Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 138
When Mai Xiang cried, Huai Ci was frightened, she hugged Mai Xiang tightly to her body, and coaxed in a low voice: "Shhh, don't cry, it will be bad if we are found out."

When Mai Xiang heard this, she hurriedly stopped, but the crying could not be stopped at once. She choked up for a long time before she could control herself.

"You let me down, I'll go by myself." Only then did Mai Xiang realize that she was still in his arms, and she was a little embarrassed, not to mention that the other party was not strong.

"I can still hug it, let's talk a little further away."

"Why don't you go to the street?" Mai Xiang saw Huai Ci walking back and forth in the dark alley, she was afraid that he would go the wrong way, and Mai Xiang wanted to find a place to live quickly, she was almost frozen to death.

"It's already under night ban. We need to find a place to hide quickly, otherwise we will be whipped if caught by the night watchman."

Only then did Mai Xiang know that she had been arrested in the capital, but where could they settle down in the middle of the night?
Mai Xiang saw that Huai Ci had been holding her in his arms, turning left and right, and he didn't know how many alleys he turned. Finally, he came to the door of a courtyard. He put Mai Xiang down, and took out a long key from his sleeve pocket. Open the door.

"Go in, it's safe."

The yard was dark, Huaici turned around and fastened the door, and walked forward by himself, Mai Xiang just took a step, but fell, Huai Ci had to turn around, picked up Mai Xiang again, groped into the house, put When we got to the kang, it was strange that the kang was actually hot.

"I made the kang before going out." Seeing Mai Xiang's surprised expression, Huai Ci explained something, then stretched out his hands to rub Mai Xiang's legs and arms.

"How did you know I was being held there?"

"I followed you."

It turned out that Huai Ci came out from the Temple of the Reclining Buddha and chased him for a while on horseback. There were only four carriages that had just come down from the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. He rode past these four carriages and made sure that the two carriages were not what he was looking for. I heard the laughter of children talking.

In the end, there were only two carriages left. Fortunately, these two carriages were heading towards the capital. When Huaici entered the gate of the city, he denied one carriage again, because there were several old ladies sitting in that carriage. Now only one carriage remained.

Huai Ci didn't dare to keep up, and followed from a distance, seeing the carriage entering a yard, Huai Ci didn't dare to ride over, but got off the horse far away, pretended to go home, and walked over, remembering the yard Looking at the characteristics of the location, he saw that it was getting dark at this time, so he went to the street to buy some things, returned to his home, and returned to the yard when it was completely dark.

"Then when you went, was there any movement in the yard?"

"Yes, I saw someone, there was a light, and there was a voice talking in a low voice. I knew there was more than one person, so I didn't dare to move. I kept sticking to the wall and listening. I watched these people leave and waited for half an hour. I didn’t come back again, so I climbed over the courtyard wall and went in to find you.”

"Then how many people did you see?"

"Three, but I didn't see them clearly, because the light was very dim, and one person was hiding in the dark."

After listening to Mai Xiang, she always felt that there was something wrong. What was the other party trying to do?If it was for money, why did you say you were going to freeze to death at the beginning, but you didn’t have a penny after you froze to death, and then you regretted it and threw yourself into the woodshed. In fact, the temperature in the woodshed is not much higher than outside. Even if I don't freeze to death overnight, but my hands and feet are tied up, I will freeze myself to death, so what good price can I sell?

Besides, I have already said that I can get 100 taels of silver if I send myself home, isn't that better than selling it?
But if it's not for money, what is the intention of the other party doing this?Killing, who did I offend, wanting to kill myself so much?
"What's wrong? Do you know who it is?"

"I don't know, I just feel that something is wrong, but I can't say it well."

If the other party is a real kidnapper, Mai Xiang feels that the other party has no reason to let her freeze to death or freeze to death in vain. If it is someone from the palace or the scholar's mansion, she should not be so cruel to let herself really freeze to death, right?If it was an ordinary murder, I didn't offend anyone.

"Okay, don't think about it, be hungry, I have left something for you to eat."

"Is there anything to eat?" Only then did Mai Xiang feel that her stomach was indeed growling.

Huaici brought Mai Xiang a bowl of hot tea, let Mai Xiang drink a few sips first, and then brought a bowl of dumplings, which had been kept warm on the stove.

"Thank you so much today." Only then did Mai Xiang remember to thank you.

"You're welcome. You went to the backyard because of me. We're even. If you don't talk about it, I won't talk about it. Don't mention it to anyone in the future. I'll hire a car for you to go home tomorrow morning."

When Mai Xiang saw that the other party was taking good care of herself just now, and even rubbed her legs and hands, she was eager to get rid of herself. Mai Xiang knew that men and women could not get along with each other in this era, and the other party hugged her for so long today. Afraid that he would rely on him, he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I won't rely on you."

Mai Xiang also has self-esteem.

Huai Ci seemed to be relieved when he heard this, and Mai Xiang was even more panicked when he saw it, so why don't you invite him to see him?

"By the way, your pawn ticket." Mai Xiang remembered her original intention of looking for him, and wanted to get rid of him.

But after Mai Xiang finished speaking, she realized that her purse had been wiped out at some point, not only the pawn ticket was gone, but also the money she earned today was gone, and the clothes on her body were also torn, dirty and torn, Mai Xiang touched her hair, it was also loose, she knew without thinking, she must be in a mess.

"I'm sorry, I lost your pawn ticket. Tell me, is the item on the pawn ticket important?" asked.

"It's my mother's relic."

"What do you do with such an important thing..." Mai Xiang didn't say the following words, because it wasn't that she was desperate, and Mai Xiang wouldn't do this even if she thought Huaici would.

Mai Xiang originally wanted to say that she was acquainted with Tong's family, so she might be able to redeem the things for him, but she was not sure about this matter, so it was better not to give the other party hope.

"Forget it, anyway, I thought it was lost at first, and it's not your fault." Seeing Mai Xiang bowing her head, Huai Ci comforted Mai Xiang instead.

"This is your house? You're the only one in your house?" Mai Xiang changed the subject and looked at the room.

The furnishings are very simple, except for a big kang and a kang table, there seems to be nothing else in the room, but there seems to be a pile of things on the ground, which looks like something for children to play with.

"This house is rented by me."

"Have you opened your own shop?"

"There is no shop, but a stall. I give the shop owner a little rent a day, and he lets me set up a stall at his door, which happens to help him attract some customers. Of course, the things I sell must not be available in his shop."

"You knew you were in business at such a young age?" Mai Xiang was stunned.

"It's not young, you are younger than me. I also worked as an apprentice in the shop for three months, and then I came out to do it myself."

Seeing that Mai Xiang seemed to have some questions to ask, but Huai Ci didn't want to continue the conversation, and said, "You should rest early, I will go out tomorrow morning to hire a car to take you home, we have to leave the city gate earlier, and in addition , your family is probably also very worried, I am afraid that if they go out and report to the officials, they will do something else, and if it gets out, it will be bad for you."

It was only then that Mai Xiang realized that if she went home like this, everyone in the family would know that she had been kidnapped, and if the news spread, her boudoir reputation would be ruined, and the family would be ashamed as well.

"How about this, at dawn tomorrow, you go to the Yongen Baylor Mansion in Xisi Hutong for me, and tell the doorman to find Madam Guan who is next to Fujin, and ask Nanny Guan to bring me clothes , I want her to send me home in person, it will be better."

"Baylor House?" Huai Ci looked at Mai Xiang with doubts in his eyes.

"I met her family, Fujin, by chance at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, and I have a little friendship. When you see Madam Guan tomorrow, ask her not to mention this to Fujin."

Seeing that Mai Xiang didn't want to go into details, Huaici thought of the young masters he met in Liulichang last time. It seemed that Mai Xiang knew them very well, and there must be some secrets that could not be revealed to outsiders.

Thinking of this, Huaici didn't ask anymore, "I understand, let's rest."

After Huaici finished speaking, she hugged a quilt and lay down at the end of the kang, Mai Xiang lay on the head of the kang, each of them covered their own quilts, and there was a kang table in between.

Mai Xiang wasn't worried that Huai Ci would do bad things to her, but she had just gone through a life-and-death test, how could she fall asleep so quickly?
Huaici couldn't sleep either, and he also went through a rather exciting test, and he also learned that his mother's belongings could never be recovered, and the sadness in his heart was uncontrollable.

"You can't sleep either?" Mai Xiang felt Huai Ci's unbearable sadness and asked.

It's a pity that Huaici didn't answer her.

"Why don't you tell me about your mother?" Mai Xiang asked again.

"My mother has nothing to say. I can't remember what she looked like at all. She passed away when I was six years old." Huai Ci finally spoke.

"Six years old? Six years old should have an impression?" Mai Xiang knew that the six years old here refers to five years old, and Mai Xiang already remembered things when she was five years old.

Her answer was silence again.

Of course Huai Ci remembered his mother's last appearance, and because of remembering, he had been sad and missed for so many years, but he didn't want to share these things with an outsider.

"I also miss my mother, very much." Mai Xiang refers to her own mother, her mother in the previous world.

"Go to sleep, and when you wake up, you can see your mother."

"It would be great if it could be done like this." After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she sighed faintly.

Huaici heard a kind of despair from Mai Xiang's mouth, and felt a little surprised, thinking that Mai Xiang's current mother was not her own, but she also had some sympathy for Mai Xiang, no wonder she came out to beg for life at such a young age , It turned out to be a poor person.

(End of this chapter)