"Sir, although I am a geisha, I have worked hard day and night since I married Gong Zhen, sharing the joys and sorrows with him. If my innocence is ruined just because of one person's words, I... I will die in court!"
Qiao Qin wants to snatch the Yamen servant’s knife.
Lin Yue grabbed her collar and restrained her with a grapple.
"Whore, do you recognize this thing?"
Shen Wenjun took a brown porcelain bottle and waved it in front of Qiao Qin's eyes.
Qiao Qin was shocked and shook her head, "I don't know, I don't know..."
"You need to continue to quibble. This bottle of 'Mongolian sweat medicine' was dug out from the bottom of the box in your room by us and Du Tou."
Shen Wenjun turned around and told Zhang Ge: "Mr. Zhang, Gong Zhen is suffering from an illness. The whole inn could hear his cough in the middle of the night. However, the night before at the suburban post house, I didn't hear him coughing. But it was not because he had recovered from his illness, but because he was coughing. This whore secretly gave him the sweat medicine!"
"He's right. I was also curious the night before. Why did the class leader stop coughing? It turned out that he was knocked unconscious by her?"
"In the team, Dalang and Qiao Qin have always been close, but I didn't expect that they were actually committing adultery!"
"Qiao Qin! My father redeemed you from a brothel and took better care of your food, clothing, housing, and transportation than me, my daughter. Why do you want to kill my father! You... you pay my father back!"
Gong Lingzhi roared and was about to come forward to fight, but Lin Yue stopped her, held her in his arms and let her cry bitterly.
"Snapped!"
Shocked, my parents raised me in vain!
"The convict wife Qiao Qin and the convict husband Gong Dalang committed adultery, deceived their masters and destroyed their ancestors, sought wealth and killed their lives. Their crimes are extremely heinous. Come on, please temporarily imprison these two until they are heard again in the imperial court, and they will be executed in the autumn!"
"Sir, it's unjust! It's unjust!"
"You still dare to cry out for injustice? Add thirty-spine staff!"
"Quit!"
The bad guys are punished, which is very satisfying!
…
The next morning, we continued our journey.
"Sister Lin, when will we meet again?"
Gong Lingzhi saw each other off outside the city. Although they met briefly, they could not hide their reluctance to leave.
"Eh? Why didn't you call me eldest brother? Instead, you called me sister?" Lin Yue was a little curious.
Gong Lingzhi chuckled: "When I ran into your arms last night, I found that you were so soft. It should be my sister, not my brother."
Lin Yue weighed her chest, put her hands on her hips and laughed: "Haha...it's so majestic after all, it can't be hidden no matter how you wrap it up."
"Lingzhi, what are your plans for the future?" Shen Wenjun asked.
Gong Lingzhi said: "Xilai Ren is my father's lifelong effort. Now that my father has passed away, I will naturally inherit his mantle and continue to travel all over the country."
"In that case, during the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 this year, we sincerely invite Xi Lai to perform in Suzhou. There will be a lot of rewards. Are you willing?" Shen Wenjun asked again with a smile.
Gong Lingzhi hummed heavily and said with a smile: "Full of heart, full of willingness!"
Song Che smiled and said, "Don't perform any more dangerous projects."
"Know it."
"Then, when the autumn air is crisp and the flowers are blooming and the moon is full, we will meet again."
Next stop, Gangneung City.
Jiangling Mansion is the administrative seat of Jinghu North and the most prosperous city on this road. It is not far from Ezhou City and can be reached in two days and one night.
As May approaches, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the horses are almost basking in the blazing sun.
Fortunately, Song Che had prepared the refrigerator in advance. When it was hot, a bowl of herbal tea would eliminate most of the heat.
"Sigh...it's already so hot in early summer, and it's still getting worse in June and July."
Shen Wenjun kept fanning his face with a cattail fan, but even so, it was difficult to stop the fragrant sweat.
"I haven't even spoken yet." Lin Yue complained from outside the car. She had to rely on her to fight and drive along the way. She was the most tiring.
Song Che couldn't bear the heat, especially when he was riding with two young men who bared their breasts to cool off the heat. Not only was his body hot, but his heart was also hot. Not only was he sweating, but he also had to swallow saliva.
"If you can't, find a shady place to rest."
There are still two hours until Gangneung, and it gets dark late in summer, so it shouldn't be a problem to take a break.
Lin Yue said: "This road is a bit strange. There is not a single person in sight, and there are many woods. This is the favorite place for gangsters to make money."
Speaking of villains, Song Che was really afraid that the Scarface who was beaten away earlier would catch up and cause trouble.
"Just be careful. There are no high mountains around here. Even if there are bad guys, they are just a bunch of people who don't know what is good or bad. With the sword in the hand of the heroine Lin and the silver whip on the waist, they can be beaten away in a few or two strokes."
"Huh, that's natural. But we have agreed in advance that the day's wages for driving the car are fifty taels. If there is an accident, you will have to pay more."
"Jiajiajia..."
It lasted about half an hour.
"Hey, there is a tea stall ahead. Do you want to go and have a rest?" Lin Yue suddenly asked.
Song Che stuck his head out of the car window and looked into the woods. Not far from the pavilion, there was a tea stall built out of shanties, with a tea seller and two passers-by eating tea.
"It's okay to take a rest, but it's in the wilderness, so we have to be careful."
"Don't worry, I have traveled around the world for many years. You can tell at a glance whether you are that kind of person."
The carriage stopped at the tea stall.
As soon as Song Che and the others got off the carriage, the waiter put the herbal tea on the table and greeted them with a smile: "We are waiting for the guests. Please come in and invite us."
Song Che glanced at the two passers-by at the table next to him. They were just drinking tea with their heads down, and there were no bags on their shoulders.
The waiter took the initiative to pour a bowl of tea for several people, "My lords, you drink first, I will prepare snacks for you. They are all beef and mutton braised just last night. It will satisfy your craving." After greeting, he went back to chop vegetables.
He cut and looked at it, and when he met Song Che's eyes, he said "hehehe" with an honest smile. Then he looked at the passers-by at the table next to him, raising his head slightly and peeking out of the corner of his eyes from time to time.
"Nvxia Lin, do you think they are that kind of people?" Song Che asked in a low voice.
Lin Yue thought for a while and said: "50% yes, 50% no."
Isn't that nonsense?
"Sir, why don't you drink? Are you afraid I'll put sweat medicine in it?" The waiter asked as a joke as he brought two plates of snacks.
"Boss, you really know how to joke. How could such a refreshing herbal tea contain sweat medicine?"
Song Che picked up the tea bowl with a smile and smelled it with his nose first. His eyes suddenly lit up and he asked again: "Hey, I have heard that 'winter melon tea' is popular among the people in Jinghu area. I tasted it once in Yangzhou in the early years. This smells exactly the same? But this tea?"
The waiter was stunned and quickly responded: "Sir, you really know how to taste. Yes, this is winter melon tea. It is born in March and ripened in June. It is fresh and fragrant. It can relieve summer heat and quench thirst. It is cheap and delicious."
"But."
Song Che said coldly, "There has never been such a thing as winter melon tea in this world."
How could he, a tea seller, not even know the types of tea he sells?
The guy's face changed drastically.
"You can drink it yourself!"
Song Che threw the tea at the waiter and overturned the table!
Bad guy!
