Chapter 33: A Chance Encounter at the Inn

I couldn't help but carefully rub the silky soft satin in front of me, "Your embroidery girl here is really extraordinary, can you meet me?" "I deliberately tried to do it.

"That's not good, they're my cash cow, how can I meet people casually?" The fat man shook his head and smiled humbly, but his eyes looked at me nimbly.

"Anyway, there are still many sisters in my family, I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to wear such a beautiful one!" I deliberately let out a long sigh, took out a stack of silver tickets from my bosom, and took the top one of fifty taels and handed it to the fat man.

Seeing that his hands were fast, Gong Jin's hands took the silver ticket, and said flatteringly, "Don't worry, your sister wants to make clothes and come to me, these embroidery girls are here all year round." ”

After changing into the new clothes I had just purchased, I walked through the busy streets and returned to Yufeng Building again. At this time, it was already afternoon, and although it was past the time for dinner, there was still an endless stream of tourists.

As soon as I entered the inn, I heard a familiar voice coming from behind the red wood pillar in the west corner of the store, "Eat, I'll take the team ahead to keep going, so as not to delay the trip, Amu, you take a small team to stay and secretly protect them along the road." ”

I was stunned in my heart, could it be him?

Skirting the red wood pillars, I turned to the square table in front of me. He was stunned for a moment when he saw me, obviously there was something unexpected about me in front of him. "You... How? He paused when he said this, but the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and a wry smile appeared on his lips.

"Brother Yuan Hao, why did you get here?"

"Your Majesty summoned me to the palace yesterday and ordered me to go and inspect the East China Sea to change the defense. I thought that this time and again would take at least more than a month, so I went to resign to Haoxuan, only to hear that you had an errand, thinking that Ben would also stop by, so I arranged to take care of you. He spoke in a quiet and peaceful tone, like an eldest brother's love for his sister, but his slightly furrowed brows showed a hint of sadness.

I couldn't guess why the hero in front of me was so sad, but I saw his handsome cheeks slightly sideways, and his gaze fell straight on Yuan Jinming in the other corner of the store.

Yuan Jinming didn't seem to notice us, he held a cup of tea in his hand, and sometimes listened to the tune of the father and daughter in the shop, and slowly floated the tea, the fragrance of tea curled, the smoke picked up, and the handsome face was half hidden and half hidden.

I looked at Yuan Jinming, and then looked back at Yuan Hao, the two of them are completely different types, Yuan Jinming is indifferent, high-minded, not smiling, always with a slight coldness in his eyes, Yuan Hao is different, he is enthusiastic, heroic, although he always doesn't like to laugh, but through that handsome face can still make people feel the enthusiasm in his heart.

"Brother Yuan Hao, is he going to go on his way after eating?"

"Well, this inspection has changed guards, and I heard that His Majesty received a secret report······ The source is reliable, and there is no time to delay. ”

Tipsters? What kind of secret report? Could it be related to this fraud case? I wanted to ask, but I saw that Yuan Hao deliberately ignored me, I knew that such a thing as a secret report could not be mentioned casually. I had to purse my lips and smile.

"Okay, I've eaten well and I'm going to hurry, and the matter of supervision is an errand personally assigned by His Majesty, so I can't be sloppy." Yuan Hao dropped the chopsticks in his hand, took advantage of the situation to hold the Qingyun Sword on the table in his right hand, glanced at Amu, and said goodbye to me.

I looked at Yuan Hao's back in the distance, and my heart suddenly fluctuated. After accepting the look, he went back to the table where Yuan Jinming was seated.

Yuan Jinming still squinted his eyes slightly, as if listening to a small song.

I picked up the tea cup in front of me, floated the tea, and was about to enter it, only to feel a warm heat slipping in from my mouth, "Why is the tea still hot?" I wondered.

"I just called Xiao Erduan." Yuan Jinming's eyes were still squinted, and he frowned slightly, "Let you look for your daughter's clothes, why are you dressed so fancy?" ”

It turned out that as soon as I entered the store, he noticed that he probably didn't want to go to greet Yuan Hao, so he deliberately pretended not to see it. "I like it!" I replied to him unceremoniously. Suddenly, there seemed to be something passing through quickly, but I couldn't grasp some clues, so I had to continue to slowly taste the fragrance of tea.

"Further ahead is Shitang Town, which is already considered the territory of Jiangfu, you have to be cautious and don't miss your whereabouts." He breathed a sigh of relief and deliberately lowered his voice, "I just received news from the palace, the deployment map of the East China Sea was lost a few days ago, and there is a patrol general in the East China Sea who has committed suicide in fear of crime, and the East China Sea and Jiang Fu live next to each other, this fraud case is likely to be related to this matter, you and I need to be very careful." ”

I nodded hurriedly, thinking that Yuan Hao's coming to inspect the East China Sea to change the defense was just a pretext, and the real purpose was to investigate the defense map. The defense map is the foundation of the country, and it was actually stolen, no wonder he refused to disclose it.

After a cup of tea, Yuan Jinming instructed the shopkeeper to go to the front door to put the horse in front of him.

"Okay, how about the guest officer? Our grilled fish has an endless aftertaste, but do you want to wrap one for the two of you and take it with you to eat on the road? Xiao Er said diligently, and the oil and water on his face felt like he was about to drip out.

Yuan Jinming waved his hand impatiently.

I came out of the front door and galloped away.

In the evening, I passed by an inn called "Dusty Place", which was deserted and dark, and it was time to stay in the store if there were any nearby villages around.

Seeing that Yuan Jinming didn't slow down at all, I deliberately pinched my voice and pretended to be shy and cute, "I said, after this store, where do you stay at night?" ”

Yuan Jinming didn't reply, but he just whipped a few times, and passed by the inn quickly, and I had to chase all the way.

It was dark, and I passed by a dense wood. Yuan Jinming pulled the reins, and the horse gradually slowed down. Wait for me to catch up, "It's dark, and the official horses can't run fast overnight, let's rest here for the night, you go to find out if there is any water source, lead the horse over to feed some feed, and then find some firewood, the night in the forest is very cold." When the horse stopped, he sat down alone on a large rock that was slightly cleaner.

"I've done all the work, what are you doing!" I didn't have the heart to ask.

"Don't do anything, you've been patrolling for so long, don't you know the difference between respect and inferiority?" I lifted my cheek, eyes swept over me with disdain.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for the time being, then there is an inn just now, why don't you want to stay overnight, but you want to rest in this wilderness?" After about a day of running, I was a little tired, and my anger suddenly rushed to the top of my head, and I only felt that my face was hot and hot.

Lu Yuan Jinming turned around slowly, his eyes swept lightly, even if he saw that I was about to explode, there was no trace of abnormality in his eyes, as usual he was indifferent, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a smile that seemed to be smiling, "In the wilderness, and there is no nearby village, it is the time to stay and eat, and there is no smoke rising from the back stove, obviously, there is something wrong with this store." How can you be considered half a Jianghu person, don't you have any common sense to walk in the rivers and lakes? ”

Hearing him say this, I was stunned, too, although I have been studying with the master in Wuyuan Mountain over the years, and occasionally follow a few senior brothers down the mountain to do some errands assigned by the master, but most of the time, I am going with the attitude of visiting the mountains and rivers, and I have never paid attention at all. Thinking of this, I suddenly felt ashamed, and my cheeks swelled even hotter than before.