When Chen Qiuniang returned to the inn, Boss Li was already ill and hurriedly asked for a doctor. Li Gongzi has probably been living under his father's wing, and he has never encountered such a major event. Therefore, when Boss Li took two steps in the house and fell to the ground, Li Gongzi was so frightened that he couldn't say a word for a long time, only held the hand of the caravan account room tightly, and his face turned white.

When Chen Qiuniang came back, Li Gongzi was sitting in the corner of the inn lobby. Chen Qiuniang greeted him, he looked up and saw Chen Qiuniang, tears welled up all of a sudden, and said, "Brother Su, my father he, he-"

"Li Gongzi, you slow down, slow down." Chen Qiuniang held it up, asked the shopkeeper for a cup of hot tea and handed it to him. He just said the ins and outs of the matter intermittently.

"The doctor said, my father, maybe, maybe there is no way." Li Gongzi's whole face was white.

Chen Qiuniang frowned, just sighed, and didn't know how to comfort this son, thinking about it, she said: "Your father once told me that he took you on this trip because he wanted you to inherit the family business, love your younger brothers and sisters, honor your mother, and bear this burden." ”

"No wonder he took me to meet so many people along the way and taught me so many relationships." Li Gongzi suddenly realized, and then raised his sleeves to wipe his tears, and said, "But he shouldn't hide it from me like this, hide it from me, this-"

Li Gongzi couldn't cry, Chen Qiuniang was silently on the side, the second leader of the caravan was a middle-aged man with a goatee, who came down from the second floor of the inn, and saw Li Gongzi crying in the lobby regardless of his physique, so he shouted: "Manly man, what kind of big deal is it to be a child?" Cry what to cry, your father is still alive. ”

Li Gongzi shouted: "Fourth uncle." ”

The second master sank his face and said: "There are many talented people in this world, and before the end, you are like this, how can you rest assured that the caravan will be handed over to you?" ”

"Fourth uncle, I'm just-" Li Gongzi was about to argue, but the second master's face sank and said, "Don't you want to see your father?" ”

"My father is awake?" Li Gongzi stopped crying.

The second master was obviously very dissatisfied with Li Gongzi, but he just glared at him with a calm face, but Li Gongzi didn't care, and went upstairs to find Boss Li. In this lobby, only the second master is left opposite Chen Qiuniang.

Originally, Chen Qiuniang listened to Liu Qiang's words, and knew that Liu Qiang was very reasonable, the Liao people did not dare to come to Cangzhou Mansion to carry out activities openly, and they must have sent countless lurkers to come. And this inn is from the Liao background, and they will definitely take this as a foothold. And Song will definitely not let go of this opportunity to crack down on traitors. During this time, this inn will become a place of right and wrong, and her identity itself is suspicious, which is very inconvenient in this kind of place.

Originally, she was thinking about coming back to say goodbye to Boss Li, but now that Boss Li suddenly fainted, it didn't seem appropriate for her to leave like this.

"Young Master Su." The second master looked at her and spoke directly.

"I don't know what the second master commands?" Chen Qiuniang asked.

"The old man is not confused, and he can see more or less accurately. Su Gongzi talks extraordinary, but there are a lot of things to hide from us, right? I don't play pantomime either, so I'm straight to the point. The second master's eyes were like torches, staring at Chen Qiuniang tightly.

Chen Qiuniang chuckled and said, "The second boss is an old Jianghu, and Boss Li also has a discerning eye. I didn't intend to hide it from you in the first place, I came to this city, not to surrender, but to surrender. I'm looking for someone. ”

"It's not an ordinary person who is looking for it, right?" Second, the master asked.

Chen Qiuniang smiled and said: "It's a noble son, his brother has a lot of connections with me, but he has the emperor's order to be with him, and he can't leave the station at will, so he asked me, a wandering prodigal, to help find it." ”

"Su Gongzi was originally looking for a general." The second master glanced at her.

Chen Qiuniang nodded and said, "It's a general, but it's not raised by my parents' side, more or less the habits of the rivers and lakes are heavy, and the family members have a headache." It is a very delicate matter to stay in this Cangzhou Mansion after this gate. I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders this time, otherwise I wouldn't have braved the snow to go out to find out the news. ”

The second master lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, then looked at Chen Qiuniang and said: "I think Su Gongzi is also extraordinary, and he can get acquainted with famous nobles, and he can also take on this important responsibility, so he must also be a famous nobleman, right?" ”

This person was testing Chen Qiuniang's bottom, Chen Qiuniang shook her head slightly, and said with a smile: "I'm just an accompaniment to the son of Jiangmen, I grew up together since I was a child, and I just got some courtesies." The second master is out of sight this time. ”

The second master said "oh", then pondered it and said: "Since Su Gongzi has his own business to be busy, I will not keep Su Gongzi." Now, something like that has happened to the big boss. ”

Chen Qiuniang was thinking about how to get out before, but she didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to say it. She was instantly overjoyed, but she still looked at the second master with a stunned expression on her face, moved her lips, and then said: "What the second master said is very true, then I will leave now, and I can't make trouble for the caravan anymore." ”

"Well, this Cangzhou Mansion has been quite chaotic recently, so Master Su should do it himself." The second boss flicked his sleeves and left.

Chen Qiuniang hurriedly said: "The big boss took good care of me along the way, can I go to visit him?" ”

The second master frowned, probably thinking that Chen Qiuniang was simply annoying, and he was not interested in the eviction order. He turned to look at Chen Qiuniang and said, "The big boss needs to recuperate, so it's better not to disturb Su Gongzi." ”

"Since this is the case, then please ask the second master to resign to the big boss on my behalf." Chen Qiuniang arched her hand, and then entered her room, packed up her baggage, and went straight to the inn door.

The wind outside the door has become much lighter, and the snowflakes are still large. Chen Qiuniang has returned the hand stove to the store, and now she has only gathered her burden and walked forward in the wind and snow. This place has become a veritable border city due to the existence of the sixteen states of Yanyun. Merchants from the south to the north and those who go to the rivers and lakes abound. Therefore, this is a unique border city scenery, large and small inns of all kinds abound. But there is also a mixture of fish and dragons, and some inns are very unsafe.

Chen Qiuniang has been walking here in the past few days, and she can be regarded as knowing a few houses. She now plans to go to the Mingyue Inn in the west, which is slightly more expensive, but it is elegant and tidy, and there are not so many idlers.

She had barely walked a few steps when the sound of horses' hooves came to her. She was afraid that she would accidentally have a traffic accident or something, so she hurriedly flashed to the side. But the visitor looked at her and said, "Is that you?" ”

Only then did Chen Qiuniang see that it was Jiang Fan on the horse, still wearing a purple cloak, holding a long sword, holding the reins in the other hand, and her black and white eyes were turning, looking at her seriously.

"It turned out to be Childe." Chen Qiuniang smiled.

Jiang Fan looked at him and asked, "On a snowy day, what are you doing with this burden?" ”

"Oh, you've been kicked out." She smiled sheepishly.

Jiang Fan looked at it and said, "That caravan? ”

Chen Qiuniang was taken aback, looked at him and asked, "How do you know?" ”

Jiang Fan rolled his eyes contemptuously and said, "It's good to get out." The caravan itself is not clean, but you don't have to ask Ben Gongzi how he knows. Every move of this Cangzhou Mansion has to be controlled by this son. ”

"Oh, I don't understand." Chen Qiuniang replied immediately.

Jiang Fan looked at her, with a smile on his lips, but he looked very disdainful, and said: "People are not smart enough, and they still learn to come out to explore the rivers and lakes, and they are sold and counted the money." ”

Chen Qiuniang is even more confused now, this kid means to know who she is. She couldn't help but let out an "ah" and asked, "What does Childe mean by this?" ”

"I still have something to do, if you don't have a place to go, you can trust me, so you took this sign to Meiyuan and said that it was my friend." Jiang Fan said as he threw over a sign.

Chen Qiuniang took it in her hand with her backhand, which was a bone carved brand, on which was a plum blossom and decorated with red tassels.

"Good skills." Jiang Fan nodded, this is the only place that agrees with her since I have known her for so long.

Chen Qiuniang let out an "oh", still standing in place, Jiang Fan had already thrown his whip and slapped the horse away. Does this person know who I am? Chen Qiuniang couldn't help but doubt her disguise technique. However, the master felt that he could mix in the rivers and lakes, so it should be no problem, but the key Jiang Fan said this, as if he knew who he was.

Should I go to the Bright Moon Inn or the Plum Garden? Chen Qiuniang hesitated for a moment, clenched the bone carving, and went straight to the plum garden. She believed that in this Cangzhou Mansion, once she encountered any situation, the only person who could protect her with all her might was Jiang Fan.

Chen Qiuniang clenched the bone carving tightly and asked passers-by about the plum garden, but she didn't expect the plum garden to be quite famous, and she immediately asked about the route. Chen Qiuniang strode to the plum garden.

The Plum Garden is a large mansion with a unique architectural style in the Northland. She buckled the door, and it was a woman in red who opened the door, and when she saw the bone carving in her hand, she didn't say a word, so she let her into the plum garden and led her to the main hall.

"Son, please sit down for a while, my son-in-law has some official business to do, and he will be back in about half an hour." The woman in red said.

"Okay, girl, go get busy." Chen Qiuniang replied.

The woman smiled and said, "I'm not busy, I'm the housekeeper of this plum garden, my name is Hongmei." If the prince needs anything, just command. ”

"People are as their name suggests, and they are dressed in red like proud snow and red plums." Chen Qiuniang nodded in praise.

Hongmei Luoluo generously thanked her for her compliment. Chen Qiuniang said: "The girl didn't ask me who I was or why I came, so she invited me in and served me a stove, good tea, and good food." ”

"The girl brought the bone carving, which can only be held by the prince's distinguished guests, so I don't ask. Even if the son said that he wanted to live in the plum garden, he would be treated as a guest. Hongmei replied, then looked at his baggage, and asked, "This son must have come from afar, right?" ”

"Oh, yes." Chen Qiuniang didn't know how to answer. Talking about being kicked out or something, it seems that there is a suspicion of saying too much.

"Then Hongmei will order someone to clean the room with Childe, and Childe will be here for a while." Hongmei said, then walked outside the main hall and called a few green-clothed maidservants to clean the room. R1152