Chapter Eighty-Eight: Batulu (2) One Shift
When they arrived at the town, it was already afternoon, and everyone had not eaten for a day, and they were already hungry, so they wanted to find an inn to rest.
A guy stood at the door of the shop, saw everyone coming, and shouted: "A few customers, hurry up and come in! The braised beef in the small shop is famous far and wide, and it is a must in Ningxia!"
Yao Guang saw that this guy's eyes were scattered, and he was obviously not in any martial arts, so he put his mind at ease and asked, "We have two cultivators here, can we eat vegetarian food?"
The guy hurriedly said: "Yes, the dishes in the mosque are all arranged by small shops, what dishes we don't know?" Bao Jun is satisfied, Bao Jun is satisfied!"
Yao Guang nodded, and asked the man to prepare two tables of dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, and the seven of them ate at separate tables.
After a while, the guy delivered fragrant dishes.
Everyone was about to eat, Yao Guang suddenly said: "Wait!" took out the silver needle, and each plate of dishes was tried with the silver needle first, and when he saw that the dishes were non-toxic, he was relieved.
Li Nanxing asked, "Is there anything strange about this store?"
Yao Guang shook his head and said: "That's not it, I'm just worried that Liu Song will send someone to make trouble, so I will be more vigilant." Everyone remembered the cruel methods of the thousand-armed Nuwa, and they all said yes.
He Daohong was already so hungry at this time that his heart was close to his back, and when he saw that the dishes were non-toxic, he hurriedly took the chopsticks, sandwiched the vegetarian food and ate it, and praised it while eating: "It tastes good! It is much stronger than our vegetarian food in Longhu Mountain!"
Bai Mei couldn't help but smile when she saw his greedy appearance: "I thought that the Taoist leaders who worked hard to cultivate were all thin old men, and they only knew how to draw talismans and alchemy all day long. If you really want to meet He Zhenren, then it can be regarded as an eye-opener. ”
He Daohong munched and muttered: "What does the little girl know? When I'm really hungry, as soon as the fire comes up, I even eat up the offerings first, and I'm afraid of what!
Bai Mei couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He Daohong's mouth was stuffed with food, and he said loudly: "Why don't you eat it yet?"
Liu Daokun saw that his junior brother was vulgar and rude in his speech, and he was very angry for a while, so he turned his head away and ignored him no longer.
In a moment, He Daohong had exhausted three bowls of rice in a row, but he still felt insufficient. While eating, I suddenly felt a slight itch in my palm, so I stretched out my left hand to scratch it, but I still chewed in my mouth, and I didn't think it was strange. It seems that God slammed three thunderbolts, and he still chewed it correctly.
Everyone smiled, but they were not busy moving their chopsticks, and they went to talk about the future and their actions.
Liu Daokun asked: "Senior Brother Li, we came to Ningxia here, but we got nothing, how do you explain to your boss?"
Li Nanxing pondered for a long time and said: "Before leaving, I discussed with Hou Ye, and Hou Ye said that this salt introduction is evidence of Liu Song's betrayal of the imperial court, and the dragon vein of our dynasty is painted on it. But when we visited, we couldn't find the mystery at all. I think this salt is different from the rumors, it may not really be some kind of traitorous physical evidence, and the only way to do it now is to find the 'Li Tong' as soon as possible to see if we can solve the secret." ”
Yao Guang groaned: "If this salt introduction is not evidence of Liu Song's betrayal of the country, how can it provoke a large number of martial arts masters to snatch it? Then why do Liu Song and Chen Hong attach so much importance to this salt introduction? Could it be that there is another hidden truth in it?"
Yao Guang's words are very reasonable, if Yan Yin has nothing to do with Liu Song, and it is not a traitorous physical evidence at all, why should he work hard and send a large team of men and horses to rob it?
Li Nanxing shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily." Brother Ouyang and I have carefully studied this piece of salt, and according to Brother Ouyang, the dragon veins of my dynasty should not penetrate into the Tatar Dynasty. Back then, if Liu Song wanted to exchange this dragon vein diagram for his life, it would be difficult to win the letter Dayan Khan. From this point of view, Hou Ye's statement may not be true. There must be something else strange about this salt introduction. ”
Liu Daokun sighed: "If this salt is nothing, won't it make us run empty?"
Li Nanxing said: "I'm not afraid. I heard the old man say a name, called 'Batulu', maybe this man knows the origin of the salt introduction. I think that in addition to finding the 'Litong', it is time to start with this person. ”
Seeing that Ouyang Bei was silent, he asked, "Brother Ouyang, did you say yes?"
Ouyang Bei has always had a strange idea in his heart since he saw the portrait of "Batu Lu", as if he felt that Batu Lu had something special, but he was unpredictable. At this time, Li Nanxing spoke to him, and only then did he wake up, he hummed, but he didn't reply.
Li Nanxing saw that his brows were tightly knit, and he knew that something was wrong, so he asked: "Brother Ouyang, you seem to be a little uneasy, but is there really anything strange about this 'Batulu'?"
Ouyang Bei lowered his head, pondered for a while, and said, "This Badulu looks a little familiar. ”
Everyone was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Could it be that you know him?"
Ouyang Bei shook his head and said: "That's not it, I heard a friend's relay, so I felt that this person was a little special." ”
Yang Lang sighed and asked, "Friend, who is he?"
Ouyang Bei sighed and said gloomily: "He is the last orphan of the Ma family in Yangzhou, Ma Xingbang." ”
When they heard this, they all cried out.
Ouyang Bei sighed: "I don't know if this 'Batu Lu' knows the words quoted by Yan. But I just saw the portrait of this person, and I repeatedly speculated about Ma Xingbang's words back then, I am afraid that this 'Batulu' is related to the person who sent this salt to the Thomas family. ”
Li Nanxing's spirits were greatly lifted, and he hurriedly said, "Brother Ouyang, please speak." ”
Ouyang Beidao: "The key to the difficulty of solving the case of the Ma family in Yangzhou is that you can't find someone who consigns salt. At that time, I learned from the mouth of Ma Dagongzi that the consignment guest was about fifty years old, with three short haircuts and a special blade tied to his back. At that time, I heard that this man was extraordinary, and I secretly stayed in my mind......"
Before he finished speaking, Li Nanxing was already startled, and said, "You said that the person who consigned the consignment still has a strange blade tied to his back, this ...... Isn't that true of this Batulu?"
Ouyang Bei nodded and said, "That's right, I looked at the portrait of 'Batu Lu', and when I saw that he had a strange blade tied to his back, plus three locks of short hair, and he was about fifty years old, he was too much like the person who consigned it, so I had this association." "He was born to catch fast, and he is meticulous, and he really can't see what people can't see.
Li Nanxing was overjoyed, nodded and said, "What Brother Ouyang said is very true. Back then, the person who transported the salt was 50,000 taels of silver, if it weren't for these princes and generals, who could afford to pay this equivalent price?"
Yao Guang groaned: "Hearing you say this, could it be that this 'Batu Lu' is the person who consigned the salt? But what is his relationship with the former military department Shang Shu Zhai?"
Ouyang Bei shook his head and said: "I don't know about this matter, we only have to investigate in detail, we might as well find out this 'Batulu', and then think about it in the long run!"
Li Nanxing nodded and said, "That's exactly how it should be." Anyway, Ying Long was ordered to protect Lord Mei to quell the rebellion, and we might as well meet up earlier, so that we can enter the Tatar Kingdom and find 'Batulu'. ”