Chapter 138 Heavy Rain
Sun Jiaxing's reaction was within Gu Mingda's expectations.
"Brother Sun, don't pack your luggage yet. Please accompany me and persuade Boss Qin and the postmaster together."
The reason why Gu Mingda wanted to bring Sun Jiaxing with him was very simple: Sun Jiaxing was a newly-appointed Jinshi, and he had a lot of face, so it was easier for him to persuade these people.
Sun Jiaxing paused as he was packing his luggage, and then asked, "Zhongde, how are you going to persuade them? Can you please not mention Niuniu?"
Sun Jiaxing had seen how powerful Niu Niu was, so he didn't want to let Niu Niu show up in public, and he also didn't want his precious daughter to encounter any danger.
If those people with ulterior motives knew that Niu Niu had such abilities, no one knows what they would do.
Gu Mingda loved Niuniu more than he did, and of course he understood this truth, so he said, "I'll tell them that I had a nightmare."
After hearing this, Sun Jiaxing thought about it and said, "Let me tell you."
Gu Mingda was stunned when he heard this and said, "Brother Sun, you don't have to do this."
Sun Jiaxing shook his head and said, "It will be easier for me to persuade them."
Although Gu Mingda was jealous of the closeness between his friend and his daughter, he was unwilling to put his friend in danger.
Seeing that he was about to refuse, Sun Jiaxing said directly: "Zhongde, now is not the time to be humble. Human lives are at stake. Don't be polite to me!"
The two of them went to find Boss Qin, the head of the caravan, and called the postmaster.
"I dreamed that tomorrow morning there would be a heavy rain that would make it impossible for us to travel. The heavy rain would wash away the mountain behind us, and we would all be buried here."
In the middle of the night, Sun Jiaxing's words woke up Boss Qin and Yicheng.
"Mr. Sun, please don't joke around." Boss Qin said.
Sun Jiaxing shook his head and said, "I am serious."
"Sir Sun, although our post station is backed by a mountain, I have been the post station chief here for 30 years and there has never been an incident of heavy rain destroying the mountain. You can just stay here without worrying about it." The post station chief thought that Sun Jiaxing, the newly-minted Jinshi, was just having nothing better to do and was making fun of them.
Boss Qin also said, "Master Sun, Yu Er in our caravan is good at observing the sky. He said that tomorrow will be a sunny day and it shouldn't rain."
The two of them obviously didn't take this to heart at all.
Boss Qin and the postmaster had been working hard all day, but were woken up in the middle of the night. They were already very angry. If Sun Jiaxing had not been a newly-minted scholar with a bright future, they would have turned against him long ago.
Sun Jiaxing was not surprised at all when he heard what they said. Instead, he said, "Have you heard about the fire at Zhaoyue Hotel in Beijing at the beginning of the year?"
The capital is far away, so it is difficult for news to spread to other places.
But the two people in front of him, one is the leader of the caravan, and the other is the postmaster of the post station.
The caravans travelled far and wide, and the officials who greeted and saw them off at the post stations were all well-informed.
"I've heard a little about it." The old postmaster said cautiously.
Sun Jiaxing explained, "I was going to stay at the Zhaoyue Guesthouse that day, but I got so nervous once I got there that I moved to another place. I was able to escape the disaster, but it was a pity that my fellow villager was killed in the fire and missed the imperial examination."
Sun Jiaxing once again hid all traces of Niu Niu.
"Now I am extremely nervous and my eyelids are twitching. I just had such a nightmare again. Of course, if you don't believe me, forget it. Anyway, Zhongde and I are going to set off now."
After Sun Jiaxing finished speaking, he turned and glanced at Gu Mingda. Both of them were smart people, so they didn't say anything more.
But it was this blank space that frightened Boss Qin and the old postmaster so much that their faces were filled with uncertainty.
"I just had a little granddaughter last month. Never mind. Just trust him this time. He will only hide for a few hours at most." The old postmaster turned around with a slight tremor and started packing his things.
Boss Qin called his deputy.
The deputy was extremely sleepy and said, "Brother, Yu Er has been with us for so long and has never made a mistake in observing the celestial phenomena. Why do you have to listen to others? The brothers have been traveling all day, and if they lie down and let others get up again, I'm afraid they won't be able to bear it."
Boss Qin's expression changed several times, and he asked, "How many people are there in our caravan?"
The deputy replied: "There are forty brothers in our team, big brother, don't you remember?"
Boss Qin nodded and said, "Forty people, with forty wives and children behind them, we can't afford to gamble."
The deputy was stunned when he heard this, but he still felt that there was no need to do so.
Boss Qin waved his hands and said, "I didn't believe it at first, but after Lord Sun mentioned the events in the capital, I've been worried. You're worried that the brothers won't get enough rest, but that's easy. At most, we can rest for one more day at the next place. I've been leading a caravan for ten years. In our business, it's never wrong to be more careful."
The post station, which was originally pitch black, became brightly lit in an instant, and everyone started moving, but everyone's face showed sleepiness and impatience, and they would occasionally utter a few curses under their breath.
Niuniu was held in Zhang Yunniang's arms. Listening to the voices outside, she whispered, "Mom, if my dream is not accurate, will it implicate Grandpa Sun?"
The little girl already knew that it was Sun Jiaxing who took the blame for her.
Zhang Yunniang said, "Even if you don't allow it, your father Sun won't blame you, because you have good intentions, right?"
Niu Niu nodded reluctantly, but her face was still full of confusion.
Zhang Yunniang sighed and said, "Your Grandfather Sun did these things for you because he treats you as his daughter. He loves you and is willing to bear the consequences for you. If he knew you were so unhappy, he would be very sad."
Niuniu forced a smile and said, "I don't want him to be sad."
More than fifty people traveled in the carriage in the dark, from dusk to dawn, but still did not reach the next stop where they could rest.
The people and horses were already exhausted, and they had been traveling day and night. Some people in the caravan had already started to loudly criticize.
"It's such a nice day, it doesn't look like it's going to rain, it just wants to make people suffer!"
"If I wasn't crushed to death by the dirt, I would have died of exhaustion first!"
In the end, they were concerned about Sun Jiaxing's official status and did not dare to say anything too extreme.
But the atmosphere in the caravan is really bad now.
Sun Jiaxing remained calm throughout.
Gu Mingda patted his shoulder and comforted him softly.
Sun Jiaxing shook his head and said, "It's okay. I believe Niuniu."
Gu Mingda sighed and said, "If you hadn't taken the initiative to take responsibility for this, I would be the one being scolded. It's me who has implicated you."
Sun Jiaxing was unhappy and said, "Zhongde, I am doing this for my daughter, not for you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a cry of surprise was heard from the convoy.
"Wang Xiaoshi fell off his horse!"
The caravan stopped.
Wang Xiaoshi is the nephew of the deputy of the caravan. The young man is honest and hardworking. He tried hard to perform well when he first joined the caravan. He was overworked during the day and couldn't stand the journey in the middle of the night. He dozed off on his horse and accidentally fell off. Now he is holding his leg and crying in pain.
"Brother, I want to find that guy surnamed Sun. Even if he is an official, I will still go find him. Little Shitou is in so much pain, and we don't even know if his leg is broken!"
The deputy ignored Boss Qin's attempt to stop him and rushed towards the carriage where Sun Jiaxing and Gu Mingda were sitting.
"It's already daybreak, where's the promised heavy rain? The sun is almost out! My little Shitou's legs are almost broken, will you compensate me?"
The deputy opened the carriage curtain with red eyes, looking as if he was going to settle the score.
Gu Mingda quickly protected Sun Jiaxing behind him, but before he could explain, he suddenly heard a dripping sound.
The heavy rain came without any warning, hitting the caravan deputy in the face.
Second update
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