Princess Promotion

Zuo Yi looked outside the room to make sure no one was there before closing the door. He then came to Li Yinhan and said, "Master, I've heard from many sources that this post station is specifically for accommodating foreign travelers."

Li Yinhan lifted his dustproof veil and nodded, saying, "We must be careful when operating in another country's territory. We should tell others that we are merchants and that we are coming to Xizhou to purchase goods. We must conduct our search for people in secret."

Zuo Yi came to the table, poured a cup of tea, handed it to Li Yinhan, and said, "Master, where should we start our investigation?"

Li Yinhan looked at the tea in the cup and thought for a moment before saying, "Go out and tell her that I came here with my wife, but she fell behind because she couldn't adapt to the local climate. We came here first to prepare and buy a few maids to take care of her."

Zuo Yi: "The princess fled to Western Zhou alone and probably didn't bring much money with her. With this excuse, we can openly look for someone without attracting too much attention."

Li Yinhan: "I hope so. The princess has been pampered since she was a child and has no money. I don't know how she can survive."

On the first day of Li Yinhan's arrival in the Western Zhou Dynasty, he took people to the brothels to search secretly. It was very easy for women fleeing from war to fall into prostitution, especially beautiful women.

But after searching for several days, nothing was found. Although the possibility was reduced a lot, Li Yinhan still did not dare to take it lightly and left most of his men there to wait.

Since she hasn't been kidnapped and has no money on her, she'll try to find out if any of the girls who escaped with her have seen her by using the excuse of buying a maid.

Where to find him in such a vast sea of people? The princess is so beautiful that she would be tempted by the thought of meeting a scoundrel.

Li Yinhan felt heartbroken. No matter what the cost or how many years it took, he would find Achu.

Just when Li Yinhan was lost in thought, two knocks on the door brought him back.

Zuo Yi, who was packing his packages, was about to open the door, but Li Yinhan raised his hand to stop him.

Li Yinhan picked up the sword, slowly walked to the door and asked, "Who?"

"A girl bought some food from me and asked me to bring it up to you, sir." A clear female voice sounded outside the house.

Li Yinhan opened the door a crack and saw a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old wearing coarse linen clothes.

It looked familiar at first glance, and Li Yinhan suddenly realized something and opened his eyes wide.

Yao Chuguang raised the food box in his hand and shook his head slightly.

When Yao Chuguang saw Li Yinhan's wide eyes, she knew that he had recognized her, so she handed the food box over and turned away without saying a word.

When I came back halfway, I ran into Chef Wang. Seeing the direction Yao Chuguang was heading, Chef Wang asked in confusion, "Miss Shen, why are you in the backyard?"

Yao Chuguang: "A guest in the front hall gave me some money and asked me to make some braised meat."

Chef Wang nodded. There were indeed many guests who stayed at the post station and paid a lot of money and were willing to ask others to run errands for them. This was a very normal situation.

Yao Chuguang exchanged a few pleasantries with Chef Wang as usual, then said that he was planning to make more braised meat but was still short of a few spices and needed to go out to buy them, so he asked him to help watch the stove in the woodshed later.

Chef Wang naturally nodded repeatedly and said, "Go ahead, don't worry."

After Yao Chuguang returned to the woodshed, he put the soaked pork belly blocks into the pot to boil, then carried the basket and walked towards the herbal medicine shop.

On my way back after buying the herbs, I saw some fresh fruit on the stall. I smiled and said to the woman selling the fruit, "Aunt Wang, could you help me pick out the two pounds of fresh fruit you asked me to leave for you the other day?"

Aunt Wang, who was buying fruit, immediately smiled and picked up a basket and said, "I've already picked them out and was just waiting for you, Sister Shen. I carefully selected these fruits, the largest ones."

He turned around and grabbed a handful of fruits from the basket and put them into Yao Chuguang's basket. Yao Chuguang picked one up at random, wiped it on his clothes, took a big bite and found it was indeed sweet. He smiled and paid the money.

Not long after Yao Chuguang left, a thin man came to Aunt Wang's stall. Aunt Wang greeted him warmly, "Sir, look at these fruits. They are big and juicy."

The man picked out some fruits and took out a string of copper coins from his pocket and said, "I saw that the girl was eating something very good. Pick me some fruits for her to eat."

Aunt Wang took the money and nodded repeatedly, smiling so hard that her teeth showed, and said, "Well, I'll pick it for you right away."

The man scratched his head as if remembering something: "That girl just now looked familiar. I think I've seen her somewhere before?"

Aunt Wang: "Miss Shen is selling braised meat at the West Street entrance next door. You may have seen her passing by there."

The man suddenly understood. "Yes, yes, I've eaten there before at West Street Crossing. I didn't expect to see it here again. No wonder it looks so familiar. Did Miss Shen start buying braised pork recently? I didn't eat this delicacy when I passed by West Street Crossing before."

Aunt Wang: "Yes, Miss Shen is also pitiful. She fled here a month ago and only recently set up a stall at the intersection of West Street to support herself."

Man: "A month ago?"

Aunt Wang nodded. "Yes, she ran away from Yicheng in Qi. At that time, the barbarians attacked, and she escaped before the city was sealed. Otherwise, such a beautiful girl would probably have died in the city like the princess of Qi."

The man repeated, "She fled to Western Zhou before the barbarians attacked Qi?"

Aunt Wang: "If she hadn't gotten out before the attack, how could a weak woman like her have escaped? Everyone in our small business knows this."

The man said nothing more and walked away with the fruit.

Li Yi walked quickly to the door of the study. Fu Hongxuan looked at the intelligence report in his hand and said, "A spy reported that a person of unknown origin has recently checked into the post station. You should keep a close eye on Miss Shen these days and provide assistance when necessary."

Li Yi: "As ordered, General."

When Li Yi arrived at the firewood room of the post station, he found meat cooking in the pot, but did not see Yao Chuguang. After waiting for a while, he did not see Yao Chuguang, but saw Chef Wang from the kitchen come in to add firewood and some water.

It seems that he has gone out. Instead of waiting here, I might as well go out and look for him. So I took a detour and pretended to meet Chef Wang by chance.

Li Yi: "Excuse me, is Miss Shen, who is setting up a stall at the West Street entrance, here?"