Chapter Twenty-Three: The Horses of the Overnight Inn Are Stolen
By the river, Fang Yu stopped, she turned around and shook her head vigorously, still unable to see who was following her, "Who are you?" She asked. The man didn't say anything, just looked at her and smiled.
"Who are you?" Fang You stepped forward, trying to see his face clearly, when suddenly a big hand reached out from the river, grabbed her ankle violently, and dragged her into the river alive.
The man stopped laughing, ran towards her in a hurry, grabbed her hand, and desperately pulled her to the shore, and spit out three words in his mouth, the voice seemed to come from the distant valley, "Miss Fang." ”
Only then did Fang You see the man's appearance clearly, she grabbed his hand tightly, and said with difficulty: "Wei Qinghuan, save me." ”
"Miss Fang...... Wake up......"
Fang You opened her eyes, only to feel sore, she squinted her sleepy eyes and looked around, it turned out that she was asleep in the carriage. Wei Qinghuan was outside the car, and when he saw that she was awake, he stretched out his hand to her, "Miss Fang, we have arrived at the inn." ”
Fang You was still immersed in the dream just now, she saw Wei Qinghuan outside the car, and stretched out her hand without hesitation. His hand was held by him, reassuring her as if in a dream.
"You just called my name again, and this is the second time." Wei Qinghuan put Fang You out of the carriage and couldn't help but smile and said, without the slightest reproach.
Fang You looked up at Wei Qinghuan, and Nuo Nuo, who didn't seem to wake up, asked, "When?" ”
Wei Qinghuan stopped, raised his hand and flicked it lightly on her forehead, and said with a smile: "I just remember." ”
"Yo, please be in the guest officer, do you want to stay in the hotel?" As soon as the two entered the door, the runner hurriedly greeted them.
"Prepare two rooms for us, and settle the carriage outside the door." Wei said lightly and threw a silver ingot to the running hall.
The runner was about to reach out to pick it up, but Fang Yu grabbed it in his hand first, and then threw a tael of silver to the runner. The man who ran away still answered with a pout.
Fang You turned around and smiled at Wei Qing, stuffed the ingot of silver into his hand again, and said, "Now that we have one more person in our family, we have to save a little." As soon as she finished speaking, she felt that her words seemed to have a great ambiguity, and hurriedly added: "I have added one more person to my family, and I usually have more expenses, so I have developed this habit of frugality." ”
After Fang You finished speaking, he didn't dare to look at Wei Qinghuan, and sat at the table alone and drank tea. Wei Qinghuan also sat down, took the teacup in her hand, looked at her and said, and teased word by word: "Is Ayu hinting at me something?" ”
"What is the hint at you? You're thinking too much. Fang You stood up and said.
"I'll go see what else is available, and the guest officer will wait a minute." After the runner settled their carriage, he came in and said to the two.
After a while, he walked up to the two of them and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, two guest officers, there is only one room left today, you see......"
Wei Qinghuan glanced at Fang You, and said to the person who ran the hall: "Then let's live in one." ”
"Hey......" Fang You wanted to say something, but the one who ran the hall interrupted her, and said with a smile: "You two come with me." ”
Wei Qinghuan took Fang You's hand very casually, and followed the hall to the second floor.
"This is the second time you've interrupted me." After running away, Fang Yu sat at the table angrily.
"You can't blame me this time, it's the one who ran the hall." Wei Qinghuan pretended to be innocent.
"You ......" Fang You stood up and was about to go out, "Hmph, I'll go sleep in the carriage!" ”
Wei Qinghuan knew that she was serious, so he hurriedly grabbed her and explained: "If there is a second post here, I will not let you live in a room with me, doesn't this ruin your reputation?" Today we slept in the same room, and we will ...... in the future," he paused, and said in a low voice, "I will take care of it." ”
Hearing the last five words Wei Qinghuan said, Fang You's face turned red all of a sudden, as if he had been coated with a thick layer of grease powder. She quickly turned around, walked to the window, opened the window, looked at it with her eyes, and clutched the window frame tightly with both hands, "You...... What did you say? ”
Wei Qinghuan coughed lightly twice, made the bed awkwardly, and the other party said, "You go to sleep quickly, I'll sleep on the table." ”
Fang You shook his head vigorously, "No, how can you sleep on the table?" Or I'll go sleep in the carriage. ”
The two argued for a while, and finally Fang Yu agreed to Wei Qinghuan's proposal and slept on the bed with clothes. Wei Qinghuan saw that she was asleep, so he blew out the candle flame and lay on the table.
Fang You waited on the bed with his eyes open for a long time, and saw Wei Qinghuan blow out the candle before tiptoeing out of bed, taking off his coat, and draping it on Wei Qinghuan's body.
Wei Qinghuan heard the sound of Fang Yu getting out of bed, and didn't know what she was going to do, so he hurriedly pretended to be asleep and closed his eyes. When Fang You draped his clothes on Wei Qinghuan's body, he gritted his teeth and forced a smile, until Fang You returned to the bed, he secretly sat up, grabbed Fang You's clothes in his hands, and stared at the curtain intently, as if he could see the person on the other side of the bed curtain.
When Wei Qinghuan fell asleep on the table in a daze, he heard something strange coming from outside. He opened his eyes vigilantly, and after listening quietly for a while, he planned to go down to have a look, so he folded Fang You's clothes and put them on the table, and tiptoed downstairs in order not to wake Fang You.
I saw that the shopkeeper and the runner were all pacing anxiously downstairs.
"Shopkeeper, what's going on?" Wei Qinghuan asked as he went downstairs.
When the shopkeeper heard someone ask him, he looked up and saw that Wei Qinghuan was coming down from upstairs, so he hurriedly stepped forward, looked apologetic, and said hesitantly: "Guest officer...... I'm really sorry, the horses in the stable have been stolen by thieves from nowhere......"
When Wei Qinghuan heard this, he frowned and said, "Can you send someone to find it?" ”
"Looked, found." The shopkeeper said.
"Speaking of which, it's not a big deal on weekdays, but there is no buying or selling of horses here. And besides us, I'm afraid that the rest of you in the store will be in a hurry tomorrow, right? Wei Qinghuan said.
"Exactly, that's what makes people anxious." The shopkeeper stared at the thick night outside with a sad face, "I don't think most of these horses can be found." ”
"I have a solution," Wei Qinghuan said, "but it's just a little time-consuming." ”
"Childe, please speak." The shopkeeper was like a savior, and said hurriedly.
"You might as well send some men to the eastern market now to buy some horses. Then tomorrow, I will waive the money for those people's accommodation, so that they can wait here with peace of mind, so that they will not make trouble, and your inn can be regarded as maintaining some reputation. ”
"Great idea! Thank you so much for reminding me. The shopkeeper patted his head and said, "I don't know where Childe is going?" ”
"Fengping County." Wei Qinghuan said.
"What a coincidence!" The shopkeeper said with a look of surprise, "I just got the letter yesterday, and tomorrow a distant cousin of mine who is in the dart business is going to come to me for a cup of tea and rest, and he is going to Kangcheng County, passing by Fengping County." If Childe is in a hurry, let my distant cousin take you. I just don't know if Childe minds? ”
He was indeed in a hurry, and the case and the case six years ago could not be delayed, so he said to the shopkeeper: "How can you mind, then the cousin who will bother you then." ”
Wei Qinghuan tiptoed back to the room again, and as soon as he closed the door gently, he heard Fang You muttering something in his mouth. Curious, he walked over to the bed and eavesdropped.
"Wei Qinghuan...... Don't chase me......"
Wei Qinghuan sneered and laughed when he heard what Fang You was talking about, and he remembered it when he called his name for the third time.
Fang You slept more comfortably last night than at home, she stretched out on the bed, and suddenly remembered that Wei Qinghuan still slept on the table last night, so she secretly opened the curtains, revealing a head and looking out, the room was already empty, and Wei Qinghuan was gone, leaving only her neatly folded coat on the chair next to the bed.
She got dressed a little lost, got out of bed, walked to the table, put her hand on the table, and looked at the place where Wei Qinghuan had been lying last night.
Outside the door, the voice of the shopkeeper suddenly sounded, "Is the girl up?" ”
Fang You was taken aback by this sudden sound, calmed down, and said, "Get up, little second brother wait a little longer." After saying that, he brushed his hair a little and went to open the door.
"Wei Gongzi ordered, let me bring the girl face wash and mouthwash." After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he put his things in the room and left. Fang You seemed to be able to imagine Wei Qinghuan's appearance when he gave the shopkeeper orders to bring her these things, so he bit his lower lip and smiled.
When Fang You went downstairs, he saw the dazzling sunlight shining in from the door, and he realized how late he was getting up today.
Wei Qinghuan watched her come down, walked up and asked, "Did you sleep well yesterday?" After speaking, before she could answer, she continued: "I guess I slept well, or else I would still be lying in bed when the sun was up." ”
Fang You saw Wei Qinghuan's slightly blue eyes, and he wanted to care about him, but who knew that he actually started teasing her early in the morning.
"Hmph, I'm willing." Fang Yu pouted and said.
"Did you have some sweet dreams and were reluctant to get up?" Wei Qinghuan remembered Fang You's dream last night and said with a smile.
As if he had been told something in his heart, Fang You stammered, "No...... No. ”
"Childe, this is my cousin, Li Tang." While the two were talking, the innkeeper led a big man into the house. The big man's eyebrows were raised upward, and his round eyes were round, more than a little taller and stronger than his cousin in front of him.
"In Xia Litang." The big man was very polite and hugged Wei Qinghuan.
Wei Qinghuan also returned the salute, "Under the surname Wei." ”
"Ah, Wei Gongzi, my cousin has told me, if Gongzi doesn't dislike it, he will go on the road with us later." Li said, he spoke as if he was shouting.
Fang You looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, and she pulled the sleeve of Wei Qing's shirt. Wei Qinghuan knew what she wanted to ask, so he said polite words to Li Tang, and then pulled Fang You upstairs.