Chapter 270: No lights at night

Xiao Jiading handed the reins of the two horses to a groom who came by next to him, and the groom gave them the two signs. Then he led the horse to the backyard.

The two walked into the inn, which turned out to be a large shop, with people lying down for a long time, and it seemed that they were some coolies or travelers who walked the rivers and lakes. This is a place where official roads must pass. So there are actually a lot of customers, and perhaps it is for this reason that the shopkeeper of this inn does not care about the feelings of the guests and treats people coldly.

At the place leaning towards the door, there was a counter, and behind the counter stood an old man, expressionless, looking at them coldly: "Live downstairs or upstairs?" ”

Xiao Jiading glanced over and made sure that there were no three people in the Chase shop downstairs. Listening to what the old man said, there are only upstairs and downstairs, so they should be upstairs compared to them. So, Xiao Jiading was about to answer the upstairs, but Huang Shiyun smiled sweetly and said, "By the way, on the way, we saw three women also coming this way, two young women, wearing long skirts that were dragged to the ground. There was also an old woman who followed. Excuse me, uncle, do they live on it? ”

The old man shook his head: "No! ”

Xiao Jiading was shocked, and glanced at Huang Shiyun, if they didn't live on it, then it would be useless for the two of them to live here. You'll have to find it quickly.

Xiao Jiading was about to go out, when he suddenly heard the old man say: "They live in the back." ”

The old man gasped as he spoke. This made Xiao Jiading and Huang Shiyun a little crying and laughing. Huang Shiyun hurriedly asked again: "Can you live in the back?" ”

"There's a suite in the back, and it's expensive."

"How expensive can it be?" Huang Shiyun smiled, "We also live in the back." ”

But when the old man quoted the house price at the back, the smile on Huang Shiyun's face disappeared, and she looked at Xiao Jiading bitterly.

If he had entered Beijing before, Xiao Jiading would have felt that this house price was too outrageous, but now, he can be described as wealthy. Unconsciously, he said, "Okay, stay behind." ”

As soon as he heard that the two of them lived in the back, the old man finally had a smile on his face, even his back was slightly bent, and his voice was a little more flattering: "Then please settle the house payment first, it's the rules of the shop, I'm really sorry." ”

Xiao Jiading took out a small piece of gold leaf, put it in front of the old man, and said, "If you can do me a favor." You don't have to look for the rest. ”

This small piece of gold leaf can cover at least three suites. When the old man heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly grabbed the gold leaf in his hand, nodded and said, "Young master, you can just give orders." I can do it at all, old man! ”

"Put us next door to these three people. May I? ”

"This ...... There's a lot of people living next door! "The shopkeeper is a little embarrassed.

Huang Shiyun said: "Forget it, let's find another place to live, and the gold leaves will be returned to us." ”

"Don't!" The shopkeeper gritted his teeth, "I'll arrange it for you right away!" Please sit down and you'll be right away! ”

The shopkeeper hurried in. Xiao Jiading leaned against the counter and looked at the people in the Chase Shop. There were already people on it who were snoring at different heights. Some people had not slept yet, they were sitting there talking, and some were looking at Xiao Jiading and them curiously. Of course, many men peeked at the young and beautiful Huang Shiyun.

After a while. The shopkeeper finally came back, with an excited face: "Okay! The suite next door has been vacated. Two please. ”

followed the shopkeeper to the backyard, and there was only a row of side rooms in the backyard, which was basically lit. It seems that there are still a lot of rich merchants in the capital, and they can afford to live in high-end places.

The shopkeeper carried a lantern. He led them to one of the rooms, and said in a low voice to the other room without light, "They live here." ”

Xiao Jiading and Huang Shiyun glanced at each other, and a thought popped up in their heads: Why don't you light the lamp? Did you fall asleep as soon as you entered the door? Do you have to get up early tomorrow morning and go?

Neither of them spoke, the shopkeeper entered the house, because the house had just been vacated, it was a little messy, and the shopkeeper said to Xiao Jiading in a sneering manner: "Or, I'll let the guy clean up?" ”

Xiao Jiading shook his head, he saw that the bedding had not yet been dispersed, it was obvious that the people who lived here before had not slept or touched the bedding, so there was no need to change it, but Huang Shiyun had a habit of cleanliness, even if people did not move, she was also dirty, so she wanted to let the shopkeeper change, and clean up the house to live, but looking at Xiao Jiading's eyes, it seemed that he had no such idea, so he had to stop talking.

The shopkeeper was also happy to worry, and repeatedly said sorry, let the two of them have a good rest, and then said goodbye.

After he left, Huang Shiyun closed the door, latched it, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, why do we live next door to them?" Wouldn't it be better to live upstairs and observe more clearly? ”

Xiao Jiading thought for a moment and said: "Their whereabouts are a little weird, it stands to reason that such a high-ranking official as Laiji, even if it is his cousin, will not only arrange for an old woman to follow, but also on foot." Although this old woman is a very powerful character, this behavior is too abnormal. So I wanted to live next to them and see what was going on. At the same time, I don't know if Wu Jieyu Niangniang's real purpose for us to follow them is to protect them. But I guess Jieyu Niangniang should have this meaning, we stay by their side, in case of any danger, we can also follow up and protect at any time. ”

Huang Shiyun stuck out her tongue: "It's still the eldest brother who thinks thoughtfully." ”

When she went into the back room, she saw that there was only one large bed, although there was only a double wide quilt on the bed. But you can't share a bed with two people, right? Although the two had such an experience, it was after Xiao Jiading got drunk.

Huang Shiyun blushed and said to Xiao Jiading: "There is only one bed, or big brother, you sleep on the bed, and I will make the floor." I'll just ask the shopkeeper for a quilt. ”

Xiao Jiading said: "No need, you sleep in bed, I usually don't sleep at night." ”

"Huh? If you don't sleep, what do you do that night? ”

Xiao Jiading said: "I meditate all night until dawn the next day, so you don't care about me." I can meditate more than I can sleep. Alright, wash and sleep. ”

After the two finished washing, Xiao Jiading sat cross-legged outside, closing his eyes and calming down. Huang Shiyun was a little apprehensive and disappointed in the back room, but in the end she gritted her teeth, blew out the lights, took off her skirt, wore only a close-fitting middle coat, and climbed into bed.

Although Xiao Jiading meditated, his ears and eyes were extremely sensitive at this time, and he could hear the abnormal noise next door.

However, for the whole night, no unusual sounds were heard. He thought that the three of them should have gotten up early the next morning and set off the next day, but he didn't hear the person next door get up until after sunrise the next morning.

At this time, Huang Shiyun had already gotten up, but she saw that Xiao Jiading had been meditating, so she didn't dare to come out to disturb, just sat there and waited.

When Xiao Jiading got up and went to the door to look out through the crack in the door, Huang Shiyun tiptoed out and stood beside Xiao Jiading.

Xiao Jiading signaled her not to make a sound, looked out through the crack in the door, and saw Siqi and the three of them, shoulder to shoulder, supporting each other, slowly walking out, and before walking to the door of the backyard to enter the front hall and back door, the old woman turned around again, and a sharp gaze swept over, projecting on Xiao Jiading's eyes.

Xiao Jiading was clever and shivered, and couldn't help but take half a step back, almost hitting Huang Shiyun behind him.

Huang Shiyun was a little flustered when she saw him, this kind of look was difficult for her to appear on the face of a calm person like Xiao Jiading. So she was also a little nervous, and hurriedly whispered, "What's wrong?" What's the problem? ”

Xiao Jiading shook his head, wanting to throw away the cold and biting feeling, but it was useless, that feeling was like a human brand, which had been burned in his mind.

Huang Shiyun was even more nervous when she saw that Xiao Jiading didn't answer her words, so she also went to the crack in the door to look, but she couldn't see them.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Jiading opened the door, glanced at Huang Shiyun, motioned for her to follow, went out of the courtyard gate, led the horse over, and didn't ride, just led it and walked along the post road. Walking out of the town, I saw the three of them from a distance, supporting each other side by side.

Huang Shiyun said in a low voice: "Big brother, don't we have to go to the front to wait for them first?" ”

"No!" Xiao Jiading said, "I feel that they are already suspecting us of following them, if we go to the front, they may hide or take other roads, then we will be in trouble if we can't find them." Therefore, since they were already suspicious, they simply followed and followed all the way, anyway, it was a post road, a post road of the imperial court, everyone could go. ”

"It's also true, even if they doubt us, they can't stop us from walking."

The two of them seemed to be talking to themselves, but the three people in front of them didn't seem to notice that they were following behind, and just walked forward unhurriedly.

In this way, the two groups of people walked forward one after the other. By noon, the three people in front stopped to eat dry food on the side of the road. Xiao Jiading and the others also stopped to eat, and then continued to walk forward after eating. In the evening, I stayed at an inn again. The next day, we will continue walking.

In this way, after walking for more than a month, they had entered the dense primeval jungle, walking on the winding mountain post road in the undulating mountains.

Along the way, Siqi and the three of them, who were walking in front, walked forward unhurriedly, Xiao Jiading and Huang Shiyun also followed, neither of the two groups of people greeted anyone, they all treated each other as if they didn't exist, and they walked safely for so many days, which is really a little strange.

That's when something even stranger happened.

On this day, Huang Shiyun whispered to Xiao Jiading: "It's not far from Sizhou here, it's about half a month's journey, and if you take a small road, it is estimated that it will be about seven or eight days." ”

Xiao Jiading breathed a sigh of relief, and sent them safely, and he could be regarded as a messenger. (To be continued......)