Fenghou

Chapter 494
After Nanzheng County was captured several times by the Jin soldiers, it was no longer as prosperous as before. A large number of people fled to Bashu. Except for the farmers who were farming, most of the people engaged in commerce and handicrafts were lost.

The whole Nanzheng County seems to be relatively depressed. Even if it is occasionally lively, it is brought by the passing businessmen.

In the west of the city, there is a tea shop covering an area of ​​about two acres, which sells various tea cakes, and there are more teas in Fujian.

This tea shop is the intelligence transmission point set up by the supervisor Wang Mian. The tea shop is not for cover. It is indeed Wang Mian's personal property. It has existed in Fujian. At the age of ten years, he followed Wang Miao for more than ten years. He was kind and loyal, and won Wang Miao's trust.

There are five fellows below, one is the eagle slave who is responsible for receiving and delivering the letter eagle, and the four are long-distance messengers who are responsible for delivering the letter.

In addition, shopkeeper Tao's wife and children also lived with them. Shopkeeper Tao had a middle-aged son. He had his only son when he was thirty-seven years old. Now he is five years old. , but he refused to leave his son in his hometown, but took his son with him wherever he went.

The business of the tea shop is very mediocre. The rich families who can afford good tea have already moved to Bashu, and the rest of the common people belong to the middle and lower classes. desolate.

At noon that day, shopkeeper Tao was sitting in the shop bored and dozed off. Although his main business was not selling tea, the business was so light that he was a little unconfident. Wang Gonggong also wanted to sell tea to make money.

At this time, a young man came in, Tao shopkeeper quickly got up and said with a smile: "What kind of tea do you need to buy? Yes, the price can be reduced, why don’t you try it first?”

Seeing that there was only one middle-aged man at the counter, the young man asked, "I'm looking for your shopkeeper Tao?"

Shopkeeper Tao was taken aback, "It's me, what does the guest officer want me to do?"

The young man took out a letter and put it on the table, "Someone asked me to deliver a letter. Shopkeeper Tao had better go inside to read it, and keep quiet."

After finishing speaking, the young man cupped his hands, turned and left.

Shopkeeper Tao was really surprised. He picked up the letter and walked slowly to the inside. When he reached the door, he stopped and his face became tense. After reading a few lines, he suddenly yelled, turned and ran towards the back house.

There is a small courtyard in the back house, which is where he lives with his wife and children, and there are two little maids. He rushed into the yard, only to see a little maid doing laundry, but not his wife and children.

"Where are Madam and Young Master?" Shopkeeper Tao asked anxiously.

"The madam wants to make a new suit for the son, so she took him to the cloth shop, and Chuntao went with her."

"How long has it been?" Shopkeeper Tao asked in a trembling voice.

"It's been a long time, almost an hour."

At this moment, the maid Chuntao ran back in a panic, "Master, madam and son are gone!"

Shopkeeper Tao was like a thunderbolt, sitting on the ground with his buttocks, his eyes were straight.

"Master, get up quickly, let's report to the police!"

When it came to the reporter, shopkeeper Tao quickly stopped him and said, "Don't mess around!"

He stood up, took out the letter and walked into the study. After a while, shopkeeper Tao came out of the study in a daze, waved his hand to the two maids and said, "Your Majesty's affairs are kept secret from me. Don't tell anyone. Do you hear me?"

"we know!"

Shopkeeper Tao ordered a clerk to look after the shop, and he rented an ox cart and went out.

Not long after, shopkeeper Tao came to a large inn outside the city called Shunfeng Inn. He found a single courtyard. Shopkeeper Tao took a deep breath, stepped forward and patted the door knocker. The door creaked open, revealing a The face was the young man who delivered the letter before.

"I'm Tao Zhen, come here as you agreed." Shopkeeper Tao's voice couldn't help but tremble.

"Treasurer Tao, please come in!"

Shopkeeper Tao followed the young man into a room. There were five or six big men in the room, all of them burly, and a young man with sharp eyes sat in the middle.

"Sima Qing, shopkeeper Tao, please sit down!"

Shopkeeper Tao couldn't sit still, he quickly took out a bag and put it on the table, "This is one hundred taels of silver, and all my savings over the years are here."

Sima Qing narrowed his eyes and laughed, "Wang Mi is really stingy for accumulating a hundred taels of silver over the years."

Shopkeeper Tao's face changed, and he immediately understood that the other party came for Wang Mian, not kidnapping for money.

"The injustice has its head, and the debt has its owner. The matter of Wang Mi has nothing to do with me. He is now in Qinzhou. You can go to Chengji County to look for him. Please let my son go."

Sima Qing said lightly: "We are not evil people, we will not hurt your son for no reason, we are just performing tasks, if you cooperate well, we will not hurt your son, if you don't cooperate, then you will find that we are more powerful than evil people If you don't believe me, I will send you one of your son's ears right now!"

"do not want!"

Shopkeeper Tao yelled in panic, and he begged with tears all over his face: "Don't hurt my son, I will agree to whatever you say!"

Sima Qing sighed secretly, the commander was right. Shopkeeper Tao's biggest weakness is his son, as long as he pinches his son, he will be obedient.

"Let me just say it straight! We are the internal guards of the Xihe Army, and we are ordered to carry out the mission. We know that Wang Mi's report to the court will be handed over to you, and then you will send someone to the court. But starting today, the report will first Let us have a look, and then you send someone to Lin'an."

"But... if the report is revised, it will be seen."

"Don't worry about it, we'll take care of it."

Shopkeeper Tao already understood the other party's intentions. They took the last step and controlled the content of the report sent by Wang Mian to Lin'an. However, Wang Mi has no way of knowing.

At this time, shopkeeper Tao suddenly thought of a fatal matter, what should his son do?
"My son, you can't detain him forever, you have to return it to me!"

"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Tao, we will return your son to you, but I want to warn you that your son can only live and study in Nanzheng County. There is no problem with these, but if you want to hide him or send him away, I will I assure you that you will never see him again."

Shopkeeper Tao nodded silently, he was really a little scared at this moment.

Sima Qing took out a letter of allegiance and put it in front of Shopkeeper Tao, "Sign it and press your fingerprint, and you can see your son."

Shopkeeper Tao knew that after signing and pressing his thumbprint, Wang Mi would no longer believe in himself, but now he couldn't care less about the consequences. He signed his name with trembling hands, and then painted Zhuni and pressed his thumbprint.

Sima Qing put away the letter of allegiance and said: "Probably tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, Wang Mian's first report will be delivered, you come here and give it to us, and it will be returned to you the next day."

"Where's my son?"

"Go back! Your son and wife are already home."

Shopkeeper Tao hurried home. As soon as he entered the courtyard, his five-year-old son Tao Zan rushed forward with his arms open, "Daddy!"

Shopkeeper Tao knelt down and hugged his son's young body, tears streaming down his face.

His wife, Shi Ma, stepped forward and whispered, "A carriage took me and Zan'er around the county town, and nothing else happened."

Shopkeeper Tao nodded, "I see, it's actually nothing, let's go to lunch!"

In the morning of the next day, Wang Mi sent someone to deliver the first report of the military supervision, and asked shopkeeper Tao to send someone to Lin'an immediately.

After sending the messenger back, shopkeeper Tao came to the Shunfeng Inn outside the city, found Sima Qing, and gave him the report.

Sima Qing looked at the report and asked, "Why isn't the report sealed?"

"I have to do two things. The first is to write a short pigeon letter and send it to Lin'an first. Second, I need to copy an attachment. The official report will be sent to the official, and the attachment will be sent to the Queen Mother. Don't seal it for the time being, when the two things are done, I will seal it together."

Sima Qing nodded, "Go back! I will return the report to you tomorrow morning."

Shopkeeper Tao knew what they wanted to do, he hesitated and said: "I know a master who imitates handwriting, I can introduce it to the general!"

Sima Qing smiled slightly, "No need, we have experts and a complete set of seals, don't worry, we guarantee that even the paper is exactly the same."

Shopkeeper Tao saluted, then turned and walked away anxiously.

(End of this chapter)