Chapter 40: Teasing Her for Fun

A team of people walked on the official road, with several horses in front and behind, and the people on the horses were all carrying weapons such as swords.

In the middle were several escort vehicles, one of which was a simple-looking carriage.

A woman dressed in heroic style on the horse looked at the sky, rode to the carriage, first tidied her appearance, and then spoke: "Mr. Shi——"

As soon as she spoke, there was a burst of laughter from the back, and someone pinched her throat and said, "Mr. Shi——"

The woman turned her head and glared, pointed her sword at the other party to warn, and when she turned back, she changed her face and whispered: "Mr. Shi, it's still a long way from here to the next city. We plan to rest here tonight and set off tomorrow morning. I will boil some hot water for you two to wash."

In the car, Shen Yu looked distressed, cleared her throat and said: "Miss He, thank you for your trouble."

"No trouble, no trouble."

After He Xuehui finished speaking, she rode to the back and whipped the horse of the person who imitated her.

Xie Tingzhou leaned on the cushion and smiled, listening to the sound of horse hooves going away, and said slowly: "This Miss He is very discerning."

Shen Yu turned around silently with her back to Xie Tingzhou.

I don't know if He Xuehui is blind. She can't see Xie Tingzhou, such a brilliant man, but she has been courteous to Shen Yu frequently in the past two days.

This matter has to start from the day when she parted with her father-in-law.

After crossing the river that day, Xie Tingzhou was in poor health and couldn't walk fast. It took him ten miles from early morning to noon. However, they were lucky and met a escort team after they got on the official road.

The escort team took them into Pingtan County and then separated from them.

The escorts earned their money through hard work, and it was their duty to take them for a ride.

That night, they originally stayed in the worst inn in Pingtan County. After nightfall, Shen Yu waited for Xie Tingzhou to fall asleep and quietly left the door.

When they woke up in the morning, the escort agency was already waiting at the door of the inn, saying that they were originally going to escort the convoy to Shengjing, and it was just right for them to take a ride.

But they changed their minds overnight, and seeing their attentive attitude, Xie Tingzhou didn't believe that they didn't pay.

But where the money came from was a question.

The carriage stopped in the leeward place. It was freezing outside, so the two did not get off the car.

Xie Tingzhou opened the curtain with two fingers and looked out. From the corner of his eye, he saw Shi Yu took out two sesame cakes from his bag and handed one to him.

"Do you want to eat?"

As soon as Xie Tingzhou let go, the curtain was put back on the window.

Shen Yu saw that he didn't take it, so she started eating it herself.

Xie Tingzhou watched silently, and simply lay sideways to watch him chew the cake.

The cake was hard and chewed like bran.

Xie Tingzhou waited for him to eat the last bite, and suddenly said: "Since there is so much silver, why live such a hard life."

"Ahem——" Shen Yu was suddenly choked by the dry biscuit and beat her chest hard.

Xie Tingzhou looked at him for a moment, and slapped him on the back, and the biscuit was finally swallowed.

Shen Yu argued, "Where did I get the silver?"

Xie Tingzhou supported his head, "Then you have to ask yourself, I am also curious about this question."

In fact, he woke up when Shi Yu got up that night, but he didn't say anything, watching him sneak out and sneak back, and the escort agency came early the next morning. This is something that can never be done without silver.

His eyes were firm, and Shen Yu had no way to hide.

Xie Tingzhou was not a person who was easy to fool, and ordinary excuses would definitely not deceive him.

Shen Yu thought about it, simple lies are easy to be exposed, and the most difficult to be exposed are half-true and half-false lies.

"I went out secretly that night."

"Yeah, I know." Xie Tingzhou said

Shen Yu couldn't help but be shocked. He was really patient. He didn't ask until he had been on the road with the escort agency for three days.

She was secretly glad that she didn't lie just now, otherwise Xie Tingzhou would have exposed her immediately.

She glanced at Xie Tingzhou, who was leaning on the cushion, tapping his fingers on his bent knees, as if waiting for an answer.

"After I went out, I went to a rich businessman's house in the city," Shen Yu paused, looking at his face, and then said: "I borrowed some silver."

Xie Tingzhou: "Borrow?"

Shen Yu said: "I borrowed it secretly."

Xie Tingzhou let out a chuckle, "Stealing is stealing, and I borrowed it secretly."

Shen Yu was dissatisfied, "Rob the rich to help the poor, it just so happens that we are all penniless now."

Where else did this carriage come from? Where did the escort agency come from? Can you lean here comfortably without silver? Can your precious body bear it?

"Don't stare at people like that when you do something bad in the future," Xie Tingzhou said, "Your eyes can't hide anything."

Recently, it seems that he has developed a habit. If he doesn't tease Shi Yu, he always feels that something is missing.

Shen Yu suddenly retracted her gaze, "It was indeed stolen, but it wasn't the palace that enjoyed it...wasn't it you? Then this silver is also your debt."

Xie Tingzhou discovered that this man is used to being arrogant.

He used to be respectful to him in the army, but since getting along with him for a while, he has become more and more unruly.

Xie Tingzhou found it funny when he looked at him and asked, "Then how much did you steal...borrow?"

Shen Yu almost burst out laughing and took out a stack of banknotes from his chest.

Xie Tingzhou took it and flipped it over. The banknotes were still warm.

He nodded slightly, "It's really a lot. You are very good at 'borrowing'."

Shen Yu pursed her lips, "You'd better stop praising him."

She reached out to take it, but Xie Tingzhou raised his hand and didn't give it to him.

"This is my money." Shen Yu said seriously.

Xie Tingzhou counted the banknotes slowly and said casually: "Didn't you say that it was my debt? Since I owed it, the original capital should have been in my hands. What do you think?"

Shen Yu was convinced.

Since you are a natural debater, why bother to embarrass others here? Why don't you go and have a chat?

Xie Tingzhou had teased him enough, threw the banknotes into his arms, smiled and said: "Keep it. With such a large sum of money, be careful of being killed and robbed."

Shen Yu took the banknotes into his arms and whispered: "If we die, we will die together, but don't worry, I will be your guard on the road to the underworld."

Xie Tingzhou's smile did not change, but the temperature in his eyes gradually cooled down.

He remembered that woman lying on the ground and screaming at him.

She said that Xie Yun, you will not die well. People like you deserve to be alone all your life, and fall into the Avici Hell after death and never be reborn.

Xie Tingzhou looked at Shi Yu quietly.

If that person was still alive, he would definitely ask her to come and see.

Look, someone is willing to accompany me on the road to the underworld. You are wrong.

Shen Yu didn't notice his expression, she put away the banknotes, opened the curtain and got off the carriage.

The curtain was lowered, she looked back and stared at the carriage quietly for a few moments.

She breathed a sigh of relief, finally deceived Xie Tingzhou.

It was dark, and a bonfire was burning not far away.

Shen Yu sat down by the bonfire, took a stick and dug in the fire, thinking.

That night, after she sneaked out, she went to the shop opened by Lu in the city.

In previous years, she was either at the border or at her grandmother's house in Hezhou. She helped her manage the accounts for a period of time. She carried the seal of Lu's family on her body. As long as it was a shop of Lu's family in Da Zhou, she could withdraw money.

But she couldn't let Xie Tingzhou know. Once her identity was exposed, it would be a big problem whether she could continue to follow Xie Tingzhou.

When Luyao and Hongqiao left Yanliang Pass that day, Shen Yu had arranged tasks for them.

She wrote two letters respectively. Hongqiao was responsible for going to Hezhou to give the letter to her grandmother, while Luyao returned to Beijing to give another letter to Shen Yan, telling her about the subsequent arrangements at home and how to handle the funeral of her father and brother.

Now she was delayed on the road, and she didn't know whether they had finished their work.

In fact, her father's funeral should have been over by now.

For some reason, she always felt uneasy, as if something was twisting in a direction she couldn't control.