Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 633 Taiping Town

At this time, Li Yuanfang suddenly hesitated to speak.

Wang Mang saw that Li Yuanfang had something to say, so he said, "Shui Mu, if you have something to say, just say it."

Li Yuanfang nodded and said, "When I first went out to get medicine..."

Li Yuanfang walked out of the inn, looked around on the street, and saw a medicine store not far away, so he hurried over.

When passing by the door of a small tea house, a familiar figure in the tea house passed by.

Li Yuanfang hurriedly stopped, stepped aside, and looked inward.

I saw Deng Tong sitting at a table, talking with the waiter in the tea house, the waiter pointed, and Deng Tong nodded repeatedly.

After a while, he handed the consistent money to the small second hand, and walked out quickly.

Li Yuanfang hurriedly turned her back, reached out and grabbed the bamboo hat on the small stall in front of the tea house and put it on her head.

Deng Tong didn't pay attention to him, and walked away quickly after going out.

Li Yuanfang turned around and looked at his back, waited for him to go away, reached out and took off the bamboo hat, and entered the teahouse.

Xiao Er hurried forward to meet him: "My lord, how many are you?"

Li Yuanfang asked, "The one who left Crouching Tiger Manor just now was Deng Tong Deng Liuye?"

Xiao Er said, "Exactly."

Li Yuanfang said, "What did he ask you?"

Xiao Er was stunned: "This..."

Li Yuanfang took out a tael of silver from his pocket and put it in the small second hand.

Xiao Er immediately smiled: "Just now Master Liu asked me if I saw a group of people driving a lot of carts towards Xuyi in the past two days."

"Oh?"

"The younger one told the old man that in the evening of the day before yesterday, dozens of people drove a lot of carts to the north, but I don't know whether they arrived in Xuyi or not.

He asked again what the leader looked like, and the younger one told him that the leader had a string of beards, looked fierce, and had a particularly loud voice. "

Li Yuanfang asked: "What else?"

Xiaoer said: "There is nothing else."

Li Yuanfang nodded, turned around and walked towards the pharmacy.

……

Hearing this, Wang Mang said, "You mean Deng Tong?"

Li Yuanfang nodded.

Xiao Qing frowned: "Why is Deng Tong here?"

Wang Mang said: "From Mizuki's description, this Deng Tong seems to know something."

Xiao Qing nodded thoughtfully.

Li Yuanfang said: "The waiter said that he saw dozens of people driving a cart to the north. The leader was a man with a beard. According to his description, he looked like Pang Si."

Xiaoqing frowned: "Really?"

Wang Mang said: "To the north is to go in the direction of Xuyi County."

Xiao Qing asked, "Then what shall we do?"

Wang Mang pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go to Xuyi now. First, to treat Peng Chun's injuries, and second, to find out Pang Si's whereabouts."

Xiaoqing said: "They go first, can we catch up?"

Wang Mang said: "Pang Si led the Yanxiao to take the road by land, and there was a large cart accompanying him, so he must not go too fast. We set off immediately, took a shortcut by water, and arrived in Xuyi ahead of them."

……

Taiping Town is located fifty miles east of Xuyi County, a small town with less than a hundred households.

At this time, it was dusk and the sun was setting. A fast boat docked beside the pier. Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang carried the seriously injured Peng Chun along the springboard to the pier.

Xiaoqing who was behind was walking with the boatman, and she asked, "Brother boatman, is this Taiping Town?"

Said the boatman, "Exactly."

Xiao Qing asked, "How far is it from Xuyi County?"

Said the boatman, "It's still more than fifty miles away from the county seat."

Wang Mang asked, "Does one have to go through Taiping Town to get to Xuyi by land or water?"

The boatman said: "Exactly. Two guest officers, I don't think you will be able to reach Xuyi tonight if you take the patient with you. Why don't you stay in the town and find a pair of good feet tomorrow morning before it's too late."

Xiaoqing, Wang Mang, and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, looked at the sky and said, "That's the only way."

As he said, he took out a few coins and gave them to the boatman, who thanked him repeatedly.

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang carried Peng Chun and walked towards the town with Xiao Qing.

At this time, the street was deserted, and there were basically no pedestrians.

Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, Xiao Qing and others walked into the small street in the town, and saw a small inn on the left side of the street not far away, with a sign hanging in front of the door, and a letter: "Shuilu Inn."

Xiaoqing pointed at the inn and said, "Shuisheng, Mizuki, let's spend the night there!"

Wang Mang nodded, and Li Yuanfang would not have any other opinions. After speaking, they walked towards the small inn.

The outer hall of the inn is very narrow, there is only a counter and two square tables facing the door, and there is a small kitchen next to the outer hall.

The shop owner sat listlessly behind the counter, flicking the abacus beads.

When the boss saw the guests, he stood up quickly: "You two guests... Oh, there is still a patient here!"

Xiao Qing nodded and said, "I want two upper rooms."

The boss smiled apologetically, "Girl, here in Huangcunye Store, we don't have rooms up and down, all guest rooms are the same."

Xiaoqing smiled and said, "Then ask for two guest rooms!"

The boss yelled loudly: "Good."

As he spoke, he picked up the key chain on the counter, and said to Wang Mang, Xiao Qing and the others, "Guys, please come inside."

After finishing speaking, the shop owner led Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang and Xiao Qing to the door of the guest room, unlocked the key and opened the door to enter.

Suddenly, a pungent musty smell rushed over, Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang showed no extra expressions.

And Xiaoqing slapped it vigorously, and said, "It smells so bad! Boss, is there a better house?"

The boss said apologetically, "Girl, I told you just now that all the houses in the store are like this."

Wang Mang glanced at Xiaoqing and said, "Okay, just make do with it!"

As he spoke, he and Li Yuanfang worked together to put Peng Chun on the bed.

The shop owner said: "Oh, yes, three, should we have dinner in the shop, or go out?"

Xiao Qing said: "It's in the shop, send it to our room."

The boss said, "That's all right. There's just one thing we need to agree on."

Xiao Qing asked: "What's the matter?"

The boss said: "If you put salt in the dishes you eat, you have to pay extra."

Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, and Xiao Qing were stunned for a moment. The three of them looked at each other, and Xiao Qing said calmly, "You need to add more money to put salt. What's the reason? Don't you put salt in your vegetables?"

The boss smiled and said, "You've got it right. Xuyi's salt shortage is frighteningly expensive. It costs five hundred coins a bucket."

Xiao Qing exclaimed: "What, five hundred cash for a bucket of salt?"

Wang Mang was also taken aback secretly, he didn't expect the price of salt here in Xuyi to have reached such a level.

The boss sighed and said: "Yes, so we usually only eat salt when we are busy, and light food when we are free. I'm sorry, you two, please bear with me!"

Xiao Qing nodded: "Okay then, if you add more money, you can add more money."

The boss said: "It's ready, the food will be delivered in a while."

At this time, Wang Mang took out two sets of medicines from the package and handed them to the boss, "Please fry these two sets of medicines and bring them to me."

The boss smiled and said: "I'm really sorry. The younger one has to work on dinner for the two of you. I'm really overwhelmed. The kitchen is outside. Why don't you work hard?"

Xiaoqing asked angrily: "Are you the only one in this inn?"

The boss said: "Yes, I'm the only one. If there is one more person, I will eat an extra mouthful of salt!"

Xiao Qing was stunned.

Wang Mang hurriedly said, "Okay, go ahead and do it yourself, we will do it ourselves."

The boss said shyly, "I'm really sorry."

With that said, he turned and walked towards the door.

　Thank you zt Xiaoyu's dad for the reward, thank you brothers for recommending tickets and monthly tickets, thank you for your support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)