Everyone was talking, but Chen Qiuniang stood up and bowed her hand to the young man very politely, saying: "My surname is Su, my name is Sakura, and I am from Chengdu Mansion." It is a humble scholar, and in troubled times, many grand aspirations are like dream bubbles. Now, I just want to travel thousands of miles of mountains and rivers alone. I don't know who this little boy is? ”

As soon as she was polite, she immediately compared the rudeness of the young man just now. The young man looked even more embarrassed, waved his sleeves and said, "You are so rude. ”

When the young man said this, he folded the fan, his wide sleeves were lightly folded, and he looked like a celebrity and a gentleman, as if he didn't care about Fang Cai's predicament, and strode out of the door of the inn.

Everyone whispered, and someone said to Chen Qiuniang: "Master Su, are you new here?" ”

"Childe doesn't dare to be, just call Su Ying in Xia." Chen Qiuniang replied with her hand, and then asked, "I don't know what the meaning of Brother Tai's question just now?" ”

"Look at Brother Su's appearance, he is a newcomer, and that little boy is indeed the son of a rich and noble family." The man spoke with a local accent.

"Ah, no wonder you are so clear about the secrets in this family, but you don't know which one it is?" Chen Qiuniang pretended to be surprised and asked, but in her heart she thought that there were no famous families in this California.

"That little boy belongs to the Lu family in Yuzhou. It is said that she is also a sister-in-law, after all, her mother is also one of the best people in California City. The man replied to Chen Qiuniang.

Chen Qiuniang suddenly understood why she felt that this young man was very familiar, and at this moment she knew that it was a member of the Lu family, so she realized that this young man looked left and right, and his eyebrows and eyes were not like that Lu Chen? It's just that Lu Chen's eyebrows are more prominent, and he looks more enchanting.

"It turned out to be the Lu family in Yuzhou, but I don't know why it appeared in this California." Chen Qiuniang sighed.

Someone next to him laughed, hehe, and said: "I heard that the mother family of this sister-in-law is the Yun family in this California city, a small family, so this son is playing in the mother's house." But looking at him like that, he knew that his mother was a childish and taught him to look like this. ”

Chen Qiuniang laughed a few times, and talked about the affairs of the big family again and again, she didn't understand it as a poor student. In my heart, I was very contemptuous of the man in front of me: You talk about the length of people behind your back, do you just have a well-educated appearance?

The rest of the people heard that it was the Lu family in Yuzhou, so they also whispered, saying that the head of the Lu family was the daughter of the Zhang family, no wonder this young man knew a lot about the affairs of the Zhang family, presumably the second son of Zhang used firearms for a female baby, and did everything possible to protect it.

"I really don't know where that girl is sacred?" Someone sighed with emotion, and for a while, people gossiped about the identity of a girl who made Zhang Ci so affectionate.

After all, those people are only at the bottom, and those who come and go only know that they are the granddaughters of Mrs. Hua Rui's nurse, and it is said that they also look like a beautiful country. The most powerful thing is to dig out that this woman is Jiang Danfeng, the second boss of Yunlai Hotel.

"Ah, it's her, didn't she say that she had a marriage contract with the son of the Zhu family in Liuhe Town?" Someone shouting out something good.

"Joke, what kind of family is the Zhu family, don't you know? I heard that Zhu Gongzi was going to marry the daughter of the Chengdu Mansion Garrison, so he forced Jiang Danfeng to divorce him, and later saw Jiang Danfeng who was beautiful and quite talented, plus what kind of hotel that Yunlai Hotel is, don't you understand? That's an old hen that lays golden eggs. This Zhu Wenkang went to persecute Jiang Danfeng again. A man with a Meizhou accent pouted.

"Hey, Wang Er, do you know about this? Don't fool us. A squint-eyed man asked sarcastically.

The man named Wang Er looked at him disdainfully and said, "Isn't my brother-in-law a famous mason in Liuhe Town?" That Yunlai Hotel, he still has shares. Then Zhu Wenkang came to persecute him in person, and he asked for shares. This matter was personally said by the major shareholder Chen Gongzi at the shareholders' meeting held after Jiang Gongzi fell into the Minjiang River. ”

Chen Qiuniang was stunned, but she didn't expect Chen Wenzheng to directly expose Zhu Wenkang at the shareholders' meeting. However, she thought about it for a while, Zhu Wenkang was already a dead person, although he was still alive and pretending to be a monk in Qingquan Temple. Chen Wenzheng has never been afraid of the Zhu family, and the Zhang family has become the majority shareholder of this Yunlai Hotel, so Chen Wenzheng dares to say it even more.

Presumably this is also Zhang Ci's instruction, a kind of protection for her reputation, and also a kind of integrity.

"Ah, this Zhu family has always been the king and hegemon, and in the past, he dared to fight against the Ye family's people at the Yuzhou wharf, but now he dares to provoke the Zhang family. No wonder it was destroyed. "Someone suddenly realized.

Chen Qiuniang couldn't help frowning, this person said this, and it was really the Zhang family who destroyed the Zhu family.

"I don't like to hear that. Do you mean that the Zhang family took revenge on the Zhu family? "Someone stood up against it.

The two sides have their own opinions, and they are arguing again. Chen Qiuniang felt that the news here was all there was to it, so she got up and walked outside the inn, preparing to prepare some supplies for the north.

The March sun in California is still a little cold, and the road is bustling with pedestrians, but they have not yet taken off their thick winter clothes. Chen Qiuniang squinted slightly, counted the silver money in her hand, and walked around California, and then walked through a remote alley, and then walked out of a middle-aged black-faced man in his thirties, speaking with a Bianjing accent, came to the largest Fulu money bank in California, threw out a silver deposit voucher and an eight-sided seal, pointed to one of them and said: "Mention twenty-two lines of silver." ”

The young man took it and looked at it, and the three words "Wong Kar-wai" on it immediately nodded and said, "Nobleman, you can sit in the private room, and I will do it for you immediately." ”

"It's verbose, it's only twenty taels of silver, could it be that you have such a big bank, but there is no money on this account?" Chen Qiuniang frowned.

The young man smiled and said, "This is the rule of Fulu Money, if you deposit more than one hundred and fifty taels of silver, no matter which semicolon you withdraw the silver, even if it is just one or two pieces of silver, you must be attentive." ”

"That's your business, I'm in a hurry, you hurry up, all of them will be exchanged for broken silver, and then exchanged for two taels of silver." With a wave of her hand, Chen Qiuniang sat down in the guest seat in the lobby of Fulu Money Village, waiting for the young man to exchange the twenty taels of silver into huàn.

"Boss Wang, don't you really want a cup of tea? What we have available here is the best autumn tea, which was ordered from Yunlai Restaurant. The boy bowed again.

Chen Qiuniang waved her hand and said, "You don't have to do these false gifts, as long as you have money in the south and the north." ”

"That's, that's, we've been saving money for hundreds of years." The young man was very proud.

Chen Qiuniang didn't say much, and went straight out with the money. This silver coin was used after she wanted to use Zhu Wenkang's hand to make death from the mountain stream next to the Qingquan Temple when she went to Qingquan Temple to offer incense, and then ran away. At that time, she saved two hundred taels of silver from various accounts, and saved two hundred taels of silver with the seal of "Wong Kar-wai" engraved by herself. It's just that when the situation changed, she thought that the two hundred taels were so saved, but she never thought that they were still useful today.

She withdrew twenty taels of silver, and when she left the gate of the Fulu Money Village, she looked around. Because although it is quite peaceful in Shuzhong in these years, the ruffians and hooligans in various places like to look for targets outside the money village.

Sure enough, there were a few unfriendly people outside the money village, looking around. Chen Qiuniang straightened her beard and walked forward quickly, but the few people followed quickly. It seems that he is single to withdraw money, without any guards, so he feels that he is a target who can be robbed.

Chen Qiuniang sneered, and walked around a few alleys quickly, which was the appearance of the poor scholar who traveled to study before. Chen Qiuniang passed by these ruffians with silver money, and walked calmly into the crowd.

The ruffians and hooligans couldn't find them, and they only wondered if there were people who were more familiar with California than they were, and who could chase down people on their own turf.

Chen Qiuniang walked around a few times outside, bought warm clothes and some dry food, bought a pot of wine, and went back to the inn. During the meal, she summoned the shopkeeper and asked how to travel safely to Yuzhou.

"It's all mountain roads all the way, and you're not necessarily a poor scholar. However, in this cannibalistic world, in this wilderness, you must also be careful. Generally speaking, there are two ways to go elsewhere: one is to follow the caravan of merchants, they have special guards, and they also have their own doorways on the underworld, and in general, there will be no danger; The other is that you are good enough to climb the convoy of the big family, and follow the convoy of the big family to Yuzhou, these big families have very powerful private soldiers, and the people on the road are not light enough. It's just that your big family is not a businessman, so where can you walk around every day. Therefore, whether you can climb the convoy of the big family depends on your luck. The shopkeeper said vividly.

Chen Qiuniang listened quite reasonably, and rewarded some copper coins in her hand. The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he said with a smile: "Your luck is really good, I heard the day before yesterday that the lady of the Lu family, who is sacrificed by the mother family in California, will be returning to Yuzhou in the next few days." ”

"Thank you, little brother." Chen Qiuniang smiled and gave him a few more copper coins.

The shopkeeper smiled, and Chen Qiuniang went upstairs to rest. For the past few days, she stayed in her room and read a book, and did not go downstairs. The shopkeeper served tea and food to her, and also brought news of Mrs. Lu.

Chen Qiuniang's reward will naturally not be less, so the shopkeeper will inquire more diligently. After a few more days, I heard that Mrs. Lu's convoy was already counting the items and loading the truck, and I was afraid that she was about to leave. The shopkeeper hurriedly came to inform Chen Qiuniang.

Chen Qiuniang retreated from the room, took the bags that had been packed up a long time ago, and went to the official road in the direction of Yuzhou. She went on the official road, went to a secluded place, changed her outfit slightly, and was a country girl with a beautiful face. This girl is not a beauty, her skin is slightly dark, and she looks delicate, but her male eyes are timid.

At this moment, she waited at the intersection with some hesitation, so that people could see that the wind could blow the girl away, which made people feel pity. And at this time, if anyone could see the light of her eyes, they would feel even more pitiful, and could not bear to refuse any of her requests.

Chen Qiuniang stood at the intersection and had already put herself into this role: a lonely girl who had lost her relatives and wanted to get on a boat from Yuzhou to Jingzhou to join her relatives. The appearance is not outstanding, but the temperament is weak and lonely, and there is an indescribable pity on my body, that is, anyone who sees it has to arouse the desire to protect.

She waited on the side of the road as such a character, and after about a quarter of an hour, a motorcade slowly approached. She looked at the flag logo of the convoy, which was the word "Lu".

Chen Qiuniang stood on the side of the road, and when the main convoy was about to pass her, she suddenly knelt on the side of the road and shouted: "Madame, son, girl, uncle." You are doing well, you are doing well. ”

The guards had noticed her before, and at this moment, the guards immediately drew their swords and came forward. She was so frightened that she was so scared that she couldn't cry.

"Where did you come from, dare to stop the Lu family's convoy?" The leading guard shouted.

Tears rolled out of her eyes, and Pear Blossom said with rain: "No, no, I'm not a villain, I, slave, I want to ask the Lu family's nobles for permission to allow me to follow your convoy and go to Yuzhou." ”

The guard frowned, and said, "How can the Lu family's convoy follow you if you want?" You have ulterior motives. ”

She kept shaking her head again, her body shrunk and trembled like chaff, and she clung to the package in her arms.

"What's the noise?" The master's vehicle came to a halt after a few steps, and a loud female voice remembered.

"Miss Huilin, it's a wild girl who said she wanted to go to Yuzhou with our convoy, and her subordinates were afraid that she would plot against her." The guard replied.

The curtain was lifted, and a fair-skinned woman in her thirties looked at Chen Qiuniang and asked, "You are alone, where are you going?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, I, my parents are dead. Before his death, my father confessed, arranged their afterlife, and went to Jingzhou to join my uncle. It's just that the neighbors say that this road is very dangerous, and there are many strong people. And it's not safe for me to be a woman looking for a trader. So, they told me to wait here to see if there were any rich people who could allow me to walk with their team, and if they could shelter me and take me to Yuzhou. Chen Qiuniang hurriedly returned.

The woman frowned slightly, and then said to the guard, "If she wants to follow, let her follow at the end of the line." ”

"Yes." When the guard received the order, he said to her, "Wait, when the convoy is all over, and then you will be with the maid at the end."

Chen Qiuniang thanked her and waited on the side. The convoy passed, and the escort team also passed, followed by the rough maid and woman led by Mrs. Lu, and after the maid and the maid were the little maid and others.

The group walked in an orderly manner, and no one talked nonsense, so Chen Qiuniang hurriedly followed them and went to the direction of Yuzhou. On the evening of the first day, the convoy suddenly stopped at a ferry crossing, and the maids and maids were in a little commotion, and they did not know why they stopped, but they did not dare to cross the guards and go forward to inquire about their masters. So, the group rested on the spot and waited for the results.

While waiting here, there was the sound of horses' hooves on another mountain road connected by the ferry, and then approached, and a dozen or so horsemen fell off their horses with a big wave.

Chen Qiuniang was separated by a long distance, and she could only see this vague shadow. She stayed with a group of little women who didn't know anything, and after a while, someone came to spread the word and set up camp on the spot, and waited until tomorrow when it was dawn before she left.

The maids and ladies skillfully took out the equipment on the carriage and began to set up camp, Chen Qiuniang stood in it and was really at a loss, only to hear a few small maids and maids in the vicinity quietly flirting and scolding, and on the other side there was a small maid who whispered: "It is the eldest prince who came from Liuhe Town to meet us, saying that it is late, and he is in a hurry at night, and there is such a huge convoy, I am afraid of accidents." ”

"Ah, the eldest prince is back. He hadn't been back to the mansion for a long time, and he felt that the mansion was about to be occupied by the second lady's mother and son. The two little guys pouted.

"What do you know, the eldest prince has long been the designated heir of the Lu family, how can it be shaken by others. Besides, the eldest prince's mother family is the Zhang family in Shuzhong. Another guy chimed in.

"You boys, have you lived too long?" A mother-in-law shouted with a straight face.

The three little guys were not afraid of her, they just smiled and said, "Granny Chen loves us the most." ”

"Go and go, do things seriously." She pretended to be angry, and then, when she saw Chen Qiuniang, she said, "Madame allowed you to follow our convoy to Yuzhou, and you will eat and live with us, but it is just a matter of having an extra pair of chopsticks." ”

"Thank you, Granny Chen." Chen Qiuniang hurriedly blessed her body.

Granny Chen smiled and said, "You girl, you are so polite, you are really well-behaved, okay, you will squeeze with your mother-in-law tonight." ”

"Yes." Chen Qiuniang bowed deeply. Mrs. Chen was very happy, and she didn't leave an inch by pulling her.

Soon, in the middle of the moon, the convoy rested. Chen Qiuniang squeezed into Mrs. Chen's tent and didn't feel sleepy at all. She knew that the eldest son of the Lu family in these mouths was not the real eldest son of the Lu family, but Lu Chen, the first person in line to inherit the throne of the Lu family. Then, Lu Chen has always been inseparable from Zhang Ci, Lu Chen is here at this time, will Zhang Ci also be there.

She missed Zhang Ci very much, but she couldn't risk going out of the tent to investigate. Because she knew that the people of the Lu family couldn't trust her at the moment, they must be guarding against her. Besides, the Lu family's guards must be full of masters, and it is difficult for her three-legged cat kung fu to be unaware.

After thinking about it, Chen Qiuniang still decided to recharge her energy and take a good rest. However, as soon as she closed her eyes, she heard the melodious sound of a flute coming from the empty mountain. When the voice sounded slowly, Chen Qiuniang didn't care about it, but after listening to it for a while, after the prelude, it was the song of "At Least There Are You".

Chen Qiuniang only felt that her breathing was messed up. This song, if there is anyone else in this world who knows, and this person is related to Lu Chen, it can only be him.

Is he here? Chen Qiuniang thought that Zhang Ci might be on the side of the convoy, and she couldn't help but sit up all of a sudden.

"What's wrong with the girl, you still don't sleep?" Granny Chen asked in a daze.

"I, I want to come out of Gong." Chen Qiuniang replied.

"Go, go." Granny Chen replied with some impatience. After she answered "yes", Granny Chen told her to pay attention to snakes in the grass even though it was early spring.

Chen Qiuniang got the order and got out of the tent. Outside the tent, there was a light mist, and the moonlight was just right. She looked towards the place where the flute sounded, and there was a long, long distance away as if a figure was standing up, playing "At least there is still you" intently.

Originally, the melodious flute was playing this love song with joy, but Chen Qiuniang just felt that it was very poignant and desolate to find someone to play it.

Is that man? Chen Qiuniang rubbed her eyes, but because she was too far away and couldn't see clearly, she slowly walked a few steps forward. At this moment, someone played "At Least You" with a guzheng, and the player seemed to be a beginner, playing unfamiliarly, and even a few notes were not familiar with it.

Chen Qiuniang was thinking about who was playing when someone shouted: "Who? The next moment, a few guards held her back.

"I, I'm complimentary, complimentary." Chen Qiuniang looked timid.

"Hmph, during the day, I saw you sneaky, and I have been paying attention to you for a long time. You keep moving to the main tent, and you think I didn't see it? The guard shouted.

"Get her out." Another guard ordered.

When the guards were killed, they put their swords on her neck and said, "Get out, if you don't get out, I'll make a grave here for you." ”

Chen Qiuniang pretended to be covered in chaff, crying and said, "I was wronged, I was wronged." ”

The night in the mountains was extremely quiet, and the guzheng came to an abrupt end because of the noise here, and in the end, only Chen Qiuniang's frightened voice remained.

"Who's making a fuss?" A man asked aloud.

Chen Qiuniang heard that it was Zhang Ci's voice, and these guards immediately stood very respectfully, and said to Zhang Ci who was walking quickly: "This woman has to follow our convoy during the day, and she is suspicious at night, sneaking towards her master." ”

"I, I'm wronged." Chen Qiuniang's face was full of pear blossoms with rain, and she cried so much that she sobbed and said, "I, I'm out of courtesy, I heard the flute, it sounds good, but it's sad." I want to see, to see the flute. I-"

After she cried, there were only sobs and fright, and the whole person was slumped on the ground, and all the guards were a little suspicious that their companions had made meritorious contributions to this weak woman.

"You know the rhythm?" His brow furrowed, and there was a dull sadness on his face.

Chen Qiuniang felt a delicate pain in her heart, and she wanted to tell him: Youqi, your Yun'er is back. However, she couldn't rush out when the time was not perfect and drag him into the abyss from which he could never recover.

"In the past, my neighbor's old man could play the flute, I know, I know a little." She was still sobbing and crying on the surface.

"Then you say, how about this song?" Zhang Ci stood in front of her and asked very seriously.

"It must be a very cheerful tune, but—" she paused, looked at him timidly, and said, "but the son was in a bad mood, so he played very sadly. ”

Zhang Ci lowered his head, and then said to the leader of the guards: "She has a wound on her shoulder and hand, it should be a skin injury, you can bandage her, and then take her to the front." ”

"But Childe, that's the place for the nobles and masters." The leader of the guard hesitated.

"If she's half-hearted towards me, can you people stop it?" Zhang Ci said sarcastically, then turned around and strode towards the large tent in front of him. R1152