Dong Sheng entered the dormitory, knelt down with Cun Zhao to listen to the reading of the edict, and received a sword from the emperor and set off with it. Before leaving, he listened to Cai Xianqing's instructions, wrapped the sword in yellow silk, put it in his arms, and rode out of the city. When the forbidden soldiers under Cun Zhao saw this extremely conspicuous yellow silk, they all looked sideways; The people who came to watch also pointed out: "The one holding Shang Fang's sword is undoubtedly Qincha!" "Dong Sheng has earned a lot of limelight.

Cun Zhao was full of doubts, deliberately slowed down the horse's speed, and was far away from Dong Sheng, so he tilted his body slightly, and whispered to the henchman next to him: "Dong Sheng is a scholar, and he has not been in the office for half a year, and now he is out of town, which is Ye Yongjia's helpless move." However, there was no panic, and there was such a means in the end, I am afraid that he was not alone. ”

The henchman replied: "This person is in the military department every day, and the two thieves Ye and Cai naturally took the opportunity to teach him, and the way to act must have been memorized." ”

"I don't think so," Cun Zhao glanced coldly forward, "The situation at the border pass and the Jingshi is different, and he needs to adapt to the situation, how can he be allowed to act in a straightforward manner?" ”

"You mean ......?"

Cun Zhao grabbed his hand: "There must be letters and other things with him to help him deal with the threat in front of him." ”

The henchman sighed: "It's possible." But he has a steady personality, how can he find out about these confidential things? ”

Cun Zhao covered his mouth and said, "Yesterday I asked Chen Shangshu about the origin of this person, he is from Gyeonggi and has quite an old friend here. You can sneak out of the group, look around a few times, and if you have one or two people to use, bring them! ”

The henchmen gave up their hands, and took advantage of the congestion in the streets to blend in with the crowd and enter the alleys; Cun Zhao looked left and right, pretending not to know.

The team traveled for one day, the sky was dark, and the moon was about to rise to midheaven. Seeing that it was about to be the second watch, Cun Zhao persuaded Dong Sheng, stopped his journey, and rested in the post station for the night. Dong Sheng listened to this, made an appointment with the horses, and led the whole army into the post station.

After a short while, the accommodation was arranged, and everyone was sleepy at this time, and immediately fell asleep in the room, only Cunzhao asked the kitchen for some cooked food and cold wine, which served as a supper.

He was not much more energetic than others, but in order to wait for news from the capital, he did not dare to relax his vigilance, and only used those few sips of residual wine to cheer himself up a little.

Cun Zhao was nibbling on the sausage in his hand, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the window, he suddenly became excited, and hurriedly wiped the oil on his clothes, leaned close to the window and said, "Don't ask, just go in!" ”

Someone from outside walked in, and he was the henchman who had been sent out this morning.

"Have you found someone?" Cun Zhao held his hands and asked urgently.

"Yu Siban, when I went down to Dong Sheng's township, I got acquainted with an old gentleman, surnamed Dou, who was Dong Sheng's teacher when he was a child, and he said that he was extremely friendly with this Dong adult, so I brought him here."

Cun Zhao was overjoyed, instantly swept away his tired emotions, nodded and said, "Okay!" Then you let him in! ”

"Xiaomin Dou Da, see Lord Si Ban!"

I saw that Mr. Dou was wearing a brown cloth coat, a shabby square scarf on his head, his hair was gray, his face was wrinkled and horizontal, all colorless, and he still had a small goatee on his chin.

Cun Zhao smiled and said, "The old man doesn't have to salute, the official is asking for you." How old are you? ”

Mr. Dou walked two steps tremblingly: "Xiaomin is six out of sixty. ”

"Oh, at such an age, walking so much in a day, can the bones of the body still stand it?" Cunzhao pretended to be surprised, and asked his henchman, "What time is it now?" ”

"Look at the sky, it's probably past three watches."

"Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, Xiaomin followed this military master on the road, and he also used a carriage on the way, which is not hard."

Cun Zhao said: "That's good, it's time to talk about business." This official has come to invite you for the sake of your former students. He was a relatively stable man, and although he had a good relationship with me, he did not trust my sergeants very much; And my subordinates also felt that he was unqualified and looked down on him, and I was in a dilemma, and I often couldn't reconcile. How do I know that there have been rumors recently that he has hidden an official document in private and has bad intentions. The sergeants were in an uproar because of this, and their hatred for Congming deepened. ”

"If you want to settle this dispute, you have to have evidence to be convincing. But I didn't dare to ask directly, for fear that he would misunderstand my intentions; I just want you to go and explore the wind and see if you can get this official document. Of course, you can also settle for the next best thing, just write down the content, and come back to inform the official. As long as the estrangement between the two sides is unraveled, it will be a great thing for everyone. ”

Mr. Dou was still a little stunned, and the henchman pressed his shoulder and said, "You can find a little excuse at home and talk to him." Remember, don't reveal your purpose, and don't get involved in a single word. ”

Mr. Dou sighed: "The grass people don't need to find any excuses, I have no way to govern the family, and the second son behaves profligately, causing a lawsuit, and I urgently need money to save the emergency." I heard that you will reward the grass people with money, so the grass people did not hesitate to come here. ”

"How much do you want?" Cun Zhao drank the wine out.

"Hmm...... Thirty taels. Mr. Dou lifted his eyelids slightly.

"Easy to do." Cun Zhao took out a fifty taels of silver ticket from his sleeve and pressed it on the table. Mr. Dou's eyes straightened.

"I rode with Dong Congming to take office, and I was anxious to prepare cash, so I had to take this ticket on my body. You go back to Beijing to redeem it. Cun Zhao said coldly. Mr. Dou was overjoyed, kowtowed and thanked him, and was taken down by his henchmen.

"It's time to get up, it's time to get up!"

With a few rooster crows in the morning, Dong Sheng quickly got out of bed, walked out of the house, and knocked on the doors one by one. But he shouted several times, but still heard a lot of snoring, and his heart was annoyed, so he wandered on the porch.

"Your Excellency!"

Suddenly, hearing a shout from behind, Dong Sheng turned around and saw an old man escorted by the post officer, and came to him to report it.

"He pretends to be your friend at the door," the postman pointed to the man, "I see that he is not young, how can he know you?" It is expected to be a swaggering person. ”

Dong Sheng was idle, so he wanted to find out the origin of this person, and asked, "Old man, when did you recognize me?" I may have forgotten. ”

With a pair of teary eyes, the old man choked up and said, "Master Dong, I am your teacher Dou Da!" You said you would repay my kindness, but now you ......"

"Old sir! Please bow down to the students! Students deserve death! Dong Sheng knelt down excitedly and shouted emotionally.

How did he know that this scene was watched by Cun Zhao in the house, who opened a very small window crack, and when he saw Dong Sheng's performance like this, he couldn't help but smile a little more victoriously.