A knife in love

Chapter 2873
Having said this, the shopkeeper turned around and walked quickly to the counter, stretched out his hand to pick up a brown wooden box about a foot long from the counter, handed it to Li Qiufeng respectfully, and said in his mouth: "This is the box left by Mr. Ding. Uncle Li, please accept the greeting card."

Li Qiufeng stretched out his hand to take the box, only felt that the tentacles were warm and smooth, and smelled a faint fragrance, he was stunned, thinking to himself that this official Ding is so generous, that the invitation box is actually used Made of sandalwood.This box alone would probably cost thousands of taels of silver to build.

The shopkeeper sent the box to Li Qiufeng, and then said with a smile: "This official Ding is a remarkable person. He first came to Dong'an City more than ten years ago, and stayed in our old shop at Yu's. Afterwards, every time he came to Dong'an City, he would stay overnight in Yu's old shop. It's just that he hasn't shown up in the past two years. Today, he came suddenly, and the little old man was really surprised. I didn't expect that Uncle Li and Mr. Ding were the same Good friend, the little old man is really blind with his dog eyes."

Li Qiufeng listened to the shopkeeper's words, and the more he listened, the more confused he became. After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he was about to ask, but then he thought, he had never been to Dong'an City, and he didn't know any official Ding.Although the shopkeeper spoke upside down, judging from what he said, it seems that this official Ding has been to Dong'an City many times.If he guessed correctly, this person is most likely the guide Yang Zhenzhong found for him.Since this person is related to Jin Yiwei, the shopkeeper must not know his real identity. Even if he asked the shopkeeper himself, he still couldn't find out the origin of Ding Daguan.Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng swallowed the words that came to his lips, nodded, and said in his mouth: "I don't know which guest room Mr. Ding lives in? Li will go to see him right away."

Hearing what Li Qiufeng said, the shopkeeper hurriedly shook his head and said, "When Mr. Ding came to Dong'an City this time, he didn't live in Yu's old shop, but lived in the house of Mr. Zhu. If Mr. Li wants to marry Mr. Ding To meet you, you must go to the homes of the masters in the east of the city."

The shopkeeper paused for a while when he said this, and then continued: "However, Mr. Ding left a message before leaving, saying that after Uncle Li came back, there is no need to go to Mr. Zhu's house, as long as you can rest assured at the old shop. Rest, he will come to see Uncle Li again."

After listening to the shopkeeper, Li Qiufeng became more and more convinced that this official Ding was the guide that Yang Zhenzhong had found.He thought for a moment, then nodded, thanked the shopkeeper, and then walked up to the second floor with Murong Danyan.The two entered Li Qiufeng's guest room, and after closing the door and sitting down, Li Qiufeng put the box on the table.Murong Danyan glanced at the box, frowned and said: "This is the first time I saw someone put the greeting card in the box when sending the greeting card. Brother Li, since you don't know this person surnamed Ding, It’s better to be careful. There may be a treacherous villain who wants to harm you, and hides powerful hidden weapons or poisonous snakes and spiders in the box, intending to take your life when you open the box.”

Seeing Murong Danyan's worried expression, Li Qiufeng smiled slightly, and said: "Miss Murong is right, there is no harm in being cautious. But if Li guessed correctly, this official Ding is most likely Yang. The guide that the epicenter found for us. He was brought by Jin Yiwei to help us, how dare he deceive us?"

Murong Danyan was stunned, and said: "Yang Zhenzhong found a guide for us to escort us to Fusang. This guide should be the boss of the ship. But I have never heard that the boss of the ship is called a high official. That's really weird."

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "The guide is not necessarily a boatman. Many merchants secretly do business with Fusang people, and have traveled between Daming and Fusang many times. They know how big ships navigate on the sea, and they also know the situation of Fusang country. , can naturally be our guide."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he stroked the box on the table with his left hand, and continued: "This box is made of sandalwood. , obviously used for many years. Miss Murong, do you know what this box is used for?"

Murong Danyan glanced at the box, and said: "Listen to the shopkeeper, this box is used to hold greeting cards. When I was in Murong Villa, officials and people from all walks of life often came to visit my father. The greeting cards they sent Most of the invitations and name thorns are packed in envelopes, and some people use bamboo slices to make invitations and name thorns. But it is the first time I have seen the invitations in a box."

After hearing Murong Danyan finish speaking, Li Qiufeng said with a smile: "Old Mr. Murong is so powerful that everyone in the martial arts respects him. Although he also has contacts with officials, Murong Villa is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the officials who visit Murong Villa are It is not surprising that the officials of the Six Departments of Nanjing do not know the situation in the officialdom in Beijing."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "In recent years, when officials in Beijing city go to visit their superiors, they no longer use envelopes to store worship cards and famous thorns, but put the worship cards or famous thorns in special bags. In the wooden box, send it to the Shangguan's mansion to show respect to the Shangguan, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespectful, and it will annoy the Shangguan in all likelihood. These boxes that put the greeting cards or name thorns are called the greeting boxes. It is very common in official circles in the capital. But this is the first time I have seen a box of invitations made of sandalwood. It can be seen that this official Ding has an extraordinary background, and he is either rich or noble. This person does not put the invitations in the envelope but puts them The invitation box must have come from the capital. If it wasn't the guide invited by Yang Zhenzhong, who would it be?"

While talking, Li Qiufeng pulled out a long knife, used the tip of the knife to open the latch on the side of the box, and then inserted the blade into the gap of the box cover, turned the bowl with his hand gently, only heard a soft "click", and the box cover was closed. It has already been picked away by him with a long knife.

After Li Qiufeng opened the box cover, he stretched his hand into the box and said to Murong Danyan: "Since this person is here to be our guide, naturally he won't plot against us."

Just as he finished speaking, he had already taken out a golden page from the box.Although Murong Danyan is still young, but she is the young lady of the Murong family, she has extraordinary knowledge, when she saw the page of the book, she immediately recognized that it was made of gold, she was shocked and almost cried out.Li Qiufeng held up the greeting card in front of his eyes, and read out the words engraved on it: "Ding Guan, a soldier under the gate of Yangfu in the capital, pays his respects to Master Li."

After Li Qiufeng finished reading, he handed the greeting card to Murong Danyan, and said in his mouth: "This card box is not ordinary, and the card in the box is even more remarkable. Looking at the text on it, we can know that this card was created recently. Success. It is really rare for a person with such financial resources and ability to be recruited by Yang Zhenzhong to be our guide."

Murong Danyan took the invitation card, read it over and over for a while, then handed it back to Li Qiufeng, and said: "It turns out that this official Ding's name is Ding Mingguan. He is really humble, and he claims to be the Yangfu of the capital city." He is a pawn in the sect and regards Yang Zhenzhong as his master. Brother Li, do you think this guy is also Jin Yiwei? His martial arts must be very powerful, right?"

(End of this chapter)