Cheng Yuxi is not very skilled in horseback riding, but she has inquired before that if you want to go to Qiandao City, then you must pass through several towns, and there are some post stations between these towns, which can be used as a place to rest, and there will be some convoys passing by every day, and most of the pedestrians will simply trade with these convoys, and then take advantage of their cars to go to their destinations.

Because Pingcheng is not a very big town, there is still a certain distance from the nearest post station, Cheng Yuxi did not plan to walk over by himself, so he led a horse and planned to ride over, and then leave the horse to the post station, and when someone from the Cheng family went out to do business, he came to take the horse away.

Cheng Yuxi didn't know how to ride a fast horse, and she wasn't in a hurry, so she rode a horse and slowly walked outside Pingcheng, watching Pingcheng get farther and farther away from her, and finally completely disappeared from sight, Cheng Yuxi squinted her eyes slightly, she raised her water bladder at Pingcheng, who was about to disappear, replaced wine with water, bit off the stopper and took a sip.

The mountains are high and the waters are long, so be careful in everything.

Pingcheng was about three or four hours away from the first post station, because Cheng Yuxi was riding a horse, so the speed was much faster, and when it was noon, she came to the first post station.

The scale of the post station here is not very large, there are two or three inns and some tea stalls, generally speaking, rich merchants and some convoys, all go back to the inn to rest, and those ordinary civilians will drink two cups of cheap tea at the tea stall and take advantage of the shade to rest for a while.

The Cheng family has now become the overlord of this side with the help of Cheng Yuxi, so some people with discernment quickly recognized that the beautiful woman riding a horse in front of them was the young lady of the Cheng family, and walked up attentively and asked Cheng Yuxi to go in and rest.

Cheng Yuxi handed over the horse in his hand to the shopkeeper, and after a few words, he walked into the inn to rest.

There are a lot of people coming and going here, most of them come from outside the city and want to come to Pingcheng to trade, since the Cheng family in Pingcheng entered the Lotus Leaf Chamber of Commerce, the originally somewhat cold post station can be said to be full of people, endless, Cheng Yuxi ordered a pastry and a cup of Tieguanyin, calmly looked at the people around to discuss the Cheng family, and there was no superfluous look on his face.

After waiting for half a pillar of incense, Cheng Yuxi met a convoy that planned to go to Pengcheng for trade, and when he asked, he found that it was the Yang family. The owner of this convoy also seemed to know Cheng Yuxi, and after hearing about the way, he hurriedly let people vacate a carriage and invited Cheng Yuxi in.

Cheng Yuxi said: "Mr. Yang, I'll just take these carts that pull goods, there's no need to take these carriages." ”

Mr. Yang looked a little gentle, he listened carefully to Cheng Yuxi's words, and then said: "Miss Cheng, you can't say that, the head of the Yang family mentioned it to me, saying that you are very helpful to the Yang family, so if we meet people from the Cheng family in the future, especially you, we must treat them well, don't embarrass me." ”

Looking at the embarrassed look on the face of the man in front of him, Cheng Yuxi hesitated for a while, and finally sat in the carriage.

The carriage of the Yang family is very luxurious, and there are even some pastries in it, Cheng Yuxi was already a little tired because he got up relatively early and ran all the way, so he sat in the carriage and was a little drowsy.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound suddenly woke up the sleeping Cheng Yuxi.

She opened her eyes and looked at the top of the carriage a little confused, only then did she remember, now she was in the Yang family's carriage, but the carriage didn't seem to be walking, Cheng Yuxi opened the carriage curtain and looked at it, and found that the light outside was very dim, and it was already raining.

She had thought it was already dark, but if it had been dark, they would have already made it to the next station by now, not here.

Cheng Yuxi thought: Something should have happened.

She lifted the carriage curtain and wanted to get out of the car to see what was going on, but as soon as she lifted the curtain, a gust of wind swept over with a torrential rain, Cheng Yuxi could only cover it with her sleeves, and the whole person was blown staggered, almost leaning back.

After the coachman of the carriage saw Cheng Yuxi walking out of it, he wiped the rain from his face, and then said, "Miss Cheng! It's raining heavily outside! Go back first! ”

"Why did the carriage stop? Is something wrong? Cheng Yuxi's voice was drowned out by the sudden increase in rain, but the man driving the carriage still understood.

"Because this rain is so inexplicable, everyone is blocking the goods with waterproof cloths, and there is a horse-drawn cart in front of it that has sunk into the dirt and is now pulling out!" The coachman shouted at the front, "How's the situation?" Well, no! ”

Cheng Yuxi squinted and looked over, only to see that in the rain curtain, someone waved his hand at this side, and then shouted: "It's okay!" Let's go! ”

"Miss Cheng, you'd better go back to the carriage first!" The coachman turned his head and shouted.

Cheng Yuxi nodded, and then asked, "Now in this situation, when will I be able to reach the next station?" ”

The coachman frowned and thought seriously for a moment, and then said, "If I am not mistaken, if this heavy rain does not stop, then we can only stop and find a place to shelter from the rain, otherwise if the wheels of many carriages are sunk in the mud, it will be very troublesome!" ”

Cheng Yuxi also realized the seriousness of the problem, she frowned and looked at the hazy heavy rain around her, and finally retreated into the carriage.

The car finally began to move slowly again, and Cheng Yuxi obviously felt that the atmosphere of the convoy had changed, and everyone was no longer chatting and talking happily, but was in a silent hurry.

The speed of the carriage also slowed down significantly, and it stopped a few times in the meantime, presumably another carriage stuck in the mud.

After waiting for a long time, the carriage finally stopped, and at the same time, the coachman outside also gently rang the bell hanging next to the carriage and said, "Miss Cheng? Miss Cheng, are you awake? ”

Cheng Yuxi didn't actually fall asleep at all, she occasionally opened the curtain to look at the scenery outside, only to find that the heavy rain had no momentum to stop at all.

After hearing the coachman's words, Cheng Yuxi hurriedly said, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's raining too hard right now! We can't continue our journey, so we're now at an old inn, intending to take a break in it! The coachman lifted the curtain and said.

Cheng Yuxi nodded, and then she got out of the carriage, and as soon as she walked out, Mr. Yang immediately walked over and opened the umbrella for Cheng Yuxi, and said: "Miss Cheng, I'm really embarrassed, you see that this day is not beautiful, we have no choice but to rest here now." ”

Cheng Yuxi hurriedly said: "Mr. Yang, don't say that, you are willing to take me, I am already very grateful." ”

After a few polite words between the two of them, Mr. Yang took Cheng Yuxi into the old post station.

For unknown reasons, the old inn was abandoned, and several inns and tea stalls were empty and covered in dust. When Cheng Yuxi walked into an airbus inn with an umbrella, he found that there were some other people here, who should have also been trapped by the heavy rain, so they had to come here to rest for a while.

There was basically no one in the room on the second floor here, and after Mr. Yang simply divided the men, women and children in the convoy into rooms, he let them rest on their own, and promised that as long as the heavy rain stopped, he would definitely set off.

Look at the sky, it's getting late, and if the rain doesn't stop, they might have to spend the night here.

Cheng Yuxi doesn't care very much, she doesn't have any problems with the eldest lady, and although it is a little old here, it doesn't leak water or wind, and it's okay to sleep.

Cheng Yuxi really didn't guess wrong, the heavy rain didn't stop until late at night. Mr. Yang originally wanted to arrange a separate room for Cheng Yuxi, but Cheng Yuxi refused, she felt that it was really not good to have privileges in this kind of thing now, so she took the initiative to squeeze in a room with those young female dependents.

Cheng Yuxi's location is closer to the window, so she listened to the sound of the rain and fell asleep unconsciously.

But just when Cheng Yuxi was about to fall asleep, a thunderclap suddenly exploded in the sky, making the whole room brighten up in an instant!

All the people were frightened, and they woke up from their sleep, looking out of the window with some horror, and whispering incessantly.

Cheng Yuxi suddenly felt that the small box she had placed in the package before seemed to tremble slightly, she paused for a moment, took out the small box quietly and took a look, and found that the whole box was a little hot!

How could it be!

Just when Cheng Yuxi was shocked, countless thunderbolts exploded directly into the sky, making a loud noise, and the entire ground seemed to tremble!

At the same time, the rain became heavier.

Cheng Yuxi's face was very solemn, she held the somewhat hot mahogany box in her hand, looked at the lightning that kept exploding in the sky, and frowned tightly.

"Boom ——!"

It was as if a crack had been split in the sky, and the blinding light shone on everyone's senses.

The heavy rain was still falling, and the thunder on the horizon had not stopped since the beginning, but the mahogany box in Cheng Yuxi's hand did not react at all after that, and it no longer shivered or became hot.