Chapter Ninety-Seven: Walking by Water

And after Ji Zhaoran heard her words, his smile became brighter and brighter, and he said: "She is just the daughter of one of my uncles, and her temperament is really simple, and it is impossible for me to be with her." ”

"That's none of my business," Chu Yunsheng added this sentence and leaned against the side wall, pretending to be sleepy, wanting to hide the embarrassing atmosphere in front of him by pretending to be asleep.

Ji Zhaoran only glanced at her and knew her small movements, but he didn't demolish her, he gave her enough time to think about it, and also gave her enough time to accept him.

He was willing to wait.

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Chu Yunsheng was originally just leaning on the side wall and pretending to be asleep, but he didn't know that he would really fall asleep as a result.

When she woke up, it was already late, she didn't know when and where they arrived, or Ji Zhaoran woke her up, she woke up, and the moment she lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage, she almost didn't drop her jaw when she saw the scene in front of her.

Where are they?

Shouldn't it be in front of an inn in some city?

However, there is a pier in front of me.

At a glance, out of the dock docked in twos and threes, there is only the sparkling river, although the temperature is low, and the snow is still drifting, but the river surface has not frozen, and there are more than layers of small waves driven by ships on the water surface.

When Chu Yunsheng was in a daze, Ji Zhaoran had already quickened his pace, walked to a nearby big ship and stood still, at this time, he turned around and beckoned Chu Yunsheng to follow, and when he saw Chu Yunsheng still there, he smiled and said, "Isn't it too cold and stupid?"

At this time, where did Chu Yunsheng still have the heart to quarrel with him, his steps quickened, and when he walked in front of him, he couldn't help but be curious: "Take the waterway?"

Ji Zhaoran nodded, raised his hand to take her, and walked directly to the boat.

Chu Yunsheng originally wanted to say something, but seeing that there were many people coming and going, they had just arrived here, and there were already dozens of people lined up behind them.

This is a large ship that integrates passenger ships and merchant ships, the lowest load of goods under the ship, the lower deck is inhabited by poor people, and the deck and a half are inhabited by rich merchants or dignitaries, this is basically known when Chu Yunsheng and Ji Zhaoran boarded the deck, seeing the demeanor and clothing of these people.

The owner of the ship here obviously knew Ji Zhaoran, or rather, Ji Zhaoran's heavenly killer, and when he saw Ji Zhaoran on the deck from afar, he had already followed with a smiling face.

Originally, they were arranged to have two rooms next to each other on the top floor, but Ji Zhaoran refused, and he only wanted one.

Although he was glared at viciously by Chu Yunsheng several times, he still pulled Chu Yunsheng and chose a room close to the bow of the boat.

Even if it is the best room on this ship, it is still not as good as the room in the inn on land, the room here is narrow and just accommodates the next bed, a set of tables, chairs, benches and a few utensils, Chu Yunsheng glanced at the bed, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately, the bed is quite spacious, and they can sleep on the ground.

After helping them make arrangements, the owner of the boat retreated, and Chu Yunsheng couldn't help but express his doubts: "Why don't you want others to arrange two rooms for us, and you want to squeeze in one room with me?"

Ji Zhaoran was already sitting at the table at this time, and leisurely raised his hand to pour a cup of tea for himself and Chu Yunsheng, seeing that Chu Yunsheng looked very reluctant to live in a room with him, he couldn't help but say, "The room here is precious, do you have any silver?"

This sentence did ask Chu Yunsheng's sore feet, thinking that at the beginning, she took him disguised as a dumb person, but because she had no money, she almost had to sleep on the street and freeze to death on the street.

"I know you don't have any money, so I wronged myself and let you live in my room, what, Miss Ah Sheng, what is your opinion? If you don't want to squeeze a room with me, do you want to go to the bottom of the boat and squeeze with those sweaty laborers on the first floor without a bed?"

Seeing that he was in the middle of it, Chu Yunsheng was speechless, and Ji Zhaoran continued to joke.

But what Chu Yunsheng listened to was itchy teeth.

She was sure that he only wanted this room, and it was definitely not a matter of silver, and the leader of the Heavenly Killer would care about the cost of this room, and the ghost would not believe it.

But who told her that she now has no wealth, and indeed no silver, and that she really has to rely on him to reach her destination!

What she said in his heart, she must be teasing her, she has only slept for half a day, and his attitude is so bad, where did his expression go at that time in the morning?

Thinking like this in her heart, Chu Yunsheng didn't want to show it on her face, she sighed, walked to the table, raised her hand to take the hot tea handed to her by Ji Zhaoran, took a small sip, and said with a smile: "What Leader Ji said is reasonable, here, I also want to thank Leader Ji for his kindness." ”

"Miss Ah Sheng is polite, and she is a gesture. Ji Zhaoran also took a sip of tea, smiling like a spring breeze, and when Chu Yunsheng had almost drunk a cup of tea, he turned back to the topic and said, "Why don't you ask, why do we have to take the waterway?"

"Originally, I wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, you have your own plans, and if you want to say, you will naturally tell me. Putting down the teacup, Chu Yunsheng picked up the teapot and was about to fill it for himself, but saw that his other hand was already holding the teacup and leaned over.

After Chu Yunsheng was full of tea, Ji Zhaoran said: "Because the waterway is the most dangerous." ”

"The most dangerous?"

This sentence made Chu Yunsheng a little confused, shouldn't they take the safest road?

Slowly drinking the tea, Ji Zhaoran sighed, and then said: "The reason why I chose to take the waterway is that one is to go to the nearest road to the Hopeless Sea, which can save five days of travel compared to taking the land route, and second, I have already let out the news in a few mansions in the Chu State where I have secret agents, and I want to go to the Hopeless Sea by water." ”

Ji Zhaoran didn't say the latter words, but Chu Yunsheng had already vaguely guessed a little, she remembered the assassination of those black-clothed masters who came in the small courtyard of the farmhouse last time, and remembered that Miss Xiaoxiao later said that she was from the Ling Wang faction.

Ji Zhaoran did this to lure the snake out of the hole, or to determine who sent these people and who were involved.

"As for me, I naturally want to reach the Hopeless Sea as soon as possible to defend the country, but I'm worried about you, wouldn't it be too risky to lure the snake out of the hole or to determine the person behind the scenes? ”

Hearing this, Ji Zhaoran shook his head and said with a smile: "Since I know that they are coming, there will naturally be deployment, so don't worry too much, are you hungry, let's go eat something first, it may take some effort tonight." ”

Originally, she was not hungry, but after Ji Zhaoran's reminder, Chu Yunsheng was really hungry, thinking about it, she had basically never eaten anything except sleeping or sleeping all the way, and she didn't care about whether she was hungry or not.

Seeing her expression, Ji Zhao was surprised, and when he got up, he walked to the deck with her.