Chapter 84: Vigilance (2nd Update)
As soon as it was dark, the caravan packed up its things and prepared to leave.
Cheng Chuliang rode on the back of Jinghong with a pair of panda eyes and yawned listlessly, as if he would fall off the horse at any time.
Wang Xiang and Li Huiming simply lay on the carriage and fell asleep, they were really sleepy after playing cards for a night, and they slept directly until noon.
If Ju Yiya hadn't come to Wang Xiang, he would definitely have been able to sleep for a few more hours.
Aqinu didn't know what happened last night, so she felt a little strange that Ju Yiya took the initiative to find Wang Xiang.
While Li Hanming was still sleeping, Ju Yiya reluctantly handed the golden knife to Wang Xiang, and whispered: "Na, I'll give it to you first, hide it so that others won't see it, and remember to return it to me when I get to Gaochang." ”
"Princess, you ......"
Akinu was about to open her mouth when Ju Yiya glared at her, so she had to keep silent, but she was very suspicious in her heart.
Wang Xiang didn't really care about winning or losing last night, but he knew Ju Yiya's temperament, so he didn't say anything, took the golden knife and said, "Don't worry, the golden knife is properly placed here for me." ”
You are a big-headed ghost, seeing Wang Xiang waving the golden knife in his hand, Ju Yiya's face turned red with a triumphant look.
"Do you still have yesterday's snacks?" Ju Yiya asked in a low voice. It is one thing to come and send the golden knife, and another thing is naturally a snack, yesterday Wang Xiang promised her a snack today, and now it is the time for the caravan to stop and rest.
"Oh, yes, you wait." Wang Xiang responded and turned over and jumped out of the carriage.
After Wang Xiang left, Aqinu asked curiously, "Princess, where is he going?" ”
"Go get some snacks." Ju Yiya knew that Wang Xiang must have found a place where no one was casting a "spell", and this secret was only known to her, so she couldn't help but be a little secretly proud.
Seeing that Ju Yiya was still happy without the golden knife, Aqinu felt even more strange in her heart, and asked in a low voice, "Princess, you didn't give him the golden knife for a snack, did you?" ”
Ju Yiya blushed and said, "Where do you want to go, how could I give him the golden knife for a snack." ”
Aqinu glanced at Ju Yiya suspiciously, this is really hard to say, after all, she has already mortgaged the golden knife once in Dengxian Tower because of greed for food.
Seeing that Aqinu didn't believe it, Ju Yiya had no choice but to tell about playing cards with Wang Xiang and them last night, but she didn't expect Aqinu to be even more surprised after hearing it: "The princess has been in the tent of the king's deputy envoy last night!" ”
"It's not just the two of us, it's him." Ju Yiya pointed to Li Huiming, who was asleep, "And that stupid big man and the big Tang horse who dozed off on a horse, that game called fighting the landlord is really fun, if you have played it, you will know." ”
Akinu has a black line: It's fun, so fun that you mortgage everything you can.
"Princess, didn't you plan to mortgage Akinu last night?"
Ju Yiya hurriedly waved her hand and said: "No, no, Ajinu, you are my good sister, how could I mortgage you, besides, the cook said that you can't mortgage people." ”
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Aqinu suddenly felt hurt, Ju Yiya must have planned to mortgage her to the king's deputy envoy last night.
Wang Xiang secretly ran to a place where no one was paying attention, and entered the warehouse in a flash, and there were dozens of identical dim sum boxes in one corner of the warehouse, which were all kinds of dim sum prepared by Aunt Lin.
He took out a box of snacks, and he put the golden knife in the warehouse.
woke up Li Huiming, and several people sat around to eat snacks, they were so happy compared to those envoys who gnawed dry food.
The farther west you go, the hotter the weather becomes, and you can't see the official road for more than a month, and the surroundings are barren, and you can't hurry at all when the sun is in the sky at noon, not only people can't stand it, but even the horses are sweaty.
After the two envoys were stunned one after another, Changsun Wuji decided to find a shady place to rest when the sun was at its hottest at noon, so that the caravan would travel more slowly, but there was no way to do it.
On this day, everyone is resting under a big tree, Wang Xiang is playing cards with Li Huiming, Ju Yiya for recreation, Cheng Chuliang riding a shocking patrol, and when he arrives here, he can be regarded as almost to the border of the Tang Dynasty, this place is not so peaceful, there are more thieves and bandits, the mission has several carriages that pull goods, but there are not many people accompanying them, so it is easier to become the target of the mountain bandits.
In addition to Cheng Chuliang, there are a few good men selected from the forbidden army in the mission, and the other envoys are all powerless civil ministers, so they have to deal with it carefully.
For such a long time, Wang Xiang ate and drank well every day, and often brought himself some fine wine and food, not to mention the shrewd eldest grandson Wuji, even the rest of the mission knew that Wang Xiang was weird. However, the eldest grandson Wuji didn't ask much, before leaving Chang'an, Li Shimin told him that as long as Wang Zixin didn't do anything to endanger the Tang Dynasty, the rest would not care about him.
As for Wang Xiang, after handing over the gunpowder to Li Shimin, he didn't care much about others finding out how strange they were, after all, as he took out more and more incredible things, there were some things that couldn't be hidden, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Li Shimin, the eldest grandson queen...... Who is not an extremely shrewd person, I am afraid that they doubted themselves a long time ago, and they must not look for their own troubles because they are beneficial to them and harmless, so why should they be so nervous.
Wang Xiang was finishing the cards in his hand, and the eldest grandson Wuji walked over.
"Nephew Wang Xian, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, many people are too hot, I heard that you know how to condense water into ice, can you get some ice water to relieve everyone's fever." The eldest grandson Wuji wiped the sweat from the corners of his eyes, the fatter the person, the more afraid of heat.
Wang Xiang saw that the fat face of the eldest grandson Wuji was covered with sweat, and hurriedly handed over a glass of juice and said, "Lord Eldest Sun, let's drink a glass of iced juice to relieve fever first." ”
The eldest grandson Wuji, who had been sweating in his throat for a long time, was not polite to him, took the juice and drank it all in one gulp, sighed comfortably and said: "Wang Xian's nephew is really enjoying it, there is still cold juice to drink in this barren mountain and wild place,"
Wang Xiang smiled and didn't speak.
"What did I tell Wang Xian's nephew?"
"I don't really have that much chilled juice, but it's okay if you just want some ice water."
Wang Xiang's warehouse has a lot of saltpeter stored in it, and it's too easy to make ice with this thing, so what Eldest Sun Wuji said is nothing at all.
Everyone lined up to Wang Xiang to get ice, and each person also received a small bag of plums, Wang Xiang asked them to take one when they were thirsty, and this thing was still very good to quench their thirst.
Everyone was amazed by Wang Xiang's method of condensing water into ice and grateful to Wang Xiang for his generosity, during this time, Wang Xiang often took out some things for the eldest grandson Wuji to improve the food for everyone, so everyone was not dissatisfied with him enjoying it every day, but was in awe of his incredible ability.
When Wang Xiang was making ice for everyone, there was a sudden sound of fighting in the distance, and everyone's faces changed, and the eldest grandson Wuji decisively ordered everyone to gather together in the truck, and then ordered Cheng Chuliang to take people on guard.