The note read: "Yu Lin Tong Mingshan is secretly selling iron ore and weapons to Bei Li. I hope the general will help me to eliminate this traitor. See you behind the inn at 1-3 AM tonight."
Su Wenzhou had just discovered that someone was smuggling iron ore and weapons to sell to Bei Li when he arrived in Yulin and someone delivered the news.
He fell into deep thought.
Tong Mingshan, on his way to Mohan, passed through Yulin and met him once; he was the newly appointed prefect of Yulin.
Yulin is the closest place to Beili that produces iron ore. For convenience, some weapons are smelted and forged in Yulin. If it comes to selling iron ore and weapons to Beili, there is indeed no one more convenient than Tong Mingshan.
At this critical moment, Su Wenzhou knew that if he fled, it would cause trouble for the Su family in the capital.
Moreover, he had no way of knowing whether the other party was telling the truth. What if it was a trap to lure him away? Wouldn't that give the Su family a pretext to be accused of treason?
Su Wenzhou wasn't stupid; he knew perfectly well that the Su family's situation was a result of being framed.
For a moment, Su Wenzhou was also caught in a dilemma: whether to believe it or not.
After arriving at the inn and settling everyone in, it was already late afternoon.
After a long and arduous journey, they finally arrived at a larger city, and the escorting officers relaxed considerably.
Throughout the journey, Su Wenzhou was very cooperative, did not cause any trouble, and did not even utter a single complaint.
Most of the escorts admired General Su and didn't make things too difficult for him along the way.
After eating some food at the inn, the escorts secretly went out to find some fun.
However, they didn't dare to go too far, as at least two guards remained in Su Wenzhou's room to watch over him.
A moment later, there was a knock on the door. The escort opened the door and saw a young maidservant, about fifteen or sixteen years old, carrying a tray with three bowls on it.
"Esteemed guests, our Yulin is famous for its white fungus. The shopkeeper asked me to serve you a bowl of white fungus soup to try."
The maid put down the bowl and left. A guard picked up a bowl and handed it to Su Wenzhou, saying, "General Su, here, it's still warm."
"Thank you." Su Wenzhou accepted it.
The two guards each took a bowl and began to eat.
The soup was freshly made and still warm. One of the escorts said while eating, "We've already passed halfway through the journey. The road will get easier as we go on."
"That's right. Let Wang Hu and the others go out and have some fun this time. When we get to the next city, it'll be our turn. This city is much bigger than Yulin, and I imagine the girls there will be even more exciting."
"Hehe, that's right. If we calculate the time, we'll reach Yicheng in a few more days."
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The two escorts were chatting and drinking their soup, completely unaware that Su Wenzhou hadn't touched a drop of the white fungus soup; he was just looking down, lost in thought.
The white fungus soup was soon finished, and the two escorts felt they hadn't had enough. One of them got up to ask the shopkeeper for two more bowls.
Suddenly, he stopped and slipped to the ground, while the escort, who was still sitting on the stool, also collapsed onto the table at the same moment.
Su Wenzhou narrowed his eyes.
He was right.
Unlike brothels, inns mostly employ waiters. Only high-class inns, or those staffed by officials or nobles, will have maids.
Although Yunlai Inn wasn't bad, Su Wenzhou remembered that he hadn't seen any other maids since he entered the inn.
When the maid knocked on the door earlier, he had already become suspicious of the note, which is why he dared not touch the bowl of white fungus soup.
Just then, someone gently knocked on the window of the guest room near the back alley, accompanied by a soft call, "General Su, General Su."
Su Wenzhou got up, drew the knife from the escort, slowly walked to the window, suddenly pushed it open, and pulled the person standing outside into the room.
The man was startled, but dared not shout. He quickly said, "General Su, I am here on my young lady's orders to rescue you."
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