The festival was short-lived, and by the time it came to an end, the crowd near the river bank was already in a commotion, shouting "The water is rising". Arye pulled me, "Princess, let's go back." ”

I agreed, and Yali herself hurriedly stood up, and helped me to stand up, and when she turned around, she was dumbfounded, and there were all people behind her, and she couldn't see which one was the guard who came with us.

She looked around, and I pulled down my headscarf: "Forget it, we can go back without them." ”

Yali barely calmed down, and we walked back along the crowd.

The crowd pushed us to the side of the street, right in front of a grocery store. I casually asked, "Yali, this fabric is not native to Egypt, is it?" ”

"No, it looks like it's coming from the other side of the sea."

When I pulled it up, it was a large colored cloth, and the weavers were not necessarily better than the local fabrics, but the colors were very bright. The shopkeeper walked over briskly to entertain me, and I felt in my pocket, but there was no money.

Yali touched it, and also showed a "terrible" expression. No need to ask, I also know that she didn't bring money out either. I was in a hurry to change my clothes just now, who could have thought of bringing money.

"Don't you like Miss Fabric? Mademoiselle, look at something else, I have a lot of spices from the south, fine gemstones, set on the jewelry will definitely set off your beauty. ”

Good eyesight, I wrapped myself like a silkworm chrysalis, you can still see my beauty, great eloquence.

"No need," I turned my head, and the boss over there appeared like a ghost in front of me: "There are ivory ornaments here, bracelets and ...... Take a look, Miss, you can keep what you like. ”

"No need."

"Then miss, don't you take a look, I still have shells and lapis lazuli here, and glass beads......"

I was angry and funny: "No, I'm going home." ”

"Ah, where does Miss live, we can also deliver to your ......"

Yali stopped between me and him: "Okay, okay, don't mess around with business, our young lady can't look down on your inferior goods here." ”

This stabbed the hornet's nest, and the fat boss almost jumped up, the flesh on his cheeks jumped up and down, crossed his waist and stomped his feet and reasoned with Ya Li: "What are you talking about, mother-in-law?" I'm a substandard here? You don't inquire, when did I sell a defective item in the store? Ah, you can't afford anything and just say it! Dare to say my shipment! Tell you, if you don't apologize to me today, don't think about going out of this door! You're talking about ruining my reputation, and I'm saying you're a hillbilly, ah, you know what a good thing is! Poor bastards who have never seen the world......"

I was so angry with the noise that I pulled Ya Li, who was about to scold back, out of the store as if she was running for her life.

Yali hated: "What a profiteer, what a sharp mouth!" I'll ...... back."

"Forget it, he's a small businessman, what do you care about with him."

But Yali still can't get angry, think about it, she is a high-ranking court lady, and she was scolded by the owner of a small shop for being bloody, and it is true...... Hey, enough to make her angry.

"Let's go back quickly."

Yali agreed, pointing to the fork in the road: "This road is closer, and there are fewer people. ”

Compared to the main road, this road is really much less crowded, and the street is very quiet, not so noisy and noisy.

"Ally."

"Huh?"

"Do you know anything about the High Priest of Immorton?"

Arlie followed me: "Yes, the high priest is very prestigious, and he is very knowledgeable, and he is a young man. I heard that when he was young, he showed a difference, and was adopted by a respected old priest to educate him, whether it is virtue or talent, devotion to God or law, he is outstanding......"

I was slightly distracted, remembering the elegant and indifferent look on his face, and the soft smile like spring......

The most striking thing is his eyebrows, which are thick and straight, which immediately emphasizes the presence of the whole person. And his eyes, as if they could see through people's hearts, made people dare not look at him directly.

I always remember the first time I went to the temple to see him, and I couldn't even speak under the gaze of those seemingly magical eyes.

Yali continued to praise him: "...... Even the Prime Minister Imkhodb said that he was a figure not to be underestimated, a talent rarely seen in a hundred years among the monks and priests, and he was born to be a high priest ......"

Suddenly, someone in the distance in front of me shouted, "Stop! Get him! ”

Messy and hurried human voices, footsteps, from far and near.

I stopped and glanced at Ally.

A small man came running from the front, he was about the same height as me, limping, obviously not very dexterous in the leg, he must have been injured. The people behind shouted as they chased.

Ally escorted her to the side of the road. The little man ran up to us, and seeing his pursuers getting nearer, he suddenly lowered himself and got behind a few baskets on the side of the road.

In such an instant, I saw that he was thin and small, and most of the strips of cloth wrapped around his head were soaked in blood, and before he could see his face clearly, the people behind him were already panting and approaching. They were dressed like rich slaves, and they all looked vicious.

They looked back and forth, and then left and right, but there was no human figure. One of them asked us very unceremoniously, "Hey, did you see a thief running over?" ”

Yali was angry in the grocery store just now and didn't have a place to come out, so she snorted and said coldly, "I didn't see it!" ”

"Hey! You ......"

I cried out, "Are you talking about a kid with a wounded head and a white cloth wrapped around it?" ”

The man rejoiced, "Yes! Did you see that? ”

"Hmm." I agreed, rolled my eyes, and glanced behind the basket. I wonder what the boy will think when he hears this, and then he says, "He went over there." ”

"Really?"

I nodded: "He's running fast, did he steal something?" ”

The men shouted and ran after me, ignoring my questions.

Yali said, "Miss, you ......"

"They don't look like they're doing good deeds, forget it, let's leave it alone, let's go." I tugged at my turban, turned back to the baskets, and whispered, "This is not a hiding place, you should run away." ”

There was a slight movement of the basket, and then a low, somewhat hoarse voice said, "Thank you, kind young lady." ”

Oh, I thought it was a child, but it sounded like a teenager in the period of voice change. Maybe it was the injuries and the madness that made his voice like this.

My eyes were on the basket of movement, and I could see a pair of eyes in the mesh of the grass and vines.

In the dark corner, there was a pair of eyes looking at me in the dark jaw of the rattan basket, and in the black pupils of lacquer, the light was as bright as the stars of a cold night, so cold and bright.

I was stunned for a moment, and Yali urged, "Miss, let's go." ”

I was just about to take a step when I heard the sound of chaotic footsteps rushing towards me.

"Oh no," said Ary, "those people must have found out that they had been deceived, miss, let's go." ”

I hurriedly looked back, only to take one look and laugh out loud: "Ally, no. ”

It wasn't the men who were coming back, but the six plainclothes guards who had followed us out were hurrying up from behind.

"Ah......h

The first one was about to speak, but I shook my hand and asked them, "Why did you find us?" ”

Yali also said, "Yes, Miss and I are just thinking about going back first." ”

When the man heard Arlie call me that, he didn't call out my identity without presumptuousness: "We are really derelict in our duties, but just now we passed by the corner over there, and we heard a grocery store owner shouting and showing off, and we heard him say as if it were the two young ladies, so we came this way." ”

Well, it turned out that it was thanks to the grocery store owner that we just met.

Ally snorted, clearly angry. I nodded, remembering something, "Which of you has any money on you?" ”

Several of them touched their sides, and two of them untied their money bags for me. The others also seem to have come out empty-handed.

I poured out the money, returned the purse, and said, "Thirty paces forward, and we will come at once." ”

Watching them carry out the order and go forward, I gently put the handful of money on the edge of the basket and whispered: "You can do it yourself, if you want to be a thief in the future, you must be vigilant, and don't let people chase you anymore." ”

Although there was disapproval in Yali's eyes, she never questioned what I did.

"Let's go, miss." She urged again.

I was sweating a little, my bandana was loose, and I tightened it again. The eyes in the basket seemed to be able to speak, revealing gratitude, surprise, surprise, panic, so rich and complex.

I have always remembered those eyes clearly, and I have not forgotten them since I returned to the palace.

Hordia came out of the temple, smiled and saluted, and said, "Has the princess come to see the river festival?" ”

"Yes, you didn't go to see it, there are so many people."

"I don't really like crowded places, it's hot outside, and I've told them to get ready to bathe."

I nodded, "You're so understanding, Holdia." By the way, what about Ansuna? ”

"I didn't see her, didn't she go out with you, princess?"

"Nope." I didn't care, I just told Ya Li: "The two people who gave me money just now, you remember to pay it back for me." ”

"Yes, Princess." Yali was a little unhappy: "It's really derelict that they can follow them, it's good not to punish them." ”

I smiled: "No matter what, of course the borrowed money must be repaid, otherwise where will people get their integrity and reputation?" Not to mention majesty, of course. As to whether they were negligent in their duties, that is another matter and cannot be confused. ”

Yali said respectfully, "Yes, the princess's words naturally make sense. I'll do it. ”

Hordia undressed me and served me to bathe on the side, and I was a little reluctant: "You don't have to do these maids' things, you are also the prime minister's daughter." ”

"I am willing," she said, "and I feel lucky to be with the princess, at least not to be forced to marry right away." ”

I turned my head in the pool, and the action that I was trying to brush off the petals on the water stopped: "Marry? Holdia you ...... How old are you? ”

"I'm fifteen, princess."

I was stunned: "Get married at fifteen?" ”

"yes, in fact, it's been ...... since the year before But I don't want to get married so early. ”

Hordia is only three years older than me, and someone proposed marriage the year before last? …… Then, doesn't that mean that she ...... at the age of thirteen

Isn't that too early?

"Look at me, how did you talk about this?" She scooped water for me and rinsed my hair: "The princess won't be angry with me, will she?" I was too bored at home to think about coming to the palace and to you. ”

I shook my head and said, "No." "But my attention was completely distracted by it.

Getting married at the age of twelve or thirteen is too early, right?

I've always thought of myself as a child, but ...... Now, it seems, that's not the case at all.