Early the next morning, Miaoqi took them into the capital and stayed at an inn closest to the palace. As soon as the twelve put the burden in the guest room, he immediately called Onishi to take a stroll on the street, the first time in his life to the capital, he must take a good look at the capital, what kind of prosperity it is. The streets of the city are full of traffic, and the streets are lined with two-story pavilions, and the residents come and go laughing and making noise. The banner at the entrance of a liquor store on the street is very eye-catching, and Twelve has been drinking since he was very young, and Onishi is also a lover of alcohol. Don't look at their young age, but they can drink a lot. The two of them walked into the wine store and decided to feast.

In the wine shop, they asked the bartender for a pot of wine and two plates of side dishes, and they drank half a pot of wine on the dish. Suddenly found that they had forgotten to bring money because they were in such a hurry to go out, Twelve and Onishi decided that one of them would go back to the inn to get the money, while the other would wait at the wine shop. However, who went back to the inn to get the money, the two of them pushed each other, and they didn't want to go.

At this moment, Twelve saw two men sitting at the table next to him, they looked one older and one young, the older one was in his thirties, and the younger was about fifteen, which was about the same age as Twelve. The man was strange-looking, with slightly blue hair, a bearded suit, and green eyes. Suddenly, the old, well-spoken man shouted, "Bring me your best wine!" ”

When the bartender heard this, he hurriedly ran to their table and asked, "I don't know what wine you two want, but we have many kinds of good wine." ”

Another young, clear-voiced man said, "Tell me what kind of wine you have?" ”

The winemaker said: "We have Xingyang's Cave Spring, Fuping's Shijing Spring, Jiannan's Burning Spring, Lingnan's Lingxi Wine, Boluo, Yicheng's Jiujiu, Xunyang's Huangshui Wine, Beijing's Xishi Dialect, Shrimp Toadling, Langguanqing, Apoqing, as well as Sanle Pulp imported from Persia, and Malang Wine imported from Dashi...... I wonder what you two want? ”

The man with a deep voice said, "What kind of wine is the best?" ”

"If you want to say the best, we have the best wines, but we all have our own preferences." The wine seller continued: "Look at the looks and clothes of the two from the north, then drink the mare's milk wine that just arrived yesterday." ”

The man with a deep voice nodded, "Good! Just bring a pot of mare's milk wine. ”

Twelve listened to their conversation, felt that the voices of the two men were very familiar, thought carefully, and thought that last night, the two men talking next door were this voice, although Twelve was young, but witty and smart, he had an idea, this time the money for drinking did not need to go back to the inn to get it, because he knew the secret that they were going to assassinate the emperor, and thought that he could let them help pay the money, isn't it just right. If you want to say that these twelve are really daring, you are not afraid that these two men will be killed by these two men because they know their secrets. It can be seen that Twelve, there was no such concern at that time.

Twelve took a bowl of wine and walked to the table next to him, and Onishi on the side looked very strange, but didn't say anything. Twelve went to the table next to him and said, "Are you two here to take the exam too?" ”

The clear-voiced man asked, "How do you know and where are you from?" ”

Twelve suddenly remembered the "Kitchen Knife Man" he met in Shizhu City, so he learned the tone of "Kitchen Knife Man" and said: "The next name is Twelve, I don't know what the two of you call it?" ”

The man with a deep voice looked twelve times up and down and asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Twelve continued to posturing: "I just wanted to talk to the two of you...... We are also here to take the exam, and many friends can take care of it in the exam room. ”

The clear-voiced man continued, "You're here for the exam too?" So are you taking the exam or taking the martial arts exam? ”

"I'm taking the martial arts test", Twelve pointed to Onishi again: "He is the Kaowen test." ”

The thick-voiced man was about to let him go, but the clear-voiced man gave him a look, leaned up to him, and whispered, "Why don't we talk to them and see if there's anything that can help us, maybe it will help us for our purpose......"

After speaking, the man with a strong voice said, "Sit here, and let your companion come with you." Twelve hurriedly called Onishi to the table of the two men, Onishi's mind was full of doubts, but Twelve said to him: "These two are here to take the exam, and they are both in the capital to take the exam, and there is a response, we know each other." ”

At that moment, the four of them sat at the same table and drank wine. The man with a deep voice said, "I want to ask where you two are from?" ”

Onishi replied first, "We are from Shizhu City. Twelve pulled the corner of Onishi's coat and motioned for him not to talk more.

Twelve: "Dare to ask where did the two of you come from?" You look very different from us. ”

The man with a clear voice was about to speak, but was stopped by the man with a deep voice, who lowered his deep voice and said, "We are from the north. ”

When Twelve saw that they were hiding what they were saying, he did not continue to inquire about where they came from. After a while, he continued to ask: "Dare to ask the names of the two honorable people?" ”

The man who spoke in a loud voice arched his hand and said, "In the lower ancient bushes, I came to the capital to take the martial arts test." ”

The man with a clear voice arched his hand and said, "In Xia Jirong, I came to the capital to take the exam." ”

Daxi then chimed in: "In the lower Daxi, come to the capital to take the exam." ”

Twelve also arched his hand and said, "In the next twelve...... I've just introduced myself, so I don't need to say anything more. With that, the four of them burst out laughing.

At this point, Twelve thought to himself, "How can I reveal the secret that I know they are going to assassinate the emperor?" If you say it directly, it will inevitably cause death, and if you don't say it, you will have to go back to the inn to get the wine money......"

When they were hesitating, the twelve had an idea and said to the two men, "Actually...... This time we came to take the exam, not our real purpose. ”

Onishi was very puzzled, and just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Twelve, and whispered to Onishi: "If you don't want to go back to the inn to get the wine money, just sit and drink, don't talk much......" Onishi only felt that Twelve was very mysterious, and after hearing this, he didn't ask much.

Gu Jicong and Ah Jirong listened and felt very strange, Ah Jirong just wanted to ask him what his real purpose was, whether it was the same as theirs, but was stopped by Gu Jicong, Gu Jicong said: "Oh, come to the capital to play......"

Twelve lowered his voice and said, "I'm not just here to play, my real purpose...... Same as both. ”

When Gu Jicong and Ah Jirong heard this, they almost broke out in a cold sweat, but they still pretended to be nothing, Gu Jicong said: "Our real purpose is to come to the exam, you said that the purpose is the same as ours, isn't it also here for the exam?" ”

Feeling that he couldn't deceive their true purpose, Twelve continued: "A few days ago, the city lord came to me and said that I would come to the capital and do a big thing during the exam. ”

Ah Jirong asked in surprise, "What's the big deal?" ”

Twelve said nonsense: "It's the same thing as the two of you. ”

Twelve saw that the two of them were starting to get nervous, and said, "This major event is related to the current emperor......

Gu Jicong was so frightened that the chopsticks fell to the ground, Ah Jirong hurriedly asked: "How do you know that we are also going to ......" Just about to speak, he felt that he had missed his mouth, frowned, and asked again: "I don't know who your city lord is, dare to ask the city lord's honorable name?" ”

Seeing that they had been deceived, Twelve said, "We are all one purpose, so why pretend that nothing happened." "Twelve knows that they must not be deceived by the city lord of Shizhu City, if it is their city lord, I heard them say that it was from Pinghe City at the inn last night, and I have to say that it is the city lord of Pinghe City.

Twelve continued: "Of course, it wasn't me who was found by the city lord of our Shizhu City, but the city lord of a large city...... The lord didn't tell me his name, only that he was the lord of a city to the north. What is it called...... Pinghe City. He lowered his voice again and said: "He asked me to familiarize myself with the route layout of the palace first, bribe some court officials, and the most important thing is to ...... the emperor during the exam."

Ah Jirong hurriedly interjected: "Is the city lord you are talking about very fat, with a slightly blue coat and green eyes?" ”

How did Twelve know what the city lord of Pinghe City looked like, but thinking that their city lord should look similar to the two of them, he said: "Yes, yes, that's what it looks like, he just didn't tell me his honorific name at that time, and I only know that he is from Pinghe City." ”

Ah Jirong laughed and said to Gu Jicong: "It seems that the city lord has not only sent the two of us, we have a helper this time." ”

Hearing Twelve's words, Gu Jicong no longer concealed it, and said to Twelve: "Don't hide it, we are from Pinghe City, and the purpose of our coming is to ...... The emperor ...... "He drew a decapitation with his hand on his neck.

Twelve saw that they had taken their words, but they didn't dare to continue, for fear that they would really get into trouble for this little wine money.

Gu Jicong whispered to the twelve: "I don't know how to act under my feet? ”

When Twelve heard him ask him how to kill the emperor, his heart began to become nervous, and he didn't know how to answer, so his heart moved, and he asked, "I don't know how Brother Gu Cong acts?" ”

Gu Jicong said: "If you encounter it during the exam, you ...... act when you have the opportunity."

Twelve heard that he had something to hide in his words, but he didn't ask any questions, looked out of the window through the window in the wine shop, and said, "Brother Gu Jicong, Brother Ajirong, we have to go back to the inn today, and we'll see you in the examination room." After speaking, Gu Jicong just wanted to keep them and continue to talk secretly. But at this time, Twelve pulled Onishi and walked out of the door, and when he came to the door, he told the winemaker, "The two brothers will help pay for our wine and food." After finishing speaking, he hurried out the door.

As soon as he left the inn door, Onishi hurriedly said: "Twelve, you are so powerful, so you can save money for wine, but what do you mean by those words you said to them?" ”

Twelve lowered his voice and said, "It's not convenient to say here, I'll tell you when I go back to the inn." ”

After a short time, they returned to their rooms at the inn, and Onishi continued, "Can you talk about it now?" Look at your mysterious ......"

Twelve didn't want to hide it, so he said to him: "Yesterday in the 'Cat Capital Inn' outside the city, those two strange-looking men lived next door to us, and when you went out, I heard their secrets. ”

Onishi asked curiously, "What secret?" ”

Twelve said with a serious face: "They are on this trip, the exam is fake, and the assassination of the current emperor is real!" ”