SFS Chapter 244 Zhou Gui
Chapter 244 Zhou Gui
"The horseshoe prints are gone."
Shitou looked at the two forks in the road and was in a dilemma. Which way should they go?
Not hearing Xiaohuan's reply, Shitou turned around and said, "Xiaohuan, you...sister?!"
The boy's eyes widened, why was his sister behind them?
Shang Wan: “…”
The sound of horse hooves was so loud, and they followed us all the way, so these two thought they were following us secretly, right?
"Sister, Shitou and I are free anyway, so we wanted to go and help out." Xiaohuan said this even though she felt guilty about it, with a flattering smile on her face.
Before Shang Wan could say anything, the little baby sitting in front of her sighed and shook his head, saying, "Not good."
Stone:"……"
Xiao Huan: “…”
Don't laugh at someone who has taken 50 steps when he has taken 100 steps, okay?
Shang Wan looked at the two of them and asked, "Have you arranged everything?"
"It's all arranged." Xiao Huan replied immediately, "The new dishes are already prepared, and the chefs will all be able to make them. My absence for a few days won't affect them."
Shitou followed up, "I have already made an agreement with the teacher that I will make up for the missed lessons when I return. I will not take the test this time and will go back to work on my essays until the teacher is satisfied."
God knows how much he hates to write articles, but... just go for it!
After listening to what the two said, Shang Wan nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together."
Now that these two are here, we can’t send them back.
Shitou cheered immediately, Xiaohuan also smiled, and followed Shang Wan to Baoji County.
After riding for two days and one night, near dusk, the three adults and one child saw the city gate of Baoji County.
Shang Wan instructed: "Find an inn to wash up, and then go to the city to inquire about the news."
"it is good."
"it is good."
Shitou and Xiaohuan responded one after another, and the three of them dismounted and led the horses into the city.
Yuanyuan sat on the tall chestnut horse, opened her big round eyes and observed the passers-by, with a look of excitement on her little face.
"Sister, there is a notice here." Shitou noticed the notice posted on the wall and led the horse over to take a look.
Shang Wan and Xiao Huan also led their horses over.
There were three notices, two of which offered rewards for catching thieves, and one reminded the people that there were bandits on the scene, so they should be careful and not leave the city unless necessary.
Shang Wanduo glanced at the notice a few more times and said, "Let's find an inn first."
"it is good."
There are three inns in the city, and Shang Wan chose the busiest one to stay in.
"Sister, why do we live here?"
"It's easier to get information when there are more people." Shang Wan asked the innkeeper to open three rooms.
The waiter led the three people upstairs, and Shitou said, "Send some hot water up, we want to take a shower."
The waiter agreed, "Please wait a moment, sir. I will get some hot water for you."
Xiao Huan called him, "What are the signature dishes in your restaurant?"
The waiter naturally stopped and announced the dishes.
After listening to what happened, Xiaohuan ordered a meat dish, a vegetable dish, a cold dish and a soup, and also ordered an egg custard dish for Yuanyuan.
The guy wrote down everything and went downstairs.
"Check everything in the room." Shang Wan said this before pushing the door open.
Shitou and Xiaohuan looked at each other and went to their rooms to check.
Two waiters brought up hot water, and after the three adults and one child had washed up, the food was also delivered.
The food was delivered to Shang Wan's room. Shitou and Xiaohuan came in one after another and sat down at the table.
"Sister, there's nothing else in my room." Shi Tou said as he picked up the bowl.
Xiao Huan fed Yuan Yuan egg custard and said, "I don't have any in my room either."
Shang Wan nodded, "Let's eat first, and then we'll go and get the news separately."
"it is good."
The cooking skills of the chef in this inn are average, at least the steamed egg custard is not very good. After taking a bite, Yuanyuan was so disgusted that her little face wrinkled into eighteen wrinkles.
The little fellow's appetite has long been spoiled by the various ingredients grown in the spiritual fields and the good cooking skills of her aunt Xiaohuan.
Shang Wan didn't force her and took out the milk bottle from the space and handed it to her.
Yuanyuan reached out and hugged me, drinking milk.
Xiao Huan looked at the egg custard and said, "I'll use the inn's kitchen to make some midnight snacks when I come back later."
Shang Wan was helpless, "Just spoil her."
"Aren't you and your brother-in-law the same?" Xiaohuan smiled. Who wouldn't spoil and pamper the little darling at home?
The baby continued to drink milk without any awareness.
After a short rest after the meal, the group went out to inquire about the news.
As the night deepened, Xiaohuan and Shitou came back and waited in Shangwan's room.
"Why hasn't my sister come back yet?" Xiaohuan looked out the window worriedly, as curfew would be coming soon.
Shi Tou was just about to say he would go look for her when he heard a knock on the closed door.
"Who?"
"Yuanyuan."
The soft and tender baby voice is very recognizable.
Xiaohuan hurried to open the door, but saw that besides Shang Wan and Yuanyuan, there was another man outside the door.
The man was about thirty years old, with a pale and haggard face, and dark circles under his eyes.
Xiaohuan knows this person.
This man was the leader of the caravan guards, his surname was Zhou and his name was Zhou Gao.
Zhou Gao nodded to Xiao Huan and called out, "Miss Xiao Huan."
Xiao Huan stepped aside and waited for the three men to enter the house before asking, "Why are you in this state?"
Zhou Gao looked at Shang Wan, and Shang Wan said, "Sit down and talk."
Xiao Huan said, "I made some midnight snacks and heated them up on the stove. Let's eat and talk."
She went downstairs to get a midnight snack.
Shitou glanced at Zhou Gao and asked Shang Wan curiously, "Sister, where did you find him?"
"I met him on the road." Shang Wan said as he pinched Yuanyuan's chubby hands.
Actually, it was Yuanyuan who discovered it. To be more precise, it was a calico cat who discovered it.
Xiaohuan brought up the midnight snack, and the four adults and one child talked as they ate.
Zhou Gao had a poor appetite, so he put down his chopsticks after only a few moves and took the initiative to talk about the caravan's experience.
"We encountered bandits."
The three adults and one child all looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
Zhou Gao was inexplicably nervous, licked his lips and said: "The bandit leader is a woman with good kung fu skills, and Boss Qin seems to know her.
After the bandits surrounded us, the woman asked Boss Qin to go to the side and talk. Because we were far away, I couldn’t hear what they said, but the two of them kept looking back at us. "
"and then?"
"Then the two of them suddenly started arguing, and the bandits attacked us. They had cartilage powder in their hands, and we were caught off guard. The bandits robbed the caravan, including the people and goods."
Shang Wan stared at him: "How did you escape?"
"I...I..." Zhou Gao lowered his eyelids and pursed his lips several times before saying, "I hid during the chaos, and those bandits didn't find me."
"Besides you, is there anyone else in the caravan who escaped?"
"No." Zhou Gao shook his head. "I was just watching from the side. Everyone else was tied up, not one was left behind."
"No casualties?"
Zhou Gao said truthfully: "More than twenty people were injured, but no one died."
Shang Wan asked: "Where is Tan Zhang?"
"Boss Qin was stabbed in the back by that woman," Zhou Gao said, "It shouldn't be fatal."
Shang Wan put down the soup bowl, wiped the soup stains from the corners of his lips with a handkerchief, and then asked, "Why didn't you send a message back?"
Zhou Gao clenched his hands nervously, "I... I escaped halfway. I was afraid of being punished by the boss, so I didn't dare to send a message back."
Shang Wan's eyes turned cold, and his voice also turned cold, "So you're just going to leave it alone and leave after you recover from your injuries?"