Westbound Exit (2)

In early spring, the weather was still cold, and there was no trace of greenery along the way, and everyone was silent and concentrated on the road, not saying a word to each other. At noon, only in the small tea pavilion on the side of the post road, after drinking a few sips of bitter tea, Ah Liu bought some cakes from the tea stall and distributed them to everyone, and hurriedly filled some with crude tea. He Suizhao sat opposite Mu Qing, and saw her frowning and trying to swallow the dry and hard Hu Biscuit, and a few white sesame seeds were stuck on her lips, which was very interesting. deliberately teased a few words, but saw Ada raise his head and glared at him, probably feeling that he was rude to look directly at his lady so wantonly. Suddenly bored, don't go over it and tease unintentionally.

In the first two days, I was able to find a decent inn, but because of the simple clothes, Ah Liu did not bring the bedding for daily use, so he had to put the bedding in the inn. That is, he worked hard during the day, and after getting off Ma Muqing, he only felt sore, hurriedly stuffed a few mouthfuls of food, and lay down on the bed with his clothes, so he didn't care much about the bedding.

Without a trace of Mu Qing's expectations, He Suizhao laughed and ridiculed all the way, and looked at her face wantonly, otherwise he praised her nonsense, and expressed his love to her bluntly, which made Ada unhappy all the way, and repeatedly threatened, if he didn't restrain himself, he would have to pay attention to He Sui's affairs after returning home. It's a shame that he only plays tricks, and there is nothing wrong with his behavior, and he doesn't exceed half a point of respect. Seeing that he was still able to observe etiquette, Mu Qing didn't bother to discuss with him, so he just let him go.

On the fifth day, when the sun was sinking, according to the custom of the previous days, he chose an inn in the town closest to the post road. The inn here is not as good as the vicinity of the eastern capital, the two-storey small building looks in disrepair, the current year is not good, bandits are everywhere, although this road is still stable, but it is difficult to keep the peace of the day, most of the businessmen are not willing to travel long distances to do business, there are almost no customers in the small inn.

"Yikes! Kangzaburo. "The owner greeted the door. At a glance, he saw the grizzled Kang Saburo and greeted him warmly. "It's so early this year, and this spring hasn't bloomed yet, so it's coming." As he spoke, he looked behind him suspiciously, but he didn't hear Ding Lingdang's camel bell ringing as before, and there was no caravan full behind him, just these few people in front of him. In a blink of an eye, he saw Mu Qing again, and among the crowd, she was the only one wearing a brocade robe and a small collar. I can't say which noble gentleman it is, and there are four capable men behind him, and you can tell at a glance that it is a guard. So he turned to Mu Qing with a smile, and muttered while leading them in, "Lang Jun's line is going to Mobei?" ”

Kang Saburo waved his hand impatiently, threw him a string of money, and laughed loudly and scolded: "If you have a lot of food, you should do it quickly, and you will chew your tongue here." Like a woman. The shopkeeper laughed and raised his arm and pushed him, "Why are you climbing up to the high branch now, and your voice is louder than usual." "I have some insight to make a living in this business, and I have also received a lot of bits and pieces from Kang Saburo. After speaking, he didn't ask any more questions, and ran to the back kitchen to prepare for food.

Everyone sat down on the long wooden bench, and Kangzaburo looked at the back kitchen and said, "The caravans come and go here, and this is the shopkeeper." Everyone calls him an old vegetable head, how easy to inquire, and his mouth is not strict. Don't talk to him. Mu Qing hadn't taken a good bath in the past five days, nor had he changed his robe, and every time he arrived at the place where he stayed, he was sore, so tired that he filled a few mouthfuls and fell asleep. One night, when she didn't even have time to eat, and the store was still preparing, she had fallen asleep on the square table, which made Kang Saburo laugh at her. I don't know if she is used to riding for a long time, she is not as tired as a few days ago, or she feels that she exudes a smell of sweat and dust, which is really unbearable, she is worried about bathing and changing clothes, and quietly told Ah Liu, let her go to the back kitchen to reward some money, and ask the store to prepare more hot water.

Waiting for the gap in the meal, He Suizhao led the four guards upstairs to take a turn, carefully surveyed the terrain in front of the building and behind the building, and arranged the room where Mu Qing wanted to stay. After a while, the shopkeeper personally held a wooden tray and handed over bowls of steaming yokan with a thick layer of oil floating on the surface, and some hot steamed cakes. Mu Qing glanced at the bowl of greasy soup in front of him and was stunned, hesitating how to send this bowl of oily stuff to his stomach.

In the end, He Suizhao was careful, and when he saw her hesitating, he asked with concern: "Do you want the store to clean up some plain ones?" ”

"Plain?" Kang Saburo laughed again, "Brother He Sui laughed, this has just passed the cold weather, it is the time when the green and yellow are not connected, that is, the vegetables and vegetables in the eastern capital are expensive, not to mention in this realm." ”

"Exactly, exactly." The shopkeeper Lao Caitou also wrinkled his brows on the side, "It's just me, there are still some fine steamed cakes, and you can see some meat, if you go further, I'm afraid you won't even see anything stuffed into your stomach." ”

"Let's eat more, it will be more and more difficult to go forward, and then I am afraid that I will have to read this bowl of soup day and night." Kang Saburo persuaded. Mu Qing raised his head and smiled at everyone, took a steamed cake, and like them, broke a piece, dipped it in the oily soup in the coarse porcelain bowl, and sent it to his mouth in a big gulp. Ah Liu cleaned the kitchen and returned to the hall, seeing her like this, and then looking at the brocade robe on her body, it was difficult to distinguish the original color of the robe, her head was covered with dust, and her heart was sad, thinking that Qi Niang had been meticulously raised since she was a child, how could she have been so wolf bèi rough, I really don't know if it was right or wrong for her to refuse Yu Li and choose to follow Du Ruhui. In a blink of an eye, seeing He Suizhao was half-smiling, looking straight at her, Ah Liu pressed down the sadness, walked to her, deliberately pushed him when he walked to him, and then smiled with a smile: "Yo, I'm sorry, He Sui Ah Lang should also be careful." He Suizhao smiled and arched his hand at her, but Ah Liu ignored it and sat down directly beside Mu Qing, blocking his view.

It was easy to stuff a steamed cake and half a bowl of lamb soup into the belly, and the shopkeeper came to greet him and said that he had prepared hot water, and asked everyone to go back to their rooms to wash and relieve their fatigue. Mu Qing was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly resigned and took Ah Liu back to the room. When she went upstairs and entered the room, she couldn't help but feel that the rooms were only separated by thick wooden planks, and there was a faint leakage of light, and the voices in the left and right rooms could be heard clearly.

After thinking about it for a long time by the barrel, he suddenly heard a knock on the wooden wall behind him, "Qi Niang, wash with peace of mind, the four guards who live in the next room have ordered them to wait in the backyard first, and they will not be allowed to come up until Qi Niang has finished washing." As for the bottom, you can rest assured that you will never peep. He Suizhao's hippie smiling voice sounded next door, Mu Qing didn't answer, frowned and looked at the wall made of wooden planks for a while, beckoned Ah Liu, and moved the wooden shelf that supported the clothes to the wall, and hung the quilt on the bed on the shelf, separated into a thick curtain, and then took off the robe with peace of mind, and quickly washed it hastily.

Ah Liu picked up her brocade robe, frowned and looked at it, her face was already covered with dirt, and when she saw that she was about to finish washing, she carried her robe out of the room, intending to go outside the door to shake off the dust on her robe. Unexpectedly, after a long time and no movement, Mu Qing took out a plain robe from the package and put it on himself, his hair was still wet and he couldn't tie his hair in a bun, so he had to take a strip of cloth and tie it at random, push open the door and go out to find her.

There were four men in Xuanyi sitting at the rough square table in the hall downstairs, and she was only the four waiting guards, feeling a little embarrassed, so she hurriedly went downstairs and wanted to invite them upstairs to rest. As she stepped on her toes from the last step to the ground, she smiled and looked up, just as she was about to speak, when the man sitting across from her looked up at her. An unfamiliar face, her smile was fixed on her face, and a trace of surprise passed through her heart. The man with his back to her, as if aware of her, turned to glance at her.

With just this casual glance, both of them were stunned. The man turned and looked at her carefully, as if he didn't know what to expect. Mu Qing recognized it really, the night when the lightning flashed and thundered and the heavy rain poured in her mind, the scene when she was captured to the outskirts of the city quickly flashed in her mind, and it was this person who stood behind Li Jiancheng and held an umbrella for him, and then caused someone to throw her into the grave.

Her first reaction was to flee, but soon the second reaction suppressed her panic, and the way the man looked at her, she was dressed in a man's attire, and he was not sure for a moment. Mu Qingqiang suppressed the violent beating in his heart, did not dare to move at all, turned to the direction of the backyard calmly, raised his legs and walked one step, two steps, but the third step failed to step down as scheduled, the stool behind him sounded, and in a moment, with a sound, "Mrs. Gu!" A heavy hand was placed on her shoulder.

The shopkeeper Lao Caitou was muttering at this time, Xu today is what day, a group of customers came, and a group came, the shop was small, and there was nowhere to accommodate, but the four men later said that they were not particular, and they could give a nest for one night at will, and they would have to hurry as soon as the morning dawned. At this time, he brought a large coarse porcelain bowl stacked with a number of steamed cakes, smiled and came in from outside, and shouted, "Everyone, there are still these things to eat, see if they can still be eaten." ”

The old vegetable head had a loud voice, and this exhalation shook the hand on Mu Qing's shoulder for a moment, and then loosened it slightly, she took advantage of this looseness, shortened her body, twisted her shoulders, stretched out her legs and ran to the backyard. (To be continued......)