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"As for the pregnant woman that the guest officer just mentioned, she came only half a quarter of an hour after the group left our store."

"Although the woman was dressed in black, she was trying her best to hide her figure."

"But here, I can see that the woman is probably pregnant."

"I originally thought that the woman would stay in a hotel here."

"But I never thought that the woman didn't even order wine or food. She hurriedly asked the boy to prepare some water and dry food, and then left the shop in a hurry."

"Because the whereabouts and requests of these two groups of guests are rather strange, I can remember them clearly."

Zhao Ji nodded solemnly, thought for a moment and asked again:

"I dare to ask my second brother, when you were serving that group of people who were moving around strangely, did you hear from them where they planned to go next?"

The waiter in the shop frowned slightly:

"It's not that I don't want to listen. In fact, I'm also very curious about the identity of that group of people."

"It's just that every time the little one comes forward to eavesdrop, the group of people always stare at him with gloomy expressions."

"In the end, even the younger ones didn't dare to listen."

Zhao Ji lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then said helplessly:

"That group of mysterious people lent me a lot of money."

"And the woman following behind is my wife."

"She came out this time just to get my money back, but I was really worried."

"So I followed him."

When Zhao Ji said this, he reached into his arms, took out two ingots of silver and handed them to the waiter:

"Here are 20 taels of silver. Please help me prepare some dry food and drinks so that I can eat at any time on the road."

"As for the rest, let me reward you."

When the waiter heard this, he nodded excitedly:

"I'm going to help you prepare now, and please take a rest."

Half an hour later, the waiter in the shop not only prepared a lot of dry food and drinks for Zhao Ji, but also fed the maroon horse used to pull the cart.

Originally, Zhao Ji wanted to rest here for the night, but when he thought of Zhao Yuannu with a big belly, Zhao Ji immediately gave up the idea, and hurried out of the store, jumped on the carriage and galloped away. .

Before leaving, Zhao Ji asked the waiter about the nearest villages and towns.

Zhao Ji only hesitated in his heart for a moment, then drove the carriage towards the farthest town of Xijin.

According to the waiter's dictation, Xijin Town is close to Daming Mansion in Hebei Province and not far from Cangzhou.

Many green men who were sent to Cangzhou by the imperial court almost always went to make a living near Xijin Town after serving their sentences there.

Gradually, the martial atmosphere there became stronger and stronger.

And near that town, there were also several groups of green forest strongmen active, specializing in robbing merchants.

So gradually, more and more children from good families are extremely afraid of going there.

Zhao Ji combined the information obtained from Xiaoer's mouth and referred to the letter that Zhao Yuannu left on the stone bed before.

I couldn't help but have this thought naturally pop up in my mind:

Is it possible that that group of people just want to gather in Xijin Town and then recruit people there who are dissatisfied with the imperial laws and regulations, thereby harming me?

Although Zhao Ji cannot confirm this idea for the time being.

But at the moment, apart from such speculation, Zhao Ji has no other goals.

So he could only drive a carriage and rush straight to Xijin Town.

Similarly, whenever he encounters a living person, or a place like a wine shop or tea house along the way, Zhao Ji will stop the carriage to disperse some scattered silver coins, and then get some information from the locals about those people. news of whereabouts.

After several days of turbulence, Zhao Ji, who was extremely tired, finally arrived in Xijin Town.

But the customs and customs here really opened Zhao Ji's eyes.

Whether under the guise of a shop or next to the door of a common people, there are one or even several weapons of various kinds hanging.

Such a scene was really rare in other places in the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, most pedestrians in villages and towns are mainly adult men.

Lonely old people, women, children and young children are really rare.

At this moment, Zhao Ji was walking on the streets of Xijin Town with such a beautiful scenery, and he could not help but have more thoughts in his mind:

The place chosen by the people behind the scenes is really appropriate.

Any man who was sent to Cangzhou by the imperial court would have some resentment in his heart towards the entire Song Dynasty court.

That being the case, once a group of people with intentions catch this characteristic in the future and encourage it vigorously, they will surely be able to pull up an extremely large and powerful army in a very short period of time. The rebel troops are coming.

Fortunately, I discovered the existence of this group of forces in advance by accident.

Otherwise, if I, who am firmly residing in the palace, encounter a sudden attack by this force in the future, no matter how powerful the guards around me are, I will inevitably be killed secretly.

Let you little bastards stay here for a few more days.

After I figure out what's going on here, I can take my little lady away from here.

That will be the end of you dirty bandits!

Since it was already evening when Zhao Jixing arrived here, he just glanced at the environment here on one side of the street and then found a nearby inn to stay.

After eating and drinking, Zhao Ji returned to his room to rest.

But as soon as I closed my eyes, I started thinking more and more:

The environment here is very complicated, and now, I may be just a stone's throw away from those bad guys.

If I'm too sleepy here, once those gangsters discover my whereabouts and know my identity, they can come over under the cover of night.

Then my little life may not be saved.

So I really couldn't sleep too much this night.

Just like that, Zhao Ji was lying on the bed, dozing off while thinking about the troubles in his heart.

Unknowingly, I closed my eyes.

I don't know how long it took.

The sound of footsteps outside the door made the sleepy Zhao Ji feel his heart tighten.

When he suddenly opened his eyes, he saw that the scenery inside the house was still the same as when he closed his eyes before, and he felt relieved.

Zhao Ji raised his hand and wiped a large amount of cold sweat from his forehead that suddenly broke out.

Then he picked up the dark stick placed next to the bed and hurried to the door.