Chapter 284

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren followed the waiter's hand and looked over, Yao Zheyu's servant, he didn't know what he was here for.

When the boy heard the voice, he must have been waiting for a long time. The boy's face was a little stiff, "Zhou Xiucai, Mrs. Zhou."

Zhou Shuren looked at the box in the boy's hand, "What's the matter?"

The boy waited for a long time, he just wanted to go back quickly after delivering the things, "Young master gave this to Zhou Xiucai, and the young master said that there will be no debts in the future, please Zhou Xiucai take it."

Zhou Shuren reached out to take the box, "Please go back to the son for me, Zhou understands."

The boy thought that he would have to say something before sending it out, but he didn't expect it to go so smoothly, "Then I'll go first."

Zhou Shuren, "Please."

After the servant left, Zhulan and Zhou Shuren went upstairs and went back to the room. Zhulan looked at the box. She and Zhou Shuren knew that it would be better for them to follow Yao Zheyu in the capital, especially Yao Zheyu, who was a bit black now.

Zhulan closed the door, Zhou Shuren had already opened the box, "Come and have a look."

Zhulan walked to the table and saw that the box was full of banknotes, and they were all in large denominations. Zhulan poured them out and counted them, "It's really ten thousand taels of silver bills. I thought Yao Zheyu had lost his life-saving grace Woolen cloth!"

Zhou Shuren, "This only shows that Yao Zheyu hasn't been completely blackened yet, but after repaying the grace of saving his life, the last bit of warmth in Yao Zheyu's heart disappeared."

Zhulan was a little worried, "Go to the convoy tomorrow, let's leave as soon as possible, I don't know if Yao Zheyu avoids people to give the money, don't let Yao Zheyu implicate you as cannon fodder."

It's a pity that Yao Zheyu has changed, and her and Zhou Shuren's plan fell through. Although getting the money is considered a happy event, compared with joy and danger, life is more important.

Zhou Shuren was also worried about this matter, "This time I went out with bad luck, the trip was not smooth, and the trip to the capital was not particularly smooth. Although I brought wealth, it was always accompanied by life-threatening. It is indeed better to leave as soon as possible."

Zhulan looked at the bank note in her hand, she had money now, but unfortunately she didn't dare to spend it, not only because they were in a hurry to get out of Beijing, but also because they had already spent too much today, the eyes of Yazi and Deng Xiucai were all confused today. changed.

At this end, the young man returned to the Hou's mansion, "My lord, the box has been delivered, and Zhou Xiucai took it, without looking at what it is."

Yao Zheyu dropped the book in his hand, "Understood, go down!"

The boy lowered his head and carefully closed the door and went out.

Yao Zheyu was the only one left in the room. Yao Zheyu sneered, and he was laughing at himself. After thinking about it for a long time yesterday, he decided to repay the favor of saving his life. He changed, and he just accepted the box without asking what it was. He is really sharp.

It's a pity that he is a young scholar, not from the capital city, so he is useless at all. I close my eyes and recall the secret conversation between my grandfather and my father, heh!

Early the next morning, Zhou Shuren went to look for the convoy early. He was lucky. There are many convoys leaving Beijing these days, and there are convoys leaving the city every day. In the afternoon, there is a convoy going to the Northeast. However, there are no extra carriages and coachmen, and the escorts are too busy. Need to hire yourself.

After discussing with Zhulan, Zhou Shuren and Zhulan decided to buy two carriages and only need to hire coachmen and bodyguards.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren went to Beicheng where horses and carriages were sold. The two of them didn't know much, so they could only give Yazi more money to help buy two better horses.

The horses sold in Beicheng are not expensive horses.

Most of them are domestic horses, specially used to pull carriages to transport goods. Even ordinary horses are expensive, fifty taels a horse, not counting carriages, plus seventy taels of carriages.

Horse-drawn carriages and vehicles in ancient times also needed to be registered at the Yamen, and carriages used to transport people over long distances were still under control, and not everyone could do the work of pulling carts.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren were willing to spend money in order to leave earlier, and they found horses, carts, bodyguards, and coachmen all morning.

Zhulan ordered a lot of sauced meat and roast chicken at the inn.

After settling accounts with the inn in the afternoon, the two left the capital in a carriage and followed the convoy.

Because the convoy was not a caravan escorting goods, but a team leaving Beijing to return home, the convoy drove fast, and did not stop the carriage to rest until it was dark.

Zhulan bumped all afternoon, her whole body was brittle, and she lost her appetite to eat, so she lay down to rest after eating a chicken leg.

Zhou Shuren and Zhulan hired four bodyguards. If they were not afraid of being too eye-catching, they would like to hire more. The two of them really cherish their lives. Is it just to live long? I don't want to be cannon fodder for innocent people.

On the first night, Zhulan and Zhou Shuren didn't sleep much, because they were not far enough from the capital.

The next day, just after dawn, the motorcade announced that it was going to leave. There was no time to prepare breakfast. After a simple wash, the motorcade set off.

I was on the road all day, and I didn't take a break at noon. The only stop was not to rest the horse, but to solve the three emergencies and fetch water.

The convoy drove fast, and arrived at the first post that night, and the speed was so fast that it flew off.

Zhulan ate dinner and lay on the bed, "If we follow this speed, the time we need to go back will be cut in half."

Zhou Shuren, "When I came here, I didn't have time to go back to my hometown. If I go back and pass by my hometown, I will leave the team at my hometown."

"I'm just thinking about going back to see my parents."

Zhou Shuren put his arms around Zhulan, "Go to sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow to hurry."

Zhulan didn't have a good rest yesterday, and couldn't sleep due to the bumps in the car during the day, so she fell asleep in a daze. Although she fell asleep, she didn't dare to sleep too deeply. it is good.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it will be seven days later. After seven consecutive days of running around, the children couldn't bear it and got sick several times. There was no other way. The team arrived in the county to rest for two days.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren also looked disheveled. If the two of them hadn't insisted on exercising, they would probably have fallen ill.

Although suffering, the journey has already gone halfway, Zhou Shuren and Zhulan can finally feel at ease, little people like them have not attracted attention, so they don't have to worry about being cannon fodder.

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren's hearts relaxed, and they slept in the dark on the first day, sleeping and resting for twelve and ten hours.

I didn't make up for my sleep the next day, but I slept a little too much, and I couldn't sleep anymore.

Zhulan's nerves were no longer tense, and she had a lot of money in her hand. She couldn't hold back her hands that wanted to spend money, and suggested, "Let's go shopping in the town. I didn't buy any good things in the capital. Go to town and buy some more presents to go back."

Zhou Shuren didn't want to lie down anymore, "Okay."

Zhulan's first target jewelry store, now that she has money in hand, she can buy more jewelry for her daughter and prepare the dowry in advance, and also buy some for herself.

Zhulan prefers jade, but not pearl jewelry, because in modern times, I see too many artificially cultured pearls, not to mention round and big, and they are also very cheap, so I really don't like pearls much.

Zhulan chose three pairs of jade bracelets, some hairpins inlaid with gold and jade, and finally bought some delicate hairpins for the little girls.

A total of one hundred taels of silver was spent.

Then the two went shopping again, and Zhulan bought some more fabrics, but didn't buy anything else.

Back at the inn, Zhou Shuren didn't speak when he saw Zhulan playing with the jewelry, and asked, "What are you thinking?"