Chapter seven hundred and ninth exposure
"Chen Zhi's banquet?" When Li Shi heard this, he became careful and looked at the carriage behind him. He recalled the words of the Taoist priest when he was rushing to the past few days, "Is it the signs of the major events mentioned by Taoist priest Xiao Zhang?"
While rushing to the road these days, Li Shi was not idle. He often took time to negotiate with the Taoist priest and talked to him. He summed up a lot of news from the other party's words.
"According to the Taoist priest's meaning, this major event is not so much from Dai County, but from the prefect of Dai County Chen Zhi. And in the past two days, I really don't know what it is referring to, but this dinner is very likely!"
As he thought about it, the curtain of the car was suddenly lifted up. Zhang Xuan poked his head out of it, looked over, and then he simply walked out of the car.
Suddenly, his Taoist outfit attracted the attention of many people around him.
Because it was not far from the city gate, the guard at the city gate couldn't help but mutter: "Why is another Taoist priest coming?"
As he spoke, his voice fell into Li Shi's ears. He immediately thought about it, but without waiting for his thoughts to change, Zhang Xuan had already walked up to him and said to Li Shi: "I'm sorry, the general sent someone to find out who will attend this dinner, and what is the main purpose of it? Is it because of the carving method we heard on the road?"
Their convoy rushed all the way, from the territory of King Jiangdu, went directly into Youzhou, and then carefully headed west, and then arrived in Dai County. During this process, they collected or heard rumors about Dai County and Chen Zhi's power more than once, so they had known it.
Li Shi noticed that Zhang Xuan's expression was quite serious, and nodded quickly, then couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Is that big thing related to the dinner?"
"I can't confirm it right now, but..." Zhang Xuan hesitated for a moment, but when he thought of Li Shi's kindness and care along the way, he still revealed something, "It should be almost the same."
"How can I tell?" Li Shi obviously had more interest in these things.
"If I had expected it was not bad, this dinner must have been related to the carving method. The reason why we have not been investigated too much in the past few days is due to this. Because the spread of carving method has caused too many people to move forward in Dai County, which to a certain extent has covered our traces. Listening to those people's description of carving method, this method is exquisite, and may bring about humanitarian changes, which is indeed a big variable..."
As he spoke, he shook his head gently, his voice getting smaller and smaller, and finally he couldn't find out.
Li Shi and Zhang Xuan got along all the way, and already knew that the person was used to it. Knowing that the other party was not going to speak deeply, he nodded and did not ask questions. Instead, he ordered his subordinates to go over and check who was participating in the dinner.
It is simple to investigate, because the matter has caused a lot of storm in the city. In addition, many scholars and poor families gathered here, and they were already concerned about the many trends in Dai County, and of course they were concerned about this dinner. Soon, the sent out was rewarded.
However, what is more difficult than exploring the news is to find a tavern and hotel where you can stay.
Before arriving in Jizhou, the main difficulty facing Li Shi and the others was how to hide their identity, prevent others from catching their origins, and then find a safe place to rest. However, due to the chaos of order in Jizhou, Jizhou was not said to be a rebellion from Shu. Even the local migrant army leaders in Jizhou could still move in. Of course, the premise was to give enough money and disguise their identity.
As soon as Li Shi and his friends left Shu, they prepared many documents with hidden identities. It was not difficult to move in Jizhou. Even in the relatively stable and peaceful Youzhou, there was no wind or wave all the way, but it was stuck in Dai County.
But it was not because of the investigation, but because there were too many people staying here.
"I asked several of them, only this one has free rooms, and there are only two, so the price is even more amazing! It's just a snatch!"
Listening to his subordinates' reward, Li Shi sighed helplessly and smiled bitterly: "This is normal. After all, how many people have we seen along the way? This is not counting the previous few days. I heard that the general outline of the carved plate has been circulating for more than ten days. This county is not a big city, and there are only a few places inside and outside. How many inns can there be? So many people scramble for it, and there must be a reason for the remaining ones, and the housing capital must be expensive!"
As he said this, Li Shi called the staff in the team and asked about the remaining silver, but the results were not optimistic.
They had brought a lot of money along the way, but the expenses along the way were really not small, especially when they transferred several times, they did not have the intention to sell the carriage and horse they were riding at a suitable price. Sometimes, in order to hide their whereabouts, they even directly abandoned them and then bought them. Because of the urgent demand, they were often slaughtered. As they went along the way, they naturally went to 70 or 80% of them, so there was not much left.
"I can still hold on for a while, I don't think I will stay here for too long!" Considering his big guy, Li Shi gritted his teeth and made a decision, "Go, let's book two, one for the Taoist priest, and the other for the others to squeeze in."
As soon as these words were spoken, many of the close guards changed slightly, and some dissatisfaction appeared in their eyes.
"General, there is no need to be like this," Zhang Xuan listened from the side, but shook his head, "You all work hard to escort them all the way, so how can they be more particular? Let's visit the prefect Chen directly and let him arrange it."
Listening to the previous words, Li Shi was still thinking about saying something, but as soon as this came, the general's expression changed drastically. He couldn't help but whisper: "Little Taoist priest, our identity is not suitable to be exposed in front of the Han court officials. If the prefect invites him personally, wouldn't he have to explain the origin clearly? It would be difficult to speak at that time."
"General, do you think we can still hide our behavior?" Zhang Xuan smiled and shook his head, "Since we entered this Dai County, no, it may have been exposed since we entered the Youzhou territory. During this period, I have not found someone peeking around. I thought it was Wang Jun's spy, but the closer we were to Dai County, the more frequent the peeking became. Only then did I realize that it was the work of the prefect Chen. Even if you don't send someone to inform me now, I'm afraid the invitation will be coming."
After the words came, there was a sudden noise on the street not far away. Then several capable Wu Ding soldiers were lined up in an orderly manner and walked towards Li Shi and others.
"This..." Li Shi originally wanted to say that he and many guards had the skills to do, and had practiced his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. I knew whether anyone was following him. He had never thought that he had encountered such a thing before he could say anything, and he was stunned immediately.
Chapter completed!