The carriage had already left Lingsheng Street and arrived at Qianmen Street. Li Baolu raised the curtains and lay on the window staring at the snacks outside. She also kicked Gu Jingyun: "Go and look over there, and if you see something you want, ask Erlin to buy it."

Gu Jingyun looked at the food box on the table, Li Baolu immediately picked it up and put it aside, and said calmly: "This can be saved for lunch."

What a joke, they all came out, of course they have to eat the food on the street, why are they still bitterly eating the breakfast they brought from home?

Gu Jingyun had no choice but to open the car window on the other side, saying that he chose his favorite food, but it was to help Li Baolu choose her favorite food.

Here Gu Jingyun just ordered a basket of soup dumplings for Li Baolu, while Li Baolu had already ordered several in one go and paid for it with a handful of copper coins.

Fortunately, it was still early in the morning and there were few people on the street. Li Baolu lay down by the car window and ordered directly. The vendor wrapped the things and handed them to her.

In addition to some breakfasts that can be wrapped in lotus leaves or oiled paper, Li Baolu also ordered a bowl of steamed pork and two bowls of sweet bean curd. As for the bowls, Li Baolu quickly took them out from the luggage beside her.

Ru Ning is in Henan, and Kaifeng has to travel south for two days to arrive. From the capital, it takes about six days on a fast horse, but it takes at least ten days by horse-drawn carriage. How could Li Baolu not bring a bowl?

There are not only bowls, pots and various ingredients, but also a small table on the carriage. As long as Erlin drives the carriage well, they can have breakfast as if they were at home.

Gu Jingyun silently took out the copper coins to pay the bill, watched Li Baolu order half a street of snacks, and went straight out of the city gate before retracting his head regretfully to prepare for the meal.

Li Baolu handed him a bowl of still warm tofu curd, and said, "We are still growing, so we should eat more."

Gu Jingyun took it silently, put it down after eating half a bowl, swept the piled up table, and finally chose to eat the soup dumplings he ordered.

The soup in the soup dumpling was hot and tender, Gu Jingyun bit off the skin and sucked up the soup first, and then divided into three bites to finish the steamed stuffed bun.

He clipped Li Baolu and said, "It's not worse than those in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

Li Baolu tasted one, her eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly, "It's delicious, but it's a pity there's only one cage."

"..." Gu Jingyun silently glanced at the mountain of food on the table, and asked, "Can you finish eating?"

"I can't finish it now, but I can definitely finish it before noon."

For a girl of thirteen or fourteen, her stomach is a bottomless pit, and she is greedy, how could she not finish it?

Gu Jingyun has always been self-disciplined, but under Li Baolu's influence, he couldn't help but finish a bowl of bean curd, five soup dumplings, and a bun with pork belly sandwiched in it. Jiamo, he couldn't help but patted her hand, "Don't eat too much, eat it later."

Li Baolu sniffed, "How fragrant!"

"Master, madam!"

"What's the matter?" Li Baolu opened the window and glanced out, and at a glance, she saw Shun Xin who was driving a carriage and glaring at them with grievances. When she saw Li Baolu, Shun Xin almost burst into tears, "Madam, you are finally here." !"

Zhao Ning had already heard the movement and opened the curtain of the car. He knocked on Shun Xin's head and jumped off the carriage, bowing and saying: "Master, sir, the students have been waiting here for a long time."

Li Baolu looked at him from the car window, "What are we waiting for?"

"The Master said: If there is something to do, the disciple will do his best. If the master wants to go out, the disciple will naturally accompany him to serve him."

Li Baolu pointed at him, "Speak humanly."

"Students want to go to Runing with their husbands, so they can travel all the way without missing their studies."

Gu Jingyun's faint voice came out, "Have you asked for leave from the academy?"

"Yes, I have already taken a long vacation, and it doesn't matter if I come back to class after the Chinese New Year."

He has already passed the Juren exam, and there is only so much that the masters of the academy can teach him, not to mention that he has a personal master, so as soon as he asked for a leave of absence to travel with his husband, the academy immediately approved the leave.

It is important to study in an academy, but it is also important to travel and gain knowledge.

Li Baolu turned her head to look at Gu Jingyun, seeing him nodding slightly, she waved her hand outside, "Okay, get in the car and follow."

Zhao Ning happily turned around and was about to get in the car.

"Wait," Li Baolu saw the breakfast food in the car and asked, "Have you had breakfast yet?"

"No," Shun Xin rushed ahead of Zhao Ning and said, "Young master, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up. We came out as soon as the academy opened this morning, and we only had time to drink hot water..." Who would have thought that Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu, who always rush to get up early, would come out like this It's time to leave the city gate, and they have been blowing the cold wind here for more than half an hour, is there any reason?

"I didn't eat it," Li Baolu chuckled, "Master, I have it here, my good disciple, come and receive the reward."

Zhao Ning stepped forward helplessly.

Li Baolu stuffed more than half of the breakfast food that she had no chance to eat to Zhao Ning and Shun Xin, and distributed the rest to Er Lin, so the carriage was quite empty.

As for the vacancy, the reason why Li Baolu bought dried pork, dried apricots, chestnut cakes and other snacks is that they are sorted and placed in the corner of the carriage waiting for her arrival.

Gu Jingyun knew that she was a foodie, and he didn't dislike the mixed smell in the car. He opened the window and fixed the curtains, letting the autumn wind blow slowly.

He sat cross-legged on the heavily padded car, took out the chessboard and played chess by himself.

Li Baolu was tired of looking at the scenery on her side, so she sat cross-legged opposite him and said, "I'll accompany you."

Gu Jingyun gave her the white chess and asked her to play first.

Li Baolu picked up a chess piece and landed it in the middle of the board, and asked, "How long are we going to stay outside this time?"

"Go back to Beijing before the Chinese New Year," Gu Jingyun said with a smile as he dropped a piece on the chessboard, "This year our family is finally reunited, so we have to live a good year. Runing doesn't have much property, and the land of worship has always been the clan's property." People are managing it, so we can just check the accounts, and the rest of the returned property can be managed by people from the clan, or the old servants can be recalled."

Because of the charter, the things to do this time are not difficult, so Gu Jingyun signaled Erlin to walk slowly, the most important thing is comfort, they don't hurry.

Always leave enough time for mother and uncle to deal with the affairs of the capital.

Li Baolu also knew the purpose of their trip this time. They said it was to take care of the Qin family's property, but in fact it was to avoid suspicion, so that Gu Jingyun would not be affected when the Qin and Gu families fought, so Li Baolu stopped after knowing that they would return to Beijing for the New Year. asked.

A group of five people, three masters and apprentices walked for two days and rested for one day. When they saw beautiful scenery, they stopped to enjoy the scenery. They played the piano and danced swords. Gu Jingyun seems to read everything, not to mention Zhao Ning, even Li Baolu, who has been growing up with Gu Jingyun, has benefited a lot from listening to it.

In the end, they got free accommodation, delicious vegetarian dishes and local specialties, and the friendship between the master and the Taoist priest. Whenever the three of them left a place, the monk/Taoist priest who saw them off said goodbye, of course, to Gu Jingyun.

A group of people "cheat food and drink" like this, no, they came to Kaifeng mansion after being warmly entertained.

Kaifeng is a thousand-year-old city with a long history and pleasant scenery. Li Baolu decided to rest here for two days before leaving for Runing.

Moreover, as the capital of Henan, the Qin family also has a lot of properties in Kaifeng, so they can do some unannounced investigations in advance, so that when they return to Runing to take over these properties, they can make better arrangements.

Erlin stopped the carriage in front of a very tall inn, and the clerk who jumped out of the inn warmly greeted him, and asked in a Henan accent, "Does the guest officer want to be a sharpie or to eat?"

Erlin was stunned for a while before he understood what he said, and immediately said, "We're staying at the hotel."

"Hole, you guys, do you want to live in the upper house or the middle house?" Before saying a word, he saw Li Baolu who got out of the car, and saw her holding a woman's hairstyle, and her clothes were simple and plain, But when he greeted her and sent her away, he saw that the material on her body was not cheap, so he immediately changed his words: "Guest officer, it's better to book a yard, which is convenient, safe and private."

"Your inn still has a yard?"

"Yes, yes," Xiaoer laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, "We have a lot of officials and wealthy families traveling from north to south in Kaifeng, so this inn is better. There are several small courtyards behind. If the guest officer wants to rent one alone, it is convenient to live by himself, and it is actually not too expensive..."

Li Baolu didn't want to go to such trouble at first, a yard is more expensive than a few rooms no matter what, they are not short of money now, but they won't waste it like this, but when she entered the door, she glanced at the inn and changed her mind , asked: "How much is the yard for one night?"

Xiao Er heaved a sigh of relief, seeing that Li Baolu was in charge, he immediately turned his gaze away from Zhao Ning and Gu Jingyun, followed Li Baolu in a nonchalant manner, and said, "Mrs. There is a room with a small kitchen, two taels of silver a day, and there is a small kitchen inside for free use. Every day, our inn also provides breakfast and supper. Don’t think it’s expensive, it’s our inn There are other services as well, the hot water and tea used by the guest officials are all free, if there is any question for the guest officials, we know everything about Kaifeng Mansion, and we can talk endlessly..."

Li Baolu, who was still a little hesitant about changing the inn, couldn't help but smile when she heard the words, "Okay, let's settle on the courtyard you mentioned."

Xiao Er was so happy that his eyes narrowed into slits, he immediately bowed and asked Li Baolu to go back, and with a wave of his hand, the inn staff helped them lead the carriage to the back door, and entered the inn through the back door.

This inn has three floors from the front, and it is bustling with guests, that's why Erlin subconsciously chose this inn, but he didn't expect that upon entering the inn, Li Baolu found that two-thirds of the people sitting in the lobby were Jianghu people.

There are good and bad people in the Jianghu, but one thing is generally recognized. There is usually no good thing in places where there are people in the Jianghu, and it is easy to be implicated in the incident.

So at that time Li Baolu wanted to turn around and find another inn, but when she glanced outside, she found that there were many people from the Jianghu mixed with people riding horses, riding carriages or walking on the street outside.

Only then did Li Baolu temporarily decide to build a yard.

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