There was a dead silence in the gambling house.

The old man stared at Lei Laohu for a while, and then spoke: "Lei Laohu, do you think I can live for a few more years?" ”

Hearing this, Lei Laohu looked the old man up and down, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

The old poor man continued: "Over the years, I have never asked you for more than half a favor. ”

The meaning of the old man's words, Lei Laohu knows it.

He hung his head and was silent, thinking seriously for a long time before he said slowly: "I can take a step back, Master Wu, you can also take him away, but I have one condition." ”

The old man nodded and said, "You say." ”

Lei Laohu turned to look at Ning Nian and said, "Master Wu, I am naturally relieved, but Ning Xiaocha must not take half a step out of the post house tonight." ”

When the old poor man heard the words, he accepted it when he saw it, and immediately scolded: "Who is good to mix with your pickled things." ”

Lei Laohu finally nodded, but his gaze stayed on Ning Nian.

As expected.

Ning Nian seemed to be ignorant of lifting, and suddenly said: "I should patrol the street tonight, this is my business, and I can't delay." ”

Ordinary people who come into contact with Ning Nian will most likely be very awkward and incomprehensible.

Lei Laohu had heard of this for a long time, otherwise he wouldn't have done it again tonight. He shook his head helplessly and said, "Then I can only ask Ning Xiaocha to stay with me for a night." ”

Ning Nian didn't answer, just put his hand on the short stick.

Seeing this, Qian Hong and Ning Rui stepped forward to block Lei Laohu.

Lei Laohu was calm and calm, and put aside the two of them: "Ning Xiaocha, I, Lei, have been able to mix in the capital for all these years, in addition to means and courage, I know better than you about the law of the Great Zhou, what to do and what not to sit, I have my own measure." On weekdays, our well water does not interfere with river water, and I have no intention of embarrassing you. But your style of acting, temperament, I have also heard a little, I am not afraid to tell you, today do not say that the detention of you a small street patrol officer is to kill you, although there will be some trouble afterwards, but there is no need to be afraid! ”

For a while, there was silence in the gambling house, and the atmosphere dropped to freezing point.

The old man was experienced, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and without waiting for Ning Nian to open his mouth, he used all his strength to pull him behind him.

He stared at Lei Laohu and said in a cold tone: "Lei Laohu, I know that you have the support of nobles behind you, since the words have been said to this point, then I will also give you a guarantee, Ning Xiaozi will never take half a step out of the post house tonight, now you should rest assured." ”

Lei Laohu looked at Ning Nian but asked the old man, "What guarantee does Master Wu take?" ”

The old man narrowed his cloudy eyes and said indifferently: "Old man, how about my cheap life?" ”

Lei Laohu smiled when he heard this, and turned to look at the old man, but the words were for Ning Nian: "Master Wu, the moment you step out of the gambling house, the two of us will be clear. ”

That's right, your old man Wu's kindness back then was only enough to get out of this door.

When you go out, life and death are no longer your own.

The Tao has been pointed out, the words have been said thoroughly, and the human feelings have been cleared.

If Ning Nian abides by the rules, then he will be fine, if he doesn't know how to lift, he dares to cross the thunder pool by half a step.

Then the thunder tiger no longer talked about half of his feelings.

The old man did not speak.

Ning Nian stared at Lei Laohu, suddenly grinned, and said inexplicably: "Remember." ”

The old errand on the side finally breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Ning Nian and left the place without looking back.

When Lei Laohu saw the two leaving, he instructed Qian Hong and Ning Rui: "Bring a few more brothers, and when they enter the post house, they will surround it, and don't go out of the pool!" ”

Lei Laohu's tone was solemn and his expression was solemn.

Although Qian Hong and Ning Rui didn't know what the gang leader was doing, it was the first time they saw the gang leader so solemnly ordering something, and the two of them looked at each other and immediately called a dozen brothers in the gang and followed.

After everyone left.

The gambling house immediately became quiet again.

Lei Laohu stepped into the backyard of the gambling house, he walked to the door of a secret room and knocked respectfully on the door.

It took a long time for a shrill male voice to come from inside the room.

"Enter."

When Lei Laohu heard the answer, he dared to push the door in.

The room was dimly lit, and a young attendant sat on the throne.

When the waiter saw Lei Laohu, he immediately frowned, and said in a mean voice: "It's freezing this day, the Lei Gang Master has made our family wait for so long, I think you are really going back more and more!" ”

Lei Laohu lost his calmness just now at this time, and hurriedly took out a few silver tickets from his arms and respectfully placed them on the table next to the waiter.

The waiter glanced at it and was very satisfied, his tone softened a little, and he asked sharply, "It's all done?" ”

Lei Laohu didn't dare to be rude, and replied: "My lord, it's all done." ”

The young waiter continued: "Our family can't figure it out, isn't it just a little street patrol, as for such a big effort, put it like him on weekdays like a lowly and vulgar mud leg, even if you carry shoes for our family, don't say that detaining him overnight, even if you kill him, what can you do." ”

Lei Laohu looked respectful, with a lovely smile on his face, he nodded his head again and again, but scolded in his heart: You eunuch, you speak too brainlessly. Although Ning Nian's errand is small, he is also a registered imperial errand officer. Our Great Zhou Dynasty established the country with martial arts, and the previous kings of the past dynasties valued and cared for the low-level soldiers, not to mention that there are many eyes and ears in this Chang'an City, if you really kill him, how can you cover it. The master's plan is so cautious that he can't delay a little servant who is not even an ant.

The waiter didn't know what Lei Laohu was thinking, and he didn't want to stay here longer, so he put away the silver ticket and said sharply: "It's getting late, and our family has to go back to serve the master, so let's stay for the Lei Gang Master." ”

When Lei Laohu heard this, he hurriedly and respectfully helped the waiter up and said, "My lord, go slowly." ”

……

Compared to the prosperity of the day.

The night at Chang'an Castle in Kyoto is even more noisy.

Suzaku Street, one of the four main streets in the city, is crowded with people and traffic.

At this moment, it is a little difficult to move forward.

In the crowd, a poor acid convoy can only move slowly with the flow of people.

Because there was only one driver in the convoy, it was a bit too busy to walk on the bustling Suzaku Street at this time.

The young scholar had already opened the side curtain of the carriage and leaned on the window to watch the night scene in Chang'an City.

Sensing the coachman's predicament, he leaned out and shouted, "Don't worry about going inside, let's see which street is less crowded nearby, let's turn in first, and just find an inn to live in." ”

The driver was grateful, he had been driving all his life, and it was the first time that such a reasonable employer had met him.

Immediately, he pulled the reins and the whole convoy turned towards the nearest street.

The young man was still lying in front of the window enjoying the scenery in Chang'an City.

When the convoy had fully turned into the street, the driver finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The street is quite spacious, but the crowds are much smaller, and the convoy is moving a little faster.

The coachman drove the convoy to look left and right, looking for the inn.

It didn't take long.

The convoy suddenly passed by two street patrol officers.

One old and one young.

The young officer also saw the caravan, and when he saw that the caravan was so shabby, he couldn't help but look at it twice.

on the carriage.

The young scholar was lying on the window looking out, his gaze inadvertently intertwined with the gaze of the young officer. He didn't know which nerve to send, so he suddenly danced with his hands and said happily: "What clear eyes." ”

The young man was stunned, looked at the young man in the car and asked, "Are you talking to me?" ”

The young scholar had a perverse temperament, and he leaned on the car window and said with a smile: "That's right, what's your name?" ”

"Ning Nian."

The young officer replied very simply.

The young man showed a bright smile and said, "My name is Li Fengyan, and I'm from Nanhu Academy." ”

"Oh"

Ning Nian simply agreed, and then ignored it.

Li Fengyan suddenly became interested, and ordered the coachman to walk slower just to walk side by side with Ning Nian, and he leaned on the car window and stared at Ning Nian and asked, "Have you never heard of Nanhu Academy." ”

Ning Nian replied as she walked, "Hmm." ”

Li Fengyan was happy, and his smile was even brighter: "Do you say anything else besides oh, just um?" ”

Ning Nian thought as she walked, "Your accent is quite weird. ”

Li Fengyan leaned back with a smile and said, "It's also interesting for you to speak." ”

Ning Nian touched the back of his head, not knowing where he said something wrong.

The old errand on the side understood the young scholar's thoughts better, and he also saw that the other party had no malicious intent, so he said to Ning Nian: "Nanhu Academy is the second best academy in the world. ”

On the carriage, Li Fengyan immediately became annoyed and angry, pouted and gritted his teeth and argued: "Bullshit! Our Nanhu Academy is the best academy in the world. ”

Scholars are so quiet and not moving, their words and deeds pay attention to a courtesy, they are quiet and self-denying, introspective and neutralized, and the young man talks and behaves in an eclectic manner, but he tends to be eccentric, not the slightest bit of a scholar, but the middle-aged Confucian in the carriage has never scolded a word.

The old man knew that the young scholar had no malicious intentions, so he shook his head and said no more.

Li Fengyan saw that the old man didn't speak, and asked reluctantly, "Why don't you speak?" ”

The old poor man said absent-mindedly: "I haven't read a book, how do you know whether it's good or bad." ”

Li Fengyan refused to spare the old man, and then asked, "Then why did you just say that Nanhu Academy is the second in the world?" ”

The old man smiled and said, "What the world says, I will listen to the old man." ”

Li Fengyan was a little angry, but he didn't know how to refute it for a while, just as he was going to search his intestines and scrape his stomach, chewing words and selling his knowledge.

The girl in the carriage couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed out loud.

Li Fengyan glared back at the girl and asked, "Little niece, what are you laughing at?" ”

The girl is smiling like a flower.

She whispered: "It's the first time I've seen Uncle Xiao eat deflated, I must have thought it was funny." ”

Li Fengyan was stunned, and when he turned back, he had already diverted the conversation and said, "Where are you going?" ”

Ning Nian said lightly: "Go back to the post house." ”

"Oh"

Li Fengyan lost interest, and was about to sit back in the car, when he suddenly found an inn out of the corner of his eye, and then shouted nervously: "It's really hard to find a place to step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to come here, so I will rest in this inn." ”

When the driver heard this, he hurriedly hurried a few steps and stopped the convoy in front of the inn.

The inn is not big.

It was cold in front of the door, and business was bleak.

It's an inn that is so ordinary that it can't be ordinary anymore.

Li Fengyan leaned on the window and his eyebrows fluttered, pointed to the plaque at the door and said: "Looking at the handwriting, it is almost the same as the sixth senior brother, this is it!" ”

Following the young scholar's point, you can see that although this inn is small, the plaque on the door is very magnificent.

The plaque is black and gold-lettered, the book is "prosperous and prosperous", the pen walks the dragon and snake, the atmosphere is magnificent, the artistic conception is extraordinary, and there is a tendency to swallow mountains and rivers.

When the middle-aged Confucian saw those words, a smile appeared on his face for the first time in a long time.

The girl was a little puzzled: "It is indeed the handwriting of the sixth uncle, but why did he build such an inn, and how can he be sure that we will definitely be able to find this place." ”

What the girl said was not unreasonable, but Li Fengyan and the middle-aged Confucian didn't think too much.

In fact, what they don't know is that there are at least one or twenty ordinary inns in Chang'an City with such handwriting plaques, and their business is cold and infamous on weekdays, scattered in every corner.

Without exception, all of these inns have a dismal business, and there are not many people in the shop, and it seems that they are not seeking money, but only want to occupy a piece of land, and the rich man behind these inns has an unpredictable intention to do so.

Li Fengyan jumped forward, jumped out of the carriage first, smashed it, smashed his mouth, his eyes lit up, and said excitedly: "Braised pork knuckle in sauce, braised grilled chicken, young master, I think you think it's so bitter!" ”

Ning Nian, who was passing by, suddenly stopped when he heard it.

He looked at Li Fengyan and said: "If you want to eat, don't eat at home, walk forward for a hundred zhang or so, there is a small alley on the left-hand side, and across the alley is Ruixiang Street, there is a Zhang Ji sauce meat restaurant on that street, and his house is the best." ”

Li Fengyan grinned when he heard this, his smile was very bright, and he said, "Okay! ”