The rain in Hongzhou continued, and Chu Yueqing heard that it would rain like this in Hongzhou every year before winter, as if it was Qiu Niang's last attachment to Hongzhou.

For thousands of years, year after year.

She looked out the window, and the rain was falling in the courtyard, and the already wet land was getting more and more muddy at this time. Suddenly, an exclamation reached her ears. Chu Yueqing heard the reputation, only to see that a little guy did not stand firm and fell on the muddy ground in the backyard, and at the same time, she also noticed that there were several more carriages parked in the backyard, and there was a big word "tea" hanging on the carriage, she stared for a moment, and suddenly had an idea.

"Let's go see if the guards are doing better?" Chu Yueqing instructed Mrs. Shen who was accompanying him.

Mrs. Shen answered, and went out to the opposite wing.

Chu Yueqing and the others have been stranded in Hongzhou for three days, and the guards are infected with the wind and cold and need to rest, so the matter of purchasing is handed over to the rough envoy and the maid, but they are women after all, and they have to lose a lot to men in terms of strength, so the progress of purchasing dry food has slowed down.

A moment later, Mrs. Shen returned.

"How's it going?" Chu Yueqing asked.

"Mrs. Hui, they are strong and strong, and they are basically better after taking medicine, and the two team leaders said that they can leave tomorrow." Mrs. Shen replied.

Chu Yueqing was silent for a long time when he heard this, and finally came to a sentence: "You invite the two of them over." ”

"Ah, ma'am." Mrs. Shen turned around and went out again.

Moments later, the two team leaders arrived at her room.

Chu Yueqing asked Shen Pozi and the others to guard outside the door, leaving only Mo Lian and Qianying by her side.

"Ma'am." The two guards bowed.

Zhang Hang, the leader of the group, took another step forward and said, "Madam, I can leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Chu Yueqing waved his hand, "This matter is not urgent. ”

Saying that, Chu Leqing nodded lightly at Qianying. Qianying bowed her head, went to the back of the screen, and when she came out, she took a picture in her hand.

Qianying unfolded the map on the table.

Zhang Hang and Zhang Ji gathered around the table, and Zhang Ji took the lead in asking, "Madam, is this the topography map of Hongzhou?" ”

Chu Yueqing glanced at him and nodded, "That's right." When we first went out, I said that there may be dangers on this trip, so let you be more careful along the way, and basically cross the big states and counties along the way, detour to small roads, mountain roads. Thankfully, nothing has happened so far. It's just that when we get to Hongzhou, there is no way to avoid it, and I want to hear the views of the two of you now, whether we will continue to detour the small road or go to the main road when we get out of Hongzhou. ”

Zhang Hang listened and bowed his head slightly, and pondered.

Zhang Ji frowned lightly and said, "Madam, when you set off from the capital, you kept saying that there would be people who would be unfavorable to us. ”

Zhang Ji's tone was a little unkind, Zhang Hang gently pulled his clothes, he paused for a moment, and then said slowly: "But we have been off for a month, but there has been no disturbance." If Mrs. hadn't insisted on taking the trails and mountain roads, we would all have arrived in Yunzhou by now! The subordinates really don't understand why they want to take a detour! ”

Chu Yueqing glanced at the two of them lightly and asked Zhang Ji, "Do you think there is no point in taking a detour?" ”

Zhang Jidao: "The subordinates are brave and think that it really has no meaning. ”

Chu Yueqing then leaned over and pointed to the terrain map of Hongzhou, and said: "After leaving the Hongzhou City Gate, there is only one official road to go, and there will be a small road until you reach Linjia County. Let's set off at dawn, and we can feel Lin Jia County before dark. If we don't encounter any attacks during this period, then we will go through the official road. ”

Zhang Ji was stunned for a moment, and glanced at her in some amazement, but quickly lowered his eyes and gave it up.

Zhang Xuan's expression remained unchanged, and he still only asked respectfully: "Madam, when will we leave tomorrow?" ”

Chu Yueqing walked to the window lattice of the wing room with his hand in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "No, I won't leave tomorrow." We'll stay in Hongzhou for another five days and wait until you're fully recovered. ”

Zhang Hang and Zhang Ji were stunned at the same time, and they were silent for a moment before they saluted and left.

After they left, Chu Yueqing stood in front of the window lattice for a long time, looking at the drizzling rain outside the window for a long time.

Mo Lian and Qianying didn't dare to persuade her, so they only draped a cloak embroidered with red plum on her shoulders.

Chu Yueqing said silently: I hope this journey is safe and sound.

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Four days later, many convoys traveled from the capital to Hongzhou all the way to the south of the Yangtze River.

When Chu Yueqing heard the news, he ordered the guards to prepare, and they set off early the next morning.

When it was dawn, Chu Yueqing got into the carriage. When the carriage left Hongzhou, there were different caravans in front of and behind their convoy. She lifted the curtain and looked out, finally breathed a sigh of relief, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, and she smiled: "It's finally here." ”

Mo Lian was puzzled and asked, "Madam, what are we waiting for?" ”

Chu Yueqing lowered the curtain and said, "Do you remember that there was a tea party in the capital in September?" ”

The tea party is held in the capital every year, and Mo Lian and Qianying naturally knew about it, so they nodded.

Chu Yueqing continued: "I have calculated, the tea party will be held in mid-September and last for one month. After the tea party, the tea head was announced, and those tea merchants also began to really sell their own tea, as well as negotiate cooperation with the major tea shops in the capital. By the time all this is over, it's almost early November. If you take the official road from the capital to Hongzhou, it only takes half a month's journey. Therefore, I have been waiting for these tea merchants to arrive these days. As soon as the tea merchant comes, he will definitely take the official road. Then we walked along the official road together, and even if someone was unfavorable to us, we didn't dare to start easily. ”

Mo Lian winked at Chu Yueqing, and said with admiration: "Princess, you are too smart, how do you know that the tea merchant's convoy will definitely arrive in Hongzhou yesterday?" ”

Mo Lian didn't forget, the princess had already said that she would leave in five days. Doesn't today happen to be the fifth day?!

Chu Yueqing smiled awkwardly and said, "It's not that I guessed accurately, but I budgeted the maximum deadline, and they will arrive yesterday at the latest, in fact, when we first arrived in Hongzhou, there were already tea merchants passing through Hongzhou one after another, but I have been waiting for the big army." ”

As soon as Chu Yueqing said this, Mo Lian and Qianying also reacted, and when they went out to buy, they also saw a caravan walking on the street, and even in the backyard of the inn, they also saw a carriage with tea on it, but they didn't care.

… Changsheng walked to the end of the line, his brow with deep concern.

He had encountered several waves of people on the road, but they were all very small. At first, he thought that the king had not given up, and sent someone to kill him. But when he arrived in the village outside Hongfu County, he saw those people sneaking into the courtyard where Yueqing was resting, and he knew that those people were not coming for him. (To be continued.) )