After getting off the carriage, Shi Cheng and the three of them went directly into the inn, and the coachman parked the car in a small open space not far away, quietly waiting for Shi Cheng and the three of them to come out.

The guy in the shop recognized Shi Cheng, and since Shi Cheng came with the official yesterday, he also mistook Shi Cheng for someone from the official mansion.

The guy greeted him politely, "Three officials, dare to ask if you want to stay in a hotel or set up a table?" ”

Shi Cheng glanced at the guy a little inexplicably, and for a while he didn't expect why the other party would call him like that. But at the moment, he didn't bother to care about this, so he asked directly: "Hu Enli from Wangcheng still lives in the shop?" We would like to meet him and his family, so please let him know. ”

The guy nodded, and hurriedly led the three of them upstairs, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, "What's going on with that crazy big family?" Why was he approached twice by the government's poor master in just two days. ”

Thinking about it, this guy didn't dare to ask more, he took Shi Cheng and the three of them to the door of room eight, knocked on the door, and asked, "Mrs. Hu, Steward Hu, those officials who came to you yesterday want to see you again." ”

Soon, the door opened. A somewhat thin old man walked out of the door, and when he saw Shi Cheng and the three of them behind the guy, he hurriedly bowed and asked carefully: "Villain Hu Tong, dare to ask the three officials what is the matter with my master and my master?" ”

"Looks like this is the butler I didn't see when I came here yesterday." Shi Cheng thought to himself. He took two steps forward and replied simply, "We are here to see Hu Yuanwai's condition, please make it convenient." ”

"This ......" The old butler hesitated a little, because Shi Cheng hadn't seen him last time.

"My surname is Shi, if you go and report to your wife, she must still remember me." Shi Cheng said as he quietly attached some internal force to his voice. Although Shi Cheng's voice was not loud, it was still clearly audible to the people in the room not far away.

Sure enough, a woman's tired and surprised voice soon sounded in the house, "Is it Mr. Shi?" Hu Tong, please come in with the distinguished guests outside. ”

His housewife had already spoken, and Hu Tong no longer had any doubts in his heart, and at this time he also guessed that Shi Cheng should be the same Mr. Shi who treated his own master yesterday. Hu Tong's face had a lot of respectful looks, and he hurriedly welcomed Shi Cheng, Wu Neng, and Tie Mian into the house.

Hu Enli was still tied to the bed with rope, but his complexion and mental state were much better. At this time, it was almost noon, and a maidservant girl was carrying a bowl of broth, carefully feeding Hu Enli.

Mrs. Hu was sitting at a wooden table not far from the bed, and when she saw Shi Cheng and the others coming in, she quickly got up and blessed her, and said happily: "Sir, medical skills are superb, this night has passed, and my lord's complexion has improved a lot." ”

After Shi Cheng said a few words modestly, he didn't come up and point out his intentions. He first looked at Hu Enli who was lying on the bed, and said to Mrs. Hu: "In three days, the needle can be applied again, and Hu Yuanwai's body will be better at that time." ”

Mrs. Hu nodded happily and hurriedly beckoned the three of them to sit down.

"The three gentlemen came just in time." Mrs. Hu smiled and instructed Hu Tong, who was directing another maid to pour tea not far away: "Hu Tong, you tell the three sons about the reply of the shopkeeper Zou yesterday." ”

Hu Tong nodded, and said respectfully to Shi Cheng and the others: "Three gentlemen, my wife sent me to inquire about the Zou shopkeeper of the branch of the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce in Yunqiu City yesterday. If the luggage to be brought on the road does not need to occupy the carriage extra, each person only needs to pay 400 wen for the road to book a first-class carriage. ”

Mrs. Hu's face was not very good-looking, and she reprimanded: "Mr. Shi saved the master's life, how can he let Mr. break the bank?" This fare is paid by my Hu family. ”

Seeing that Hu Tong hurriedly said yes, Shi Cheng resigned twice, but seeing Mrs. Hu's resolute attitude, he could only thank him and agreed.

Wu Neng asked curiously, "Dare to ask if the food needed on the road needs to be prepared by us or provided by the caravan?" ”

"Freely provided by the caravan." Hu Tong replied.

"It adds up to a total of two hundred treasures, which is still very cost-effective." Shi Cheng thought secretly.

Generally speaking, those who want to go out with a large caravan are mostly small merchants with limited wealth. In order to save some of the cost of renting carriages and horses, these small traders chose to travel with some large caravans. The vendors who hitchhiked the bus only had to pay the tolls, and the caravan would arrange food and lodging along the way, and there was no need for these vendors to prepare anything else. If you have a good acquaintance in a big caravan, sometimes you don't even have to pay the fare. Of course, in most cases, only small traders can hitch a ride on these large caravans. If any of the grassy poor people in the city wanted a ride, they would be blasted out of the door by the guild guys. In the eyes of these fellows, these paupers can be equated with thieves who are preparing to steal.

Even if he hadn't learned the news of Huang Yuan from Madame Hu yesterday, Shi Chengxin had planned to take a big chamber of commerce car to Wangcheng. There is a saying among the traders of the Southern Wilderness: "It is better to visit outside the city gate than to ask about the carriage and horses." "Although the southern wilderness has a thriving animal husbandry, there is a lack of excellent horse breeds and workshops that can make large manned and cargo vehicles. Therefore, most of the merchants who do carriage and horse leasing in the Southern Wilderness countries have an inexplicable relationship with the government or the large chambers of commerce of foreign powers, and they often offer high prices when leasing carriages and horses abroad. Although many caravans would also sit on the ground in front of the small merchants who wanted to go on the road together, it was still within an acceptable range compared to the rent of the carriage and horse shops.

Coming all the way from Redwood City, Shi Cheng's money had almost been used, and at this time, he had to think about how to save his expenses before arriving in the royal city.

Seeing that Shi Cheng agreed to take a ride, Hu Tong hurriedly nodded and said, "Since the three gentlemen are interested in going together, I will go to the camel bell branch today to inform you." Four days later, they set out on time at the first minute, and the three of them could find a caravan with a camel on the flag outside the east gate.

"There's a housekeeper of Rahu." Speaking of this, Shi Cheng seemed to suddenly remember something, and then asked, "I don't know where the branch of the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce in the city is located?" I have been in Yunqiu City for a while, and I have never heard that the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce has a branch in Yunqiu. ”

"It's normal that Mr. Shi doesn't know." Mrs. Hu replied: "The Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce has always kept a low profile, and its main business is to help merchants in various cities transfer goods and send their people to different cities. Their caravans are on the road most of the time and will not stay in the city all the time. If Mr. Shi wants to contact their branch, he can go to the Zhu Ji Grain Store near the East Gate and ask them to contact in the center. ”

Hu Tong also said with a smile: "The road fee of the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce is lower than that of other caravans, if it weren't for the fact that my lord and wife have some friendship with the Camel Bell Chamber of Commerce, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to line up." ”

After a few people exchanged pleasantries together for a while, Shi Cheng and the three of them said goodbye and left.

"Lao Shi, shall we go to the Zhuji Grain Store now?" Wu Neng asked.

Shi Cheng thought for a moment and shook his head, "Anyway, we will have to meet with that chamber of commerce in four days, we don't have to do that kind of useless work now, everyone has worked hard these days, let's take a good rest first, let's go back to the inn." ”

For the next four days, everything was fine, and the government officially issued a notice to the city, publicly announcing to the people in the city that the real culprit of the poisoning case was another person, and the government is now continuing to investigate the case. Zhao Ping left Yunqiu City with the rest of the guards the next day, and only brought a message to Shi Cheng before leaving, asking Shi Cheng to pay more attention to safety.

……

At this moment, on the outskirts of a small city in the world.

A medium-sized man with a hat, dressed in a cloak and dressed as a commoner, glanced around, and then quietly walked into a somewhat dilapidated old mansion. After entering, the man stepped on the floor tiles regularly until he walked to an inconspicuous pile of debris at the back door of the main hall.

After standing beside the pile of debris, with a soft sound, a square secret door just large enough for one person to enter opened on the ground in front of the man. As soon as the door opened, the man stooped down and entered, and at the moment when his back was swallowed up by the darkness, the secret door closed with great speed, and everything on the ground was as before.

After walking in the dim corridor for a while, a dim purple flame suddenly appeared in front of the man out of thin air, and under the vague reflection of the fire, a huge stone statue of a nine-headed demon beast faintly appeared in front of the man. The light of the purple fire illuminated a small space, and it was vaguely seen that the place where the man was now was a huge underground altar.

After seeing this flame, the man respectfully knelt down on one knee, "Your Excellency, there is new news from the Southern Wilderness. After speaking, he hurriedly stretched out his hands and sent a messenger in his hand into the purple flames.

Seeing that the messenger had entered the flames, the man's body was lowered, and he continued to report: "In addition, the black underworld sent a letter of pleading, saying that he was ineffective, and asked his honor to surrender his sin. ”

After a moment of silence, a voice finally came from the flames.

"Don't worry, just keep going as planned."

The man hesitated for a moment and said, "However, those three people have already ......."

"No matter how good-looking duckweed is, it can only drift with the waves, as long as you don't let them catch the evidence, there is no need to worry too much."

"My subordinates understand."

"But that Shi Cheng ......" The voice in the purple flame muttered for a moment before snorting coldly, "Thousand Faces, you go and inform the Black Shadow, he can transfer the crow back from the Eastern Continent." In addition, the affairs of the wooden puppet are going to be transferred to him in charge, and the details of the plan are also explained to him, I know that there is no harmony between the two of them, but for the sake of our clan's affairs, the flag bearer must be sincere and united. ”

"Yes, I don't know what else Your Excellency commands?"

"The corpse transportation affairs over there in the Southern Wilderness can be postponed for the time being, and this seat is not in a hurry now. Act on the safe side, but don't be like 12 years ago, if you are careless and almost lose everything. ”

"Yes! Please rest assured. ”

"Alright, there you go." The sound of the flames became more and more ethereal, and eventually the sound disappeared into the darkness along with the flames.

When the man saw that the flames had completely disappeared, he stood up and turned away from the altar in the dark room.

After a long while, in the empty dark room, the strange purple flame reappeared, and the low voice sounded again in the darkness, as if talking to the air in front of him.

Shi Cheng...... Shi Zhantian...... Fangcun Xinghe Jue, hehe, interesting, interesting! ”