Chapter 46: The Road Meets the Woman
After eating, I continued walking, and there was no time to rest.
At about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Ping'an and others finally saw Pingzhou.
This is the first big city Liu Ping'an saw after coming out of the imperial city.
There is a moat and a wall on the edge of the city, and there are officers and soldiers guarding the entrance, Liu Ping'an, who is looking at this posture, hesitates, but when he sees the little man mother and son and Man Cang around him, they are also unfamiliar with life, so they can't throw people here.
Xiao Zhiqi said, "You stay here, I'll go inside and inquire." ”
After Xiao Zhiqi left, he asked puzzledly, "Brother, what did my uncle inquire about in the city?" It's all at the city gate, why don't you just go in? ”
Mancang and Xiaoman's mother and son don't know their real situation.
"Older people, should you always be cautious in what you do?" Liu Ping'an said.
"But what kind of prudence is this?"
At this time, Xiao Manniang suddenly looked at a suspicious place.
Liu Ping'an, who noticed her expression, asked, "What's wrong?" Do you know the man who walked by? ”
Just now, an old woman walked behind them, Liu Ping'an originally had her back to the road, and when she looked at Xiao Manniang's line of sight, she only saw the back of the person, and guessed from the figure and dress that the other party was an elderly woman.
"I always felt that this person was a little familiar." Xiao Manniang said.
Liu Ping'an said: "It's only three or four days away from Dingxi Town, and it's normal to meet familiar people." ”
Xiao Manniang frowned deeply, "But I always think this person is a little strange, but I can't remember where I saw it?" I really don't have a good memory. ”
At this time, Liu Ping'an didn't care, "Don't think about it if you can't think of it, there are a lot of situations here." ”
The four of them were waiting for Xiao Zhiqi on the side of the road, Liu Ping'an took out the leftover dry food from noon and distributed it to everyone, "Even if you enter the city, it may not be possible to have dinner in a while, let's eat something to cushion our stomachs first." ”
As soon as Liu Ping'an's several steamed buns in his hand were distributed, he heard movement behind him, and when he looked to the side, he found that the woman who had just walked over had walked back.
"What's wrong with this man? Did you drop something? Mancang said as he nibbled on steamed buns.
When the old woman walked in, Liu Ping'an saw her appearance, what did she say? From the physiognomy, it is a shrewd look.
She looked at the four people on the side of the road and nodded, just like the movements ordinary passers-by would do when they met. It's just that this person's gaze stayed on Xiao Manniang's face for a while longer.
Xiao Manniang turned her face sideways, and Mancang asked, "Hey, what are you looking at?" ”
The old woman laughed, did not speak, and left again.
The direction she left was the same as before, and it seemed that she turned around and came back just to take a look at Xiao Manniang.
Liu Ping'an always felt that the look was ill-intentioned, and he couldn't help but think of the person in a bad way, and always felt that the person looked like a human trafficker.
looked at Youjun floating next to him, and thought, Youjun may know something, but Xiaoman's mother and son are still beside her, she has to restrain herself.
Over there, Xiao Zhiqi, who went to the city to inquire, finally came out.
"There's nothing going on in there, let's go." Xiao Zhiqi took the package from Liu Ping'an and asked her to lead the sheep by herself.
A group of five people entered Pingzhou City, walked from the moat bridge, and there were soldiers standing inside and outside the city gate.
Most of Liu Ping'an and his party are simple, especially Liu Ping'an still owes sheep on his body, and it looks like a countryman came to the city to catch a market. When the soldiers saw that they were like this, they did not stop them nor search them, and let them into the city.
After entering the city, Liu Ping'an turned around and knew which soldiers were guarding what.
On the inner city wall, near the city gate, there are several bounty lists, and the people who are chasing and killing are all fierce and evil. Liu Ping'an also took a special look at which lists did not have her.
It seems that her father can still understand this point, and knows that this kind of thing can't be publicized.
Xiao Zhiqi said, "Let's find an inn to live in first, and have dinner by the way, you must all be hungry." ”
Mancang said heartlessly, "I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry, we just ate the leftover steamed buns." ”
Xiao Zhiqi glanced at Liu Ping'an, Liu Ping'an was inexplicably a little weak-hearted, "What, I think you may not like to eat steamed buns." ”
Liu Ping'an changed the topic, "Hey, what are you doing standing on the side of the road, find an inn to live in." ”
Inns in big cities can usually be seen in a prominent location.
Without much effort, they found an inn also called Yuelai, and Liu Ping'an was still sighing before entering the door, "This branch is really a bit capable." ”
It's not a branch at all, it's just a duplicate name.
The group went in, Xiao Er was greeting other guests, Liu Ping'an's sheep was tripped by the threshold, and she was adjusting the movements of the sheep.
When the little two turned around, they saw a young man pulling a ewe, and the ewe was followed by a lamb.
He walked over quickly and stopped the young man pulling the sheep, "Hey, I said, we don't accept sheep here, you better pull them to the market." ”
"I don't sell this sheep." Liu Ping'an said, "We are here to stay in the hotel. ”
Xiao Er wondered, "What are you doing with two sheep in the hotel?" ”
"Don't you know that sheep riding is popular now? This is my mount. Liu Ping'an took out three copper plates from his arms, "Help me take them to the backyard to raise." ”
As soon as Liu Ping'an's words came out, the guests in the hall all looked at it, when was it popular to ride sheep? How did they not know?
Xiao Er received the benefits, and naturally listened to Liu Ping'an's words, he muttered while leading the sheep away, "It's still a ewe." ”
Liu Ping'an is currently in charge of finance, after all, she is the only one who has money among the five people.
The main reason is that her money is not coming from the right way, and Xiao Zhiqi does not hesitate to take care of her money.
She came to the cabinet and shouted, "Shopkeeper! ”
The shopkeeper who was originally adding wine to the wine jug immediately put down the things in his hand and took out the account book, "The little boy lives in the store?" ”
"Open us three rooms." Liu Ping'an said.
Xiao Zhiqi suddenly interjected, "Open a room." ”
The shopkeeper had some good acting skills, and his face showed a particularly embarrassed look, "This ...... Which of you is in charge of this? ”
Liu Ping'an knew what kind of situation she was, if there was no Xiao Zhiqi, she wouldn't be able to go to Daliang at all, and even if she went, she couldn't find a backer. So she listened to Xiao Zhiqi in front of people.
Liu Ping'an decisively changed, "Just open a room, I just opened my mouth." ”
It's the first time I've seen a person who can say one into three.
"I see a lot of people, but you want to open an upper room?" The shopkeeper said, "There is a big bed, two small beds, and a couch above." ”
"Let's go to the room, then." Liu Ping'an asked, "How much?" ”
The shopkeeper stretched out his finger and said with a smile: "One or two silver a day." ”