Chapter 439: The Hour Was Delayed
I thought about it for a while, since I wanted to go to the teahouse, I would need to walk through a few streets of the town all the way to the north of the town.
The town is not big, much smaller than Suzhou, and I don't think it will be possible to get lost in the north of the town, not to mention that I have already rejected the kindness of the little guy.
If I don't know where the teahouse is, I'll wait until I'm on the street to ask passers-by.
The residents of the town have a local accent and are dressed up in a more recognizable way.
I cleaned up briefly, and I was still dressed the same as when I went out yesterday.
This men's dress is worn on the body, as a temporary identity, it seems that there is nothing to pay attention to!
What's more, the things on my face are still there, and when I walk into the crowd, it's best for others to ignore me.
I think it's better to keep a low profile and not get into trouble.
I'm not without precedent, and the experience I've gained from walking outside in the past is useful.
Especially in the current situation, judging from the comprehensive judgment, Wang Shi was stationed in the mountains not far from the town.
It's one thing to stand still, but so many people down there will definitely start a wave.
It seems to me that there may be someone from the Pioneer Battalion who will come to the town first to explore the way.
When I was in the palace, I also heard a lot of rumors about the female emperor, those words were said by the steward of Qingzhi, and I heard them by chance in other places in the palace.
The empress is a very thoughtful person, and she takes precautions for everything, and it is reasonable for the pioneer battalion to come here.
Because I heard Wu Yu tell me about the conscription in the town, didn't it focus on this time?
When their men arrive, they will take with them the people who have joined the army in the town for expansion.
On the way to Nanhua Town. When I stayed in the deserted village with the people I met in the mountain temple, I listened carefully to the conversation in the courtyard next door.
It mentions recruits who were called up along the way. Most of them will be in the Pioneer Camp.
The most dangerous place, the first line pathfinder!
I had mixed feelings in my heart, I understood Wu Yu's worries, especially her determination to stay away from Nanhua regardless of it.
Who wants to let someone else decide their own destiny?
Especially when the other party is such a powerful force, in the face of Wang Shi and the war, his little thoughts are simply not enough.
Once in the barracks, all actions must be under command. You can decide for yourself.
Wu Yu knew these things, so he didn't dare to risk being filled, and would rather leave the home he was guarding to go to Xilanan to find his relatives.
I sighed to myself. Walking to the cabinet, there was a small mirror in Wu Yu's baggage, which could only look at his face.
I took it in my hand and looked at the small mirror, and I knew it. To be particular. It takes a little more time.
I want to be lazy for once, so I might as well just go out.
There is no one I know in the town, and I don't think that person will come directly to the town.
I thought about it several times and came to a conclusion - he was low-key, but the empress was with him!
Since the empress is here, how can there be no battle for travel?
If I saw him on the street, surrounded by guards, I could only choose to avoid him.
It's simple in my head at this point. I didn't expect to regret my negligence after all!
This is a later story, and will not be expanded here for the time being.
I pushed the window open. Looking out through the gap, I looked at the people coming and going on the street, and smelled the aroma of the morning market food stalls wafting in the air.
This aroma is familiar to me, but I haven't experienced it for several days when I live in Yuwen's house.
I remember when I was in a hurry, every time I went to a new place, almost all the inns I stayed in were facing the street.
Even if you close the window, you can faintly hear the street hawkers in the early morning.
When the boy reminded me, I always remember that I must bring valuable things.
But the bag of clothes and the herbs I bought at the pharmacy thought for a moment and made a decision.
I'll definitely be back at the inn before sunset, or don't take it with me.
Carrying a big burden to the teahouse looks very weird.
No one in Nanhua Town will do that, and the business travelers who come and go will find a temporary place to live in the town, and they will not carry a big bag to the teahouse.
The teahouse should feel like a laid-back place that can pass the time.
If there is something to do, it is better to go to the tea stall on the street, and come and go without delaying time.
I thought about it, so I picked up the things in the room and put them in order.
The burden was knotted, and I shoved it into the cabinet with a lot of force.
Because the cabinet in the inn room is too small, it is not easy for me to stuff such a large burden into my heart.
I scanned my eyes around the room to make sure there was nothing wrong, I closed the window and walked out to close the door.
Stopping at the doorway, I stood for a few seconds, looking to the left and right.
It has become a habit to be in a strange place, but at the moment the corridor outside is very quiet, and I have met those merchants before, but now there is no one.
I walked slowly to the wooden staircase and heard the sound of a guest from below.
I quietly walked down the floor
The two guards stood guard in the room, waiting for movement from the next door, but it sounded like it was quiet, as if it were uninhabited.
From last night to the present, the master next door has not moved at all, he seems to be very patient, and he has not taken any action.
The guard Ah Lai said very little to his companion, and the two of them waited for nearly half an hour before they saw that the sky outside had become a little brighter again.
Ah Lai looked out of the window for a while, retracted his gaze and listened to the next door and found that it was still very quiet, and the silence made people feel a little weird!
Ah Lai sat on the chair next to the table, couldn't help but clench his fists and let go, and after a while, he gradually couldn't hold it back in the room.
"What the hell is going on?" Ah Lai turned his head and glanced at his companion, and then asked his companion in a low voice, "Didn't the third young master say that there are still things to be done in the town today." Why haven't you heard him get up until now? ”
The companion was still dealing with the plate of snacks left over from last night, and when he asked, his heart couldn't help but be a little more suspicious.
He put down the piece of snack in his hand and glanced at Ah Lai. He wiped his mouth and lowered his head to think about it.
Suspicion is suspicion, he still doesn't really want to knock on the door next door!
Everyone at the bottom of the Yuwen family has an unwritten rule, and everyone knows it, and in a nutshell, it means not to disturb the third young master at will.
One person may still have moisture when he says this, which is not necessarily true, but the whole house says so. Even if you have doubts in your heart, you can dispel them.
The eyes of the masses are bright!
Therefore, the companion snorted and said vaguely at Shang Alai's gaze: "Isn't it dawn at this time, the third young master was in a hard hurry yesterday, and it is normal to sleep late." I think he's about to get up soon. "Let's not be in a hurry, just wait." The companion emphasized.
He glanced at the east wall, and there was not a single flower to be seen in the snow-white wall!
After waiting for a few seconds, he approached Ah Lai and whispered, "It's not us who want to come to Nanhua Town to find someone." What's there to hurry? ”
The guard Alai was said by him. looked at him in a daze, and then responded in a stiff tone: "If people can't find it, they have to delay in Nanhua Town for a longer time." “
His face sank, and he stared at his companion and said, "If something happens, how will you explain it to the steward at that time?" ”
Ah Lai's thoughts are relatively direct, and his companions said it calmly as soon as they mentioned the things in his heart.
This time when he went to Nanhua Town to do business, the third young master only brought him and his companions, a total of three people.
If you still hide your thoughts, you won't be able to cooperate at all. It's better to tell things clearly in front of your companions.
After hearing this, the companion said with a slightly disdainful expression on Shang Alai's gaze: "I made it clear to you yesterday." No matter how big the steward is, he can't control the third young master's head. ”
"How long can he stay in Suzhou in a year, a steward brought from Xilanan?"
His companion's gaze rolled on his face, and then he sighed secretly and said to Ah Lai: "The Fu steward from the south of Xilan has not been with us as long as the steward of the Chengdong Mansion has been with us!" ”
"Even if we want to look at the face, we don't need to look at the Fu steward."
The companion said something pertinent.
He paused, and continued to say to Ah Lai: "I've told you a few times, everything is up to our third young master." "You and I are just the people who came out to do errands, where can we be the master of the third young master," the companion paused and said in an affirmative tone, "The steward can't ask the two of us about it." “
Alai hung his head and was silent.
The companion thought about it for a while, and a thought flashed in his heart, and he asked Ah Lai: "You have gone out several times with that Lin Gongzi who lived in Qingyin Pavilion, and I heard that you have visited all over Suzhou City. ”
"Do you know where that Lin Gongzi likes to go in the city?"
Seeing that Ah Lai was quiet for a while, the companion planned to find something to talk about in order to prevent him from having the idea of knocking on the door next door.
Casual chatter estimated that this person had an old-fashioned personality and was not that interested, so after thinking about it, his companion decided to find something that interested him.
The companion did not forget the biggest task of this trip, so he talked and talked, and the topic still leaned on the object of tracking.
The companion didn't know much about that Lin Gongzi, except for some unreliable rumors quietly circulating in the house, there was very little really relevant information.
He was going to ask Ah Lai about it.
When his companion mentions the matter about that Lin Gongzi, Ah Lai will not be too disgusted.
Sure enough, Ah Lai thought about it seriously when he heard this, he lowered his head and thought about it and said: "Lin Gongzi likes to go to the west of Suzhou City when he goes out, and he has been to the west of the city several times. “
"Really?"
Ah Lai replied honestly: "I've only been to the area south of the city once, and it's not enough to visit Suzhou City." ”
The companion pursed his lips and then asked him: "Then tell me, to the west of Suzhou City, where did Lin Gongzi go?" ”
Ah Lai's gaze met him, and after thinking about it, he said cautiously: "There are really a lot of places he has been to in the west of the city. ”
"Tell me, I'll listen." The companion picked up smoothly.
"He has been to the time-honored teahouses in the west of the city, several ready-to-wear shops on the street, the snack bar with the most people in the city, and even the pharmacy shops in Suzhou," Ah Lai summed up after a detailed count.
The companion opened his eyes wide, looked at him, shook his head, and said helplessly: "Listen! "You said it yourself, that Lin Gongzi went to a lot of places," the companion squinted his eyes and snorted coldly, and then continued, "Even if Nanhua Town is small, there are many places he can go to in the town." "It's not easy to find him."
"It's not easy, but you have to find it." Ah Lai said in a low voice, his tone calm.
"I know, aren't you worrying about our three young people?" The companion glanced at him with a smile and said, "The third young master must know it in his heart. "I must have been thinking about it for a long time last night, so I slept late, and I only missed the hour this morning."
"The pile of places I just mentioned, there's a leak, the gambling house!"
Ah Lai remembered an important matter, and added to his companion, "That Lin Gongzi is still good at this, and he won a lot of money in the gambling house in Suzhou last time. ”
"I went with Yuan Bao at the table and watched him win."
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of his companions widened!
As the guards of the Yuwen family, they naturally went to various places, including gambling houses.
The companion had seen that Lin Gongzi from a distance, although he couldn't see the true face clearly, but he had the impression of being weak and elegant.
Such a person would actually go to a gambling house? Are you good at it? The guards were a little surprised when they heard this!
Ah Lai knew that his companion must be suspicious, so he raised his voice and said, "It's true." ”
The companion definitely didn't doubt the meaning of the stuffy gourd, and knew that Ah Lai was a person who didn't joke and spoke reliably.
He thought for a while, and said to Ah Lai: "If the third young man asks us to look for it separately later, he will go through all the places you mentioned earlier, maybe we can meet them, and we will complete the task." ”
This was the reason why he and Ah came to inquire about the news.
The companion frowned and said, "Actually, the third young master should draw a portrait of that Lin Gongzi, at least we can show it when we ask." ”
It is not unreasonable for his companion to say this, and he is not the little maid ingots who served in Qingyin Pavilion, nor is he Ah Lai who followed Lin Gongzi in and out of the mansion.
For their group of guards, the only one who had direct contact with Lin Gongzi was Ah Lai, but the tracking task was done by two people together.
The companion didn't know the exact appearance of that Lin Gongzi, and just thinking about it made him feel quite tricky.
Splitting up seems to be a bit of an obstacle!
Under this premise, he had to follow Ah Lai or the third young master's side, and follow the people who had seen that Lin Gongzi to find it.
After hearing this, Ah Lai's face stiffened slightly: "The third young master doesn't paint, so he should be worried about something else." ”
His companion raised an eyebrow and looked at him, a gaze that did not dodge or evade.
"Master Wang is near Nanhua Town," Ah came to look at him and said, "We all know that that Lin Gongzi is still a friend of the Third Young Master, and it is not as simple as temporarily living in the Yuwen family. ”
Ah Lai usually doesn't talk much, and if he is willing to speak, he can analyze it no worse than any of the guards! (To be continued.) )