Awakened by the sound of horses' hooves and wheels crashing against the stone pavement, I yawned, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Cai Wei leaning on the window and looking out.

There was a bright light on her face, even in her eyes.

The sun shone into her eyes and on her face, and the scars were clearly visible, but they couldn't hide the faint smile on her face. Hearing my yawning, she hurriedly turned her head to look at me and said, "Madame, you are awake!" ”

I leaned back on my mattress, a little lazy for a moment, and only nodded slightly.

Sunlight came in through the window and soon filled the little carriage, but I didn't want to get up immediately, and after lying quietly for a while, I closed my eyes again.

I remembered last night's dream.

I dreamed that the man was standing by the river, sending me away, a figure traveling thousands of miles away, I don't know why, it was obviously such a long dream, obviously sleeping in this bumpy carriage all night, there was no sense of stability at all, but my dream was so calm, it was always that figure, standing quietly, I could even feel his gaze, as bright as the starlight, as gentle as the flowing water, in the dream has been watching me.

More and more, I don't want to get up.

However, I can't help it, and when I heard Cai Wei's voice calling me, the old bell of the coachman outside said loudly: "Madam, we are about to arrive at the post station in front." ”

"Oh."

"The horse has been running all night, and it is almost unbearable, ma'am, shall we go to the inn and rest."

My original plan was to set off from Jixiang Village this morning and go to the first post station to rest almost in the evening, but because of the temporary early departure time, the rhythm is now a little disrupted, but the horse still has to rest, so I nodded, Cai Wei hurriedly leaned over and said, "Okay, let's go and rest for a while." ”

"Hey!"

Lao Zhong agreed, and quickly flicked two more whips.

After a while, we just entered a small town, said that it was a small town, in fact, it was just around a post station to build a few shops, these people are very good at doing business, Yangzhou is a collection of all kinds of dealers, pawns and business travelers, in Yangzhou is still a distance from Yangzhou to build these shops, there is indeed a lot of business, the carriage all the way over, I heard many people around shouting and selling, but it is also a very lively place.

Lao Zhong drove all the way over, but also saw a lot of inns standing on both sides, he shook the reins gently, and turned back and said, "Madam, which one shall we choose?" ”

I asked Cai Wei to lift the corner of the curtain, looked back and forth, and saw a two-story small building in front, with a banner hanging outside the second floor, the courtyard looked clean and generous, and a shopkeeper stepped on the threshold and looked out, but he looked eagerly, as if waiting for the guests, I nodded, Cai Wei said: "Old Zhong, this is it." ”

"Okay!"

As soon as the words fell, I heard the horse neigh, and the car stopped, and the old bell immediately jumped out of the car and came over to help me and Cai Wei out of the car. As soon as I stood still, I looked up at the hotel, and before I could speak in a hurry, I saw the shopkeeper greet me attentively.

Lao Zhong said: "Little Er, we live in the hotel!" ”

After saying that, the shopkeeper unexpectedly did not greet us enthusiastically immediately, but looked us up and down, and suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he remembered something: "A few, how many are guests from Yangzhou?" ”

We looked at each other, and Lao Zhong nodded: "Hmm." ”

"This lady, but Mrs. Qingying?"

“……！”

I was immediately shocked.

If I say that I am in Yangzhou, in Jinling, I can still be regarded as famous, but this is a wilderness, a post station, how can this shopkeeper know who I am?

I looked at him suspiciously, but Cai Wei next to me was stunned for a moment and said, "How do you know about our lady?" ”

As soon as the shopkeeper heard this, he knew that he had asked the right person, and hurriedly said with a smile: "A few Mo Wei, a few Mo Wei, the little one has offended Madame's name." ”

Cai Wei said: "What are you going to do?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "That's the case, the shop has prepared a good room, as well as wine and food, just waiting for Mrs. and a few drivers." I just watched a few old people not come, and when a few of them had already walked over, the small eyeballs were almost piercing, haha, hahahaha. ”

He thought he had told a joke and laughed, but my brow furrowed.

They prepared a room and food for me?

I didn't think I was so famous that such a small shop would come to greet me, and I asked, "Who told you to prepare it?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "It is a noble person who specially came to order us to prepare a qiē for Mrs., and we must not let Mrs. worry about labor, otherwise it will be our sin." ”

A nobleman?

My brow furrowed even tighter: "Who? ”

"This, the little ones don't know. This qiē is also explained by the boss. ”

“……”

"A few people, please first, otherwise the wine and food will be cold."

“……”

Cai Wei and Lao Zhong probably hadn't encountered this kind of thing, they both turned their heads to look at me, and when I decided, I thought for a while, and then walked inside.

Walk to the lobby of the hotel, of course, it is not luxurious, but it is also cleaned up and tidy, there are five or six tables in the hall on the first floor, there are two tables with guests sitting and eating, the boss originally stood behind the counter to dial the abacus, when I looked up and saw the shop Xiao Er greeted us in, the little two flew over, whispered, the boss immediately greeted him, and said with a smile: "Madam, Madame can be counted." Please be seated, please be seated! ”

As he spoke, he led us to a window seat in the central hall on the heights, and when we sat down, when we turned around, the shopkeeper had already served a few dishes, all steaming, full of color and flavor, and such dishes were already rare in such a post station that only provided people with accommodation, horses, and forage.

What's even more rare is that there is also a pot of hot osmanthus wine.

The boss stood beside me and said with a smile: "The wilderness shop, coarse tea and light rice, don't be strange to be madam!" ”

I glanced at him, sat down without saying anything, Cai Wei didn't dare to sit with me, I only said that I didn't have to be too formal, so she confessed, and sat diagonally on the corner of the stool.

Lao Zhong ran out to take care of his horse at this time, but the shopkeeper also followed, and seemed to take care of all the qiē, when he walked in, he didn't dare to sit with me, only asked the boss for two steamed buns, I also called him over, and after he confessed, he also carefully sat on the chair on the other side.

Cai Wei looked puzzled, leaned on the table, and asked me cautiously, "Madam, what's going on?" ”

I shook my head.

"And these things—"

"Let's eat first."

After I finished speaking, I picked up the chopsticks and took the first chopstick, and the two of them began to eat.

After a while, the wine and food were used, and as soon as I got together, the boss greeted me again, and said with a smile: "Several, the room is upstairs, please come with me." ”

We followed him up to the second floor, and sure enough, we prepared two rooms, the old bell was an ordinary guest room, but I wanted to come to the old bell to be hired by the coachman, how could the past guests rent a room for him, they were all casually in the next room to make do with it, I didn't expect this time to have such good luck, I walked in with a thousand thanks, and I didn't know where to put my hands and feet. My room was the best upper room in the inn, and Cai Wei shared it with me, a bed close to the bed.

She was also puzzled, full of questions, but she didn't want to ask too much, so she could only walk in with her luggage and start packing up by herself.

The boss stood at the door and smiled at me, "Madam, you're still satisfied." ”

I looked around and smiled, "Good work." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"The price of this room—"

"Madame is highly respected and expensive, so why do you have to worry about such trivial things as room money?"

I looked at him with a smile: "Boss, aren't you opening a store just for such a little thing?" ”

He was blocked by me and immediately burst out laughing.

I also laughed: "Say, what's going on?" ”

"Madame is a clear-eyed person, and I don't hide it from Madame," he said with a smile: "A few days ago, a guest came here and explained to us that Yangzhou Mansion wants a young lady to come, and there will be some entourage with us, so that we must be entertained with good wine and food, and the room must be prepared the best." That's why we prepared these for my wife in advance. ”

"What about the money for food and drink, and the money for the house?"

"The guest has already paid for it in advance."

“……”

"Madam, this is a lady who is highly respected, so someone will treat Mrs. like this. I still hope that the small shop has coarse tea and light rice, and I have not wronged my wife. ”

I ignored his flattery, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What kind of person is the person who came to explain this qiē?" ”

The boss thought for a moment and said, "It's not a kind of person, it's just an ordinary guest." ”

"Thirty-something, short dress?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

“……”

Listening to what the boss said, I also understood.

That should be the person who entrusted Lao Zhong to bring me the arrow in Qishan Village, and also instructed Lao Zhong to take good care of me along the way, I thought that the matter was over, but I didn't expect that he would still arrange it for me along the way!

Good food, good room.

It seems that my previous guess was correct, this person, or this force, has no ill will towards me, at least for now, they very much hope that I am safe, and even return to the capital comfortably.

But in this case, the mystery hidden in the capital thousands of miles away, which puzzled me, became more and more serious.

Who are they?

Why do they want me to go back to the capital?

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