Zhang Eryong didn't know that the family was already in a mess, and at this moment, he was on the way to Jizhou with his horse and whip.
It was already dark at this time, and it was the new year. The people all stayed at home to celebrate the new year. There was no one on the official road, and he was the only one riding a horse galloping under the meager moonlight.
In fact, he could have waited until the next day to leave, but after seeing what his wife did, he didn't want to stay at home for a moment.
When father is not at home, there is only the stupid mother, the naughty younger sister, the selfish, self-proclaimed younger brother, the mean and calculating sister-in-law and the temperless elder brother. In this family, he sincerely He felt that there was nothing worthy of his nostalgia.
With my beloved father gone, this home doesn't feel like a home, and it doesn't hold any attraction for him anymore!
He rode his horse for thirty or forty miles in one breath, and the sky was getting darker and darker. When he passed a small village beside the official road, he saw a lantern from a distance. It was a village shop. The lantern was the village shop at the door. Under the guise of staying and eating.
He hasn’t eaten anything since he came home today, and he’s already so hungry that his chest sticks to his back. When he saw this small shop, his first thought was to go in and have a big meal. In the heated kang house, take a good rest.
However, when I came to the front, the door of the village store was closed, and I couldn't even push it open, as if it had been stabbed to death from the inside, and it was not ready to receive customers.
Zhang Eryong led the horse with one hand, and slapped the door with the other, "Open the door, open the door, the inn..."
After a while, a bed-like voice came from the door: "The guests are full, the guest officer should go find another place to live."
Hearing this, Zhang Eryong couldn't help frowning.
For the New Year’s Eve, there is only this small inn dozens of miles away, and he has to go to the town of Halahai, dozens of miles away, to find other places. Right now, he is so hungry that he is dizzy and has starry eyes. , how can I get to Harahai
"Shopkeeper, it's so late today, and there is no other place to go, please do whatever is convenient for the storekeeper, and I can give the store some more money." Zhang Eryong discussed.
As soon as the word "give more money" was mentioned, the inside immediately became quiet, and after a while, there was a sound of kicking footsteps, who rushed over to open the door for him.
The door opened, and a shrewd shopkeeper appeared in front of Zhang Eryong.
"Hey, this guest officer, the small shop is already full. If you really have no place to live, I can only help you put a few tables together in the main room and use them as beds for you. Do you think this is okay? If it works Let’s do it for the small ones, but for the small ones, there is really no other way…”
"Okay, but please bring some food here first, and it will be counted together with the shop fee." Zhang Eryong is not picky, it is good to have a place to sleep now, how can he be picky
So he agreed and led the horse into the yard of the inn.
There are still a few horses tied up in the yard, and two cars. The decorations on the two cars should be that the owner of the car is not low-status, at least someone who is either rich or noble, and definitely not an ordinary person.
Zhang Eryong handed over the horse to the innkeeper and entered the inn first.
There was a charcoal pot burning in the main room of the inn, and it was very hot. He walked to the charcoal pot and warmed it for a while, to drive away the cold air on his body. When the body was warmed up, the shopkeeper also came in.
"Guest officer, what do you want to eat? The shop has beef with new sauce, and some spiced peanuts. In addition, the wine in the shop is also made from pure grains. It's delicious..." In order to sell more For some money, the store spares no effort to introduce and recommend.
Zhang Eryong put an ingot of silver on the table beside him, and said generously, "Cut me two catties of sauced beef, another dime of wine, and five steamed buns."
When the shopkeeper saw the white money, he immediately smiled like a flower, and went to do it.
Zhang Eryong was warmed up, so he sat back on a stool and waited for the store to bring him wine and meat.
He went to Jizhou this time to visit Lan'er, to see if she was living as well as in the legend. If she was doing well, he had to tell her a very important thing, which was related to Important, related to her man's life and death.
Before he came back, he had already learned that his Shangfeng was working hard to lobby the general to rebel. The name of the rebellion was to clear the emperor's side, eradicate King Zhan who was coercing the emperor to order the world, and return the kingship to the emperor.
The general's mind has already begun to waver, but it's not confirmed yet, but it seems that it's only a matter of time, and he should be able to agree, so if she really loves that man, that man is also very good to her, this matter , he had to tell her that she and her man should also be mentally prepared to avoid being caught off guard.
If she is not doing well, then he will not say anything, and when he goes back, he will recharge his batteries and wait for the day when the general raises his flag to rebel. He will personally lead his troops to Jizhou and kill the girl who took her But he doesn't cherish her man. At that time, he will be with Lan'er again. No matter whether she is married or not, and whether she has had children or not, he will love her as much as before, and he will definitely love her. He will love her child as he loves his own child, and then, in this life, he will never be separated from her...
He was bowing his head in meditation, when suddenly there was a 'swipe', the door curtain was lifted, and a girl with a maid bun appeared, interrupting his thoughts.
I saw the girl looked into the room with her almond eyes open, and when she saw Zhang Eryong, she let out a 'hum', dropped the curtain again, and angrily went to the side room to talk to the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, didn't we take over your small shop? Why are you recruiting customers again? But you think we don't give you enough money, or you think you have lived too long, and you dare to offend General Lu's family. ?”
When the shopkeeper saw the girl came to question him, he quickly apologized and said with a smile, "Girl, I think he is alone, and it's the Chinese New Year in the middle of the night. If I don't accept him, I'm afraid he will freeze to death outside. The girl is also kind." People, you wouldn’t have the heart to let an innocent person freeze to death, would you?”
"Fart, stop fooling me. The old beggar was about to starve to death yesterday, and I didn't see that you were willing to give her a pancake. Now it's kind of merciful. Let me see, you clearly belong to Tuxi's family." Money, I want to get something out of both ends."
The little girl put her hips on her hips, and mercilessly exposed the shopkeeper's old background.
The storekeeper was told that something was on his mind, his old face blushed, and he couldn't help but continue to argue, "Girl, you have wronged the little one, and the little one is not for money. That person is a regular customer of my family. The old customer came to the door , and it’s in the middle of the night again, so I can’t drive him away..."
The little girl raised her eyes and said: "I don't care about you, anyway, my mother is ill, the doctor said to rest, if you just recruit some idle people to disturb her old man's recuperation, then turn around and blame the general's wife, don't Blame me for not reminding you!"
After finishing speaking, he hummed again, raised his chin and turned around.
The storekeeper looked at the girl's arrogant figure and shook his head helplessly. It seemed that the money would not be earned tonight, hey!
He cut two catties of beef, wrapped it in oiled paper, wrapped five steamed buns, made a gourd of wine, and went to the front yard to drive people away.
"Guest officer, you heard it just now. It's not that the young one doesn't want to take you in. In fact, the family of General Lu Dajun in Jizhou has booked the small shop. The young one can't help himself. You should bring these food and drink to another house in the village. Go and stay overnight, as long as you give more money, someone will take you in."
Zhang Eryong took the beef steamed buns and wine, and felt that the steamed buns and wine were still warm. If they went out, the steamed buns and wine would definitely be cold, and they would not taste good, so he said, "That's okay, I just trouble you to talk to those Someone said, let me finish eating before leaving."
This request was not too much, and the shopkeeper rushed to the backyard to negotiate a deal.
Zhang Eryong didn't delay, he put the paper bags on the table, and opened them one by one, revealing a few big white steamed buns that had just been warmed in a pan and a pack of thinly sliced sauced beef. He took out a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick cage on the table, held the beef and the wine gourd, and started to eat and drink.
While eating, he suddenly heard a whimper crying from the backyard. The voice sounded like an old woman in her 40s or 50s.
The crying was undisguised, and the movement was very loud. Zhang Eryong was wondering who was crying in the middle of the night. When the shopkeeper came back, he said to Zhang Eryong with a smile on his face, "I have already told you. Fortunately, the nanny in charge is a sweetheart." Kind, not only let you eat and drink here, but also allow you to stay here for a night."
After hearing this, Zhang Eryong put down the wine and chopsticks in his hands, and said, "Then I will go and thank that nanny myself!"
"No, no, don't you hear crying?" The storekeeper glanced at the door and whispered.
Hearing this, Zhang Eryong had no choice but to sit down again, looked suspiciously at the direction of the backyard, and said casually: "What's bothering this nanny, why are you still crying so late?"
The store owner is a talkative person. He was busy just now with hot wine and cutting meat, and talking about things in the front and back yards. He is no longer sleepy. After hearing what Zhang Eryong said, he said to Zhang Eryong, " This nanny is the wet nurse of a lady in General Lu's mansion in Jizhou. It seems that the lady she nursed had a quarrel with General Lu and ran back to her mother's house. As a result, she encountered bandits in Qingzhou and the carriage fell into it. The mother fell ill when she heard the letter, so she stayed in our small shop and couldn't leave. Maybe she was too worried about the lady. She cried day and night, as long as I just cry when I am awake, no one can persuade me..."
Speaking of this, the shopkeeper shrank his neck, remembering the scene of that day.
At that time, General Lu and the gang just happened to be resting in his shop, but they received a letter from Feige. After seeing the letter, the general's face changed suddenly, as if he was about to go to the battlefield to kill people. The terrifying evil spirit almost frightened him, a commoner, to death, so he hid in the kitchen and dared not come out.
Later, the general left overnight, and he didn't dare to come out until after he left.
However, the general's aura was too frightening. After three days, he still had lingering fears every time he recalled the general's fierce look when he saw the letter!
Fortunately, he has already left, if he still stays here, he must be scared to death.
Zhang Eryong felt regretful when he heard what he was talking about, but he didn't pay much attention to it. After eating, he put the tables together, and the store brought him another quilt, and asked him to sleep in the main room. sleep a night...
That night, Zhang Eryong didn't sleep well, and the crying of the nanny in the backyard could be heard from time to time, and someone comforted him: "Grandma, don't feel bad, take care of yourself, the general has been working day and night If you rush over, you will definitely be able to find your wife!"
Mammy choked up and said, "How can it be so easy? The 100-meter-high cliff has no bottom, let alone a flesh and blood body, even a stone will be broken if it falls, not just the car. Is it? Ma also fell to his death at that time, our wife is afraid that this time it will be a bad luck... "
"No, if something happened, how could the body not be found? It must have been rescued by someone or she was slightly injured and still able to move, so she left on her own. Otherwise, how could there be no body?"
"Hey, I hope so. Poor her, she lost her parents since she was a child, and she is like this when she is married. Why is this child's fate so bad..."
After crying for a long time, Zhang Eryong had to rest when he knew that the nanny was tired and fell asleep again.
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At this time, although it was already midnight, Lu Yuan did not rest. He was galloping on the mountain road from Qingzhou to Fengyang. His attendants had already been thrown hundreds of miles away by him. Now he is alone One person came here alone.
It has been several days since Ning'er had an accident, and he has never seen anyone alive or dead. He was so worried that he wished he could replace it with his own body. Today, he finally understands that Ning'er is not nothing in his heart, but It occupies a very important position, but he has not noticed it until now.
Along the way, he kept praying, praying for God to bless Ning'er to save her from danger and be safe. He would rather lose his life for ten years, no, twenty or thirty years, as long as she can live, let him die immediately It will be all right.