Chapter Ninety-Four: The City Gate Passes Inspection
A small village with only a few dozen families has become a temporary place for the three of us to settle down, and it is surprising that there is a small inn in such a small village.
In view of the dangers along the way in the past few days, I stayed up all night at this remote village inn, always paying attention to the movement outside the door.
However, the night passed, and nothing happened.
After yawning and eating breakfast, Zhuo Ran asked me, "Didn't you sleep well last night, do you want to sleep for a while?" ”
I shook my head, "No, let's hurry!" ”
I thought that when I would hire a carriage and sleep on the car, I wouldn't delay Zhuo Ran's time.
After inquiry, we didn't hire a carriage, money is really not everything, when you have a handful of silver in your hand, but you can't spend it, and you can't buy what you want, it's a grievance!
Although the carriage was not hired, I found an ox cart, a cow, pulling an unroofed cart, fortunately, the weather was good, there was no rain, and it was quite comfortable in the sun.
I was listless and could sit well at first, but after only half an hour, I began to feel sleepy.
Suddenly, I found that Zhuo Ran, who was originally a person away, approached me at some point, and said, "I'll lend you for a while." ”
He said that, and I was not welcome, and leaned directly on his back. The bullock cart moves very slowly, so you don't have to worry about being turned upside down after falling asleep.
It was like sleeping in a stroller, and I quickly fell asleep during the shaking......
When subconsciously, the shaking no longer existed, I woke up uncomfortably, and it turned out that the ox cart had stopped.
"Where is this?" Still confused, I asked, and as far as my eyes could see, there seemed to be a long line.
"This ...... What is this for? He rubbed his eyes again, thinking he was dreaming.
"Ahead is the city gate, and we have to be checked before we can enter." Zhuo Ran said.
I nodded, indicating that I understood.
"Let's get out of the car, and hire another carriage when we get to the city." After saying that, he was the first to jump off the ox cart, paid the money, and continued to wait in line to enter the city.
"Hurry up in the back, I want to die slowly!" There was a scolding sound from the front, presumably from the officers and soldiers.
After a while, "Hey, hey, hey...... So fast, are you in a hurry to reincarnate, do you want me to give you a ride. ”
"Official, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the villain's wife is sick, and I'm in a hurry to go into the city to find Dr. Wang!" A slightly older voice replied.
"So much nonsense, open the bag and I'll see what's inside...... Well, it's okay to go. Next......"
"Is there something wrong with such a strict investigation?" I said to Zhuo Ran.
Suddenly, an old lady in front of me turned around and said to me: "I heard that the richest man in the city before yesterday, Zhang Yuanwaifuzhong, was killed more than 100 people up and down overnight, and the blood flowed like a river, which was unbearable. When she said this, she lowered her voice again and continued: "Having said that, this Zhang family is also innocent, Zhang Yuanwai has not done anything good on weekdays, and the rented paddy fields and dry soil, the rent is expensive!" ”
The eldest lady shook her head, sighed twice, and then changed her tone and said: "It's a pity that the eldest young master of the Zhang family is young and promising, and he is also pure-hearted, and he is often seen helping his neighbors solve problems." ”
The old lady looked sorry, and I was puzzled: "Then why didn't he persuade his father to be kind when he was so good?" ”
"What's the use, for this matter, the eldest young master of the Zhang family has moved out of the ancestral house of the Zhang family......"
"Then why was he still killed?" I grabbed the conversation.
"Zhang Yuanwai had a big birthday that day, as the eldest son, he naturally wanted to go to celebrate the old man's birthday, who knew that such a thing happened." After speaking, the old lady sighed, and when she saw that the person in front of her had moved a few steps forward, she followed closely.
"How pitiful!" Liu Piaopiao sighed.
Zhuo Ran and I glanced at each other, but neither spoke.
The people who followed in front of us moved slowly, and finally we were examined.
The officer and soldier glanced at me, and suddenly whispered to another officer and soldier next to me. I feel a little strange, I haven't seen them do this in the past few times!
Sure enough, something strange happened, and the two officers and soldiers who whispered suddenly pulled out the big knives at their waists and put them on my neck.
"What are you going to do?" Zhuo Ran said loudly.
"I caught him too, I can't be an accomplice." One of the officers and soldiers who caught me said, and then Zhuo Ran was also twisted by their arms.
There was a sigh from the passers-by at the city gate, why is such a handsome boy and brother actually a murderer who has killed hundreds of people...... The world is going down or something.
Liu Piaopiao suddenly knelt on the ground, and said eagerly: "Official, Zhuo Gongzi and Bai Gongzi are both good people, please behave well, let them go......" As he spoke, he kowtowed on the ground again.
"Piaopiao, you get up." I shouted, this girl is really too kind, Mingjing Temple is in danger, she didn't run away alone, and now she is interceding for me and Zhuo Ran.
"There's another woman, do you want to arrest them together?" An officer and soldier said.
Someone immediately grabbed Liu Piaopiao.
"Why do you say we are murderers?" Zhuo Ran said angrily.
"Naturally, there are portraits to prove it."
An officer and soldier came out of the city with a roll of paper in his hand. After stopping in front of me, he opened the scroll of paper in his hand and looked at me, and then at the paper in his hand.
"Isn't it, head!" An officer and soldier asked.
The officer and soldier who was called the head looked at it for a while, and suddenly said: "It's not quite like it, you can take a look." ”
He turned the paper upside down, and I followed suit, and the portrait on the paper really looked like me, and the hairstyle was the same, but the eyebrows were obviously thicker than mine, the eyes were not similar at all, the lips were quite thin, and the nose was about the same.
"Head, it's different, the one we caught is much better!" An officer with a knife resting on my neck said.
After comparing their heads again, they waved their hands and said, "Wrong, wrong, let it go." ”
A few officers and soldiers quickly let us go, and at this moment, I really wanted to smoke them, but Zhuo Ran was by his side, and it was better to have more than one thing, so I forgot it.
After entering the city and having a bite to eat, we hired a carriage and continued on our way.
In the car, I said to Liu Piaopiao: "Piaopiao, there will be danger in the future, you can't stand up like this anymore, and so are you." The last three words are addressed to Zhuo Ran.
The latter looked out the window, ignoring what I meant, didn't he hear? The wheels under this carriage are quite noisy.
"Zhuo Ran, if there is anything in the future, you can run, you must not stay, do you hear?" I raised my voice again.
Zhuo Ran glanced back at me and didn't say anything, I don't know what he was thinking?