The warm sunshine shines on the water of the pond in Xuanwu Courtyard, and the leaves fall one after another. Tong Bo hasn't slept as deeply as he did today for a long time. It's already three o'clock in the morning, but he still looks lazy and doesn't want to get up.
"Xiang Yun, why are you still sleeping at this time?" He said, lifting Tong Bo's quilt.
"Cold, cold." Tong Bo felt the cool breeze blowing in his mind: "Stop making trouble, I just changed my shift in the middle of the night, and I haven't slept for two hours yet."
"Xiangyun, look who I am?" A satisfied voice laughed.
Tong Bo rubbed his eyes sleepily. Standing in front of him was the newly appointed guard Chang'an Dafang. He was wearing a brocade guard uniform embroidered with brown basalt on his tall body. He had bronze skin and handsome face. On the face, the left hand holds the special ring-headed sword made by the guard captain, and on the upper right is a gray deerskin glove with a majestic tiger head embroidered with gold thread.
Tong Bo touched the corner of An Dafang's clothes and joked: "Tsk, tsk, tsk! It's true that a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle; after changing his outfit, his whole temperament is completely different."
"What are you talking about? Did I have no temperament before?" An Dafang said dissatisfied.
"Okay, our head nurse always has the temperament, okay. Come here so early, do you want to treat me to breakfast?" Tong Bo quickly got dressed and looked at An Da with a happy face. Defend.
"There is a Li Ji wonton shop in the south of the city. Let's go and try it. How does it taste?" An Dafang said while drooling.
"Since the chief security officer is treating us, Xiang Yun has no reason to refuse." Tong Bo said with a smile.
In Ye Mansion's study, the oil lamp on the desk had been burning all night and had been extinguished, leaving only a wisp of green smoke curling up. Ye Wuyan was holding his forehead with his hands, his eyes slightly closed, and he was slumped weakly on the Taishi chair, with a slightly decadent look on his originally gloomy face.
"Dad, drink some red ginseng tea to cool down." A tall, dark-skinned, handsome young man held a tray and gently placed it in front of Ye Wuyan.
"Is it Hu'er? It's already this hour, why don't you go on duty?" Ye Wuyan raised his head and looked at Ye Hu, then closed his eyes.
"Dad, I saw that you were not in good spirits, so I felt uneasy, so I changed shifts with my colleagues and came back to stay with you." Ye Hu said.
Ye Wuyan waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, dad was just in a bad mood, and he made a fool of himself at Si Ruoshui's celebration banquet, so he drank a few more drinks."
Ye Hu gently squeezed Ye Wuyan's shoulders: "What is it that makes dad so troubled? Can you let the children share the worries for dad?"
Ye Wuyan followed Ye Hu's rhythm and tapped his fingers slowly on the desk: "Hu'er doesn't know something. In addition to the commander and the master of the fourth courtyard, the Jingwei Mansion also has the chief guard of the fourth courtyard in the court. There are official ranks among the guards, and the rest of the guards are recruited by the deans of each hospital. Without ranks, not only are their salaries low, but the danger of performing tasks is extremely high, and their lives may be in danger at any time; so this time, Dad worked hard to help. When Si Ruoshui became the head of the Xuanwu Courtyard, he originally wanted to take this opportunity to let Si Zhongwei promote Hu'er to become the chief guard of the Xuanwu Courtyard. Unexpectedly, that old man Si Zhongwei actually crossed the river and burned the bridge. Not only did he promote An Da Fang is the chief guard of the Xuanwu Academy, and he fined me half a year's salary. How can I swallow this?"
Ye Hu persuaded with a smile: "Don't be angry, dad. A little impatience will ruin the big plan. Back then, dad went from a low-level guard to the current master of the White Tiger Academy. He went through so many ups and downs. How could he be so frustrated by such a small setback now?" Got knocked down."
Ye Wuyan picked up the cup of red ginseng tea, put it to his mouth and blew it gently: "Hu'er has really grown up, so in your opinion, what should we do next?"
"Now that An Dafang has been promoted from an unknown soldier to the captain of the guard, we are not the only ones who are dissatisfied with him; strike later and strike first to control others. It is not appropriate to act lightly at the moment." Ye Hu's eyes flashed with an incomprehensible light.
Li's Wonton Shop has been a century-old shop in Jinling City. There is an endless stream of customers coming here for breakfast every morning. Although Li Laoshi, the shopkeeper, is short and unattractive, he is very popular in this area. , so his store business is getting better and better.
Tong Bo and An Dafang walked into the store. Although the store was not big, it was extremely clean. There are about six or seven tables in the lobby, most of which are already filled with customers, and the aroma of wontons wafts into your nose.
"Waiter, find us a table and bring us two bowls of three-fresh wontons and some delicious side dishes. Hurry! I'm already so hungry." An Dafang felt even more hungry when he smelled the scent of wontons. .
"Okay, gentlemen, please sit here. What you want will be here soon." The waiter greeted the two diligently and sat down at a seat by the window.
About half a cup of tea later, four more people filed in. The first one had a pig-like face with a black mole as big as a soybean, and looked like a scoundrel in the market. The other three were holding wooden sticks and had evil looks on their faces.
"Ouch! Uncle Jia, what's the wind that brought you here today? I'm so far away from you." Li Laoshi, who was still on the cabinet just now, saw the unkind observers and hurriedly approached him cautiously. .
"Stop talking nonsense, have you prepared the money for the brothers?" the leader of the gangsters shouted impatiently at Li Laoshi.
"Of course, there is no reason for me to be careless about Uncle Jia's affairs." As he said this, he took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into it: "In the future, the store will ask Uncle Jia to take care of you."
The leader of the gangster greedily touched the money in his hand and patted Li Laoshi on the shoulder: "That's natural. As the saying goes, use people's money to eliminate disasters. I guarantee that no one will dare to cause trouble for you in the future."
An Dafang, who was on the side, had long been furious and asked: "Xiangyun, who are these people, so arrogant?"
Tong Bo looked calm and calm: "This is a matter between the shop owner and them. There is no need for us to meddle in other people's business."
As soon as Tong Bo finished speaking, he heard one of the rogues say: "Boss, you see, the brothers are hungry after running around all morning, why not just have breakfast here."
"Yeah, that's fine. Mr. Li, go and get us some bowls of wontons. Also, if you guys like a ventilated spot, ask the two people by the window to give way to us." The leader of the gangsters moved towards Tong Bo. They pointed.
"This, this is not good." Li Laoshi looked at the leader of the gangsters in embarrassment.
"If I tell you to go, just go. Why is there all this nonsense?" This time, the leading rogue ordered Li Laoshi in an unquestionable tone.
Li Laoshi gritted his teeth and came to Tong Bo and An Dafang: "Sir, can we discuss moving to another seat? All the money for today's breakfast will go to the young man as an apology."
An Dafang had already clenched one of his fists with veins visible: "Old man, this is not about money. Whoever wants this position, let him come and tell himself."
Tong Bo frowned and thought to himself: "Da Fang and I are both wearing protective uniforms today. Our identities are so obvious, but these people are not afraid and deliberately seek trouble. These rogues alone don't seem to have the courage to provoke us." It seems that there must be someone behind the guards of the Jingwei Mansion."
"You are so fucking shameless. Our boss has already given you enough face by asking you to give up your seat. Don't toast and you will be punished with a drink." Several young followers shouted loudly.
An Dafang was furious. Just as he was about to take action, Tong Bo grabbed him and clenched his fist: "He Laoan, a few gangsters, took action personally. Let me do it."
Tong Bo slapped his palm on the table, and two chopsticks flew out of the chopstick cage. While the chopsticks were still in the air, he hurried out his middle index finger and flicked the chopsticks slightly. The chopsticks broke into four pieces and flew away. When I went out, I heard several "pah pah pah" sounds hitting the Tanzhong points of four people without any bias.
"Since you guys don't understand the first-come, first-served rule, I can only ask you to stand still and calm down." Tong Bo waved to Li Laoshi: "Shopkeeper, please go and invite Master Qin of Jinling Order to come here, and tell the Jingwei Mansion If the head guard has something to do, please ask him to come and resolve it."
"Yes, sir, please wait a moment. I'll come as soon as I go." Li Laoshi complained secretly in his heart. He couldn't afford to offend either party.
"Shopkeeper, we haven't eaten our breakfast yet because of these people's troubles, do you think?" Tong Bo reminded.
"Waiter, are the things these two adults ordered ready? Bring them over quickly." Li Laoshi shouted to the waiter.
"Dafang, I think we can just eat and wait." Tong Bo said with a smile.
After Tong Bo made such a move, An Dafang lost most of his anger: "They are lucky today. If I make a move, they will be beaten all over the ground. I won't be so polite to you."
The four gangsters were hit on their acupuncture points, unable to speak or move. They could only stare at the two of them with venom and resentment on their faces.
"Dong dong dong." In the most luxurious Zui Feng Building in Jinling City, a man in gray robe knocked on the door of Tianzi No. 1. The bamboo hat on his head was so low that his appearance could not be seen clearly.
"Come in." A voice as gentle as jade came from inside the house; the moment the man in the hat opened the door, there was only a "whoosh" sound, and a white wine glass flew straight over like a whistling sound.
The man in the bamboo hat took a slight step to one side, held it with one hand, put the wine glass to his nose, sniffed it, and drank it all in one gulp: "Twenty years of Bamboo Leaf Ching is indeed mellow. Mr. Murong is so elegant."
If Tong Bo were present at this time, he would definitely recognize that the young master Murong mentioned by the man in the hat is the young master Huang Shan with whom he fought fiercely at the mass grave.
Mr. Huang Shan stretched out his right hand and said, "My dear friend, please sit down. I wonder how the security affairs are going?"
"It failed. Not only did those people fail to induce An Da Fang to take action, but they were all imprisoned in Jinling Mansion's prison by Jinling Order Qin An." The man in a hat walked to the opposite side of the yellow-shirted Young Master and sat down calmly.
There was a look of surprise on Mr. Huang Shan's face: "An Da Fang is really that powerful, can he see through this situation?
"It was not An Da Fang, but a guard with him who broke the trap we set up. He tapped the acupuncture points of the four people, and as the chief of An Da's defense, called Jinling Order Qin An and imprisoned him for disturbing the people. Killed them." The man in the hat shrugged regretfully.
"Oh? What's the name of that guard? What's his background? How dare you ruin our plan?" The successive setbacks made Mr. Huangshan a little angry.
"This person is unknown, and he has not been in Jingwei Mansion for a long time. He doesn't have much detailed information, but I have asked someone to check it out." The man in the hat began to pour himself a drink.
"Hmph! It's all our fault for Wei Mingfeng, this unsatisfactory person. We set up the plan so carefully that he couldn't even seize the opportunity and was imprisoned. I really don't understand that Brother Wang still ordered me to wait to save such a man who thinks about his wife all day long. The guy who makes children hot on the bed." Mr. Huang Shan looked disdainful.
"Brother Ling's talent and strategy have their own reasons. Why should we speculate here." The man in the hat began to praise the other party at the right time.
"Forget it, Brother Wang's delegation will arrive in Jinling to join me soon. We will look for opportunities to do it. Please go back and tell your master that Brother Wang will definitely fulfill his promise when it is done." Mr. Huang Shan's face gradually faded. 's eased down.
"I will tell you what I have to say. I hope our two families will cooperate sincerely to achieve our respective goals." After saying that, the man in the hat stood up and left.
