Chapter 53
"Chen Ling! Do you want to die?"
"Why do you say that? I just came to wake you up."
Lin Xing glared at him angrily and asked, "Why didn't you reply to my question just now?"
Shen Ling was puzzled, "Did you speak just now?"
At this time, the music outside the window was louder. Even though they were face to face, Lin Xing could hardly hear Shen Ling's voice. She immediately realized that it was the funeral music that covered her voice, so Shen Ling didn't hear it.
She realized that she had misunderstood Shen Ling and didn't know what to say for a moment. Fortunately, Shen Ling was smart. He combined their conversation and saw Lin Xing trying hard to recognize his words, and guessed what happened.
"It doesn't matter. Yu Hang went to pick up Li Dongyi first. He asked us to follow the funeral procession downstairs to Hongciyi."
Opportunities are rare and will never come back. Lin Xing went back, put on some casual clothes, and hurried out to blend into the arranged location with Shen Ling.
As luck would have it, they were right behind the coffin, and Xun Zhu was walking in front. It was not yet fully light, and Lin Xing could not see her expression clearly, so she could not confirm whether Xun Zhu had had a good rest.
Looking at her firm steps, Lin Xing knew that Xun Zhu would definitely not let her delay Zhao Qi's journey home.
There was someone in front of me who kept scattering paper money, and it happened to be an autumn wind, so the paper money was blown everywhere. There were not many pedestrians on the road now, and Lin Xing was not honest in the crowd. She secretly looked up and observed her surroundings. She felt that the man in black must be looking at here.
“Don’t be too ostentatious.”
"Me? How am I showing off?"
"Have you ever seen anyone in a funeral procession looking left and right?"
Lin Xing lowered her head and gave up the idea of looking for the man in black. She felt relieved that Yu Hang must be observing in the dark, so she left it to Yu Hang.
There were not many people on the road in the early morning, and the team arrived outside the city in a short while. Not many people knew about this, and they were all standing outside the city gate. Magistrate Wu, Doctor Li, and Xiao Mei were the three leading the group, with a few scattered people following behind them.
In order to send Zhao Qi back to Nanru, it was necessary to arrange a carriage. As soon as the team arrived outside the city, the carriage that had been arranged in advance came to meet them. After settling Zhao Qi and Xun Zhu, Lin Xing and Shen Ling said their final goodbyes.
Magistrate Wu: "Be careful on your journey. We will be waiting for you in the city."
Lin Xing: "The city may not be safe, the county magistrate must be fully prepared."
"Of course, Lord Lin and Deputy Envoy Shen, don't worry, there is no need to worry about the situation in the city."
After the two sides exchanged greetings, Lin Xing and Shen Ling hurriedly got into the car and left. Time is short and the task is heavy, so the carriage is running very fast. Even though the carriage was dark, Lin Xing still noticed Shen Ling's pale face.
"Shen Ling, are you okay?"
"Not very good. The carriage is too bumpy and a bit hard to handle."
"Why didn't you show it last time?"
The voice that came was weak, "Yu Hang drove very slowly last time, and the effect of the drug had not yet worn off, so I naturally didn't feel uncomfortable."
Lin Xing began to search her body, and finally took out a medicine bag, apologetically saying: "I should have brought some drugs earlier. Now I only have drugs that can make people sober. Do you want to take them?"
Shen Ling raised his hands, waved them weakly, and couldn't even speak. Lin Xing didn't know how to help. After thinking it over, she decided to hold the curtain with her hands to let the fresh air outside the window flow into the carriage.
Perhaps it was a psychological reason, the cold air hit his face, and Shen Ling's face became less ugly. The scenery outside the window kept changing, but Lin Xing didn't seem to feel the soreness in her hands. She just held on like that until she saw Hongciyi.
Lin Xing had been looking out the window. When she turned around, she found that Shen Ling had fallen asleep. She called softly, "Shen Ling, it's time to get up. The sun is shining on your butt."
In fact, there was no sun outside the window at all, it was probably the beginning of the morning hour.
The voice was too soft and Shen Ling didn't respond, so Lin Xing used her free hand to gently push him, and only withdrew it when she saw that he opened his eyes.
"Have we arrived at Hongciyi?"
"It will take another quarter of an hour to get there. Now all you can see is a dark shadow."
Yawning one after another, Shen Ling woke up completely, and his face gradually turned rosy. However, Lin Xing started to yawn, which was definitely caused by Shen Ling, but she didn't even have time to complain at this time.
The wind came in from the window and hit their faces. Although it was late autumn, the wind carried the chill of early winter.
"Please let down the curtains. The wind is too strong."
Lin Xing nodded and shook her head, motioning Shen Ling to look outside. Shen Ling did as he was told. The carriage lagged behind Zhao Qi's cart, so he could just see the car in front.
In addition to Zhao Qi's coffin, there was also Xun Zhu on the cart. Her back was straight, and she knocked on the coffin with her hands from time to time, and then she lowered her head to say something.
"I promised to bring Zhao Qi home. I'm useless. I failed to protect her."
Chen Ling retracted his gaze and fell on Lin Xing's face. He raised his hand to close the curtain and said, "This is Miss Zhao's own choice. Why should you blame yourself? She wanted to use her life to exchange Li Dongyi for the eighteenth level of hell. You can't stop her."
"If I had given her a positive answer at that time, would Zhao Qi not have..."
"No, as long as you have the slightest hesitation, Miss Zhao will use her own life to wipe out that possibility."
Lin Xing sighed and said, "Perhaps from the beginning, Zhao Qi never thought of returning to Nanru alive. He just felt really sorry for Master Zhou for not doing what he promised him."
Shen Ling stared at Lin Xing with a complicated gaze, which made Lin Xing uncomfortable. In order to make this feeling disappear, she joked, "Is there something dirty on my face?"
"Of course not."
"Then why are you looking at me like that?" At this moment, the situation completely reversed, and Lin Xing was piercing Chen Ling with her eyes.
"I just find it weird."
"What's weird? Me?"
Chen Ling lowered his head and said, "When we first met, I made things difficult for you, but you did the opposite to resolve the conflict and even turned the tables on me. At that time, I thought that this woman was really not simple, and our subsequent interactions further confirmed this point."
"You are brave and resourceful, and you are not afraid of danger. Ordinary men cannot do this. I also believe in my heart that you may be a descendant of a noble family. But you are just a maid in a bank. In fact, there are also clues."
"If you didn't come from the bottom of society, how could you care about the suffering of the victims and value their lives? But where did your wisdom come from?"
Shen Ling was worthy of being the deputy supervisory envoy, and his arguments were well-founded, leaving Lin Xing no way to argue. Should she say that I came from a world where everyone is equal? Did she have to say that she was not only educated but also an accountant? This would scare him to death.
Shen Ling was not aggressive. He gave Lin Xing time to think, and he accepted any answer she gave.
Lin Xing couldn't think of a satisfactory reason, so she finally decided to give a dry laugh and change the subject. God still favors her. Before Lin Xing could smile awkwardly, the carriage stopped.
"You two, the journey is long. Please stop at the Hongci Inn for a while."
The secret code was given, and in order not to delay the progress, the two people in the carriage hurriedly put on their masks and got off the car. Lin Xing breathed a sigh of relief, and Chen Ling secretly sighed in his heart.
As soon as the two got off the car, a waiter came to greet them. It was the same guy. "Two guests, do you want to stay in the hotel?"
According to the script, Shen Ling lowered his voice and said, "No, my sister is unfortunately sleeping in a foreign land, so I specially brought her back home. Have a meal here and leave."
The servant was quite tactful. He looked at the coffin behind them and welcomed them into the post station without saying a word. The lobby was exactly the same as that day. It was hard to see clearly through the mask, but Lin Xing suspected that everyone's position had not changed.
Shen Ling continued to pretend to be deep and said, “Bring up all the signs in your store, and you will get some benefits.”
"Pah!" It was the sound of the silver ingot hitting the table.
The servant picked up the silver ingot, his eyebrows turned from drooping to raising, and his tone was full of joy: "Dear guest, please wait a moment, the food will be here soon."
Lin Xing and Shen Ling sat down casually, waiting for their old friends to come to them. These dishes were probably pre-prepared. Their stools hadn’t even been warmed up when the dishes were served.
"My two guests, please enjoy your meal. But don't you take off your clothes when you eat?"
Lin Xing deliberately raised her voice and said, "Who do you think you are? Do I need to remind you? Make another table of the same dishes and send it to the man on the cart."
Even though he was scolded for no reason, the servant's expression did not change. He lowered his head, responded, and hurried downstairs. As soon as the servant left, a slim figure walked towards them, and Lin Xing and Shen Ling then took off their lower clothes.
"Are you two bored? Would you like me to have a few drinks with you?"
Lin Xing: "Who are you? Are you worthy of drinking with me?"
"I am the boss of this Hongci Inn. I wonder if I have the honor to drink with you two?" The boss didn't say this to Lin Xing, but to Chen Ling, and he threw a few seductive glances from time to time.
Shen Ling naturally acted like a lecher and said eagerly: "It should be our honor to drink with such a beautiful boss."
The boss laughed crisply and sat down next to Lin Xing. Besides the laughter, one could also hear the sound of Lin Xing smashing the wine glass.
But the boss seemed to be oblivious to Lin Xing's sullen face and took the initiative to ask, "Why are your two friends staying outside and not coming in?"
Lin Xing said sarcastically, "Of course I can't stand the weird smell of my boss."
Chen Ling glared at Lin Xing and said apologetically, "Please forgive me, Boss. I just experienced the pain of losing my sister, so my temper is a bit strange. My friend is a good friend of my second sister, and he couldn't bear to let her stay alone in the wilderness, so he stayed by her side all the time."
As soon as he finished speaking, some people in the lobby got up and went out one after another. The three pretended not to notice and continued chatting among themselves.
Boss Li: "It's really infatuated, but they are still separated by life and death."
Lin Xing: "How can you talk like that as a boss? I don't allow you to say that about my sister."
Shen Ling: "My younger sister has never been able to accept the death of my second sister and doesn't want others to mention it."
"My little sister is also a poor person."
A lot of wine had been consumed while they were talking, and the number of people in the lobby was decreasing. Lin Xing and Shen Ling pretended to be drunk and lay on the table. For a moment, only Boss Li was sober.
She stood up and called the servant, saying, "These people are fat sheep. Go and search their belongings and find out all their money and jewelry."
"Yes." Before leaving, the servant spat in the direction of Lin Xing and Shen Ling.
After the servant left, a man came to Boss Li and suggested to her, "Tie up these two first, and then we can tie up the people outside and interrogate them together."
As soon as they spoke of the devil, his men dragged a fainted man to their side. If they looked carefully, they would find that this man was a little more muscular than he was at the beginning.
Boss Li: "The county magistrate just came to Hongci Post. Should we deal with them as soon as possible and not get in the way of the county magistrate?"
The man nodded and was about to give orders to his men when a majestic voice came from upstairs.
"No need, bring these three people up here, I'll talk to them."
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