Chapter 40: Teasing Her for Fun
A group of people were walking on the official road, with several fine horses in front and behind, and the people on the horses were all carrying weapons such as swords.
There were several escort vehicles in the middle, among which was a simple-looking horse-drawn carriage.
A woman dressed heroically on the horse looked at the sky, rode to the carriage, tidied her appearance, and then spoke: "Mr. Shi——"
As soon as she opened her mouth, there was a burst of laughter from the back, and someone imitated her by pinching her throat and saying, "Mr. Shi——"
The woman turned her head and glared at him, then drew her sword and pointed it at him in warning. When she turned back, she changed her expression and whispered softly, "Master Shi, it's still a long way from here to the next city. We plan to rest here tonight and set off again tomorrow morning. I'll boil some hot water for you two to wash up."
Inside the car, Shen Yu looked distressed, cleared her throat and said, "Miss He, thank you for your help."
"No trouble, no trouble."
After He Xuehui finished speaking, she rode her horse to the back and started to whip the horse of the man who was imitating her.
Xie Tingzhou leaned on the cushion and smiled, listening to the sound of horse hooves going away, and said slowly: "This Miss He has good taste."
Chen Yu silently turned around and faced Xie Tingzhou.
I don’t know if He Xuehui is blind. She can’t see such a talented person like Xie Tingzhou. Instead, she has been frequently showing her courtesy to Shen Yu in the past two days.
This story begins on the day I parted with my father-in-law.
After crossing the river that day, Xie Tingzhou was in poor health and could not walk fast. It took him from early morning to noon to walk the ten miles. However, the two of them were lucky because they met a escort team after they got on the official road.
The escort team took them into Pingtan County and then separated from them.
The escorts earn their money through hard work, so giving them a ride is already the most we can do.
They were originally staying in the worst inn in Pingtan County that night. After nightfall, Chen Yu waited until Xie Tingzhou fell asleep and quietly left the house.
When they got up in the morning, the escort company was already waiting at the door of the inn. They said that they were escorting a caravan to Shengjing anyway, and they could just give them a ride.
But he changed his mind overnight. Looking at his enthusiastic attitude, Xie Tingzhou didn't believe him when he said he hadn't paid.
But where the money came from is a question.
The carriage stopped in a leeward place. It was freezing cold outside, so the two men did not get off.
Xie Tingzhou pushed aside the curtain with two fingers and looked outside. From the corner of his eye, he saw Shi Yu take out two pancakes from his bag and hand one to him.
"Do you want to eat?"
As soon as Xie Tingzhou let go, the curtain was put back on the window.
Seeing that he didn't take it, Shen Yu started eating.
Xie Tingzhou watched silently, and simply lay down and watched him eat the cake.
The biscuits are hard and taste like bran when chewed.
Xie Tingzhou waited for him to
After taking the last bite, he suddenly said, "Since we have so much money, why do we have to live such a hard life?"
“Ahem——” Shen Yu was suddenly choked by the dry biscuit and pounded her chest hard.
Xie Tingzhou looked at it for a moment, then slapped him on the back, and he finally swallowed the biscuit.
Chen Yu argued, "Where did I get the money?"
Xie Tingzhou propped up his head and said, "Then you have to ask yourself. I am also curious about this question."
In fact, he woke up as soon as Shi Yu got up that night, but he didn't say anything. He watched him sneak out and sneak back. The escort company came early the next morning. This was something that could never be done without money.
His eyes were determined, and Shen Yu had no chance to escape.
Xie Tingzhou is not someone who can be easily fooled, and ordinary excuses will certainly not fool him.
Chen Yu thought about it and realized that simple lies are easy to be exposed, but the most difficult to be exposed are lies that are half true and half false.
"I sneaked out that night."
"Yes, I know." Xie Tingzhou said
Chen Yu couldn't help but be shocked. He was really patient. He didn't ask until three days after he and the escort agency were on the road.
He was secretly glad that he didn't lie, otherwise Xie Tingzhou would have exposed him immediately.
She glanced at Xie Tingzhou, who was leaning on the cushion, tapping his fingers on his bent knees, as if waiting for an answer.
"After I left, I went to the home of a wealthy businessman in the city," Chen Yu paused, looking at his face, and then said, "I went to borrow some silver."
Xie Tingzhou: "Borrow?"
Chen Yu said: "I borrowed it secretly."
Xie Tingzhou let out a faint laugh, "Stealing is stealing, and borrowing it secretly."
Chen Yu was dissatisfied, "Rob the rich to help the poor, it just so happens that we are all penniless now."
Otherwise, where did this carriage come from? Where did the escort agency come from? Without money, can you live here comfortably? Can your precious body bear it?
"Don't stare at people like that when you do something bad next time," Xie Tingzhou said, "Your eyes can't hide anything."
I seem to have developed a habit recently. If I don't tease Shi Yu, I always feel like something is missing.
Chen Yu abruptly retracted her gaze, "It was indeed stolen, but the one who enjoyed it was not the palace...wasn't it you? Then this silver is also your debt."
Xie Tingzhou discovered that this person was always taking advantage of others.
He used to be very respectful to him in the army, but after spending some time with him, he became more and more unruly.
Xie Tingzhou found him funny and asked, "How much did you steal...borrow?"
Chen Yu almost burst out laughing and took out a stack of banknotes from her chest.
Xie Tingzhou took it and flipped through it. The banknote was still warm.
He nodded slightly
First, "It's quite a lot. He is very good at 'borrowing'."
Shen Yu pursed her lips, "You'd better stop praising me."
She reached out to take it, but Xie Tingzhou raised his hand and refused to give it to him.
"This is my silver." Shen Yu said seriously.
Xie Tingzhou counted the banknotes leisurely and said nonchalantly, "Didn't you say that it was my debt? Since it was my debt, the original capital should be in my hands, what do you think?"
Chen Yu was convinced.
Since you are born with the talent for debate, why do you have to embarrass others here? Why don't you go and have a conversation?
Xie Tingzhou had teased him enough, so he threw the banknote into his arms, smiled and said, "Keep it. With such a large sum of money, be careful that someone will kill you and rob you."
Chen Yu put the banknote into her arms and whispered, "We'll die together, but don't worry, I'll be your bodyguard on the road to the underworld."
Xie Tingzhou's smile remained unchanged, but the temperature in his eyes gradually cooled.
He remembered the woman lying on the ground, screaming at him.
She said, Xie Yun, you will not die a good death. People like you deserve to be alone all your life and fall into the Avici Hell after death and never be reborn.
Xie Tingzhou looked at Shi Yu quietly.
If that person was still alive, he would definitely ask her to come and see him.
Look, there is someone who is willing to accompany me on the road to the underworld. What you said is wrong.
Chen Yu didn't notice his expression. She put away the banknotes, opened the curtain and got off the carriage.
The curtain was lowered, and she turned back and stared at the carriage quietly for a few moments.
She breathed a sigh of relief, finally she managed to deceive Xie Tingzhou.
It was dark and there was a bonfire burning not far away.
Chen Yu sat down by the campfire, took a stick and poked in the fire, thinking.
After she sneaked out that night, she went to the shop opened by Lu in the city.
In previous years, she was either at the border or at her grandmother's house in Hezhou. She once helped her manage the accounts for a period of time. She carried the seal of the Lu family on her, and she could withdraw money from any shop of the Lu family in the Great Zhou.
But she couldn't let Xie Tingzhou know. Once her identity was exposed, it would be a big problem whether she could continue to stay with Xie Tingzhou.
When Luyao and Hongqiao left Yanliang Pass that day, Chen Yu had assigned tasks to each of them.
She wrote two letters respectively. Hongqiao was responsible for going to Hezhou to give the letter to her grandmother, while Luyao returned to Beijing to give the other letter to Chen Yan, informing her of the subsequent arrangements at home and how to handle the funerals of her father and brother.
Now she was delayed on the road, and she didn't know whether the two of them had finally finished their work.
Come to think of it, my father's funeral should be over by now.
For some reason, she always felt uneasy, as if something was twisting in a direction she couldn't control.
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