The sound of horse hoofbeats was heard. Han Changmu looked up and saw a bay-red horse that was not too tall, but looked quite wild, slowly pacing over.
The girl on the horse has her long hair tightly tied at the top of her hair. The orange ribbon on her bun is fluttering in the wind. She is wearing an orange double-breasted narrow-sleeved beard, the same trousers and high boots. The maroon horse is a little reluctant and bumps. Several attempts failed to knock her down.
His eyes darkened and he pursed his lips without saying a word.
When the girl saw Han Changmu's deep and peaceful eyes, she could see fear and wariness at a glance. She was startled and smiled as if nothing happened: "Master, would you like to run around for a while?"
Han Changmu raised his chin and urged his horse to gallop.
The shining star's back flashed across the girl's heart. She curved her lips and smiled, chasing after him, quickly crossing over, and reining in her horse to stand far away.
One person and one horse, melting into the golden setting sun, extraordinarily sharp and tenacious, exactly what a death guard among the Sixteen Guards should look like.
Han Changmu glanced at it and smiled: "It's a good ride."
The girl patted the horse's back gently and said with a smile: "The main thing is that the horse is good."
Li Yushan also rode up to the horse. He laughed loudly and softly across the pasture: "I didn't expect that both of you can ride horses so well."
Yao Yao smiled innocently and said: "My young master loves to travel around. If this servant girl couldn't learn to ride a horse, she would have been sold out long ago."
Li Yushan smiled: "Let's go, let's go to the inn to rest for a day. You two can walk around the city. We will set off early the morning after tomorrow."
Han Changmu's attitude was very good. He nodded and said, "It's up to the escort leader Li to make arrangements. I'm putting all my life and property in the hands of the escort commander. I ask the escort commander to take care of me along the way."
Li Yushan pressed Han Changmu's hand and said with a cheerful smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Han, I will keep you safe along the way."
This city is very big, with criss-crossing streets and alleys, bustling with cars and people, and there are wine shops and inns everywhere.
Lifang in the city is very similar to Chang'an City. Most of the wine shops and inns are concentrated in the West Market where shops are gathered, while in Lifang, there are only a few scattered here and there.
The group of people rode horses through the streets and alleys, entered the bustling Western Market, and stopped in front of the Yunlai Inn.
This inn has three floors and is named after "Guests come like clouds". It is the property of the Weiyuan Escort Agency in the city. Most of the rooms are used to entertain the escorts of the own agency.
The innkeeper enthusiastically welcomed everyone into the inn. The upper room on the third floor naturally belonged to Li Yushan and Han Changmu. The escorts were settled on the second floor, and the goods and horses were placed in the backyard.
After ten days of jolting on the ship and several laps on horseback, my bones were shaking to pieces. Fortunately, the waiter had some sense and boiled hot bath soup and delivered it to the room for three people.
After bathing, the waiter removed the tub. Han Changmu changed into comfortable and clean fine white cotton clothes, nestled on the bed, rubbed his brows, and carefully thought about the scene along the way.
After thinking for a moment, he heard familiar footsteps, put on his clothes, opened the door, and shouted: "A Yao, come in."
Yao Yao sighed very depressedly. Her steps were already very soft. How could this person hear her? However, Shangguan had a fate, and she didn't dare to disobey, so she had to go in bravely.
There is still a hot smell in the room, which contains the fragrance of roses.
Yao Yao clicked his tongue.
Rose scented bath soup, this guy knows how to order dishes.
Han Changmu, who had just taken a bath, his cold aura lessened a bit, leaned lazily on the bed and pointed to the seat opposite: "Sit."
Yao Yao's long hair was not tied up before it was completely dry. She was originally going to go to the shopkeeper to get some more clean handkerchiefs and wanted to suck the water from her long hair, but she was stopped by Han Changmu.
She sat down and squeezed the water out of her long hair, the blush on her face still rising from the heat.
Han Changmu's eyes were slightly cold, and he roamed around Yao Yao's face before slowly saying, "What were you doing when you got off the boat?"
Yao Yao looked innocent: "The thing fell."
Han Changmu smiled deeply and glanced at Yao Yao.
Yao Yao's scalp was numb at that sight, and he swallowed: "When I got off the ship, the escorts carried the box and walked past me. I smelled that the smell of the tea had changed, and I felt something was wrong, so I went back to the warehouse to look for it. try to find."
Han Changmu was stunned, and his eyes looking at Yao Yao gradually changed and became meaningful.
What kind of nose is this? It's smarter than a dog's nose. It can even detect when the smell of tea has changed. It would be a waste of money not to recruit such a talent to the Department of Internal Health.
Yao Yao felt terrified when Han Changmu saw him, and he quickly smiled and said, "Sir, guess what I discovered."
Han Changmu looked back and said calmly: "What."
"There are seven or eight large wooden boxes hidden in the warehouse. They are the ones that were carried down when we got on the ship. The ones that were carried down have been replaced." Yao Yao frowned and lowered his voice: "The ones that were carried down when we got off the ship." There is no tea smell, only the smell of wax seal and tung oil."
Han Changmu was stunned: "Is it an empty box?"
Yao Yao breathed a sigh of relief: "It looks like the weight is about the same. It's hard to say whether it's empty or not."
Han Changmu thought for a moment and couldn't figure out why he kept several boxes of tea on the ship. Instead, he took the empty boxes off the ship. Tea was clearly one of the most expensive goods during the trade period in the Western Regions.
He rubbed his twitching forehead, suppressed his confused thoughts, and said calmly: "Forget it, since you have to follow them all the way, let's take a walk and see why you were with Bao Cheng when we got off the boat. We came down together. Didn’t he get off the boat early?”
Yao Yao shook his head in confusion: "When I went to look for the boxes in the warehouse, I happened to catch up with the boatmen getting on the boat to move the goods. I was almost discovered. It was Bao Cheng who set a fire on the bow of the boat and killed the boatmen. They lured me away and dragged me out again."
Han Changmu focused very accurately this time. After a moment of silence, he said, "He is following you."
Yao Yao nodded: "Yes, he followed me, but I haven't discovered him yet. His Qinggong should not be underestimated."
Han Changmu tapped the table with his fingers and felt his forehead twitching even more: "This man has unknown friends and enemies, and he is so dangerous. I'd better pay more attention to him in the future and less fight with him."
Yao Yao grunted in dissatisfaction and retorted carefully: "Who is messing with him?"
Han Changmu raised his eyelids and took a deep look at Yao Yao. Before he could say anything, someone knocked on the door, saying that the food was ready, and asked the distinguished guests to come downstairs to eat.
Yao Yao didn't want to talk about this frivolous topic with Han Changmu anymore, so he rubbed his stomach and said with a smile: "I'm really hungry, sir. Let's go eat."
Han Changmu grinned and nodded with a smile on his face.
The lobby on the first floor was already full of people. Li Yushan waved to Han Changmu repeatedly. The title in his mouth had been changed, making him look more approachable: "Brother Han, come quickly, I'm waiting for you."
There were several side dishes on the dining table, including meat and vegetables, steamed buns with meat, steamed buns, porridge, and pancakes.
Han Changmu lifted up his clothes, sat on the bed, picked up the cake and took a bite. It was crispy, salty and delicious.
Yao Yao held his own portion of the dish, reached for a meat bun, and started eating it silently.
She aimed at the big elbow in her plate and fought hard, sighing in her heart.
This dynasty's meal-sharing system was more satisfying than the one in her previous life where she had one chopstick for the east and one chopstick for the west.
Let’s just talk about this big elbow. There was always such a final dish at the wedding banquet in the previous life, but sharing one elbow for ten people meant that it was a bit difficult to eat. After all, it is not as good as now, one elbow for each person, and eating happily.
Han Changmu and Li Yushan exchanged cups and had a great time eating.
Yao Yao peeled off the skin and bones of the elbow and ate it happily.
The shopkeeper lowered his head and pulled the beads on the abacus with great pleasure.
Although this inn is the property of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau, it is responsible for its own profits and losses, and all the profits and losses are his own, but the amount of money paid to the Escort Bureau every month is not less than a drop of money.
Li Yushan's group had a lot of people and a lot to eat, so he naturally earned more than usual.
He remembered happily and grinned.
A dark face suddenly appeared in front of the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was startled. When he looked up, he saw a man of no apparent age, with a black face and white teeth.
The man slapped a piece of silver on the counter, bared his white teeth, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, open an upper room."
This voice sounded particularly familiar. Yao Yao raised his head buried in his elbow and saw that it was Bao Cheng.
This haunting person is really good at stalking people, and he actually followed him here.
She and Han Changmu looked at each other quickly and decided to stand still and wait and see what would happen.
The shopkeeper smiled at Yinzi.
It doesn't matter if the person is ugly, it is enough that the person is beautiful.
With a stroke of his pen, he shouted loudly: "Xiao Liu, the distinguished guest has arrived. Please take a room."
Yao Yao frowned.
That's not right. After all that group of water thieves plundered, how could this guy still have enough money to live in a house? He probably couldn't even afford a hut. Where did he get the money?
Bao Cheng followed the waiter upstairs with a smile on his face, packed his luggage, and then went downstairs to have dinner.
As if he suddenly saw Han Changmu and Han Changmu, he ran over in great surprise: "Oh, what a coincidence, I meet you two again." He raised his hand to Li Yushan again: "Boss Li, coincidence."
"Hey, Mr. Bao, what a coincidence. Come, come, sit down and have dinner together." Li Yushan didn't notice anything was wrong. He walked on each side of the road facing the sky. There were only a few big inns in the city. Yun It's not bad to come to an inn, and it's normal for Bao Cheng to stay here.
He hurriedly gave instructions to the shopkeeper and served Bao Cheng another portion of the same meal.
Bao Cheng is a cheeky person, but even if he blushes in embarrassment, it is invisible. If someone treats him, he can eat with peace of mind.
But Han Changmu and Yao Yao didn't accept it so easily. They both shook their heads and nodded with a smile, which was regarded as a greeting.
