"Hey, it's time to go!" Su Xiaolu took a big bite of the porridge and sat down at my table: "This Yang Mosheng looks like a gentle man. Do you think he is really meticulous?"
I finished the last sip of the soup and said, "It looks like it, but it doesn't look like it either."
"How to say?"
I shook my head: "How did I know? I didn't just listen to Xiao Mu's orders. He was sure that there would be a craftsman renting my house, and just then Brother Song brought Yang Mosheng here. Tell me, if he is not a craftsman, who is?
?”
"Hey, what do you call this inference?"
I moved a box of tofu to the back kitchen, set the table in the corner where old man Fang was reading, and placed the remaining tofu and two buckets of beancurd. The bowls and spoons were also ready.
Ah Wu came over and said, "Jiang Hu, you go and get down to business. Leave these alone and I'll help you sell them."
I was stunned: "What are you busy with?"
"Oh, look at me, I've almost forgotten everything I said." Su Xiaolu patted his head: "Let's go, Xiao Mu said, today we will gather all the main characters of our Sky Eye Secret Agent together so that everyone can get to know each other.
, so that we can cooperate with each other today.”
I glanced at the empty living room: "Assemble? Now?"
"Well, Xiao Mu gave out the notice on the day Madam Mu chose her husband, and Liu Jiabao and I were responsible for conveying the news.
I haven't seen you selling tofu in the past few days. I heard from Fifth Brother that it was because your aunt was injured. Originally, I was planning to go to your house to deliver a message and visit your aunt on the way, but I found someone watching you secretly, so
I had to keep putting it off.
I did the math and found that today is exactly half a month, and my aunt has basically recovered, and you are about to start working, so I came here early to take a look. I didn’t expect that I really thought about it. "
"Where are you going?" I looked around, wondering if the person staring at me was still there.
"Go to my house." Su Xiaolu said proudly.
I was shocked: "Your home? That ruined temple!"
"Well, that's the quietest place in Xiangzhou City. No one will disturb you. I'll wait for you at the street corner in front. You can go out through the back door of the inn."
Ah Wu went to the door and looked: "Yes, let's go through the back door. I don't know if the people are still watching, so it's better to be careful."
I followed their instructions and quietly went out through the back door. I saw the snow was getting thicker, there were only a few people walking on the street, and it was completely quiet. I met Su Xiaolu and ran to the ruined temple where he lived. The ground was already white.
One piece.
The dilapidated temple in front of me seemed to have undergone some changes. The sign on the lintel was removed, and even the temple door was replaced. When the courtyard door was opened, several green-tiled adobe houses looked like a dream in the snow.
"Haha, after I helped your family build a new house, I thought that my house was too dilapidated, so I borrowed some money from Madam Mu and renovated several walls that were about to fall down.
Wa, let the children live in peace of mind."
Hearing what Su Xiaolu said, I felt extremely guilty. I have always cared too little about him as a friend. He was busy helping my family build a new house, but I never thought about improving him and his family.
In the life of a group of children, I only knew that he would go to the Jianghu Inn every night to pack up leftovers, and occasionally go door to door to collect other people's old clothes, so I thought they all had enough food and clothing.
However, Su Xiaolu walked forward carelessly, hugging the children who rushed out to greet them, and it was peaceful.
"Okay, you two are older, be obedient, and take your younger brothers and sisters to warm the fire in the room. Some friends and I have important matters to discuss in the Buddhist hall. Do you hear me?"
"okay."
Seeing that the children had returned to their rooms, Su Xiaolu led me to the Buddhist hall. The hall inside was quite large. Three Buddha statues stood in front of them. The paint on their bodies had long since fallen off, and they were surrounded by cobwebs. It was no longer possible to tell which gods they were.
The incense table in front of the Buddha had long since disappeared. The incense burner was leaning on the ground. A mouse came out and took a look at us before escaping without a trace.
"I have roughly tidied it up. Xiao Mu said not to make any big changes here, but to preserve the scene of a ruined temple, so these walls were not repaired, haha. I was afraid that the wind would leak and freeze you, so I found straw to block it yesterday.
Come on. Brother Jianghu, what do you think? How about we start a fire in the middle?"
"I'll help you."
We found an iron pot and placed it in the middle of the Buddhist hall, and brought some firewood to light it. The room instantly became warm, and even the light became a little brighter.
"The snow is really heavy, sir, hurry up, this way!"
The voice sounded familiar, so I went up to see it. It turned out to be Liu Jiabao, the young owner of Yuelai Restaurant. He patted the snow on his body and stepped into the house. Followed by Sun Chenxian, who helped Uncle Fu into the house. And then
He is a commoner scholar, and he looks familiar.
"Hey, Brother Jianghu, Su Xiaothief, it's so early for you!" Liu Jiabao breathed hot air and his face was full of excitement.
"Oh, morning." I smiled and said, "Uncle Fu, I heard from Fifth Brother that you were still asleep, but I didn't expect you to come too."
"Haha, I've been told by the imperial envoy, how dare you not come. I'm going to ask you to come all the way, but I'm afraid there will be too many people and attract attention." Uncle Fu said, his chubby face full of smiles.
The scholar took a step forward and saluted: "I am Xiang Wenbo, the teacher of Xiangzhou Academy..."
"Oh, he is my vice-captain. He is very knowledgeable and talented!" Su Xiaolu interrupted him and showed off to me.
"No, no, Brother Su, I'm just a failed scholar. I guard the academy, teach, and earn a living." Xiang Wenbo said modestly.
It turned out that he was Xiang Wenbo. I smiled and said, "I have heard Liu Jiabao mention Mr. Xiang for a long time. I have admired him for a long time."
"The bean curd made by brothers Jianghu is soft, glutinous and sweet, and melts in your mouth. It is truly the best in the world. I was lucky enough to taste it twice, and I still miss it very much."
Xiang Wenbo praised me in return, saying that this was recognition of my craftsmanship. Although it was a bit exaggerated, it was very pleasant to listen to. It seemed that he was not a nerd, so no wonder Madam Mu would give him a purse.
"Okay, sir, if you like to eat, come back to the inn later and I'll treat you to a full meal." Liu Jiabao said with a smile, and Sun Chenxian couldn't help laughing.
"Excuse me, are you waiting for Xiao Mu here?" There was a knock on the door, and another scholar at the door asked cautiously. When he saw Xiang Wenbo, he suddenly smiled: "Brother Xiang, you...you
Also a spy?"
"Haha, I didn't expect Brother Li to be the same!"
"Oh, Uncle Fu, Chen Xian...you guys...aren't you the tofu seller at the entrance of Jianghu Inn? My dear, Li Qingquan, you are being polite here."
Li Qingquan? My mind quickly turned around. The deputy captain of the Mao team seemed to be very good at painting. He often went to Liao's Wenzhai to sell paintings for a living.
"Uh--that's right here?"
"It should be so. There is only such a ruined temple within a few miles."
Someone else arrived outside, and they seemed to be riding horses.
After a while, four people came into the house covered in dust.
"Jia Bao'er, you're here too early!" Quan Kang still held the riding whip in his hand, and he looked at Lin Shu and smiled: "I told you to leave early, but you had to have two glasses of wine to warm yourself up first."
I know Quan Kang, the guard at the West City Gate, Captain Xu, Shunfeng Escort Lin Shu, and Captain Chou. There are two more people who reported their family status, and I found out that one of them is the shopkeeper of Baokang County Tea House, Captain Chou.
Song Yi, the vice-captain, and another vice-captain of the Yin team, and Zhang Fan, the leader of the theater troupe, were also candidates for Madam Mu's husband.
Lin Shu and Quan Kang had just warmed their hands by the fire when their faces suddenly tightened and they walked towards the door in unison.
I know that for people like them who are good at martial arts, their hearing is often better than ordinary people, so they probably heard something.
"Five people are here, all riding horses." Lin Shu said, coming to the entrance of the courtyard and looking into the distance.
I followed over and saw nothing but chaos between the sky and the earth. I seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves, but I couldn't see how many people there were.
When they stopped at the entrance of the courtyard, I counted them and couldn't help but be in awe of this escort. He was right, there were really five of them!
"Master, Senior Brother, Sister Lan, I've been waiting for you all." Liu Jiabao came to my side, raised his head and glanced at the people who were tying their horses, and he almost jumped up.
The woman in blue lifted the hat on her head, ran a few steps, and touched Liu Jiabao's head with one hand. Her handsome and rosy face was also overjoyed: "Jiabao? Why are you here? Could it be that... you are also a secret agent?"
"That's it." Liu Jiabao felt proud and pushed the woman in blue's hand away: "Oh, Sister Lan, I'm so big that I can't touch a man's head or a woman's waist."
"Why can't you touch it? I just touched it, what's the matter?" The woman in blue laughed and rubbed his head twice more with her hands, only grabbing Liu Jiabao's hair into a bird's nest shape.
"Brother, you don't care." Liu Jiabao arranged his hair and suppressed his mouth.
Seeing their joke, Quan Kang knew that the visitors were friends rather than enemies, so he extended his hand toward the courtyard and said, "There is a fire in the house, please come inside!"
"Master, please come first." The woman in blue took a step back and said to the man in the cloak behind her.
I looked carefully and was so frightened that I saw that the man was wearing a gloomy iron mask, with two eyeballs like two blood grapes. There were two small holes in the nose of the mask, and a whole mouth at the lower end.
Exposed, the entire mouth was horribly deformed, as if it had been burned by fire.
The young man following the woman in blue is wearing a long white coat, a pure white cloak, and holding a silver-white sword. He looks handsome and majestic.
I nodded towards him, then glanced at the man in black attire behind him, and saw that he was also holding a knife in his hand, and his expression was a bit cold and stern as that of County Lieutenant Mu.
After they entered the hospital, the last man in yellow satin tied the horse slowly. He walked to me with his head lowered, suddenly pulled off his hat and looked up with a smile: "Hehehe, Brother Li, you can still do it."
remember me?"
The owner of Yongqing Inn and the captain of Team Hai, Tu Youcheng!
I was overjoyed: "Brother Tu! You are here too!"
"Haha, let's go in and talk."
After Tu Youcheng introduced me, I realized that the group of people here were not simple.
The man in black clothes and holding a knife turned out to be Ling Huzhong, the county captain of Yongqing County, captain of the Yin team, and the person to whom Madam Mu had given the purse. However, I was concentrating on selling tofu at the time and had no impression of him.
And that scary man wearing a mask is Dongfang Ying, the former owner of the famous Shenlong Villa.
I remember hearing Tu Youcheng say that more than ten years ago, he was poisoned and plotted by his twin brother Dongfang Xiong. His appearance was also disfigured and he was thrown off the Jueqing Cliff. He had to wear a mask and became a monk in Fanruo Temple. He was known as Wu
Master Lian. Fortunately, the imperial envoy found out the matter and avenged his injustice. In order to repay the imperial envoy's great kindness, he voluntarily became the deputy captain of the Hai Team.