Chapter 585: Ambush
"This task was taken over by me on my own initiative, and this truth has always been what Your Majesty and the people of the country want to know, so as long as I still have a breath, I must do my best to dig out and solve this mystery that has lasted for 19 years for Zhaoguo. Zhou Rong said to himself.
He decided to add another fire to Ding An's side.
So after he went back, he sent a letter to Ding An, in which he helped Ding An analyze from different angles as an elder, Taoist priest and friend, and asked Ding An to actively invite the noble lady to Ding An's house as a guest.
"If she has something to do with your invitation, she will probably reply that there is something, or also tell the reason, so that you can know more or less the reason why she can't come to your house recently......." Zhou Rong patiently pointed out in the letter.
He didn't get this letter to Zhang Yuan's rice noodle shop in person, because he was sick the next day, so he handed it over to Liao Yuanji to help him send it to Zhang Yuan's rice noodle shop.
The next period of waiting for the letter was like a year for Zhou Rong, but he had been waiting with a firm heart, and finally received a letter from Ding An on the fifteenth day after his previous letter was handed over.
Ding An said in the letter that the noble lady sent someone to reply after receiving his letter, saying that there was an important matter at home recently, so she was not free to come, but said that she would try to take time to see Ding An at the end of this month.
Zhou Rong was overjoyed.
It was the twenty-third day of the second month, and the lady would go to Ding'an's house on one of the next five days.
So Zhou Rong simply hid in the grass on the side of a path in front of the Ding family's house every day, paying close attention to the passers-by.
At this time, he put a fake beard on himself, and the multiple contours of his face were easily disfigured, turning into a completely new appearance.
This was done just in case Ding An would not be immediately recognized by the other party when he was encountered.
One-day, two-day, three-day....... February 28 arrived, and Zhou Rong was extremely nervous on this day, so he set off from the broken temple to Ding An's residence before dawn.
He lay on his stomach in the grass and waited and waited until the sun was in the west and no one passed by, and he was a little sleepy, so he leaned against a grass mound to rest.
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves was heard not far away, and there was a tendency to get closer and closer.
Zhou Rong hurriedly opened his eyes and lay down in the grass to look outside.
It was a horse-drawn carriage, and the shape of the carriage was quite exquisite, but it was not a special model for the court. On both sides and behind the carriage were escorted by escorts on horseback.
Zhou Rong immediately stared intently at the carriage.
The carriage passed in front of him.
Since the curtains on the carriage were closed, Zhou Rong could not see anything inside from the outside, so he decided to walk from the side of the grass, that is, the other road that was rarely traveled, to the grove in front of Ding An's house, and observe from there.
The person in the car was sure to get out of the car, and he could see the face of the person who got out of the car when he was lying in the woods, although he couldn't see it very clearly.
As for the closer distance, there is no way, because there are people guarding the front and back of Ding An's house.
Just as Zhou Rong was about to quietly go to the path on the side of the grass, a dog barked suddenly behind him, and then a big yellow dog pounced on the grass where he was.
It turned out that the team also brought a dog, which Zhou Rong hadn't noticed before.
Zhou Rong knew that if he ran up at this time, it would inevitably cause the dog to chase fiercely, so he could only stop, and fell to the ground violently, making an accidental wrestling action.
The dog stopped the pursuit, kept circling around Zhou Rong, barking from time to time, and sometimes sniffing with his nose.
The carriage continued to move forward, but one of the guards dismounted and walked towards where Zhou Rong was with his sword.
Zhou Rong glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and saw that it was a burly man in his thirties.
The man stopped in front of Zhou Rong and asked, "Who are you?"
Zhou Rong had an idea, groped in front with his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I can't see you." ”
The man frowned and asked, "Are you blind?"
Zhou Rong nodded and said, "It's not completely blind yet, it's just that my eyes are very blurry." ”
He also took the initiative to explain that he was from the next village, and he happened to pass by here, and he didn't want to fall off here because he couldn't see things clearly.
The man pulled Zhou Rong up suspiciously and carefully observed Zhou Rong's eyes.
Zhou Rong specially observed blind people when he was a child, so he pretended to be very similar.
When the man saw that he was right, he said, "I'll help you to the junction, and then you can go by yourself." ”
Zhou Rong hurriedly said: "Thank you, thank you!"
The man helped Zhou Rong to the intersection, got back on his horse and galloped away.
Zhou Rong stood in place, a little at a loss.
Since they had dogs, it was impossible for him to go to the grove and keep an eye on them, but he was not willing to miss this opportunity.
After all, the next opportunity may not be three or four months away or even longer.
He quietly hid on the ridge on one side, thinking of a way.
He thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a solution, so he immediately went in the direction of Miss Wen's house.
When he was about to arrive at Miss Wen's house, he hid behind a large rock and re-disguised himself.
When he walked out, he had reverted to the Taoist appearance he had had seen when he had last visited Wen's house, and although his clothes were not Taoist clothes, they had also been skillfully processed by him and became very different from what the guard had seen before.
Father Wen happened to be at home, and when he saw him, he was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly invited him into the house, saying, "Why are you here? I thought you would pass through here at some point." ”
Zhou Rong arched his hand and said, "I'm here to see how your family's fortune is recently." ”
As the person who proposed that Wen's father move his father's burial, it was indeed reasonable for him to learn about the situation a few months later, so Wen's father hurriedly said: "In recent months, the family has been very harmonious, and the relationship with the Ding family has also recovered. ”
Zhou Rong hurriedly smiled: "That's good." ”
Then Zhou Rong said: "I want to see Ding An, but I'm afraid that his father and mother won't let him come to see him, I wonder if you can help me pass on a message?"
Father Wen hurriedly said, "Of course you can, I'll go now." ”
So he asked his wife to come out to greet Zhou Rong, and he brought some souvenirs and went to Ding's house.
Ding's father and Ding's mother were very unhappy when they learned that the Taoist priest was coming again, and there were guests at home, so they said: "An'er is very busy today, I don't have time to see him, let him hand in a letter if he has something." ”
Liu, who was wearing a hat, frowned when he heard this, and asked Ding's mother: "That person is the one who showed Ding An last time?"
Ding Mu replied, "Exactly." The last time An'er listened to his words, she was suspicious, so we ......" She gave Ding An a quick look and continued, "I don't want An'er to contact him again. ”