Chapter 182: Staying at the inn, is there going to be another snowstorm?
"What did you say?" The gatekeeper's expression changed instantly. Others didn't know, but everyone in the mansion now knew Yu Banxia's identity.
That was the Major General's fiancée. How could this man be so confused that he came on such a snowy night to ask their future young lady to treat the person who insulted her?
You're dreaming.
No wonder the major general gave the order in the evening, and directly rejected anyone who came.
The young general really had a good foresight, and these shameless people really came to him.
"You seem to be dressed as a commander, but you are so ignorant of the seriousness of the matter?" The gatekeeper was called Wang Heng. He spoke with a cold and unhappy face.
Li Wei's face looked a little ugly. He really regretted it now, but he couldn't offend any of the three parties.
What has he done to offend anyone? In such a cold day, wouldn't he go back and hold his wife in his arms and have a good sleep?
"My dear brother, I know that the weather is cold and the snow is strong. It is not appropriate to come here to ask a miracle doctor to treat Mr. Xu."
"But you also know that Mr. Xu is the Third Prince's adviser. Now something has happened in Suiyu City. The prefect and the City Defense Department cannot afford it."
"Please be flexible, brother..."
"Humph, the major general really guessed it right. These are the original words of my major general. I will relay them on his behalf."
"No matter who comes today, the miracle doctor will not treat Xu Changhe."
"He totally deserves it. What a shameless bastard. He has been making things difficult for the miracle doctor since before he entered the city, and then he chased him to the quarantine area and insulted him. Now that he is seriously ill, he comes to ask the miracle doctor to treat him?"
"Do you have any shame at all?" Wang Heng said, and slammed the door.
Li Wei's face didn't seem to look good, whether it was because he was angry or because he was cold.
Feng Ziling rubbed his hands in coldness: "Let's go back. The elder brother won't be able to open the door."
"Let's go. It looks like we have to go back. The snow is too heavy, isn't it?" Li Wei's expression eased a little. He put his hand to his lips and blew on it, as if it could warm him up a little.
As we were talking, the snow seemed to be falling even heavier.
The whole place is covered in snow and the cold is pressing.
"Be careful!" As we were walking, a large amount of snow fell from the roof.
Feng Ziling pulled the man next to him and gave him instructions.
The man quickly thanked Feng Ziling: "Thank you, Commander Feng."
"You're welcome. It's really hard work for you to come here with me in this freezing weather." Feng Ziling sighed.
The wind and snow were getting stronger and stronger, making it impossible to move forward. Feng Ziling could only shout to Li Wei in front of him.
"Cousin, we can't go any further. The snow is too strong. I remember there's an inn nearby. Let's go there to rest for a while and go back tomorrow morning!"
Li Wei looked up at the sky, where heavy snow was falling. He said to Feng Ziling, "Okay, go over and knock on the door first!"
The wind and snow were so strong that they blocked my vision, and I could only easily recognize the inn from the drifting wooden sign.
One of the subordinates went forward and knocked on the door. After a long time, there was a response from inside the door: "Stop knocking, it's killing you. With such a heavy snowstorm, who would come to stay at the inn in the middle of the night?"
The waiter inside the door was full of complaints. When the door opened, he saw several ferocious-looking officials and was so scared that he fell to the ground.
The waiter no longer had the complaints he had just now, and he didn't even dare to put his jacket back on even after it fell to the ground.
He quickly got up and knelt on the ground: "My dear officials, I was wrong just now. I was rude."
"Why are you doing this? We are just staying here, why are you acting like you have done something wrong?"
"We are here to do some work. The snow is so strong that we might get into trouble if we continue walking. That's why we came here to stay overnight. I wonder if there are any rooms available for us to warm up."
The waiter felt relieved when he saw Feng Ziling spoke so gently.
"Yes, yes, please follow me, gentlemen. The plague is raging in Broken Jade City now, and all the inns are empty. The innkeeper has been taken to the quarantine area. Only me and two other guys are left in this huge inn to look after it."
"You are still out here doing your work in such a heavy snow. We should give you some convenience."
As he said that, the waiter stood up and took a few people upstairs.
"It's been quiet these days, and it's a bit cold inside. Please don't blame me." The waiter opened the No. 1 room among the three rooms and said to them.
Feng Ziling quickly responded: "It's already very good, thank you, little brother."
"You're welcome. Please go inside and warm up. I'll get you some water. Do you want a hot bath?"
Li Wei quickly waved his hands: "Forget about the hot bath, just give us some hot water to soak our feet."
Although the snow was dry, it was so deep that my shoes were soaked through.
The waiter responded quickly and went downstairs.
The other two waiters woke up too. When they saw him coming downstairs, they complained in a low voice, "Who is going to stay at the inn on such a snowy night? Do you want to let us live?"
"Please keep your voice down. These are some officers from the City Defense Department. I heard they are out on business. Is there any hot water in the boiler?"
The waiter immediately made a gesture to keep quiet. Upon hearing this, the other waiters dared not say anything more.
"Zhang Er, please heat some more water. Li Peng, please quickly send over some charcoal stoves. This room is not much warmer than outside."
"Okay." The two of them quickly started to move. The second brother went to get a few wooden basins, cleaned them, and scalded them before carrying the basins upstairs.
Li Peng just came back and quickly put down his things, washed his hands and came to help.
"Fang Zheng, slow down." Li Peng reminded him quickly.
Fang Zheng is the nephew of the shopkeeper, so now that the shopkeeper is away, Fang Zheng is the manager of the inn.
"Okay, there are two more in the kitchen. You bring them up." Fang Zheng instructed Li Peng. Li Peng sighed, carried the wooden basin and followed him upstairs.
After a while, Zhang Er also came up with a kettle.
Li Peng quickly ran downstairs and brought up some cold water.
After soaking their feet, Li Wei and his friends felt alive again. Fang Zheng was thoughtful and even made some hot soup for them.
"I'm sorry, officers. We don't have any extra food in the inn. Please just have a simple bowl of hot soup."
"It's already very good. You're a really good waiter. No wonder your boss kept you here to look after the store." It was rare for Li Wei to praise someone.
Fang Zheng didn't explain much, he just laughed.
After they finished eating and cleared away the dishes, they placed Li Wei and the others' wet shoes on the charcoal stove to roast.
"Sir, there are two charcoal stoves in each of the three rooms. Please do not close the room. You should go to bed early. I will leave now."
Li Wei waved his hand: "You guys should go back and rest too. Sorry to bother you so late at night."
"This is what we should do. Officers, please have a good rest." Fang Zheng said and walked out.
After the others left, Li Wei and others went to bed to rest.
I had a good sleep and left the inn in a hurry at dawn without even having breakfast.
The snow outside was getting lighter, but it still didn't stop.
One foot down, straight to the calf.
"Why is it snowing so heavily this year? If it snows like last night for another day, it will probably reach our knees. Is there going to be a plague first and then a snowstorm?" muttered a subordinate.
"You'd better shut up!" Li Wei cursed angrily.
Feng Ziling also looked around and saw that the roof of the house in front of him was dented.
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