frightfiction Chapter 440 Return to the Capital
Chapter 440 Return to the Capital
Along the way, with Gao Shen and the others by their side, Xie Jiaojiao and the others felt much more relaxed.
At least I can sleep well on this journey.
Gao Shen pulled two horse-drawn carts with things that he planned to sell along the way. He would sell some and buy some at the same time, so that he would have money for the journey and could even make some money when he reached his destination.
Many of them are furs, which are very popular on the road. Although it is almost spring, the north is still covered with ice and snow, and it is very cost-effective to buy furs at this time, so business is pretty good along the way.
When they arrived at Xueyuan Town where Xie Jiaojiao and the others had lived before, Gao Shen looked at the restaurant that had been burned to ashes in surprise.
"Oh, I wonder who has gotten rid of this evil for the people."
"What's the matter? Brother Gao has been cheated by this store before?" Xie Jiaojiao asked.
Gao Shen waved his hand: "I didn't, but my friend was robbed by them. Fortunately, he was lucky enough to escape. He also reported it to the authorities, but this place is too far from the county government, and no one cares!"
At this time, Li Yan'er asked him with a smile: "Then Brother Gao, guess who is the one who got rid of the evil for the people?"
Gao Shen glanced at Xie Jiaojiao and the others with a mysterious look in his eyes: "Could it be you?"
Xie Jiaojiao laughed: "Is it so obvious?"
Gao Shen laughed a few times.
"I never thought that my sister had this ability."
Xie Jiaojiao waved her hands quickly: "No, no, it's all thanks to Xu Shan and Zuo Cheng!"
Gao Shen shouted to his men to set up the stall, and they helped shout and sell goods. Soon some people gathered around.
Gao Shen said with emotion: "You don't know, this Snowfield Town used to be very lively, many vendors were willing to do business here, but I don't know when, the owner of this inn suddenly changed, since then, every time the merchants who came to Snowfield Town to do business always disappeared, one or two of them ran away, saying that this inn was a black shop, not only robbing people's money, but also killing people and taking captives, so everyone was afraid of this place. I usually do business here too, even if I pass by here, I always leave after doing business, and never dare to stay here overnight."
After saying that, he looked at Xie Jiaojiao again: "Maybe you are lucky."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded in agreement.
It was almost noon and there were not many people left in the town, so Gao Shen led them on their journey.
Xie Jiaojiao was still very nervous on the way, fearing that a group of people would jump out and shout that they wanted to kill them. She was afraid of implicating Gao Shen, so she simply chose to go on a smooth road. After walking for a while, she saw many horse and donkey carts parked there.
Gao Shen hurried down to ask about the situation.
One of them said, "Who the hell buried so many animal traps in the snow? The horses are injured!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the owner of the donkey cart next to him also started cursing.
The green bamboo poked its head out and then quickly retracted it.
Xie Jiaojiao and the others could only pretend to be confused.
Gao Shen rode over on his horse and said, "Girl, I'm afraid we're going to be delayed on the road. Someone has hidden a lot of traps under the snow on the road ahead. We have to clear them before we can go on."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded in pretended surprise.
"Aunt, that clip..."
Li Yan'er quickly covered A Tian's mouth: "Shh, don't let others know about this."
A Tian nodded immediately and pursed his lips.
That little look is so cute.
Gao Shen led his men to sweep a long distance with wooden sticks and set up several animal traps. Seeing that no traps appeared after walking for a long time, he turned around and told the team to continue.
Cuizhu took a money bag and got off the carriage, and gave ten taels of silver to each of the horse-drawn carriage and the donkey-drawn carriage.
The two were very surprised. Why give them the money?
Cuizhu smiled and said, "My wife is kind-hearted. Seeing that you two have suffered such an unexpected disaster, she wants to help you."
After saying this, he ignored the looks from the two men and got on the carriage and left.
The two looked at the carriage.
The coachman asked, "Do you think her wife has too much money and has nowhere to spend it?"
The donkey driver threw the silver into the air and said, "Why do you care so much? Who knows, maybe the other person is really kind-hearted?"
The two men bowed their hands towards Xie Jiaojiao's carriage to express their gratitude.
The group walked slowly towards the capital.
During this journey, there was no one trying to chase or assassinate them, which was surprising.
Gao Shen didn’t go to the capital: “Sister, how about you arrange for someone to go to the city to inquire about your relatives, and we will wait for you here?”
Xie Jiaojiao thought about it, nodded slightly, and then arranged for Xu Shan and Zuo Cheng to disguise themselves and go into the city to inquire.
But before a quarter of an hour had passed, Xu Shan came back with great joy.
Called them all to the side.
"As soon as I entered the city, I heard from the people in the city that the eldest prince brought a group of soldiers to the palace to rescue the emperor a few days ago. The queen, the crown prince and the rebels were all captured and thrown into the dungeon by the people led by the eldest prince! Moreover, His Majesty took his last breath and passed the throne to the eldest prince. The eldest prince has now ascended the throne as emperor!"
When Jiang Ruonan heard this, his eyes lit up and a rare smile appeared on his lips.
"That means Dad succeeded!"
Xu Shan nodded.
Jiang Ruonan couldn't wait any longer: "Cousin, let's go into the city, Dad and the others must be waiting for us!"
Xie Jiaojiao nodded.
Without further ado, he turned to Gao Shen and said, "Brother Gao, we may not be able to travel together from now on. Xu Shan has heard that the crisis of our relatives has been resolved, so we have to return to the capital to reunite with them."
Hearing her say this, Gao Shen was also happy for her: "If that's the case, then congratulations, sister, for being able to reunite with your family."
Jiang Weinan bowed in thanks.
"After seeing our relatives, we will also set off back to Jiangnan, and we will meet in Jiangbo City then."
Gao Shen also bowed and said, "See you later."
Xie Jiaojiao and the others said goodbye to Gao Shen and his caravan one by one, then drove their carriages towards the city.
Everyone was extremely happy.
"I'm finally going to see my parents, grandparents, and grandparents!"
Li Yan'er also touched their heads happily.
But when they arrived at the Prime Minister's residence, everyone was stunned.
I saw a white mourning banner hanging above the tall door.
Manager Wang at the door had already seen them and immediately ran up crying with joy.
When they were escaping, he felt that he was too old and was afraid of holding Xie Jiaojiao and the others back, so he did not follow them.
"Master, Madam, you are finally back."
Jiang Weinan pointed at the mourning banner and asked, "Who died?" He didn't even realize what he said, and his voice was trembling slightly.
Steward Wang wiped his tears and said, "Yes...it's the old man and the aunt!"
The eyes of several people suddenly turned red.
Li Yan'er almost couldn't stand still.
Jiang Ruonan didn't believe it and ran in directly.
He shouted, "Grandfather! Grandma!"