Kaifeng, originally known as Bianzhou, was the capital of Houliang hundreds of years ago. Later, it was designated as the capital of the world by the Northern Song Dynasty. After Emperor Anwu reestablished the dynasty, he ruled the Southern Song Dynasty for three years. Kaifeng Prefecture governed eleven counties, and Kaifeng County was known as Kuoxian.
Yu Shu and the others arrived at the county by car the next morning. On the way, they had already eaten the dry food given by the villagers. They were now hungry and tired. As soon as they got off the car, Yu Shu anxiously inquired about the location of the Five Blessings Bank in the city.
She found a shady place and asked Yu Xiaoxiu to stay with Jing Chen to wait. She took Xia Mingming and asked along the way to find the bank.
When exchanging the banknotes, they went through a lot of trouble. Everywhere they went, there was no lack of snobs. Five hundred taels of banknotes was not a small amount. Two young men in ragged clothes coming to take it was not suspicious. If not for Yu Shu's tough attitude, she was afraid that if she showed a little bit of guilt, she would be regarded as a small thief.
The thief was taken to see the official.
After exchanging a hundred taels of banknotes and two bags of silver, Yu Shu and Xia Mingming directly rented a carriage on the street and went to the city gate to pick up Jing Jian and Yu Xiaoxiu. They found a famous big inn in the city and asked for two superior rooms.
With money, it was easy to talk anywhere. Throwing a piece of silver as a tip, a waiter bowed his head and led them into the inner courtyard. When they went up to the second floor, it was already past noon.
In the superior room that cost two taels of silver a night, there was a folding chair, bed, wardrobe, and desk. There were two doors, a living room and a bedroom. There were two beds in the room, one for the master and the other for the servants. The bedding was newly changed. There was also a flower pot in front of the window with a pink and white hibiscus plant.
When Yu Shu saw the flower pot, she felt that it was interesting. The hibiscus plant was placed in the south, which was a Fengshui method. It seemed that this inn was good at doing business.
"Boil two buckets of hot water for bathing and send it to the room. Also, go and prepare your signature dishes. There is no need for wine." Yu Shu ordered the waiter.
"Yes, sir, please have a rest first. I will bring it to you in a moment."
As soon as the waiter left, Xia Mingming couldn't wait to throw himself on the big bed. He rolled on the soft quilt and moaned, "It's too comfortable. I want to sleep for two days and two nights!"
Yu Shu smiled and hung the leather bag that was used to survive in the forest on the head of the bed. She said to Xia Mingming, "I'll go out and buy some clothes. The food will be delivered later. You can eat first." Hearing this, Xia Mingming immediately sat up on the bed, "I'll go with you." She was still wearing the clothes that she had changed into when Yu Shu rescued her from the lower cabin. After wearing it for half a month, she smelled moldy and wanted to change her clothes for a long time.
"No need. If you're tired, you can rest for a while. I'll go." Yu Shu said. She took off the ancient sword wrapped in rags from her back and put it at the end of the bed. She only took the silver and went out.
Xia Mingming looked at her back until he heard the sound of the door closing. Only then did he reach out to cover his wildly beating heart. He turned around and lay back on the bed, punched the pillow, and whined in a low voice, "Ahhh, why is she a woman!" Yu Shu asked the innkeeper of the inn. In an alley across the street, she found a ready-made clothing store. She bought a few sets of new clothes. She didn't even forget her shoes and socks. Under the smiling face of the innkeeper, she carried the big and small bags back to the inn.
She kicked the door. The person who opened the door was not Xia Mingming, but Yu Xiaoxiu. Not long after Yu Shu left, Yu Xiaoxiu came to the next room to find her. The waiter came to deliver the food. He called Jing Chen to wait for Yu Shu to come back.
"Quick, quick, help me carry this." Yu Shu stuffed half of the things in her hands into Yu Xiaoxiu's hands. Xia Mingming also came to help. The three of them piled the clothes on the couch in the living room and spread them on the bed.
Xia Mingming excitedly rummaged through the clothes, only to find that there wasn't a single skirt. She turned to Yu Shu with an unfriendly expression and said, "Why didn't you buy my clothes?" Yu Shu bent down and rummaged through the clothes. She took out two pieces of clothing and handed them to her. "Here, they're yours."
Xia Mingming frowned. "Why are they men's clothes?" …
"Of course it's for the convenience of the journey," Yu Shu said.
Xia Mingming pouted. "I don't care. I want to wear a skirt."
In the end, she was still a girl. Dressing up as a man was just a novelty. She had no choice but to do so. Now that she had a chance to wear a beautiful skirt, she naturally didn't want to dress up as a man with rough hands and feet.
"Either you change it, or you don't." Yu Shu didn't want to spoil her. She stuffed the clothes into her hands and took the wet towel that Yu Xiaoxiu handed to her. She wiped the sweat off her face and sat down at the table to eat.
The food was a little cold, but it was perfect for summer. Yu Shu picked up a bowl of plain white rice. Seeing that Jing Chen hadn't moved his chopsticks, she tore open a fragrant chicken drumstick and placed it in his bowl. "Hurry up and eat. Once you're done, go take a bath and sleep. I'll find a doctor for you."
Jing Jian nodded and picked up his chopsticks. He tore open the remaining chicken drumstick and placed it in Yu Shu's bowl.
When Xia Mingming saw this, she hurriedly threw down her clothes and ran over. "I want to eat chicken drumsticks too!"
"There's no more." Yu Shu stuffed the chicken drumstick into her mouth and said with a lisp, "Wuwu, you can have the chicken neck."
Xia Mingming turned to look at the chicken drumstick in Jing Chen's bowl. She held out the bowl and threatened, "Give me the drumstick."
Jing Chen looked up at her and picked up the chicken drumstick that Yu Shu had just placed in his bowl. He lowered his head and took a bite of it. Then he looked up at Xia Mingming. His innocent eyes clearly said, "This is mine."
Xia Mingming was so angry that her teeth itched. She silently said in her heart, "Don't bother with the mute." She turned around and wanted to tear the chicken wings. However, she found that the two wings had been occupied by Yu Xiaoxiu. In addition to the breast frame, there was only the chicken butt and the chicken neck left on the oily roasted chicken.
"You ganged up to bully me." Xia Mingming sat down aggrievedly and picked up the chopsticks to eat the rice. She was full of resentment.
Yu Shu and others were not affected by her mood at all. When they were hungry, they didn't talk so much nonsense. They swept up the delicious food on the table and leaned against the back of the chair with their bellies sticking out. Under the table, Kim Bao was lying on an empty plate with his belly sticking out like them.
Yu Shu saw Xia Mingming was unhappy because she didn't eat the chicken drumstick, so she said, "Well, it's just a chicken drumstick. I'll buy it for you in the evening."
"Who cares?" Xia Mingming snorted softly, but her face was no longer depressed. She didn't care about the chicken drumstick, but wanted someone to care about her.
After eating, a waiter and a waiter in the inn carried hot water upstairs to two rooms. Yu Shu urged Yu Xiaoxiu and Jing Chen to go back to their room to take a bath, but she was stopped by Jing Chen at the door.
Seeing that he had something to say, Yu Shu stretched out her hand and saw him write, "Do you want to marry Miss Xia?" "Cough" Yu Shu almost coughed up blood, "Why would I marry her?"
Jing Chen looked serious, lowered his head and continued to write on her hand, "Last time, you said that a girl's body can't be seen by a man, and if you see her, you must marry her. If you take a bath with her and sleep with her, won't you marry her?" On the ship, when Yu Shu rescued Xia Mingming from the bottom of the cabin, in order to let her breathe, she took off her clothes. At that time, she asked Jing Chen and Yu Xiaoxiu to leave. At that time, Jing Chen didn't know what "marry" meant. Later, after a few days in the forest, he remembered that Yu Shu went out to hunt birds and wasn't in the cave, so he asked Yu Xiaoxiu.
Yu Xiaoxiu was only a child, so how could he explain it clearly? He told him that "marry" meant that a man and a woman got married, and the man would support the woman. They would eat together, sleep together, sleep in the same bed, and sleep under the same quilt. They would have children and live together for the rest of their lives.
After Jing Chen lost his memory, although he didn't understand the affairs of the world, he roughly understood from what Yu Xiaoxiu said. "Marry" was a very important matter.
It was a very important matter.
During the half a month in the forest, they slept outdoors without a bed or quilt. Now they stayed in an inn and were assigned rooms with a bed and quilt. Jing Chen saw that Yu Shu and Xia Mingming slept in the same room and even took a bath together, so he asked this question.
This was a very simple question, and Yu Shu could answer him with one sentence, but she was stumped.
She looked at Jing Chen with a complicated expression, not knowing how to answer.
Whether before or after losing her memory, she never told Jing Chen that she was a woman. She deliberately hid it before, and then she took advantage of the situation.
At first, it was to make it convenient for her to take care of him. There was always a difference between men and women, and there were too many people on the boat. Later, in the forest, she got in the way of Xia Mingming. She finally made it clear to Xia Mingming, but she was busy on the road, so she didn't have a chance to explain it to Jing Chen.
She didn't feel any guilt for lying to Xia Mingming, but she felt an indescribable guilt for lying to Jing Chen. It wasn't toward the Jing Chen after he lost his memories, but toward the Jing Chen before he lost his memories.
When they were still in Yiyang City, Jing Chen was very honest with her. Not only did he not hide his origin, but he even told her the secret of him committing the crime of Ji Du Xing. But she hid it from him. Compared to Jing Chen's sincerity, she seemed hypocritical.
In fact, whether she was a man or a woman was not a big problem, and it didn't affect anything. But because she lied to Jing Chen before, it became very difficult for her to say it.
She was a woman who was good at lying. She could find an excuse to fool him and continue to let him think that she was a man, which was convenient for everyone. However, facing Jing Chen who trusted and relied on her, looking at his clean and bright eyes, she just didn't want to lie to him. "Jing Chen, actually I am …" "Brother!" A shout interrupted Yu Shu's words. Yu Xiaoxiu, who had been standing at the door listening to their conversation, reached out and grabbed Yu Shu at this time. "I have something to say to you."
Jing Chen saw Yu Xiaoxiu pulling Yu Shu away in front of him. He wanted to follow them, but Yu Xiaoxiu turned his head and stopped him. "Brother Jing, don't come over. We need to whisper." Jing Chen stopped and watched them run away. Xia Mingming divided the clothes and came out of the inner room to look for Yu Shu. Seeing Jing Chen standing at the door, she asked, "Where is Ashu?"
Jing Chen raised his finger and pointed to the front. Xia Mingming wanted to go over to look for him without thinking, but Jing Chen reached out his hand and stopped her.
"What do you call it?" Xia Mingming said unhappily.
Jing Chen couldn't speak, so he stretched out his hand and opened it in front of her. On it, he wrote, "You can't go over." Xia Mingming rolled her eyes and pointed behind Jing Chen. "Ashu!"
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