Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Story of the Pass (1)
On the Qianli Valley Road in Tongguan, a group of people and horses came with the wind on their backs, and dozens of people in front and behind were knights riding tall horses, guarding a carriage in the middle. Although the knights were plainly dressed, they were tall and burly, and their eyes were introverted, and they knew that they were masters at a glance. I really couldn't see it, but I also stood on the side of the road and pointed out:
"I don't know which noble family this is, it's going to snow and still want to get out."
A knight rode to the carriage and whispered:
"Master, it's going to snow heavily, Mr. Li asked us if we want to rest in Tongguan for one night?"
A low, magnetic male voice came from inside:
"Didn't you say that you went out of Tongguan today? Tonight, I will stay outside Tongguan. β
The voice was calm, but the knight was very honestly afraid, and said:
"Master, I know."
Before the knight ran to the end, the speed of the group increased significantly.
After inspecting their identities, the group left Tongguan. One person in the car:
"It's been a lot of time."
Another voice in the car responded:
"Master, there is no way to do this, the spies of the Tibetans and Uighurs are too arrogant, all over the Central Plains, and they have to be guarded against. When Hebei is pacified, our Datang will recover Hehuang, Anxi, and Beiting, and then the world will be peaceful, and the people will be smooth in and out of Guanzhong. β
"Hehehehe," another voice in the car showed that the old man was clearly in a good mood, and then the voice in the car went down.
When it was getting late, the snow finally became heavier, although it had not passed, the sky was like the bottom of a pot, black and yellow, and the group was not panicked, and still walked unhurriedly along the official road. From time to time, a hand stretched out in the carriage and lifted the curtains, apparently watching the snow, and from time to time there were sounds of exclamation from the carriage, as if the people inside had never been far away. The knights on either side of the escort were cold, but they had a knowing smile on their faces.
Half an hour later, the group finally stopped in front of an inn on the edge of the Nanyuan Station, and the coachman quickly set up a bench under the wheel, and an umbrella was also propped up in front of the carriage, but the people who came down from the carriage were jumping. A half-grown child fell from the car to the ground, listening to the complaints of the people in the car and bringing out a string of cheerful laughter. Then, two middle-aged men were helped out of the carriage by the coachman.
"Ancestor, you're here!"
The shopkeeper who was sitting at the counter napping was pushed up by Xiao Er, and as soon as he wiped off the eye feces, a gust of cold wind slipped in. The shopkeeper quickly slipped out of the counter and arched his hands to meet him.
"Master, you're here, yo, what a beautiful little boy, it's the same as in the painting. Master, do you want to live in a hotel or do you want to be sharp? ,I'm sorry.,The small shop's Tianzi room has been booked.,If you want to live.,You can only live in the ground word room.γ β
The middle-aged man surrounded by everyone did not talk to him, and a knight put a cushion on the chair and let the master sit on it, the little boy who had just been praised was about eleven or twelve years old, leaning on the middle-aged man, and the girl was the same, staring at the two dark eyes and looking around, the eyes were black and white, and with the appearance of everyone's son, he was really a beautiful and handsome young man.
A knight with a head and face took out a piece of paper and handed it to the shopkeeper
"Shopkeeper, look at it, the Tianzi room is ordered by my master. Is the room ready to be tied? β
As soon as he heard that the owner of the reservation was coming, the shopkeeper's smile was even brighter, and he even became verbose, and said bluntly:
"I said, who is so magnificent. It turned out that Uncle Huang had arrived. The house was all cleaned up, and the brazier was lit inside, just waiting for the master to come. I thought it was snowing today, and you were resting in Tongguan. I didn't expect you to come, you really believe in your word. β
The little boy stared at the shopkeeper with curiosity on his face, and several attendants wanted to push the shopkeeper away, but they were stopped by Master Huang, who spoke softly and slowly, and hung up with the shopkeeper. It wasn't until the entourage came over and said that the guest room had been seen, that Master Huang got up and walked to the guest room with the little boy.
The guest rooms of Master Huang and Xiao Gongzi are in the two largest rooms, and the surrounding rooms are occupied by the entourage, and there are few people coming and going in winter. The little boy learned to be like an adult and said to his father with a straight face:
"Dad, this shopkeeper is really an old-fashioned and warm-hearted person."
Hearing this, Master Huang and the other middle-aged man behind him both smiled slightly. However, the two obviously only regarded this as a child's big talk, and did not refute it. At that moment, Master Huang instructed two equally handsome little servants to serve the little boy to rest for a while, and then come out when it was time to eat, and went into the room with another middle-aged man who looked like a guest.
After eating, he instructed the little boy's servant not to close the window of the room to prevent the brazier from being poisoned. The snowflakes were still falling, but when the shopkeeper woke up at night, he found that several knights were patrolling outside the Tianzi room, and the sleepy-eyed junior had no time to care about which master was so pompous, so he went back to the room to sleep.
The next morning, as soon as the snow had stopped, the knights tied chains to the wheels of the chariot, and when the passers-by asked curiously, the knights replied:
"It's used to prevent slipping when you're traveling in the snow."
Passers-by were amazed, and even the entourage of officials from Nanyuan Station came to watch. But after all, it was not a big bustle, and after the chain was wrapped, the onlookers left. It's just that when Mr. Huang and his entourage went out to board the car, the excitement came.
The little boy refused to leave.
The little boy saw a little beggar.
The little beggar lay in the arms of the old beggar, and the old beggar lay by the door of the inn.
The old beggar begged for a bowl of hot soup again, and the result, of course, was that last night, the little boy praised him as the shopkeeper of the old way, and urged the old beggar to go quickly, not to defile his faΓ§ade and disturb his business.
"Dad, that kid is so pitiful. Why wouldn't the shopkeeper give them a bowl of hot soup? β
Master Huang didn't answer, but just grabbed the little boy and asked him to continue watching.