Chapter 36 Gossip on the Road

After another day, I rested enough in the inn to make sure that my body had fully recovered. Shan Xiaowu urged Shan Baoqian to go on the road. Anyway, the road to Heifeng Village is not far away. It doesn't matter if she continues to waste time and money. You know, the accommodation expenses these days will be all charged to her account. Don't expect her second brother to pay her with kindness.

Although the sun is shining, it has been raining for several days. The accumulated water does not fade so quickly, resulting in the ground being still muddy. The carriages are run over from above, and every time they are wrapped in a thicker layer of mud.

Because they were afraid that the sun would be too hot, they decided to leave in the early morning. At this moment, there was still water vapor in the air, and the dewdrops were stained on the leaves and grass roots, and it was a pleasant summer smell.

"Wow~~~ The air that has not been polluted is fresh~"

With a long stretch, Shan Xiaowu leaned on the soft couch, holding a homemade pillow in his arms, took a deep breath outside the open window, and his face was full of satisfaction.

"Miss, eat fruit." Jade handed the washed little red fruit to Dan Xiaowu, and she left another one.

Shan Xiaowu took the fruit, but did not eat it. Instead, he lifted the curtain of the car, rubbed out a few steps, and squatted beside Shan Baoqian, who was wronged himself as a 'Chakov' driver - because the original driver asked him to send him away, Shan Xiaowu was too lazy to spend money to hire another one, so he thought about it and finally had to let Shan Baoqian, the only one. The man is on top - of course, the fare still needs to be calculated. Shan Baoqian is fine, and all of these are recorded on the single five accounts.

"Second brother, here you go." Handing the red fruit in his hand to Shan Baoqian, Shan Xiaowu followed him sitting outside the carriage and enjoying the cool breeze.

Shan Baoqian glanced at her obliquely, and the reins in his hand were properly pulled. As soon as he turned his head, he took a bite on the red fruit with Shan Xiaowu's hand.

How's it going? Is it delicious?"

Taking back his hand, Shan Xiaowu did not hesitate, and also nibbled a large piece of pulp on the top.

Anyway, she can let go, and Shan Baoqian is more open-minded. Although the family was not short of money when she was a child, and the three brothers and sisters could share what they should have equally, Shan Xiaowu prefers this kind of 'sharing' action, and she doesn't mind a piece of cake into three halves to eat. This feeling is like maintaining the relationship between the three brothers and sisters will not disperse, which is particularly precious.

"It's good."

Shan Baoqian threw down the reins, reached out and pulled Shan Xiaowu's arm to drag her in, so that the carriage would fall down because she sat too close to the side.

"Be careful."

Shan Xiaowu moved his buttocks back and listened to Shan Baoqian's words, but a pair of big flexible eyes had drifted to other places, stretching his neck and trying to look ahead.

"Second brother, what do you think that is? So many people seem to be very lively.

Shan Baoqian didn't say anything, but his eyes followed Shan Xiaowu's hand. His vision was much better than Shan Xiaowu's. In a short time, he saw the situation ahead clearly, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Take back your hand and sit in the carriage." With a low shout, Shan Baoqian turned his head and looked at Shan Xiaowu, signaling her to take the initiative to obey and hide in the carriage.

"Why... okay."

Shan Xiaowu | She blinked inexplicably, and finally had to shrink back reluctantly under the squinting of her second brother. However, after entering the carriage, she immediately opened the curtains and leaned her head out of the window. She couldn't look openly. Can't we look at it secretly in a way?

After getting along with each other for more than ten years, how can Shan Baoqian not understand Shan Xiaowu?

Almost at the same time when she just poked her head out, Shan Baoqian's deep voice still poured into the ears of the two people in the carriage with threat, "Jade, take good care of your young lady, or you can simply get out of the car here and don't have to go back to Shanfu."

Shan Xiaoyi was stunned and didn't react yet. The jade over there was already holding the little red fruit, and automatically dragged Shan Xiaowu back spontaneously with a sad face, "Yes, second young master."

"Traitor! What a traitor!" In the carriage, Shan Xiaowu, who was tightly pulled by the emerald, almost bit his silver teeth.

"Miss, for the sake of the maidservant, please bear with it." Jadeite accompanied a smiling face, but she didn't dare to relax for a moment when she pulled Shan Xiaowu's hand. God knew that if she really let her young lady run out, would the second young master skin herself on the spot? So it's better to be careful and be safe.

As the carriage got closer and closer, a low whisper floated into my ear. It was not festive, but it sounded very sad.

Shan Xiaowu frowned and thought of the fluttering white she had just seen, but it also looked like a white flag. Isn't it... The so-called 'buzz' she just saw was someone's funeral?

If this is the case, no wonder the second brother wants her to avoid it in the carriage. After all, according to the custom of the Jinhao Dynasty, it is not appropriate for the unmarried daughter's family to appear in white affairs, so as not to bump into others.

Thinking like this, Shan Xiaowu calmed down, but the sky grew a curious heart, so that she couldn't help but want to open the curtain to see what was going on.

After a while, the carriage approached. The more sad the sound in his ear, the road was blocked by the long funeral procession, so Shan Baoqian could only hurriedly stop the carriage, "Huh..."

"... What a sin. Such a person died all of a sudden." A man with two loads of groceries on his shoulder shook his head, looked at the rows of coffins, and said with emotion.

Another farmer next to him, who was carrying a hoe and preparing to go to the ground, also echoed, "That's right, I heard that these people have been frozen to death. How can they be frozen to death on such a hot day? It's too strange."

"Evil spirit, it's too evil." The cargo man stretched out his neck and looked at it from a distance, "In any case, there must be twelve or three people. Are they all frozen to death? It's summer now. The sun hasn't melted people. Why did it freeze people to death?

"Hey, don't believe it. These people are really like freezing to death. They have checked all the work in the government office, and asked the goddess to sing a wish." The farmer looked at the lively look, looked at the far away team, and lowered his voice and said, "You don't know that because these people died evil, the government office The one in it didn't dare to accept it. He was afraid that he would be evil. The case was closed early in the morning. At this time, the families of those dead people were quickly buried.

The farmer said, pointing to the distant group of people standing with his eyes. He was surrounded by everyone and stood in the middle. The county magistrate in his official uniform with a beer belly was the county magistrate. At this moment, he was standing in the shade with an impatient face, waved a long-sleeved fan, and patted him from time to time. Xiaofu's low-shaped government is obviously angry.

Shan Baoqian, who was sitting in the carriage, listened to the conversation between the two, glanced at the fat county magistrate from afar, and then turned to the direction of the farmer thoughtfully. "This big brother, you just said that the county magistrate closed the case early in the morning. I don't know what kind of charge the suspect was sentenced?"

As soon as the farmer heard someone agree with him, the farmer immediately became interested. "Well, there are no suspects. Because of the evil deaths of these people, and the legend of any senior officials coming, the county magistrate simply concluded that they were drowned and closed the case by suicide."

"This is too hasty." The cargo man is a young and vigorous young man. Hearing this, his tone immediately brought a smell of righteous indignation.

Shan Baoqian took a special look at him and ignored him. He just raised his eyebrows. The upward phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his handsome face was condensed. He didn't know what he was thinking.

"But I heard some inside information," the farmer looked mysterious again, and the gossipy tone immediately aroused the attention of Shan Xiaowu, who stood up and listened to the corner of the wall in the car.

"It is said that these people died at the hands of a man named the owner of Xiaoyao Island. They all said that he was a great demon in the world. He went crazy after practicing the kung fu of the side door. At this time, he has to kill seventy-seven, forty-nine people to give up."

"It's nonsense, it's nonsense!"

Her hands clenched into fists, and Shan Xiaowu's little face sitting in the car wrinkled into a ball. subconsciously, she didn't like others to push all their mistakes on their heads. Don't ask her why. Anyway, she is intuitive.

Although I have seen him a few times and know that he does have that kind of strange martial arts with ice, she just thinks in private that he will not do so. He is a person in the world, and it's enough to kill evil people. Why do you want to fight against unarmed innocent villagers? This doesn't make sense at all, does it? Her friend of Shan Xiaowu will not kill innocent people indiscriminately!

No result has been found yet. Why do those people point all the finger at him?

In meditation, Shan Xiaowu didn't find his ferocious face at all, but the jade sitting next to her was scared and fluttering - Miss's appearance was just like a devil who wanted to eat people's skin. It was so horrible.

The tight sound of people's hearts is getting farther and farther away. The car continues to turn, and Shan Xiaowu is still sulking in the car.

"I have to deal with such an unlucky matter in person. What kind of ceremony should I do? Let them bury it quickly. Don't hinder me from receiving the envoys of Xiliang." The local county magistrate shook his fat chin and shouted angrily. A group of subordinates hurriedly fanned the wind and handed over the water.

"Your Excellency, don't worry. The envoy will not arrive until tomorrow. We still have time." The governmentman next to him was flattering with a fan to the county magistrate, and the other one bowed his head and bowed his waist and quickly sent a few fresh fruits.

The fat county magistrate snorted coldly, grabbed the fresh fruit vigorously and ate it. His eight-character eyebrows were upside down. When he chewed, his chin trembled, just like a lepery dog.

Shan Xiaowu couldn't help but want to go outside to see the situation, but Feicui was afraid, but he had been holding her tightly and refused to let go.

"Hey, traitor, you've had enough. Why don't you let go?"

Being stared at by Shan Xiaowuyi, Feicui immediately shrank her neck, but the hand was still firmly grasped. "Miss, don't make it difficult for Feicui. The second young master will kill me."

"Who is your master?" Shan Xiaowu struggled and stared at her with bulging cheeks, "Eat inside and outside."

Jade just smiled bitterly, and she didn't let go even if she was beaten to death.

Seeing this, Shan Xiaowu also knew that it was useless to threaten her, so he had to shout outside, "Brother, second brother, I'm in a hurry."

Shan Bao, who was holding a carriage, choked and coughed. After such a long time, he still couldn't stand the sudden vulgar performance of Shan Xiaowu from time to time. The girl's family went to the toilet, not to mention going to the toilet, but wanted to learn from other people's market hooligans to say that they were in a hurry to pee. They really didn't look like a lady at all.

"Don't think I don't know your little fancy," he looked in helplessly. Shan Baoqian withdrew his sight and ordered, "Emerald, let go of her, open the window, and don't talk."

"No problem!" If you listen to gossip to join in the fun, even if there is a window, she can work miracles.

Breaking off the shackles of the emerald, Shan Xiaowu knelt on the cushion with great pleasure, rolled up the whole curtain, and happened to see the county magistrate and his party a few steps away.

"Brother, ask them what's going on." When it's not easy for Shan Xiaowu to come forward, he usually wants to push his brother out.

Shan Baoqian knew that she would ask this question, and he would definitely not give up on this matter, so he had to stop the car in front of the group of people, jumped out of the carriage, and hugged several people, and asked modestly and politely, "This adult, I don't know..."

I looked up and down at Shan Baoqian and saw that although he had an excellent temperament, he was dressed in coarse linen. He was probably a depressed son of a family or a sour Confucian who rushed to take the exam. He had no identity.

The county magistrate of Pigou immediately hummed, waved his big sleeves contemptuously, and directly interrupted Shan Baoqian's words, "Go, don't block me. Don't you know that I'm busy?"

After saying that, he stared at Shan Baoqian and the carriage behind him, straightened his round stomach, walked away with his hands on his back, and immediately followed him step by step.

Shan Xiaowu, who secretly opened the curtains and looked out, looked at the large group of people and was inexplicably happy, "Emerald, Jade, look, doesn't that team look like the naughty dog next door Uncle Cen's house with a whole team of chickens?"

The jadeite squeezed over and looked out, and couldn't help covering her mouth and squinting her eyes, "It's really similar."

How smart Shan Baoqian's ears are. Hearing the conversation between the two, he turned around and glanced at him fiercely. Shan Xiaowu and Feicui immediately closed their mouths, and their cheeks twitched, but they no longer dared to laugh.

"Master, I don't know which country the mission you just mentioned is from?" Seeing that Shan Xiaowu was quiet, Shan Baoqian turned around and bowed to the only old man with a goatee left.

The old man known as the master weighed the broken silver in his hand, smiled and said politely, "Sir, you don't know anything. The Western Liang Kingdom in the north suddenly showed goodwill to our country a few days ago, and also sent envoys to bring things to pay tribute. This county is a must for them to enter Beijing. The court has already ordered Haosheng to arrange for them to stay here. However, I don't know what happened a few days ago. There were strange things that froze to death in hot weather one after another, so our adults had no choice but to bury these people first, so as to welcome the Xiliang Mission with a neat and peaceful appearance.

"Xiliang Country?" Shan Baoqian's face suddenly changed greatly when he heard the words. He didn't hear it clearly when he was far away. He didn't expect that it was really them. If so, it would be very bad.

"Is the envoy coming?" Shan Xiaowu, who was hiding and listening with relish, immediately lit up his eyes, "Wouldn't it be very lively next?"

Seeing Shan Baoqian back in the car, Shan Xiaowu immediately lifted the curtain and said excitedly, "Brother, why don't we stay here for two days?"

"Don't even think about it." Shan Baoqian simply rejected it.

"Why," Shan Xiaowu held his clothes and acted coquettishly. "It's rare for a delegation to come. The city will definitely be very lively. Maybe there will be..."

"Let's sit down." Not before she finished speaking, Shan Baoqian, who was too lazy to argue with her, shook his eyes and immediately blew up the jade that was trying to be an invisible person. "Look at the young lady."

"Ah? Is it me again?" The emerald's face was full of cows. She had obviously shrank herself to the end. Why could the second young master still see her at a glance?

Once again, she pulled Shan Xiaowu back and grabbed her tightly. Feicui read Amitabha in her heart, hoping that after arriving at her destination, the young lady would not split her into eight sections.

Put down the curtain and ignored the screaming and roar of Shan Xiaowu in the carriage. Shan Baoqian's face was calm and shook the reins to drive the carriage quickly.

Daw! I didn't expect the mission to come so soon. It seems that they are going to hurry up.