At dusk, after the tomb sweepers had gone, two thieves began to shuttle between the tombstones, they propped up the hem of their clothes, came to the monument of the dead one after another, and took the same from each tribute, in addition to leaving some thoughts for the tomb owner, but also for fear of being discovered.

After working for a while, it was not until the two of them were in bulging clothes that they quietly left the cemetery.

The night began, the cave was lit with fire, Wang Ling and the old grandson were lying next to the fire, and on the ground was a small pile of leftover food, among which was the pig's head, and the pig's ear had been gnawed off by the old grandson's head.

This was the fullest meal they had eaten in three months, and Wang Ling burped comfortably, touching his bulging belly, and his face was unprecedentedly satisfied.

The old grandson crossed a Erlang leg, pinched a fish bone in his hand to find the residue between the teeth, picked it out and swallowed it happily into his stomach, until he couldn't find anything between his teeth, he was unwilling to hold the fish bone, and hummed a small song that Wang Ling couldn't understand.

At this time, Wang Ling suddenly asked: "By the way, old Sun Tou, you said that you came to Qingzhou City to find someone, Qingzhou City is so big, do you know where the person you are looking for is?" ”

"Poof." Lao Sun Tou spit out the fish bones in his mouth, and then said: "Hehe, the person I'm looking for is easy to find, but it's not good to see, so I have to talk about it, in short, you come with me into the city tomorrow, if you see that person, I can use my personality to vouch for it, and the benefits of your kid are absolutely indispensable." ”

Wang Ling scoffed, and said in his heart, how many copper plates can your personality be worth?

The old beggar smiled: "Don't believe it, boy, old man, although I can't give you a fortune, but it's still okay for you to settle down in Qingzhou City, and then you don't have to live like a beggar like now." ”

Wang Ling couldn't help but sneer: "Bad old man, I believe you are a ghost!"

For some reason, both of them were a little silent, and the only sound of crackling firewood in the cave seemed a little dull.

"To be honest, after you meet the person you want to see in Qingzhou, are you going to be separated from me?" Wang Ling suddenly asked.

Hearing him say this, the old man's face froze, and then he smiled and said, "Why do you ask that?" ”

"From the moment you told me that you were going to take me to Qingzhou, I always felt that this might be the end of our journey, and once we arrived in Qingzhou City, the two of us would be separated." As he spoke, Wang Ling's tone became more and more lonely.

Old Sun Tou retracted the evil smile on his face and sighed: "How can there be a banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, you are right, I will go to Jinzhou in a few days, there is a troublesome matter there, I need to solve it personally." ”

Wang Ling: "Jinzhou? Is it far from Qingzhou? ”

"Qingzhou is located in the western border of the three northwestern states, and Jinzhou is located in the three northeastern states, close to the East China Sea, you say it is not far away?" It stands to reason that ordinary people may not be able to travel far away even if they are in their lifetime, but the general location of each state is still known, and the old man is not surprised by Wang Ling's confusion.

At first, he also doubted whether Wang Ling was a spy from the north, after several temptations, he basically concluded that this person was by no means a spy of the Jin Kingdom, no spy would spend three months on an old beggar, and accompanied him all the way to Qingzhou, if the other party knew his identity, with the attitude of the Jin Kingdom towards himself, he couldn't wait to get rid of it quickly, how could he live until now?

After three months of getting along, this young man was extremely satisfied with his character and temperament, and the old man had unparalleled confidence in his ability to recognize people.

However, Wang Ling didn't notice the appreciation in the eyes of the old grandson, pouted and said: "Just your old bones, the wind will disperse as soon as the wind blows, from Dingzhou to Qingzhou this way, if I don't accompany you, now you don't know where to bury it, since the road is difficult, bring me at least someone to take care of you, without me by your side, but also Jinzhou, can you get out of Qingzhou are hanging!" ”

Saying that, he collided with the old grandson's eyes, and found that the other party was looking at him with a relieved face, this glance, as if the other party saw through the reluctance he hid in his heart, and the old face blushed and said: "Don't think I'm reluctant to you, I'm afraid that you will die halfway, and you don't even have a person to collect the corpse. ”

"Hehe, don't worry about me, you kid, I have my own way to protect myself, I will go for as short as half a year or as long as two years, this trip to Qingzhou, in addition to seeing a person, there is also a purpose, that is, to entrust you to that person, and arrange an errand for you in this Qingzhou City." The old grandson said.

Wang Ling opened his mouth, his nose was a little sour, and he said, "When are you going to leave?" ”

"Tomorrow, when I have delivered you to the man, I will leave." I don't know why, maybe I was also infected by the emotion of parting, so that the old man who had long been tired of seeing the grievances and sorrows in the world was also a little reluctant, he had no children and no daughters in his life, and there were very few people around him who were worthy of his true affection, but he had a love for a young man who had only known him for three months.

Seeing that Wang Ling was silent, the old grandson rarely showed a loving smile and said: "I can't say that it won't be long before we meet again, don't be discouraged, this is not like your style, don't put your mind on an old thing like me, you also have to think about how you should go next, I know you have a secret in your heart..."

Wang Ling's eyes widened when he heard this, and the old grandson got up and sat down beside him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, everyone has their own secrets in their hearts, why don't I hide something from you?" ”

Wang Ling was silent, he knew that the secret of the old grandson was his identity, and the two of them had often discussed the war in the northwest together for three months, and occasionally said something about the national policy that Wang Ling was not very good at, which was like something that an old beggar who was hungry should think about? It's just that he didn't dare to ask the true identity of the old grandson.

He was afraid that if he asked such a question, he would be embarrassed if the other party asked him to exchange his secret. Wang Ling believed that even if he didn't ask at the moment, one day the old grandson would tell him.

In fact, every time the two of them discussed those military affairs, they were basically provoked by the old grandson, and only occasionally when the discussion was intense, there would be fierce quarrels between the old and the young.

And then from the quarrel to the scolding war, at the beginning it was just a small scolding of the old for the old disrespect, the old scolded the small eyes of the elders this kind of non-lethal words, but scolding and scolding became tasteless, the two exposed each other, first Wang Ling pointed to the old grandson and shouted that he was old to peek at the little girl taking a bath, and went out without a face, and then the old one picked up the cloth shoes with open toes, chased the small one and beat him violently, how could there be half a twilight old man's demeanor, it was simply alive and well, while beating and chattering, I don't know which little rabbit cub it was, At a glance, he bleeds from both tubes, and looks like he has never seen a woman.

Sometimes they can't get angry, so they use some unbearable swear words to criticize each other, but it won't take long after the fact, and the two of them are as good as if they were nothing.

Thinking of this, Wang Ling's expression softened a lot, and finally there was a hint of a smile, he sat up straight, put his hand on his knee and said to the old grandson: "You left me in Qingzhou, not just to settle me, there must be some other purpose." Say, what do you want me to do? ”

"Hehe, if you don't say that you kid has the most appetite for me, I let you guess it before I say it." The old grandson put on a shy posture, and saw Wang Ling's stomach rolling.

Wang Ling hurriedly stretched out his hand, stopped the old grandson's deliberate disgusting behavior and said, "You stop me!" If you want to settle me, when the family wanted to keep me as a farmer, you would not refuse, although it is not as good as this Qingzhou City, but there is something to eat, you brought me all the way to Qingzhou, there must be other arrangements. ”

The old grandson smiled evilly: "Why did the family keep you, you don't know in your own heart?" It's not that I want you to go to his house and accompany the big fat girl Sleeping Langjun, besides, I didn't disagree with it at that time, but you kid doesn't pay attention to it, people have taken care of your white-flour steamed buns for three days, you are good, when I saw that the girl wanted to keep you, your kid ran over the wall overnight, without telling me, so I let people drive out the next day, and I didn't even have time to bring out the steamed buns hidden the night before. ”

Hearing the old grandson tell this past without concealment, Wang Ling looked embarrassed, remembering the physical appearance of the daughter of that family, he couldn't help but shudder, he had driven a tank in the army, but it didn't mean that he liked to drive a tank.

Seeing that the joke was almost over, the old grandson decided to talk to him about something serious, and the old man's eyes passed through the entrance of the cave, looked at the distant starry sky, and said, "You guessed right, I do have other arrangements for you." ”

"What arrangement?" Wang Lingdao.

Lao Sun Tou: "I want to send you to the Yamen of the Street Division in Qingzhou."

Wang Ling asked a little blankly: "Street Division Yamen?" What is that place? "I also unconsciously figured out literally in my heart, this yamen name, it doesn't sound like a department with much ability, compared to the Imperial City Division, the Soldiers and Horses Division, and the Imperial Officials I have heard of, even if you send me to the Caoyun Division, you can't say that you can't mix up with an official and a half-job, and you can also get some oil and water for your retirement, what is this Street Division? Isn't it an organization like a neighborhood office?

For Wang Ling's sincere advice, the old grandson habitually replied with a blank eye, Wang Ling's ignorance in his opinion is not shallow, but he doesn't know what it is, fortunately, he is also used to it, sometimes he also wonders, a person who can talk about state affairs with himself, sometimes even speaks to him dumbfounded, how can he not know anything about many common sense issues, if he doesn't see his eyes clear, he will think that he is pretending to tease himself.

Lao Sun Tou explained: "Although the rank of this street division is not high, but it is extremely important, almost every city has such a yamen, although it is under the jurisdiction of the chief official in the city on weekdays, it is directly under the general department of the street division of Jingzhao Mansion. ”

Wang Ling asked the next question as if he didn't understand: "Then what does this street division do?" ”

Lao Sun Tou thought for a while, as if he was thinking about how to express the functions of the Street Division, and said: "The responsibilities of the Street Division are relatively broad, and the most important thing on weekdays is to patrol the streets and manage the textile market, prevent people from illegally profiting and operating black goods, as well as encroaching on the streets and alleys and other behaviors that disrupt the order in the city, in addition to assisting the officials to arrest bandits, repair water transportation ditches, and maintain law and order in the city, these are also within the scope of the responsibilities of the Street Division", hearing this, Wang Ling's mouth could no longer be closed, The old grandson thought that he was surprised that he had too many affairs to manage, and remembered that this kid had always been nosy, and the old grandson changed his tone of relief.

"Don't worry, after you enter the Street Division, you don't need to work in everything, the Street Division has six class rooms, each room is in charge of a stall, you just need to do what you should do······"

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Ling suddenly interrupted him excitedly: "Old man, I finally know what you want me to do!" ”

A flash of light flashed in the old grandson's eyes, I didn't expect this kid to guess my true intentions so quickly from my words! Seeing him so excited, there was no resistance in his eyes, and even contained expectations, the old man had read countless people in his life, and he had never missed people, and the future of this son was promising! It's worth entrusting!

Old Sun Tou forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart and said, "Do you know what I want you to do?" Tell me if you're right. The old man stroked his beard and looked at Wang Ling expectantly.

Wang Ling closed his eyes to stabilize his emotions, and when he opened them, he spit out two words: "Chengguan!" ”

“？？？” The old grandson has a question mark on his head.