Chapter 253 Departure! Yongqing County
"Then why didn't he come earlier or later, but only came after Fourth Uncle's matter was over?" Lin Yangyang was puzzled.
"Cousin, since his father is waiting for us, it must be something important that no one else can know."
"He hasn't shown up for so long, and he's afraid of being discovered by someone he doesn't want to be discovered."
"So, before he was sure of the Lin family's safety, he would rather keep everything to himself and save his own life."
Lin Yangyang nodded, not quite understanding. "If that's the case, he must be a smart person, not as ridiculous as others say."
"If he wasn't smart, he probably wouldn't have met with us today."
"What do you mean?" Lin Yangyang became interested.
"Do you remember what Little Cai Niang said?" Lin Zhiqing reminded him, "The difference between him before and now."
"Difference?" Lin Yangyang pinched her chin and thought for a moment:
"Little Cai Niang seems to say that he used to be lazy and only recently started working harder."
"That's right, that's it." Lin Zhiqing analyzed it carefully:
"Maybe he knew we would come looking for him, so he went door to door on time."
"Then why is he so sure that we will go to Xiaocai's house?" Lin Yangyang felt that her brain was almost unable to think straight.
"He knows we won't go directly to him with a big fanfare. That would easily expose our purpose and his situation. He values his life very much." Lin Zhiqing answered without even looking up.
"If we go to him directly, it will reveal that there is something wrong with him and at the same time expose our whereabouts."
"He's at the entrance to the vegetable market, and the incident involving Fourth Uncle at the execution ground has caused a lot of uproar. He must be aware of it."
"Since he knows this, he might have noticed it, or he might have known about it all along. Xiaocai has helped us before."
At this point, Lin Yangyang was confused again: "It's possible that he noticed it, but what does it mean to know about it?"
Lin Zhiqing spoke slowly:
"When we were at Xiaocai's house, he greeted Xiaocai as soon as he entered the door. Most people, especially children, are curious about new visitors."
“Even extroverts will be drawn in and put down what they are doing to observe.”
"But Xiaocai didn't, which shows that the two of them are already very familiar with each other."
"We can't tell when they became familiar with Xiaocai, but he should know that Xiaocai is our only connection at the vegetable market."
"If we want to meet him without being discovered, we can only do it through small fortunes."
Lin Yangyang roughly understood: "I understand. What you mean is that from the moment he came to the Lin family, he thought that we would go to Xishi to find him one day."
"That's right." Lin Zhiqing nodded.
Lin Yangyang tilted her head and thought for a moment: "When you first started talking about thieves, I could understand that you were talking about Zheng Kuo."
"But I didn't understand anything they said afterwards. I only knew that Zheng Kuo was still alive."
"Dasheng is so big, where should we go to find him?"
"No, cousin." Lin Zhiqing put down the charcoal pencil and picked up the rice paper: "He has already given us the specific address."
"Zheng Kuo's original location is likely deserted, hence the missing record."
"But he didn't run away to other places. He stayed in Yongqing County."
"After so many years, the charge of theft has long since vanished into thin air."
"What he was hiding from was never the charge of theft, but the people who wanted to kill him."
"Escape from the crossbow arrows. The most dangerous place is the safest place. He is still in Yongqing County."
Lin Yangyang took the rice paper and took a look. The handwriting on the paper was crooked, and the words "white goose", "willow tree" and "Yongqing County" could be faintly seen.
When she thought about it, she remembered that these things did come from Zheng Kuo's son's mouth.
But they all appeared in a very ordinary way, just like gossip.
She couldn't keep up at the time, but she didn't expect Lin Zhiqing to be able to hear these:
"Sister Qing, you two were exchanging secret codes. I was wondering why you suddenly asked him if he wanted to work for the Lin family."
"I was thinking that the Lin family already had someone who could do this kind of work."
Lin Zhiqing stood up and packed his things:
"I was just talking to him, trying to find out more information. He won't come to our house."
"Isn't our house good? There is little work, it's very leisurely, and the salary is high. Why doesn't he come?" Lin Yangyang put the rice paper back on the table.
"Although he passed on the information to us, he probably didn't do it for money." Lin Zhiqing took out a set of men's clothing:
"He wants to live."
"Survive? But isn't he alive and well now?" Lin Yangyang was puzzled.
Lin Zhiqing shook his head: "With Zheng Kuo's special status, there should be a lot of people watching him."
"His son is naturally also a hot topic. If he wants to survive, all he has to do is pretend to be an uneducated and idle marginal figure."
"I'm afraid he's said that many times about his lack of closeness with Zheng Kuo and that Zheng Kuo is back home."
"Perhaps some people listened to him and went to Yongqing County, but they came back empty-handed."
Lin Zhiqing paused and said, "Do you still remember what Xiao Cainiang said after he left yesterday?"
Lin Yangyang frowned and thought for a moment, then quickly relaxed: "Mrs. Xiao Cai told us not to hire him because he's too slick."
Lin Zhiqing nodded as he listened:
"The fact that Xiao Cai Niang had such an impression of him shows that Zheng Kuo's son's words are not trustworthy. At least that's what the neighbors think."
"This also proves what I just said. He told many people about Zheng Kuo, but his words were half true and half false."
"That also explains why he's been alive all these years. It's because in the eyes of others, he's nothing more than a useless piece of crap, useless except for living a life of idleness and waiting to die."
"Sister Qing, you only met him once and exchanged a few words with him, yet you can see so much?" Lin Yangyang gave a thumbs-up.
"In our Lin family, you are the smartest."
"Stop praising me." Lin Zhiqing smiled.
"All of these things are inseparable from the study of the mind. If you want to learn, you can go to the Jianxin Hall someday."
"But the most important thing now is Zheng Kuo. Go back and change your clothes. We should hurry and go to Yongqing County after dark."
"Okay!" Lin Yangyang patted his butt decisively. "Do you want to tell my dad and the others about this?"
Lin Zhiqing shook his head: "They are busy tracking down the three imperial gifts that were sold, so they probably won't notice us."
"The fewer people who know about this, the better. Yongqing County isn't too far away. We can go there tonight and be back tomorrow."
"There's no need to inform them, we can just go by ourselves."
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