The carriage had already marched to the East City, and since there was no curfew at night, the streets were much more lively than those in the North City, and the speed of the carriage gradually slowed down.

Lao Gao in the car heard Qin Wen's question, so he spoke: "This Guan Fu and Guan Shuo do have a grudge, when Guan Shuo had not yet defected to Daqi, he was the leader of the largest militia in this area, and they often harassed the rear of the tribe unified by Motuo, and the general who guarded the border was still stationed in Dingwu Pass at that time. ”

Qin Wen nodded, he had already heard Gao Zhang and the second elder talk about these things when he was in front of Dingwu Pass, and Lao Gao said with some hesitation at this time: "At that time, Guan Fu's father was a deputy general of Guan Shang, and I didn't know that Weishenme had a conflict with Guan Shuo near here, and was finally killed by the monks under Guan Shuo. ”

"The grievances between the two families were settled, at that time it was the old general Qi who recommended Guan Shuo as the lord of the city, and because of this incident, it also made the two families of Guan and Qi in the capital also have cracks, this time the military department let Guan Fu take over Luming City, I think the housekeeper should also want to take this opportunity to take revenge. ”

Qin Wen thought for a while and said, "The Guan City Lord has been in Luming City for so many years, once he has something, isn't the military department afraid that something will go wrong in the defense line here?"

Lao Gao said with a slightly mocking smile on his face: "Of course, the military department is also prepared, otherwise send a counselor to do something early, he will first investigate the details, and then enter the city to collect soldiers and horses, if Guan Shuo does not resist, he will be removed from the city lord, and then under the jurisdiction of Guan Fu, in this far away place of Emperor Gao, it will be much easier for Guan Fu to clean up Guan Shuo in the future." ”

"If Guan Shuo resists, it will just be true, and the housekeeper will pass the pressure of the military department and send a large army to take Luming City, and at that time Guan Shuo will still be a dead end. ”

"The military department's abacus is also fine, no matter what kind of situation will occur in this matter, it is a matter of stewards and ambushes, they don't have any responsibility, and the current Kulie is far from Motuo back then, and it is impossible to capture Luming City. ”

Qin Wen hesitated for a moment and said, "Isn't it a bit hasty to dispose of a city lord at the border so casually?"

Lao Gao shook his head slightly and said: "Guan Shuo has no foundation in the capital, and besides, this kind of military and political power is in the hands of one person, and the saint is also relatively taboo. ”

Qin Wen heard that he already had a general understanding of the matter at this time, but he still had some doubts in his heart, so he continued to ask: "In this case, why is the prince still running for him in the capital, is there an old relationship between the city lord and the prince Xiang?"

Lao Gao's eyes narrowed slightly: "The foundation of my young master is still weaker than Xiang Kuanglai, and by the way, supporting a city lord is also to make plans for the future, and Xiang Kuang came here to support Guan Fu, and it is not bad to let Guan Shuo add some blockage to him here." ”

Qin Wen understood the joints, so he leaned back in the carriage and pondered to himself, he was not interested in the battle between these courts, he just wanted to make Xiang Hao's elixir offering, he just wanted to find a stable place to alchemy and cultivate, and he didn't have to buy and find the elixir in person in the future, and he could save a lot of time and energy.

But it seems that this capital is not a pool of still water, he also has to take some precautions, after thinking about it, he is ready to take Ao Yu to the capital, he can't be too ostentatious to worship himself, and the other Ao clan people stay in the manor, and they can also deal with some unexpected events.

Among the rest of the people, Shuang'er is going to take it, and Han Duan must also follow, as for Qin Xiao, he was originally a Dan Master trained for the manor, and this time he went back to teach him all the exercises, so let him stay in the Qin family to refine the pill for the family.

As soon as he thought of this, the carriage slowly stopped, Lao Gao removed the soundproof barrier, opened the window of the carriage, and saw that he had come to the door of Liu Ji's old shop.

After getting out of the carriage, the two saw Han Duan waiting outside, and Han Duan led the two into a quiet courtyard behind the store, and there were two monks from Luming City guarding in front of the courtyard.

Walking into the main hall of the courtyard, I saw Guan Shuo, the Great Elder and Gao Zhang talking about things in a low voice, and when they saw Lao Gao and Qin Wen walking in, the three of them all stood up, Lao Gao took out a delicate silk bag from his storage bag, and asked, "Guan City Lord, what about the others?"

Guan Shuo let Lao Gao sit down on the chair and said, "I just finished eating, and I am resting in the other rooms, Gao Lao, is there anything wrong?"

Lao Gao untied the silk bag and said, "I'm here to deliver the spars, what's the matter?"

Gao Zhang said, "Not yet, I'll call them over." After speaking, he walked out of the main hall, and Han Duan outside also followed to a few rooms next to him.

Guan Shuo said worriedly at this time: "I don't know how the old road is now? I haven't even heard back after an afternoon." ”

Lao Gao thought for a while and comforted: "Guan City Lord, it's better to wait with peace of mind, I think the old road is cautious, nothing will happen, it has not come, it may be that the people in charge of the ambush during the day are strictly watching, and it will be a little later, with the gap between the changing of the guard, the old road should be able to come out." ”

At this time, Gao Zhang and Han Duan took the other monks into the main hall, and Lao Gao took out the spar and the prepared haode spirit stone.

At this time, Lao Gao thought of asking Su Ruo to refine the purple pulp essence, but he didn't see Su Ruo among the monks, so he asked, "Why didn't Miss Su come?"

Han Duan hurriedly replied, "I went to the room just now to ask Miss Su, and she said that she had already obtained the purple pulp essence, so she didn't want other rewards." ”

Lao Gao glanced at Qin Wen at this time, and said, "Qin Feng, I have some things to do with Miss Su, you see ......"

Qin Wen knew that he was going to discuss refining the purple marrow essence with Su Ruo, so he got up and said, "I'll accompany you to see her." ”

The two walked out of the hall and came to the door of Su Ruo's room under the guidance of Han Duan, Han Duan stepped forward and knocked on the door, and Su Ruo's faint voice came from inside: "Who?"

Qin Wen opened his mouth at this time: "Su Ruo, I am Qin Wen, and I have something I want to discuss with you with Lao Gao." ”

Qin Wen heard the sound of dragging a chair outside, and then heard Su Ruo say, "Come in." ”

After walking into Su Ruo's room, after the two of them sat down on the chairs in front of the square table, Han Duan got up and helped the three of them pour tea, and then exited the room, Su Ruo opened his mouth and asked, "Is there anything going on with the senior senior?"

Lao Gao smiled and said: "Gao is just a subordinate of my young master, you and Qin are friends again, don't call your predecessors anymore, let's call Lao Gao." ”

"I really want to ask Miss Su for a favor this time, I heard Qin Xianfeng say that the purple pulp concentrate ore I got this time, the girl is going to find a place to refine. ”

Su Ruo looked at Qin Wen with some puzzlement and said, "Yes." ”

Lao Gao said: "It's also a little inconvenient for us to bring the ore this time, if the girl has time, can you help refine it, as for the remuneration, you just ask." ”

Su Ruo thought for a while and said, "If these ores are to be refined, it may take about ten days, since Qin Wen is your family's offering, the reward will be counted." ”

Lao Gao glanced at Qin Wen hesitantly, thought about it again, took out two spars from the storage bag and said: "This time, my young master brought fewer spars out of Beijing, and the remaining two pieces are Xie Yi, and please don't dislike the girl." ”

At this time, Su Ruo thought that the spar on his array plate had been absorbed by the strange mouth in the mine, so he took a piece of spar and said, "It's enough for one piece on my array plate, you can put this away." ”

Lao Gao wanted to say a few more polite words, but then he heard Han Duan speak outside: "Teacher, the city lord invites you to go to the living room." ”

Lao Gao knew that it should be the road manager who had news, so he had to take the remaining spar back into the storage bag, and then got up and said to Su Ruo: "Miss Su, the matter of the purple pulp essence will trouble you, let's go." ”

Su Ruo sent the two of them outside the door, Qin Wen and Lao Gao walked back into the main hall, as soon as they entered the hall door, they saw that the other monks had already returned to their rooms, and the three people sitting in the main hall were Guan Shuo, the Great Elder and Gao Zhang, but they didn't see the road steward, but a small guy in a cotton jacket stood at the bottom.

Guan Shuo held a note in his hand at this time, read it quietly, looked up and saw Lao Gao and Qin Wen walking in, so he invited the two to sit down, and then frowned and asked the little guy: "Road manager, did you have anything to say?"

The little servant replied a little timidly: "No, when the house was having dinner today, I went to deliver food to the steward's courtyard, and I saw two guards standing at the door of the road steward, and the road steward was wandering around the yard, and when he saw me, he asked me to go back and bring a meal over." ”

"I sent the food to the yard of the road steward, I felt that a hard paper ball suddenly flew in my arms, and just wanted to take it out, I heard the road steward seem to be talking in my ear, and asked me to hand over this thing to the backyard of Liu Ji's old store, I was afraid that the guards outside would find out, so I took the opportunity to send food to the inner yard, and then swam out of the water after breaking the ice in the pond. ”

At this time, Qin Wen thought of the rockery and pond he saw in the back study of the City Lord's Mansion, this little guy was also alert, such a cold day actually swam out of the ice water of the pond, although the monks of the congenital stage could rest under the ice, but the biting cold was difficult for even the monks of the Xuan Dynasty to resist.

Guan Shuo looked at the hairline covered under the little girl's fur hat and was still wet, so he took out a spirit stone from the storage bag, nodded and said, "You did a good job, you take this spirit stone, remember to go out, don't tell anyone that you have seen me here, by the way, how are you going to go back?"

The little guy bowed down and took the spirit stone and said: "The little one has written it down, now the mansion is surrounded by clusters, and it is not easy to come out, but as long as the people from the City Lord's Mansion go in, no one cares." ”

Guan Shuo said with a gloomy face: "Only allowed in, not out, what do you want?"