Chapter 43 Disputes over the guest house
When the four men of one horse arrived at the city, the soldiers guarding the city had already begun to close the city gate.
Xie Li jumped out of the cart and walked up to him. He was about to speak, but he heard the man who was not sure whether it was the commander or some commander and said first: "The city gate is closed, come again tomorrow!"
Grandma Zhao said in the back: "This has not been closed yet. We will not delay all the soldiers when we go there now. Please make some peace."
But the man didn't respond, as if he didn't hear it.
Xie Li was too lazy to talk nonsense to him, so he took out a letter in his arms and held it in front of him.
The man was about to have an attack at that time, but he was obviously a person who recognized the words. After seeing the words "General Huan Young Son (Huan Chong) Junqi, Liangzhou Governor Zhu Xuyan" on the letter, and the bright red seal, his face changed drastically. He immediately bowed and clasped his fists and said, "I don't know that this is a postman's chariot. Please forgive me!"
Xie Li took back the letter and said, "Okay, those who don't know are innocent, let the soldiers disperse, and we will enter the city now."
Just as he was about to come back and continue to lead the horse, Xie Li suddenly thought of something again, and then asked the man: "Where is the inn in the city?"
But the man still lowered his head and replied hesitantly: "Returning to the post station, there was heavy rain half a month ago. The inn in the city has been disrepair for a long time and has been washed away by the heavy rain. It has been... until now..."
"What's wrong so far?"
“To this day…it’s still under renovation…”
Xie Li was speechless. This Yicheng was the main road to Xiangyang to the south. If Xiangyang was not surrounded, most of the letters and letters from all over the country would have to pass through this place. Not to mention that the inn was destroyed, half a month has passed, but it has not been repaired yet!
Xie Li didn't say anything more, and turned around and led the dark horse straight into the city.
After entering the city, Qin Shi and the other three had already got off the cart, and then packed all the clothes they were plastering. Then they asked: "Ali, what did you show the guard just now?"
Xie Li turned around and said, "Mother, this is a letter written by General Zhonglang to General Huan Chong. I showed it to him. Naturally, he thought it was an urgent report from the military in Xiangyang, and then he naturally regarded the child as the postman beside General Zhonglang."
Grandma Zhao, who was standing beside her, then said, "Ali is still smart. Without saying a word, she will be able to control the guards."
"Haha, Grandma Zhao, it is normal for these people who specialize in dealing with people every day to develop such a person. Don't we often meet such people when we were in Xiangyang?"
"What Ali said is, but we old women are used to being honest. There is really no way to meet such people."
Xie Li smiled slightly and said, "I heard from someone in the camp that when dealing with such people, as long as you suppress him from the momentum, you will be able to talk about it later."
Several people chatted while walking, and the pedestrians passing by were also looking at each other. The combination of "carriage" was too eye-catching. If the dark horse was replaced with an old cow, or the carriage was replaced with a canopy, it would not have attracted so much attention.
When he came to a clean guesthouse, he agreed to stay here overnight. Xie Li handed over the carriage to the servants of the guesthouse, ordered to take good care of him, and walked in with the three of them.
It is quite spacious, with five or six low tables on both sides. At this time, several people were sitting kneeling to eat.
Judging from their appearance, most of them are vendors, merchants, and some people who practice medicine and divination.
Generally speaking, in this era, the meal time of ordinary people is usually around Si hour in the morning (9:00 to 11:00) and Shen hour in the afternoon (3:00 to 5:00). Only those who have no farming and have no place to live will eat in this way without regular food.
Moreover, these guesthouses are mostly prepared for them to rest or stay overnight.
When he was on the road, Xie Li discovered that there were signs of guest houses or guest houses in Yicheng. After thinking about it for a moment, he didn't know the reason.
This place is a must-pass place between the two cities of Xiangyang and Jiangling. There are many merchants coming and going between the two cities, so there are naturally more guest houses.
However, in the past two months, Xiangyang City has been besieged by the Qin army and its connections with the outside cities have been cut off, so there are naturally fewer merchants coming and going.
Although many guest houses in Yicheng still have signs, most of them have not even opened the door. Even if there are some, they are basically dirty and messy, as if they have not been cleaned for ten days and half a month.
This one is more satisfied with the company, both from the perspective of scale and hygiene.
After coming to the cabinet and informing the owner of the house, his name, destination and reason for his trip, the owner of the house did not dare to neglect it. He called the servants and asked him to lead a few people to the backyard to choose a room.
Just as a few people were about to come over, they heard a quarrel between a man and a woman coming from the backyard.
The sound was getting closer and closer. After a moment, Xie Li saw two young men wearing tight clothes walking towards him.
The two are similar to their age and look quite similar, like a brother and sister.
The man was slightly taller than him, with a simple hair tied up, and his face was slightly darker. Although he was about the same age as him, there were some edges on both sides of his cheeks.
He has a tall figure and looks much more heroic than himself. If he does not have the aggrieved tone of the present, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as being majestic.
The girl is a little shorter than herself, and she also has her hair casually tied. Her skin is obviously different from Su Huixue, such as she is often outdoors, which is more in line with the health standards in her previous life.
There was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, and it was something Xie Li had never seen before here.
Xie Liguan and his two temperaments are extraordinary, and they are obviously not children of ordinary families. Moreover, they are equipped with long swords on their waists, and they do not seem to be from ordinary wealthy families.
Both of them were quite excited. Although they didn't swear words, the words "silly and stupid" were constantly being used.
The girl's voice was as crisp as a silver bell, which was very pleasant, but the content was: "It's not your fault, am I wrong? Although this pack of coins is not much, it always feels like it when it falls on you, right? Who would have thought that you were so stupid and just being left like this and I don't know when it was!"
The man obviously knew that he was in the wrong, and his tone was not as righteous as a girl. He was obviously a little unwilling to accept the mistake and apologized. He insisted on replying: "Just just a little bit of coins, and I'm not from every family of your daughter, how could I feel? You have some reason to say to me. If you were to take it, it would be another question to say whether we could come to Yicheng!"
"Just that little? Those who say that cost a few hundred yuan, don't you feel that you're stupid or something? Also, what's wrong with me? If you look down on me, let's go out now and show off to see who it is useless!"
Chapter completed!