Chapter 257: Catching Up
In the early morning on the street, a Qingdao man walked alone, thinking about his thoughts, and forgot to call a sedan chair.
At this moment, an old beggar came up to him and held out his hand to him.
The Qingdao man frowned and tried to get around in annoyance, but the old beggar followed him again, and the Qingdao man had to take out a few copper coins and throw them into the broken bowl he was holding.
The copper coin was thrown into the broken bowl, and there was a light and crisp sound, and with that sound, a scavenger saw that there was a ball of paper in the broken bowl, and the old beggar, who had no intention of taking the broken bowl away, still held the broken bowl in front of him.
As if he had suddenly thought of something, he subconsciously picked up the paper ball from the broken bowl, and the moment he took out the paper ball from the broken bowl, the old beggar also took away the broken bowl, and then hummed a little song and walked away.
The Qingdao man turned to look at the old beggar who had gone away, hesitated for a moment, and then unfolded the paper ball.
"I live, he lives; I die, he dies. "It's a small plum blossom.
A Qingdao man exhaled deeply, it was summer, and there was no chill in the morning, only refreshing.
However, the mood of a Qingdao person was not refreshing.
Although it was only eight words, a Qingdao man knew what it meant.
This was given to him by Mei Shengxue, Mei Shengxue is alive, then Langyue is alive; If Mei Shengxue died, then Langyue would also die.
Although Lang Yue is only an apprentice of a Qingdao man, as we all know, a Qingdao man treats him like a son, and the master and apprentice have depended on each other for their lives over the years, and kidnapping Lang Yue is the biggest threat to a Qingdao person.
A Qingdao Taoist stood in place for a long time, and passers-by looked at this dignified Taoist priest curiously, which Taoist temple is this Taoist priest? Fortune telling?
I don't know how long I stood there, but a Qingdao man tore the paper ball to shreds hatefully, beckoned to stop a sedan chair with a foot, and headed towards the palace.
Shen Tong was still sitting at Xu's house, but she was no longer reading, but was grooming the oranges.
"The show girl's team walks very slowly, how many miles can you walk in a day?" Suddenly, Shen Tong asked something that was unrelated.
Azhi thought for a while and said: "At most, I walked fifty or sixty miles a day, and I walked fast, not to mention that those show girls couldn't bear it, even the eunuchs in the palace couldn't do it, we had escorted the eunuchs in the palace before, and they were very squeamish one by one, besides, on this hot day, they smelled on their bodies, and they wanted to save face, for fear of being smelled, and they would have to take a bath after walking a short distance." ”
Shen Tong didn't understand and asked, "Does the eunuch smell on his body?" What does it taste like? ”
Wang Shuangxi glared at Azhi and said, "Miss Shen, don't listen to his nonsense. ”
Azhi said: "Since Miss Shen doesn't know, then you have to tell her that you don't treat Miss Shen as an ordinary woman." ”
Shen Tong also said: "Let's talk about it, if you have a little more knowledge, maybe you can be useful one day." ”
Seeing Shen Tong say this, Wang Shuangxi didn't say much, Azhi said to Shen Tong: "The eunuchs' bodies are incomplete, there must be some unclean problems, usually there is a smell of urine, in the summer, the smell is especially serious, when we are Feiyuwei, we often deal with them, that smell, alas, not to mention how bad it smells, I don't know how the nobles in the palace can stand it." ”
Shen Tong heard this kind of thing for the first time, she couldn't help laughing, Fang Fei was even more stunned, and asked, "Why are the eunuchs' bodies incomplete?" There are also eunuchs in the palace, by the way, no wonder when he was in Yulin, the county lord did not let the attendants live in the temple, but only let them live outside the temple, it turned out that he disliked the smell of their bodies. ”
Shen Tong thought for a while and said, "If you can walk fifty or sixty miles a day, then the people sent by a Qingdao person can't catch up with Mei Shengxue today." ”
Mei Shengxue was mixed in the team of show girls, and the people sent by the Qingdao people couldn't blatantly get Mei Shengxue out in broad daylight, so they could only wait until they lived in the official post at night.
Azhi said: "I remembered, out of Xi'an, the first official post is thirty miles away, and the second official post is fifty miles apart, if they don't stay at the first official post, they can only hurry up and go to the one fifty miles away to stay, so that when they stay, it should be dark." ”
What they can think of, a sweeper can think of.
A Qingdao man really sent people to chase Mei Shengxue, and when the show girl team arrived at the official post, those people had already taken the official position.
But a Qingdao man still made a bad move, that night, those people quietly sneaked into the house where Mei Shengxue lived, and before they could stand firmly, they heard an exclamation, and there was more than one sound, and it was not made by one person.
It wasn't until someone outside came running over with a lamp that they could see clearly where Mei Shengxue lived in this room, but four or five maids.
These maids were all brought by the show girls and arranged in a room, and the information that those people knew in advance was that Mei Shengxue lived here, and there was no need to ask, they were tricked by Mei Shengxue.
They are holding official certificates in their hands, and they are going out on errands, although they are now breaking into the houses of the maids, but these maids are following the show girl into Beijing, which is no different from breaking into the show girl's house.
The eunuchs and officials did not give up, and it was the crime of bullying the king to open and close their mouths.
The show girls are all the emperor's women, what are these people going to the show girls' room to do, do you still need to ask? Is this not a crime of deception or what?
After a whole night's commotion, the draft team did not leave as scheduled in the early morning of the next day, until it was almost noon, someone came over and handed over a large amount of silver, and took these people away first, and the eunuchs and officials took the show girls back on the road.
With such a fuss, it is even more difficult for a Qingdao person to know the whereabouts of Lang Yue from Mei Shengxue's mouth.
In desperation, a Qingdao man had no choice but to write a letter to the capital and send someone to check in advance.
And in Xi'an City, Shen Tong was not idle.
There have been people staring outside the Lao Ji dry goods store, and Lang Yue is in Lao Ji, but Shen Tong can also guess that Mei Shengxue dares to hide people in the downtown area, not just the inspiration hidden in the city, it is very likely that there is a secret passage or secret room in Lao Ji, even if he rushes in to arrest people, he may not be able to find Lang Yue.
So that night, the Lao Ji dry goods shop in Nanwei Fang suddenly went out of water.
And in Xi'an City, Shen Tong was not idle.
There have been people staring outside the Lao Ji dry goods store, and Lang Yue is in Lao Ji, but Shen Tong can also guess that Mei Shengxue dares to hide people in the downtown area, not just the inspiration hidden in the city, it is very likely that there is a secret passage or secret room in Lao Ji, even if he rushes in to arrest people, he may not be able to find Lang Yue.
So that night, the Lao Ji dry goods shop in Nanwei Fang suddenly went out of water.
So that night, the Lao Ji dry goods shop in Nanwei Fang suddenly went out of water.