Chapter 39: The Inn
As Yang Liang expected, those people wearing soldiers' clothes really came from Yuncheng, because horse thieves were rampant around Yuncheng, so the government specially sent a team of soldiers to inspect the surroundings to see if there were any horse thieves doing evil around.
It just so happened that he met Yang Liang's group of people who were being besieged by horse thieves, and it could be regarded as solving their predicament.
There were about twenty or thirty of the new horse thieves, all of whom looked big and round-waisted, and they looked very difficult to mess with, but even if they were not easy to provoke, they would have no choice but to obediently tie their hands and arrest them when they encountered soldiers in armor and weapons in their hands.
The group of soldiers drove the horse thieves off their horses, then arrested them in shackles, and then a soldier who looked like their leader walked over to Yang Liang and the others.
"Frightened the three!" The general-looking man hugged his fist to Yuan Heng apologetically, Yang Liang was shocked, he originally thought that he would undergo some strict interrogation, but he didn't expect this general to have such a gentle attitude.
"It doesn't matter." Yuan Heng also made the same gesture in response.
"Where did the three of them come from Yuncheng?" After a polite exchange, the general really began to ask the question that worried Yang Liang the most, Yang Liang couldn't help but clench his fists weakly, looked up at Yuan Heng, and didn't know how he would answer.
Yuan Heng opened his mouth unhurriedly, and took out the previous set of rhetoric, making it clear that the general had been deceived, and successfully made him decide to escort Yuan Heng to Yuncheng.
In fact, what Yang Liang didn't know was that the Wei State advocated force, so the soldiers who could go into battle and fight had a very high status in the hearts of ordinary people, not to mention the general who was also a soldier.
So the soldiers divided into two teams, one to escort the horse thieves, and the other to follow the captain to escort them.
Along the way, Yuan Heng and the general named Liu Wu chatted very speculatively, and they even exchanged combat experience on the battlefield, which made Yang Liang look puzzled, how did he not know that Yuan Heng had been on the battlefield, or did he make it up again?
Under the escort of this group of soldiers, several people soon came to the entrance of Yuncheng, and Liu Wu also specially greeted the soldiers guarding the city, so Yang Liang and Chen Lu didn't even get off the carriage, but just checked the passes of Yuan Heng and Chen Lu, and let them pass easily.
After entering Yuncheng, Yang Liang had a deep feeling, it turned out that it was really not nonsense to say that Yuncheng was poor, except that the street planning was more square and there were more shops on the street, and the rest couldn't see that this was a city at all, and Yang Liang even felt that it didn't look like it was as prosperous as Chenjia Village.
Chen Lu, who was sitting in the carriage, obviously thought the same way, he looked at the street through the car window, and also felt that the very poor and backward, dusty loess building originally had a primitive and simple feeling, and the people of Yuncheng were not good at decorating and repairing houses, so from the outside, there was no difference between the shops on the street and the farmer's earthen kiln The general named Liu Wu rushed to the direction of the government after they were brought into Yuncheng by Yuanheng, and he also had to go to meet with the other brothers who escorted the horse thieves, Escort the horse thieves to the government.
Before parting, Liu Wu also specially instructed Yuan Heng, saying that Yuncheng is very unfriendly to visitors from other places because of the poverty of the people, and some small shops often sit on the ground and raise prices when they see people from other places, so he told Yuan Heng that if he needs to stay, he will go to the inn in the city, although the price is more expensive than the ordinary average price, but at least it will not sit on the ground.
So Yuan Heng drove the carriage and took Yang Liang and Chen Lu around in this Yuncheng, anyway, it was not night yet, and they were not in a hurry to find an inn to stay, so it was better to walk around the city.
Although the business of Yuncheng is not very developed, and the people are relatively poor, the types of snacks are very rich, especially the types of pasta, and you can smell a rich aroma of wheat when you walk on the street.
Yuan Heng looked at the two of them and said that he was very helpless, but he still resigned himself to buying a few pastries and came back, and gave them to the two who were drooling quickly.
The hot pastry was in their hands, and the two couldn't wait to start eating, Yuan Heng bought three things for them, the first one was to mix the flour with the spice powder and then proof, and then roll it into a thin slice, stick it on the oven and bake it until it was charred and crispy, and it tasted both crispy and fragrant, and the aroma of spices, which made people want to stop.
The second type is steamed with steam, which does not look as fluffy and snow-white as modern steamed buns, but it still has a unique flavor and steaming texture.
The last is to roll the noodles into a thin layer, wrap them in the filling, and fry them in oil until they have a crispy texture, which the locals call "noodle fruit", and it does taste as crispy and delicious as the fruit.
The two of them finished devouring, Chen Lu patted his belly and burped, but Yang Liang felt that he was still unsatisfied, but when he looked down, the contrast between Chen Lu's slender figure like a bamboo pole and Yang Liang, who looked white and fat, was even more obvious.
Although the urban area of Yuncheng is very large, about twice the size of Lucheng where Yang Liang and the others have been before, the prosperity is really far worse than that of Lucheng.
Just look at the pedestrians on this street, you know that the people of Yuncheng are dressed very plainly, and they look like their faces are shrouded in a feeling of ugliness and sleepiness, and the people of Lucheng do not talk about dressing, at least in terms of mental state, they look much more sunny and positive than the people of Yuncheng.
After walking around a few times, I found that the streets here were just like copying and pasting, and it was a little fresh at first, but after a few more glances, it was boring, so Yuan Heng drove the carriage towards the city, wanting to find the inn that Liu Wu said.
After the three of them drove to the center of the city, they saw a shop with a decoration style that was obviously different from other stores, and there was a plaque with exquisite workmanship on it, which read "Fulai Inn".
The three of them parked the carriage at the door of the inn, and immediately a sharp-eyed shopkeeper came up with an enthusiastic face and asked them whether they wanted to stay in the hotel, and heard that the three of them wanted to stay in the hotel, and they let the three of them go inside with a smile on their faces, and then called the groom to pull the carriage to the back.
After walking into the inn, the three of them found that there was a hole in it, and the decoration style was antique, but the layout had a bit of a modern hotel feeling, especially the style of making the second floor empty and not making the ceiling into a suspended ceiling, which was exactly the same as the design of the modern hotel lobby in order to show the open space and set the ceiling on the second floor.
Yang Liang of Fulai Inn was a little amazed in his heart, could it be that the person who designed this store also traveled from modern times?!
With such a nervous mood, Yuan Heng asked for a room, and the front desk of the inn saw Yuan Heng a big man with two children, so he asked him if he needed a special double room, which was to place two beds inside, so that it was more convenient for him to take two children.
Hearing this, Yang Liang was even more surprised, judging from his experience in many costume TV series, he had never heard of an ancient inn with such a setting as a double room, and the conjecture in his heart that the designer or owner of this store was a person who had traveled through modern times was even firmer.
Yuan Heng followed the advice of the front desk reception, added some money to book a double room, and then went upstairs under the guidance of the shopkeeper, he planned to put the luggage first, and then take a hot shower to relax, so he asked the shopkeeper for hot water, but he said with a smile on his face that it was ready for you.
This is a bit unexpected by Yuan Heng, according to his experience in the inn for so many years, he generally does not take the initiative to ask Xiao Er for hot water, Xiao Er will not prepare, why is the shop of this inn Xiao Er so colorful, directly prepared for him!
Yang Liang also felt a little surprised, and this surprised mood directly escalated into fright after entering their room!
This...... This...... Looking at the familiar decoration style in front of him, if Yang Liang just guessed that this place was related to the traverser, then he can now be 100% sure that the designer of this inn is definitely from the modern era!
It is not unreasonable for Yang Liang to be frightened like this, because the room in front of him, whether it is the layout of the bed, the design of the bathroom with dry and wet separation, and the familiar laying method of the quilts on the two beds, if he is told that this is not in ancient times, but in a modern hotel with an ancient inn theme style, he will also fully believe it.
Yuan Heng was also surprised by the peculiar layout and decoration style of this room, but he was well-informed, and he only fluctuated a little in his heart, and he didn't take such a small thing as the decoration style of the room to heart.
But he is neither a modern person nor has he been in the rivers and lakes, and the well-informed Chen Lu is different, he grew up in surprise and his eyes widened, he looked at the room here and there, and looked at the room with another wall to separate, and also installed a door, like a small room like a bathroom, inside is a curtain separated by a bath design, outside the Gong bucket is placed, and a handwashing station is set up on the side.
Just before Chen Lu could recover from the shock, the shopkeeper knocked on the door again and told them that the hot water was ready, and they only needed to turn the handle next to the bath barrel to use it.
After listening to Xiao Er's words, he hurriedly ran to the side of the bathtub to take a look, and sure enough, there was a handle, and then he turned the small handle with exquisite workmanship and carving, and streams of hot water poured up from several small holes on the side of the bath bucket.
For ancient people, this is indeed surprising enough, but for Yang Liang, a modern person, it just feels familiar and unfamiliar, because isn't this the ancient version of the bathtub!
Yang Liang's mood couldn't help but be a little excited, it seems that the designer of this inn is not only from the modern time, but also should be a particularly powerful time-traveler, maybe he was an engineer or something before.
Thinking like this, Yang Liang couldn't help but ask the shopkeeper on the side: "Who is the designer of your inn?" ”
"Designer?" The shopkeeper scratched his head suspiciously, and asked with a puzzled expression.
"Uh...... Who was the person who built this inn in the first place? ”
Yang Liang forgot that there was no concept of "design" in ancient times, so he scratched his head awkwardly and asked the shopkeeper in a different way.
Hearing Yang Liang ask, the shopkeeper suddenly realized "oh", and then continued: "This inn was built forty years ago by the foresters in the city, and the layout of the rooms in the inn was also thought up by his old man. ”
"And where is this forester now?" Yang Liang didn't expect to be able to really ask for clues, so he hurriedly asked.
"The forester died of illness five years ago, what are you asking for?" Although the shopkeeper was a little puzzled why Yang Liang asked this, he still answered his question.
Hearing the shopkeeper say this, Yang Liang suddenly had a feeling of loss in his heart, he originally thought that he could meet another time-traveler from modern times in ancient times, but he didn't expect it......
I didn't expect the other party to have passed away......
Alas, what a unpredictable thing it is!
Yang Liang, who was hit, lowered his head for a while and stopped talking, and the shopkeeper saw that they had nothing else to ask, so he let them rest, and if they needed anything, they shook the rope next to the door, and he would naturally come up.
Seeing another modern idea, Yang Liang felt even more lost and sad in his heart, thinking that such a wise senior had passed away like this, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
Yuan Heng has always been a stuffy gourd in front of Yang Liang, and seeing that Yang Liang was suddenly depressed, he didn't ask more, thinking that he was an adult, and he couldn't talk to a child, so he turned around and went to the bathroom to study hot water.
Chen Lu also noticed that something was wrong with Yang Liang, but he also felt that he was a big child, and he didn't know how to comfort Yang Liang, so he turned around and studied the other novel structures in the room.
Yang Liang was immersed in his emotions, but the voice of the system suddenly sounded at this time, interrupting his thoughts.
"Ding Dong, now there is a new task assigned to the host, please listen carefully to the host~"
Yang Liang was still wondering why the system suddenly changed his tone and tone to speak, but the content of the task that the system said next made him wonder.
"The host's new task is to get the heirloom outside the forester, and after the task is completed, you will get 2000 mood points reward, and if you fail, 3000 mood points will be deducted, please complete the host's cheers~"
Although Yang Liang has been made out of temper by the system's non-routine cards, such an abrupt task still makes Yang Liang can't help but greet the whole family of the system in his heart.
I just asked casually, and I got the fact that there was once a traverser forest outside, and the system immediately released it to him to let him get other people's heirlooms, isn't this disrespectful to the deceased?
Does the system want to see itself bring the forester back to life from the coffin!
And what is it called to get the heirloom outside the forester, he doesn't even know what his heirloom is now, besides, Yuan Heng's original plan was to spend the night here and leave the next day, how could he let him stay in Yuncheng to explore what the heirloom outside the forester, let alone get it.
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, but Yang Liang had no choice but to greet the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the system in his heart, and then sat down on the side resignedly, planning to think about how to complete this task, after all, if he failed, he would have to deduct 3000 emotional points, and then he would return to the pre-liberation period overnight, and he would become a poor egg again.
Although annoyed by the task released by the system, Yang Liang still resigned himself to taking a hot bath, and followed Yuan Heng downstairs to order some food, after the wine and food were full, the three of them wanted to go out to visit the night market as usual, but before they could step out of the door of the inn, the shopkeeper stopped them and told them that Yuncheng has a very strict curfew, and they are not allowed to go out after the end of the day.
Listening to what the shopkeeper said so seriously, the three of them immediately dispelled the idea of going out, although they felt a little pity, but when they thought that this Yuncheng was not as good as Lucheng, the economic conditions were so poor, and the night market was probably not fun, so it was better for An An to stay in the room and sleep a lot, so he planned to turn around and go upstairs to the room.
But at this moment, the three of them heard the sound of a quarrel coming from a corner of the inn, and they followed the sound to which side, a scholar was arguing face-to-face with a bearded man, who looked very thin and thin, and looked even thinner against the background of the sweat.
After listening carefully to two sentences, I realized that it was this big man who bumped into the shopkeeper when he got up, and all the wine in Xiao'er's hand was sprinkled on this scholar-like person, but I didn't expect that the big man not only did not apologize, but was very arrogant, laughing at the scholar's short stature like a sick chicken, and the scholar was angry but quarreled with him.
Yang Liang didn't want to see such a bully lively, so he turned around and was about to go upstairs, but he didn't expect Yuan Heng, who had never been nosy, to walk in the direction of the two, his move scared Yang Liang and Chen Lu, but the two couldn't go upstairs by themselves, so they followed Yuan Heng to see what he was going to do.
Seeing that he had no argument with the scholar, the big man was angry and wanted to hit someone, but Yuan Heng happened to walk in front of the two at this time, only to see him stretch out his hand to stop the big man's fist, and the other party suddenly couldn't move.
Seeing that someone stretched out his hand to stop him, and he was really subdued by that person, the big man was even more annoyed, and he used his arm hard, wanting to shake off Yuan Heng's clamps, but he didn't expect that the more he struggled, the tighter Yuan Heng's hand grabbed him, and finally he couldn't stand it, and bent down in pain, and Yuan Heng let go of his hand.
The people on the side saw that the unreasonable and unreasonable big man was frustrated, and they all applauded, and the big man saw that the situation was not good, and he shook his sleeves angrily, pushed aside the crowd and went upstairs.
The scholar looked grateful, saluted Yuan Heng, and said some words of thanks to the righteous man for his help, but Yuan Heng just answered lightly, did not speak, glanced at the scholar a few times, turned around and was about to leave.
The scholar also saw that something was wrong, why did this righteous man who helped him look so familiar, but it looked like ...... The more he looked at it, the more he felt like it, so he simply chased after him and followed Yuan Heng.
Looking at the scholar's expression and behavior, Yang Liang also guessed that he should be someone Yuan Heng knew, otherwise how to explain that Yuan Heng, who has always been nosy, suddenly stepped in to help him, and he didn't recognize Yuan Heng, probably because Yuan Heng was now dressed in disguise.
So he followed Yuan Heng to the second floor, and even followed Yuan Heng to the door of the room where they lived, Yuan Heng knew why he followed, but he deliberately pretended not to know him, and looked at him with a puzzled look.
The scholar scratched his head in embarrassment for a while, because of Yuan Heng's outfit, he was a little unsure for a while whether the other party was the person he knew.
Yuan Heng didn't want to tease him anymore, so he let Yang Liang and Chen Lu go back to the room, and he explained to his old friend outside.
It turned out that this scholar was called Lu Zhicheng, when Yuan Heng's parents were still alive, his family was next door to the Yuan family, he and Yuan Heng can be said to have known each other since childhood, but later Yuan's father and mother died, and the Yuan family slowly dispersed, and the two lost contact, until Yuan Heng returned to Zhao two years ago, and the two met a few times, and they became warm again.
It stands to reason that this Lu Zhicheng is a native of Zhao State, and Wei State strictly prohibits foreigners from entering and leaving, how did he, a powerless scholar, enter this Wei State and run to Yuncheng?
Referring to what happened to him, Lu Zhicheng couldn't help sighing, it turned out that under the high-pressure rule of King Zhao, the Lu family didn't last long, and soon ended up with the same fate as the Yuan family.
This time he came to Wei with the caravan, but he didn't expect that after coming to Yuncheng, he was separated from the caravan, he was alone and had no pass, he had been trapped in Yuncheng for several days, if he hadn't met Yuan Heng, I was afraid that he would soon be exposed, and he would be arrested by those soldiers and put in prison.
After listening to what happened to him, Yuan Heng was also very embarrassed, he didn't expect to meet his former friends in a foreign country, Lu Zhicheng looked at Yuan Heng's dress, and felt very strange, so he also asked Yuan Heng, why is he here.
Yuan Heng didn't tell Lu Zhicheng the real reason, he just said that he took Yang Liang to Linshui to find medicine, and did not mention Yang Liang's true identity, although he said that the other party was his friend for more than ten years, but he couldn't blindly trust, and some things still couldn't be said.
Hearing Yuan Heng say this, Lu Zhicheng understood that Yang Liang's identity was not ordinary, but he was also an interesting person, and he knew that some things could be asked and some things could not be asked, so he didn't ask any more.