Chapter 90: Old Friends
Luocheng is different from Huai'an, there is a post station for entertaining officials and important envoys alone, so Tang Yao and Li Yanhan lived in the post station.
The fourth prince has important things to do in this Jiangnan inspection, and the county commander Zhang Baotian naturally wants to accompany him. They'll be in Luo Cheng for a few days, so the time is pretty tight.
Tang Yao was originally thinking about how to get Li Yanhan's consent and let her act alone. After all, she is the accompanying minister of the third grade, and this county order leads the four princes to inspect the people's situation, so she naturally wants to keep up.
It's a big deal to find an excuse to slip away halfway, and Li Yanhan won't suspect anything if he thinks about it.
Coincidentally, Li Yanhan seemed to know what Tang Yao was going to do, and saw her deliberately slippery performance, but he didn't stop it. The fourth prince was so generous, but Tang Yao was a little unaccustomed to it. simply confessed his speculation to Li Yanhan that this Luocheng might be involved in the human trafficking incident.
After Li Yanhan heard about it, she didn't have much reaction, but allowed Tang Yao to stay in Luocheng for a few days, and she could investigate casually. With Li Yanhan's permission, Tang Yao couldn't care so much, pulled Xuanqing in, and investigated and inquired in Luocheng City every day.
The entire city of Luo is so large, it is not easy to find those four carriages. However, since those three people disappeared near Luo Cheng, there is a good chance that they are hiding in Luo Cheng City. How to find it, and where to find it, is really a question.
Tang Yao led Xuan Qing to wander on the street, saying that it was dangling, but in fact, he was investigating. The local folk customs of Luocheng are simple, and it is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, so it will naturally not be bad for the capital. It's a pity that I haven't heard anything strange happen in Luo Cheng, which makes Tang Yao very incomprehensible.
Haven't those three been here yet? It shouldn't be, four carriages, three or four people in one car, how to say that there are more than twenty people moving, even in Luocheng, there shouldn't be no clues. Or are the three more cautious and will only choose to do it in the dead of night?
"It's not a way to inquire like this, let's investigate separately, and meet at the post station in three days, I'll wait for your news." Tang Yao stopped, she thought about it carefully, and felt that this was the only way to improve work efficiency. Instead of the two of them wandering around Luo Cheng like headless flies, it is better to let Xuan Qing go out to investigate, maybe the efficiency is higher than her.
Xuan Qing probably thought of going with Tang Yao, or maybe he did have a way to investigate, so he agreed to her proposal.
Thinking like this, Tang Yao only felt a little thirsty, and looking at the tea stall not far away, she said, "Shopkeeper, come to a bowl of hot tea!" ”
"Okay, Childe, please take a seat."
Tang Yao found a seat where no one sat down, and while straightening the hem of his clothes, it was also convenient to observe the people coming and going around the tea stall. Her gaze kept scanning the crowd, afraid that she would miss one.
Suddenly, a slightly chubby and short man appeared in her field of vision, the man had a scar on the left side of his face, which looked a little hideous, and his eyes flickered, and he always felt that there was something.
"Childe, your hot tea!" As soon as the shopkeeper brought the tea bowl up, the boy in Tsing Yi sitting in the corner of the tea stall had long since disappeared, except for the pennies on the table.
Although she didn't see the appearance of the fat man among the three that night, her intuition told her that this person looked a little like the fat man...
Tang Yao followed the man a few meters behind him slowly, occasionally glancing in the direction of the man with his peripheral vision. If there was nothing going on, how could this scarred man take a step and look around, as if he was wary of something. This alone shows that this man has a ghost in his heart!
I was not familiar with Luo Cheng Tang Yao, but I felt that following this person, I was originally on the street where people came and went, and suddenly walked to a somewhat remote path. Tang Yao was a little vigilant in her heart, she had no martial arts, and she never did anything to stalk people, so naturally she couldn't be silent when there were few people.
So she slowed down, from the original slowness to the slow. The scar man was walking ahead, and suddenly turned left into an alley.
By the time Tang Yao followed, the man was gone. But this alley is a dead end, and in front of it are shelves full of debris, which must have been discarded by someone somewhere. So there was no way out of the alley except for two tall walls.
Tang Yao glanced at the alley suspiciously, then retreated to the street, and glanced left and right.
On the left is the Chess Pavilion of the Chess Pavilion, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the Chess Workshop. On the right side is a very inconspicuous bookstore, Tang Yao walked in and saw that it was just an ordinary book shop.
What does it mean that Scar Man will disappear into the alley between these two high walls?
Tang Yao's expression was a little solemn, no matter what the result was, it was better than no gain. When Xuanqing comes back, let him investigate this place properly.
This walking with your head down and thinking about things is definitely not a good example. A person on the opposite side hurriedly bumped over, Tang Yao didn't have time to react, and directly staggered back a few steps, only to avoid falling to the ground.
The man hurriedly stopped and apologized to Tang Yao continuously, "Childe is really sorry, he is in too much of a hurry." ”
Tang Yao felt that this voice was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere. When she looked up at the other party, the other person happened to look up at her.
The eyes of the two people were facing each other, and the surprise in the other party's eyes was extremely obvious, and he blurted out almost in disbelief, "Brother Tang!?" ”
Tang Yao was also surprised, straightened up and smiled warmly at the man, "Brother Song, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”
The man in white in front of him was none other than the doctor Song Feiyang whom Tang Yao met when he went to Huai'an. Previously, because he wanted to testify to Wang Shen's dog official, Tang Yao invited him to the capital, and by the time the case was closed, Song Feiyang had already quietly left the capital.
So much so that she didn't have time to thank him until now.
I didn't expect to meet the old man in this Luo City, it can be said to be fate.
Song Feiyang put down the medicine box in his hand and smiled at Tang Yao and Shan, "Brother Tang, why are you here?" ”
"I was ordered to come to Jiangnan to inspect and pass by Luocheng to rest for a few days. But when you left the capital, you didn't say a word to me, and you shouldn't treat me as a friend. Tang Yao scolded with a smile.
When Song Feiyang heard this, he arched his hand at Tang Yao in embarrassment and said, "If I can make friends with Brother Tang, how can I not be a friend of you." It's just that there was an urgent matter at home that day, so I had to rush back to my hometown with my wife overnight. ”
Tang Yao nodded slightly and said, "So that's the case, Mrs. Song, I remember that I was about to give birth before I left Huai'an, how is my health now?" ”
"I'm tired of Brother Tang's concern." Song Feiyang's words paused, and his face was filled with an indescribable sense of joy, "Madame is really hard, she just gave birth to a daughter for me a few days ago, and I can be regarded as a father." ”
Hello daughter! Tang Yao patted Song Feiyang's shoulder with emotion and said, "Congratulations to Brother Song, this girl is good!" Earn without losing money! Brother Song's life will be better in the future! ”
Song Feiyang was puzzled, "Why did Brother Tang say this?" ”
"This girl is my father's intimate little padded jacket, I don't know how much worry I have to save compared to the stinky boy!"
Song Feiyang didn't know if he understood or not, so he could only echo Tang Yao and nodded, "I've always thought that my daughter is good, but I didn't expect Brother Tang to be with me." ”
In fact, it is quite rare, in such an era, people pay the most attention to patriarchy. So it's not easy for Seinfeld to have such a concept. The two looked at each other and smiled, and after a long time, Tang Yao asked curiously, "Where is Brother Song going in such a hurry?" ”
Hearing this, Song Feiyang's originally smiling face had a hint of worry and said, "I won't hide it from you, I'm on my way to the doctor." Although this Luo City seems to be harmonious, it is not a stable place. ”
"What do you mean by that?" Tang Yao asked.
“... I don't know how to explain it to you, if Brother Tang is okay now, come with me. ”
"Okay, you lead the way."