Chapter 17 The road meets Liu Yuanwai

This story is pure fiction

Qiao'er carried the clearance to the outside of the grove at the bottom of the mountain, took a piece of clothing from the baggage and put it on the clearance, rested for a while, and carried the clearance to the pot pass in one breath, the sky was not yet bright, the city gate was not opened, Qiao'er could only find a tree outside the city to put the clearance down.

"Let's rest here, and when it's dawn, we'll go back to the inn in the city." Qiao'er said coldly.

"Oh!" Jingkong had never seen Qiao'er's expression, and he didn't know what to say for a while. "Big brother, then you can rest for a while, you carried me all the way, and it was hard." After saying that, he looked in the direction of the city gate, and then looked up to the sky. It is estimated that he is figuring out how long it will be before dawn, because he is too tired, he has been tied up in Shuanglong Village for a day, and he wants to lie on the bed and sleep well. Now I have no choice but to rely on this tree to rest, which is better than tying it up.

Qiao'er and Jingkong leaned against the same tree, Qiao'er didn't sleep, didn't speak, just rested against the tree. Looking at the sky, as if thinking about something. After thinking about it for a while, I glanced at the clear space, and the clear space actually fell asleep, maybe I had experienced too much this day, and I was too tired. The night in August in the north is still relatively comfortable, neither hot nor cold, and sleeping against a big tree is not afraid of cold.

Qiao'er just looked at the sky like this, and turned her head to look at the clear sky to see if he was awake.

Two hours later, when the sky began to lighten, Qiao'er woke up and told him that he was ready to enter the city.

"Can you go now?" Qiao'er looked at the clear space that was still rubbing her eyes.

Jingkong slowly supported himself with both hands, and slowly stood up straight with the tree, "It seems that you can walk." "Clearance took two steps forward.

"You move first, if you can go, let's go into the city, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the officers and soldiers at the city gate." Qiao'er looked at the city gate and said to the clear space.

After a while, "It should be fine, you can walk into the city." ”

"Let's go, I'll hold you up now, and you'll go by yourself when you're about to enter the city." After speaking, Qiao'er went to support the clear space.

When they were about to reach the gate, Qiao'er released the clear space, and the two of them were interrogated at the city gate, so they went directly to the inn.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the inn, I heard the shopkeeper shouting in the store: "Guest officer, you are back, you can be regarded as finding this son." The guest room is still reserved for you, and I'll go get some hot water for the two of you. ”

"There's Brother Lao!" The clear space said to Xiao Er weakly.

"Bring us some food to the room, according to the standards of the day before yesterday." Qiao'er walked to the room with the clear space in her arms, and lost a word to Xiao Er.

Qiao'er didn't help the clear space back to the clear room, but directly helped her to her room, "After eating in a while, take a bath, I will rest here for a day today, and tomorrow we will set off for Yanzhou, now there are still nine hundred miles away from Yanzhou, and it is estimated that we can reach Yanzhou in half a month." ”

"Okay!" The clearance was also tired, so he replied to Qiao'er.

After a while, the shopkeeper called for water, let Jingkong and Qiao'er wash, and said that the food would come in a while.

Qiao'er and Jingkong asked the shopkeeper to make a basin of water with the two of them and wash their faces. After washing his face, the shopkeeper brought the food to the table, then poured the water from the basin and went out.

After eating, Qiao'er asked the shopkeeper to put away the finished dishes and chopsticks on the table. Let the clear space lie down on his bed to rest, and he made a bed and quilt on the ground and fell asleep.

Qingkong was too tired, and he didn't have the strength to ask Qiao'er what happened in Shuanglong Village, and he fell asleep after a while.

I slept well this night, I slept directly to the next morning, slept for twelve hours, got up and moved, stretched my waist, I still felt a little backache, fortunately my legs didn't cramp, I felt okay. Seeing Qiao'er sleeping on the ground and not waking up yet, he was ready to go out to breathe fresh air.

As soon as I walked to the gate, I heard "Where are you going?" Want to be caught again? ”

Qiao got up from the ground, put the quilt on the ground back on the bed, stretched his waist, and said to the clear space: "I'll go and ask Xiao Er to bring some food, and we'll set off after eating." With that, he opened the door and went out.

Seeing that Qiao'er went out, he sat down at the table and poured some water to drink, and Qiao'er came in after a while, "The dishes will arrive in a while, and we will leave after eating." ”

"Well, big brother, have you rested, thanks to you yesterday, otherwise I would have gone to see the Buddha." In order to ease the atmosphere, Jingkong said to Qiao'er.

Qiao'er said expressionlessly, "If you want to see the Buddha later, now is not the time for you to see him." In the future, I will protect you closely, lest you don't know which way the thieves will catch you and run away, in case you are caught by a female thief to be the husband of the village. ”

"It's none of my business, I slept well, and when I woke up, they caught me in the cottage and tied up for a day." The headroom is a bit aggrieved.

"What did you see in the cottage yesterday?" Qiao'er asked coldly.

Clearance is a bit inexplicable, "See what?" Didn't you just see the bandits, and then you came to save me, big brother. When you come, kill them all. Amitabha, sin, sin! ”

"Hmph, how can you kid help outsiders speak, I won't kill them, do you think the two of us can get out of the cottage alive?" Qiao'er glared at the clear space and said.

Thinking about it, it's just that Qiao'er shouldn't have killed so many people.

Just wanted to say something, Xiao Er brought the meal. Qiao'er gave the shopkeeper some broken silver again, but the shopkeeper didn't ask for it, "The silver ingots you gave last time are enough, I can see that you still have to hurry, leave some silver for the road." "The shopkeeper is still more sincere." It's okay to take it, you're a good person. We'll leave in a moment and get us some dry food and water. Qiao'er gave the broken silver to the shopkeeper.

"Where are you going? I'll get you some more dry food and water. The shopkeeper took the broken silver and asked Qiao'er.

"Let's go to Yanzhou!" Qiao'er replied casually.

"Okay, you two use it slowly, I'll go and prepare dry food and water for you two." After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he exited the room.

After Jingkong and Qiao'er finished eating, the shopkeeper brought dry food and water.

They packed up, carried their luggage, and walked out of the inn.

"The two masters go slowly, welcome to our store next time." The shopkeeper said goodbye to the two of them at the door.

Qiao'er walked towards the West City Gate with the clear space.

"Two sons, please stay! The first two sons, please stay. "The two of them had just walked seven or eight meters when they heard someone shouting behind them.

Qingkong looked back, and a fat man in his forties and fifties was chasing the two of them behind, and he pulled Laqiao'er and said, "Someone is calling us from behind." Qiao'er stopped and looked behind her, and there was a person running towards them about forty or fifty meters away.

"Two sons...... Please stay......" The man saw Jingkong and Qiao'er stop, ran up to the two of them, and said breathlessly.

"Are you calling us?" Jingkong looked at the panting fat man and said, Qiao'er glared at Jingkong next to him.

"Yes, the two sons, I also live in the guest to come to the inn, my surname is Liu, Mingquan, is a member of Pingyang County (now Linfen), come to Huguan to collect the account, now the account has been received, ready to go home, now the way home is not very peaceful, I want the two sons to escort to Linfen, the remuneration will not be less than the two sons." The fat man said to Jingkong and Qiao'er.

"How did you know we were going to Binh Duong?" Qiao'er asked the fat man suspiciously.

The fat man hurriedly replied: "When you asked the shopkeeper to prepare dry food just now, I happened to pass by your door and heard it." To get to Yanzhou, you have to pass through Binh Duong. After the two sons sent them to Pingyang, Liu not only rewarded them heavily, but also arranged a carriage to send the two of you to Yanzhou. ”

"Why did you let us escort us instead of going to the dart board?" Qiao'er didn't want to take on such an errand, and they weren't short of money.

"Childe broke into Shuanglong Village alone that day to rescue this childe, and everyone in the inn knew about it, so I knew that Childe must be very skilled. Originally, I was going to ask someone from the dart bureau to escort me, but I happened to hear that Childe was also going to Pingyang, so I wanted to ask Childe to escort me. I don't know if Childe is willing? Liu Yuanwai said sincerely.

"It doesn't look like a bad guy, so let's escort it, right?" Jingkong whispered in Qiao'er's ear.

"It's just you!" Qiao'er glared at the clear air. Turned around and looked at Liu Yuanwai, "Okay, my brother said that he could escort you, then you can go with us." With that, he turned around and walked towards the West Gate.

"Wait a minute, my coachman will be here soon, and you can take a carriage to Pingyang with me." After Liu Yuanwai finished talking to the two of them, he looked behind him. At this time, a thinner young man in his twenties pulled a carriage towards the three of them, came to the three of them and stopped, "Two sons, please!" Liu Yuanwai said to the two of them.

"You please!" Qiao'er saw that Liu Yuanwai didn't look like a bad person, so she politely said to Liu Yuanwai, in fact, Liu Yuanwai is not a bad person, Qiao'er is not afraid, and it is more comfortable to have a carriage to sit in Yanzhou.

Liu Yuanwai was no longer polite, he got into the carriage first, and then pulled Jingkong and Qiao'er into the carriage, "Let's go!" Liu Yuanwai said to the young groom, and the carriage headed towards the West City Gate.