Heng San and Heng Si ran out into the street, and sure enough, their two mounts were gone. Heng Si was so angry that he stomped his feet and scolded, causing everyone on the street to stare at him. Heng San dragged him and said softly, "Hey, don't be presumptuous." ”

Heng Si pointed to the stone stake that tied the horse just now, with an indignant expression. Heng San smiled bitterly: "Let's go to the county office." The two came to the county office, entangled with the doorman for a long time, and stuffed some money before letting them go in to see the county officer.

When the county heard that they were looking for horses, he hummed and talked about it. It took Heng San a lot of effort to understand that he was asking them to pay a fine, which was funny. He didn't want to reveal his identity, but at this time, he was extremely angry, so he took out the waist card of the General's Mansion. Seeing that it was someone from Huo Mansion, the county was startled, and immediately changed his appearance, with a flattering smile on his face, and respectfully led the two of them to the stable in the backyard of the county government, where the two horses were tethered.

Heng Si stepped forward to untie the reins and glared at the county Cheng fiercely, how dare the county Cheng respond, just bowed down. Heng San teased: "How much fine do you have to pay?" The county man hurriedly waved his hand and said in a loud voice: "Offended, offended." He instructed the officials to open the backyard door and send the two away.

Heng Si led the two horses out of the door, turned around and said "phew", Heng San patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Why bother to meet him in general." The two got on their horses and returned to the restaurant in a short time.

Heng San jumped off the horse and quickly ran into the house, scanning it, and there was no trace of the three of them. Heng San stayed for a while, shook his fist in annoyance, and walked out of the house. Heng Si was silent when he saw him come out, and he knew that something was wrong, and asked nervously, "Those three people are gone?" ”

Heng San was depressed. He thought for a long time, as if he had figured out something, and his face gradually became clearer. Heng Si had been paying attention to his expression, and then quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Heng San snorted and said, "Even if the three of them hire a carriage, they won't be able to go fast. And they are going to Chang'an, and we are chasing after them, which can be regarded as walking all the way. Let's go, we'll set off right away, and we'll be able to catch up soon. ”

Heng Si said indignantly: "It must be the ghost of the poor scholar." Break it out and we'll run. ”

Heng San nodded approvingly: "He guessed that we are not Shuofang jailers. ”

Heng Siman didn't care: "That's fine, we don't have to hide it, just detain them." ”

Heng San smiled and patted him on the shoulder, turned over on the horse, and shook the reins: "Let's go." Heng Si got on his horse and roared, and they rushed out of the city together.

The two rode horses and ran on the avenue for a long time, but they didn't see Zhao Wushu and the three of them, seeing that it was getting late, they thought that Zhao Wureason would take the two female streamers for no reason, and they would definitely not rush to the night, so they found a guest house to live. Early the next morning, he drove his horse to chase wildly, and after passing the Fuyuan Pass, he saw that he was about to bridge the tomb, but there was still no trace of these three people.

Heng San Lerma stopped and looked around, looking dazed. Heng Si asked, "What's wrong?" Heng San said: "We have chased so many roads, but we haven't seen any trace of them." That's not right. ”

Heng Si looked around, and there was an endless stream of pedestrians, cars, and horses on the road, so he said, "This is the way to go to Chang'an." ”

This way is in a hurry, and Heng San has a sore back. He pointed to a stall selling food and drink on the side of the road and said, "Let's go and rest for a while." With that, he turned over and dismounted.

"Not chasing?" Heng Si dismounted, and took the reins of Heng San while asking.

The stall owner is an old man, who has spread a table on the ground, set up a food table, and has a wine jar on the side of the table, and there are Hu cakes and jujubes on the table. Heng San stepped forward and said with a smile: "Uncle, bring us two bowls of wine." ”

The old man took out two clay bowls, poured wine, and handed them to them separately. Heng Si took a sip, smashed his mouth, and shouted with his teeth: "What kind of wine is this, sour and light." ”

The old man handed over a jujube and said with a slight apology: "The guest officer is not used to drinking." Home-made, the sake here tastes the same. ”

Heng Si took the jujube and took a bite: "It's not as good as Chang'an's wine." ”

Heng San didn't seem to hear the conversation between the two, raised the bowl and took a sip of wine, looking at the distant mountains thoughtfully. After a while, he noticed that he was still holding an empty wine bowl, shook his head and smiled, put down the wine bowl and asked, "Uncle, is there any other way to Chang'an here?" ”

The old man looked up at the avenue in front of him: "There is a road, but if you are walking a carriage, this Guqin straight road is the smoothest." ”

"Then from the horse, is there only this way?"

"Horses? If the carriage is on this road, it will pass through the Fuyuan Pass. If it is a pedestrian horse pack, there is a road on the side, which can bypass the Fuyuan Pass. There used to be a post station on that road, called the Shallow South Station, and in the past, business travelers would take that road if they wanted to bypass the checkpoint. Now the Qiannan Station is decadent, but there is a Qiannan town there, which is quite densely populated. The old man smiled and said: "If the merchant travelers bypass the checkpoint by going that way, they can evade taxes." ”

"However, if you go to Chang'an, even if you take a small road, you will always have to converge on this avenue." The old man added.

Heng San suddenly realized, dragged Heng Si to the side, and said softly: "I understand what is going on." Actually, we were ahead of them, so we couldn't find them. Then Zhao realized that we were not jailers for no reason, so he wanted to avoid us and take that path. The three of them could not ride horses, and they were probably still walking on that path. ”

"Hmph, then we'll wait for them here. Throw yourself into the net. A sarcastic smile appeared on Heng Si's face.

Heng San also smiled, then frowned, thought for a while, and suddenly smiled again, "Let's go." ”

"Where to go?" Heng Si asked in surprise.

"Since they have gone down the beaten path, let's go to the trail to meet them. This will also avoid attracting attention. ”

Heng Si asked a little worriedly: "Go back to find them, if you go wrong, won't you have to delay the hour again?" ”

"They are bound to go to Chang'an, and if they go wrong, they will just chase after them. We rode horses, and we were afraid that we would not be able to catch up with them. Heng San's face was relaxed, and he went over to untie the horse's reins: "Go." ”

The two rode their horses north from the path.

It was already evening when the two came to Qiannan Town, and Heng San thought to himself that if Zhao Wushu and the three of them were also in the town, they must be staying in the guest house, and as long as they inquired about the guest house, they could be found. If you're not in town, you'll stay overnight and look for it tomorrow.

There are only two inns in the town, and they found the first inn and described the appearance of the three of them, and the shopkeeper said; "The three lived upstairs and borrowed two rooms. The two women have not come out since they entered the room, and the man seems to have gone to the street to buy some food and has just returned. ”

The two were overjoyed, and Heng San clenched his fists and shook them vigorously. The shopkeeper thought it strange and glanced at him. Heng San hurriedly pretended to be nothing, and said, "Shopkeeper, we will stay tonight and give us a room downstairs." Then he commanded Heng Si to bring the horse in.

Heng San looked upstairs and beckoned Heng Si into the guest room. Heng Si couldn't wait to ask, "Why don't you go up and arrest them." ”

Heng San raised his hand and instructed him to speak softly, and said, "Look, it's already dark, and it's in the guest house again, if you go to arrest them now, there will definitely be a lot of noise, and the result is unpredictable." Now that they've been found, there's no need to rush. We'll take turns keeping an eye on them tonight, and we'll sneak up tomorrow and arrest them again when we're where no one is. ”

Heng Si nodded in admiration and said, "I'll go to the courtyard and keep an eye on them." ”