The three men in black chased for nearly a cup of tea along the back street of the tavern, but they couldn't help but be surprised when they didn't see Liu Ningshi.
"Brother, this girl shouldn't be able to escape far after being drunk for a thousand days!" One of the black figures looked at the empty street and said to the leading man in black.
"Didn't she go far?" Another dark figure looked around: "That shouldn't be the case. I haven't found any place to hide anyone after chasing her all this way?"
"There is a hay shed over there, let's go take a look?" He is the leader after all, and his observation skills are much better than the other two shadows.
The three men walked into the hay shed aggressively and kicked the hay pile wildly; for a moment, straw was flying in the shed.
"Oh! Who are you?" A beggar in ragged clothes suddenly sat up in the haystack, rubbing his eyes with his hands: "It's already this hour, are you still letting people sleep?"
"Tch! So he's a stinky beggar?" One of the black figures spat: "What a damn bad luck."
"Little beggar, have you seen a woman passing by here?" Another black figure shouted at the beggar.
"What woman?" The beggar looked at the black shadow with contempt, then lay down on the haystack and said, "I don't know."
"You stinky beggar is really arrogant, look at me grandpa..." Before the black shadow could finish his sentence, the leading man in black raised his hand to stop him.
"Friend! As long as you can tell the whereabouts of that woman, this ingot of silver will be yours." The leader of the man in black threw a shining piece of silver in front of the beggar.
"Well! This friend is on the way!" The beggar who was lying down sat up again, weighed the money in his palms, and said with a smile: "The woman looked like she was stumbling and unsteady, and ran towards the southeast. .”
"Let's chase!" The three men in black glanced at each other, nodded and ran away.
"Sister, they have left!" This beggar was the one who received alms from Liu Ningshi in the tavern.
"Little brother, thank you!" Liu Ningshi, who was holding her hands on the wall, saw the three of them walking away and jumped down, her face turned blue.
"Sister, you look so ugly, are you poisoned?" The little beggar was very smart, and he could guess a thing or two after seeing Liu Ningshi's expression.
"I've been drunk for a thousand days, and I need to use my energy to drive away the poison!" Liu Ningshi sat cross-legged, and the breath in her dantian traveled through her limbs, fighting against the poison: "Little brother, sister, you still don't know your name?"
"Sister, just call me Xiaoliu." The little beggar scratched his head and said with a smile, "You still don't know what my sister's name is?"
"Liu Ningshi! Just call me sister Ningshi." Liu Ningshi smiled at Xiaoliu, and she seemed to be as calm as Tong Bo.
"Sister Ningshi, don't worry about driving away the poison. Xiaoliu will help you protect the law." Xiaoliu cleverly stood guard in front of the hut door, watching everything in the dark night.
The change of day and night is common sense; soon it was midnight, and the watchmen on the street also changed their shifts.
Li Chuan heard the crow of roosters and yawned as he got up from the couch, but he still felt unsteady and disobedient.
"Brother Li, Huang Sante is here to visit." Tong Bo, disguised again, made a loud voice in front of Li Chuan's door.
"Please come in." Li Chuan took off the cloth from the wooden stand and wiped his face, then straightened his collar and said to Tong Bo who came in: "Brother Huang is here so early!"
"I still have many unknown things that I want to ask Brother Li for advice. How can I be rude?" Tong Bo also cupped his hands towards Li Chuan.
"Easy to say, easy to say!" Li Chuan hung the towel on the wooden rack and stretched out his hand towards Tong Bo: "Brother Huang, let's go to the hotel first."
"Brother Li, does he go to the ward so early every day?" Tong Bo followed Li Chuan to find the topic: "Don't you go to have breakfast?"
"Hey! It's not that it's so early every day, but it's already late today!" Li Chuan shook his head and sighed: "On weekdays, it's three o'clock in the morning."
"Hey! It seems that you have to exercise restraint when drinking with Brother Li in the future." Tong Bo heard what Li Chuan meant and said with a smile.
"I wonder if Brother Huang has had breakfast?" Li Chuan had already arrived at the door of the mission room and opened the copper lock.
"Same as Brother Li, I haven't used it yet." Tong Bo responded to Li Chuan's words, but he kept thinking about the meaning of the words "three days, fire seal, take out" in his mind.
"Brother Huang,
Then you and I can only eat in the mission room together! "Li Chuan couldn't help laughing when he saw that Huang San didn't use breakfast either.
"Brother Li is still thoughtful, so I'd rather be respectful than obey my orders." Tong Bo also smiled. He had long thought that Li Chuan was a smart man and not easy to deal with.
The two entered the mission room. Tong Bo took a cloth and gently wiped the long table in the mission room, while Li Chuan laid out the account books, pens and other items one by one.
"Brother Chuan, the breakfast you asked for has arrived." A young man in gray clothes brought the tray and placed it on the long table. The aroma of the steamed buns wafted everywhere, instantly changing the tastes of Li Chuan and Tong Bo.
"Okay, you can go out first." Li Chuan smiled and spread his hands towards Tong Bo: "A bowl of light porridge and two steamed buns; this breakfast is a bit poor, so please make do with it, brother Huang."
"Hey, this breakfast is so delicious!" Tong Bo was not polite when he saw a delicious meal. He grabbed the bun and took a bite, nodding frequently.
"Brother Chuan, all the Fire Seal Silver recovered this year has arrived." A boy hurried in and raised his hands towards Li Chuan who was eating buns: "Do you want to put it into storage immediately?"
"Well! Have you checked everything correctly?" Li Chuan raised his neck and drank the porridge in the bowl.
"The list is correct." The young man in gray replied respectfully.
"Okay! Let's put it into storage." Li Chuan nodded.
"Yes!" The boy handed the list to Li Chuan in his arms and hurried away.
"This Huoyin Silver seems to be managed by Sanshun Bank. Why is it also owned by the Ministry of Finance?" Tong Bo took the opportunity to ask Li Chuan.
"This fire seal silver comes from Sanshun." Li Chuan looked proud: "Brother Huang doesn't know something! Although Sanshun is responsible for sealing silver, this fire seal can only be made by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Go up."
"What do you mean by this?" Tong Bo also gently put down the porridge bowl in his hand and looked at Li Chuan with a puzzled expression.
"How can the imperial court hand over its life to private banks?" The smile on Li Chuan's face suddenly disappeared, and he was very serious: "Actually, the most important part of this fire-stamped silver is the fire seal on the banknote. Only the household Only masters from the Ministry of Finance can print it; and the used Fire Seal Silver will be destroyed by the Ministry of Household Affairs every year, and new silver will be printed next year."
"So that's it. The Ministry of Revenue is really thoughtful." Tong Bo nodded, but then thought of an important question: "Isn't it true that the imperial court prints this kind of money without fear of fraud among the people?"
"Brother Huang, that's a good question!" Li Chuan called a boy and put away all the bowls, chopsticks and trays that the two of them had finished eating: "This fire-seal silver ink pad is specially made by the masters of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so it's simply impossible. Counterfeiting; besides, even if this ink pad is imitated, the printing technique of the ink pad will never be spread to outsiders."
"I see, this court is really meticulous in its affairs." Tong Bo cupped his hands towards Li Chuan: "With talents like Brother Li, why worry about not being able to strengthen the household department!"
"Haha, I accept Brother Huang's good advice." Li Chuan was hit by Tong Bo and burst out laughing: "Come on, let's talk about this business with brother Chuan."
In the hay shed, Liu Ningshi slowly lowered her hands from the front of her dantian. Although she still looked haggard, she was much better than before.
"Sister Ningshi, let's have some porridge first." Xiao Liu also stayed up all night. He took a black bowl from another little beggar and handed it to Liu Ningshi.
"Xiao Liu, thank you so much for yesterday." Liu Ningshi took a sip from the black bowl and said with a smile, "Without your help, Ning Shi would have fallen into the hands of these little girls."
"Without the kindness of sister's meal, how could Xiao Liu sleep here peacefully?" Xiao Liu sent another little beggar to guard the entrance of the hut, while he sat down on the straw.
"So are we even?" Liu Ningshi straightened her slightly messy long hair. Even in such a harsh environment, she could not hide her refined temperament.
"Sister Ningshi is such a cheerful person, so let's consider it even." Xiaoliu smiled knowingly and said, "Sister, there must be something important when you come to Stone City, right?"
"Xiao Liu, why do you think so?" Liu Ningshi was a little confused. Could anyone else guess what they wanted to do?
"Sister Ningshi, the people in Stone City are very exclusive!" Xiaoliu Shouyi seemed a little tired and found a wooden pillar to lean on.
"Xenophobic?" Liu Ningshi frowned slightly: "Xiao Liu! Sister, don't you understand what you mean?"
"Except for the soldiers in the army, the people who live in this stone city are
their families. Xiaoliu seemed to know the situation in the city very well and talked eloquently: "The city is divided into five major forces; in addition to the divine guards guarding the city, they are the Xuanwu Army, the Xiaoqi Army, the Longjie Army and the Shence Army; and My sister and the two people traveling with her were not from this city, so Xiao Liu said this. "
"The Divine Guards?" Liu Ningshi suddenly thought: "Isn't Zhang Ye the commander-in-chief of the Divine Guards?"
"What? Does my sister know General Zhang?" Xiao Liu looked at Liu Ningshi with a puzzled face: "What is the relationship between my sister and him?"
"Hey!" Liu Ningshi sighed softly thinking of Zhang Ye: "Even if we know him, we are not very familiar with him."
"Hey! Sister Ningshi didn't mean what she said!" After all, Xiaoliu was a person who had been around the world for many years, and he had already mastered his observation of words. When he saw Liu Ningshi's dejected look, he changed the subject: "Sister Did you know that you were already being targeted as soon as you entered the city?"
"Just because we are not from Shicheng?" Liu Ningshi has always had this feeling in her heart, and now that Xiao Liu said this, she has strengthened her thoughts.
"Exactly! That's why my sister and the two people traveling with her are particularly eye-catching." Xiaoliu paused and smiled: "And my companion saw the handsome brother next to my sister jumping out of the window with a stunning woman last night. "
"Brother Da Fang? Stunning woman? What is going on?" Liu Ningshi was also very confused: "By the way, did you see another girl who was traveling with me?"
"That's not true. This girl has never been seen since she entered the Sifang Tavern." Xiao Liu shook his head.
"Xiao Liu, are you willing to help sister find them?" Liu Ningshi didn't know why, but she felt that Xiao Liu was as trustworthy as her own brother.
"Sister Ningshi, feel free to rest here!" Xiao Liu patted his chest: "I'll let my companions look around."
