In a blink of an eye, Wu Zheng, who got up early in the morning and helped take care of the luggage, although he had heard about the fortune teller from the girl Cuilian, and guessed that there must be something in the fortune teller's words, but he didn't know who the fortune teller was entrusted with. Naturally, Cuilian won't know. Wu Zheng still silently apologized to the person who wanted to come to the Sui family to be a scholar in his heart.

Wu Zheng is not unclear, although Xiangyang Town is more than eighty miles away from Wujiabao and Liulinbao, and it is in Shannan, which was unexpected by both sides, this does not mean that he is absolutely safe.

When those disciples of the Wu and Liu families who have been sent out to find themselves return in the east, west and north directions with nothing, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the Wu and Liu families, so it is only a matter of time before they send people over Nanshan to the Shannan area to find themselves, so Wu Zheng must not miss the opportunity to go to the county seat to study with Sui Xing, the eldest son of the Sui family.

Not only solves his own food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also can avoid Wujiabao and Liulinbao far away, even if he robs, Wu Zheng will probably not hesitate.

Because Wu Zheng is ten years old, Sui Xing, who is already twenty-three years old, has already married a wife and had children. And Sui Xing is not the only one who went to the county seat to study, but also his wife Luo Yiyi, and his infant daughter Meng'er. In addition, a twelve-year-old girl Cuiliu is also among her peers.

After breakfast, Wu Zheng carried a load of books and four treasures of the study, followed by Sui Xing's wife Luo Yiyi, as well as the little girl Cuiliu, and her daughter Meng'er rided, after spending money to hire a mule cart, he also walked out of Xiangyang Town, turned onto the road to Tongluo City, the county seat 180 miles away, and was led by Sui Xing, who was riding a mule in front of the mule cart, all the way to the southeast.

It is said that there is no light load on the long road, and Wu Zheng's burden is only about forty pounds, and he didn't feel how heavy it was at first, but after two hours, Wu Zheng's face was sweaty.

Cuiliu, the little girl sitting at the wheel of the mule cart, saw it in her eyes, and couldn't help but squeeze her eyebrows at Wu Zheng and gesture, meaning to let Wu Zheng beg Sui Xing and put the book on the mule cart.

Wu Zheng just smiled at Cuiliu and did not step forward to ask Sui Xing.

Not to mention the first day of serving the master Sui Xing, when loading the luggage in the morning, the hired mule cart driver was already disgusted, one time said that there were too many things to load, and the car was heavy, and the other time said that he was afraid that the mule would not be able to stand it, and asked the Sui family to pay more. Otherwise, he would not have taken out the books that Sui Xing read and the four treasures of the study room alone and let Wu Zheng pick them up.

Obviously, the girl Cuiliu told Sui Xing's wife Luo Yiyi in private, so when she was sharpening at noon, Luo Yiyi opened her mouth to discuss with the owner of the mule cart that she wanted to separate some of the books that Wu Zheng picked out and put them on the mule cart, but before she could finish speaking, the owner categorically refused.

"Young grandma, it's okay, I'll pick it. ”

didn't want to embarrass Sui Xing and his wife, Wu Zheng hurriedly took over the topic.

Hearing Wu Zheng say this, Sui Xing, who seemed to want to argue with the coachman, swallowed the words that came to his mouth again.

Although it is a big road, it is not easy to walk, with potholes and bumps on the mule cart. There was no need to worry about ruining the baby in swaddling clothes, and the owner of the mule cart had already slowed down. I have never seen anyone who cares so much about livestock, and for Wu Zheng, who has been herding cattle for four years, he doesn't hate this coachman very much.

In this way, they left Xiangyang Town at the end of the morning, and at the beginning of the evening, when it was dark, the group of people who had walked less than fifty miles stopped in the only inn in a small town.

After moving the luggage to the room and settling down, he helped Cuiliu borrow the kitchen of the inn and was busy cooking. When the meal was ready, everyone had finished eating, washed briefly, and went back to their rooms to rest, the moon had already risen in the sky.

As the saying goes, sit down and wait for eighteen or nineteen, which means that the moon of eighteen and nineteen will not rise until you sit down and wait for a while after dinner, so it is already around the middle of the day.

Even Sui Xing, who was riding a mule, was a little tired after a bumpy day, and went to bed early.

The coachman and Wu Zheng are in the same room, and Cuiliu naturally never leaves Luo Yiyi's side, because she has to get up at night to serve the baby Meng'er in swaddling clothes.

Wu Zheng, who had a sore shoulder, looked at the moonlight through the window, and was about to fall asleep in a daze, but was disturbed by the huge snoring of the mule cart driver.

Since the night of August 15, when he was chased into the mountain behind Houpo Village by people sent by Wu Jiabao and Liulinbao, Wu Zheng did not close his eyes for two days and one night. That is, after entering the Sui family in Xiangyang Town, he slept well in the sixteenth night. Last night, because I had to pack my luggage, I slept late at night, and I got up before dawn in the morning. To say that Wu Zheng is not tired or sleepy, it is false.

Seeing that he couldn't fall asleep under the snoring of the coachman, and that he would have to carry the burden tomorrow, Wu Zheng casually picked up the bedding on the bed and planned to spend the night under the eaves outside the door.

Just when Wu Zheng walked to the door and was about to stretch out his hand to open the door, he suddenly saw a black shadow flashing outside the window, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't help but think of Wujiabao and Liulinbao:

"Did they chase after them so quickly?!"

Immediately, he shook his head again, it shouldn't be so fast. Even if it happened to be enough to ask the old man who gave him two steamed buns early in the morning, he wouldn't be so fast.

So Wu Zheng turned around and put the futon in his hand back on the bed, quietly opened the door a gap, and looked towards the courtyard of the inn.

Through the bright moonlight in the sky, Wu Zheng saw a black shadow lying on the window of the room where Sui Xing and his wife lived, made a small hole in the window paper with his fingers, and then took out a tube less than the thickness of his little finger from his arms, and was about to blow it with his mouth.

Wu Zheng secretly said that it was not good, although he had not seen it with his own eyes, he often heard that some thieves sneaked into people's houses late at night, and after the owner was asleep, they put ecstasy drugs into the room through the doors and windows, and after the owner in the room was unconscious, they would break into the house and steal, and even do some cruel things such as ** women.

"Bold, good thief!"

Wu Zheng shouted angrily, then opened the door, rushed out in a flash, and quickly pounced on the black shadow who was stunned by his shout.

Obviously he didn't expect to be discovered, the black shadow was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, turning his head and wanting to run towards the door of the inn.

Just as the two of them passed by, Wu Zheng's footsteps moved rapidly, and suddenly leaned forward, with both hands in front of him, and grabbed the black shadow's left arm. Without waiting for the black shadow to react, Wu Zheng used both hands forcefully, followed the inertia of the other party's body running, and suddenly threw it towards the right rear in front of him. At the same time, he didn't forget to trip the other party's ankle.

only heard the sound of "poof", and the thin figure was suddenly thrown by Wu Zheng to the root of the outer wall of the inn room.

"Ouch!"

Wu Zheng couldn't imagine that the thief in front of him not only did not immediately turn over and run away, but instead hugged his head with his hands and shouted.

Wu Zheng, who saw the opportunity, jumped over in three or two steps, raised his foot and vigorously pressed it on the chest of the thief who was squatting on the ground and screaming bitterly, and kicked the other party to the root of the wall again. Only this time the thief did not cry out in pain again, but lay limply on the ground, and there was no more sound.

Wu Zheng was shocked, he wouldn't be killed, right?

Hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to probe between the mouth and nose of the thief lying on the ground, fortunately, there was still breathing, and he should have just passed out.

At this time, not only Sui Xing and his wife, the girl Cuiliu, the mule cart driver, and the innkeeper were also awakened, and while running out in a hurry, they asked in surprise:

"Who is it and what's going on?!"