Just as he was about to dodge, he saw the intrigued look in Hall Master Qiu's eyes and could not help but laugh inwardly. With the robe he wore, what harm could a bit of silver possibly do him? So he pretended not to know martial arts and not to know how to dodge, merely reaching out to grab it. In the blink of an eye, the silver was before Zhang Xiaohua's chest. Just as it was about to strike him, it suddenly curved downward and fell straight to the ground before him. Naturally, Zhang Xiaohua grabbed nothing. "So he's an expert with hidden weapons too!"
Zhang Xiaohua could not help becoming somewhat wary.
After smilingly picking up the silver from the ground and tucking it into his robes, he said, "Sir, don't you merely want to know what's in the carriage? It's two hundred catties of rice ordered from our village by the brother-in-law of Martial Captain, who guarded the city last time. I only borrowed this carriage to deliver it into the city."
"I see." Jiang Heshu was plainly disappointed.
But Hall Master Qiu asked again, "There's only rice in the carriage? Nothing else? For instance, are there any people inside?"
Zhang Xiaohua smiled. "How could there be people? Sir must be joking."
Hall Master Qiu's expression changed. "But when I passed beside your carriage just now, I heard a woman's voice coming from inside."
Zhang Xiaohua's expression changed as well. After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, you must keep this secret for me. To tell the truth, there are indeed two women in the carriage, but they are Martial Captain and his brother-in-law's sweethearts. They met in our village, and this time they hitched a ride with me to Danhe City.