Chapter 51: The Scholar in White
After more than ten days of non-stop travel, Jiang Yun's carriage was already approaching Bianjing.
"Childe, there are two roads leading to Bianjing in front, I don't know which way to go?" asked the coachman as he looked into the car.
Jiang Yun poked his head out of the car curtain, glanced outside the car and asked, "I don't know which two roads?"
"There are two roads in front of you, one large and one small, and if you take the main road, it will take about three days to reach Bianjing. If you take the trail, you can get there in two days!" explained the driver as he hurried.
After thinking about it for a long time, Jiang Yun still decided to take the trail and send Liang Feiyan to Bianjing one day earlier, he was also one day earlier, but there was one thing, his current time is very precious. Another reason is that Jiang Yun is afraid that if the time drags on for a long time, it will cause trouble, and what he is most worried about now is the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Liang Feiyan, this person will definitely not give up.
Half an hour later, a fork in the road ahead, and the coachman chose this path according to Jiang Yun's instructions.
Jiang Yun sat in the car with his eyes closed, he seemed to be recuperating, but in fact, he was listening closely to the wind and grass outside.
Hula, hula
The wind blows the leaves louder and louder, and there should be a forest ahead. This is also a place where it is easy to hide and ambush, Jiang Yun opened his eyes, lifted the curtain of the car and looked outside.
A leafy forest gradually appeared in Jiang Yun's field of vision.
"Where is this, how can there be a forest?" Jiang Yun asked.
"That's right, Childe! The forest in front of me is called 'Mochizuki Forest', and when this fork was built, it was originally intended to bypass this forest, but later because the imperial treasury was empty, a path was opened in this forest. The driver explained.
Jiang Yun frowned and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier! I'm afraid there will be bandits here!"
If Jiang Yun had known that there was a forest here, he would never have left here. If anyone wants to deal with Jiang Yun, then this woods is an excellent ambush place. But now that I've come here, I'm afraid it will take a long time if I go back.
"Childe has a lot of heart! There have never been any bandits here, Childe thinks, this is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, how can anyone rush here to make a mistake. Just walk through this wood, and there is a road ahead. The coachman said disapprovingly.
The carriage gradually drove into the woods, where the woods, except for the central path, were relatively flat, and there were many trees, and it was impossible to see the situation in the woods at all. Jiang Yun subconsciously leaned close to Liang Feiyan, and once there was any abnormal situation, he would help in time.
It may really be that Jiang Yun is too cautious, and nothing abnormal has happened along the way. The carriage drove out of the "Mochizuki Forest" safely.
"Is it really that I'm too sensitive?" Jiang Yun laughed at himself in his heart, since he stepped into the rivers and lakes, he began to be cautious about everything, even if he met a passerby on the road, he would always be vigilant.
"Childe, there's a tea stall in front of us, shall we stop for a rest, and my horses should be fed some fodder!" asked the coachman.
The carriage had been running for most of the day, and Jiang Yun also felt a little dry, so he nodded and responded, "Okay!
"Okay!"
In less than a cup of tea, a simple tea shed slowly appeared in front of Jiang Yun's eyes. The owner of the tea shed was a middle-aged man in his fifties, with slightly old spotted hair, and wore a washed white blue shirt.
"Here we are, Childe!" the driver said as he lunged into the car.
Jiang Yun and Liang Feiyan stepped out of the carriage one after another, and Jiang Yun habitually inquired about this tea shed.
This simple tea shed is made of a mix of bamboo and wooden planks. In front of the tea shed, five tables of eight immortals of different sizes were placed, three of which were empty, and the other two sat three men dressed as businessmen and a white-clothed scholar who had entered Beijing to take the exam. Because it was approaching the day of the scientific expedition at this time, Jiang Yun would have this inference.
"Three guest officers, please take a seat!" the middle-aged man in blue immediately greeted as soon as he saw a guest coming to the door.
"Boss, bring us three bowls of tea, a plate of peanuts, and help me feed the horses!" said the coachman to the middle-aged man in blue.
"Wait a minute!"
With little effort, three bowls of tea and a plate of peanuts were brought up by a middle-aged man in blue. Then, the middle-aged man in blue took out some forage next to the tea shed and fed the horses to Jiang Yun's carriage.
Liang Feiyan didn't pick up the tea bowl immediately, but took out a silver needle from her cuff and put it in her and Jiang Yun's bowls and tried it respectively. Picking up the silver needle and seeing that there was no change on it, Liang Feiyan picked up the tea bowl and drank it in small sips. Near Zhu Zhechi, she also learned from Jiang Yun's body to have an extra heart for everything.
The coachman shook his head with a smile, his face full of disapproval, he had already drunk the big bowl of tea.
Jiang Yun drank tea while watching the movements of the other two tables intentionally or unintentionally.
The white-clothed scholar seemed to have rested, and he took out two copper coins and placed them on the table. But he didn't leave at once, but walked towards another table of businessmen.
"The three brothers, Wang Zhe is polite!" said the white-clothed scholar.
Among the three, a big man with a beard on his face opened his mouth and asked, "This little brother, is there anything wrong?"
"That's the case, I am a student who entered Beijing to take the exam, because there was a delay on the road, so I am afraid that I will not be able to rush to the capital in time to participate in the scientific examination, so I want to take a few carriages to the capital, I don't know if it is convenient?" said the white-clothed scholar embarrassedly.
"Hitchhiking, it should be convenient for people to go out, but the little brother may have made a mistake, we are not going to the capital, but from the capital to go to other places!" said the bearded man apologetically.
"Oh yes, I'm sorry to disturb a few of you!" said the white-clothed scholar with a look of disappointment.
The white-clothed scholar set his eyes on Jiang Yun's table again, which was his last hope. Maybe because he hit a wall just now, he was a little hesitant.
After thinking about it, the scholar in white still walked to Jiang Yun's side.
"Disturbed the three, the next is the students who entered Beijing to take the exam, I see that the three came from the woods over there, presumably to Bianjing. I don't know if the three of you can let you take a carriage, Zhang Wei is grateful!" the white-clothed scholar said sincerely.
"This" The coachman looked at Jiang Yun with some embarrassment, from the bottom of his heart, he was very willing to help this scholar, but after all, he was employed by Jiang Yun, so whether he helped or not depended on Jiang Yun's meaning.
"No problem, it's inevitable to run into trouble when you go out, seeing each other is fate, how can there be no reason not to help!" Jiang Yun nodded and said.
Liang Feiyan on the side looked at Jiang Yun with some surprise, she thought that Jiang Yun would refuse this Zhang Wei, but she didn't expect him to agree without hesitation. However, she still chose to believe Jiang Yun and did not ask Jiang Yun why.
After half an hour, Jiang Yun and his party set off to Bianjing again
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