Chapter Twenty-Three: "Things Are Wrong"
The inside of the carriage was spacious and comfortable, and Xiao Xinyi didn't feel too much bumps along the way, and it didn't take long to leave Surabaya City, and it was a long official road out of the city.
Zhuge Qinghong said to Xiao Xinyi while driving: "From now on, you are Mrs. Mu, I am your escort Huatang, and I went to Jiangcheng this time to find your long-lost sister, do you remember?"
Xiao Xinyi replied, "I remember."
Then he didn't say anything all the way, and walked for about two hours, only to hear Zhuge Qinghong say outside: "Madam, there is Jiangcheng in front."
Just a few words touched Xiao Xinyi's deepest memory, Jiangcheng, Xiao Xinyi is back.
Rubbing his sour eyes, Xiao Xinyi lifted the window curtain of the carriage and looked out, the carriage had arrived under the gate of Jiangcheng, everything had not changed, the towering gate was still majestic and tall, but the two words of Jiangcheng made people's eyes hurt a little.
The carriage drove through the city gate into the street, and she looked at the street exactly as she remembered, only to find that she did not know any of the people walking in the street. Things are not people, and that's just the case.
Zhuge Qinghong did not go to the lively street market, but drove a carriage to pick some streets with fewer pedestrians, and after a few turns, he stopped at the door of a house called Fulai Inn, Zhuge Qinghong took the footstool and helped Xiao Xinyi off the carriage.
A guy who ran out of the store took the reins in Zhuge Qinghong's hand and asked, "Are the two guest officers sharpening or staying in the store?"
Zhuge Qinghong threw him a piece of silver and said, "Prepare two upper rooms for us." The guy who ran the hall took the silver and looked at it, and saw that it was engraved with a magnolia pattern, and then said with a smile on his face: "Please come with me, two of you."
The two followed him all the way to the third floor, and when they walked to the end of the corridor, the running man pointed to the rooms with opposite doors and said, "Guest officer, these two rooms are the best rooms in our store."
Zhuge Qinghong nodded and said to the guy in the running hall: "Trouble this little brother, you can prepare some light food for us and send it to the room."
Ran Tang nodded yes again and again.
After the running hall guy went down the stairs, Zhuge Qinghong pushed open the door of the room facing south from the window and said to Xiao Xinyi: "You go go and rest first, someone will come to tell you about Zhong Daxia's situation later."
Xiao Xinyi looked at Zhuge Qinghong's eyes, and then said to him with the blessing of an ordinary woman: "Thank you for your great kindness."
Zhuge Qinghong held her and didn't let her salute and said: "You and I don't have to say thank you, I don't want to hear you say this word to me." After saying that, he pushed open a door on the other side and turned around and entered the room.
Xiao Xinyi saw that he closed the room and also entered the opposite room, the room is very large, the layout is also very luxurious, the room is divided into two rooms, a living room and a bedroom, there is a tulle screen in front of the bed in the bedroom, the screen is embroidered with a picture of Mulan fighting for spring, Xiao Xinyi has no intention of appreciating the decoration in the room, and walks to the front of the window to open the sash.
At this time, it was Shen Shi, the sun was setting, and a faint afterglow shone through the window on the floor of the room, Xiao Xinyi looked at the bustling pedestrians on the street who were busy returning home, and sketched the landform of this Jiangcheng over and over again in his mind, thinking about how far away this place was from Cang'anzhuang.
Xiao Xinyi was still young when she left Jiangcheng, and the specific location of Cang'an Villa was already very vague to her, she only remembered that her home was behind a begonia forest, and there was a crooked river next to it, and there was a small stone bridge over the river, and every time her mother took her out to play, she had to take a horse-drawn carriage to get to the market. Now that I think about it, Cang'an Villa should have been built on the outskirts of Jiangcheng.
Xiao Xinyi raised his eyes and looked around, and everywhere he saw were houses and roads, and he couldn't see clearly if he was far away. The heavy snow ten years ago not only frostbitten her body, but also burned her eyes.
Xiao Er didn't wait long to bring the food up, and by the way, he also lit a brazier for Xiao Xinyi, which must have been ordered by Zhuge Qinghong. Xiao Xinyi hastily ate some food, walked out of the door and knocked on Zhuge Qinghong's door, but there was no movement inside. "Did he go out?" Xiao Xinyi walked downstairs suspiciously.
As soon as I arrived downstairs, Xiao Xinyi saw a familiar figure sitting in the dining room, but wearing a plain white robe that was not the impression of the plain clothes, but a bright robe brocade, at this moment the owner of the robe was half-lying on a mahogany brocade couch with a cloud pattern white jade cup, accompanied by two maids on the left and right, beads and hairpins, light clothes and tulle, all of them were stunning beauties, and they could smell a fragrance of fat powder from afar. The utensils used at the table were all gold, silver and jade, which was very luxurious.
The world's richest man travels as standard, with gorgeous clothes and brocade beautiful girls, and golden cups and jade glass chopsticks. Xiao Xinyi can be regarded as seeing it today. But he is such a drunken and luxurious person, but he has a chic and elegant name, flowing clouds and words. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the world, the white clouds and flowing water are self-dependent.
Although it was the time to eat, there was a table of guests in the hall, and the richest man in the world also had a hobby, and he would clear the venue wherever he ate, so Yun Xiangyi Gongzi has always been at the top of the list of the most popular innkeepers. These bosses not only have several times more money than usual, but also have a clean income, why not.
Yun Gongzi's food is all brought, pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, everything is available.
At this time, the clouds and clouds were dependent on the son, and he was quietly watching the maid next to him pour the yellowish and clear wine into the beautifully carved white jade wine glass. As soon as the wine entered the glass, the aroma overflowed, and Xiao Xinyi knew that the aroma of wine was his favorite burning feeling.
A slender and white hand gently pinched the white jade cup, which was a pair of hands that would make a woman jealous when she saw it. The originally exquisite white jade cup instantly became dull under the backdrop of those hands.
Xiao Xinyi only knew that he was stunning, but it was the first time he had seen him look so evil.
As if sensing that someone was looking at him, the owner of the white jade cup glanced at Xiao Xinyi who was standing at the top of the stairs with his blurry fox eyes, then turned his eyes away again, and sent the jade cup to his thin lips and drank it all. When the maid saw this, she poured it for him again, and he drank cup after cup.
If this way of drinking is seen by people who love wine, they will complain that he is destroying the heavens.
Xiao Xinyi knew that he would not stop if he didn't finish drinking a pot of wine today, and seeing that he didn't recognize himself, he walked to the front of the account and asked the shopkeeper who was looking at Yunliu in a daze: "May I ask the shopkeeper if you see where the man with the scar on his face has gone."
The shopkeeper came back to his senses when she asked, and said, "That strong man has been out for a while."
Xiao Xinyi replied, "Thank you, shopkeeper." She looked out of the inn for a while, saw that there was no figure of Zhuge Qinghong, and was about to go upstairs, when she turned around, she saw Yunliu looking at her, her eyes were full of playfulness, Xiao Xinyi thought to herself, "I've become like this, is it possible that you can still recognize me." ”
As soon as she raised her foot, she heard Yunliu say, "This lady is so familiar, have we met somewhere?"
Xiao Xinyi rolled his eyes at him in his heart, the richest man in the world, can he change his opening remarks.
Xiao Xinyi naturally couldn't reveal her identity now, so he gave him a blessing and said, "This son probably recognized the wrong person, and the concubine has never met the son."
Yunliu smiled and said as if he was extremely happy: "So that's it."
I recognized the wrong person below, but meeting is fate, I don't know if my wife is willing to have a drink with me. ”
Xiao Xinyi looked at his playful eyes and said, "Thank you for your kindness, the concubine still has something to do, and I don't dare to disturb my son, Yaxing." After speaking, he turned around and went up the stairs, only to hear a burst of laughter from behind, and Xiao Xinyi once again wondered if he recognized him.
After about half an hour, Xiao Xinyi heard someone knocking on the door, and then Zhuge Qinghong's voice came: "Madame can be in the room."
Xiao Xinyi walked to the door and said, "I'm here."
"My subordinates found the person who took care of your sister back then, and he was by my side at this time, so I don't know if it is convenient for Mrs. to see him." Before he could finish speaking, the door creaked open from the inside.
Xiao Xinyi hurriedly opened the door and looked out of the door, and saw a woman in her forties standing next to Zhuge Qinghong, with her head down and a submissive look, she flashed open the door and said to them: "Come on."
After they entered the room, Xiao Xinyi bolted the door, Zhuge Qinghong walked to the seat, sat down and said to the woman: "This is Zhong Yuan's junior sister Miss Jiang, you will tell the truth about the situation."
The old woman changed her resignation just now, bowed to Zhuge Qinghong and said, "Yes, son."
Then he said to the two: "When we found Zhong Daxia, he was not injured, but the apprentice next to him was seriously injured, if Zhong Daxia himself, we could still escort him all the way out of Jiangcheng, but he was unwilling to leave his apprentice alone in Jiangcheng, our brother did not dare to act rashly, so he could only send someone to protect Zhong Daxia, and wait for the son to come before making plans."
Zhuge Qinghong looked at Xiao Xinyi and said: "The other party has made full preparations this time, all exits of Jiangcheng have arranged their people, we want to retreat with them, we can only wait for Xiao Duan to come with reinforcements, I have received Xiao Duan's flying pigeon message, he can arrive in Jiangcheng the day after tomorrow, I have discussed with him, then we will rush out from the West Gate closest to Zhong Daxia's hideout, Xiao Duan will pick us up from the West Gate."
Xiao Xinyi listened to them and asked, "Then I wonder if my mother-in-law can take me to my senior brother's hiding place."
Hearing Xiao Xinyi's words, Zhuge Qinghong and the woman's faces were a little strange. The woman looked a little embarrassed and said, "The subordinate's name is Wu Erzhen, and the girl can call me Erzhen."
Xiao Xinyi suddenly understood that this was also transfigured.
Wu Erzhen replied: "Not now, they are guarded at every intersection, but whenever there is a living face entering the city, it will definitely be closely monitored, as long as we leave this inn, we will be watched by them all the way, if we are not completely sure, it is better not to expose our whereabouts."
Xiao Xinyi nodded in disappointment and said, "So it's up to the girl's arrangement, but what is the purpose of this group, the Double Holy Gate has been closed for several years, and they have never made enemies with outsiders, why do they want to besiege my senior brother."
Wu Erzhen hesitated for a moment, as if he had no answer.
Zhuge Qinghong said: "Judging by their actions, it shouldn't be to hurt Zhong Daxia's life, just to capture him, they are willing to spend so much effort to capture the Holy Disciple, in addition to blackmailing the Double Holy Gate, what other purpose will there be."
Xiao Xinyi frowned and didn't say a word.
Zhuge Qinghong saw that she had understood what was going on, and said to Er Zhen: "Everything is going according to plan."
Erzhen said, "Yes."
Zhuge Qinghong got up and said, "I'll send you out."
Erzhen regained her submissive appearance and followed him downstairs. However, the two did not leave the inn, and when they reached the second floor, they entered a room on the second floor together.