Chapter 3: The Jade Pendant and the Story
On autumn nights, the breeze is gentle and the shadows of the trees are gently swaying. The moon is bright in the sky, the starlight is dim, and the insects are singing, which is peaceful.
This is what Liang Yinqi is familiar with, and it is the same night as the countryside. She unconsciously relaxed, her elbows propped up on the window, palms against her cheeks, and softly hummed a few words of song.
Jiang Heng's driving voice was not loud. Without effort, I heard a vague and trivial singing voice coming from the carriage, and I couldn't help but bend my eyes: "Feeling good? β
Liang Yinqi was reluctant to deny it: "It's okay." β
Jiang Heng was appropriately quiet. Liang Yinqi fell asleep in the distant sound of insects and the gradual regularity of ruts.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already three poles of the sun. She slept unusually soundly.
Liang Yinqi lifted the curtain, Jiang Heng turned around, and there were two black greens under his eyes, and he yawned loudly: "I will arrive in Xucheng soon." β
Looking at his tired appearance, Liang Yinqi rarely couldn't bear it. She sat down beside Jiang Heng, stepped forward to hold the reins, and drove him inside: "Come in and rest for a while, I'll do the rest of the way." β
Jiang Heng made a movement in his hand, turned his head to look at the girl and rubbed her eyes, patted her cheeks again, lowered her eyes and smiled slightly, did not refuse, and entered the carriage.
As Jiang Heng said, in less than an hour, the carriage drove into Xucheng. Before entering the city, Liang Yinqi deliberately stopped to feed the horses, and observed for a while to see that the people were in and out smoothly, and then drove in with confidence.
There is a newly paved gravel road in the city. Jiang Heng was awakened, poked his head out and looked around, saw that it was already the inside of the capital, and asked, "Why don't you find an inn to rest first?" β
"When are you going to leave?"
Liang Yinqi did not answer the rhetorical question. She was already optimistic about an inn with a signboard not far away, and moved forward with a clear goal: "Sooner or later, you should separate, you better plan early." β
Jiang Heng was vague, answered, and took the horse rope back from her hand: "This kind of thing must be thought about when you are stable." Let's go have a meal first. β
The two arrived at the inn, settled the carriage, and sat down in the lobby. Liang Yinqi asked for three steamed buns and two soup dishes.
She took a steamed bun and broke it in half, put it back on the plate, took another whole one and stuffed it into her mouth, and announced, "I'll eat one first, and then half is not enough." β
Jiang Heng held back a smile and nodded.
The two of them were immersed in hard work, but the shopkeeper brought a plate of beef to the table.
Liang Yinqi hurriedly denied: "I didn't ask for it." β
The shopkeeper smiled: "It's this son who wants it." β
Liang Yinqi looked at Jiang Heng, he had loosened a piece of beef and stomached: "Do you have any money?" β
This man has been eating and drinking all the way, and he can afford to eat meat?
Jiang Heng was confident: "There is no money, and there is no half of a copper plate." I just gave the store a jade pendant. The boat is tiring, and you always have to get a little bit of meat. β
"Yu Pei for beef, are you overworked and hurt your brain?" Liang Yinqi wiped her lips and stretched out her hand to the shopkeeper: "Return the jade pendant, and I'll give you broken silver." β
The shopkeeper was stunned, obviously he didn't expect to say this, so he stayed where he was.
"I'm afraid that his jade pendant is worth a lot of money. Take 10,000 steps back, even if it's worthless, it's more than enough to buy a plate of beef, and you must know this before you come to deliver the meat in person. β
Liang Yinqi frowned: "You opened a store, you should talk about credibility." Deception and ignorance, but rightful deeds? β
Jiang Heng raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
The shopkeeper saw that Liang Yinqi was not a good person, so he silently took a step back, and had no intention of handing over the money in his hand again: "The guest is right." I'm just a small businessman, and even though I haven't read much, I know that the final word is settled......
"If you haven't read much, go read more! Return the jade pendant! β
Liang Yinqi interrupted him sharply, without backing down.
Jiang Heng almost burst out laughing.
"W-That's it, guest." The shopkeeper wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "I'll add a few more dishes to the two of you, they are all the signatures of the small shop!" This boy said that you have worked hard all the way, and the small shop can also provide massage services, which is guaranteed to make you relaxed! β
Liang Yinqi saw that Yu Pei was difficult to get back for a while, and sighed.
Jiang Heng thought that she was going to compromise on this, but when she saw Liang Yinqi clenching her hand into a fist and pressing it against her lips, she mysteriously summoned the shopkeeper closer, and said in a low voice: "There are some things I didn't want to say clearly. You see that he is soft-hearted and stupid, but it is actually good. His family is fighting for family property, and the brothers are fighting each other, but the first thing to target is this stupid child. In order to escape the pursuit, he ran out with me, and there were many hidden arrows along the way, and his life was at stake. If you don't believe him, just look at his legs, and the wounds are not yet complete. β
Before the shopkeeper could react, Jiang Heng had already remembered something: "I almost forgot." Shopkeeper, please borrow gold sore medicine, it's time to change the wound. β
The shopkeeper's face changed, Liang Yinqi looked at him, shook his head and said, "Those people sent to hunt him down would rather kill by mistake than let go." If they come along the way, they know that you have his jade pendant in your hand......"
Liang Yinqi choked: "That's it, everything is fate, and it's almost time to escape here." Shopkeeper, you can serve a few more dishes, and we can have a full meal and go on the road. β
Mixed in the rivers and lakes, for strange stories and anecdotes, it is better to believe that there is something than to believe that there is none.
The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva, trotted all the way to the counter to take out the jade pendant and gold sore medicine, and trotted all the way back and stuffed it into Liang Yinqi's hand like a thief.
He turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Liang Yinqi.
Raising the jade pendant for Jiang Heng to identify, Liang Yinqi took the jade pendant into his arms, took out the purse with one hand, and handed the gold sore medicine to Jiang Heng with the other.
She took out a few pieces of broken silver and put it in the shopkeeper's hand: "It's not easy to survive, you rely on your ability, and I won't take advantage of you." β
The shopkeeper nodded, and was embarrassed: "But I don't know the two...... When does it depart? β
Now, no matter what, he doesn't want the two of them to stay in the store any longer.
"At least wait until we're done with this meal." Jiang Heng smiled kindly.
Liang Yinqi has already chewed the steamed bun by herself. The shopkeeper understood that the two were only afraid of soft and hard and did not eat, but fortunately, they did not look like they were messing around and refused to leave, so he retreated.
Jiang Heng took the gold sore medicine and looked at Liang Yinqi carefully.
Liang Yinqi didn't raise his head: "Eat, don't stare at me." β
Jiang Heng put the gold sore medicine into his arms and read: "Yes, not yes, what it is really ......."
Liang Yinqi looked at him inexplicably.
went to the countryside with her, took care of her grandmother since she was a child, and she didn't know a few big words. She only recognized some words with Xiucai in Zhuangzi, but she had a headache when she heard the poem, and Xiucai didn't force her to read it.
But no matter how she doesn't understand, she can probably hear the meaning of deception. Liang Yinqi picked up a piece of beef, took a sip of soup, and handed down a piece of steamed buns: "I haven't studied poetry, don't chew words in front of me." β
"You'll be able to read it later."
"There's no need. I'm lying to people now, I understand how to make you choreograph. β
Jiang Heng was stunned and couldn't help laughing: "That's not what I mean." β
He thought about it, but still didn't explain it, and praised her for "making something out of nothing" and using it well. Liang Yinqi didn't have the heart to talk to him about reading, so he ate a whole steamed bun, and then half of half a steamed bun, clapped his hands, pushed the plate to the opposite side, and slowly drank the soup.
Compared with her, Jiang Heng eats a lot more. When serving the bowl, the thumb buckles the mouth of the bowl, the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger buckle the bottom of the bowl, and the palm of the hand hangs empty; When picking vegetables, only the edge of the plate close to his side, a small amount of many times, even if Liang Yinqi has finished eating, he still eats all of them after asking.
Although there is a lot of attention, it is not slow to eat. When he swallowed the last bite, Liang Yinqi did the same as Fang Cai, took out some broken silver from his purse and put it in front of Jiang Heng: "Take it." Let's leave it at that. β
This is the third time she's said those four words.
Jiang Heng looked down at the broken silver, and then raised his eyes to look at Liang Yinqi: "My jade pendant, Brother Liang has confiscated it?" β
"You have to pay back the cost of the journey several times." Liang Yinqi poured another cup of tea: "I don't want much, this jade pendant is enough." β
Jiang Heng looked at her fixedly: "Actually, I can give you more." β
"There is no blessing." Liang Yinqi looked at him and sighed silently again.
As long as she has a little money, but if Jiang Heng has less eyes, she can rush to this good skin, and she will be a handsome son-in-law by herself.
Isn't this better than a fiancΓ© you've never met?