After a day on the road, when the sun was about to set, I saw Laiwang smiling and riding a horse.

Dai Qiu saw it from a distance, and asked with a smile: "But you found an inn to stay in?" ”

Lai Wang wiped the sweat on his forehead with his whip hand, dismounted with a smile, and said: "Sister is right, there is a family four or five miles away, I also went inside to take a look, it is clean, and the food is complete, let's settle there tonight!" ”

Xi Fangyu led the horse to the stream to drink water, and when he heard the sound of talking, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Is Laiwang back?" ”

Laiwang trotted all the way downhill, walked to Xi Fangyu and made a thousand random calls, and said with a smile: "Three girls, let's stay at the inn in front tonight." ”

Xi Fangyu looked up at the sky and asked, "But we have only walked more than fifty miles today, and now the sun is still hanging high in the sky, and it will be possible to walk another ten miles, so do you have to stay so early?" ”

Dai Qiu also came over and explained with a smile: "Girl, the morning glow doesn't go out, the sunset travels thousands of miles, but we are here the other way around today, we should beware of rain at night, or stay early to rest assured." ”

Xi Fangyu just asked casually, Dai Qiu said this, she naturally would not refute, the two talked and laughed, and led the horse uphill.

Xi Fangyu smiled and asked, "How do you know everything, and you can actually guess that there is an inn near here?" ”

Dai Qiu also smiled: "Where can the slave and maid be unpredictable, but I just asked the villagers here." ”

In fact, five years ago, she was seen when she was sold to Kyoto, when she was crowded in a donkey cart with several girls from the same village, and she was frightened all the way, and she was naturally very impressed by the surrounding scenery.

In the past few years, she has been able to live this comfortable life comfortably, and she has grown so much knowledge in Kyoto, and she has been slim and slim, all of which have been blessed by the Xi family, why don't you let her be grateful from time to time.

After walking for a few miles, the two of them sat in the carriage to recuperate, and the journey was very smooth.

When staying at the inn at night, Dai Qiu was worried that Xi Fangyu would not be used to living outside for the first time, so he deliberately stayed with her as a companion.

The two opened the best room of the inn, and the food and wine were all sent to the room by Laiwang, and Laiwang picked hot water to scrub the two, and the fatigue of a day's journey was eliminated.

As soon as he settled down, it was raining heavily, and Dai Qiu was about to take off his clothes and go to bed, but he heard a noise outside the room.

Pushing open the window and looking down, a group of noisy merchants rushed to stay at the hotel, and closed the doors and windows again.

Xi Fangyu sat in front of the dresser and asked her what was wrong?

Dai Qiu smiled: "It's nothing, it seems to be a group of leather merchants from the north and south, and it is common to see it at this time." ”

Xi Fangyu nodded casually "um", tidied up, and the two went to bed.

Early the next morning, the two of them changed into casual clothes and went downstairs, and they saw a man of five big and three thick, standing at the counter and asking the shopkeeper about the distance to Kyoto.

This man had a tiger skin on his head and wiped his forehead, and he looked like he was coming from the north, and there were many people around him, who were carrying the box into the door.

Dai Qiu chose a private seat in the hall and sat down, and Dai Qiu asked the shopkeeper to serve some wine and food, planning to eat some at will for a while and hurry up.

Laiwang packed his bags and came over and said, "Childe, we can leave at any time." ”

Xi Fangyu nodded and mumbled, and before he could answer, he heard the man sitting next to him chuckle loudly: "This little boy looks handsome, with fine skin and tender meat, I don't know, I just think it's a girl hahahaha!" ”

Xi Fangyu's hand holding the horsewhip tightened, and he gritted his teeth and was about to get up, but was held down by Dai Qiu's hand.

Dai Qiu glanced at Xi Fang: "Son, we have important things to do when we go out, don't worry about those troubled people." ”

Xi Fangyu endured it, and finally continued to pick up chopsticks.

Who knew that the vulgar man was not interested, and he wanted to go around, intending to take a closer look at Xi Fangyu's appearance.

Laiwang and a few other little guys hurriedly got up to stop him, but the man raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I just want to go over, say hello to your little son, ask him where he uses rouge, and I will also go to Kyoto to sell some in the future!" ”

When the words fell, the accomplices in the lobby burst into laughter.

"That's it, they're all big men, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to talk to the living!"

Xi Fangyu didn't want to endure it anymore, so he got up and lashed the man's face, causing the man to retreat again and again.

The leather whip sounded in the air, and everyone present was stunned, and sighed in their hearts, this white-faced boy with no two taels of flesh in his body could still dance such a loud long whip?

"If you can't speak, shut up for me!"

Dai Qiu hurriedly got up, glanced at the gang, pulled the sleeve of Fang Yu's shirt and said, "Childe, let's go, it's important to hurry." ”

The group left the inn under the watchful eye of this group of merchants.

It had just rained hard last night, the road was muddy and slippery, and the cars and horses walked very slowly. By noon, I had only walked a dozen miles.

It was already noon, and the group got off the car and dismounted, picked up some slightly dry firewood, and planned to make a fire, but they couldn't light anything.

Dai Qiu said: "Presumably it rained too much last night, and it is estimated that it is difficult to pick up dry firewood around here, let's not waste the fire fold, just use some dry food and go on the road!" ”

Although Laiwang and the others really wanted to eat some hot meat to replenish their strength, seeing this situation, they had to give up.

The group sat around the stone pier on the side of the road, eating casually.

Dai Qiu took a few steamed buns from the baggage and handed them to Xi Fangyu, and then took a cowhide water bag to the river to fetch water.

I had only walked a few steps downhill when I felt something moving in the grass not far away.

Quietly touched the short knife hidden in the cuff, and slowed down his steps so that he could listen to the movements around him.

But the movement disappeared out of thin air, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet.

Until two or three birds suddenly rose into the air, Dai Qiu ran back almost at the same time, shouting to the people on the side of the road as he ran: "There are thieves!" Be careful, everyone! ”

Laiwang heard it from afar, dropped the steamed bun in his hand and picked up the guy on the side, his cheeks bulging, and shouted to Xi Fangyu: "Son, get in the car!" ”

Several other people also reacted quickly, but when they saw that Dai Qiu was followed by a few people, they hurriedly copied the guy and greeted him.

After a fight, Laiwang and the others gained the upper hand.

The three robbers saw that they were not able to fight, so they had to flee first.

Dai Qiu and the others did not chase it, but continued to get on their horses and hurry.

But all the way to stop and stop, it seems that he can't get rid of these people behind him.

They don't come forward to provoke conflicts, but they just follow from a distance and not closely, which is really disturbing.

Dai Qiu: "Looks like we're going to have to change course." ”

Xi Fangyu continued: "Not far from here is Ningcheng, where do we go, my aunt's house is there, I am not afraid that I will not be able to get rid of this gang of bandits when the time comes!" ”