"Mu You, where have you been these days?" Li Dongsheng shouted, running over and holding his hands on Xiao Mu's shoulders, his joy was beyond words.
Xiao Mu smiled slightly, gently took his hand, and put the copper coin he was playing with just now in his palm: "I've always been there, but you didn't see me."
"Where are you?" Li Dongsheng glanced at the penny in his hand: "What is this?"
"You don't know how to make money? Buy a charcoal fire, add an iron shelf, and a pot of tea, and send it to the private room on the second floor. I want to talk to my friends about something later." Mu You said, turning to look at me,
He nodded slightly.
The four of us had already stood up, but we just looked at the guest in the living room whose identity we still didn't know, wondering whether we should salute him or not.
"Ah Wu, go get ready." Li Dongsheng ordered, and then stopped Xiao Mu with confusion: "Who are you friends? What are you talking about and come to my place? Let's have a meal together at noon?"
Xiao Mu pushed his hand away: "I'll finish my business first and then talk about it."
"Okay. You're busy." Li Dongsheng said no more and went upstairs.
I knew in my heart that Xiao Mu came here for me, and the copper coins he just handed to Li Dongsheng should have been the ones I put in the alley. But, if he chose to meet me here, wouldn't others find out? I glanced secretly
Shopkeeper Huang, who was drinking soup, winked at Xiao Mu and hinted him to change places.
Xiao Mu didn't seem to see my hint, but went straight to Shopkeeper Huang, stretched out his hand towards the stairs: "Please!"
Shopkeeper Huang raised his head in surprise and pointed his finger at himself: "Are you... talking to me?"
Xiao Mu still smiled and pointed to the stairs again: "Of course. Lord Xiang, please invite me to the private room upstairs!"
I just feel like my heart is stuck in my throat. I look at Wang Jiajia and the others again, their faces are full of astonishment. How can this Xiao Mu sing like this? Isn't he confused? He really has a brain.
Something wrong!
"Did you admit the wrong person?" Shopkeeper Huang looked dumbfounded. He looked left and right, then pointed at himself: "I...I don't even know you."
Just as Xiao Mu was about to speak, he suddenly covered his mouth and retched a few times, then pinched the tiger's mouth hard before regaining consciousness. He looked at Shopkeeper Huang again and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I've been feeling a little unwell lately.
That’s why I haven’t been able to visit. Since Li Jianghu asked to see me today, and Lord Xiang is also here, it’s better to choose a different day, so let’s find a warm and quiet place here to have a good talk.”
When I heard Xiao Muti mention my name, I was waving to him in panic, but shopkeeper Huang happened to look over, and it was too late to cover up everything.
The Lord Xiang asked me about Xiao Mu’s whereabouts, and I lied that I didn’t know, but now Xiao Mu said that he came because of me. Doesn’t this prove that I can contact Xiao Mu at any time?
If Shopkeeper Huang is really the patron, and he knows that I deceived him, I don’t know how he will deal with me and my family.
"Uh... Sir, the private room has been packed and the things you asked for have been prepared." Ah Wu ran over and said to Xiao Mu.
Xiao Mu stretched out his hand again: "Master Xiang, please! Li Jianghu, come in and serve me!"
Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Huang burst into laughter after a moment of silence, and at the same time made a "please" gesture towards the stairs: "Your Majesty, please come first!"
Watching them heading upstairs one after another, I was so shocked that I almost couldn't close my mouth. Is this... identifying each other? We tried our best to check the emperor and find evidence to prove his identity. As for Xiao Mu,
But...invited him directly to the private room!
"Jianghu, let's go!" Uncle Fu came over and pulled my sleeve, and said with a pout upstairs: "It's okay."
I knew I couldn't escape, so I had to follow the stairs to the second floor. I saw that the door of the innermost room was open, and the original table and bench had been moved to one side. In the middle of the room, Xiao Mu and Shopkeeper Huang... um... and Xiang
The Lord sat facing each other.
There is only a brazier between them. The charcoal fire in the brazier is blazing and very warm. An iron tripod is supported on the fire, and a kettle is placed on the stand. The spout is spitting out hot steam. There is also a pot on one side of the brazier.
Cold charcoal and a fire tongs are convenient for adding at any time. On the other side is a small table with two exquisite blue and white porcelain cups turned upside down.
"Why are you still standing there? Close the door and come in to pour tea!" Xiao Mu shouted to me.
"Oh, yes." I suddenly felt at a loss. I had never been so nervous when meeting Xiao Mu before.
The room became eerily quiet. I carefully placed the two cups straight, took off the kettle, poured two cups of tea, and placed them on the edge of the table in front of the two of them.
"It makes Master Xiang laugh. In fact, my Tang Dynasty tea art is extensive and profound. If you go to a teahouse, you can feast your eyes on it. But this is an inn. Most guests are in a hurry, so the waiter just puts the tea cakes in the water.
Let's cook it together and eat it soon." Xiao Mu said, picking up the tea cup and blowing on it to his lips, but didn't take it into his mouth.
Lord Xiang smiled and also picked up the tea cup: "It has been more than ten years since the Tang Dynasty, and I have never understood one thing. Why do people like to talk about drinking tea? Isn't it just like drinking water?
"
Xiao Mu pointed to the cup and said: "This is easy to understand. Just like drinking wine, the wine will inevitably be mixed with some fruit pulp or grain impurities. You can only eat it together when you drink it. The same goes for this tea, the tea leaves
After roasting, it is made into tea cakes. Even if it is boiled in water, it will not melt and can only be swallowed with the tea."
"Hahaha, that's right. It's just a statement anyway, as long as it's not poisonous." Master Xiang held the cup in both hands and said to Xiao Mu: "I'm going to give you a cup of tea instead of wine."
"Please." Xiao Mu said, bringing the tea cup to his lips and taking a small sip.
"Huang thinks he has been very careful all along. I don't know how he exposed his flaw. I hope you will make it clear." Master Xiang clasped his fists at Xiao Mu, showing no sign of the arrogance he showed me at Maocaolong.
Xiao Mu smiled and said: "The matter has come to this, and it is useless to talk more. I came here this time just to get a clear explanation from the Lord Xiang. I wonder what the Lord Xiang wants to do in my Xiangzhou?"
"Hahaha, I asked you this... Hey, everyone is their own master. It's really inconvenient to say it clearly, so please forgive me." Lord Xiang said with an apologetic face.
Xiao Mu was not annoyed at all, and waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Since it's inconvenient for Master Xiang to tell you, I'll just ask someone to investigate slowly. It will only take a little more effort."
Lord Xiang's face finally darkened: "I heard that the envoy has recruited a large number of spies. Is it true or not?"
"Since Lord Xiang has heard about it, of course it is true."
"Is he like this?" Master Xiang suddenly pointed at me.
Xiao Mu glanced at me disdainfully: "He is just a third-rate guy. A real top spy, no matter how bad he is, must be like Li Huichun."
"That's that. It is said that Doctor Li and Madam Mu both followed the envoy during the Yiling expedition. Of course, they are not comparable to ordinary people." Lord Xiang said, taking another sip of tea.
A third-rate thing? I'm a bit dissatisfied with this statement. Isn't it an elite spy? After all, I am also a captain!
"In order to facilitate management, I named the entire secret service 'Sky Eye', and divided it into different departments with some nicknames: for example, there is the Twelve Zodiac Team, the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Team, and the Sixty Years Team.
Five Elements Bagua Team, etc. Of course, these people are assigned to various counties in Xiangzhou.
In order to find out the enemy's situation, just like you, I also arranged for some people to enter Tubo. They were all elite spies selected from Yiling by Lieutenant Mu County at a high price.
They have all issued military orders. Once their identities are exposed, they will immediately kill themselves. Just like your Lin Sheng, Shen Zhong, and Han Lu, they are all dead soldiers. So I specially used some ghost names: 魑, 美, 魍
,魉,魃,鬾,魊,魖,魭,鬬,魭,魭,魌,鬿,魭,魆,魭,魭,魖,魀.
There are twenty teams in total, with five people in each team. Now they have successfully infiltrated the Tubo royal family and army. They will surely attack suddenly at the critical moment and catch them by surprise."
Xiao Mu said, raising his head high and his eyes full of joy, like a general who had won a battle.
I was completely stunned. I thought that Xiao Mu only chose our twelve zodiac signs as the secret agents of the Sky Eye. I didn’t expect that there were so many teams, especially those ghosts who sneaked into Tubo. Except for the demons and monsters, I had never heard of the others.
At first, Xiangzhu was kind to Xiao Mu and said polite words. After hearing this, he was shocked at first, and then full of anger: "Why do you tease me like this? I am also in the secret agent organization, and I know that I want to train a secret agent.
But it takes a lot of time and energy. I don’t believe you can be so capable."
"Hey, Lord Xiang has misunderstood. It's not that I'm very capable, but that I know how to win over the people." Xiao Mu asked me to add some tea to Lord Xiang, and that faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth again: "The so-called 'de'
He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world'.
The spies you selected left their homes for the ruler's ambition to invade other countries. But my spies organization is for the purpose of protecting our country. Can this be the same?
For example, Li Jianghu, the whole family is counting on him. Only if he tries his best to dig out you, the meticulous leader, can his family be safe, so of course he will work for me wholeheartedly, not to mention that he will get some benefits.
In this way, will the secret agent organization I cultivated be much simpler?"
Xiao Mu's confession not only left Master Xiang speechless, but I was also stunned. Such heartless words really made me feel very unhappy. I thought joining the Sky Eye Secret Agent was such a grand thing.
, now it seems that I am just a pawn under Xiao Mu? He just caught my weakness and made me willingly work for him?
Lord Xiang stared at the tea in front of him, and then raised his head after a while: "What do you want?"
Xiao Mu added two pieces of charcoal to the brazier: "I came here alone, of course I want to cooperate with you."
"Come here alone? Haha, do you think I'm easy to deceive? I'm afraid there's been an ambush around this inn?" Lord Xiang's ears twitched a few times, as if he heard something.
I heard that the hearing of people who practice martial arts is also different from ordinary people. This Xiangzhu's martial arts is very powerful. After entering the house, I have been worried that he will be harmful to Xiao Mu. Now I heard that there was an ambush around, but I was relieved.
.
"Where is it? It should be a group of escorts passing by and just coming in to have a meal. Why should Master Xiang be panicked? When I go out, I never like to be surrounded by people. At most, I only take the two of them with me."