Chapter 59: The Slums of Cannes
Kangcheng is located in the small herdsmen of Huhet in Liao Province, in the border of Yinghuang, the border of the Xileng country intersecting the position of the space, Kangcheng is not prosperous, even if it is located on the main road, the west of the increasingly prosperous Xileng border, the east of the beautiful scenery, hospitable nomadic small country, adjacent to the border of the Buddhist saint Yinghuang country, it is still poor and despondently despairing.
"What is thisβwhat is this...... It's so desolate, and it's cold and gloomy, so let's hurry up and get some food, and hurry to other accommodations. The group of people standing at the gate of the city, standing side by side, looked dazed and disdainful.
A replica of the ebony body brown and yellow wooden carriage stepped down on the wood, especially Yuwen Ying, who was wearing a phoenix wearing a hundred butterfly sarongs and white gauze fairy dress, her dress was grand and gorgeous, but it was incompatible with this abandoned and lost gray-black Kangcheng.
"Don't go in, we still need to consider whether there are any shops inside." Yu Wenye followed, and he shook his fan to disperse the strange sour smell that seemed to be leaking from Cannes, and covered his nose as if he couldn't bear it.
Stopping at the gate of the city, Yu Wenxuan finally turned over and touched the ground neatly, he glanced at Yu Wenye, and his tone was a little solemn and reminded: "Second brother, have you forgotten this Kangcheng?" β
Yu Wenye was stunned for a moment, rubbed his forehead as if puzzled, and looked carefully at the mottled walled city, like a black snake that had been gnawed by rats with bright scales, lifeless and gloomy with the smell of stinky corpses, he carefully identified it, as if he remembered something, and suddenly said: "Oh, the difference between things is not the same as the situation for decades, but it lacks a little memory, this is not a slum...... I heard that a few years ago, the people here moved Mingtang to install a city name for this city without authorization, and when I heard the name of the city, I forgot that I had come once when I was young. β
Slum? Xiao Baoyin belonged to a kitten, she folded her sleeves, stood beside Nu Hou in a restrained manner, her eyes rolled flexibly, and she curiously listened to the whispers of the brother and sister who had entered the team halfway.
In the previous assassination of the Wutong forest in a foreign land, the three brothers and sisters were lucky to get out of the encirclement, and hid in the forest early in the morning, avoiding a disaster.
Nu is not a person who is willing to help others, and in addition to him in the team, he can exercise the right to make decisions, it is Yu Ziying.
So the decision to let them go with him was made by Yu Ziying by default.
Although they didn't know that the Yuwen brothers and sisters were related to the lazy emperor of the foreign land, they only felt that their whereabouts were suspicious, but Yu Ziying knew that they must be preparing to go to Yanjing with some purpose, and it was more appropriate to let them secretly do bad things and keep them under their noses.
The three brothers and sisters felt that they couldn't rely on the recommendation of Emperor Yue of Emperor Ying, so they went directly to their team to get out of trouble, and the two brothers Yuwen saw some Mingtang between the angry marquis and "Mu Xiaofeng" this time, so they gave up the previous strategy of betraying the beauty of the man, and did not move, but Yuwen Ying sometimes offered great hospitality to Xiao Baoyin, and sometimes "Mu Xiaofeng" dressed up with Hua Qian looked like a good sister.
"Simple" enthusiasm is a bit overdone.
Hua Qian has Princess Bao Dai's crooked temperament, annoying her, naturally she ignores people with cold noodles, and sticks her cold ass no matter how hot she is.
And Xiao Baoyin, who has always been known for being a good baby, has always reacted to Yuwen Ying and Luo's attitude, but often stared at Yu Ziying in a daze.
The dark eyes flickered brightly with the hesitation of wanting to get closer, but afraid of being hurt.
Yu Ziying understood that her face had already been swaggering, and she was afraid that she would change in the middle of the journey, and she didn't want to pretend to be "Mu Xiaofeng" all the time during the long journey, so she tore a black scarf and put it on before meeting the three Yuwen brothers and sisters.
Xiao Baoyin was always very curious about her, aside from the relationship between the beginning, but also a childlike innocence and curiosity.
Yu Ziying's bare eyebrows and eyes are incomparably beautiful, like the moment when the snow-melted moonlight is reflected in the clear light, mysterious and her eyes are faint and distant, she looks indifferent to the side, always seems to have endless thoughts, sometimes she really looks like a permanent era, but immortal and beautiful picture.
And the "Mu Xiaofeng" of the Ying Imperial Kingdom and the "Si" who didn't know her were like her two personal retinues, following her step by step, completely breaking her eyes.
A noble and domineering princess of the Ying Emperor's Imperial Kingdom, a mysterious and arrogant young man who was rescued by her on the way, and a person who was completely impossible to relate to, why did they all volunteer to follow the snowy girl.
Look, the plain black girl talked to them casually, she was cold-hearted and couldn't say that she was very close, but at a glance, she knew that these two people had already known her.
The angry posture is as high as a monument, his hands are wrapped around at will, he is wearing a python black and gold fine pattern bottom robe, the waist is tied with a jade belt hook, his demeanor is particularly beautiful, and he seems to have a kind of magic power, this kind of magic is not in his half-moon and half-silver mask, but the whole person exudes mysterious masculinity.
After a disappointing conversation with Yu Ziying before, his enthusiasm for her seemed to be much colder in an instant, and he no longer deliberately got close, and teased lightly, the two of them were like being separated by a transparent wall, even so, but his eyes always couldn't help but look for her figure...... Maybe he didn't even notice it himself.
- Is this a Cold War?
Maybe count.
Just like a toad eating mosquitoes, one thing descends another, and before she knows it, Yu Ziying seems to have become the soul of the whole team, and all eyes follow her.
Yu Ziying didn't need to deliberately listen, the wind had already taken the private words of the three of them into her ears, although she didn't mean it, but she also recalled some of Yuwen Ziying's past events with their words.
Although Yuwen Ziying is not familiar with the word Cannes, the slum is a place where Yuwen Ziying knows very well, after all, she spent her entire childhood here.
That's right, Yuwenxuan mentioned to Yuwenye that they had come here once about ten years ago, which was to pick up Yuwen's child from the slum to Yuwen's house, and at that time, Yuwen's family did not live in the capital of the small country of Dandan, and they were not named the king of the opposite sex.
"Slums? What is this place? Xiao Baoyin didn't dare to approach Yu Ziying, nor did she want to get close to the Yuwen brothers and sisters, so she could only follow Nu's side, staring at Kangcheng with bright eyes, and asked in a low voice.
Anger is a person from the ghost country, how do you know the little-known slum of Cannes, he did not answer, but Yu Ziying heard it, turned to her and said: "A city that can accommodate all the homeless and nowhere to go, but is full of poverty and despair, do you want to go in and see?" β
This is the first time Yu Ziying has spoken to Xiao Baoyin, she felt a pestle in her heart, as if she was overjoyed, complicated and inexplicable, she suddenly lost her voice and said: "Then will you protect me?" β
As soon as the words came out, she realized what she had said unintentionally, and her face turned red in vain, like a boiling teapot, smoking, and she felt some strange eyes around her looking at her, including the careless angry brother and Shi just now, he was nervous, so he stammered and added: "No, no, that, it sounds like a mess, no, no, I mean, I ...... I'm timid, I'm afraid. β
Whining...... Okay, so embarrassing, I asked for protection from a girl who looked younger than her, but when she was born, she felt that she was there, as if she had a sense of security, and she didn't even feel this feeling in Shi or Nu Brother, she may be stupid, but she is relatively sensitive to some aspects.
Yu Ziying only felt strange when she heard her words, and after listening to her explanation, she was even more curious.
This is the first time she has met this type of girl, but to be honest, Yu Ziying doesn't seem to have really met a few women since she was reborn.
The first one is Yuwen Qinglian, who looks like a white lotus flower and is elegant, but in his heart he is like a dirty black sludge, and now this little white flower seems to be pitiful, but in his heart he is vain and competitive......
Now that I think about it, a woman who is the same on the outside is so rare in this kind of troubled temple.
"Although there are no poisonous snakes and beasts in it, but there are evil people in the end, if you are afraid, stay with them outside." Yu Ziying did not promise her request, she came to Cannes for a special trip, for the sake of doing things, not to be a bodyguard for others, guarding her all the time.
When Xiao Baoyin heard this, she couldn't hide the disappointment on her face, she wrung her fingers and said weakly: "Oh, I know." β
On the other side, Yu Wenying looked at Xiao Baoyin's weak appearance, and she was angry, and secretly sneered and said with disdain in her heart: This is like a princess who has suffered all the glory and wealth of a country, and she is simply like a concubine of a small family who is cowardly and easy to bully.
But although she had the same thoughts in her heart, she didn't dare to choke in front of everyone.
First, no matter what Xiao Baoyin's temperament is, there is no criticism of her, and second, the girl with a veil and a beautiful figure, although she doesn't know the origin, she can see that her status and influence are by no means obvious, after all, because of her attitude, the three brothers and sisters were able to join.
But anyone who is ambitious has a little bit of eyesight and the ability to act at the opportunity, and now she needs to rely on them to enter Yanjing to choose a concubine, so naturally she will not easily make trouble and offend important people.
"This Cannes looks so poor, there are no shops in it, let's hurry up and get to the next city." Yu Wenxuan looked at the weather and felt that if he didn't delay the hour, he had to rush to the nearest rural town to spend the night before nightfall.
Without waiting for Yu Ziying to speak, the boss of "Mu Xiaofeng" said unhappily: "The boss of my family is willing to make this trip, and wants to go to Kangcheng to see a rarity, can you manage it?" Those who love to follow will stay, those who don't like to follow will wait, and those who are really unhappy will roll away. β
Have you ever seen a ruffian hooligan play a majestic role? The man must be easy to see, but no one has ever seen such a noble and high-spirited, delicate woman waving her sleeves, as if she was still shaking her feet, squinting impatiently.
I have to say that everyone has seen a lot at this moment, and at the same time they have come to a conclusion in their hearts.
Beside the woman in black, Princess Bao Dai is a dog-legged and a thug.
If you commit a crime against her, you will have to pass her first.
Although Si couldn't learn Hua Quan's set, he habitually stuck behind Yu Ziying like a shadow, and showed with his actions that he would follow her wholeheartedly wherever he was.
Yu Wenxuan frowned, looked at them for a while, and felt that these people didn't know what to do, since they were so curious about what this slum chief house looked like, then why did he stand in the way of persuasion, anyway, it shouldn't be their family who ended up disappointed in the end.
"Please, our three brothers and sisters will be exempted, I and my eldest brother have been in it, and now I don't have the mood to revisit the old land, so I'll wait for you outside the city." Yu Wenye put on a gesture of invitation, smiling, as if he was happy, but contrary to his expression was his slightly curved sarcastic eyes.
Nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, laughed angrily, this route itinerary is determined by Yu Ziying, she is willing, he will let her, in fact, if you choose another three-point and one-line itinerary, you can not pass through this barren Kangcheng, by horse-drawn carriage, and then sail by boat, and finally ride a horse for a distance to walk better, and it is also the shortest way to reach the border of Chaoyuan Kingdom.
At first, he thought that she was trying to confuse the sight of the foreign land, and she chose to take a route with many forks and paths, and she would rather take the sword to the edge than the avenue that was more vulnerable to sniping, and take this dangerous road that few people are willing to tread.
But now it seems that Yu Ziying insists on entering the city, I am afraid that there are other arrangements.
Although they had known each other for three years, the combined days together were less than the number of months they had spent together, and the time they spent alone was even rarer, so although he could understand some of her changes in temperament, he did not know about her past experiences.
Thinking of this, the eyes that were as clear as a pool of anger were like spring breeze and rain, and the long eyelashes were curved like the moon, softening the original rigid and powerful outline, and his voice was mellow and low: "As soon as I hear the word slum, I have a particularly fascinating interest, if I don't leave, wouldn't I have realized a human anecdote?" β
His words clearly state his position and decision.
When Xiao Baoyin heard this, her eyes immediately shone with a crystal clear luster, her cheeks flushed, and she clenched her fists and said, "Well, Brother Nu is right. β
It's hard to come out, she is curious about everything, she wants to try everything, although she was bluffed by Yu Ziying just now, she didn't squeak for a long time, but the active thoughts in her heart have not diminished at all.