After a night of thinking to no avail, Shen Ye took people directly to Wu Daode's Taoist temple early the next morning. But what made Shen Ye even more disappointed was that he couldn't get any useful information after searching through the entire Taoist temple. In Wei A bunch of records were found in the command post's evidence library, and they were all black accounts recorded by Wu Daode himself. They were more or less unclean commissions, but the names of the key trustees and successors were also not written down. , I just roughly recorded the content and date of the commission, but it was not a major case. Although it could be convicted, it was not as fatal as the case of kidnapping the Miss Song family of Wuding.
"Mr. Shen Qi, these brothers have only found these. Do you think we are going to look for more?" The Wuding Jinyi guards who came with Shen Ye had already searched the entire Taoist temple and even found one of Wu Daode's disciples. They brought it over. But they had taken away the things they could find and put them in the yamen. They had been busy all morning and found nothing.
"No more searching. Let's take a rest and then go down the mountain to find a place to eat. After eating, we will go back home. It's a long way back and forth, so we have to go back early. Thank you for your hard work today, brothers!" Shen Ye threw away the messy mess. Guesses and thoughts, knowing that this Taoist temple is located in a remote location. They came from Wuding City early in the morning, but it took more than two hours on horseback. And it was noon now. Since they couldn't find any valuable clues, there was no need to Make more stops.
"Mr. Shen Qi's words are too polite. Brothers came and couldn't help much. But I have to thank Mr. Shen Qi today! We have a very peaceful life in Wuding City, and we just gave birth to two children recently. Big case. On weekdays, brothers are so idle that they almost go crazy. Today, thanks to Mr. Shen Qi’s blessing, we were able to ride out and have a good time. Otherwise, we would have been idle for a few more days. It's about to get rusty!" The Jin Yiwei laughed and started chatting with Shen Ye.
"Hahaha, Brother Miao is too polite, just call Shen Ye by his first name. Same goes for Shen, but I don't know if Mr. Miao Qi's stomach is free today. Can you have a few drinks with Shen later?!" Shen Ye patted Mr. Miao Qi's shoulder affectionately and replied with a smile.
"This, this is natural! Brother Shen, let's go down the mountain right now. We are just afraid that there is no good wine in this mountainous place and it will offend Brother Shen's stomach!"
"What do you mean by that? Wine is just wine. There is no good or bad distinction. What matters is the people who drink together! Brothers, withdraw your troops and let's go down the mountain..."
As soon as everyone heard this, they felt happy in their hearts. They put aside their physical fatigue and regained their spirits, got on their horses and rushed towards the village at the foot of the mountain.
Wu Daode's Taoist temple was built on a relatively remote mountain, not close to a town. The purpose was to hide it from others. They went down the mountain and searched around the village but couldn't find a shop. Finally, they paid a farmer to deal with it in his yard. A breakfast.
Although the local chicken and bacon, mixed with wine and mountain style, were simple and plain, everyone was still enjoying the meal. At the banquet, everyone complimented each other, chatted about some strange things, and boasted. Especially Shen Ye, who had no airs at all and was laughing and joking. Being mingled with everyone, everyone's relationship became a little closer for a while.
"How are you guys? Come on, it's Iljimae!"
"Three rivers of water!"
"Four Seasons Wealth!"
"Six good fortunes!"
"Hey, Brother Miao, you lost, come on, come on, drink!" As soon as people in the mountain village didn't have cups, everyone just raised their big bowls and drank. It was a bit bold to drink from a big bowl and eat meat with a big mouthful. .
"Lao Di Shen did a good job with his punch! It's Miao who lost, come on, do it!" Miao Mu didn't shirk, he put the big bowl on end, raised his head and drank.
The rest of the people nearby were also laughing and having fun.
The wine table culture has been around for a long time, and it is even more prosperous in Dawu. It is the same for literati, heroes and knights. As a man, you don’t have to drink much, but you must have it, because this is an important means for men to socialize. .
After a banquet, everyone mingled together, and Miaomu also felt that this brother Shen Ye, who was rumored to be promoted to the 100th position of Jinlin Town Prefecture, was not as difficult to get along with as he thought, and his good impression of him grew even more.
The meal lasted for more than an hour. After everyone finished eating, they drank a few gulps of cold mountain spring water to sober up. After sitting in the yard and enjoying the cool mountain breeze to rest for a while, they got on their horses and headed straight to Wuding without stopping. .
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"Hey, brother Shen, you don't know, our golden scale city wall is so strong. Emperor Wu Zong fought for three months but couldn't knock it down. The last nail couldn't be pulled out, so he was so angry that he replaced it three times in a row. General, in the end it was our old General Luo who took action and used a divisive trick to capture the city wall. After the battle, it was actually not damaged at all. To be honest, there are still some skilled craftsmen in this Jin Dynasty. This city wall It is indeed impregnable. It has been more than a century and has not been repaired much, but it is still magnificent." Miao Mu rode on the horse and took the lead of the team with Shen Ye. After two hours of driving, he had arrived outside Wuding City, half drunk. While introducing it to Shen Ye beside him.
"It's true! This city wall is so tall and thick, it's even more grand than the Golden Scale City. The former Jin Dynasty squeezed the people for money and money, and spent a lot of money on it. It took a lot of effort to build it, but this city is located on the Yangtze River To the south, what is being defended is not the Northern Desert cavalry, but is used to suppress the people, resist stubbornly, and maintain rule! It is really damned! If this money is used to buy more armors and more good horses for the army, how can it be used by the Northern Desert? Such bullying!" Shen Ye looked at the extremely tall and majestic city wall, thinking that only Yanyun Sixteenth City's most majestic pass in the world could compare with it, but it was used to defend his own people, and sighed slightly. .
"Brother Shen is right. The Northern Desert Grassland has always been the top enemy of our Central Plains dynasty. For thousands of years, dynasties have changed, but they have always been against it. The two sides have fought for more than a thousand years, and each has won or lost. But , No other dynasty has been as humiliated as the former Jin Dynasty. Not only was the northern imperial city taken over and the emperor was captured, but the great rivers and mountains north of the Yangtze River were given away..." At this point, both of them shook their heads and sighed. , sighing endlessly.
"Hey, fortunately, Emperor Wuzong is gifted with talents, dragon cavalry and magic soldiers around Luoyang, and the Human Emperor wears armor as a vanguard. He cuts off the wolf's head among the thousands of troops, and restores the mountains and rivers in one battle. He will directly drive back the northern Tatars. The grasslands went to eat sheep dung, and then our great rivers and mountains were unified, and this bad breath came out! Let’s not talk about this, Brother Shen, do you know the three unique skills of our Wuding!”
"Oh?! Shen Ye has never heard of it!"
"Hehehehe, our Wuding Three Specialties, one is our hot dry noodles, one of the top ten noodles in Dawu, the second is the Wuchang fish from this river, and the last one is our Guanfenglou wine! Brother Shen, please wait. Our case will be settled in two days, brother, I will definitely take you to Guanfeng Tower for another drink." Miaomu changed the topic and started chatting with Shen Yekan again.
"Of course that's good, but Brother Miao, please don't break your promise! Then don't say that my sister-in-law won't let you out and let Shen Ye go, hahahaha."
"How could this be? Miao has always been honest!"
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The two entered the city while chatting. After running all the way today and drinking a lot of wine, everyone was exhausted and sleepy. They returned to the guard command post, handed over the tokens and horses, and went directly home to sleep.
Shen Ye, too, went back to the room and fell asleep. He slowly woke up at nightfall, his mouth was dry, and after getting up and drinking a few cups of tea, he suddenly felt hungry again. Slowly, he went out again to find something to eat. went.
After leaving the gate and walking down a street, Shen Ye realized that he didn't know the road very well, let alone the restaurants everywhere. In the end, after wandering around, he returned to the place where he ate noodles the day before.
But just as I walked over, I heard a commotion coming from the street.
"Bah! You old man, you really don't know how to count! I never give you money to eat in the south of the city. Eating two of your buns is already a compliment to you, and you still dare to ask me for money!" That fat body is covered with fat. The meat trembled and he kicked away the bun shop owner who was chasing after him asking for money.
"Sir, I run a small business, and the whole family relies on the shop for a living!" The boss was sitting on the ground and saw a group of servants behind him, but he still refused to give up and prayed.
"Tch! Bad luck! You two, send him away. It really affects my enjoyment of shopping!" The fat young man had a look of disgust on his face, flicked his sleeves, and strode away.
Seeing him approaching, Shen Ye hurriedly turned his head and sat in the store.
Shen Ye recognized Liu Ziwen, the young master of Wuding Prefecture who had been kicked down by his brothers last time. He thought that this man was still the same arrogant and domineering person? But suddenly a thought flashed in his mind, how could he change from Jinlin so quickly? came back?
"Hey! Young Master, it's you again!" The owner of the noodle shop said kindly when he saw Shen Ye coming in.
"Boss, do you recognize me?!" Shen Ye sat on the table, also ordered a side, and chatted with him.
"Young Master looks unfamiliar, he doesn't look like someone from around here, and he also took care of our shop last night, so I know him!" The boss kept moving his hands while chatting with Shen Ye.
"Uncle, you have good eyesight. I am indeed not from Wuding. I am afraid of someone who runs a small business. I came to Wuding today to get goods. But I don't know who the fat man was just now!" This chapter has been completed!