Chapter 4 Pathfinding

When the sky was bright, a large road came into view.

This means being able to meet passers-by and find towns and villages.

"Oops." Zhou Chengzhen tugged on the reins and looked at Xie Roujia who was sitting on the horse, "Come down, it's my turn." ā€

Xie Roujia didn't say anything and turned over and dismounted, and Zhou Chengzhen got on the horse and breathed comfortably.

Because they ride a horse together, the two always fight, but they don't worry that the other party is always riding a horse, and they are worried that the other party's body will be consumed by the other party's horseback and they can't catch up.

So Zhou Chengzhen mentioned yƬ and rode alone for a while.

Sure enough, people began to appear on the road, and the two young men who described them as a bit wolf bĆØi showed a look of surprise, especially when they saw the older boy riding on the horse, and the younger girl leading the horse.

Without waiting for passers-by to avoid it, Zhou Chengzhen opened her mouth to ask for directions.

"Little Yang River Wharf?" The passer-by looked even more surprised, "Little boy, you are going the wrong way." ā€

Sure enough, I went the wrong way.

Xie Roujia had already guessed in her heart that Zhou Chengzhen was here with an oh sound.

"How could it be wrong?" He muttered and asked how to go.

"Where are you going?" Passers-by asked.

"Go to the capital." Zhou Chengzhen said.

"Little boy, you have to go a long way back to Xiaoyang River, so it's better to go further and rush to Beiling Ferry." Passers-by laughed.

Zhou Chengzhen asked for directions carefully, glaring at Xie Roujia.

"You also listen, it's not my fault that I'm going the wrong way." He said.

Xie Roujia ignored him, listened carefully to the passers-by's directions, and after the passers-by finished speaking, she gave the passers-by a salute and thanked them.

"It's okay, it's okay." Passers-by hurriedly said that this little girl is young and beautiful, but her skirt is full of mud when she walks, and she looks pitiful.

"Hurry up, hurry up." Zhou Chengzhen urged the horse.

The little red horse took a bigger step, and Xie Roujia, who was holding the reins, was dragged away, and passers-by couldn't help but sigh a few times in distress, but the young man on the horse laughed.

"My horse listens to mine." He said with a bit of smugness.

Xie Roujia stood firm in one step, released the reins, and reached out to grab Zhou Chengzhen's ankle.

Zhou Chengzhen shouted.

"What are you doing!" He shouted, lifting his foot to shake it off.

But that little claw grasped his legs and feet firmly, almost clamping into his flesh through his clothes, as if it would tear his clothes in the next moment....

Zhou Chengzhen shuddered.

It's not that it hasn't been torn.

This little girl has no face and no skin, and she really dares to pick up his clothes in public, this is not in the mountains.

Zhou Chengzhen snorted and tensed her legs and didn't move.

Passers-by watched the little girl pull the young man's legs and kick away with the side of the horse, and sighed a few words of pity in their hearts again.

When he saw the town, Xie Roujia had already changed to ride a horse, and Zhou Chengzhen also grabbed her feet and neck in order to show fairness.

The morning air seems to be filled with the aroma of food.

Zhou Chengzhen's stomach rumbled loudly, and he looked at a steaming tea shed in front of him about to pass, Xie Roujia's feet clamped the horse and dragged him.

"Let's go." Zhou Chengzhen said, thought of something again, and made a look, "It's your turn this time." ā€

Do?

"Do you want to eat white food?" Xie Roujia said.

"If you don't eat white food, do you have money?" Zhou Chengzhen said.

"Go hunt rabbits in the wild." Xie Roujia said.

Zhou Chengzhen snorted.

"Lao Tzu wants to eat!" He shouted.

Hunger can easily make people lose their temper.

"Everybody has to eat." Xie Roujia said.

Zhou Chengzhen clenched her legs violently, and people also came over.

"Little girl, you haven't remembered what I said." He said, "Sometimes if you want to eat, others have to have no food, and if others want to eat, you don't have anything to eat, and whoever eats is whoever's own." ā€

Xie Roujia, who was sitting on the horse, was much taller than him, looking at him condescendingly.

"No, everyone should have something to eat." She said.

The little girl with messy hair and carved face in the morning light has a somewhat solemn appearance at this moment.

Zhou Chengzhen was stunned, and immediately raised her hand to pat her head.

I'm so hungry.

"You think you're a bodhisattva immortal." He shouted angrily, "What sentient beings are purdue! Let's make sure of your belly first! ā€

However, white food can't be eaten, and if no one cooperates, it will be demolished, Zhou Chengzhen can't take risks, but soon he sees a good place again.

"Official! It's an official! He shouted happily, and turned his head to look at Xie Roujia again, "It's easy to have an official office, let them send a message to the post station, and then let them escort us, at least we can eat well, and we don't have to gnaw on the hare, and if I gnaw the rabbit for a few days, I will become a hare." ā€

Zhou Chengzhen muttered, but Xie Roujia still ignored him.

People are definitely looking for them now.

Xie Roujia thought in her heart, it's just that this place is too big, and they always go the wrong way, it's really hard to find, and it will be much easier if the government comes forward.

But can it really be that easy?

"What's not easy, it's that easy." Zhou Chengzhen said, "When we get to the official mansion, we will separate, I don't want to be with you for a day, when the time comes, you go to take a boat, I will ride into Beijing, so I don't have to see you." ā€

It's a good thing that everyone looks at each other and hates each other.

Xie Roujia ignored him, but she was also a little happy with his statement.

Shao Mingqing is not afraid of what will happen to him, but he will definitely be very anxious, wait, he will definitely nag for several days when he meets.

A hint of a smile appeared on the corner of Xie Roujia's mouth.

Zhou Chengzhen saw it and snorted.

However, things were not as easy as they imagined, and the somewhat dilapidated official official officer glanced at them lazily.

"What do you say? Are you the prince of Zhenbei? He asked, in a long voice.

"Yes, I'm the son of Zhenbei." Zhou Chengzhen said, with a little impatience, "Let you adults come out, I have something to say." ā€

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the messenger snort.

", where did you stink and beg for food?" He glared and shouted, "The prince of Zhenbei, I am still the king of Zhenbei." ā€

This sentence angered Zhou Chengzhen, he raised his hand and punched, and the messenger fell to the ground with a scream, bleeding and fainted.

Xie Roujia was taken aback.

This little beast is so powerful and so ruthless.

In a daze, Zhou Chengzhen had already turned over and urged the horse to gallop, and the hustle and bustle in front of the yamen was left behind.

When the sun rose, the city was no longer visible, and the red horse slowed down

"They don't recognize you, shouldn't they be questioned? How can you hit someone? Xie Roujia said suddenly.

They didn't say anything all the way through.

This was probably the first thing Xie Roujia took the initiative to say to him.

"I'm happy." Zhou Chengzhen said in a rough voice.

There was anger in his voice.

Xie Roujia didn't speak again.

"The news of the disturbance will also spread, and it is estimated that they will hear it soon and will come to us." After a moment of silence, Zhou Chengzhen said, "But if they are put in prison, the news may be suppressed, but they can't find it, you don't know how terrible it is to be in prison, and you can make you disappear silently." ā€

The horses' hooves walked in silence, they had strayed from the main road, and at this time they were walking on a small road, and fortunately when they met passers-by who asked about the docks, they were able to point out the direction, and prove that they had not made a mistake this time.

Zhou Chengzhen stretched out his hand and tore off a branch full of cyan fruits from the tree on the side, rubbed the fruit on his body and bit it indiscriminately, then spit it out, threw the fruit down, picked another one and ate it.

There is less and less fruit, and there is less and less babbling.

"Hey, here you go."

Moving the branch away, Zhou Chengzhen reached out and circled it and handed a fruit to Xie Roujia.

Xie Roujia looked at the row of tooth marks on the fruit.

"This one is sweet." Zhou Chengzhen said, "I have tasted it. ā€

Xie Roujia stretched out her hand to take it and ate it.

Zhou Chengzhen leaned on her shoulder and smiled.

"Haven't I tasted anything particularly sweet?" He said with a grin.

Xie Roujia ignored it and ate the fruit seriously.

Zhou Chengzhen no longer provoked her, continued to taste the fruit, left a few, and threw the branches away.

"That's not going to work." He looked ahead and said, while handing the fruit in his hand to Xie Roujia, "There is no token in the government to deny me, is there any business house of your Xie family here?" How about going to them? ā€

Xie Roujia ate the fruit and made a move.

That's right.

Her eyes lit up.

The Xie family's cinnabar shops are all over the place, and they must have received the news that the eldest lady has entered Beijing, which makes it easier for them to believe in their identity than the government.

"Okay." She said.

Zhou Chengzhen smiled behind her and moved her head closer.

"Then it's up to the second lady to do the next." He said.

The white jade ears are right in front of you.

I'm so hungry.

Zhou Chengzhen's throat thumped, but the next moment a hand slapped it violently, and his hand was still stained with fruit juice or saliva, wiping his face and nose.

Zhou Chengzhen turned over and dismounted with a snort.

"Switch to ride!"

"You come down, it's time for me to ride!"

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As the sun began to tilt, a group of men and horses restrained their horses at a fork in the road.

"Your Highness." An attendant pointed to the main road, "From this side, we are going to the Beiling Ferry." ā€

The king of Dongping looked at the road.

"Beiling Ferry." He repeated, but still didn't move, "They're going so fast along the way. ā€

"Yes, if you go any further, you don't need to take the waterway, you can go directly to the capital." An attendant said.

The king of Dongping was silent for a moment.

"That's where they disappeared?" He asked.

The retinue replied.

"The red horse is running fast, and the last thing I see is here." He said.

"It's a coincidence, it's always lost at a fork in the road." King Dongping said, "He did it on purpose." ā€

The attendants glanced at each other.

They were aware of it, too.

At the beginning, Shiziye found an excuse to stay in Yushan just to wait for the second miss of the Xie family, but he didn't expect the Xie family to ask the second miss to accompany him to Beijing, and the king of Dongping County deliberately blocked the news from Shiziye.

Now the prince deliberately took the second lady of the Xie family not to go with them.

This is really something that the prince can and will do.

The king of Dongping County smiled and urged the horse forward, but the direction was not the main road to Beiling Ferry.

The attendants did not dare to hesitate and ask questions, and galloped to follow.

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The update in the afternoon, the second watch is after eleven o'clock, and I can't wait to see it tomorrow morning. R1152