Wake up by the sound of horse hooves and the sound of wheels hitting the stone road. I yawned and when I opened my eyes, I happened to see Caiwei lying on the window and looking out.

There was a bright light on her face, even in her eyes.

The sun shone into her eyes and on her face. The scars were clearly visible, but they could not hide the faint smile on her face. Hearing my yawning sound, she hurriedly turned her head and looked at me and said, "Madam, you are awake!"

I leaned against the mattress and felt a little lazy for a moment, so I nodded gently.

The sunlight came in from the window and quickly filled the small carriage, but I didn't want to get up immediately. After lying quietly for a while, I closed my eyes again.

I remembered the dream I had last night.

I dreamed that the man stood by the river and sent me away, traveling thousands of miles apart. For some reason, it was clearly such a long dream. He was sleeping in this chaotic carriage that had been bumpy all night, and he had no sense of stability at all, but my dream was so calm, and it was always that figure, standing quietly. I could even feel his gaze, as bright as the stars and as gentle as the flowing water, and he kept staring at me in the dream.

I became more and more worried about it.

But I couldn't help but hear Caiwei calling me. Lao Zhong, the coachman outside, said loudly: "Madam, we are about to arrive at the inn ahead."

"oh."

"The horse has been running all night and is almost unable to hold on. Madam, should we go to the inn to take a rest?"

My original plan was to set off from Jixiang Village this morning and go to the first station to rest at night, but because the departure time was temporarily advanced, the rhythm was now a little disrupted, but the horse still had to rest, so I nodded, Caiwei hurried over and said, "Okay, let's go and have a rest."

"Why!"

Lao Zhong agreed and quickly threw two whips.

After a while, we entered a small town. It was said that it was a small town. In fact, we built several shops around an inn. These people were very good at doing business. Yangzhou is a gathering place for various peddlers and pawns. When we built these shops at this inn, which is still a distance from Yangzhou, there were indeed a lot of business. As the carriage passed, we heard many people around us shouting and selling, which was also a very lively place.

Lao Zhong drove the car all the way over and saw many hotels standing on both sides. He gently shook the reins and turned around and said, "Madam, which one should we choose?"

I asked Caiwei to lift a corner of the curtain and looked back and forth. I saw a two-story building in front of me. The second floor was covered with a guise, and the door seemed clean and generous. A waiter stepped on the threshold and looked out, looking forward to it, as if waiting for the guests coming and going. I nodded and Caiwei said, "Old Zhong, this one is the only one."

"Okay!"

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard the horse's neighing sound. The car stopped. Old Zhong immediately jumped out of the car and helped Caiwei and me out of the car. As soon as I stopped, I looked up at the hotel. Before I could even speak anxiously, I saw the waiter approaching him with diligent help.

Old Zhong said: "Woman, let's stay in a hotel!"

After saying that, the waiter unexpectedly did not greet us warmly immediately. Instead, he looked at us up and down, and suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he was remembering something: "Some people, are you guests from Yangzhou?"

We looked at each other, and Lao Zhong nodded: "Well."

"This lady, is Mrs. Qingying?"

“…!”

I was immediately shocked.

If I am in Yangzhou and Jinling, I am still famous, but this is a wilderness and an inn, why does this waiter know who I am?

I looked at him in confusion and didn't say anything. Caiwei next to me was stunned for a moment and said, "How do you know our wife?"

When the waiter heard this, he knew that he had asked the right person. He hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't blame me, don't blame me, the young man offended the lady's name."

Caiwei said, "What are you going to do?"

The waiter nodded and said, "That's right. The shop has prepared a good room, as well as food and drinks, so I'll wait for the ladies and a few of them. I just saw that the few of them were still coming, and I thought that the few had walked over. My little eyes were almost out of my way, hahahahahahaha."

He thought he had told a joke, and laughed haha, but my brows frowned.

Did they prepare a room and drink for me?

I don't think I'm famous, and I'll come to such a small shop to greet me. I asked, "Who asked you to prepare it?"

The waiter smiled and said, "It is a noble man who came to tell us to prepare everything for the wife. Never let the wife worry about labor, otherwise it will be our sin."

A noble man?

My brows frowned even more: "Who?"

"I don't know this. All this was explained by the boss."

“…”

"Several people, please ask first, otherwise the wine and food will be cold."

“…”

Caiwei and Lao Zhong probably had never encountered such a thing. They both turned around and looked at me. After I decided, I thought for a while, and then walked in.

When I walked to the lobby of the hotel, it was of course not luxurious, but it was clean and tidy. There were five or six tables in the lobby on the first floor, and there were guests sitting and eating at both tables. The boss was standing behind the counter and plucking beads. When he looked up, he saw the waiter coming in towards us. The waiter ran over and said in a low voice. The boss immediately came up and said with a smile: "Madam, Madam is here. Please sit down quickly, please sit!"

He said, and led us to a seat by the window in the central hall at the high place. When we sat down, when we turned around, the waiter had quickly served a few dishes, which were all steaming, full of colors, fragrance and flavor. Around this station that only provides accommodation for people to change horses and forage, such dishes were already rare.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! What’s even more rare is that there is a pot of hot osmanthus wine.

The boss stood beside me and smiled apologized: "The wilderness shop is a simple meal, don't blame me, ma'am!"

I glanced at him and sat down without saying anything. Caiwei didn't dare to sit with me. I just said that there was no need to be too polite when I went out, so she accused her of guilt and sat obliquely on a corner of the stool.

At this time, Lao Zhong ran out to take care of his horse, but the waiter also followed him out, as if he had taken care of everything. When he walked in, he didn't dare to sit with me. He just asked the boss for two steamed buns, and I called him over. After he accused him, he sat carefully on the chair on the other side.

Caiwei lay on the table with a puzzled look on her face and asked me carefully: "Madam, what's going on?"

I shook my head.

"Then these things-"

"Eat first."

After I finished speaking, I picked up the chopsticks myself and picked up the first chopsticks. Then they started eating.

After a while, the wine and food were used. As soon as I got together, the boss came up again and said with a smile: "Some, the room is upstairs, please follow me."

We followed him to the second floor and indeed prepared two rooms for us. Lao Zhong's one was an ordinary guest room. But when I think that Lao Zhong's coachman who was hired by someone would not rent a house for him, they would just go to the servants to do whatever they wanted to do in the room. Unexpectedly, I had such good luck this time. I walked in with great gratitude and didn't know where to put my hands and feet. My room was the best upper room in this hotel. Caiwei lived with me, and was in a bed close to the bed in the upper room.

She was also confused and full of questions, but she didn't ask too much, so she could only walk in with her luggage and start packing it up on her own.

The boss stood at the door and smiled at me, "Madam, I'm still satisfied."

I looked around and smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"I dare not, I dare not."

"This room money-"

"Mrs. He is respected and has no words. How can he worry about small things like this?"

I looked at him with a smile: "Boss, isn't you just opening a store for such a trivial matter?"

He was blocked by me and immediately laughed.

I also laughed: "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Mrs. I don't hide it from my wife," he said with a smile: "A few days ago, a guest came here and told us that a lady Qingying would come to Yangzhou Prefecture. She would bring some followers around her, asking us to have good wine and food, and the best room should be prepared. So we prepared these for our wife in advance."

"Where are the money for wine and food, and the money for housing?"

"That guest has paid."

“…”

"Madam, this is because the lady is highly respected, so there will be someone who treats her like this. I hope the shop is a simple meal and there is no grievance."

I ignored his flattering words, pondered for a while, and asked, "What kind of person is the person who comes to explain all this."

The boss thought for a while and said, "I am not a person of any kind, I am just an ordinary guest."

"After thirty, short dress?"

“Yes, yes.”

“…”

I understand what the boss said.

That should be the one who entrusted Lao Zhong to bring me the arrow in Qishan Village and ordered Lao Zhong to take good care of me along the way. I thought the matter was over, but I didn't expect that he had made arrangements for me along the way!

Good wine and food, good room.

It seems that my previous guess is correct. This person, or this force, has no malicious intentions towards me. At least for now, they really hope that I will be safe and even return to the capital comfortably.

But in this case, the mystery that puzzled me into the capital thousands of miles away became deeper and deeper.

Who are they?
Chapter completed!