When it was nightfall, Qingchen took out the horses, rewarded a lot of silver from the drunken building, and went out. At this time, there were not many people in the town, only the Zuisheng Building was still quite lively, and she was the least noticeable at this time.

It's just that before she left the town, she was keenly aware that someone was following behind her, but this person would never be someone sent by Zhou Xiao, not to mention her heavy footsteps, sometimes she had to bump east and west, she was the only one who followed, and Qingchen could conclude that it was not a chaser.

Qingchen deliberately quickened his pace, and then turned around and entered an alley, and the people hurriedly followed, but his footsteps were far less light than Qingchen's, and he had to stop and look around when he arrived at the entrance of the alley.

Qingchen saw a vague figure stop at the mouth of the alley, and shook it out, causing people to scream in fright.

Qingchen saw that this person was the string who played the piano for her in the drunken building, and he was still holding the guqin he had just played.

"What are you doing with me?"

"Childe forgives sins!" Before he finished speaking, the man knelt down.

"Xian'er wants to follow Childe."

Hearing this, An Qingchen was even more puzzled: "Why do you want to follow me? ”

"Xian'er was originally a woman from a good family, and her family was changed and fell into the dust, but this party was not a woman's destination, Xian'er only wanted to follow her son, and she could be a slave or a maid."

"So, you escaped?"

"Yes, Zuishenglou's mother doesn't know yet."

Qingchen had a headache, thinking that she was now unable to protect herself, if there was another woman who fled without permission, it was estimated that the chance of being caught by Zhou Xiao would be greatly increased.

"I have important things to do now, and it's inconvenient to take a woman on the road with me, Miss Xian'er should go back, it's better to find a lover to marry in the future than to follow me."

"No, Xian'er is willing to follow Childe, Xian'er is not afraid of hardship, and he will definitely not hinder Childe's affairs."

Looking at the woman with pear blossoms and rain in front of her, An Qingchen was very sympathetic, but it was just sympathy, she would never take a strange woman on the road with her. If you put yourself in danger because of this string, Qingchen will definitely regret it. She deeply understands the consequences of being found by Zhou Xiao, so she will never want to walk out of the Great Zhou Palace again in her life.

So, An Qingchen made a move that Xian'er would never have thought of, she turned over neatly on the horse, waved the whip, and ran.

Out of the town, Qingchen continued to move towards her destination, but it was already dark, and the horse's speed could not be accelerated, and after nearly an hour, Qingchen came to a junction and dismounted to identify the direction. As soon as she got off the horse, she heard the sound of rustling in the grass, she followed the direction of the sound, slowly approached, and found that a person came in the dark, holding a guqin, which was actually a string.

At this time, Xian'er was already messy with sideburns, his clothes were tattered, and a lot of mud was stuck on his embroidered shoes, and he almost cried when he saw Qingchen: "Childe, I'm so scared!" The strings have finally caught up with you. ”

Qingchen looked at the dust in front of him and was speechless. How could there be such a stubborn woman.

Qingchen looked at Xian'er's timid eyes like a fawn, sighed, pulled her to the horse, and asked, "I have traveled a long way, how did you catch up?" ”

Xian'er's eyes flashed, and she said, "Xian'er knew that Gongzi was going south, so he copied a shortcut......"

Qingchen didn't ask any more questions, now that there were more people, it would be more difficult to walk, and she had to cheer up her spirits. There was another man on the horse's back, and it walked even more slowly.

I walked for two hours, but I didn't go much distance. Qingchen glanced at the lyre that the strings were holding tightly, and said, "Don't you want this piano anymore, when you get the destination, I'll buy you a better one." ”

Xian'er hugged Qin'er tighter in her arms and said, "This is my mother's relic, Xian'er can't be still, or the son rides a horse, Xian'er will come down and walk."

For this woman, An Qingchen really had no choice at all, she had to wave the whip fiercely, and the horse could only run harder in pain.

ran like this for most of the night, and Qingchen was fortunate that a group of pursuers did not encounter it, which was a great luck in misfortune. When he reached the east, he was slightly white, and the horse was so tired that he could no longer lift his legs, and Xian'er was also leaning on Qingchen's shoulder and was drowsy. Fortunately, there were a few families not far away, so Qingchen had to get off the horse and lead the strings to the door of a house and raise his hand to knock on the door......

Kyoto, Kayoden.

Zhou Xiao had not slept all night, and sent out people to meet in batches, but they didn't bring any news of her, yes, if she didn't want him to find her, how could he find her.

After the last group of Praetorian Guards came to report that they had found no trace of Miss An, Zhou Xiao waved them all out. He sat alone on the empty dragon chair, his expression blank. Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Xiao Anzi came in lightly and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to go to the early court." ”

Zhou Xiao glanced up at the glimmer of light outside, then stood up and walked out.

An Qingchen and Xian'er stayed in a farmhouse for half a night in the name of husband and wife, Qingchen gave the family a sum of silver as usual, and the hostess of the family desperately postponed it when she saw such a large denomination of a silver ticket, but finally accepted it at Qingchen's insistence. And at the request of Qingchen, he went to a nearby town to get a decent carriage. There was an extra string outside the plan, and Qingchen had to change the original plan, abandon the horse and drive, and cover up in the name of husband and wife.

After walking slowly for two days, I finally arrived at the border of the Great Zhou, driving in the dust along the way, playing the piano, and it was also pleasant. Qingchen stopped the carriage in front of a small hill, she remembered that on the map, as long as she crossed this hillside, it was the border of Nanzhao, but there was a fork in front of this slope, whether to take the southeast or southwest, Qingchen hesitated, the map was marked, there seemed to be only one road.

Seeing that the carriage stopped, Xian'er lifted the curtain and said, "Childe, are we here?" ”

"When you encounter a fork in the road, you don't know which way to go?"

Xian'er jumped out of the carriage and said, "Childe, I'll go find someone and ask for directions." ”

Qingchen looked at it, and an old man who happened to come down from the slope to chop wood, Xian'er stepped forward and asked: "This old man, we are going to Nanzhao Kingdom, I don't know which way to go?" ”

The old man who chopped firewood put down the firewood, wiped his sweat, and said: "Originally, there was only one way to go to the southwest of Nanzhao, but now this road has collapsed because of disrepair. ”

Xian'er hurriedly said: "Thank you, uncle." Then he jumped up and down into the carriage again.

Qingchen also clenched his fists in thanks, then jumped into the carriage, raised his whip, and headed southeast.

The old man who chopped wood watched the carriage of the two disappear in the southeast direction, smiled slightly, took up the firewood, and walked away like a fly......