Chapter 30: The Inn
Early in the morning, Cao Ran was woken up by the strong smell of wine, only remembered that he came to the tavern and drank two pots of wine, and he didn't remember that he had opened a room, washed away the wine around him, and was about to go downstairs to find something to eat, when he pushed open the door, he happened to meet Zhu Xuan walking over with two bowls of breakfast.
"You opened the room for me?" Cao Ran thought that he had already left last night and went to save people with the blood of the moon, but he didn't expect that he would help him open a room and bring breakfast, which is not like the style of always sarcastically mocking her and liking to see her jokes.
He bypassed Cao Ran and went straight into the room, and said lightly: "Don't think about it, I'm afraid that you will die drunk here and won't be able to repay the five-day covenant you owe me." Put the tray in his hand on the table and motioned for Cao Ran to sit over: "I just happened to meet the shopkeeper who sent porridge, do you want to be together?" β
The two of them quietly enjoyed the rice porridge in front of them, and he didn't ask her much and didn't want to say more.
Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Zhu Xuan took out a set of goose-yellow new clothes from behind him and said, "Change it, it will be too conspicuous to wear the clothes of the palace when you go out of the city." β
"Out of town? Who said I was going out of town? Cao Ran swallowed the last bite of rice soup and said meaningfully.
Zhu Xuan stared at Cao Ran as a matter of course, unable to refute, "From now on, you will listen to my arrangements within five days and be responsible for taking care of my daily life." β
"Let's click" slashed down the soup spoon in his hand, and said unconvinced: "Why! β
Zhu Xuan straightened up and said freely: "If you want to break the contract, it's not impossible, I can send you back to King Qi's Mansion now, as if nothing happened." He showed a handsome and sparse smile and said, "If you want to change your clothes, I'll wait for you below." β
Cao Ran thought about it alone in the room for a long time, and carefully checked the left and right doors and windows to make sure that he couldn't slip away. After thinking about it, as long as she left the Qi Palace, she didn't care where she went, although Zhu Xuan always quarreled with her, but in general, she helped her a few times before and after, and it was quite reliable.
Outside the city, a horse galloped past in the forest road of the north mountain.
The goose-yellow woman on horseback wrapped her hands tightly around the waist of the man in front of her, her eyes were closed, she opened her mouth and said something, she was buried in the strong wind, the man did not hesitate to drive the horse hard, and the two galloped through the mountains and forests.
That night, Zhu Xuan reined in the reins of a horse in front of an inn with a decent faΓ§ade.
Cao Ran held his body that was about to be torn apart, and glanced at the faΓ§ade hastily, "Feng is coming." "The inn in the middle of nowhere has such an elegant name.
The smell of wine and meat came to her nose, and her stomach screamed in protest. Zhu Xuan just helped Cao Ran get off the horse, she smiled embarrassedly, after running around for a day, she only met a teahouse at noon and drank two bowls of tea, she thought that even if he heard it, it would not be a shame.
The shop is small but very lively, and you can hear the noisy sound of drinking before you enter the door. The shopkeeper enthusiastically took over the horses and put the fodder on them, and as soon as the two entered the door, the noise stopped abruptly.
The room full of people looked at the two of them for a moment, and it took only a few seconds for them to resume their own playful conversation.
Cao Ran subconsciously clenched Zhu Xuan's wrist. The enthusiastic shopkeeper settled the horses and came over with a smile and asked, "It just so happens that the guest officer came, we just have one of the best rooms left, and the super double room is just right for the two." β
"Oh? Double room! Such a nice room, why don't they live for us? Zhu Xuan glanced at the guests who were eating and drinking, and said to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper laughed and said: "They are all rough people, they all think this room is too expensive, and they all save money to live cheaply." β
"Don't I stay in one room with him, and what other rooms do I have? It doesn't matter if the conditions are handicap. Cao Ran asked the shopkeeper urgently.
The shopkeeper glanced at Cao Ran, and for a moment Cao Ran felt a chill, he pointed to the stables outside the door and said, "You see that even those two stables are lived, if you don't live, there really is no other room." β
Zhu Xuan took Cao Ran's hand and smiled at the shopkeeper: "The shopkeeper's business is doing well, let's stay, let's pick a good table of wine and food first." β
Cao Ran rolled his eyes at Zhu Xuan fiercely, and took out his hand to find an empty table by the wall and sat down. In the time between waiting for the dishes, Cao Ran paid attention to the people around her, all of them had big shoulders and round waists, big bowls, eating wine and meat, and looked around to see that she was the only woman.
Zhu Xuan sensed her worries and instructed the shopkeeper to be quieter and ask him to bring the food to the room.
In the room, Cao Ran looked around at a simple bed and a pair of tables and chairs, turned to Zhu Xuan and said, "How can you sleep with only one bed?" β
"Of course it's me in the bed, and you sleep on the ground." He blinked, pretended to think about it, and then said, "Or such a big bed, I can also consider letting you come up and sleep together." β
"The beauty you think."
Cao Ran went to the bed and took a closer look, it turned out that the so-called super big bed room was to put two beds together, and said happily: "There are two beds that we can sleep in separately." Standing in front of the bed, he sighed: "Even under such conditions, you can ask for ten taels, but it's really dark enough." β
Zhu Xuan snorted lightly: "Hmph, it's not just black, this is a black shop." β
"What do you say? Black shop! Cao Ran was a little surprised, but when she entered the store, she also noticed something unusual, but she thought that it was a small remote shop with rough people in the wilderness and few female customers, so there was something unusual.
"Then why are we moving in?" Cao Ran asked.
Zhu Xuan calmly explained: "Have you noticed those male guests eating?" β
Cao Ran nodded.
He continued: "As soon as we entered this store, they were targeted, and they wouldn't let it go easily, so it was better to see what tricks they played. β
When I knocked on the door, I remembered that the shopkeeper personally delivered a table of sumptuous dishes.
Looking at the fragrant delicacy on the table, Cao Ran's stomach screamed uncontrollably, and the hand that had just picked up the chopsticks stopped, and asked, "There shouldn't be a problem with this dish, right?" β
Zhu Xuan silently handed over two steamed buns, and deliberately raised his voice: "The store has prepared such a sumptuous food, don't waste it and eat more." β
Cao Ran took the steamed buns and understood Zhu Xuan's intentions, looking at the delicious food on the table, but the feeling of only being able to eat the steamed buns was indeed a little bleak.
The footsteps outside the door faded away, and Zhu Xuan wrapped two steamed buns with the handkerchief on his body, and said in a low voice: "The steamed buns must have been made before we came, so there will be no problem in eating them." They will choose to do it after we have poisoned the hair so that it will be effortless, so when they are done eating, they will quickly get some sleep, and we will have to rest for an hour at most before we leave. β
Cao Ran blew the residue on his hand, and said in agreement: "Although your mouth is usually a little broken, this time you still use your brain." β
Zhu Xuan's contemplative face flashed with displeasure, and his face instantly turned as cold as an ice cube. Cao Ran didn't say anything more, and hurriedly divided the bed and clothes and lay down.