Cheng Zizi asked the old coachman to help him up, let him sit on a low stool, and also asked people to pour a bowl of water for the old coachman.

Cheng Zizi said: "Who is this relative of yours, are you sure you want to protect him and confront the government?" ”

The old coachman finally breathed a sigh of relief, and as soon as he heard Cheng Zizi ask, he quickly knelt down again, and he finally said the complete word.

This old coachman is not a person who is good at words, just now the Wang Jusi blew his beard and glared at him, a threat, scared the old coachman to death, he was not good at talking, and under extreme fright, he naturally couldn't say anything.

Now that Cheng Zizi has a kinder attitude towards him, and also let him slow down, the old coachman can talk about the matter, otherwise it is estimated that if he persecutes him again, he will have to faint to the ground!

The old coachman said: "Back to the official's words, Mao Xiaowu is the villain's nephew, and he hasn't come out of the third suit yet, and the relationship is very close, but no matter how close the relationship is, if he commits a crime, the villain will not dare to shield him!" ”

Cheng Zizi said: "So when did he leave and where he went, do you know this?" ”

The old coachman said: "He left the night before yesterday, and the villain didn't know where he went, but he never came back, because the villain was told by the official in the yamen that he was not allowed to leave Yanzhou casually, and he could not leave until the case was clarified, so the villain could only wait here!"

In fact, the villain is not willing, but also wants to go home to do business, a day of delay will be less than a day's income, and the livestock stay in the city to buy forage, this is all money, after a long time, the villain can't afford to lose! ”

It took the old coachman a long time before he finished this passage intermittently, and Cheng Zizi listened patiently, waiting for the old coachman to finish his words, and then he continued to ask.

Cheng Zizi said: "He left the night before yesterday, and the night before yesterday happened to be the time of the crime, but you have to think about it, if he really committed the crime, and you don't want to shield him, then you have to think about it carefully, if he leaves Yanzhou, then where will he go, and where can he hide?" ”

The old coachman held his head and thought for a long time, and finally he said: "This nephew of the villain is very poor, and very lazy, if he goes far away, he has nowhere to go, he doesn't even have the money to go, he can't only steal things along the way to live, but his temperament is very fierce, it is estimated that if you want to escape, you will also hide in the mountains, to be a ringing horse, after all, he is still quite good at serving horses!" ”

After listening to this, Cheng Zizai shook his head and said: "Some time ago, the ringing horses and bandits in our neighborhood were basically cleaned up, and in such a short period of time, there will be no new ringing horses, so it is possible for him to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, but if he wants to be a robber, he can only be a lone robber, so can you tell me what kind of deep mountains and old forests he has been to, is there one nearby?" ”

The development around Yanzhou City is quite good, farmland and fruit forests are intertwined, there are many villages, of course, there are a lot of woods, but the kind of big forests that can hide people and can fall grass in them, and the mountains are high and the forests are deep so that the government cannot carry out encirclement and suppression, but there is no such big forest.

Cheng Zizi let the old coachman continue to think, but the old coachman couldn't think of anything, he said: "This nephew of the villain has always lived in the city, and he can be regarded as a decent person in the city, and the villain lives outside the city of Qianfeng County, he is a countryman, where do the city people usually like to go, where will the villain, the countryman, know!" ”

Cheng Zizi could see that this old coachman really couldn't figure out where Mao Xiaowu had fled, and it was useless to ask no matter how hard he asked.

He had to take a look at this small wooden building, this small wooden building has two floors, the first floor is a small hall, which is full of miscellaneous items, all of which are some broken and worthless things, and they are probably not afraid of losing them.

Cheng Zizi stepped on the creaking wooden stairs and went up to the second floor, and saw that there were two rooms on the second floor, one room was empty and there was nothing, but there was a blanket on the floor, and the other room was a bedroom room.

Cheng Zizi said to the old coachman: "This room is Mao Xiaowu's, and then this room was originally empty, you will live here when you come, right?" ”

The old coachman hurriedly said: "Yes, that's it! The villain's nephew has no family, so he lives alone, and if he lives in such a big house alone, it will naturally seem empty! ”

Cheng Zizai entered Mao Xiaowu's room, walked around inside, and found that there was nothing valuable, because Mao Xiaowu left in a hurry, he went to Dong's house at night, and he didn't come back after committing the case, so he didn't come back to pack his baggage at all.

But looking at the situation in Mao Xiaowu's house now, he doesn't need to pack any baggage, because there is nothing valuable in his room, that is, there are a few torn clothes.

But when he searched Mao Xiaowu's bed, he found a handkerchief under the pillow, which was a very cheap handkerchief with a flower embroidered on it, but the embroidery was very rough, and at a glance he knew that it was not worth a few pennies.

But the smell of this handkerchief is a little fragrant, and I don't know what it was smoked with, although the spices used are also very cheap, but this handkerchief is scented, that is, the woman makes that kind of handkerchief, but there is no doubt about it.

Cheng Zizi took this handkerchief and asked the old coachman, "Who is this handkerchief?" Didn't you say that your nephew has no family, so how can there be such a woman's handkerchief? Is there anything good about this nephew of yours? ”

The old coachman shook his head: "The villain's nephew is very profligate, and he likes to attract bees and butterflies, but serious women definitely don't look down on him, so he can only find those women who can spend money!"

He has never been able to quit this problem, and a little money has been filled in the bottomless pit, so although he used to earn a lot, he couldn't save money, and serious women don't look down on him, so he has never asked for a good wife, which is no wonder others! ”

After Cheng Zizi heard this, he immediately opened the handkerchief, looked carefully, and saw that there were two words embroidered in the lower left corner of the handkerchief, these two words were really not very well embroidered, Cheng Zizi carefully identified it, and then understood that the above two words were embroidered with "red red".

It seems that the owner of this handkerchief is called Honghong, plus what the old coachman said just now, then this Honghong may be a dusty woman.

Cheng Zizi took a handkerchief and asked the old coachman: "This Honghong, have you heard your nephew mention that he is a woman from somewhere, and he should not be far from here, right?" ”

The old coachman looked dazed, shaking his head and not knowing, no matter his age or financial resources, it was impossible for him to run to Yanzhou City to be romantic, so he really couldn't answer the question asked by Cheng Zizi.

At this time, the servant of the Dong family who came with him said: "The villain used to be quite familiar with Mao Xiaowu, and he could say a few words when he met, but I heard him mention this Honghong, it seems to be a girl in the courtyard with red sleeves, Mao Xiaowu likes her very much, and even wants to save money to redeem her, but I don't know if this Honghong is the Honghong you want to find." ”

Cheng Zizi sighed and said, "I guess it's this Honghong, where is the yard called Red Sleeves?" ”

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