Wang Bi and Zhang Han, who were far away in Yizhou, really didn't know what happened in Xianyang.
Send news to the court every day, either to report safety or to report some new discoveries!
But they are all trivial things. It has been a while, but there has been no major breakthrough!
I also went to the Yamen in Yizhou and all the officials checked and there were no problems!
"Lao Zhang, tell me...is there any problem in Yizhou? With so many people sent out, why haven't they found any useful clues yet? No trace of Wang Zhiming and others?"
While watching the craftsman installing the phone, Wang Ben glanced around and whispered to Zhang Han beside him.
"Who knows! Since the state is so big, it would be really difficult to find a few people if they were hidden!"
Zhang Han doesn't know what he's doing either.
Counting the days, it has been more than a month since I arrived in Yizhou. Apart from checking out all the people in the yamen, newspaper offices and banks, I haven't found anything unusual!
But this is good news, at least the people in the court are fine.
The people are living and producing normally as usual, and there is no chaos!
Ten thousand soldiers went out to install telephones, and they went to places where the people were relatively densely populated. They didn't reply to any useful messages for the time being!
"If this continues, I won't be able to return to Xianyang even if it takes another half a year!"
This place was far less interesting than the mainland of Da Qin. Wang Ben sighed helplessly.
"I think it was the same when we led troops to fight and were gone for several years!"
Zhang Han was more aggressive this time. Not only did he not ridicule, but he even tried to persuade him.
"Oh! It's different!"
Wang Ben sighed softly.
First, as I get older, I don’t have the same energy as when I was young.
Secondly, I am used to living a comfortable and lively life, but now I feel unaccustomed to being in this strange and deserted environment!
Now he understands better why His Majesty proposed the retirement system. As people get older, their mood changes!
"That's true...!"
Zhang Han nodded in agreement, then frowned, his nose kept twitching, his eyes moved around and he lowered his voice and said, "Old Wang, do you smell anything strange?"
"Taste? What does it taste like?"
Wang Ben sniffed it and found no smell.
Looking around, there was nothing unusual except for a few common people who just passed by. "Lao Zhang, don't you dislike the two common people who just passed by? It's such a hot day. They smell a little bit. It’s normal! Don’t you and I also smell like sweat!”
"No, no, no! That's not what I'm talking about!"
However, Zhang Han had a serious look on his face, waving his hands repeatedly, twitching his nose, and sniffing hard.
"What is that? I don't feel any smell?"
Wang Ben took a few steps forward, sniffed carefully, and suddenly opened his eyes.
After seeing his reaction, Zhang Han guessed that he must have smelled something abnormal, "What is it?"
"It's... the smell of drugs!"
In addition to physical fitness, the Ministry of War training also requires daily practice in the use of thermal weapons.
Therefore, Wang Ben is very familiar with the taste of medicine!
Zhang Han's subconscious reaction was that it was a combination of medicine, but when he smelled it carefully, he felt that it didn't look like it, and he was still unsure.
With his confirmation, it was basically certain, "How come there is a drug smell here?"
The soldiers are equipped with thermal weapons, but they will not fire at will unless there is a crisis.
Besides, there was no movement at all before, how could the smell of drugs appear out of thin air?
"I don't know!"
Wang Ben couldn't figure out the situation and could only look for the source of the smell in the air.
The two of them twitched their noses hard and headed towards the source of the smell.
The craftsmen who were working on the telephone pole almost laughed out loud when they saw their funny scene!
"This way, this way!"
"No, it's this way!"
"This way...!"
The smell of the medicine was not very strong, and the two of them would have disagreements from time to time.
Fortunately, the target was finally targeted at a farmer’s house!
The two men did not call the soldiers to come, but after exchanging glances, they pretended to be thirsty and knocked on the door to ask for water!
However, after knocking for a long time, no one opened the door. On the contrary, the smell of drugs became stronger!
"Bang bang bang..."
Afraid that he would not find any clues if he went in too late, Wang Ben quickly increased the intensity of knocking on the door.
The already somewhat dilapidated door began to shake with a muffled sound.
If no one comes out from inside, this dilapidated door will be smashed down by Wang Ben!
"Come on, come on, stop knocking!"
After a while, someone in the yard finally agreed.
He is an old man, about sixty years old, with a stooped body and simple clothes. He is no different from ordinary people, but he speaks very politely, "What do you two do for a living?"
"Oh! This big brother, the two of us were sent by the imperial court to install telephones in Yizhou. The sun is scorching right now and we are extremely thirsty. We want a drink of water!"
Zhang Han bowed his hand politely, but his eyes quickly scanned the courtyard to see if there were any clues.
Wang Ben was the same, looking around as soon as the door opened!
"Oh! It turns out they are installing telephones. Come with me!"
The old man did not refuse and led the two of them toward the house.
The small courtyard should not have been built by immigrants from the imperial court, but built by themselves.
The house is not big. The kitchen is right after entering the door. The bedroom should be on the left, and some sundries are placed on the right.
There was a man and a woman in the house, who looked to be in their thirties.
The man is burning firewood, and the woman is cooking with a shovel.
"Ahem..."
As soon as Wang Ben stepped into the kitchen, he was choked by the green smoke in the kitchen and coughed.
Zhang Han also waved his hands frequently, trying to swat away the green smoke in front of him!
"Ouch! Please forgive me, this stove is not easy to heat. My son is also clumsy and the room is full of smoke...!"
The old man explained quickly and smiled awkwardly, "You two don't have to go in, I will just scoop some water out for you!"
"It's okay!"
Although the house was filled with green smoke, Wang Ben and Zhang Han followed the door to see if they could find any abnormalities.
They could still smell the strong smell of gunpowder when they stood at the gate.
But after being admitted to the hospital, this smell was gradually covered up by the smoke of burning wood.
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or something!
"That's fine!"
The old man did not refuse. He hunched over and walked to the water tank, scooped out two large bowls of water with a gourd gourd and brought them over.
"Thank you!"
The two took the cold water. Wang Ben pretended to be choked, coughed a few times, and then encouraged: "Lao Zhang, let's go out and drink. It's so choked here that I can hardly open my eyes!"
"You have a lot to do in one day!"
Zhang Han muttered a few curse words, and then walked out of the house one after another.
As they walked in front, they felt like three pairs of eyes behind them were staring at them!
With his back to a few people, he raised the big bowl and raised his head as if to drink water.
In fact, they didn’t drink a drop of water!
There was nothing they could do, they always felt like something was wrong with this family, and they didn't dare to drink the water they gave them!
