What Lu Cha didn't know yet was that that night, the governor of Hangzhou issued a curfew.
All entertainment activities in the city after the end of Xu Shi (21:00) are terminated. Moreover: all activities such as city gates are locked, songs and music are stopped, pedestrians and boats are stopped.
Anyone who violates the order will be arrested.
The duration is variable.
There was a tense atmosphere in the city of Hangzhou.
The people were a little confused and uneasy, but the soldiers guarding the city were busy.
They are searching house to house, patrolling day and night, searching for suspicious outsiders.
It feels like a foreign enemy is about to invade.
The inn was the first to be raided.
Di Ying and Peng Liang lived in a separate courtyard of the 'Laifu Inn'; the rest of the guards were also dispersed and lived in restaurants, teahouses, or inns around the 'Laifu Inn'.
When the guards came to report the news to Di Ying, they were all in high spirits and did not alert the innkeeper and waiters.
Hearing the noise, throwing and smashing of things in the front yard, Peng Liang stepped out to take a look.
He came back soon and said: "Sir, the soldiers guarding the city are searching. I don't know what they are searching for. They are so aggressive that they are not sparing any place where people can be hidden."
When Di Ying heard this, her eyes flashed.
He immediately stood up and said, "Take Aunt Du to a safe place and hide her, and don't come back yet. Wait until they finish the search."
After saying that, Di Ying entered the side room.
After Peng Liang and Aunt Du left quickly, a group of soldiers rushed into the courtyard.
The leader raised his hand and ordered: "Search!"
Suddenly, there were "clicking" sounds everywhere in the yard.
A chubby, chubby old man in his seventies walked out of the house tremblingly on crutches.
As soon as he saw this battle, he immediately leaned against the door with a face full of horror, trembling and slightly purple lips, plucked up the courage, and asked weakly: "Master, what are you doing?"
Authentic Hangzhou local accent.
The captain who took the lead glanced at the fat old man, grabbed the frightened innkeeper behind him, pointed at the fat old man, and asked: "Are these the two young men you are talking about?"
The shopkeeper looked at the fat old man, then looked around the yard.
He replied with a puzzled look on his face: "The people who registered are two young men. They have been here for four days, how, how come it has changed? However, they all leave early and come back late. There are no young or old men." I noticed..."
"snort!"
When the captain heard this, he threw away the shopkeeper and asked the fat old man: "Where are you from? Why do you live in an inn? What do you do for a living? Who are those two young men to you? Where have they gone!"
The fat old man was asked, breathing heavily, as if he was frightened and about to faint.
After finally catching his breath, he saw the impatient faces of the officials and quickly replied: "The common people are fishermen on the edge of the West Lake. There was a strong wind a few days ago and the boat was damaged. There was no place to live, so... Just came to stay at the inn.
You, the two young people you are talking about are my children. They are busy repairing the ship. This, this curfew is over, and I can only live on a broken boat and can't return to the city. "
After hearing this, the captain stepped forward, grabbed the fat old man's long beard, and pulled hard.
The pull made the fat old man scream "Ouch, ouch" immediately, he held his chin and whined in pain, and almost fell down.
Upon seeing this, the captain let go of his hand and walked around the room.
The house had been searched by the soldiers. Except for two broken fishing nets, nothing was found, so they led the soldiers to search other places.
The fat old man and Di Ying looked at their backs leaving like wolves and tigers, slowly rubbed their beard-covered chins, and slowly narrowed their eyes.
If his prediction was correct: the so-called curfew order and search warrant were all directed at him, Di Ying.
Is it the plan: to alert the enemy? Or: catching a turtle in a urn?
After thinking about it, he spat on the ground.
Bah, Di Yingcai is neither a snake nor a turtle.
The officialdom in Hangzhou is very deep.
Who is the governor?
Oh, Zhang Rao's biological mother and Zang's second brother - Zang Zhongsheng.
After Zhang Yao and Zhang Rao gained His Majesty's favor, the Zhang family's chickens and dogs ascended to heaven.
His father, Zhang Xizang, was the governor of Xiangzhou, and his mother, Wei Shi, and Zhang Rao's biological mother, Zang, were both granted the title of Tai Fu. The female officials and ministers in the palace visited her every day to pay their respects. The imperial edict ordered Shangshu Wu Jiongxiu to communicate secretly with the Zang family. Zhang Rao had been in the palace for less than ten and a half days, and his power had shocked the world. All brothers of the Wu family, as well as Chu Ke and others from the sect rushed to the door to curry favor with them. They personally led horses and handed whips to them, calling Zhang Yao "Five Lang" and Zhang Rao "Liu Lang". Zhang Rao was also appointed as the permanent attendant of Yousanqi. ——Adapted from information collected from Baidu.
Zang Zhongsheng also became the governor of Hangzhou.
No wonder they searched for Di Ying, the newly appointed governor of Jiangnan Province, so blatantly and with great fanfare.
Di Ying really obeyed that majesty.
If the wind blows from Brother Zhang's pillow, even if Di Ying grows seventy hands and eighty legs, it won't be enough to patch up the wall with mud.
This Jiangnan Road... seems to be hiding a lot of trouble.
Di Ying grinned at the wall.
He has a body shape like a steamed bun, a pale complexion, white hair and a white beard, green-to-black lips, and a grinning tooth toward the wall.
This startled Peng Liang, who had escaped the search and returned.
"S-Sir?"
"hold head high?"
Di Ying turned around.
Peng Liang covered his eyes.
"Sir, if you want to pretend, you don't have to look so miserable, right? Can you take it off?"
"sure,"
Di Ying chuckled and turned around to enter the house.
That laugh is so scary.
As a result, not long after the disguise was removed, the search came again.
I did it three times in one night.
It made Di Ying angry.
…
The morning after one day.
The gates of Suzhou City are opened.
At every city gate, teams of soldiers were lined up, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
The inspection of pedestrians entering and exiting is particularly strict.
North city gate.
Among the people preparing to enter the city, there were two obvious young people.
One of them: a chubby face, a smiling face, and a hand clasped in front of his abdomen;
The other: tall, long legs, handsome and delicate face, holding a flag in one hand. There are four big characters on the flag: Zou Fang Langzhong.
When the captain who guarded the gate saw those four words, he suddenly became energetic. He took a closer look at the fat man, and then turned around immediately.
He took out a portrait from his pocket, looked at the portrait, then looked back at the person; then looked at the person, then looked back at the portrait.
After comparing things back and forth, he winked at the soldier beside him.
The two people were slowly walking towards the city gate with the flow of people, when they were suddenly blocked.
"Stop! Please show me your identity document." The captain guarding the gate said.
The fat young man looked around at the soldiers who had surrounded the two of them, and then looked at the captain.
"It's just an identity document, why are you yelling?"
As he spoke, he put his hands behind his back and looked at the sky.
The young man holding the flag took out two documents from his sleeve pocket and threw them over.
The captain caught it in a hurry and opened it. There was only one word on it: Di!
