The dark clouds have cleared and the sky is still a bit gray.
There is still a little water on the road, but most of it is dry.
The air is fresh, mixed with the fragrance of earth and vegetation, and it is refreshing to take a breath.
The carriage slowly drove onto the road, heading in the direction of Yizhou, passing through a puddle and splashing up a piece of mud.
The car curtain was opened, and a little head stuck out of the window, looking into the distance. After watching for a while, Yu Qiuyan shouted loudly, "Master! Are we almost there?"
The driver shook the reins, looked at the surrounding reference objects and said, "Hurry, you can see into the city wall in less than two-quarters of an hour!"
"Master, your ability to recognize the road is really good. Both sides of this road are almost the same. If it were me, I wouldn't know where I am!" Yu Qiuyan praised.
"If the driver didn't know the road, why would he be driving the car?" The driver said, tugging on the reins and letting two Japanese patrol cars pass.
The Japs drove very fast and passed by in just one "search"!
After the Japs passed by, Yu Qiuyan quickly retracted her head, then patted her chest and whispered, "I was scared to death. Five Japs just passed by, riding two motorcycles."
"I saw it too. Fortunately, the Japs were driving fast, otherwise someone would have noticed something wrong with your expression!" Cao Lei stared at Yu Qiuyan and said seriously.
After taking a few deep breaths, Yu Qiuyan finally adjusted her mood, "Yeah! Yeah! I'll definitely pay attention next time!"
Yan Xiaoqing reached out and lowered the car curtain, "We are almost to Yizhou, and there are more and more Japs on patrol. Even if the Japs don't know our identities, it will be very dangerous for them to see us three girls!"
After listening to Yan Xiaoqing's words, Cao Lei nodded solemnly, then stretched out her hand to lift Yan Xiaoqing's chin, "吆西! Three of the flower girls! The five of us are not enough!"
"Don't make trouble!" Yan Xiaoqing reached out and knocked off Cao Lei's hand, then moved his position, approached the car door, opened a gap, and said, "Master, are there many imperial troops patrolling behind here?"
The coachman pinched the toothbrush vigorously and said, "I really don't know about this! Anyway, you can always encounter it."
Yan Xiaoqing raised her eyebrows slightly, because the coachman didn't say anything.
After thinking for a moment, she asked again, "Is this road easy to walk? Are there any bandits!?"
"There are bandits! But I paid the money, old man, so they won't embarrass us when they see the flag on the car!" The coachman said, pointing a cyan White Tiger flag inserted into the car.
"I'm telling you!" Yan Xiaoqing muttered in a low voice, and then asked, "Then why didn't the imperial army interrogate us?"
After hearing Yan Xiaoqing's words, the driver frowned slightly, "Maybe it's raining!?" Then he said uncertainly, "The imperial army is also a human being, and they also know how to bear the rain!"
Yan Xiaoqing nodded, but in his heart he did not agree with what the coachman said.
Looking at a blockhouse on the side of the road, she continued to ask, "I have walked this road before, but at that time, it was not so fast. I had to find a place to stay and stay in the hotel in the middle, and I couldn't get there until noon the next day. "
"When did you leave?"
"About a year or so ago!"
"The highway hadn't been repaired at that time, so we had to take a detour through Zhangjiadian. Your hotel should be in Zhangjiadian."
"It seems so," Yan Xiaoqing said uncertainly.
"The roads built by the imperial army are very good, so our driver can do more work every month!" the driver said with a smile. It seemed that he didn't have much hatred for the Japanese, but rather Very grateful.
Shaking his head gently, Yan Xiaoqing closed the car curtain.
The sun broke out of the clouds again, shining on the earth with light and heat.
The water vapor rose, lighting up a rainbow.
The road conditions were getting better and better, the carriage was getting faster and faster, and finally arrived at Yizhou City in the evening.
After a brief interrogation and paying the entry fee, the carriage slowly entered the city occupied by the Japanese.
The carriage drove for a while, and the driver tilted his head and shouted, "Girl!"
"What's the matter?" Cao Lei replied.
"That girl just said you were looking for someone, but you don't know where to find someone?"
"Well" Cao Lei opened the car curtain and happened to see an inn not far away, so she talked about the front curtain and pointed to it, "You can park at the door of the inn in front first and then go there after we have settled in." .”
"Okay!" The coachman agreed and drove the carriage to stop at the door of the hotel.
The carriage stopped, and a waiter immediately came over to greet the guest, "Sir, would you like to stay here or stay at the hotel?"
"Stay in the hotel!" Cao Lei said and jumped down.
Seeing the bag in Cao Lei's hand, the waiter wanted to reach out to take it, but Cao Lei immediately refused, "We don't have any luggage, so you can arrange a guest room as soon as possible."
"How many rooms?" the waiter asked.
"One room! It needs to be spacious and clean. We three girls can live there." After saying that, Cao Lei turned around and paid the fare to the coachman.
After paying the fare, Cao Lei looked at her empty wallet and shook her head, knowing that she was going to be pawned again.
I have almost used all the jewelry I brought from home in the past two years.
A few more items and there will be nothing left.
She followed the waiter into the inn and into the guest room. After settling in, she said, "We're finally here!"
"Yes! It's finally here!" Yu Qiuyan also echoed, then threw herself on the bed and rolled on the pillow, "I can finally have a good sleep!"
"We can't take it lightly. It's still the territory of the Japanese outside." Yan Xiaoqing reminded.
"Xiao Qing is right!" Cao Lei said, walking to the window and opening it, "According to the captain's instructions, we should go out for a walk now and familiarize ourselves with the surrounding terrain, just in case."
Yan Xiaoqing also came over, held the window and looked out at the bustling crowd and said, "Yes, this Yizhou is much bigger than Xiangshan Town, and the situation is much more complicated."
"Are you looking for him?"
Yan Xiaoqing smiled bitterly, "How can it be such a coincidence!"
"Maybe it's such a coincidence?" Cao Lei said with a smile.
"Let's get down to business!"
Yan Xiaoqing took off a silver bracelet from his wrist, "I'll take this as a pawn later."
Cao Lei glanced at it and confiscated it, "No one will take the broken bracelet!"
Seeing that Cao Lei had confiscated it, Yan Xiaoqing stuffed it into her hand again, "Take it! I know it won't cost much! But we have no money now!"
"The pawnshop really won't accept your broken bracelet! Don't worry about the money! I still have it!" Cao Lei said nonsense with her eyes open.
"Who are you lying to?" Yan Xiaoqing could tell at a glance that Cao Lei was lying.
Cao Lei didn't feel embarrassed after being exposed. She reached out and took the bracelet from Yan Xiaoqing's hand and stuffed it into her pocket. Then she took out a jade pendant and said, "I won't take advantage of you! I'll trade this with you."
Looking at the jade pendant, Yan Xiaoqing asked, "Isn't this Xiao Linzi's?" (End of Chapter)
