Zhou Ziyu laughed politely with Li Chunfeng and Xue Shu, and had a pleasant luncheon.

After the meal, Zhou Ziyu did not leave the two of them in vain, only said that there was something urgent to do, and he said that he would leave, took Zhang Jin, and hurried to Zhouzhi County.

Zhang Jin didn't know how to ride a horse, went out of the city, and rode with Zhou Ziyu, Luo Huai and two entourages followed closely with luggage and dry food, five people and four horses, entered the city before dark, found an inn to live in, and prepared to set off for the mountain at dawn the next morning.

The county seat is very small, after dark, few people move, there is silence around the inn, and Zhang Jin is dizzy and meditating and pranayama.

She actually fainted, which was also something she didn't expect.

Zhou Ziyu wrapped her tightly with a cloak along the way, which was impermeable, but the wind was not blowing, but the speed of the horse was too fast, and she was almost vomited after being tossed several times. It was easy to persist in the inn, her face was already pale, her limbs were weak, and Zhou Ziyu was so scared that she didn't dare to leave her for half a step, and she was busy with tea and water for a long time, and then she went to the next door to rest.

There was a ping-pong bang on the door from the front yard, and someone was shouting for the guy to open the door.

Zhou Ziyu rested next door to Zhang Jin, and was pricking up his ears to listen to the movement at this time. When the men entered the inn, there were a dozen or so people, and there was a lot of noise about carts and horses.

The guy took a few people upstairs with a bang, and heard someone shouting: "Little Er, we adults want to live in the inner room, ask someone to let them out." ”

The innkeeper whispered with a smiling face: "A few sons in the middle are also from the capital, saying that they will leave tomorrow morning, adults, the small ones that take you to live in these rooms are also in the upper room, they are all newly packed up today, and all the objects are newly added." ”

"Beijing?" I only heard the voice and shouted: "There are many people from the capital!" Our adults are on official business. Xiao Er, hurry up, do you still want to open this store? ”

Zhou Ziyu was out of the city for private reasons, and he didn't want to alarm anyone, and several of them were in regular clothes, so for the convenience of the road, they didn't catch a car but rode a horse.

It is estimated that the people who just came saw that there were no expensive carriages and horses in the courtyard, and they thought that the room was just a rich boy who was traveling, and the tone of the attendant was terrifying.

Zhou Ziyu opened the door and walked out, with his hands behind his back, and said with a cold face: "I don't know which adult's official business Zhou delayed?" ”

With the faint light of the oil lamp in the hands of the shop guys, Zhou Ziyu saw that the official uniform and ribbon worn by the other party was the symbol of the staff of the Ministry of Works, and the attendants who shouted and asked the guys were standing next to him, and there were several Taoists behind him.

The attendant was well-informed, although he didn't recognize Zhou Ziyu, he was suppressed by the murderous aura on Zhou Ziyu's body, and couldn't help but soften his voice: "This is Lord Yu from our Ministry of Industry, I have official business today, and I am late, so I came here to rest." ”

Zhou Ziyu pulled the corner of his mouth, and clasped his fists idly: "It turned out to be Lord Yu, Zhou is polite." The father is Zhou Zhengyi. ”

In this small place, there are people who don't know each other, there is no need to move the official position to fight the size, Zhou Zhengyi is the Taifu Siqing, and he has been an official to the third grade, and he is an official in the court, even if he doesn't know his person, he must have heard of his name.

Sure enough, I saw Lord Yu's bulging belly flattened in, and his backward face also leaned down and smiled: "It turned out to be Zhou Gongzi!" Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! ”

Zhou Ziyu chuckled: "Lord Yu, come in and sit down for a while and chat?" ”

The entourage next to Lord Yu found that he had said the wrong thing, and he had already hidden behind without making a sound, so Lord Yu had to go into battle by himself: "No, don't disturb Zhou Gongzi's rest." Zhou Gongzi, please, please. ”

Zhou Ziyu was not polite, retreated to the room, closed the door gently, listened to the guy take Master Yu and them to rest, the surroundings returned to tranquility, and listened to Jin'er's movements, and then slept with peace of mind. If it weren't for Jin'er, he wouldn't have bothered to open his mouth to fight for his father.

Just now, Lord Yu's deeds are also suspicious, if he is on official business, he can go to live in the county office, why did he bring a Taoist priest to the guest house at this time?

Before dawn, Zhang Jin got up.

She is clean by nature, and in this crowded inn, all kinds of smells make her extremely uncomfortable, and she can't even breathe smoothly.

All night, she was wrapped in Zhou Ziyu's cloak and sat on a stool to meditate, and the breath on the cloak made her feel at ease, knowing that the three watches had passed, so she barely took a nap.

Zhou Ziyu was also worried about Zhang Jin's body, and when he saw Zhang Jin open the door, he asked Luo Huai to bring hot water over: "Jin'er, wash your face, eat something to pad your stomach in a while, and let's go." ”

Zhang Jin stiffened, took out his own handkerchief, scooped a bowl of hot water with the wooden bowl he brought, wet the cotton handkerchief, and carefully wiped his face and hands.

Zhou Ziyu apologized: "Jin'er, I was careless, let's just go to the mountain and boil water for you." ”

Zhang Jin shook his head lightly: "Brother Yu, I'm too useless, I'm tired after riding the horse for a while." ”

Luo Huai asked the shopkeeper to bring a bowl of hot soup over, Zhang Jin took out two soup bowls from his luggage, sprinkled some seasoning powder, scooped up the hot soup and washed it away, and then broke the dough baked by Aunt Zhang and soaked it in the soup, stirred it well with a spoon, and sent it to Zhou Ziyu: "Brother Yu, taste it." ”

Zhou Ziyu watched Zhang Jin's every move intently, his heart was warm, he loved to watch his grandmother scoop soup for him since he was a child, the care that was afraid of burning him, and the love that just wanted to give him delicious things to eat was the warmest picture in his heart.

Thinking that in the near future, Jin'er will be his wife, and she will serve him like this every day to eat, and she can't help but be full of joy and smile.

"It smells so good!" Zhou Ziyu ate it in full swing, but it was just a simple steamed bun, which became a rare taste under Jin'er's skillful preparation.

Zhang Jin didn't have much appetite, in order to accommodate Zhou Ziyu, she barely drank a few mouthfuls of noodle soup, and finally put down the bowl, only holding a pill under her tongue.

Zhou Ziyu took the soup bowl in front of her: "It's so delicious, don't waste it." ”

Zhang Jin smiled, her face was red, Zhou Ziyu's joy was transmitted to her, and she no longer bothered with the question of whether there was anything left.

After packing up and going downstairs, when I was checking out at the counter of the shopkeeper, I met Lord Yu.

When Lord Yu saw a few of them, he was very polite: "Master Zhou, are you leaving?" ”

Zhou Ziyu nodded slightly: "Lord Yu, Zhou has to rush to the Louguantai, I don't want to delay." ”

Master Yu smiled in surprise: "Master Zhou, I am also going to the Louguantai in the next place, why don't you go together?" ”

The night before, Lord Yu thought about it, and wanted to make friends with Zhou Gongzi and get to know Zhou again.