After the jailer escorted the man away, Xu He walked out of the darkness and followed them.
After meeting up with Chen Hua, Chen Hua said, "Did you see anything?"
Xu He shook his head: "After entering, you will ask first, and I will listen!"
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After a while, Chen Hua sat on a chair, his thin and dark face looking gloomy under the dancing firelight: "Where are you from?"
"The villain is from Zhejiang!" The middle-aged man with a mole under his lip quickly replied.
"Sir, I was wronged. You can't bully me just because I'm a foreigner!" the middle-aged man shouted unjustly.
The warden came out and cursed: "Shut up if I don't let you speak in front of the master!"
After saying that, in front of Chen Hua, I gave the middle-aged man a hard whip!
The middle-aged man cried out in pain and did not dare to say anything more.
Chen Hua seemed to have been used to it for a long time, and asked with a cold face: "What is your last name?"
"Little man, alas, my name is Wan Bo. I am the second child in my family. Some people call me Wan Laoer!"
At this time, Xu He suddenly interjected: "You are from Zhejiang, so where are you from in Zhejiang?"
Wan Bo turned to look at Xu He in surprise, probably wondering how this young man dared to interrupt in front of the county magistrate.
At this time, the warden whipped him on the back again: "Young Master asks you something, please speak quickly!"
Wan Bo was hit again for no apparent reason. He grinned in pain and said, "Hui...hui...hui, sir, I am from Xianju, Zhejiang!"
Xu He's eyes lit up when he heard this place name. Recently, he received a letter from Qi Jiguang saying that they are stationed near Xianju. This place has mountains and rivers, beautiful scenery, and is very suitable for military training.
Moreover, Qi Jiguang also talked about a lot of local customs and customs in the letter.
Xianju belongs to Taizhou Prefecture, and Taizhou is close to the sea. This makes Xu He even more suspicious of this person!
Xu He rolled his eyes and had an idea in his mind.
"You said you are from Xianju. I heard that Xianju Mountain has many high mountains. Is this true?" Xu He asked with a smile and a chatty tone.
Wan Bo endured the pain and said slightly when he heard this: "Young Master is well-informed. Yes, our Xianju is a mountainous place in southern Zhejiang. The Xianxia Ridge extends to Jinyun and then it bifurcates. When we reach our Xianju , it sandwiched our Immortal Residence in the middle like a pair of pliers, inevitably including Cangshan Mountain and Dalei Mountain to the north, which are all places where immortals live, so we call it Immortal Residence!"
Xu He smiled: "I didn't expect you knew so much!"
Wan Bo said proudly: "Of course, our hometown, I have heard the elders talk about it a lot since I was a child, so I will definitely remember it!"
Xu He nodded and asked, "I remember the name of the main peak of Kuocang Mountain is Mishai..."
"Mi Silang! Some people call him [Taishan's Assistant], he's so famous! It's said that Tao Hongjing even made elixirs here in Jielu!"
Xu He said in surprise: "You still know Tao Hongjing? Have you read the book?"
Wan Bo sighed and said: "I read it when I was a child. My family was poor. Later I had no choice but to go out and do business!"
"You said you do business? Why can't you tell me which village in Hailing you live in?" Xu He asked.
Wan Bo said aggrievedly: "Sir, I have just learned how to do business. I came to Hailing for the first time with a few fellow villagers. As soon as I settled in, it was said that there was going to be a Japanese pirate attack! I haven't figured out the name of this place yet!"
"Oh? What about the family you live in? Didn't you flee with them?"
"Get lost!"
"The raw silk collected?"
"Just arrived!"
Xu He smiled.
There must be something wrong with this guy called Wanbo.
Although there was no flaw in his words, he believed that there was absolutely no such thing as a coincidence in this world.
Wan Bo and his fellow villagers gathered silk together, and then aimlessly came to Hailing and randomly picked a village. They just settled in, and before they even asked what the name of the place was, they started to flee. On the way to escape, they even talked to the host's family. Got separated.
What a coincidence, right?
"By the way!" Xu He suddenly asked, "When did you set off from home?"
Seeing that Xu He still didn't believe it, Wan Bo said aggrievedly: "Sir, seven or eight days ago!"
Xu He nodded: "That is to say, you have come all the way from Xianju, and except for resting, you are basically on the road!"
Wan Bo said with a sad face: "That's not true! If I had known that I was so unlucky, I would have stayed at home and not come out!"
Xu He smiled and said: "It's normal to run around for a living. By the way, east of Xianju, what's the name of a small town near the water? When you come to Nanzhi, you should pass by here by water, right?"
Wan Bo said: "That's right, passing by! Let's leave Xianju and go east first, then take Chengjiang River and go north to Huanxi! Then we will take the land route!"
"Pengxi Town is a good place. A friend of mine lives there. It is said that the wheat cakes there are very delicious. Many people in Xianju will go to Pengxi to buy wheat cakes and take them back to eat?"
"Yes! The pickled vegetables and meat in the wheat cake are mixed with sugar, not to mention how delicious it tastes!" Wan Bo said proudly, "When I passed by Pengxi, I bought some to eat on the road!"
"Oh~~~~" Xu He smiled meaningfully. He looked at Wan Bo and said calmly, "You lied!"
Xu He, who had been chatting, suddenly burst out with such a sentence, which made Chen Hua a little stunned.
"Lingsheng, I heard what he said was very clear and logical. Where are the flaws?"
Wan Bo exclaimed: "Sir, not only are the wheat cakes delicious in Pengxi, but the bayberries are also delicious! I, what happened to me? Did I say something wrong?"
Xu He sneered: "No, everything you said is right, very right!"
"Then why did you say I lied?" Wan Bo became anxious.
Xu He turned to Chen Hua and said: "Sir, my uncle Xie's student, Qi Jiguang, is currently training the new army with Lu Borong and Lu Junmen. The place where they are stationed is Pengxi. The whole town of Pengxi is now full of soldiers. You can go out. You can't go in! How did Brother Wan go to Xianju to buy wheat cakes?"
"So, you have been to Xianju, but you lied. You have not been to Xianju recently!"
Wan Bo's face changed drastically, and large beads of sweat rolled down his face. He who was calm just now was now shaking like chaff.
"I, when I was passing by by boat, the locals sneaked out to sell..." Wan Bo was struggling.
Xu He smiled and said, "Do you think you believe this temporary excuse?"
Wanbo collapsed and collapsed on the ground.
"Tell me, where are you from? Why have you been to Xianju? Can you speak Zhejiang dialect?"
After hearing this, Wan Bo quickly turned over and knelt down: "Master, Master, please forgive me. I did lie. I once went to Xianju to do business. I am from Fuding, Fujian!"
Chen Hua said sharply: "Why do you say you are from Zhejiang?"
"The villain is afraid that if he tells his hometown, he will be regarded as a Japanese pirate!" Wan Bo said with a sad face.
Xu He lost interest in dealing with him, turned to Chen Hua and cupped his hands and said: "Sir, let's torture him. He doesn't even blink when he lies, and he won't fight unless he is beaten!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wan Bo said anxiously: "Don't fight, don't fight, I'm telling the truth, I, I am indeed from Fuding, but I secretly went to Taishan from Yalibao with my fellow villagers the year before last!"
"Where is Taishan?"
"Yes, it's the island where Xu Dong and Baldy Li transit goods from Zhejiang in Fujian!"
[Note]: Pengxi Town is not the current Pengxi Town in Taishun County, Zhejiang Province, but Pengxi east of Xianju. It is not the same place!
