The Salty Fish Beauty Concubine Has Great Luck, the Rough General Pampered Her Every Day. – Chapter 292

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第292章 荒野避雨
这些文官,惯会下套,他要是敢打包票,没准儿传回圣上耳边,就会变成他何擎立下了军令状。

刑部侍郎碰了个软钉子,但毕竟何擎身居高位,不是他能惹得起的,所以依旧堆着笑脸,丝毫不敢怠慢。

“丰城路途遥远,本官就不耽搁将军的时辰了,祝将军一路顺风。”

何擎不咸不淡的应了一声,摆摆手,回到队伍里下令出发。

刑部侍郎看着禁军队伍渐渐离开,对着何擎的背影啐了口唾沫。

“呸!不就是仗着是皇后娘娘的亲兄弟,才能得圣上另眼相看,有什么好得意的?”

发完牢骚,刑部侍郎又唤来一名随行官吏,交代道:
“可以去给赵大人送信了,就说沈将军已经离开帝京,他可以去宫里向圣上求情,接回他女儿了。”

小吏应是,满脸欣喜,“大人,这次您卖了赵大人这么大的人情,下个月您述职之后,必定能得到升迁了吧。等到大人高升,还望多提携小的两分。”

刑部侍郎拍了拍小吏的肩膀,“放心吧,咱们这些都是寒门爬上来的,自然要相互帮衬,才能一起走得更远。”

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禁军不能离开帝京十里范围,所以出了地界,何擎和他的十几名亲信换了行装,伪装成某个大户人家去丰城探亲的队伍。

离帝京越来越远,途径之地的驿站也越发的少。

队伍行了半个月,落脚地时常前不着村后不着店。

这日,一场瓢泼大雨落下,明明刚过午后,天空却阴沉得宛若末日。

探路的人折返回来,说前方一里处有间客栈。

一行人便加快速度往客栈去。

昏暗中,驿站门口挂着一盏晕黄的灯笼,因为下雨,烛光无法穿透雨幕,竟是有种似有似无的阴森。

马车刚停在客栈门前,一个撑着伞的女人走了出来,直接在门上挂了一个歇业的木牌。

“姑娘,我们要住店。”

撑伞的女人指了指门上的牌子,然后冲说话的人摆了摆手。

那人浑身被淋湿,犹豫了一下,回身去禀报。

“公子,客栈歇业了,不做生意。”

马车里,何擎和沈御相对而坐。

听见那人的禀报,何擎推开车门,往客栈门口看了一眼。

就见一名农妇打扮的妇人,腰间系着打补丁的围裙,模样倒是清秀,尤其一双眼睛炯炯有神,竟是比门上挂的灯笼,还要亮眼几分。

沈御双眼直视前方,从头到尾连眼神都没有闪一下。

他面上云淡风轻,内心却波澜四起,天知道,刚才他突然看见温婉出现在视野里的时候,险些没藏住眼中的惊讶。

他拢在袖子里的手指狠狠摁在膝上,这才稳住心神。

匆匆一眼,便是万年。

大半个月没见,她似乎清减了些许,不过面色还算不错。

不过,一身妇人装扮的她,为何会出现在此地?

沈御心头疑惑,佯装摩挲拐杖,趁机用余光多看了她几眼。

何擎没有注意到他的异样,向亲信交代:
“告诉客栈老板娘,银钱给够,我等借个避雨的地方便可。”

那人便又走回去,站在台阶下跟温婉说话。

温婉只是一个劲的摆手,似乎并没答应让他们住客栈。

何擎见手下许久没有处理好,索性从一旁拿了伞走下马车。

他手下见他过来,为难的说:“公子,这妇人是个哑巴。”

“哑巴?”何擎倒是诧异了一瞬。

可惜了,模样倒是不错。

些许遗憾闪过,何擎便沉声问温婉:“你可能听见我们说话?”

温婉点点头。

何擎便又问:“我们多给银钱,你却依旧不愿我们住店,难不成,是怕我们是歹人?”

这个问题,似乎对一个哑巴来说,回答起来有些艰难。

温婉思忖些许,抬起手一阵比划。

先是比了比打包行囊,又指了指远处,最后比划着关闭院门。

何擎眉头一拧,猜测道:“你是说,你要准备行囊出远门,所以暂时不开店了?”

温婉连连点头,并毫不吝啬的对他竖起大拇指,用动作表扬了他猜谜成功。

被一个哑巴,竖起大拇指夸奖?
何擎表情一怔,似乎很惊奇。

他淡声问:“这客栈里,只有你一个人?”

温婉摇摇头,转身用力的敲了敲院门。

敲门的声响,惊动了里屋的人,很快,一个瘸腿的老者蹒跚着走了出来。

老者看见门口的马车和一群青年,愣了愣,随即上前行礼。

“诸位客官可来得不巧,这客栈,我们正巧要关门谢客。”

何擎掏出一张银票,“给钱也不让住?”

老者看见银票,眼睛一亮,明显的为银钱动了心。

他看了一眼银票,又看了一眼温婉,很是遗憾的摇头。

“不是老头子我不想挣钱,实在是我儿媳要出远门,老头子腿脚不好,伺候不好各位爷。我收了这银子,却干不下来伺候人的活儿,搞不好银子挣不着,还得把自个儿搭进去。”

何擎又道:“用不着你伺候,我们寻个地方避雨,其他的,我们自己动手。”

一听这话,老者更心动了。

老者装模作样的考虑了一下,问:“各位客官是要去哪里?”

何擎犹豫了一下,说:“丰城。”

老者眼神一亮,“那真是太巧了,我儿子也在丰城做生意,我儿媳就是要去丰城找他。”

顿了顿,老者说:“此地去丰城,还有十来天的路程,我儿媳一个人行路,我本就不放心,如果各位客官愿意捎带我儿媳一程,别说避雨了,你们住店,我不收钱都行。”

“哦?”何擎表情很淡,“这么巧?”

老者笑道:“可不是赶巧了么?唉……我儿媳是个哑巴,要不是同乡传来消息,说我儿在丰城遇到了事,我儿媳也不至于孤身一人赶去丰城。”

老人家说话的字里行间都流露出对儿子的担心,说完之后,又故意拿乔。

许是怕何擎等人不答应,老人家道:“罢了,你们若是不乐意带个妇人,老头子我也不勉强。我们还要进去收拾东西,你们赶紧去下一家吧。”

下一家?
方圆几十里,就这一间客栈。

即便没有下雨,错过这里,他们也只能露宿荒野。

(本章完)

The Salty Fish Beauty Concubine Has Great Luck, the Rough General Pampered Her Every Day.

The Salty Fish Beauty Concubine Has Great Luck, the Rough General Pampered Her Every Day.

咸鱼美妾超好孕,糙汉将军日日宠
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In her previous life, Wen Wan, who worked herself to death from overtime, reincarnated as a concubine of a first-class general and refused to get caught up in the rat race. While the general was away on a campaign for three years, she lived a carefree life as a slacker. Until the matriarch had a nightmare in which the general died on the battlefield without leaving any descendants. The matriarch decided to send the main wife and two concubines to the frontier for breeding. On the way, Wen Wan and the main wife were separated by bandits and rescued by a young lieutenant. The young lieutenant was cornered on a hillside, with a hundred of his own men against three thousand enemy troops. He held a knife to her neck and said, “Rather than fall into the hands of the enemy and be violated to death, I’d rather kill you first to set you free.” Wen Wan replied, “Thank you, you’re quite a nice person!” Gathering her courage, she timidly said, “I know a little about tactics for fighting against overwhelming odds; why not let me give it a try?” Thus, the small squad of a hundred fought their way out and became famous. After a mysterious number of military horses died in the camp, Wen Wan wrote an article titled "On Postpartum Care of War Horses," which doubled the horse population in a year. One day, after successfully flirting with the young lieutenant, she declared with bravado, “Just wait, I’ll go back and divorce that husband of mine, then I’ll take his money to support you so you can live a godly life!” Later, Wen Wan discovered that the husband she wanted to divorce was none other than the young lieutenant… The general, with a faint smile, asked, “I hear… you want to divorce me?” Wen Wan: “…”

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