwei for many years still exist.
Many Jinyi guards were scattered in the streets and alleys of the border passes, the inland capital, and other streets and alleys, spying on important information, the purpose of which was to please the emperor and get the day when he could be restarted.
Bao Yuanqian naturally knew the reason for this, presumably the two people in front of him were Jinyiwei, who was stationed in Suzhou, and wanted to come to inquire about the beginning and end of his exit from the customs.
Although this matter was strictly blocked by the Yamen, it could not be locked in terms of Jinyiwei's intelligence ability.
"It turned out to be two adults."
The two of them heard Bao Yuanqian respectfully shout Lord, the two looked at each other, a little surprised, they seemed to have not heard others call themselves like this for many years.
There are too many people offended by Jinyiwei, once he loses power, it is already excellent not to fall into the ground, and now this Bao Yuanqian respectfully calls himself, but it also makes the two of them useful.
Bao Yuanqian is not afraid of this so-called Jinyi Guard, because now they have no law enforcement power, they are just ordinary people.
But he can't be too snub about Jinyiwei, because of his prerequisite advantage in later generations, he knows that this Jinyiwei will soon be reactivated by Zhu Di and go to the top.
To provoke them at this juncture, he didn't want to touch this bad head.
"You have a lot of scars on your body, and it seems that there were a lot of bloody battles some time ago." , Ying Hao looked at Bao Yuanqian's wounds, glanced at his eyes and said, "Hey, how did you get this old scar?" ”
Bao Yuanqian looked at the terrifying scar on his chest that was half the size of a palm, this was not a new scar left by leaving the customs.
He had vaguely searched for the origin of this scar from his memory, and it seemed that Uncle Bao burned it with a soldering iron when he was eight or nine years old.
It seems to be covering up something, but as for what it is, I don't know.
Seeing that Ying Hao was far away, Kou Shicheng interrupted: "The two of us came here to ask you a few words. ”
Kou Shicheng spoke, giving Ying Hao a look.
Ying Hao understood, and immediately took out a booklet from his coarse cloth shirt, licked his tongue with a thin pipe pen, and prepared to record.
Bao Yuanqian raised his hand to stop, and the two were puzzled.
He touched his rumbling belly, and said with a smile: "Two adults, this is not the place to ask, is it?" ”
After saying that, his thief's eyes rolled and looked at the two meaningfully, Ying Hao and the others suddenly realized, and their faces were full of black lines.
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Suzhou Wei, Juyanfang
This is one of the most famous restaurants in Suzhou, and it is a good place for many businessmen and officials to gather in their spare time.
At this time, in the three-story Tianzi Accord, one person threw off his arms, started work left and right, and ate and drank nonsense.
The other two sat upright, but did not put off their chopsticks.
It's not that they don't like to eat, it's really not much, and it will basically be enough for Bao Yuanqian to eat.
Why only order the amount of one person, because the two of them spent most of the funds on this Tianzi private room for questioning.
"Boy, you have to know that this meal you eat is the food of Jinyiwei." , Ying Hao picked up the pen and wrote on the booklet.
"My lord, I said, I'm just a big soldier, I really don't know what you asked." , Bao Yuanqian said in his heart that Lao Tzu has eaten all the imperial grain, what happened to Jinyiwei's grain?
Bao Yuanqian cheated on eating and drinking, stuffing his mouth full of fragrance.
The two of them asked him about the beginning and end of his exit, and as Bao Yuanqian expected, their Jinyiwei's intelligence network could not pass through the yamen, and they also knew about them, which was a matter of even Jiayu Guan's guard of the Imperial Thousand Households being ordered to seal up.
Bao Yuanqian knew that going out of the customs was not a secret to Jinyiwei, as long as he didn't reveal Sarenya's identity, he wouldn't be beaten by this board.
"But there are sixteen people out of the customs, but only you and your brother have returned." , Kou Shicheng said.
"It's all because of the rescue of the masters."
"Why are the Warats chasing you?" , Kou Shicheng asked.
Bao Yuanqian wiped his mouth, pointed at himself and smiled: "My lord, do you need a reason for this Warat people to chase and kill the Ming people?" ”
"Couldn't it be because of those two captives?" , Kou Shicheng took a sip of tea and stared at Bao Yuanqian meaningfully.
Bao Yuanqian remembered what Jiang Wei said, "If someone asks, they will say that they don't know what their identity is." ”
"My lord, it's normal to go out of the customs and bring back one or two captives, when did the brothers of the sentry camp not come back with some alive?"
"No, you're lying, that's not what your brother Bao Butong said." , Ying Haodun wrote.
Bao Yuanqian listened, raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? What did this stupid boy say? ”
He said these two captives were big men! Specially captured and invited credit! Ying Hao looked at Bao Yuanqian with a torch in his eyes.
Bao Yuanqian was stunned, and then laughed and said, "He wants to make meritorious service and wants to go crazy, right?" Use this gimmick to solicit credit? Even if it's a big shot, it can't be his turn to take credit, right, two adults? ”
Bao Yuanqian was worried in his heart, two big shots? Want to cheat yourself? If it is said that Sarenya is a big man, he must be thorough with the civilian officials of this level, when did the sentry battalion brothers not catch a dozen or twenty?
Besides, the few military attaches on duty to guard the Thousand Households had already been sealed by Deng Pingyu, where did they know?
Sure enough, seeing that Bao Yuanqian's words could not be defrauded, the two were a little helpless.
Bao Yuanqian patted his belly and got up, "Thank you for the banquet of the two adults, thank you here, I wish the adults a prosperous official fortune and a prosperous future!" ”
After saying that, he took his leave and left, Kou Shicheng pondered, "It seems that it is not enough to find him alone. ”
Ying Hao put away the booklet and said, "What do you mean by a hundred households?" ”
Kou Shicheng dipped his finger in the tea and wrote the word 'Deng' on the table.
Ying Hao looked at the back of Bao Yuanqian's departure, and said to himself: "What I'm more curious about is that the burn scar on Bao Yuanqian's chest is interesting." ”
Kou Shicheng knocked on the table and said, "This is not the threshold now. ”
"What's that?"
Kou Shicheng pointed to the leftovers on the table with a wrinkled face, and said with a bitter face: "Come on, let's get together and settle the account." ”
The two shabby brocade guards didn't ask about it, but they were chopped a meal by Bao Yuanqian.
Ying Hao touched the silver from his pocket with a bitter face, and secretly scolded this bag of Yuan Qian's ability to eat.