Shu Blossoms

Chapter 505
Zheng Heng thought that according to Yin Shi and Ma Xingyun, they set off early in the morning, and when they arrived in Jiujiang, it was almost dusk. At that time, the first thing they did was to find a place to stay, so he was going to look for a nearby post house to see if he found anything.

He wanted to find someone to inquire about it, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not feasible.

If you don't even know where the post house in the city is, you will definitely arouse suspicion.

As soon as he entered the city, he felt that there was something wrong with Jiujiang City. Not to mention a stranger coming in, even a foreign animal would be checked back and forth. Maybe someone was staring at him now.

Thinking of this, he suddenly turned his head and looked behind him. There was only a ten-year-old boy holding a rough clay pot and staring at him blankly, as if he was frightened by him.

Zheng Heng grinned and showed his big white teeth and smiled at him, the boy shivered and ran away.

Zheng Heng smiled smugly as if he had succeeded in a prank, and continued to walk forward unsteadily, regretting that he didn't ask Bai Qiniang where the post houses in Jiujiang City were just now!
He was hungry after walking for a long time, and when he saw the steaming food stall on the side of the road, he couldn't move his legs anymore, and sat down looking for the aroma.

Coincidentally, Zheng Heng sat where Ma Xingyun sat that night, and ordered a can of soup and a plate of rice cakes according to the person next to him.

He was about to lower his head to eat, when he saw a flower-like logo engraved on the table, and his heart trembled involuntarily.

This was left by Ma Xingyun, so the post house where they stayed should not be far from here.

He drank a few sips of soup, and after he calmed down, he asked the food stall owner seemingly unintentionally, "Boss, what happened to the post house two days ago, the movement was so loud, it was scary!"

The food stall owner sneaked back to him in his busy schedule: "Are you talking about the arrest of the man in the Yuelai Posthouse?"

Zheng Heng heard his heart pounding, took a bite of the rice cake, and listened calmly to the boss who continued: "I heard that it was a spy from the north, I hate that our general killed his relatives on the battlefield, and got mixed up with us Zhou came to take revenge! You said that this person is also ridiculous. No one died in the war between the two countries. As long as his relatives are human, the relatives of our Great Zhou soldiers are not human? Besides, they are the sons and daughters of the Han people who beat themselves for the Xianbei people Man, where does he have the face to take revenge? If you want me to tell you, this man is really bad, forget his roots!"

Zheng Heng was curious, and asked again, "So it's from the Central Plains, I thought it was Xianbei people? I've never seen Xianbei people, so I'm just curious!"

"I heard from the people in the posthouse that there were two people who lived in that night. The one who was arrested was an old man who was nearly sixty years old, and the other was young. He was not caught and seemed to have run away!"

The stall owner whispered, and Zheng Heng regretted following the boss's words: "Unfortunately, no wonder the inspections in the city have been so strict these two days!"

"That's right, the number of people who come to drink crock pot soup in the past two days has been reduced, and it's all caused by those northerners!" The food stall owner cursed, turned and hurried away.

Zheng Heng hurried to drink a few sips of soup, and asked the boss to pack up the remaining pieces of rice cakes, planning to go to Yuelai Post House.

He felt that other clues should be found near the Yuelai Posthouse.

Just as Zheng Heng was about to get up and leave, suddenly a figure rushed over diagonally and was about to hit him. Zheng Heng had been vigilant since he entered the city, and he dodged back in an instant.

But several cases were overturned, and all the soup left in the crock splashed on Zheng Heng's body.

Zheng Heng took a closer look and realized that this was also a half-grown child. A strange feeling suddenly surged in his heart. Before he could distinguish clearly, the child rushed over again, stretched out his hand to wipe the water on his clothes, and panicked. He apologized in a panic, "Yes... I'm sorry, it's all my fault for staining your clothes!"

"The clothes don't matter, as long as the little brother returns the things to me!" Zheng Heng held his wrist firmly, and the child was holding a blue brocade bag in his hand, which was Zheng Heng's money bag.

The child immediately changed his face, knelt down in a hurry, and begged for mercy: "My lord, please forgive me, the little one will never dare again, the little one is seriously ill, and really has no money to buy medicine, the little one has no choice but to do it." This stupid thing! The little one can’t be beaten with a military stick, and then there will be no one to take care of my mother!"

Zheng Heng laughed when he heard it, and said sarcastically: "Just two days ago, a guy who stole my jade also said the same thing. Although what he said was true, stealing will always be punished. And you, if you use a close relative Using Kang Jian as a cover is an extra crime!"

Zheng Heng didn't want to continue to pursue the incident, but just wanted to scare him, but the child cried even more miserably after hearing his words, and knelt down and kowtowed.

The stall owner came over at this time and scolded the child, "Ah Shan, how could you do such a foolish thing? If you are arrested and beaten with army sticks, let your mother know that she will get sick if she is worried. Wouldn't it be heavier!"

After the food stall owner finished speaking, he begged Zheng Heng again: "My lord, this child Ah Shan belongs to our workshop, and I watched him grow up. This child is either a bad child, or too pitiful. No Father, his aunt supported him by doing laundry, sewing, and mending, and his aunt got hurt a few days ago, so life at home was even more difficult!"

Zheng Heng was a little surprised that the owner of the food stall knew the child and pleaded for him. He hesitated for a moment and said: "Since the owner is the witness, it is not unforgivable to think that you are young and did not make a big mistake!"

The food stall owner and Ah Shan were delighted when they heard the words, and Zheng Heng continued: "But you broke a lot of things after all, so I will punish you to work for the boss again until the boss thinks that you have done enough work to pay for these things." , you can leave!"

Hearing this, Ah Shan looked at the owner of the food stall, and seeing that the owner agreed, he nodded happily.

Seeing that something happened, Zheng Heng got up and left, but Ah Shan chased after him again, shouting, "Lang Jun, you have to be careful, a grown-up has found many children as old as me to follow you!"

Zheng Heng wanted to ask more questions, but Ah Shan had already turned around and ran away.

Outside the Yuelai Posthouse, Zheng Heng looked around and soon found out, but he did not rush to check, but walked into the Yuelai Posthouse.

Just as he stepped into the post house with one foot, he hesitated for a moment, took the opportunity to glance behind him, and sure enough, he saw a child who was about the same age as Ah Shan in a hidden corner opposite, looking this way.

The corner of Zheng Heng's mouth twitched slightly, and then the shopkeeper of the posthouse said a few words, the shopkeeper's smile led him into the posthouse, and he came out again after a long time.

After he stood at the door of Yuelai Posthouse and looked around, he soon saw the child, walked over, stopped in front of the child, and said softly, "Can this little brother help you?"

The child was obviously confused, and Zheng Heng asked him several times before he reacted and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Do you know Luo Mansion?" The child nodded, and Zheng Heng smiled and said: "That's good, please send this letter to Luo Mansion, just say that I have already found a place to stay, and I will be there another day." pay a visit to!"

(End of this chapter)