Chapter 12 No experience in escaping
Tian, Lang?
Shang Wan paused.
Wait, could the man in the room who messed around at the Li family's funeral be Tian Sheng, whom she had been missing for a long time?
It turns out that I came here to have an affair.
Don't ask her why she knew it was an affair. Who in a serious couple would not even let go of someone else's funeral?
Besides, this is the backyard of the Li family, and all the guests who came to express their condolences are in the front yard. Who else can appear in this house now besides the female members of the Li family?
Li Wenhua only had one wife, who was already dead, but Li Can had many wives and concubines.
Shang Wan secretly clicked his tongue, Li Can's head is a bit green.
They were doing business now, and it was not convenient for her to peek in, as it would be bad if she got a needle eye.
Shang Wan hid behind the bushes in the corner of the yard, listening to the goings on in the house out of boredom, and spent nearly two quarters of an hour before stopping.
After a while, the door creaked open, and a short, round-faced man with a hooked nose walked out, it was Tian Sheng.
The boy at the entrance of the courtyard nodded and bowed towards Tian Sheng. When Tian Sheng asked if anyone had approached just now, the boy quickly shook his head and assured that not even a fly had flown in just now.
Tian Sheng threw the silver reward to the boy and left with satisfaction. Just when Shang Wan was about to get up and catch up, the door of the room opened again, and a young woman wearing linen and filial piety came out, with a spring-like face.
Oh, the one who pretended to be fainted in the mourning hall.
Shang Wan, who suddenly had a big meal, and others left before coming out. When he rushed to the front yard, he happened to see Tian Sheng coming out of the duty room and ordering someone to hitch a carriage.
The carriage was running on the street, and Shang Wan followed it on the roof, and bought two steamed buns to eat along the way.
I want to buy meat buns, but the meat buns have a smell that is easy for people to detect based on the smell.
Following Tian Mansion all the way, Shang Wan watched Tian Sheng enter the study. After a while, Yang Rang, the housekeeper of Tian Mansion, also entered.
Shang Wan lay down in the shadow of the beam, carefully moved the tiles away a crack, leaned over and squinted into the house.
Yang Rang stood in front of the desk and reported on the affairs of the farm. Tian Sheng held a tea cup and listened while sipping tea.
After Yang Rang finished his report, he took out a folded letter from his sleeve and handed it over with both hands. "The letter from Beijing was delivered a quarter of an hour ago. Please read it."
Tian Sheng immediately put down the tea cup, took the envelope and opened it. After reading it at a glance, he stood up excitedly, with a cheerful smile on his round face.
Yang Rang was very discerning, smiled and bowed his hands in salute, "Congratulations, sir, for getting what you wanted."
"Ahem, the order hasn't arrived yet, so we can't do it accurately." Tian Sheng coughed slightly to cover up his loss, sat back again, turned the letter upside down on the desk, and tapped it lightly with his index and middle fingers.
Yang Rang only glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze and stood quietly with his hands down.
Shang Wan on the roof was confused after hearing this, and wanted to see what was written on the letter, but no matter how good her eyesight was, it was not clairvoyance.
It took a while before voices started to sound again in the room.
Tian Sheng folded the letter and put it back into the envelope, and said: "Tonight at Haishi, you personally escort Geng Hao out of the city and go through the east city gate."
"Sir, please..." Yang Rang used his hand as a knife and slashed his neck.
Tian Sheng lowered his eyes and stared at the envelope, "Send it away safely."
The word "safety" is a bit heavy-handed.
Yang Rang understood immediately, bowed respectfully and retreated out the door.
Shang Wan hesitated for a moment and chose to stay and continue to monitor Tian Sheng.
An hour later, the sun completely disappeared from the horizon, and night fell.
Shang Wan changed a roof to hide and watched Tian's family eating from a distance.
The population of Tian Mansion is quite simple. In addition to the domestic servants, there are only four masters, namely Tian Sheng, Tian Sheng's wife, Tian Sheng's son, and Tian Sheng's daughter.
Just looking at Tian Sheng's gentle and caring look towards his wife, it's completely impossible to tell that he would have an affair with the wife of his former boss's son at his former boss's funeral.
Seeing that the meal was still available, Shang Wan simply sneaked to Tian Sheng's study and searched inside and out. He didn't find anything with a strange smell, and there was no poison hidden there.
Disappointed, Shang Wan retreated and took out the letter Tian Sheng had hidden. Looking down, I was dumbfounded.
She didn't even know a word of it.
She was not illiterate at the end of the world.
After turning the letter upside down and looking at it from various angles, Shang Wan sadly confirmed the fact that he had really become illiterate.
I originally wanted to write down what was on the letter, but now I have to copy it down exactly as it is.
Shang Wan couldn't use a writing brush, so he randomly broke off a branch, dipped it in ink and used it as a charcoal pen. Before his patience ran out, he finally copied it.
Putting the envelope back and returning the things she had touched in the study to their places, Shang Wan left Tian's Mansion with the paper in her arms and ran towards the east gate.
The city gate was not yet closed. Shang Wan left the city smoothly and was not in a hurry to go back. He found an inconspicuous place and took out the chicken drumsticks from the Tianfu kitchen. He ate them while listening with open ears. Movement in the tower.
The evening drum beats and the city gate closes.
Shang Wan waited patiently.
Just at the beginning of Haishi, the closed city gate suddenly opened, and Yang Rang came out driving a carriage.
finally come.
Shang Wan stood up, stretched his waist, put strength under his feet, and quietly followed the carriage.
The carriage was not running very fast and stopped after about two miles.
Yang Rang jumped out of the carriage first, followed closely by a man wearing a blue shirt carrying a baggage.
"I will send you here, and you have to go back to meet your master."
As Yang Rang spoke, he took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and handed them over. Geng Hao took them and counted them one by one under the moonlight.
There was a cold light in Yang Rang's eyes. Taking advantage of Geng Hao's unpreparedness, he pulled out the dagger hidden in his sleeve and stabbed him in the chest.
"call out--"
A small stone came through the air and hit Geng Hao's knee with great force. He knelt down with an ouch, and the sharp dagger just scratched the side of his face, leaving a bright line of blood.
Geng Hao was so shocked that his pupils shrank, this old guy actually wanted to kill him and silence him.
Yang Rang missed the hit, flipped his wrist, and slashed towards Geng Hao's neck with the dagger.
Geng Hao leaned back to dodge, and took advantage of Yang Rang's turn to kick him in the leg, knocking him to the ground.
He grabbed the baggage on the ground, got up and ran towards the woods not far away.
Shang Wan in the dark clicked his tongue, it seemed that he had no experience of being hunted.
If she were Geng Hao, she would definitely pick up the dagger on the ground and kill Yang Rang, then drive away in the carriage. How can an ordinary person outrun a horse on two legs?
Geng Hao, who had run some distance away, obviously reacted. He turned around, but it was too late. Yang Rang had already jumped on the carriage and chased him in the carriage.
He cursed secretly and continued to run towards the woods on two legs.
The path in the woods was not as easy to walk as the official road, and the carriage gradually slowed down.
Geng Hao specializes in finding crooked roads, walking wherever they are narrow, and gradually distances himself from the carriage.
Seeing that something was not going well, Yang Rang simply abandoned the carriage and chased after him on horseback.
Listening to the approaching sound of horse hooves behind him, Geng Hao gradually felt despair.
He couldn't defeat that old guy Yang Rang in a single fight, let alone that old guy had a knife in his hand. Is he really going to die here today?
(End of chapter)