Chapter 79 Bait
After a sudden arrow outside the city, Chang'an City seemed to be quiet again. Kings, princes, generals and ministers were busy with their own affairs, while the people were concerned about the martial arts competition held outside the city for some time, and everything was in order.
Xu Buling stayed at home and was making jokes with Xiao Manzhi, but he was thinking outside. According to his guess, after the person behind the scenes tested his poisoning, he would inevitably throw a hook, and this hook would definitely be finalized.
In fact, as he expected, he waited at home for only two days, and an unexpected but reasonable news came back.
On the first day of May, Dayefang, Back Street.
As always, Lao Xiao was shaking a folding fan, and disguised himself as a storyteller on the back street.
The back streets of Dayefang are mostly fenced and taverns, and the configuration is not as good as the Zhuangyuan Street of the Main Street. However, they are located in Dayefang, where every inch of land is valuable, and are higher than other places.
Princes and nobles will not come here. Most of the people who can spend time here have some spare money, but they can't get through the threshold of Longyin Pavilion and Yingchun Tower. If you come to the back street, you can see the world. These people are all from the world, merchants, and tourists, and they can be said to be a gathering of all religions and all kinds of religions.
At dusk, the doors of various taverns and gambling shops were already opened one after another, and there were more and more people on the streets.
Lao Xiao stood on the crowded tea stall, telling Xu Buling's "somethings in the world" vividly. How powerful was he, and recently he had "smile three smiles" with a certain lady, etc.
They are all fabricated scandals and gossips, and the court cannot control the storytellers' mouths, and the people and tourists from all over the world like to listen to these things.
When it sounds like it, I will naturally tell my friends about my own experiences, such as, "I heard that Prince Su is close to someone else's" and so on.
Ninety-nine percent of these messy news are fake, but if you collect too much, there will always be one or two useful ones.
The most difficult thing to block in the world is the leisurely mouth. No matter how strict or cautious the plan is, there will always be some flaws that are difficult to notice, such as a few casual conversations, occasionally passing by some places, etc.
Old Xiao talks about strange stories every day, and the core is focused on Xu Buling, just to listen to these strangers from all over the world talking about.
And this afternoon, as the "woods are fading in the forest and the wind will destroy it, Prince Su's prince Zhaohong met a hiding in the Wei River in the winter of the ninth year of Zhaohong', the conversation between two men at the tea stall attracted Lao Xiao's attention.
"I live in Zhaiziling, Chencang. There was indeed such a thing the previous year. Many people died at that time, and the mountains were blocked. Many officers and soldiers searched the village..."
The speaker was a man dressed as a hunter. He had a bamboo basket at his feet, animal skins, tiger bones and other valuable things in the frame had been sold out during the day. I think he was preparing to come here to "relax and relax" at night. Before the girl in the brothel had started to pick up customers, she sat in the corner of the tea stall, ordered the pot and spoke to a middle-aged man in the rain.
The middle-aged man dressed up outside the house. Lao Xiao knew him. He was a small shopkeeper from a fur shop in the market. He often came here for casualness. I think he met a "members" today, and he led hunters here to open his eyes.
After Lao Xiao finished speaking, he sat down at the tea table with a crutch. He picked up the teapot and poured a bowl for himself, and followed the conversation:
"Yes, I heard that thousands of people died, and Prince Su came out alone. That was really amazing."
It is a place where all the three religions and the other are gathered together. It is very common for tea stalls to participate in discussions, not to mention the gentleman who just spoke.
The hunter and the official waiter naturally welcomed him, just a cup of tea. The official waiter nodded: "I heard from the old man that he killed the blood flowing into a river, dyeing the Wei River red..."
The hunter put one foot on the bench, showing a little smugness, waved his hand and said:
"It's not that great. I live nearby, about ten miles away. Murakami just heard that people were dead, the water had not changed color, and there were not many thousands, only a few hundred."
Old Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, held the tea bowl and took a sip: "Don't talk nonsense, the book I have been talking about for more than a year, and the words "thousands of thieves, the bones of the corpses are in the mountains." How could there be only a hundred people?"
Seeing that Lao Xiao didn't believe it, the hunter was naturally a little anxious. He sat closer and said mysteriously:
"I know better than old man. At that time, the village ling was full of bears. I had been surging mountains and rivers to hunt since I was a child. I had a reputation in the county. At that time, the county asked me to catch the blind bear... The blind bear had poor eyes and his ears were bright. I went to the village ling alone, arranged the iron clips, and lay in the crack of the stone for three days and three nights without moving..."
Lao Xiao drank tea slowly, showing a look of admiration.
The hunter laughed and picked up the tea bowl and took a sip: "I remember that I was squatting until the third day, that was the night when the little prince met the thief, it was windy and snowing. I couldn't bear it, so I prepared to go back...
...I didn't expect that the beast straggler was stepped on, but there was no bear screaming. Instead, someone groaned. I was surprised at that time, I didn't even scream when I stepped on the beast clip that caught the bear. Could it be that I was a mute...
...This bear is not so clumsy, but it is actually very cunning. At that time, I carefully looked through the cracks of the stone, but it scared me. Hundreds of people passed through the woods, silently, with knives in their hands..."
Lao Xiao looked very interested, got closer and listened carefully.
The hunter looked around and saw the three of them almost put their heads together and whispered: "... At that time, I thought they were officers and soldiers, but the clothes I wore were not like officers and soldiers. I was afraid that the bandits would not dare to show their heads... At that time, it was several meters away. Some of them stepped on the bear clip, and their legs were almost broken. They sat on the ground without making a sound... Two of them took the lead and walked up to them, spread the clip to treat the man's injuries, and said something, as if 'Don't make a mistake... do it clean...' and so on. I didn't know what was going on at the time, but I only knew what happened next day... "
Lao Xiao nodded and looked at the hunter for a few glances:
"Do you remember what those bandits said at that time?"
The hunter laughed and waved his hand: "How can I remember this? I am afraid of causing trouble, so I don't even dare to report it." As he said that, he looked up at the brothels' prostitute, and stood up to signal the official to lead a way.
Old Xiao looked back and chuckled, "What's this place? I know a good place. The girl is beautiful like a god. The price is not expensive. Do you want to open your eyes with me?"
"Yo~!"
Chapter completed!