Chapter 4: Meeting on a narrow road, the brave prevails
Three months later, Zuo Qing's injuries have completely healed, but because of his injured muscles and bones, he can only do some light fire exercises now.
These three months are neither long nor short, but Zuo Qing is still speechless. He keeps a cold face all day long and rarely smiles. The most common thing he does is to help when the sun rises.
Su Mingsa swept down the tavern, and when there was business, he could barely carry a plate with his half-impaired hands. In his spare time, he walked around the yard, looking at the flowers and grass, and by the way, there were fewer and fewer swallows...
When the sun went down, I sat with Su Yan on the doorstep, watching people coming and going on the street, gradually entering the night market.
Su Yan gradually understood his temperament. He was dull and boring, even a little indifferent, but at least he was willing to help her dry herbs and tidy up the yard. At least, he was not as worldly as others, not like those dignitaries in Ruoshui City.
Look down on people like that.
Su Yan didn't know his past or his purpose. She only knew that at this moment, he was her friend and she could make him feel at ease.
Su Ming has been acting strange recently. Su Yan finally found some medicinal herbs for him to fight against Li Gui. He didn't even resist, but suddenly gave up without saying a word! Su Yan thought that since he gave up, then
So he stopped there, just in time to repair the tavern. Unexpectedly, he didn't know what kind of wind he had, and he began to think about how to defeat the enemy. Within two days, he lost patience again, and the pile of precious herbs had nowhere to go. Su
Yan Te found a good day and spread it out in the yard to remove the moisture.
Zuo Qing carried a bowl of porridge across the yard and sat on a bench at the door of the tavern. Various passers-by passed by in front of him. He worked hard and drank less than half of the bowl of porridge. Su Yan touched a handful of herbs on the ground.
He picked up a herb, sat down next to him, tore the herb into small pieces and threw it into the bowl. Zuo Qing's hand suddenly froze there, and he mechanically turned his head to look at her, "What are you doing?"
Su Yan clapped his hands and said with a playful smile, "Poison."
Zuo Qing didn't care. He took a spoon to crush the herbs and drank them in several sips.
"Su Ming has a headache." Zuo Qing suddenly said this, making Su Yan a little confused, "It's not uncommon for everyone in this small town to have the opportunity to collect these medicinal materials, even if they are sold to outsiders.
You can't rob those experienced businessmen, so these can't be sold here at all."
Su Yan's eyes lit up: "Sir, do you have any clever ideas?"
"The closest place with the most opportunities is Chucheng."
Su Yan didn't even think about it, "Then let's go to Chucheng tomorrow!"
Zuo Qing's index finger slid over the edge of the bowl and nodded, "It's a long way to go, and besides, you know how to sell?"
Su Yan was so angry that he blushed: "What are you talking about selling? Why do you always speak so deliberately? Let's not worry about whether we can sell it or not. As long as we can enter Chu City, there are plenty of opportunities! With my three-inch seal, I can't sell it.
Tongue, even if I can’t sell it, I still have other ways to make money.”
"It seems that you went to Chucheng with selfish motives."
"Tsk! It's good that you know, don't tell me, otherwise my master won't let me go. But... you have to accompany me, otherwise he won't let me travel alone no matter what, so don't leave me alone.
You are a soft-spoken person!"
"I'll go with you." He said as he walked outside.
"where did you go?"
"On the street, prepare dry food."
"Are you ready for dry food? Then you have to prepare it carefully. Let's prepare everything that should be used and should not be used on the road..."
Zuo Qing turned around and asked, "What should not be used?"
"That...shouldn't be used...you don't have to understand it if you are a big man!" Su Yan picked up the stool and fled back to the museum in a hurry.
On the day of departure, Su Yan changed into men's clothes, put on a bamboo hat, carried a large package and a bamboo basket, and went out happily. Before leaving, Su Ming wiped away tears and said reluctantly: "This is your first time to go out by yourself.
, be careful in everything, don’t let me worry about you, Master.”
Su Yan took Master's hand and squeezed it, pretending to be sad: "Master, please take care of yourself. I'm afraid it will take a long time for me to come back. Zuo Qing will be with you along the way, so don't worry."
Su Ming was worried, she shed her tears, looked at Zuo Qing coldly and said, "Sir, you are also a person of status. You must protect my apprentice along the way. If something goes wrong, don't blame me for taking what I said that day seriously."
Zuo Qing smiled calmly, "Of course."
Su Yan was a little confused, "What are you talking about?"
"Let's go, we must find a place to stay before it gets dark." Su Yan was dragged away by Zuo Qing without knowing what was going on. He left the main street all the way, and then left the town. He suddenly realized, hum, it turned out to be a broken sleeve.
feeling.
The journey was long and boring, but Su Yan was in high spirits and kept talking without stopping.
After driving non-stop for several days, Su Yan didn't even see the walls of Chu City. Su Yan couldn't walk any further, so he found a forest to rest for a while.
Zuo Qing's face was so red that he almost oozed blood. His beads of sweat formed a thread, and his robe was almost soaked through. Su Yan glanced at him and couldn't help but murmur in his heart: Sure enough, people with a little money have never suffered.
It won’t work even if you take two steps!
After Su Yan had eaten and drank enough, he threw the rest to him. Zuo Qing didn't touch the dry food and only drank a few sips of water.
Su Yan wiped his sweat and said, "What on earth do you want to do in Chucheng? Are you looking for relatives or doing something big to do?"
That day, when Su Yan told Zuo Qing that he wanted to go to Chucheng to sell medicinal materials, he always felt that there was something wrong with Zuo Qing, so he secretly followed him to the street, but turned into an alley and took a closer look. Isn't this where Mr. Bai is?
!Su Yan was about to catch up, but saw that Zuo Qing had come out and was stuffing something into his arms. After Mr. Bai saw Zuo Qing, he closed the store and seemed to be leaving. Thinking about it again at this time, he felt that Zuo Qing
Mr. Bai is very strange.
Zuo Qing leaned against the tree trunk, and the sunlight filtered through the leaves and fell on his cheek. With rare warmth and tranquility, he wrote lightly: "Private matter."
"It's a private matter, so I don't want to ask too many questions. It's just that I helped you so much, and you must repay me well when the time comes."
He looked at her and suddenly smiled.
If the master had smiled at her, she might have thought it was because he cared about her, but Zuo Qing's smile made her feel cold all over, and she couldn't help but wonder in her heart what kind of conspiracy he had!
She moved away and kept her distance from him: "I'm the only one within a hundred miles, who are you laughing at!"
But Zuo Qing said, "You show yourself in men's clothing, and you are also a handsome young man."
Su Yan was stunned for a moment, he was a nymphomaniac! Then he said smugly: "Master always said in the past that if I were a man, he would never save me, because I would kidnap his wife! You said, I am a woman
Isn’t it a pity?”
"If you were a man, you would surely be outclassed by all the handsome boys in the world. Unfortunately, you are born a girl."
Su Yan pulled him and asked: "Then tell me, is it good for me to be a man?"
Zuo Qing looked at her strangely. After a long time, he frowned and asked, "Do you like women?"
Su Yan shook him off, "Don't you also like men?"
"What's the meaning?"
Su Yan smiled evilly, "My master treats you very differently. I suspect that you two are secretly in love. You..."
Before she could finish her words, Zuo Qing stood up quickly, his face suddenly blushing, "Let's hurry on."
Su Yan had been bored for so long and finally found a way to talk. How could he give up so easily? He followed him the whole way and kept chattering, "Tell me, if I bring you two together, will it be considered a good deed?"
"..."
"Master doesn't admit that he has a broken sleeve, are you embarrassed?"
"..."
"When you are together, do you want master to marry me or do you want to marry into our family? No, no, no matter how you look at it, you should marry my master and be my master's wife!"
"..."
When Su Yan was a child, her father always explained to her the situation of the Six Kingdoms. When he talked about the Chu Kingdom, he often said with emotion: Forty years ago, the Five Kingdoms Alliance attacked the Chu Kingdom and drove the Chu people out of the old capital Ruoshui.
After arriving in the Jiangnan area, I didn't expect that the Chu people could live a stable and peaceful life in that fairy-like place, away from the disputes. It was a blessing in disguise! It was for this reason that Su Yan wanted to see what the Chu country was like since he was a child.
What kind of place.
Probably because he has been deeply impressed by this paradise since he was a child, or because this impression is deeply imprinted with his father's indelible traces, Su Yan always feels that this place is extremely familiar. Every street, every shop, even if they just rub shoulders
The passers-by seemed to have been here before and knew each other before, maybe this was deja vu.
The sky was getting dark, and the two of them hurriedly entered the capital. As soon as Zuo Qing entered the city gate, he walked straight to the most expensive inn without thinking. Su Yan lowered the brim of his hat and hid his face under it.
Holding tightly to the herbs her master asked her to sell, she was really afraid that Zuo Qing would use the herbs to pay for her house.
The innkeeper was cross-eyed. He stared at them for a long time and waved his hand impatiently, "You...you go...far away! I can't see...can't see...clearly!" This was not only cross-eyed, but also a stumbling block.
!Su Yan asked tentatively: "Boss, are the two cheapest rooms available?"
"You...why are you trying to learn...from me?" The boss said angrily with cross-eyed eyes, looking extremely funny, and added: "No! Now there is only...one room left, love...love or not...not!"
Then, he stopped paying attention to them and turned over his account books.
Su Yan smiled disdainfully and smashed the medicine basket on the counter, scaring the boss so much that he almost fell to the ground.
"That's weird. I don't think there are many people here. How can there be only one room left?"
The boss's attitude was still tough, "You want two...two rooms, Tianzihao...two rooms! I'm afraid...I'm afraid you can't afford it! This is the number." He said with a gesture.
When Su Yan saw it, his eyes widened in shock, "Are you robbing money in broad daylight?!"
The boss shrugged and said, "Whoever wants to take the bait will take the bait."
"The big black-hearted carrot!" Su Yan glared at him fiercely, picked up the medicine basket and was about to leave, but saw Li Gui and his father also coming.
Su Yan felt his heart hurt and his head was buzzing.
Li Gui's only son, Li Chen, became obsessed with Su Yan when he saw her. He ran over and took her hand and shook it, "Ayan, you are here too! What a fate!"
Su Yan retracted his hand calmly, "What kind of fate? Is it possible that your father and I are also destined?"
Li Chen took her hand again and said, "How can you and my father be destined to each other? Of course we are destined to be. Let my father book an inn for you tonight, okay?"
Su Yan's eyes lit up, and just when he was about to agree, his father grabbed his son and glared angrily, "Stupid son! We can't afford to mess with this kind of woman, don't be deceived!"
"Dad! Why do you say that about Ayan?"
Su Yan thought about the free accommodation and did not intend to offend him for the time being, "What are you talking about, Uncle Li? I have always been a responsible person and I have never had bad intentions towards Li Chen. You are worrying too much!"
Li Gui pushed his son away and glared at Su Yan, "I, Li Gui, come from a merchant family in Kuai Feng Town! His grandfather, my father, once served as an official in Ruoshui! After all, our family is also rich.
On the one hand, you are just a busboy in a restaurant that is about to close down. You are not worthy of it. If you have some sense, stay away from us!"
Su Yan wanted to refute, but because he was an elder, he had to hold back the words.
"Why, you agree? Huh! That's right. It's good to know your status so as not to make a fool of yourself." Li Gui put on an arrogant face, feeling extremely proud of himself.
"Whether you are worthy or not does not depend on your wealth, nor does it depend on your status. Since she respectfully calls you Uncle Li, she must respect you from the bottom of her heart. She has done enough in terms of etiquette. If it were me, I would
If you don't treat each other with courtesy, at least you shouldn't use harsh words." Zuo Qing finally opened his mouth to relieve the situation.
Li Gui looked at him carefully, and then he remembered that the young man in front of him was the new waiter of Hongju Tavern, and couldn't help but mock him: "Are you the pretty boy raised by this girl Su Yan? Look at you two, one
A woman disguises herself as a man, but a dignified seven-foot-tall man eats soft food, neither yin nor yang, neither fish nor fowl, and immoral!"
Zuo Qing's face instantly darkened.
Su Yan threw the medicine basket on the ground and said to him: "Uncle Li, you really feel uncomfortable if you don't run around people for a day! But no matter what, for the sake of helping my master, I will respect you as uncle."
, but please don’t pretend to be noble in the future! No one knows the situation of your family. If you didn’t have the support of a few shops left by your ancestors, I’m afraid you wouldn’t be much better than us!”
Li Gui was furious, "You, you, you, what are you talking nonsense? My Li family's business is booming, how can a little girl like you understand it? How could your master pick up such a short-sighted thing like you and not understand the general situation at all?
!”
Su Yan showed no mercy at all, "What's wrong with my master picking up a thing like me? My master is happy with it, but do you care? But I'm not a vegetarian!"
Li Gui was so angry that he rubbed his chest and started breathing heavily. Li Chen was so frightened that he quickly went to help him.
"Dad! Don't die, there are so many shops at home, I can't take care of them!"
Li Gui glanced at Li Chen and said, "You are heartless! I can't live without your father!"
Zuo Qing found that the situation was out of control, so he immediately paid the rent, grabbed Su Yan who was cursing vigorously, and went straight upstairs.
"Don't pull me! I haven't scolded you enough!" Zuo Qing didn't let go, admonishing her as she walked, "Everything leaves a way for others to escape. If I do this to you, how can we get along with each other in the future?"
Su Yan pretended to be indifferent and said: "Who wants to live with them? I am also a martial arts practitioner. People who practice martial arts should be like-minded. Can they be compared with me?"