Chapter 236 There’s something wrong with this place
After a while, Xue Ting and his party came out of the inn.
Xue Ting, Qing Lang and Chang Yi all wore half-face masks, covering their eyebrows and eyes, leaving only half of their faces.
Because Long Baoer was too young, there was no mask suitable for her. So what the waiter brought back was a face covering similar to a bead curtain.
I don’t know what the strings of red beads are made of, but they look very nice and the color is translucent.
There are laces on both sides, pass over the ears and tie gently behind the head.
The small red beads complemented Long Baoer's fair skin.
Xue Ting didn't want to let his sister walk, so he just carried her away.
They came out of the inn and headed towards the busiest street market pointed out by the waiter.
And Xue Ting also had some doubts in his heart, and just wanted to explore the truth.
The group of them left, but after the little maid watched the carriage of Xue Ting and his group enter the inn, she went back to report the news, and did not see Long Baoer and the others leaving the inn a moment later.
When the young lady sends someone to invite them again, there will still be no sign of Xue Ting and his party in the inn.
In the prefect's yamen, when the young lady heard her subordinates coming to report, she immediately smashed the tea cup in her hand.
"Why not?" The lady said with a cold face.
"Miss, it's really not the case. We have asked all the shopkeepers and waiters there, and there has never been such a group of people staying in the inn today." The waiter said, glancing towards the maid, "Isn't that right? Sister Chunxing, did you remember it wrong?"
After the boy finished speaking, he quickly lowered his head.
He didn't dare to say too much, because their young lady had a very bad temper.
Just say something to choose yourself. If you say too much, you may be scolded or even beaten.
Sure enough, after hearing the boy's words, the young lady's eyes glanced at Chun Xing.
Recalling that when he sent her to follow the young man on the street, Chun Xing tried to shirk the responsibility in every possible way, and even belittled the young man as not worthy of her.
snort. Now it seems that this is Chun Xing's deliberate trick.
The young lady's eyes swept over her coldly, causing Chun Xing to tremble all over. Then she opened her mouth in panic, "Miss, young lady, Chun Xing is unjust. Chun Xing really followed him and saw them entering the inn. Xing doesn’t dare to deceive the young lady!”
The lady thought about it.
This Chun Xing is a servant of her family, and she holds the contract of sale.
How dare she do this?
However, it may also be due to pride.
Looks like it needs a good beating.
Chun Xing was trembling beside her. Seeing that the young lady had not spoken for a long time, she raised her head uneasily and her face was full of tears. "Miss, young lady, Chun Xing is really not talking nonsense. Chun Xing is willing to go out and look for her again."
"Huh." The young lady hummed, but she didn't look at Chun Xing, but at the boy. "Take your brothers and search in various inns in the city."
"Yes!"
"Wait!" The young lady stopped the young man who was about to turn around, and ordered again, "Go to the city gate first and ask if there has ever been a group of people like this."
"Yes!"
When the servants of the prefecture's Yamen began to inquire about Xue Ting and his party in the city, Xue Ting was shopping in the market with Long Baoer, Qing Lang and Chang Yi in his arms.
They have visited several nearby markets. The current market, which specializes in selling all kinds of sundries, is obviously a lot more shabby than the other more lively markets. Those who set up stalls and those who came to purchase The people all look like ordinary people.
Compared with the bustling street markets and the brightly dressed people, this place is obviously more real.
Although Xue Ting and the four of them had changed their clothes, they were still dressed simply, just ordinary commoners. This makes them not too conspicuous among the crowd.
"Second Young Master Xue, let's..." Qinglang said.
Xue Ting made a silent gesture, "When we go out, don't call me young master. Qingfeng, you are younger than me, so just call me Brother Xue."
"Okay, Brother Xue, is there any purpose for us to come here?"
Xue Ting nodded slightly, "I think something is wrong here, so I want to walk around more."
Qinglang scratched his head, but he didn't notice anything, "What's wrong?"
"Did you see the streets we were able to walk through just now?"
"Ah."
"There are obviously so many people selling rice dumplings, but there are very few people dipping them in sugar to eat them. Only some restaurants provide some." Xue Ting explained in a low voice.
"Is there anything wrong with this?" Qinglang was still confused. "Maybe people here don't like sweets?"
"No." Xue Ting shook his head with a smile.
The people of the Yujin Dynasty were not so wealthy, so sweetness was what most people pursued.
But here, Xue Ting observed carefully, and it was obvious that it was not that people didn't like sweets, but that they couldn't afford them and couldn't eat them.
At least those shops that sell candies and snacks, the sweet fragrance wafts out, most people will look sideways, and the children will circle around and refuse to leave.
After listening to Xue Ting analyze it for him, Qinglang finally understood what the other party meant.
"I understand, you're saying that people here don't want to eat sweets, but they can't afford them." Qinglang looked at Xue Ting's nod and asked again in confusion, "But this is not that strange, because the people here People are very poor and cannot afford to eat.”
Xue Ting stopped and pointed towards a mountain not far away, "Have you looked at the mountain over there?"
Qinglang followed Xue Ting's hand and looked over.
There are no too tall mountains here, just some rolling hillsides of reasonable height.
"Where is what place?"
"We are the largest sugar cane plantation in the Yujin Dynasty." Xue Ting said lightly.
Although he has never been to this place, they are a family of military commanders.
As a military commander, what is most important?
Soldiers, food and grass are important, but maps are equally important.
Without a map, fighting is like a blind man searching for death.
The Chang family conquered the world with the Holy Ancestor Kai Guo. Apart from the most detailed map in the country, only the Chang family has a copy of it.
Their map is not only complete, but also constantly revised and accurate according to Chen Yan's business trip every year.
As the younger generation of the Xue and Chang family, Xue Ting naturally knew this map by heart.
After finding the landmarks, the map of this area automatically appeared in my mind.
"That's it!" Qinglang also understood.