Chapter 16: Sisters and Sisters
Nangong Ling and Xia He followed the troupe through the long street and came to the gate of Jinling City.
"Hey, who's it? I can't get out of the city gate so late. The soldiers guarding the gates shouted.
"This official, we are from the Wufu class, we are going to catch up with the field of Hongfu Town early tomorrow morning, this is the road, please let the official go!" The master of the troupe walked up to the soldier and respectfully handed him the road. The soldier took it and immediately let them out of the gates.
The soldier guarding the gate had just closed the gate when the sound of a carriage came from behind him.
"Hey, I said, what the hell tonight, so many people going out. The soldier muttered and turned to shout, "The gates are closed, you want to go out and wait for tomorrow morning!"
"This official," a beautiful woman got out of the carriage, "we have urgent business to get out of the city, please make it convenient." As he spoke, he leaned over the soldier. The soldier was already a little dizzy from the faint fragrance of his nose, and felt a hard thing in his hand, needless to say, it must be silver, "That, that...... Since there is an urgent matter, let you go out!" He opened the gate as he took the things in his hand into his arms.
The woman sat back in the carriage, and the driver kicked and kicked out of the city.
"Childe, why are you in such a hurry, you can wait until dawn before leaving!" the woman asked in a low voice, but received no response. She looked at the boy who had closed her eyes and was silent.
Tonight is Mrs. Nangong's birthday banquet, full of friends and drums, it is really lively. Mingyue stood outside the walls of the Nangong family's mansion and listened to the whole "Magu Birthday". Accompanying her to listen to the play, this is probably the only thing he can do for her. Now that the play has been sung, where is there any reason to stay. The carriage kicked out of the city, the noise stayed behind, and the loneliness was always left by one's side.
Maybe it was because it was too late at night, or maybe it was because everyone was tired, everyone walked silently, without saying a word, and no one noticed that there were two more people in the group. The two followed the troupe to Hongfu Town, in the western suburbs of Jinling City, before finding an opportunity to distance themselves from the troupe, and gradually separated from the team.
"Let's go!" Nangong Ling said, "Let's go find an inn to stay." β
Xia He looked at the troupe in the distance, looked around again, and saw a brightly lit place not far away.
"Miss!" Xia He pointed, "It should be an inn." β
"Okay!" Nangong Ling and Xia He walked towards the inn.
"This, this is an inn?" asked Nangong Ling, pointing to the lighted building.
"Yes, miss," said Xia He, "this inn is a bit simple, but there are probably no good inns in this town, miss, the night is already very deep, you will just spend the night, okay?"
"That's it!" Nangong Ling walked in. In the empty lobby, only one of the shopkeepers was napping at the counter. Hearing the sound of footsteps, the shopkeeper raised his head and looked over, and saw that it was two actors, so he asked casually: "Two guest officers, are you staying in the hotel?"
"We want a room. Nangong Ling said.
"Bench, bench!" shouted the shopkeeper.
"Here we areβ" A young man came out from behind the curtain, looking fifteen or sixteen years old, "two guest officers, I'll take you upstairs." β
The two followed Xiao Er upstairs and entered the room. As soon as Nangong Ling entered the door, he ran towards the bed, fell headlong, and sighed, "Why is this bed so hard?" Nangong Ling rubbed his sore head.
"Miss, the bed in this inn is an ordinary wooden frame bed, no better than the house, you should be careful. Xia He said.
Nangong Ling didn't care whether the bed was hard or not, and lay on the bed on all fours, "Ah!
"Miss!" Xia He stood beside and looked at Nangong Ling, also a little excited.
"Xia He!" Nangong Ling sat up and said, "Since we have come out, we can no longer have anything to do with the Nangong family." I'm going to change my name. β
"Change your name?" asked Xia He, "what do you want to call Miss?"
"That's it, my name is Zhao Qin, you are my sister, and the two of us sisters are going through the rivers and lakes together!" Nangong Ling said.
"Sister, sister?" Xia He said hesitantly, "This can't be helped, slave maid, slave maid has a low status......
"We are equal," Nangong Ling, no, Zhao Qin took Xia He's hand and said, "Your status is not lowly." Come, you see the full moon outside the window like a mirror, let's use the moon as a witness and worship sisters!" After speaking, the two knelt in front of the moon and became sisters of the opposite sex.
Zhao Qin: "Sister!"
Xia He: "Sister!"
The two girls looked at each other and smiled.