Mu Huagui

Chapter 73 Mrs. Lu

Along the way, for the sake of safety, I carefully calculated the distance, traveled during the day and stayed at the inn at night.Staying in a small town that day, Su Dazhuang carefully asked the shopkeeper, and calculated the time himself, and then came to report to Chen Jiaoer.

Next is the mountain road. According to people who have passed by, it is not difficult for a horse-drawn carriage to walk on the mountain road. It takes at least three days to reach the other side of the mountain after entering the mountain.They had to stay in the mountains in the middle, and there were often caravans going to and from this mountain road. The people they asked said they had never heard of bandits, except for those who accidentally fell down the mountain road, and they had never heard of any dangers.

After hearing this, several people were relieved. There were four people in a group, all of whom were old and weak, women and children. They would rather take a longer detour to ensure safety.

Seeing that they were worried, the shopkeeper enthusiastically said, "If you're not in a hurry, you might as well wait a few more days. One day, a large caravan will enter the mountain, and you will follow behind, so you can give yourself some courage."

The four people's eyes lit up, this is a good idea.It would be good to let the caravan take some money, so he listened to the shopkeeper and stayed in the inn with peace of mind.The shop owner is also a warm-hearted person, he really asked around if there were any caravans entering the mountain in the past few days.

The town is not big, and it is also doing business for tourists who enter the mountain.Everyone will take a rest in the small town before entering the mountain, and replenish some dry food and luggage by the way.The shop owner quickly found out that a caravan had moved into an inn in Xitou. There were more than [-] people in it, and they would set off into the mountains tomorrow.

The shop owner went to the caravan on his own initiative, and the head of the guard was a middle-aged man in his early forties, with a beard and a dark face, he looked a bit aggressive.

Hearing what the shop owner said, he grinned and said, "It doesn't matter to us, but this time we are mainly escorting the mistress. If the other party is a woman, why not let them come to see our mistress."

The shop owner came back with a message, Aunt Su thanked her quickly, and followed Chen Jiao'er to the west of the city to meet the mistress.

There is only one road in the town, from east to west, and after a few steps, you will arrive at the Chengxi Inn.Sure enough, seeing a big man who looked like Zhang Fei, Aunt Su went in and asked, and the mistress of the caravan invited the two of them to go in and talk.

The entire inn was taken over by this caravan, and the people who came in and out were all burly men. After entering the inner courtyard, they saw two women coming in and out packing their luggage.

"Ma'am, Miss Chen that the owner of the Chengdong Inn said is here." A very pleasant-looking maid raised the curtain, welcomed the two of them in, and said.

"Mrs. Lu, I've taken the liberty to come here. I hope I didn't disturb your rest." I heard from the innkeeper that the mistress of the caravan was named Lu, and after hearing the address from the maid, I called her Mrs. Lu.

The two chatted all over the world, Madam Lu seemed to have not chatted with anyone for a long time, and the conversation was very speculative.In addition, Chen Jiao'er opened a shop and chatted about the business and the capital, which made Mrs. Lu very happy.

"Our caravan is full of rough people. I have no one to talk to on the road alone. If you want, we can be a companion." Madam Lu kindly invited her when she parted, and made an appointment to go to the mountain together tomorrow. .

This is the purpose of Chen Jiao'er's coming here, so she naturally followed suit and left after making an appointment.

The next day, the four of them drove the carriage to the Chengxi Inn early, and saw that the other party was also ready to go.When Mrs. Lu saw the three of them squeezed into a carriage that was not too spacious, she didn't say anything at the time, but sent a maid to invite them after they were on the road.

The little girl is not only lovable, but she also speaks very cleverly. "Our wife said that she was bored along the way, but luckily she chatted with Ms. Chen. If it is convenient, why don't you go to my wife's place and have a chat together?"

Chen Jiao'er pursed her lips and smiled, got out of the carriage, and followed the little girl into the carriage protected by the team in the middle.The carriage Madam Lu was riding in didn't look out of the ordinary, but the interior was very delicately decorated.

The soft Persian carpet seemed to sink under her feet. Mrs. Lu was leaning to one side, flipping through a travel book with her head propped up.

Chen Jiao'er took a good look at it at this moment. Mrs. Lu looked only 35 or [-] years old, with fair skin, tall stature, facial features a little more rigid than ordinary women, and her nose was much straighter than ordinary people.

It may not be delicate and soft enough, but coupled with the aura exuding from her whole body, it has a unique kind of fierce beauty.Although she got along very well with Chen Jiao'er, for some reason, Chen Jiao'er just had a feeling that Mrs. Lu was a very scary woman.Perhaps, it can be regarded as a kind of intuition among women.

Especially at this moment, from the side view, the lines are clear, as beautiful as a sculpture carved by a knife.

Hearing the sound, Madam Lu turned her head and saw Chen Jiao'er, she put down the travel notes in her hand, her fingers were slender and slender.Smiling and beckoning, "Sister, come and sit, there are still three days to go on this mountain road, no one talks, but it's boring."

Mrs. Lu is very skillful in speaking, she often brings up a topic, and just listens to Chen Jiaoer's words, while she keeps nodding, echoing a sentence from time to time, making people wish they could talk about all eighteen generations of their ancestors .

If what she met was really a 14-year-old girl, she might have found out even the fact that she had wet the bed when she was a child.It's a pity that the Chen Jiao'er she met was not only reincarnated, but also very vigilant.

They often lead the conversation to the sisters in the Chen family, either to say how beautiful this sister is, or how lively and lovely that sister is.

After a hard day, Chen Jiao'er returned to her carriage to rest, and was relieved.I just wondered in my heart, this Mrs. Lu kept bringing the topic to the matter between herself and the son, and I don't know what her intentions are.

There are not many people who know about the acquaintance of the eldest son, and the one who knows the most is the Chen Mansion, but they will never publicize this matter when they leave the Chen Mansion to live alone.

On the contrary, it will minimize her presence.After all, from being an orphan adopted by the Chen family to living alone, no matter how you explain it, it is not a glorious thing for the Chen family.

It is indeed very wise to follow an experienced caravan into the mountain, and find a relatively flat slope in advance.Not only shelter from the wind, but also a source of water. The people in the caravan lit a fire and boiled hot water, and some people brought out the pheasants they had caught on the way, and the fish they went down to the river.The fire was burned, and the aroma was very tempting.

Everywhere, no matter what it was, someone sent a copy to Chen Jiaoer's carriage.Several people have never eaten anything baked in the wild, and they all find it very novel.

After waiting for Chen Jiaoer to wash up, she spread the seat with luggage. After Chen Jiaoer lay down, Cherry and Mrs. Su spread the luggage on the floor of the carriage and squeezed together.

Su Dazhuang hugged the blanket and went to the fire, sleeping with the caravan guards.

The next day, Mrs. Lu invited her over as usual. Chen Jiao'er was a little helpless, but she made up her mind that she must never let her know about her relationship with the Shizi until she knew her intentions.

Mrs. Lu is wearing a smoky purple gown today, a light yellow pleated skirt, her hair is only combed in the simplest style, and a lavender hosta is pinned to it.

Today's Mrs. Lu has a wider and more sincere smile on her face.As soon as he came in, he apologized to her and said, "My sister must have been muttering in my heart. Yesterday, my sister was too impatient. You should not be offended."

It turned out that Mrs. Lu wanted to do business in the capital, but failed repeatedly, and spent a lot of money, but it has not been effective.To get someone's advice, either find King Xian Jun as a backer, or find King Dong Jun as a backer.

In the end, Mrs. Lu chose King Xianjun, but it was a pity that Meiji gave countless jewels, and she didn't even meet King Xianjun.Frustrated, she was about to return to her hometown, and met Chen Jiao'er on the way.

People who do business have their own sources of information. They don't know where they know that Chen Jiao'er is the woman who is going to be brought back to the mansion by the prince of Dongjun.

She just wanted to know if it was true or not. If it was true, then she could use this opportunity to catch up with the prince of Dongjun.

After listening to the explanation, Chen Jiao'er smiled and said, "My sister wanted to ask my sister yesterday, how could I know about him because I only had a casual acquaintance with the Shizi? cooked."

"No matter how general it is, it's better than my sister who can't figure out the way. I don't know that Shizi is a..."

"Madam, the team leader outside said they caught someone, and they have been sneaking around with us for a day, so I asked Madam what to do." Before Madam Lu could finish speaking, the little girl's voice came from outside the carriage.

"Follow us, what do you want to do?"

From a distance, there was noise outside the carriage, the scolding of a group of people, and even the sound of a whip being whipped.I heard the sound of horseshoes and the sound of running.

"Ma'am." Along with the chaotic footsteps, a rough voice sounded outside, "That man was already caught by us, but he was so cunning that he pretended to be dead and ran away."

"I tell everyone to be careful. It may be that our caravan is full of people and wants to steal something." Mrs. Lu is also a little strange. Under the rule of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the most unacceptable thing is to occupy the mountain as king, and the bandits have long been wiped out. .

Although this mountain is large and the mountain road is far away, it is not an inaccessible place and has always been safe.

"This kind of little thief is always indispensable. We have seen it a lot, Miss Chen, don't panic." Madam Lu comforted Chen Jiao'er, and also comforted the leader who accidentally let the thief go, telling the people in the caravan to be more careful and not let People took advantage of the chaos to steal property, and things calmed down.

Three days passed quickly, Madam Lu and Chen Jiao'er said goodbye in the town where they left the mountain.One wants to transport goods from the capital to Annan for sale, and the other wants to go to the wharf to take a boat to Linqing.

When parting, Mrs. Lu asked the maid to fetch the address written in advance and said, "My sister is back in the capital, if you still remember my sister, you can go to this place, and there will be a date later."

An address in the capital seems to be Mrs. Lu's foothold in the capital.Chen Jiao'er accepted it, and reported the address of Mianxiu Pavilion for the other party's maid to write it down.It's time to say goodbye to each other.

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