Chapter 153

When Zheng Nian walked out of Prince Wu's Mansion, he was greeted by two female officials of Dali Temple standing at the door.

Wearing a purple brocade coat with a gilded shoulder knife, she looked at him with her hands folded in front of her body.

After taking two steps, he was stopped.

"Sisters, did you know that I would come out today?" Zheng Nian asked the two who were walking towards him.

"The entire garrison army was annihilated. More than 20 servants from the Chang'an county government office have returned, and the rest of them are missing," said the female official.

"Others?" Zheng Nian was taken aback.

The fact that 100 garrison troops were wiped out was actually not important to them.

Another female officer brought out a horse, "I think you can use it."

Zheng Nian immediately jumped on the horse, hugging his fists in thanks, "Thank you two sisters, I'll treat you to tea when I come back."

"Let's go." The female officer said.

Zheng Nian immediately galloped his horse, took the main road all the way, left the capital with an official order from the east gate, and headed straight to the east.

After coming out of the city gate, it was past noon, the sun was shining brightly, and Zheng Nian was very anxious.

This matter of suppressing bandits is unusual, and it is also very sudden. I originally wanted to discuss this matter with Wu Siyan, but now I don't have time to understand the situation I am about to face, so I can only rush to talk about it first.

Galloping on horses, it took only two hours. After asking a few travelers passing by, he stepped into Qingmen County.

There are not many people here, but there are definitely many. As a county outside the capital, the passenger flow is also very large. Just by entering at the same time, there are already many farmers and merchants passing by.

Zheng Nian led the horse to a farmer who entered the door and asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, where are you going?"

"Isn't this just coming to Beijing? It's been a while today, and I can't go to the city, so I came to Qingmen County to rest. Are you on your way too?" asked the farmer.

"Oh, no, I plan to go out of the capital to find relatives in the south of the Yangtze River. I am tired today, so I will rest here. But this is the first time I am out of the city, and I am not familiar with the place. Let me ask, where can I stay?"

Zheng Nian was very careful. When he was out of the house, he was naturally not like he was in Chang'an County, the capital city. As the county magistrate, he was recognized by the people of Chang'an County.

Therefore, he did not declare his identity, but asked cautiously.

"There is an inn here. Go straight from the avenue and turn left at the head, and you can see the horses there." The farmer explained.

"Thank you." Zheng Nian bid farewell to the farmers, and led the horse along the way. On the one hand, he had a look at the management of Qingmen County, and on the other hand, he had a look at the people around him.

He didn't go to the inn at the first time. After mastering the location of the inn, Zheng Nian took the opposite road, starting from the right hand side, and bypassing the entire Qingmen County boundary as much as possible.

Going to the end on the right, there is a farmland. At this time, a layer of hoarfrost has formed on the farmland. Under the heavy snow a few days ago, most of the places are white.

There were some carriages parked in the distance, and handymen in linen clothes were carrying some goods beside the carriages, presumably it was the goods of some merchants or the dartmen.

Turning the corner, I saw a remote house.

The door of the room was locked, and the curtains of coarse cloth were lowered inside. It seemed that no one lived there, but in the courtyard at the entrance of the house, some messy footprints were seen.

Just as Zheng Nian was about to enter the courtyard, suddenly a person next to him stopped him, "Hello? What are you doing?"

Looking back, it was a person wearing a policeman's attire. Their attire was similar to that of Changle County, but the shoulder knife next to it was ugly as hell.

Zheng Nian smiled and said, "Master, I'm passing through Qingmen County for a day's rest, and I want to find some clothes, fabrics, board and lodging."

"There is no clothes, cloth, or board and lodging here." The policeman's face darkened, "Boy, there are a lot of bandits near Qingmen County, don't wander around, in case you are caught in the yamen and beaten a few times, you will be fine." Oh no."

"Thank you, Master." Zheng Nian smiled slightly, saw some blood on the crack of the door in the middle of the house, felt a little suspicious, but walked over without saying anything.

After going around half a circle, Zheng Nian stopped at the gate of Qingmen County Yamen.

There are two young servants standing here, guarding the main entrance, and there is a grievance drum outside the door. Although there is no dust on the surface of the drum, there is already dust on the top. Zheng Nian just glanced at it and passed by.

Then we arrived at Yunlai Inn.

Entering the main hall, there are only seven or eight tables. On the second floor, there is a plaque of "Customers Like Clouds" hanging on the stairs. There are three or four tables of people eating. Turning to the shopkeeper in the lobby, Zheng Nian smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, come here." house."

"It's gone." The shopkeeper said coldly without raising his head, "There is space for the horse, but the man is gone."

Zheng Nian leaned against the counter and glanced up. There are still many vacant rooms. The entire inn has only about thirty rooms, and there are more than a dozen rooms on the first, second, and third floors. Logically speaking, this place is indeed very large, but there are always It feels very deserted here.

He also looked at the price tag behind the shopkeeper, the herringbone room for thirty yuan a night, the ground character room for eighty yuan a night, and the emperor's room for two yuan a night.

Zheng Nian grabbed a tael of silver in his hand, put it on the wooden table and spun it around, made a dang-dang sound, and asked with a smile, "Is it really gone?"

"I'm telling you..." The shopkeeper's tone was tough at first, but when he raised his head and found the silver in Zheng Nian's hands, his tone softened instantly, "I'm telling you that the ovaries of ordinary people are gone. "

"As the young master of Jiangnan Famous Sword Villa, I'm rich in the world, so naturally I won't live in a lower-class house." Zheng Nian said, "Is there a Tian Zihao?"

"Of course! Of course there is!" The shopkeeper immediately came out from the counter, and walked up to Zheng Nian with his arms in his arms, "Shall I bring you up?"

"Thank you." Zheng Nian was not stingy, he just threw the silver into the hands of the shopkeeper, and followed him upstairs.

The Tianzihao room is similar to the firewood room in the Xinghua Building, and there is garbage left by the previous wave of guests. The sheets and bedding have not been changed, and it is definitely impossible to disinfect. When you go out these days, you don’t need to think about the sanitary conditions, there is nothing to pay attention to.

"Guest officer, wait a moment, I'll ask the boy to clean up." The shopkeeper smiled and retreated.

Zheng Nian nodded, "I'm tired, tell him not to knock on the door, just go out after cleaning up recently."

"Okay." The shopkeeper closed the door.

When the door opened again, a burly man walked into the house with a broom and dustpan, and found that Zheng Nian was lying on the bed and fell asleep.

So he smiled contemptuously, and started to clean up the garbage left by the previous wave of guests. Just as he started, he heard a crisp sound.

Dang bang.

Turning his head suddenly, he saw that a tael of silver fell out of Zheng Nian's cuff.

The sound of a tael of silver hitting the ground is so wonderful.

The silver was in an irregular shape, and it stopped on the spot without rolling a few times.

The big man was stunned.

Dang bang.

Another sound, another tael of silver.

Zheng Nian fell into a deep sleep, frowning, "Woo...so annoying."

Then turned around and twisted away.

The big man was secretly happy, and then quietly approached Zheng Nian step by step.

After realizing that Zheng Nian didn't respond at all, he immediately picked up two taels of silver and ran straight out of the room.

Dang bang.

Looking back again, another tael of silver fell from nowhere.

The big man's heart fluttered, and he tiptoed close to Zheng Nian again.

This time, Zheng Nian suddenly turned over and sat up, frowning his eyes, "Oh? Who are you?"

The big man was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and apologized repeatedly, "Grandpa, I'm here to clean up."

"Oh, oh..." Zheng Nian was dazed, rubbing his eyes, saw a tael of silver on the ground, and then bent down to pick it up.

This time, the big man was stunned!
There was a package behind Zheng Nian, and that package was full of white money!

Thirty to say the least!

"Here, here it is for you." Zheng Nian casually tossed it into the hands of the big man, "Go, remember to close the door, I'm tired today, and I've had too much wine."

With that said, fell asleep again.

The big man raised his eyebrows and walked out of Zheng Nian's room.

Facing the shopkeeper who was waiting on the side, he smiled and nodded.

The shopkeeper also showed a wicked smile.

(End of this chapter)

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