There was no sound outside the door, Yuan Chen listened attentively for a while, he was puzzled, he couldn't rest assured, he still put on his clothes and pants, came to the door, and listened for a while.

There was no movement outside the door, Yuan Chen slowly pulled the door open, and looked into the corridor.

The corridor was empty, there was no one in sight, only the gusts of yin wind that flowed in from nowhere, blowing the ankles of Yuan Chen, who was not wearing shoes, cold.

She hurriedly closed the door, locked it again, and turned back against the door frame, her heart beating wildly. She thought back to the scenes from those horror movies, and they looked so similar to tonight. In the dark night when she couldn't see her fingers, there always seemed to be a figure she couldn't see watching her. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shudder, and wanted to go next door to find Liu Ming, but she was embarrassed. After all, before the opening of the room, she asked for separate accommodations, and now if she goes to find each other because she is afraid of facing the night alone, won't she be ridiculed by the other party?

Thinking of this, Yuan Chen had no choice but to pluck up his courage, return to the bathtub, and ponder for a moment. Maybe it's the movement of the wind drums? She finally found an excuse for herself, laughed at herself, and thought so, as she took off her coat, but still looked at the door and window a few more times, and listened carefully to the sound, before finally removing all her clothes and dipping into the basin.

After taking a bath, the fatigue of Lian Yan finally surged into all organs of her body, and as soon as her head hit the pillow, she fell into a groggy sleep.

I don't know how long she slept, Yuan Chen suddenly heard the door knock again, she raised her head vigilantly, paying attention to the movement outside the door. But I don't know how many shifts it took, but the sky was like black ink, and I couldn't see anything clearly. When she was really confused, she only heard the strange sound of the door lock, as if someone had somehow opened it from the outside, and then, with a "squeak", the door was slowly pushed open. She was startled and was about to scream, but suddenly she found that the door was bright, and the torches were bright, as if it were day. The person who came in at the head was none other than Wu Ruojie!

"Yuanyuan!" Wu Ruojie screamed, ran to her side quickly, hugged her violently, and kissed her. The warm lips roamed her face freely. The hand wearing the ring also slowly slid towards her thigh, and the cold feeling suddenly stimulated her nerves, and her slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened a gap, but the person in front of her turned out to be Liu Ming!

"What are you doing?" Yuan Chen violently pushed Liu Ming away and shouted.

I saw Liu Ming's face hideous, revealing a kind of evil smile that she had never seen before, and said, "What do I want to do, don't you know?" I've coveted your body for a long time, but now it's time to get it, right? ”

"You...... Liu Ming! Yuan Chen said angrily, "Why didn't I recognize you as such a person in the first place?" It's a shame that Yuan Moqing and I have always been your closest people. ”

"Am I the closest person?" Liu Ming laughed out loud and said, "If I am the closest person, how can you be so sad for that Wu Sangui?" Hugh is going to lie to me, get rid of me! As he spoke, he pounced and pressed Yuan Chen under him, his hands fumbling wildly. Although this person was Liu Ming, he didn't know why there was an extra ring of Wu Ruojie on his hand, and the ring was cold, wandering wantonly on Yuan Chen's legs, sliding upwards little by little.

"Ahh Yuan Chen screamed and woke up suddenly.

The sun outside the window shone on her face, warming her cheeks. Her quilt was pressed against her body, but her legs were exposed, and it was cold when she touched the wall panel by the window.

It turned out to be a dream. Yuan Chen breathed a sigh of relief, got up and walked to the window, pushed open the window, and looked out.

Yin Yin pink, whisking willow green, is the best time to shine. Yuan Chen couldn't help but take a breath of fresh air, and a rare smile appeared on his face. Perhaps, the world alone is just as good.

I don't know if Liu Ming got up, maybe he would sleep a little longer because of fatigue. Let's not bother him just yet. Yuan Chen thought, walked out of the door alone, glanced at Liu Ming's room, and walked to the front desk.

"Miss, are you awake?" The shopkeeper saw Yuan Chen walk out and greeted him.

"Hmm." Yuan Chen nodded and ordered, "Fetch a basin of water and send it to my room in a while." ”

"Yes, miss." The shopkeeper nodded, and went down to prepare.

Yuan Chen went out for a walk, deliberately stepped on the loose and new soil, and the whole person seemed to be completely new. Then, she went back to the room, washed up, looked at the sun, and estimated that Liu Ming should also get up soon, so she called Xiao Er to come and ordered to prepare two breakfasts.

"Miss, do you want to eat two servings by yourself?" Xiao Er asked puzzled.

"How can I eat two servings by myself?" Yuan Chen smiled, "It's for my traveling companion next door." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, followed her finger and looked next door, and said, "But...... The boy next door is already gone. ”

"What?" Yuan Chen was taken aback, "What did you say?" ”

Xiao Er Nuo repeated: "I said, the son next door has already left." ”

"When did you leave?" Yuan Chen's eyes widened and he hurriedly asked.

"I left before dawn...... Xiao Er said.

Yuan Chen didn't have time to wait for Xiao Er to finish speaking, so he quickly ran to the next room, the room was indeed unoccupied, and the door was not locked, so he pushed it open. Yuan Chen walked in, only to see that the quilt on the bed was neat, and it seemed that no one had ever slept before.

He ...... Why did he just leave? Yuan Chen muttered, puzzled.

"By the way, miss." Xiao Er said, taking out some silver taels from his arms, "This is what the boy left when he left, let me pass it on to you." And the horse by the manger, Childe said to keep it for you. ”

"What else did he say?" Yuan Chen suddenly turned around and asked, startling Xiao Er.

"Like...... It seems that it is not too much to confess. Xiao Er said, "However, the boy left in a hurry, and it seemed that the person who came had something important to look for him." ”

"What? Comer? Yuan Chen was stunned for a moment and asked, "You mean he didn't go by himself?" And others? ”

"Not bad." Xiao Er said, "So Miss, you don't know yet? The boy was with a young lady. Oh, by the way, that young lady only has one arm. ”

"What?" After Yuan Chen heard this, his body trembled. Could it be that the person who called Liu Ming away was Duan Xuehong? This...... How is this possible?

"Miss?" Seeing Yuan Chen's coldness, Xiao Er whispered to the side.

"Oh? Oh," Yuan Chen came to his senses, smiled awkwardly, and said, "That's it, trouble little brother." ”

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Xiao Er laughed innocently, and after putting down the silver, he turned to leave.

Yuan Chen returned to his room, sat in front of the window, looked at the irritating light outside the window, and felt extremely irritable with the noise of mosquitoes and flies in his ears. Why, why did Duan Xuehong come to take Liu Ming away again? Are they going to go and coming back? Or is it gone? Looking at the amount of silver he left to himself, it seemed that he would never return. So, where do you go from here? Do you want to go back to find Wu Ruojie the same way? No, never like that! They have broken up, and they have split up completely. He had already uttered words of desperation, it was not that she had left him, but that he had driven her away.

So, continue north? Do you break out of the world alone in this troubled world? No, not really. Because these are troubled times, it is much more dangerous for her to go on the road alone as a beautiful girl. Therefore, staying here should be the best choice. And now that Liu Zongmin's army is heading north, Jiangnan should be able to avoid war for the time being. It should be much safer to stay. Thinking of this, she turned her head to look at the silver taels that Liu Ming had left for her. There were scattered pieces of silver, and there were also a few silver tickets. Looking at that face value, it shouldn't run out for a long time. This made her heart settle down a little.

After putting away the silver taels, Yuan Chen walked to the counter in front of him.

"What do you command?" The shopkeeper smiled and asked.

"You...... Are you the only one here? Yuan Chen thought for a moment and asked.

"Oh, no." Xiao Er denied, but did not say the reason. Maybe he didn't want to say it, Yuan Chen thought.

"Well, look at your store is so luxurious, but it doesn't seem to be inhabited or serviced inside. Why is that? Yuan Chen reluctantly expressed his doubts.

"This ......" Xiao Er groaned for a while, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Miss, I can't hide it, this store is actually my boss's, but because of the war, the boss and the proprietress have hid far away, and the other personnel have been dismissed by the way." At present, only me and Humble Jing are left in the store. I'm in charge of the reception in the front, and she's in charge of cooking in the back. That's all. ”

"I see," Yuan Chen nodded, and said, "Seeing that there is no war in Yangzhou City, how could your boss leave to avoid the war?" ”

"Ahem," Xiao Er shook his head and said, "No matter how flashy the surface is, it's just the surface." The actual situation is far less than what the young lady sees. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Chen was stunned for a moment and asked curiously, "What is the actual situation?" ”

"Alas," Xiao Er smiled bitterly, "Miss, I see that you are also a real person, and I am not afraid to tell you that now this Yangzhou City has basically become the land of the righteous army." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Yuan Chen hurriedly said, "Didn't Liu Zongmin's righteous army go north?" Didn't Li Zicheng's righteous army march eastward in Shaanxi? How can there be a rebel army here? ”

"You...... How do you know? Xiao Er looked at Yuan Chen in shock, as if she was a monster.

"I ...... I've just heard about it. Yuan Chen hurriedly said.

"Oh," Xiao Er seemed to believe it when he heard this explanation, and he calmed down before he said, "The righteous army here is Liu Zongmin's subordinates. ”

"What? His subordinates? Yuan Chen became more and more confused.

"It's true." Xiao Er said, "Don't look at him, he led a lot of elites to lead the army north, but he also left a lot of elites here." Do you know why he did it? ”

"I hope the little brother will explain in detail." Yuan Chen hugged his fists.

"If you have heard about the progress of the rebel army, you must also know about General Wu Sangui's garrison in Changzhou, right?" Xiao Er asked.

Hearing this name, Yuan Chen's heart tightened, his throat choked for a while, and he just nodded.

"It is said that after Liu Zongmin's troops march north, Wu Ruojie will inevitably be ordered to pursue. However, with the situation controlled by his troops, it is still unknown whether he can really attack. If they attack, the Yangzhou elite will remain for the sake of assassination. If Wu Sangui does not move, then this is Liu Zongmin's rear, and after he becomes famous, it may be more effortless to go back and clean up Wu Sangui. ”

"You...... How do you know this? Yuan Chen looked at each other in surprise and asked.

"To tell you the truth," Xiao Er said, "although there are almost no guests in my store, there are many diners, and many of them are the remaining elites." When they dine at my place, they almost never take me and Clumsy Jing in their eyes, and they are never afraid of us listening to anything. Also, maybe it's because I'm too honest with Clumsy Jing......"

Yuan Chen didn't have the patience to listen to the other party's chatter, and asked again: "Then do you think this Wu Sangui will send troops?" ”

"It's not what I said," Xiao Er said with a smile, "but those 'diners' said that Wu Sangui would definitely send troops." ”

"Oh? Why? Yuan Chen was very puzzled.

"Just before I came yesterday, I heard a few people talking about this matter during dinner, saying that they wanted to use someone to attract Wu Sangui and lead him to send troops."

"Alone?" Yuan Chen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who is so important?" Can you single-handedly draw in a large number of troops? ”

Xiao Er shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "I can't stand beside others and listen, only Ying Zhuozhuo listened to a rough idea." It is said to be a woman, and it seems to be called 'Yuanyuan'. ”

"Huh?" Yuan Chen's face turned red after hearing this, and his heart was beating wildly, and he was extremely nervous. Could it be that these rebels want her to use her as bait to attract Wu Ruojie to come and submit?

"What? Miss? Do you know this woman? Xiao Er asked.

"No, no, I've never heard of it." Yuan Chen hurriedly waved his hand and denied, "I just think that I can lead out the army with the power of one person, but I really don't know what is so powerful about this person." ”

"I don't know." Xiao Er also shook his head and said.

"But how dare they guarantee that this person is in Yangzhou?" Yuan Chen asked again.

"I don't know." Xiao Er said, only to hear a shout from the back kitchen: "Master, come here." ”

"Right now!" Xiao Er replied. Xiang Yuan Chen hugged his fist. Yuan Chen nodded, and Xiao Er retreated.

Yuan Chen looked at Xiao Er's back and fell into deep thought again. What's going on here? Why do those people think that they must be in Yangzhou? Even before they spoke, they hadn't been to Yangzhou or this hotel. Could there be something else going on?

Slowly, Yuan Chen thought about it, and suddenly seemed to understand something. I didn't see that Xuehong on the same road as them along the way, but this morning she went to leave with Liu Ming. And if she follows closely along the way, but doesn't show her figure, then it is normal for her conversation with Liu Ming to be heard and her whereabouts to be recognized. That's why these people can make such plans in advance. It seems that the play co-starred by Liu Ming and Duan Xuehong is still not finished.

Yuan Chen was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard a miserable scream from the back kitchen-"Ah! She was taken aback, feeling foreboding, and hurried to the back kitchen.