Chang'an Fu

After returning to the room, Guo Ye closed his clothes and rested on the bed for a while. When he woke up and went downstairs, it was already noon, and the guests downstairs were already having lunch. He originally wanted to see if Da Zhuang was awake. But thinking of how tired he was yesterday, he didn't bother Da Zhuang, and walked out of the inn by himself, without noticing the eyes following him behind him.

Guo also came to the street and strolled casually. The market in the county city was very lively, selling everything. It seemed that the level of excitement was not affected by the plague in Changsu at all. Guo had not seen such a scene for a long time. The bustling market is here. Except for the few remaining common people in Mao'an, the surrounding area is lifeless. Looking at the peddlers on the street, Guo Ye seems to be in a much happier mood.

At this time, his eyes were attracted by a peddler who sold sugar. There was no one in that stall. Compared with the surrounding atmosphere, he seemed out of place, so he walked quickly to the stall. The stall owner was a The middle-aged man, when he saw Guo Ye, came over and greeted him warmly

"What do you want, son? I can make anything for you." The stall owner looked at Guo Ye with a smile and said

"Then you pinch one of me." Guo Ye glanced around at the sugar figurines on the booth, they seemed to be made lifelike, and praised sincerely, "Boss, your craftsmanship is very good."

Hearing Guo Ye's praise, the stall owner was a little proud and a little embarrassed, and replied with a modest smile, "Young master, the craftsman is eating for a living." While talking, he began to prepare the candy maker, and he observed while pinching. Guo Ye

Guo also looked around, and inadvertently lowered his voice and asked, "Boss, can I ask you something?"

When the owner of the sugar man heard Guo Ye's words, he was pulled back from the thoughts that were concentrating on pinching the sugar man. He looked up at Guo Ye and said, "Ask, there is nothing I don't know about this neighborhood."

"Excuse me, where is the Imperial Guard Mansion here?" Guo Ye asked a little closer

"Your... why are you asking this, my lord?" the boss of Sugar Man asked in confusion

"Because I heard from my friends that the imperial palace here is very grand, so I want to see it," Guo also said in a panic.

"Then your friend is lying to you. Our Lord Yushou here is a good man. He is not greedy. Where did he come from such a magnificent mansion?" Hearing Guo Ye's words, the sugar man boss explained, "But you want If you want to take a look, I can tell you, you go forward for about one kilometer, turn the corner, go straight, and you will see Yushou Mansion at the end." Worried that Guo couldn't find it, he pointed at it.

"Thank you, boss." Guo Ye said and was about to leave. Suddenly, he remembered that the sugar man hadn't paid any money, so he stopped and took out a silver tael from his cuff and put it on the stall. I have time to come and pick it up." After saying that, he left in a hurry, not paying any attention to the candy man boss shouting behind him, "Hey son, I don't need so much money"

Watching Guo Ye walk away, the owner of the stall held the silver in his hands helplessly, sighed and thought, then return it to him when he comes back to get the sugar man. At this time, he found a person looking around nervously, Staring at the direction where Guo Ye was leaving, he followed quickly. The stall owner looked at the direction where the man was leaving with a puzzled face, and continued to pinch the unfinished sugar figurine

Guo also finally found the Yushou mansion according to the instructions of the stall owner, but there were guards guarding it, and Guo also looked around the mansion. It is not as good as the mansion, and the building area is relatively small. He heard that the first prince lived here before, and his purpose this time is to find the first prince. It is impossible to defeat Hadanu with only a few of them. , Looking at the two gatekeepers in Yushou Mansion, it seems that this Yushou Mansion is not so easy to enter, it seems that we still have to go back to make a long-term plan, thinking like this, Guo also quickly returned to the inn. When he came back, Da Zhuang was already Woke up, and was looking for him everywhere, and when he was about to ask Xiaoer, he saw Guo also come back, and immediately went up to ask

"Brother Guo, where have you been? I haven't seen you since I woke up."

Guo Ye grabbed Da Zhuang, and mysteriously pulled him upstairs, he didn't notice the look of the little errand who watched them go back to the room. Seeing the two of them enter Guo Ye's room, the errand quickly put down the work in his hands. , came to the room at the end of the corner upstairs, still the man with a big belly, still rocking the rocking chair leisurely

"Shopkeeper, according to the report from the spies who followed the man, he went to the vicinity of your lord's palace today, and watched furtively for a long time." Xiaoer told the shopkeeper what he said today.

"Since he is so interested in Yushou Mansion, let him go in and take a look." The man lay on the rocking chair leisurely with his eyes closed, and continued indifferently, "Just do what the lord said before, and go down."

"Yes." After saying that, Xiaoer returned to his post as if nothing had happened, and greeted the new guests.

"What did you say? Did you go to the Imperial Palace today?" Da Zhuang said in surprise

"Slow down!" Guo also covered Da Zhuang's mouth

Only then did Da Zhuang come to his senses, and lowered his voice, he asked, "Did Master Li ask you to go to the Yushou Mansion to rescue soldiers?" He was thinking that since Mr. Li is the emperor's imperial envoy, he must be looking for Mr. Yushou on official business.

Seeing Da Zhuang's guess right, Guo was also a little surprised, "That's right, but we can't get into the Imperial Palace right now, so we have to find a way."

Da Zhuang didn't understand what he said. Since Master Li appointed them, why not just tell them that Master Li sent them here?

"Brother Da Zhuang, what can you do?" Guo Ye asked tentatively

"Just tell them that we were sent by Mr. Li, wouldn't it be enough?" Da Zhuang said directly when he heard the words

It seems that Da Zhuang has a deep misunderstanding of the identity of the second prince, Guo also thought so, but it is not easy to expose the identity of the second prince, so he explained to Da Zhuang, "Brother Da Zhuang, what about our Master Li, actually It was sent by the emperor to secretly investigate this matter, and he did not tell anyone about it. Why did the emperor do this? Naturally, he didn't want to startle the snake, right? Then if we go in the name of Mr. Li Yushoufu, isn’t that the same as publicizing the matter that Mr. Li came to investigate? Wouldn’t it be against the emperor’s wishes to do so?”

"I understand, Brother Guo, this is just like the story that the storyteller said, in order to find out the truth and hide himself, I understand, I understand." Da Zhuang looked suddenly enlightened, Guo also looked at him worriedly, I smiled wryly, I really understand

"Then what shall we do now?" Da Zhuang asked

"I'm still trying to figure out a way. The guards of the Royal Shoufu are strictly guarded, so you can't sneak in casually." Guo also fell into distress when he said that. Da Zhuang suddenly remembered something, and shouted, "That's right! I remembered it for a while." thing"

Guo, who was taken aback by Da Zhuang's sudden increase in volume, said in shame, "What's the matter?"

"When I was looking for you down below, I heard the waiter at the inn chatting with people outside, saying that Yushoufu would bring in a batch of vegetables from outside every once in a while. I heard from him that tomorrow seems to be the closest this day"

Hearing Da Zhuang's words, Guo also had an idea, and said happily, "Great, I have a solution, do you still remember where the place they said is?"

"I remember they bought vegetables in a fixed place, what is the name of that place..." Da Zhuang scratched his head in embarrassment, "I don't really remember."

Sure enough, you can't hold out too much hope, Guo also thought like this, "Didn't you say that you heard Xiao Er chatting with others before, then Xiao Er must know where to pull it, let's go." Then he dragged Da Zhuang to find Xiao Er

When I came downstairs, I saw Xiao Er was doing the calculations on the counter, so Guo Ye walked over and tried to say, "Little Brother, are you busy?"

Xiao Er looked up and saw Guo Ye, and then replied with a smile, "Busy is not busy, it's just some old work on weekdays."

Guo also looked around the inn, and there were quite a lot of guests when it was time for dinner, but Xiaoer was the only person receiving him, so Guo also asked curiously, "I think the business here is very good, why don't you come here?" You are the only one serving in the front, little brother, you should be very busy at ordinary times, can you handle it by yourself?"

"Let's force it. Who told our boss not to hire people?" Xiaoer stopped his work and looked at Guo Ye and said, "What? Are you looking for a job, sir, or are you trying to introduce us to suitable people?"

"Hehe, the second brother has really good eyesight. To tell you the truth, my brother and I came from other places. We planned to visit relatives, but I didn't expect my relatives to move, and now the money is almost exhausted, so I thought Can you find a job, and the little brother can give you some guidance?"

"Hey, work, it's hard to find a job these days, there are no places to recruit workers, not to mention I can't be the master of this inn," said the second brother in embarrassment

"Don't be too embarrassing, I don't have to work in your inn, let me tell you the truth, our family grows vegetables and rice, real vegetable farmers, how to grow vegetables, how to fertilize He looks good, we all know that it would be great if there is such a similar job nearby.” Guo also took out a piece of silver from his pocket and quietly handed it to Xiao Er’s hand, “I hope Xiao Er The second brother has a suitable job of this kind to introduce to us brothers."

Seeing that Guo was so sensible, Xiao Er put the silver into his cuff, and said with a smile, "It's easy to say, since you are so smart, brother, then I will show you a way. You go to the market center, there is a very There is a big Yuelaixiang restaurant, opposite him there is a vegetable seller, all of which are grown by themselves, but ah, they all deliver goods to officials or big restaurants, most people can’t apply for the job, but I just happen to have a friend If you are working in there, you can go to him directly, his name is Wang Bing, after you go, tell him that he was introduced by Zhang Xiaoer from Kejilai Inn, you can go in if you want to save my face.” Zhang Xiaoer’s face proudly said

"Thank you, thank you, then we two brothers will go now" he said, pulling Da Zhuang straight to the market