Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Half an hour after bidding farewell to Guo Kui,

The sun is heading west

Watching Gu Tingye riding a horse and walking away from the carriage of Ningyuan Hou Mansion,

Xu Zaijing held a hand stove from Sun's courtyard, entered the gate, and was about to return to the courtyard.

"Wu Lang, the servants of the Zhu family just gave this to our door."

Hearing the words of the gatekeeper, Xu Zaijing followed him to the door of the concierge next to the gate. After the boy opened the curtain, Xu Zaijing looked inside.

"This is? Door gods, New Year pictures and peach charms?"

"Yes, relatives of the Zhu family said that it was sent to the Zhu family by a pipa player named Yang from Yichun Lane. He said it was the first print and it was a good start."

Xu Zaijing frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Keep it! It will be ready for use in two days."

"Yes, Goro!"

Back at Sun's house, the maid had already put away all the things for the guests.

Xu Zaijing sat on the chair and waved his hand to reject the tea cup handed by the female envoy. He had just been here to talk, but he drank a lot of tea.

He told the concierge,

Mrs. Sun nodded and said: "The things in Yichun Lane are good, and your grandfather's family often buys there! That Madam Yang is interested."

Then Sun didn't know what he thought of, and said a little unnaturally:

"Ahem, Jing'er, are you still hungry? If not, don't cook anything in the kitchen tonight."

Looking at his mother who stiffly changed the subject, Xu Zaijing raised an eyebrow.

Knowing that my mother might have thought of the incident where she mistakenly identified Yang Xingshou as her cousin's 'outer wife',

So he nodded quickly: "I'm not hungry."

After talking in the room for a while, Xu Zaijing returned to his yard on the excuse that he had not finished his homework.

On the second day,

When the sky gets brighter,

Guo Kui rode his horse, tied the reins of the carriage to the saddle, and walked out of the yard of the inn where the carriage was parked.

The winter morning outside the city was colder than inside the city. He lowered his head and took a breath. When he raised his head, he narrowed his eyes.

Because there happened to be a group of chariots and horses ahead, escorted by the Zhou cavalry, heading towards Bianjing.

It could be seen that the people in the convoy had just set off on their journey, and everyone was wearing earrings made of different materials.

There are also flags with some frost hanging in the motorcade, with the four great Zhou characters of "Great White Kingdom" written on them.

When Guo Kui and the knights in the convoy looked at each other, his hand on the reins tightened. Because they were walking opposite each other, they quickly missed each other.

The convoy of the Bai Gaoguo envoy continued towards Bianjing,

Listening to the shouting, singing and talking around, in one of the carriages, a man with white hair, about fifty years old and wearing a white iron hanging ring opened the curtain of the carriage.

After looking at the busy morning market, he was dazzled and squinted his eyes again. He looked up at the big words "Ansumen" on the city gate.

Although he was the Bianjing who left through this door, there was no emotion in his eyes.

Suddenly,

His eyes darkened,

The sound of rumbling cars and the tapping of horseshoes on the road echoed in the deep doorway.

When his eyes brightened, the noise around him suddenly became louder.

"Cooking cake!"

"Hot water for facial cleansing!"

"Soup rice!"

Sniffing the long-lost smell, the man closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The Dazhou Cavalry Army escorting the convoy looked at the man's intoxicated appearance and curled his lips in a mocking manner.

The convoy continued walking towards the city. Although the Imperial Guards cleared the way, they would stop from time to time to wait for the people pushing wheelbarrows and carrying cargo to get out of the way.

It was already the end of Tatsuki (9 a.m.) when we arrived near Baigao Guoguan Station, and there were already young people going out to play.

At the entrance of a street,

There were several eleven or twelve-year-old Bianjing boys wearing cotton-padded clothes and playing juqiu on the roadside.

After one of them saw the Bai Gao motorcade, he held Ju Qiu in his arms and raised his chin towards the motorcade.

When the man passed by in a carriage with the curtain lifted,

The group of teenagers and the man in the carriage looked at each other.

"Haha, what is Bai Gao old dog looking at!"

"Baigao thief, if you look at your grandpa again, I'll beat you up!"

I saw a young man holding a ball and about to throw it over.

The Imperial Guard cavalry guarding the side hurriedly stepped forward and waved:

"Go, go! Don't cause trouble! Let's just play!"

The man snorted and threw down the car curtain.

Leaning on the back of the chair in the carriage, the corner of the man's mouth curled up slightly.

Entered Bai Gaoguo Post House,

The man got off the carriage, bowed slightly and followed the official of Bai Gao Kingdom into the building.

After the others were gone, the man's back straightened up. Instead, it was the chief official of Bai Gao Kingdom who bowed and bowed.

The man nodded and entered the side room.

When the door was opened and closed, someone could be seen standing inside.

Then there were more guards around the door with shining eyes, full of evil spirits, and wearing silver hanging rings.

After sitting down on the bed in the room, the man felt the temperature under his seat, took a deep breath and said in Bai Gao's words:

"What happened in Bianjing recently?"

Listening to the man's words, the man standing with the gold hanging ring stuttered a bit and spoke in Bai Gaohua, and then became more fluent.

The man nodded: "Please tell me carefully about the actions of the Jin warriors who returned to the building later and those two noble disciples!"

After Jin Chuihuan swallowed, he reorganized his words.

After Jin Chuihuan finished speaking, the man nodded and said: "This Jin Kingdom warrior is interested in the powerful crossbow of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Goodbye, Prime Minister!"

"Hmph! Don't tell me this yet. Why are the Li brothers still alive today?"

Jin Chuihuan lowered his head and said:

"Sixiang. The two brothers do not live in the mansion awarded to them by Da Zhou, but in Da Zhou Yongyi's mansion."

"The surroundings of the Marquis' Mansion are built in the style of the military. The walls are high and the courtyard is deep. There are also several large dogs kept in the courtyard. It is really inaccessible to children."

"The most I can do is pretend to be a salesman, a vendor or a customer and walk around Quyuan Street. That's it, I haven't been there for three days."

The man touched the white iron pendant he was wearing and said, "Can't you force your way in?"

"Xiang Si, please give me the information about His Royal Highness Prince Ren when he was in Bianjing."

The man stared at Jin Chuihuan. Jin Chuihuan's forehead was sweating a little before he said:

"Well, he was able to defeat the traitors in Mi Mu's family. It's really difficult for him to let you go."

"But this time I brought a master who has been raised by Liang Yi's family for more than ten years and who is as good as ten. Now he has joined our Chuihuan Division!"

"The war is coming. We must kill those two brothers so that the stubborn people in Bai Gao Kingdom will have no thought!"

"Do you have any ideas on how to hide your identity?"

Jin Chuihuan wiped his sweat and replied:

"Prime Minister, it is already the twelfth lunar month, and there are many groups of poor men and thugs in Bianjing City. They often disguise themselves as women and ghosts and wander around begging for money. They are called night-hugging. My subordinates have prepared such clothes. ”

“Not only does it cover up your figure, but you can also move around without raising suspicion.”

The man nodded and said:

"That's right, I adapted to the circumstances! It's a great achievement!"

"I am ashamed of myself!"

"Come, let's practice Dazhou dialect."

The latter sentence is said in Dazhou dialect,

Jin Chuihuan was stunned and hurriedly raised his hands, opened his mouth without making a sound, and then said after switching for a while:

"Ahem, the Prime Minister is great. This Bian Jing can speak better than his subordinates."

"Do you have any suggestions on when to launch a raid?"

Jin Chuihuan bowed and said: "Prime Minister, it's best to start at the end of Yin time every day (after five o'clock in the morning)!"

"Huh? People sleep the deepest at the end of the Chou hour (three o'clock in the morning), why postpone it to the Yin hour?"

"Prime Minister, it's too early to be ugly, the streets are deserted. Our people can't hide their appearance when they come and go!"

"At the end of Yinshi, the city gate has been opened. There are more and more passers-by, but the sky is dark. Regardless of success or failure afterwards, it is easy to pretend to be someone else and retreat."

The man nodded solemnly: "When do you have any ideas?"

Jin Chuihuan said:

"Prime Minister, I heard that the boy from Yongyi Hou's Mansion just received a royal stick two days ago. Why don't we take this opportunity to cut through the mess quickly!"

"Let's start tomorrow morning!"

The man pondered for a moment and then said:

"Okay! The masters of Liang Yi's family are now in the secret courtyard you mentioned in the city. In the afternoon, you will send someone to hand over the topographic map of Yongyi Hou Mansion to them!"

"Where is the secret passage? Take me there and I will follow them tomorrow morning!"

Jin Chuihuan said: "I obey my orders! Please come this way, Prime Minister."

After the two of them finished speaking, they left the room and walked towards the wing on the first floor of the post house.

On the second floor of the restaurant outside Bai Gaoguo Inn,

Zhaomeifeng, who was wearing rich clothes, put down the wine glass in his hand and sighed as he looked at the teenagers who continued to play Cuju below.

After going downstairs and getting on the carriage, it drove towards the Imperial City Si Yamen beside the palace city.

The carriage entered the yard next to the Imperial City Si Yamen. Zhaomei Feng entered the house and after a few turns, he arrived at the Imperial City Si Yamen.

In the house

Zhao Zilong, who was sitting behind the table and looking at the post in the morning sunshine, put down the paper in his hand.

"Did you see him?"

"Master, I saw you, you are much older."

The old man's hand pressing the paper was trembling and he nodded:

"Okay, it's good to see you. Your senior brother is very thoughtful. It's because I'm old and confused that I thought he was gone."

"How can I talk to him? Do you have any ideas in mind?"

Zhaomeifeng said: "Not yet! When we get to Bianjing, the envoys from the Bai Gao Kingdom will definitely come out for fun, so there should be a chance!"

"Yeah! Yes, there is a chance!"

"Master, do you want to meet him too?"

Zhao Zilong shook his head and said: "His only flesh and blood disappeared without me protecting him."

A look of pain flashed through Zhaomeifeng's eyes, and he opened his mouth to speak.

"Stop trying to persuade me! I'm fine!"

Zhaomei Feng frowned and nodded heavily.

First quarter of the day (3 p.m.)

Southwest of Bianjing City

The intersection of Liangqiao South Street and Laoya Lane,

Mrs. Tian's wife poured a basin of water to the intersection. She saw a down-and-out man dressed as a 'night-husband' looking towards her at the intersection.

She shouted cursingly: "What are you doing, mom? Stay away! There are no coins for you here!"

"bang"

The wooden door was closed.

The man took a deep breath, raised his hands in his disheveled hair, took off the tin earrings and put them in his pocket.

He wanted to straighten his clothes, but looking at it like this, he smiled secretly and shook his head.

Then he walked towards Lao Yaxiang.

There is still some snow in the alley, but I don’t know when it happened.

The low-lying areas were also covered with thick ice.

Seeing a very thick tree growing on the roadside not far from the alley entrance, he looked back at the alley entrance, then walked over, looked up with emotion and then patted the big tree.

Then he walked to the door of a house, knocked on the door and shouted: "Drive out evil spirits! Drive away evil spirits! If I don't pay, I will sleep in your house!"

"Danglang"

A copper plate was thrown out from the crack of the door!

"Go, go, go!"

"Hey! Drive it away!"

The man lowered his head to pick up the copper plate and blew the dust on it happily.

I continued walking in, knocked on a few doors, and got three or four copper coins.

When he was about to reach the door of the next house, the man straightened his hair, showed his face, took a deep breath and patted the door, but did not shout anything to kill Yehu.

"Who is it?"

A woman's voice came from the yard, and the man sniffed and said, "Me!"

The sound of walking was heard, and someone glanced at the crack in the door and said: "What are you? Fighting the night tiger? Here, I'll give you a copper coin, and leave quickly!"

The man was stunned and said: "You! You are not from the Hua family!"

The woman behind the door was stunned and said: "I rent the yard, you... are you looking for the owner of this yard?"

The man dug around his waist, took out a piece of broken silver, threw it in, and said:

"I came to Beijing to visit my relatives. I was afraid that some thieves would be interested in me so I dressed up like this! Please ask my wife to open the door!"

The door didn't open, and the woman inside shouted: "Master! Come quickly!"

After a while, the door opened.

The man asked,

‘I heard that my husband died and there was a girl! ’

‘The old girl is getting married! ’

‘Good family! The steward of the Hou Mansion! ’

‘Which prince’s house? Yongyi Hou Mansion, on Quyuan Street! ’

'Yes, she followed the girl. This yard was renovated by her son-in-law.'

‘Recently I heard that I was with a stall owner named Shu’

The man bowed and said, "Thank you!"

After finishing speaking, they were about to leave. The middle-aged couple in the yard hurriedly said:

"Do you know the way to Quyuan Street? After collecting your money, why don't I show you the way?"

"No, I recognize it."

End of application time (5 p.m.)

The man changed into ordinary people's clothes and wore ear protection, and got off the carriage at the entrance of Quyuan Street.

After walking for a while,

Seeing the way the stall owner on the roadside looked at him, he smiled and nodded: "I wonder if there is a man named Shu here?"

Hearing this, the stall owner smiled and shouted:

"Lao Shu, we have a guest!"

"For fried chicken and rabbit, you have found the right stall."

The man bowed his hands.

I walked to the stall and sat down under the cloth tent.

To his left is the stall owner who is getting ready to work.

The young man smiled and said: "Sir, what do you want to eat? Can you try the fried fish and fried chicken and rabbit that we specialize in?"

The man nodded: "One for each, do you have any wine?"

"Yes! You will be later!"

With that said, the half-grown boy scooped boiling water into a bowl and placed a wine flask in it.

After a while, two hot dishes were served.

The man took out the chopsticks from the bamboo tube, tasted it, and his eyes lit up.

After taking a sip of wine, feeling the warmth in his stomach, the man said: "Brother, this wine is good!"

The stall owner said: "Your Majesty knows the goods. This is a good wine brought by Wu Lang's young man from the Hou Mansion. The old brother in the manor gave it to me. Please use it as you please."

"Thank you! Isn't this drink expensive?"

"Hahaha, it's not expensive!"

The man took another beautiful sip,

Halfway through the food, the young man at the stall shouted: "Aunt Shu, you're here!"

The man who was picking up food stopped with his chopsticks. Hearing the footsteps behind him, he still couldn't hold his chopsticks.

The young man on the side looked at his hands and smiled:

"Sir, it's so cold! It's so cold."

The man smiled, put down his chopsticks, and put his hand under the wine glass.

Mother Hua walked up to Shu Bo, holding two prepared fish in her gloved hands.

"The fish are here for you, close the stall early!"

"good!"

The man glanced at Mother Hua from the corner of his eye while drinking. After seeing her face clearly, a rare soft light appeared in the man's eyes.

He raised the wine glass to his mouth, the wine went into his mouth, and when he was about to swallow it,

The man saw Shu Bo squatting down and lovingly caressing Mother Hua's swollen belly.

"puff!!!!"

"Cough cough cough cough!"

"Cough cough cough!"

"Sir, are you okay?"

Chu Zhan and Shu Bo hurried over and patted the man on the back.

The man covered his mouth and coughed a few times. He turned his head and looked at Hua's mother who came forward with a handkerchief. He waved his hand.

When Hua's mother saw the man's eyebrows, she was also stunned. After stopping, she smiled thoughtfully, and then glanced at the man who was covering his mouth.

But it’s not good to keep an eye on the guests.

After the guest paid, he covered his mouth and coughed a few times before leaving.

Shu Bo put the copper coins into Hua's mother's hand, looked at her and said, "What's wrong?"

Mother Hua stopped smiling and said, "The guest just now looked like my brother who passed away long ago."

Upon hearing this, Shu Bo was stunned, and while putting the fish away, he said, "I've never heard you say that before."

"He was only ten years old when he died, and I was only seven or eight years old. If my adoptive parents had no children and were kind-hearted enough to adopt me, I would have never known about it."

Mother Hua said: "After so many years, I have actually forgotten what he looks like. It's strange today. Hey, let's not talk about old things!"

Saying that, Mother Hua smiled and shook her head.

Leaving the stall,

In the darkness, the man rubbed his nose as he walked,

After taking a deep breath,

He whispered: "I still want to cry?"

He smiled silently.

When they came to the street, Jin Chuihuan, who was driving the carriage, asked flatteringly: "Secretary, how are you doing?"

The man said: "Let's start tomorrow!"