Chapter 762: Chapter 762: Shu Yu: A Gift for You Chapter 762: Chapter 762: Shu Yu: A Gift for You Shu Yu queued at the city gate and noticed that the guards seemed to be a bit stricter.
She guessed that they had received orders from the governor to capture Cheng Dong.
Shu Yu looked back at the carriage behind her, calmly pulled on the reins, and drove forward as if nothing was amiss.
The gate guard glanced inside her mule carriage, saw nothing but a few food items gifted by Madam Hou, and then waved her through.
Shu Yu carried on toward her home, with a pace neither hurried nor slow, the guard completely unaware that there was an extra person inside the carriage.
Only when she reached the alley where her home was located did she finally relax her tense nerves.
The mule carriage passed by the front of her house without stopping, and she continued on until she reached the residence rented by Meng Yunzheng, where she then pulled the reins.
The courtyard door was unlocked; they must have returned.
Shu Yu knocked on the door and, sure enough, the sound of footsteps approached from inside.
The door was opened by Zhao Xi, who paused in surprise at the sight of her, “Yu? You’re back from the courier station?”
“Yes, help me pull the mule carriage in; there’s something inside.”
Zhao Xi’s eyes lit up, thinking she had brought back some good stuff from her trip, and now it was delivered right to his doorstep.
He quickly scampered out to pull the mule carriage inside, and while doing so, he peeked into the carriage and saw a few oil-paper packets???
Zhao Xi doubted his own eyes, rubbed them, and when he was about to look again, he heard Shu Yu urging him in a low voice, “Hurry up, don’t dawdle.”
Her secretive manner made it seem like she was hiding something both valuable and illicit, which only piqued Zhao Xi’s curiosity even further.
Not bothering to check again, he quickly pulled the mule carriage in and vigilantly secured the courtyard door with the bolt.
He also checked the surrounding courtyard walls to ensure the neighbors had not yet returned before he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He ran back to the carriage, lifted the curtain, and looked inside.
This time he was certain; there was really nothing inside but a few oil-paper packets.
Zhao Xi, “…” Could it be that these oil-paper packets were the “good stuff”? But then there seemed to be no need to pull the mule carriage in; after all, these packets wouldn’t bite if he just carried them by hand.
Zhao Xi turned to look for Shu Yu, but she had already dashed into the house.
Looking around and hearing some noise from the right wing room, he hurried over.
Meng Yunzheng had just finished writing a letter and was sealing the envelope when she came in. He looked up and smiled, “You’re back? How are Madam Hou and her daughter?”
“Let’s talk about that later. Come outside, I have a gift for you.”
Meng Yunzheng was puzzled, “A gift?”
Shu Yu was already pulling his hand, “It’s in the courtyard, come on.”
Meng Yunzheng put away the letter and followed her outside.
By this time, Zhao Xi had taken out the paper packets and, seeing the two of them approach, asked, “What is in these paper packets…”
Before he could finish speaking, Shu Yu, leading Meng Yunzheng, bypassed him and headed straight to the mule carriage.
“The gift is inside here.”
Shu Yu pointed to the mule carriage, lifted the carriage curtain, climbed in, and began dismantling the seat.
Beneath the seat of the mule carriage was empty space, typically used for storage or for bedding and kitchen utensils during long trips.
But now, it was hiding a person.
The garrison at Heichang County lacked manpower, and although the inspects were stricter than usual, they didn’t have the resources to enter the carriage and dismantle the seat.
More stringent than inspections for those entering the city were the checks for those going out.