Sixty miles west of Luoyang City, Fenglin Station.

Fengqiao Station is a large post station, with 20 horses and rooms that can accommodate 100 people.

In the evening, the sun is still a little hot, and the setting sun shines on the old mottled walls, and the smell of the earth is fresh and restless.

On the other side of the official road in front of the post station, there was a small river, and there was a young gray-clothed boy, who was picking up a few fat fish from the fish pond by the river, digging the intestines and removing the scales on the spot, and the blood water flowed into the river and went downstream.

"You're very skilled at cutting fish. An older man paced over, and was a little surprised to see the little guy's flexible technique, "Could it be that you have practiced before you came?"

The gray-clothed guy didn't care: "Everyone can kill, what is it to kill a fish?"

The older man squatted down beside him, took out a cigarette stick from his waist, knocked the cigarette ash on the wooden railing, twisted the tobacco leaves from the small bag, tore them and rolled them up, and sniffed at the words and said: "There is no truth at all, killing fish has nothing to do with killing." ”

The gray-clothed guy glanced up at the other party, and saw the older man spit out an eye circle with an intoxicated expression, and couldn't help laughing: "Old smoking gun, why haven't I seen you touch this thing before?"

The older man's nostrils turned to the sky: "The bridge I have walked on is longer than the road you have walked." Walking the rivers and lakes for a year, I will have a lot of skills I can't count myself, and the disguise technique you see is just the tip of the iceberg, and smoking a dry cigarette is nothing. ”

"High, really high!" the gray-clothed guy looked admiring, but his movements did not stop.

The older man became more and more proud, and was about to say something, but his breath was not smooth, and he choked on the cigarette and coughed again and again, and his face turned red in a moment, and he was immediately embarrassed, and quickly changed the topic: "The officials have come down, and you should also take office immediately, when will you go to the yamen to answer the truth?"

The gray-clothed guy looked flat: "I will respond tomorrow morning and officially take office." If things go well, it's just in time to rush back to Chang'an tonight. ”

"Today's murder is against the law, and tomorrow the yamen will be in charge. I have been walking the rivers and lakes for many years, and I have not had this kind of experience. The older man sighed, and wanted to say something, choking on the cigarette again, holding back the cough for the sake of face, but choking tears in her eyes, she angrily accepted the cigarette gun, and said angrily: "This smoking gun is really difficult to serve, and I am unlucky, why did I impersonate a smoker?"

The gray-clothed guy laughed twice, skewered up a few fatty fish, got up and threw a small wine bag from his waist, raised his head and took a big sip, especially refreshed: "I'm more lucky, I can replace a little drunkard, Meizizi." ”

The older man glared at the gray-clothed little man, gritted his teeth with hatred, and suddenly he looked up at the east side of the official road, and after contemplating it for a while, he said leisurely: "They have arrived." ”

From time to time, at the end of the official road, a cavalry team appeared, with a scale of more than ten people, fresh clothes and angry horses, wind and dust, running quickly and stopping in front of the post station.

They are extraordinary, either eyebrows or angry, at first glance they are not ordinary people, after dismounting, they strode into the door, broke in like robbers, and grabbed a post soldier in the head, and shouted: "Hedong Jiedu envoy is here, let you post Cheng hurry out to greet you!"

Because of the arrival of this group of people, the post station was jumping for a while, pedestrians all dodged, and the officials and travelers who dined in the lobby unconsciously stopped talking, and some even put down their chopsticks, silent, for fear of annoying each other.

Kang Chengxun, the leader, stood at the door of the lobby, glanced inside, and saw that there were quite a few officials and travelers, frowned, showed disgust, snorted coldly, and said to the post man who came over: "Take my father to the room!"

"Yes, yes!" Yi Cheng hurriedly agreed.

Leaving the lobby, Yi Cheng took Kang Chengxun to the B-shaped room, opened the door, and bowed down to invite Kang Chengxun in.

Kang Chengxun stood still outside the door with his hands in his hands, he looked at Yi Cheng coldly, and his eyes were full of fierceness: "B room?"

Yi Cheng broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, but he didn't dare to wipe it, he lowered his head and said, "The A-shaped room has been inhabited." ”

"Who?"

"Wai Lang, a member of the military department. ”

"Wai Lang?" Kang Chengxun's anger was no longer hidden, he stared at Yi Cheng fiercely, "In your heart, a small six-grade member Wai Lang can actually be compared to my dignified and modest envoys? Let them go!"

Yi Cheng Ne didn't know what to do, the other party was also a court official, and others had already lived in the A-shaped room, how could there be any reason for people to move out?

Kang Chengxun saw that Yi Cheng hesitated, and slapped out, where could the other party's mortal realm cultivation support his slap, he immediately vomited blood and flew out, directly knocking down the door frame.

Kang Chengxun's anger did not decrease: "This father is Kang Chengxun, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, you dare to disobey this father's words?

Kang Chengxun was plotted by Li Guochang in Hedong, although there is no evidence that he did not catch anyone, but there are also clues to show the identity of the other party, he thinks very highly of himself, and now he is forced to leave the town by a Shatuo person, and he is already annoyed and angry. This time I returned to Beijing in a hurry, thinking that Li Guanshu had hurt him, and he was very aggrieved.

Usually, people are most reluctant to be looked down upon at two times, one is when they are ambitious, at that time, they naturally hope that everyone in the world knows that they are great and come to flatter and compliment themselves, and the other is when they are down, of course, they hope that the world does not know their downfall, and when they are a big man on top, when they encounter disobedience from small people, their psychology will be extremely distorted and angry.

Kang Chengxun is the second.

He knew that after returning to Beijing, there would be a lot of trouble, because the Jiedu envoy who was forced to leave the town never ended well, and he was demoted to a remote place and not reused for the rest of his life, all of which should be in the question.

Along the way, Kang Chengxun's mood was extremely unstable.

Yi Cheng was helped up by the post guard, looking at Kang Chengxun and his entourage who seemed to be eating people, where did he dare to speak, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, supported his injured body, and hurriedly went to arrange.

When he was young, Kang Chengxun came to the A-shaped room.

Sitting down in the room, Kang Chengxun not only did not feel half happy, but his face became even more gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said to his entourage: "Who is this member of the military department? Knowing that this father has come here, he did not come to meet him, and he still knows that he is humble? Could it be that he is dissatisfied with his occupation of his room? What a bold man! Find him out for his father-in-law, repair him severely, and drive him out of the post station!"

The retinue immediately took the order and left.

The gray-clothed guy brought the processed fish back to the kitchen, and after handing it over to the cook, he moved a pot of vegetables and sat at the backyard door to pick it up.

In contrast, the older man was much more leisurely, after all, he was much older, and had the privilege of being lazy, so he moved a small stool and sat next to the gray-clothed boy, fiddling with his old cigarette stick, and taking a puff from time to time, looking leisurely, but without the slightest intention of helping.

The two were talking with each other, when they suddenly heard a scream, and then someone flew out upside down, vomiting blood and falling into the front yard, and a group of big men swarmed in, punching and kicking, some women and children stepped forward to dissuade them, but they were brutally pushed away by the other party, and the children fell to the ground, howling and crying, attracting everyone to watch.

"Look at what to see, if you look at it again, you'll gouge out your eyeballs!" a big man glared at everyone viciously, which immediately caused everyone to bow their heads and avoid it.

The gray-clothed guy sitting at the door of the backyard happened to see this scene.

"Isn't that Zhang Yuanwailang of the military department? I see that he is quite polite to people, when a guy served him food, the vegetable soup accidentally splashed on him, and he didn't get angry, how did this provoke Kang Chengxun?" the older man said curiously.

The gray-clothed little man's face did not change: "Woman, you really can't change your gossip temperament, you are now an old smoker with a difficult life, so curious." ”

The older man stared at the gray-clothed boy, although he didn't understand what gossip meant, but listening to the other party's tone, he also knew that it had nothing to do with I Ching gossip: "You say I'm nosy?!"

The gray-clothed guy shook his head, concentrating on dealing with the vegetables in the pot, wisely choosing not to argue with the woman.

The older man was still puzzled, and snorted coldly: "Kang Chengxun, this guy, is really domineering to the extreme, not to mention the post Cheng, even the six-rank soldier Wailang dares to fight, he really doesn't take the court seriously, do you really think that with Wei Baoheng's protection, he can be lawless?"

There was a commotion in the courtyard for a while, and Zhang Yuanwailang and his wife, supported by the servants, left the post station, vomiting blood in three steps, which showed that the injuries were not light.

After the other party left, no one dared to talk about this matter anymore, and now they all know that it was the hand of Hedong Jiedu.

Half an hour later, it was already dark, and the wine and food for Kang Chengxun had been prepared, and the newly packed fatty fish of the gray-clothed little guy also entered the other party's plate, but who to send to deliver food to Kang Chengxun caused a controversy among the post boys, because everyone did not dare to go, for fear of offending the other party and being taught a lesson by the other party.

After all, the lessons of Yi Cheng and Zhang Yuanwailang are too "bloody".

So, this arduous task finally fell on the most disadvantaged gray-clothed guy.

The gray-clothed little guy looked at the tray stuffed into his hand, under the gaze of all the post guards and his men, his face showed a look of fear, but he laughed in his heart: I was thinking about what kind of reason to find to enter Kang Chengxun's room, but now it is not a problem.

The older man knocked his cigarette gun on the threshold, put it away and hung it on his belt, and said to the gray-clothed boy, "I'll go with you, lest you don't know the rules and bump into the nobleman." ”

The little guy in gray is naturally "grateful".

In the eyes of a group of post men, bidding farewell to Jing Ke, the gray-clothed little man walked up to the second floor with a tray in his hand, came to the door of the A-shaped room, knocked on the door, and said softly: "Kang Lian, your wine and food have arrived." ”

Kang Chengxun's impatient voice came from the room: "Why did you come so late?