More than half a month later.
It has been snowing heavily in the north, and the official road leading to Hexi Town is covered with ice and snow, making travel difficult.
Yu Niang took out a light blue cloak with dark satin quilting and wrapped branches from the box and put it on Jiang Wan Ning.
"Why is it so cold in the north?" Yu Niang rubbed her hands and couldn't help but shudder again.
She was a girl who grew up in the south, and it was her first time to experience the cold in the north, and she was a little unbearable.
Jiang Wanning thought to herself: This year's winter seems to have come earlier than in previous years.
As soon as I opened the corner of the car curtain, cold wind mixed with snowflakes hit my face.
Seeing the escorts driving the bus wearing bamboo hats and raincoats walking in the heavy snow, Jiang Wanning shouted: "Xiao Pan..."
Xiao Pan came in response.
"What are your orders, madam?"
Jiang Wanning saw that his face was turning purple from the cold.
"Find a place to stay, it's getting dark."
In fact, it was already dark, and the sky was already gloomy on a snowy day.
If she remembered correctly, there was a post station about five miles ahead.
Xiao Pan murmured in his heart, don't even think about an inn in this place with no village or shop. He would be lucky to find a ruined temple.
It's all because of the heavy snow, otherwise we would have arrived in Hexi Town long ago.
Xiao Pan ran to shopkeeper Yang to convey Madam's message. Shopkeeper Yang said: "We can't reach Hexi Town today, so we will follow Madam's advice and find a place to shelter from the rain."
After walking for more than half an hour, a few lights finally emerged from the dark night and snow.
Everyone excitedly ran straight to the light.
As I got closer, I saw clearly that this was an inn.
Yang Xu went to ask if there were any vacancies?
The postmaster looked at their team and asked, "Are you an official?"
"no."
"That won't work. We only accept officials and their families. Besides, there aren't many rooms here."
Yang Xu took out a silver ingot and stuffed it into Yi Cheng's hand: "There are women in the carriage. It's freezing cold. Please make it easier."
After receiving the benefit, Yi Cheng glanced at the carriages parked at the door and hesitated for a moment: "Okay, there are only two rooms left, and the rest are crowded in the shops... But I have to say something ugly first, if it comes later, There are also officials coming to stay, so you have to give up your room."
Yang Xu frowned, how can that be done?
"Save us a room anyway."
Yi Cheng said: "Come in first!"
"Thank you very much!" Shopkeeper Yang turned around and waved.
In the lobby of the post house, several braziers were set up, which was very hot, and about a dozen tables were filled with people.
There are all kinds of people, but one group of people stands out.
They were not dressed up as Daqi people. They spoke in a rough and blunt Daqi official accent, making loud noises and acting as if no one else was around.
Chen Pingzhang threw a peanut into his mouth and looked back with disdain.
"Dayuan's bastard is too arrogant."
It's really irritating. After Da Qi's defeat in the First World War in Gubei three years ago, the imperialist faction occupied the upper reaches and begged people servilely not to attack us... In the end, they signed the Gubei Treaty, which was humiliating and humiliating the country, and ceded ten northern territories. A city was given to Dayuan, and the annual tribute to Dayuan was two million taels of silver, and countless silk, silk, silk, tea, and porcelain.
People from Dayuan came to Daqi to do business and enjoyed all kinds of preferential treatment. They even had a higher status than Daqi officials. No one dared to offend them, otherwise they would go to Honglu Temple to file a complaint.
It was Da Qi's humbleness that fueled the Dayuan people's arrogance.
I remember when Dayuan was beaten by the Marquis of Zhenbei and cried for his father and mother, when Dayuan's envoys came to Daqi, they were respectful to everyone they met and didn't dare to let out a single fart.
Unfortunately, the Marquis of Zhenbei who feared Dayuan the most is no longer there, and no one can repeat the feat of sweeping Dayuan.
Ji Yunchen took a dull sip of wine and secretly swore that one day he would drive the Dayuan people back to the desert.
The door to the lobby was pushed open, and a cold wind swept through, causing the heat in the lobby to suddenly cool down.
Everyone couldn't help but turn their heads and look.
I saw the Yi Cheng ushering in a woman wearing a bonnet and a light blue cloak. Behind the woman were two maids and an old nanny.
Everyone didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was the female dependents of some official family.
But Chen Pingzhang was astonished: "Brother Yunchen, that...that's Mrs. Jiang."
I didn't expect to see Jiang Wan Ning in this small inn.
Where is she going? If you go back to Ningchuan, you should not go here.
Ji Yunchen narrowed his eyes and was also surprised.
Is she going to the capital?
As soon as Jiang Wanning entered the door, she saw the group of Dayuan people. She couldn't help but tighten the silk handkerchief in her hand, and a cold light flashed in her eyes.
Along the way, she heard about many Dayuan people's shameless behavior in Daqi.
They colluded with the government to harm merchants, dragging girls back from any house they saw on the street and raping them. The people complained to the government, but the government did not dare to care about them at all.
They were no longer satisfied with only harming the people of Daqi in the north, and began to penetrate deep into Daqi to plunder.
Jiang Wanning's breath froze when he saw Ji Yunchen sitting in the corner and Jiu Li standing behind Ji Yunchen.
Why is Ji Yunchen here?
There is also the gentleman sitting next to Ji Yunchen, with his back to her. He looks like Chen Pingzhang.
Jiang Wan Ning calmly withdrew her gaze and followed Yi Cheng upstairs.
However, a Dayuan man with a beard on his chin stood up and staggered over, stopping Lin Ruoruo who was walking behind.
Braid smiled with a wretched look on his face, and reached out to touch Lin Ruoruo's face.
"The little lady is so handsome. You can tell she is from the south. Southern girls are like water spirits."
Lin Ruoruo had never encountered such a situation before. She took two steps back in panic and avoided the dirty hand.
Going from south to north, this was not the first time she saw Dayuan people. She knew that Dayuan people could not be easily offended, so she panicked.
"What are you hiding from, little lady? Come with me and let me love you." Braided Hu's tone became more and more frivolous. He took great pleasure in it and even wanted to step forward and force him.
Yang Xu, who came in later, saw this and could not tolerate him being rude. He immediately stepped forward and pulled Lin Ruoruo behind him, smiling shyly: "Master, you have drunk too much."
Seeing Yang Xu blocking him, Pigtail Hu became unhappy and showed a fierce face: "Get out..."
In his opinion, Lin Ruoruo is just a maid, what's wrong with her? He showed restraint by not teasing her master.
Yang Xu's fists hidden in his sleeves were tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened again. How could he endure the anger of the Dayuan people in his own land of Daqi?
But he had to endure it. There were about a dozen Dayuan people here, all of them tall and muscular.
On his side, the six guys all know a little bit about boxing and kicking, and Xiao Pan has the best skills. The problem is that they still have four female dependents to take care of.
Looking at the other people present, they are all dignified men, but they act like they have nothing to do with them. They are eating their own meat and drinking their own wine, for fear that if they look here one more time, they will make the people of Dayuan unhappy.
Yang Xu weighed it again and again, gave up the idea of fighting hard, and smiled even more humbly: "Master, don't be angry, my daughter is timid, I will treat you to dinner and dinner today."
Braided Hu pushed Yang Xu away impatiently and grabbed Lin Ruoruo's hand: "Timid? I like timid people. Come on, let's go drink with me."
Lin Ruoruo struggled: "Let me go."
Yuniang and Grandma Wang grabbed Lin Ruoruo tightly to prevent her from being dragged away.
Seeing this, the other Dayuan people also came together to pull Yu Niang away.
What's more, they came straight to Jiang Wan Ning. Jiang Wan Ning acted scared and hid towards Yi Cheng, wanting to ask Yi Cheng for help.
When she accidentally touched Yi Cheng's wrist, Jiang Wan Ning clearly felt that he was wearing something on his wrist. The bracelet was not like a bracelet, it was lumpy and made a slight sound.
Yi Cheng was staring at the Dayuan people with extremely indifferent eyes. When Jiang Wanning touched him, he stepped back as if he was being burned.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanning could only take advantage of the situation and fall down to avoid the pull of the Dayuan people.
The crisis is imminent.
But Jiang Wanning was not panicked.
She was sure someone would stop it.
Chen Pingzhang slapped his chopsticks and was about to stand up, but was held down by Ji Yunchen.
Chen Pingzhang was shocked. Is Ji Yunchen also afraid of these Dayuan people?
"Brother Yun Chen, we can't ignore this."
Ji Yunchen patted his shoulder comfortingly: "It's useless for you to go."
After saying that, he stood up and Jiuli followed.
Just when Grandma Wang was picked up and thrown out by the Dayuan man, and the Dayuan man's hand was about to lift off Jiang Wanning's hat, Yang Xu and Xiao Pan couldn't bear it anymore and decided to take action.
A cold scolding sounded... Stop.
(End of chapter)
