Chapter 137: Routine Inspection
I walked slowly and leisurely all morning. At noon, Xiao Wenxuan and his entourage stopped on the side of the road, lit a fire to boil water, and had a simple lunch.
Shi Tianyi's convoy did not dare to overtake, and stopped far behind them, and also followed to eat and rest.
After the meal, back in the car, Xiao Wenxuan ordered Fang Ping to speed up and arrive in the capital before the city gate closed.
Fang Ping ordered the whip in his hand to wave frequently, and the horse began to run hard. The carriage with luggage that Si Feng was sitting in also accelerated.
Meihe Town to the capital is a day's journey, the first half of the day they only walked a third, the back is not to speed up, or they have to stay overnight outside the city.
Xiao Wenxuan's car increased its speed, and Shi Tianyi was in a much happier mood.
"Tell the front, speed up."
Shi Tianyi lifted the curtain and ordered the personal entourage accompanying him on horseback to come to Fu hurriedly and drove forward to issue the order to the head car.
Within a quarter of an hour of the convoy accelerating, Lu Qiaohui groaned.
"Lord, the car is going too fast, and my wound hurts badly."
"Hui'er, bear with me, if we don't hurry up, I'm afraid we won't be able to enter the city tonight."
Lu Qiaohui put on her clothes dissatisfied, leaned on Shi Tianyi, and endured silently.
The official roads outside the city are no better than the streets in the city, which are cleaned every day. Because it is a mountain road, not to mention the potholes on the road, there will be large and small stones rolling down from the mountain from time to time.
If it was at the usual speed, it would feel a little bumpy, but because Shi Tianyi was in a hurry, the horse ran twice as fast as usual, and within a quarter of an hour, Lu Qiaohui began to complain.
"Lord Wang, I can't stand it anymore."
Such bumps will last for a few hours, and Lu Qiaohui resolutely can't bear it.
"Hui'er, hold on a little longer."
"I can't hold on...... Whining...... Rajah...... I was really hurting. Lu Qiaohui grew up in a honey pot since she was a child, where did she eat so hard, and she cried so much.
Shi Tianyi reluctantly asked the driver to slow down, and the vehicles that followed also slowed down.
……
Su Muling lifted the curtain and looked back, unconcealing his happiness:
"You'an, your plan is really wonderful, Lu Qiaohui is guilty now." Either suffer from bumps, or sleep on the streets and can't get into the city.
Xiao Wenxuan closed his eyes and leaned against a cushion behind him, closing his eyes to recuperate.
After listening to Su Muling's words, he smiled: "As long as my Ling'er is happy, it's fine." ”
Of course I'm happy, Lu Qiaohui almost killed her twice, and this time she was just a small punishment.
Su Muling pulled one of Xiao Wenxuan's arms and got into his arms. Xiao Wenxuan still closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were hooked.
It was slowly getting dark, and Fang Ping quickened up and drove into the city gate at the last moment when it was about to close.
Xiao Wenxuan stopped the carriage and asked Fang Ping to take his token and call the captain of the city gate: "King Ping rebelled, and the remnants have not been eliminated." In order to prevent the rebels from entering the city, the king suggested: Strictly check those who enter the city with more than ten people. ”
It stands to reason that as a prince, he does not have the power to give orders beyond his authority. But who is Xiao Wenxuan? It is a great hero who has saved the national crisis, avoided the country's civil war, and saved the people from suffering from misery.
Besides, the relationship between Xiao Wenxuan and the emperor has been revealed to the world, and everyone knows it, but they don't dare to announce it.
Xiao Wenxuan politely "suggested" that the captain of the city guard should naturally act as a "holy decree".
So, as soon as Xiao Wenxuan's carriage left, he ordered the horse to pass it on.
Xiao Wenxuan's car went straight back to Su Muling's house in Baihua Lane.
Xichun saw that Miss was back, and she was so happy that she hurriedly ordered someone to go to Su Muling's favorite restaurant and ask for a table of dishes to come back.
Su Muling pulled Xiao Wenxuan into the house and asked Xichun to bring bath water.
The weather was hot and hot, and the road was bumpy, and Su Muling felt that he was about to go rancid.
Washed cleanly, Su Muling changed into a homely light yellow shirt, her hair was pulled back at will, and her face was not powdered, beautiful and lovely like a fairy who came out of a painting.
Xiao Wenxuan took off his coat, loosened his belt, and took Su Muling's fan to fan away the heat.
"You go wash it too." Su Muling looked at him distressedly, his head was sweaty, and he asked Xichun to pour him water.
"With your tub?" Xiao Wenxuan asked with a smile.
Although he came here often, he didn't stay overnight, and he didn't prepare his own laundry.
"It's all here, you're still sharing yours and mine?" In the Pingwang Mansion, they were locked up in Qingfeng Yuan, and she didn't use him except for her own clothes.
Su Muling glanced at him and instructed Fang Ping to bring in Xiao Wenxuan's change of clothes.
"I'm not afraid you'll dislike me."
Xiao Wenxuan saw her coming out and going in to be busy, pulled her to her side and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Afraid that I will dislike it? Then you should put me down and leave, don't even enter this courtyard. Su Muling pointed his finger at his head and lectured him.
Xiao Wenxuan liked her domineering and coquettish appearance, and tightened her into his arms.
"I'm not leaving tonight, is it feasible to stay here?" He whispered in her ear.
Su Muling's face suddenly turned red, and he bowed his head and said nothing.
Seeing that she was delicate and shy, Xiao Wenxuan snickered, and continued: "Don't worry, I won't touch you before I marry you in a sedan chair." ”
Su Muling broke free from his hand and ran to the door. It just so happened that Xichun brought people in to change the water.
After the water was changed, Xiao Wenxuan entered the bath room, and Su Muling walked out of the door and instructed Xichun: "The prince won't leave tonight, you ask someone to clean up a room for Fang Ping." ”
As soon as Su Muling's words fell, a person fell on the courtyard wall with a "poof".
Su Muling was so frightened that she took a step back and almost tripped on the threshold, but fortunately, Xichun stepped forward in time to hold on to her so that she would not lose her temper.
"Greetings to the princess!"
Shadowless knelt on one knee and grinned at Su Muling.
Su Muling patted his chest, calming his frightened heart as soon as possible: "No shadow? You're scared to death, why don't you go through the door? ”
"Hehe, when I learned that the princess and princess had returned to Beijing, Wuying couldn't wait to see you, so ...... "It's better to jump off the wall."
"Your prince is taking a bath, you wait outside first."
Su Muling blushed a little after speaking, and turned to enter the house, but was stopped by Wuying.
"Princess, won't the prince return to the palace tonight?"
"Well, the prince is tired all the way, so let's rest here for one night." Su Muling put on a natural appearance and didn't let him see his embarrassment.
Although the emperor posthumously named her the princess of Ningjun, the title was given to the "dead" Su Muling. Now that she is still alive in the world, the title of princess is a bit unjustifiable.
"That'...... I'm not going to leave tonight, I just heard that the princess asked Fang Ping to prepare a room, so I'll spend the night with him, okay?" ”
Wuying was left in the capital for more than a month, like a fly without a head, and now that the prince is back, he doesn't want to leave the prince for half a step.
"That'...... All right. Cherish the spring, and prepare a room for Wuying. "Fortunately, although this house is not big, there are few people, and the room is still free.
"And me, prepare one for me too. Li Feng greets the princess! ”
Before Su Muling's words fell, Li Feng jumped off the wall again.
Su Muling deliberately straightened his face, "Doesn't my house have a door?" ”
"Hehe, the princess understands, my subordinates haven't seen the prince for more than a month, so I really miss it." Li Feng knew that Su Muling would not be really angry with them.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Feng's words came out, Su Muling's face changed instantly.
"Just this time, next time I will jump off the wall and fight out one by one."
"Yes, the subordinates remembered" Li Feng and Wuying agreed with their fists.
"Cherish the spring, go and prepare another room."
"Yes."
Xichun agreed, but did not move, a pair of Danfeng eyes cautiously swept around the wall: no one will jump down again, right?
……
Xiao Wenxuan washed quickly, and when he came out, the meal had just been arranged, and Su Muling was already sitting on the kang waiting for him.
He wore slippers and a snow-white shirt, which hung loosely on his body because he had no straps at home.
The long hair was scattered like ink on the white clothes, and only a white belt was used to tie the hair in front of the back of the head, and at the ends of the hair, there were occasional droplets of water sliding down the shirt.
"Wuying and Li Feng are here?"
Xiao Wenxuan came to the kang table, sat opposite Su Muling with long legs, looked at the dishes in front of him, and smiled. Because he saw four cold and four hot eight dishes on the table, half of which were his favorite flavors, and half of which Su Muling loved to eat on weekdays.
"Yes, I heard that the prince is back, and they all came with him." Su Muling filled a bowl of flying dragon soup and put it in front of him.
"It's hard to remember what I love to eat." Xiao Wenxuan picked up the soup bowl and took a sip, the taste was unusually delicious.
"My uncle has lost a lot of weight for the young lady, and of course the slave maid has to take care of my uncle's appetite and let my uncle eat more."
Xichun put a pot of brewed tea on the table, retreated to the door, picked up the fan and sat in front of the door, listening carefully to the movement in the house, waiting for the call of the young lady at any time.
In the house, Su Muling and Xiao Wenxuan were all cool, slowly tasting and eating, and laughter came out from time to time......
At this time, Shi Tianyi's convoy was still rushing overnight. Because they walked too slowly and delayed the time when they first left Meihe Town, Xiao Wenxuan was still wandering on the road when he arrived in the capital and was eating and drinking spicy food.
"Ahh
It was already dark, the coachman couldn't see the road clearly, and Shi Tianyi's carriage wheel pressed a big stone, and the car almost rolled over and went down the ravine.
The subordinates who went out to find a place to live ran back and back, and reported in front of Shi Tianyi's car: "Lord Wang, there is no village in front of this place, and there is no store in the back." If you want to spend the night, I'm afraid you can only be in the wild. ”
Before, they thought that they would be able to reach the capital before it was dark, but they did not prepare dry food to eat at all.
There was no food, so Shi Tianyi had no choice but to let everyone rest on the spot and wait for dawn.
The carriage is limited, the gentlemen are lying on the ground, and the girl sleeps in the carriage, fortunately, it is summer at this time, and she will not get cold.
In Shi Tianyi's carriage, Lu Qiaohui and Shi Tianyi were lying on the mattress, and after a while, several 'gurgling' sounds sounded, and Lu Qiaohui turned her back to Shi Tianyi with a red face and covered her stomach.
After a while, there were a few more 'gurgling' sounds, and Shi Tianyi's stomach began to growl.
Shi Tianyi got up and sat up, picked up a cup of leftover tea from the small table, took a sip and then lay down again.
As soon as I closed my eyes, I heard a 'buzzing' sound in my ears again......
The people sleeping on the ground were tired and hungry, but they all fell asleep one after another after a while, only in Shi Tianyi's carriage, there was a sound of slapping from time to time!
As soon as the sky was bright, Shi Tianyi ordered the convoy to set off. At noon, the hungry and exhausted group finally came to the capital.
"Stop, routine check!" The convoy was stopped by the soldiers defending the city.