Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 53

In the wooden box, the two quietly embraced each other, waiting for the third test tonight, which is also the most dangerous test - leaving the city gate.

"Stop, who dares to break the ban?"

When the carriage drove to the east gate, it was stopped by the officials guarding the gate.

"Brother Zhao, it's me, Xiao Wei." Xiao Wei jumped off the carriage, rubbed his hands with a smile on his face, and bowed to several officials.

"Nonsense!" Zhao Guancha, who was called by Xiao Wei, glared, "How did you get out, boss Z opened the door for you? If someone bumps into you and turns around, both of you will have to shed a layer of skin. "

"Blame me, it's all my fault for being too drunk! The shopkeeper ordered me to take my truck to the Lucheng branch yesterday morning. I was supposed to leave yesterday afternoon, but I ended up having a drink with a few friends at noon and then When I opened my eyes, it was dark."

"Your habit of drinking too much has to be corrected, and sooner or later you will cause trouble!" said Xiao Wei, another person next to the officer surnamed Zhao, who seemed to be familiar with Xiao Wei.

"Yes, yes, change it! I will definitely change it next time! Just this time, brothers, please help me. You know the temper of our shopkeeper. If you find that I missed the delivery time, you must break my leg." !" Xiao Wei clasped his hands in front of his chest, begging one by one with a bitter face.

"Hey, do you still want to have a next time? I think you should learn a lesson this time to improve your memory."

The man chatted with Xiao Wei, and the officer surnamed Zhao waved his hands and said, "It's only half an hour since we left the city gate, just wait."

"Don't, brother! I'm already late for one night. If I wait any longer, I'm sure I'll have my leg broken. Please do me a favor and save me. In the next life, I'll be a cow and a horse to repay you!"

As he said that, Xiao Wei plopped down on his knees, holding the leg of the official surnamed Zhao and howled miserably, even if it thundered but did not rain, his face was wrinkled and wrinkled, but he didn't shed half a tear, which made the other officials very angry. I can't stop laughing.

"Zhao He, this kid said he wants to treat you like a bull or a horse!"

"Hey Wei Hou'er, why do you just beg him and not me? He can't be the master for you either."

Faced with the teasing of these people, Xiao Wei became more and more rogue, yelling "Ouch" and "Ouch".

"Whoever of you can be the master of this for me is my big brother, my dear father, my dear ancestor! It's enough to find my wine manager next time, please."

"I still want to drink!" Zhao He smiled and kicked Xiao Wei, "Okay, I'll go and ask our boss for you, see if I can make it easier for you."

As soon as Xiao Wei was overjoyed, he nearly knelt down and kowtowed to him.

Zhao He went up to the city wall, and after a while a general in his thirties came down behind him.

"Are you a buddy from Sijin Pavilion? Do you want to leave the city early?" The general looked at Xiao Wei with vain eyes.

"Yes, I slept late and caused trouble for you gentlemen." With this general present, Xiao Wei restrained his previous sloppy appearance, and stopped yelling "brother" one after another. The money bag was handed over to the general, "A little heart is no respect, please save me this time."

The general weighed the purse in his hand, then raised his eyelids to look at the person, Zhao He took a step closer and said in a low voice, "Boss, we brothers and sisters all know this Wei Houer, although he is a little unreliable in his actions, But he is still honest, he has not committed any serious crimes, you see..."

The general let out a "huh", walked to the side of the cart and asked Xiao Wei, "What do you have on this cart?"

Xiao Wei opened the lid of the box very politely and showed it to the general for inspection: "It's all from our shop. This box is made of brocade and silk cloth from Jurong Embroidery Village in Fanzhou, and this box is the fox fur we bought from Zhao Rong." Mink wool, and this box, there are also some silks and satins in it, you can look at it as you like."

The general reached into the box and felt inside, and after confirming that there was nothing else hidden in the box, he withdrew his hand and told the subordinates behind him, "Open the door."

The few officials got the order and pushed the gate of the city open a small gap only for a carriage to enter and exit.Xiao Wei repeatedly thanked him, climbed into the seat and drove the car to the gate of the city.

"Wait a moment!"

Just as the carriage passed the city gate, the general suddenly stopped someone from behind: "Is there a box under you? What's in it?"

Huo Lan's heart tightened inside the wooden box, only to hear Xiao Wei stop the carriage, and replied in a calm voice: "Oh, you said it's down here? It's also a box of silk and satin. Let me open it for you to have a look?"

Huo Lan didn't hear what the general defending the city said, but judging from the sound of carrying boxes above his head, he probably nodded to Xiao Wei to signal him to open the box.She held her breath, and quietly clenched the dagger tightly. After a while, there was a sound above her head, and the lid of the box was opened, and then someone turned over the things on it.

"Boss, it's indeed all cloth."

Huo Lan recognized that it was the person named Zhao He who was speaking just now.Their box was interlayered, and there was a wooden board above her and Yun Miaoqing, which was filled with goods, but after all, it was a bit higher than the bottom of the outer box, and people who looked closely would definitely notice something strange.

It seems that this Zhao He should be the insider of this shop.After a while, the lid of the box was closed, and the carriage set off again, and this hurdle was finally passed.

Behind the carriage, the city gate was slowly closed, and the officials guarding the city returned to their positions. As soon as they stood up, a dense sound of horseshoes broke the tranquility of the morning.

"Your Majesty has an order. In order to prevent the escape of important criminals in the city, all gates of the city are only allowed to enter but not to exit this morning. The specific release time will be announced depending on the inspection situation."

The person who came to announce loudly, even though separated by a city gate, the three people on the other side could hear it clearly.

"Don't be nervous, it's too late for them to hide the truth now, and they won't open the city gate again." Sensing Huo Lan's whole body tense, Yun Miaoqing said softly, "They searched the box, but they didn't find anything strange, so they are not sure Under the circumstances, we will not rashly tell the people who came to report about the secret release of us out of the city, otherwise the people who want to be apprehended will not be caught, and those who violated the regulations by opening the city gates will be stabbed out in advance, and it will not be worth the loss for them.”

Facts have proved that what Yun Miaoqing said is completely correct, the mud outside the city is not like the green bricks on the streets inside the city, and the horseshoes are not so loud when they step on it. Xiao Wei drove away quietly in the carriage, and no one chased after him.

"Here we go!" Following Xiao Wei's words, the lid of the box where Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing were hiding was opened again, the things above the plywood were cleared away, the wooden board was moved aside, and the morning light poured into the small square. The sky and the earth stabbed the two people in the box so hard that they couldn't open their eyes.

Huo Lan covered his eyes with one hand, and did not forget to cover Yun Miaoqing with the other hand. After getting used to it, he climbed out of the box and looked around. He saw that they were in a dense forest, Two horses were tied under a tree not far away.

She jumped out of the box first, and turned to help Yun Miaoqing, the box was too dark to see clearly, but now it was bright, only to find that Yun Miaoqing's lips were pale, obviously not feeling well.

Huo Lan's heart suddenly rose again, she tried Yun Miaoqing's forehead, but luckily it didn't feel hot.

"It's okay, I'm just bored." Yun Miaoqing jumped off the cart with Huo Lan's strength, turned her head and said to Xiao Wei, "Thank you for your hard work, and thank Mrs. Nanyan for me."

Xiao Wei smiled, showing his white teeth, clasped his fists at Yun and Huo and said, "Miss Yun, you are welcome, this is your package, please take it well, we will meet later!"

The three parted ways in the forest, Xiao Wei continued to drive his carriage to Lucheng, Yun Miaoqing and Huo Lan rode on the horses that had been prepared in the woods in advance.

Concerned about Yun Miaoqing's body, and it is estimated that the officers and soldiers are currently searching the city with all their strength, and they will not chase out of the city in a while, Huo Lan controlled the speed and did not ride very fast, letting Yun Miaoqing ride every once in a while. Sunny rest for a while.

She didn't want to ask in front of people, and now that there was no one else, she asked curiously: "Who are the people from the shop that sent us out of the city before, and why are they familiar with the officials guarding the city gate? That Mrs. Nanyan Do you specialize in helping people sneak out of the city?"

"How can there be such a business, do you think you live too long?" Yun Miaoqing smiled, "Mrs. Nanyan is the Z board of Sijin Pavilion. Speaking of which, you have seen it before, this time it is purely for helping. "

Have you seen it yourself?Huo Lan became more and more curious. Since she would be called "Mrs.", she would not be a fourteen or fifteen-year-old woman, and if she was older, she didn't know anyone else except for the female relatives of Yunfu...

Probably because the crisis was temporarily lifted, Yun Miaoqing relaxed a lot, and even had the mood to tease Huo Lan: "Remind you, that was more than a year ago."

More than a year ago, when I was still in the countryside of Songluan County, the "Madame" I met at that time...

A figure suddenly flashed in Huo Lan's mind, and he opened his eyes wide and said, "Mother Ginkgo!"

Yun Miaoqing pursed her lower lip, affirming Huo Lan's answer.

It turned out to be her!Huo Lan was really taken aback. She remembered that Yun Miaoqing once said that Ginkgo's mother is a very powerful woman. At that time, she didn't feel much about this evaluation. Now that she suddenly knew the identity of Ginkgo's mother, she understood Yun Miaoqing's identity. Why did Miao Qing make such comments to others in the first place?

Although Huo Lan didn't stay in the capital for a long time, he also knew of several famous shops, one of which was Sijin Pavilion, which was mainly engaged in cloth and ready-to-wear, with branches all over the states. Most of them are provided by this store.

Huo Lan had only heard about the reputation of this store before, and for the first time knew that the owner behind this store was actually a woman, and it is said that this store has only developed suddenly in the last ten years, which shows that the person behind it is very skilled. .

Huo Lan was lost in thought, when Yun Miaoqing suddenly said, "You just asked me, I haven't asked you yet, what happened to that little guard last night?"

What happened that night happened one after another, Yun Miaoqing almost forgot about it without mentioning Huo Lan, Tao Cai would risk his head to help her, she is still very surprised when she thinks back to that scene.

"It's not as simple as beheading. If important prisoners are released privately, their whole family will be implicated if they find out."

Yun Miaoqing's words made Huo Lan even more confused, she didn't understand what she had done to deserve Tao Cai to treat her like this.

"You!" Yun Miaoqing leaned her head against Huo Lan's shoulder and closed her eyes to rest, "I treat you as a good friend, a good brother, if I have a chance in the future, I must thank you very much."

Is this the kind of friendship that the book says is willing to do anything for a friend?Huo Lan nodded half-understood, she thought this sentence was used to describe the relationship between her and Yun Miaoqing, but later she found it was different, she relied on Yun Miaoqing, liked Yun Miaoqing, not just Friendship is so simple.

So there really is such an emotion... This is a somewhat mysterious experience for Huo Lan, and it seems that everything around him has become extremely novel.

Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing stopped and walked throughout the day, Yun Miaoqing said that there was no need to join her mother and elder brother, as there were too many people and big goals, and it was easy to attract people's attention.They have Wen Taicang protecting them, and the two of them just need to take care of themselves, and wait for the chance to reunite after the rumors pass.

Huo Lan has no objection to this, but Yun Miaoqing can still talk and laugh with her during the day, but at night, her speech and response become slow. If Huo Lan hadn't been paying attention all the time, she would have almost fallen off the horse.

Huo Lan hugged the man in time, stopped the horse, and the skin touched by his hands was hot.

"I can't go anymore!" Huo Lan resolutely said, Yun Miaoqing's illness made her more flustered than the pursuers who hadn't seen her yet. After all, Yun Miaoqing died of illness in her previous life, and now it is getting closer It's getting closer.

"I saw a village at the foot of the mountain we passed just now. I'm looking for someone to take us in for a night."

"No, I can't go to the village..." Yun Miaoqing's voice was weak, holding on to Huo Lan's clothes tightly, "The people in the village are too familiar with each other, what news spreads quickly... two strangers came, and soon Let the officers and soldiers know..."

"But you need to take medicine and rest!" Huo Lan was anxious.

"I can last one night. I'm going to Jinhu County ahead, and I'm going to find an inn when I go to the city at dawn..."

Huo Lan understood Yun Miaoqing's meaning, stopped her from talking, hugged her in her arms, and rode the same horse with her towards Jinhu County.

The author has something to say: I am not in a good state today, and I am writing very slowly. I can only write in two breaths, so I will see you tomorrow_(:з」∠)_