Chapter Seventy-Four: Bathing
Song Chatou and the others saw that Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan had caught up, and they were finally relieved.
Instead of waiting, they continued to rush at the same pace as before.
This swamp is full of dangers, and even if Su Niang leads the way, accidents may still occur, so it's better to get out of here as soon as possible.
Jing Yannian saw from a distance that there were more than Jing Beihan and the others behind, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled.
He looked at the people of the Jing family in front of him, then looked back at Jing Beihan and them, and simply stopped and waited.
"Brother Han, you and your sister-in-law are not injured, are you?"
Finally waited for Jing Beihan and a few people to approach, Jing Yannian was busy and stepped forward to ask with concern.
While asking, his vigilant gaze fell on Ah Da and the others.
"We're fine, Su Niang has made a great contribution, and we haven't fought those officers and soldiers at all." Zuo Xingyan replied with a smile.
Later, she introduced several people to Jing Yannian.
Knowing that Ah Da and the others had plotted against Zuo Xingyan in Kyoto, Jing Yannian's originally friendly expression instantly became gloomy.
"Sister-in-law, how can such a person stay by his side?"
Jing Yannian was quite dissatisfied with her sister-in-law's acceptance of Ah Da and several people as younger brothers.
The elder brothers looked pale and hurriedly waved their hands.
"Little brother is serious, we don't know the boss if we don't fight."
"They're not bad, I believe in them."
Zuo Xingyan understood that Jing Yannian was worried about her, so he immediately patted the young man's shoulder to comfort him.
And Ah Da and several people were also moved to tears because of these words.
They've been villains for more than a decade, and it's the first time anyone has said something so adamantly that they believe them.
When Jing Yannian saw Zuo Xingyan say this, he could only listen to her, and turned around and took a few people to chase after the Jing family.
Although the swamp is large, the group has been on the road without eating or drinking, and they have come out after a day's work.
Su Niang really knows this swamp well, and it is because of her accurate judgment that everyone can avoid danger and get out safely several times.
After a whole day of non-stop travel, everyone was too tired to walk.
As soon as they crossed the edge of the swamp, several people sat down on the ground with exhaustion.
The family members next to him hurriedly took out the dry food from the water bladder to replenish everyone's strength.
Zuo Xingyan also took out the food and distributed it to Jingbei Hanjing Yannian and Su Niang Ah Da.
The people of the Jing family saw them eating fragrant buns and meat, and they swallowed their saliva with hunger.
But they were also self-aware, so none of them came forward to ask for it.
Everyone knows that if there is no Zuo Xingyan along the way, they may not have the life to come here alive.
No matter how powerful Jing Beihan was, if it wasn't for Zuo Xingyan's assistance, he wouldn't have been able to bring so many people from the Jing family over.
The Jing family is very grateful to Zuo Xingyan, except for the aunt of the Jing family.
She nibbled on the dry steamed buns, staring at Zuo Xingyan and Su Niang with resentful eyes, eager to turn the two of them into steamed buns and devour them one by one.
"After two more states, we will arrive in Quanzhou."
Song Chatou opened the map, and his tone was quite complicated.
Thanks to Su Niang, they came from the swamp and took a shortcut again, saving at least a full five days' journey.
If they followed the original route, they would have to walk at least five or six days to reach Zhangzhou after crossing the river.
But now after walking through the swamp, a few miles further on, it is the boundary of Zhangzhou.
Before you know it, they've been gone for more than a month.
Although Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan fell off the cliff and were delayed for two days before, they have now made up for it, and maybe they can reach Quanzhou in advance.
Song Chatou looked at the town in front of him where the outline could be faintly seen, and he was quite emotional.
He had also escorted exiled prisoners several times before, but this trip of the Jing family was also the most difficult and chaotic in his life.
If he can reach Quanzhou smoothly, he will be regarded as a person of Jingbei Han in the future, and he can only be more cautious in Kyoto in the future.
However, Song almost did not regret defecting to Jingbei Han at all.
Just looking at the strength of Jing Beihan and Zuo Xingyan now, they are much stronger than those in Kyoto.
Now that Kyoto is in turmoil, the Son of Heaven is mediocre, exploiting the people, and is not worthy of being a king.
The country of Daliang is afraid that it will not be able to sit for too long.
"Get up! Keep on our way, get to the next town before dark, and we won't have to spend the night in the wilderness. ”
The thick fog in Song Chatou's heart dissipated, and he was clear, and even his mood was much better, and the tone of his speech to the Jing family was quite gentle.
As soon as everyone heard this, they didn't hesitate, and immediately got up and followed Song Chatou to continue walking.
After the previous cliff incident, Song Chatou no longer let the men of the Jing family wear shackles, at most they just put on a show and tie two loops of rope.
Jing Zhong was grateful for Song Chatou's understanding, and secretly told the Jing family to listen to Song Chatou's words obediently many times.
It didn't take long for everyone to reach the boundary of Zhangzhou, and not far ahead, it was a small town in Zhangzhou.
There was no post house, and in the past, the yacha escorted exiled prisoners to ordinary inns, and those prisoners would be locked up in stables or cowsheds.
Exiled prisoners were never treated as human beings.
But now it's different, Song Chatou seems to be from Jing Beihan's side, how can he let them live in the stable.
So Song Chatou directly took out the broken silver and booked a few ordinary rooms, those in the Jing family, one for men and one for women.
Zuo Xingyan and Jing Beihan live alone in one room.
No one has any objection to such an arrangement.
Zuo Xingyan booked a room for the Ah Da brothers, and Su Niang lived with the Jing family's daughters.
"Ah, can you take a shower tonight?"
Zuo Xingyan entered the room, smelling the sour smell coming from his body, and almost retched.
Before following Jing Beihan from the river to find Jing Zhong and the others, from that day to now, Zuo Xingyan has never found a chance to go into the space to wash up.
Zuo Xingyan only felt that he was already stinky at this time.
Jing Beihan was opening the window to ventilate, and when he heard this, he turned around and walked towards the door, "I'll ask." ”
I found out that ordinary rooms do not provide hot water for bathing.
Jing Beihan couldn't bear Zuo Xingyan's disappointment, and stuffed Xiao Er with a piece of broken silver and asked him to send hot water.
Xiao Er responded happily, took the broken silver and ran to boil water.
Zuo Xingyan waited for the hot water, and couldn't wait to run behind the screen to undress and prepare to take a bath.
Jing Beihan was still sitting at the table, and when he saw her unabashed behavior, the tips of his ears flushed.
In fact, Zuo Xingyan didn't have other thoughts, she just forgot about Jing Beihan's existence.
She thought that Jing Beihan had already gone out with Xiao Er.
One of the two forgot, and the other did not dare to move for fear of alarming each other.
Jing Beihan sat motionless like this, waiting for Zuo Xingyan to finish taking a bath.
Nearly half an hour had passed by this time.
If it weren't for the cold water, Zuo Xingyan would still be able to soak for another half an hour.
She sighed as she got up from the tub, she didn't expect the ancient tub to be so comfortable.
When Zuo Xingyan dried herself and walked out wrapped in thin clothes, she found Jing Beihan sitting there stiffly.