Chapter 241: Meeting Confidants
"Miss, it's already dark, why don't we rest at this inn tonight and continue to set off tomorrow?"
Caixia, who was holding the reins of the carriage in her hand, looked at the already dim sky and proposed.
Zhuang Mingyue, who was being asked, looked at the already reddened sky, nodded and replied, "Okay, then rest at this inn tonight." ”
"Then the slave and maid will go ......"
Zhuang Mingyue, who knew what Caixia was trying to do, stretched out her hand to intercept her hurried steps, "Caixia, you lead the horse over to feed some food, I'll book a room." ”
"......"
Zhuang Mingyue didn't give Caixia a chance to refuse, and directly stuffed the reins into her hand, "Don't worry, didn't I say that you don't have to worry about so many worldly rituals when you go out?" ”
Saying that, Zhuang Mingyue raised her feet and prepared to walk into the inn, and suddenly turned around again as if she had thought of something, "Speaking of which, Caixia, you called me Miss again today, do you remember what we said a few days ago?" ”
Caixia, who was stunned by the question, pursed her lips and then slowly nodded and said, "I know, Mingyue." ”
After hearing Caixia change her name again, Zhuang Mingyue turned around with a smile, "I'll book a room, Caixia, you can go and come back quickly." ”
Although Zhuang Mingyue is now accustomed to the identity of the eldest lady of the Zhuang family, even when she was an official in the court before, the old men who could even be her grandfather at that age could accept it by bending down and saluting her.
But now after all, there is still something different, they are such a young lady, a slave, and a man who knows how to heal, following behind the young lady and calling the master.
In the eyes of outsiders, it is really how strange it looks.
After accepting many gaze salutes, Zhuang Mingyue began to force Sanqing and Caixia to change their titles, also in case their strange identity would be targeted.
Zhuang Mingyue, who was thinking about things in her heart, just stepped into the threshold of the inn and saw the shopkeeper standing at the counter.
"Little Er, I want to ...... Hey? Zhuang Mingyue, who was about to book a room, looked at the white-clothed man in front of her, who was obviously not the second shopkeeper, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled.
The man in white who looked up in response looked at Zhuang Mingyue in front of him with a curious look, and couldn't help but provoke a smile, "I don't know what this girl is curious about me?" ”
Zhuang Mingyue, who was seen through, didn't feel the slightest surprise, but sat down directly along the stool on the side, "I think you're a little strange, are you the shopkeeper of the inn?" ”
watched Zhuang Mingyue sit down casually like this, and the words she said were obviously not women of the Jiangnan generation.
The man in white raised his eyebrows slightly, "Yes and what, no and what?" ”
Zhuang Mingyue, who was a little tired all the way, casually reached out and poured herself a cup of tea, "Naturally, it's not a big problem, it's just a curiosity to ask a few more words." ”
After taking two sips of tea, he continued: "I want to book three rooms, a big bed room, and an ID card...... Cough...... Chinese rooms are fine. ”
Because I haven't booked a room in person for a long time, I subconsciously booked my previous life
Zhuang Mingyue, who was used to bringing it over, reacted instantly when she mentioned her ID card, and hurriedly rounded her words back.
However, even if Zhuang Mingyue changed the words back, the man in white could still hear the obviously different words.
"Dare to ask the girl, but are you from the capital?"
Although Zhuang Mingyue didn't want to expose her identity easily, she didn't think about deliberately hiding it, after all, if the other party really wanted to find out her origin, she casually pinched a place, and it happened that the other party knew about this place, and it would be even more troublesome to see that she was lying.
The tone is suspicious, so it's better to simply answer directly.
"Indeed, the shopkeeper's eyes are really powerful."
The man in white who was praised also smiled again, "Under the name Wei Chenyang, the big bed room that the girl just said still has an ID card, I really haven't heard of it, could it be that it is a new bloom in the capital?" ”
Zhuang Mingyue, who was captured with the words of the new era, did not show the slightest embarrassment, but nodded generously: "It's not that the capital is newly prosperous, it's the small city where I lived when I was a child, and people from the south of the Yangtze River who want to come to Wei will not continue to use the customs of the small town." ”
Hearing this, Wei Chenyang didn't doubt it, but he felt a little novel. After all, it is not surprising that some young ladies from large families, who were frail and sick when they were young or for other reasons, would live in small towns in the countryside for some time.
"It sounds like the town where the girl once lived, but it's quite interesting."
"Since you have reported your home, don't call me girl, just call me Mingyue. And I don't think you are this kind of Wen Zou Zou temperament, you are tired of talking like this, and I am tired. ”
Wei Chenyang, who had been pretending to be a handsome son for a long time, was ruthlessly pierced by Zhuang Mingyue at once, and the smile on the corner of his mouth froze for a while.
But soon this stunned was suppressed by Wei Chenyang, followed by a loud laugh, "Hahahaha, Mingyue, you are really interesting, it is the first time I have seen a woman like you, is it possible that all women in the capital are so hearty?" ”
Zhuang Mingyue, who was praised, saw that Wei Chenyang finally put down the shelf of Wen Zou Zou, and her heart was also a little relieved, "Then I'm afraid I will have to disappoint the shopkeeper Wei, this woman in the capital has always been out of the door, and I am afraid that this strange thing is the only one in the capital." ”
"Wonderful? What is it? When he repeatedly captured Zhuang Mingyue's words, he had never seen them, and when they were words that he couldn't understand, the curiosity about Zhuang Mingyue in his heart became even stronger.
"This is also the saying in the small town, and the shopkeeper doesn't have to take it to heart."
Seeing that Zhuang Mingyue didn't want to explain, Wei Chenyang didn't ask much, just walked out of the counter, raised his hand and brought a pot of new tea in front of Zhuang Mingyue, "Happy talking to you, please your Longjing." ”
This time, it was Zhuang Mingyue's turn to be stunned, but she didn't refuse, but took it generously, "Tea party friend, the shopkeeper is willing to give me such good tea, I am really flattered." ”
Wei Chenyang, who was amused by Zhuang Mingyue's somewhat exaggerated statement, couldn't help but deepen his interest in Zhuang Mingyue again, "Since I call you Mingyue, you can also call me Chenyang directly, I am not the shopkeeper, I just came out to help today without anything." ”
Zhuang Mingyue couldn't help but sigh a little when she heard it, "It turned out to be the rich second generation, could it be that the Wei family, the eight major families in the south of the Yangtze River, which I heard in the city recently, is the ......."
"Yes, it's my house." Wei Chenyang sensitively captured the 'rich second generation' from Zhuang Mingyue's words, "Mingyue, your small town is really interesting, could it be that this 'rich second generation' means that it is the son of the rich family?" ”
Hearing this, Zhuang Mingyue was stunned, if she hadn't seen that Wei Chenyang didn't know the obvious guess, I am afraid that at this moment, she would really think that Wei Chenyang was also from the twenty-first century.
After all, there is already such an example as Long Zhengning, if there are other people from that century, it is not unusual, after all, this Tiansheng Dynasty is so vast, it is impossible to say anything.
"That's right, that's exactly what it means." As she spoke, Zhuang Mingyue opened another teacup and poured Wei Chenyang a cup of Longjing.
Perhaps it was because of Wei Chenyang's understanding and interest in Zhuang Mingyue's words, or maybe it was because Wei Chenyang did not have the frivolity of the son, which made Zhuang Mingyue also have a lot of good feelings towards Wei Chenyang, which was quite a hint of hating each other.
"Tell me, will you continue to travel tomorrow?" Wei Chenyang's eyes were a little shiny and he looked at Zhuang Mingyue.
Zhuang Mingyue thought that she was quite accurate in reading people's hearts, so she didn't plan to hide anything, "Well, we plan to continue to go south, after all, the capital is still different from Jiangnan, and what we saw and heard along the way is also very interesting." ”
Wei Chenyang looked at Zhuang Mingyue's excited appearance, coupled with what he had just heard from Zhuang Mingyue's mouth, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
After hesitating for a while, Wei Chenyang still spoke: "Mingyue, if I want to go with you, what do you think?" ”
"Naturally, we're friends, isn't it normal to play together? But you're ...... inn."
Wei Chenyang, who was approved, burst into an extremely bright look in his eyes, "It's okay, I don't care much about the account book myself, it's just that I have to come over empty, since Mingyue has already agreed, then I will go back to pack my luggage now, and come to the inn early tomorrow morning to meet you." ”
Zhuang Mingyue, who didn't expect Wei Chenyang to be so excited, nodded a little blankly, and then couldn't help but chuckle after seeing him leave happily.
However, when it came time to travel the next day, something happened that surprised all four of them.
Although the Jiangnan region is rich, it must be inferior to the defense of the capital in terms of public security.
So when Zhuang Mingyue saw the group of real bandits in front of her, although her face immediately showed a look of trembling with fear, in fact, she was very excited in her heart.
The group of robbers she encountered before were completely impersonated, but the group of people in front of her now were indeed robbers on this mountain.
Zhuang Mingyue, who was suddenly playful, stretched out her hand and grabbed Wei Chenyang's sleeve by her side, hiding half of her body behind him, "Big brothers...... We don't have any money, can you ......?"
"No money? You guys are wearing silk and you dare to deceive us that we don't have any money?! The robber, who interrupted Zhuang Mingyue's trembling words, took two steps forward, and the big knife in his hand looked even more impressive.