Chun Xing really felt that she was ashamed to see others. She didn't even send the kitchen knife back to the kitchen. She used her lightness kung fu and ran back to her room in a hurry, closing the door tightly with a slam.
The villagers who waited on the vegetable fields in the yard only felt that their eyes were blurred. A figure flew past with a whoosh, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
After closing the door, Chun Xing leaned against the door panel, very angry, and she didn't know who she was angry with. She had lived for thirty years. It was the first time I encountered such an embarrassing thing. In a fit of anger, she laughed out of anger at herself, with a puff. Then she immediately covered her mouth, fortunately Xia He wasn't in the room, otherwise she might have thought she was insane.
But speaking of it, that man named Li Da seems to be pretty good too. He should be in his thirties and still looking for his sister. It's quite pitiful. The scars on his face should be the same as those at that time. The bandits who killed his family must have left it behind.
Unknowingly, Chun Xing felt that she paid more attention to Li Da.
Chun Xing has a big oolong. The reactions of the maids in the whole courtyard were similar to Gu Yuqi's when they heard the news. It was a misunderstanding after a long time.
Seeing that the matter was discussed, Gu Yuqi left Li Da to eat at home. After all, he gave away so many things, and she even said that she didn't have it once. Today, Chun Xing made a fuss about the kitchen knives. It seems a bit unreasonable not to invite him again.
The banquet is placed in the pavilion in the center of the vegetable garden. This was originally a garden, but now it has been turned into a vegetable garden by Gu Yuqi. Gu Yuqi also felt a little drunk, but facing the green vegetables all over the yard, Gu Yuqi was still very proud to tell Li Da that the vegetables he ate today were all grown by himself. of.
If you say this in modern times, people will be envious and jealous, but in ancient times, it would be too commonplace. As long as it is a farmer, who would spend money to buy vegetables... So Gu Yuqi also felt a little embarrassing after speaking.
But Li Da was really happy.
He has been in Jiangxia City for so long, starting as a dock worker, and now he is the boss, the hardships he has put in during this period cannot be mentioned to outsiders. In the past, when he had no money, he had to work day and night. When he had no time to study and practice calligraphy, others laughed at him as a white man. When he was rich, he had to learn to read and write in order to understand the account books, but others said he was arty. He bought a house, and the garden inside looked beautiful, but he felt that something was missing. Today, he felt that Gu Yuqi's garden is the one that suits his taste the most!
The yard is full of vegetables, and you can feel at ease just looking at it. In his garden, there are a whole yard of flowers, and he can't even remember what kind of flowers they grow. The courtyard is full of dishes, he can speak clearly and clearly if he chooses any of them. So when he looked at Gu Yuqi, he felt even more cordial.
Needless to say, Daimei's craftsmanship is comparable to that of the royal chef in the palace. In fact, Gu Yuqi knows that Daimei's craftsmanship has surpassed that of the imperial chef in some aspects.
So when the food and wine were served, Li Da opened up his chatter box, chatting with Gu Yuqi while drinking.
Gu Yuqi was persuading her to drink at first, but later she felt that Da Li was too self-conscious and didn't need her to pour the wine at all, so she grabbed a flagon and poured herself wine while talking. If he hadn't expressed his feelings for Chun Xing before, Gu Yuqi would almost have thought that he was going to get herself drunk to create a chance to get closer to Chun Xing.
However, as Gu Yuqi expected, Li Da drank a bad drink and poured himself down at Gu Yuqi's table. Gu Yuqi, who was holding the wine glass, couldn't laugh or cry, so she had to ask Zhao Wu to come over and take him away. Lift up guest rooms for temporary stay.
She sent someone to report to Li's mansion again. After Zhang Lan went, she came back and told Gu Yuqi mysteriously that he took the opportunity to report the letter and inquired. Li's family has no wives and concubines, and the elder brother is single. Zhang Lan's gossip The appearance made Gu Yuqi laugh again, and then she realized that she sent Zhang Lan to the shop to watch in the afternoon. He missed Chunxing's wonderful scene, so he didn't know Li Da's real intentions, but Zhang Lan said so. Gu Yuqi is actually quite curious about gossip, since he has inquired about it, she will go gossip again without her.
After coming and going, Li Da became a frequent visitor to Gu Yuqi's house. At the beginning, Chun Xing avoided Li Da because of a misunderstanding of the matter. Now that she had said it, Li Da would openly bring gifts to Chun Xing. s things.
At first Chun Xing refused to accept anything she said, but Li Da said that he only bought it for his sister. His family is gone, and now that he has money, even if he wants to buy something as a gift, he doesn't know who to give it to.
Li Da's sad words made Chun Xing feel that she was a little too sensitive, so she accepted it for his sister's sake.
After accepting it once, there will be two times, starting from a small mirror, and now giving jewelry, silk and satin, Chun Xing doesn't have much resistance, but when she thinks it is too expensive, she will talk to Li Da and call He takes it back. Li Da didn't insist either, he would take the things back and give them in other ways the next day.
Gu Yuqi lingered in Jiangxia City for another month, and when everything in the shop was on track, she told Liang Huaiyu that she would continue to go north.
It is already late spring and early summer.
She considered again and again to leave some of Zhang Lan's subordinates in Jiangxia City to help her take care of the shop. In Jiangxia City for such a long time, she has cultivated two smart and capable people among those people. She also signed a contract with the villagers who lived here temporarily, and she hired these people to help her guard the house.
Her yard has been transformed into a farm, so she is not afraid that it will get worse in the hands of these villagers. On the contrary, these villagers are grateful for Gu Yuqi's life-saving grace, and each of them has the heart to repay Gu Yuqi. I'll do my best to get it right here.
The news that Gu Yuqi and her party were going to continue going north reached Li Da's ears, and Li Da said that he would go with Gu Yuqi and the others. He said that he had been in Jiangxia City for half his life, and he hadn't gone out for a walk. Now that Gu Yuqi and his party are going north to do business, that would be even better, and he would go along to see the world.
Now Jishun Express in Jiangxia City is on track, and the business volume is huge. In the final analysis, I still want to thank Li Da for his great help. After getting along for so long, Gu Yuqi found that Li Da is really a good person, so she discussed it with Liang Huaiyu. He also agreed to take Li Da to Kuizhou with him.
Gu Yuqi also has her own plans. After all, Li Da has been working in the freight industry all her life, and she wants to develop her own ancient logistics industry. People like Li Da must assist her. Taking Li Da away is also to pave the way for the future.
But since she was going to take Li Da with her, Gu Yuqi had to explain clearly to Li Da that she had a problem with her gender.
Gu Yuqi told Li Dayi that Li Dayi was stunned for a while, but soon relieved. Of course, Gu Yuqi didn't tell Li Da all about herself, she just said that it was not easy for their mother and daughter to do business abroad, so they had to disguise themselves as men because it was convenient.
Li Da couldn't help expressing his approval, and even praised Gu Yuqi fiercely, which made Gu Yuqi feel a little embarrassed, so she gave up.
After arranging everything properly, the group set foot on the road to the north again.
A few of Zhang Lan's subordinates were missing and stayed in Jiangxia City to manage affairs, but Li Da and his two subordinates were added, and the number of people was the same as when they entered Jiangxia City.
With the money earned during the disaster, Gu Yuqi is now a confident person. She is now a rich woman. The shops in the capital have gained both fame and fortune. Even after the disaster, the popularity has not diminished, and the business is better than other shops. Be prosperous. The spices and other items she collected cheaply in Jiangxia City were transported to the capital, and now they are all in high demand, making Gu Yuqi a lot of money. She even saved the shipping fee, because she used her own freight.
Although it was already late spring, they walked north all the way, and there were still mountain flowers and the weather was not hot.
After passing Jiangxia City, the scenery is close to that of the Northland. Without the capital city, it is different from Jiangxia City, which has stood for a hundred years. There is a feeling of vastness here, which makes people's hearts seem to become much wider.
Gu Yuqi no longer needs to deliberately wear men's clothes, she simply changed back to women's clothes, Li Da was shocked by the appearance of her women's clothes, she couldn't believe her eyes, it made Li Da love Gu Yuqi's mother and daughter even more A little bit of admiration was born.
The mother and daughter are both charming. If they want to rely on rich and powerful people with their looks, it can be said that it is effortless, but they do not rely on men, and they lead these many maids to wander around alone. Between heaven and earth, with a unique chic and unrestrained, it is really enviable.
What's more, he had already experienced Gu Yuqi's business methods in Jiangxia City. After learning that she was a woman, especially a woman with such beauty, Li was even more surprised. He is considered half a man from the rivers and lakes, and he does not have the prejudice of a wealthy family. In addition, he relies on his own ability to eat and knows that the world is difficult, so he admires Gu Yuqi and Liang Huaiyu for traveling and doing business as women.
Seeing that Li Da didn't show any disrespect to her and her mother, Gu Yuqi also felt relieved, this Li Da is indeed good. Although it didn't feel good when we met for the first time, but after getting along, we are indeed a friend we can make.
Among the green mountains and green waters, a group of people walked and played while enjoying themselves, and Li Da also quickly integrated into Gu Yuqi's team, without treating himself as an outsider at all. He would still often follow Chun Xing to ask for her care, which made Chun Xing unable to beat her or scold her, so she could only let him go.
In fact, Gu Yuqi could tell that if Li Da had just looked at Chun Xing a few more times because he looked like his sister at first, then now he looks at Chun Xing with affection.
It's just that Chun Xing is very dull, and she had another big oolong, so naturally she wouldn't think about it again, and Chun Xing once performed a kitchen knife slapping the table, Li Da was afraid that Chun Xing would get annoyed after he knew what he wanted, and he would make trouble again It came out like this, so I didn't say anything, the two of them just walked in a daze all the way.
Gu Yuqi and Liang Huaiyu have made this matter clear, and Liang Huaiyu is as happy to see it as Gu Yuqi.
If Li Da could really make Chun Xing fall in love with him, it would be a beautiful thing indeed. Liang Huaiyu has always felt guilty about her four maids. If there is a man who is willing to treat them wholeheartedly, Liang Huaiyu is of course happy, so instead of stopping Li Da from approaching Chun Xing, she will sometimes do a little favor , Create some opportunities for two people to be alone.
Everyone walked and played all the way, but the itinerary was very slow. After walking for a long time, we finally arrived at a small town called Kaner Town.
There is only one small inn in the town, and Gu Yuqi decided that everyone will rest at the inn tonight.
Li Da had no complaints all the way, but he also wondered why Gu Yuqi didn't go to the town to stay in the hotel, but always slept in the wild, but he didn't ask.
He is an old man, and it can be seen that Gu Yuqi and her group must have extraordinary backgrounds. Judging from their food and clothing, and the well-trained maids and guards, they are not from ordinary people. In addition, when he was in Jiangxia City, His Royal Highness King An once sat in Jishun Suda in person, and lived in their home all the time. If he didn't have a certain status, how could he invite His Royal Highness King An.
So Li Da didn't dare to randomly guess Gu Yuqi and the others' identities.
After the group of people entered the inn, it was already late at night, and a young man greeted them with a smile, and beckoned everyone to sit down and rest. He turned around and opened half of the door of the inn, leaving half, and then he and the guards put the horses back together. Pull it to the backyard and feed it.
Gu Yuqi looked around the inn, it was very small and tidy, but it didn't seem to be doing much business, there was only one waiter in the inn, he was busy leading the horse, and the shopkeeper needed to greet the guests in person.
"Shopkeeper, is your business not doing well?" Gu Yuqi asked curiously, taking advantage of the opportunity of the shopkeeper's coming to serve tea. "Why do I think we are the only customers in this store?"
"Oh, this town is small, and there are few people coming and going, so it's not that there are not many customers." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
"Oh." Gu Yuqi nodded, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. After the shopkeeper brought the tea, he turned and left.
Li Da came over quietly and said to Gu Yuqi, "Miss Gu, I think there is something wrong with this inn." He covered it with his sleeve, dipped his finger in the tea in the cup and quickly wrote on the table.
Gu Yuqi glanced at Li Da approvingly, as expected of a wanderer, she realized something was wrong so quickly.
She also raised her hand and held Liang Huaiyu down just now when she felt that there was a problem here, and did not let her drink the tea.
There is nothing wrong with the lack of people in the inn, but there is something wrong with the waiter in the shop turning the door panel upside down. Just imagine a waiter in the inn every day, how could he not even figure out the pros and cons of the door panels? It should be impossible to make a mistake with your eyes closed.
The shopkeeper's accent sounded southerly, so he probably wasn't a local.
With a shopkeeper who is not a local, and a waiter who turns the door upside down, there is something wrong with this inn no matter how you look at it.
Gu Yuqi quickly made a secret gesture, Chun Xing nodded to Xia He, quietly got up, took advantage of the shopkeeper's surprise, and went to the kitchen.
These gestures were invented by Gu Yuqi inspired by modern TV dramas. They were first used before entering Jiangxia City. After arriving in Jiangxia City, Liang Huaiyu felt that this way of conveying information was very good, simple and hidden, so Gu Yuqi was busy making money. She was busy studying these, and developed a lot of new gestures, and added new meanings. Now, as long as they are their maids and guards, anyone can understand it.
Gu Yuqi gestured to Bai Fu again, Bai Fu nodded, immediately got up and walked towards the innkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, our lady is hungry, what can I eat?" Bai Fu said with a smile.
"Yes, yes." The shopkeeper immediately took out a list and was about to walk towards Gu Yuqi, but was stopped by Bai Fu, "Let's just go to the counter and order. The lady doesn't like strangers approaching her."
"Alright." The shopkeeper smiled honestly, and brought Bai Fu back to the counter.
Bai Fu pretended to be looking at the menu and thinking about what to eat for dinner, but he was secretly observing the shopkeeper.
Although the shopkeeper was introducing this dish to Bai Fu, his eyes would slip to Gu Yuqi from time to time.
Seeing that the shopkeeper was being entangled by Bai Fu, Gu Yuqi dipped her finger in some tea and wrote on the table, "How did Brother Li notice it?"
Li Da blocked the shopkeeper's sight with his body, then pointed to the teacup with his finger, and said silently with his mouth, "There is a problem with the tea."
"Mongolian medicine?" Gu Yuqi also asked with her mouth.
Li Da nodded slightly. Gu Yuqi understood, she only thought that it was Li Da who saw that Xiao Er had turned the door panel upside down, so she became suspicious, but she didn't expect that he was higher than herself, and she directly noticed that there was a problem with the tea. As expected of someone who has been running the pier all the time, he can detect this.
The tea was slightly bitter, and if it was mixed with Mongolian sweat medicine, it would not be easy for people to detect it. Gu Yuqi picked it up and smelled it, but she thought it was ordinary tea, but the color of the tea seemed to be darker than ordinary tea. But that doesn't mean much either.
She can’t be blamed for this one, she travels once and is reborn once, Lianhuo III has no contact with Mongolian sweat medicine, a legendary item that is commonly found in TV and novels...
"Pretend?" Gu Yuqi asked with her mouth again.
"The dose is not large, it's not up to time." Li Dana quickly wrote on the table with his fingers wet.
So it turned out that Gu Yuqi had already thought about something in her heart, probably the shopkeeper wanted to use Mongolian sweat medicine to make them sleep deeply, and then do it again.
It seems that this inn is a black shop and can't escape.
Not long after, Chunxing and Dongmei turned back and made a few simple gestures to Gu Yuqi, and Gu Yuqi nodded.
After a while, the guards also came from the backyard chatting and laughing, they sat down at other tables, Zhao Wu came over and said to Liang Huaiyu. "Miss, the horses have all been taken to the stables."
"Sit down and rest." Liang Huaiyu naturally saw the conversation between Gu Yuqi and Li Da. Although she was surprised in her heart, she nodded calmly.
She had never experienced such a thing as a black shop, but since her daughter didn't panic, there was no need for her to panic, the big deal would be a fight. There are so many of them, and there are only a few people in the inn, how can they be their opponents.
However, the gestures of Chun Xing and Dong Mei just now gave her a bit of peace of mind. There was still an ambush on the roof of the inn.
Chun Xing and Dong Mei were instructed by Gu Yuqi to go to the back to check on the situation just now. These two people have rich experience and high martial arts skills, so Gu Yuqi felt relieved about them going. As soon as they came out of the lobby, they felt that something was wrong, so they didn't use light work, but walked obediently. They pretended to go to the toilet, but they didn't dare to go into the kitchen to inquire.
Liang Huaiyu made two gestures to Zhao Wu. Zhao Wu looked at it and his eyes sank. They didn't find anything unusual in the backyard they went to just now. If there is something wrong with this inn, then their horses... damn it.
This time the waiter came back again and walked over with a smile on his face.
Bai Fu glanced at Gu Yuqi, Gu Yuqi gave her a wink, and then she quickly finished ordering.
"Ah Hui, go and report the dish ordered by this distinguished guest to the back kitchen." Seeing that the waiter came back, the shopkeeper hurriedly called him over.
Seeing Gu Yuqi gave her another gesture, Bai Fu said with a smile, "My little brother, I'll go with you. Our lady likes the dishes I cook, so I'll help fry two too." Said, the waiter immediately looked at the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper nodded, and then the waiter said to Bai Fu, "Sister, follow me."
"I'll help too." Ran Mo stood up, followed Xiaoer to the back kitchen with Bai Fu.
With Bai Fu and Ran Mo going to the back kitchen to watch, there shouldn't be any major problems with the dishes that will be served later.
Gu Yuqi felt strange, it was rare for her to go to the city to live once, how could she come across a black shop by such a coincidence, if it was an ordinary black shop, it would be fine to order some Mongolian sweat medicine, but just now Chun Xing and Dong Mei said that there were people on the roof behind Ambush, this is a bit unusual, it looks like someone specially set up a trap for them to sneak into.
Gu Yuqi couldn't help but took a deep look at Li Da.
Although they were playing along the way, they were also very careful. If someone really tipped people off, only Li Da was the most suspected in this team.
But it didn't take long to make the decision to stay in the hotel. Even if it was necessary to prepare, there was no way to set a trap so quickly. Besides, if Li Da intentionally reported to others and lured them in, what was the purpose? For the freight business of Jiangxia City? Or for something else? Li Da had warned them just now, if he had really put in a trick to catch them, why bother to pretend to warn them and startle them.
Or she was worrying too much, this is an ordinary black shop, but they just happened to walk in due to bad luck.
Gu Yuqi decided to respond to all changes with the same.
The people in the kitchen are simple, only two cooks and a young man who is burning the fire are busy. Bai Fu and Ran Mo stared at their cooking, and they didn't see anything wrong.
Every time a dish is served, Da Li will take a look at it first to make sure if there is any sweat medicine in it.
Gu Yuqi didn't know why Li Da was determined, but everyone who runs the rivers and lakes should have their own way, but now she is also suspicious of Li Da, so she doesn't really believe his words.
Gu Yuqi made a few gestures to everyone, and after eating a little bit, she made a noise as if she was bitten by some insects. She dragged Liang Huaiyu and her to the room to apply medicine. Chun Xing and Xia He immediately followed, and Zhao Wu assigned The four went to the stables, under the pretense of giving the horses some more feed.
Liang Huaiyu knew that this was Gu Yuqi's excuse, but he also accompanied her to finish a scene, and the two of them went up to the room together. Gu Yuqi hurriedly took out all her accessories and spears from her luggage, and talked with Liang Huaiyu, She pointed to the roof.
Liang Huaiyu understood, there was someone on the roof, and she also noticed it. Gu Yuqi made a gesture in sign language, and Liang Huaiyu nodded. Come to find the wooden pole.
Liang Huaiyu went to his room and took out his spear.
Hearing that Gu Yuqi broke a cup in the next room, she immediately raised her gun upwards, tapped the floor forcefully, her figure flew up, the tip of the gun spun like a drill, and slid into the rubble of the roof .
With two loud bangs, Gu Yuqi and Liang Huaiyu burst out of the roof at the same time, like two silver dragons jumping up from the dark roof, instantly picking up the two men in black who were ambushing on the roof of their room and knocked them down from the eaves. At the same time, Bai Fu and Ran Mo on the first floor also quickly locked on a target. Bai Fu locked on the shopkeeper, and Ran Mo naturally went to catch the guy.
The four guards sent by Zhao Wu leaped to the roof from the backyard, and Zhao Wu led the remaining five guards through the front window through the window and leaped to the roof, forming a pincer attack from front to back.
Chun Xing and Xia He returned to the room early and took out their own bows and arrows. They swished two arrows towards the sky, and shot the men in black who were picked off the eaves by Gu Yuqi and Liang Huaiyu to the ground.
Gu Yuqi heard a sharp whistling sound in the air, she knew it was wrong, she turned the silver gun in her hand, and quickly rolled up a spear flower around her body, the spear was held by her as if forming a circle around her body Like a silver light shield, it knocked down all the feathered arrows that came through the air to the ground.
Like Gu Yuqi, Liang Huaiyu jumped away from the feathered arrows that were running towards her with a long spear.
After Chun Xing and Xia He dealt with the men in black who had been picked off, they also leaped up to the roof. With the help of the moonlight, Chun Xing sharply discovered the direction of the feather arrow, which was from a private house on the opposite side. On the roof, she took out three arrows from the quiver, put them on the bow and arrow together, pulled it hard, and the three bows and arrows burst out together, and shot towards the place where the men in black were hiding like shooting stars .
With a bang, a man in black was hit by an arrow and fell from the roof. Seeing that he had been exposed, the other two men in black drew their bows and arrows to shoot Chun Xing. Bow, two arrows fired in succession, with two puffs, and shot the arrows into the chests of the two men in black before they drew the bows. Her coordination with Chun Xing was so fast that it dazzled people, it was simply perfect .