Chapter 54: Trouble
Zhen Ru hurriedly walked all the way to the pass, and the guy just now brought a news, for some reason, the captain of Yimaling actually came forward to stop them, saying that there was something wrong with the road guide officer, and the steward of the commercial bank had paid a lot of money to make a point, but it was not used, and the captain still refused to use the seal.
Looks like I'm destined to stay overnight in Kannai tonight... This made Zhen Ru a little uneasy, it stands to reason that this kind of rear border pass, the number of times the business has walked, but this kind of thing has never been encountered, and the road guide official disc is really all the way here, what can go wrong?
However, the official words are two mouths, no matter how they say it, they are reasonable, and the Zhen family firm is a small commercial house, so there is really no way to contradict these officers who control the checkpoint road.
Before he reached the pass, Zhen Ru met the steward with a calm face, obviously a lot of anger, the two walked to the side of the road, and the steward said in a low voice: "It's a little weird, the lieutenant seems to know me and wait, and he also named the name of the owner, I'm afraid it's uneasy to stay overnight, let's not camp, find a downtown inn to live, the road guide official dish is no problem, they can't stay with us for long, as long as we send someone on duty all night, just stay through tonight." ”
Zhen Ru nodded: "That's how it should be." ”
Between the words, a group of Mengyuan-looking men walked along the road with an arrogant young Yuanren, the young Yuanren was dressed quite interestingly, with some pendants hanging on his leather jacket, and the knife at his waist was also quite exquisite, Zhen Ru walked through the grassland several times, and it was obvious at a glance that the accessories could only be worn by the Yuanren who won the Mengyuan gladiatorial competition every year.
Seven or eight imposing Mengyuan men walked on the streets of the Han people's towns with such a swagger, and no one dared to provoke them, although the Yuan people and the Han people were feuding, but in this kind of border place, it was normal for the Yuan people to appear, although the border was closed, but the Yuan people were not forbidden to enter the Han realm, so no one cast a curious look at these men, but these Mengyuan men noticed Zhen Ru and his party on the side of the road, and their eyes lingered for a while, especially on Zhen Ru's appearance, and they said some incomprehensible obscenities in Mengyuan language.
Zhen Ru frowned, not wanting to make a fuss, so he pretended not to hear it, and the three Gu Huai on the other side of the street led the horses and walked slowly, still watching from a distance, but this action made the group of the merchant house who had just encountered trouble a little annoyed, which was inevitably a little too far away.
Meng Yuan's men surrounded Zhen Ru and his party, Gu Huai led the horse and retreated quietly for a distance, Zhen Ru gritted his teeth, extremely displeased, thinking that this young man with a saber is really annoying, why don't you have the backbone of the rivers and lakes at all? When I saw the matter, I only knew how to hide, but I completely forgot the friendship that I had taken refuge in the convoy of the comptoir all the way.
The young Mengyuan warrior approached Zhen Ru, and when he saw that Zhen Ru and the others did not dare to move, the smile on his face was even more presumptuous, and he said something without being translated, and stretched out his hand straight to Zhen Ru's face.
Just as Zhen Ru took a deep breath and was about to avoid it, the hand stopped.
The young Mengyuan warrior's gaze was cast on the distance behind Zhen Ru, on the slightly thin figure, his eyes were extremely round, and after a while, he withdrew his hand and walked past Zhen Ru and walked towards the figure.
There was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the street, and several military horses galloped in spite of the hustle and bustle of the city, and the chickens and dogs jumped all over the street, although they did not trample on pedestrians, but they also made many carts dodge and overturned on the side of the road, but when they saw clearly a few people on the horse, no people dared to scold.
When a young man in brocade jumped off the horse and talked with the young man of Mengyuan, Zhen Ru could see clearly, the three horsemen behind the young man in brocade stood still, and at first glance he was born in the army.
The only son of the captain of Yimaling, Zhou Hao.
Two groups of people met, a group of Han people and a group of Yuan people, but they talked like no one on the long street, which made Zhen Ru and his party quite tormented, they could see the actions of those Mengyuan men just now, and they clearly wanted to come up to find trouble, if they turned around and left at this moment, who knows if it will anger these Mengyuan people, but there will be a conflict? At the moment, we can only hope that the captain and the son have arrived here, and these Mengyuan people should be restrained.
This is the helplessness of low status, on the border of the Ming Dynasty, you still have to look at the face of Meng Yuanren, which is really unbearable and annoying.
Fortunately, the two groups of people talked, as if they had talked about something important, their faces were solemn, and after a while, the two groups of people separated, but they cast their eyes to different places with a deep meaning, Meng Yuanren looked at the three people leading horses on the other side of the long street, and the young man in brocade looked at Zhen Ru and his party, and licked his lips.
The sound of horses' hooves gradually faded away, and the Mengyuan men also disappeared at the end of the long street, as if Zhen Ru and his party were on the verge of a great enemy, they breathed a sigh of relief, and they were glad that they did not offend these people who could not afford to offend.
When you go out, as long as you don't have a deep background and excellent martial arts, how can you be satisfied with everything? It is inevitable to suffer some grievances, such as the current kind of contempt for words, which is already a good ending.
Probably because he was afraid that Zhen Ru would be a little depressed, he took the accident lightly: "Presumably, it must be that this captain said some good things that made us less calamity... In this way, it seems that this son is a good person, and in the end, the eyes seem to be a little fascinated by the owner, I heard that this school captain son can be literate and martial, and he can read the sage book with a five-stone bow, but he is worthy of our owner..."
"Steward Liu, don't be joking, how can we businessmen climb up to such an official and eunuch disciple?" Zhen Ru shook her head: "And that look... I always feel that there is something wrong with my mind. ”
"I'm afraid the owner thinks too much."
"I hope so... For now, it is better to pass this threshold earlier. ”
The steward smiled, and no longer teased Zhen Ru, but just took a few people to find an inn that could accommodate dozens of guys to escort them, Zhen Ru glared at Gu Huai and the three of them, and also went to the city gate to let the guys sort out the goods and move the carriage into the city to rest.
"He knows you."
Just as Gu Huai was holding the horse and wanted to follow, Ma Sanbao suddenly spoke.
"Huh?"
"That Yuan person, the look at you is wrong," Ma Sanbao said lightly, "He looked at you seven times in total, and each time his pupils narrowed, he wouldn't have this reaction when he saw a stranger." ”
"And if that young man doesn't come, he should go straight to you."
"Know me?" Gu Huai frowned, "Not quite right, I shouldn't know any Mengyuan people." ”
"Maybe you just saw me in Peking?"
Ma Sanbao shook his head slightly: "The expression is not quite right, I just met it, it won't be like that." ”
"This makes me very puzzled..."Gu Huai turned his head to look in the direction where they disappeared, "Who is it?" ”