Chapter Seventy-Nine: Tracking the Elopement
Li Ying and Yu Ren glanced at each other. Unexpectedly, he was going to track down the instigator behind Shi Tingzhu, but he unintentionally found out about his affair with this Miss Zhu. But Li Ying didn't plan to give up. Who knows if there is any other conspiracy behind their private affairs! Aren't those two girls talking about it! Shi Tingzhu's father was originally the chief soldier of Datong, and then he was sent to Zhejiang to do guerrillas.
Could it be that this Shi Tingzhu was originally sent by his father to their Li family to go undercover? That could be said. And who is his father? Although Li Ying knows a lot about the officials in the southeastern provinces, the guerrillas are really not big officials, just one Zhejiang Province, there are many guerrilla generals in the imperial court, not to mention that these people are not immobile for a long time, today you are transferred, tomorrow he will be transferred again. Although Li Ying is well-informed, she is not an official of the Ministry of Officials, so naturally she can't know it so clearly.
After all the lights in the small building were turned off, Li Ying and Yu Ren also left the Zhu family.
As soon as Li Ying returned to Shi Qingsheng's residence, she immediately turned the eyes of the whole city to the east of the city. Let them always pay attention to Miss Zhu's movements. As soon as I saw Miss Zhu going out, I would report immediately. From the information obtained from the conversation between the two girls last night, Li Ying decided that in the next two days, Miss Zhu would definitely meet with Shi Tingzhu. And most likely eloped with him. If you don't take advantage of them to keep an eye on them, it will be difficult to find Shi Tingzhu again in the future.
Li Ying's judgment is not wrong at all. Before noon, the person who was sent to Zhu's house to keep an eye on the situation came back to report, saying that he had found that Miss Zhu had gone out with a girl.
"Is it a car or a sedan car?" Li Ying hurriedly asked.
"I didn't get in a car, I didn't sit in a sedan car. It's walking. "That's human.
"Did you see them bring packages or something?"
The man shook his head again. "It looks like you're going to go shopping on the street."
Li Ying pondered, "Didn't you say you were going to elope?" Why don't you bring anything? And it's still walking. Li Ying muttered quietly.
"Yes! The more you elope, of course, the more you have to hide it, and you have to hide it from people! Otherwise, how can it be called elopement?
Elopement is also a technical job, and not everyone can do it. One look at you will know that there is no experience of elopement. Yu Ren quipped on the side.
"Isn't our young lady just waiting for Yu Xianggong to speak! When will you elope with our young lady? Ying'er on the side couldn't help but laugh and interjected. Accustomed to listening to Yu Ren's witty words, Ying'er now likes to occasionally learn his tone and tease him for a sentence or two.
Li Ying glared at Yu Ren, and scolded Ying'er again, "Just your poor mouth!" In front of her subordinates, she still tries to maintain her image.
"Huzi, prepare two fast horses for us immediately." Li Ying said, hurriedly entered the house, changed her outfit, and glued some mustache on her face, looking completely different. Even if an acquaintance bumps into it, the one who doesn't see it will recognize it. Yu Ren was also pushed into the house. When he came out, he had turned into a big man with a full beard. He also wore a knife at his waist, and he looked like a bit of a bodyguard.
"You won't take me there?" When Ying'er saw that the two of them had already dressed up and stopped and had only called two horses, she knew that they had left her behind.
"Didn't you say we're going to elope! Of course I can't take you. Yu Ren squeezed his eyes at Ying'er and said.
"We went to follow Miss Zhu this time, and we are likely to meet Shi Tingzhu. You don't know martial arts, so it's dangerous to go. Li Ying said.
"Who said I don't know martial arts! I just learned from Huzi yesterday. You see, this is the white crane with bright wings, and this is the boy worshipping the Buddha, right! As she spoke, Ying'er made two moves seriously.
Yu Ren nodded approvingly, "Hmm! Ying'er did a good job in these two postures! If there is a beauty contest, you will definitely be able to win the first place. ”
Ying'er glanced at Yu Ren, "Who wants to talk to you!" ”
"Okay, don't talk, don't talk!" Yu Ren said as he walked outward, he was really a little afraid of this little girl.
Li Ying walked past Ying'er and gently patted her on the shoulder. "Alright. Obediently, we are all gone, and the affairs of this courtyard will be left to you. We promise to be back soon. ”
After speaking, Li Ying also went out. Although she and Ying'er are nominally master and servant, in fact, Ying'er has been by her side since she was seven or eight years old, and the two have always been inseparable, but they are a little closer than sisters. That's why Ying'er dared to speak so casually in front of her.
The two of them followed the report of the person who was watching Zhu's house and walked towards the street where Miss Zhu appeared. Before he could get to the place, he saw another young man hurrying over. Several people hurried to the corner of the street. The eyeliner told them that Miss Zhu and the girl she was traveling with had gotten into the carriage and left Dongcheng.
The two of them were shocked, and hurriedly stepped on their horses and chased towards the east gate.
Fortunately, Ningbo Mansion is close to the sea, so it often rains. The ground was not very strong, and as soon as the two of them left the city gate, they saw two new tracks pressed out of the carriage on the ground. With this rail to guide the way, they are not in a hurry. So the two slowed down and kept pace with their normal rush of guests.
For fear of accidentally rushing in front of Miss Zhu, they sometimes deliberately stopped on the side of the road, ate something and drank some water, and then continued on their way.
Not far from the city gate, Li Ying felt that she was being targeted, but Yu Ren didn't realize it. Because he's never been in this kind of thing, and he has no experience in it.
While taking a break on the side of the road, Li Ying quietly told Yu Ren about the discovery.
"Who is it?" Yu Ren asked in a low voice.
"It seems to be Shi Tingzhu himself, but fortunately we are dressed up. Otherwise, this exposure of his whereabouts, Shi Tingzhu will inevitably flee from the wind, and it will be difficult to find out the mastermind behind him. We'd better pretend not to know, and after seeing Miss Zhu's track stopped, let's continue to drive forward for a while, and then sneak back quietly. Li Ying said. She's obviously experienced with this kind of thing.
Awakened by Li Ying, Yu Ren really found that behind them, there was a person, who was also riding a horse, wearing a big bamboo hat, and the brim of the hat was pressed very low, so that he couldn't see his face clearly. This man always kept a certain distance from them, neither near nor far away. And when they sat down to rest, the man sat down to rest. As soon as they moved, the man followed.
After walking about 20 miles out of the city, I saw that it was already sunset, and the newly pressed tracks on the official road suddenly stopped moving forward, but turned around and went along the way I came. Yu Ren looked at the track on the ground and was stunned for a moment, knowing that this car should be the one that passed by the two of them not long ago.
"Keep walking! Don't look underground. Li Ying reminded in a whisper on the side.
Only then did Yu Ren remember that the two of them were still being stared at at this time. When they had walked more than two miles. Only then did Li Ying stop the horse.
"Alright, let's lead the horses into the woods, and then drive back from the woods. I know that there is a small road in that place, which leads to the official road to Shaoxing in the northwest of Ningbo Prefecture. There seems to be a small ferry port next to it. Some of the ships from Ningbo to Shaoxing also docked there to bring passengers and goods. Li Ying said as she took the lead into the forest.
Yu Ren naturally didn't dare to slack off.
The two tied their horses and hurried back, for fear that they would be too late and run away by Shi Tingzhu. Fortunately, the trail was too narrow and wooded on both sides for horses to pass. This reassured them a little.
When I got to the side of the path, I heard someone talking in the forest not far away. The two of them snuck for the sound. In front of me was a small open space. At this time, there were seventeen or eighteen people in the open space. Shi Tingzhu was holding a young woman's hand and standing in the middle.
Yu Ren looked over from a distance and saw that this woman was about twenty-four or five years old, and she was quite good-looking, but her face had a kind of dignity that made people stay away.
Around the two of them, they were surrounded by a group of people with sticks. Among this group, the leader is a middle-aged man in his thirties.
The middle-aged man was standing in front of everyone at this time, shouting and scolding Shi Tingzhu in the encirclement: "Shi Tingzhu, I advise you to release my sister quickly, otherwise, you don't want to get out of this forest today!" ”
Li Ying and Yu Ren hurriedly hid themselves in the nearby bushes and looked into the field. Li Ying estimated that the young woman Shi Tingzhu was holding in his hand should be Miss Zhu, and the person who angrily scolded him might be Zhu Lie, the eldest young master of the Zhu family.