Chapter 762 Shu Yu: Here's a gift for you

Shu Yu was queuing at the city gate when she noticed that the soldiers guarding the city seemed to be a bit stricter.

She guessed that they had received orders from the governor to arrest Cheng Dong.

Shu Yu glanced at the back of the carriage, calmly pulled on the reins, and drove forward as if nothing had happened.

The guards glanced into her mule cart. Apart from a few items of food that Hou had sent, there was nothing else inside. The guards waved for her to go in.

Shu Yu walked towards her home as if nothing had happened, at a leisurely pace, completely unaware that there was an extra person in the car.

When she reached the alley where her house was located, her tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

As the mule cart passed by her house, Shu Yu didn't stop. Instead, she continued forward until she reached the courtyard that Meng Yunzheng had rented, at which point she pulled on the reins.

The gate to the courtyard was unlocked; they must have returned.

Shu Yu raised her hand and knocked on the door, and sure enough, she heard footsteps coming from inside.

Zhao Xi opened the door. He was taken aback when he saw Shu Yu. "A Yu? You've returned from the post station?"

"Yes, help me bring the mule cart in; there's something inside."

Zhao Xi's eyes lit up. He thought she had brought back something good from her trip, and that she had even delivered it right to his doorstep.

He immediately ran out of the yard, pulled the mule cart in, and even glanced into the cart while he was at it, only to see a few oil paper packages...?

Zhao Xi suspected there was something wrong with his eyes, so he rubbed them and tried to look again. Then he heard Shu Yu urging him in a low voice, "Hurry up, don't dawdle."

Her mysterious demeanor, as if she possessed something powerful yet illicit, only fueled Zhao Xi's curiosity even further.

He didn't have time to confirm, so he quickly led the mule cart inside and very cautiously closed the gate and bolted it shut.

Finally, he checked the walls on both sides of the courtyard to make sure that neither of the two households had returned yet, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

He ran to the mule cart, lifted the curtain, and looked inside.

This time it's absolutely certain that there's nothing inside except a few oil paper packets.

Zhao Xi, “…” Could it be that the contents of that oil paper package are something good? Then there’s no need to bring the mule cart in, it won’t bite if you carry it by hand.

Zhao Xi went to see Shu Yu, but the latter had already run quickly into the house.

Looking around, he heard a noise coming from the right wing and rushed over.

Meng Yunzheng had just finished writing the letter and was sealing it when he saw her come in. He looked up and smiled, "You're back? How are the Hou mother and daughter?"

"We'll talk about that later. Come out here, I have a gift for you."

Meng Yunzheng was taken aback. "A gift?"

Shu Yu had already come over and taken his hand. "We're in the yard, let's go for a walk."

Meng Yunzheng put the letter away and followed her out.

Zhao Xi had already taken out the paper package. Seeing the two of them, he came up and asked, "What's inside this paper package...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Shu Yu pulled Meng Yunzheng around him and went straight to the front of the mule cart.

"The gift is in here."

Shu Yu pointed to the mule cart, lifted the curtain, climbed inside, and began dismantling the seats.

The space under the seat of this mule cart is empty; it's used to store things on ordinary days, or to carry bedding, cookware, and other daily necessities when traveling long distances.

Now, however, a person is hiding here.

The soldiers guarding Heichang County were short-handed, and although the inspections were stricter than usual, they didn't have the time to go into the carriage and dismantle the seats.

The searches were more rigorous on those leaving the city than on those entering it.

(End of this chapter)