Su Shi was about to help him sit down when two more people ran in from the back door. One was about thirty years old, and the other was slightly younger, but about twenty-five or six years old.
As soon as the two people saw the middle-aged man, the younger man immediately shouted: "Brother Zhao, it turns out that you are here, which will make it easier for us to find him."
While talking, the two of them had already arrived in front of Su Shi, and then took the middle-aged man from Su Shi. The older man looked at Su Shi apologetically and said, "My brother is in a bad mood today. He drank too much." A few drinks, you didn’t hit the young master, right?”
Su Shi smiled and said, "It's okay. Since he drank too much, you can send him back to have a good rest."
Seeing Su Shi's magnanimity, the two men thanked him profusely without any intention of blaming him, and then helped the drunken middle-aged man to leave his hometown.
At this time, the proprietress heard the movement in the hall and hurried out, just in time to see the three people's backs.
"Sir, what happened?" the landlady asked anxiously.
Su Shi waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, it's just that a drunk man broke in, and now his companions helped him away."
The landlady was still a little worried, so she walked to the door and looked out.
Suddenly, the proprietress' pupils involuntarily dilated, her expression suddenly became extremely shocked, and she couldn't help but cover her mouth with one hand.
Su Shi was confused when he heard a thump, and then people on the street started shouting.
"Someone fell into the water!"
"Someone come quickly!"
"Does anyone know how to swim?"
…
Su Shi hurriedly walked to the door and looked towards the street, only to see a chaos on the street. Everyone rushed to the Ngee'an Bridge and both sides of the canal, pointing into the canal.
"What happened?"
The proprietress had just woken up from the shock, then looked at Su Shi in shock, and said in a trembling voice: "Did someone jump into the river just now?"
"Who?" Su Shi asked in a deep voice.
Obviously the landlady knew the man who jumped into the river, otherwise it would not be possible for him to have this expression.
"The man who jumped into the river is the drunk man that the young master said."
Su Shi couldn't help being surprised and looked at the landlady in confusion.
At that time, the proprietress walked to the door and happened to see the two people supporting a drunk man towards Ngee Ann Bridge.
At this time, the drunk man suddenly threw away the two of them. Although he was stumbling, he still rushed towards the Ngee An River and jumped in without any hesitation.
The two people obviously did not expect such a thing to happen. They wanted to stop it but it was too late, so they could only watch the middle-aged man disappear into the Ngee An River.
However, what happened next frightened the landlady.
When the two men saw the middle-aged man jumping into the river, they did not try to save him. Instead, they looked at each other and slipped away quietly. Before leaving, they glanced at the landlady intentionally or unintentionally.
Hearing this, Su Shi also frowned, and then realized that what just happened was not that simple, and that he had also been fooled by those two people.
Those two men were not friends of the drunk man at all.
A friend will never leave someone alone, let alone run away quietly after something happens. Their behavior is more like they are afraid that something will be discovered by others.
At this time, Lin Mo walked back relaxedly. Looking at the crowd of people watching outside, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
"Someone jumped into the river?"
After hearing this, Lin Mo looked at the crowd watching on the river and continued to ask: "Yi'an River?"
"Um."
Lin Mo shook his head and sighed: "Then this person probably narrowly escaped death."
"Why?"
At this time, the proprietress explained: "The Nghe An River seems to be level and calm, but the water is very deep and there are many undercurrents under the river. The mud at the bottom of the river is said to be more than a foot thick. Not to mention that it is difficult for a person who falls into the water to save himself. Even if he goes into the water to save others, It’s also a big risk.”
At this time, Su Shi looked at the crowd of onlookers and found that although there were many people shouting on the shore, no one actually went into the water to save people.
At this time, two government officials came to the Nghe An River to learn about the situation from the crowd of onlookers. However, no one could explain clearly the ins and outs of the matter. Most people just followed what they said.
The landlady was scared at this time and didn't want to get into trouble, so she apologized to Su Shi and went back to the house.
Su Shi didn't stop it, because he also knew that this matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, and it happened in the capital, and even Su Shi himself might not want to take care of it.
The landlady was just an ordinary businessman, and it was human nature to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, so Su Shi didn't say anything to the landlady's silence.
Lin Mo didn't know what happened from beginning to end. He only knew that someone jumped into the river, so he didn't have any other thoughts except regret.
After the government officials arrived, most people dispersed. Although jumping into the river was rare, there were always three or four cases a year, either because of poverty, illness, or feelings, so no one seemed surprised.
Lin Mo saw that everyone had dispersed, and Su Shi was still leaning against the door frame in a daze, with his brows furrowed and his eyes dull, as if there was something on his mind.
"Sir." Lin Mo called softly.
Su Shi's eyes slowly focused, then he came back to his senses and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Should we go back?"
"Go back home?"
Lin Mo said: "I think the young master is not in good spirits right now, why don't you go back home and rest?"
This was what Lin Mo was thinking. At this time, his impression of Su Shi had greatly changed, so he was particularly concerned about him.
Su Shi was no longer in the mood to play at this time, so he said, "Okay, let's go back home."
At this time, Lin Mo's eyes fell on Su Shi's clothes. Seeing that the robe he was wearing was a bit messy, as if he had been pulled by someone, he couldn't help but frown and asked, "Master, have you ever had a dispute with someone?"
Su Shi followed his gaze and saw the openness of his robe, and couldn't help but smile: "It's nothing, there was just someone drunk just now, I went to help him, that's why it was like this."
"Is anyone drunk?"
Lin Mo looked around, but except for the two of them, there was no one else in the foreign land.
Su Shi didn't explain, and just kept arranging his clothes. However, when he was arranging his clothes, his expression suddenly changed and he was stunned.
He put his hand on his chest, and his fingers could clearly feel through the robe that there was something extremely soft in the breast pocket. Su Shi could even feel that it was a piece of silk.
And Su Shi clearly remembered that he had never put anything in that pocket. If that was the case, where did this silk-like item come from?
Su Shi laughed bitterly, because he knew that except for the drunken middle-aged man, no one else would have the chance to stuff this thing into his clothes.
Then he sighed deeply, knowing that trouble was about to find him.
