Chapter 7: Entering Beijing on the same ship
Zhuge Hanqing glanced sideways at the woman in front of him slightly, and found that under her long brown hair, there was a fair-skinned melon seed face, although it was not the appearance of a country and a city, but it was also a graceful posture. Zhuge Hanqing was fascinated for a moment, but when he saw the bloodstains on the woman's clothes, those unrealistic reveries suddenly disappeared.
The brown-haired woman seemed to feel the other party's attention, and the strength in her hand increased a little, and she lowered her voice and said fiercely: "Don't make any movement, otherwise you will blame this woman for being ruthless under the sword." After speaking, she turned her face sideways and listened to the movement outside the window.
Oh, Zhuge Hanqing faintly heard the sound of heavy horses' hooves approaching the wild shop outside the window, and then there was a rude and rude interrogation from a rough man.
"Shopkeeper, has there ever been a woman in goose yellow clothes here? Be honest! ”
"Uncle, the little one has been busy in the store, and he didn't find any suspicious women, maybe he hid in the forest next to him."
"We're chasing, we can't let her run!" After the man in charge spoke, he urged the horse to gallop away, and the sound of the horse's hooves faded away.
After hearing this brief conversation, Zhuge Hanqing understood the ins and outs of the matter, and the people outside were chasing after the young woman in front of him, and the woman hid in this hometown and wild shop in a hurry, and because of this, he was coldly pressed against his mouth by the scabbard of the human family at this moment.
As for why the shopkeeper would help the woman in front of him, he himself had no way of knowing, maybe the shopkeeper was warned by her, or maybe he really didn't notice anyone hiding in the store.
The brown-haired young woman heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, and quickly opened the door, and the wind disappeared into Zhuge Hanqing's field of vision.
Zhuge Hanqing saw that the other party had left, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Puyang Gu Sheng's curse again: "You woman, don't you have long eyes when you walk, you almost knocked over my medicine." ”
A moment later, Zhuge Hanqing saw him come in with a bowl of steaming herbs.
"Hey, no, when I was just leaving, I obviously brought your door shut, did someone come before?" Puyang Gu Sheng's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he wondered.
"Oh, nobody, the shopkeeper just came into the house to look for something, and forgot to close the door when he left." Zhuge Hanqing didn't want to add to the horror of his somewhat timid temperament, so he simply concealed the truth.
After drinking the herbs to drive away typhoid fever, Zhuge Hanqing felt that the soreness on his body was getting smaller and smaller, and in the evening, he basically regained his previous physical strength. Puyang Gu Sheng was not idle on the side, he found a map of Yuhua Country out of nowhere, and studied there alone for an afternoon.
To Zhuge Hanqing's great surprise, it was not that a gambler would study the map diligently and studiously for an afternoon, but that this horse-powered world would draw such a detailed map, just like the illustrated map in the geography textbook on the earth, with mountains, rivers, villages and towns, and the border passes of the capital and county all being named.
Today, when Zhuge Hanqing and Puyang Gu Sheng galloped side by side in the streets of the county, they found that the local economic level was equivalent to the Han Dynasty in the history and civilization of Chinese on the earth, and it was very close to the tools of travel, the style of architecture, and the clothing of people. Because of this, he once doubted whether he had traveled to the Han Dynasty in history, but unfortunately it was not. When he took advantage of Puyang Gu Sheng's inattention, he secretly turned on the mobile phone and wanted to try to contact the outside world, but found that the mobile phone was still turned off.
"Brother Zhuge , with this map, it will be easier for us to go to Yancheng. When we pass through this county tomorrow, we can go directly by water, and after a few days by land, we will be able to reach Yancheng. Puyang Gu Sheng pointed it out to him and said with relief.
Zhuge Hanqing looked at the huge Yancheng on the map, and he also had indescribable longing and expectation in his heart, because that is the place that can set off a storm.
Early the next morning, Puyang Gu Sheng hired a soft sedan chair from a neighboring village, and in order to take care of Zhuge Hanqing, who had just recovered, he also specially told the sedan chair not to go to a more bumpy place. After a morning's journey, they finally arrived at the Jing River, a large winding river leading to the north---
The sedan chair slowly fell down the soft sedan chair at the riverbank wharf, and Zhuge Hanqing and the two walked out of the sedan chair, and a humid cool breeze blew in their faces. They looked out over the great river, and there were boats of all size, rowing on the water.
"Brother Zhuge , let's take this canopy boat, which is spacious and relatively cheap." Puyang Gu Sheng pointed to one of the many boats on the shore of the dock and said.
"yes, okay." Zhuge Hanqing bowed slightly, and followed Puyang Gu Sheng towards the canopy boat.
As they approached the canopy boat, a dark-skinned middle-aged man in his mid-forties greeted them from the canopy. Puyang Gu Sheng briefly negotiated with him, and after paying half of the fare, the two of them walked into the black tent. Zhuge Hanqing saw that under the spacious awning, six reclining chairs of the bamboo strip weaving city were placed, and it turned out to be a six-seater awning boat.
"Two guest officers, the two of you need to wait for a while, and we will leave as soon as we are full, we are really not satisfied, we will also leave as soon as possible." The captain said with a shy smile.
"Okay, let's just wait." Zhuge Hanqing responded.
About a quarter of an hour later, a young woman flashed in from outside the tent, Zhuge Hanqing only glanced at her, and their expressions were slightly surprised.
Isn't this the woman who put her scabbard to my mouth yesterday? Why is she here? Let's not pick it out with her first, let's see the situation.
Although the brown-haired woman changed her outfit, she was still recognized by Zhuge Hanqing at a glance. The brown-haired woman clenched the sword in her hand slightly, her face remained unchanged, and she calmly sat on the back recliner. He hadn't mentioned yesterday's incident to Puyang Gu Sheng, so Puyang Gu Sheng didn't realize this subtle atmosphere at all.
Puyang Gu Sheng sat on the boat, and after looking at the river view for a while, he began to snore, Zhuge Hanqing heard the sound, and after glancing at him sideways, he had to smile bitterly and shake his head.
About half an hour had passed, and the captain seemed to be unable to wait for the new passengers, and was also worried about the anxiety of the passengers inside, so he untied the tether on the shore and prepared to prop the boat along the river. However, just as Mrs. Captain untied the tie, a middle-aged couple shouted to stop him.
"Don't go, wait for us, wait for us."
"You've come just in time, I've just untied the leash, and I'm about to leave, so sit in the tent." The captain helped them to the boat and spoke politely.
The middle-aged couple is dressed very plainly, and they look like honest people in the village. When they stepped into the tent, they sat directly on two reclining chairs in the second row.
"Damn it, I will definitely take care of your Shen Zhen when I go to Yancheng this time."
"I'm half of the way into the ground, and I don't know how much silver taels I will spend on my family when I go to see a doctor this time."
It turned out to be a couple who went to Yancheng to see a doctor, Zhuge Hanqing wanted to say a few warm words to comfort them, but as soon as he looked back, he saw that the brown-haired woman was staring at him tightly. Zhuge Hanqing suddenly felt a slight chill in his back, and immediately turned around and looked at the river scenery outside the tent.
"A river view is drunk with the prince, and the captain is a song to the cloud building. Where to go to the green mountains on both sides of the strait, the veins of Yandu reflect the autumn. A few seven-word poems unconsciously spit out from Zhuge Hanqing's mouth, and then he raised his hand to cover his mouth.
How could I spit out poetry casually? Thinking that his Chinese classes were spent with saliva and clear dreams, it seems that Zhuge Kongming's wisdom really flowed into his mind...... Thinking of this, the corners of Zhuge Hanqing's mouth raised slightly, and a stirring sense of anticipation churned in his heart.
At noon, Puyang Gu Sheng woke up from his sleep, to be precise, he was woken up by his own croaking stomach.
"It's just been a short time after breakfast, why are you hungry again." Facing his own screaming belly, Puyang Gu Sheng was a little embarrassed and self-deprecating.
Hearing this, Zhuge Hanqing hurriedly took out the pre-prepared blue glutinous rice cakes from his bag and handed them to Puyang Gu Sheng.
"Brother Zhuge , don't just eat me, you eat too." Puyang Gu Sheng took the blue glutinous rice cake and took a big bite.
"I'm not hungry yet, I'll eat later." Zhuge Hanqing responded with a smile, "You eat first, and I'll go outside to blow the wind." ”
After speaking, Zhuge Hanqing got up and came to the stern of the boat and walked to the side of the captain.
"Boatman, this water is so fast, it should be able to reach Yuncheng soon, right?" Zhuge Hanqing asked with a smile.
"Yes, the water is rising upstream, the water is becoming very fast, and it will be there tomorrow at noon." The captain replied as he propped up Artemisia.
At this time, Puyang Gu Sheng also walked out of the tent with two cups of fragrant tea.
"The air outside is much fresher than inside, isn't it Brother Zhuge ?" Puyang Gu Sheng handed Zhuge Hanqing fragrant tea while feeling the cool wind outside the tent.
"We'll have to be careful tonight!" Zhuge Hanqing suddenly lowered his voice and said.
"What's wrong?" Puyang Gu Sheng also asked in a low voice of confusion.
"The young woman kept her sword in her hand, and her eyes were always staring ahead, and I felt very uncomfortable. Also, when the two couples walked into the tent, they walked lightly, breathed lightly, and had a little valgus inside legs, so I didn't think they were ordinary people. Anyway, at night, it's better for us to be more careful. ”
"Okay, I got it. I forgot to tell you, on my way to Langzhong today, I bought a Hidden Arrow at a blacksmith shop, just to prevent others from tracking us, so you can rest assured tonight. Puyang Gu Sheng pointed to his right arm.
"Young man, we will soon reach a bend, the river will become more turbulent, hurry back." The captain suddenly spoke and said loudly.
"Okay, boatman, such a turbulent river, once a person falls, there is a chance that he will die!" Puyang Gu Sheng responded and turned around and walked into the tent, followed by Zhuge Hanqing.