A knife in love

Chapter 2897
Li Qiufeng finished speaking, only heard a "squeak", and then Murong Danyan came out from the guest room next to him, holding a long sword with a black scabbard in his left hand, with a nervous expression on his face, he said: "Brother Li, yes Did something happen?"

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Mu...Ms. Mu, don't worry. The shopkeeper said that someone downstairs is looking for me. It is expected to be nothing serious. Let Li go down and have a look."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "The girl can rest in the guest room. If there is anything, after Li comes back, he will naturally tell the girl."

While speaking, Li Qiufeng winked at Murong Danyan.Murong Danyan understood, knowing that Li Qiufeng was worried that he would act recklessly and cause trouble, so he wanted to stay in the guest room instead of going out.Although she was suspicious, she didn't dare to say any more, so she nodded, turned around and walked back to the guest room, closing the door gently.

Li Qiufeng and the shopkeeper walked to the stairs, looked down to the first floor, and saw a military officer sitting near the door in the lobby. Looking at the official uniform he was wearing, he turned out to be a guerrilla.Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he thought to himself that the leader of the officers and soldiers in Dong'an City was just a general, how could a guerrilla come to Yu's old shop to look for him?Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng felt quite uneasy, and involuntarily reached his right hand towards his waist, but found nothing.It was only then that he remembered Dong'an City, and he put the long knife under his pillow so as not to be too ostentatious when walking with the knife.

The military officer downstairs heard footsteps above his head, and hurriedly raised his head to look around, just in time to meet Li Qiufeng's eyes.Li Qiufeng saw that this man was about 40 years old, with a dark face and a strong face.The military officer saw Li Qiufeng walking to the stairs with the shopkeeper, and decided that Li Qiufeng was the person he was looking for, and immediately stood up.When Li Qiufeng walked down the stairs, he hurried forward to meet him, cupped his hands and said, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Li?"

Li Qiufeng bowed his hand to return the salute, and said: "I am Li Qiufeng, sir, I am ashamed to take it."

The military officer chuckled, turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, I have a few words to say to this Mr. Li, please excuse me for a while."

The shopkeeper was originally worried, not knowing what the military officer was doing when he arrived at the inn.At this time, hearing that the military officer wanted to avoid it, he hurriedly nodded in agreement, and ran into the back hall in a hurry.The military officer saw that the shopkeeper had disappeared and there was no one around, so he said to Li Qiufeng: "My surname is Zhou Mingxian, and I am a guerrilla in the Qichuan Qianhu Office of Dengzhou Wei. According to my order, I will escort three large ships, depart from Dongliao County, and arrive at Dong'an City Wharf before noon today, and I will hand over the large ships to Mr. Li."

After Zhou Xian finished speaking, he took out a document bag sealed with wax paint from his arms, and handed it to Li Qiufeng.Li Qiufeng took the briefcase, opened the wax, and took out a piece of paper. It was a document written by the commander of the Dengzhou Guard. The surname of the respondent was Li Qiufeng.After Li Qiufeng finished reading the documents, he took out the Jinyiwei waist badge from his pocket, held it in front of Zhou Xian, and said, "Master Zhou, please check Li's waist badge."

Zhou Xian took the badge, saw the words "Jin Yiwei", his heart was terrified, he hurriedly handed the badge back to Li Qiufeng respectfully, repeatedly saying he was offended.Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "Master Zhou has been working hard from afar, please sit down for a while, after Li has signed the pledge, I will trouble Master Zhou to bring the documents back and hand them over to the Commander of the Dengzhou Guard."

After Li Qiufeng finished speaking, he turned his head and said loudly to the back hall: "Shopkeeper, Li has something to ask, please go to the lobby to talk."

As soon as Li Qiufeng finished speaking, the shopkeeper trotted all the way to the lobby, stopped in front of Li Qiufeng, panted and said: "Li, Mr. Li has something to do, just order it..."

Li Qiufeng said: "May I ask if you can find oil to adjust cinnabar to use in the inn?" The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, asking Li Qiufeng to wait, then turned his head and ran to the inner hall.Seeing this situation, Zhou Xian said with a smile: "This old guy is quite clever, and he dare not neglect Mr. Li."

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "Li was ordered by Jinyiwei to envoy Mr. Yang to Dong'an City, and he did not dare to reveal his identity. The shopkeeper didn't know that Li was working in Jinyiwei. The old shop of Yu's is the largest inn in Dongan City. The shopkeeper He is a smooth person, otherwise he would not be able to support such a large inn."

While the two were talking, the shopkeeper ran back to the lobby and handed a palm-sized white cinnabar box to Li Qiufeng respectfully.Li Qiufeng took the box, opened the lid, put his right thumb into the box, pressed hard on the cinnabar a few times, and then pressed a fingerprint on the bottom of the document, then put the document back into the official bag and handed it back to Zhou Xian.Zhou Xian put the briefcase back into his arms and saw the shopkeeper running back to the inner hall with the oil-flavored cinnabar box. Then he said to Li Qiufeng: "Now there are three big ships moored at the pier. Please come and inspect them, Mr. Li."

Li Qiufeng was about to speak, when he heard footsteps, but the shopkeeper walked into the hall from the back hall with a wooden basin.He went straight to Li Qiufeng, put the wooden basin on the table, and then said with a smile, "Master Li, please wash your hands."

Li Qiufeng thanked him, put his hands into the basin, washed off the cinnabar on his fingers, took the cloth towel handed over by the shopkeeper, and dried his hands.While putting the cloth towel back into the tub, he said to the shopkeeper: "Please ask the shopkeeper to pick a shrewd guy and invite Mr. Ding to the inn. Mr. Li has something important to discuss with him."

The shopkeeper agreed repeatedly, and without putting away the wooden basin, he walked quickly to the door of the store, pushed open the door, and said loudly to the outside of the store: "Jiao Xiaoqi, go to Master Zhu's house right away, and tell Master Li that something is important. For consultation, please come to the inn as soon as possible to discuss with Uncle Ding."

The clerk who greeted the customers at the door was very shrewd. After hearing what the shopkeeper had said, he agreed and walked quickly towards Xishou.The shopkeeper walked back to Li Qiufeng, invited Li Qiufeng and Zhou Xian to sit down at a table by the window, brought fragrant tea himself, and then bowed to leave.Li Qiufeng waited for the shopkeeper to leave, and then he said to Zhou Xian: "This time, Li went to Dong'an City on business, and there is a Mr. Ding to assist him. It is a matter of inspection, and we have to wait for Mr. Ding to arrive. Let's go together. pier."

Zhou Xian smiled and said: "Naturally. I was ordered by Lord Qin to escort three large ships to Dong'an City. When we set off, Lord Qin repeatedly told me to listen to Master Li's orders in everything and not to act rashly. Lord Li has something to do. The order is done, the humble job must be done properly, don't bother me, Mr. Li."

In terms of official position, Zhou Xian, as a guerrilla, is still above a hundred households.It's just that Jin Yiwei is the emperor's pro-army, and has much more authority than the military officers in other guards.Therefore, after Zhou Xian saw Li Qiufeng's waist card, he knew that Li Qiufeng was a member of Jinyiwei, so how could he dare to show his prestige as a Shangguan in front of him?He even called himself a humble job to show respect.

(End of this chapter)