The officer looked very kind and seemed easy to talk to, but he refused to let Zhou Shou and others enter the city.
The dozen or so men wearing conical hats were extremely impatient, and it seemed that they would take down their weapons and start fighting in a moment.
The officer was not afraid at all. With a wave of his hand, hundreds of soldiers surrounded him in layers.
Zhou Shou was sweating profusely and could only try his best to comfort and dissuade him.
Only after a person with some influence came and questioned them carefully for a while did they let Zhou Shou and others into the city.
However, they were only allowed to stay in an empty yard, which was heavily guarded.
"Master Feng, I'm truly sorry. I didn't realize General Hou was not in the city. It's understandable that his men are being so cautious."
After settling into the yard, Zhou Shou hurried over to speak nicely to the dozen or so men wearing bamboo hats.
"Butler Zhou, we at Xuetangzhai are always treated as honored guests wherever we go. I never thought we would be treated so coldly today. It's really disheartening."
Master Feng said coldly.
"There's nothing we can do about it. We have to bow down on someone else's territory."
"However, we have to rely on General Hou's help to find the group that killed Elder Feng and our young master."
"Our boss is a guest of the current crown prince. If people knew we were doing business in rebel territory, we'd be in big trouble, and we wouldn't be able to explain ourselves."
Zhou Shou shook his head and sighed helplessly, and his words also meant to remind Master Feng not to act rashly.
His boss Zhou Dequan met Feng Zhaizhu of Xuetangzhai at his son's funeral.
Master Feng lost all his brothers, and Zhou Dequan lost his only son in three generations.
Zhou Dequan threatened on the spot that he would use all his property to get the heads of Zhao Muyun and the culprit who killed his son.
Master Feng of Xuetangzhai hit it off immediately. After analyzing various pieces of information, the two came to the conclusion that the assassins were heading to Xiazhou.
It seems that they are coming to assassinate the rebel leader, and Hou Zongmin should be the first target.
Zhou Dequan also learned that Xiazhou was in great need of salt, so he took out 10,000 kilograms of his crude salt stock and quietly went to Xiazhou.
Firstly, he secretly sold coarse salt to the rebels, and secondly, he used Hou Zongmin's power to catch the murderer who killed his son.
"Now that we've arrived in Xiazhou, there's no need to say such things." Master Feng smiled coldly, "We're being guarded by the rebels and can't go anywhere."
"Can this trap a master like Master Feng?" Zhou Shou said with a smile. "Once it gets dark, Master Feng's men will move around the city. Maybe there will be some unexpected gains."
"Those people must be coming for General Hou. Since General Hou is not here, they should be hiding in the city. Steward Zhou, go get some information from here as well."
Master Feng naturally did not want to run errands unilaterally.
His men were working hard, but Zhou Shou was lying here shaking his feet. Master Feng couldn't bear to watch this.
"No problem, let's act separately." Butler Zhou also nodded.
It was not yet dark, so Master Feng's men took out some dry food and ate it on the spot.
When Steward Zhou's bodyguards saw this, they also took out their tableware and prepared food in the yard.
For a moment, the room was filled with fragrance.
Butler Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "You guys go ahead and do your work. I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
After a while, Butler Zhou came running back from outside: "Master Feng, we are late!"
"What do you mean?" Master Feng was stunned.
"General Hou killed the assassin and arrested the leader," Steward Zhou replied. "It's said he was hanged on the city wall for three days as a warning to the public."
"Although we can't kill them ourselves, General Hou, killing them will also be considered as settling the hatred in our hearts."
Master Feng looked regretful. "Then let's go back to Jinyang tomorrow and discuss how to sneak into Shuozhou and assassinate Zhao Muyun!"
"However, the leader is not dead. I heard from General Hou's people that he was taken hostage to Shahukou by General Hou to exchange for General Hou's captured sworn brother."
Butler Zhou said slowly.
"So, this person is still alive and has returned to Shuozhou? It seems that our trip to Xiazhou was in vain."
Master Feng's face was filled with rage. "Also, we understand that the person who attacked your young master was a woman who played the pipa. After the incident in Jinyang, we thought she would come to Xiazhou, but judging by the current situation, she probably won't be coming."
"The only possibility is that she went back to Shuozhou." Butler Zhou followed Master Feng's line of thought.
"That's right, we shouldn't have come to Xiazhou, but go directly to Shuozhou."
Master Feng said bitterly, "While it's still early, let's not stay in Shuozhou anymore and go directly from here to Shuozhou!"
"Go to Shuozhou, and use the caravan as cover!"
Hearing Master Feng's words, Zhou Shou suddenly understood. "Let's go now. Let's go to Shuozhou now. Maybe we can meet General Hou on the way!"
"Walk!"
The two hit it off immediately and told their men to pack up.
These men had just prepared some delicious food, and when they heard they were about to leave, they reluctantly and dragged their feet to pack their bags.
It took almost half an hour before we set off.
The rebel generals in Xiazhou City were worried that there would be hidden dangers if these people stayed in the city, but they did not expect that they would leave on their own initiative.
They were immediately escorted out of the city with great ceremony, as if sending off gods.
However, of the 10,000 kilograms of coarse salt brought by the Zhou family caravan, only 1,000 kilograms were left.
This was the price Zhou Shou paid for obtaining information from the rebel general.
But for Zhou Shou, these costs are worth it.
Because he had obtained the latest and most accurate information, he would not go astray.
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