Headaches are often decided by the people above, and Chen Tongzhi and they can only act on orders.

In the hot summer, Chen Tongzhi and the others stood under the sun, and the sweat on their faces was constantly flowing.

"Hell, it's so hot. Mu Xiao pinched his waist and stood in the shade, his hands fanning incessantly. may feel that this is not enough, and let people go to the street to buy a few fans and come back for themselves, so that Mu Xiao's mood is slightly better.

The people around were routinely checking, but there was no clue, after all, it happened in the early hours of the morning, and people were still asleep.

"Newspaper. In the distance, an errand officer ran over, walked in front of Chen Tongzhi and said, "My lord, a corpse was found in the courtyard ahead. ”

Yan Zheng and Mu Xiao also heard it, the two of them looked at each other, and hurriedly rushed here with the people and horses, and found the headless corpse and the head that fell not far away, as well as most of the houses destroyed.

"Another one, what's going on now. Yan Zheng looked at the dilapidated courtyard and said, "When did the security of Chang'an City become so bad." ”

After carefully looking at the corpse, Chen Tongzhi said: "There are countless wounds on the corpse, and the ruined houses around it all show that he experienced a fierce battle before he died. ”

After that, he beckoned a few servants over and asked, "What is the identity of the owner of this courtyard?"

"Lord Hui, this courtyard belongs to Liu Cheng and Lord Liu. ”

Chen Tongzhi turned his head and looked at the rest of the people, all of them had shocked looks, this was a breakthrough.

"Quick, go back and tell Lord Shangshu. ”

In the early morning, a caravan set off from the south gate of Chang'an and headed south.

As soon as Wang Yi woke up, he found himself lying in a carriage with no one by his side. Getting up and lifting the curtain, Ma Shun was sitting on the side, drinking the wine in the jug.

Probably sensing the movement behind him, Ma Shun turned his head and saw Wang Yi stretching out half of his body, and his eyes lit up.

"Wang Xiaozi is in good health, and he is awake now. ”

Wang Yi leaned his body on the carriage and asked softly, "Brother Ma, where are we going?"

Ma Shun shook his legs, "Hey, good place, let's go to Nanchu this time." ”

"Nanchu?" Wang Yi was really puzzled, he should be in Chang'an, how could he go back to Nanchu? Could it be that his own affairs were known.

Ma Shun looked at Wang Yi's puzzled expression and explained, "Follow the caravan and go to Nanchu to carry out the mission." ”

"I heard what it was to find a woman, and I will know when I get to the place. ”

Wang Yi no longer asked, the most important thing now is to take care of his body, with his current physical condition, he is now a little difficult to get off the carriage and move around.

When Ma Shun saw Wang Yi go back to rest, he simply closed his eyes and recuperated and stopped talking.

After the easing of relations between Southern Chu and the Ming Dynasty, the trade between the two sides developed to a great extent, and every year there were caravans of the Ming Dynasty to Southern Chu to bring their tea and specialties back to Chang'an. Nan Chu came to Daming to bring back the medicinal materials and precious items of Daming, and both sides took what they needed.

However, along the way, life and death are unpredictable, especially in the border area, there are many horse thieves, specializing in robbing these passing merchants, they are very flexible, and in addition to the unique terrain of the border area, the armies of the Ming and Southern Chu are also helpless. Therefore, most caravans will hire a lot of skilled escorts to ensure their safety.

This is the case in the caravan where Wang Yi and Ma Shun are located, but the masters have been replaced by people from Jinyiwei, but the people in these caravans don't know.

Ma Shun sat on the carriage, looking at the white clouds in the sky, remembering Lu Zhong's words last night.

"You and Wang Yi will go to Nanchu tonight and bring back the people above. ”

Lu Zhong handed over a picture scroll and documents to Ma Shun, and after Ma Shun took it, he looked at it carefully.

"My lord, Wang Yi is still in a coma, and he can't go. ”

"Then carry it away, remember to live. ”

Sitting on the carriage, Ma Shun took out the picture scroll in his arms and looked at the portrait on it, but it was an extraordinarily beautiful woman. Thinking about the content of the epistle is a headache for itself.

This woman is the daughter of the head of a sect in Jianzhou City, could it be that this old guy Lu Zhong has taken a fancy to her, is it possible for him to tie her back?

It's scary to think about, then don't think about it.

Ma Shun picked up the flask hanging beside him and took a sip of satisfaction.

The caravan walked neither fast nor slow, and in the evening it came to a small town. The caravans drove through the town, and the people here were not surprised by the arrival of the caravans, and there were too many caravans passing through here, and many people came to the town every day to stay in the town.

Everyone came to the front of the inn, and the carriage of the caravan changed and rested, and at this time a person came to the front of Wang Yi's carriage and said, "Two, the master said that he would rest here for one night tonight and then leave." ”

Ma Shun opened his eyes, looked at the servant who was speaking, nodded, and ignored him. The servant was not angry at Ma Shun's movements, and turned to leave. Ma Shun opened the curtain of the door, helped Wang Yi get out of the carriage and entered the inn with everyone.

Towards evening, the wind lanterns in front of the inn were lit up to light the way for everyone. Walking into the inn, the room is quite spacious, with more than a dozen tables, all made of wood like chairs.

There were quite a few people inside, only five tables were empty, and on the right-hand side there was a counter as tall as a person, where a somewhat wealthy-looking man was fiddling with his abacus with his head down.

Next to him was a shopkeeper, not very old, who was observing the customers around him. When the shopkeeper saw Wang Yi and them walking in, he immediately got up and walked over.

The people who were in the inn saw Wang Yi and his group walking in, looked at them with great interest, and no longer paid attention to them, lowered their heads and ate by themselves.

"A few guest officers, whether they want to eat or stay in the hotel. ”

Wang Yi: The leader of their caravan was a woman named Shang Niang. It is said that it was a big family from Chang'an City, and joined another family that year, but on the day of marriage, the husband went to the border pass, and then died in battle, this caravan can only be regarded as a small caravan counting Ma Shun and Wang Yicai 20 people. Ma Shun did not tell Wang Yi much about the rest of the caravan, which made Wang Yi a little unconfident in the caravan.

Shang Niang's smart clothes attracted Xiao Er's attention, and generally people who dressed up like this were either rich or expensive.

"Start with a few good dishes. A few more upper rooms. The merchant replied with a familiar voice.

"The beef just slaughtered in the small shop is so good that it is a good wine, how many guests would you like to try it?" Xiao Er tried his best to promote his own dishes.

"You don't need to drink, you can do the rest. ”

After Xiao Er got Shang Niang's answer, he hurriedly led everyone to sit down, and then ran to the kitchen behind.

After a while, Xiao Er took the hot beef, steamed buns, and vegetables, put them on the table, and quickly retreated.

Wang Yi looked at the steaming food, and because of his injury, he had no appetite and drank a little water. But Ma Shun was hungry, picked up a steamed bun, and ate it in a big gulp.

The rest of the people didn't eat right away, waiting for someone to check the food before they started eating. The shopkeeper and the shopkeeper didn't say anything when they saw their movements, which is understandable, after all, they are outside, and it is good to be cautious.

After dinner, everyone rested in the inn and waited for the next day.

At night, Wang Yi sat on the roof of the inn, looking at the stars in the sky, and there were many doubts lingering in his heart, lingering.

What has happened to me since I fell into a coma, how is Shuyue now, why did Brother Ma take me to Nanchu, everything is unknown.

"What's so good about looking at the stars alone. ”

Ma Shun walked over from the side, carrying two jugs of wine in his hand, and threw one of them to Wang Yi. Wang Yi stretched out his hand to take it, and Ma Shun held the wine jug and sat next to Wang Yi, lying on his right side.

"Look at your unhappy appearance, just say what you want to ask. ”

Wang Yi took a sip of wine, looked at Ma Shun and asked, "Why did I appear on the carriage?"

"It's very simple, our great Lord Lu has us on a mission. ”

Wang Yi was speechless for a while, Ma Shun's patting of Lu Zhong has reached an extreme, even if Lu Zhong is not around, Ma Shun will subconsciously compliment Lu Zhong's words from the bottom of his heart.

"What's going on with this caravan?"

"The leader is called Shang Niang, a widow of a large family, in order to maintain the belief of managing the family on behalf of the Xianggong, she went to Nanchu to do business by asking for hardships. ”

Wang Yi looked at the merchant lady who was talking to the rest of the caravan under the moonlight, and he couldn't see any traces of time on this woman.

Wang Yi retracted his gaze, "What kind of woman are we looking for in Nanchu?"

Ma Shun shook the wine jug, there was only half a jug of wine left in it, it seemed that he was going to drink tomorrow, "I don't know, I just know that I will go to the secret location of Nanchu to contact first, and everything after that will be known when the seven of us arrive." ”

Wang Yi nodded, signaling that he knew. But there are more questions, Wang Yi did not say, such as where Li Shuyue went, what was the origin of the man in black that day, and whether he doubted himself.

But Wang Yi had no one to answer him.

"Do you see this kid?" Ma Shun pointed to a young man standing next to Shang Niang, who looked like a seventeen, eighteen or nineteen child and said: "Shang Niang's little uncle, Gu Changhe, a gentleman in the east city of Chang'an. ”

Wang Yi looked in the direction that Ma Shun pointed, but everyone had dispersed and was nowhere to be seen.

"Don't worry, you're looking. ”

Ma Shun pulled Wang Yi to find a good angle, just in time to see the location of Shang Niang's room, and the two of them hid.

"What are you doing?"

"Shhhh Ma Shun put his index finger to his mouth, signaling Wang Yi not to speak, and then pointed to the sneaky Gu Changhe in the corridor outside the room.

Wang Yi looked over and saw Gu Changhe tiptoe to the Shang Niang's room, leaned his head against the door, and waited for a while. After making sure that the person inside was asleep, he took out a rope, gently picked the deadbolt of the room, and walked into the room.

Ma Shun and Wang Yi glanced at each other, good guy, this kid is familiar with the road. It seems that this kind of thing is not less.

After a while, Gu Changhe slowly pushed out of the room, closed the door of the room, turned around, took out an item in his arms, and smiled contentedly.

It turned out that he was going to the room to steal something.