After a while, Huang Qing and Ling Jiansi changed into civilian clothes and came out to accompany them. When the banquet came up, Ling Jiansi said that he was not extravagant, but he could receive the Hou Ye, and he didn't dare to be too simple. Although there are no delicacies from the mountains and seas, Hangzhou's famous dishes, such as: West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp, Zhaohua Tong chicken, West Lake Ulva soup, dregs of whipped bamboo shoots, osmanthus fresh chestnut soup, chopped fish balls, etc., are full of a table.

Huang Qing frowned and said: "Lord Ling, you have been diligent and thrifty in ancient times, and as the governor of a government, you are so extravagant and wasteful, may it not be an exemplary way?" Ling saw that Siwei said resignedly: "The lower official informed, this is a private banquet for the lower official, and the Hou Ye is here, and the lower official is the parent official of Hangzhou, so he should be the friend of the landlord." ”

Huang Qing is still to be said. Qi Tian interjected: "Okay, Lord Huang, I know that you have always been honest, and even your grandmother often said before her death: 'Well, what about Huang Qing's thin monkey? I haven't seen him for a long time, has it been blown away by the wind?" Huang Qing was amused and sad: "Huang Mouhuang is in his life, and he can't go back in time to send the old lady on her last journey, and I feel guilty every time I think of it." ”

Qi Tiandao: "Grandmother told us again and again before her death, let Duoduo urge you, don't keep drinking soup and eating thin food, and drag your body down." A guard behind Huang Qing took the opportunity to say: "Master, look, not only we talk about you, but even the old lady says the same about you." ”

Huang Qing said: "Thank you for the care of your ancestors, Huang Qing should cherish himself even more." Qi Tian said: "This is very good." Come, all the food. He knew that although he was young, he was outside, and if he didn't eat first, he was afraid that no one would move. He caught a fish head and put it in a bowl of Huangqing: "I know that if you don't drink alcohol, you won't be respectful." Lifted the flask and poured a glass for Han Fengyue.

Han Fengyue said: "There is Lao Hou Ye, how dare you be restrained?" Qi Tian then gave Ling Jiansi a thought. Ling Jiansi hurriedly got up and said flatteredly, "The lower official will come by himself." ”

Qi Tian stopped with his other hand: "Tonight, I will only talk about respecting the elders, not mentioning my identity, and adults don't have to be formal." He turned his head sideways and asked, "Do you want to have some young ladies?" Liu Qingqing and Guan Juju shook their heads together.

Qi Tian said: "Then I'm welcome." "Fill yourself with a glass. He was afraid that Ling Jiansi would be restrained, so he no longer respected each other, took the lead in drinking, and said to Huang Qing's two guards: "The two eldest brothers are also here to eat." ”

The man who spoke before shook his head and said, "Master Hou, please, the little one is not hungry." The other swallowed a mouthful of saliva and muttered, "You want to save face, I'm almost hungry." "I touched my stomach, and my hunger became more and more whirling.

Huang Qingdao: "Since Master Hou has something to say, you two can sit down and eat together." The two sat down as they were told. After everyone finished eating, Huang Qing asked: "Master Hou has just arrived, and if you want to settle down, why don't you rest in the mansion tonight?"

Qi Tian looked at Han Fengyue, although he didn't care about himself, he could make his own decisions for others, which was inevitably disrespectful. Han Fengyue said: "Touch the light of the Hou Ye, let Han get what he wants, everything is arranged." Liu Qingqing and Guan Juju were silent, and they acquiesced.

Huang Qingdao: "So Lord Lao Ling will arrange a place for you friends to live." "Such a trivial matter, Ling Jiansi could have sent someone, but seeing that he skipped Yongfeng Hou, he knew that he had something else to say, and personally led Han Fengyue and his party to retire.

Qi Tian asked, "When does Uncle Huang plan to return to Beijing?" He first saluted with an official title, and when no outsiders were present at this time, he changed to "Uncle Huang". Although Huang Qing felt very cordial, he didn't dare to be arrogant: "After the official business of Hangzhou Mansion, he will go back to Beijing immediately, and the Hou Ye has something?"

Qi Tiandao: "There is still something to ask for." Huang Qing snorted and said: "As long as you don't bend the law for favoritism, don't say one, it's ten, and you can't fall into your golden face." ”

Qi Tian quipped: "Listen to what Uncle Huang said, if you bend the law for personal gain, the little nephew will say it in vain." Huang Qing said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Hou Ye has become more and more handsome, and he has become more and more fond of promoting narrow people." ”

Qi Tian stuck out his tongue and made a grimace: "The matter of bending the law for personal gain, even if Uncle Huang is willing to make it difficult for him, the little nephew doesn't dare to ask you." When he went back and was known by the old man, Qi Tian had ten small lives, and I was afraid that it would not be enough to be cleaned up. ”

Huang Qing suddenly stood in awe: "Master Ma has been strict with himself all his life, lenient with others, and is a model for hundreds of officials, I don't know if my health can improve? ”

Qi Tian said gloomily: "My grandmother said before her death that my father's illness originated from the mother's womb, but the 'miracle doctor' Liu Luqin on the 'Heavy Building List' has a good prescription. I traveled to the rivers and lakes this time, and I came to follow my grandmother's last order and visit Senior Liu by the way. ”

Huang Qing listened that what he asked for was not a business, and his heart was a little settled: "The lower official wishes Hou Ye to get what he wants, but the rivers and lakes are sinister, and Hou Ye has a golden body, so he needs to be careful in everything." ”

Qi Tian nodded and said, "I want to ask Uncle Huang to escort a few people to the house, and by the way, write a letter to the family to report that they are safe." Huang Qing said happily: "Hou Ye, rest assured, this matter is on Huang Qing." ”

After a while, Ling Jiansi came back, saw that the two of them stopped talking, and interjected: "Seeing that Lord Hou and Lord Huang are still very happy, why not let the lower officials take the two of them on a night tour?" Qi Tianxi said: "I have heard the night view of Xizi Lake for a long time, and I have always longed for it, so I am afraid that Lord Huang will be busy with official business?"

Huang Qing smiled slightly: "Master Hou has this Yaxing, Huang takes it as a companion, and by the way, I can also see the style of Hangzhou under the rule of the prefect." Ling Jiansi said in fear: "The lower officials are incompetent, they have not been able to govern the road, and they have not closed their doors at night, but the people are simple, but they have not lost the paradise of the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Everyone went out from the back door, and the two officials on duty, one on the left, approached and asked, "Where are you going, my lord?" Ling Jiansi shouted: "Where are you going?" The official was suddenly silent.

Huang Qing repeatedly forbade it, and the two guards insisted on accompanying him on the grounds of safety, so he had to say helplessly: "You two stay away, don't spoil the pleasure of the Hou Ye." ”

Ling Jiansi led the way, and the three of them took the lead. Passing by the door of a restaurant, I saw two people fighting with their bare hands. Between the fists and legs, although there is no posture, there is no bearing, pinching the neck and pulling the head, poking the eyes and kicking the yin, full of scoundrels.

A large group of people inside and outside the periphery blocked the street so tightly that the periphery could not squeeze in, so they stretched their necks on tiptoe and applauded from time to time.

Huang Qing frowned and said, "Lord Ling, this is what you said about the simplicity of the people's customs? In order to show his merits, Ling Jiansi said a lot of words in front, and his face was blue and white.

Qi Tian suddenly yawned. Ling Jiansi said in understanding: "Seeing that the Hou Ye is sleepy, why don't you go back to the house to rest first, let's travel another day." However, after a while, not only was the road blocked, but even the road was crowded with people.

Huang Qing tugged at the corners of Qi Tianyi's clothes and said in a low voice: "Master Hou be careful, the situation may change." Qi Tian turned around and was about to ask, when a dagger glowing with blue light was quietly handed over and stabbed at Huang Qing's left ribs.

Although Qi Tian was new to the rivers and lakes, he also knew that the dagger was coated with poison, so he hurriedly did not have time to warn, and his five fingers grabbed the connection door like a hook, and it was the "upside down plow" in the hand of the small grabber.

Unexpectedly, the man used two daggers, and the other dagger slashed at his wrist. This change was abrupt, if Qi Tian didn't retreat, even if he caught someone, he would inevitably be injured.

Huang Qingyi is a scholar, don't look at the powerlessness of the chicken, but his eyesight is extremely bright, and he shouted urgently: "Master Hou let go." Qi Tian listened but didn't listen, and grabbed the man's wrist and pressed it, removing the opponent's wrist. The man had another dagger and slashed at his wrist at the same time.

Qi Tian's palm was like a knife, and when he was about to cut diagonally, his arm suddenly stiffened, obviously in this short period of time, the poison had spread. The man sneered: "If you don't want to die, get out of here, wait for grandpa's mercy, and you can still save your life." ”

Although Qi Tian's identity is honorable, but Huang Qing asks for the life of the people, the country's shares, this amount is not trivial in his heart, compared to his own safety, it is outside the degree, and he slammed his shoulders into Huang Qing and said: "Uncle Huang, go quickly." ”

Ling Jiansi suddenly said, "I can't go." Qi Tian was stunned and said, "What does Lord Prefect mean by this?" Ling Jiansi said lightly: "It doesn't mean anything else, it's just that Lord Huang doesn't go, which makes Ling very uneasy." ”

Qi Tian's face changed drastically, and he shouted, "Uncle Huang be careful. Ling Jiansi sighed, "It's too late. When he said the word "late", he took out a small sword from his sleeve, and the word "has" had not yet fallen, and the tip of the sword had already reached Huang Qing's heart.

Huang Qingdao: "The prefect is really hidden. Ling Jiansi's face did not change when he saw that he had a sharp blade, and his heart became more and more hateful, and he glanced at the assassin. The assassin said, "Don't worry, my lord, you and I are not cooperating for the first time, those two doglegs, it is estimated that they have already arrived in the capital city to wait for him." ”

Huang Qing hurriedly said, "Master Hou, let's go." Ling Jiansi said slowly: "It is said that there is no inn on Huangquan Road, and Hou Yeyi is thin and cloudy, how can you bear Lord Huang to go on the road alone?" Huang Qing said sharply: "Ling Jiansi, are you not afraid of exterminating the Nine Clans?"

The corners of Ling Jiansi's eyes jumped slightly, and he said in a suffrage voice: "Xia Guan released the Hou Ye, can Lord Qincha ensure that Si is safe?" Huang Qingwei was speechless. The assassination of the minister of the Qin Mission is a mortal crime, even if the saint is gracious, the three priests cannot discuss it.

Ling Jiansi sighed and said, "If the head of the lower officials is not guaranteed, the lives of the people of the Nine Clans can only be left to their creation." The assassin also sighed: "I thought that those who did our job were cold-blooded and ruthless enough, compared to the prefect, it was a small thing." ”

Ling Jiansi's face was pale, and he was ugly, and said in a cold voice: "Everything is ready, I will send Hou Ye on the road." "He was cautious, and before the death of the Marquis of Yongfeng, he kept Lord Qincha to stay behind, which was a great reliance.

Suddenly, a man named Huazi was squeezed out of the crowd, holding a bamboo cane, and said in a jingling voice: "Uncle is good, give me a dozen or two taels, let me go to a full meal." Although he was unkempt and did not see his dignity, his voice was delicate, and he was not only young, but also a woman.

Ten taels of silver are enough for a family of five to live for a year, where is this begging, it is simply a roadblock robbery. The assassin shouted, "Get out of the way." He slapped his hand and slammed it over.

The screamer muttered: "If you don't give it, you won't give it, what are you doing fiercely?" She walked up to Qi Tian and said with a hippie smile: "Why don't you show mercy to this son?" Qi Tian casually took out a handful of silver from his arms and stuffed it into the other party's hand: "Girl, go quickly, so as not to get into trouble." "Twenty or thirty taels.

The screamer shook his head and said disapprerovitically: "The girl begged during the day, and a fortune teller had no money to give alms, so she gave a hexagram for free, saying that I am auspicious and bright, and I have nobles to help me, and I will meet you at night, how can there be a disaster?"

The Assassin couldn't help but say, "It's called 'Woe is the place of blessing, and blessing is the place of disaster.'" Ling Jiansi said coldly: "Ling spent a lot of money, but he didn't come to listen to the bookbag. ”

"Howler. The assassin sneered, stepped forward, and stabbed the dagger in his other hand into Qi Tian's chest. The screamer was startled, screaming and throwing herself into Qi Tian's arms, the assassin's "acupoint" coincidentally bumped into the head of the rod that stretched out from under her ribs, and fell to the ground with a muffled grunt.