Chapter 237: Returning to the City (Asking for a Subscription and Asking for a Monthly Pass)
There were only five tables in this tea stall, and they took up three tables with their subordinates, and with the wife of the prison general and her maid, they were all occupied at once.
The stall is a family, the old couple takes the young couple to four people, the old couple burns the fire and does it, and the young couple beckons the guests to clean up, which is more than enough to be busy.
This stall not only has tea, but also sells baked cakes and mutton soup, the mutton soup smells very good, everyone doesn't eat much at noon, so one person orders a bowl of soup and a baked cake, but the baked cake is not freshly baked, and the taste is almost bad.
The wife of the prison general's family was originally drinking tea and resting, but seeing that their group had eaten, they couldn't help but ask for a share.
Qian Yan has been paying attention to her with her divine sense, and also checked her carriage, and found no problems on the carriage, and there are no hidden grids or anything like that.
And when the woman was eating, Qian Yan noticed a little problem, this person was left-handed.
I hold the pancake in my right hand, a spoon and chopsticks in my left hand, and there is a layer of cocoon on the tiger's mouth in my left hand, although it is not thick, but it is not very normal.
If there is a cocoon on the tiger's mouth, it is either sharpened with weapons or sharpened by doing farm work.
If you want to come to a prison general's wife, her face is thin and tender, and her other hand is also clean, it is impossible to have a calloon on her left hand alone, so it is very likely that she has kung fu, and she often practices with weapons in her hand.
In this case, is her husband's family also a little suspicious? His wife practices martial arts every day, and it is impossible for the other party not to know, but he doesn't know if he is an accomplice.
Of course, it is also possible that this woman was born in a family of military generals before, which is not good, after all, it is not surprising that there are women here who can do martial arts.
In this regard, Vice General Wang should be able to investigate, so she won't worry about it.
Xue Huan'er was sitting right opposite that side, and from time to time she would look over and observe secretly.
After all, she didn't have the same sense as Qian Yan, so she couldn't check carefully, so she didn't find these problems, she was just looking to see if this person was waiting for someone to stay here.
Of course, her vision is more obscure, and she tries to make herself more natural, after all, it is normal to look over there.
Just like that person will look at this side from time to time, and when he meets Xue Huan'er's eyes, he will nod and smile at her.
Qian Yan, who has been observing them, is a little speechless, if they are not two women, but a man and a woman, I think the two of them are interested in each other.
Qian Yan felt a little amused by her thoughts, and quickly lowered her head and covered the corners of her mouth with drinking mutton soup.
She heard the coachman whispering about the fire on the mountain, and she didn't stop it, there were too many people who knew, and she could see the smoke on the top of the mountain here, so there was no need to stop it.
And she also wanted to see the woman's reaction, whether she had any doubts about this sudden fire.
There was no one to talk to, mainly because their upbringing and table manners didn't allow them to chat while eating.
Wang Qingyue's mother and daughter should have eaten this kind of roadside stall for the first time, and they were a little restrained, and they lowered their heads and barely made a sound when they ate.
Qian Yan looked at the woman's expression, and after hearing the words over there, she stiffened for a moment, and she should still have some suspicions.
She also glanced back at Qingyuan Mountain, and then lowered her eyelids and drank the mutton soup seriously.
When Qian Yan retracted her senses, she saw Li Hanyun on the other side with a thoughtful expression, and she didn't know what he was thinking.
What was he thinking? Li Hanyun was also wondering if Nahuo had anything to do with Vice General Wang.
After all, he had just told the other party that there was a situation on the abbot's side, and there was a fire in the backyard, which made it difficult for him not to think about it.
He also reviewed the information he got from Tilt Yan before reviewing it, and wanted to see if he could find any other clues, and go back to tell his grandfather, maybe he could get a compliment from his grandfather.
You must know that his grandfather was a very serious person, and he usually reprimanded and taught the juniors below, and rarely praised them.
But the more this happened, the more they wanted to be praised by him, and they were proud to be praised by their grandfather.
Therefore, the Li family children try their best to behave themselves most of the time, and there is really no ruin, even if they don't stand out, they are the kind of down-to-earth and willing to work.
Because there were many people on their side, the meal time was longer, and the general's wife left them a little earlier, but the interval was not too long, and when they went on the road again, the person was not far away from them, and was still in her consciousness.
If the horse-drawn carriage of the present day is not in a hurry to hurry, the speed is really not much faster than that of the ox-cart, and even some subordinates can keep up with the car when they follow it.
Before they got into the car, Xue Huan'er told Li Hanyun that the lady was the one who connected with the two fake monks.
Li Hanyun looked surprised, and said with some complaints: "Sister-in-law, why didn't you say it earlier, I would have followed if you said it earlier, and now everyone has run away......"
Xue Huan'er hurriedly interrupted him, "Stop, stop, the monk can't run the temple, we know her details, where can she run, besides, I just saw her like that, I didn't find out that I was exposed, I must have gone home, it is impossible to run away." ”
Li Hanyun was relieved a little when he heard this, and saw that Wang Qingyue's mother and son and Tianyan Muxue had already gotten into the carriage respectively, and hurriedly got into the carriage and walked forward.
It still took more than half an hour to return to the city, and when I arrived at the city gate, many people gathered there to talk about the fire on the top of Qingyuan Mountain.
There was thick smoke billowing out there, and you could see it from afar, and there were few people who came back from the temple fair before, but it was not on fire at that time, and I didn't know it at all, so many people gathered here at the gate of Dongcheng, wanting to get first-hand information.
They looked like they were coming from that side, but the style of their carriage was exquisite, and it was not an ordinary family, and everyone didn't dare to come forward.
If it was the ordinary ones or they came back on foot, they would have stopped and inquired about it.
In their eyes, this kind of carved wooden carriage is a carriage for dignitaries and nobles, and they dare not easily come forward to intercept it.
But they didn't dare to ask, someone dared, and the soldier guarding the door asked in passing when he was inspecting.
There was no need for Xue Huan'er and them to come forward, the coachman replied directly, "It's the backyard of Qingyuan Temple that is out of the water, and we just saw the fire when we left, and we didn't dare to stay for fear of a mountain fire, so we came back directly."
However, the fire did not get bigger along the way, it should have been extinguished, otherwise it would not have been such a big smoke. ”
After checking and paying the fee, he was released, and when he arrived at the intersection, he said goodbye to the mother and daughter of the Wang family, and went west and north one by one.
Li Hanyun was separated from them at the gate of the garrison mansion, and they had to go forward, turning from the alley on the right side of the garrison mansion to the back, which was their small courtyard.
Because Li Hanyun did not have a family, he now lives in the garrison mansion, which can be regarded as filial piety for his father in front of the old man, and when he gets married, he will move out and set up his own door.
Her mind followed the prison general's wife back to her home, and her family also lived on the west side of the city, close to the outer city.
According to Xue Huan'er, this prison gate general is in charge of the four city gates, and his official position is not big, but it is quite crucial, so the courtyard where their family lives is not small, it is a three-entry courtyard. It looks like a big family living together.
The old couple lived in the backyard, it should be the father and mother of the prison general, and the lady came back and went directly to the backyard, it should be to say hello to the two old men, and say that she is back.
The middle courtyard should be the residence of the two of them, and there are several small courtyards, all of which are inhabited by women, who don't want to be under the clothes and clothes, and should be concubines.
The front yard should be the son of the general of the prison gate, and there are two of them at home, who are discussing in the courtyard at this time, and they look about the same age as Li Hanyun, and they are also twelve or thirteen years old.
Qian Yan suddenly found that in this Qinzhou city, they are all relatively martial, and scholars can't say that there are none, it is indeed very few, it is said that the prefect and Tongzhi are not the kind of pure literati, they are all some martial arts.
This may have something to do with the proximity to the border here. After all, if your physical fitness is not good, you can't survive here.
Not only is the wind and sand here, but the people are also very strong.
After they got home, Xue Huan'er sent her daughter to rest, and then she muttered to Qian Yan, there was a daughter in the car before, and they didn't dare to say this, after all, the child was not strict, and it would be bad if the matter was exposed and caused trouble.
When it comes to children, you can't be too careful.
At this time, she was sent away, and the two of them began to talk.
Xue Huan'er said with a curious face: "You said that the fire was not set by the abbot of Qingyuan Temple, it should be Deputy General Wang who went to arrest them, and when he saw that he had been exposed, he set the fire on it, so as to warn the others and let them escape quickly......"
Qian Yanxin said that if it weren't for the ugly ugly who saw her, she would have thought that the other party had set the fire, after all, Vice General Wang didn't seem to want someone who would do such a thing, that person looked decent, and such a murderous and arson thing didn't look like he could do it.
But this fire was really set by his nephew, of course, it may be that Wang Kaiyuan made his own opinion, but Vice General Wang waited for the result in the courtyard with a calm face, and he didn't panic when he saw the fire, which is very revealing.
It's just that I can't tell Xue Huan'er about this, they obviously left together, but she can know that the follow-up is a little too much.
The two discussed for a while, and finally didn't say one, two, three, anyway, they had already said the matter, and now they can only wait for the result.
While talking to Xue Huan'er, her divine sense was not idle, and she kept looking at the prison general's house, and she found that she had cultivated the ability to use two minds.
In the past, you had to be single-minded to use your divine sense, and the whole person would be in a state of daze.
It doesn't seem to be necessary now, even if you are chatting with someone here, you can still use your divine sense to inspect it, of course, just in the case of surveillance.
If there is any conversation or subtle movement over there, you still have to concentrate to hear and see it, otherwise you will be disturbed by the conversation here.
Xue Huan'er and Qian Yan yawned at the same time, and the two looked at each other and smiled in unison.
Because I didn't take a break at noon, and I drove for more than two hours in a carriage, I was actually a little tired.
Xue Huan'er said: "Let's go back and rest first, and I'll talk about it when I have dinner in the evening." ”
Tilt Yan nodded, got up and went back to her small courtyard.
After a brief wash, he lay on the bed and began to ask Chouchou, "What is the situation in Qingyuan Temple now?" ”
Ugly: "It's okay, the fire has been completely extinguished, and Vice General Wang secretly left through the back door with someone." ”
Qian Yan had seen the back door before, it was locked, and she didn't know how the other party opened the lock, and then thinking about the abbot being arrested by them, it should be very easy to open a back door.
Then he asked, "The other ones are okay to say, the abbot suddenly disappeared, and the monks who put out the fire didn't find out?" ”
Chou Chou ran out of the space directly, and also lay down beside Qian Yan and said: "When they went to catch Scarface, the two guards of Scarface resisted desperately and wanted the master to escape, and then they were killed by Deputy General Wang's men.
When the abbot's wing was on fire, their bodies were inside, and when the monks were fighting the fire, Wang Kaiyuan deliberately obstructed them, and only when the fire was almost burned did they let them extinguish the fire, and the two people had been burned to the ground and couldn't recognize them at all.
The monks thought that the abbot had burned to death, and they were grieving around it. ”
Qian Yanxin said that she had thought that there were no casualties when it was found that it was on fire, but she didn't expect it to happen.
Of course, these two people were not killed in the fire, but now they are used for Li Dai Taozhuang, it seems that this is the purpose of their arson.
It is estimated that he has thought of this method since he knew that the abbot was also involved, otherwise it would not be good to take people away without startling the snake.
Also, those two guards probably don't know much, and they resist desperately, and now they just come in handy for other purposes.
Ugly Chou continued: "Vice Admiral Wang should want to see if the two fake monks, the abbot and the scarface are in the same group, tied them all up and put them in a carriage, and let people watch them."
But it's a pity that these two waves of people shouldn't be together, I've been staring at it with my divine sense, and the two people woke up and found themselves in the carriage, first confused and then frightened, seeing that the abbot and Scarface had doubts in their eyes, and there were no other emotions, and there was no eye contact between the two sides, they should not know each other at all.
Of course, it is also possible that the status of these two fake monks is too low, and they don't know the core personnel with high status at all, just like the clerks below have not been in contact with the upper echelons, so even if they are in a group, they may not know each other. ”
Qian Yan had some different opinions, "That's not necessarily, it is possible that they are two groups of people, those two people spoke the Tubo dialect before, and they should be the spies of Tubo here."
Didn't you say that Scarface might be the Western Xia royal family, although Western Xia and Tubo are now in a cooperative relationship, but the spies or spies of the two countries will not also cooperate, it is possible that they are completing their respective tasks and just happened to bump into each other. ”
(End of chapter)