Zhang Sheng had no choice but to squeeze into a small bed with this strange man who was frightened and lost his memory, and stayed there until dawn in fear.
But Li Wan slept very soundly. With such a timid and sensitive person by his side, he seemed to have found an indescribable peace.
He even had a small dream, in which he turned back into that small stone ball, rolling on an uneven road, and was about to hit an ugly boulder in front of him...
He suddenly woke up from his dream. With his sleepy eyes, Li Wan saw that the scholar named Zhang Fan in front of him had gotten up and was walking around in the small room, looking very troubled.
Li Wan then asked Zhang Sheng: "What are you thinking about?"
When Zhang Sheng saw that Li Wan had woken up, he did not hide it. He smiled sheepishly and said, "Xiao Sheng is thinking about buying a new set of clothes for the young master. The clothes you are wearing are too eye-catching and wet. You go out in the early morning." It’s extremely cold when you go there, and it’s not good to freeze your body.”
Li Wan said disapprovingly: "Then just change. What's there to worry about?"
Zhang Sheng sighed, and said in embarrassment: "Well, the young master doesn't know something. Xiaosheng is not a wealthy person. This... isn't this because he is short of money?"
Li Wan was a little confused: "Short of money? What does it mean?"
Zhang Sheng had no choice but to be more straightforward: "It's just... I just don't have the money to buy a set of clothes for the young master."
"Oh." Li Wan nodded and got up from the bed.
Not having money is indeed one of the biggest worries as a mortal.
Li Wan thought for a while and asked again: "So, tell me, how can I get new clothes or money?"
Zhang Sheng thought that although Li Wan had lost his memory, he always carried money with him and did not forget it. He replied: "There is a self-operated garment shop with a bathroom downstairs to the right. You can buy a good outfit for three or five Xia Yuan."
Li Wan responded and went out, and after a while he came back wearing a good winter coat.
Zhang Sheng was still thinking about how this boy, who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, had such an old-fashioned look. He wore a big cotton-padded jacket, a bronze fur vest, a pair of big leather boots of the same color, and a huge dog-skin hat. Rather like a fur trader from the north.
But there is one thing to say, even this kind of clothes, when worn on this person, has an extraordinary temperament, and has some indomitable and majestic posture.
But when he asked, Zhang Sheng was shocked. It turned out that Li Wan didn't have a dime on him, but went into a private room next door and came back wearing his clothes while the people inside were still sleeping.
"We already have the money." Li Wan took out a pile of large, wrinkled bills from his waist and looked at Zhang Sheng with pride.
Zhang Sheng just felt his head was confused. He didn't care about anything at the moment. He picked up Li Wan and left. Before it was bright, the two of them quietly found out the Golden Dragon Pond and ran out for three or four miles in one breath before they relaxed a little. Take a breath.
Li Wan said he was hungry again, and there happened to be a stall on the roadside. Li Wan said he wanted to eat a bowl of wontons before going on his way, so Zhang Sheng had to accompany him with a sad look on his face.
"Are you really not going to have a bowl?" Li Wan asked Zhang Sheng as he drank half the bowl of wontons in one gulp.
Zhang Sheng wrinkled his rosacea, swallowed, and shook his head: "Your money was stolen, I don't need it."
Li Wan happily drank up half the bowl in one gulp and shouted to the vendor nearby: "Boss, have another bowl and put more pepper!"
Zhang Sheng looked at the empty bowls that had been piled up into a hill in front of him. He was shocked and felt a little hungry. He turned his head to the side and stopped looking at Li Wan. He was thinking about what to do next.
According to what I thought last night, I took Li Wan to see the official today and sent him to the government office. I had done my best to be kind and righteous. But now that this young man has stolen other people's money, he will definitely not be able to go to the government office in Jinlong District. It was not possible to send him to the Huoque Mansion where he was an errand. Then his little "secret" of cross-district pursuits would inevitably be known to his family, so he could only be sent to the Tugui Mansion, which is between the Jinlong and Huoque districts. If you go, then you can say that this person is mentally ill, and you won't be punished.
Just as he was thinking this, Li Wan had already finished eating, wiped his mouth, and asked him, where to go next?
Zhang Sheng then told him honestly what he had just thought.
When Li Wan heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly, pretending to be scared: "No, no, no, I remember the people chasing me are those wearing official uniforms, I don't want to go there..."
After saying that, he squatted on the ground, holding his head in his hands, as if he had remembered something terrible.
This is what a maid in Li Wan's house who has a "head syndrome" often does. 33
Zhang Sheng's face became more and more sad, but when he saw Li Wan like this, he had to comfort him first: "Master, don't worry, let's walk first and think about it slowly. There is always a way..."
He stepped forward and pulled Li Wan up. Li Wan "acted" for a while before he stood up. The two walked a few steps, and Zhang Sheng said again: "Since your enemies are all those in official uniforms, then we can't do it on the road." Don’t leave, let’s take the path.”
Li Wan was of course very happy when he heard this, but he just responded in a low voice, thinking in his heart that I, Li Wan, was following the right person when I fled this time.
After being deceived all the way, Li Wan followed Zhang Sheng, avoiding the crowds and taking a small path until the afternoon, then passed through the Tugu District from Jinlong District, and finally arrived at the Fire Bird District where Zhang Sheng's home was located.
Zhang Sheng wanted to find a hotel to settle down for Li Wan, but he also thought that this man had forgotten who he was, so how could he stay in a hotel alone? After much deliberation, I finally decided to take Li Wan back to his home.
Before going home, Zhang Sheng had to go to the district office where he was working to say hello. After all, he was supposed to come to work early in the morning, but now it was already past the time to get off work. He wanted to make up for some time off, but when he arrived, he discovered that his wife Wang At noon, by some strange coincidence, I came to deliver food to him. Because he was nowhere to be seen, I asked him again that there was no errand that required him to work overtime last night. There had already been a scene in the yamen. I had to say that Zhang Sheng had been killed. I reported a missing person case, but after being persuaded by Lord Tong Zhao, I went back with runny noses and tears.
Zhang Sheng was frightened when he heard this, and went to look for Li Wan again. Suddenly, the two of them had nowhere to go, so they had to sit under a big locust tree in front of Zhang Sheng's house.
Li Wan asked Zhang Sheng why he had a home but could not return.
Zhang Sheng did not hide anything, and told Li Wan everything about his "mortal happiness".
After hearing this, Li Wan's face darkened: "This is your fault. How could you do such a thing behind your wife's back?"
"Young master, what I'm saying is that Zhang should never do such an outrageous thing."
"You should tell her openly that I am going to do this. What can you do?"
"Eh... Master, what did you say..."
"What if...what if she agrees?"
"ha?"
Some people died, but not completely...
