Shu Blossoms

Chapter 491: The Law of Zhai You
Zhai You looked at Xiao Yucheng for a long time, knowing that Xiao Yucheng looked over with a slight frown, he gritted his teeth and raised his hand and said word by word: "There is a god three feet above your head, and I, Zhai You, swear here that today all gentlemen command I will never disclose this matter to anyone else, if I violate this oath, I will be shot dead on the streets with a thunderbolt!"

Xiao Yucheng's expression finally changed, he glanced at him with surprise on his face, and said lightly: "Follow me!"

He and Zheng Heng got up to leave, and Zhai You followed. Seeing this, Ma Xingyun hurriedly picked up the food on the table and chased after him.

When they returned to the house, Xiao Yucheng looked at Zhai You and said, "You don't have to make such a poisonous oath, our business will be a little dangerous, you have to think it over carefully, if you have any worries, you can leave now. You stole Yujue, that day We have never pursued it, and we will not use this matter to blackmail you in the future!"

After hearing this, Zhai You didn't turn around and leave, nor did he agree rashly. Instead, he frowned and pondered for a moment, and said solemnly to Xiao Yucheng: "Zhai You only has one relative in this world, A Niang. As long as A Niang is safe, even if I lose this life , I admit it too!"

It was the first time that Xiao Yucheng showed appreciation for him. When he saw this young man opposite the post house, he knew that he had something in mind.

He feels that strangers who have plans can feel more at ease. Zhai You is just a young man about the same age as Wei'er. If he hadn't been deliberately arranged here by someone with a heart, then what he wants is nothing but a future or money.

He could afford both of these, so he patiently listened to the conversation between Zheng Heng and Zhai You.

But an ambitious young man can still keep his heart and make correct judgments in the face of temptation. It is very difficult for him at his age, and it is even more commendable!
"I need you to go to all the rice shops in Hongdu to buy as much grain as possible, and not let anyone know where the grain ends up!"

Although this matter was not easy, it was not impossible, and there was no danger, Zhai You thought it was Xiao Yucheng's test for him.

He thought about it for a long time and asked, "If the more food the better, can I ask someone to help?"

"The more people involved in buying grain, the greater the risk of leakage. I'm not trying to scare you. If people hidden in the dark know that you bought a large amount of grain, you will all be in danger!"

Xiao Yucheng didn't quite agree.

Seeing what he said so solemnly, Zhai You knew that they were really short of food, so he wanted to make it happen even more. He tried to persuade Xiao Yucheng and Zheng Heng, "I guarantee that they are all reliable people, and I I just told them that I took an errand job and never let them know where the food was sent and what it was used for, but I had to give them some money for running errands afterwards.”

Said Zhai You was a little embarrassed in the end, he had no money to pay the wages.

"Don't worry about the salary, we'll pay for it. Tell me what you plan to do?" Xiao Yucheng and Zheng Heng felt that this method could be tried.

"I have three brothers who grew up together. I changed a rice shop with them every hour to buy food, so that they could go to seven or eight shops a day. However, the three rice shops on Elm Lane, Lianhua Street, and Paoma Street are one. Yes, their clerks often take turns looking at the store. I figured I'd let them go last, lest they be recognized."

After Zhai explained his method, Zheng Heng asked you inexplicably, "Why do you have to wait an hour?"

"Because some rice shops are far away, it takes more than half an hour to run there, and some grain shops are too close, only a few steps away, and we are all familiar faces, and we all go shopping together, which is easy to make people I muttered in my heart."

Zheng Heng felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and Xiao Yucheng asked again, "How do you arrange the grain after buying it? It's easy to attract people's attention if you buy so much grain."

Zhai You showed distress, "The food can be temporarily hidden in my house, but how to transport it out, the guards in Hongdu are now strictly checking, there is no way to transport so much food out."

Xiao Yucheng raised his eyebrows, "How do you know that we are going to transport food out of the city?"

"That's natural. If you're in the city, you just need to find a few more people and make a few trips to buy food!" Zhai You said it was a matter of course.

Xiao Yucheng also agreed to his plan in the end, "The grain is bought and placed in your house temporarily, as for how to transport it out of the city, we will find a way ourselves!"

Zhai You nodded, and asked again, "When will it start?"

Zheng Heng was a little anxious, since yesterday they only ate two meals a day, and they could only drink dilute water, so they could only send one or two people to pretend to be hunters to go to the mountains to try their luck.

Now I heard that some food can be bought, although it is not much, but it can temporarily relieve their urgent needs, so I can't wait to ask: "Is there time to find your brother now?"

Xiao Yucheng stopped him and said: "It's too late to buy all the rice shops today. If someone notices the clues, I'm afraid they won't be able to buy them tomorrow, or they will follow. Wait another night!"

Zhai Youying was about to leave, but was stopped by Ma Xingyun. When he turned his head, he saw Ma Xingyun throwing something towards him. He subconsciously caught it and saw that it was a piece of soft rice cake.

He hurriedly and carefully ate some of the broken rice crumbs, and carefully hid the remaining half.

Seeing this, Xiao Yucheng said: "Wait!" After a while, he came back with a lotus leaf bag and handed it to Zhai You.

Hearing the scent, he knew that there was food in it. Zhai You wanted to refuse, but when he met Xiao Yucheng's unquestionable eyes, he silently reached out to take it, and secretly swore in his heart that the matter would be settled tomorrow!

After he left Shiye, he didn't go home immediately, but opened the lotus leaf bag, which contained steaming sweet-scented osmanthus cake. He carefully took out three pieces and wrapped them in silk handkerchiefs, and tore the rest of the lotus leaf into three parts. , put three pieces of rice cakes in each, and then went to the good brother's house.

"Zhu Daya!" He stood outside a low yard and shouted, and after a short while, a boy who was half a head taller than him ran out, this boy was stronger than him, saw Zhai You with a simple and honest smile: "Ayou , why haven't you come to see me these two days?"

Zhai You stuffed one of the lotus leaf bags into his hand, raised his hand and patted his shoulder, "Da Ya, go and call He Sheng and Liang Zi!"

"Okay!" Da Ya agreed as he unwrapped the lotus leaf bag. Seeing that it contained his favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake, he narrowed his eyes with joy. He grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, but he only bit into it. One point, squinting his eyes and savoring it slowly, "It's delicious! Wait a minute, Ayu, I'll give the sweet-scented osmanthus cake to grandma first, she always says she wants something sweet these days."

Zhai You was not surprised to see him, obviously he knew he would do this from the beginning, he smiled and said: "I haven't seen Grandma for a few days, let's go see her together."

"Okay, grandma must be happy to see you!" Zhu Daya smiled and entered the yard with Zhai You.

Xiao Yucheng, who was hiding in the dark watching all this, nodded in his heart. The lives of thousands of soldiers were at stake, so he naturally couldn't easily hand them over to a few strange children.

He thought for a while and walked around, turned into the yard lightly, and then touched the outside of the window lattice. Through the mottled and broken window lattice, he could only see the darkness of the room. On the couch made of thatched grass, there seemed to be an old woman lying on the couch. Zhai You and the child named Zhu Daya were kneeling beside the old woman and talking to her.

Zhu Daya took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and carefully fed it to the old woman's mouth. The old woman took a bite with a happy smile on her face, then she refused to eat any more, and pushed it to Zhu Daya for him to eat.

Zhu Daya and Zhai You went out of the house, and Zhai You looked keenly at the firewood stack on the hill behind the house. He was puzzled and felt that there was something there, and when he lifted his foot, Zhu Daya stopped him and asked, "Ayou, what should we do?" Do you want to call Mengzi?"

"Don't call him this time!" Zhai You recovered and shook his head, "Wait until next time."

(End of this chapter)