Chapter 66 Return to Beijing
The road is desolate and there are few pedestrians.
After leaving Tai'an Mansion and bid farewell to Tai Sui, Liu Suifeng and his party rushed west in prison carts and rushed to the capital.
As he walked and stopped along the way, Yaoguang was in a bad mood, and Liu Suifeng didn't want to speak, and the atmosphere in the team was very silent. In the evening, there was still a distance from the county town nearest, and a row of wooden houses appeared next to the road ahead.
Liu Suifeng was not familiar with this place, and Yaoguang was the first time he went out far away, so the job he led the way fell on the head of the captain.
Seeing the row of wooden houses from afar, the headmaster turned around and reported to Liu Suifeng: "Mr. Liu, it's going dark soon. I see there is an inn in front of me. Why don't we rest there tonight?"
Liu Suifeng looked at the sky, hesitated and asked, "How far is it from the county town ahead?"
The headmaster thought for a while and said, "According to the current course, please walk for about two more hours. But it will be dark in a while. If we don't walk fast, it will probably take three hours to arrive."
Liu Sui nodded: "Well, then I won't hurry up. You can arrange it and take a rest here for a night."
"Yes, that villain took the lead." The headmaster clasped his fists and walked quickly towards the inn.
When Liu Suifeng and Yaoguang took a few constables to the inn, the shopkeeper of the inn was already waiting at the door. Without waiting for Liu Suifeng to get off the horse, they jogged over and took the reins, and smiled diligently: "Sir, I'll work hard all the way, please come in."
Liu Suifeng turned over and got off the horse and looked at him. Seeing that the shopkeeper was honest and wrinkled on his face, he looked in his fifties, not like a merchant, but more like an old farmer. He looked at his hands and feet carefully, and saw that his feet were frivolous, his waist and spine were slightly bent, and although he had calluses on his hands, it was not caused by practicing swords and swords. He knew that this person was not a person in the world, so he nodded politely and smiled: "Thank you, my father-in-law."
Seeing that Liu Suifeng was polite, the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the official was kind, so he became bolder: "I wonder if the adults can tell you how many days you want to stay, and the villain is ready."
Liu Suifeng narrowed his eyes and smiled: "We are in a hurry and stay for only one night. Feed the horses and let the kitchen cook some good dishes to reward the brothers."
After saying that, he took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it over: "This is for you. Remember to feed the horse with high-quality essence."
The shopkeeper received the money and smiled even more. He nodded repeatedly and agreed: "I know, don't worry, sir, the younger ones must serve you well."
Liu Suifeng nodded and stepped into the store. After the shopkeeper waited for him to enter the door, he went to the back to greet the others with a smile on his face and did not neglect the constable behind him.
Yaoguang also got off the horse at this time, but he was still depressed. He threw the reins to the shopkeeper and followed Liu Suifeng into the inn.
Turning his head to look at her, seeing Yaoguang's expression depressed, Liu Suifeng sighed in his heart and said softly: "Okay, life and death are fate, you should also be mournful and follow the changes."
Yaoguang came back to his senses, realized that Liu Suifeng was comforting himself, and shook his head: "It was only the first time I went on a mission and encountered my own death, so there was still some more."
Speaking of this, she suddenly didn't know how to describe this feeling and fell silent.
Liu Suifeng is a person who has experienced it and knows how she feels, but this kind of thing is inevitable. She will sooner or later encounter it. She will shake her head, pat her shoulder gently, and comfort her: "You will get used to it over time. Not only the people we meet, but even our companions may die due to various accidents."
Yaoguang looked up at him, his eyes a little complicated: "How do you do?"
"It's not just me, no one can be an exception. If you still want to be in Beidou, you must get used to death and killing, otherwise you will collapse sooner or later. If you really can't adapt, it's better to change careers early or find a good family to marry yourself." Liu Suifeng looked indifferent, and he was not a taboo when talking about his life and death.
Yaoguang looked at him in surprise, as if shocked by his indifference to life and death. He suddenly pushed Liu Suifeng away and turned around and walked out of the inn.
Liu Suifeng didn't stop him, and sighed slightly, feeling helpless. She had to rely on herself for this level. If she really couldn't figure it out, it would be even more painful in the future.
The prison car of Xue County Magistrate He Demiao was pulled to the backyard of the inn. Four yamen runners were guarding each other and looked around from time to time, very vigilant.
Soon a clever guy came over from the front yard, carried a round table, and smiled at the yamen runners, turned around and walked back. After a while, he brought another table of food, including chicken, meat, meat and vegetables, which was very rich. Although there was no wine, everyone was not surprised. After all, they were out to escort the prison van, so it was a rule not to let them drink.
After serving the food, the young man didn't rush to leave. He smiled and served for a while. Seeing that the yamen runners had no other instructions, he was ready to leave.
However, he walked quickly when he came, but slowed down when he returned. He looked at the prisoners in the prison car from time to time, and was very curious.
He just glanced at Xue Liang and didn't pay much attention to it. What does a man have to see?
But her virtues are different. Although she is wearing a prison clothes and her hair is disheveled, she looks very embarrassed, and even her mouth and eyes are covered with cloth, her figure is slim. Although she is very popular, she is also very well-known. Moreover, her skin exposed outside is white and tender. At this time, she is sitting in the prison car, and she feels pitiful and pity-like.
This guy was born in a farm family and usually saw women with big hands and feet. He had never seen such a temperament. He peeked at him from time to time, his face turned a little red. I don’t know if he thought of some beautiful scenery.
The yamen runners were very alert. The four people were divided into two groups, one group was eating, and the other group was drooling while hungry, but they still didn't even touch the chopsticks. This was also a long-standing rule for their group to prevent people from being drugged in the food. Even if they were caught, half of the people could keep their hands awake.
A tall and thin yamen runner with a tall and thin horse face was assigned to the second batch to eat, looking around from time to time, alert and careful.
The young man's appearance attracted his attention suddenly. He couldn't help but be happy, turned his elbow to his colleagues around him, and whispered: "Hey, don't say it, we've all been wrong before, this kind of virtue looks pretty handsome."
His colleague was a big man with a bearded face, burly figure, eyes as bright as a bronze bell, and a little small, shorter than a horse-faced yamen runner. I don’t know if it was because he didn’t have a meal or because he had a bad personality and looked angry.
He looked up at De Miao, then looked at the young man, glared at him with big eyes, and snorted angrily: "Boy, get away, know who she is? This is a witch, you can use evil magic, be careful to seduce your soul!"
The young man was startled and turned his head and saw that the yamen runner's eyes seemed to be on fire. He quickly nodded and laughed, but did not dare to reply, so he ran away with a plate in shame.
The man with horse face was so amused and crying. He glanced at his companion and shook his head and said, "Oh, I said Lao Liu, your temper really has to change. You can offend someone with just one mouth, really."
After a while, the young man came over again, holding a food box in his hand, nodded and bowed, hesitated, walked to the horse-faced corvee service, and smiled and said, "Master, this is what an adult in front ordered, saying it was for the prisoner to eat."
"Who is your adult? What do you look like? What clothes do you wear?" The horse-faced yamen runner looked down at the food box, but did not take it, but asked a few words very cautiously.
The young man thought for a while and said, "The adult is very handsome and looks good when he smiles. He is wearing a gray dress, like a scholar, holding a fan in his hand."
The horse-faced yamen runner nodded, knowing that he was talking about Lord Liu, he realized that he was talking about, so he raised his chin to the food box and said, "Open it and take a look."
Chapter completed!