Chapter 30: A one-sided gamble

The appearance of Wu Tingzhong naturally replaced the original job of Shang Ziqi driving. Wu Tingzhong is a very straightforward man, since he is a servant, he must do what a servant should do, Chi Xiaoman said that he can't do it, so he can only let him drive.

She wanted to let Shang Ziqi enter the carriage with him, but he refused, so he went to buy a horse and rode alone to follow.

Now he feels that he has no face to see the prince, he thought about it all night outside last night, and he still didn't want to betray Chu Qianqian. Once Qianqian leaves the Shadow Pavilion, she may return to the way she was before...... Live like a walking corpse. Now she at least has feelings, even if the relationship is in the wrong place......

The prince gave him three days, but these three days were a kind of psychological torture for him, oscillating between loyalty, righteousness, and private feelings.

Chi Xiaoman never found a chance to ask him what Yu Chimu said to him last night, but she could see that Shang Ziqi was preoccupied, and she asked Yu Chimu but he was skillfully taken by him in a few words, and as a result, she still couldn't understand what happened to Brother Shang.

On this day, they were delayed on the road during the day, missed the time to stay, and it was dark before they got out of this wood, and there was only a small village dozens of miles ahead.

In desperation, I can only find a vacant land in the woods for the night.

Speaking of which, Chi Xiaoman is to blame, but among the three big men here, which one is willing to blame her.

It's her playfulness, the time sequence is approaching May, the weather is getting hotter, she sees a stream during the day, she is naturally afraid of heat, she insists on going to the stream to soak her feet, Wei Chi Mu can't resist her, plus it is her person who is driving now, she gave an order, Wu Tingzhong obediently stopped the carriage.

But I also want to know that seeing the fat fish in the creek, Chi Xiaoman is not satisfied with just soaking his feet, and happily says that he wants to catch fish for everyone to roast and eat, but with her deflated fishing skills, she tossed for most of the hour, not to mention that she didn't catch a fish, and she made herself wet, muttering that the fish was bullying people.

Wei Chimu couldn't stand it, he went into the water himself, and got more than a dozen fish ashore in three or two, Chi Xiaoman's adoring gaze greatly satisfied his vanity, and even condescended to roast the fish for everyone.

Looking at the grilled fish reminded Chi Xiaoman of the scene with Ning Qingyun that time, Ning Qingyun also grilled the fish for her to eat, and she inevitably had to make a comparison in her heart.

However, he unexpectedly found that the fish grilled by Yu Chimu was no worse than Ning Qingyun, who had practiced a good skill in the march.

"How did you learn how to learn your fish to be so well grilled?" she asked, surprised.

"Why do you need to learn this, with the wisdom of this king, he is naturally self-taught. Wei Chimu looked proud.

Chi Xiaoman snorted, believing that he was exaggerating.

Yu Chimu just smiled and didn't explain.

His kung fu of grilling fish was originally practiced for Cheng Yin. Cheng Yin likes to eat fish, once he and Cheng Guang, Cheng Yin three people fished by the river, and once grilled the fish caught, but at that time he didn't know how to deal with the internal organs of the fish, let alone how to master the heat, only the skin of the fish was burned, but the inside was half-cooked, and the taste was bitter and fishy.

That time caused Cheng Yin to have diarrhea for three days, and the whole person lost weight.

He has never failed, and for the first time he felt frustration and guilt, he has been practicing hard since then, constantly trying to study, and the fish in the streams and rivers on the outskirts of the capital have been devastated by him.

Even Shang Ziqi didn't know about this, so he was quite surprised that the prince had such a good skill in grilling fish.

A few people ate deliciously, but the hour was late, and finally decided to spend the night in the woods.

Chi Xiaoman and Wei Chimu slept in the carriage, and Wu Tingzhong and Shang Ziqi took turns keeping vigil.

However, Chi Xiaoman couldn't sleep, peeking at the soft couch on the other side, breathing evenly, and sleeping very peacefully, Yu Chimu, she got up lightly and looked out of the car window, it happened to be Shangzi's vigil at this time.

She jumped out of the carriage and walked towards him.

She didn't know that the moment she got up from the soft couch, Yu Chimu woke up, knowing that if she wanted to know something, she would find a way to know anyway, and in the past two days, he was asked by her what he had said to Shang Ziqi that day, so he didn't stop it, and let her get out of the carriage.

In fact, he somewhat hoped that Xiao Man could get some words out of Shang Ziqi's mouth. He could see Shang Ziqi's embarrassment, and he still believed in Shang Ziqi in his heart, after all, he had been with him for seven years, and he knew his personality very well.

Shang Ziqi will not harm himself.

It's just that who is that person? If it is a person who has no ill will towards him, what is the purpose of making these things? Why did Shang Ziqi hide it for that person?

Chi Xiaoman quietly walked to Shang Ziqi's side and called softly: "Brother Shang." ”

"Why hasn't Miss Chi slept yet?" Shang Ziqi looked at her in surprise. It's all over now.

"Can't sleep......" she said truthfully: "Brother Shang, I have something to ask you, what did your prince tell you, is it about the person you went to chase? Who is that person? ”

"Miss Chi, I'm sorry, I can't say. He also felt a little sorry for Chi Xiaoman in this matter, because Chu Qianqian's actions were all to destroy the relationship between Miss Chi and the prince.

"Can't say it?" Chi Xiaoman pursed his mouth and said, "Brother Shang, you're wrong, but I treat you as a big brother, so I care about you, but you treat me as a stranger and refuse to say anything." ”

In the face of her concern, Shang Ziqi had a rather complicated feeling. It's been a long, long time since I've had this feeling of being cared for, although the prince treats himself well, but after all, he has a relationship between his subordinates, and the members of the Shadow Pavilion gather less and leave more on weekdays, although they are like friends when they meet, they can drink and talk, but the real acquaintance can be said to be no.

"Miss Chi...... I'm reallyβ€”"

"That's it, let's take a gamble, if you win, you don't have to say it, if I win, you have to sue me, of course you can just say what Yu Chimu told you. In fact, that day, from Shang Zi's squeaky explanation to chase that person, she was a little suspicious that he was hiding something, of course, she also knew that Yu Chimu saw it, so she deliberately drove her to rest, but she believed in Brother Shang's character, so she didn't want him to be punished.

Shang Ziqi thought about it, if he only said that it was okay at all, he didn't need to bet that he could sue her, but he was also very annoyed in the past two days, but he was a little interested in her bet, so he nodded and said, "Okay, how to bet?"

"It's very simple, actually, I guess you caught up with that person that day, and that pick wasn't picked up on the road, you should have met that person, and you know that person, so bet that my next guess is right, right? Chi Xiaoman smiled slightly.

Shang Ziqi looked stunned, she knew that she might have learned about this from the prince, but she actually had to guess what was next? Could it be that she knew who that person was?

"Miss Chi, you ...... Tell me!" he was curious.

"Is that a girl? her face is sallow and freckled, but I don't think that's what she is, if I'm right...... She's from the Shadow Pavilion, right?And she should be the one who helped me escape from the palace and disguise the corpse that pretended to be me!" She thought for a long time, and kept asking Wei Chimu, just to be more sure of her guess.

Based on her previous speculation with Yu Chimu about the old man and the yellow-faced girl she bumped into, as well as Shang Ziqi's strange expression and the signature she found after she returned, she deduced such a result.

She would think of this conclusion and clarify the matter, purely because she was a bystander, and Wei Chimu couldn't think of it, maybe she just didn't want to believe that it was done by someone in her Shadow Pavilion, so she always kept the object of suspicion outside the Shadow Pavilion.

Shang Ziqi looked at her in shock, his expression had betrayed his mind, and Chi Xiaoman smiled: "It seems that I guessed correctly!"

In fact, she couldn't lose this gamble from beginning to end, for her, it was just a scam used to talk to Shangzi.