Ren Baqian stayed in the Honglu Bureau for two days and more or less understood the people and rules there.
During this period, he found out that Xiong Pi lived in a courtyard not far from the Honglu Bureau. Those outsiders were usually arranged to stay there.
Xiong Pi loitered around the courtyard and could definitely play a role in stabilizing the situation.
During this period, Ren Baqian made a trip back to Earth. When he came back, he took "300 Song Poems" and sat in the Honglu Bureau. When he had nothing to do, he would recite Song Poems.
At least, he had nothing to do and was still in a state of idleness.
Xiong Pi followed Ren Baqian wherever he went. When Ren Baqian was reciting Song Poems, Xiong Pi would immediately sit on the ground and start snoring. Ren Baqian wished he could stuff socks into Xiong Pi's mouth.
"Deputy, Deputy, someone's here." On the afternoon of his first day back from Earth, Ren Baqian was pondering how to stuff Xiong Pi's mouth when a loud voice came from outside.
"Who's that?" Ren Baqian couldn't react for a moment.
"He said he's called Mister Emptiness." The person who came in was one of the guards at the entrance. His name was Qi Sheng. He came from the same village as the original Deputy Qi Zhi. There was another guard called Qi Heng who was also at the entrance.
"Mister Emptiness?" Ren Baqian immediately reacted. These were the people who came to celebrate the empress's birthday.
"Xiong Pi, get up and follow me to take a look." Ren Baqian kicked Xiong Pi's waist twice. It felt like he was kicking a rock.
He brought the sleepy Xiong Pi to the entrance and saw four pretty young ladies in colorful clothes carrying a palanquin. When the four ladies saw him, they grabbed a handful of flower petals from their waist pockets and scattered them into the sky.
"Who's coming?" Ren Baqian stood at the entrance and looked at this scene. He had a bad premonition.
"Mister Emptiness has arrived," the young lady in front shouted delicately and scattered another handful of flower petals.
"Please follow me in to register. Leave the palanquin outside." Ren Baqian looked at her awkwardly. What was she trying to do?
"Cough, cough." A series of coughing sounds came from within the palanquin. Soon after, the curtain was lifted, and a young man wearing a silver silk robe walked out. His face was covered with a layer of powder, and his lips were green. His appearance was passable, but this sickly posture that seemed like it would be blown away by a gust of wind was no longer just a sign of emptiness, it was clearly a sign of kidney deficiency.
"Young Master Kidney Deficiency, right? Follow me. "With his hands behind his back, Ren Baqian turned around and walked in expressionlessly.
"Cough, cough. It's Young Master Emptiness, Young Master Emptiness." Young Master Emptiness quickly explained.
"I'm just joking, Mister Emptiness." Ren Baqian didn't even turn his head.
"Cough, cough, cough." Mister Emptiness coughed again. A strange look flashed across his eyes. However, when he saw that Xiong Pi was staring at him expressionlessly, the strange look in his eyes gradually disappeared. He coughed and followed behind Xiong Pi.
"Do you have a travel pass?" Ren Baqian asked.
"I lost it."
Foreigners who came to Dayao would definitely need a travel permit from the border. Needless to say, there was no such thing.
Thinking about it, it made sense. The people who came to the empress's birthday celebration had all kinds of backgrounds. There was no guarantee that some of them would simply ignore the law. This kind of thing happened quite often in previous years. Ren Baqian had also heard about it two days ago.
Ren Baqian brought Mister Emptiness back to the deputy's room. He immediately took out a pen and paper from the shelf at the side and placed them on the table.
"Name, birthplace, origin, position, whether accommodation has been arranged, and the purpose of your visit. Please write down all these. If you are here to celebrate Her Majesty's birthday, it will be sent to Her Majesty." Ren Baqian sat behind the table after he finished speaking.
"Cough, cough, how should I address you?" Mister Emptiness covered his mouth and asked.
"Honglu Deputy, my surname is Ren," Ren Baqian said indifferently.
Mister Emptiness stood in front of the table and wrote something on the paper. Following which, with a flick of his wrist, the paper turned into a white shadow and flew towards Ren Baqian's chest.
"Bang."
Before the paper could fly past the table, it was pressed down by a big hand. In the next moment, the entire table was smashed into pieces by his palm.
Xiong Pi crushed the table with one hand and stared fixedly at Mister Emptiness. He gave off the feeling that he was a wild beast that was ready to pounce. Mister Emptiness had no doubt that as long as Ren Baqian opened his mouth, this beast-like burly man would immediately pounce on him.
The feeling that this burly man gave him was that he was extremely dangerous.
Ren Baqian's expression did not change, but his palms were a little sweaty. A surge of anger was rising in his chest. The people in this world would really start a fight whenever there was a disagreement.
He originally thought that only the aboriginals were like this. It seemed that the people from other countries were not any better.
Of course, this Mister Emptiness was definitely not an ordinary person.
"Attacking a deputy. Do you think I should kill you or bury you?" Ren Baqian looked straight at him and sneered.
"Sorry, I just threw it casually. If he did not make a move, it would have slowed down when it reached the deputy. Even an ordinary person could easily catch it. I did not expect this to cause such a misunderstanding. Cough, cough. "Mister Emptiness revealed an apologetic smile.
"If anything happens again, you will be buried under Lan City," Ren Baqian continued coldly. "You damaged a table, a piece of Honglu Bureau's special paper, and a compensation of 100 taels of silver."
Mister Emptiness took out a few golden leaves from his waist and lightly threw them to Xiong Pi. Or rather, they should be called golden leaves. They were like books with ten pages and could be taken apart for use.
"I don't have a place to stay. I'm afraid I will have to trouble you to arrange it for me," Mister Emptiness said.
Ren Baqian rummaged through the ground. That piece of paper was only left with fragments.
"Before that, I have to fill it in again." Ren Baqian stood up and found another piece of paper from the cabinet beside him.
This time, Mister Emptiness could only place the paper on the wall and write. He coughed a few times while writing.
Ren Baqian felt that there seemed to be some problems with his lungs. He did not know if it was because of his training or because of this.
"I have finished writing." Mister Emptiness passed the paper to Ren Baqian. Ren Baqian glanced at it. This Mister Emptiness's surname was Zhao. He could recognize two words from his name, but there was one that he did not recognize. He was from Great Xia's XX Zhao Family.
He also did not recognize the name of the place.
He placed the paper on a shelf and pressed a piece of wood on it.
"I will bring you to the place where you will stay." Ren Baqian walked in front with Xiong Pi. Mister Emptiness left the Honglu Bureau and got on a sedan chair and followed behind.
After walking for a short distance, they arrived at a courtyard. They were all individual courtyards, and each courtyard had four rooms. One of them was the kitchen, one was the master bedroom, and the other two were for the attendants.
The courtyard was divided into three rows. The first row faced the main street, and Ren Baqian arranged for Mister Emptiness to stay there. He was the first to arrive, so naturally, the place was the best.
Mister Emptiness was satisfied with this position. After getting off the sedan chair, he cupped his hands and thanked Ren Baqian.
"In a while, someone will send you a sign to prove that you are staying in this courtyard," Ren Baqian said to him. "You can make your own arrangements. There are bedding and whatnot inside."
"Cough cough, thank you very much, Deputy Ren." Mister Emptiness coughed violently after finishing his sentence. The handkerchief covering his mouth was dyed red.
"I shall not disturb you anymore." Ren Baqian saw that he was coughing up blood and hurriedly left. Could it be that he was suffering from tuberculosis? It was better to stay away from him.
After leaving the courtyard, Ren Baqian turned back to take a look. It was the empress's birthday celebration. Why did a sickly person like him come all the way here?
But, these people were really ruthless. If he did not have Xiong Pi by his side to protect him, he would have been in trouble. What did he mean by slowing down when he was in front of him? Who was he trying to fool? To be able to throw a piece of soft paper like a dart, what kind of technique did he have?
This was only the first person, and he did not know what kind of people would come after him.
He was afraid that this task would be more troublesome than what he had originally thought.
If there were many of these people, it would be difficult to deal with them without using force to suppress them.
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