But even if he knew it was someone he knew, Tang Shi didn't plan to say hello, but continued to go back to sleep.
"Uncle, what's the matter?" Li Shao asked Tang Shi with wide eyes.
"It's nothing, it's just that there are guests downstairs," Tang Shi patted his head, "hurry up to sleep, we have to hurry tomorrow morning."
Tang Shi thought well, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. When he woke up the next day, Zhao Jin received news that the whole city was blocked, and no one was allowed to go out. After Zhou Xun's investigation, they realized that it was because they wanted to hunt down a Jiang Yang robber.
When things were clarified, Tang Shi and the others went downstairs to have breakfast. They also planned to say hello to their acquaintances from last night. After all, Zhao Jin was the emperor, so he couldn't wait in this Donglin county, right
When they went downstairs, they happened to see that old acquaintance, Xu Chengming.
When Xu Chengming saw Zhao Jin, there was a hint of surprise on his face. When he saw Tang Shi, he couldn't help widening his eyes, and immediately stood up from his seat, came to Tang Shi, looked at him from top to bottom, and exclaimed, "I haven't seen you for three years, you've changed too much. It's gone!"
Tang Shi cupped his hands, "Master Xu, long time no see."
Xu Chengming's peach blossom eyes shone brightly, as if he wanted to reach out to hold Tang Shi, but heard Zhao Jin say, "Master Xu, was the city gate blocked by your order?"
Xu Chengming smiled, "It turned out to be the commander-sama, the subordinate officer has a clumsy eye, and I didn't recognize it just now, please forgive the commander-sir." There was no sincerity in the words he said, "The city gate was not ordered by the subordinate officer to be blocked, it was The next official asked the county magistrate of Donglin County to order the blockade.”
Zhou Xun thought to himself: Isn't this nonsense
It is no longer a secret that Xu Chengming hates Commander Wei. The reason for this is because of an accident, that is, Xu Chengming suffered a loss in Luo Zhen's hands. So he hated Wu Jiwu, and he even hated the entire commanding division.
"I am under the imperial life and need to rush to the capital. Can Master Xu accommodate one or two and let us go out of the city?" As Zhao Jin, he does not need to be so polite, but he knows that Xu Chengming rescued Tang Shi once three years ago, and he still has some doubts in his heart. grateful.
He thought that Xu Chengming would make things difficult for him, but he didn't expect Xu Chengming to agree so readily upon hearing the words, "Master Commander, please."
Zhao Jin nodded, "Thank you."
When eating breakfast, Xu Chengming sat beside them and watched them eat, to be precise, watching Tang Shi eat.
"I said you won't catch the bad guys, what are you doing watching us?" Zhao Xu was a girl with thin skin, so she couldn't help but ask.
Xu Chengming smiled, "What kind of bad guys do I arrest as a civilian? Naturally, I leave it to someone with brute force to do it. Commander, don't you think?"
Zhao Jin ignored him and just put a poached egg for Tang Shi in silence, and Tang Shi ate it naturally.
Xu Chengming's eyes moved between the two, and suddenly he said, "Tang Shi, you have achieved the fame of a scholar at such a young age, you should have a great future, why do you need to be with some reckless men?"
When Zhou Xun heard this, he really wanted to go up and give Xu Chengming a few blows. When he was in Kyoto, Xu Chengming was notoriously poisonous. If it wasn't for Luo Zhen's face, Xu Chengming might have been beaten up by the commander of Wei. Several meals.
Tang Shi swallowed the poached egg and took a mouthful of porridge, "Oh, each flower is in each eye."
Zhao Jin chuckled softly, and gave Tang Shi a meat bun again, "That's right, it's true that each flower has its own eyes, just like Luo Zhen's eyes are also strange."
Xu Chengming choked, he hates the most paralyzed bastard in front of him!
Tang Shi took a bite of the steamed bun, and his brows and eyes laughed. Seeing his happy appearance, Xu Chengming didn't want to bother with them.
After breakfast, Zhao Jin said goodbye to Xu Chengming, but was stopped by Xu Chengming, who narrowed his eyes with laughter.
"What?" Zhao Xu asked him suspiciously, "Didn't you just promise to let us out of the city?"
Xu Chengming raised his eyebrows slightly, "Can Miss Zhao repeat what I just said?"
Zhao Xu frowned his delicate eyebrows, "Master Commander, please... You mean..."
Xu Chengming nodded, "How many commanders are there?"
Tang Shi smiled at him, "You mean, only Zhao Jin can go out of the city?"
Xu Chengming nodded as a matter of course, "After all, you are not under the imperial mandate, so you cannot leave the city for the time being. When the thieves are caught, you can leave the city."
There's nothing wrong with Xu Chengming doing this, but Zhao Jin couldn't leave Tang Shi and the others here and go to Kyoto alone.
"Zhou Xun, take someone to help Master Xu." With his people joining, it might be faster.
Xu Chengming seemed to be waiting for his words, and he suddenly laughed when he heard the words. Although he said that the commander of the guard is not good or bad, but no matter what, the ability of the commander of the guard is still unacceptable.
"Then many thanks to the commander."
"Since we can't get out of the city for a while, then we can go for a walk in the city, right?" Zhao Xu was originally a playful person, and he wanted to go out and play at this opportunity.
Xu Chengming smiled, "Please."
"Brother, Tang Shi, why don't we take a look on the street, how boring it is to stay in the house, nerd, don't you think?"
Wei Cong replied blankly, "It's not boring."
Zhao Xu glared at him, "Study and study tour, what's the use of you staying in the house?"
Wei Cong nodded earnestly when he heard the words, "The girl is right, Tang Shi, why don't we go out and have a look together."
Tang Shi had no objection at all. Li Shao only listened to his uncle, so the five of them left the inn and walked around the market at will, and Xu Chengming even followed them.
"Aren't you going to wait for news, go shopping with us?" Zhao Xu couldn't help asking when he saw Xu Chengming following them.
"With the help of the commander of the guard, what else should I worry about?" Xu Chengming was very relieved.
Compared with Nanfeng County and Kyoto, Donglin County is definitely far inferior, but it is worse than freshness. Zhao Xu found it quite interesting to visit.
Several people were dressed in extraordinary clothes and looked good, and some shopkeepers saw their eyes light up.
Zhao Xu has a lively temperament. From here and there, Wei Cong also carefully observes various things around him.
Li Shao followed behind the two with no expression on his face. Xu Chengming seemed to have a little interest in Li Shaosheng suddenly, so he asked Li Shao various questions, but Li Shao didn't bother to answer him at all.
"What's your relationship with Tang Shi?"
"He's my uncle."
"Oh, at your age, you should be studying, right? Why didn't you go to school at home, but ran out instead?"
Li Shao closed his lips and said nothing.
"Running away from home at a young age is not a good hobby." Xu Chengming shook his head and sighed.
Li Shao was really puzzled, "How did you know that?" They never mentioned it.
Xu Chengming tempted him, "Want to know?"
Li Shao looked at him and said nothing.
"Actually, I saw it." Xu Chengming looked up at the sky, "There are very few people as smart as me, I feel very lonely, do you want to follow me?"
Li Shao was suspicious of his words, but it could be seen that he ran away from home, this Xu Chengming is indeed quite powerful.
Tang Shi heard their conversation later, and his evaluation of Xu Chengming changed a little. He was promoted to Dali Siqing within three years, indicating that this person's ability should not be underestimated.
"I told you before that Xu Chengming also has some unique abilities." Zhao Jin leaned into Tang Shi's ear and explained.
Tang Shi nodded, he guessed that Xu Chengming's ability must be related to the investigation.
"Huh? What is this?" Zhao Xu's surprise and doubts suddenly came from the front.
"Do you recognize the nerd?" Zhao Xu pointed to a huge flower and asked Wei Cong.
Wei Cong has never seen it before, "Tang Shi has a lot of knowledge, you go ask him."
The flower seller was a vicissitudes of life, and she saw Zhao Xu was interested, so she quickly introduced: "This lady, the old woman doesn't recognize this flower, I am afraid that I have little knowledge, so I think it is very beautiful, so I took it out and sold it. A sale."
Zhao Xu nodded, "It's pretty, but I've never seen it before." She turned around and called Tang Shi, "Tang Shi, do you recognize this flower?"
Tang Shi saw it from afar. He never expected that he would see the sunflower here. That's right, sunflowers.
He has always felt that there are too few snacks in this world, not even a single melon seed. This has always been his regret, but he never expected to see this kind of plant in Donglin County!
"I recognize it." Except for Zhao Jin, Li Shao, and Wei Cong, everyone was a little surprised when he heard his determined voice.
This kind of flower is really unheard and unseen, and there has never been a flower similar to it. Xu Chengming knew that he had extensive knowledge and was surprised, but he did not expect Tang Shi to actually recognize it.
"Come on, what is it called?" Zhao Xu liked such bright colors.
"Yingyang flower." Tang Shi looked a little excited, "This kind of flower will always face the sun, so it is called Yingyang flower." In ancient books of the previous life, sunflowers were called Yingyang flowers, and Tang Shi introduced them to Zhao Jin in this way.
The aunt who sold flowers nodded again and again, "Young Master is right at all, that's true!"
The other people were amazed. Wei Cong's mind immediately flooded with thoughts. This kind of spirit of pursuing light really impressed him, and he could not wait to write an article immediately.
"Tang Shi, I feel that I want to go back to the inn first." He greeted Tang Shi and left in a hurry.
"What a nerd!" Zhao Xu muttered.
"Miss, do you want to buy this flower?" The aunt looked expectant, she didn't plan to sell it.
Zhao Xuzheng was about to agree, but Tang Shi asked, "Auntie, where did you find this flower?"
The aunt pointed in a direction, "Just at the foot of a mountain outside the city, there is a large area there, and we don't even recognize what it is."
Outside the city... They can't get out of the city right now, but they're not in a hurry for now.
"Do you only have this one?"
The aunt shook her head, "Not only that, the granddaughter thought it looked good, so I got a few and kept them beside the house."
"Auntie, can you take us to see it?"
"Yes, yes."
Zhao Xu and the others didn't understand what Tang Shi's move meant, but they went along.
The aunt took them to a dilapidated house, and there were a few sunflowers planted in front of the house. They are even more energetic than the one that the aunt took out to sell. Zhao Xu and the others observed it, and sure enough, this flower is facing the sun.
"Brother, let's buy it!" Zhao Xu said he liked it very much.
Zhao Jin was about to refuse, but Tang Shi nodded heavily and said to Auntie, "Auntie, this is 10 taels of silver, how about you sell all these flowers to us?"
When the aunt saw so much money, she was taken aback and said, "I can't do it! It's just a few flowers, it's just a gift for you, but our family is really out of rice, so the son will give you a few dozen yuan, no , a dozen pennies will do."
Tang Shi smiled, "Auntie, just accept it, they are more than this price." Even if it is worthless now, it is not necessarily in his hands.
The aunt was moved to tears, "Several young ladies are really kind people!"
Zhao Jin believed that Tang Shi would not do these things for no reason, so he didn't say anything.
Tang Shi dug out a few flowers with soil and handed them to Zhao Jin, "Hold it for me." Zhao Jin obediently held a few flowers for him.
"Let's go, let's go back to the inn." Tang Shi couldn't wait to go back to study. "By the way, let Zhou Xun and the others catch the thief as soon as possible. I will go out of the city and go to the mountain to see."
Zhao Jin laughed helplessly, he sometimes felt that maybe he was just a laborer, or the kind who worked hard without complaining.