Chapter 8: Luo'an's First Journey (3)
"Could it be that the two of you also live in the Four Seas Inn? That's really the same way. Xue Chunyue smiled.
Seeing that the other party still had concerns about Xue Chunyue, Xinyan answered, "My young master is kind, he has already misunderstood us once, is it possible that he will misunderstand us a second time?" β
"The girl is too worried, Fang is Zhiqing's isn't-"
"Childe - the time is coming, the night market is about to end, and it will be difficult to walk on this waterway if you don't walk for a while." The boatman stood on the bow of the boat, and when he saw that everyone had not been on the boat, for fear of encountering the peak of the end, he raised his neck and shouted to Xue Chunyue, interrupting the woman's words.
"It seems that the boatman can't wait, has the girl thought about it properly?"
The woman thought for a moment, and finally made up her mind and said, "Since this is the case, there is Lao Gongzi." β
"Pleaseβ"
After all, there is a difference between men and women, Xue Chunyue gave the cabin to a few girls, and he and Xuecheng stood on the bow of the boat, enjoying all the way.
"Young master, the villain doesn't understand something, can I ask for advice?"
"Say."
"Although we should know a lot of customers from all over the world when we do business, you have also told us many times not to trust others when we go out, and I don't see you so enthusiastic about strangers when you are usually out on the boat, why do you treat these two girls differently?"
"You're really elm head. These two girls look like girls from serious families, how can they be compared to bad people? Maybe he got lost with his family, but he didn't save him when he saw death at night, and left his family on the street to be remembered by thieves? Xue Chunyue said this, but in fact, he knew in his heart that it was actually the indescribable sense of familiarity that made him treat her differently......
The time has passed, the night market has ended, the hustle and bustle of Luo'an City has gradually returned to silence, and the sound of the boatman's oars has gradually become clear, adding a lullaby to the quiet night sky......
Two or three quarters of an hour later, the boat gently docked, and the destination had arrived.
After Xue Chunyue's master and servant went ashore, she helped the two guests to get off the boat carefully, and was about to say goodbye, when the young lady stepped forward and said, "Dare to ask Gongzi's surname, who is it?" When I tell my brother, I will thank you. β
"In the small merchants in the lower districts, why not hang the lips and teeth of the beauties."
"Childe's words are wrong, thanks to Childe, regardless of the past suspicions, and escorted our master and servant back, this kindness, of course, must be repaid. Childe should not make the little girl ungrateful. β
"Miss! You're back, Childe and I haven't seen you, and we're going to go out to find you. β
As the two were talking, two men suddenly appeared at the door, and Xue Chunyue took a closer look, wasn't it the Changxing Liu Jing and his entourage Qi Ying who robbed him of the room during the day.
"Oh! It turned out to be Xin Gongzi. Sister, how did you end up with Gongzi Xin? β
"Childe, after you and Qiying left in advance, Miss and I got lost, and when we found the dock, we had missed the shipping schedule, but fortunately, with this childe's boat, we were able to come back."
Hearing Zhiqing's answer, Liu Jing laughed, "It seems that we are indeed destined, I only asked Prince Tuoxin to take care of you during the day, but I didn't expect this care to come soon, hahaha......"
"It turns out that you are the son of Xin who gave the room to us, you don't know Taishan with eyes, don't blame the son." The woman is slightly blessed.
Xue Chunyue was also stunned for a moment, he had never believed in fate, and he didn't want to be really met by him now, "It turned out to be Miss Liu, who was polite in Xiahaizhou." β
"Miss Liu?" The woman was slightly stunned, as if she was a little stunned.
"Sister, are you confused, you're used to being called by a nickname at home, but you're not used to being called Miss Liu?"
"Oh...... Yes, Childe smiled. Miss Liu smiled lightly again, and there was no longer a cold look on her face.
"Xin Gongzi, I just prepared a table of supper, and I wanted to wait for my sister to come back and have a few drinks together, since I met, it is better to be together, and it can be regarded as thank you for sending your sister back."
Xue Chunyue knew that he couldn't excuse himself, so he agreed.
The three of them chatted while drinking, and the topics ranged from the wind and snow to the world, and then to the prosperous world of Luo'an, and they talked happily.
"If you want me to say, no matter how prosperous Luo'an is, it is still a little restrained, not as good as Haizhou City in the east and Tongzhou City in the southeast. It is said that in these two places, half of the pedestrians on the street are traders. After these merchants have traveled to more than 300 state capitals in the ten provinces of the Great Cause, they have also set sail to the sea, traveled across the ocean, and traveled all over the countries of the East China Sea and the states of the Western Regions, which is really enviable. β
"Liu Gongzi is both a person from Changxing and the surname of the Son of Heaven, he should be either rich or expensive, why envy the border people in the coastal land." Xue Chunyue gave him a glass and asked with a smile.
"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, the ancestors below are just a little related to the Heavenly Family, and they are just stained with some light, not some heavenly nobles. What Xin Gongzi just said is that the trade of products in the coastal land is an important source of finance and taxation for our dynasty, and its trading profits are often tens of thousands of taels, and the strength of the national treasury is not enough to compare. Those bureaucrats who bury their heads in the books of the sages and despise business affairs every day know these truths. β
"I can't imagine that the Son of Heaven also knows the principle of barter, rare, rare, and I will give Brother Liu a cup in the future. By the way, I just heard that the two of you also have some opinions on Haizhou, but have you ever been to Haizhou? β
"Nope!"
Xue Chunyue's words were asked, and Miss Liu refused without waiting for Liu Gongzi to reply, and her tone was awe-inspiring, which made the scene suddenly fall into an embarrassing atmosphere, and Liu Jing was stunned for a while.
Seeing this scene, Xue Chunyue was a little puzzled, "Eh, could it be that you are losing your words and making the girl unhappy?" β
Liu Jing hurriedly waved his hand and smiled, "Oh, no, no, the sister is just straightforward, don't mind Gongzi Xin." Haizhou City is naturally a good place, but unfortunately Changxing is thousands of miles away from Haizhou, and we didn't have the opportunity to visit. β
Xue Chunyue smiled and continued to deal with the embarrassing situation.
The three of them drank until the time was approaching, and Xue Chunyue and Liu Jing were a little drunk, so they gave up. Liu Jing sent his sister back to the room, and asked Xue Chunyue a few words before leaving.
Miss Liu was about to go back to the room, but Xue Chunyue stopped her, "Miss Liu." β
"Huh?" She stopped and looked back at him.
"The girl kept holding her left hand, I wonder if she was injured when she was entangled with thieves in the night market? If you're injured and have a medicine for bruises, you can ask Zhiqing to come and get some of itβ"
"Not really!"
Another blunt refusal, Xue Chunyue was really stunned this time.
"Xin Gongzi, I am just restrained by nature, and my actions are not free enough, and I am not injured. Xin Gongzi has worked hard today, let's settle it early, I'll go back to the room. After speaking, Miss Liu nodded and saluted, and turned away resolutely.
Xue Chunyue waited for her figure to disappear, and then paced back to the room, after thinking about it, he felt that he was also a little reckless, he usually never cared about others, but now somehow he was so careful about a strange woman who had just known him for a few hours. He couldn't help but laugh at himself, thinking that the familiarity that had somehow arisen was at work. Buddhism says that it takes several generations of accumulation of virtue to look back on this life, usually these idealistic words he only deaf to the wind, now that I think about it, there should still be some truth.
Xue Chunyue has been running a boat since he was a child, and he is alert by nature, especially when he goes out, and his sleep is especially light. Soon after he fell asleep, he was awakened by a sound of rustling footsteps, opened his eyes and looked out the window, estimating that it should be around the end of the ugly time, and then looked at the couch, Xuecheng had already gotten up, holding the hilt of the sword, and listened vigilantly to the movement outside the room.
"Xuecheng, but is it different?" Xue Chunyue lowered his voice and walked over gently.
"Young master, don't worry, just three or five rats, Xuecheng can handle it himself."
The two of them were about to respond, but they heard footsteps slowly cross their door and continue to the front of the hallway. These three rooms were originally the last three connected at the end of the second floor, and there was only one bedroom left before that, which was given to Liu Jing by Xue Chunyue, and now Miss Liu is living. Only then did Xue Chunyue understand that the target of the thief was not him, but Miss Liu.
"Young master, it seems that the other party is going for Miss Liu, and I don't know if these two brothers and sisters are unlucky or have offended someone, and they have met bad people again and again."
"We cannot see death without salvation when entrusted by others to end their lives. In order not to startle the snake, Xuecheng, you go out of the window, go around to the backyard and inform Liu Gongzi, I will follow them, if the target is really the Liu family brothers and sisters, then Miss Liu is in danger, I must save her first"
"Young Master! This is absolutely unacceptable, the dangerous thing is naturally done by Xuecheng, you go and inform Liu Gongzi, I will go to the last few thieves! β
"Hero save beauty, do you still want to rob me?"
"This ......"
Xue Chunyue patted Xuecheng on the shoulder, slowly walked to the door, and then gestured to Xuecheng. Xuecheng nodded, jumped forward, and jumped out of the window lightly.
Xue Chunyue quietly walked out of the door and moved forward against the wall. Suddenly, several dark shadows flashed in front of him, and one of them was carrying a sleeping woman on his shoulder, presumably it must be Miss Liu, Xue Chunyue followed out with an arrow, but saw that the thief had already gotten on a few fast horses and galloped away. He had no time to care, but took a fast horse from the stable and chased after him.
The gate of Luo'an had long been closed, but Xue Chunyue saw from a distance that the thieves had actually gone out through the Yi'er Gate, and it seemed that he had already bought the guards of the city gate. He looked around, and immediately abandoned his horse and landed on the ground, jumping into the dotted net......
Not long after, Xue Chunyue sneaked outside the city through the waterway. He estimated that the thief's mentality when he left the city must be relaxed, and the night was already deep, so he should not go far, so he followed the footprints of the horses all the way to a dense forest outside the city. Looking out through the moonlight, there was a hut not far from the woods, and there was a faint light in the house, and he quietly followed, and was about to draw his sword, but found that his limbs were weak, and the hilt of the sword seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.
Could it be that he was poisoned by a thief's sweat? Wrong! The food for supper is served directly from the back kitchen, and the thieves don't know what they ordered, so it's hard to do it in advance in the back kitchen, unless ...... That's right, it's the sobering soup the night before going to bed! When they left the table, a man who claimed to be the second boy of the shop once gave them a sobering soup, and if he was careless, he still fell for the trick!
Xue Chunyue was thinking about it, when a slap suddenly sounded in the house, and he hurriedly approached the outer wall of the thatched hut and looked into the window.
Miss Liu was already awake, her face was red and swollen, and he clenched his fists slightly.