Chen Wenduan and Yue Zhongyong were eating and chatting in the soldiers' canteen. Time passed quickly. Unconsciously, they had finished their breakfast, so they got up and left the canteen together.
After Chen Wenduan left the canteen, he separated from Yue Zhongyong and took Chen Ming to his own place.
When they came to the house, Chen Wenduan told Chen Ming to tell his entourage to pack up the application items and set out to return to Lin'an this morning.
Chen Ming agreed and went out to arrange it.
Chen Wenduan picked up a book and read it when he was alone.
After about an hour and a half, Chen Ming hurried into the place where Chen Wenduan lived and said to him, "brother, the imperial envoy's entourage is all ready. Now we are waiting outside the gate of the barracks. We can start."
Chen Wenduan immediately put down the book in his hand and walked out of the living place with Chen Ming, and came to the gate of the barracks together.
Yue Zhongyong, commander-in-chief of the Zhongyong army, also stood waiting.
Chen Wenduan rushed forward and said to Yue Zhongyong, "I'm very upset to have Marshal waiting here for a long time."
Yue Zhongyong bowed to Chen Wenduan and gave him a salute: "the imperial envoy took great pains to come to our camp to understand our sufferings. I really appreciate it. I should like to congratulate you here."
"Marshal, you're welcome. I really don't deserve it." Chen Wen said.
After their politeness, Yue Zhongyong asked Chen Wenduan to get into the sedan chair.
Chen Wenduan then saluted Yue Zhongyong, turned to the sedan chair and left for Lin'an.
Chen Wenduan and his party rushed back to Lin'an, so they walked very fast.
This afternoon, they came to a hill and walked for a long time. Everyone was very thirsty.
At this time, Chen Wenduan suddenly saw that there seemed to be a family in front of him, so he asked them to go to the family.
When they came in and saw only three thatched cottages, Chen Wenduan knocked on the door himself.
After a long time, someone opened the door and walked out of it a white haired old man.
Seeing so many people standing at the door, the old man seemed a little afraid. He bowed himself and said, "Dear officials, what can I do for you here? This year's tax old man has paid all my taxes."
Chen Wenduan thought: this old man must be bullied by the government on weekdays. He thinks he is here to collect taxes.
Thinking of this, Chen Wenduan said to the old man in a hurry, "don't be afraid, old man. We are passers-by. We are thirsty here and want to ask for some water. "
" it turns out that the water from the well in the courtyard is sweet and delicious, but the family is poor, with only two big bowls and no drinking utensils. You adults can only take turns drinking. Please forgive me. " Said the old man.
Chen Wenduan politely said to the old man, "don't be polite, old man. I'm worried about you here. "
after that, he told Chen Ming around him to take the big bowl brought by the old man to the door first, and let the soldiers carry well water to quench their thirst.
After Chen Ming took over the big bowl, he said to Chen Wenduan, "brother, you are the imperial envoy. You'd better drink first."
”You've been following me for a long time. It's very hard for you to take out the big bowl and let people drink. "Chen Wenduan said to Chen Ming.
Chen Ming knew his brother's temper. Seeing that he said so, he didn't say a word. He took out the big bowl and let the people outside drink water.
They put in well water and drank it one after another. As the old man said, the well water was sweet and delicious, and people drank it very freely.
When everyone outside had almost finished drinking, Chen Ming took a bowl of well water and went to the house to let his brother quench his thirst
after Chen Wenduan got the well water from Chen Ming, he asked him if he had drunk it.
Chen Ming was not very angry and said, "you asked the servants outside to drink first. I just saw that they drank almost as much as they did, so I brought you a bowl. Of course, I haven't drunk yet."
Hearing Chen Ming say so, Chen Wenduan smiles and delivers the big bowl to Chen Ming. He says to her, "you are also very hard along the way. You'd better drink first. I'm not too thirsty."
When Chen Shuang heard that he was going to drink the bowl, he said.
But at this moment, I suddenly heard that 'Oh, oh Then came the sound of 'plop, plop It seems that someone has fallen to the ground.
Chen Wenduan and Chen Ming are so shocked that they are going out to have a look.
Just at this time, an imperial envoy's entourage came to the house and said to Chen Wenduan, "no, my Lord, our people are poisoned after drinking well water."
Chen Ming is a man who often walks around in the river and lake. Seeing this situation, he immediately pulls out his sword, points to the old man in the room and shouts: "who are you, dare you do this to the imperial envoy's entourage? Are you not afraid to kill your nine families?"
Seeing that Chen Ming had doubted himself, the old man laughed and said, "I'm the special messenger who is waiting for you here. I wanted to poison you here. I didn't expect that you two would drink first before drinking. It's lucky for you. But even if you didn't poison you, you won't live today."”I don't think you are the real owner of this room. Who are you? Don't play tricks. "Chen Ming said.
The old man took a surprised look at Chen Ming and said, "you are just an entourage of Chen Wenduan, but I can't imagine that you have a deep experience in the world. To tell you the truth, I killed the people who originally lived in this house, but you will go with them soon. Then you won't be lonely."
After that, the old man turned around and suddenly turned from a white haired old man into a middle-aged man with bright eyes.
Seeing these, Chen Ming said, "look at your skill of changing looks. Is it the ninja of Japanese pill school?"
"Anyway, you are going to die. There's no need to hide it from you. Let's just let you die. I'm the descendant of the Japanese pill school." The middle-aged man said to Chen Ming.
at this time, Chen Wenduan then asked, "since you are Japanese and we never know each other, the party has no grudge. Why do you want to harm us?"
"You are wrong. Although I am a descendant of Maru school, I am not from Japan, but from the Song Dynasty. I am Li Lu shiye, the leader of Dihuo hall under the leader of Tianxia sect. Now you understand why I want to deal with you." Li Lu said to Chen Wenduan.
After that, Li Lu clapped his hands again and saw two more people come out of the room.