After Qingyan rode out of the town, she went to a forest more than a mile away. The trees in the forest were not dense and the area was not large. It was only two or three acres of land, and it could only barely cover the other areas. The path on one side.
The first half of this path can accommodate a carriage, but as it gets narrower and narrower, it can only pass by people or wheelbarrows.
There is no village at the end of the road, but it leads to a hill. The road was made by people from nearby villages who went to cut firewood in the mountain. There is a lot of frost on the grass and trees in the mountain, and it is not time for everyone to go up the mountain yet, so it is not. No one ever passed by.
She rode her horse around the woods to the back, and while there was no one on the official road, she quickly took out the carriage and hitched it to the big bear, and drove back to Guandu Town.
She didn't know which way the boy was going. If he went in another direction, the two of them would definitely follow, and she would chase him back.
She's not like Chou Chou who can kill them from the air, so she can only make one more trip.
As soon as we arrived at the entrance of the town, we saw the young man coming out of the inn carrying a baggage from a distance and heading this way.
There was no one following behind. Qingyan used her spiritual sense to check it out. It turned out that one of the two people was checking out, and the other was looking in this direction at the door. They probably didn't dare to follow too closely.
What surprised Qingyan was that the gentleman from Liang Shang was following closely behind the young man.
Qingyan frowned. Was it because the young man's belongings were exposed and he was being targeted by that person?
But looking at the expression on the little man's face, there was no stern look on his face, nor was he staring closely at the boy. Instead, he kept observing his surroundings.
This is... a personal guard? Or should we say a secret guard?
But if so, why didn't this person show up when the two men broke open the door yesterday?
Qingyan couldn't figure out what was going on. The two men tried to break open the door in the middle of the night, but they didn't do anything to kill them. They evacuated immediately when they were discovered.
And this suspected secret guard did not show up, and now he is secretly following behind him. The young man seems to be unaware of it. What kind of fun is this?
Qingyan also walked into the town. Seeing that the boy was getting closer and closer to her, she was almost there, so she turned to the shop on the right.
This shop happened to sell steamed buns, so she bought ten steamed buns to keep for the road.
When she took the bun from the boss's hand and returned to the carriage, the young man happened to pass her by.
Qingyan called out to the other party directly: "This little brother, please stay."
The young man stopped subconsciously and looked around before turning to look at her with a puzzled expression, "Is the girl talking to me?"
Qingyan nodded, "That's right. I noticed that the little brother's face looked a little familiar. It was like asking for his name. I wonder if he is the same family as the one my mother asked me to visit."
She originally wanted to help solve the problem secretly, but it was really not the style of the old Xue family to do good things without leaving their name.
In addition, there are some doubts about the identities of those three people, so it is difficult to take action directly. Since we suspect that the other party is related to He Linling, it is better to identify them so that they can be known when they really want to help.
The young man blinked when he heard this. He didn't expect such a reason, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.
The expression on his face changed for a while, and then he said: "I wonder where the girl went to which house? I am not from this place. You may have mistaken me."
Qingyan smiled and shook her head and said: "I am going to the capital. I am just passing by here. I want to go to the He family in the capital. My mother had an encounter with Miss He's family more than ten years ago. She knew that I was coming to the capital and gave me a chance. If so, go and visit.
My mother is good at painting and likes to paint portraits of relatives and friends, so there is a portrait of Aunt He at home, which I have seen many times.
When I saw my brother this morning, I felt that the Aunt He in the portrait was very imaginary, so I asked this question. "
The young man's expression changed as soon as he heard the surname He. Qingyan clearly felt that his whole body tensed up. It wasn't until she finished explaining the cause and effect that he relaxed a little.
However, the hand still pretended to be holding the baggage and put it on the chest. Judging from the posture, there should be a weapon in the chest, ready to take action immediately if something went wrong.
The young man thought for a moment and then said: "My mother's surname is indeed He, but I don't know if the girl is going to find someone. I don't know who the girl's mother is. If my mother is an old acquaintance, she may have told me about it."
Qingyan looked around and said: "My carriage blocking the business here will affect the business of other people's shops. This is not the place to talk. But I also want to go back to the capital? If so, why don't we talk while walking?"
The young man also looked at both sides, nodded, followed Qingyan's gesture, and sat on the other side of the car.
She said to Qingyan with some embarrassment: "My lord, Zhao Rixin, is indeed going back to the capital. He originally had a mount, but for some unknown reason, the horse suddenly foamed at the mouth when he was in Zhongmu County and died after a short time. .
I had come here in an ox cart before, thinking that it was not far from the capital, so I planned to walk all the way back. "
In fact, the real situation is that after his horse died, he wanted to buy another one, but the money he put in the bag was stolen at some point.
Fortunately, he had some broken silver in the clothes he was wearing, otherwise he would not have been able to take the bullock cart and stay in the inn.
While listening to his words, Qingyan drove the carriage out of the town again and headed southeast.
When she heard him say her name, she raised her eyebrows. This last name...
After he finished speaking, she introduced herself: "My surname is Yang, Hengyue, and my mother's surname is Xue. I met your father-in-law in Handeng more than ten years ago..."
Before Qingyan could finish speaking, the young man interrupted her and said, "I really know this! My mother has told me several times that she was assassinated by two groups of people on the way to Handcheng. If it hadn't been for a man named Xue The girl came to help, fearing that she would not be able to return to the capital.
It turned out to be the royal family. My mother also said that Aunt Xue must be a lady in the family because of her noble aura, but her hand was very extraordinary. The guards she brought with her at the time were probably no match for her combined strength.
My mother said that after she returned to the capital, she sent someone to look for her in Handcheng. At that time, my third aunt married into the Xue family in Handcheng. The letter said that her husband’s daughter was back, so my mother thought that the one who saved her was the Xue family’s daughter. They are relatives.
Unexpectedly, it was not the case. After investigation, I found out that the Xue family's aunt was also rescued by Miss Xue. She had already left, saying she was going to continue traveling.
My mother has talked about it a lot over the years. Later, when the Xue family returned to the capital, because our parents were very close to each other, the aunt of the Xue family often came to chat with my mother, and she mentioned it from time to time..."
Qingyan didn't expect that she would be remembered for so long. Thinking about it, Xue Huan'er recognized her at a glance. If she didn't think of her often, how could she still be so impressed after more than ten years?
If that's the case, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave directly when I get to the capital, especially with this young man here, I must pay a visit, after all, the words have been let out.
She regretted for a moment that she wanted to meddle in other people's business. She really had nothing to do to make trouble.
Hey~ It seems that I have to make up a story again, but I can't make it up, at least it can't be too different from Xue Huan'er's, otherwise the two sides will be in trouble if they communicate with each other.
Qingyan reorganized her words before saying: "My mother traveled to many places back then, and later married my father when she returned. My father also likes to run around. The two of them often go out and walk around, and sometimes I can't find them. to them.
I came out this time to travel, and I wanted to see if I could find them, and then go back with them. "
Zhao Rixin looked at her with envy, "I really envy your family. You can walk everywhere. I finally went out alone and went to Daming Mansion. The road was really bumpy..."
So I heard him talk about his bumpy journey. When he left the capital, he was originally with a caravan. When he asked, the caravan clearly said that it was going to Handan and happened to pass by Daming Mansion.
After leaving the city, I found out that the caravan was going to Shouzhou, and the two directions were exactly the opposite!
He could only find another caravan to go with him. This time, there was nothing wrong. It was just that this caravan had internal conflicts and split up before they even got halfway!
That's right, a caravan was divided into two, one continued to go north, and the other went west, saying that it was going to collect furs.
Fortunately, this road was relatively peaceful, and there were no bandits. Although the manpower was reduced by half, it didn't have much impact.
But I don't know what the leader was thinking. He didn't stay overnight when he should have stayed along the way. He set up camp after missing the end of the road, causing him to sleep in the open with Feng Din. He had been a pampered person since he was a child, but he suffered from old sins.
After finally arriving at Daming Mansion, I finished my business and thought I would go shopping, but I ended up being deceived by a charlatan and almost abducted and sold.
Later, the other party confirmed that he was not a man disguised as a woman, but a real man, so he escaped. However, he also lost money and all his money was robbed.
Fortunately, there was an acquaintance there, and they gave him a lot of silver, so he didn't lose much.
When walking back, he didn't want to follow the caravan. He thought he already knew the road, so he rode back one person at a time.
Originally, the journey was fairly smooth, and I didn’t encounter anything else. I thought it would be a smooth journey back to the capital. Unexpectedly, after staying at an inn in Zhongmu County for a night, my horse began to foam at the mouth and could not walk at all. .
I went back to the inn to find the guy in charge of the backyard livestock. Of course he wouldn't admit that it was his fault. He just said that it was fine before he left and it must be something he ate after he left.
He was not a eloquent person, and he couldn't talk to a guy who relied on his mouth to make a living. In the end, he had to let it go.
At that time, he still had a lot of money, so he didn't take it too seriously, so he planned to go to the livestock market to buy another horse.
In the end, the horses were all picked, and when it was time to pay, I dug into the bag and found that all my money was gone.
There were only two changes of clothes left in the bag, which was great. Not only did he fail to buy the horse, but he was also ridiculed by the horse seller.
If it weren't for the fact that he was well-dressed and didn't look like a commoner, the horse dealer would have wanted to beat him up.
After all, he spent a long time picking at the horse's place, found a lot of faults, and disliked the horse for a long time. The horse dealer originally thought that the customer was the picky one, so he would definitely be able to make this deal, but in the end, he couldn't pay for it.
Everyone has a temper, and he must be unwilling to do so. Zhao Rixin was not angry, after all, the fault was on his side.
He went to the government office to report to the official. Although he did not reveal his identity, the official did not hesitate and recorded it seriously.
However, as long as the thief is not caught on the spot, it is really difficult to solve the case of being stolen. After all, it is difficult to catch the thief.
Unless the thief is caught stealing someone else's money in the future and is interrogated together, it is possible to get the money back from him. Of course, the chance of getting it back is not very high.
It was definitely impossible to walk directly from Zhongmu County to the capital. Even walking to Guandu Town would take more than half a day, so he found an ox cart coming this way and gave him dozens of copper coins. Got a ride over.
I thought I would think of a solution when I got here, since it was only half a day's journey from the capital anyway.
However, there were still some minor problems on the road. A woman in the same car kept approaching him. He tried his best to avoid it, but the woman kept pushing towards him.
He even secretly reached out to touch his hand, which scared him so much that he almost jumped out of the car. In the end, he took the initiative to change places with an old lady sitting on the edge and escaped.
Just like that, he sat on pins and needles all the way under the other's coveted eyes.
At that time, because the horses died in Zhongmou County, I spent a long time buying horses and reporting them to the official. It was almost dark when I got here.
He definitely couldn't rush on the road at night, so he just found an inn here to rest for the night. The price of the inn here was quite cheap. After all, it was a town and prices were not that high, so he still had enough money to live in a medium-sized room.
I just didn't expect that something could happen in the middle of the night just by staying in an inn.
Fortunately, he didn't sleep very well because of the troubles he had had in the past few days. He was already thinking wildly and had a lot of dreams, so he woke up immediately when the other party knocked on the door.
He didn't think about anything else, he just thought that the other party was a thief who stole things while the guests were sleeping in the middle of the night.
So he didn't feel surprised when the opponent retreated after a single blow. After all, thieves are sneaky and will not hurt anyone until the critical moment.
I didn't think about making the matter bigger and go to the shopkeeper. I also knew that even if I went to the shopkeeper, it would be useless. The thief would have run away immediately and it would be of no use after waking everyone up.
It was all in the dark, and he couldn't clearly see the other party's appearance. Even if he woke up everyone, he couldn't find him out. Besides, he really had nothing to lose, so there was no need to worry.
Qingyan felt a little sympathetic to him. If someone hadn't deliberately targeted him, it would have been really unlucky.
No one has the energy to travel to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures.
She didn't tell the other party what she discovered last night. After all, it was hard to explain what she "saw" with her spiritual consciousness.
Wait for a while when those two people make another move, and then find a way to expose them.
Yes, those two people have already followed. (End of chapter)
