Chapter 46

As the sun sets, a dozen or so people are riding tall horses on the weed-covered dirt road. The leader has healthy wheat-colored skin and looks to be in his twenties, but his eyes are particularly deep, giving him an indescribable aura.

"It's getting dark, hurry up and get going."

Sheng Ling also knew that his brothers had been traveling hard these days, but he had to hurry back. Now that Master Sheng was seriously ill, the young lady was left alone to face those jackals and tigers, and he was really worried.

Fortunately, all the subordinates knew the seriousness of the matter, so no one complained.

Although Sheng Ling's surname is Sheng, he has no blood relationship with the Sheng family. He is the playmate adopted by Sheng Nanfang, the current head of the Sheng family business, for his only daughter. Although he is an inconspicuous playmate, the Sheng family has not treated him unfairly and given him the same right to compete fairly as everyone else. Now is his third year of going out to gain experience. During these three years, he has accumulated a lot of connections and is finally qualified to stand in front of the person he wants to protect.

After receiving the news from the informant and learning that the young lady was abducted by bandits, he wanted to attack the stronghold immediately to rescue the young lady. However, the mountain is high and the road is long, so Sheng Ling can only use all his connections to offer a high reward. However, she is not the only one who is worried about the young lady. Master Sheng quickly gathered a group of people and sent him a secret letter to tell him not to worry. After learning that the young lady was rescued, Sheng Ling was truly relieved.

However, Sheng Nanfang's sudden illness made Sheng Ling feel that a storm was about to come. He couldn't help but wonder if there was someone behind the young lady's abduction. Clearly, a large reward was offered to a hero to rescue the young lady a few days ago, but not long after the rescue, the bad news of her serious illness came out. And the secret letter telling him not to worry made things even more confusing.

The days when he learned that the young lady was abducted were the most critical days for Sheng Ling to gain a firm foothold in Beihuai. Now his position is unshakable. This time, Master Sheng's serious illness is also an opportunity for him to return to the Sheng family.

In the wilderness, the probability of encountering wild beasts is quite high. Although they have to hurry on their way, Sheng Ling and his companions are also always paying attention to the surrounding environment.

As the sky gradually darkened, something seemed to be moving quickly in the depths of the woods. Sheng Ling tightened his grip on the reins to stop the horse, and at the same time gestured to the others not to act rashly.

Everything seemed to be quiet around them. At this moment, a shadow suddenly jumped out from the woods on the left, but disappeared in front of them in a moment.

"Brother Ling? That's a donkey?!"

Gao Hu's eyes were wide open, with a look of confusion that had not yet subsided.

Sheng Ling was silent for a rare moment. It was indeed a donkey, and it was pulling a cart, but the cart was so loose that it seemed like it would fall apart at any moment. Just from the bits of twigs and grass that fell not far in front of them, one could guess how "lively" this donkey pulling the cart was.

"Let's go."

Although this incident was extremely strange, Sheng Ling had never heard of any ghost legend related to the donkey cart. It was getting dark immediately. In order to avoid further trouble, it would be best to leave here as soon as possible.

Not long after they walked, an inn suddenly appeared in front of them, but the donkey cart and the extremely well-behaved donkey at the door looked particularly familiar.

Shen Yuqing was feeding the birds in the yard with the berries he had received from signing in a few days ago. There were already a few palm-sized birds lying crookedly in the berry basket in the middle of the yard. If someone who didn't know the situation saw them, they would probably think that Shen Yuqing had poisoned them. However, in fact, the red berries contained alcohol, and the birds had eaten too much and became drunk. They would sober up soon.

But before the birds could wake up naturally, the strange cry of the donkey woke up the drunken birds. The birds fled in all directions. When Shen Yuqing looked up, he saw the arrogant donkey's face at the door and the donkey cart that was about to fall apart.

Okay.

Yuxing's body has not fully recovered yet, so he and Xiaojiang set out in a donkey cart. However, a donkey's speed is not as fast as a horse. Now that Hei Huafei is back, it also means that the two have changed carts.

Now this trip will probably take more than half a month.

Wuming skillfully pulled the black fertilizer into the backyard, while Li Fuchun looked at the black fertilizer with a thin face like a child. He decided to go to the kitchen to get two more apples to reward him.

Shen Yuqing felt inexplicably that she was being ignored. Just as she was about to turn around and go into the inn, she caught a glimpse of a group of people out of the corner of her eye.

Shen Yuqing: ???

Looking at the few people who were riding horses and stopped not far away, Shen Yuqing fell into deep thought for a rare time. Logically, he should have asked them enthusiastically if they were staying at the hotel. However, although he could see them, he was actually several meters away from them. Just thinking about walking over to them made him tired, but if he shouted and asked here, he would feel unmannerly.

Just when Shen Yuqing was considering whether to use internal energy to transmit sound, the other party had already come over on a big horse.

Sheng Ling had not expected to see an inn of this size in the wilderness. They were exhausted from the long journey these days. They had spent most of their time in the wild, occasionally staying in villages. If they were not in a hurry, they should have rested in the inn in Pingyao City. However, going to Pingyao City required a detour, so Sheng Ling had to give up. At the same time, he promised that he would reward all the brothers well when they arrived at the Sheng family.

Now that the inn had appeared, they no longer had to sleep in the wilderness and could also replenish some supplies. Therefore, even though he thought the donkey was a little strange, Sheng Ling still took the initiative to approach it and start a conversation.

As soon as Sheng Ling got off his horse, he heard the young man in front of him say, "How many of you want to stay in a hotel?"

"That's right." Sheng Ling was stunned for a moment, then answered. He originally thought that this person was also a guest staying in the hotel. After all, no matter how he was dressed or how he looked, he didn't look like someone who rented an inn in the wilderness.

It's not that he looked down on opening an inn. After all, he was a businessman. But if he opened an inn in this place, the profit would probably not be as much as the value of a piece of clothing on the other person. However, although Sheng Ling had a lot of thoughts in his mind, he didn't show any of them.

"I'm the manager of this inn. Since you're staying here, please follow me." Shen Yuqing said with a smile. He calmly checked the number of people, a total of thirteen, which was a large order for Chungui Inn.

Shen Yuqing was observing Sheng Ling and his group, and Sheng Ling was also observing Shen Yuqing and the inn. He was a businessman, and when observing, he first measured the other party by price. He found that whether it was the clothes on the young shopkeeper or the wood used in the inn, they were all first-class materials, so he felt that the inn and its owner were more and more unfathomable.

But it was precisely this that made him less wary. After all, people with such financial resources would probably not look down on his few taels of silver.

Shen Yuqing was not aware that the way she was dressed had caused customers to dispel the suspicion that she was running a shady shop.

After seeing that the shop was exceptionally clean, Sheng Ling booked two shops and a room on the first floor.

The brothers had been traveling hard these days, so in order to refresh themselves, he bought some roasted wine and pork belly.

He just sat with his brothers and drank the liquor Sheng Ling, still frowning slightly. He didn't know why he always felt that after he paid the money, the shopkeeper's smile seemed to fade a lot.