Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 62

Ye Xi suddenly realized that it was not safe in ancient times. There were many tricks involved, but if the other party really had bad intentions, it would be useless to find someone afterwards. Ye Xi suddenly felt that this was not a good move: "Forget it. I'll write another letter and ask my brother to bring a few strong servants from home to pick me up if he is free. I don't trust strangers after all."

Ye Xi was used to the free travel in modern times, but she didn't expect that travel in ancient times was so inconvenient and full of hidden dangers.

Pei Zhu hugged her and said, "That's not necessary. This escort agency is the one I often use for transporting goods. I'm familiar with that brother Li. I know him well. This kind of thing shouldn't happen to me. How can I trust you to someone I don't know the details of?" Pei Zhu stroked Ye Xi's back while speaking. Suddenly, he said, "You will stay at your father-in-law's house for two months. Don't think about not coming back. Remember, you are married to me."

Ye Xi burst out laughing, she knew what Pei Zhu was thinking. When she first married into the Pei family, she was not used to it. Relying on the fact that the Pei family was also in Hangzhou, she would run home every few days. Her parents were very happy, but Pei Zhu was very annoyed. She always had to go to her father-in-law's house to find someone, and had to coax and trick him into coming home.

Originally, when Ye Xi returned to Hangzhou City this time, he should have returned to the Pei family, not the Ye family. However, because Pei Zhu had a weak relationship with the Pei family, Mrs. Pei did not want to have anything to do with him, and Pei Zhu had almost no relatives in Hangzhou City, so there was no big problem in doing so.

Just as Pei Zhu said, Kuang Zhen hurried back to the capital the next day and took "Mrs. Kuang" away in a carriage. Pei Zhu and Douzi followed behind Kuang Zhen in a carriage, and there were a bunch of Kuang Zhen's guards following behind them.

Ye Xi saw Pei Zhu off at the door of her house. She would see him off at the door every time he went out before, and this time was no exception. The next day, Ye Xi also left in a carriage accompanied by the escort brother Li and his group. Ye Xi and Chun Tao were in a carriage. There were six escorts in total. Two of them sat in the front of the carriage where Ye Xi was. One was responsible for driving the carriage, one was responsible for keeping watch, and two were in another carriage. The remaining two rode horses. The six people took turns driving the carriage, keeping watch, and resting. It takes about three days for a carriage to travel from Suzhou to Hangzhou, so some dry food was prepared in both carriages. After nightfall, they usually found an inn to stay overnight.

The first day passed peacefully.

When they checked into the inn at night, Brother Li left two people to protect Ye Xi and the others. He and the other brothers went somewhere else. Ye Xi guessed that they were just going to make sure that this inn was not a black shop. She suddenly felt that Pei Zhu was very reliable and arranged many things for her. If she and Chun Tao were the only ones who went on the road foolishly, they would probably be sold without knowing it.

After waiting for a long time, Brother Li came back with his brothers and told the shopkeeper to arrange for them to stay. He asked them to stay in two rooms, and one of the rooms must be next to Ye Xi's room, so that they could be rescued nearby in case of an accident. Maybe because there were not many guests, the shopkeeper met their requirements.

The roads in ancient times were bumpy and uneven, and even the official roads were not as easy to walk on as the modern asphalt roads. Ye Xi was already exhausted after a day of bumping, so she checked into the inn, washed herself, and fell asleep. Chun Tao was also a woman, and she was almost as tired as before and fell asleep. The next day, they got up early in the morning and set off.

Ye Xi estimated that this speed was faster than her trip from Hangzhou to Suzhou, so they should be able to return to Hangzhou even faster. But she was dumbfounded at night, when Brother Li came back and said that the inn seemed to be full, so they had to spend the night in the carriage.