Ji Da didn't think about it, so he said: "If you walk, it will take more than a day, if you ride a horse, ride faster, it will take half a day." If the adults ask if this small restaurant will entertain General Xu, the villain doesn't need to ask to know that if General Xu has come here, even if he doesn't eat, he will have to come down and drink saliva. ”

"Is there no more small shops selling food on the road ahead?" Yang Ze estimated that it was gone, but he still had to make sure.

Ji Da shook his head and said: "No, this road is an official road, and there are a lot of rice shops, but because there is a road from here to the city gate, pedestrians arrive here, and the head of the restaurant always has to come out and shout, saying that there is still a long way ahead, come down to drink a bowl of tea, and sell some simple meals by the way." ”

Qin Luoluo said: "Our family knows this place, and we have drunk tea soup here, that tea soup is really unpalatable, difficult to eat, if it weren't for the fact that it was still hot, our family really didn't want to drink it."

Yang Ze sighed, and when he got to the restaurant, he saw an old couple standing at the door of the restaurant, they were not young, and the clothes on their bodies were clean, the restaurant was not big, there were only two tables, and the old couple was looking at such a large group of people with some surprise.

Ji Da got off the horse and said, "Lao Liu, is business good today?" ”

Liu Laohan shook his head and said, "It's cold, the snow hasn't melted, how can there be any good business, today you are the first wave!" He recognized Ji Da and also saw Qin Luoluo in the crowd.

Yang Ze also got off the horse and stepped forward and said, "Uncle, a few days ago, did you see a guest with a Beijing accent, who ate at your place, or who only drank hot tea?" ”

Liu Laohan felt that this large group of people were all officials, otherwise they would not be able to call Ji Da, Ji Da is usually very horizontal. He looked at Qin Luoluo, who was still riding on the horse, and said, "Here, this lord and a few people have drunk hot tea here with the grass people, and they said that it is unpleasant. Left without giving money. ”

Qin Luoluo's face turned red, he really didn't give money, but by no means to take advantage of this little advantage, but really felt that the tea soup was unpalatable, and he didn't give money if it was unpalatable, he thought it was justified.

Yang Ze looked back at Gonggong Qin, this dead eunuch didn't give a few tea money, and he was a little evil. Turning his head, he asked again, "What about a few days ago?" Are there any guests with a capital accent? The man was supposed to be a guest on horseback. ”

Liu Laohan shook his head and said: "There are no more people with a Beijing accent, and it is not a good time to do business, there are fewer guests coming and going, and there are even fewer guests in the capital." ”

Yang Ze hummed, and said: "Anyone who goes to Qiuzhou City will drink tea and eat something at your place, do you just run over?" ”

Liu Laohan immediately nodded and said, "Yes." But that was when the weather was warm, and now in this kind of weather, there is so much snow on the ground, and there is no more direct running past. Because as long as it is a guest from the east. When you get to the villain, you must have been on the road for a long time, whether you are walking or riding, this kind of weather must be very cold. Seeing that there is a place that sells hot food, how can it not stop, this month. The villain ran straight over and didn't even see it. ”

Yang Ze nodded, this is very certain, the scene of the crime is definitely not here, with Xu Gaoyang's identity, and a person from a rich place like Chang'an, how can he rush desperately for business, even if the matter is urgent, there is still time to drink some hot tea soup.

Yang Ze said with a smile: "Then please prepare more tea and soup for my father-in-law, there are many of us, but it is enough for you to be busy for a while, and you will count the money and find this adult." He pointed to the ram to stay.

Liu Laohan was overjoyed, as long as he was willing to give money, then this was big business, but what about dozens of people, he hadn't done such a big deal for a long time, and he happily went to prepare with his wife.

Yang Ze, Qin Luoluo, and the ram stayed at the table and sat down, Qin Luoluo said very smartly: "In this way, General Xu didn't come here, otherwise this old man would definitely remember him." ”

Ram Liuya said: "Yes, this is the only way to enter the city, if General Xu has ever come, it will definitely be seen." ”

Ji Da, who was standing on the side, opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't help it, there was no squeak, looking at his appearance, he didn't agree with the words left by the ram.

Yang Ze saw Ji Da's expression and asked, "Brother Ji, what do you want to say, is it possible that this is not the only way to enter the city, and there are other roads?" ”

Ji Da hurriedly said: "If you go back to your lordship, this is indeed the only way to enter the city, for the guests who come to the state for the first time from other places, if you don't go here, there is no other way to go, but for the locals, there is a small road, but the path is not easy to walk, and only the locals know, but the distance into the city is much closer." ”

The three officials were stunned together, and Ram Liu, who was the most surprised, exclaimed, "Is there a path here to enter the city?" How did I not know? ”

He has served as a assassin in Qiuzhou for many years, but he never knew that the way into the city was not only the official road, but also the small road. But this can't be blamed on him, he is an official, he goes out of the city and enters the city, either on horseback or in a car, of course, he will only take the flat official road, not the small road, even if it is closer, there is no need for this, he does not often go out of the city, nor often in this direction, it is not necessary for him to copy the trail.

Qin Luoluo shouted, "Little road? Is there often a lot of robbers on that path? ”

On a cold day, Ji Da sweated a lot, and said a little hesitantly: "That path is usually only walked by locals, and of course locals will not rob locals." ”

Yang Ze heard it, there is a lot of news in Ji Da's words, the locals are robbers, but they don't rob the locals, and the rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest, everyone understands this truth, but he didn't say that the path is very peaceful, which shows that there are still bandits, and if you don't rob the locals, you can only rob the outsiders, but the outsiders don't take that path, isn't there a problem here.

Qin Luoluo didn't hear the hidden meaning of these words, but said: "That's right, of course the locals won't rob the locals, this is not the capital, there are not so many ruffians." He remembered the gangsters in the capital, but in fact, the gangsters in the capital didn't fight the idea of the locals very much, mainly by blackmailing outsiders, and outsiders were bullied everywhere these days.

Yang Ze didn't pick it out immediately, and he didn't ask anymore, and took Ji Da's words to heart, this is a very important clue, but there is no need to say it now.

When the tea soup was served, everyone drank it, and after a little warmth, they set off again and continued to walk forward.

As soon as I walked like this, it took a long time, and I met a few villages on the way and asked the people in the village, but the answers were almost the same as Liu Laohan, and I had never seen Xu Gaoyang.

Yang Ze had already come to the conclusion in his heart, that Xu Gaoyang did not take this official road at all, but must have taken the path, as for why he took that path, the answer is almost imminent, he must have been kidnapped by a large number of robbers before going to the avenue, or he was simply deceived, so he took the path, what happened on the path, then it will be investigated at that time.

For Yang Ze, who is a second person, he can guess these answers, but the so-called difficult ones will not, and those who will not be difficult, for others, they can't get this answer at all.

Whether it was Qin Luoluo or Ram Liu, they asked the past along the way, and the answers they got surprised the two of them, but one was shocked and the other was surprised.

What was horrified was that Qin Luoluo couldn't find Xu Gaoyang, he couldn't solve the case, it would be a big trouble, he almost didn't dare to imagine how to face the anger of the eldest princess. The surprise is that the ram stays, the more he can't find Xu Gaoyang on his territory, the more it means that it has nothing to do with him, as for where Xu Gaoyang went, do his!

They waited a lot of time until it was almost dark, and then they saw a slightly larger village in the distance, and it was about to get dark, and they had to stay in this village.

There was still some distance from the village, Yang Ze raised his hand and motioned for everyone to stop, he called Ji Da and said, "This official can see a light in that village, is this a big family, or a village inn?" ”

Ji Da glanced at the village and said: "Back to Lord Yang, we are not rich, even if it is a big household, we can't afford to light such a lamp, not to mention what big households can there be in this small village, that light is a big car shop, and only the inn will light it when the sky is just dark." ”

Qin Luoluo said impatiently: "Ask you a word, why are you talking about such a bunch of things." Lord Yang, since it's dark, let's go to that big car shop for the night, we didn't spend the night here when we came, I don't know if the store is clean or not. "Then the horse will go forward.

Yang Ze grabbed his reins and said, "Father-in-law Qin is slow. If the official expects it to be true, this kind of big car shop is the most likely to cause trouble, the people who come and go are too complicated, and it is often the place where the bandits stay, and the bandits also need to exchange news, and they can only inquire where they can go, and they can only inquire in this kind of place. ”

"There will be robbers in the cart shop?" Qin Luoluo and Ram Liu said in unison, one of them is a eunuch and the other is a bureaucrat, and they have never lived in the big car shop here, and along the way, the villages they saw were too peaceful, and there was no trace of bandits at all.

Ji Da showed admiration, and thought: "This Lord Yang is so good, I didn't say that there are everyone in the big car shop, but he guessed it, and he also knew that it was a place where thieves specially inquired about news, which is not ordinary!" ”

Yang Ze smiled and said: "If so many of us go over together, then we won't be able to inquire about anything, so it's better to let the entourage stay away and find a place to rest by ourselves, how about a few of us go to the big car shop and listen to what the people inside say?" ”

Qin Luoluo immediately said: "Okay, just do it!" ”

The ram left a look of embarrassment, he was not afraid of entering the thief's den, but he was afraid of hearing rumors that were unfavorable to him, how faceless, what a good thing the bandit could say to his local magistrate, definitely not! (To be continued......)