After Shi Wuyi left the capital, he arrived at Wansheng Town through the Guangji River, found a restaurant, bought more than a dozen meat buns as dry food with the silver of the apprentice's filial piety, and then pulled a horse to find a ferry, preparing to cross the Yellow River and continue north.

At this time, it was almost noon, the sky was high and the sun was scorching, and the cicadas on the trees were crying weakly. As he cleaned his hands in the river, he grabbed a few stones and hit them in the grass.

"Oops" twice, two people covered their legs and showed their figures, looking at Shi Wuyi in embarrassment, "The Taoist chief has already found out that I am waiting?" ”

Shi Wuyi smiled and nodded to the stone next to him, "After following you for a long time, you two are also tired, come and eat some dry food, let's go on the road." ”

Now that they have been exposed, the two of them are no longer secretive, and they stepped forward and arched their hands, "Because the whereabouts of the assassin in Beijing are unknown, the two of us were ordered to escort the Taoist to the north, and I have no other intentions, and I ask the Taoist to forgive me." ”

Shi Wuyi nodded happily, Emperor Xining, the emperor, is indeed better than his Lao Tzu.

The two guards thanked them with clean hands, took the buns on the lotus leaves to eat, and tasted the mutton stuffing, secretly saying that this old Taoist mutton has not changed for decades. However, this celery and mutton bun was very delicious, and the two of them ate most of it unconsciously.

Shi Wuyi watched them eat with a smile, and then said, "Since we are here, we will go on the road together, and you two don't have to hide it." ”

"Yes."

"This old man, please, but the next half month will depend on you." Shi Wuyi wiped his mouth, "If you have been in debt for a long time, it will affect your luck." The half-moon meal that you two owe to the old way, it's time to pay it back. ”

"Poof!" The guard Hua Fen sprayed the buns, "The Taoist actually recognized us?" ”

Shi Wuyi nodded with a smile, "Although Lao Dao is old, he is not forgetful. ”

Hua Fen and Hua Gui looked at each other, and bowed their hands again, "Back then, we were also ordered to act, and it is no wonder that we hope for the Taoist." ”

Hua Gui and others have been secretly following Shi Wuyi for many years, looking for the whereabouts of Heavenly Master Zhang Zhaocheng. The latter master accepted Chen Xiaonuan as an apprentice without blame, and they were sent to Qinjia Village to monitor Chen Xiaonuan. He was once exposed to rhubarb and was taken into the Jixian prison, playing cards with Shi Wujiao, who was mistakenly arrested by the officials, and lost half a month's meal money to him.

In the next few years, they all followed Gao Cangjie's side, secretly spying on Chen Xiaonuan, and their lives were very comfortable. After Emperor Xining ascended the throne, he removed the guards who were monitoring the Shengwang Mansion, and they were also reorganized and returned to the team by the new governor of Ouchi.

Today's errand is not accidental, Di Yin knew that they had secretly followed the teacher for a few years, so he sent them here.

Shi Wuyi let loose the wreckage, dangled his legs on the boulder warmed by the sun, looked up at a cicada on the tree pole and thought that no one had found it and sighed, "If the old Taoist is so stingy, how can he live to such an age." A few years have passed, and the two of you can meet again, which is also fate, so I invite you to come out and sit down. ”

The two of them were also very emotional, "This is really fate, I waited for those brothers back then, and they have been scattered." Some of them died at the hands of their opponents, some changed careers to become cotton farmers, and some were promoted to lieutenant generals. It's just that the two of us don't have the ability, and we still do this drudgery of running errands and working hard. ”

Shi Wuyi thought of the guards who casually talked about seeing black-faced people in Longyu Lane in the capital in the prison, and then were killed by the guards who ordered the people to kill him, and he sighed in his heart, "You have enough to eat......

Hua Gui said with a smile, "The Daoist is living a much better life now than in previous years, the Dao robe is new, and even the buns are only bought for meat." "I won't be chased by a dog because I'm hungry for stealing fruit.

A few years ago, they followed Shi Wuyi to wander around, and they deeply understood his embarrassment.

Shi Wuyi smiled, "Thanks to everyone's blessings, Lao Dao has accepted a good apprentice who is filial, and his life is gradually getting better." ”

Hua Fen couldn't help but be curious, "How could the Taoist know that the girl of the Chen family would have such an opportunity?" ”

"Heaven must not be divulged." Shi Wuyi put away his legs and sat up, and continued what he hadn't finished speaking, "You two eat better, I'm afraid there will be a tough battle later." ”

Hua Fen bit his tongue and traced the tears in pain, "What did the Taoist master calculate?" ”

Shi Wuyi is unfathomable, "The poor road knows astronomy and geography, and the next knows trivialities. ”

They said this hundreds of times after listening to the master squatting in the hexagram stall, and their ears had already grinded out calluses, "The Taoist chief is not short of food money now, why do you still worry about these melons and dates on our bodies?" ”

Seeing that they were full, Shi Wuyi stood up and carefully patted the new Taoist robe that the apprentice gave him, "If there is a real fight later, you should protect the old way, and don't stain the old way's new clothes." ”

Hua Fen and the two......

Today, the wind and waves were calm, and Shi Wuyi found a ferry that could fit the horses, negotiated the money with the boatman, and then boarded the boat to cross the river.

When he got off the boat on the other side of the river, the master generously gave the salvon more money, and then asked with a smile, "The old man has been doing a good deed every day recently, is the old man in a hurry?" ”

The little man with the big hat slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of eyes that were as quiet as a cold pool and as bright as a falcon, "Is this true?" ”

Shi Wuyi smiled, "Seriously." ”

Hua Gui, who helped the teacher to pull the horse without blame, heard it in a fog, but Hua Fen felt that this father-in-law's identity was extraordinary, and reached out to hold the dagger on his waist. Isn't this the "tough battle" that Shi Wufang just said?

When Jin Jian saw Shi Wuyi's smile, he knew that he had recognized his identity, so he slowly gave up his hand, "Who is the Taoist chief going?" ”

Shi Wuyi shook his head, "The old way watches the stars at night, and I know that there are changes in the north, but I don't know if it's a human being." ”

Jin Jian continued to ask, "Can the Dao Master tell the villain the whereabouts of the second disciple of Master Zhizhen of Eifukuji Temple?" ”

Master Zhizhen accepted two apprentices, and the second disciple was Yuantong, the widow of King Qing! Didn't YTO plot rebellion in Montenegro, everyone knows about it!

Hua Fen pulled out his dagger and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The teacher is not to blame, "The old man only does one good deed a day, and this is the second question for the old man." Forgive the old way and can't tell each other. ”

Jin Qian was very quiet, "That villain will come again tomorrow to find the Taoist chief and say goodbye." ”

"Wait." Shi Wuyi said to stay, "If you can defeat the three people around Lao Dao, Lao Dao will know everything, how about it?" ”

Three? Jin Di's eyes fell on Hua Gui and Hua Fen, "They are not the opponents of villains, I don't know who the third person in Chang's mouth is?" ”

Before Shi Wuyi could speak, Hua Gui, who was a guard of the inner hall and thought that his martial arts were not weak, threw the reins of the horse, "Whether it is an opponent or not, I will know if I have fought it!" ”

With that, he drew his sword and went up to meet him, but in less than three rounds, he was swept into the reeds by the roadside. The teacher was blameless and avoided the splashing muddy water, so as not to bury his clothes. How could he feel that wearing new clothes was also a tiring thing?

Seeing that Hua Gui was defeated so neatly, Hua Fen immediately put the dagger into the sheath and frowned, "Who are you?" ”

Jin Jian only asked the master without blame, "The third person that the Taoist chief refers to, but you are an old man?" If so, Jin Qian can only be offended. ”

"Lao Dao is wearing new clothes today, and I won't fight you." After Shi Wuyi finished speaking, he raised his voice and said, "Jiang Gong, are you here?" ”

Before Shi Wuyi's words fell, a person stepped on the reeds and landed lightly on Shi Wuyi's side.

When Jin Jian saw this person, his eyes lit up, "The third person that the Taoist chief said is him?" ”