Later, the lady of this family personally sent the palm beads to find Pu Laohan. According to the lady, Pu Laohan is an old bachelor, but he is diligent, and he lives well on the few acres of thin land left by his ancestors. This man grows all kinds of vegetables without growing food, and he can take care of them, and those vegetables grow very well, and he has been selling them in the barracks all these years.

"That's Pu Haohan's house, so I won't go. Be careful, he has two big dogs. I just don't know if he is at home, and if he is not at home, he may be busy in the field. His vegetable patch is not far away. ”

Zhangzhu thanked him and went to the Pu family with Liao Kai, who built a few spacious and bright large tiled houses, and there were many golden corn cobs drying under the eaves. Compared with other people's homes, these large tiled houses do look very magnificent. It seems that this old man Pu has made a lot of money over the years.

The family is not too poor, why is Pu Laohan an old bachelor? This made Zhangzhu a little puzzled.

Before they entered the Pu family's yard, the two big dogs he fed were barking vigorously through the low fence wall, and one of them had already run to the door and barked.

Liao Kai saw that the doors and windows were tightly closed, so he said, "It looks like I'm not at home." ”

"Then I'll have to look in the nearby fields."

It didn't take much effort to find the old man, and when they found him, he was hoeing grass in the vegetable patch. I saw a short, shriveled half-old man, with dark skin, purple lips, and a gap on the upper lip, which is often called rabbit lips. It's really ugly.

Liao Kai asked Zhangzhu to stand on the ridge and wait, and he went over to negotiate.

"May I ask if you are Pu Laohan?"

The old man was working when he heard someone call him to look back and say, "Which one are you?" What's the matter with finding Lao Tzu? "That's a lot of breath.

"I want to ask you something." Liao Kai was still polite in his words.

"What's the matter? Come buy my food? I don't sell my food to you. ”

Liao Kai smiled and said: "No, I heard that the old man often buys vegetables for those soldiers, so you should know the previous General Xie, right?" ”

After Pu Laohan heard this, he looked at the two of them back and forth for a long time, especially the one with fine skin and tender flesh on the ridge did not look like the people in the camp at all, these were not military men.

"I don't know, I don't know anything, don't get in the way of my farming." Pu Laohan impatiently began to expel them.

Standing on the ridge, the palm bead shouted: "Uncle, is it okay to ask you something?" ”

Is that a little girl? Pu Laohan looked at the faint old eyes twice, but she was a handsome girl, but this dress was no different from a boy, when was the girl in the city dressed like this?

"I'm just a vegetable farmer, and I don't know anything. Get out of here! Pu Laohan saw that Liao Kai next to him didn't leave, he followed Liao Kai and used a hoe to go, fortunately, Liao Kai's body flashed quickly and was not beaten.

Zhangzhu didn't expect this old man to react so much.

Liao Kai felt that today was not a good time, and he was afraid that he would delay the time to return to the city, so he discussed with Zhangzhu: "Let's go back first, and come back another day." ”

Zhangzhu had to do this, and then the two led the horse back. The old man looked at the figures of the two of them and hurriedly ran to his house, and said in his heart, what is the origin of these two people? Who in the capital came here to inquire about the news? He didn't know anything, and he wanted to live a few more years.

On the way back, Zhangzhu seemed to be preoccupied, and Liao Kai couldn't help but comfort her when he saw it: "Miss Fu is not in a hurry, let's take our time." That old man must have known something for his big reaction. As long as I know where his family lives, I have a way to get him to speak. ”

Zhangzhu nodded and agreed: "That's good, it's just hard for Master Liao." ”

"Miss Fu, you're too polite."

The two of them went to the city one after the other, and after walking for about two miles, Liao Kai saw a group of people and horses walking down the mountain over there, his eyes were very good, and he recognized at a glance that it was the person who exchanged horses with them that day. I don't know where these people came from. Zhangzhu also saw it, and she urged the horse to run quickly, she didn't want to cause any more trouble.

When they came to the gates, they were about to give the keys. Because they were also severely interrogated by the soldiers guarding the city gates, fortunately Liao Kai moved Yang Zhao out, and finally let them enter the city.

At this time, the sunset had not yet completely set, but there were almost no people on those streets, and every household closed its doors and windows, and it looked bleak. If the capital is at this time, I am afraid that there will still be a lot of people.

"It seems that the martial law in Yanzhou is very powerful."

Liao Kai said: "Yes, but this place is located in a fortress, and it is understandable that it is not peaceful." ”

The two returned to Yang Zhao's house, and Yan Sheng and Lao Huang had been waiting for a long time, and they were relieved when they finally saw the two return safely.

Zhangzhu was full of worries, and her appetite was not too good, so she hurriedly ate a few bites of food and asked people to withdraw the rest. Then she asked for a pen and paper, wrote a long few words, and later gave the paper to the leap student.

"You can help me buy all the above things, if you are not familiar with the road of life, you can let Lao Huang accompany you."

Yan Sheng glanced at it, it was all the names of various medicines, and he asked, "Is the girl planning to go back to her old business again?" ”

"It's a shortcut, but I'm not going to open a hospital."

The leap student agreed to do it.

The next day, Zhangzhu still wanted to go to Pu Laohan but was stopped by Liao Kai: "Miss Fu has been outside for so long yesterday and it has been hard, let's go run today, I know what the girl wants to ask, or I said that I moved him, bring him here, you can ask in person." ”

The palm beads also went to him.

But Liao Kai also pounced on this day: "That old man Pu is a rotten drunkard, he is so drunk that he can't walk steadily, and he doesn't recognize me." Whatever I asked, it didn't help. ”

"I'll be able to talk to him someday."

Liao Kai said: "But I heard something about this old man from other villagers, and I heard that this old man loves wine and is good at gambling. The money earned was squandered except for the construction of a few large tiled houses. ”

"Has anything changed since Yuanjia eight years ago?"

"I've also inquired carefully, and it's said that I've been even more profligate since then."

The family she treated didn't know what happened to her father, but it was obvious that this old man Pu knew something, and she had to find a way to get this old man to speak.

Zhangzhu thought of an idea, so he discussed it with Liao Kai, and Liao Kai finally agreed: "Then I'll try it." ”

"Well, please leave it to Master Liao."

Liao Kai helped with the layout, and Runsheng helped Zhangzhu buy back some medicines, and Zhangzhu began to pound medicine, grind medicine, and boil medicine again. The small courtyard was filled with the smell of medicine all day long. Yang Zhao came back occasionally, and when he saw this situation, he did not interfere with the behavior of Zhangzhu.