sbdcsierra Chapter 116 Xu Haitang's Secret Appointment
Chapter 116 Xu Haitang's Secret Appointment
As soon as I walked over, I heard two people talking.
The tall man frowned, "You and I are the confidants of the Nangong family. The head of the family actually asked us to come to a small country like Beijiang to help the young lady buy porcelain. If we tell others about it, it will really make us laugh."
The round-faced man had a kind face and sighed, "The master dotes on her. He has been thinking about her for fifteen years. She is also Miss Zhiwei's only bloodline... By the way, did the lady give you a letter when you came?"
"Give it to you too?" The tall man raised his thick eyebrows. "I thought it was only given to me!"
The two took out a pair of letters and found that the content was the same!
She asked them to help find a woman named Yueyaer, with scars all over her face, saying that she was her childhood friend.
And they must not let Yueyaer discover their presence, nor talk to Yueyaer. They just need to come back and tell her whether Yueyaer is dead or alive. There can be no delay.
The tall man sneered, "If this Yueya is really your childhood friend, I will eat this piece of paper! I guess this Yueya is most likely your former enemy. Now that you are doing well, you want to see the people you once hated doing badly, and then feel complacent."
The round-faced man also sighed softly, "Miss Zhiwei is such a pure and kind person, how could she give birth to such a daughter? Maybe she was really spoiled outside..."
As they were talking, they rolled up on their mats and went to sleep. Soon, snoring sounds were heard one after another.
Xie Ling narrowed her eyes and returned to the campsite.
It was such a painless thing that I actually met Xu Haitang's men?
They also want to go to Jingde Town.
Then she has to prepare a good gift for Xu Haitang.
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Early the next morning, leader Shen woke everyone up by beating gongs and drums.
"It's already past noon, the sun is shining on your butt. Don't sleep any more, don't sleep any more, get up and get going!"
It was still dimly lit, and everyone's face was filled with the irritability of having just woken up. They went to wash their faces and brush their teeth with sleepy eyes, and in a daze, you bumped into me and I bumped into you.
What's worse, some people just don't wash their face or brush their teeth, and continue to fall asleep, waiting to wake up when they start walking.
The prince's personal guards, led by Wan Qi, were the most aggressive.
Several of them had obviously gotten up earlier than the chickens in the military camp, but they still wanted to show off at this moment.
Wan Qi frowned, his tone full of impatience, "Mr. Shen, it's so early, it's not even daybreak yet, are you in a hurry to reincarnate?"
Leader Shen was so angry that he dared not say anything. He could only patiently explain, "There are so many refugees. If we don't get up early and hurry on our way, we won't be able to enter Jingde Town!"
Wan Qi curled his lips, "Oh, I just don't believe it. We can't defeat those refugees with skin and bones exposed. I can beat ten of them with one kick."
Leader Shen frowned, too lazy to argue with him.
"If you don't believe me, Lord Wan, you can try it yourself. If you want to go with me, go ahead."
Although they were very sleepy, after being exiled for so long, everyone believed in the judgment of Leader Shen.
They all packed their luggage quickly, arranged their formation, and were ready to move forward as soon as their leader Shen gave the order.
Wan Qi looked at Chen Daoyu, "Mr. Chen, are you leaving too?"
Although Chen Daoyu and Wan Qi were colleagues, he had long been fed up with Wan Qi's domineering personality during his exile.
He said coldly: "We are not sleepy."
Wan Qi snorted heavily, turned over with his men and continued to sleep.
They have about a hundred soldiers, and they are afraid of just a few refugees. What a joke!
Xie Ling and the others had no complaints at all, except that the children were a little sleepy. However, they held their parents' hands obediently and followed them on the journey in silence.
Xie Ling looked past the group of refugees and came to the place where she saw the two people yesterday.
The two of them also got up early and set out almost at the same time as Xie Ling and the others.
Xie Ling curled her lips.
That would be easier to do.
After walking for most of the day, the sky finally began to brighten.
Although it was still early in the morning, the sun had just released its first rays of light.
But the entrance to Jingde Town was already bustling with people and noise everywhere you looked.
The higher authorities have issued a decree that only local units above the prefecture level are allowed to lock down cities.
Small towns like Jingde Town are not allowed to be closed, probably to disperse the refugee population.
The streets of the town were filled with refugees, and the area was overcrowded. There were more refugees than official residents.
The town governor was so anxious that his mouth was covered with bubbles. He wanted to drive the refugees out, but he had no troops and his superiors would not allow him to close the town gates.
The refugees could only be allowed to come and go as they pleased, and the originally clean Jingde Town became filthy and in a mess.
The exiled prisoners arrived early and went straight in.
The Jingdezhen Post Station was as shabby as ever, so Xie Ling and her friends found an inn nearby to stay in.
The price is a bit high, but still within an acceptable range.
Of course, the ultimate reason why Xie Ling decided to live here was because of the two men from Dongling Country.
As soon as the two entered the inn, they went into the room, put down their luggage, and hurried out.
Xie Ling had been sitting in the lobby of the inn, waiting and observing the movements of the two.
In the evening, the two came back, each carrying a large box on his back. Xie Ling guessed that it was the porcelain that Xu Haitang wanted.
Xie Ling winked at him, and Qiuyue beside him understood and said loudly, "Yueya, when are we leaving?"
The two men had sharp ears and indeed stopped and listened for a while.
Xie Ling frowned and pretended to be worried. "There are refugees everywhere. Where can we go? Otherwise, let's go back to the fishing village. At least there is a place to go."
Qiuyue said loudly, "Go back to the fishing village? Yueya, what do you think? Aren't you afraid that those people will bully you again?"
The two men looked at each other and sat down at the table next to Xie Ling without saying a word.
He called out, "Waiter, bring me five pounds of cooked beef and one pound of white wine."
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment!"
The waiter came over enthusiastically.
The round-faced man smiled kindly and turned around to ask, "Where are you from, girls?"
Qiuyue's eyes widened, "What does this have to do with you?"
Xie Ling silently gave Qiuyue a thumbs up for her acting skills in her heart.
The round-faced man was not annoyed, and continued to smile, "We are both wanderers in this world, and meeting is fate. Why are you so fierce, girl?"
Qiuyue snorted softly, "We are from a fishing village in the southwest."
The round-faced man nodded, his eyes fixed on Xie Ling, and he was shocked. "Girl, there seems to be a faint scar on your face that has not yet disappeared. I know a little bit about medicine. Do you want me to help you take a look?"
Xie Ling shook her head, her eyes indifferent, "Originally there were a few scars, but I met a miracle doctor who cured them. There is no need to see a doctor anymore."
The scars on Xie Ling's face were fake. If this round-faced man really knew medicine, he would be able to see it.
So Xie Ling decisively refused.
The round-faced man nodded, "Okay."
The tall man at the side snorted coldly, "You can't even walk when you see a woman. How can you achieve anything like this? I'm leaving first. You can talk slowly."
The round-faced man was a little unconvinced, "Brother, why do you say that to me? Hey, don't go!"
He turned around and said to Xie Ling and the others, "Ladies, our dishes are for you. You haven't eaten them yet. I'm leaving now."
Having said that, he hurriedly went to chase his elder brother.
Xie Ling watched the man disappear at the end of the corridor and thought, they are all more dramatic than each other.
Qiuyue's eyes were gleaming, "Miss, was I awesome just now?"
Xie Ling nodded and praised generously, "Great!"
In modern times, she might even be a movie queen.
The two men returned to the room, taking off their frivolous masks. Their faces were sullen and it was impossible to tell whether they were happy or angry.
The round-faced man stroked his chin in thought, "Brother, do you think that little girl is the Yue Yaer we are looking for?"
The tall man narrowed his eyes, "Nine out of ten. No one knows we are looking for Yue Yaer, could it be that there are ghosts eavesdropping on our conversation?"
The round-faced man nodded, "That's true. But how are we going to reply to the young lady? It seems that she has a grudge against Yue Ya'er. If she knew that Yue Ya'er was alive and well, would she be cruel to her?"
The tall man recalled Xie Ling's cold face and said, "I just observed Yue Ya'er's face and she doesn't look like a bad person. Well, let's just do a good deed and tell the young lady that she is dead. Besides, the young lady didn't let us talk to Yue Ya'er, and we said it, so let's leave it at that."
"Okay!" The round-faced man clapped his hands. "We've bought the porcelain, and Yue Ya'er has also found out. Let's hurry back to Dongling. Beijiang is really not a place for human beings to stay. It's full of smoke and miasma."
After saying that, the two of them put down the room money, climbed out of the window, and left in a hurry.
Xie Ling originally wanted to use Yue Yaer to lure Xu Haitang to Beijiang, lure him into a trap, and give him a good beating, so that she wouldn't have to go to Dongling.
Although he had agreed to let Yue Yaer take her place, it was mainly to make her happy.
What Xie Ling was thinking was that it would be enough to expose Xu Haitang's evil plan of usurping the throne and then torture her to the point where she would rather die than live.
Although the Nangong Murong family is powerful and the heir's status is noble, she is not interested.
She believes that she can still be strong on her own.
In the last days, she fought her way up step by step.
Unexpectedly, these two kind-hearted brothers somehow dispelled Xu Haitang's doubts.
It seems that she must go to Dongling in the future.