Shangguan Lian's body must have been dragged away and hidden by someone. Qiao Xianyong thought to himself, could it be that Xi'er came back to deal with the traces? He was puzzled and pretended to look at it casually and walked around the open space a few times.
There is nothing, it is just an ordinary jungle wasteland.
Seeing how serious Qiao Xianyong was, the two people sneered and said, "Ayong, I think you can just go and check the other places. Young people still need more experience. It takes a lot of work to grow up quickly."
Yeah!" After saying that, he winked at the other person, who nodded in agreement, "That's true, Ayong, you go first, we will come later."
Qiao Xianyong knew that the two were cheating, so he didn't care much. He nodded silently and walked out of the woods. There was no trace of Shangguanlian in the woods, and there was no trace of Shangguanlian anywhere else. But he was still nowhere to be found.
I have explored several major woodlands in Guang'an Town.
When Qiao Xianyong returned to the courtyard of the Baisha Escort Bureau, sweating profusely, almost all the servants who had been sent out this morning had returned, shaking their fans and picking their teeth, and they were all talking about the latest gossips about family affairs that had been revealed in the streets.
Mao Mao stretched his neck and looked around. He saw Qiao Xianyong entering the courtyard from a distance. He waved to him impatiently and said, "You're just messing around, eating and drinking. I'm going to die! Damn it!"
Looking at Qiao Xianyong's face, he knew that as expected, he found nothing, and cursed, "His grandma didn't find anything, did she? Where did this little girl go? So many people went out to look for it, but they didn't find anything useful.
letter."
It seems that Shangguanlian disappeared out of thin air in Guang'an Town. In the next few hours, Qiao Xianyong's ears were filled with discussions, speculations, curses from Manager Yu, and finally Mr. Lu's head.
It ended with several angry shouts of "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"
The chaotic day was finally over. Qiao Xianyong and Mao Mao returned to the rest room one after another. Liu Dayuan, who usually rarely spoke, said, "You two are finally back. Pack your things and start on time tomorrow at Mao."
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It’s finally time to set off!
Qiao Xianyong felt excited in his heart. So many things had happened in the past few days that it was overwhelming. He was so eager to leave this extremely boring Baisha Escort Bureau as soon as possible and go to the capital to open his eyes.
But Mao Mao seemed to be full of reluctance, and muttered, "We are going to be on the road so soon. I haven't had enough rest in this house, it's his grandma's fault." But he was still reluctant to put it away after scolding.
After getting their things, they all went to bed to rest.
The next day, when the sky had just started to shimmer, I heard a noise in the courtyard of Baisha Escort Bureau. The escorts and escorts were yelling at me to get up. Qiao Xianyong also quickly got up and packed the clothes he had laid out last night.
He carried the package on his back and walked out of the room first.
I saw two rows of escort cars parked neatly in the courtyard. They were all packed tightly. Both sides of the escort cars were newly painted, shining brightly, and the word "White Sand" was written in eye-catching yellow paint.
Beside the escort carriage were tied dozens of yellow horses with red scarves tied around their necks and almost as strong in size and shape with white hooves. They seemed to have been fed water and grass and were snorting restlessly.
After half a stick of incense, I heard two men wearing turbans yelling with all their strength, "The hour of Mao has arrived, light Mao!"
More than a dozen escorts, as well as a group of people who were temporarily called into the Baisha Escort Bureau such as Qiao Xianyong, stood in two rows, jostling each other.
One of the escorts held a roster in his hand and called out names one by one. It seemed that no one was left out. Most of the people had been waiting at Baisha Escort Bureau for an unknown amount of time, just waiting to go on their way today, so they were gearing up and extremely excited.
"Quiet! Quiet! Quiet!" the two waiters shouted at the same time. Suddenly the noise in the courtyard fell silent, and everyone shut their mouths.
The gate of the Zhongfu suddenly opened, and the neatly dressed Lu Chufu stepped out from the gate with a few servants with solemn expressions, and stood in front of two rows of people who were about to leave.
"Please Lord Wu!" a waiter shouted at the top of his lungs.
I saw the third son and his men carrying out a long desk and spreading a piece of red cloth on top. Two people behind him respectfully carried a half-human-high bronze statue and placed it on the red cloth on the desk.
Statue of Wu Sheng Ye Guan Gong.
"bye!"
Lu Chufu was the first to step forward and kneel in front of the statue of Lord Wu, and kowtow respectfully. Others in the courtyard followed him, knelt down, and imitated his example, kowtowing three times.
After this important ceremony was completed, Wu Shengye seemed to have given Lu Chufu a solid dose of reassurance. He stood up, turned his head, and made a gesture with a cheerful face, signaling everyone to get up, and then made a gesture to Lao San and others.
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Immediately, several servants brought everyone a coarse porcelain sea bowl, which was filled with liquid. Qiao Xianyong knew it was strong liquor as soon as he smelled it, and then frowned. But looking at the others around him, they all looked the same.
An extremely excited expression on his face.
"Brothers, today, Lao Lu, I'm going to see you off! I wish this escort trip goes smoothly and everything goes well!" Lu Chufu shouted at the top of his voice, then raised the rough porcelain sea bowl in his hand and raised it above his head and said, "Brothers
, finish this bowl of wine! Lao Lu is waiting for your triumphant return here!"
"Do it!" Li Biaotou, who was standing at the front of the row, shouted suddenly, then picked up the wine bowl in his hand and drank it all in one gulp.
"Fuck!" The voices of "Fuck!" kept rising and falling, and the sound of smacking one's lips came to mind everywhere. After Qiao Xianyong took a sip, the spicy wine choked his throat, and he wanted to spit it out. But he looked at the faces of everyone else.
I was full of heroic spirit, so I drank it while holding back my breath. I suddenly felt extremely hot in my stomach, and my head felt dizzy.
Li Biao waved his hand and said, "Horse the horse! Let's go!"
In about the time it took for a stick of incense to be burned, the ten escort carriages with twenty horses walked out from the gate of Baisha Escort Bureau. Except for a few higher-ranking escort chiefs riding horses, the rest of the escorts
The division, Qiao Xianyong and other handymen were guarding both sides of the carriage and horses, marching in stride.
Because we set off very early, and everyone set off on the first day, they were in high spirits, so the journey on this day was longer. We passed through the official road outside Guang'an Town, and we could enter the north before dark.
of a small village.
When it was getting late, a handyman who was sent to the front to explore the road came back and reported that the front was Hejia Village, with a population of about a hundred or so households. It was not a small village. There were also two or three inns in it.
Rest here.
Li Biaotou was also a lazy person and had been exhausted for a long time. When he heard that he could rest, his eyes were shining, so he urged the whole team to speed up and enter the village.
Because this village is on the official road, there are often traveling merchants coming and going, and the village is very lively. As soon as they saw this mighty escort team coming, the villagers knew that big business was coming, and they all
Carrying burdens, he carried out various things and sold them.
Not far after entering the village entrance, Li Biao saw several lanterns hanging in front of him, floating high and low in the wind. The words above were clearly visible, and it was "Lao He Inn".
He immediately called to Qiao Xianyong beside him and said, "Hey, it's you, the tall one. Go find some villagers and ask about this inn."
Qiao Xianyong heard the order and walked forward hurriedly. When he met the burden bearers or people squatting in front of their homes to watch the excitement, he went to ask. After asking around, he frowned and came back to Li Biaotou and said, "Li Biaotou, what are you doing?"
I asked more than a dozen villagers, and they answered all my questions. But when I asked about the Lao He Inn, they all avoided the important points and refused to answer my questions, which was really strange."
Bouncer Li was tired and hungry. Hearing Qiao Xianyong's words, he became very angry and said angrily, "You silly boy, you must have asked the wrong question, or people thought you were stupid, so you didn't answer you. I'm really angry."
I'll die." Then he waved his hand and wanted to call another person to come and inquire again. At this time, he saw two people dressed as waiters, each holding a lantern, coming towards him with a smile, and stood in front of the escort team.
"Old guest, you're here!" One of them had very small eyes. He tried his best to open his eyes, but he could still only see a wide gap. The corners of his mouth were so cracked that he wanted to smile so much that all his teeth were exposed.
Head escort Li knew that this was a common saying among store owners, so he didn't pay much attention to it. He waved his hand to the escort team to stop moving forward and looked sideways at the two waiters.
"Signor, you can see that you are the shopkeeper and the boss. We are the two clerks of Lao He Inn, and we came here specially to pick you up! Our Lao He Inn is the largest inn in Hejia Village, with thirty rooms.
Waiting for a room, it will be enough to accommodate all of your regular guests! Look at the other small inns in Hejia Village. You, a large group of guests, can’t even stand in there!” said the attentive waiter with squinting eyes.
said.
Bouncer Li seemed a little moved, and he opened his mouth and asked, "How long has your store been open? Who is the shopkeeper?"
"Our shopkeeper, Boss Liu, comes from a family of officials. It is said that the previous generations were high-ranking officials working in the palace. Later, when the world became uneasy, they came to live in seclusion and take refuge in Hejia Village. Sir, this is an old shop.
Who on Ten Miles and Eight Streets doesn’t know our old store! Whoever passes by has never stayed in our old store! Our old store has produced top picks, second place winners, top picks, rich men, wealthy businessmen, great poets, and great writers.
What have you not done before? Sir, please come first and see what we have to offer. In the evening, our flower girl will sing a little song for you and entertain you with your meal. Which store has everything we have!"
Bouncer Li pursed his lips at Qiao Xianyong and said, "You, follow them to this store first. If it can really accommodate a large group of us, we will stay here tonight!"
After listening to what the sharp-tongued waiter said, Qiao Xianyong always felt that something was wrong. At this moment, a fire flashed in his heart. If it was opened by an old family member, why was the shopkeeper's surname Liu, but it was opened in Hejiacun? It was really strange.
But Mr. Li seemed to have made up his mind, so Qiao Xianyong had no choice but to follow the two waiters towards the old He's shop.