Chapter Twenty-Three: There Is... There are thieves
Xia Yingjiu didn't understand what it meant to hug his thighs, but he still knew what it meant to be penniless. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
She had guessed before that Ning Ziyue should be from Wannan, and the legend was that there was another mysterious country over there, but now it was more certain, and I have to say that it was a wonderful misunderstanding.
At this end, Ning Ziyue was still sharpening her knife Huo Huo was preparing to fight Si Yun'er for another three hundred rounds, but after waiting for a long time, the carriage began to move.
It seems that Si Yun'er has no intention of coming back.
There were no more moths along the way, but Xia Yingjiu seemed to have something on her mind, and most of the time she was immersed in her own thoughts, and even Xia Houjin asked her to come out for dinner halfway through.
Old Man Xia and Xiahou Jin only thought that she was unwell, and it was normal for her to be in bad spirits due to the fatigue of the journey, so they distressed Ning Ziyue to take care of her, and the latter naturally hurriedly responded.
But only Ning Ziyue knew that Xia Yingjiu at this time might be experiencing a spiritual transformation, so it was rare to be really well-behaved and quiet along the way.
It wasn't until he approached the imperial city that Xia Yingjiu lifted the curtain and looked out.
It has been several years since the last time he came here, but Xia Yingjiu feels that the imperial city does not seem to have changed much, the noise is still there, and the pedestrians on the street look at it as either rich or expensive, and it is estimated that a plaque on the side of the road can be smashed down, and a piece of power can be smashed.
At this time, it was close to evening, and there were still a few days before the birthday of the eighth princess, so she was not in a hurry to enter the palace.
It was the Si family, and when they entered the gate of the imperial city, they parted ways with the Xia family.
Xia Yingjiu originally thought that when she was parting, Si Yun'er would come over to say goodbye to her, but the other party hadn't even lifted the corner of the curtain, although she had figured out a lot of things, but after all, she still had some bad feelings in her heart.
When they arrived at the inn, Xia Yingjiu and Ning Ziyue were waiting in the hall, but they didn't expect to meet the person they didn't want to see at the moment.
"Ah Jiu."
Hearing a familiar voice behind him, just by this title, Xia Yingjiu knew who the owner of the voice was.
She turned around, and it was Li Nanyuan.
"Li Gongzi, what a coincidence." Xia Yingjiu's expression was as usual, and there was a hint of politeness at the corner of his mouth.
A trace of surprise crossed Li Nanyuan's eyes, and his usually cold face was like melting thin ice at the moment, and his tone was full of pampering: "Unfortunately, I heard that the Xia family arrived in the imperial city today, so I waited here early in the morning." ”
"Oh? I don't know what Li Gongzi has to do? Xia Yingjiu raised his eyebrows.
"Do you have to find you?"
Li Nanyuan took a step forward slightly, looking directly at Xia Yingjiu's eyes condescendingly, the gentle look on his face was undiminished, but Xia Yingjiu felt inexplicably a little cold, and the feeling that he was looking at others through her appeared again.
The smile on the corner of her mouth paused, and she took a step back without showing a trace: "Since Gongzi Li is fine, the little woman will retire." With that, he was leaving.
Unexpectedly, he was grabbed by Li Nanyuan's arm.
"Li Gongzi, please respect yourself." Xia Yingjiu frowned, and his face became cold.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, did Ah Jiu miss me?" As if he hadn't heard her words, Li Nanyuan looked at Xia Yingjiu as if he was in a trance, his voice was low, like a lover's whisper in his ear.
Xia Yingjiu couldn't help but shake her body, the other party's strength was not small, and she couldn't pull out her arms.
And now that she is in the inn, she doesn't want to attract attention, and many diners have already cast their eyes on her.
Xia Yingjiu bit his lip and said in a low voice: "Li Nanyuan, what do you want to do, let go." ”
"Where did Ah Jiu start with this, you are my wife who has not passed through the door, I haven't seen you for a long time, what's wrong with complaining to each other?" Li Nanyuan chuckled.
Xia Yingjiu snorted coldly and pulled out his arm vigorously: "Then we'll see." ”
After speaking, he walked towards the inn without looking back, and Ning Ziyue hurriedly followed.
"We'll see." Li Nanyuan saw her leaving, but this time he didn't stop her, but just said lightly to her back, with imperativeness.
It wasn't until he arrived in the room that Xia Yingjiu felt that the coldness in his heart had decreased slightly.
She leaned on the table with a little headache, where was there any image of the eldest lady, and said to Ning Ziyue sullenly: "You say, is he not normal." ”
Ning Ziyue touched her chin and nodded approvingly: "It's really not normal." ”
"What exactly does he want?" This is also what Xia Yingjiu can't figure out the most, with Li Nanyuan's family background, what kind of woman can't find it? He doesn't like himself, so why bother with it? Which woman you like, chasing after it is, why find a sense of commonality in her.
Could it be that it is to avenge his previous entanglement? That's a little too cautious.
Ning Ziyue heard her talk to herself, and looked at her a little strangely: "What he wants is you, Miss..."
"It's impossible." For this point, Xia Yingjiu is very sure that Li Nanyuan has no affection for her, and she can still tell it.
Ning Ziyue opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but after thinking for a moment, she still closed her mouth.
After dinner, although it was a long time before the Imperial City, it was still early, and it was supposed to go to the city for a walk, but after a day of running around in the carriage, plus seeing people he didn't want to see, Xia Yingjiu only felt physically and mentally exhausted.
Thinking about going back to the room to rest soon, Ning Ziyue saw that she was not interested, and no matter how much Rao wanted to go out to play, she could only go back to the room with her.
But as soon as she stepped into the door, she felt that something was wrong, and when she looked up, she saw a white shadow flashing through the window.
She hurriedly ran to the window, but the street outside the window was busy at the time, and the flow of people was endless, but she didn't notice anything abnormal.
"Miss, what's wrong?" Seeing her movements, Ning Ziyue couldn't help but get nervous, and hurriedly looked left and right, and asked, "Yes... There are thieves? ”
Xia Yingjiu frowned and looked out the window again, but did not answer, but turned around and looked at his package and luggage, everything was there, and the other places were neatly furnished, there was no change before they went out, and there was no trace of rummaging.
She shook her head: "I didn't lose anything. "Or maybe the thief didn't expect the two to come back suddenly, so they haven't done it yet?
Then Xia Yingjiu denied his idea again, how could there be a thief who was so stupid and came out to steal things and was still wearing white clothes? Are you really afraid that others won't see it?
If he is not a thief, who is it? She didn't know anyone in the Imperial City, could it be Li Nanyuan again?
"Miss, here's a letter!"
Just as she was thinking hard, she suddenly heard Ning Ziyue say, she turned around and looked in the direction she was pointing, and there was a letter on the table.