Accompanied by Hongyuan, the tiger baby entered the city lord's mansion, came to a small hall on the side of the main hall, and was accompanied by the village treasure after sitting, Hongyuan summoned the servants to offer tea, and the tiger baby was the first time to see tea and taste it personally.

It is said that in the time of Emperor Shennong, most ordinary people just regarded tea as a non-toxic and edible young leaf, collected like wild vegetables, and cooked with other foods to make soup and eat. Emperor Shennong distinguishes the nature of the world's plants and trees, and takes the new buds on the tea tree to make tea, which is said to have the effect of calming the nerves and calming the heart, containing the essence of vitality, which can remove the "heart poison", and can taste all kinds of tastes in the world.

Since then, tea has become a medicine that benefits the body and mind, and people decoction tea juice to take it to dispel illness and prolong life, awaken the mind and eyes. However, it is not easy to collect and make tea, and it is difficult for ordinary people to enjoy it, and it is not only a precious bait, but also a kind of godly sacrifice. Ordinary people collect and process tea leaves, usually dried or roasted, and when consumed, they are decocted in water.

Later, the monks on the Ba Yuan also collected and refined tea leaves, which were made in a similar way to alchemy, which not only had better efficacy, but also could be stored and brewed for a long time. However, for a long time, it was only a drink for monks, and it was different from the way ordinary people made tea and drank it, and it was not spread among the people, and it first appeared in Ba Yuan.

Although the Hongyuan City Lord himself was not a monk, the tea he offered was made by a monk with the power of refining medicine, which showed its preciousness.

Hongyuan asked the tiger baby to "look at the tea", what is there to look at? It turns out that the cup used by the city lord to drink tea is also a treasure, and it is actually glazed and completely transparent without impurities. It is generally fired in the purest sand and then molded into ware, which is much more complex and difficult than processing pottery, and is expensive in the folk and few people make it.

The cup taken out by the Hongyuan City Lord was obviously also refined by the monk, and it was only used to drink tea, but it was also noble and luxurious enough.

The seemingly dried tea leaves were brewed in boiling water, but they gradually stretched out, recovering into a fresh leaf shape in the water, and exuding a unique fragrance in the steaming heat. The smell is pleasant. No wonder the lord of the city said that he was inviting the tiger baby to "watch the tea", but he hadn't drunk it yet, just watching it in a pure and transparent glass cup, which was also pleasing to the eye.

The tea was not cooked on the spot as usual, the water was boiled outside, and the servant came in with a pot to make the tea. The Hongyuan City Lord, who was full of doubts, had also been paying attention to the expressions of the village treasure and the tiger baby.

It is difficult for the village treasure to have the opportunity to sit in the city lord's mansion like this, and taste this rare tea drink with such a precious glass cup, if it is changed to usual, he will feel a little frightened or even flattered. But at this time, Mura Bao didn't seem to pay attention to the tea on the table, and sat there with his hands and ten fingers clasped in front of him. Seems a little nervous and anxious, it seems that something must be wrong!

And from the tiger baby's face did not see any abnormal look, he stared at the teacup and looked very curious, as if he was concentrating on the physical properties of the tea, but he never said a word, and did not say thank you according to the normal etiquette, which made the city lord's heart even more bottomless.

It wasn't until the servants withdrew that there was no one else in the house, and the Hongyuan City Lord finally took a cup and said, "Little sir." Please taste this tea!"

Huwa also picked up the glass cup and said bluntly: "Lord City, I occasionally come to Feihong City, and I passed by Baixi Village last month. Do you know what happened to me there? And do you know where the patrol army led by Nong Neng has gone?"

Hongyuan was stunned and said, "I know this place in Baixi Village, but what happened to Mr. Xiao there, how can I know it? And Nongneng is the deputy division of Feihong City. Right now, they're leading an army to patrol the city, and I've heard in the last two days that they've been going to follow up on the occasional thief. Could it be that the little gentleman met them and knew what they had discovered?"

Huwa: "I met the Feihong City military formation led by Nongneng in Baixi Village. They showed up where they shouldn't have been, they did things they shouldn't have done on their way around the city, and they didn't show up as a military formation......"

Huwa didn't talk much nonsense, and directly told about the situation he knew, and tasted tea while talking, and when he was roughly finished, this cup of tea was almost finished.

Looking at the Hongyuan City Lord again, he was originally holding the bottom of the cup lightly and holding the tea, but gradually his hand tightened the cup, and the palms of his hands were hot but he didn't realize it, the room was not hot, but in the end he was sweating.

Hongyuan is far more knowledgeable than Murabao, and his identity is different, so after listening to it, he didn't doubt what Huwa said. To be able to describe such a complicated situation and all the details so clearly, there is no need for this little gentleman to go to the city lord's mansion to tell such a lie. If it is false, it can be exposed immediately, but if it is true, the consequences are so severe!

Hongyuan also "understood" why Huwa didn't want to tell her identity. This is a scandal, not only the scandal of Rainbow City, but also a scandal that shocks the Aimuro country, and it will even become the laughing stock of the Xiangmuro country being ridiculed by the other four countries of Bahara. As the city lord of Feihong City, I'm afraid he can't afford it!

Hongyuan not only sweated, but also felt as uncomfortable as a pinprick all over his body, and he felt that he couldn't sit still. At this moment, a servant outside the gate asked, "Lord of the city, it's late, do you want to dine with your guests?"

Hongyuan subconsciously shouted in a dumb voice: "What to eat, wait for it, don't come to disturb me to talk with the distinguished guest!" Then he realized his rudeness, and hurriedly whispered to Huwa, "Little sir, can these things you say be true?"

Although he knew that it was impossible for Huwa to tell such a lie, he still had illusions, what if this little gentleman was mistaken? Huwa replied: "I heard that the soldier Yan Lingzhu had returned to the city yesterday and claimed that he had something important to report to you. Did he come, and what did he report?"

Hongyuan said in a trembling voice: "No, I haven't seen him at all in the past few days." As for the disappearance of the army led by the Agricultural Energy Institute, I also heard reports from others. It is said that Yan Lingzhu has left the city and is investigating, has he returned?"

Huwa sighed and said, "I came back yesterday, and the soldiers guarding the city saw it with their own eyes, but I am afraid that I am no longer in the city at this moment." If the lord of the castle does not believe him, he will order the soldiers to be summoned to inquire about it. ”

Hongyuan immediately ordered Cun Bao to "invite" the soldier Yan Lingzhu to the City Lord's Mansion immediately, and in order to prevent changes, he also asked Cun Bao to take the guards in the mansion. There was not much time, and the village treasure came back to report that the soldier was not at home, and there was no one else at home, and the village treasure searched carefully, and the valuables were gone.

After a while, someone came back to report that Yan Lingzhu had entered the city from the east gate yesterday in the afternoon, and that a neighbor had seen him go back to his home, but he had hurried out of the city from the west gate before sunset.

At dawn today, Yan Lingzhu's wife and children also went out of the south gate in a two-horse car, which was said to be going back to their parents' home. From this point of view, Yan Lingzhu must be Nongneng's behind-the-scenes accomplice, seeing that the matter has been revealed, he panicked and ordered the sergeant to prevent Baixi Village from sending someone to report the news, so as to delay the time as much as possible, while he packed up his things and absconded for fear of crime, and also dismissed his family.

Hongyuan hissed and said: "Chase, chase immediately, send someone to arrest him back!"

Murabao reminded in a low voice: "Lord of the City, how can we chase him, and who will we send to chase him?

The evidence that has been available so far is that Nong Neng led an army formation disguised as a rogue, and attacked Baixi Village. And they are likely to be the murderers of the first two bloody crimes, but this fact still needs to be verified. As for the specific relationship between Yan Lingzhu and Nongneng, the details are not clear, but it is speculated that he must be Nongneng's accomplice, otherwise he would not have ordered the interception and killing of Huwa.

Yan Lingzhu has served as the military division of Feihong City for many years, and most of the military formations are his cronies, and if his crimes are not made public, it is not easy to send people to arrest them. And Yan Lingzhu is out of the city alone, he is a monk of the Four Realms who has cultivated well, he is very familiar with the situation in the Xiangmur country, a large area of mountains and fields and many forks in the road, people have been gone for a day, where can they catch it?

The somewhat panicked Hongyuan City Lord finally calmed down, and asked in a low voice, "Little Sir, who else knows about this matter?"

Huwa replied, "Here, it's just me and Captain Murabao. But in Baixi Village, more than 1,000 people already know about it. ”

Hongyuan said with some difficulty: "Little sir, can the city lord ask you for something?"

Tiger Baby: "City Lord, please speak." ”

Hongyuan: "Please don't publicize this matter for the time being. As you said, Beixi and Yunxi have been killed, and Bai Xiying, the patriarch of Baixi Village, has also gone crazy, so there is no one in Baixi Village who has ever known agricultural ability. I need to send someone to check first, check the bodies and the ordnance they left behind to make sure it's correct. ”

Huwa: "Who are you going to send?"

Hongyuan: "At present, in Feihong City, only Captain Murabao knows about this, of course I will send Murabao to go." Let him take my car, pick up the lights and set off overnight, to go and return quickly. Before that, I would like to ask Mr. Xiao to stay in the city lord's mansion to rest and wait, and I will definitely treat you well. ”

Things have already happened, so many villagers in Baixi Village have been killed and injured, and a whole patrol army is gone, it can't be covered up no matter what, and what the Hongyuan City Lord is thinking about is how to deal with the aftermath as best as possible. Huwa nodded and agreed, stayed in the City Lord's Mansion and waited for news, and saw what the Hongyuan City Lord wanted to do with the future?

Let the tiger baby live in his own mansion, although the Hongyuan city lord is suspected of blocking the news, it seems that people may be worried that he will take the opportunity to disadvantage the tiger baby. But from another point of view, Huwa must be a master as a national worker, and it is actually easier for him to be unfavorable to Hongyuan. Hongyuan asked Huwa to stay by his side, which also showed an unguarded attitude, to show that he was frank and selfless and had nothing to do with this matter.

At this time, it was almost midnight, and everyone in the house was waiting outside, and the little gentleman hadn't even eaten dinner. Hongyuan hurriedly said: "Fang Cai was only in a hurry to deal with important matters, and he forgot to invite Mr. Xiao to dinner, but I didn't realize that it was late at night, let's hurry up and eat!"

Huwa shook her head and said, "I'm cultivating in Bigu, so I don't have to eat." If the lord of the castle is hungry, then go and eat by yourself, and arrange a quiet room for me to rest. ...... By the way, Captain Murabao hasn't eaten all day, so you ask him to eat first. (To be continued......)