"Oh! So that's it!" Qingkui was immediately relieved and moved at the same time. He thought to himself: "This little Santong is really good. He is successful at a young age, but he doesn't have the common problems of young people who are domineering and arrogant. It seems that his granddaughter is You chose the right person!”
At that moment, Qingkui cupped his hands and said loudly: "Master Tongpan, I am old and a little polite. Please don't take it off!"
Chen Xiaomu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Qing, I am not saying that you are too polite. In fact, it is enough to bow your hands or hold your fists when meeting each other. Don't kneel down on the ground to bow. Not to mention soiling your clothes, you It’s so cold and freezing, and it’s always uncomfortable to have your whole body lying on the ice!”
When Qingkui heard this, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and echoed repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Sir Tongsun is still considerate and considerate!"
The misunderstanding was resolved, and the expressions on everyone's faces became relieved. Qing Wan'er, who had just raised her heart to her throat, was now in such a happy mood that it was unimaginable for outsiders. Through what she saw in front of her, she confirmed that she understood more. She liked Chen Xiaomu a little, and it turned out that the lovely girl in her heart didn't like those red tapes. It seemed that she would have to pay attention to it in the future and try to avoid arousing his resentment. So when she came to see him again, she just folded her hands on her waist, Shyly, he bowed his wish to Chen Xiaomu.
Next, Chen Xiaomu couldn't wait to mention the matter of the escort agency again. Qingkui twirled his beard and said in deep thought: "Master Tongsuan, judging from the little old man's experience of guarding the escort for many years, the escort car has been gone for two days and one night at this time. , it is estimated that it is less than a hundred miles away from the border of Jin State, so if we just rely on fast horses to catch up, we will definitely not be able to catch up!"
When Chen Xiaomu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said in surprise: "Does Mr. Qing have other ideas?"
Qingkui turned to look at his precious granddaughter, and said with a smile: "Wan'er, it's your turn to take action to relieve Lord Tongpan from his worries!"
"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu looked at Qing Wan'er in surprise when he heard the sound. He really couldn't think of any way this pretty little girl in front of him could help him catch up with the escort car that had been on the road for two days and one night! "
I saw Qing Wan'er smiling charmingly, reaching out and pulling out a bamboo whistle from her body, then she slightly opened her red lips to hold the bamboo whistle, her cheeks were slightly bulging, and the bamboo whistle immediately let out a high-pitched whistle, although the sound was not too harsh. , but the penetrating power is extremely strong.
As the "Woo-Woo" sound of the bamboo whistle expanded, a shocking eagle call was suddenly heard from the sky. Everyone heard the sound and looked up into the sky, only to see a bird suddenly flying out from behind a large white cloud. The white eagle, Qing Wan'er put the bamboo whistle directly in her mouth and continued to blow. She freed her hands to take a leather shawl from the maid behind her and put it on her shoulders. The white eagle in the air followed the bamboo. The sound of the whistle flew closer and closer, and in the blink of an eye it flew above everyone's heads. It flapped a pair of wings nearly two meters wide, and landed lightly on Qing Wan'er's fragrant shoulders covered with leather shawls, and then made a sound He cooed, turned his little head, and looked at everyone present one by one!
Qing Wan'er raised her head and patted the white eagle's talon, and said affectionately: "Qing'er, go and help my sister deliver a letter to Wei Zhenshan, the chief escort of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau who is on the way to Jin State."
Bai Ying seemed to understand what people were saying. As soon as Qing Wan'er finished speaking, he tilted his head and yelled "gugu" twice. Chen Xiaomu, Wei Yuxin and others looked at it in a daze. Qingkui saw this and explained with a smile. Said: "Lord Tongpan, I spent a lot of money to buy and train this Haidongqing when I opened the escort agency. It is mainly used to protect me from danger when I am on the escort road. It is used by me to send messages to outsiders and move reinforcements. ! "
"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu asked curiously: "Is this thing easy to use?"
"Haha." Qingkui stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Sir Tongpan, let's put it this way. This Haidongqing was born less than a year ago, so I bought it from a Liao man and trained it. I just wanted to teach it to listen. It took more than three years to understand human language, and now it has been almost twenty years. In these twenty years, this bird has not made a single mistake in finding people for me to pass messages to!"
"No way? Mr. Qing, how can a bird like you be so smart?" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but wonder.
Qingkui stroked his beard and smiled: "If Lord Tongpan has any doubts in his heart, you can give it a try right now!"
"Okay!" After Chen Xiaomu heard this, he immediately became interested and nodded immediately: "I am also trying to see if this strange bird is really as magical as Mr. Qing said!"
Qingkui immediately ordered his apprentice Tong Dabiao to bring a pen and paper, and Chen Xiaomu each wrote a letter to Wei Zhenshan, Qingkui's eldest apprentice and the chief escort of Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, who was escorting the Risheng Qianzhuang Silver Escort to Jin, and asked him to report this The total amount of silver escorted by the escort was two taels, and he temporarily stopped where he was waiting. After receiving a reply from the government here, he would decide whether to continue to the Jin Kingdom. In order to increase the authority of the letter, Chen Xiaomu also stamped a red and square official seal of the Yamen under the content of his letter.
Qing Wan'er took the letter written by the two people, first carefully folded it into a long strip, stuffed it into a thin bamboo tube, then sealed the bamboo tube with wax, and then tied it to Haidong Qing with a hemp rope. under the wings.
As Haidongqing flapped his wings and flew high again, Chen Xiaomu seemed to have something to rely on in the blue sky that gradually disappeared, and his mood became much more relaxed. Next, he decided to go to Chai Yugui's residence again, hoping to get something from him. Found some clues there.
Since a murder had just occurred in the bank, in principle, everyone in the bank was under suspicion at this time. As the shopkeeper of the bank, Chai Yugui was no exception, but this time it was much simpler. Several people came to Chai Yugui's residence again. , Chen Xiaomu gave a brief signal, and Zhang Heiniu stepped forward, kicked the two closed courtyard doors with "Boom, Boom", but this door is really strong enough, even if Zhang Heiniu is too tall. It was big and powerful, and the two kicks only shook the two courtyard doors, but they were not kicked open.
This made Zhang Heiniu's dark face turn even darker. Originally, he had planned to show off in front of Lord Tongpan, paving the way for him to become a leader in the government office in the future. Unexpectedly, two consecutive He didn't even kick open the courtyard door. This is so unreasonable! "
Afterwards, Zhang Heiniu took a few steps back, his eyes widened with anger, he bent over and leaned back, roaring like a beast in his throat, and was about to make a final fight. At this time, he thought to himself, this fight , if you still can't kick open the two inconspicuous courtyard doors in front of you, then no one needs to say anything, I'm afraid you won't have the shame to stay in the yamen and be a yamen servant!
With a roar, his body was as fast as lightning. This time Zhang Heiniu no longer just kicked the door with his feet, but hit it with his whole body. He only heard a "bang", no matter how strong the two courtyard doors were, He couldn't withstand the impact of Zhang Heiniu's body as strong as a calf, and fell to the ground in an instant. Zhang Heiniu also couldn't hold back his strength due to excessive force, and fell down with the door panel, half of his body was numb from the impact. ! Lying on the door panel, I couldn't stand up for a while.
Seeing this, Chen Xiaomu hurriedly stepped forward to help him, and Qingkui followed him. The two of them worked together to lift Zhang Heiniu up from the door panel. Zhang Heiniu breathed cool air in his mouth and said sarcastically: "Chen Heiniu." Sir, Xiaoke used too much force this time, which made him a little embarrassed and made everyone laugh!"
Chen Xiaomu smiled and asked with concern: "How are you doing, are you injured? Do you want to find a doctor to look at you?"
"It's okay, it's okay." As soon as Chen Xiaomu said that he wanted to find a doctor to look at him, Zhang Heiniu immediately broke away from the two people's support, staggered to the side, patted his chest and said, "Sir, look, Xiao Ke Isn’t this good?”
Chen Xiaomu looked him up and down and said uneasily: "Don't hold on if you have anything to do. Just treat the doctor as a doctor. The medical expenses will be paid by the yamen."
"Master Chen, Xiao Ke is fine! Look...!" To prove his physical strength, Zhang Heiniu clenched his fist and punched his chest twice.
Seeing Zhang Heiniu insisting that he was fine, Chen Xiaomu had no choice but to give up and turned around and walked into the courtyard where Chai Yugui lived. The courtyard was not very big. There was only less than twenty steps from the courtyard gate to the door of the main house in the courtyard. After walking through the courtyard, we came to the door of the main house, but there was a big iron lock hanging on the closed door in front of us!
Before he could speak, Wei Yuxin stepped forward and said, "Shall I do it this time?"
Chen Xiaomu knew that she had great skills and would never be as reckless as Zhang Heiniu, so he quickly nodded and let her pass to the door.
Wei Yuxin did not adopt the strategy of kicking him like Zhang Heiniu. Instead, he held the lower end of the iron lock on the door with his hand, like an old monk in meditation. He was silent for a moment, and suddenly he said "Hmm" and held it. She held the lower end of the iron lock with her hand and yanked hard. There was only a crisp "click" sound, and the iron lock on the door was pulled open by her. This scene shocked everyone present!
Qingkui couldn't help but came over, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Girl is really good at this!"
Wei Yuxin glanced at him indifferently, then quietly retreated behind Chen Xiaomu, which made Qingkui embarrassed. When Chen Xiaomu saw it, he quickly smoothed things over and said with a smile: "Mr. Qing, this girl is my new follower." , I don’t know much about the world, and I don’t know how to bend my mind! Don’t you think you’re surprised?”
"Oh! Haha, it's okay, it's okay!" When Qingkui heard this, he felt much relieved. He waved his hands and said, "I travel around the world all year round. Such trivial matters are not worth mentioning!"
Chen Xiaomu's derogatory remarks almost made Wei Yu angry to death. In fact, she was just very angry and didn't want to deal with these unfamiliar people. However, Chen Xiaomu took the opportunity to make some derogatory comments and said to her heart: "Good on you." It’s a dead man’s head, so my aunt has recorded this debt for you for the time being, and when the opportunity comes, I will return it to you with interest!”
Next, Chen Xiaomu took the lead in pushing open the unlocked door. Since the windows were covered with window paper, even though it was broad daylight, the light in the room was relatively dim. What greeted the door was a living room with a large sandalwood table. There are several cushioned Taishi chairs around. On the large table are two blue and white porcelain teapots with handles and six tea cups with lids. On both ends of the large table are pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and at one end is a Go chess set. Everything seemed so quiet and harmonious, as if the owner of the house had just left for something. On the wall behind the main room was a painting of a tiger descending from the mountain. There were two couplets on both sides of the painting. The first couplet: Tigers roaring in the mountains and the forest shakes, and the second couplet: Dragons roar in the rivers and seas. turn.
Standing in the room and looking around, Chen Xiaomu pointed to the inner room with a bead curtain on the left side of the room and ordered: "Quick, Inspector Guard, you and Zhang Heiniu go to that inner room to search. If you find anything with a Collect all the writing paper and valuable gold and silver pieces for me."
Wei Yuxin rolled his eyes at him, Zhang Heiniu bowed and said, "Yes, sir!"
Chen Xiaomu smiled again at Qing Kui and Qing Wan'er and said, "Mr. Qing, Miss Qing, the government is currently short of manpower. I wonder if you could trouble me to search the wing and living room for me?"
Qingkui waved his hand and said with a laugh: "Master Tongpan, you are so polite. I and my granddaughter are willing to serve you."
After saying that, everyone started to separate. Qing Wan'er stayed in the living room to search, while Chen Xiaomu and Qing Kui entered the side room. Before they could start searching, they suddenly heard a "praise" sound from outside, as if It was the sound of a jar breaking. Chen Xiaomu was startled when he heard the sound. Before he could recover, he saw Zhang Heiniu running over in a hurry and stammering: "Sir, sir, don't be careful,... A wine jar was knocked off the ground and shattered!"
Chen Xiaomu was so angry that he could be so frightened by trivial things. He scolded him angrily: "It's just a jar of wine. Even trivial things can scare you like this. Can you be more successful?"
"This...me!" Zhang Heiniu was scolded head-on and stood by the door a little at a loss.
Chen Xiaomu looked at him, feeling even more angry, and said impatiently: "Stop standing here, go back and clean up the broken wine jar, and then continue searching."
Zhang Heiniu felt as if he had been granted amnesty and quickly turned around to leave!
At this time Qingkui suddenly shouted: "Slow down!"
Chen Xiaomu was startled when he heard the sound, and then asked doubtfully: "Mr. Qing, what are you...?"
Qingkui sniffed hard, and then said decisively: "Master Tongpan, can you smell anything wrong with the smell of this wine?"
