The sky was getting darker, and when Qin Wen and the Great Elder passed by the Drunken Immortal Tower, Qin Wen thought that the haode pill he had just refined today was still on his body, so he said to the Great Elder: "Elder, a friend of mine lives here, and today's pill is for him to refine, I want to send the pill over first." ”

The Great Elder stopped and said, "Then I'll wait for you here first." After speaking, he walked into a nearby bookstore and browsed inside.

Qin Wen walked into the backyard of the Drunken Immortal Building, and after giving the pill to Xiang Hao, he hurriedly walked out, and the Great Elder had already come out of the bookstore at this time, and the two continued to walk towards the City Lord's Mansion.

As soon as he approached the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, he heard a slightly joking voice say, "Isn't this the uncle of the Qin family? ”

When the Great Elder of the Qin Family looked at the person who spoke, he thought that it was disrespectful for him to speak loudly in front of the City Lord's Mansion, so he laughed and scolded in a low voice: "You vulture, how about Lao Tzu give you this Qingfu to enjoy? If it weren't for the City Lord inside, Lao Tzu would have peeled your skin today." ”

At this time, Qin Wen saw an old man dressed in slave clothes walk out of the gatehouse of the City Lord's Mansion, his eyebrows and beard were already white, he was wearing a horned hat on his head, and a pair of slightly squinted eyes walked out with a smile, and the Great Elder stepped forward and asked, "Old Bald, is the City Lord in the mansion?"

The white eyebrows on the vulture's face shook with a smile and said, "The city lord knows that as soon as you come out of the barracks, you will come to the mansion, and I will wait for you here as soon as it gets dark, and he is now in the side hall." As he spoke, he glanced at Qin Wen next to him.

The Great Elder introduced at this time: "This is a junior of my family, Qin Wen, this is the Grand Steward of the City Lord's Mansion, and we can be regarded as friends of life and death." ”

At this time, Qin Wen stepped forward and saluted slightly: "The big steward of the road." ”

The road steward also smiled and arched his hand, and then said to the elder: "No wonder your old boy didn't make a big noise today, it turned out that you came with a junior." ”

At this time, the great elder and the road steward walked side by side into the city lord's mansion, and the road steward said in a low voice at this time: "The city lord is in a bad mood these days, you will comfort him a lot when you come, I also heard Liu Zhun say about your second brother looking for someone, now a few of our old brothers are okay, the second brother knows Liu Zhun better, and the rest are all snobs." ”

"Because of your business, a few of us also told the city lord, but now it is what the counselor has found out, plus the defeat of Qingshitan to the Hu people, the city lord is also powerless. ”

The Great Elder spoke at this time: "Old Bald, I understand your words, it is also the misfortune of the family, there is a rebellion, so that the Du family has a chance, there are still many things to deal with at home during this time, today I met the city lord, tomorrow I may have to go out of the city and return to Yinxia Mountain, I don't know how the manor is going?"

The road steward said: "Now I can't leave the City Lord's Mansion, I don't know much about the outside affairs, but as long as you come out of the barracks, the counselor should have suppressed the ordnance matter, the Du family has no handle on this matter, if he dares to be arrogant, I think the city lord will also punish him." ”

As he spoke, he had already come to the door of the side hall, and after the road steward went in to report, he walked out and said: "Old Qin, the city lord let you in, why don't you live in my courtyard tonight, let's have a good chat." ”

The Great Elder nodded and said, "If I meet the city lord and come out, if it's still early, I will definitely come to you to disturb you." ”

Walking into the side hall, Qin Wen saw that there was only a tall man sitting in the brightly lit hall, wearing a long robe at home, and a cup of hot tea was placed in front of him, but there was a slight melancholy between his eyebrows.

The Great Elder walked forward and said, "Great Qin, pay a visit to the City Lord. ”

Guan Shuo put away the look on his face at this time, and said with a slight smile: "You are here, sit down, you have not suffered any grievances in the camp these days." ”

The Great Elder sat on a chair next to him and said: "The guards and subordinates are all old people, who drink tea and chat every day, but they have not suffered any grievances, but this time the younger generations in the family have caused a catastrophe, if it is not for the extrajudicial grace of the city lord, our Qin family will inevitably not be protected." ”

Guan Shuo waved his hand at this time and said: "Forget it, I don't need to talk about these polite words here, you are also an old man under me, and you don't have to talk around the bush, the treasury of ordnance is also responsible, originally I just wanted to warn you, I also know that you won't do these things, but the matter was found out by the counselor, and then put on a big hat, I have to put you in the barracks first, and wait until there is a suitable opportunity to clear your name." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Qin Wen who was standing behind the Great Elder with a little confusion.

At this time, the Great Elder hurriedly introduced: "This is a junior in the family, who practices Dan Dao, and he happened to be in the city these days, so I took him here to meet the city lord, Qin Wen, quickly meet the city lord." ”

Qin Wen gave a salute at this time and said, "Qin Wen greets the city lord." ”

Guan Shuo hooked a smile at the corner of his mouth and said: "This is the descendant of the Qin family who went to the post station that day, he can refine a Xuan-level high-grade pill during the Xuantu period, he is really a genius Dan Master." ”

Qin Wen knew that he was refining pills in the military camp, and he must not be able to hide it from the city lord, so he hurriedly said modestly: "Qin Wen only refined a few furnaces of pills by mistake, but the genius didn't dare to be it." ”

Guan Shuo said at this time: "Young people should be a little bloody, learn what to do in such an old-fashioned way, your Qin family followed me from the sea of corpses and blood, you are also my junior, maybe I will also find you to refine the pill in the future, come, you can also sit down." ”

Qin Wen had no choice but to sit down on the chair where the Great Elder was in charge, and Guan Shuo retracted his gaze at this time and asked, "When are you going home?"

The Great Elder hurriedly replied, "I met with the City Lord today, and I plan to return to Yinxia Mountain tomorrow. ”

Guan Shuo's face also darkened slightly: "I have also wronged your Qin family these days, and I also know the affairs of you and the Du family, but now is not the time to deal with things, after a while, General Zhenbei's soldiers and horses will come to Luming City, and we will soon have a battle with the Hu people, and when the Hu people are expelled from the Muzha Pass, I will give you justice." ”

The Great Elder's expression couldn't help but dim a little, it seemed that the city lord couldn't help the Qin family get back the two spirit stone mines for the time being, but the news revealed by the city lord also surprised him a little, so he asked: "Except for the city guards in Luming City, didn't the capital side promise not to send troops here?"

Guan Shuo shook his head and said: "Or this time I was too light on the enemy, I didn't expect that Ku Lie's subordinates would have a formation division that could arrange a hundred-mile array, and the defeat of Qingshitan also gave the imperial court an opportunity to meddle in Luming City. ”

"So your Qin family will bear the brunt, even if there is no ordnance, I think he will find other reasons to support the Du family, after you go back this time, first appease the people of the family, I will send someone to the Du family in the next few days, let them be honest, you can move out of Yinxia Mountain." ”

As soon as the words were said here, suddenly a subordinate walked outside, walked behind the city lord, and then whispered a few words to the city lord, the city lord's face couldn't help but change, and after the subordinate retreated, the city lord said: "I still have some things over there, you can go back first, by the way, the old bald is still talking to you in front of me today, you also go and talk to him for a while." ”

The Great Elder nodded and agreed, and then walked out of the side hall with Qin Wen, on the way to the road steward's courtyard, Qin Wen suddenly found that a back figure on the road from the gate to the main hall actually felt familiar, just when he was about to identify it carefully, the back had already turned over the stone road with sparse branches, and was completely blocked by the wall.

The two came to the side courtyard of the road steward, and saw the road steward come out of the room and said: "Lao Qin, come and sit in the house, just now I heard the little guy outside say that there are guests again, so I know that you should come to me, I have prepared the wine and food, let's eat while it's hot." ”

As soon as he entered the room, Qin Wen saw several plates of cold braised vegetables on the table in the middle, a whole chicken was steaming in a casserole in the middle, and a pot of old wine was still warm on the charcoal stove next to him, and the whole room was full of wine.

At this time, the Great Elder smiled and said, "Old Bald, the jars of jade pot spring I gave you haven't finished drinking yet, and when the wine shop in my village starts this year, I'll ask them to send you a vat." ”

At this time, the road steward waved his hand and invited them to sit down, and then said, "This is what you said, in a few days, I will go to your manor and bring a tank back." ”

As they spoke, the three of them sat at the table and chatted while drinking, the Great Elder and the Road Steward were originally comrades in the army, talking about the interesting things of the year, it was also very delicious to drink wine, Qin Wen rarely interjected, and listened to the two of them talk while eating.

Just when the wine was in full swing, a voice suddenly came from outside, "Steward Lu, is the Great Elder of the Qin Family here with you?"

The road steward was stunned for a moment and said, "Who? Lao Qin is here with me." ”

At this time, I saw a middle-aged servant walk in and said, "Elder Qin, the city lord has asked you to go to the main hall. ”

As soon as the Great Elder heard you, he knew that he would let himself go with Qin Wen, and he woke up half of his wine and said, "Old Bald, I'll go to the main hall first, and I'll come back later." ”

After speaking, Qin Wen and the others followed the middle-aged servant towards the main hall, and as soon as they walked into the dripping eaves under the hall door, Qin Wen saw the familiar figure at a glance, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and said secretly: "Why did he come here today?"