The old man slowly stood up and turned his head slowly. Chen Lu saw that his face was already wrinkled, his white hair was fluttering, and under the sun, it really looked like a silver filament, and the roots were transparent. There was not a single black one on his eyebrows and beard, but his face was full of red.

Chen Lu's first impression was that this person did not look like a corpse chaser. The face of the corpse chaser was almost invisible, perhaps the old man was blushing as he stood under the peach tree. The old man's hands were covered with mud. Chen Lu subconsciously looked at the ground, and it turned out that he was planting vegetables.

A look of surprise appeared on the old man's face, and it only took a moment to disappear. The old man said: "The official has good endurance, and he can still track it from such a distance, the little old man is served, and he will wait for the official to fall." Speaking Chinese, mixed with the murmur of Fan Miao.

Chen Lu was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

The old man said, "Serve tea first, please use tea for the official errand, don't worry, I won't run." ”

Chen Lu had already woken up at this time, this may be able to pinch and calculate, thinking that he had come to capture it. In order to show his trust in him, Chen Lu walked into the hall in a big way.

The old man said, "Later, let Xiaomin go and wash it." After speaking, he looked at Chen Lu. Chen Lu didn't answer and looked indoors. The old man thought that Chen Lu disagreed. Oh, a servant in his fifties came over, carrying a basin, and the old man washed it.

The servant brought tea. Chen Lu was taken aback when he saw this cup, this is obviously Ru kiln porcelain from the Renzong period of the Song Dynasty, but this set of tea sets is worth dozens of taels of gold. But why did this old man start a corpse chaser? And he grew vegetables at home. He suspected that he had been deceived by the saxing.

Chen Lu looked at the tea leaves and stood up in the teapot. The old man looked at him as he looked at the cups, picked up the two cups and swapped them, and took a sip of tea himself.

Chen Lu smiled dumbly, understood his intentions, and thought that he suspected him of poisoning. also took a sip, this is the authentic Qiannan Ming Qian Qian finch tongue, and it is new.

He exclaimed: "Good tea, Mingqian sparrow's tongue." ”

It is incredible that you can eat this tea in this place thousands of miles to the country. The old man said, "The official has good eyesight. ”

Chen Lu said: "I haven't asked my father-in-law Gao's surname yet, where is Xianxiang?"

The old man said: "Why do the officials ask knowingly, if they can find this place, they must have done enough work." ”

Chen Lu nodded and said, "So the old man's surname is Tian?"

"Exactly, the official will sit down for a while, and let the little old man clean up. ”

This is a person who understands, maybe the real mage is prescient, then a lot of nonsense is saved. Tian Weng walked over and said a few words to the servant, and then returned to his seat, and after a while, the servant carried a burden on his back, put it at the door, and took out a thick hemp rope to tie Tian Weng up.

Chen Lugang wanted to stop him, but he saw that there were tears in his eyes.

Chen Lu was puzzled. The old man came over and said, "Your Excellency, do you think this will work? The little old man is eighty-two years old, and he can't bear the iron ropes and splints of the official." With such a long way, if you can't reach your hometown, you will have to die halfway, and you can only cause trouble for the officials. Allow me to hit the road like this. ”

The servant came over and kowtowed to Chen Lu, screaming in his mouth, he turned out to be a mute. It is said that nine out of ten mutes are deaf, but this servant is not deaf, which means that he is dumb.

At this time, Chen Lu realized that there was a misunderstanding. I thought that this Tian Weng might be a prisoner of the court, and it had nothing to do with his errand.

He hurriedly walked over, untied Tian Weng's rope, pulled him to his seat, and said, "Uncle, what are you doing here?" My name is Chen Lu, and my name is Cheng, and I have come here to ask for something. ”

The master and servant were taken aback, looked at each other, and the old man asked, "Where does the official master come from?"

Chen Lu hurriedly explained the intention, Tian Weng and the servants laughed, Tian Weng said, "I thought it was sent by the government to get me." That is to say, people in the world should still be honest and not have any luck. ”

In fact, Chen Lu had already seen it, and Tian Weng himself said it, knowing that he didn't care anymore, and said, "Where is my uncle from?"

"Sizhou Tian. ”

The voice was not high, but it was indeed a thunderclap to Chen Lu's ears. He looked at Tian Weng in surprise and did not speak. This Tian Weng may really be a key criminal in the imperial court.

The Sizhou Tian family rebelled against the imperial court to change the land and return to the stream, openly confronting the imperial court, and Gu Dashuai had just been pacified a few years ago. The two cousins of Shannan and Shanbei made a big move, and the court was furious, because it was Shannan who provoked the incident, and ordered Shannan to arrest and bring him to Beijing.

Tian Weng didn't ask Chen Lu, so he simply said it himself. Although Tian Weng was regarded as a Han by others here, he was known as a barbarian Miao in the Celestial Empire. He is a side branch of the Sizhou Tian family, for more than 600 years, he is no longer a nobleman, his family has a field, a tea garden, he grows and eats by himself, and he is quite rich.

Shannan's lawsuit has nothing to do with him, who knows that he offended the two new Han masters. For the sake of his family's inheritance, the two lords falsely accused him of participating in the rebellion.

Tian Weng got the news and ran to the Western Regions, and the family was still in Sizhou, only this old servant came. The old servant went back once a year to give some gold and silver to live, and this time he had just returned.

Chen Lu had been to southern and northern Qianbei and had some understanding of the situation there, and some Han officials were powerful there, and the people could not justify it, and once they found someone to judge them, they were accused of rebellion. Listening to what Tian Weng said, the two masters are not necessarily too high. But the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and some grievances cannot reach the heavens at all.

Chen Lu asked: "Since he was wronged, why don't you appeal to Gu Dashuai, he is a good official." ”

The old man sighed and said, "Lord Chen is reasonable, but Houmen is as deep as the sea, where can we meet Gu Dashuai? ”

Chen Lu nodded and said, "Just leave, wait for the opportunity, this method is good." How did you become a mage?"

Tian Weng said: "It's really insulting to the ancestors. I think of my Sizhou Tian family, who has been proud for more than 600 years, and my children and grandchildren are not filial, and they have fled to all parts of China, and they have to make a living by themselves. Fortunately, the ancestors had the foresight to leave the ability to survive for each branch. Our branch is to chase out the corpses. It has not been used for many years, and it is almost lost. We fled with books and ritual utensils. Xiao Lao'er met a real corpse chaser again, worshipped him as a teacher, and learned this craft. ”

The two couldn't help but sigh. Tian Weng said: "For a few years, there is no place for the little old man here, and he has stopped doing this business. ”

Chen Lu said: "I think this industry is good, why is my husband unemployed, is it because he is too old?"

Tian Weng shook his head and said: "Now the mud and sand are all down, the fish and dragons are mixed, and it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. really lost his job, but the fake one flourished. ”

Chen Lu said: "I would like to hear about it. ”

Tian Weng asked, "Have you heard of the corpse collector?" Chen Lu nodded, and Tian Weng told himself.