The Bandit fled desperately, the leader who was knocked off his horse and fell unconscious was still foaming at the mouth, and seemed unable to wake up for a while. Most of the inn was burned, and the guests had to get together in twos and twos to keep warm, and they would spend the night in the lee of the stable.
"Guest officer, guest officer," the shopkeeper led someone to find Qi Nanke and the others, and bowed his hands to express his gratitude, "Thanks to your smart and capable horse, he kicked over the fence and found my waiter. Wake up, otherwise I don’t know what will happen.”
Qi Nanke stretched out his hand and patted the big yellow horse that was grazing leisurely, and Deputy General Xu said proudly: "This is a top-notch Skeletal Dragon, why haven't I seen it before? Today's matter, in its eyes, is no match for this one." forage."
Hearing this remark, everyone gasped in admiration, and even the more courageous children gathered together in twos and threes to see this majestic horse.
Deputy General Zhou stroked his beard and said, "Boss, do you know where this group of people came from?"
"This group of people has been king of the mountain for more than a year. At first it was just a small fight, eating plain rice, asking for some small money, and occasionally throwing some chickens and sheep down the mountain. We reported to the official but I don't see anyone going up the mountain to suppress bandits, so I have to use money to eliminate disasters..."
The shopkeeper looked helpless: "The appetite of this group of people is getting bigger and bigger, and now they have begun to rob the passers-by. Many merchants don't pass by us, and this small shop is very difficult to open. A few days ago, my son really I was so angry that I pointed at the culprit who came to eat rice and scolded me, and my leg was broken by the culprit, alas... "
The shopkeeper pointed to the little boy who was so frightened that he peed his pants: "That's my nephew, and he came to help. He is timid, and it is pitiful to suffer this..."
Vice General Zhou frowned when he heard this, looked left and right, and said: "This post station is a place where messengers stay, and there are important correspondence between them. Normally, private people are not allowed to enter. This is close to the royal city, and a courtyard has been specially opened here for private use. Its purpose is only a common shop, and rooms are used every three or five times. Other courtyards are not allowed to enter privately without tokens, and they dare to come?"
The shopkeeper made a sad face: "Who says it's not? But, but the fact is that they enter the house, eat official meals, and rob money. The villain has nothing to do."
The shopkeeper's eyes were also vicious, and he saw that Qi Nanke and his party were not ordinary people, so he asked with some hope: "How many are the adults in the court? Can this matter be resolved? My lord, my son has formed a grudge with them. Today This happened again, after a while they will come back to set fire and rob, maybe they will kill people at that time! How can there be a thousand years of anti-thief in this world!"
Qi Nanke made a comforting gesture, and before he could speak, he heard a clear voice from a person next to him: "It's really unreasonable!"
Several people turned their heads to look, the young prince Du Ci changed his clothes, his long hair was casually tied behind him with a dark green headband, he was wearing a wide-sleeved luxurious dress of the same color as the headband, a jasper belt, and a white dress with fox fur With a cloak, a jade-white face with a rosy face, handsome eyebrows, and a heroic spirit, he slightly raised his chin and said arrogantly: "Who is the general judge here?"
The shopkeeper saw that this young man was very handsome, and he was not an ordinary young master, so he respectfully said: "The general judge is the Kong family, Mr. Kong Xianling."
"Kong?" Du Ciping said in awkward Dasheng official language, "Is he related to Grand Master Kong in Yongge City?"
"Yes," the shopkeeper nodded, and said that these adults knew so clearly that they were indeed adults from the royal city, so he said in a more respectful manner, "This general judge is said to be the heir of the grand master's side branch, the youngest in the side branch." Promising one."
"Progress?" The corners of Du Ci's ruddy mouth curled up, showing an undisguised sneer expression, "colluding with bandits and oppressing the common people, what do you call this success?"
The shopkeeper hurriedly bowed and saluted, and subconsciously wanted to kneel down to confess his sins. He was also surprised: this child looks so young but has such dignity. He must not be the child of an ordinary wealthy businessman. Will live here? And almost lost his life
The young man smiled arrogantly, as if he didn't take anyone's affairs seriously. He was obviously pretentious, but he couldn't make people hate him; his undisguised sneer would appear mean and vicious on other people's faces, but Putting it on his face makes people subconsciously want to share the same hatred with him, and subconsciously want to agree that what he said is right.
Qi Nanke glanced at Vice General Xu. In fact, he could speak by himself, but remembering what Du Ci said before, "You are a dumb", he suddenly didn't want to speak. He didn't know what he was thinking, so he asked Vice General Xu to Go find out.
Deputy General Xu knew what the general wanted to ask, so he said, "Little brother, so what if you know that Tongpan's surname is Kong? We are all ordinary people. It's useless for these local people to sue the government. Will we still be useful?"
Douding immediately puffed up his chest, and said aside: "You guys can't do it! It doesn't mean our young master can't do it either!"
Vice General Xu chuckled and said, "Why did you say that?"
"Why did I tell you?" Douding snorted, looked at the shopkeeper triumphantly while holding his lord's burden, and said, "Just look at it, there is nothing our young master can't do!"
Qi Nanke's thick eyebrows were raised, and he glanced at Du Ci with dark eyes. Du Ci touched the jade pendant on his waist with one hand, and his appearance looked a little naive and a little dandy, which was really funny.
He originally thought that Lord Du Jiu is a person who likes to have fun, and since he was a child, he would not be entangled in such things, but unexpectedly he still looks like he is in charge, completely unaware of how complicated and dangerous it is.
Contact him without warning and report his home address to strangers, lose his purse without even looking at it, and go to grab the baggage when the fire is imminent, and scream when he jumps out of the window. style of pie. Qi Nanke lowered his head, hooked the corners of his mouth, and brushed his fingers habitually across the bridge of his nose, feeling secretly amused.
"The complaint must have evidence," Du Ci rolled his eyes, and said, "Take this fainted man as evidence, and send a few people with me to go to Kong Tong for trial tomorrow morning! I see what they have to say! "
The shopkeeper only thought that he had met someone who could really preside over important events, and immediately agreed happily, and was about to kowtow, but Douding grabbed him.
"It's just a trivial matter. Find a few unburnt quilts and let my young master spend the night."
"Yes Yes!"
Du Ci let out a snort from his nostrils, kicked the bandit leader who was unconscious on the ground, and then walked away.
When the people walked away, Qi Nanke chuckled.
Deputy General Xu seldom saw his own general like this, and after being stunned, he said: "Master, that person...?"
"He is Du Ci," Qi Nanke said, "dressed in a dignified manner, with an extraordinary bearing, he can speak the official language of Shu Shiguo, and his money bag and jade pendant..."
Qi Nanke took out the money bag and weighed it in the palm of his hand: "The embroidery method of this money bag is Shu embroidery, and the jade pendant he was playing with just now is also a court item."
Vice General Zhou hissed: "This little prince is really..."
When going out, it is essential not to reveal your wealth, but he is lucky, the only thing he has is a name tag on his chest.
Qi Nanke said: "He also kept a line. He didn't declare the name of the palace, but only said Du's palace."
But just the word Du has completely spread his identity in front of the three of them.
Vice General Xu came to his senses: "Although the young prince is precious, His Majesty also dotes on him, but he is a hostage after all, and he cannot leave the royal city without permission. If His Majesty finds out..."
"He was accused of defecting." Qi Nanke slowly rubbed his thumb on his index finger. His fingertips, which had been using swords all the year round, were covered with calluses. His slightly gray eyes flashed doubts, "How did he slip out?"
The two lieutenants were also puzzled.
"Tomorrow, if he declares his family name at Kong Tong's court, he will either give someone else an excuse, or he will be tricked, and he will be caught as a thief pretending to be a prince." Qi Nanke said, "Stupid."
Deputy General Zhou stroked his beard and laughed: "Although he is reckless, he is rarely warm-hearted. I really admire this little prince."
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