Twenty-four chapters

After Chu Wu came out of the palace all the way, she went straight to the West Market, and the carriage ran bumpily for about an hour, and finally arrived at the West Market, which made Chu Wu extremely uncomfortable. The first time she took the carriage, Chu Wu was still a little curious, and opened the curtain from time to time to look outside, on the one hand, to remember the route, and on the other hand, she was also curious about what kind of scenery was outside the world.

The capital city is worthy of being called the capital, even if it is just an ordinary street, it is crowded with pedestrians, and as far as the eye can see, the tall buildings are lined up one after another, and the brightly colored pavilions and cornices are very beautiful, even compared with the modern capital.

"Madame, it's here," said the old coachman who drove the carriage respectfully to the carriageway.

Because before Chu Wu came out, when Cai Wei helped Chu Wu comb her hair, she combed the hair of a married woman. So with such a title, Chu Wu didn't realize for a while that the old coachman was talking to herself.

Cai Wei looked at Chu Wu and reminded in a low voice: "Princess, it's here"

"Huh? Arrived? Let's go down! Chu Wu came back to her senses and responded, got up and got out of the carriage, and jumped out of the carriage before Cai Wei came to help her.

"Thank you, old man, Caiwei, pay." Chu Wu turned her head and said to Cai Wei.

When Cai Wei heard this, she immediately took out the car money and paid it to the coachman, the old coachman respectfully took the car money, and when she heard Chu Wu thank him, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, those powerful people never treat people like them as people, how can they respect themselves like this lady.

This lady looks simplely dressed, but her appearance and temperament are extraordinary, and she will definitely not be an ordinary person.

The old coachman thought so, and said with shame on his face: "Madame has tormented the villain, the villain is a husband, how dare he be the word "sir", and dare not be the lady's thanks, this is what the villain should do." When the lady will go back, tell the villain, and the villain will come here to pick up the lady. ”

Chu Wu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled slightly: "Then I'll trouble you, we will come back when Shen is right." ”

Chu asked Cai Wei to give some silver money for tea to the old coachman, and then went to the West Market.

Chu Wu walked for a while and arrived at the intersection of the West Market, and the scene inside made her stunned for a moment.

The streets are lined with shops, teahouses, pubs, pawnshops, workshops, etc., and there are many small vendors with large umbrellas in the open spaces on both sides. The street stretches east and west, and there are constant pedestrians on the street; There are those who carry burdens and hurry, there are those who drive to deliver goods, there are children who play and play, and there are little girls who lean together to pick up jewelry.

The beautiful scenery of the prosperous era of Guotai and Min'an made Chu Wu a little trance, as if she was just a passerby, coming and going in a hurry. Chu Wu shook her head gently, thinking that it seemed that she still couldn't think of herself as a person in this world, and secretly warned herself that she couldn't have this feeling of "staying out of the matter", which was a big taboo on the battlefield. Since you are here, you have to integrate into this world as soon as possible.

Chu Wu came back to her senses in an instant, and walked on this street, there were too many people, so she could only walk slowly, just to look around.

After walking for a while, Chu Wu saw a restaurant in front of her, thinking that she and Caiwei hadn't eaten enough in the morning, and since they had all come out, it would be good to fill their stomachs again.

took Cai Wei into the restaurant, but I didn't expect the business of this restaurant to be quite lively.

As soon as Chu Wu entered the restaurant, the noisy sound of eating inside was quiet for a moment, and the people inside glanced at Chu Wu and were stunned, and then glanced at Chu Wu and discussed in a low voice.

Chu Wu didn't pay attention to these movements, turned her head and found a more unoccupied position to sit down, Cai Wei didn't dare to sit at the same table with Chu Wu, and was finally forced to sit down by Chu Wu, awkward, her ass only dared to sit on the stool carefully.

Xiao Er, who had a white scarf on his shoulder, ran over and saw Chu Wu stunned for a while, her face instantly turned red, and she stammered respectfully and asked, "Husband.... Madam, you.... What do you want? ”

Xiao Er blushed and thought to himself that it was the first time he had seen such a gentle and beautiful girl, oh no, it should be Mrs. Especially the cinnabar mole between the eyebrows, which makes her a little beautiful.... Some..... It's like a fairy anyway. Xiao Er has never read a book, and he doesn't know what words to use to describe the amazement that Chu Wu brought him.

Chu Wu looked at this boy who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, her face was red, her eyes were a little fluttering, and she didn't dare to look at herself, so she was a little helpless. Wen Sheng said: "Give me a bun and two bowls of broth!" Thank you."

"Yes.... Yes, little... The little one goes, you... Wait a minute. Xiao Er's face turned even redder when he heard Chu Yu talking to him, his face and neck were red, and he was so excited that he couldn't even speak properly, so he quickly turned around, accidentally hit the pillar behind him, and ran away with a snort.

Seeing Xiao Er's embarrassment, Chu Wu smiled silently, amazed others. Just as I was about to talk to Cai Wei, I heard a discussion behind me: "Today is the birthday of the Zuo Prime Minister of the Dynasty, I heard that it seems that even King Xiao is going to go, have you heard?" ”

Another man exclaimed: "I heard that it seems that King Xiao's favorite concubine Gu is going back to attend his father's birthday, and King Xiao will go back with him, if this is the case, then this Concubine Gu is really a favor!" ”

"Not really! This Concubine Gu is the first beauty in the capital, I heard that she originally seemed to be going to be the concubine of King Xiao, but she was robbed by the princess of Chu State, so she could only be a side concubine. However, if I had such a beauty, hehe, I would definitely spoil her as much as King Xiao. The man said with a lewd smile;

When Chu Wu heard them talk about herself, she couldn't help but listen to their discussion.

"Just you, can you compare with King Xiao? Don't say that King Xiao is the god of war of Xiao Kingdom, although I haven't seen King Xiao's appearance, but I heard that the storyteller said that he is also the first beautiful man in our Xiao Kingdom. You can't even compare to a single hair of other people's hair" Another man in yellow looked respectful when he said of King Xiao, and when he spoke of his companion, he turned his head and mocked his companion disdainfully;

"Oh, I don't just think about it, but the princess of Chu is not favored by the prince at all, and it is also, a princess of a defeated country, no one will care if she dies. I really feel worthless for King Xiao, how could I marry such a person as a princess. Cai Wei was very angry when she heard this, and she almost stood up and pointed at their noses and scolded them for being presumptuous and not knowing whether she was alive or dead, but was glanced at by Chu Wu lightly, and sat down hatefully.

"You whisper to me, no matter what, she is also Princess Xiao now. At that time, the state of Chu was defeated and many people died. The emperor of Chu had no choice but to make peace with Xiao and pay tribute of grain and silver every year, but he could only blame the emperor of Chu for his own fault. Who asked him to unite with the Qin State to attack our Xiao State, and in the end, he was not defeated by our prince and fled, but also compensated the two princesses. The man in yellow said disdainfully

"Two?" Hearing this, Chu Wu thought with some doubts in her heart.

The man in yellow also asked with some confusion: "Two?" Where are the two princesses? ”

The man in yellow looked at the man with a confused look and said a little proudly: "You don't understand this!" After the defeat of the Chu State, he first made peace with our Xiao State, saying that it was just a princess to apologize. Although I don't understand why the prince agreed to marry this princess of Chu, I heard that the Qin State also suffered heavy losses at that time, and the lord of the Qin State was very angry and killed the envoy sent by the Chu State. The emperor of Chu was very worried, so he sent another princess over, specifically! I don't know, but I've heard people say that it seems that the State of Chu and the State of Qin promised that as long as they lent him troops, they would definitely be able to hit our State Xiao hard, cut! It's really arrogant, didn't our prince see through it and defeat them later! ”

"I really deserve it, but it's a pity that I didn't kill them!" Another man hated the way;

Cai Wei was shocked when she heard their conversation, and Chu Wei was also a little surprised when she heard this, she hadn't heard of these things and didn't know, she hadn't heard Cai Wei mention the matter of Chu Guo sending two princesses and relatives, and it was estimated that Cai Wei didn't know either.

However, Chu and Qin jointly attacked Xiao State, this matter, I'm afraid it's not so simple, King Xiao can easily defeat the combined forces of the two countries, and hit Chu and Qin without damaging too many people, if you want to say that it's just the reason why King Xiao uses troops alone, she doesn't believe it, obviously things are not so simple, according to what she thinks, there must be a conspiracy in it.

Maybe King Xiao deliberately set this trap for them to jump, of course, this is just her guess.

But Xiao Jingmo should not be underestimated, this person is very deep and shrewd, powerful, like a fox, some people were sold by him and happily counted the money for him. However, I can't imagine that King Xiao's reputation among the people is so great, isn't he afraid of high merit? Or is the relationship between the two brothers really as good as everyone says? Isn't it said that the Emperor's House is the most ruthless? Chu Wu secretly guessed.

It didn't take long for the buns and soup ordered by Chu Wei to be presented, and it was sent by the little two with a red face just now, and Chu Wu directly ordered Cai Wei to eat with her.

A quarter of an hour later, the two of them left after finishing their meal, leaving the money for the meal, walking on the street, Chu Wu was still thinking about what had just happened. Pedestrians on the side of the road have to look at Chu Wu twice, some men are even more stunned, Chu Wu is a little helpless, this appearance is still too eye-catching, next time I come out, I will dress up, so as not to cause any trouble.

In fact, her dress is already very simple, a wooden hairpin fixes her hair, she doesn't even have a piece of jewelry on her body, and her clothes are even more ordinary.