The three of them spent the night at dawn, and early on the fifth day, they arrived at a large market town less than a hundred miles away from the capital.
This is Lan Tian, Zhu Yu and Ling Shanzi's first stop when they come to the capital, because the Tianlong Sect's North Youzhou Branch is in this town.
The reason why the Tianlong Sect set up its branch here instead of in the capital, which is less than a hundred miles away, is because the government control in the capital is too strong and it is inconvenient for the sect to move around. Moreover, this is the gateway to the south of the capital, making it easy to contract bodyguard business.
Lan Tian took Zhu Yu and Ling Shanzi directly to a remote place in the town. There was a large yard here, and the Youzhou branch was here. Five years ago, Lan Tian had been here with his father Lan Yiming, so he directly Just found it.
At the top of the left side of the gate, there is a red splendid triangular flag with a large "dart" embroidered in the middle. At the top of the right side of the gate, there is another smaller blue embroidered triangular flag with the word "dart" embroidered in the middle. The word "Luo" means that this is a bodyguard agency, and the head of the bodyguard's surname is Luo.
As soon as the three of them stepped through the high threshold, a lean middle-aged man came forward. This man was Luo Mai, the father of Luo Lin, the helmsman of the North Youzhou Branch.
Behind Luo Mei, there were two followers, both in their early thirties, one tall and mighty, the other not tall, but very strong, and one could tell at a glance that he was a person with good martial arts skills.
Lan Tian introduced Lingshanzi and Zhu Yu to Luo Mai, and Luo Mai also introduced two Tianlong sect disciples, the tall one named Zhang Guan, and the short and strong one named Li Dai.
"We are here this time to find out the whereabouts of the murderer who killed Sima Protector. I wonder if Captain Luo got any information?" The six people sat down in the main room, and Lan Tian got straight to the point and stated the purpose of our visit.
"After knowing that the Great Protector and more than a dozen disciples died in the capital city due to Yuntong's fingering, our Youzhou branch sent dozens of brothers to investigate in the capital city. We got some information, but we were unable to confirm it. I don't know whether it is true or false."
After hearing Luo Mai's words, several people felt like they had found a treasure. Lan Tian couldn't wait to ask: "What kind of information is it? Tell me quickly and listen."
"This is what Zhang Guan and Zhang Tanzhu's brothers heard. Let Zhang Tanzhu tell you!" Luo Mei pointed at the tall Zhang Guan.
"It's like this. Since Protector Sima was brutally murdered, I sent brothers to inquire around the capital. I heard an old man say that on the night when Protector Sima was killed, he saw a group of people wearing Xichang factory guard uniforms. , hurriedly left the hotel where the accident occurred."
After Zhang Guan finished speaking, he took a sip of tea, and then continued: "After that, I found a samurai named Wan who is working as a servant in the West Factory. I am planning to ask him out to talk to him in the past few days."
"Why don't you find him, and let's trick him into talking to him, and see if we can actually kill Sima Dharma Protector in Xichang. The sooner the better, we'll go to Beijing tomorrow. What do you think?"
The five people present agreed with Lan Tian's words.
Everyone understands that as long as it is confirmed that it was the person killed by Xichang that night, Master Xuyun's suspicion can be cleared. If it is also known that there is someone in Xichang who knows Yuntong fingering, or even that this person is Gao Cheng as Wang Fengzi said, Protector Sima's great revenge can be avenged, so find the people in Xichang and try to ask questions, and this matter can be concluded.
Seeing that it was still early, Luo Mai summoned one of his men to arrive in a big car from the Escort Bureau, and asked Zhang Guan to take Lan Tian, Zhu Yu and Lingshanzi to the capital to meet the Xichang warrior named Wan.
"Li Dai and I will not go to the capital, lest the large number of people make the Xichang warrior named Wan suspicious. I will wait for your smooth return." After sending Lan Tian, Zhu Yu, Lingshanzi and Zhang Guan to the cart at the entrance of the escort agency, Luo Luo Pulse said.
Although it is nearly a hundred miles from the small town to the capital, it is all on a big road. In addition, the cart is pulled by the best horses in Youzhou Branch. Therefore, at ten o'clock in the afternoon, the cart carries four people on the best horse in the capital. Stop in front of a hotel, where you can eat, drink, and stay.
Lan Tian, Zhu Yu and Ling Shanzi got off the car to check in, while Zhang Guanze still took the big car to invite Wan Samurai.
A quarter of an hour later, Lan Tian and the others dressed up as businessmen came out of their respective rooms and went upstairs to the front desk hotel. They ordered food and wine, drank tea, and waited for Zhang Guan and Wan Samurai to arrive.
On the way, the four of them agreed that Zhang Guan and Lan Tian would take turns toasting to Wan Samurai, but they could not drink him into confusion all at once. They should talk to him from the beginning to achieve their goal as quickly as possible.
After a while, Zhang Guan came upstairs to the hotel with a tall man. This man was a Xichang warrior named Wan.
Zhang Guan introduced to Zhang Guan eloquently that the three of them were merchants who came from the south to sell cloth. They arrived in the capital today and had delivered the goods. They wanted to spend a few days in the capital before going back.
After a while, the waiter brought the wine and food. Seeing that the food was too rich, Wan Samurai said: "Brother Zhang, you are too polite. Are you asking me to do something with such good wine and food?"
"It's okay, I just heard from Brother Zhang that Brother Wan is a generous man, and we want to make some friends." Lingshanzi said with a smile.
"Come on, let's have a drink first." Zhang Guan filled up the wine for Wan Samurai, Lingshanzi and Lan Tian, raised the glass and drank it all in one gulp. Not to be outdone, the three of them also drank their own wine, and Zhu Yu drank for the four of them. Pour the wine.
"Brother Zhang, I think these three brothers of yours look like martial arts practitioners, and their martial arts skills are probably much higher than yours." The four of them guessed that Wan Samurai would definitely say something like this at the wine table. If so, You can push the boat forward and ask him to tell whether the Xichang samurai has a peerless master, and then get more inside information.
"Why do you see it?" Lan Tian lowered his voice and said.
"Hahaha, based on my feeling, I can see that the three of you have energetic eyes and bulging temples. This is a sign of internal strength. Am I right?" Wan Warrior also said in a low voice.
"Yes, Wan Samurai has good eyesight and is worthy of being a master among the factory guards. Come on, let's have a drink." Lan Tian said excitedly.
The four drank a second glass of wine, and Zhu Yu served the four more wine. Lan Tian said, "This wine glass is too small, why not drink from a larger bowl? Wan Ji, what do you think?"
"Okay, let's change to a bigger bowl." Wan Samurai started to get excited.
The waiter served big bowls for the four of them and filled them with wine.
"To be honest, Brother Wan, today's world is in chaos and there is no self-defense ability. Who dares to travel all over the country? But with our little skills, how can we compare with you, Wan Warrior." Lingyazi followed the trend and said the key words.
"Hey, my martial arts skills are nothing. I can only deal with seven or eight novices who are just learning martial arts at most!" Wan Samurai said with a smile.
"According to Wan Ji, are there any guards in this factory who are better than you in martial arts?" Lan Tian opened his eyes wide, pretending to be surprised.
"With my little skills, I am just an errand boy in the West Factory. There are many martial arts masters among our factory guards."
"I think those martial arts masters are not much higher than ten thousand warriors." Zhang Guan added to his anger.
"Brother Zhang, you know Situ Yong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, and Sun Gan, the general. They are from the martial arts sect. Situ Yong practiced martial arts in the Wuliang sect in his early years, and Sun Gan came from Northern Shaolin. Do you think they are powerful? ." Warrior Wan took a sip of wine and said.
"Of course I have heard about these two people, but I also heard that a month ago, the great protector of the Tianlong Sect was killed in the capital. The person who killed him was a master from outside the Great Wall. Sun Gan and Situ Yong may not be able to defeat him. Warriors should also be more careful." Zhang Guan whispered.
Hearing this, Wan Warrior raised his eyebrows but stopped talking.
"Come on, don't talk about this, drink, drink." Wan Warrior picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing Wan Samurai finish the wine in the bowl in one gulp, Lan Tian, Zhang Guan and Lingshanzi also raised their wine bowls and drank a bowl.
"It seems that Jinyiwei is still afraid of the master who killed Sima Zhen." Seeing that Wan Jiwei didn't want to talk about Sima Zhen's murder, Lingshanzi brought the topic back.
Hearing this, Wan Warrior glanced at Lingshanzi, and finally couldn't help it, and whispered: "We are all outsiders, and you must keep it a secret for me. In fact, the person who killed Sima Zhen was none other than Gao Cheng, a master in the West Factory. , I heard that he practices Emei martial arts, and his Yuntong finger skills are unrivaled in the world. I was also there that day."
After Wan Samurai finished speaking, he cleared his throat and said loudly: "Come on, let's have another bowl."
After the banquet was over and it was almost midnight, Zhang Guan drove Wan Samurai home in a cart, while Lan Tian and the four of them went back to their rooms to rest.
