The day after Shen Yinxiao decided to leave Youzhou, Wei Cheng sent someone to deliver a carriage. The horse pulling the carriage was a calico horse with smooth hair, strong hooves, and perfect muscle lines. , with a green-covered cart behind it, it looks very ordinary. When you open the curtain, the decoration inside is very gorgeous. Animal skins and felt are covered all over the inner wall. Even the windows are inlaid with colored glass, which is light-transmitting and beautiful. There are shelves on both sides for placing items, simple but gorgeous.
She looked at it for a long time without saying anything, then turned around and started to pack her things. First she had to quietly replace some large items that were difficult to move with banknotes that could be carried with her. There were not many things in the house. Mother Shen learned that she Shen Yinxiao had the idea and started to pack the things at home. A'duo knew that she was leaving and stayed there for a long time. Shen Yinxiao was reluctant to leave with her parents. With A'duo, she did not dare to take the risk and asked her if she would like to leave. I don’t want to make bean curd.
"Leave the store to me?" She pointed at herself in disbelief, "Madam, are you coming back?"
She waved her hands nervously: "No, no, this store is giving it to me. It's too expensive."
"And I can't do business alone."
“There’s nothing you can’t learn, and it doesn’t cost much.”
In fact, there was nothing valuable, and Shen Yinxiao was too lazy to sell the stone mills, tables and chairs. A'duo had no relatives, was alone, and had not even read a book. He was already pitiful. These days, A'duo has learned to make bean curd and snacks. , and now that he has a skill to support himself, Shen Yinxiao feels relieved that he no longer has to rely on serving others.
You can't follow her all your life.
"What's valuable is the craftsmanship you use to support yourself. These tables, chairs and utensils are not valuable. I won't be able to take them away for a while, so I feel relieved to give them to you."
She smiled.
"Madam." A'duo's eyes were wide, "Are you coming back?"
"I don't know." She lowered her eyes, "Maybe I'll come back, maybe I won't."
"I want to go out and see more places. I heard in the book that the seasons in the south are like spring, and winter is like spring. I want to see if the flowers in the south are as beautiful as the books say. The trees in the south have arrived. Is it still green in winter? I also want to visit Chang'an, which is said to be the most prosperous place." Thinking of these long-awaited places, she breathed a sigh of relief and felt her mood improved, "Let's take a look first."
It was as if a new life was right in front of her eyes. She had not felt this feeling for a long time.
Wait until we go to Jizhou
A'duo blinked his eyes with envy: "That's great. I'll be waiting for my wife to come back in Youzhou. She can come back whenever she wants to go home. A'duo is always here, and this store will always belong to my wife!"
Shen Yinxiao raised the corners of his mouth.
"Madam, where is General Wei..." A'duo thought of the handsome man who was often with her. That man looked very fierce, but A'duo inexplicably felt that he treated Mrs. Shen differently. That kind of look was just like the way some men looked at their women that she had seen on the grassland before. It was strong and domineering. From an angle that Madam Shen didn't pay attention to, the handsome man's eyes always fell on her inadvertently.
"I have nothing to do with him." She said calmly. For some reason, there was a faint bitter taste in her heart, which was bitter and astringent.
After all, after being with him for so long, even if my heart wants to pull away, my body is still used to him, but it doesn't matter, I will get used to being alone soon.
A'duo nodded, realizing that she didn't want to continue talking about this topic, and closed her mouth, suddenly feeling a little sad for that man.
Shen Yinxiao took the house deed and prepared to go to Yahang. Selling the house was a bit troublesome. It was not easy to sell it. She separated the store and only sold the small courtyard for living. The price was still lowered, and Yaren risked it. He looked up and down her body with his bright little eyes. When he saw that she was a young lady, there was not even a man following her, so she thought of something else: "It's really difficult to sell it within a few days. Madam also knows that the world is not stable now, and there may be wars. Originally, there were refugees on the road. I don’t know what will happen in the future. There are many people like Madam who are in a hurry to exchange money. Do you want to sell him? I also want to sell, but there are few people buying. However, if the lady wants to sell, it’s not like she can’t find a buyer at all. I don’t have anything that I can’t sell...but well..."
"What do you mean?" She frowned.
"If you pay more for your hard work, I will definitely find a buyer for you tomorrow!" He held his fat belly and smiled so hard that the flesh on his face was squeezed together.
Just by looking at it, it seems like you can smell the stench on his body.
"What kind of hard work fee?"
"For example..." He took two steps closer, and his strong breath immediately surrounded her, and the air was filled with an unpleasant smell, "My wife, stay with me for one night."
She took a step back, waved away his greasy hand, turned around and walked out.
The man from Ya had just found out that there were only one pair of elderly parents in her family, and he had long wanted to take advantage. Seeing that she was about to leave, he took a few steps and grabbed her sleeves: "Why are you running? I'm following my brother, brother." Help you sell your house, let alone sell your house, my brother will have no problem raising you."
Smelling the scent of jasmine on a woman, the man had already had evil thoughts and his throat rolled. Before he could swallow the saliva, a big hand suddenly pinched his wrist.
"Who..." He followed the hand and looked over. It was an unfamiliar and very indifferent face. He was about twenty years old, with wheat-colored skin, a high nose, and deep eyes, especially those His pupils were the same brown as Lan Xi's, like a pair of amber. His eyes were cold, and there was no emotion between his brows and eyes. Looking at Yaren was like looking at a puddle of dead flesh.
"Who are you..." Yaren said impatiently.
Before he finished speaking, the hand holding his wrist suddenly tightened, and with a "click", his wrist bone was crushed. Just as Yaren screamed, the man kicked him over and gave him a blow. Keeping his mind in mind, Yaren was like a round meat ball, bouncing off the wall and then smashing into the ground.
A large amount of blood poured out of the mouth.
The rest of the people in Yaxing were startled and screamed.
Shen Yinxiao thought he looked familiar, but couldn't remember where he had seen him before. He kept looking at him without saying anything until he beat the man half to death and couldn't get up. Then the man turned to Shen Yinxiao and said: "My name is Qiu Xiaoyun, and I was sent here by the general."
She remembered that when he went to rescue Lan Xi and the others, he seemed to be among the people following Wei Cheng. His status seemed to be quite high. He was wearing armor and carrying a knife, and he was riding high on a horse. As a result, she now saw After not recognizing it for a long time, Shen Yinxiao's face suddenly turned paler. The house deed and land deed in her arms seemed to suddenly become hot. In her chest, her heart almost jumped out of her chest. She was afraid that Yaren would tell her that she wanted to sell the house. She pulled Qiu Xiaoyun and ran outside.
Qiu Xiaoyun followed her out at a loss. He thought she was afraid of retaliation, "Madam, don't worry."
"What did your general...send you to do?" She asked tentatively, holding on to the wall and panting.
"Madam, you don't have to worry too much. The general asked me to protect you, so you can just pretend that you can't see me."
The heart she was holding dropped, she said "Oh" and turned around to walk back.
She thought he had found out that she was selling her house.
He said he was following her, but she didn't even have time to ask him how many days he wanted to follow her. Well, why did Wei Cheng let people follow her? The more she thought about it, the more panicked she felt. What if she had been following her all this time? What if she had been following her for a long time? Knowing that there was someone following her all the time, she suddenly felt like she was walking with a light on her back. She stood beside an umbrella stall and fiddled with the open umbrella on the stall. She glanced back secretly from the corner of her eye. Sure enough, the man was standing in front of her. He stood expressionlessly at a distance of more than a hundred steps away from himself, looking at himself intently.
Like a statue.
Her hands shook and the umbrella in her hand almost fell to the ground.
"Would you like to buy an umbrella, madam?" the stall owner asked enthusiastically.
"Sorry, I just want to take a look." She put the umbrella back, thought for a while, and turned a corner to Qingyun Lane, which is two streets away from here.
In Qingyun Lane, there is a garment shop.
She casually picked up a set of ready-made clothes, walked to the back room where she was trying on clothes, and peeked out from behind the screen. Sure enough, she saw that Qiu Xiaoyun did not come in again, but was waiting at the door.
She put the clothes aside and handed them to the clerk, then slipped out of the back door of the garment shop, which was connected to another street, where she could go to another tooth shop.
