"What did you say?" I stared at him in surprise and said, "I've only been away for so many days, and I even sold my house?" "Not bad." The young man replied to me in the affirmative. "Impossible," I asked him, after a moment's hesitation, "and why didn't I see anyone in that courtyard just now?" “

In the cold wind, I stood at the door of the brewery, thinking back to the cold silence in the courtyard just now, and the chill in my heart was even worse. "If it's really sold?" "Oh, I heard that the buyer is a merchant who has come to the capital of Zealand to do business."

The young man rolled his eyes and said to me, "I won't come to live for the time being after I bought it, but I will bring my family here after half a year." "Right now, this courtyard is so empty, there is no one."

The young man at the winery said calmly: "Our winery is newly opened, I have been here for a few days, and I have not seen anyone come to the alley to look for anyone every day." “

"Uncle Liu didn't mean to joke when he told me about it," the young man lowered his head embarrassedly and said, "He also gave me some money, saying that it was bothering me." "I saw you stop by the girl before," the young man raised his head, his face was still a little red, "Although I think it may be the person that Uncle Liu said, I am not embarrassed to ask." "Uncle Liu, after they left, you were the first to go to see the courtyard, so I paid attention and stopped you when I saw you come out." "Thank you," I said, undisguised as I turned to leave. I still couldn't help but turn around and ask him, "I'm afraid Uncle Liu didn't say where they were going, right?" “

Ji Jiu left a message at the shopkeeper of the noodle shop, and now Uncle Liu is also asking someone to watch it in the wine shop. Based on this situation, did they really leave the national capital? "Them?" The young man said with a stunned expression when he heard this, "Where did they come from?" “

I frowned and stared at him without speaking, my heart churning.

The young man continued with a good look: "Girl, Uncle Liu hired a carriage to go alone. "I heard that his family left the capital a few days ago, and when he asked me to leave a message, he was alone."

I was standing on the street. I guessed a little in advance, but I still couldn't come back to my senses for a moment, and soon reached out and rubbed my forehead. Force yourself to be calm.

If you want to say that Uncle Liu, they and me are really like the fate of Pingshui meeting.

The only thing he has to do with me is Ji Jiu, if he hadn't led the way, how could I have known Uncle Liu?

When Uncle Liu left the national capital, he could think that I might come to the door in the future. Deliberately left a mouth in the wine shop, and the trust guy passed the word to let me know the cause and effect.

It's thoughtful enough to say. Enough is righteous!

Where did they go, for what reason, and what reason did they have to tell me?

Just as I never told Ji Jiu about the real purpose of my entry into the Sealand Palace, of course I wouldn't say.

Treat others with oneself, and their approach is understandable.

It's just that it's emotionally difficult to get through this hurdle, I think about being able to see them after leaving the palace, and I even want to ask Ji Jiu about his next plans. I also want to tell him everything I encountered after entering the palace.

Ji Jiu is wise, and Xiao An thinks out of the box. Either way, it's not a bad person to talk to.

Now it seems that I don't have a chance to face them face to face when I leave the palace today.

"Xiao Qi, what are you doing standing at the door?" Suddenly there was a roar in the store, and I followed the voice, and saw someone standing in the half-light and half-dark store, looking at the clothes that should be the shopkeeper of the winery.

Seeing that Xiao Qi has been talking to me for too long, the shopkeeper is angry!

The young man stuck out his tongue at me, and quickly turned to answer.

It's not good to delay people for too long, it's to do things for others.

I quickly thanked the young man at the brewery once again and left down the street.

After walking a distance, I remembered that it seemed that I should give him some money, but I delayed him and was scolded by the shopkeeper when I passed the news.

That's it, I'll give it when I have a chance later.

When I got to the bridge, I stopped and looked down, and then slowly walked to the third leg of the trip.

The market in the capital city is located in the west of the city, and it is a lively day on the third day of the new year of every month.

Out of the alley, I turned a corner, and once again I was on the street full of people.

This time, the direction of the flow of people is obvious, and there are obviously more people going to the direction of the Chengxi Market than coming back

The increasing number of stalls on both sides of the road reminded me that I had reached the outskirts of the market.

I was a little tired from walking in front of me, so I decided to sit down for a while and listen to what the people who had come out of the market had to say.

I caught a glimpse of a tea stall near me, and the moment my eyes touched it, I hesitated slightly, and then walked over and asked for a bowl of tea.

The lady of the tea stall made tea for me, and by the way, two slices of cut sesame cakes came from the inside of the coarse porcelain plate, which must be a matching refreshment.

The cake is coarse, and the appearance is very average, but fortunately, it is just baked, and it is fresh to eat while it is hot, and the taste is acceptable.

I picked up a piece of bread and took two bites, sipped the tea, and filtered through the words heard by the people I met after leaving the palace today, and then shifted my focus to the people sitting around me from the market.

Before he came out, he told himself in his heart, the situation outside is unknown, be careful, it doesn't seem too bad now, at least follow the two dart masters, and hear that there is progress in the dart game.

Since Sister Li can have a letter to reach their big boss, at least her life is safe for the time being.

I thought of Ji Jiu and Xiao An, when they lived with me in the persimmon tree courtyard in the national capital, they often ran outside, and it seemed that there were a lot of things to be busy with, and what they were planning was, but I didn't know at all.

But opening up the joints of the yamen and sending me into the palace is enough in itself.

I wondered for a moment, will there be anyone familiar with them in the yamen of the national capital? But where can I find it?

I suddenly realized that since I arrived in Xilan, there are really few situations that I can deal with by myself, and the people who helped along the way are not only Gu Liu and Sister Li, but the most important thing is Ji Jiu.

When I'm with him, I don't even have to worry about the rest of my life, as if he's always in front of him, and it feels, it feels like someone has a lot of similarities.

It's not easy to plan ahead, pave the way in advance, and make every next step twice the result with half the effort

"Girl, isn't the cake delicious?" Auntie's voice interrupted my thoughts.

"Huh?" I quickly grabbed the cake and smiled embarrassedly, "It tastes good." ”

Looking around, there are still people who don't ask the eldest lady for it.

These people had come from the market, and they were naturally hungry and tired, and the same bread tasted different from me in their mouths.

The eldest lady paid attention to me because I was the only girl sitting on the several tables in the entire tea stall.

However, in the shop on the side of the street, many girls are sitting, and it seems that the tea stall is still in the downtown area, and most of the men patronize it.

On the other hand, there are many rich women in the capital of Sealand, thinking of this, my depressed mood is a little better, and I talked to my aunt by the way.

"Little girl, have you just arrived in the national capital?"

"Well, I came back with my family," I fixed my mind and looked up at her, "Auntie, I have been fostered in the countryside since I was a child, and I only returned to the city." ”

Seeing that the business of the tea stall was vacant, the eldest lady came over and sat next to me and said, "It's rare to come to the market?" “

"Well, I just came back, and I heard people say that the market is fun, so I came to take a look, there are really a lot of people."

The eldest lady glanced at the congested intersection and said, "Usually there are not so many people, but this time it is special." ”

"Oh?" I asked curiously, "Auntie, how do you say this?" ”

"You don't know it's going to be a holiday, are you?" The eldest lady was stunned for a moment, and looked at me again before explaining, "Even His Majesty will come out of the palace to play, and this time many people in the market have come from all over the world to see His Majesty's style." "Your Majesty used to come out in the capital city a lot of times, but since the war in the north, she rarely showed up, I thought she wouldn't come to this festival, but I didn't expect that as soon as the holy decree came out, everyone heard that she was coming."

I felt a sigh in my heart, I can't say that there is anything wrong, is it appropriate to be so flamboyant?

In my opinion, the security risk is very high when the itinerary is announced in advance, and if it were me, I would choose to travel quietly.

But I'm not her, who knows what the empress is calculating!

"It's not just for this," the eldest lady refilled the tea for me, "and there is a troupe in the market today, and it is set up near the city wall. ”

"It's singing right now, don't you see which direction most of the people in the market are going?"

The eldest lady pointed with her finger and said, "There are many people, look at the excitement." ”

"Are there a lot of people who like to listen to operas in the national capital?" I asked.

"It's not because of this, most of them are going to join in the fun, listening to the drama is secondary, it's not the first time that the troupe has come to us, these people who came today can sing okay."

"Auntie, have you heard about it?" In and out of her words, there is a bit of a gatekeeper.

"I don't know that," the eldest lady smiled, "and I heard from the people who settled in the tea stalls." ”

"Seeing that you are a little girl sitting here drinking tea and being cold, I will come over to talk to you."

My curiosity was hooked by this overheard news, turned my head to pay for the tea, and said to the eldest lady: "I'll go and see it too, I really think it's a little interesting to hear you talk about it." "Little girl, you don't have a family to follow, and you just came back, remember to recognize the way, don't get lost later." "Thank you."

As I walked through the crowd, rubbing the corners of my clothes, I saw a makeshift platform set up under the city wall in the distance, on which two dressed people were babbling and singing.

It was so far away that I wanted to get closer, so I could only move forward in the crowd.

As my aunt said, there were too many people, and the speed of progress was slow, so it took me a lot of effort to squeeze into a place where I could see the stage clearly. (To be continued......)