This shop is a little second, and I don't know!

Unlike the shopkeeper who always stood at the door and waited for us along the way, he didn't seem to know who I was at all, and obviously no one had greeted him or his boss before, so even after Cai Wei said "We are from Yangzhou", he was still indifferent and only treated us as ordinary tourists.

What's going on?

Didn't the guy who made the arrangements for us along the way come here?

I subconsciously frowned, and Cai Wei and Lao Zhong next to me both looked at me, obviously they were used to the arrangements along the way, and suddenly there was no one to arrange, and the two of them were a little overwhelmed.

Cai Wei looked at me and whispered, "Madam, then we-"

I thought about it, looked at the shopkeeper who was also a little puzzled and looked at us motionless for a long time, and said with a smile: "Little second brother, thank you, give us a table of wine and food, hurry up, and prepare two more guest rooms." ”

"Okay!"

The shopkeeper agreed, while welcoming us inside, Cai Wei and Lao Zhong also followed me in, sat at a table, and after a while, hot wine and hot food were served, the shopkeeper served the food, and was about to go to the other side to greet him, I stopped him: "Little second brother, let me ask, are there any other hotels around here?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Madam, this is just our one, and there is no other store." ”

"Then your business is not bad."

"Where, where, just hukou."

I smiled and said, "By the way, coming from the south, in addition to the official road, is there any other way to this post station?" ”

The shopkeeper blinked his eyes and said, "Madam, is this trying to cut corners?" ”

I smiled and said, "But ask in vain." ”

"That lady is asking the right person, but ah, the lady can't take a shortcut."

"Why?"

"Walking here from Henan Road, there is indeed a shortcut, and many people walk, but after our post station, the government will investigate strictly, and there is no trail to walk."

"Oh......"

"Besides, the trail is not easy to walk."

"How?"

"Two days ago, I heard from people from the south that the road on the other side of the trail collapsed, and many people were blocked there and couldn't get over."

“……”

I was silent for a moment, nodded, and the shopkeeper saw that I didn't have anything to ask, so he casually said hello, and then turned around and went to the other table to get busy.

Lao Zhong and Cai Wei both looked at me, especially Cai Wei, and their eyes widened full of doubts: "Madam, what is going on?" Who are the people who don't care about us? ”

I couldn't help but laugh a little: "People just entertain us on the road, they don't have to take care of us." ”

"Ahh

"Let's eat first, and go back to sleep early after eating."

"Hey."

Cai Wei and Lao Zhong were full of doubts, the three of them finished the meal quietly, and the shopkeeper greeted us to the second floor, and Lao Zhong walked to the door of his room with great gratitude, turned around and asked me, "Madam, shall we leave tomorrow morning?" ”

I thought about it and said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry, rest and rest tomorrow, don't be in a hurry." ”

"Huh?"

"Huh?!"

Cai Wei and Lao Zhong both looked at me in amazement.

Along the way, half of it was because I was in a hurry to rush to the capital to find my daughter, and half of it was because I wanted to know who was in front of us to arrange it for us, so we were in a hurry all the way, and we were in a hurry, but I didn't expect that when I suddenly arrived here, I actually said that I was not in a hurry to go, and I would have a day off tomorrow, how could I not surprise the two of them and be dumbfounded.

Cai Wei ate and said, "We, tomorrow will be off, one day?" ”

"Hmm."

I smiled and said to Lao Zhong: "You have been on the road for the past few days, and you are tired, so rest well tomorrow." ”

With that, I went to my room.

Although the façade of this hotel is not big, but the room is still very clean and tidy, although the sparrow is small, all the utensils are readily available, Cai Wei asked the shop to send us hot water, the two of them cleaned comfortably, I went to bed to lie down, Cai Wei was still in the room up and down for a while, and then went to her bed, and also slept.

The next day, we didn't get up early.

I got up late at night, got dressed, pushed open the window and looked out, it was a cloudy day, and the heavy clouds were piling up overhead, as if they were going to overwhelm people. But today I am extraordinarily leisurely, get up late at night, after washing up, Cai Wei asked the shopkeeper to bring food over, I sat at the table and ate slowly, while looking at the scenery outside.

In late autumn, the weather is about to enter winter, the wind is getting colder and colder, and the wind outside is blowing the sand and dust to make a big locust tree in the backyard keep shaking and rustling.

After a while, he saw Lao Zhong go to the backyard stable to feed his horses.

Today is a day off, of course he is the most relaxed one, I watched him ask the shopkeeper to find a sheath, packed with fine grass little by little to feed the horses to eat, the horse finished eating, he did not leave, leaned next to the side while combing the horse's mane, while chattering with the horse to say something.

After a while, a light rain began to fall.

There is not much rain in the north, and the roads are full of mud in such weather, and we are much more comfortable to see that the travelers who go out are very difficult to walk away in the mud, and after eating, I sat by the window and watched the leaves of the locust tree be clear and clean by the light rain, and a full of green reflected in front of me.

A day with nothing to do, time flies.

When the sound of the rain slowly became quieter, and finally the stool was inaudible, the sky also darkened.

There were far fewer customers today, there were hardly any people in the lobby, and the shopkeeper had become a little lazy, and after bringing me hot tea, he leaned against the pillar at the door and yawned.

And I was standing in the doorway, holding the fence with both hands, quietly looking down.

All day today, Cai Wei followed me with doubts, and at this time she saw me like this, and she became even more inexplicable, and finally couldn't hold it back, and asked in my ear in a low voice: "Madam, we have been here for a day today, will we stay here tomorrow?" ”

I didn't look at her, but simply replied, "It depends." ”

"Depends on the situation?"

“……”

"Madam, what does it look like?"

“……”

"Madame, what are you looking at?"

I turned my head to look at her and said with a faint smile: "Let's see if the person who takes care of us will show up." ”

"What?!" She was taken aback, and her eyes widened: "Will the people who take care of us along the way appear?" ”

"Maybe," I said, turning my head to look at the lazy shopkeeper in the lobby, the owner who was lying on the counter and fiddling with the abacus, and said slowly, "I hope they will show up." ”

Cai Wei still seemed to be a little unable to react, stood beside me and was stunned for a while, and finally said, "Madam, you stayed here all day just to wait for those people to appear, right?" ”

I smiled faintly and didn't speak.

Cai Wei said again: "However, those people are obviously ahead of us, they have been arranging this qiē for us before we arrived at these post stations, how can they be behind us." We're waiting for them here, how can we wait? ”

I laughed: "You're right, but do you remember what the shopkeeper said yesterday?" ”

She frowned, looked down and thought for a while, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and looked at me with wide eyes: "Yes, there is a road, it seems to have collapsed!" ”

"Yes," I nodded, and said calmly: "They have always been in front of us, but the distance between us is not too far, because they saw me in Qishan Village and knew that I was going north, and until I really set off, it was only half a day in between. ”

Cai Wei nodded vigorously: "Along the way, Madame has been asking Lao Zhong to hurry up, just to catch up with them." ”

"But we haven't been able to catch up, so I suspect that they are very familiar with this section of the road and even know how to take some shortcuts, so that they will never be caught up by us."

Cai Wei nodded, and then said, "But yesterday, the shopkeeper said that a small road in the south collapsed, and many people were blocked on the road. ”

"Hmm."

"So-" she suddenly realized: "So this time we went to this post station, and this shopkeeper didn't know who we were at all, because those people were still blocked on the road, and they didn't have time to arrange here!" ”

"That's right."

"That's—"

Cai Wei suddenly realized something, her face turned red, with a little nervousness, and a little excitement looked at me, and then looked at the open door in the lobby below, it was dark outside, it looked like a black hole, only the faint light at the door shone on the stairs, diffusing into the distance.

Gradually, we heard the sound of horses' hooves, coming from the darkness of the night.

For a moment, my breathing became a little short.

And Cai Wei was so nervous that she even forgot to breathe, she grabbed the fence tightly, looking down with burning eyes, the nervous and excited feelings made her whole body tremble slightly.

I want to be calmer than her, but at this time, the hand holding the fence is also slightly tight, and I subconsciously took a step back and retreated behind a pillar.

The carriage stopped at the door of the inn.

The shopkeeper who was dozing off at the door had already woken up at this time, ripped off the towel from his neck, shook his hand, and greeted him enthusiastically: "Guest officer, please come in this guest officer!" ”

I heard the sound of a man slowly coming down from the carriage, and as the man walked to the door, his shadow slowly appeared in the hall.

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