Absolutely! My maid was reborn after time travel

Chapter 55: Guard and creditor

Early the next morning, Shen Qinglan set out on the road to Fuguang County. The journey was not very far and only took two days.

The little girls in Wenlan Courtyard packed their luggage overnight. They didn't bring much gold, silver or silk, but only a few pieces of underwear.

There were only two carriages going to Fuguang County. The two brothers clamored to come together, but Shen Qinglan refused. She only brought Zhou Dashan, several of his brothers, and Yan'er.

Arriving at the gate of Luoping City, a group of officers and soldiers arrived in front of Shen Qinglan's carriage.

"Hello, Miss Shen. I am Ji Fan, the commander of Luoping City Government Office. I have been ordered by Mr. Zhizhou to escort Miss Shen to Fuguang County."

Shen Qinglan and Yan'er got off the carriage and saluted him respectfully.

"Hard work Ji commanded."

This Ji Fan is eight feet tall, burly, only about thirty years old, with wheat-colored skin, thick eyebrows, big eyes, slightly thick lips, and a half-inch beard. He makes people feel very safe at first glance.

"Reporting to Miss Shen, there are sixteen officers and soldiers escorting you this time. We will protect your safety throughout the entire process."

"Thank you, sir."

After saying that, Shen Qinglan saluted again, and then took Yan'er into the car.

The road out of the city was relatively smooth. After resting at two official posts on the way, we stopped at another official post in the evening and continued our journey early tomorrow morning.

Shen Qinglan and Yan'er lived in the same room. Shen Qinglan went upstairs first, and Yan'er came up after a while, pouting with an unhappy look on her face.

"What's wrong?" Shen Qinglan asked.

"Just now I paid at the counter of the inn, and Ji Fan and two people stood behind me, motionless. I thought they were waiting for me to finish paying, but as soon as I was about to leave, Ji Fan asked me where they would stay that night. Where? Then I had no choice but to pay the money for these sixteen people and rent eight rooms." Yan'er said angrily.

"Well……"

Shen Qinglan was also a little speechless. Master Zhizhou sent these people here, and she paid for the whole journey? What's the difference between that and her own money to hire people?

"Miss, do you think the government office in Luoping City is too poor and can't afford the wages of the government servants, so we asked these people to follow us to Luoping to temporarily solve their food problem?" Yan'er asked again .

"Uh... forget it, it's not worth the money." Shen Qinglan said.

"But we didn't bring much with us when we came out this time..."

Shen Qinglan sighed, these officials are used to plundering wealthy businessmen like them, they are all old people.

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The next day, the convoy passed through a small town. Shen Qinglan ordered to pass through the town and buy some supplies.

Yan'er may have not visited the market for a long time, so she seemed a little excited, pointing at Shen Qinglan to look at this and touch that.

Walking to an iron shop, Ji Fan suddenly stopped and looked back. He saw the eight-foot-tall rough man staring at a dagger on the countertop unable to move. Yan'er called him several times. There was no response.

When Shen Qinglan saw this situation, he thought that it wouldn't be a problem if it continued like this, so he took the initiative to go back and asked: "Commander Ji, do you like this dagger?"

Ji Fan nodded blankly.

Shen Qinglan looked up and asked the shopkeeper: "How much does this dagger cost?"

The shopkeeper was a skinny old man, and he was a little confused when he saw this situation. Such a tall man just stayed in front of the shop, which made him a little scared. How could he do this business?

"Two hundred and forty yuan." The store owner smiled awkwardly.

"So expensive?" Yan'er walked over and said.

"Forget it, give me the money."

Yan'er handed over the money with an unhappy look on her face and glared at Ji Fan again.

Ji Fan just watched helplessly as the shopkeeper handed the dagger to Shen Qinglan, and Shen Qinglan turned around and gave it to him.

"Thank you, Miss Shen!"

Ji Fanle's dark face was about to bloom. Yan'er hurriedly pulled Shen Qinglan away. After walking a few steps, Ji Fan stopped in front of a pastry shop.

Yan'er sighed, "How can this be an escort? It's clearly a prodigal!"

"Yan'er, go buy a few more portions of that pastry and give some to the officials. They have also worked hard on this trip."

After hearing this, Yan'er stamped her feet helplessly and went to pay again.

Shen Qinglan walked up to Ji Fan and said, "Um... Commander Ji, why don't you go back to the carriage to rest? There's no need to follow us."

Ji Fan quickly shook his head, bowed his waist towards him again, clasped his fists and said, "I have been ordered by Zhizhou to protect Miss Shen and return to Luoping City safely."

"Uh...okay..."

Next, Ji Fan ate cakes while walking, and soon all the cakes were swept away by him. Seeing this, Shen Qinglan had no choice but to let Yan'er go to other shops and buy a lot more. Now, no matter how Ji Fan followed Yan'er, Later, Yan'er didn't even hand over the cakes.

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Returning to the carriage, Yan'er counted the money in the small wooden box and sighed: "Half of the money was spent just one day after I came out."

Shen Qinglan was speechless, "I'm also confused. It seemed normal at first... Now I don't feel safe at all. That Ji Fan..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Fan's voice sounded outside the carriage: "What are your orders, Miss Shen?"

"Well……"

Yan'er and Shen Qinglan looked at each other, and then said: "It's nothing, please pay attention to the road ahead."

"Got the order!"

At dusk, Shen Qinglan was drowsy on the rickety carriage, and suddenly the carriage stopped.

"What happened?"

She hurriedly grabbed Yan'er's hand, only to hear the sound of horse hooves, Yan'er opened the curtain, only glanced at it and then withdrew her hand.

"It's Du Yunkui!"

This place is still some distance away from Qiyazhai. Why did Du Yunkui appear here?

It must be Meng Jingming again!

Yan'er quickly put the money box away, "What should I do, Miss, we didn't bring much money this time!"

"Hey! In the car! Do you remember me?" Du Yunkui shouted.

Immediately afterwards, the people in Qiyazhai started to make a fuss.

"Sister of the Shen family, come out and let us brothers meet you!"

"That's right! I haven't seen you for so long, and my brother misses you so much!"

Du Yunkui laughed twice, "Shen Qinglan, stop hiding. These little bastards can't protect you. You'd better get out of the car obediently and don't wait for me to come in and get you! When the time comes, But it doesn’t look good!”

Shen Qinglan clenched her fists and asked in a low voice: "Yan'er, did you see clearly just now, how many people are there?"

"About thirty or forty..."

Just when Shen Qinglan was hesitating whether to get off the carriage, Ji Fan rode up to the carriage.

"Miss Shen, don't worry, I can still deal with these people." As he said that, he handed over the dagger he just bought today, "Miss Shen, keep this for self-defense in case of any unexpected events."

"Thank you, Commander Ji."

Shen Qinglan took the dagger and hid it in his sleeve. Du Yunkui shouted from outside again: "Shen Qinglan! Don't toast or eat as a penalty!"

(End of chapter)