Yu Jiao had never heard Yu Qizhe talk about his time in the Dali Temple, and she was not familiar with the name Ji Wudao. She did think of Xiao Ning. It seemed that General Xiao was one of the three generals in Shanxi.
"Are these people soldiers under Ji Wudao?" Yu Jiao was shocked. To mobilize troops without permission was tantamount to treason. Ji Wudao first smuggled military equipment and war horses to the Tatars, and then sent soldiers to kidnap her. What exactly did he want to do?
Cheng Ying nodded, and when he saw the guards harnessing the horses to the carriage, he said, "I'll go back to the capital with you."
"Aren't you going to stay here for a few more days?" Yu Jiao guessed that it was because of the robbers today. She said, "I think these people won't come again..."
Cheng Ying looked at her and said bluntly, "I'm worried."
Yu Jiao forgot what to say next for a moment. She was still frightened by what happened just now. It would be much safer to have Cheng Ying accompany her.
There were still some masked men alive on the ground, and since the official road here was close to Xixun County, one of the Jinyiwei asked Yu Jiao for instructions, then took the living man on horseback to the Xixun County government office to report to the authorities and let the county government clean up the mess.
About two incense sticks later, Bai Lu came back with Fei Ge'er.
"Did he fall?" Yu Jiao asked with concern.
Bai Lu carried Meng Fei down from the horse and nodded, "When I found the young master, he had already fallen off the horse and injured his leg."
Yu Jiao rolled up his trouser legs and saw that his knees were bruised. She touched his leg bones. Meng Fei's face turned pale in pain. Yu Jiao frowned and said, "The bones are injured."
She asked Bai Lu to send Meng Fei to the carriage, while she went to the roadside to break off a few straight branches, cut them shorter with a dagger, went to the carriage to apply medicine to Meng Fei, and then fixed him with a simple splint.
Cheng Ying watched her busying about, and a rare glimpse of tenderness flashed in her almond-shaped eyes.
"You can't move your leg these days. You need to take a good rest when you return to the capital." After Yu Jiao gave Meng Fei instructions, she looked up at Cheng Ying who was still standing outside the carriage. "Foster father, would you like to ride in the same carriage with us? I'll ask them to buy another carriage when we get to Qiyun County."
Cheng Ying stepped onto the carriage and said, "No need, one carriage will do."
Yu Jiao gave Cheng Ying some space. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but Cheng Ying seemed to have become much easier to talk to than when he was in the capital. Dressed in white, he looked less lonely and aloof than an eunuch, and was no longer intimidating.
"How come godfather happened to pass by here?" Yu Jiao was busy just now and had not heard Cheng Ying mention it, so Yu Jiao did not ask again. Now sitting in the carriage, Yu Jiao asked for the sake of conversation.
Cheng Ying looked at her deeply, and a bitter smile escaped from his lips. How could she just happen to pass by? He had originally intended to kidnap her on the road, and he came here for her.
But this morning, he had auditory hallucinations of command in his head again. He was delayed for some time in the inn taking medicine, and it was a little late when he caught up with them. Otherwise, those people would not have been able to get close to Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao only felt that Cheng Ying's gaze was deep and heavy, as if she was telling something that she couldn't understand.
"I was on my way back to Xianyang and happened to pass by here." Cheng Ying emphasized, "Don't call me foster father anymore."
Yu Jiao looked puzzled, but still responded, "Okay."
Seeing her rubbing her shoulder, Cheng Ying said, "Your right arm is also broken. Be careful these days. Ask the servants to do anything you need."
Yu Jiao responded again, but she was still wondering why Cheng Ying suddenly stopped asking her to call him godfather. She used to ask her to respect him as godfather, but now, she didn't know what happened, but he didn't like to hear her call him godfather.
When they arrived at the grain store in Qixun County, Manager Zhou, who was counting the bills, looked up and saw them coming in. He greeted them, "What do you want to buy?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he recognized Yu Jiao and was immediately surprised and happy, "Boss, when did you come from the capital? Why didn't you write back?" He hurriedly ordered the waiter to go to the best restaurant in the city to order a table of wine and food.
Yu Jiao smiled and saw that the shop had expanded to twice its original size and was connected with the surrounding shops to form one. On one side were placed grains, neatly displayed and categorized with price tags. On the other side were oil barrels with words "freshly squeezed rapeseed oil" written on them. The shop assistants were pouring oil for the customers in the store, and it looked like the business was well managed.
"I'm going back to Changkui to take care of some housework, and I'll come here to take a look on the way back." Yu Jiao said with a smile.
After the customers left, Manager Zhou called the shop assistants over and said to them, "Come and meet our boss."
Most of the shop assistants are new. They always heard that the owner of the shop was a girl, but they didn't quite believe it. Today, they finally saw her in person.
"Hello, boss." The guys shouted in unison.
Yu Jiao smiled and told them to go about their business.
Manager Zhou looked at Cheng Ying, who was wearing a white dress and had a handsome face, following Yu Jiao. He heard Master Shen say that the boss got married in the capital, and guessed that this person might be the boss's husband. He asked uncertainly, "Boss, who is this?"
Yu Jiao didn't know how to introduce Cheng Ying for a moment. Cheng Ying's trip was very low-key, probably to conceal her identity.
"Cheng Ying." Cheng Ying on the side gave her name very concisely.
Manager Zhou was of course aware of the famous Cheng Dugong, but he never associated the man in front of him with the corrupt eunuch who held all the power in the world, so he politely said, "So it's Master Cheng."
But he was puzzled in his heart. He remembered that Master Shen had drunk too much and kept talking about how the boss married the man surnamed Yu. Since this man's surname was Cheng, it seemed that he was not the husband of the boss. Fortunately, he did not make a mistake just now, otherwise he would have made a fool of himself.
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