Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 134 Departure
When we arrived at the county seat, we greeted Guanshi Wu. We were afraid that the Fang family would come to Guanshi Wu to ask about this on a whim, but Liu Man'er was lucky. Wu told Liu Man'er that the Yan family really had a caravan, but they didn't want to leave. The one who went to Jiezhou went to the capital instead.

But Liu Man'er can follow along all the way, under the Daqing mansion, so as long as he walks through a city, he will arrive at Jiezhou.

Liu Man'er was very moved when she heard this, so she asked Steward Wu to ask if she could go with the caravan.

Even though Wu Guanshi went to find Young Master Yan, Young Master Yan was a little surprised after hearing this, but he didn't reveal anything, he just put down the teacup leisurely: "You mean shopkeeper Ye is going to Jiezhou?"

"Yes." Steward Wu nodded hastily: "Master Ye is a woman, and it's not safe to go alone on the road. Can you let her go all the way?"

"She's a woman, why go to Xiezhou?" Young Master Yan asked a little puzzled.

"I don't know, it seems to be going to the frontier to give cold clothes to her husband." Guanshi Wu replied with a bow.

"Oh, go to Jiezhou, I think she is not afraid of death, it is so chaotic over there, not to mention women, even men dare not go easily." The young master Yan said: "I dare not take her, when the time comes If something happens to her, it will be my responsibility."

"Alright then." When Steward Wu heard what Young Master Yan said, he didn't say much. The last time he helped Liu Man'er to speak, he was told by his own young master. This time, he didn't dare to say anything more, and, He also hoped that Liu Man'er could dismiss this idea.

It is too dangerous to go all the way to Jiezhou.

After leaving the Yan's house and finding Liu Man'er, Steward Wu said rather ashamedly, "Master Ye, I'm sorry, I couldn't complete your entrustment, and our young master refused."

"It's okay, I just asked you to ask. It's good if you can follow the caravan. It doesn't matter if you can't follow this caravan." Although Liu Man'er was a little disappointed, that was all.

She said: "Just trouble shopkeeper Wu, if someone in my family asks about me, you may have to say that I went with the caravan."

"This..." Manager Wu hesitated.

"Come on, just agree." Liu Man'er said, "I just don't want to worry the people in my family. Besides, they shouldn't ask you. I'm just in case."

"Oh, that's fine." Guanshi Wu sighed and agreed.

Liu Man'er rested in the county town for one night, bought a map in the county town, and prepared some things for the road. Anyway, she had a carriage, so she bought charcoal, a charcoal stove, salt, etc., fearing that she might sleep in the wilderness , she also prepared a thick quilt.

Of course, clothes and so on are prepared at home, anyway, these don't take up much space, even Shuai Shuai, she also prepared two thick coats for him.

Early the next morning, Liu Man'er started to set off. She put on thick clothes, a coat with a bear fur collar, put her hair up and put on a hat, and covered her face with a scarf, revealing a pair of eyes. , I thought it was a pile of moving clothes, but if I didn't look carefully, I couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman.

Of course, in order to prevent any gangsters on the road, Liu Man'er carried a bow all the time, and prepared enough arrows. She also hung a hatchet on her waist, and carried a dagger close to her body.

Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are quite a few people leaving the city. Many merchants are rushing to the county town, prefecture city or other places to buy some goods for sale, so it was not deserted at first.

It's just that the horse's speed varied from fast to slow. After leaving the city, not too far away, Liu Man'er was the only one left. Fortunately, Shuai Shuai was with her, which made her feel somewhat comforted.

Yesterday, I asked Manager Wu, and he said that if he ran fast, he could still reach the county town, but in fact, Liu Man'er didn't know where she was at all.

She just felt that there was no village in front of this place, no shop in the back, and she couldn't understand the map, but she walked along the official road paved with stone slabs, so she shouldn't have gone wrong.

At noon, I ate some dry food with cold water, and felt even colder after drinking the cold water. In this damn weather, the cold wind was blowing, even if I wore thick clothes and thick gloves, I could Still feel very cold.

Seeing that there was no one else on the road, Liu Man'er simply tied the rope to the shaft of the car and hid in the sedan chair by herself.

Anyway, this horse has been with her for so long, and it has some aura. When it reaches a fork, it will stop by itself, but there is no need to pull it by itself.

It's better to "let the horse let the rein go", and I can go to the carriage to be lazy, so I don't have to be so tired.

Liu Man'er didn't care about the horse, but Shuai Shuai went out. He jumped on the horse and let the cold wind blow outside. He was also a monkey who had never traveled far. He was quite excited to see the horse galloping now.

After a while, he got tired of it, so he ran back and hid from the wind in the carriage.

I won’t talk about bumps along the way. The main reason is that the weather is too cold. Liu Man’er lit the hand stove to cover it, but she still has to go out from time to time to see if there is anything going on outside, or to see if her horse has gone wrong. road.

The scenery along the way is pretty good, but Liu Man'er is not in the mood to appreciate it at all. She just wants to go to the county town quickly, find an inn, eat some hot dishes and rice, and take a hot bath.

However, after running all the way, it was almost dark, and the city gate was still not seen. The horse was a little tired, and the speed slowed down even more. Liu Man'er could only go out and pull the rope to drive the horse, so that it could run faster. .

In this way, just when the city gate guards were about to close the city gate, they arrived at the gate of the city.

"Officer, please slow down." The gate of the city was about to close, Liu Man'er hastily swung his whip, and the horse went in half a head.

"What are you doing? Why are you here so late?" The gates were closed to block these people, and the soldiers who closed the city were unwilling.

"I'm sorry, I have delayed the two officials, but I would like to ask the officials to accommodate me. With this money, I will treat the officials to drink a pot of wine." Liu Man'er said politely, and then took out some copper coins from her body.

Seeing that there were twenty letters, the soldier guarding the gate didn't say much, "Go in, it's not an example."

"Thank you, thank you." Liu Man'er said as she drove the horse towards the city gate.

In ancient times, it was always easy to enter the city, but difficult to leave the city. Basically, there were no interrogations when entering the city.

Fortunately, the speed was quickened later, otherwise Liu Man'er would really have to sleep in the wilderness. Although she was prepared for this, it didn't mean that she was not afraid. It was safe to live in the city if she could rush to the city.

I found an inn and asked them to help take care of the carriage, feed the horses some fodder, asked Xiaoer to bring food, and asked him to bring two buckets of hot water for extra money.

After taking a bath and having a full meal, he slumped on the bed. He was so tired from driving the horse, and his whole body almost fell apart due to the bumpy day.

Originally, Liu Man'er was a bit sleepy, but now she was too tired, and fell asleep after a while.

This inn is a regular inn, and nothing happened at night. When I woke up, it was already dawn.

Filled two pots of hot water at the inn to replenish the water resources, and then bought a lot of dry food on the street, and started the journey again.

You don't need to go through Xuzhou Fucheng to go to Jiezhou. You can go directly to Cangzhou next door from Fengyang County, but I don't know if you can find a post station along the way. According to Wu Guanshi, from Fengyang County to Cangzhou Li city will take three days.

It's a bit scary, what if I'm unlucky and haven't encountered a single station?Then I have to sleep in this barren mountain for two nights. Forget it, let’s take a step and see. I am not so unlucky. Manager Wu said that there are villages and post houses nearby.

Wu Guanshi said that the station is not for ordinary people like them to live in, but as long as they say good things and give some money, the people in the station will generally agree to let passing businessmen like them stay.

What Guanshi Wu said was right. On the way, Liu Man'er encountered many villages, and even a town. However, the scenery of this town is no different from that of Caoqiao Town, except that some dialects are different.

I had lunch in the town, fed the horses, added some water, bought some dry food, and then continued to set off.

After walking not far, I met several villages. The sun was out today, and the weather was not gloomy. Liu Man'er was in a good mood basking in the sun.

She was a little panicked when she walked to the back, because she never saw the village again, especially now that it was dark, and she didn't know where the so-called post station was.

It was getting darker and darker, Liu Man'er was thinking about going forward or stopping here, but after thinking about it, she still decided to keep going, anyway, she was a little scared to stop like this.

Fortunately, after holding on for a while, I really saw the lights.

When I got closer, I saw the post station Wu Guanshi mentioned. Thank God, I finally didn't have to sleep in the wilderness.

Knocking on the door, someone from the inn came to open the door. It was an old man with a hunched body. After Liu Man'er said her request, the old man quickly let Liu Man'er live in, helped Liu Man'er feed the horse, and went to give Liu Man'er prepare food.

The old man was so kind and enthusiastic that Liu Man'er was a little scared. This man can't be a bad person, can he?Wouldn't it be to trick yourself in, to be unfavorable to yourself, or to kill yourself?

Seeing the hot noodles served in front of Liu Man'er, Liu Man'er smelled the aroma straight up her nose, she was indeed hungry, the warm noodles really whetted one's appetite, however, she was still a little apprehensive , I'm afraid that there is poison in the noodles.

"Eat, you're a girl, it's not easy to walk so far." The old man said, "Fortunately, I'm on duty tonight. If I meet another person, maybe you won't be allowed in."

"Thank you, old man, but I don't have much money." Liu Man'er said, "My family was in trouble, and I went to join my relatives, so I couldn't even hire a groom, so I had to go alone."

"Poor thing." Hearing what Liu Man'er said, the old man nodded and said, "Don't be afraid, eat it, it's just a bowl of noodles, I won't charge you."

Hearing what the old man said, Liu Man'er thought for a while, and thought, if it is really poisonous, it is her fate, so let's die!

After eating the noodles, there was nothing wrong with her body. Liu Man'er relaxed her heart a bit, but she still didn't dare to take it lightly. She asked Shuai Shuai to help guard the door at night, and she slept very lightly, waking up several times a night. Second-rate.

(End of this chapter)