Chapter Ninety-Six: Searching for the Person
Thinking about Yi Weiyi's going to the Lingdao Sect, the second day, Xiao Sefang got up, went downstairs, and saw a few people who looked like officials, interrogating the innkeeper, as if looking for someone.
The reaction of the mixture of strong curiosity and playful Tian's surname was that Luo Yuemei had already forgotten about finding Yi Weiyi and preventing the various sects from going to the Lingdao Sect, she leaned in and pricked up her ears on the side to listen carefully to the conversation of several people.
"Shopkeeper, ask you something, you have to answer truthfully, if there is half a lie, I will never spare you, yesterday evening, was there a seven or eight-year-old child with a few people to eat with you? Do you know where he is now?" asked a Tsing Yi catcher next to him.
"Tang Guan, talk well, I've been with me for so long, but I still can't change my habits. Another catcher stood up and said to the catcher who spoke first.
"Yes, big brother. The catcher, who seemed a little frightened of him, replied, and quickly retreated behind him, and the innkeeper dared to answer.
"Back to the official, yesterday there was indeed a seven or eight-year-old child who came to the small shop to eat, but after eating, he led everyone away, where did he go, the villain doesn't know, I don't know what the official is looking for him?" replied the innkeeper, honest and a little helpless, obviously, he was afraid of offending them.
The leader didn't have any shelves, and seemed to be a pair of good friends with the innkeeper, and he said to the innkeeper: " Here's the thing, the child we are looking for is the little young master of the General's Mansion, he has been regarded as a treasure in the palm of his hand since he was a child, his surname is stubborn, unbearable to educate, his surname is not bad, but he is extremely playful, he is tired of the life of brocade clothes and jade food in the mansion, and wants to run out to seek excitement, but just a few days ago he sneaked out, only brought an old servant and a few soldiers, just this morning there was a letter outside the gate of the General's Mansion with a piece of jade, Puyu is an ancestral piece of jade in the General's Mansion, which cannot be found elsewhere, and the letter wrote that the little young master has been hijacked and needs to use a thousand taels of gold to replace peopleHowever, there was no place for exchange on the letter, and the general was anxious to report the case to the government, relying on the general's power in the court, the local officials attached great importance to it, and the government got the news that the last place where he appeared was in the nearby area, because we were worried about the safety of the little master in the general's mansion, we were ordered to investigate the matter. β
The innkeeper listened to the words of the catcher, and then understood the truth of the matter, he nodded frequently, and said to the catcher: "He catcher, it turns out that the matter is like this, the person you are looking for is indeed no longer in the store, he has left the small shop yesterday, if the adults don't believe it, you can search the shop." The innkeeper said.
It turns out that the surname Song is the person who has been tracking down the Juque Sword, that is, He Zicang, who is known as the "Jinmen God Catch" by the Jianghu people, He Zicang listened to the words of the innkeeper, and felt that there was no falsehood, and there was no idea of searching the inn in his heart, he thought that Wu Lingyu was no longer in the inn, if he forcibly searched, one would be in vain, and the other would disturb the people, and he retreated, and he said to the innkeeper: " Shopkeeper Zhao, excuse me, since the little master is no longer here, we will no longer bother, and ask the shopkeeper to help pay attention to the passing crowd, and tell us as soon as there is a clue. β
He Zicang was about to leave, bowing his head to say goodbye, but inadvertently, his eyes touched the silver two on the counter, his gaze stayed there for a moment, he pointed to a silver ingot on the counter, and asked, "Shopkeeper Zhao, can you lend me this ingot of silver?"
"Yes, Ho Catcher, please. The shopkeeper handed the ingot of silver into He Zicang's hand and said respectfully.
He Zicang took the silver and looked at it carefully, the air was condensed and heavy, and it seemed that they could hear each other's breathing, He Zicang put the silver on the counter and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper Zhao, this is official silver, only officials who were officials above the fifth grade in the early dynasty can use it, like this silver, how many ingots do you have here?"
"It should be three ingots, which is the food money paid by the young master of the General's Mansion you are looking for. After a while, he found all the silver engraved with the official silver seal on it, and placed them on the counter in turn, and counted them, but found a total of five ingots, two more ingots.
Looking at the five ingots of silver on the counter, which were quite different from what the shopkeeper Zhao Fangda said, He Zicang felt that things were a little strange, so he stepped forward and asked, "Shopkeeper, did other officials come to your store yesterday?"
Zhao Fangda lowered his head and meditated, hesitated for a moment, shook his head again, and said, "No." β
"Are you thinking about it?" He Zicang did not give up this clue, in fact, this is understandable, because this is his only idea so far, on the surface it seems that He Zicang is not in a hurry, in fact, in his heart more than anyone else wants to find Wu Lingyu, the government only gave him three days, he has been tracking the whereabouts of the Juque Sword for a long time without results, which makes the general's mansion and the county yamen have not been satisfied, and now the little master of the general's mansion has no clue about the case of the kidnapping, he took the initiative to take this case to himself, one hopes to make up for the merits and seek the opportunity to be reused to show his revenge for the people's worries, the second is in his heart is unwilling to track down the Juque Sword, because he feels that it is unnecessary to use all the arrests of the government to search for the equipment that is only for the wealthy nobles to play with.
"He Zhutou, don't worry, it will never be wrong, although the two of them have no other specialties, only these eyes will never be wrong, the rich and the poor can't escape my eyes. The innkeeper Zhao Fangda said, with a smug look on his face, and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he paused, and continued, "Oh, by the way, I remembered, the other two ingots of silver were given to me by a girl." β
"Girl?" He Zicang asked, at this time, his heart was full of doubts.
"Yes, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, she ate a table of food in the small shop yesterday, by the way, she sat at the table near the little master, and after eating, she saw the guest room again, and stayed in the small shop for one night. Zhao Fangda tried hard to recall yesterday's scene and described it to He Zicang.
"Where is she now?" He Zicang asked impatiently.
"I don't know if she's still in the guest room, she hasn't checked out, presumably she hasn't left yet, if she doesn't stay in the room, she should be out on errands, I'll take a few to see. Zhao Fangda deduced according to common sense, and after speaking, he led He Zicang, Tang Guan, Song Kai and several other catchers to the guest room where Luo Yuemei lived.
Luo Yuemei hid aside and heard the truth of the matter clearly, she never thought that she had become a robber in the eyes of the officials, she wanted to go forward and explain it to them, but when she thought that her silver was stolen, and she was afraid that they would not be willing to let her go at that time, she still had important things to do, so she was in a hurry to go to Yi Weiyi to prevent him from going to the Lingdao Sect, and she couldn't delay the trip because of these trivial things, so she quietly put the check-out voucher on the counter and walked away.
Not long after Luo Yuemei left, He Zicang, who was empty, also led everyone downstairs, Zhao Fangda walked quickly to the counter, and suddenly he shouted in surprise: "He Zhutou, that girl has already checked out and left, she is gone." β
Hearing Zhao Fangda's call, everyone gathered around, Zhao Fangda held the check-out voucher in his hand, and said to everyone: "This is the bamboo order used by the small shop to vacate the guest room, and what the girl wanted at that time was this plum room." β
He Zicang's gaze stopped on the counter and asked, "Shopkeeper Zhao, is the girl you mentioned wearing a long-sleeved wedding robe used to welcome relatives?"
"Yes, He Zhutou, that girl is indeed wearing a red wedding robe used to welcome relatives at first sight, He Zhutou, you really deserve to be the number one god catcher in the world, He Zhutou, how did you know about this? Zhao Fangda said, his tone was full of amazement and admiration.
"I haven't seen her in the next place, as for how I know about this, you see that the corners of this counter are covered with dust because they have not been cleaned for a long time, ordinary clothes cannot touch these corners, and the long sleeves are different, she should have shaken off the dust in the corner of this counter when she brushed her sleeves and left, besides, just now I was inspecting the plum room where the girl lived, and when I just entered the door, I smelled a faint fragrance, which was a kind of incense that was only used when the church was married, I remember its smell, this kind of incense is produced in the Western Regions, it is extremely rare, combined with the two, I guess that the girl must have come in a long-sleeved wedding robeγ β
He Zicang told his reasoning process, which once again convinced everyone, He Zicang paused slightly, and continued to ask: "Shopkeeper Long, is there anything else special about that girl?"
"Oh, by the way, that girl, with a long sword with her, and a heroic air. Zhao Fangda said.
"Carry a sword with you, that must be someone in the rivers and lakes, there are not many people in the rivers and lakes who have held weddings recently, we will definitely be able to find her." He Zicang said happily, he even felt that he was going to find Wu Lingyu soon, and he said to Zhao Fangda: "Shopkeeper Zhao, excuse me, I'll leave now, goodbye." β
"Ho Catcher, goodbye. Zhao Fangda said.
After speaking, He Zicang led Tang Guan, Song Kai and several other catchers to go out.
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