Late at night, Xi Jin slowly woke up from his deep sleep and stroked his arms, legs and feet, only to feel sore!
When he opened his eyes, he saw the exquisite tent above his head and the perfect decoration outside the tent. He suddenly panicked. Where is this?
Xi Jin quickly looked at his clothes, there was no sign of putting them on or taking them off.
But she clearly spent the night with Xie Luo in the stable, why did she wake up here?
"Are you awake?" At this time, Xie Luo came out of the side room.
At this time, he was wearing a single coat, with his long black hair hanging loose, and his whole body exuded the noble temperament of a noble prince.
Seeing his abdominal muscles faintly emerging under his single clothes, Xi Jin couldn't help but blush and turned around.
"That prison uniform smelled really bad, so I just took it to be washed." Seeing Xi Jin's shy expression, Xie Luo realized that there was something wrong with wearing single clothes and hurriedly put on his clothes.
"Yes." Xi Jin stood up, put on his shoes, and rummaged through the baggage he had prepared before going out.
I found a sky blue robe from the bag and handed it to him: "I had nothing to do when I was in Zhuangzi. Can you put it on and see if it fits you?"
"There are so many things in the house for you to worry about, why are you bothering with it?" Although Xie Luo said this, he happily took it and put it on.
"Grandma is happy to see me doing this." Xi Jin said calmly, smoothing the wrinkles on his shoulders for him. Seeing that the size of the robe was just right, he nodded with satisfaction.
"Thank you for your hard work!" He didn't expect that after the Xie family treated her like this, she would still be willing to do these things to please her grandmother.
"What are you talking about?" Xi Jin saw that it was still dark outside and couldn't help but wonder, "By the way, why are we here?"
Xie Luo nodded and explained: "This was originally an inn under my name. Later, something happened and it was transferred to Shopkeeper Ma."
"I see." Xi Jin knew that Xie Luo was not an ordinary person. As the richest businessman in Beijing in the past, it was not unusual for him to have an inn under his name.
"I'll have someone prepare hot water for you. You go wash up and come over for a meal. I'll write a letter to grandma to say you're safe." Xie Luo said, sitting calmly at the desk, picking up a pen to write a letter.
"Wait a minute, I have something for you." Xi Jin stopped Xie Luo's movements and found an inkstone from the baggage.
Xie Luo looked at the familiar inkstone and felt a mixture of emotions in his heart. He raised his eyes to look at the delicate woman standing in front of him, his eyes full of heartache: "This journey is thousands of miles away, why do you need to carry it with you?"
"I guess you like it." Xi Jin stood aside and polished the ink for him, smiling lightly, "When you write the letter, remember to leave a message for my grandmother."
"Okay." Xie Luo responded, feeling the tip of his nose sore.
Xi Jin went into the side room to wash up. When he came out again, the things he had deliberately put on his face were gone. His skin was clear and rosy, and he looked really good-looking.
"Come and have a meal." Xie Luo forcibly looked away and invited her to have a meal.
Xi Jin was not polite and ate quickly. After traveling so much that day, not only was his whole body sore, but his stomach was also hungry.
Looking at the table of delicious food in front of him, Xi Jin asked curiously: "How much wealth do you still have along the way?"
Xie Luo chuckled lightly, with a doting look in his smile, and added a chopstick dish for her, and said truthfully: "It's just good luck today. I happened to meet Shopkeeper Ma. It's hard to say what's going to happen in the future."
"Yes." Xi Jin responded, not too disappointed. After all, he was prepared to endure hardships. "If we come up like this, won't we be discovered?"
"Don't worry, shopkeeper Ma has made all the servants drunk."
"That's good." Xi Jin nodded, "Hurry up and eat. After this meal, you still don't know what to eat next?"
"Yeah." Xie Luo nodded and started eating.
This is the most relaxing and enjoyable meal I have had since I was imprisoned!
After dinner, Xi Jin looked at the time. It was just after midnight and those people would not wake up, so he planned to rest for a while, but when he saw that there was only one bed, he hesitated.
Xie Luo saw her embarrassment: "You go to sleep, I will rest on the couch nearby later."
"Okay." Xi Jin was not polite to him and got into bed, but this time he couldn't fall asleep.
"Jin'er, I've made you suffer." Xie Luo lay on the couch beside him, looking sideways at the beautiful figure tossing and turning, guilt welling up in his heart.
Xi Jin sat up and looked at Xie Luo seriously: "Xie Luo, if you really regard me as a friend who shares weal and woe, you will never say such words from now on."
Seeing her serious look, Xie Luo couldn't help but smile and said hello softly.
But he silently made a decision in his heart. No matter what in the future, he must treat Xi Jinqing kindly, so as to live up to the friendship between the two of them sharing adversity.
"By the way, where are your shackles? Who untied them for you?" Xi Jin was curious.
"In those years of doing business, I haven't seen any of the three teachings, so I learned a little bit by the way."
Xi Jin pursed his lips: "I didn't expect that the dignified Young Master Xie would be able to do this."
"Miss Mu Er, too!" Xie Luo turned around and stared at Xi Jin, with an appreciative smile on her lips.
"By the way, what did you use on the wedding night? How did I end up in a coma?"
Although it was a bit embarrassing to mention the wedding night, as a doctor, Xi Jin was still curious.
When Xie Luo heard this, a suspicious blush appeared on his handsome face, and he pretended to be a little immodest: "I thought Miss Mu Er was fascinated by me."
Hearing his teasing intention, Xi Jin gritted his teeth and threw the pillow over: "Just forget it if you don't say anything."
Seeing that Xi Jin was angry, Xie Luo immediately answered her flatteringly: "It was just obtained accidentally by the people below. I can't tell the ingredients. I will find it for you to study."
"Seriously!" Xi Jin's eyes lit up instantly.
She has never failed with drugs before, and she must find out what kind of formula it is.
"A gentleman's words." Looking at her bright eyes, Xie Luo was in a good mood.
Early the next morning, when Xi Jin woke up, he was already in the stable.
She rubbed her eyes and looked at Xie Luo beside her. Because she couldn't sleep last night, she chatted with Xie Luo for a long time.
Although the two have known each other for a short time, they have a lot to talk about, but looking at Xie Luo's dark circles at the moment, Xijing can't help but feel guilty. Xie Luo must not have rested, right?
"Assemble." The officers, yawning and drunk, came to the woodshed and stables to drive away the crowd.
When everyone was rushed to one place and the number of people was counted, two guards came with two baskets of coarse grain buns: "One for each person, no one is allowed to grab them."
After spending the whole night sleeping in the open air, this group of formerly wealthy people couldn't help but salivate when they saw the coarse-grain steamed buns. Without saying a word, they obediently stepped forward to receive the steamed buns and gnaw them.
In order not to arouse suspicion, Xie Luo also stepped forward to receive the buns and ate them slowly with Xi Jin.
The buns were cold and hard, and it was really hard to swallow. Thinking of last night's feast, Xi Jin smiled bitterly at Xie Luo.
"I won't eat this crap!" At this time, a woman's sharp noise suddenly came from the crowd.
Xi Jin glanced around and saw a pretty young woman losing her temper. She looked a little unfamiliar. She probably lived in the woodshed last night.
She threw away the rough-grain buns in her hand and pointed at the guards arrogantly: "You are so brave. Dogs won't eat these things. How dare you give them to me?"
The people in the crowd who were munching on steamed buns suddenly stopped in embarrassment. If the dogs didn't eat them, what would they become?
For a while, everyone started whispering, and there was a lot of contempt in their words.
"What the hell." A woman spat and said bitterly, "I still thought I was the eldest lady. Now that I'm down and out, I'm not the same as us."
"Mom, stop talking." The girl on the side pulled her mother and carefully stopped her.
"Lan'er, if your uncle hadn't committed the crime, would we be in such a bad state? Look at your eldest sister, she is so stubborn."
Lan'er's mother touched her daughter's petite face and said distressedly: "My poor Lan'er, with such a good appearance, lives in Yazhou, what will she do in the future?"
Lan'er Niang became more and more sad as she spoke. She wiped her tears and patted her thigh: "Your uncle's family is so heartless that they lived in the woodshed by themselves. Why didn't you say that you would take us in together to keep us warm? Why don't you leave us here to suffer?" Frozen, my conscience has been eaten by dogs.”
"Mom, Lan'er is not afraid of the cold. Mom, don't cry." The woman named Lan'er on the side wiped away her mother's tears and comforted her.
"Yes, ma'am, just look at it, those who live in the woodshed may not be as good as those who live in the stables." Xi Jin looked at Lan'er's well-behaved and sensible appearance and couldn't help but comfort her.
Lan'er's mother glanced at Xi Jin and nodded helplessly: "You are a kind girl, but how could I not know..."
Before Lan'er Niang finished speaking, there was a sound of whipping in the woodshed, followed by a burst of curses: "I still think that I am a rich lady. If you want to eat well, you can just use the money to exchange for it."
"Silver, silver, you little slaves know how to extort our silver." The bossy young lady covered the wound on her arm and cried, "You extorted our silver last night, how dare you be so greedy now?" , when my father returns to his post as an official, I will definitely kill you."
"You bitch." The officers were used to being angry with these dignitaries in the capital, and now they took out all their anger on the prisoners.
"If you don't have money, you'll have to talk less."
The officer said this and was about to wave his whip, but suddenly someone held his hand.
