Just when Cheng Yue was thinking about how to persuade her parents to sell New Year's goods, on November 21st, Shanshui and Master Li arrived in Jiangnan.
"You're not familiar with this place, so let me take you with me! I lived in Jiangnan for many years and came here every year, so I'm very familiar with it. Let's start in Suzhou Prefecture, then go to Yangzhou Prefecture, then to Hangzhou Prefecture, and finally, you can go to Fuzhou Prefecture by yourself. That's the headquarters of the Zhennan General, and mother is confident in your safety!"
The boat docked at the Suzhou pier. After getting off the boat, Master Li waited until there was no one around before speaking to Shanshui.
Shanshui really wanted to say no, it felt like a little boy being taken out by his mother, who was worried about everything and wanted to take him to get everything done.
But seeing Master Li's expression, Shanshui couldn't bear to say it out loud.
This is a poor woman who has lost her son for more than 20 years. Perhaps every year she thinks about how old her son is, whether her son should go to school, whether her son should get married, and so on.
There are three shops in Suzhou Prefecture. They have been around for more than 20 years and are a bit old. The three connected shops are rented to one person, who then connects them together to run an inn.
The rent for five years was three thousand taels. After Master Li took Shanshui there, the shopkeeper sent someone to find the boss.
Shanshui had Mo Hui's token in his hand, and he also took out the house deeds and land deeds. After the owner verified that they were correct, he gave the silver to Shanshui.
This is the rent for the next five years, and the family still has to rent it.
The boss asked about Mo Hui's situation and learned that Mo Hui had an accident while hunting in the mountains after collecting the rent five years ago. He was deeply moved.
He invited Shanshui and Master Li to visit his home, but Shanshui refused on the grounds that he had other destinations to go to, such as Yangzhou.
After collecting the rent from Suzhou Prefecture, Shanshui began to feel that someone was following him, and he had a strange feeling in his heart, as if the person following him knew him very well.
At night, Shanshui stayed awake and didn't sleep.
Soon, he heard some movement next door, and he quickly got up and ran to Master Li's room next door.
"Aunt Xiu?"
Shanshui knocked on the door, but there was no movement from inside.
He got a little anxious and kicked the door open.
"What's wrong?"
Master Li woke up in a daze, lit the lamp, and looked at the mountains and rivers with a confused look on his face.
"It's okay. I just heard some noise in your room. Maybe it was a thief! It's almost Chinese New Year, so there are a lot of thieves around."
Shanshui walked around Master Li's room.
"Then I'll lock the window."
Master Li frowned, walked to the window, and saw a footprint on the window.
"It was probably a thief. You reacted so quickly that the thief was scared too."
Master Li turned around and winked at Shanshui.
"That's good, Aunt Xiu, just lock the doors and windows and everything will be fine. I'm watching next door!"
As Shanshui spoke, he walked to the window and saw the footprints.
"Alright, alright, the windows are all closed. Go back and get some rest! We have to go to Yangzhou tomorrow!"
Master Li closed the window and spoke a little loudly, as if he was speaking on purpose for others to hear.
"Then I'm going back to my room!"
After making sure that Master Li had locked the window, Shanshui turned around and went back.
He returned to his room and lay down on the bed, but still couldn't fall asleep.
But he didn't sleep much that night.
He was sure that the people who had followed them during the day were still following them, and would continue to follow them next time.
Who is it?
How can we lure people out?
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