The West Market has always been the liveliest place, and although it is not as crowded as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is still full of bustling people.

During the New Year's Lantern Festival, there is a delicate lantern hanging on each stall, and even women and girls who don't go out much on weekdays can play on the street all night long in the name of enjoying the lanterns.

Rare festive New Year's Festival, everyone is generous, the small stall vendors and the merchants who open the door to do business on both sides are smiling, the stalls are all kinds of exquisite New Year's small things and snacks, there are also juggling artists in the Western Regions in the open place of the street, and even the boatmen who support the boats on the Jinshui River on the side lead the tourists to play on the river all night.

Autumn leaves white all the way through the crowd, looking at the bright lights, tourists are weaving, everyone is smiling, and they can't help but feel happy and happy, holding his somewhat cold hand, they want to speed up their steps: "Let's also go to the river, okay?" ”

But she didn't want her to turn her head, and saw that someone seemed to be too crowded, and ran straight over, looking at the thief's eyebrows and mouse eyes that bumped into her, her eyes were slightly cold, and a trace of ridicule flashed, and there were many thieves who took the opportunity to prey on this New Year's Day.

She stretched out her hand to pull Baili Chu and protect her behind her, but she didn't want the person behind her to suddenly reach out and take her into her arms, and then seemed to casually reach out and flick it in the air.

The thief stumbled and planted himself directly into the large water tank of a colchick vendor next to him.

With a 'poof' sound, the thief fell into the water tank, and several money bags fell out of his body in an instant.

The hawker, who was originally startled and wanted to go to get people to apologize, looked at those money bags, and immediately subconsciously shouted: "This is a thief, catch a thief!" ”

Listening to the sound of catching thieves one after another behind him, there were people who looked like patrolling and catching people hurrying not far away, but Baili Chu didn't stop, just grabbed Qiu Yebai's thin waist and walked forward, and at the same time lowered his head and chuckled in her ear: "Xiaobai wants to take a boat, or a painting boat?" ”

Autumn leaves were stunned, looked at the arm that was wrapped around her thin waist, and the wide chest that was attached to her back, she suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart, on weekdays, she was used to protecting the people around her as a man, even the three maids of spring, autumn and winter, and she also had a lot of love and protection, just because she was a daughter, and she knew how difficult it was for a daughter in such an era, not necessarily deliberately showing mercy everywhere, but more pity for the women she knew, so she won the hearts of women.

There is only a famous night four young people in the rivers and lakes, and she doesn't want to explain more.

Accustomed to protecting flowers, pity flowers, but this is the first time, someone treats her as a delicate daughter, she originally thought that in this life, she would not have this kind of experience, not to mention that she also felt that she was not a delicate grass and delicate flower.

But this feeling of being pampered seems to be ...... It's not bad, and even because it's my crush, this strange feeling can almost be called sweet.

She lowered her head and couldn't help but smile at the corners of her lips: "The painting boat is too big, Yibai and Qiu'er are afraid that they will come up and follow, isn't it too disappointing?" ”

"Okay, let's take a boat." A soft smile flashed in the deep eyes of Baili Chu, and he walked towards the river with her.

The two of them walked to the river, only to find that there were already a lot of people waiting on the dock, Bai Lichu was about to look at Yibai not far behind him, but his hand was shaken by Qiu Yebai, she looked around, and whispered with a side face: "No need, let's just wait, don't you see how many ordinary couples are also waiting like this?" ”

Baili Chu followed her gaze, and sure enough, there were many people who looked like husbands and wives among the people waiting, and there were also people waiting with their families and mouths, all of them were talking and laughing, his heart warmed slightly, and he nodded: "It's all up to you." ”

Husband and wife?

His eyes flashed slightly, and he suddenly leaned over and exhaled in her ear and said, "Although I like the word 'husband and wife', I prefer the word lover." ”

Autumn leaves were white, and the snort was the delicate aroma between his lips when he leaned over, which made her sensitive ears tickle a little, and she only felt that the word 'lover' was said in his mouth, and there was a kind of ambiguity that turned a thousand times, which made people soft to the bone.

She stiffened slightly, lowered her eyes, and wanted to look away: "Why?" ”

Although Baili first saw her with an indifferent expression, his pink neck was already slightly red, a ghostly smile flashed in his eyes, and the arm that wrapped around her thin waist tightened slightly, and he deliberately whispered softly in her ear: "Husband and wife are just a mundane life, and if the dust is broken, there will be no chance to continue, but even if you go to hell, Xiaobai will always be a person from this palace, so it seems more suitable for a lover." ”

"You...... Overbearing! Qiu Yebai's ears were originally sensitive, and she only felt that her body was straight and crispy, and although his voice was very low in her ears, she felt clear and bright to the point of being unscrupulous.

She looked around and coughed lightly to try to distance herself slightly, only to feel that they seemed to be too presumptuous and intimate, and the eyes of the people around her seemed to fall on them.

Baili Chu smiled lightly and didn't say much, only clasped her thin waist and soft hair.

She was still a little stiff, but she didn't dare to move too much, for fear that her movements would become more and more noticeable.

However, she soon found that she was not mistaken, and there were indeed many eyes around them that fell on them, and even whispered.

"That boy was born well...... So handsome. ”

"Well, I don't think it's too beautiful to say, looking at the gorgeous clothes embroidered with unicorns, I don't know which prince and grandson it is."

"The girl next to him...... Is it a couple? ”

"This ...... There is no women's bun, very tall, but that kind of beautiful curiosity, but like a person from the Western Regions? ”

"I heard that the princes and nobles like to be sold beauties from the Western Regions recently, and a girl from the nobility of the Western Regions can be sold for a lot of money, so it is ......."

"I don't know how much money I can buy one, look at the thin waist and long legs, it must be ecstatic when twisted, so the boys are flocking to it, ha......."

Qiu Yebai was still interested in listening to other people's discussions about Baili Chu for a while, but she didn't want to talk about her in the end, she remembered that she was tall, and her complexion was naturally similar to the beauty of the Western Regions.

The whispering sound may not be heard by ordinary people, but it is extremely clear in the ears of those who have cultivated to a high level.

Sure enough, she immediately felt that the breath on Baili Chu's body was cold, and she immediately shook his hand and took him to the side.

"Ah Chu, this boat hasn't come yet, let's see what's sold next to it."

Baili Chu didn't move, but in the end he let her pull him over.

She looked up at Bai Lichu with a sideways face and squinted at the two thickest men who were talking about her, her eyes were cold.

She sighed lightly, stretched out her hand and turned his face to herself, looked at his deep and gloomy eyes like a dark sea, and said: "Ah Chu, the emperor can't stop the world's leisurely mouths, not to mention that it's just a painless discussion?" ”

Speaking of which, the court's discussion of her is even more ugly, there are many criticisms in this world, if everything is in your ears, no matter how wide your heart is, you can't hold it.

Bai Lichu looked at the bright eyes of the person in front of him, and there was a lot of openness, and the dark waves in his eyes gradually subsided, and he snorted coldly: "Xiaobai is mine." ”

Qiu Yebai looked at his unhappy handsome face, laughed in his heart, and coaxed a child: "It's yours, it's all yours." ”

Because it's his, isn't anyone allowed to look at her more?

Bai Li Chu backhanded her soft wattle resting on his cheek, sucked it lightly between his lips, and was about to say something, but a strange voice interjected: "Two guests, are you standing here to buy my things?" ”

The two of them followed the voice, only to find that they had stood in front of a small stall at some point, occupying all the land in front of the stall, and a young Westerner with blond hair and blue eyes was looking at them helplessly.

Autumn leaves were embarrassed at first, they actually kissed me and me in front of other stall owners for a long time!

But after seeing the person's appearance clearly, she was instantly a little surprised: "Westerner, you are ......." ”

She paused and hesitated, "Are you from Great Qin?" ”

Great Qin was one of the other ends of the Silk Road, and later generations called it the place of the Roman Empire.

The man was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then continued to speak the broken Central Plains dialect, waving his hand and saying, "No, it's not Rome...... I'm from the English ...... Hero....... ”

Autumn leaves pale and raised their eyebrows to look at him: "Kingdom of England, you are from the other side of the ocean?" ”

She and Lao Xian traveled to the Central Plains, the Western Regions, and Southern Xinjiang, although the Western Regions were rarely visited, but she had seen some people from the Great Qin Empire, who were also so blonde and blue-eyed, or brown and blue-eyed, and there were also some merchants from the Great Qin Empire in the capital.

It is said that the first generation of the head of the Zhou family was a member of the blonde-haired and blue-eyed Great Qin Empire, and he was promoted by the Zhenwu Emperor exceptionally, but as time passed, she did not see any traces of a mixed-race child on Zhou Yu's face.

Although the Tianji Empire does not prohibit the sea, there are a lot of harsh taxes on shipping, and shipping is not too developed, and the farthest is to go to the South Seas to transport some spices and jewelry, and there are very few people from the other side of the ocean

The man's eyes widened instantly, and he said in surprise: "Yes, yes, miss...... You're so angelic! ”

As he spoke, he grabbed the autumn leaf white and shook it up and down: "I'm Father Avis." ”

But the next moment, he was immediately pinched by someone's neck, his eyes were immediately bloodshot and bulging, his tongue was stretched out, and he almost couldn't breathe, like a rooster pinched by someone's neck, but he couldn't even struggle, his whole body was weak.

Qiu Yebai was startled, and immediately reached out to hold Bai Lichu's wrist: "Your Highness, you are about to strangle him, that's just the etiquette of their country!" ”

She saw that Baili Chu glanced at her, her eyes were cold, but she didn't let go, so she had to reach out and wrap her arms around his waist: "Ah Chu, let go." ”

Baili Chu was hugged by her like this, and his hand shook slightly, and he let go of his hand, but he still stared at Avis with gloomy eyes.

Avis escaped, quickly breathed heavily, his face turned white, stared at Baili Chu in fear, and said hoarsely in his pinched throat: "Hell...... Earth...... The devil of hell, Satan! ”

Devil, Satan?

Qiu Yebai pondered, this description is not too much, but seeing that Avis was almost strangled to death, and even her throat was pinched by Bailichu, she sighed secretly, and had to casually glance at Avis's stall: "I'm sorry, the custom of our empire is that you can't shake a girl's hand at will, so it's okay, what do you sell, I'll buy some from you." ”

Ives originally wanted to roll up things and hurry away from the 'demon', but then he suddenly heard Akiba Bai say that he wanted to buy something, and his ears immediately pricked up, and he looked at Baili Chu with a cold face in fear, but he really didn't want to be hungry anymore, so he still gritted his teeth and said in the lame Zhongyuan dialect: "Beautiful young lady, what do you want to buy, I have very beautiful jewelry here." ”

Only then did Akiba Bai notice that there were a lot of delicate things piled up on Avis's humble stall, all of which were Western-style objects, including jewelry and various hand mirrors, crosses, sound boxes, and other objects.

But it was clear that he hadn't sold anything on such a busy night, probably because his lame Central Plains dialect and his blonde appearance had somewhat hindered his trading.

Of course, there was one more important reason soon, and Akiba Bai soon knew.

"How much does this cost?" Her gaze suddenly fell on a pair of delicate ruby rings, which were set on vines, like a little crimson flower blooming on top of thorns, and the ruby was as deep and seductive as blood.

Avis rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Angelic miss, this thorn flower holy ring used by Her Majesty the Queen of our country when she ascended the throne is not expensive, one hundred taels of silver." ”

Autumn leaves were stunned, and then raised their eyebrows mockingly: "Why don't you grab it?" ”

It turns out that this is the reason why this guy's things can't be sold, he treats everyone else as a nerd, and although the Central Plains dialect is weird, it actually slips away!

Returning the holy ring when the queen ascended the throne, this roadside vendor caught people and said that he had the jade seal in the hands of the emperor's majesty, what is the difference?

Bai Li Chu suddenly spoke: "Who do you say this thing belongs to?" ”

Aavis was stunned: "Our Majesty the Queen." ”

"Queen?" He narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Avis.

Akiba Bai said lightly for Avis: "That's right, there is a queen in their country. ”

As soon as Avis saw Baili Chu speak, he instantly looked extremely frightened, and wanted to pull Qiu Yebai again, but the outstretched hand immediately retracted under Baili Chu's gloomy and cold gaze, and he could only lower his voice and said, "Miss Angel, that's a demon, and you follow Satan by your side...... It is...... Is it Hades? ”

He thought about it and was a little distressed: "No...... Hades is the judge of justice, what do you Central Plains people call demons called? ”

Akiba smiled and looked at Avis: "Avis, he's not a demon, he's my ......." ”

She paused, shook Bailichu's hand with her backhand, and smiled faintly at Avis: "He is my lover." ”

Avis's eyes widened in horror: "What? ”

Baili Chu narrowed his eyes, what did this Westerner's words mean, although he didn't understand it, but it was definitely not a good word, and he dared to touch his Xiaobai, do you want to let Yibai take them to practice knives for a while?

Speaking of which, the people who control the crane prison haven't practiced with people for some time.

She sensed that the person behind her seemed to have a little desire to kill Avis, so she immediately changed the subject: "Okay, Avis, do you want to sell your things, if you do this again, I believe you will never be able to sell your things." ”

Ives glanced at Baili Chu in fear, and kept making crosses in his heart, and then shook his head: "No, God's people don't sell things to the devil. ”

Akiba Bai: "......." ”

This guy has a sick brain.

She frowned, and was about to leave with Bailichu, but suddenly accidentally saw a model ship on Avis's stall, and then she noticed a black skull tattoo on the back of Avis's wrist, she instantly narrowed her eyes and looked at Avis inscrutablely: "You are a priest?" ”

Avis was a little uneasy by her, and then nodded, "Yes." ”

Akiba Bai was about to say something, when he suddenly saw Baili Chu throw down a silver ticket, and then directly picked it up from Avis's hand, held the pair of rings in his hand, and then gracefully caged her and turned around and left: "The ship is coming." ”

Qiu Yebai was hugged and taken away by Baili Chu, so she had to turn her head to look at Avis and said, "If you are going to starve to death, you can go to the celebrant to find a person named Xiao Qi." ”

Ives didn't even see the other party's movements clearly, and the things in his hands were gone, and he could only watch the pair leave in amazement.

Then, he looked down at the silver ticket in his hand, and was momentarily stunned...... One thousand taels!

His eyes widened with excitement in an instant, but in addition to excitement in his green eyes, there was a strange cold light.

This Central Plains Empire is really rich!

But his good fortune did not last for a quarter of an hour, when a white figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and as soon as he looked up, he met a pair of smiling eyes.

The beauty in front of him was kind and kind, and he subconsciously said, "Do you want to buy anything?" ”

Shuangbai shook his head with a smile, but the wide sleeves flicked in front of him: "I'm here to retrieve things." ”

Then, he drifted away and disappeared into the sea of people.

When Ives came back to his senses, he touched his head and muttered, "The Central Plains people are so strange." ”

But when his eyes fell on his hand, he realized that he didn't know when the one thousand taels of silver tickets in his hand were left—a piece of straw paper!

"Ahh A terrible scream resounded through the river.

However, no one has mercy.

……

Ning Dong looked at the silver ticket in Shuangbai's hand, and frowned slightly: "Isn't this what His Highness gave it?" ”

Shuangbai smiled and withdrew the silver ticket back to his sleeve: "That's right, His Highness also asked him to take it back." ”

Ning Qiu was puzzled: "Why, Mingguang Hall is short of money?" ”

Yibai chewed a blade of grass and said lazily: "Because one of His Highness's habits is to like to appreciate the sad appearance of greedy people after they have gained and lost." ”

Ning Qiu and Ning Dong: "......." ”

To put it bluntly, is it because His Royal Highness the Regent is small-minded and jealous, so he can't afford to offend anyone?

Seeing that the two masters of their own family not far away got into the boat, several people immediately followed into a painting boat that had been prepared for a long time, and followed the boat from a distance.

They didn't notice a strange gaze behind them, and when they saw them on the boat, the man immediately got out of the crowd and slipped to a few vendors selling lamps and whispered, "I have discovered a strange thing, just now I seem to have seen the lord of the crane prison and the two new maids beside Admiral Qiu, who somehow came out to swim in the lake in the middle of the night. ”

The few vendors selling the lamps hesitated for a while, then lowered their voices and said, "Okay, you go and follow them first, and we will go to report to Father-in-law Ping immediately." ”

The man hesitated for a moment: "But tonight, His Royal Highness the Eighth is easy to take advantage of the relaxation of the palace preparations to go out of the palace to relax, are we going to bother His Highness with these things, in the end, it is just the subordinates of His Royal Highness the Regent and Admiral Qiu." ”

Maybe they just took advantage of the master's wedding to be lazy?

The hawker who seemed to be the leader frowned: "Have you forgotten, His Royal Highness Eighth said that all news related to His Royal Highness the Regent and Admiral Qiu must be notified to him as soon as possible!" ”

The man was startled, as if he had just remembered this stubble, and immediately nodded, and immediately went to the Jinshui River, found a small boat, and immediately followed.

The other hawkers immediately sent out people to infiltrate the crowd.

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The sky is full of stars and Yinhe Han, the snow is gradually dissipating, and the beginning of spring is coming, and it is a good time in the world.

Autumn leaves and Baili Chu sat on the bow of the boat, the boatman held the boat and slowly drifted along the Jinshui River, drifted through the bustling noisy narrow river, and gradually traveled to a wide place, the banks on both sides were brightly lit, the lights on the river surface were dotted, the pleasant sound of silk and bamboo gradually drifted away, the cold water vapor rippled, and the river surface seemed more and more blurry and beautiful.

Far away, heaven and earth, like a fantasy.

Autumn leaves leaned on Baili Chu's shoulders and squinted slightly: "It's so beautiful, no wonder everyone is waiting to take the boat=." ”

Bai Li Chu replied lightly, then took her hand and moved gently.

She suddenly felt something more on her finger, and when she looked up, she saw a delicate arabesque ruby silver ring quietly fitting around her ring finger.

She was stunned for a moment, and her heart instantly surged: "Why are you wearing this finger?" ”

Bai Lichu looked down at her, his eyes were as deep and gloomy as the water of the dark night, and he was also gentle and cold: "It's very suitable for Xiaobai." ”

When he saw the ring for the first time, he also found that the ring was indeed very beautiful and suitable for Xiaobai.

Akiba Bai's heart palpitated, and he looked at him silently, yes, what is a more reasonable explanation than this sentence?

He didn't know that the Western legend that the blood vessels of the ring finger lead directly to the heart, but it was just intuitively appropriate.

No matter where you wear it, it's all – appropriate.

Just because that's what he gave her.

This is the sweetest and most fitting explanation.

The corners of her lips curled uncontrollably, and she suddenly took his whitened left hand with her backhand, took another ring from his right hand, loosened the looper on it, and put the ring finger on him as well.

Then, she held his hand, twisted her fingers, smiled gently, and her eyes were soft: "Take the ring as a letter, if you don't take it off in this life, I will never take it off, if there is really an Infernal Hell, if you go first, I will take this as a letter, and hold your hand again in the Infernal Hell, if I go first, you can also embrace me in your arms, don't forget." ”

Bai Li Chu looked down at her, his eyes were faint and misty, for a long time, for a long time, he suddenly chuckled, and his fingertips slowly skimmed the delicate skin of her cheeks.

"Xiaobai, I have a better way......."

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Today's nine thousand updates Oh, ask for tickets ~ sweet honey, sweet honey ~

The era of Xiaobai and His Royal Highness was a hybrid of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and firearms had already appeared.

However, the Holy Roman Empire (Great Qin), the era of the Kingdom of Central England, and France actually have a certain time lag in our world, but this is something that happens in parallel time and space after all, so I set it to be that these countries coexist at the same time, but the Age of Discovery has begun, but there are not many people who have arrived in the Central Plains