After Wei Qing said goodbye to Qin Hui, he packed his luggage a little, and the next day he called Cao Lu, Li Rui and Liao Lingping to set off to the north, crossed the Yangtze River and went straight to the direction of Jianghuai.

Huainan West Road has always been the boundary between the north and the south, the place where the horses and boats are changed, at this time, it is one of the main battlefields of the war between the Song and Jin countries, the people in order to avoid the disaster of war, most of the families moved to the south of the Yangtze River, and the large areas of fertile land as far as the eye can see are all deserted.

Since ancient times, the Song Dynasty also sent the general Liu Guangshitun to concentrate on the army, and the Jin army on the Huainan East Road confronted, Wei Qing and the four of them encountered the Song soldiers from time to time on the road to stop and investigate, but fortunately, Qin Hui had issued a road guide for Wei Qing on official business, but he was not much troubled.

The four of them inquired about Pei Jun along the way, fortunately, this person was very famous in the Jianghuai martial arts, and it was not long before they learned that he now lives in Haozhou City, and his family is a well-established family in the local countryside.

After Wei Qing and others entered Haozhou City, he first found an inn to live in, and at noon he instructed the store to clean up a table of dishes to eat, and the shopkeeper sang a promise after finishing the dishes: "The guest officer is slow to use, and if there is any command, just talk about it."

Wei Qingzheng wanted to inquire about the news, so he said: "I see that you look very smart, and you will be very pleasing to the guests when you speak, oh, this is a reward for you", he said that he pretended to be careless and threw a silver ingot to Xiao Er.

Xiao Er took it and saw that there were one or two of them, which was worth most of his salary for half a month, and he was immediately busy and said: "I'll put on four hot towels to clean the hands of the guest officer."

"Not busy", Wei Qing called out to Xiao Er and said, "I have something to ask you."

"Guest officer, please speak", Xiao Er replied attentively, "The younger generations have lived in this Haozhou city and are very familiar with Zuo Jin, does the guest officer want to find relatives and friends or find a place with a good scenery to play?"

Wei Qingdao: "I want to inquire personally, do you know that there is a number one person in this city named Pei Jun?"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then his eyes rolled and looked Wei Qing and the four of them up and down, and then replied: "Who in this Haozhou city doesn't know Pei Daguan, even if he doesn't rent his family's land, he has to buy the grain and salt sold by his family."

Xiao Er paused after answering, and cautiously tried to ask: "I don't know what the guest officer asked him for, is it an old friend or a distant relative?"

"You don't have to worry about this", Wei Qingzi would not reveal the purpose of this trip to a shopkeeper, "You just tell me where to find him."

"I saw Pei Daguan go out of the city a few days ago, and the guest officer came unfortunately", the shopkeeper said, "But it is estimated that he should come back in the next day or two, and the guest officer can stay in the small shop for a few more days, and he can wait for him to come back."

Wei Qing was about to continue to ask questions, when there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums on the street outside the store, and soon he heard the chaotic cheers of men and women outside, shouting, "Pei Daguan has returned to the city", "Pei Daguan is so majestic", "He really deserves to be a good man in Haozhou"......

Wei Qing and Cao Lu also got up and walked to the door of the store to watch, only to see a line of about four or five hundred people on the street, all of them were strong men in strong suits, holding spears, big knives, double-strand forks and other weapons of different colors, among which there were even carrying nail rakes, wooden sticks, bamboo bows and other objects, but none of them were wearing iron armor.

Wei Qingzheng was surprised, but saw Xiao Er pointing to the street and saying: "The one riding the horse is Pei Daguan", he looked in the direction of Xiao Er's finger, but saw a tower-like man in the middle of the team riding a black high-headed horse, with a smile on his face and bowing his hand to the people watching on both sides, thinking that it was Pei Jun who he was looking for.

Wei Qing looked at Pei Jun carefully, only to see that he was burly, a head taller than ordinary people, born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with knotted muscles all over his body, and his face was full of fierce spirit, at a glance, he knew that he was a master of foreign kung fu, and the black horse he was riding had four human heads hanging on his neck, all of which were covered with lime The severed head on his neck was full of Jurchens with shaved hair and braids, and there were two strong men behind him, carrying a long mixed iron stick with a thick bowl.

Wei Qing and the four of them mixed in the crowd, followed the team all the way to the Haozhou official office, only to see an official dressed in Zhizhou uniform waiting at the door early, and waited for the team to arrive at the door before walking down the steps, affectionately arched his hand and said: "Pei Jun has worked hard, this official has been worried recently, but now that I see you return safely, this heart has just fallen, otherwise if this Haozhou City is without you, how is it good to call this official."

"Hahaha, adults are too worried, how can a few dogs hurt me", Pei Jun laughed and turned over and dismounted, waved his hand and said loudly, "Take it up, let the adults look at it", and one of the people in the team immediately untied the four heads from the horse, and brought them to Zhizhou with braids.

When Zhizhou saw it, he was immediately frightened and raised his sleeves to cover his eyes, waved his hand to take it away, and then instructed the official behind him to take out a plate of silver and said: "Pei Jun is really brave, this is a reward from the imperial court, and I hope that Pei Jun will live up to the favor of the king, kill the enemy with more efforts, and keep the Haozhou side safe."

Pei Jun took the plate containing the silver taels, and handed it to a person behind him: "Everyone has worked hard this time, take it and divide it", when the team behind him was neutral, there was a cheerful cheer, Pei Jun chatted with Zhizhou again, and then dismissed the team and left with only a few entourages.

Wei Qing secretly followed Pei Jun, only to see him all the way to a mansion, the servant who watched the door immediately stepped forward to hold the horse's head, Pei Jun dismounted and walked straight in, the door of the mansion was hung with the door plaque of "Pei Fu", and there was a sub-horizontal plaque under the plaque, which was written in gilded characters with the words "Protecting the Township and Righteous Squire", and the inscription was indicated that the person with the inscription was the Zhizhou of Haozhou, but I don't know whether it was mentioned by the predecessor or the current Zhizhou.

Li Rui covered his mouth and chuckled: "I don't know what this Pei Guanren's martial arts are, but he definitely hasn't read a few books, and he doesn't know how to be polite and humble, how can he hang the inscription written by others to praise himself on the lintel of the house, it seems that he is a person who likes to be famous."

"What he likes has nothing to do with me, I only care about why his name is listed on Ha Michi's letter, and what his intentions are", Wei Qing secretly thought in his heart, "This person is famous in Haozhou, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to approach, how can I get close to him."