Chapter 4:

It is estimated that the room where Xiao Youning stayed could not see the sun for many years, and it smelled musty when the windows were open for ventilation. Not far from the kitchen, the smell of oily smoke mixed in when the wind blew in.
The two smells were mixed together and became more pungent. The big bosses in the kitchen still like to talk bad things, and filled their ears with presumptuous laughter.
Yuanguo couldn't stand it first, and closed the window with a snap, and whispered something in her mouth. He went back to Xiao Youning and said, "Girl bear with me. If you don't work in the kitchen at night, you will be quiet."
"When you go out, you don't have to pay so much attention." Xiao Youning sat in a chair, looking tired, and her voice was fluttering.
Yuanguo reached for the teapot and cup on the table, trying to pour a cup for her to quench her thirst, but found that the teapot was empty.
The round-faced maid's eyes widened, and she held the teapot with her anger and went out: "The girl will rest for a while, and I will ask them for water."
Xiao Youning nodded, and after Yuanguo hit the door, she happened to meet a tall young man in Tsing Yi next door with a teapot in her hand.
The two met at the door and glanced at each other. Yuanguo stared at his tall figure, and was about to frown when he saw his eyes glance into their room.
Yuanguo slammed the door shut with a quick response, shocking Xiao Youning inside. The Tsing Yi youth also had a look at her, and then left under her gaze.
"Who are these people, how can they look at other people's houses! I don't know how to do it!" Yuanguo waited for him to walk away, and sipped.
The miscellaneous staff who brought them over had collected the cash, and they were quite diligent. They just happened to bring hot tea, and there were two side dishes on the tray.
Yuanguo looked better, and opened the door to let him take the things in.
Xiao Youning was taken aback just now, and after looking at the maid, she was dumbfounded when she saw her, which prevented the clerk from making a sound. As soon as he raised his head, he ran into the handyman and looked hesitant.
She glanced at the two dishes on the side table that were not fishy, ​​raised her eyebrows, and the cinnabar mole under her right eye jumped slightly.
"The food at the station is light."
The handyman was startled by her deliberately lowered voice, the chopsticks to be put down were not grasped firmly, and rolled onto the table. He hurriedly picked it up and put it away, squeezing out a smile: "This little boy, your accompanying guard said that you don't like meaty fish, so the little one asked the kitchen to make a light delivery. You use it slowly..."
The handyman left his words, took two steps backwards, and walked fast.
Yuanguo on one side was stunned, and then reacted, his face flushed.
"Girl, what do they mean?!"
Does this mean to deduct food from their girl? !
Yuanguo's temperament has always been turbulent, so he rushed out to find someone to reason.
Xiao Youning hurriedly stopped the people: "Close the door and eat."
"girl!"
Yuanguo blushed with anger and his neck was thick, and the corners of his eyes were red.
"Go, close the door." Xiao Youning slowly picked up the chopsticks to clamp the steamed bun, "The meat outside may not be handled well at home. If it is not eaten, it will cause illness. Since my second uncle told them to take care of them. , They often go out, there must be some truth in what they do."
But this is obviously neglect, right? Yuanguo clenched his fist, and finally closed the door angrily, standing straight in front of her with a stiff body.
Xiao Youning bit the steamed bun with thick noodles in his mouth. Apart from being a bit hard, it was not too unpalatable. She greeted the puffed maid and sat down for a meal, and asked about what happened just now.
"What happened when I went out, how did I see someone passing by the door."
Yuanguo bit out a bite of steamed buns and replied, "Girl, the Taoist priest next door and his companion are definitely not good people. The man in Tsing Yi is a practicing family, and he actually looks in our house!"
"Look at us?" Xiao Youning was a little surprised.
"No." Yuanguo said, her eyes widened again, "Girl, do you think they are pretending to be criminals who flee from the crime? Didn't you say that someone pretended to be a Taoist priest and robbed the house!"
Xiao Youning was amused by her exaggerated expression, and slowly said: "How is it possible that the official posts cannot be faked. The officials in the capital, no matter how far they can be deceived by the fugitives, will definitely investigate them before they come and go, maybe the one in Qingyi is Is it assigned to that road to a long distance?"
"It's also..." Yuanguo answered vaguely with a bun wrapped in her mouth.
There was a movement of opening and closing the door next door. It should be the person they discussed earlier returned. Yuan Guo listened attentively, still feeling uncomfortable with what had happened just now, thinking that she must be alert at night.
And Jian Yin, who came back with a pot full of hot tea, closed it, and reported to Ye Shen: "Fifth Lord, the girl next door did not recognize us, so she was actually escorted out by the second master of Xiao Family. I was in the lobby just now. Seeing her guard eating meat and drinking in the lobby, she recognized people. Didn’t the two brothers of the Xiao family always disagree? This is really a miracle. Miss Xiao is disguised as a man, and she doesn’t know where she is going?"
Ye Shen didn't even lift his eyelids. He took the tea he poured, glanced at it, and put it back.
Jianyin knew that his master's picky problem was guilty again, and said helplessly: "Fifth Lord, the water is not good, but I will wash the pot a few times. We brought the tea by ourselves, and you will have it."
After he finished speaking, Jianyin saw that the picky master stretched out his hand again, reluctantly took a few sips, and then put aside the intention of not touching.
Jianyin felt that it was difficult for him to stand as such a master.
Since I was young, I am not exaggerating to say that he is as precious as the prince in the palace, and he needs to be fine in everything. Although he will be patient when he is forced to go outside, he should be picky and picky, and his temper will be bigger than usual and he can't mess with it at all.
"She may be going to Datong." The picky son-in-law suddenly said, got up and walked to the side of the bed, pinched the quilt with to the end of the bed, and lay down in his clothes.
The sword sound that was muttering for a long time in his heart was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was answering the question just now, with a strange expression.
The fifth master of their family seems to be in a bad mood as he didn't think, and he has nothing to do with him!

Xiao Youning had been running around since the morning, riding in the carriage for the whole afternoon, as if she was about to fall apart. Hastily used the dinner delivered by the clerk, simply washed, and fell asleep next to the pillow.
I was not stable in my sleep, and for a while, there was a scene of war, with fire and screams everywhere. For a while, it was the father and elder brother who were covered in blood and fighting with others. Many people waved their swords at them. She shouted at them desperately to make them run, but she could only watch her father and brother fall in a pool of blood.
At the moment when her father and brother fell, she woke up from the nightmare and looked at the black hole in the void, covered in cold sweat.
She secretly clenched her hands, comforting herself in her heart, that dreams and reality are opposite.
After meditating on self-hypnosis for a long time, Xiao Youning broke away from the horror. Hearing the snoring sound of Yuanguo sleeping outside, she felt relieved and closed her eyes.
When she closed her eyes, she felt that her cover was torn by something, and in the silent night, she made a gnawing sound.
She was terrified, thinking of something, kicked and shouted: "Yuanguo!"
Yuanguo was awakened by her shout, and immediately sat up, with the dagger in her hand lying in front of her.
As Xiao Youning kicked the quilt away, a small black shadow flashed in front of her, and then the black shadow slammed to the ground and squeaked twice.
Mouse? !
Xiao Youning heard the voice clearly, and gave a violent goose bump. Yuanguo had already got out of bed to light up the oil lamp, just in time to see that the mouse was about to drill down into the closet, and stepped on its tail with a quick foot, and squeaked it, struggling no matter what.
Yuanguo is a bold man, not afraid of this little thing at all. He wanted to end it with a dagger, but he was afraid that the blood would scare Xiao Youning again, and he simply bent over and lifted the mouse's tail and opened the window to throw it out.
Without knowing a probe, he found that the window next door was not closed.
She looked down at the struggling black mouse, smiled gloomily, aimed directly at the mouse and threw it, and then closed the window softly.
Seeing her turn around to clean her hands, Xiao Youning asked with lingering fear: "Is it lost far? I won't climb back again!"
Yuanguo smiled and said: "Definitely not, I hold the girl's feet to sleep, girl don't be afraid..."
Suddenly a curse rang out next door, the voice was loud and clear across the wall.
Then came the sound of stomping, chasing, and the sound of something slamming down.
Xiao Youning stared at the wall and blinked her sleepless eyes: "The mouse went next door?"
Yuanguo took the oil lamp to the head of the bed and smiled happily: "Follow him, we'll be fine if we don't come anyway." After taking revenge, she was relieved!
After Ye Shen pushed onto the clothes hanger, Jian Yin finally pierced the mouse that fell from the sky and slapped his face and fled around. He picked it out the window and threw it out, and then put the window in Ye Shen's eyes like a knife. close.
"Fifth Lord, this mouse was thrown over next door!"
Jianyin held the sword and wanted to think about the past.
The room tasted bad, so he was afraid of stuffing their fifth master, so he simply opened the window, so he stayed by the window to sleep. First I heard the movement of the window next door, and then the mouse appeared.
It was not lost next door, can it really fall from the sky?
Ye Shen finally fell asleep and was awakened. He stretched out his hand and pressed his temple heavily, and his thin lips uttered two words: "Shut up."
Jianyin succumbed to death, thinking to himself, the people next door are really black-hearted, calculating them again and again. This is the old hatred add new hatred!
In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Youning had eaten breakfast and walked out of the post station full of energy and got on the carriage ready to set off.
Ye Shen and Jianyin came out at the same time. Both the master and servant were cold. Ye Shen still had an obvious black green in his eyes, and he didn't rest well.
In contrast, Xiao Youning is like a flower blooming on the branches in March, full and bright.
Xiao Youning turned her head back when she heard the movement behind her, but only saw Ye Shen's back into the carriage, and then she was thrown gray by the canopy carriage that had left first.
"Cough cough cough..." Xiao Youning coughed from the dust.
"Crazy man! Don't you have eyes!" Yuanguo helped her get along, and itchy at the carriage that was going away.
"Young master, get on the bus, or else it will be delayed and it will be too late for the next station." The coachman urged.
Xiao Youning hurriedly got into the car, and before she could sit still, she threw the whip with a ‘driving’ outside, and she almost fell over her head.
Yuanguo yelled, she was about to call out to be more careful. She held her arm and shook her head to signal not to speak.
Xiao's parents didn't communicate with each other at first, and she was surprised by today's help. These people have to protect her for a long journey, and there is no need to be too ruthless.
And the master is not her.
Xiao Youning had never suffered such grievances before, including the food they asked to deliver last night. But she knows that life is not all smooth sailing, only asking for news from father and brother is a major event, and nothing else is worth mentioning.
Seeing her forbearing grievances, Yuanguo remembered that she was at home before, and she felt distressed even if she lost her hair.
In the next few days, Xiao Youning never met Ye Shen, who had thrown her gray face. Every day, he was thrown over by a carriage, and then fell to bed and fell asleep.
The more I set off in the direction of Datong, I met more and more refugees on the road.
In twos and threes, or in groups, begging on the side of the road.
Today, there was an unexpected situation. Some refugees rushed up when the carriage slowed down due to potholes on the road. In the chaos, a thin and wounded hand reached into the window, scaring Xiao Youning into sweat on his palms.
Fortunately, the guards on horseback surrounded quickly, drew their swords to frighten the crowd away, and the carriage moved forward smoothly.
After Xiao Youning walked out of Xu Yuan, she lifted the curtain and looked back, and the voice of the guard sounded above her head: "I thought the young man would give some charity to these people just now."
She raised her head and slammed into the guard's unexplained look, her hands on her knees were secretly clenched, and then she was annoyed: "I was shocked just now. I haven't recovered. It's time to give alms. They estimate it will be a long time. I'm not full."
The guard heard the words but did not speak any more, and she also put the curtain down, a heart pounding, with countless thoughts in her mind.