"What kind of murder, why do I not understand it more and more. www.biquge.info"Hua Lianyue asked coldly: "Could it be that the second prince wants to kill me? Then the transaction between him and my eldest brother is afraid that it will be completely nullified." ”

The flesh on his Cole's cheeks shook violently a few times, revealing a ferocity inexplicably. He said with a cold face: "Miss Hua is so calculating, although I don't know what kind of magic you used to make those brown paper lanterns fly into the sky, I know that you have blindly revealed your whereabouts and have already caused trouble for yourself." ”

"And ask General Cole to make things clear!" Hua Liyue sat down at the table and reached out to pour herself a glass of water. She took a sip in her hand, and there was no sign of panic at all.

"Miss Hua is so smart, don't you really know?" Qi Cole smiled bitterly: "Now the world knows that you are in the hands of the second prince, if any accident happens to you at this time, General Liu will definitely put this account on the second prince." ”

Hua Lianyue's expression froze, and the simple bamboo cup shook gently in her palm. After half a ring, she turned her head to Yu Xi on the side with a faint smile and said, "It seems that your brothers want my life!"

Yu Xi was already at a loss, and she was even more confused when she heard the words. His lips squirmed a few times, but he didn't say a word.

Hua Lianyue hooked her lips and smiled, and put the bamboo cup in her hand back on the table. Her eyes turned around a few times on the ugly face of Qi Cole, and said with a smile: "It's really reckless for me to say this, I don't know how the second prince is going to arrange me next?"

Hua Lianyue has become a hot potato, and Yu Guang really didn't know how to place it for a while, so he only told him that Cole must protect her. If Hua Lianyue had a mistake because of Yu Guang's negligence, I was afraid that Liu Gu, who was originally an alliance, would become a quick knife to take his life in an instant.

As Cole thought of this, a gleam flashed in his cloudy eyes. Immediately, he said in a deep voice: "As long as Miss Hua can settle down, I will definitely protect you and the Seven Princes to the death." ”

Hua Lianyue's eyes flashed, revealing a hint of cunning, and she grinned: "Then there will be labor! However, since we want to avoid people's eyes, we might as well disguise." How about distracting people and avoiding the eyes and ears of others?"

"It's ......," Cole hesitated.

"That's it. Hua Lianyue had already slapped the table and helped him make a decision.

Yu Xi was still in a daze, Hua Lianyue had already jumped in front of him, grabbed his sleeve, and said with a smile while shaking: "Seventh Prince, speaking of which, I have been in the Northern Underworld for several months, but I haven't had a good time. This time down the mountain, you have to do your best landlord's friendship, take me to take a good look at the scenery of the North Underworld, and taste the food of the North Underworld. ”

Yu Xi opened his mouth blankly: "Ah!"

Suddenly, he was shocked, and said in surprise: "You mean we can go down the mountain now?"

The corners of Cole's eyes twitched at the same time.

......

"Look, it's the master, the master is exorcising ghosts and praying for blessings. ”

Watching the bustling crowd, adults and children alike looked at a shaman in the center dressed in colorful cloth, wearing a ghost mask, and with various bird feathers on his head. While reciting scriptures, he danced and danced.

There were also two young men around the shaman, dressed in white, with unkempt hair and strange patterns painted on their faces to act as ghosts. These two 'ghosts' constantly make provocative movements against the shaman, and from time to time they jump into the crowd exaggeratedly, causing adults to laugh, children to make trouble, and cats and dogs to bark all the time.

There were also several old men in ordinary clothes in the crowd, their skin was dark and their faces were wrinkled, but they beat the gongs and drums in their hands to a lively and noisy scene. Hua Lianyue watched curiously in the crowd, and looked at it for a long time, so she asked an old woman who was applauding beside her: "Auntie, what are they doing?"

The old woman suddenly heard someone greet her, and looked sideways. In front of them, a young girl in a navy blue floral cloth dress and a black cylinder skirt stood looking at her and smiling. She was dressed no different from the ordinary girls around her, with no ornaments on her head, just a simple cloth wrapped, and she looked very simple, but this girl was extremely handsome.

The old woman smiled and said, "They are 'fighting ghosts and praying for blessings'!"

"Fight ghosts and pray for blessings, is it a festival today?" Hua Lianyue had the patience to break the casserole and ask to the end.

The old woman laughed and said, "Didn't the girl see the vision of this morning?"

"What vision?"

"Lanterns are flying!"

Hua Lianyue's eyes suddenly lit up, and she became more and more interested.

"This is a manifestation of a ghost and a god, a warning from heaven. The old woman continued to say mysteriously: "Originally, everyone was frightened, but fortunately, this shaman master has strong mana, and specially did this 'ghost fighting and praying for blessings' ritual to calm the anger of the ghosts and gods." Good ......"

The old woman suddenly applauded, startling Hua Lianyue, and hurriedly looked back. Seeing that the shaman master had finished reciting the scriptures, he took out a large knife overflowing with cold light, and slashed at the two people who were pretending to be ghosts with a loud shout.

There were bursts of exclamations around him, and it was strange to say that the big knife seemed scary, but in fact, it didn't even cut the corners of the clothes of the two people, but every time the knife went down, there would be a dazzling red trace.

After a while, the white clothes on the two men were covered with red marks. At a glance, it looked like it had been cut out of countless wounds, which was shocking.

"Okay!" Hua Liyue also applauded, she had never seen such a scene, and she was reluctant to even blink her eyelids.

"Don't look at it, Kele has asked us to get out of the city before dark!" she was still clapping vigorously, and Yu Xi stretched out her hand diagonally, pulling her away.

Hua Lianyue was pulled by him to stagger, and said in a loud voice: "What's the hurry, let's take a look!" The crowd was too crowded, flattening the heels of the cloth shoes on her feet, and the handkerchief covering her hair was also squeezed out.

It took some effort for Yu Xi to pull her out of the crowd. While helping her straighten the veil on her head, he complained in a low voice: "It's all the two of us who are in trouble, but we have cheapened this shaman master and made a lot of sesame oil money for nothing." ”

Hua Lianyue stuck out the tip of her tongue and laughed: "Gone!

"Cut the cake, cut the cake deliciously!" Before she could take a few steps, a cart selling cake cutting caught her attention again.

Half of the cart was a round, clean slate. In the center of the slate is a large piece of yellow rice noodles, a cut cake made of yellow peas. On top of the cut cake are jujubes, green silk, osmanthus, walnuts, dried apricots and other dried fruit desserts.

On the other side of the cart is a large cauldron that is still smoking, and a sweet smell overflows from the pot, from which the steamed cakes are made.

This breath is very tempting, and from time to time a child excitedly holds two copper plates and hands them to the stall owner. The stall owner neatly cut a corner of the cake with a knife, inserted it with a bamboo skewer, dipped it in powdered yellow sugar, and handed it to the children.

Looking at the busy stall owner, Hua Lianyue was suddenly a little stunned.

Yu Xi blinked and said, "Sister Hua, do you want to eat?"

Hua Lianyue smiled brightly and said, "I haven't eaten it for a long time, I want to taste it!"

Yu Xi took out a purse, threw it into her hand, and said, "If you want to eat it, go buy it!" But this kind of cut cake is too sweet and greasy, and it is only suitable for children, so I don't want it. ”

Hua Lianyue glanced at him and said, "Who said that only children can eat sweets, I like it too." ”

She grabbed her purse, went straight to the cart, and said, "Cut a piece for me!" She took a piece of silver from her purse and threw it in front of the stall owner.

The stall owner looked at her deeply, and without saying a word, neatly cut off a corner of steaming pastry, dipped it in powdered sugar and handed it to her.

She took it with a grin, turned and left.

The stall owner hurriedly said, "Girl, I want to find your silver." ”

Hua Lianyue left a sentence far away: "The rest is a reward!" She opened her mouth and took a bite of the cut cake in her hand, and it was really soft, sweet and sticky. When she bit the foreign object in it, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she was busy wiping her mouth and quietly hiding the foreign object in the palm of her hand.

The stall owner smiled slightly, and unceremoniously took the silver horn into his arms.

Hua Lianyue returned to Yu Xi's side, and her Cole came out like a ghost, urging impatiently: "Don't delay, hurry up!"

Hua Lianyue said confidently: "I'm hungry, I can't walk!"

"Hungry?" said Cole, looking at the steaming cake in her hand, "What tricks do you want to play?"

Hua Lianyue said unceremoniously: "After walking for most of the day, I just ate such a piece of cut cake, it is definitely not enough, I have to find a restaurant to have a good meal!"

"You ......" Qi Cole just wanted to refuse, but Yu Xi also helped on the side: "Speaking of which, I also feel a little tired, let's find a place to rest before leaving!"

Of course, Hua Liyue's request for Cole would not be taken to heart, but Yu Xi's words, he did not dare to ignore them. After hesitating for a long time, he said unwillingly: "Then let's find a place to rest." ”

There were a lot of people in his Cole, and although they were all dressed in ordinary people's clothes, they were quite eye-catching when they were gathered. So the guards were scattered around Hua Lianyue and Yu Xi, secretly protecting and monitoring their every move.

Cole himself couldn't hide his height from the crowd, so he stayed in the carriage and tried not to show his face. If it weren't for Hua Lianyue who had been grinding in this bazaar, Yu Xi would have no way to take her, and he wouldn't have come forward to urge her in person.

Hua Lianyue found a restaurant at random, and took the opportunity of going to the thatched house to secretly open the Bo Juan who was eaten from the cut cake, and there were only a few words in it, "The sour jujube forest in the north!" Hua Lianyue was stunned for a while, broke this piece of Bo Juan into pieces, and threw it into the pit.

When he came out of the hut, he looked up and saw Kula standing at the door with a tangled face. Hua Lianyue's heart tightened, and she said quietly: "What are you doing standing here?"

Kula ignored her, holding her stomach and hurriedly rushed into the hut, and Hua Liyue quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, in addition to Kula, there were several guards scattered around, because they didn't get too close because of their identities. Hua Liyue was naturally not worried about them discovering their secrets, so she returned to the front hall with brisk steps.

Yu Xi was meticulously wiping the bamboo chopsticks, and on the table in front of him, there were already steaming haggis soup, common dishes such as red braised beef in sauce, and a stack of golden dough.

Seeing Hua Lianyue coming back, Yu Xi hurriedly put a bowl of haggis soup in front of her, handed her a piece of pastry, and said with a smile: "Sister Hua, let's eat some casually today." When I get back to Xinye, I'll treat you to good food. ”

"Xinye?" Hua Lianyue's heart moved. Shinno is the capital of the Northern Underworld. Hahiro and Hamoto are fighting on the riverside outside Shinno Castle. At this moment, Yu Xi wanted to go back to Xinye, and he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse waiting for him.

Forget it, these are not for her to worry about, let's think about how to lure the stubborn Qi Cole to the sour date forest in the north!

"Sister Hua, you can't get used to it, do you want the store to send some rice?" Yu Xi saw Hua Lianyue pinching the dough cake with an absent-minded expression, so she patiently asked.

Hua Lianyue came back to her senses, smiled at him, and said, "No, these are good!" She tore the dough into small pieces, put it in the haggis soup to soften, and ate it in small bites. Yu Xi just looked at it gently, holding a porcelain cup in his hand, taking a sip of the crude brown tea soup in the cup from time to time, obviously not having an appetite for the dishes on the table.

Hua Lianyue's expression moved, and she said, "You can eat some together!" ”

"It's okay, I'm not hungry, I can eat whatever I want when I'm hungry!" Although Yu Xi's words were gentle, he had a persistence that could not be ignored.

Hua Lianyue slowly took a sip of mutton soup, suddenly smiled, and said, "There is a snack in my hometown, called rock sugar gourd......"

"Rock sugar gourd, what is it?" Yu Xi asked with interest.

Hua Lianyue thought for a while and said, "It is to put on small fruits with a sour smell such as hawthorn, sour dates or begonias, put them on bamboo skewers, and then pour them with burnt syrup." When the syrup cools, it will turn into a crystal clear sugar crust. The bite is crunchy, sour and sweet, and especially appetizing. ”

"Hearing you say that, I'd like to try it when I have the chance. Yu Xi smiled.

Hua Lianyue hurriedly said: "Don't wait for the opportunity, I will do it, as long as the things are ready, I can make them for you to eat immediately." Maybe she was too impatient, Yu Xi looked at her curiously, but didn't squeak.

Hua Lianyue retracted her eyes, poked the haggis soup in front of her with a face full of grievances, and said resentfully: "I eat these all day long, it's really greasy." If there is a string of sweet and sour sugar gourds, I would rather exchange the meat on this table. ”

Yu Xi saw her look full of gluttony, pleading and resentful little eyes, and her heart suddenly softened. If such a small request could not be met, he felt that he was a little too undeserved.

Yu Xi thought for a while, beckoned to the shopkeeper, and asked, "Your Excellency, do you know where to sell fruits such as hawthorn and sour dates?" Hua Lianyue hurriedly pricked up her ears and listened carefully.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "No need to buy, no need to buy, I have two sour jujube trees in my backyard, and they are ripe now." We all think it's sour and no one likes it. If the guest wants, I can ask the guy to send you a basket. ”

With a "poof", Hua Lianyue spit out all the mutton soup in her mouth.