Jiangzhou is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, with developed water transportation. It is the center of water transportation connecting the north and the south. Because it is located on the edge of the mainland, far away from the center of the war, the army is strong and the people are prosperous, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. The economy is prosperous, and there are many tourists coming and going. It is actually in troubled times.
What a strange situation. It takes at least several days to travel from Yangcheng to Jiangzhou, and Bai Feng, Zhao Kuo, and Murong Yan traveled all the way to enjoy the mountains and rivers, just hoping to meet more interesting people.
So it was very leisurely and leisurely to drive the horse and stroll along the official road lined with green clothes on both sides.
Although the three of them have never been to Jiangzhou, they have heard oral rumors from merchants that Jiangzhou is a completely different place from Yangcheng in the Central Plains and Yuyi in the north of the Great Wall. If it weren't for the people there, everyone would tell them the same thing.
Words, a language, always make people feel that they have arrived in another country.
The three people riding horses and walking in the middle of the road looked curiously at the merchants and pedestrians passing by. An old man in a raincoat passing by, holding two net bags of fish; the caravan that was about to come in the distance was guarded by a group of people.
Boxes of goods; and a group of monks chanting sutras and praising Buddha who had just passed behind them. The monks were surrounding a coffin and wanted to send it to a distant place. After Zhao Kuo asked, he learned that they were all because they heard the news that the banditry in Yangcheng had been eliminated.
Only then did I dare to continue on the road.
This caused Zhao Kuo to exclaim: "Brother Bai, it's all because of you that they can continue to live a normal life!"
Bai Feng slightly replied unhappily: "It wasn't me, it was the dead soldiers who paid for it with their lives..."
When Murong Yan saw that the expression of the young man next to her had lost its leisurely expression, she tugged on his sleeve and looked at him with concern. Bai Feng just responded with a smile, and then looked ahead expressionlessly.
Half a day after setting off, the three of them passed by a small teahouse opened on the edge of the official road. The teahouse was located in the middle of the three-way road, surrounded by mountains and forests. A blue flag with the words "Small Shop in the Forest" printed on it was placed on it.
The most eye-catching position was set up to attract passers-by. It was a scorching sun, so there were many guests at the table. Several people also planned to go to the teahouse to rest and inquire about the road conditions ahead.
The small teahouse is run by only two people, an old couple. One person entertains the guests, and the other serves the dishes. After Murong Yan and Zhao Kuo found seats, Bai Feng went to ask the old woman who was entertaining the guests what dishes she had.
The two people sitting at the table on the other side took the opportunity to discuss something secretly.
Zhao Kuo, who was sitting opposite Murong Yan, covered his mouth with his hands and asked quietly: "Miss Murong, have you noticed anything wrong with Brother Bai?"
"Yeah!" Murong Yan replied with an attitude of extreme approval: "I think he must be hiding something from us!"
At the same time, Bai Feng appeared quietly beside the two of them, smiled and asked: "What are you talking about?"
"I...we are talking..." Before Zhao Kuo could finish speaking, a girl's shout came from the road they came from.
"Help! Someone help me..."
The sound got closer and closer, and became clearer. "Why does this sound sound so similar to..." Zhao Kuo muttered to himself, then turned to look at the place where the sound came from, and continued: "My sister?!"
I saw Zhao Xiaomei riding a wild horse, swaying. She tried her best to press her body close to the horse's back and hugged the horse's neck tightly with both hands. This was the most common method to deal with a crazy horse. The little girl closed her eyes and had completely lost her focus.
The horse was under control. The horse rushed straight towards the small teahouse. Fortunately, when he was about to hit someone, he turned into another fork in the road.
Zhao Kuo felt helpless as Zhao Xiaomei flew by in front of him. He could only suck in the dust caused by the horses flying by, coughing and asking: "What's going on?"
At this time, Bai Feng had already jumped lightly onto the horse tied to the wild tree by the roadside, and followed Zhao Xiaomei at full speed. The young man quickly approached the galloping horse step by step. He crouched on the horse while steering the horse, watching for the right moment
He jumped up from his horse and sat behind Zhao Xiaomei.
Bai Feng immediately grabbed Crazy Horse's reins, pulled it back hard, and kept making "hoo" sounds to comfort the horse. Crazy Horse had to slow down because the bridle was controlled again, and the boy's "horse language" also started.
It worked. After struggling for several miles, Crazy Horse finally stopped.
"Miss Zhao, it's okay now. There's no need to hug the horse's neck anymore." Zhao Kuo looked at the little girl in front of him and comforted him.
The little girl opened her eyes in fear, only to realize that she had stopped in place. She breathed a long sigh of relief, sat up, and inadvertently leaned into Bai Feng's arms. The little girl looked up subconsciously, and found that it was Bai Feng.
Saved herself. She stared at her big brown eyes, and after looking at each other for a while with the boy behind her, both of them were ashamed.
The younger sister caressed her cheeks with her hands and lowered her head shyly, while Bai Feng jumped off the horse in a panic and apologized to Zhao younger sister: "Miss Zhao, I apologize for the offence!"
The little girl said hesitantly: "No...no...thing."
"Miss Zhao, please go and meet Brother Zhao quickly! He will definitely be very worried about your safety!" Bai Feng cupped her hands and lowered her eyebrows, not daring to mean the slightest offense when speaking.
"Then... what should you do?" the younger sister looked sideways at Bai Feng and asked.
"I'll hold the horse for you down there..."
Zhao Xiaomei expressed a slight disappointment, thinking that she could ride on the same horse again... but she had no choice but to agree: "Okay..."
Bai Feng led Zhao Xiaomei's horse towards the teahouse. After a while, Bai Feng met his horse, as well as Zhao Kuo and Murong Yan beside the horse.
When Zhao Kuo heard that his sister was acting strangely, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Little sister, why are you here? Where are dad and the others?"
"Uh..." Zhao Xiaomei hesitated for a while and said, "I'm worried that you and Sister Murong will suffer a loss! As for dad, I have already left a letter to explain, I believe he will understand!"
Zhao Kuo looked at Bai Feng and Murong Yan who were sneering at the side, and said helplessly: "Can you stop being willful? If it hadn't been for Brother Bai just now, with your horse-taming skills that you had just glimpsed, you would definitely have ended badly!"
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"I..." Zhao Xiaomei choked and said, "I even want to go out to play with you!" As soon as she finished speaking, the sound of the little sister crying and sobbing could be heard.
Murong Yan smiled and tried to dissuade her: "Master Zhao, please don't be angry now. My sister has been traveling for a long time and she must be very hungry. If you have anything to say, we can talk to you at the teahouse..."
After a while, everyone returned to the teahouse, drinking tea and eating while chatting about the little girl's secret escape. After they sat down again, the proprietress brought out the food.
"Here comes the some noodles!" the old woman said, holding four bowls of some noodles.
The little girl smelled several bowls of some noodles and complained dissatisfiedly: "Why are there only some noodles... Is this so edible?"
Zhao Kuo responded disdainfully: "When I travel around the world, I am lucky enough to have a bowl of plain noodles to eat! If the eldest lady doesn't want to, it's still too late to return to daddy!"
"Zhao Kuo, do you have to go against me?" the younger sister replied angrily.
"I'm doing this for your own good!" Zhao Kuo said in kind: "You stinky girl who doesn't know how to live or die!"
"You!" The little girl was so angry that she was speechless and said, "I won't eat this thing anyway!"
Murong Yan on the side looked at the inextricable quarrel between the two siblings, showing a very embarrassed look, and winked at Bai Feng on the side, asking him to think of a solution.
After a while, Bai Feng smiled and said: "Miss Zhao, when you go out, you don't want to eat well, you just want to be full. This is a truth that adults understand, how can you not understand?"
The little girl was surprised and said: "Is this true?" Then she looked at the plain noodles on the table, touched her already hungry belly, and started eating with big mouthfuls.
Zhao Kuo felt incredible about this and said to Bai Feng in admiration: "Brother Bai, I really belong to you!"
"After eating this bowl of noodles, you are boarding our 'thief ship'. Don't leave casually!" Bai Feng continued.
"I never...never said I wanted to leave. It was Zhao Kuo who wanted to drive me away..." the little girl said while eating big noodles.
Zhao Kuo was completely convinced by Bai Feng. He didn't care about his wayward sister and hurriedly started eating noodles. Although pedestrians and merchants passing by would inevitably stir up some dust, it did not prevent the few wanderers who were away from home from eating monotonous noodles at all.