Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Thousand Households (I)
The third watch has passed, and at this time, the town has long been silent, and the door is closed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Recently, because there are many people in the rivers and lakes, those who smell the business opportunities, the merchants, the gamblers, and the courtesans have heard the news, and the night of the town has become colorful and lively.
The door of the Fulin Restaurant was still open, and the four of them avoided the trouble of climbing over the wall and the house, and did not alarm the shopkeepers, and went straight back to room five in the south.
Murong Yuxin poured the tea, picked up a cup and handed it to Xiao Ma, and asked, "Brother Xiaoma, are we really going to leave here tomorrow?
The monk stretched out his hand and took the teacup, drank it dry, and said angrily: "The Blood Demon Hall hasn't found the door yet, we want to withdraw first, if we want to leave, you guys will go, and I will stay here, monk." ”
When the pony saw the monk's displeasure, he suddenly realized that the monk hadn't said a word from the maple grove until he entered the room. As soon as he opened his mouth at this time, it was like eating gunpowder, which was not at all like his usual style, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.
At the moment, he said: "There are so many people in the rivers and lakes gathered here now, and there are people who make trouble every now and then, it will definitely attract the attention of the government, we stay here, once we are entangled with the government, it will be difficult to get out, since the Blood Monster Hall regards Miss Murong as the key to finding the Red Fox Treasure Box, then even if we appear in other places, they will definitely find it, why bother to make more trouble here." ”
Murong Yuxin said with a sad face: "Having said that, but the time is in a hurry, where can we settle the bill with the shopkeeper, not to mention ...... What's more, the jade pendant is still in his hand. ”
"Sister, what are you doing with this? People are masters in the Red Fox Guard, not to mention taking a jade pendant from the hand of a mere shopkeeper, it is the lice on the head of the Shaolin abbot, and the night pot at the end of the emperor's bed. After the monk finished speaking, he walked to the side, not at all like before.
Pony smiled bitterly, "Monk, are you praising me or hurting me? Monk, do you have anything on your mind today?"
"Monk, I am a person who can't hide words in my stomach, what can I do, unlike some good brothers who are full of life and death, and as a result, they hide everything and play others like monkeys. ”
Pony finally understood this time, the monk had been angry with him for not revealing his identity for most of the day. The monk sacrificed his life and forgot to help each other repeatedly, but he treated himself as a brother and confidant, he was upright and bold by nature, and did not hide his scheming, and now it is reasonable to be angry.
Thinking of this, he said sincerely: "This is indeed mine, I only hate that I have been destined to take this road since I was a child, there is no choice at all, and the rules of the organization have to be obeyed by me." Now I am ashamed of my brother, but I am punished by my brother, and I kneel down here and beg my brother for forgiveness. Then he knelt down.
The monk was also angry for a while, and now when he saw the pony kneeling, he hurriedly supported him eagerly, and shouted: "I thought there was a smart man as a brother, how could he be more stupid than a pig, this spread out, how can I still mix in the rivers and lakes." Okay, let's think about where we're going tomorrow. If the shopkeeper dares not to return the jade pendant, let him taste the monk's fist. ”
The pony's kneeling momentum was stopped by the monk, he stood up straight and hugged his fists in thanks, and said, "Since Miss Murong was attacked outside Hangzhou, let's go to Hangzhou, maybe there will be some unexpected gains." ”
At that moment, the four of them agreed on tomorrow's itinerary, talked again, and then rested.
The pony lay on the bench and didn't sleep all night, and he only slept for a while at dawn, and he got up early, and just after washing, the shopkeeper knocked on the door outside.
"Guest, have you gotten up? Someone downstairs is looking for you, please come over with you." ”
Someone came to look for him so early, Xiao Ma felt strange, could it be that the old man Wuwei came back so soon? If he didn't need to be reported by the shopkeeper, he could have found it directly. He opened the door and said to the shopkeeper, "Is it an old man looking for me?"
"No, it's an official. There was an imperceptible fear in the shopkeeper's words.
Xiao Ma felt even more strange, the shopkeeper greeted the guests every day, and often came into contact with all kinds of people, it stands to reason that he should not be afraid of seeing an official like this, it seems that this official must be a little unusual.
"Wait a minute, I'll call them up. After the pony finished speaking, he turned around to wake up the monk and warm him.
The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "No need, master, the official said that he only saw you alone." ”
"He knows me, who could it be?" said Pony as if he was asking the shopkeeper, and seemed to be muttering to himself.
"I don't know this little one, don't you know if you go?"
It was still early in the morning, and it was quiet in the inn, how could there be such a diligent court official, it was really incomprehensible.
The moment he stepped into the hall, Pony frowned, and with his beastly vigilance, he had a faint sense of crisis. The people in the house are not simple.
Then he saw eleven people in the hall, ten of them standing in two rows on either side of a table near the window, all dressed in the same color and all wearing swords, and a slightly thin leader facing the window, seemingly leisurely looking at the early risers in the street. That sense of crisis comes precisely from him.
Flying fish suit, embroidered spring knife.
The pony froze for a moment, Jin Yiwei.
The imperial court unexpectedly set up the brocade guard again.
Jinyiwei is a military and political intelligence agency set up by Emperor Taizu in the fifteenth year of Hongwu (1382) to abolish the pro-army Governor's Mansion and Yiluan, and set up a "direct guard, patrol and arrest". They were directly under the orders of the emperor and could arrest and interrogate anyone, including relatives of the emperor. However, in the twentieth year of Hongwu (1387), Emperor Taizu had already ordered the burning of Jinyiwei's torture equipment, and the prisoners were transferred to Xingbu for trial.
When the pony was young, he had seen the brocade guards in Jinling City swaggering through the streets. Now goodbye is quite a surprise, the new emperor has just ascended the throne, and he has restored the brocade guard.
The world is unpredictable, but no matter what, it is not a good thing to come to the door at this time.
"My lord, I have found you the person you are looking for. The shopkeeper nodded and smiled.
The official Shi Shiran turned around, waved his hand to the shopkeeper, and motioned for him to go out. With a smile on his tired face, he said to Xiaoma: "Please forgive me for disturbing me so early, it's just that Cao has a duty and has to do this." ”
Pony gave a salute and said, "I wonder what the adults are summoning me to inquire about?"
"Cao has a thousand households, how can I talk about adults, I don't like to beat around the bush, so we don't have to talk too much politely. When Cao Qianhu said "just a thousand households", the expression on his face was exactly like saying "a dignified thousand households".
"The town, and even Lin'an County, have recently come to a lot of people in the rivers and lakes, and the order and law are particularly chaotic. It has alarmed the government and reported to the imperial court. ”
"Of course, you know I'm not here for this. I'm only here because of the Red Fox Crate. Do you see what I mean?"
"Understand, you will understand, because you are a smart person. I've got a lot of intel these days, and I already know who you are and what you're here for, so we don't need to beat around the bush. ”
The pony's face was silent, but he was shocked in his heart, could it be that Jinyiwei's ability was so high, without he noticing, he had already felt his bottom clearly.