Chapter 40: A Bowl of Chaos Begins a Conspiracy
The whole temple street is bustling with activity, and all the strangers who walk back and forth are walking back and forth.
Li Lin found that Yuan Shu's face turned pale instantly, and she shouted Yuan Shu's name a few times, but there was no response.
In an instant, all kinds of thoughts came to my head.
Did he go into hiding? Or did he run away to Sima Ku while he wasn't paying attention? Li Lin secretly clenched his fists, and uneasiness rose in his heart.
However, what she was more afraid of than this was that someone took advantage of her inattention and kidnapped Yuanshu in the moment just now.
Before coming, Li Qi privately emphasized that no matter what he did on this trip, Yuanshu's safety would come first, and if he made any mistakes, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Thinking of this, Li Lin sweated slightly on his forehead.
"Yuanshu...... Yuanshu! ”
She ran through the crowd to find it, but with so many people coming and going on such a big street, she never saw the shadow of Yuanshu.
Fortunately, Yuanshu is not lost.
He just followed the crowd to the corner of Temple Street.
He was excited when he went out for the first time, and he felt a rare freedom because he didn't have his father's soldiers and horses.
A large crowd of people suddenly appeared on the street just now, and he was squeezed into this corner with the crowd.
There happened to be a stall selling wontons on the corner of the street, and Yuan Shu stood in front of the stall, only then did he realize that he hadn't eaten for a long time, and he was already hungry, standing in front of the stall in a daze.
The boss is a stout middle-aged man with a big beard.
When he saw Yuan Shu, he said with a smile: "Today our chaos here is free, let's have a bowl!" Little brother. ”
"Free?"
Yuanshu thought he had misheard.
Say to your boss, "I've never heard of a free business." ”
The boss pointed to the wooden sign standing in front of the stall, which read, "It's free today." ”
"The main thing is that today's day is special, and the big reward~"
Yuan Shu touched his body, as if the only silver was in Li Lin's.
Seeing the people eating with relish, he couldn't help but be moved.
There are constantly new people sitting down to eat chaotically, without any scruples, as if they are comfortable and accustomed to eating a free meal.
The boss saw his hesitation and kindly pulled him to his seat: "Eat a bowl, little brother, I really don't charge you money." ”
After saying that, he turned around and served him a bowl with a smile.
Yuan Shu looked left and right, like a dream.
Are the folk customs of Dongcheng so good? I have never heard of a free business since I was a child.
The boss filled a bowl of chaos, quickly glanced around with the corner of his eye, and while people were not paying attention, a pill fell from his sleeve and dissolved in the chaos.
He smiled and brought it to Yuanshu's table: "Please use it slowly!" ”
Yuanshu took a spoon and tasted it, the blunt taste of the wonton was slightly bitter, but the taste was not bad, mainly because he was hungry, and it was not bad to eat.
The shopkeeper watched with his eyes as Yuanshu ate most of the bowl of wontons, revealing a sly smile as the task was completed.
At this time, Li Lin's voice sounded, "Yuanshu! When Yuanshu heard his name called, he stood up and beckoned.
"I'm ...... here"
Li Lin, who was sweating profusely, was a little angry when he saw Yuanshu sitting here eating wontons.
She ran over, quickly picked up the wonton in front of him, put it on the tip of her nose and sniffed it, and warned, "Don't eat indiscriminately!" ”
The shopkeeper came over and said, "This girl, wontons are free today, can you have a bowl?" ”
For the first time, Li Lin heard that there was something for free. He looked at the people at the stall and said, "I'm not hungry." ”
Li Lin wanted to lose his temper and tell him not to run around, but thinking that he had been in Dongcheng for so long, it was understandable that Yuan Shu hadn't eaten, so he was no longer angry.
Li Lin took Yuan Shu away and instructed him: "Don't eat casually, especially this kind of free." ”
"Oh, but this one isn't bad." Yuan Shu said.
Li Lin grabbed Yuan Shu's arm and gave him a pulse.
"In case someone poisons you...."
The stall owner heard an ouch, "Girl, don't talk nonsense, we're serious business." ”
Yuan Shu couldn't cry or laugh: "I don't have an enemy, why should I be poisoned?" ”
"That's not good, in case it's human trafficking." Li Lin said lightly.
In this day and age, human trafficking is as capital a capital offense as murder.
At this time, the two had just gotten up and walked two steps when another vendor stopped them.
"Two, I have a sachet here that I can give away for free!"
Li Lin was flattered:
Why is there so much free stuff at the temple fairs here?
The man smiled and nodded, and said, "Our people are simple, and it is common to give things. ”
As he spoke, he took out two big sachets from the box behind him and handed them to Li Lin.
Li Lin felt that it was like a dream here, and it was free everywhere.
She vigilantly put the sachet in front of her nose and sniffed it, asking, "Is there Chinese medicine here?" Borneol was also put in. ”
The man gave a thumbs up: "The girl understands very well, it does add ice chips to it, it refreshes the mind, and can relieve the heat in summer." ”
Li Lin sniffed it twice, and she could smell that there were several Chinese medicines in it, but they were all harmless to the human body.
The strange thing is that the sachet on weekdays will make people calm down, but the more the medicine of this sachet is, the more irritable.
She asked Yuanshu, "Are you either?" ”
Yuan Shu took one, held it in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, "It's okay to ask for it......"
When the peddler saw the two of them take it, he smiled and walked away.
Yuan Shu looked at the pedestrians on the street: "There are so many people here for free, aren't you afraid of losing money?" ”
"Who knows, I don't know what special holiday is today."
Li Lin looked at the flowers embroidered on the sachet. suddenly smiled and said: "According to the plot in the book, this sachet can be used as a token of love." ”
Yuan Shu fiddled with the sachet with his hand: "This token ...... It's too cheap. ”
He saw that Li Lin tied the sachet around his waist, and he had to keep it as a souvenir.
Yuan Shu Gang raised his feet and left, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a bustling crowd not far away, and a thin figure stood there.
Yuan Shu was stunned, and that vague but familiar appearance came into view.
He was shocked in his heart, rubbed his eyes and looked carefully, and the man was gone again.
It wasn't until Li Lin called him that Yuan Shu came back to his senses, thinking that he was hallucinating.
"What's the fuss?" Li Lin asked.
Yuan Shu shook his head, his thoughts suddenly confused.
The voices of the people around him seemed to become noisy, and his head was faintly confused, and he rubbed his head with his hands.
"Or ...... Let's go and rest first. ”
"Okay."
Before coming, King Rong arranged for Yuan Shu to rest at the post station of the official mansion, but Yuan Shu was disgusted with those rigid and boring post station personnel. On the way, I discussed with Li Lin and decided to stay in the largest private chain inn in Jianghu - Yuelai Inn.
The two of them walked on their way to the inn.
The figure of that person appeared in Yuan Shu's mind from time to time, and his mood was suddenly chaotic.
Li Lin looked at him with a bad face, "What's wrong?" ”
"It's okay......"
Li Lin saw that in just this short period of time, Yuan Shu's face suddenly became a little worse.
She pulled his wrist to check his pulse again, and found that his heart had begun to disturb, but it was not poisoned.
Li Lin was surprised, looked at Yuanshu's still calm face, and asked, "Is there anything uncomfortable?" ”
Yuanshu touched his ears: "It's okay, it's just a little tinnitus." ”
Li Lin thought to himself: It's probably a tiring journey, and it's good to get to the inn for a while and let him rest early.
didn't know at all, Yuanshu was about to get sick.