Chapter 104: Lost on a Snowy Night
The weather is always cold in early winter, when the sky is already drifting with light snow.
A slender hand came out of the carriage window, and the snow fell on the white hand, instantly turning into a touch of clear water. Qing Huan stretched out his hand back.
I don't know if it's snowing in Wangcheng?
It was dark in the north, and it seemed that the snow was showing signs of increasing. Su Lu's trip was a secret trip, and he brought a small number of people, and when he saw that the snow was getting more and more urgent, he ordered to hurry immediately.
Su Lu drove the horse in front, Qing Huan was in the carriage, and followed by a small part of the cart loaded with sundries.
At this time, it was raining and snowing, and everyone was busy on the road, but they didn't notice that the two small figures on the utility car were squatting there, blocked by several large buckets.
"Baby, I'm cold!" A Nono voice was a little aggrieved, and dragged the child who was growing up with him next to him.
"Shhhh Yuechen quietly covered his mouth, "Listen, the carriage will stop in a while, my father will definitely settle in which inn, still according to the old rules, I will go buy food, you wait for me in the car, I will bring my clothes back." ”
"Gollum~" The baby's stomach screamed unhappily.
Yuechen next to him said helplessly: "Bear with me, it will be here in a while, remember, if I don't come back before my father leaves, I must tell my father!" ”
"But......" Baby's big eyes stared at Yuechen and sniffed, "But then Father will send us back to the royal city......
Yuechen looked at the sky speechlessly, how could this kid be so stupid, if he couldn't go back, wouldn't it mean that something had happened to him, could it be that his father would still care about them sneaking out?
And while he slandered, he completely forgot that he was just a little milk bag.
Someone in front of the car was talking, the voice was a little loud, and the two of them hid with ease, and no one noticed.
When Su Lu set off, he happened to be heard by two little milk bags. The two little milk bags who have been studying in Guozi for a few days also understand a lot of things.
At this time, when he heard that Su Lu was going to leave for the border, he immediately thought of his mother. The grandmother said that the two of them were brought back by their father when he was fighting outside the border, so will he see his mother when he goes to the border?
Although his father always said that his mother was dead in front of people, they secretly saw his father caressing half a jade pendant in the middle of the night.
The two little milk bags were ready to borrow money from the grandmother under various pretexts to make entanglements, and secretly hid in the carriage on the day of Su Lu's departure, and no one found out.
For several days, they were like this, taking advantage of the rest of the carriage to run out to buy food.
They thought that when they were far away from the royal city, they would come out and tell their father, so that their father would not blame them, let alone send them back to Duan Wang's Mansion!
The carriage stopped, and the group finally found an inn. The farther you go to the border, the more sparsely populated it becomes. Su Lu disguised himself as a merchant on this trip, and when the inn saw that Su Lu and Qinghuan were dressed extraordinary, he took the opportunity to kill a lot of money.
In fact, Su Lu and Qing Huan are dressed in a low-key manner, and there is not much luxury, but both of them are superior in appearance, even if they are wearing ordinary clothes, they are also eye-catching.
Su Luzhi didn't care about the money, and said, "Shopkeeper, can you find two girls for your sister to serve?" ”
When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes turned red again, as if he had seen a lot of money again, so he said: "Yes, yes, how many girls do you want?" It's just an extra money! A girl is ten taels of silver! ”
Qing Huan saw the performance of the shopkeeper on the side, raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled like a peach and plum: "Ten taels of silver? Is there a pawnshop nearby? ”
The shopkeeper didn't know why she said this, but he thought that the money was not enough and he needed to be a valuable business, so he said with a small face: "Yes, there are pawnshops not far from the next door!" ”
Qing Huan's slender fingers propped up his chin and said, "In this case, didn't the shopkeeper go to the pawnshop to grab money faster?" ”
Su Lu and the others were stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed after understanding what Qing Huan was saying, the shopkeeper's face turned red and green, green and white, and he pointed at Qing Huan tremblingly and had nothing to say.
Ten taels of silver is the annual income of ordinary people, and this shopkeeper is obviously ripping bamboo! Su Lu is rich and doesn't care, but Qing Huan just can't get used to the shopkeeper's appearance of taking advantage.
"I see that there is another inn I passed by just now, why don't we go and have a look, maybe it will be cheaper, brother, what do you think?" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Su Lu.
Su Lu brought a lot of entanglements on this trip, Qing Huan should know it, why did he suddenly care so much about money? Although Su Lu was puzzled, he still nodded.
"Hey, girl, I was joking with you just now, so let's do it, the price of staying in the hotel and eating is still the original price, and the girl who serves is okay to give it away for free, right?" The shopkeeper didn't want to get the fat in his hand and ran away like this, so he hurriedly stopped it.
"But......" Qing Huan sighed, with a melancholy on his delicate face, "Alas, my brother only brought some goods this time, money or something, it is really tight, and the price of the shopkeeper is ......"
"Forehead......" The shopkeeper looked at her gloomy little face and instantly hesitated, "Why don't you ...... Subtract another ten taels, no more! ”
"So, thank you shopkeeper!" Qing Huan hurriedly saluted.
Until she went upstairs, Su Lu was still puzzled, Qinghuan was the princess of Beiqing, and she could be regarded as worry-free. Although this time the hotel is indeed more expensive than usual, it is not that they can't afford to pay, and Qing Huan shouldn't care about these taels of silver.
Qing Huan walked to the door of his room and stood still, turned to face Su Lu, and quietly glanced downstairs, then said, "His Royal Highness King Duan must be very strange why Qing Huan cares so much about the twenty taels of silver. ”
Su Lu coughed lightly and nodded, covering up his embarrassment, could it be that he was so obvious just now?
Qing Huan covered his mouth and chuckled: "When I first arrived in this town just now, I saw the two of them scuffling on the road while a group of people around me watched the excitement, and I was afraid to applaud." ”
Su Lu didn't understand what she meant by this, so she said again: "In a region, a person's performance often reflects the folk customs of the place. And the group of people just now, who turned a blind eye to the fight, showed that everyone in this place was unpredictable. ”
"And after I entered the inn, the shopkeeper was only wearing a single shirt in such a cold environment, his bare arms were bruised and purple, and his attitude towards the shopkeeper was submissive, which shows that the shopkeeper is not a good type."
"And after that, the shopkeeper opened his mouth to us and confirmed what I thought. We must not be too ostentatious when we travel secretly on this trip, because too much money will inevitably lead to the undivided thoughts of bad people. ”
"What's more, the closer you get to the border, there are people in the mix, so it's better to be careful." After Qing Huan finished speaking, he smiled at Su Lu.
Su Lu said embarrassedly: "It's true that I didn't think about it. ”
"Women are more careful than men, and they think a little more, and it may be that I am too careful, I think King Duan must have been prepared for a long time." Qing Huan felt that he was talking a little too much?
Su Lu had no choice but to nod, he was indeed prepared, but he sent secret guards to protect him in secret, in fact, what Qing Huan said was right, they should indeed be careful.
Su Lu finally understood why Su Ying regarded Qing Huan as a surrogate princess so important. Qing Huan stood in the crowd when she didn't speak, and she was quiet as if people could ignore her.
But if she spoke, she would be shocked.
Qing Huan felt that this was normal, because she had been following her grandfather for many years, looking south and north, and seeing many places and people, so she observed carefully.
……
At this time, it was already night, and on the carriage outside the inn, a petite man was squatting there and drawing circles, why didn't Yuechen come back......
If it were normal, he should have come back a long time ago, but why hasn't he come back now?
He hid in the innermost part of the carriage and made a warm place to hide from the wind and snow. Listening to the whirring wind in his ears, he remembered what Yuechen had said to him.
"Remember, if I don't come back before my father leaves, I must tell my father!"
He said that before his father departed...... Does that mean he doesn't need to tell his father now?
But Yuechen never came back so late......
At this time, the wind and snow were more raging, the wind was ringing in his ears, and the horses were neighing occasionally, causing the infant to shrink into a ball of fear, and his shoulders tremble.
Finally, after another moment, he lifted his tear-filled eyes, and his big eyes shone with determination, and he crawled out of the pile of debris.
The subordinate who was about to fill the horse with fodder was startled when he saw a child, and hurriedly asked, "Which child are you?" What are you doing here? ”
The baby was so frightened that she shuddered for a moment, and then cried "wow". The people around them gathered around when they heard the noise.
One of them recognized him, squeezed through the crowd and picked him up, his face was shocked, and he whispered: "This is the little prince of the palace, don't disperse quickly!" ”
Everyone was taken aback again, but they didn't see any little prince on the road, why did they appear here at this time?
I saw that the man was not ambiguous, and he entered the inn with the baby in his arms, and the baby recognized this person as a member of the palace, and he had been pulling the carriage they were in these days, so he lay on his shoulder and sobbed quietly.
Qing Huan was just finished bathing and was about to go downstairs to let the bathtub be carried out, but suddenly bumped into the person.
"Baby?" Qing Huan let out a puzzled voice.
The baby, who was lying on the man's shoulder, was crying like a little tearful man, and when he heard someone call him, he looked at her with swollen walnut-like eyes.
When he saw that it was Qing Huan, the cry of "wow" was louder, and his hands were removed from the person and stretched out to Qing Huan, "Woo woo...... Aunt Huang! ”
Qing Huan was afraid that the child would say more, so he hurriedly returned to the house with him, and the baby was not very clear because of the crying, and the people downstairs heard the noise disappear, so they drank tea and chatted again.
Qing Huan put him on the bed, looked at his muddy body and colorful little face, felt distressed, and hurriedly asked the girl to fetch a basin of water to clean him.
When he was finally calmed down, Qing Huan realized that he hadn't seen Yuechen, so he asked, "Yingge, where is my brother?" ”
When the little milk bag who had just calmed down heard this, she cried again with a "wow". Qing Huan hurriedly wiped his tears for him.
At this time, King Duan, who rushed to hear the news, was also full of anger in his eyes, one thin lip was pursed, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out.
Qing Huan had never seen him look so angry, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly blocked in front of Yingge: "Lord Wang, calm down!" ”
And when the little man behind him saw his father's face, he instantly forgot to cry in fear.
Qing Huan found that the villain next to him was quiet, and when he turned his head again, he saw that the baby was trembling, but he didn't dare to cry out loud with empty tears.
She felt a pain in her heart, although these two little milk bags didn't have much to do with her, but she was very close to them, so at this time, she was distressed to see the aggrieved appearance of this little milk bag.
Su Lu saw his frightened appearance at this time, and he also felt guilty in his heart, he was extremely strict with them since he was a child. It's just that when I saw his big eyes with rolling tears, it coincided with the person in my impression, and my heart was also hit hard.
As if sensing his father's emotional changes, Ying Ge flattened his mouth and said, "Father...... Moon, moon is gone......"
The baby's intermittent crying voice couldn't say a complete sentence, but when he finished speaking, Su Lu and Qing Huan were shocked at the same time!
"Wild! Check it out! ”
"Break the sky! Find out now! ”
Qing Huan came out this time, and Su Ying sent Lu Yu to her to protect her, and Po Kong was Su Lu's secret guard.
The two of them spoke at the same time, and after looking at each other, they both saw worry in their eyes.
And when Su Lu looked at Yingge again, he felt a little more guilty in his heart, could it be that they had been with him for the past few days, but he had never noticed it?
Qing Huan calmed Ying Ge with kind words, and Ying Ge told them how the two of them escaped from Duan Wang's Mansion, how they followed them all the way, and how they exchanged food for food.
Su Lu saw his crying face and the clothes on his body, and his heart was deeply uneasy.
The two little milk bags had never seen their mother since they were born, and he could no longer find their mother for them, so he left them to the grandmother when he returned to the royal city.
It's just that according to their temperament, they will give what they want, and they will be severely punished if they do something wrong. But they never asked them what their attitude was towards their mothers......
"Father...... Ying Ge choked up, and looked at Su Lu's eyes clearly, "Father, will Yuechen come back?" ”
Su Lu stretched out his hand and touched his head and said, "Yes, you go to sleep obediently, and Yuechen will definitely come back tomorrow!" ”
After speaking, he looked at Qing Huan: "Let the baby be here tonight for one night!" ”
Qing Huan nodded, knowing that Su Lu had something more important tonight!
……
The wind was bitterly cold, and it seemed like a sleepless night tonight.
The town shrouded in wind and snow was overturned by the secret guards brought by Su Lu tonight. On the street, occasional lanterns were blown around by the wind, and finally after a few turns, they were extinguished with a hula, and somewhere on the long street was instantly dark.
In the middle of the dilapidated street, a short figure huddled in the corner, shivering as if holding something very important.
He's going to ...... Hurry back, Yingge is still waiting for him......
The little man barely got up, trembling and taking two steps, as if the wind and snow were too bad, blowing him to the ground.
He gritted his teeth, red blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, and his brocade clothes were tattered at this time, but he carefully held the things in front of him and walked forward step by step......
The father said that a man should not flick a tear, and the father said that a man should have a manly spirit......
He can't, he can't fall, he wants to go back, the infant is waiting for him......
The cold wind was biting, the cold wind was blowing, and the little man walked a few more steps, and finally couldn't support it and rushed forward, but he still held something tightly in his arms and refused to let go......
The wind rolls up the snowflakes like a roll, and they sprinkle them one after another, covering the little people......