Chapter 010: Staying in a Hotel
The soldiers saw the big inn in front of them,
They were overjoyed,
For when they saw the inn, they saw the great fire of the kang,
I saw the stove,
I saw the big charcoal brazier,
And delicious meals,
Therefore they did not disregard the orders of the captain,
Running to the big hotel with the cart,
Captain Yu can't stop it,
Although this place is already very close to Simon Mansion,
But these soldiers are cold to death,
When I saw the inn they ran like madness,
Captain Yu couldn't stop it.
Captain Yu can only shout in the back,
The soldiers are already very close to Simon's Mansion here,
We don't have to stay in a hotel,
Let's go straight to Simon Mansion.
But the soldiers were unwilling,
They don't want to go on a snowy day,
When they saw the inn, they ran impatiently,
The two officials and Mr. Xia ran over from behind.
An official messenger said to Steward Xia,
Steward Xia is now relying on you to talk about him,
He didn't listen to us at all,
We can't hurry on this cold day,
We must stay at the hotel.
Steward Xia rode over on horseback,
Steward Xia said to the captain,
On this cold and snowy day,
Let's stay in the hotel,
After staying in the store, I will hurry tomorrow,
Thus rushed to Simon's house,
This is what I ask of you,
I can't stand it anymore, an old man
It's too cold to go any further.
Captain Yu still disagreed,
Captain Yu said angrily,
This is only a few dozen miles away from Ximenfu,
We'll be over right away,
What else do you live in?
Steward Xia said,
Then go first,
I went to a hotel with two officials for one night.
I can't stand such cold weather at my age,
I have to sit by the fire and make a fire,
All three of them have special rights,
On an equal footing with the captain,
Captain Yu is in charge of these soldiers,
But the steward and the two officials did not listen.
The old butler ran inside with two messengers,
The soldiers did not listen to him even more.
They ran forward after the old butler and the two officials.
Captain Yu shouted from behind, but no one listened to him.
Captain Yu had to follow behind the team,
came to the big hotel,
When they came to the inn,
Immediately they gave enough money, and they ate and drank.
The stove was raised, and the kang was burned,
The brazier of great charcoal was raised,
The temperature in the room immediately went up,
Captain Yu originally wanted to go to Ximen Mansion in one go,
But that Xia housekeeper took the lead in living in the store,
The two officials followed,
He is not easy to manage people,
The soldiers also followed suit,
Stayed in a hotel together,
He was too embarrassed to say anything,
He also followed into the Grand Hotel,
These soldiers are raising fire and eating,
Captain Yu was embarrassed to say anything he wanted to say.
He just grumbled to a few soldiers,
You soldiers don't listen to me,
If you had listened to me, you would have arrived at Simon's Mansion long ago.
A soldier was eating, and he said,
Captain Yu, you don't look at the weather,
It's so cold and snowing heavily,
Can we stay overnight?
Captain Yu said angrily,
You will not know the danger.
If you encounter bandits at this time,
What do you say we should do?
The soldier next to him replied,
If there are bandits, let's fight them,
Our guns are not vegetarian either.
It seems that Captain Yu's order is not easy to use,
At this time, these soldiers were all around Steward Xia and the two officials,
I feel that the three of them are good to the soldiers,
Take care of the soldiers on a cold day,
I didn't listen to the captain's continued journey,
Instead, a fire was lit in the house, and a hot meal was eaten.
Of course, the soldiers thanked Steward Xia and the two officers,
Because they take care of them,
In this way, these soldiers all listened to Chief Xia and the two officials,
They all ignored the captain,
Captain Yu was simply isolated,
He sat down at the table,
Eat by yourself,
The soldiers avoided him,
The soldiers all circled around Chief Xia and the two officials,
The two officials were originally dissatisfied with the captain,
Now these soldiers revolve around them,
The two of them came to spirit again.
An official said,
Or do we take care of the soldiers?
In this cold day, we ask to stay in the hotel,
Only Captain Yu is the only one who has to hurry,
Despite the cold of the soldiers,
Now the soldiers don't listen to him,
Listen to us later.
Steward Xia also said beside him,
I understand Captain Yu's feelings,
He wanted to rush to Simon's Mansion at once,
But that's not how the road goes,
Walking is like eating,
It's impossible to eat a fat man in one bite,
The road has to be slowly walked step by step,
You should live in a hotel on a cold day,
That's normal.
Captain Yu listened to it beside him,
Captain Yu said angrily,
I'm in a hurry,
If this official money is not sent to Simon's house,
Of course my heart is up and down,
It's still a place where bandits haunt,
or an unsafe place,
Only when he arrived at Ximen's Mansion and handed over the official money to the officials and soldiers there,
That's when I was relieved.
Captain Yu said what was in his heart,
But the soldiers didn't want to do that.
On a cold day, they wanted to stay at the hotel when they saw it.
Steward Xia said sneeringly on the other side,
I'm also a big official in the prefect's house,
In the prefect's yamen, in addition to the prefect's wife,
It's up to me to say,
And who are you, Yu Jiang?
Others don't know and I don't know?
Thou art powerful on the surface,
But on the battlefield you are the captain of the escape,
Actually, you are as timid as a mouse.
Seeing the Oriental devils who play with their lives,
You're scared to death,
Now you are guilty of meritorious service,
You don't treat the soldiers well,
You're still like this,
Do you still want to be an official?
Those who are in power win the hearts of the people,
in order to win the world,
But you don't understand this truth.
What else do you want to be?
Yu Jiang replied,
It's not like that,
Our mission this time is to escort the official silver to the Ximen Mansion.
It has nothing to do with being an official or not,
If the road is blocked by bandits,
That's too bad.
Steward Xia replied,
Although there are many bandits here,
It's all a small group of bandits,
Thirty of them and fifty of them did not dare to come.
We have more than 300 officers and soldiers here.
We've got a foreign gun guard,
What are we afraid of?
It seems that the old butler is not afraid at all,
Of course they didn't meet bandits, they weren't afraid of anything,
If you meet bandits and don't know what to do,
An official said beside him,
Now is the time of peace and prosperity,
How can there be so many bandits?
Captain Yu, don't talk nonsense.
They laughed out loud when they finished speaking.
The soldiers laughed too,
While these soldiers were laughing,
I saw a dark shadow flickering outside the window,
Captain Yu saw it.
Captain Yu immediately shouted,
There are robbers.
When these soldiers heard that there were robbers,
Immediately they were too frightened to speak,
One by one, they picked up their spears,
Look outside,
But after watching for a long time, there was no one,
Two officials and the old manager,
The three of them heard it in the back,
scared the three of them enough,
Though they have guns in their hands,
But I was also trembling with fear,
After watching for a long time, there was no movement outside.
Steward Xia shouted,
Captain Yu, you see the robbers,
Why didn't this robber come out?
Captain Yu didn't speak,
He walked outside with a pistol,
He went outside and looked,
found a few large trucks parked outside,
But no one was found,
Yu Jiang looked at it carefully,
He found a group of people sitting in another room,
The group was eating around the table,
It seems that he is also a merchant in a hurry,
Yu Jiang looked at this group of people he didn't know,
Because of Zhang Zhongchen inside,
Yuan Yong also has three brothers,
There is also an old ghost Gu,
He didn't know any of these people.
Old Ghost Gu just looked at this side,
As if not paying attention to him,
In fact, they have been secretly following them for several days.
At this time, Gu Lao Ghost shouted beside him,
It turned out to be the eldest brother of the official army,
We are passing merchants,
He who goes out to do business,
Stay here,
Prepare to hurry after the snow stops,
You're also waiting for the snow to stop and hurry.
Yu Jiang just looked at them and didn't speak,
At this time, a few soldiers from behind also caught up.
As soon as they came to Yu Jiang, they had the courage,
Yu Jiang wears the official hat of the Qing Dynasty,
He felt a level above them,
And the soldiers of his men all had spears,
He immediately showed off his might.
He came and asked,
For you are merchants,
Where to buy and sell?
Zhang Zhongchen replied,
Let's go to Fengtian to sell some Chinese medicinal materials,
We are in the business of buying and selling medicinal herbs.
Yu Jiang asked suspiciously,
Just now I saw a dark shadow flashing in front of the window,
Did you come and peek at us?
Zhang Zhongchen replied on the other side,
Peeking at you, there's nothing to do,
We only hear a man in your room talking,
Noisy, I don't know who you are,
No one peeks at you,
The steward and the two officials heard it from behind,
Knowing that these people are medicine dealers,
Not some bandit robber,
Then they were relieved,
But Yu Jiang's vigilance is very high,
When he saw these people, he didn't look like good people.
So he said angrily,
When you merchants have finished eating, let's go.
This place has been rounded up by our officers and soldiers.
At this time, Yuan stood up and said with a hippie smile,
You let us go on a snowy day,
You can't walk, how can we walk?
We're still far from Mukden,
We don't want to go,
Are they gone?
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