Thieves on the road
Lizhou is located in the west of Dongyu, and there is a distance from where Xiao Yu and the others are at the moment. Xiao Yu, Hua Jinse and others took a carriage for nearly eight days before arriving in Lizhou.
Speaking of which, during this time, Hua Jinse spent most of his time in a carriage.
Fortunately, Hua Jinse is not an active and noisy person, and she can still stand being detained in the carriage these days, but the squeak she holds in her arms is sick.
Changning quickly found the inn, and Eleven and the others moved all the luggage in the carriage into the inn.
Xiao Yu tried to contact Xiao Yifeng to see if he could find him as soon as possible.
Otherwise, according to his well-connected and unturned brain, Xiao Yu was afraid that something would happen to him.
After the secret guard in the room was ordered to retreat, Xiao Yu straightened his clothes and knocked on the door of the next room.
Hua Jinse was standing in the room to pack up the medical books he brought, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, and the movements in his hands were stunned.
When Hua Jinse opened the door, she saw Xiao Yu smiling softly at her.
"Do you want to go shopping on the streets?"
Hua Jinse hooked his lips and smiled: "Okay."
After being stuffy in the carriage for so many days, Hua Jinse desperately wanted to go out to get some air.
What's more, Hua Jinse was afraid that if this continued, the fox lying in her room should be depressed.
Picking up a fox lying motionless on the pillow, Hua Jinse went out with Xiao Yu.
At this time, it was the time of unitary, and the sky not far away had already darkened a little, and some vendors were also packing up their things one after another.
Hua Jinse saw a vendor with a sugar gourd on his back who was about to get up and leave with his back to them, and hurriedly walked a few steps to stop the person.
After a while, the peddler happily returned empty-handed, carrying the silver.
Hua Jinse and Xiao Yu each held three strings of sugar gourds in their hands, and continued to walk aimlessly forward under the surprised gazes of some passers-by on the street.
Maybe it's because of the narrow terrain of Lizhou, whether there are too dense jungle mountains, Hua Jinse hasn't seen a few pharmacies along the way. This made her a little lacking in interest.
Xiao Yu saw it in his eyes and squeezed into a dense crowd with Hua Jinse.
On the corner of the inconspicuous street, there are several men performing miscellaneous notes.
They may be able to spit flames in their mouths, or they may be able to toss four apples in their hands in succession.
The crowd around applauded, and if the performance was exciting, some people would throw money into the bowls on the ground.
Hua Jinse has rarely seen such a performance, and he couldn't help but be fascinated for a while.
Xiao Yu turned his head and secretly glanced at Hua Jinse, only to see that the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and her eyes moved with the movements of those people.
Obviously, Hua Jinse is extremely satisfied with such a performance.
Xiao Yu clenched Hua Jinse's hand on the one hand, for fear that she would be squeezed by the crowd around her, and on the other hand, she found a few pieces of broken silver from her purse and threw them into the bowl in front of her with great accuracy.
Those few pieces of white silver are especially conspicuous in those yellow and clear ones.
A few people who performed caught a glimpse of those pieces of broken silver, and the movements in their hands became even harder, and they just wanted Xiao Yu to throw a piece of gold into them next time.
It's just that their wishes were disappointed, and Xiao Yu and Hua Jinse only looked at it for a while, and they felt hungry.
The two of them left the crowd and began to look for a place to eat nearby.
After the two left, a thin man with sinister eyebrows rolled his eyes and followed away from the crowd.
"Xiao Yu, did you smell anything?" Suddenly, Hua Jinse stopped and asked with a wrinkled nose.
Xiao Yu stood beside Hua Jinse, his nose fluttering.
"It's a floral scent."
There was a faint scent of osmanthus in the air.
Hua Jinse immediately became interested, this season osmanthus is in full bloom, if you can pick some back to yourself, it is good.
So the two walked together to follow the fragrance of flowers.
In front of a small and delicate shop, a woman is busy up and down. In front of the shop, there were customers standing in twos and threes, chatting with their wives familiarly.
While laughing, the woman took out an oiled paper bag and handed it over.
The scent of osmanthus came from the oily paper bag.
Xiao Yu took the silver and bought two packs of tight oiled paper and came back, and when he opened it, it was the golden osmanthus cake.
Hua Jinse tried to taste a small bite, and when he saw that the taste was good, he asked Xiao Yu to buy some and come back, waiting to go back and bring them to Mingyue to taste.
Xiao Yu was holding a string of osmanthus cakes in one hand and Hua Jinse in the other. It's like two young couples who come home at dusk.
"Jin'er, I still want it." Xiao Yu was unashamed to enjoy Hua Jinse's feeding.
Hua Jinse had no choice but to bring the osmanthus cake in his hand closer, waiting for Xiao Yu to turn his head sideways and take a bite.
"Squeak!" The squeak lying on Xiao Yu's shoulder only ate two bites of osmanthus cake from beginning to end. To this, it cried out in dissatisfaction.
Xiao Yu ignored its cry, continued to eat sweet pastries, and whispered a few words to Hua Jinse from time to time.
"Squeak!" Another shrill scream.
I saw a white hair ball suddenly jump out of Xiao Yu's shoulder and fall on a man who passed by Hua Jinse.
The man was hurrying away with his head down, and he was squeaked like this. There was an extra weight on his neck, and he stumbled under his feet, and he almost fell to the ground.
Hua Jinse and Xiao Yu hurriedly walked over.
"Don't make trouble." Hua Jinse took the squeak back from the man's shoulder and scolded with a cold face.
Squeaky and twisted in displeasure, and even bared his teeth and claws at the shivering man, "Squeak! Squeak!"
Xiao Yu looked at the squeak that was wrong, and then at the man.
The man was standing there with his head down, his left hand tucked under his sleeve, as if he was hiding something.
"I'm really sorry for this little brother. My little pet is stubborn and disturbs my little brother. Xiao Yu arched his hand at the man and said softly.
"No, it's out of the way." The man seemed a little nervous and stammered a little.
Xiao Yu smiled and continued: "Since I disturbed the little brother, then I have to make amends."
As he spoke, Xiao Yu stretched out his hand to help the man, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.
The man became even more nervous because of Xiao Yu's contact, "No, no need, it's just some small things." ”
The man waved his right hand, wanting to leave, but he didn't want his left wrist to be clasped tightly.
Xiao Yu looked at him gently, "If the little brother wants to leave, it is better to return the things he took earlier." ”
Hearing this, Hua Jinse's eyes turned cold, and he checked the objects on his body.
I saw that the jade pendant that was originally tied around my waist was gone.
It was given to her by her sister before leaving, saying that she had asked a high monk to open the light and be able to shelter her.
Seeing that his matter was revealed, the man gritted his teeth, and a cold light flashed in his right hand, pressing towards Xiao Yu tightly.
Xiao Yu dodged and dodged, and the man took the opportunity to escape.
It's just that he didn't run a few steps before he was restrained by a man who fell from the sky.
"What, you still want to escape after stealing Ah Jin's things?" The man who spoke raised an eyebrow and looked at the man he had kicked down.
"Be careful, he has a knife!" Xiao Yu looked at the person who suddenly appeared, first with joy, and then with surprise.
After the man was kicked down by Xiao Yifeng, he held the dagger and threw it at Xiao Yifeng without doing anything.
Xiao Yifeng snorted lightly, leaned back, and avoided the dagger.
He Xiao Yifeng has lived for so many years, and it is the first time he has seen such a bold person.
So in view of the courage of a certain thief, Xiao Yifeng beat him unceremoniously, and then handed it over to the government that came to take it away.
The man may have been a habitual offender, and the people from the government only looked at him once, and took him away without even asking.
waited until the idlers and others left, leaving only Xiao Yu, Hua Jinse and Xiao Yifeng, to truly reminisce about the past.
The three of them found a place to eat and asked for a private room.
"When did you get here?" Xiao Yu sat at the table and looked at Xiao Yifeng who was sitting opposite him.
Xiao Yifeng finished drinking a glass of wine, smacked his tongue, and said, "I just arrived last night."
Hearing this, Hua Jinse couldn't help but look up at him.
Although this Lizhou is a little far away from Liancheng, Xiao Yifeng will not arrive so late.
As if seeing the doubts in Hua Jinse's eyes, Xiao Yifeng explained while pouring himself wine: Uncle Huang was left for a while to deal with political affairs, and he was only released not long ago. ”
Put it out......
Regarding Xiao Yifeng's description, Hua Jinse was silent for a while.
I didn't know that I thought I had just come out of the prison of the Criminal Department, and I looked at the haggard appearance.
Not long after, a servant came in with a dish.
Xiao Yu and Xiao Yifeng were eating and talking about what had happened in each of them in these days.
When it was said that Prince Ming Qi was Hua Jinse's senior brother, and he was the one who designed all this, Xiao Yifeng opened his mouth wide in surprise. couldn't help but glance at Hua Jinse.
saw that she was still calmly eating the dishes that Xiao Yu had brought over, and there was no wave at all.
"What about you? Did you do something to displease the emperor's uncle, otherwise you wouldn't have been asked to deal with political affairs. Xiao Yu picked up the wine cup and took a sip.
As soon as he mentioned this, Xiao Yifeng's shoulders immediately collapsed, and he replied with a drooping face: "How dare I make his old man angry."
Seeing that Xiao Yifeng looked more wronged than Dou E, Xiao Yu felt that he was not lying. Of course, it is not excluded that this nervous person made a mistake and did not realize it.
"That's right." Xiao Yifeng thought of something, stared at Xiao Yu with a pair of clear eyes, and said mysteriously: "Do you know what Xiao Rulin's guy has been doing recently?"
Xiao Yu glanced at Xiao Yifeng, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Yifeng glanced around, and after making sure that it was safe, he said in a low voice: "That guy in Changyuan investigated something on Xiao Rulin, and said that it was ...... Raise private soldiers. ”
Hua Jinse's eyelashes trembled.
Xiao Yifeng looked at Xiao Yu expectantly, hoping to find a shocked look on his face.
But to his disappointment, Xiao Yu was very calm throughout the whole process.