Chapter 180 Meeting Longsheng Town

Longsheng Town is located in the south of the westernmost part of Liangzhou. It takes about a day and a half to the north to Yongwei and a day and a half to the south to enter Jingzhou. The convoys traveling from Liangzhou and Jingzhou often stop here to rest.

Longsheng Town is not big, but because it is located on a major transportation road, restaurants, inns, and carriage markets are all available. Businessmen from all over the world gather here, and the store business is very prosperous.

Early in the morning, the entire town of Longsheng has woken up. Smoke rises from the houses. Groups of Jingzhou merchants walk out from the door of the only Longsheng Inn in the town, roping horses and preparing cars. Some people They were whispering to each other, discussing possible profits.

The coachman raised his whip, and the crisp crack of the whip reverberated in the cold air. The horse pulling the cart snorted, pulling the carriage full of goods, with its hooves stepping on the frozen hard ground, pattering along the only road in Longsheng Town. The main street goes north.

On both sides of the street, breakfast stalls were filled with mist, and the aroma of pancakes and steamed buns hit their faces. Many people queued up to buy breakfast. The small tables in front of the stalls were full, and the remaining people lined up on the side of the road, blocking the way of the motorcade. .

The driver at the front of the motorcade jumped out of the car to let the people in line make way: "Give way, everyone, please give way..."

After a lot of trouble, the road was cleared, and the coachman got into the car. Before he could crack his whip, he saw a carriage coming from the opposite direction.

This carriage is completely different from ordinary carriages. It is exquisitely made, has a wide carriage, and is pulled by four horses. There were already a lot of pedestrians on the street, but now that this carriage came in, its two heads were pressed together, making it impossible to pass.

The driver pulling the cart on the opposite side was a strong man, his face wrapped in cotton cloth to protect him from the cold, and he scanned the surroundings with a pair of hawk-like eyes. He had a sword on his waist.

The coachman of the caravan was also well-informed. Seeing that the carriage was unusual and the coachman was even more special, he did not dare to give way to the other side. He hurriedly ran all the way to find the leader of the caravan.

"A four-horse carriage, and the driver also carries weapons?" the leader of the caravan asked, "Let me go and take a look."

The standard of four horses was a treatment only given to princes, and he did not dare to neglect it.

The leader of the caravan followed the coachman to the front of the convoy, and several good merchants also came to take a look. After seeing the carriage on the opposite side, the leader of the caravan's face changed slightly, and whispered to the coachman: "I have seen this car, this car. This is where Mei Dai, the daughter of the King of Xiliang, sits."

"Is she the Concubine Xian?" A merchant interjected with his hands in his sleeves, "Didn't she go to the capital more than two years ago? Why is her car here?"

"Don't think so much," the leader of the caravan waved his hand, "The people in the car must have a close relationship with the Xiliang Palace. Our convoy retreats and lets them pass."

The merchant asked: "Since they are from the Wangfu, why don't we go say hello and see if they need this batch of goods. If they do, we don't have to go to Yongwei. It's freezing here... …”

The leader of the caravan laughed and interrupted him, saying: "Stop thinking blindly, we common people have nothing to do with the royal palace."

The coachman agreed and went to the front to make a U-turn.

The coachman on the carriage opposite was looking back as if he was talking to the people in the carriage. Then a woman's voice came from the carriage. The voice was so low that it was difficult to hear what was being said.

The coachman turned around and said to the leader of the caravan: "My master told me to let you pass first."

After saying that, the coachman waved his whip, turned the carriage around, and headed north out of the town.

"Who is in the car?" The leader of the caravan looked at the carriage on the opposite side in confusion, "Xiliang Prince's Palace will actually make way for us?"

Everyone in the caravan felt incredible.

Not only them, but also Li Wan who was sitting in the carriage found it incredible.

She looked at Shen Yuexi who was sitting opposite, holding the heater against her belly to warm her belly:

"Really, why should we make way for those civilians?"

Shen Yuexi yawned and said, "There are so many cars. It would be troublesome to turn around. We only have one car. If we don't let them, why don't they?"

"It's unreasonable." Li Wan became angry and stopped talking.

Originally, she wanted to say that she was the daughter of Marquis Pingyang, but then she remembered that she was no longer. Like Shen Yuexi and Xiao Zhuo, everyone was a commoner who had lost their identity.

Although a down-and-out phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken, why can Shen Yuexi face this calmly? She has not adapted to it even after living in Xiaogang Village for so long.

After waiting for a long time, after the convoy of Jingzhou merchants passed by, Qiang Lin drove the carriage into Longsheng Town.

Shen Yuexi sniffed, her eyes lit up, she opened the car window a small crack and looked outside. While looking, she waved to Li Wan and whispered: "Come, come."

Li Wan looked at her mysteriously and didn't know what she was seeing, so she stood up and went over to take a look.

"Look at those buns. They are white, big, and warm." Shen Yuexi licked her lips, "I don't know what the fillings are. Let's buy some."

"No," Li Wan curled her lips and said, "These are things only ordinary people eat, and I won't eat them."

Seeing that she was still putting on airs, Shen Yuexi didn't care and said with a smile: "Then I'll go buy it. You should be careful in the car and don't wake up the two old people."

None of us were familiar with the geography here, so we missed Sutou and were forced to travel all night.

Shen Yuexi and Li Wan were both young and able to withstand it. Doctor Hua and Mrs. Li were getting older, and they were so sleepy at night that they fell asleep early in the morning, leaning on their seats with their clothes on.

"What kind of buns are you buying?" Li Wan rubbed her eyes and whispered, "With so much money, why don't you find a restaurant and order a table to eat. I haven't eaten in a long time."

"Who is having a banquet so early in the morning..." Shen Yuexi lost her temper towards this confused young lady, "In the morning we should eat some steamed buns, drink some porridge or something. Besides, the restaurant is not open at this time. We will go there when it opens. Let’s eat. Let’s not talk about it for now, I’ll get out of the car and buy it.”

After saying that, Shen Yuexi knocked on the car, asked Qiang Lin to stop the car, opened the door and jumped out.

It was now almost December, and the weather was extremely cold. She took two steps, and Qiang Lin also got out of the car and came over to her, saying, "Master, if you need anything, I can do it for you."

"No, I'll do some exercise," Shen Yuexi said with a smile, handing the heater to Qiang Lin, "You've been driving for so long, so warm your hands first."

Qiang Lin was stunned for a moment, then reached out to take the heater and followed her.

Shen Yuexi came to the breakfast stall and asked the owner: "What are the fillings of the buns?"

The shopkeeper was very busy and said without raising his head: "Pork and green onion stuffing, two coins each, ten coins per drawer, how much do you want?"

Shen Yuexi looked at the drawer on the stove. Ten coins in a drawer meant five. The four people in the car had to eat ten anyway. And the guards, men had more to eat, so that counted as five per person. Twenty No matter how many people get one hundred.

"I want one hundred and twenty." She counted for a long time and reported the number.

The shop owner was startled, thinking he was deaf and didn't hear clearly, so he asked, "How much do you want to eat?"

"One hundred and twenty." Shen Yuexi repeated it again.

The shopkeeper looked up.

The girl in front of her has a face as tender as a shelled egg, eyebrows with traces of eyebrows, bright eyes and white teeth, and a sweet smile. She is wearing a thick fur coat and a cape, with a strand of long black hair hanging from her head. Her head poked out playfully from the cotton hat she was wearing. It made her even more charming, cute and lively.

The shopkeeper was stunned. It took him a long time to come to his senses and said with a blushing face: "There are only twenty stoves on the stove. The rest have to be packed in cash."

He guessed that Shen Yuexi was the maid of some eldest lady, and she came out to buy food.

Shen Yuexi said: "Then just give me twenty first."

Qiang Lin whispered: "Master, don't worry about us, we will take care of it ourselves."

The shopkeeper opened the basket and was picking up the buns. When he heard this, he almost dropped the buns. It turned out that the woman who bought the buns was actually the master. Shouldn't all the buns be bought by the servants? Why is it the other way around?

After buying the buns, the carriage came to the only inn in town - Longsheng Inn.

Shen Yuexi booked the four best south-facing rooms on the second floor of the inn. She brought a full thousand taels of silver with her for this trip, and she had a lot of money in her pocket.

Mrs. Li and Doctor Hua were not awake yet. After eating a few steamed buns, they went back to their rooms to sleep. Shen Yuexi and Li Wan finished their meals and went back to their rooms to sleep.

Just after sleeping for more than an hour, there was a noise downstairs. Shen Yuexi heard it and got up to check.

The innkeeper ran upstairs in a panic and said with a grimace: "Mrs. Shen, I'm so sorry, maybe... you have to move out."

Shen Yuexi asked dissatisfiedly: "We just paid the money, why do you want us to move out?"

"Prince Jing's Crown Princess is here and wants to book this inn." The shopkeeper said with a sad face, "You also know that we can't afford to offend you. The shop is willing to refund the money and then compensate you..."

Princess Jing?

Shen Yuexi didn't wait for the shopkeeper to finish, she held on to the railing on the second floor and looked down.

The woman downstairs, who was surrounded by a group of maids and guards, also happened to raise her head.
Chapter completed!