185 Wu Zhi
To say or not to say?
When the stall owner was hesitating, he suddenly saw Su Yu walking towards this side with dry food, and he smiled and said: There is nothing.
The wicked man looked at him strangely: if not, why hesitate for so long? Or who are you trying to hide it from?
Before the stall owner could speak, Su Yushu walked over, she handed the six coins to the stall owner's hand, and said: I just met a beef seller over there, so I went to ask and delayed the work. In ancient times, cattle were not allowed to be killed, and only beef that died of illness or death by accident could be killed and eaten for meat, and beef was extremely difficult to buy.
It turned out that this was the case, and the stall owner asked while taking the copper plate: Who is selling? Is it an old dead cow?
Su Yu pointed to the third family on the other side of the street and said: It's that family, saying that it was a relative's cow, and it accidentally fell to death, and the beef looked very tender. Su Yu didn't buy it, she wanted to eat it, but she didn't have a pot or stove, and it was impossible to mature the raw beef, so it would be troublesome to find someone to borrow fire.
When the wicked man saw that the stall owner ignored him, he was a little angry: Talking to you, didn't you hear!
The stall owner saw that this evil man was angry, and hurriedly explained: No, no, no, I heard your words, didn't I think about it before, think about it, if I can't afford to say it, isn't this a lie?
When the wicked man heard this, he felt that this was reasonable, and at this moment, the stall owner shouted from the steamed bun stall in front of him: Stop me, you damn beggar! How dare you steal my buns!
The villain and his party were immediately led over.
Su Yu watched them leave, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, she just found a beggar, gave two copper sheets, and asked him to pretend to steal the buns, sure enough, the beggar led the group of people away, and successfully escaped the catastrophe.
However, it is not advisable to stay here for long.
Su Yu left the noodle stall after the evil man left.
It was getting dark, she had to find a place to deal with it for a night, she thought, tomorrow she would go to the teahouse to inquire about the news of Anding County, Anding County is the county where Su Yu lives, it is already early December, she hopes to return home before the New Year.
Su Yu finally found a place to stay, which was an ordinary house.
She carefully observed, the owner of this house is not at home, she decided to 'borrow for one night', this has horses, there is a house for hay, Su Yu did not occupy the main house, went directly to the house where hay is placed, she picked up the grass, and hid herself in the middle, this house has walls on all sides, the hay is extremely dry, soft and very, Su Yu took out the old cotton jacket again, and covered it on his body, so that he could sleep well.
She pondered that she would go to the teahouse tomorrow, where the news was the most well-informed, and then she could inquire about the news of Anning County, and it was best to ask how to go this way.
She once hired a carriage, and she could afford to pay the money, but if she took the carriage back, in case she passed the mountain of Heifeng Village, wouldn't she be equivalent to sending herself to the door?
So, let's wait for her to inquire about the news clearly.
Su Yu thought about it, and fell asleep.
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In the middle of the night, the four masters walked around the house with their hands behind their backs, and he watched the movement outside the door as he walked.
When the fourth master saw them, he immediately rushed over and asked, "How is it, have you found anyone?"
The three of them lowered their heads guiltily: I didn't find it, we have searched all the inns, and there is no such person.
The fourth boss stood up and said: Are you sure every room has been searched? Is there really a fish that has slipped through the net?
When the three of them heard this, they shook their heads and said: There is no one in the inn, all the ordinary houses have been searched, and those in the upper class rooms are not allowed to be searched. They are not from the government, and they have no search orders, so why should they be searched? If it weren't for their fierce appearance, they wouldn't be easy to mess with, and those inns probably wouldn't let them go in and search for them, thanks to this fierce face.
The fourth master said angrily: If they don't let them search, won't you secretly go to investigate!
The three men immediately went out of the house again, and they were going to go and check secretly, and they slipped away very quickly, for fear that the four masters would fire on them.
As soon as they left, another person came back, this one was six people, the four masters did not come out to greet this time, he felt that things were messed up when he saw the faces of these six people, he must have not found anyone, otherwise, the faces of these six people would not be so ugly.
Even though he knew the answer, he still asked with a fluke mentality: How is it?
The man standing at the front of the six people whispered: All the broken houses and temples have been searched, there is no one we are looking for, and we have also looked at the beggars one by one, either they are not the right age, or they are ......
I don't want to hear that. The fourth master said angrily, didn't you ask those beggars if they saw the living?
It was still the man who answered: I have asked, there are many guests coming and going from the south to the north, plus the original people in the county, those beggars see a lot of people in a day, and they can't remember it at all.
The fourth master only felt angry, this matter fell on his hands, there were many people who opposed him in the Black Wind Village, and as soon as this incident came out, those people didn't pinch this handle to fight him to death!
He was not born in the village, and it was difficult for the people in the village to agree, but fortunately, he was capable, ruthless, and able to earn silver, and he could also let his brothers survive.
In fact, he knew in his heart that the reason why he became the leader of the limelight village was thanks to the young lady who had made a 'private life' with him, if he didn't give her to the big boss, how could he get the one in front of him?
Now he is no longer the poor scholar he was at the beginning, he has silver, he also has real estate, he wants wind and rain, and his life is very moist.
His plan has always had a high success rate, but he didn't expect it to miss this time, and he blamed the damn plague.
The six looked at the four masters, waiting for his words.
Outside the door came another person, it was a group of boys, more than ten years old, the leader was a very thin child, the child stood outside the house for a while, only to the middle master beckoned to him, he came over.
The fourth master was already hopeful, and he asked casually: Is there any news?
The thin child nodded quickly: Yes, there are several families outside the mansion of Chen Yuanwai who have seen the girl surnamed Su.
The fourth master suddenly became energetic, and he asked: What happened later?
The thin child's tone lowered suddenly: I haven't seen anyone since then, we have quietly seen it, and there are no strangers to borrow that piece of the Yuanwai Mansion.
The face of the fourth master was black again.
The thin boy clasped his hands together and said uneasily: It's too late now, and I can't find anything, if it disturbs the rest of the people, I'm afraid it's not good.
The fourth master leaned back in his chair, and he waved at the six people and the group of hairy children: Get out.
The men retreated like a tidal wave, and they carefully closed the door.
The four masters sat in the house for a while, the wick of the oil lamp was getting longer and longer, and the room was dark, the four masters slowly stood up, and was about to cut the wick to make the room brighter, just thinking, somehow, he only felt a cold behind him, he looked up sharply, but saw a dead man hanging in the middle of the house!
He was so frightened that he took a few steps back, he was really bold, he suppressed the fear in his heart, she had hanged herself! Impossible here!
He looked up again and glared at the beam.
There's nothing on it.
The fourth master stared at the beam for a long time, he didn't believe in ghosts and gods! said so, but he silently said in his heart, for the sake of our husband and wife, I will burn more paper money for you tomorrow, and don't come to pester me in the future.
The four masters didn't sleep all night, and the oil lamps were lit all night.
The next morning, he ordered a thick wad of paper money to be bought, and he began to burn it in the house, and burned it very seriously.
He silently said in his heart: Don't come to me again in the future, if there is a next time, I will go to the Taoist monk to deal with you, and I will not show mercy again.
It seems that finding people has become less important.
The smoke billowed from the room was extremely choking.
The four masters looked at the firelight, their eyes became weird, the paper money burned one by one, and the fire became bigger and bigger.
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After dawn, Su Yu got out of the haystack, she was covered with grass, she patted her clothes, ripped off all the grass on her body, took care of the buttons, and left the house with her things.
The owner of this house still hasn't returned.
There was no snow last night, only the north wind blew, and the residual snow on the ground was still there, but it was all formed into ice, even if you stepped on it, there would be no footprints, Su Yu walked in the yard with confidence.
She was secretly glad that it was fortunate that there was no snow, otherwise, this foot film alone would be in trouble.
There is a well in this yard, Su Yu fetched water, and after washing, she left, except for the water, nothing in this house was moved, and even when she went out, she turned out of the yard.
After Su Yu left, after making sure that no one was following her, she went to the largest teahouse in the county with confidence, and she was hidden in the city, so she had to inquire about the news, she couldn't hide for a lifetime, didn't she?
Su Yu came to the second floor of the teahouse, she found a corner and sat down, she sat in an excellent position, not only hidden, but also connected to the window, you can take in the scenery outside, which is extremely important to Su Yu.
As soon as Su Yu sat down, the shopkeeper of the teahouse came over, and he asked with a smile: "Guest officer, what do you want?"
The shopkeeper raised his head.
Su Yu originally wanted to call a teapot, but after seeing the face of the shopkeeper, she was stunned.
Su Yu originally wanted to call a teapot, but after seeing the face of the shopkeeper, she was stunned.
This face!
She recognizes this face, Wu Zhi! How could it be Wu Zhi!
How could Wu Zhi be a shopkeeper here? Did she recognize the wrong person?