The words were divided into two parts, and the imperial envoy went to the Pearl Spring. It was getting late, the tables and chairs had been removed, and Wang Xian was still sitting by the spring, meditating. A pair of delicate jade hands gently put a cloak on him.
Without looking back, Wang Xian knew who was coming. He gently pressed the hand and sighed: "It's difficult..."
"Officer," Gu Xiaolian returned to women's clothing in the mansion, wearing a long green dress, which made her skin whiter than snow and her face as delicate as a flower. "Didn't you already subdue those three guys?"
"It's not that simple..." Wang Xian said bitterly: "I have observed that these three people are more afraid of the White Lotus Sect than they are of the imperial court. Under this situation, it is probably unrealistic to expect them to provide much help.
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"If you don't rely on them, who can you rely on?" Gu Xiaolian understood Wang Xian's state of mind and raised her hands to gently rub his temples.
"Yeah..." Wang Xian said with a self-deprecating smile: "Apart from them, who else can we rely on?"
"Rely on yourself." Gu Xiaolian said softly: "Officials, these people can only be used as tools. You have to rely on yourself to handle important things!"
"Yes, that's why I said, it's difficult!" Wang Xian closed his eyes slightly and said, "The water in this pool in Shandong is really too deep..."
"Why don't you let me go and investigate on behalf of the officials," Gu Xiaolian volunteered, "After all, I was once the Holy Maiden of the White Lotus."
"You are now a shameful traitor who has committed himself to the leader of the Jinyiwei." Wang Xian shook his head, smiled, took her slender waist in his arms, and rested his head on her soft chest: "If I let you go, wouldn't it be like a meat bun beating a dog?"
After a pause, he said, "It's still two meat buns..."
"Guanren..." Seeing that he was making fun of herself again, Gu Xiaolian twisted her body and said, "They are much bigger than steamed buns..."
"Don't move." Wang Xian leaned his head between the two 'meat buns' and closed his eyes slightly: "This position helps me think..."
Gu Xiaolian smiled helplessly and had no choice but to stay still and act as his human pillow. It was not until the sky turned dark that Wang Xiancai suddenly stood up, which shocked Gu Xiaolian.
"Officer, are you ready?" Sensing Wang Xian's emotional change, Gu Xiaolian asked hurriedly.
"How come there are officials?" Wang Xian smiled evilly and touched Gu Xiaolian's chin: "It's my turn to ask you."
"Officer..." Gu Xiaolian refused to comply. Wang Xian had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender and said softly: "Give it a try!".
The next day, Wang Xian secretly summoned Zhou Gan and ordered him to determine the location of the Buddha's Mother. Zhou Gan confirmed that Liu Ben was right. The Buddha's Mother was connecting believers from county to county, but not in Jiaodong, but in Qingzhou.
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"Monitor closely, and we must accurately grasp every move she makes!" Wang Xian was overjoyed. What he feared the most was that the Buddha Mother could not escape from hiding, and there was no hope of finding a needle in a haystack. As long as she stayed on the water, no matter how difficult it was, she would always be there.
There is hope of catching her!
"Yes!" Zhou Gan responded in a deep voice and wanted to say something else, but hesitated.
"Just say what you want to say, why are you hesitating?" Wang Xian scolded with a smile.
"Yes." Zhou Gan accepted the order and left.
After Zhou Gan left, Wang Xian said to Lingxiao, who was bored and teasing the birds in the courtyard: "Change your clothes and I'll take you out to play."
"Okay!" Lingxiao was already suffocated. Hearing the sound, he threw the millet in his hand and ran back to the room to change clothes.
When he heard that Wang Xian was going out, Zhou Yong immediately said with a sad face: "My lord, it's better not to leave the house easily. If you really want to go out, you must bring enough guards!"
"What?" Wang Xian frowned slightly: "Someone wants to kill me?"
"According to reliable information, the White Lotus Sect has listed you as the number one target to be killed, and the King of Han has also sent many people to Jinan..." Zhou Yong said with a bitter face: "These people are all here for you.
Yes, we have too few people in Jinan, so please be careful."
"I know." Wang Xian nodded, but still went his own way: "I will change my appearance so that no one can recognize me."
"That's still too dangerous..." Zhou Yong urged.
"It's safe for me to stay in this garden all day." Wang Xian had no choice but to say patiently, "But my eyes are completely dark and I can't see anything outside! I came to Shandong to recuperate.
?!"
"With Zhou Gan, Shi Wan and others helping you to inquire, as well as officials from the Third Division, what would you not know?" Zhou Yong did not agree.
"Stop talking nonsense, there are so many of us around, and I can't even poop to eat by myself!" Wang Xian ran out of patience and glared rudely. Zhou Yong had no choice but to stomp out and prepare...
After a cup of tea, Wang Xian pretended to be a merchant, and Gu Xiaolian and Lingxiao pretended to be his companions and servants. The three of them were all skilled in martial arts. They climbed over a foot-high tree without going through the front door or the back door.
The courtyard wall has left the Imperial Envoy's headquarters.
Zhou Yong and others climbed over the wall helplessly, and followed behind depressedly.
The three of them came out of the alley and arrived at the street of Quancheng. Wang Xian took a closer look and saw that there were many shops on the street, covered with signboards from all walks of life. Both the merchants selling goods and the customers buying goods were all very well-dressed and looked like
Very prosperous.
But Wang Xian always felt something was strange. First of all, there were too few pedestrians. It was hard to imagine that such a small amount of traffic could support such a grand store. When he asked the question to the two girls, Ling Xiao smiled and said: "You
When this is Nanjing and Beijing, how can there be so many people?"
"Then there shouldn't be so many shops." Wang Xian shook his head slightly and searched the crowd with his eyes. Gu Xiaolian also observed carefully, and after a while he covered his mouth and chuckled.
"Sister, what are you laughing at?" Ling Xiao looked at Gu Xiaolian in confusion.
"I'm laughing at that Shandong official, they are really generous," Gu Xiaolian smiled and leaned into Lingxiao's ear and said softly: "They actually found so many people to act in a play, and they have to make a lot of money just to take care of the food.
Bar."
"Acting?" Ling Xiao said in surprise: "You said these people are not doing business, but acting?"
"That's right." It was Wang Xian who answered. He nodded and said with annoyance in his tone: "Chu Yan and the others are showing me a monkey show!" As he said that, he pointed to a few pedestrians not far away and said: "
When they passed by outside just now, I clearly heard some of them complaining, wandering around here every day, I don’t know when this day will end!”
"Yes, the shopkeepers who sell things are only chatting with their customers, no one has any intention of buying or selling." Gu Xiaolian chuckled and said: "And the pedestrians on the street are empty-handed. I wonder if they are afraid of getting their new clothes dirty?
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"It's true..." After the two of them said it, Ling Xiao also noticed that all the people on the street were indeed acting, and no one really wanted to do business. He couldn't help but said confusedly: "Why is this happening?
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"Just whitewashing the peace!" Wang Xian snorted.
"There are also safety considerations." Gu Xiaolian said softly: "If you guessed it correctly, these people are selected official envoys. This can ensure that the conduct of the imperial envoy is foolproof."
"Let's go further," Wang Xian snorted again, "I don't believe it, the whole city of Jinan is full of actors!" After saying that, he walked away angrily. Ling Xiao and Gu Xiaolian looked at each other, and the former vomited.
Tongue, follow quickly.
Zhou Yong and others were hiding in the dark, thinking that there was no danger near the camp, so they went back for a casual stroll. However, when they saw Wang Xian walking away, they couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat and hurried to catch up...
Wang Xian walked out of five or six streets in one breath, and the situation in front of him suddenly changed. He saw that the pedestrians on the street had become denser, and most of them were in ragged clothes and had nothing to eat. The shops facing the street were also shabby, and the goods they sold were all coarse cloth.
The poor pottery, brown rice and vegetables, compared with Xingyuanwai Street, is simply the difference between New York and Somalia.
Looking at the streets full of sewage and garbage, the beggars huddled against the walls, and the numb anger on the faces of the people, Wang Xian understood that this was the real Jinan City.
"Why does it smell so bad?" Lingxiao covered his nose and said with a wrinkled face.
Gu Xiaolian shook her head and signaled Lingxiao to stop talking, because the three of them had already attracted the attention of others. Just now, they could not be seen on the street outside Xingyuan, but now on this real street, the three of them could not be seen in terms of their clothes or looks.
, all seem to stand out from the crowd...
Wang Xian ignored these, and his eyes fell on the black and white letters posted on the lintels of the shops - they all read "Vacuum hometown, Wusheng old mother" in eight seal characters. In the past, Wang Xian didn't
He knows these eight words, but his current job is to investigate the White Lotus Sect. He is familiar with all the information about the White Lotus Sect. How could he not know that these eight words are the teachings of the White Lotus Sect?!
When he was searching the homes of craftsmen in the capital, he had seen the same eight characters several times!
Look at those stores that before talking to customers, they all raise one palm and bend two fingers, with the other finger pointing to the chest. This is clearly the etiquette of the White Lotus Sect!
Wang Xian also saw that many pedestrians, although dressed in rags, had a piece of red cloth wrapped around their heads. That was the color of the Red Scarf Army!
On the street where people were coming and going, Wang Xian's mind was buzzing, and he didn't know where he was for a moment...
"Officer." Seeing his lost look, Gu Xiaolian hurriedly tugged on his sleeves to call Wang Xian back to his senses.
Wang Xian nodded and quickly left the street. When he reached a deserted place, he stood still and breathed heavily.
"Xiao Lian, do you feel like you are back in Guangling County?" Wang Xian's forehead was soaked with sweat and his voice was trembling slightly.
"Similar." Gu Xiaolian really felt the same way, nodded and said, "Everything is so similar."
"But this is Jinan, the provincial capital!" Wang Xian said in fear, "How could it be like this?"
"This shows..." Gu Xiaolian's voice was also trembling: "There are already white lotuses everywhere here..."
"Are the officials blind? Let the White Lotus Sect be so arrogant!" Wang Xian gritted his teeth with hatred: "The Chief Envoy, the Inspection Envoy, and the Envoy are all in Jinan! What will it be like in other places? I really dare not
Imagine!”
"Yes..." Gu Xiaolian said softly: "Everything here is very much like before the Shanxi White Lotus Sect uprising, but it looks many times more serious..." Then he persuaded softly: "Officer, let's go back
Well, this is not a place to stay for a long time."