There is an inn in Songhai. The pre-dawn light lights up the lanterns hanging high in front of the inn.
The owner of this inn, Fatty Ding, is a member of the Mohist family. A hundred years ago, Zhuangzi met the chef of the Ding family and left the world with the allusion of "Cook Ding Jie Niu". The Ding family's knife skills for Jie Niu were also borrowed from Zhuangzi's
His name showed his face to the world.
Xiaobo, whose full name is Ding Xiaobo, is the leader of the younger generation of Qi Mo. Fatty Ding who owns an inn calls him "Uncle".
At this moment, he sneaked into his inn from the second floor, carefully bolted the window, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boy, why did you come back all of a sudden? You couldn't have caused trouble again, right?"
"Ah~"
There was a sudden sound from behind. Xiaobo turned his head and saw Fatty Ding's big face right in front of him, which made him startled.
He lightly patted his chest, rolled his eyes and said, "Second uncle, thanks to you this is still the contact point of the Mo family. Qi State suddenly launched an attack on the Mo family, the headquarters stronghold is gone, and you still don't know any news here.
"
"What? Is Qi State crazy? How dare you directly attack the various schools of thought?" Fatty Ding cursed angrily, and slapped his thighs shaking, "Where are the old man, the prime minister, and all the seniors?
Why are you the only one running back?"
Xiaobo replied: "They all evacuated to the government city. Most of them evacuated safely, but the brothers behind them suffered heavy casualties."
"It's good to evacuate to the government city. I have to notify each stronghold as soon as possible and ask the brothers to evacuate Qi State as soon as possible."
As Fatty Ding said this, he was about to send a message, but Xiaobo quickly grabbed him.
"No! I came back in a hurry just because I was afraid that you would do this, second uncle. Even the headquarters was unplugged, which shows that they are determined to destroy us, and each stronghold will definitely not be able to escape.
If you send out news here, you won't be able to save anyone at all, it will only expose the Ding family, and then everyone will be finished together."
Fatty Ding threw away his nephew's hand, widened his eyes and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? Are you going to watch other brothers die because you are afraid of death?"
"Second uncle! Now is not the time for loyalty. Can you calm down? Who can we save like this?!" Xiaobo also yelled at Fatty Ding, spitting.
The two stared at each other in a stalemate for a while, but in the end they both became discouraged and slumped.
"On the border of Qi State, Prince Tian Sheng directly uses the army to pursue him. Whether the brothers in the other strongholds can escape with their lives depends on their luck." Xiaobo's eyes flickered, he put the long knife on his shoulder and ran quickly
gone.
Fatty Ding stood there and stared at his nephew's back, slowly closed his eyes, lowered his head and sighed.
…
In the early morning, a fast horse galloped through the street market in Songhai and went straight to an inn.
"Xu~"
The knight reined in his horse at the door of the inn, looked up at the sign, and turned over.
He walked into the inn, and Fatty Ding hurried forward with a smile on his face, "Master Jun, what do you have to give me so early in the morning?"
"Shopkeeper, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here to entertain distinguished guests from Chu and Yan. Please stop entertaining outsiders in your shop today."
Fatty Ding was stunned when he heard this, and then he came to his senses and asked with a smile: "No problem, His Highness the Prince's visit is a blessing for the shop. May I ask if His Highness the Prince has any special requirements for the dishes? I will do my best now.
Go get ready."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told the distinguished guests that today they will taste the best cooking skills in the world. Shopkeeper, you can take care of it yourself."
After the knight finished speaking, he walked out, quickly mounted his horse and left.
Fatty Ding puffed his mouth and blew a breath, then walked outside the store door and hung a wooden sign stating that he would not entertain guests today.
After doing all this, he ran to Xiaobo's room, grabbed the other person's neck and shook him awake, "Wake up, don't sleep. Don't sleep, boy, something big has happened!"
Xiaobo tried his best to open his eyes, grabbed Fatty Ding's hand and asked him to stop shaking it, "Big deal, what big deal?"
"Just now, Prince Tian Sheng sent someone over and said that he would entertain distinguished guests from Chu and Yan here today."
This news made Xiaobo become alert and he immediately sat up straight, "What a coincidence? The front foot just destroyed the headquarters, and the back foot went straight here. Could it be that the Ding family was exposed? No, there are only a few people who know the Ding family.
……broken!"
He screamed and jumped up from the couch, put on his clothes in three strokes, "When I was fighting at the station, I used the sword-fighting technique. Those who come are not good, and the good ones will not come. Nine times out of ten, they have
Suspicious."
"You know how to make a fool of yourself..." Fatty Ding also felt that the matter was difficult. He scratched his thick beard and asked, "Who was there at that time?"
"How do I know this guy? The leader was Prince Tian Sheng... There was a man with a fierce appearance, one eye, dark purple clothes, and exposed chest muscles. I fought a few moves with him at that time. His sword skills and palm power were very domineering.
.”
"This should be Tian Hu, the current hero of the Chu country farmhouse. If you fight him with a sword-fighting technique, I'm afraid he might have noticed the clues."
"Then what should I do? I have to avoid him as soon as possible. The other party is already suspicious. If he sees me in person, he will be dead."
Xiaobo hurriedly wanted to run away, but Fatty Ding slapped him on the forehead.
"Boy, weren't you very calm last night? Why are you so panicked now?"
"Can it be the same? Yesterday it was someone else, today it's me..."
Xiaobo couldn't continue talking, Fatty Ding stared at him with thick eyebrows and narrow eyes, more serious than ever before, which made him suddenly feel ashamed.
If you let others face death, you can calm down; when things happen to you, you will panic.
"The shopkeeper's."
At this time, a waiter shouted softly outside the door. Fatty Ding walked over. The waiter whispered in his ear and left.
Xiaobo gathered his emotions, raised his head and asked, "Second uncle, what's going on?"
Fatty Ding walked back and shook his head expressionlessly, "As expected, the outside of the inn has been monitored. Even if you want to hide, you can only hide in the inn."
"I have three options. First, hide in the inn; there is a risk of being discovered. Once found, everyone will be dead.
Second, escape from surveillance and escape; I don’t know if there are any experts watching outside. If I am caught, Uncle Er, you can do your best to clear the relationship and try your best to protect everyone.
Third, if I become a deformed corpse, there is absolutely no risk of exposure."
These three choices made Fatty D break into a cold sweat.
"Your brain was caught in the door! You're not dead yet. It's easy to hide you in an inn as big as mine."
"You just said that Tian Sheng wanted to entertain distinguished guests from Chu State and Yan State..."
Xiaobo suddenly jumped up in shock, clapped his hands and stamped his feet: "I thought of it! Among them, there must be someone from Yan Mo, and his status is not low. It is likely that he is a leader. This person betrayed
Mo family. No wonder the headquarters is so easily breached. I have figured it all out.
Therefore, I can’t stay in the inn. There are leaders of the Mo family on the other side. If the inn is searched thoroughly, I can’t hide at all. Second uncle, you——"
Fatty Ding suddenly took action and knocked out the chattering Xiaobo with a strike of his knife. He supported his nephew's limp body and put a hand on his wrist, "This pulse condition makes me feel very confused. You brat knows how to act blindly. Your second uncle
I eat more salt than you eat rice. There is no need for you, a boy, to shoulder this responsibility."
He laid Xiaobo down and called a waiter to give instructions.
At this moment, a waiter downstairs shouted, "Shopkeeper, Mr. Fu Nian from Xiaoshengxian Village is here."
Fatty Ding immediately cheered up after hearing this, and had a flash of inspiration.