Chapter 48: Welcome to Chang'an (Part I)

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Not to mention that Geng Shaohua sent people to hurry back to Jiangzhou to report the news, and asked Geng Nanyi and others to step up their vigilance to prevent the eagle from retaliating against the old demon, Diao Xiaosi and his party finally arrived in the capital Chang'an on this day.

This is Diao Xiaosi's second visit to Chang'an. But the last trip was to invite Tang Heshang to go out of the horse, and he only stayed for less than half a day to watch the flowers, and then hurriedly returned to Daba Mountain with Wan'er.

This time, the General Dart Bureau is going to open a branch in the capital, so it is natural that it will stay for a long time.

The so-called soldiers and horses did not move before the grain and grass, as early as a year ago, the General Dart Bureau had sent people to Chang'an to play the front station, while buying a large mansion called 'Willow Garden' in Yong'an Fang, while visiting the local gentry and dignitaries and righteous celebrities with heavy money, of course, it was inevitable to hand over the post to the Guanluo Dart Bureau, which is known as the first in the Guannai.

After the New Year, Xia Peiheng and Yu Linglong rushed to Chang'an in advance, frequently feasted on the famous darts and boxers in Chang'an City, and opened up the relationship between the left guard of the forbidden army through the connections of Long Zhenwu, the father of Long Zhaoyuan, and then began to recruit troops and prepare for the opening ceremony.

Diao Xiaosi and his entourage entered Chang'an City, and heard that during the Lantern Festival, a group of thieves violated the palace ban by making lanterns, which caused the anger of the current saint Longyan, and the Criminal Department issued a sea arrest document to reward him. The bounty notice was posted all over the streets and alleys, Diao Xiaosi glanced at it casually, and found that the lowest bounty was actually one thousand taels. And among them, there was a Shandong robber leader named Qin Qiong, and the reward actually opened to 10,000 taels of silver.

He was thinking about how to catch the thief and catch a few robbers who made a lot of lanterns in exchange for bounties to earn some pocket money, when he suddenly heard the fortune operator say: "I have some personal affairs to do in the past two days, and I have to leave for a while." When I'm done, I'll go to Willow Garden to find you. ”

Diao Xiaosi was taken aback, these days he was afraid that the old demon Yingyang would be full of food and nothing to do to take his head, and with the old blind man by his side, his heart was somewhat more down-to-earth. Now that he heard that he was leaving, he hurriedly said, "For the teacher...... Well, your business is my business, can I go with you?"

Bu Operator said: "You don't have to worry, the old decay has its own measure." ”

Diao Xiaosi said angrily: "Nonsense, why are you worried about you?" I'm afraid that the old demon will come to find an old friend to catch up, and I can't find you to run away in vain and get angry." ”

Bu Operator said: "As long as you stay in Chang'an City, you will be fine." The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the prohibition of all kinds of royal laws, even the Eagle Yang Old Demon did not dare to act rashly and wantonly kill. ”

Diao Xiaosi's heart lowered slightly, and he told him affectionately: "Apprentice, you have to go early and return early, you can't do without you as a teacher." ”

Bu Operator had goosebumps all over his body, turned his horse's head and skimmed into an alley without saying a word, and disappeared after a moment.

Diao Xiaosi sent Bu Operator far away, but after thinking about it, he still felt unstable in his heart, so he said, "Wan'er, will I take you to Li Jing and Boss Hong?"

Wan'er had a good impression of Tang Heshang and Hongfu, and said happily when she heard this: "Okay, I also miss Sister Hong." ”

At that moment, the two said hello to Geng Shaohua, and parted ways with everyone and went to Wenxiang Building.

Diao Xiaosi and Wan'er came to Wenxiang Building and got off the horse, the **** in the building remembered him vividly, and they pretended not to see each other.

Diao Xiaosi didn't feel embarrassed, he walked into the flower hall with a smile, and happened to see the **** who was beaten last time rubbing his head on the table again, so he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Senior brother, where is Boss Hong?"

The **** didn't raise his head and said in a sullen voice: "The boss has been busy these days, and he has no time to meet outsiders." ”

Diao Xiaosi was prepared, took out the ingot silver and stuffed it into the ****'s hand and said, "Let's be two brothers, who is with whom?"

With a shake of his hand, he neatly hid the silver in his cuffs, looked around and said in a low voice: "Gongzi Li is seriously ill, and Boss Hong has been serving him in the house every day these days, and he doesn't even care about the business in the building." ”

Diao Xiaosi was shocked and said: "Li Jing is sick? With this guy's cultivation, he won't get any cold or flu at all, even if there is something wrong, he can recover in two or three days with his skills." Nine times out of ten, something happened to him. ”

Thinking of this, he pulled Wan'er's sleeves, stepped up his steps through the back hall, and came to the small building where Tang Heshang lived.

The two went up to the second floor, and Wan'er knocked on the door and said, "Sister Hong, my fourth uncle and I have come to see you and Brother Tang." ”

A red voice sounded in the house: "It's Miss Wan'er outside the door, please come in and talk." ”

Wan'er pushed open the hidden door, and suddenly a strong smell of herbs came to her nose. I saw Tang Heshang sitting cross-legged on the bed and healing, his upper body was naked, and a thick bandage was wrapped around his left shoulder to his crotch, faintly revealing crimson blood.

Diao Xiaosi was surprised: "Who did it, was Tang Xiaosan seriously injured?"

Red Whisk was sitting at the table concocting the black paste plaster in the bowl and replied, "It's the Eagle Yang Old Demon." After a pause, he said: "Little fourth brother, you should still call him 'Li Jing' in front of people in the future." ”

Diao Xiaosi gasped, he originally hoped that he could trick Tang Heshang into killing Yingyang Ancestor, but he didn't want the old demon to become a demon, but beat Tang Xiaosan to lie on the bed.

As if guessing Diao Xiaosi's thoughts, Li Jing snorted coldly and said, "Don't be afraid, he also stabbed me, and his injuries are only worse than mine, so I can't trouble you within a month." ”

Diao Xiaosi said strangely: "Your Tang Sect's poisonous skills are famous all over the world, can this old demon still survive with a knife?"

Li Jing said lightly: "My knife is never quenched!"

Diao Xiaosi was disappointed, and secretly scolded this guy for being an idiot, he didn't deserve to be unlucky for being poisonous, and suddenly thought again: "Tang Xiaosan won't die to save face and suffer the crime, and deliberately exaggerate the injury of the old demon to Lao Tzu, right?

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and was ruthless, took out the bottles and cans bought on the black market in Jiangzhou from his arms and said, "Sister Hong, I heard that some of the medicines here are not bad, you can see that those are Tang ...... Can Li Xiaosan use it?"

Hong Fu glanced at the pills on the table, and politely declined: "Thanks to the kindness of the fourth brother, Li Gongzi's injuries are no longer serious, and he doesn't need these medicines." ”

I heard Li Jing sneer: "I heard that these medicines that are not bad were bought by you from Shuangying Fang, how much did it cost?"

Diao Xiaosi didn't expect that he would be rare and generous, and he actually got a ridicule, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Can you control how much Lao Tzu spends?"

As soon as the words came out, he immediately came to his senses and said: "This guy is the third young master of the Tang family, what kind of elixir made by the Tang Sect can't be refined, what treasure do you want Lao Tzu to offer here?"

Sure enough, Li Jing said: "In the future, if you want to buy something from the Double Eagle Boat, come directly to me and fold it in half for you." ”

Diao Xiaosi was overjoyed when he heard this, and looked at Li Jing much more pleasantly, but when he thought that this guy would still make money even if he folded it in half, it can be seen how dark those bastards in the Double Eagle Boat are, and he couldn't help but hate it again.

Hongfu asked, "Miss Wan'er, I heard that you will open a branch in Chang'an City?"

Wan'er replied, "Yes, Sister Hong, you are really well-informed. ”

Hongfu smiled and said: "Silly girl, except for the casino, my sister has the most news and the most spiritual news here." ”

Wan'er was puzzled: "What is it for?"

Hongfu smiled silently, blew the ointment and said: "The water in the capital is deep and muddy, you have to be extra careful when you first arrive, don't make a show of everything, first seek to stand firm." ”

Diao Xiaosi faintly heard something in Hongfu's words, and hurriedly asked, "Sister Hong, what rumors have you heard?"

Hongfu walked to the bed with the medicine bowl and replied: "The head of your Chang'an branch is the head of the sword cut Tuojiang Xia Peiheng, right? I heard that this person is the fast son-in-law of the head of the jade dart, and he is ambitious and heroic, which is very remarkable. In recent days, it has become a popular figure in our Chang'an city well. ”

Diao Xiaosi smiled and said, "Usually half a bottle of water is the loudest when it shakes up." ”

While applying medicine to Li Jing, Hongfu said: "The dart business in the capital and even in Guanluo is basically monopolized by the Guanluo Dart Bureau. Although there are several other small dart bureaus in Chang'an City, they are all the only ones who are the head of the Guan Luo Dart Bureau. In his early years, this person was the head of the Yuwen family, and was later dug up by the Guan Luo Dart Bureau, and he had very connections among the dignitaries in the capital. ”

Diao Xiaosi understood that Hongfu was secretly mentioning something, and hurriedly said, "Xie Lu, Sister Xie Hong." As the saying goes, the avenue goes to one side of the sky, and we will go through the dart bureau like a countryman entering the city, just if you can eat together, and you don't expect to call for wind and rain in the capital. Besides, the tree is very windy, we just want to stay under the big tree to enjoy the shade, and there will inevitably be many places in the future that need to be taken care of by this Duan Zong's dart. ”

Hongfu glanced at Diao Xiaosi in surprise, shook his head and said, "It would be nice if you could arrive in Chang'an a few days earlier." ”

Wan'er was puzzled: "Sister Hong, could it be that we are in trouble with the dart game?"

Hongfu was noncommittal, gently and meticulously applied the ointment to Li Jing, and changed into a clean bandage, and then said: "The hour is not early, and I won't leave food, you should go back to Liuyuan early." ”

Diao Xiaosi became more and more sure that something must have happened to Liu Yuan, and most of it had nothing to do with the freshly baked Xia Zongdao of the Chang'an Branch. Seeing that Hongfu refused to reveal more, he smiled and said, "Sister Hong, then let's go first." You are the old land of Chang'an City, if there is anything wrong with the younger brother in the future, I have to ask you to cover it a little more. ”

Red Fu smiled and said, "You little slippery head, you have always only taken advantage of others, how can you suffer? Get out!"

Diao Xiaosi said in her heart: "She didn't refuse, that is, she agreed." In case something happens in the future, Lao Tzu doesn't have to look at Li Xiaosan's stinky face, and directly tells Sister Hong to let her blow the pillow wind and keep it for a hundred times. ”

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Sister Hong, this time I came in a hurry, next time I will bring you the best rouge incense powder in Chang'an." By the way, because of the incident in Hugezhai, Li ...... The third brother was injured, and the younger brother was also very upset. ”

Hongfu shook his head and said, "No need, in fact, he agreed to go to Daba Mountain, and I am very happy." ”

Diao Xiaosi was stunned, vaguely guessed something, and said goodbye to Wan'er and left Wenxiang Building.

The two of them came to the street and just got on the horse, when they saw Yi Bai's eldest son Yi Bi galloping all the way over, and saw Diao Xiaosi and Wan'er from afar, and shouted loudly: "Diao Fourth Master, Miss Wan'er, go back to Liuyuan quickly, something is wrong!"