Looking at the direction in which Shi Bin disappeared, Makuan felt very uncomfortable.
Shi Bin and Lin Ruoyu were childhood sweethearts. Seeing that something good was about to happen for them, the Lin family suffered.
If Shi Bin had been in the capital at that time, he might have been able to protect Lin Ruoyu, but he would have been fighting at the border. By the time he came back, it would be too late.
Makikawa sighed and turned around to go about his errands.
He bought the carriage and returned to the inn, telling Jiang Zhi what happened when he met Shi Bin.
"My lord, do you think Mr. Zhou and Miss Lin are both in Xingnan Prefecture?"
"It's hard to say."
Jiang Zhi picked up the hot tea on the tea table and took a sip.
The bitter, low-quality tea passed through his mouth, and he felt even more bitter than the tea.
This time, four large families were confiscated in the capital, and hundreds of people were demoted to slavery. Including the original slaves in their families, more than 2,000 people were sold.
With so many people scattered across more than a dozen cities, if they wanted to find them in a short period of time, it would undoubtedly be like finding a needle in a haystack.
Jiang Zhi couldn't help but sigh, hoping that Young Master Zhou was fine now.
Ye Jintang, who had been running around all day, felt a little sleepy after dinner.
"Girl, I want some hot water. Let me take a hot bath before going to bed tonight."
Aunt Liu entered the house carrying a bucket of hot water, and she saw Ye Jintang leaning on the bed with his clothes on, and he didn't know when he fell asleep.
Putting down the barrel, Grandma Liu felt distressed and stepped forward to help Ye Jintang take off her coat.
No matter how thoughtful she is, she is still just a little girl without haircuts.
These days, she was so busy that she lived in fear every day. After finally leaving Yuezhou City, the string she was holding was finally able to loosen a little, so that she could sleep so soundly.
As for trivial matters such as whether to take a shower or not, there is no need to worry too much. Get enough sleep first.
It rained lightly all night, and Ye Jintang had no dreams all night, and he didn't wake up until the next morning.
"Forsythia, what time is it now?"
When Ye Jintang opened his eyes, he saw Forsythia sitting at the table doing needlework, and Xue Tuan sleeping on the table obediently.
"It's not long after Chenshi. Girl, do your legs hurt?"
"Fortunately, it's so late, why didn't you wake me up?"
Ye Jintang was a little annoyed. They had to go on their way today, so they must not delay their journey because of her.
"Master Jiang said that the girl was too tired from traveling yesterday and asked the slave not to ask the girl to get up early."
"Well?"
"How's the injury on Luzhu's leg?"
"That's great. When the slave comes, Luzhu will go to town with Chef Wei to buy things for the road."
"Master Jiang said that all the girl's clothes had been rummaged through by the robbers and should not be worn again. He asked Lv Zhu to buy some changes of clothes for the girl."
Ye Jintang, who was washing up, heard what Forsythia said and thought that Jiang Zhi was very considerate. She had the urge to keep someone by her side as a steward.
However, this idea can only be thought about. She does not have the ability to let a fourth-grade official be her manager.
After washing up, Luzhu took the newly bought clothes into the house and gave them to Lin Jintang.
"Girl, most of the clothes in this town are made of cotton. Let's make do with it for the time being. When we get to Xingnan City, the girl will change into brocade."
"It doesn't matter, they are all men's clothes anyway, just throw them away in Xingnan City."
It rained all night last night, but now that I open the window, there is no longer a sweltering heat outside.
Even if you wear cotton clothes, you won't get too hot.
Everyone rested for a while at the inn and quickly packed up and left.
Ye Jintang, who was sitting in the carriage, let out a subtle sigh of relief. Although the carriage was a little bumpy, she felt relaxed because she didn't have to ride the same horse as Jiang Zhi.
Leaning against the carriage, Ye Jintang began to fall asleep again after a while as the carriage rocked.
Jiang Zhi, who was riding next to the carriage, saw through the window that Ye Jintang was asleep again, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the little girl was simply the reincarnation of the God of Sleep.
She went back to the house to sleep just after dinner yesterday. She had been asleep for most of the morning, and now she continued to sleep.
She wouldn't sleep all the way to Xingnan City, right?
Jiang Zhi really guessed it right. As long as Ye Jintang was on the carriage, he would never wake up and kept sleeping all the way to Xingnan City.
"Girl, girl, wake up quickly, we have arrived in Xingnan City,"
Lu Zhu's voice was full of excitement. She gently pushed Ye Jintang forward and looked curiously through the window at Xingnan City in the distance.
Ye Jintang rubbed his eyes and followed Lu Zhu's gaze.
I saw the gate of Xingnan City not far away, which was higher than the gate of Yuezhou City.
There were small vendors everywhere outside the city gate, and the shouts of the vendors kept coming and going.
There is one gate on the left and one on the left when entering the city, and one enters on the right and exits on the left. Everything is in order.
"There are so many carriages entering the city? Are they all lined up a mile away?"
Ye Jintang did not expect that Xingnan City was so prosperous. Seeing that the carriages lined up were all loaded with goods, they should be caravans from other cities.
"Xingnan City is one of the largest cities in the country, so there are naturally more caravans coming here to do business."
Jiang Zhi rode a horse and stood on the side of the carriage, looking at the long team but not at all anxious.
"Well, when can we enter the city?"
"At least half an hour."
The carriage had to queue up for a long time to enter the city. Ye Jintang didn't want to sit in the carriage and wait, so he simply got down and walked around.
The left and right sides of the official road outside the city are filled with various stalls.
There are vendors selling snacks, cloth vendors, and juggling gadgets.
Ye Jintang, who traveled from the future, is full of curiosity about these things.
She looked here and there, and soon there were several trinkets in her hand. After walking for a while, she saw a velvet flower seller.
The velvet flowers are very beautiful and lifelike, and the colors are also extremely bright.
Such beautiful velvet flowers are really eye-catching when sold on a dusty roadside.
"Auntie, how can I sell this velvet flower?"
Ye Jintang picked up a pomegranate flower and looked at the aunt selling velvet flowers with a smile.
"Young master, you have such a good eye. This pomegranate flower is very difficult to make. Look at the layers of colors in the petals. When I was choosing the lines, my daughter was almost blinded."
The aunt praised the pomegranate flowers to the sky, and after a long time she said, "I think the young master looks extraordinary, and the lovely wife at home must also be a beauty. I will make these pomegranate flowers cheaper for you. A pair only costs one tael."
"If you feel that the hairpin on the pomegranate flower is a bit cheap, you can replace it with a silver hairpin. There is a buckle at the end of the flower, which makes it easy to change."
A pair of velvet flowers with such exquisite craftsmanship only costs one tael of silver. For Ye Jintang, the price is simply too cheap.
She remembered that in her previous life she had participated in a charity auction and bought a pair of velvet flowers for hundreds of thousands.
"Auntie, I want these flowers."
Rich woman Ye Jintang bought 12 velvet flowers at one time.
The aunt sold so many velvet flowers, and she was so happy that she even said a lot of auspicious words, even saying that she would have a baby soon.
Jiang Zhi on the side frowned when he heard this.
After the aunt had wrapped all the velvet flowers, before Ye Jintang had time to pay, Jiang Zhi reached out to take the wooden box and handed the aunt six taels of silver.
The aunt never expected that it would be Jiang Zhi who paid. She was obviously shocked, and her eyes lightly swept over the two of them.
Ye Jintang looked up to the sky speechlessly. Judging from the gossipy look on his aunt's face, he probably misunderstood the relationship between the two.
She didn't bother to explain, turned around and left.
