Qiao Yi

After a long time, Qiao Yi heard the sound of the door opening from the opposite side, and knew that it was the people who lived in the opposite room coming up.

But this time he didn't dare to use his powers to find out what was going on in the opposite room.In case of being discovered, there is no one else here except for a few of them, but there is not even a cover-up. It is difficult to prevent others from suspecting him, so it is better not to take this risk Yes, Qiao Yi thought.

After confirming that the person on the opposite side has no intention of touching them, it is best for them not to take the initiative to cause trouble.

It was getting late and dark, and they could hear the wind outside the house.

The weather is cold, and there is nothing else to do at night except go to bed early.

The candles in the room were blown out, it was pitch black, and the two people around were asleep.Qiao Yi lay on the bed and looked at the roof with her eyes open. She wondered if she slept too much during the day, but she couldn't sleep at night.

"Alas—" I want to sigh inexplicably, I don't know what will be waiting for him after this trip to the capital, and what will happen to the future.It's just that what should come will always come, and you can't hide if you want to hide, so you can only use soldiers to cover up the water and earth.

This night, the snow outside the window is falling quietly.

The person standing by the window put one hand behind his back, standing there looking at the falling snow outside the window, wondering what he was thinking.

As the night passed, the snow on the ground outside became thicker again.

This snow fell for three days and three nights, and they were also trapped in this inn for three days.

It wasn't until the fourth morning that the snow outside stopped.

"drive--"

Hearing the sound of horseshoes going away, Qiao Yi knew that those people in the inn had left.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door of their house, and Wang Dahu went to open the door.Manager Zhang came in and said, "Third young master, the snow outside has stopped, you pack your things here, we are ready to continue on the road."

"Okay, I'm going to trouble you, Manager Zhang." Qiao Yi nodded and replied.

It was light outside, and the group of them got into the carriage and continued on the road to the capital.

Due to the non-stop snow along the road, their carriages walked slowly along the way. In case of snowy weather, they could only stay in the town for a few days and wait until the snow stopped before continuing on the road.

This was the first time he had traveled here, and Qiao Yi did not expect that he would suffer from carriage sickness. Coupled with the cold weather, the exhaustion of the journey along the way caused his body, which he had managed to raise, to completely collapse.Several times, he still had a high fever, which made him dizzy and hot, and he almost gave up his little life on this road.

"Master." Chu Liu waited on their young master in the carriage, seeing their young master's blushing face, couldn't help but shed tears.

Dazed in a daze, he heard sobbing in his ears, and as soon as Qiao Yi opened his eyes, he saw the child's red eyes from crying, and right now he couldn't laugh even if he wanted to.This child knows how to cry whenever something happens, hey... He raised his hand to wipe the tears from the child's chin, and said in a hoarse voice, "Stop crying, the young master is fine."

Chu Liu raised his sleeve and wiped his tears, and said, "Master, let's go back, let's not go to the capital." It's all because those people want their young master to go to the capital, so their young master is so sick!

"We've come so far, it will take more time to go back." Qiao Yi looked helpless.It was hard to come here, and now the way back is farther, it is better to go to the capital earlier, as long as he is not allowed to ride in the carriage, he can stay anywhere.

On the way, Guanshi Zhang knew that the third young master was not in good health, so he would come over to say hello from time to time.

When passing by the small town, he even invited a doctor to come over to show this delicate third young master.It's just that they know that the third young master is in poor health, not suitable for the exhaustion of the boat, and it is not easy to continue on the road, and he is ordered to pick up the servant of the third young master who went to the capital. Zhang Guanshi can only order the driver to go faster on the road, only hope Can successfully take this third young master to the capital.

But even so, they could have traveled to the capital in half a month, but they walked for more than a month, and they didn't reach the capital until the end of winter.

On this day, seeing the gate of the capital from afar, Guanshi Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master, we are almost arriving at the capital." Wang Dahu, who was sitting outside the carriage, saw the city gate and knew that they had arrived in the capital. He said to the people inside the carriage through the curtain of the carriage.

"Oh, we're here?" Qiao Yi, who was sitting in the carriage, was a little surprised when he heard that he had arrived in the capital.He stretched out his hand to lift the curtains of the car, took a look outside, and saw a towering city wall not far away.

After walking for so long, I finally arrived in the capital!

Chu Liu lay down by the window, turned around and said to their young master, "Master, we are here, we are here..."

"Well, it's here." Qiao Yi raised the corners of his mouth, and a smile appeared on his face.

Fearing that the wind would blow to their young master, Chu Liu put down the curtains of the car, and did not allow their young master to open them again.

***

The carriage stopped outside the city gate, and all the people entering the city, as well as their carriages and horses, had to be inspected by the soldiers guarding the city before entering the city.The capital city is divided into four gates in the southeast, north, and west. The east gate is the gate for dignitaries, and ordinary people mostly enter the city through the south gate. There is no need to pay to enter the city, but if there are goods, they must be based on the amount of goods. Pay lijin for entering the city.

When their carriage arrived, there were quite a few people waiting in line outside the city gate to enter the city.

Steward Zhang, who was sitting in the carriage in front, got out of the carriage, came over and said, "Third young master, we have arrived at the gate of the city, we can enter the city later, and return to the mansion later."

Qiao Yi coughed in a low voice, and replied, "Yes, I see."

When it was their turn to enter the city, Guanshi Zhang, while presenting the token, quietly stuffed some tribute money into the inspecting soldiers, and said in a low voice, "My lord, there are three people from our house sitting in the carriage at the back." Young master, the third young master of our family is not in good health, and I hope the masters can help me."

Seeing the token, the official knew that it was a servant of the official mansion in the capital, and the young master of their family was sitting in the carriage.After taking the filial money, the official just lifted the curtain of the car and took a look inside, then waved and said, "Go in."

Qiao Yi, who was in the carriage, smiled when she heard Guanshi Zhang's words.

On the way, Manager Zhang didn't feel sorry for him, probably because he was in poor health, and he was afraid that he would die in the capital.But no matter what, they finally arrived in the capital.

The carriage entered the city smoothly.

There are many cars, horses and pedestrians on the road, and there are shops and teahouses on both sides, and small stalls selling various things on the road.Qiao Yi was sitting in the carriage, listening to the hustle and bustle outside, all kinds of yelling and noisy voices mixed together, he had the feeling of being transported from modern times to ancient times in a trance.

He has been here for three years. During these three years, he has been living in a small village in the countryside, and the people around him are the villagers in the village below.Most of the time, he rarely went out in Zhuangzi, with Chu Liu and Wang Dahu by his side, the days were peaceful and quiet, and three years passed in a blink of an eye.

But now, he has come to the capital of the Great Yan Dynasty, the capital of a country, at the foot of the emperor, the most political and economic center of the Great Yan Dynasty, the most lively and prosperous place, and he has a kind of talent. The feeling of going to ancient times.

The carriage slowly passed through the busy street, the section with the most pedestrians and horses, and it was faster when it reached the section with less people, and finally stopped at the small gate on the side of Qiao's mansion.The main entrance is the door for the owner of the house, and the young masters and ladies of the house usually use this small door on the side when they go in and out.

Guanshi Zhang got out of the carriage and asked the following servant to knock on the door. He stood outside the carriage and said, "Third Young Master, we are here."

Seeing that their young master was about to come down, Wang Dahu stretched out his hand to help him to get down.

Qiao Yi got off the carriage and looked up at the door in front of her. No matter how far the road was, there would always be a time when they reached the end, and they finally arrived in the capital.

Chu Liu, who got off the carriage behind, followed beside their young master.

It's just that the boy who knocked on the door in front of him knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened the door inside, "Guard Zhang, the door didn't open."

Manager Zhang looked a bit embarrassed, not long ago he sent someone back to deliver a letter, saying that the third young master was about to arrive in the capital.Now that they arrived, the door didn't open. Needless to say, the people in the house must have done it on purpose. "Go and shoot."

The boy had no choice but to continue knocking on the door, but no one came to open the closed door, and there was no movement inside.

"Guard Zhang, look, my little one. It should be the doorkeeper walked away." Seeing that the door wasn't open, the young man sneaked a look at the third young master out of the corner of his eye, and said to Guanshi Zhang, "Look at the back, my little one." The small door should be open, why don't we go in through the small door at the back?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Of course Guanshi Zhang knew that there was a small door behind him, but was that door for him? These servants are the door for people to go through. This one is the master no matter what, you let a master go. The door through which the servants go?

Qiao Yi understood at a glance, maybe someone deliberately refused to open the door for him.

When he first arrived in the capital, he didn't know some of the rules here, and naturally he didn't figure out how to get through this gate.Qiao Yi asked with a smile, "I'm new to the capital, so I don't know some of the family rules, so I asked Guanshi Zhang to tell me about it."

In the past, he followed his grandfather to some big mansions. At that time, his grandfather was invited to consult and see a doctor for some important old people.As a master of traditional Chinese medicine, his grandfather will naturally receive the best courtesy wherever he goes, and he always walks through the main gate, so he followed his grandfather to the main gate since he was a child, and he has never walked through any small gates or side gates.

Qiao Yi didn't know much about these rules.

"Third young master." Zhang Guanshi knew that this third young master didn't understand these things when he first arrived in the capital, so he explained to this third young master, "The main entrance is the door through which masters and distinguished guests go. Normally, young masters and ladies go through this There is a side door, and the small door at the back... is the door through which the servants and servants of the mansion go."