The wall between Bancheng Villa and Zhoufu was heightened and thickened according to the standards of the outer wall, and the door was replaced with a heavy copper gate, which was guarded by special personnel. The number of guards in the Half-City Villa has also been doubled.

Zhou Sinian squinted his eyes and looked at this apricot forest, his expression gloomy. The apricots are all ripe, red and fragrant. A group of small servants gathered around to pick fruits, and there was a scene of a good harvest.

The Dragon Guards explored the cave in the middle of the mountain, and like the dungeon, after the efforts of several groups of people, the descendants finally succeeded in cracking the passage on the mountainside again, following the footprints and bones of the predecessors.

What is surprising is that the final destination of this passage on the mountainside turned out to be the town where I met Du Lingjun back then.

It was a small but delicate town, with all kinds of people and all kinds of shops, but there were not many people, they all knew each other, and when they walked on the road, people greeted each other, and everyone looked so simple and friendly.

After many years, I put on men's clothes again and strolled down the roads of this town, surrounded by the commander of the dragon guard in a green coat and a small hat, and Zhou Sinian, who was almost in a similar attire. Behind him are Ruyun and Zhou Tong. Ruyun helped me lead Bai Xue, and the commander heard that I had been here before, and he must take me to my hometown again. He specially arranged for more than a dozen dragon guards to secretly follow him to ensure that nothing went wrong.

If you measure the distance on the map, this town can be said to be a close neighbor of the capital. But we came from the main road and rode fast horses for several days. Due to the barrier of the mountains, this town and the capital, even if it is close to the end of the world, no one pays attention here, but once the road on the mountain is opened, the capital is like the Zhou Mansion, and it has been living with an open door all these years.

I wondered, "Why is there such a good passage, but this gang of thieves has not rebelled?" ”

The commander said: "From the beginning of taking over the Dragon Guard, Your Majesty has specially instructed you to monitor Zhou Yingyang. At that time, the Dragon Guards were not called Dragon Guards, and His Majesty was only the king of the county. So," the commander glanced at Zhou Sinian and said to me with a smile, "It's not that Zhou Yingyang refuses to rebel, but that he doesn't succeed every time." ”

I said, "The commander has been monitoring the Zhou Mansion all the time?" ”

The commander said: "The princess is serious, how dare she monitor the princess and the princess, the humble position is only to monitor Zhou Yingyang on the order of the emperor, and the emperor is also for the safety of the princess and the princess." ”

I laughed, "I see. The commander said, "There is a lowly position, although the princess puts her heart in her belly, the lowly position will protect the princess well." Zhou Sinian smiled disdainfully and said: "The princess's heart is in her stomach, as long as the commander doesn't always be startled." ”

The commander laughed and said to me, "It's all the fault of the lowly position, and when the thief is caught and the young lady is rescued, as long as the lowly position is still alive at that time, the princess will be punished." ”

His words made my heart sad, and I hurriedly pointed ahead: "Look there! My cousin and I sold rice there. ”

My cousin and I used to be in a rice shop, but now it has become an embroidery village, and from afar you can see a beautiful embroidery girl, sitting under the windowsill, concentrating on embroidering a landscape painting. She was wearing a pale green skirt, with snow-white arms faintly visible, her hair pulled up with a wooden hairpin, her lips were red and her teeth were white, and her eyebrows were picturesque.

Seeing us approaching the embroidery village, the woman stood up, disappeared from the window, and after a while, she came out of the door, smiling, thin and long, on her long face, a pair of black eyes flashed with warm light: "Guests, I don't know what kind of fancy you need to embroider?" ”

The commander smiled: "We fell into the beauty cave, the embroidered girl here is really beautiful." ”

The woman smiled: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

The conductor smiled, no longer paying attention to her, but admired the embroidery arranged in a circle around the room one by one. The woman smiled and greeted me and Zhou Sinian slightly, sat back in her original seat, continued to embroider her landscape, and no longer looked up.

The commander walked up to us, nodded slightly, and floated into the courtyard like a ghost while the woman was unprepared. When the woman looked up, Zhou Sinian had already walked over with a smile and stood beside her, her eyebrows slightly raised, and the corners of her mouth smiled: "Girl, this embroidery village is Shu embroidery?" Is the girl from Shudi? ”

The woman laughed: "Is there only Shu embroidery in Shudi?" ”

Zhou Sinian shook his head with a smile: "It's really lonely and unheard of in Xia, but I only heard that there are beautiful women in Shudi, so I guessed like this." ”

The woman pursed her lips and smiled, wanting to stand up, but Zhou Sinian leaned down and stood next to her, blocking the direction in which she stood up. She wanted to see what was going on in the room, but most of Zhou Sinian's body just blocked her vision.

Zhou Sinian didn't seem to see the woman want to look past him, and asked with a smile: "Can you tell me the girl's name?" The expression was ambiguous, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, a seductive smile flashed, and his eyes were full of evil admiration.

Although I knew that he was deliberately dragging the woman, I was still disgusted by him, and I left him far away and walked to the other end of the house.

But the woman's voice still came, warm and soft: "The little woman's name is Yi Niang." Zhou Sinian laughed: "Auntie? What does this mean by following me as an aunt? I was almost angry with him, I wanted to stare at him, but he deliberately refused to look at me, I glanced at the woman again, but I didn't expect the woman to show shy admiration in her eyes, and said with a smile: "The son said that he laughed, the little woman's dependence is to find a dependent." ”

He was almost disgusted by the two of him, and walked to the courtyard angrily, and saw the commander crossing the fence of the well platform, lying on the well platform and looking down. When he heard the footsteps, he quickly raised his head, and at that moment his eyes flashed, and when he saw that it was me, he softened again, made a silent gesture, and turned around, like an eagle catching a chicken, and caught me into the fence and pointed to the well.

I went up suspiciously, and looked into the well, and there was only a pool of crystal clear water, which stood there undisturbedly, and there was nothing else.

I looked up at him blankly, he looked back in the direction of Yi Niang, and could only see Zhou Sinian's back. He smiled, pointed to the wall of the well, and whispered, "Look closely, there are grooves on it." ”

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the inner room, and he hurriedly stood up and pulled me away from the well platform, and when the people inside came out, we were already standing in the opposite direction of the well platform, admiring a newly bloomed peony together.

Out of the inner courtyard was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, holding an embroidery in her hand, a round goose egg face, black eyes, red cheeks, and a youthful and lively atmosphere all over her body, which was very delicate and beautiful.

The conductor smiled and whispered in my ear, "Is it fashionable for women to be an embroiderer now?" Another beauty. ”

I turned my head to look at Zhou Sinian, he finally raised his head from Yi Niang, and looked at the little beauty who had just walked over with interest. (To be continued.) )