Chapter 373 Departure from Qingfeng Village (Goodbye Teacher Wu)
Shen Wenchen thought for a moment and whispered: "There is a river outside Yancheng. If you take a boat and walk down the river for seven days, you can reach Qingfeng Village by horseback for two days."
"It takes about twenty-two days to go back and forth." Nanzhi thought in his mind that it would definitely be slower when he came back than when he went, but he could still make it in time for their wedding.
"Nannan!"
Shen Wenchen understood what she meant, and his heart sank slightly.
Their wedding was in the middle of next month, and he didn't want anything to go wrong in the meantime.
Even if someone really wants to go on this trip, it should be him.
He didn't protect the two of them on the way to escape, so the kindness now has to come from him.
"Auntie, I'm going to find that old man. His donkey is so fast! He and I will reach Yancheng in five days!"
Yuan Bao sat aside and understood what they said, and hurriedly spoke.
"Grandpa?"
"Yes, godfather, I met that old man at the bottom of the mountain when I came here. He asked me for a silver coin, so he brought me over to finish it! His donkey ran so fast! It was faster than dad's. The carriage is running very fast!"
Shen Wenchen raised his eyebrows and stopped arguing with Nanzhi. He just approached Yuanbao and asked softly.
"Yuanbao, tell me, what does that old man look like?"
There is no need for Yuan Bao to lie to others. As for the person who can do this, he can only think of one person.
The old man who ate a lot of his pancakes.
"That old man has white hair, a black beard, and a shiny head, just like his godfather and mother!"
Shen Wenchen didn't understand the meaning of the last half of the girl's sentence, but he understood the first part.
With gray hair and dark beard, isn't this the old man from back then?
Could it be that he is also a powerful person?
After hearing Yuan Bao's description, Nanzhi felt a little familiar, and thought about it for a long time before remembering it.
Isn't this the Taoist priest who came to my house to stay overnight when I was a child?
Even his name "Nanzhi" was given by him!
"Yuanbao, did the old man tell you where to find him?"
Shen Wenchen thought for a while and asked.
The little girl nodded and repeated exactly what the old man said when she came.
"Okay, we'll set off soon, do you think that's okay?"
Nanzhi was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he meant.
"Let's go to Qingfeng Village together." Shen Wenchen took a deep look at Nanzhi and said in a deep voice.
He had something to ask the old man.
There is also something that needs to be told to Chi Sheng.
It won't be long before the imperial court will send people to exterminate the bandits.
"good."
Little Yuanbao originally wanted to go back quickly, but when he heard that Nanzhi wanted to go with him, he just nodded repeatedly.
After telling Sun Cui that they would be away for a few days and sending someone to deliver a letter to Sanweiju, Nanzhi and Shen Wenchen took Yuanbao out of the house.
First they went to buy some dry food, and then the three of them left the city gate.
"Yuanbao, where did grandpa ask you to wait?"
Nanzhi looked at the hurried pedestrians outside the city, feeling a little dazed.
"Over there." The little girl pointed to a trail not far away. Shen Wenchen bent down and asked her to pick her up, then led Nanzhi and walked over.
As soon as he entered the woods, he could feel a chill. Yuan Bao got down from Shen Wenchen's arms, unwrapped the roasted chicken he bought and placed it on the ground. He then took Nanzhi to wait under a tree nearby.
Although Shen Wenchen was a little curious about what the little girl was doing, he didn't interfere too much and just sat quietly aside.
The tip of the old man's nose, who was still resting on the tree, moved, and a scent of fragrance penetrated straight into his nostrils.
In a blink of an eye, he fell to the ground with a clatter.
Seeing the old man falling from the sky, Nanzhi subconsciously protected Yuanbao in his arms, but Shen Wenchen's pupils shrank sharply.
He didn't notice anyone moving around him just now.
"You little baby, why are you so lazy?" The old man complained dissatisfiedly, but his hand directly took the roast chicken on the ground.
"It's so slow to buy ginseng, I have to wait all night for you!"
When the roast chicken entered his mouth, the old man's resentment dissipated a little.
It smells delicious!
"Grandpa, can you take my mother-in-law and godfather back with you?"
Yuanbao's milky voice is cute.
"Your mother-in-law and godfather?" The old man stopped eating, then raised his eyelids and looked at Nanzhi and Shen Wenchen beside him.
"Oh, you've grown so big." The old man glanced at Nanzhi and said with a smile.
Nanzhi was just about to ask him if he was the Taoist priest he met when he was a child, but was stunned when he saw his face clearly.
"You were still a chubby girl before! Now you are so thin!"
The old man clicked his tongue twice, but the movements of his hands did not stop. In just two words, he had already eaten all the chicken legs.
"Professor Wu?"
Nanzhi's eyes widened and he shouted in disbelief.
The old man in front of him has gray hair but a shiny black beard. He has a very kind face. Isn't he the same teacher Wu who taught him in school?
But how did he get here?
No, it should be said, how could he go to his side?
Nanzhi was confused, but the old man was happy.
"Classmate Lin, how are you doing here?"
"Okay, everything is fine."
Nanzhi murmured, brainstorming in his mind.
The old man finished eating another chicken leg, and then he set his sights on Shen Wenchen.
"Boy, you are quite smart. It's a good thing you are lucky, otherwise..."
The old man raised his eyebrows and did not continue.
Otherwise, I'm afraid the grass on the grave would be two feet high by now.
"Old man." Shen Wenchen saluted before asking.
"Please take the two of us with you on this trip."
The old man's eyes widened, and he didn't care about Yuan Bao, who was acting coquettishly towards him, and just snorted arrogantly.
"Wouldn't my donkey be tired if I take you two with me?"
"If you are willing, we will definitely thank you deeply when this trip is over." Shen Wenchen promised while looking at the old man who was concentrating on eating roast chicken.
"Thank you very much?" The old man turned his head and looked suspicious.
"I'll cover your food and drink for a month, okay?" Shen Wenchen knew he was delicious.
You could tell just by eating a few dry biscuits back then.
His identity is unusual, but what he can be sure of is that he is not a bad person.
"Okay." The old man didn't bargain too much.
He knew that this little girl opened a restaurant in Yancheng!
It was better to eat some before anything happened to her, so as not to be unable to eat later.
The old man whistled, and a donkey came out of the woods. It was not afraid of people, so it lowered its head and rubbed against the old man's face.
"I'm going to have to work hard for you this time."
The donkey snorted and nodded slightly.
There were four people sitting on a donkey cart, staggering towards Qingfeng Village.
Pedestrians who passed by saw it and sighed secretly that the donkey was pitiful.