Before the grass clippings on his body were wiped off, Cai Xing hurriedly pulled Bai Yanqing towards the inner hall of the inn. At this time, Yuan Ziyue and Yun Ji, who couldn't find Yun Qi, were eager to dig up the Yingyue Inn!
"Brother, you are finally back! Where have you been? Ziyue and I almost turned this inn upside down!"
The moment they saw Yun Qi, Yun Ji and Yuan Ziyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief! Seeing that Yun Qi was fine, Yun Ji couldn't help but start nagging! It really made him anxious!
Yun Qi waved his hand towards them, signaling them to be calm.
"Caixing? Why is this girl with you?"
Yun Ji turned to one side and saw Cai Xing behind Bai Yanqing, with a bit of surprise in his eyes! Didn't it mean that Cai Xing and the others were missing? Now...why is she here again?
Caixing turned a deaf ear to Yun Ji's words. She pulled Bai Yanqing to the side, and then recounted what happened last night in front of several people.
It turns out that everything that happened last night was Doctor Hua’s plan! He didn't want Bai Yanqing and Yuan Li to follow him, so he came up with such a dangerous trick to get rid of Bai Yanqing and Yuan Li!
"If Doctor Hua did it intentionally, then why...you were kidnapped by the shopkeeper and the waiter again? And Doctor Hua and Ling Yu, where are they now?"
After listening to Caixing's words, Bai Yanqing became more and more curious! If Doctor Hua doesn't want Bai Yanqing and the others to follow him, why was it not explained before? You have to come to Biluo Town to do these things. Do you want Bai Yanqing to retreat in spite of the difficulties?
"Actually, I don't know exactly where they went! As for the shopkeeper and the waiter... I heard from their words that they seemed not to be familiar with Doctor Hua! This inn was originally An old acquaintance of Dr. Hua discovered this secret passage. He also knew about it! Originally, he wanted to use this secret passage to get rid of you! But I don’t know what went wrong in the middle! Ling Yu and the others disappeared! And the people who pretended to be the shopkeeper and the waiter, I don’t know who ordered me to be kidnapped!”
Caixing honestly told the people in front of her everything she knew. As for the rest, she doesn’t know much! All she knew was that when she woke up, she was already in the secret passage!
Caixing doesn't look like he's lying! What's more, it was just a coincidence that Bai Yanqing and the others met Cai Xing. Cai Xing was indeed tied up. There is no doubt about this! However, no one can tell whether this is another self-directed and self-acted drama!
"You guys went for a walk around the town, what did you gain?"
Regarding Cai Xing's words, Yun Qi neither said he believed it nor said he didn't believe it. He turned around slowly and asked Yuan Ziyue.
"We found out that the owner of this inn has a family in his hometown in the countryside. Some people say that the owner of Yingyue Inn is not very good-looking, but the wife he married in his early years was actually a woman as beautiful as a fairy! It is said that the woman came to Biluo Town many years ago, but then she never appeared again!"
Yuan Ziyue told everything he had heard about.
The innkeeper's housework? What's the use of asking about this kind of thing?
"Didn't you say that the shopkeeper of Yingyue Inn has been missing for many days? Then what does what happened to us have to do with him?"
Bai Yanqing was a little puzzled. She just thought that Yuan Ziyue and Yun Ji were asking around blindly. They didn't ask about what they should have asked about, and they asked for a lot of gossip that they shouldn't.
"Does anyone know where the home of the owner of Yingyue Inn is?"
It was obvious that Yun Qi was somewhat interested in this news.
"There is a messenger in the town. He said that he used to be the shopkeeper of this inn and delivered a few letters back to his hometown. He should know where the shopkeeper's hometown is!"
Yuan Ziyue continued.
"Where are the others?"
Yun Qi glanced at Yuan Ziyue. Yuan Ziyue understood and immediately replied: "The people have been brought over! They are waiting!"
The two have a perfect rapport. Yun Qi could think of it, but Yuan Ziyue did it!
After saying that, Yuan Ziyue turned around and left.
Go, but within a moment, you saw him leading a thin, short man over!
"Master, it's him!"
Yuan Ziyue led the people to Yunqi, pointed at the short and thin man, and said to Yunqi.
Yun Qi nodded and did not ask the man first. Instead, he turned around and asked Cai Xing: "Cai Xing, do you remember what Doctor Hua told you? He asked you to Entering the secret passage, or do they enter this secret passage with you?"
Hearing this, Cai Xing was stunned, then frowned, thought for a long time, and then spoke: "I remember... he said, let me enter this secret passage to wait for them!"
"Did he tell you how the two of them escaped?"
Yunqi then asked.
"That's not true!"
Cai Xing shook his head, and it was not difficult to hear the implication. Cai Xing did not know how Doctor Hua and Ling Yu chose to escape!
"Let's go, take us to the hometown of the owner of Yingyue Inn!"
Yunqi no longer asked Cai Xing, but turned around and said to the short and thin man.
That man, after accepting Yuan Ziyue's money, was naturally very attentive to Yun Qi and his party! When he heard Yun Qi speak, he turned around hurriedly and led the way!
"Shopkeeper Gu's hometown is not far away, only half a day's drive!"
As the man spoke, he was about to climb onto the carriage, but Yuan Ziyue stretched out his arm to stop him!
"You, go ride a horse!"
There was only one carriage, with Yuan Li lying on it, and Bai Yanqing and Cai Xing sitting on the carriage. They were both women. How could they let their foreign men ride together?
Seeing Yuan Ziyue's fierce look, the man did not dare to say anything. He could only timidly walk to the side, find a horse that Yunqi and the others picked out, and ride on it!
That short and thin man was indeed right. Shopkeeper Gu’s hometown is not far from Biluo Town! The group of people hurried on their way and arrived in about two hours.
The small village is not big, sparsely populated with a few dozen families. The short and thin man, relying on his memory, led Yunqi and the others to the small courtyard of a family!
The old courtyard gate and old walls all reveal that this courtyard has been lost for many years.
Yuan Ziyue ordered the short and skinny man to call the door. He was always soft-spoken and short-handed, but the man did not refuse and ran straight to the front!
The sound of "dong dong dong" knocking on the door is particularly loud in this sparsely populated countryside.
"Who is it?"
A gentle female voice sounded from the courtyard. Immediately afterwards, the courtyard door was opened from the inside!
A middle-aged woman wearing coarse linen clothes walked out with her feet raised! When she saw so many people standing outside her courtyard, she hesitated obviously, but soon she regained her composure!
"You nobles just now, did you knock on the slave's door?"
The woman whispered softly, facing so many people, she did not feel any panic at all.
"Sister-in-law of the Gu family, do you still remember me? I am the messenger in Biluo Town."
When the short and thin man saw the woman coming out, he hurriedly walked up to her, pointed at himself and introduced himself.
Hearing this, the woman narrowed her eyes and stared at the short and thin man, looking up and down several times: "It turns out to be the little brother of the Li family! The slave family has an impression!"
The woman smiled, as if suddenly enlightened.
"Sister-in-law of the Gu family, I have something to bother you today!"
The short and thin man bowed to the woman and then continued.
"These officials came here specifically to look for my sister-in-law today because of shopkeeper Gu's business! There are some things I want to ask my sister-in-law about, but I hope she won't mind!"
When the short and thin man spoke to the woman, he was very polite and respectful, which was completely different from the carefree look he had before!
"Ladies and gentlemen, please come to the house!"
The woman smiled very gently. She turned slightly sideways and led Yunqi and others in!
Yun Qi also disagreed with her pretense of politeness and nodded slightly towards the woman, then led Bai Yanqing and the others straight away.
Entered the courtyard! The group of people entered her yard in a big way.
"Everyone, wait a moment, I'm going to boil water to make tea!"
The woman's hospitality was very considerate, dignified and generous. It was hard to tell that she was a farm woman who had lived in the countryside all year round!
"No need to trouble Madam, I only have a few words to ask Madam, and then we'll leave!"
When Yunqi saw the woman making a gesture to boil water, he immediately spoke.
"There's no need to rush. I'm looking at everyone's formations. I think I can't finish all the things I need to ask in just a few words!"
The woman replied with a smile, her tone still unhurried and warm.
Then, the woman's gentle and calm eyes swept across everyone present, but when she saw Cai Xing, her eyes changed slightly! The subtle change in the woman's eyes could not escape the eyes of Bai Yanqing and Yun Qi. They looked at each other and understood each other tacitly.
After the woman said this, she turned around slowly, leaving Yunqi and the others waiting in the courtyard.
As soon as the woman left, the atmosphere in the yard suddenly became a little strange. The short and thin man saw that the situation was not right, so he quickly made an excuse and ran away! Anyway, he only agreed to bring them here. Now that he has found Shopkeeper Gu's hometown, he doesn't want to get involved in other things!
While the woman was boiling water to make tea, Bai Yanqing and the others walked back and forth in the small courtyard for several laps.
This small yard is located in a secluded area, with no neighbors for one kilometer around! The tall trees outside the courtyard hide this small courtyard, making this small courtyard look very inconspicuous!
The ground in the small courtyard is paved with a layer of bluestone, which is extremely rare in the countryside! Even the courtyard where Bai Yanqing lived in Zhuangzi before had never been paved with bluestones! On rainy days, the mud in the courtyard is so loose and soft that every step in the mud will make you step on it!
But this small courtyard is extremely different! It looks like an ordinary farmhouse, but inside, it is very well-maintained! In the right-hand corner of the small courtyard, a well was dug. The windlass in the well squeaked from time to time. Thinking about it, it must be Cai Cai, the owner of the yard, who just fetched water!
On the left side of the small courtyard, there is a stone table. Around the round stone table, there are four stone benches. The edges of the stone benches have been polished very smooth. I think the owner of this courtyard must be Often, I sit on a stone bench and work! The small courtyard looks a bit simple, but if you take a closer look, you can see that everything in this small courtyard can be compared to that of the wealthy families in the capital!
But if you think about it carefully, shopkeeper Gu is a businessman, and the money he earns will naturally be used by his family! It is reasonable to buy some nice things for your wife at home!
"I kept you waiting for so long!"
At this moment, the hostess of the small courtyard came out with tea and snacks!
On the wooden tray, there is a fine purple clay pot, and the spout is steaming! The refreshing aroma of tea is slowly overflowing! In addition, there is a plate of snacks on the tray. The white pastries look very familiar!
"Red bean cake?"
Caixing was the first to shout in surprise!
"Girl, you have good eyesight. It is indeed a red bean cake! This is what I made newly this morning. What a coincidence, isn't it? As soon as it comes out of the pot, all of you distinguished guests are here!"
The woman raised her hand and poured tea for everyone one by one. Then he stretched out two fingers and picked up a piece of red bean cake, then raised it to Cai Xing's eyes: "Girl, try it?"
Seeing this, Caixing quickly reached out and took it. Soft and glutinous red bean cake, take a bite and be filled with the sweetness of red beans!
