The next day, early in the morning, Cheng Hao knocked on Zao Wou-ki's door and shouted for a long time, but there was no answer for a long time. Puzzled, Cheng Hao directly pushed the door and walked in, only to find that Zao Wou-Ki didn't seem to be at home.

"Is Grandpa Zhao going out so early?"

Cheng Hao has been studying with Zao Wou-Ki since he was a child, and usually Zao Wou-Ki is exercising in the morning at this time, and he has never seen him go out so early.

I don't know where Grandpa Zhao went, Cheng Hao was a little lost, he was going to leave tomorrow, and he didn't know if he had time to say goodbye to Grandpa Zhao. I looked around the room, and was about to leave, when I found that the study was not closed. When he walked over and was about to close the door to the study, he found an envelope on the table with his name written on it. In confusion, Cheng Hao opened the envelope and looked at it.

The content of the letter is relatively simple, probably that Grandpa Zhao had left last night, let him study hard, and at the same time not fall behind in his cultivation. Finally, he told Cheng Hao that he would see each other in the future.

For Zao Wou-ki's departure, Cheng Hao was a little uncomfortable. But the last sentence of goodbye in the future gave him some comfort. "Anyway, I'm leaving tomorrow, maybe Grandpa Zhao will come back next time. Cheng Hao thought so, and his mood improved.

When he got home, his parents had already begun to help him prepare his bags, and although he would not leave until tomorrow, his mother had already begun to tell him to take good care of himself outside and be obedient.

The next day, accompanied by his father, Cheng Hao walked outside the village.

"Mouse, if you become a big official in the future, don't forget us!" Ergou and Huzi's voices sounded behind them, watching the little friends who grew up together about to leave and start a new life, they were both envious and reluctant.

"Don't worry, Huzi and Ergou! We are brothers!" Cheng Hao smiled and said goodbye to them, but turned around and saw Yi Su next door, also looking at him from a distance.

Yi Su is the little girl in Cheng Hao's house next door, two months younger than Cheng Hao, and used to play behind Cheng Hao, but later Cheng Hao has been staying at Zao Wou-Ki's side, plus the busy farm work at the beginning of the year, Cheng Hao rarely saw her during this time.

Cheng Hao waved his hand at Yi Su, and Xiao Nizi, who had been inseparable from him in the past, looked very shy at this time, and turned her head away with a twist......

They left the village with their father, and there was a small town a few miles outside the village, and it was time for their mother to send them here. And here is still three or five days away from Qingzhou City, of course, such a long distance will naturally not let Cheng Hao go alone. When he arrived in Qingzhou City, where was there a cousin who opened a medicinal herb shop in Qingzhou City, and lived there, Cheng Hao only needed to help him take care of the shop in his spare time. My parents had already discussed this with them through letters years ago!

Soon after, my father rented a carriage from the bazaar and returned. The coachman was an old man in his fifties, with a thin body and dark skin, who drove the carriage all year round, which made the wrinkles on his face even more obvious.

It's not a short journey, and the potholed road makes it very uncomfortable to sit on. Fortunately, the old man of the coachman was very talkative, and he was not very bored all the way, and when he heard that Cheng Hao was going to study in the city, he kept praising him.

Finally, before dark, they arrived at a small town on the side of the road. You have to spend the night here tonight, or you'll have to sleep in the wilderness if you go any further in the wilderness.

It's dinner time right now, and it's the only place to get to Qingzhou City, and there are a lot of passers-by. So there are a few inns in this small town.

"How many guests, eat or stay in the hotel?" casually walked into an inn, and the shopkeeper hurriedly came up to greet him.

At this time, there were already some people eating in the living room seats. My father booked a room. Put down the luggage and take Cheng Hao to prepare for dinner.

"Uncle, let's go together! It's been hard for you all the way. Seeing that the old man had no intention of going with him, his father persuaded him.

"Then what's so embarrassing, you go, my old man will go and feed the horses later, and just eat some dry food to cushion his stomach." ”

"What's the matter, my father-in-law helped our father and son to hurry, and it was hard all the way, and it was nothing for me to invite my father-in-law to a meal. Cheng's father was originally a bold character, and when he saw the old man of the coachman, he politely persuaded him.

"Then the old man is not welcome, you go first, and I will come after feeding the horses. ”

Seeing that Cheng's father was enthusiastic, the old man of the coachman was not hypocritical.

"Okay, let's go and order some good food first, come quickly!"

After speaking, he took Cheng Hao to the living room. When I came to the living room, I found a random place to sit down, and asked for a few bowls of appetizers and a pot of old wine. After a while, the shopkeeper brought the meal, and then the old man of the coachman also arrived. The father and the old man were chatting while drinking, but Cheng Hao couldn't interject, so he ate alone on the side.

"Shopkeeper, hurry up and get a few jars of good wine and a few catties of beef. Hurry up, this busy day can make my brothers tired. ”

Here, Cheng Hao and the others were eating, and a few big men came to the door, and before they entered the door, the voice came.

"A few masters sit for a while, and the wine and food will arrive soon. When the shopkeeper saw a group of people coming, his face changed obviously, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he went to Zhang Luo to drink and eat as soon as he said hello.

"It's lucky, it's been a few months, and I haven't met a big family. ”

"This is a...... Boss, why don't we move somewhere!"

"Boss, the bearded man is right! There is no way to go on like this, the brothers haven't eaten meat for months. ”

Eight or nine big men shouted around a middle-aged man with a beard in front of him.

"What are you arguing about? Lao Tzu doesn't want to stay here yet, with what good territory our gang still wants to occupy, it's good to be able to eat together. ”

The middle-aged man with a beard was obviously the boss in their mouths, and when he heard the complaints of his subordinates, he opened his mouth and scolded. When a few people saw that the boss was furious, they didn't dare to speak, so they found a place to sit down.

"Don't blame the brothers for complaining, it's been a few months since our mountain was occupied by the Frog Gang, and we really can't swallow this breath!"

At this moment, a tall and thin man with a thief's eyebrows and two beards on his mouth spoke.

"Look at your little bit of talent, do you have an idea for Lao Tzu?" Seeing that the brothers complained one by one, they were angry and angry. After a pause, he said, "Brothers, don't complain, do you remember the old brother I often mentioned to you?"

"Boss, is that the younger brother you often mention who studied art in the Qingcheng faction?"

"That's right, it's him. Hmph, Frog Gang, when the time comes, I will ask you to return ten times the amount you took from Lao Tzu. Speaking of the pain in his heart, the bearded man hammered the table hard.

"Bang", there is no scruple in talking here, and the people who are eating around still don't understand, this is a gang of robbers. Seeing this, they were silent one by one, and some of them had almost finished eating, so they hurriedly checked out and left.

When the shopkeeper saw it, he didn't dare to make a sound. urged the little second-hand feet to be sharp, hurry up and serve the food, so as to send away these plague gods as soon as possible.

"Big brother, let's leave quickly after eating. Cheng Hao and they were still eating, and seeing this, the old man of the coachman was afraid that something would happen, so he began to urge them.

The father nodded and said to Cheng Hao, "Hao'er, eat quickly! After eating, go up and rest, you have to hurry tomorrow morning!"

"Got it, Dad!" Cheng Hao responded, finished the rice in the bowl in a few clicks, wiped his mouth and prepared to leave with his father

"Are these people robbers? They are so blatant, don't there be people from the government to take care of them?" Cheng Hao muttered quietly, since hearing what happened to Zao Wou-ki, he was also a little dissatisfied with the government.

"Shopkeeper, what's going on? When has this been, why hasn't the food and wine come up yet? Want to starve to death?"

Cheng Hao and the others were about to go upstairs, when they heard a man with a scar on his face shouting at the shopkeeper among the crowd over there! After speaking, there was another "bang"! The man with the scar kicked the stool next to him away!

The stool rolled forward and hit the old man's leg.