Song He was far easier to deal with than Song Chen imagined. As soon as Song Chen told him about his plans to go out, he expressed his full support, rendering all the words Song Chen had prepared useless.
On the contrary, it made Song Chen feel guilty, thinking that he must take his brother with him next time he goes out, so that he can broaden his horizons.
Grandpa and grandma had no choice but to tell her to pay more attention to their own safety. Although they were reluctant and worried, they all understood that Song Chen was a person with big ideas. Since she had this plan, it meant that everything had been arranged for them.
All you have to do is not cause any trouble to her.
Li Wenyan, on the other hand, wrote a letter for Song Chen to take with her so that she could open it when she encounters trouble. Although Song Chen felt that it might not be useful, he still kept it with him.
The departure date was scheduled for two days later, and shopkeeper Zheng sent his wife and daughter to Song Chen's home in Beiguan Village in advance.
Worried that they would not be used to it, shopkeeper Zheng also stayed at Song Chen's house for two days.
Staying here for the past two days has simply refreshed his understanding of life. In the past, he only thought that if he had money, he would live a good life. Now it seems that he was wrong. There are so many rich families, and I am afraid that no one can live up to them.
From Song Chen's family.
It's not that Song Chen and his family lived in a luxurious life, he just sighed at the comfort of Song Chen and his family's house.
He can be regarded as someone who has traveled to many places, but it is unprecedented for a room like Song Chen's house to be equipped with what Song Chen said is a bathroom.
And he was really curious about how Song Chen's house had such a layout, so that there was no smell in the house.
He was even thinking that none of the emperors in the palace had ever enjoyed such treatment.
On the day of departure, Song Chen and Shopkeeper Zheng packed up lightly. After saying goodbye to their reluctant family members, they set off.
The carriage was delivered by Cang Er a few days ago, and it happened to come in handy now. Shopkeeper Zheng started the job of driving the carriage.
It was nearly nine hundred miles from Beiguan Village to the northern border, and it would take half a month for a carriage to go there. Song Chen calculated the time and found that if they didn't delay, they could go back to celebrate the winter solstice.
The closer they get to the border, the more Song Chen and Shopkeeper Zheng can feel the difference in the atmosphere.
"Miss Song, let's be careful." Shopkeeper Zheng had been to the border before, and the atmosphere was quite relaxed at that time. This time he felt a lot more nervous.
"Well, be careful. The border has not been peaceful recently." Song Chen sat in the car and looked at the situation outside from time to time. They had been walking for almost ten days and were not far from the border town.
"I know, Miss Song, please dress up again." Shopkeeper Zheng didn't ask any further questions, but just reminded Song Chen to put on men's clothes, which would be more convenient.
Song Chen didn't say anything, closed the carriage door, returned to the space, changed into men's clothes and came out.
For the sake of safety, the two stopped traveling at night. When it was getting dark, they found an inn to stay. Shopkeeper Zheng asked for two rooms next to each other.
Before they each entered the room, shopkeeper Zheng didn't forget to tell Song Chen, "I'm right next door to you. If you need anything, just knock on the wall."
"Be careful yourself."
After saying that, the two of them went back to their rooms to rest.
Not long after closing the door, there was a knock on the door, and the waiter's voice came from outside, "Hello, sir, could you please open the door? The waiter is here to bring you something to eat."
After sitting in the carriage for so long, she didn't feel that much discomfort as she had space to protect her body. But after all, the space in the carriage was only so big and she couldn't stretch out. Now when she arrived at the inn, as soon as Song Chen closed the door, there was a big sign saying "TA".
On the bed.
"I didn't ask for food, you delivered it." Song Chen didn't want to move and shouted to the door.
The waiter smiled when he heard this, "These food are not ordered by you, sir, they are sent by our store."
Song Chen's careless gaze changed, sending food?
What kind of food does an inn provide? You must know that in addition to charging accommodation fees, food is also a big way to make money. She has never heard of any inn that provides food for free.
At that moment, Song Chen got out of bed and opened the door of the room, "This is my first time staying in an inn that provides food. I happen to be tired after traveling all day. Thank you~"
"Hey, sir, please use it slowly. If you don't have enough, just call me again."
"Okay, time to work."
Song Chen took the food and smiled as if he had taken advantage of him.
The waiter saw his expression, silently noted it, turned around and went downstairs.
As soon as the door to the room was closed, the smile on Song Chen's face quickly disappeared. He took out a silver needle and inserted it into the food. The silver needle suddenly turned black.
Song Chen was even sure that there was something wrong with this store.
You don't need to ask to know that shopkeeper Zheng has also received the food, but if she goes out at this time, she will be alerting the enemy.
So she fiddled with the food a few times, making it look like she had eaten it, and then lay back on the bed to sleep.
At night, the cold wind whizzed past the window, making it a bit scary.
"Sir, are you asleep?"
The waiter's voice sounded outside the door again. Song Chen, who was lying on the bed, closed his eyes and breathed steadily, as if he didn't hear the sound outside at all.
After about a few breaths, the people outside shouted twice more.
Song Chen still didn't respond.
The people outside exchanged glances and slowly moved the bolt of the door aside. After a while, the door of the room was opened from the outside.
Listening to the footsteps, there were three or four people.
The first thing they did when they entered the house was to check whether the food they had delivered earlier had been moved.
After confirming that the food on Song Chen's table had been moved, several people relaxed their courage and said, "Brothers, don't be nervous. He ate our food and won't wake up for a while."
"Well, I got the Mongolian sweat medicine here from overseas. I heard that the wolves on the grassland would sleep for a whole day after eating it, let alone humans."
"This guy came here with the man next door. I think the guy over there should be this guy's servant. Let's stay there and see if this guy has anything valuable."
"good."
After saying that, several people split up. Some went to dig through Song Chen's baggage, some came over to Song Chen's side, and some stood at the door to show off.
One look at this posture shows that he is a habitual offender, and he cooperates very well.
But they met Song Chen, and those who searched for the baggage had a bad start. There was nothing in Song Chen's baggage except a few clothes.
"Boss, have you misunderstood? There is nothing in this kid's bag, and it is cleaner than my pocket."
"How is that possible? When did I make a mistake? Although the clothes on this boy are not of fancy materials, his aura is not fake. How can such a person have no money?"
"It's true, boss. If you don't believe me, see for yourself." The man brought Song Chen's baggage to their boss.
The boss flipped through it twice, but there really was nothing.
"Is it possible that this kid has been alert for a long time and hid the banknote on his body?"
"This... boss, do you want to search?"
The boss slapped him on the head, "Do you still need to ask? Do you want me to go all the way in vain? You can give the old man his money when he gets out!"
"The old man you are talking about is the innkeeper?"
Song Chen suddenly made a faint sound, which startled them all.
Originally, Song Chen didn't plan to 'wake up' so soon. Who knew they were so bold and prepared to search her body? She couldn't pretend anymore.
For convenience, there was no candlelight in the room. When Song Chen spoke, he used a female voice. The four of them were so frightened that their legs trembled.
"Boss, that old man is dishonest. He didn't tell us in advance that the inn was haunted. What should we do now?"
"Every wrongdoer has his own debtor. Go find the person who harmed you, not us. We have done nothing wrong to you."
The man who was called the boss was also frightened and broke into a cold sweat, but he was still the leader after all, and he knew that he could not panic at this time.
"Light the lamp quickly."
Then there was another rush, and finally the lights in the room came on.
With the light coming, they breathed a sigh of relief, but in the blink of an eye, they saw Song Chen sitting on the bed and looking at them faintly...
"You, when did you wake up and why were you silent?" The person closest to Song Chen jumped up.
Song Chen rolled his eyes, "Stupid thief."
"Who are you calling a stupid thief! You, you, was it you who spoke just now?"
Song Chen raised his eyebrows, "What? You've done too many bad things, and you're scared so easily. You guys have made a lot of money from outsiders in this inn. I'm really curious about what's going on between you and the manager of this inn.
Dividing method."
The four of them were silent.
It’s like seeing a ghost. I’ve been in this business for so long and I’ve never failed. Why did I fail today?
"Are you a girl?" The leader was silent for a moment and looked at Song Chen.
Song Chen nodded, "Yes, that's right."
"You are a girl, you shouldn't come at a time like this."
"At this time, what time is it now? I don't hear your accent from the border. How can you do such a thing here?"
While he was talking, Song Chen had already jumped off the bed, walked to the table beside him and sat down, asking them to sit down as well, "You guys sit down, let's have a good chat."
You few thieves, you look at me, I look at you, I really don’t understand what the situation is like now.
This person was caught as a thief and still brought him to chat with him?
"Boss, sit down, sit down?"
The leader raised his hand and prepared another slap. He glanced at Song Chen from the corner of his eye and put his hand down again.
This little girl is too evil.
"I just heard you say that the sweat medicine in this meal was brought from the grassland, right?" Song Chen did not force them to sit down, and seemed to be fiddling with the food in front of him absentmindedly.
But this action made people clearly feel that Song Chen was very dangerous now.
They really couldn't understand why the other party, just a little girl, was so frightened when she didn't do anything or threaten them.