After packing up, Pentihar fell asleep. Northwest Lu Yao, this trip is not a good errand, Peng Tizhi is depressed, and he has been drunk for the past few days. Until now, I am still drinking alcohol, my body is uncomfortable, and I don't want to take a single step.

As soon as the sun had set, the two horsemen rushed from the official road, and when they arrived at the horse shop, they shouted to the soldiers guarding the door: "Peng Tishi, who escorted Zhang Yuan's family, is he resting here?" We are from the capital, and there is an urgent official document! ”

The soldiers, who were eating there after eating, heard the urgency, and hurriedly got up, and said, "Yes, yes!" Wait a minute, I'll go in! Tihar was tired of walking on the way, and rested in it. ”

After a while, Peng Tisha came out of it sleepily, rubbed his eyes, looked at the two of them and said, "But it's a mistake, why is there any official document?" I took these men and women to the northwest, and not everything was arranged. ”

The two soldiers dismounted from their horses and showed them to Pentiha, who had been sent by the Privy Council. After checking the identity of Peng Tishi, he took out an official document and handed it over, and said: "There is an order from the cardinal, you can stay for a few days first." Wait for the official document to come again, and then make a decision. ”

Peng Tisha looked behind him, shook his head and said, "It's not bitterness. The two of you came earlier, I was in Zhongmu, and the day later, I was in Guancheng. Now I am in the middle of the horse shop, there is no post house, how to rest? Why don't I go to the Guancheng Post House tomorrow and stop there? ”

One of the soldiers said impatiently: "Where are you in a lot of trouble! Just stay in a hotel in this town for a few days, what is there! There are forbidden army camps in several counties and towns around, are you afraid that someone will rob you! ”

"Brother said and laughed, where did the thieves come from in the hinterland of the Central Plains here." Peng Tisha laughed with him and accepted the official document. This town has a small population and inconvenient accommodation, so it is really frustrating to have a dozen people waiting here.

The two soldiers handed over the official documents and went on their own, leaving Peng Tishi and a dozen people.

Du Zhongxiao and the three princes of Kaifeng Mansion started from the city gate and chased Wu Kejiu out of the city all the way. It wasn't until the third day that he got out of Kaifeng Mansion and arrived at Putian Town. Seeing the crowd outside the horse shop from a distance, Du Zhongxiao said happily: "Okay, I saw Peng Tixia!" ”

When the dukes heard this, they were all excited, and urged their horses to come to them, and let the soldiers go in to pass the ceremony.

When Pentiha heard that another public was coming, the boss was impatient, and when he went out of the stall, he did not greet him, but stood there and listened to the visitor.

Du Zhongxiao arched his hand: "Ti Zhi, under is Du Zhongxiao, who traveled from Xuzhou to the capital to study, and had a meal and wine together a few days ago. ”

Penthiel nodded: "I remember you." What's going on? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Two days ago, a thief entered my room and stole a book of steamed wine. This book is useless for ordinary people to steal, and if you think about it, it may be related to people from the party. In that vicinity, only Zhang Yuan's family was detained, and he had some connection with the party. In the next day, I was afraid that there would be bad people who would come to fight Tiha, so I was anxious to find out of the city, one was to chase the thief, and the other was to inform Ti Ha. ”

Peng Ti Ha frowned and said: "This is the hinterland of the Central Plains, the forbidden army is densely packed, what thief dares to come here without long eyes!" Petty official, you are worrying about the sky for nothing, thinking too much. Maybe you lost the booklet, and you are not angry in your heart, make up these words so that the public can follow you down. ”

"What did Tihar say? I keep that booklet in my heart, and I can write another one at any time, and what is there. It was really too strange that Baba rushed to inform the council, and be careful on the road. ”

Peng Ti was willing to listen to such words, and he couldn't bear to listen to Du Zhongxiao, so he turned around and went back to his room to rest.

Du Zhongxiao shook his head and said to several public servants: "This place has been out of the Kaifeng Mansion boundary, and it is necessary to exchange official documents to continue the investigation." It's getting late, so let's go to the town and find a guest house to stay, and then continue tomorrow. ”

Without any objection, they left the stables and stayed at an inn in the town.

Early the next morning, Du Zhongxiao got up and walked out of the inn and walked along the Jinshui River alone. This kind of thing happened when I had already decided to leave Beijing, and I was depressed. In the past few days, I have been searching all the way along Wu Kejiu's tracks, and the more I go, the more I have no confidence, did I really guess wrong? Or even a farce directed by Wu Kejiu, just for that booklet?

Suddenly, a shadow flashed by the river in the distance, very familiar. Du Zhongxiao was violently excited, and looked fixedly, but it was the person who entered the room that night to grab the booklet. This man was tall and unkempt, and he was very recognizable.

Seeing the man's ghostly head and brain, circling around the horse shop, Du Zhongxiao was uplifted again. After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao returned to the inn, woke up Cui Jiejie, who came with him, and said to him: "Jiejie, the thief who came into my room to rob things that night was watching the wind from the horse shop. This matter is not small, but people at the section level can watch him and report it to the local government quickly. As long as you catch this person, everything will fall into place. ”

Cui Jiejie agreed, called a public servant, and went to Zhengzhou quickly, and he personally went to see the people who came to watch the wind.

After the arrangements were made, Du Zhongxiao sat in the inn and drank tea there alone. He came to help find someone, not to solve the case, and the person found his task to complete. If these people who came were really party members, they would be more vicious than ordinary thieves, so why should they wade into troubled waters.

The people in front were forcibly assigned to errands, and Peng Tisha in the back dragged on and missed the trip, and the waiting Martha and Niu Er were anxious. They had everything to do, but they didn't want to have an accident, and things suddenly became uncontrollable. Niu Er personally brought people to the nursery, just to watch Peng Tishi, so as not to have another accident. There is really no way, and it is impossible to rob people in advance. Out of the Kaifeng Prefecture, sparsely populated, crossing the Yellow River to the north, the same people do not know the ghost. The Great Song Dynasty is tracking, and nine times out of ten it is also to the front line of Shaanzhou, and I can't imagine that they will take Hedong Road.

Around noon, Cui Jiejie returned to the inn and said to Du Zhongxiao: "The thief who looked at the wind didn't leave, and stayed not far from the horse shop." It's not far from Zhengzhou, and the report will come back soon, and the little officials will pack up and prepare to take people with us. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I have no power to restrain the chicken, how can I participate in this kind of thing?" Just bring someone to get it, I can recognize the face of that guy clearly, and I can't be wrong. Just waiting for someone from Zhengzhou to come to the first trial, the case will be solved. ”

Cui Jiejie thought for a while and nodded in agreement. He only has two or three people under him, and he doesn't cooperate with the locality, so he doesn't dare to go out early to arrest people. The garden is only a small town, and there is no prison town, let alone a yamen, where can I find manpower. Peng Tishi, who lived in the horse shop, did not dare to be alarmed because he looked at Zhang Yuan's family, thinking that he was in a dilemma.

At this time, the public sent to Zhengzhou came back with two people and reported to Cui Jie: "Jiejie, the small one reported to Zhengzhou, Zhizhou Di Xianggong attached great importance to it, thinking that it was a big case, and sent a magistrate to bring more than 30 people with him. Now they are outside the town, and they will take people if they show the way! ”

Cui Jie let out a sigh of relief, and together with the public from Zhengzhou, he went out of the town to find Zhengzhou soldiers and horses.

Du Zhongxiao breathed a sigh of relief, sat down again, and still drank tea. He won't join in the fun of this kind of thing, just wait for news here. Regardless of the facts, as long as the thief who steals his book is caught, all the truth will be revealed.