Wu Chengwei also realized that he seemed to be a little too demanding just now.
So he just said casually, "I'm just curious. Didn't the guest say he wouldn't leave before? Why did he suddenly say he would leave now? You said such a big fan of pork, isn't this a trick on us?"
The man's attention was diverted when he heard this, and he complained, "Who says it's not the case! Our kitchen funds are already tight. The gentlemen at the top only care about food, and the stewards in the government only care about money. They allocate it to us every month." The kitchen only has one hundred taels, and we have to eat the same variety every day. It's a pity that this pig cost twenty taels of silver, and now people just leave! The manager won't reimburse us, but we don't. Wouldn't this be a waste of twenty taels of silver?"
Wu Chengwei only echoed, "In that case, this matter will be difficult to handle."
Hearing this, the man immediately followed suit and said, "Who says it's not true? Whoever can help me fill in these twenty taels, I really have to thank his eight generations of ancestors."
Wu Chengwei said, "How about I give you something to think about?"
The man just smiled and said, "What can you do?"
Wu Chengwei whispered, "Of course I have a way, but I need to know when that person left and where he went!"
After hearing Wu Chengwei's words, the man only thought for a moment and said, "You know what use this can be, why don't we catch up and give this dried meat to the young master?"
When Wu Chengwei heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "They must be gentle and obedient along the way. If you give someone a pig, they will definitely not want it."
The man felt that what Wu Chengwei said made sense, and he really wanted to deal with this problem, so after facing Wu Chengwei at this moment, he simply treated the dead horse as a living horse doctor.
"The young master and his servants set out last night. They were preparing to go to the capital. In addition, our eldest young master only followed them to escort the prefect of Yunzhou, Zhu Izhi, on their way."
After hearing what that person said, Wu Chengwei actually came up with a good idea. "I'll have an idea when you say that!"
As soon as he heard that Wu Chengwei really had an idea, the man immediately asked, "What idea did you come up with?"
Wu Chengwei did not give in. "Actually, this matter is easy to handle. You can take the pig and sell it. You can set up a stall or sell it to other butchers. As long as you handle the sale of the pig, then sell the pig." The shortfall will be made up. And I estimate that your purchase price for this pig is quite low. Even if you use a price slightly lower than the market price, I estimate that you will still make a profit. When the time comes, you will make up for the shortfall of 20 taels. Can’t you just put the rest in your pockets and then use the money to buy an appropriate amount of pork?”
Hearing Wu Chengwei's words, the man's eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately clapped his hands and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of this method?"
Wu Chengwei just smiled softly when he heard this, and then the man just said, "Just wait for me, I'll go talk to them two."
After saying this, the man immediately went to the two people in the middle of the argument and said, "Stop arguing. Come into my room. What's the point of making such a noise!"
Although the two cooks were still unconvinced when they heard that the kitchen steward was coming, under the threat of the kitchen steward, they finally followed the kitchen steward to the steward's room.
After arriving at the house, the kitchen steward naturally explained his thoughts to the others.
However, the kitchen manager did not intend to eat alone. He agreed to share the extra allowance among three people.
With a commitment like his, what can anyone else say?
So the three of them quickly reached a consensus.
Share the extra money from selling pork.
After the dispute was resolved, the steward finally remembered to thank the other party.
However, when he arrived at the scene, the man had long since disappeared, and he had not yet realized that the last two questions the man asked had nothing to do with Zhu Rou.
Besides, after Wu Chengwei separated from the Wen family's kitchen manager, he immediately told Yu Shisan all the news he had just obtained.
After telling Yu Shisan the news, he couldn't help but ask, "Master, they originally set out for the capital last night. I heard that they also brought a small team of horses and horses there, so are we really still here?" Do you want to continue following?"
Hearing this, Yu Shisan only said, "Of course we have to continue to follow. No matter what the outcome is, we can't give up and continue to follow."
After saying this, Yu Shisan then asked Wu Chengwei, "Have you ever asked them which route they took?"
Wu Chengwei just whispered, "I haven't asked. Anyway, the journey from Luo City to Beijing is nothing more than a waterway and a dry road. Since they brought carriages and horses, I think they probably set off by land!"
Hearing Wu Chengwei's words, Yu Shisan whispered, "It would be better if they set off by land. Let's take some shortcuts or let people at other passes pay attention to their movements, and then we can stop them. Those are very easy ways to intercept the opponent. However, if it is a waterway, if you can't catch up, you won't be able to catch up. There is no shortcut on this waterway. So if I were Lu Zhizhang, I would definitely choose the waterway!"
Hearing Yu Shisan's words, Wu Chengwei immediately retorted, "Since they take the water route, why do they bring so many carriages and horses?"
Yu Shisan immediately replied, "Of course it's used to confuse stalkers like you and me!"
Wu Chengwei said unwillingly, "Then according to what you said, they just walked through the waterway, what should we do?"
After thinking for a while, Yu Shisan only replied in a low voice, "If he took the waterway, we will no longer do things in vain, let's go back to Leiyang."
"If he takes the land route, we will take a shortcut and set off. Of course, before setting off, I will also write a letter to His Highness King Jin and ask him to set up checkpoints along the road to stop Lu Zhizhang."
After hearing Yu Shisan's arrangement, Wu Chengwei nodded.
Later, because they didn't know whether Lu Zhizhang took the waterway or the land route, Yu Shisan and Wu Chengwei chose to go to the Luocheng Pier to ask about the specific situation.
When the two arrived at the pier, they saw only people coming and going, and various large ships docked at the port.
Luocheng Wharf can be regarded as the second largest port in the entire Yong Dynasty, so the flow of people and ships here is also very huge.
Looking for someone from here is just like looking for a needle in a haystack, not to mention that the needle they are looking for now was dropped yesterday.
Looking at this situation, Wu Chengwei couldn't help but ask his master again: "Master, there are so many people here, what do you think we should do now to ask about yesterday's ship? Do we still need to check the list of people coming and going at the major docks yesterday? No, that’s anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands of people. I guess just looking for names would be too much for us.”
Yu Shisan said calmly, "Of course it's impossible to follow the list. If I were Lu Zhizhang, since I had used the cover-up method of traveling overland, then to be careful, I would definitely not register my real name. Anyway, for For people like them, it’s not really a problem to make a lie.”
"If it's fake, then we won't know how to find them even more." Wu Chengwei said this speechlessly.
But Yu Shisan said calmly, "Actually, it's not that difficult to find them. You can buy some paper and pen for me first!"
Hearing Yu Shisan's words, Wu Chengwei immediately said anxiously, "Master, we are in a hurry to find someone now. What do you need paper and pen for?"
However, Yu Shisan blinked at Wu Chengwei and said, "The sharpening of the knife is as good as the chopping of firewood. Just do as I say!"
Seeing that Yu Shisan said so confidently, although he didn't know what medicine Yu Shisan was selling in his gourd, in order to determine early whether Lu Zhizhang took the water route or the land route, Wu Chengwei finally had to nod and agree to Yu Shisan's request.
It has to be said that Luocheng Port is still very big. In a short time, Wu Chengwei quickly bought back the materials Yu Shisan needed.
After buying these materials, Yu Shisan found a platform to start painting.
Wu Chengwei didn't know when his master actually learned to paint, and now was obviously not a good time to paint, so
Wu Chengwei also quickly urged his master, "Master, how long has it been since you left, and you really painted it?"
Yu Shisan signaled Wu Chengwei not to speak, and then he started copying on the paper.
Seeing that Yu Shisan was so natural, Wu Chengwei could only patiently take a look at what kind of demon his master was doing. Unexpectedly, in the time it took to look at it, his master had actually finished drawing a picture.
Although his master painted simple paintings, from these few strokes, he still recognized that the person in the painting was clearly the Dali Temple Shaoqing Lu Zhizhang they were looking for.
So now maybe if they really follow this picture to find Lu Zhizhang, they might actually be of some use!
But he didn't know that his master actually learned to paint, so Wu Chengwei could not help but say to his master, "Master, when did you learn this?"
Hearing Wu Chengwei's question, Yu Shisan said, "Your master, I am extremely talented. Naturally, I figured this out by myself."
Wu Chengwei didn't expect Wu Chengwei to listen to Yu Shisan's words, but he mercilessly destroyed the situation and said, "Just brag. Looking at you like this, this skill was probably given to you by my wife!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Shisan immediately said in a panic, "What are you, your master's wife? Why don't I know who your master's wife is? You kid, don't talk nonsense."
Seeing his master's arrogant look, Wu Chengwei was not in a hurry. He just whispered, "Master, since you said so, I'll just ask my master's wife."
When he heard that Wu Chengwei wanted to ask his wife, Yu Shisan was also anxious. He immediately blurted out, "You kid, don't ask her. Just tell me what benefits you want!"
Seeing Yu Shisan's appearance, Wu Chengwei also smiled and said, "Of course I want Master to give me this unique skill!"
