Chapter 143: The Road to the South

Nanguo is a different country from Chu, this country still has a difference between dignity and inferiority, there is a heavy slavery, and it is even more important to the inferiority of men and women, even in the border towns can be felt, in addition, their diet is also different from Chu, they prefer spicy.

Qianyu, who had just stepped into the border city of the southern country, ate the spicy rice for the first time in her life, as a fake southern person, she endured the discomfort of her throat, and ate a large pot of rice, and after eating, she was already sweating profusely, and her mouth didn't feel like she was feeling.

It was the most difficult meal she had eaten since she could remember, and she finally realized what it was to swallow it, thinking about it, she dropped her money, pretended to be calm and walked out of the inn, and as soon as she got out of the inn, she desperately looked for water to drink, but she suffocated to death!

Qianyu didn't know that someone had been paying attention to her when she was eating in the inn, and her sweaty appearance had already entered the eyes of others, maybe that person had already seen that she was not from the south, but she didn't say it, after all, this is the border, gathering merchants from all over the world.

Qianyu, who suffered a loss, had an extra heart, and no longer went to the inn for dinner, but bought a few cakes to fill his stomach, not only because he was afraid of spicy, but also because there was not much silver on his body, and there was still a long way to go, and he couldn't do it without some money on his body.

Qianyu heard the soldiers in the barracks say that there will be many carriages with passengers on the borders of every country, as long as you give money, there is no problem to go anywhere, Qianyu felt that she should find a carriage, it is difficult to reach the South King's Palace with only two legs.

"Although Yan Feng has never written a letter back to Chu State, I know that he must still be alive, and Master has also sent someone to inquire about him, Master will not lie to me!" Qianyu silently looked for a carriage in the city, and turned around, there were a lot of carriages, but there were also a lot of silver and two wants, and she was still thinking about whether she should take the carriage.

"The South King's Palace is in the east of the city, from here to the east of the city there are seven cities, I am afraid it will take a month to walk on two legs!" Qianyu watched the sun go down, a little anxious in her heart, if she hadn't found the carriage after dark, she wouldn't even have a place to stay.

"This person is not familiar with the place, and the guest house also needs silver taels, and it is even more unsafe to listen to their border at night, what should I do?" Qianyu walked around the street several times, and the grooms who were squeezing their eyebrows were no longer interested in her.

Qianyu touched the few broken pieces of silver left in her arms, if she used these silver taels to ride in the carriage, she would be penniless, and she didn't know what to do next, after all, it was her first time to come to Nanguo.

"Young man, are you going to ride in a carriage?"

Just as Qianyu was blindly wandering down the street, someone behind her stopped her, she thought it was the enthusiastic groom again, she turned around impatiently, her sword lips opened lightly, and she was about to refuse, but there was an unexpected person in front of her, she knew that this person was definitely safer than anyone on the street, no! To be precise, safer than anyone in the South.

"Hmm!" Qianyu responded in a low voice, holding back the excitement in her heart, she pretended to be a stranger and looked at that person, this person, but she had been with her for a while, how could she forget!

"Are you going to enter the Southland? Me too, let's go together! The man shook the dust all over his body, as if he had traveled a long way, he looked at Qianyu with a serious face, and Qianyu nodded stunned.

"Thank you!" Qianyu thanked him excitedly, and with the ecstasy in her heart, she took the burden in the man's hand flatteringly, and looked at him with a smile.

"This kid can't be a fool!" Ye Qiuke took off the burden on his shoulders and handed it to Qianyu, staring at her suspiciously for a long time with suspicious eyes, his eyes full of pity.

"Hey, hey......" Qianyu was embarrassed by Ye Qiuke, hurriedly grinned, raised his head, and carried the burden with an innocent face.

"Okay! It's better to be a fool than to be lonely on the road alone! Ye Qiuke sighed, looking for a suitable carriage while taking out his money bag, and followed him with a thousand words, and the burden on his back was not heavy at all.

Ye Qiuke made a generous move, and those grooms rushed to surround him, but Ye Qiuke played uniquely, he didn't want anything luxurious and exquisite, and he only wanted an old carriage, which made all the grooms cry and laugh angrily.

"This man can't be a fool, is he?" At this moment, all the grooms had only this one sentence in their hearts, and they had to watch the groom brow.

Although Qianyu didn't know what the benefits of this old carriage were, she took the free carriage, as long as she could enter the southern country and the east of the city, it was a good carriage, and since he chose this carriage, he must have his reasons.

Qianyu smiled, and hurriedly got into the carriage in front of Ye Qiuke, who had a black line behind her.

"This man is too familiar! My hired master hasn't gone up yet, but he went up first, and he really didn't see it at all" Ye Qiuke shook his head helplessly, thinking that it was the person he invited first, he could only smile bitterly.

Qianyuzai carefully wiped the inside of the carriage, turned around and went out to greet Ye Qiuke, although she usually doesn't spend much silver, but she still has the concept of silver two, just now I saw that Ye Qiuke gave the groom two big silver treasures, but the groom blossomed.

"With such a generous shot, it's no wonder that the carriages around are eager to smash their carriages into old ones temporarily" Qianyu lowered her head and walked out of the carriage, just when she saw Ye Qiuke's very troubled expression, she looked around and didn't find anything wrong!

"Big brother, the carriage has been brushed, you can go in" Qianyu jumped out of the carriage with his burden on his back and looked at Ye Qiuke with a bright smile.

"Uh...... Isn't this the work done by the groom? "Ye Qiuke is messy in the wind.

"Forget it, why be serious with him as a silly boy" Ye Qiuke showed a stiff smile and jumped into the carriage.

Ye Qiuke sat in the carriage, he hadn't seen Qianyu go in for a long time, the carriage had already been on the road, he looked out and saw Qianyu sitting outside the carriage, in the dim night, he saw the little boy leaning on the carriage with his burden and thinking about things, his eyes flashed with a look that was not in line with his age.

"Won't you come in and sit?" Ye Qiuke lifted the curtain and suddenly asked in Qianyu's ear.

"No, I'll just sit outside, I want to see the scenery outside" Qianyutou didn't reply, and replied to Ye Qiuke's words lightly.

Tears had already formed in her eyes, so she didn't dare to look back, for fear that he would see her weakness, she didn't have to be sad, she was just a little scared.

When she was alone in the army, she never felt sad, and now she went to the unfathomable South King's Palace alone, and it was unknown whether she could come back alive, she was afraid that she would never come back, and she would never see her mother again, even if, in this world, neither Gongsun Qianyu nor Jing Suxin would no longer exist.

Ye Qiuke didn't ask any more questions, he sat in the carriage by himself, he had just come down from the bitter sword gate of the Chu State, and was about to rush back to the southern country, he hadn't closed his eyes for a few days, and he was sleepy now, without the young man beside him, he also slept more peacefully.

Qianyu sat in the carriage, next to the carriage was the groom, it was a little cold at night, she hugged the burden tightly in her arms to keep warm, and secretly glanced at the carriage, she smiled at ease.

This person once saved her life, it is rare to meet here so fatefully, naturally he wants to repay him by being a cow and a horse, although he doesn't know who she is, but she just does what she should do, and she doesn't need him to know.

Yes, the person Qianyu said was Ye Qiuke who had detoxified her in the Bitter Sword Gate, but she didn't know that he was Ye Qiuke, and she didn't know that the face she remembered was the same as her, and it was disguised.

The carriage slowly moved towards the east of the city in the night, the neck bell was crisp and pleasant, such as the rhythm of calling people into a dream, on the spring night, the dew birds passed a little, the horses' hooves were frightened and the grass was dewed, and Qianyu leaned on the carriage and fell asleep in a daze.

In her sleep, she saw Yan Feng beside her as before, and her mother's smile was the same as before, without those intrigues, let alone from her father's injury, everything was still very beautiful.

In the courtyard full of flowers, Yan Feng practiced swords on the side, her mother taught her to sing, the wind passed through the flowers, she smelled the wind full of sweet fragrance, the song in the dream, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember those words, but they echoed in her ears, lingering for a long time.

At dawn, Qianyu and Ye Qiuke had already arrived at Xiaoling City in the south, which was not as lively as the border, even if the carriage had entered the city, Qianyu was still asleep, and the pedestrians on the road were not awakened until the carriage stopped, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that Ye Qiuke had already gotten off the carriage.

Ye Qiuke told the groom that he was going to buy some things, let him rest for a while and then continue to hurry, after the groom left, Ye Qiuke took Qianyu to a restaurant, Qianyu touched his hungry stomach, and followed Ye Qiuke to eat and drink spicy food.

It's just that Qianyu seems to be thinking too much, she thought that he would sit down at the restaurant and order a few exquisite side dishes, and then have a drink, but she didn't expect that he would directly ask the boss to wrap twenty dry cakes and leave, and Qianyu could only eat dry cakes again.

"It's quite generous to give the groom the road fee, without blinking his eyes, without the slightest distress, why is he so casual about eating? This is not at all like Master and Qi Yue" Qianyu followed Ye Qiuke back to the carriage, Ye Qiuke threw her a big cake and ate it himself.

"How about the famous shredded pork cake in the south? Isn't it fragrant? Ye Qiuke talked to Qianyu while eating, looking satisfied.

"Shredded meat? Is there shredded meat in this cake? Listening to Ye Qiuke's words, Qianyu was full of joy, picked up the cake in her hand, and ate it in a big gulp, she hadn't tasted meat for a long time, she really missed it so much.

"Look at your gobbling up look, haven't you been hungry for a long time?" Ye Qiuke handed Qianyu a water bag, his eyes full of pity.

"Hmm...... No, it's delicious! The dry cake full of thousands of words, the vague words made Ye Qiuke feel more and more funny, her mouth was a little dry, she drank a few sips of water desperately, and after eating and drinking, she looked at Ye Qiuke with satisfaction.