After discussing with Pu Che Shi, Yun Ming finally decided to go to the "ghost wall" mentioned by Li Gui to explore the reality of the so-called "border". Under Yun Ming's deceit and threats and Pu's chariot attendant's coercion and inducement, Li Gui, who was unwilling to revisit his hometown, was forced to agree to lead the way for them.
After the three of them got on their horses and left, about a cup of tea later, a man was passing by on horseback on the official road connecting the capital and Tianjin, causing a cloud of dust. The person who came was none other than Lin He, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guards.
Although when Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi left Pu Mansion, they both deliberately changed out of their well-woven, bright and conspicuous clothes and wore relatively simple outfits. But the Pu family is a wealthy family after all, so how can the most subdued clothes in the young master's room be low-key? What's more, the frivolous young master Pu Chai Shi is very well-known. Not to mention ordinary people, the officers and soldiers guarding several city gates are also familiar with his face. Therefore, although the two men, who were riding tall horses and well-dressed, were careful at all times, they could not hide their whereabouts when they left the city.
Lin He had been inquiring all the way from Pu Mansion, tracing the movements of Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi and chasing them directly to Guangqumen. From the soldiers on duty at the city gate and the passers-by coming from Tianjin to enter the city, he learned the new whereabouts of the target.
With the correct location, the next thing will be much easier to handle. Lin He reined up his horse, rushed up the official road and launched a pursuit. He did not dare to delay for a moment, for fear that the two men would escape.
In fact, Deputy Ambassador Lin did not need to work so hard. As mentioned before, Yun Ming's poor riding skills slowed down the two of them, and Lu's encounter with Li Gui and subsequent inquiries and discussions took some time. At this moment, if Lin He glanced at the wasteland on the roadside carefully enough, he might find the sketches and formulas that Yun Ming left on the curb fifteen minutes ago.
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There are three horses tied outside the tea shop next to the official road, and their owners are sitting in the shop to rest. Pu Che Shi, Yun Ming, and Li Gui, a master, a guest, and a servant, were waiting at the table for the waiter to serve tea.
The three of them interrupted their journey and instead dived into the tea stall. It was definitely not because "it's three o'clock and it's time to drink tea." The fact was that the three of them were indeed very thirsty.
In the early summer afternoon, the sun was shining brightly. The two of them walked on the unobstructed road for more than an hour. During this period, they talked a lot. Their mouths were already dry. What's even more helpless is that Yun Ming and Pu Chai went out in such a hurry that they didn't have time to pack food and drinking water. Besides, it was impossible for them to bring these things that were obviously used for long distances on the road. The intention of running away was exposed in advance.
Therefore, these two people marched in a hurry without any supplies. By this time, although they were still far from their physical limits, the physical discomfort had begun to affect Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi's thinking and mobility. In the spirit of sharpening their knives and chopping firewood, they quickly found a roadside tea shop and decided to take a few sips of cold water to cool down before leaving.
Li Gui, who had been running around on horseback for most of the day, was in the best condition among the three. The first was because he had water and dry food in his bag, so he had no worries about eating and drinking; the second was because of his daily life. Servants work hard, and Li Gui has long been used to this level of hard work.
So is there anything Li Gui is not used to? Of course there are. For example, right now, he feels very uncomfortable with many of the actions of "Master Pu" sitting next to him.
Li Gui helplessly looked at the young master who he should be very familiar with, as if he had changed into a different person. His temperament had completely changed: the young master who was used to playing tricks on young people was holding a rough snack served by the tea shop in his hand. It was a great time to eat; just now the waiter came to the table to serve tea, and the young master not only took the tea tray proactively, but also acted very naturally
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He thanked the former.
Even Li Gui, a commoner, found this tea hard to swallow, let alone Master Pu, who had been fed delicacies from the mountains and seas since childhood. It was the first time that Li Gui had seen such an approachable behavior from Master Pu. In his eyes, the image of the Pu chariot attendant was no longer like a dandy in the capital, but a humble gentleman as gentle as jade. Li Gui couldn't believe the change in him.
Pu Chai Attendant was completely unaware of the subversion of his personality and continued to eat and drink normally; however, Yun Ming, who was sitting opposite him, was extremely sensitive. Noticing that Li Gui was secretly looking at the Pu chariot attendant with a mixture of surprise and suspicion, he quickly thought of the reason.
"Is this Li Gui frightened by Pu's down-to-earth attitude?" Yun Ming took a sip of tea and continued to observe Li Gui's words: "Yes, after all, the contrast is too great, and it is understandable that it is difficult to accept it for a while. "
After thinking about it, Yun Ming came up with an evil idea that usually only occurs to villain scientists in science fiction movies: "Well...it was a pity that I lost Ruan Dandan's experimental material because I was in a hurry to escape from Pu Mansion, but next to me... Isn’t there a ready-made object that is easier to control..."
Just as Yun Ming was crazily brewing a very unfriendly plan against Li Gui, another person stopped and reined in his horse outside the tea shed, tied the reins and walked into the small tea shop.
"It's actually here." Lin He glanced around briefly and immediately spotted Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi. He thought to himself about luck and walked quickly towards the three people sitting there.
One thing that must be mentioned here is that Lin He, in addition to being extremely talented in martial arts, also has a surprisingly strong sixth sense. He had listened to Zhuo Jing's report in Pu Mansion before, and without any evidence, he firmly believed that there must be something fishy behind Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi's farewell without saying goodbye, and started taking action with all his execution power.
It was the same when he entered the store to look for someone. When Lin He was just passing by the tea shop, the idea suddenly came to his mind that "it wouldn't hurt to go in and have a look." He had never expected that this would be such an unexpected surprise, and that he could be caught so easily.
Although Lin He's subconscious told him that Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi were definitely harboring evil intentions, Lin He still chose to be polite before fighting. There was still one seat left at the square table where the three of them were sitting. He sat on it calmly and at the same time, he raised his hand and put it on the left shoulder of Pu Chai Shi: "Ah... Mr. Pu, what a coincidence."
Due to the orientation of the seats, only Yun Ming among the tea drinking trio was facing the tea shop curtain. Although he immediately saw Lin He opening the curtain and entering, he did not recognize the latter in time. It wasn't until Lin He came over to share the table with a carefree attitude and took the initiative to say hello to the Pu chariot attendant that Yun Ming secretly said something was wrong.
"No, you can meet an acquaintance in a place like this. Who is he..."
Yun Ming's brain started to work immediately, and his thoughts gradually became clear as he recalled: "There are two possibilities for this person's identity, either he is a businessman or official who has a good reputation, or he is a higher-level Jin Yiwei. Only these two kinds of people can resemble him." Ordinary people don't have the confidence to talk to the young master of the Pu family so familiarly."
"But... the person's temperament doesn't look like a businessman or an official, and the patting on the shoulder is also very irregular, as if he doesn't pay attention to Pu Chai's prominent family background. To be so arrogant, he can only be a Jinyiwei. Here you go."
"Before we read the book, Xiao Qi showed us the character she wrote. Let me think about it...a senior Jinyiwei official between thirty and forty years old, with a somewhat girly appearance..."
Soon, Yun Ming settled on a character: "Is he the deputy commander of the Jin Yiwei Lin He? But why does he appear here?"
Pu Che Shi didn't think so much at the moment. For him, it was also his and Lin He's first relationship.
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A meeting. He could guess that the guy in front of him must be an old acquaintance with a high status, but no one knew his last name.
Of course, Pu Chai Shi was very quick-witted. He picked up Lin He's words in the next second and kicked the ball back: "It's a coincidence, why are you here?"
In Pu Che Shi's question, he used a broad title like "you" as the subject, rather than highly directional titles such as "adult" and "brother", so Lin He couldn't hear anything wrong. . Not only that, the latter also figured out the reason why Pu Che Shi said this.
"This kid's reaction is quite fast." Lin He thought: "There are a few outsiders in the tea shop right now. I was too impatient just now. Fortunately, my identity was not exposed."
Speaking of which, Lin He originally came to look for Pu Cha Shi and Yun Ming with the mentality of launching an army to punish them and preparing for a big fight, so he didn't take this kind of low-level mistake into consideration. But at this moment, when he saw the two targets drinking tea leisurely, looking like they didn't want to cause trouble, he began to wonder if he was being too suspicious.
Lin He suppressed his murderous intent. He still had to pretend to be in front of the idle people like Li Gui and the waiter. His tone was much more polite: "Mr. Pu, Mr. Yun, let's talk in detail elsewhere."
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There was no "elsewhere" on both sides of the official road, so the three of them chatted while standing in the woods a little away from the tea shop.
Yun Ming grabbed Bai and said: "Master Lin, we are..."
"Hey," Lin He waved his hand to stop Yun Ming, then turned to look at Pu Chai Waiter: "You tell me."
Compared to Yun Ming, who had an unknown origin, Lin He naturally trusted Puche Shi who "knew the truth" more, so he didn't want to listen to what Yun Ming said at all. However, Yun Ming's goal had actually been achieved. He used his anxious attitude to conceal his true intention of delivering the message to Pu Che Shi.
The Pu chariot attendant had also previewed before putting on the book. With the reminder of "Sir Lin", he immediately knew how to reply: "I do have important matters to report to the Deputy Envoy."
"Well, tell me."
When things got urgent, Pu Che Shi and Yun Ming were arrested by Lin He before they could even agree on their opinions. It was impossible for them to conspire in front of the latter. However, Pu Che Shi still had a good way to get through - he told the truth directly, basically telling Lin He again Li Gui's description.
"A ghost against a wall?" Lin He listened patiently, his delicate eyebrows already raised high: "You actually ran to Tianjin for this reason?"
"It's better to believe that it exists than to believe that it doesn't exist." Pu Cheshi blinked his eyes and said innocently.
Lin He, who gradually regained his rational thinking from the bizarre stories, quickly found the flaw in the Puche attendant's words: "No, let alone the truth or falsehood of the ghost breaking into the wall, you only found out after meeting Li Gui halfway on the way. Knowing this, did you know in advance that something evil was happening on this road?"
Lin He's question hit the nail on the head, and Pu Chai Shi hesitated and couldn't explain. This time it was Yun Ming's turn to perform: "Lord Qi, that's right."
"Oh? Then tell me." When things reached this point, Lin He really wanted to know what other ridiculous excuses these two people could make up.
Yun Ming cleared his throat: "As early as a few days ago, I heard people say that strange things often happen on the official road between Beijing and Tianjin recently, such as foxes crying in the middle of the night, white snakes blocking the road, and disappearing and appearing in the woods. Stone man, wait.”
"continue."
Lin He listened with great interest, but the Pu chariot attendant on the side complained in his heart: "Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and Han Gaozu, right? Isn't the last stone man engraved with "Mo Dao, one eye of the stone man, inciting rebellion in the Yellow River world"? ?”
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