The Qian family does business and naturally raises martial artists to protect the standard, and there are now two masters in Lujiang City, namely Liu Huagun and Yipin Dao Sun Feng.

The two of them were called to the West Flower Hall at the same time, and when they saw that although Qian Shi was sitting on the main seat, he was respectful to a middle-aged man, and they were a little confused, so they stepped forward and asked:

"Dare to ask Master Qian to call me and the two of us, but what's the matter?" Generally, there is a little trouble for Qian Shi to ask for their subordinates or invite at most one, and it is really rare to come two at the same time.

Qian Shi arched his hand: "Two masters, there is a very important matter that needs the assistance of the two now. Dare you ask you to keep it a secret? ”

Sun and Liu glanced at each other in surprise, and arched their hands and said: "Master Qian, don't worry, what we are doing is to protect the owner, and if there is a threat to the safety of the owner, we will stop it and will never do anything that endangers the owner!" ”

"But...... This matter is not directly related to your host. The man next to him suddenly spoke.

"Let me introduce you, this is Lord Lu of the Imperial Walker, the Wing Dragon Guard. From now on, even the old man, we will listen to his arrangement! ”

Qian Shi's introduction was like a shock, which made both of them stunned, and they hurriedly knelt down on one leg: "The grass people obey the orders of the adults!" ”

Just heard about Li Dan, Lao Qian was surprised and delighted, happy that he didn't expect that this kid had already been in high school Jiangxi Xie Yuan in a blink of an eye, and he was surprised that he actually did a good career and won the medal, not to mention, and now he still has a great credit in his hand to save the king!

The grandson is on the road like this, it can already be seen that he will far surpass his father, and Lao Qian is excited and determined to help the child get through this hurdle with all his net worth, so it is not a lie for him to let everyone listen to Lu Rui's orders.

The eldest son, Qian Min, couldn't help with anything, but the garden where he lived was the quietest and most beautiful. Qian Shi had already ordered to go down, and the eldest prince temporarily moved to live in the study building, vacating the "Yixin Garden" and giving it to the upcoming King Ding and Princess Miyun.

The second son, Qianbu, has been going to the Chamber of Commerce to find help non-stop, and this kid heard that King Ding was going to stay in his home, and he was so happy that he almost got carried away.

The housekeeper had gone to the best cook in the city, and at the same time assigned the safest and most reliable maids and servants to the Garden, and the most experienced grandmothers to clean the inside and outside, incense, and change the covers and draperies.

Liu Huagun and Sun Feng gathered all the standard-bearers who could be mobilized and divided them into two groups, Liu Huagun took more than 30 people to meet with the people sent by the county government and went out of the south gate to meet the chariot.

Sun Feng took the rest of the good men to surround the Qian Mansion, and several gates were guarded, and only allowed to go out and not enter.

The county magistrate came with the county magistrate, the chief bookkeeper, and the county lieutenant, and the guards sent by King Ding went to the county office to greet him, but the county magistrate was still panicked.

Seeing him like that, Lu Rui first comforted a few words, and then asked Du Tou to bring more than a dozen people to meet Liu Huagun together.

Ask the county to gather people to strengthen the defense and patrol of the city, and finally arrange the county order and the main book, gather the county gentlemen and elders, and bring drum music to the south gate to pick up the driver.

Qian Bu came back with more than 100 people, all of whom were young men, martial artists, or family guards from various merchants' homes. Lu Rui assigned them to Sun Feng and asked him to assign these people to guard the surrounding streets and alleys.

"So, what am I going to do?" Qian Bu asked.

"Please be a door god for the second son," Lu Rui said with a smile: "Anyone who comes to ask for a meeting or visit is blocked, and no one can be put in without the consent of the inside." Outside food is not allowed in the inner courtyard, can the son guarantee it? ”

"Okay, no problem!" Qian Bu was stunned, and immediately ran to the porter with a smile to move a stool and put it at the door: "I'm going to be a thousand-year-old Qin Qiong today, don't think about passing in front of this door easily!" ”

After speaking, he turned around and shouted to his little servant: "Go and bring the sword hanging in my study, it can be regarded as a weapon anyway!" ”

The procession at the gate of the city naturally included Qian Shi and his eldest son, when he saw the car driving from far to near, thinking that he was about to see his grandson, Qian Shi's eyes were full of anticipation, his face was ruddy with excitement, and his hands trembled slightly.

The county's inspection department dispatched more than 30 inspectors to maintain order in the city gate, and under the plaque of Shiyuan Gate, all local officials and gentlemen gathered, all looking forward to it.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Finally people shouted, drums sounded, and firecrackers rang out.

Then a knight approached quickly, dismounted, and came to the magistrate to say a few words in a loud voice, and the magistrate immediately led the people to get out of the way, with the official on the left and the squire on the right.

The team came quickly, and everyone realized that all the people on the opposite side were riding cars or horses, and there were no walkers.

The carriages in front of them stopped in the street after entering the city, and some chamberlains soon came to open the door, and King Ding appeared at the door of the car, his face was a little pale, and let the people who knelt down and kowtow to the people.

The prefectural magistrate came forward to meet and introduced several local officials.

Li Dan had already dismounted, and he knew from listening behind that there was a city guard camp forbidden army of 500 people in Lujiang County, headed by the general surnamed Qi, and he felt a little more down-to-earth.

Zhang Cheng once sent a letter on the road, saying that he and the captive named Zhang Xuan went to Lujiang in advance to fight the front station, so Li Dan knew that the opponent was prepared in this city.

He and the iron knife never left the king's side, guarding against a sneak attack.

When Qian Shi was introduced, the county order specially explained that this was Li Sanlang's maternal grandfather, and the king was overjoyed, saying: "San Lang and Gu have the grace to save each other, since they are the ancestors of San Lang, please accept Xiao Wang's worship!" Said it really deeply, and scared Qian Shi to return the courtesy.

Then King Ding called Li Dan to come to recognize him, and the two ancestors and grandsons were teary-eyed when they saw each other.

"Business first, grandchildren will be settled from Chitose first, and then talk to Ah Gong when I go back." Li Dan said softly.

"I know, you do things first, and you'll be staying at home tonight anyway. Oh, you're staying in your uncle's study tonight, how about squeezing with him? ”

"My grandson has heard that my uncle has a lot of books, so I must disturb it tonight!" Li Dan said to Qian Min. Qian Min smiled and returned the courtesy, feeling that this kid was quite easy-going.

The money house is in Wuding Bridge, very close to the Confucian Temple. The county magistrate heard that there were several juzi and Xiucai in his entourage, so he arranged for Wen He and others to live in the Confucian Temple.

The brave men of Tongcheng who came with them arranged to go to the barracks of the city garrison, and they rested for the night, and they could return tomorrow after receiving their payment.

King Ding was very satisfied with the Ichishin Garden, and he lived in the Jing Si Hall, while the princess stayed in the Kengetsu Zhai across the pond.

Li Dan came in to take a look, and came out to tell Zhou Yuanlu that he couldn't relax tonight, and suggested that he put a secret sentry behind the rockery.

Zhou Yuanlu nodded and immediately sent someone over. "But we're already in the city, will the thieves follow?" Zhou Yuanlu asked.

"I hope not, but we still have to tighten up on the inside and loosen on the outside." Li Dan said: "Those people are all outlaws, and they have a deep grudge against Your Majesty's group, maybe they will take risks." It's better to be prepared than to be unprepared. ”

He paused, then added, "Don't worry, my people are also in rotation." They are in high places, and they are ready to warn your people when there is movement! ”

On the way here, the gang of thieves appeared twice and provoked, but saw that there was no chance to take advantage of it, and finally disappeared. Li Dan didn't think that they were retreating, he felt that there must be some conspiracy behind this kind of spying!

After discussing with Lu Rui, Li Dan took Lu Jiu and Mao Zai to the West Flower Hall and met his grandfather and two uncles at home again.

Seeing that this tall and sturdy grandson Qian Shixin was full of joy, he pulled him to ask about the recent situation of Xiao Qian's family and the background of the two daughters-in-law, and learned that Li Dan's concubine was the daughter of the king of Fengning County, and the three elders were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.

That night, Li Dan personally cooked six dishes and one soup, and served the king, princess, grandfather and two uncles, which surprised the whole family and praised the king.

After tasting it, Princess Miyun said to her maid: "What kind of person can be civil and military, understand business, and know the principles of governing the country, but he is good at cooking?" This Li Sanlang is really an incredible person! ”

Lujiang City at night is quiet and soft, and the sound of silk and bamboo and faint laughter from nowhere make people feel that it is actually very fireworks.

Because there is a king stationed today, the boots of the street patrol remind the residents: don't go too far, be honest!

The number of men on the city walls has also increased, and the young men and women have gathered around the fire in groups of three or five to joke and try to drive away the drowsiness and spend the long night.

Suddenly, several black shadows jumped up from outside the city. This section of the city wall belonging to Tongji Gate was close to the city garrison, so the brave men were obviously lax, and these people with ulterior motives seized the loophole.

Half an hour later, more than a dozen black-clothed people had gathered under the Sanming Bridge, and they were listening to a fat man: "Go down this road and then south is the Wuding Bridge, and the Qian Mansion is on the other side of the bridge."

However, there were patrols on the bridge not long after, and the situation around Qian Fu was not very clear because we could not get close. The fat man turned around and looked into the sky:

"Fortunately, today is not a full moon, and you only have this advantage." When he looked up, he took advantage of the moonlight, hey, isn't this the copper operator Zhang Cymbal?

"More patrols on the streets?" Hou Jiaotou's voice asked.

"Not only patrolling the streets, but also fighting more. But you see that they are walking around with a gong but don't knock it, such a must be an errand officer or a citizen pretending, in fact, he doesn't do not knock, he really doesn't understand! When Zhang Cheng said this, a few of them chuckled.

"Regardless of them, there are many people and few people, and they have to do it anyway, besides, are we still afraid of those officials and villagers?" Hou Jiaotou glanced at everyone as he spoke, and then asked: "The Qian family must be not small, can you inquire where the king of thieves lives?" ”

"It seems that I heard that the Qian family gave up the eldest son's Yixin Garden, I don't know if it's true or not, and I don't know where this Yixin Garden is."

"Okay, a name is it!" Hou Jiaotou gritted his teeth and said, "Where is the specific, let's go in and ask someone." After speaking, he instructed the fat man to continue to lurk, and he led the dozen people to rush forward.

Guarding outside the Qian Mansion are the county officials, and there are inspectors from the Inspection Department who patrol back and forth, so it is said that it should be airtight.

However, in the second half of the night, the servants began to gather together and whisper and laugh, not noticing the dark shadows flashing in the alleys.

Qian Min's library building is the second tallest building in the county after Kuixing Tower. Now Qian Min temporarily placed his family in the warm pavilion on the second floor, and set up a couch on the first floor, and invited Li Dan to rest here with veils.

Li Dan first went to visit his aunt and two cousins, and then followed Qian Min to the third floor to see his most proud secret treasure.

"Here are all manuscripts of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, as well as engravings and movable type books of the former Song and Southern Song dynasties, but there are more movable type books from the previous dynasties.

You know that the Erugan people believed in Buddhism, took Taoism as the state religion, and did not prohibit the spread of other religions such as Muslimism and Yahism, so the movable type books of the previous dynasties were actually more doctrinal classics, followed by opera, and then Confucian books. ”

Qian Min talked about books, his eyebrows fluttered and he gushed: "In my library, there are 4,300 volumes of books from the previous dynasty, 3,600 volumes of the Song edition, and more than 1,700 volumes of books from the Tang Dynasty and before. ”

"Is what my uncle did in building this library the content of the book, or the skills, paper, and method of making the book? In short, I don't think it should be as simple as standing on top of this tall building, leaning on the railing and overlooking the scenery. ”

Li Dan said and pointed to the outside of the fence, as if inadvertently scanning the lights outside.

"Hehe, you're right, naturally it's not for the scenery!" Qian Min said with longing: "If there is no one to organize, store, record, and copy a book, I am afraid that it will disappear in only three generations."

I collect books and transcribe them so that the wisdom of my predecessors may be passed on.

The preservation of the original book is not only to respect the original work, but also to preserve their written form, skills, and so on.

People in the future will be able to see and understand the difficulty of writing books and preserving them in the past, and they will be able to know how difficult and rare it is for me to do this today.

I hope that my name will exist in the future generations in another way, not just in the corner of the county annals and be seen by chance. ”

He was full of passion, and he didn't notice whether Li Dan glanced out the window, and compared the numbers or gestures in his hand from time to time.

Mao and Huang Qin were hidden on the roof of the "Tatehongzhai" diagonally across the library building, and Ah Mao was holding a telescope in his hand to observe the message sent by Li Dan and then relay it to Huang Qin, for example, now they already know that there is movement in the northwest direction and need to pay attention.

"Uncle, why doesn't your library have a name?" Upstairs, Li Dan asked Qian Min, and when he entered the door, he found that the plaque was empty.

"I didn't think about what to call this building when it was built five years ago, so I just put it there first." Qian Min replied.

Don't look at him as just a teacher, a bookworm, and a hero in the pile of papers, but in fact, he and his younger siblings are divided into industries and shares by their fathers in the same name.

Even if you don't go to be a county official or prefect, you will have a profit of several thousand taels every year, so it is really not difficult for people to build a building.

"Then you think about it for the past two days, and if you come up with it, Li Jieyuan is willing to do your best!"

Li Dan's words made Qian Min laugh, and he found that he liked this little nephew more and more.

"Oh, yes, I was friends with an official guerrilla in Yugan, that person was Zhu Qizhen, and he also asked me to bring a letter to his uncle, guess who? It is Zhu Zhandong, a cabinet scholar and president of Huiwenkan. ”

Li Dan smiled and blinked: "Is my uncle interested in going to see me?" The collection of books in the Huiwen Museum...... That's not a chance for anyone to see! He said as he helped Qian Min, who was short of breath, to sit down in a chair, and didn't let him see Huang Qin drawing an arrow in his hand.

Hou Jiaotou raised his head and stepped over the body of the stunned little guy, they already knew from this person's mouth where the "Yixin Garden" was, and the group quietly and quickly approached the garden gate.

The door was closed, and a person stepped forward and gently pushed it, and the door shaft made a slight "creaking" sound. The moonlight spreads well in the middle of the courtyard, and the grass smells fresh and good, but there is no one in the yard.

Looking up to confirm that the words "Yixin Garden" were written on it, Hou Jiaotou waved his hand to let everyone in. A man in black walked two steps in advance, and after a silence, he turned around and nodded.

Hou Jiaotou just said: "Up! I saw a large net suddenly rise on the ground, hanging the person in the advanced courtyard in the air. There were several small bells hanging under the net, and the more people struggled, the louder the bells became.

"There's an ambush!" He reversely exclaimed. As if answering, the sound of bamboo flutes sounded loudly in all directions, and footsteps sounded from both ends of the alley.

More than one voice shouted: "Catch the assassin!" ”

At this time, Hou Jiaotou needs to be cut off at the opportunity, should he give up the assassination, or continue to rush in desperately? There are only a dozen of them, if they lose everything, then even if they have a chance, they can only watch it slip away from their hands!