Five couples of men and women sat in the private room of the restaurant drinking and eating.

Except for Mu Tianming, the other four men were all errand workers of the local six doors.

"The wind is cold at the outer door, so please drink this cup to warm up your body."

The woman accompanying Mu Tianming served wine and said.

Li Yuanhao also raised a glass and proposed to drink together.

Mu Tianming took the wine, toasted everyone, and raised his head to drink.

The rice wine here is sweet, but the alcohol content is low, which cannot be compared with those of Moutai Wuliangye.

During the banquet, several women fed wine, laughed, and got up to dance, and laughter resounded in the pavilion.

Mu Tianming was in it, and experienced a trace of the artistic conception of "the merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the flowers in the backyard across the river".

"The barbarian army stormed the second line of defense the day before yesterday, and after three days and nights of fierce fighting, it was not captured, and now it has withdrawn." Li Yuanhao said, "The two elites of the Tianwu Army and the Japanese Army have come to reinforce and are ready to recapture the first line of defense. ”

Tianwu Army, support the Japanese army.

These were two of the nine armies of the dynasty, which were under the direct command of the emperor.

The Ninth Army of the Dynasty is the most elite nine armies of the Dali Dynasty, with the most well-equipped, the strongest war horses, the strongest physical fitness of the soldiers, and the highest combat power of the commander.

The strength of the Ninth Army varies, but they are all above 100,000 people, and it is not clear how many there are, only the Great Li Emperor knows.

This time, 50,000 men each came from the Tianwu and Japanese armies.

Coupled with the Hengshan City in the city, 50,000 Hengshan troops came.

Anyang City came 50,000 Anyang troops.

Liuniu City came with 50,000 Liuniu troops.

Lin Changcheng came with 100,000 Lin Changjun.

These four cities are the neighboring cities of Qingshan Castle, and they are also sister cities. Whenever the war became tight, these cities would send troops to reinforce them, and they would even be stationed on a permanent basis.

Lin Changcheng and Qingshan City have the most troops each time because of their marriage and close business contacts.

The total strength of this reinforcement reached 350,000, plus the original 200,000 city defense troops in Qingshan City, a total of 550,000 people.

And outside the city there were 200,000 brute soldiers.

550,000 against 200,000.

This time, not only must the first line of defense be recaptured, but even the barbarian border will be pushed back.

After the wind and snow, the topic of the banquet still turned to the war, after all, this is unavoidable.

In the discussion of everyone, Mu Tianming also learned about the relevant information of the "Nine Armies of the Dynasty".

And after talking about the war, he talked about the corpse of "Fudonglai".

Li Yuanhao said drunkly: "Today's murder case is a kid who cultivates iron sand palms, got into a quarrel with someone, and slapped two people on the street and escaped. We received clues and pursued the culprit, besieging the culprit in a ruined temple and about to be apprehended. As a result, the people of the four princes came again and took the boy away, saying that they wanted him to join the army of dead soldiers and send him to the front line. ”

"Iron sand palms? What's the origin of that kid? Mu Tianming asked.

Li Yuanhao said: "It's a little incense master of the Iron Palm Gang, the nephew of the gang leader Sun Wanzhu, Sun Xixian." The martial arts attainments are also extremely high, but just like Na Fu Donglai, he also kills people if he disagrees. But our dynasty has strict iron laws, and we will not allow them to mess around. Murder pays for life. ”

A few people drank and chatted, and it was not a secret thing, so there were no taboos.

Mu Tianming listened silently.

Originally, Sun Xixian of the Iron Palm Gang had nothing to do with Fu Donglai's murder.

But the people of the four princes came again and took the murderer away, which made Mu Tianming vaguely feel that there was something related, but he couldn't catch anything.

At nightfall, the lights come on.

The others were all drunk, and each took the girl who accompanied the wine to the backyard of the restaurant, where there was a guest room where the drunken guests could rest.

Li Yuanhao also arranged a room for Mu Tianming, and he said bluntly: "Thank you Brother Mu for lending me money, and the younger brother will be the east, so let's rest here tonight." The name of the person who gave you the wine is Xiaoxiao, and she will serve you. ”

"I'm going home." Mu Tianming said.

"She sings and dances very well, and I heard that she can play the flute, but of course I have never seen it. I heard that she is a southern woman, a newcomer. Li Yuanhao said, "It's understandable that you are worried about your two sisters-in-law, and you want to go home, but you can enjoy Xiaoxiao's singing and dancing before you go back." ”

"Hey, you also know how to tell fortunes? How do you know it's two sisters-in-law? Mu Tianming asked.

Li Yuanhao said: "There are two completely different aromas on Brother Mu's body, which is obvious. ”

“……”

At Li Yuanhao's insistence, Mu Tianming was half-pushed and half-helped to the backyard upstairs by a woman named Xiaoxiao.

Inside the room.

Xiaoxiao asked: "Do the officials want to listen to music, watch dance, or continue to drink?" ”

Mu Tianming looked at her, her face was beautiful, her appearance was good, and in the real world, she was a so-called school flower. Then he said: "I heard Li Yuanhao say that you are quite good at playing the flute." ”

"The concubine body is some."

She now turned to light the charcoal from the four braziers in the room to dispel the chill in the room.

Then he lit a hand stove, held it in Mu Tianming's hands with both hands, and let him hold it, so that his hands would be warmer.

Finally, I went to clean my mouth with a toothbrush and tooth powder with horsetail hair, and squatted in front of me.

Mu Tianming held the stove and listened to her play intently, and the flute seemed to have the beautiful scenery of the gurgling stream in the water town south of the Yangtze River and the big and round moon in the night sky.

This hand stove is warm white, quite round, and feels very warm in the hand.

It was about nine o'clock in the night.

Mu Tianming came down from the upper floor and listened to the beautiful woman play a Jiangnan recorder, which was evocative. So much so that when I went downstairs, my steps stumbled slightly.

"Hey, Brother Mu, slow down."

A man came out of the stairs.

Mu Tianming saw that it was Zhao Tuo, a god who drank together at night.

It was this Zhao Tuo who personally arrested Fu Donglai. Because he was born with a keen sense of smell, he traced it from the smell of the unwashed manure tank on Fu Donglai's body.

Due to his meritorious arrest, he was promoted to the post of capital minister.

Mu Tianming asked: "Zhao Dushi, you didn't go home either?" ”

Zhao Tuo smiled: "Hey, I just came down after watching the song and dance upstairs." Brother Mu, I heard that you are serving in the Maying County Ya. It just so happened that Jing Room was also from Maying County. ”

Jing Mu is talking about his wife.

Zhao Tuo said again: "There is something to ask Brother Mu. I don't know if it's inconvenient for you. ”

"Tell me about it."

"Jing has two younger brothers, both of whom are in Maying County, and one of them has just reached adulthood and wants to approve a piece of land and build a house on Fuqian Street. But the paperwork for the land grant was never completed, saying that he was not qualified to build a house on that street. Brother Pastor, you are the chief officer, and you are in charge of this matter. ”

"Am I in charge?" Mu Tianming smiled, "I'm just idle." ”

"You are the lord of a county, you can nod your head and forget it." Zhao Tuodao, "I have been selfless in handling cases over the years, and I haven't made any contacts. If the shepherd brother is willing to help, Zhao Tuo is grateful. ”

Mu Tianming nodded and said in a deep voice: "Wait for me to go to the county government and ask you?" ”

"There is work, there is work." Zhao Tuo said with a smile, "Brother Mu, it's still early, if you don't go back in a hurry, I'll take you somewhere." ”

"Hualou? No, no, no. Mu Tianming waved his hand, I listened to the flute upstairs just now, and it was already quite in place, so let's do it today.

Zhao Tuo said mysteriously: "It's not to go to those vulgar and glamorous places, you come with me." You'll know when you get there. ”

Mu Tianming was aroused by his mysterious appearance, so he followed.

It is in a secluded and quiet house next to the Jokhang Temple in the wealthy area of the south of the city.

Zhao Tuo knocked on the door.

A woman opened the door and said, "Zhao Zhutou, you are here." ”

Zhao Tuo walked in with Mu Tianming, although this small courtyard is small, there are mountains and rivers, and it is very exquisite.

"Brother Mu, this is the residence of Li Nanxi, the flower of Wanhualou in Gyeonggi Province, Goryeo." Zhao Tuodao, "The Goryeo Kingdom was wiped out by the barbarians, and many people fled to our side, and this Li Nanxi only came here last month. These Oiran pick-up guests are not in the flower building, but each has its own elegant residence, has the shepherd brother ever patronized? Today, in order to thank Brother Mu, brother, I will treat you to the east, and you can go in. ”

Mu Tianming said: "Thank you Brother Zhao for your kindness, forget it today, let's do it another day." ”

Zhao Tuo showed a mysterious smile and said, "Hey, don't be in a hurry to go first, just go in and have a look." ”

Mu Tianming stood in the courtyard, looked into the house, and through the papier-mâché window, he saw a figure inside, who seemed to be sitting on a chair.