Qu Hao and Ziyan were resting on the balcony of the inn while observing the carriage on the road, and did not see the carriage engraved with an eagle behind them.

The next day, Qu Hao decided to let Ziyan guard on the balcony and look for it in Zhuye City.

In the early winter, the wind is cold and the pedestrians are scarce, and most of the pedestrians are busy with their livelihoods, delivery boys, and housewives who go to the river to do laundry.

The main street of Zhuye is about ten meters wide, and on both sides of the street are shops and small workshops with green tiles and wooden houses, except for the shops selling charcoal, the other shops selling rice, cloth, and clothes are tepid, and the cold makes most people stay at home and do not want to go out.

Qu Hao asked passers-by about some places where coachmen were concentrated, and searched all the way. Guided by passers-by, he found a cargo gathering place, where many horse-drawn wagons were loaded and unloaded over long distances.

Qu Hao stepped forward and asked an elderly coachman if there was a carriage with an eagle carved on the tail.

"The pattern engraved on the rear of the car should be a car soliciting passengers, and the carriage that pulls goods does not have a butt. However, some horse-drawn carriages are equipped with simple canopies that can be put together, and there are also cart butts that can be engraved with patterns. The coachman said.

"Do you have this kind of car here that can both pull goods and modify and solicit passengers?" Qu Hao asked.

"As far as I know, no." The coachman replied.

Don't pass the carriageman in the freight yard, Qu Hao had no choice but to return to the road and continue to search. He suddenly thought that there should be more opportunities to go to places where there were more horse-drawn carriages, so he asked the uncle walking on the road where the rich people in Zhuye liked to go.

"In addition to the wine store, the places where rich people go are Tingyuxuan and Tengyunlou, among which Tingyuxuan is the place where the richest people like to go, and Tengyunlou is slightly lower." Uncle told him.

"Then can you tell me how to listen to Yuxuan?" Qu Hao asked.

"Listen to Yuxuan, it's not far from Jun Shangxing Palace, you go forward about five hundred steps, turn right and walk more than three hundred steps."

Qu Hao thanked the uncle, and came to Tingyuxuan according to the road he pointed out, only to see that there were a few horse-drawn carriages pulling customers parked in front of this imposing three-story wooden building.

When Qu Hao walked to the carriage and passed by the gate of Tingyuxuan, several beautiful young women greeted him and invited him to sit in for a while.

Qu Hao hurriedly declined the girls' invitations, and went directly to several carriages to ask them if they had seen a carriage with an eagle pattern engraved on the back of the carriage.

To Qu Hao's surprise, one of the coachmen had really seen it in Zhuye, but it was three months ago, and it was not clear who drove the carriage.

These coachmen told Qu Hao that there are only two reasons for carving eagles on the rear of the car, one is that the owner of the car has a hobby, or likes to carve patterns by hand, or likes to carve eagles very much; The second is as a symbol, such as a totem of a horse convoy, or a symbol of the leader of the horse convoy.

When Qu Hao heard this, he really made some sense, and after thanking these coachmen, he hired one of the carriages and went to Tengyun Tower to ask the coachman there.

The coachman in front of Tengyun Tower did not provide valuable information, so Qu Hao simply rented a carriage to wander around the city, looking for clues while familiarizing himself with the cityscape of Zhuye.

Zhuye can undoubtedly only be regarded as a small city, the city is not prosperous, but the people here are simple and kind, which impresses Qu Hao, no matter who you ask or what kind of question you ask, the person being asked is a bright smile, even if you can't answer, you will kindly ask others on behalf of the questioner.

"Where did the guest officer come from?" The coachman asked Qu Hao.

"I'm from overseas. I wonder who the monarch of your country is? Qu Hao said.

"At the moment, the king is Chen Gonggong. Although our Chen State is a small country, it has a very high status, and the monarch is a descendant of Emperor Shun. At the beginning, King Wu of Zhou visited the descendants of Emperor Shun, who is now the ancestor of the monarch, sealed a fief to make it a country, and married his own daughter to him. "The coachman is worthy of being a subject at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and he is the head of his country.

"Oh." Although Qu Hao doesn't know much about ancient history, the ancient sage Emperor Shun still knows it, and Chairman Mao once had a poem "600 million Shenzhou is full of Shunyao", which he remembers very clearly.

"Your Majesty Chen Gonggong has been working for the country for more than ten years, and he is very loved by the people. Although we are a small country, we are not at all lagging behind when dealing with big countries, and the surrounding big countries have maintained good relations with us. The coachman spoke eloquently and seemed to be very concerned about national affairs.

"That's amazing." Qu Hao sighed.

"I didn't expect you, a coachman, to care so much about national affairs, it's a pity that you don't be an official." Qu Hao said half-jokingly to the coachman.

"To tell you the truth, I was a commander before I went down, and I left the army only after I was wounded." The coachman said.

"Disrespectful, disrespectful. Please ask for your first name. Qu Hao knew that this unsightly coachman was a retired and disabled officer. In ancient times, the commander belonged to the middle and senior officers, which was equivalent to the regimental level of the army.

"Under the surname Zheng Mingshu, the guest official is surnamed Da Ming?"

"Contemptible people have also served in the army, exempt from respecting the surname, and have a single name." Qu Hao replied.

"Mr. Qu Hao, it turned out to be a fellow practitioner, and I am fortunate to meet him." Zheng Shu turned around and said to Qu Hao.

"Are you a senior, or am you my superior?" Qu Hao was only a lieutenant in the army, at most equivalent to a centurion in ancient times.

"Mr. Qu is young and promising, heroic, and has an unlimited future." Zheng Shu said.

"After winning awards, Qu is just an idler now, looking for his lost relatives to come here. To be honest, since I was far away from the barracks, I have lost my sense of direction and my future is uncertain. Qu Hao said.

"Since there is no goal when you leave the army, Mr. Qu might as well join the army again and show his ambitions." Zheng Shu said.

"Well, Mr. Zheng is reasonable, Qu will consider it seriously." Qu Hao listened to what Zheng Shu said, and felt that it was a little reasonable, but now the matter of finding Meng Yao was urgent, and he could only think about it after this matter was completed.

Chatting with Zheng Shu while walking in the carriage, he unconsciously went around Zhuye City a few times, Qu Hao asked Zheng Shu to send himself to the rented inn and said goodbye to him.

Qu Hao came to several conclusions through these days' investigations: first, Ji Jiao did not lie to him, and the carriage that Meng Yao rode when she got rid of their father and son was Chen Guo's; The second is that the coachmen of this car are rarely seen in Zhuye, indicating that it rarely pulls people in Zhuye; The third is that the car is likely to be mainly engaged in long-distance transportation, and the eagle is the symbol of the convoy.

Back in the guest room, Zi Yan was still sitting on the balcony looking at the carriages coming and going, and she didn't look easy.