Early the next morning, Shen Le'an was woken up by the sound of dripping rain, she uncovered the quilt and climbed out of bed to the window to see that it was raining heavily.

The rain was so heavy that it seemed like it wouldn't stop for a while, and the road was slippery.

She closed the window and opened the door and walked out, just in time to meet Sheng Xuanhao standing at the railing and watching the flow of people coming and going, she walked over and leaned side by side with him.

"Awake? Was it cold last night? Sheng Xuanhao asked.

Shen Le'an shook his head, "It's not cold, it's raining, I'm afraid we'll have to delay it for a while." ”

"It's not just a while, it's going to be delayed for two or three days." Sheng Xuanhao said with a smile.

"Why?" Shen Le'an looked at him puzzled.

"Because we were unlucky, we had a flood." Sheng Xuanhao smiled bitterly, it's really miserable.

"What! No, are you alright? Shen Le'an showed his big eyes.

"At first glance, you are the little princess of the deep palace who has not experienced the world, of course there is nothing to do, but it is not easy to walk these days, so you can only wait for the disaster period to pass before you go on the road, I have asked Xiao Zhuozi to pay for accommodation and food for three days, rest assured to live." Sheng Xuanhao shook her head helplessly, she didn't understand anything, and she actually wanted to go to the army of the frontier alone, which was tantamount to looking for death.

Shen Le'an pouted.

Liuli opened the door and came out just in time to see Shen Le'an and Sheng Xuanhao standing side by side, a touch of loss flashed in her eyes, and then she returned to normal and walked towards them and shouted, "Le'an, Sheng Gongzi." ”

Shen Le'an turned around and smiled at her, Sheng Xuanhao turned his head slightly to look at her, and then turned around to go downstairs.

"Let's go eat." Shen Le'an said to Liuli.

Liuli squinted at Sheng Xuanhao, who was going downstairs, and then nodded: "Okay." ”

Xiao Zhuozi and Xiao Si had already arranged the meal and waited below, and as soon as they saw their master coming, they immediately stood aside.

"Let's eat, let's eat." Shen Le'an smiled at Xiao Si, and then pulled him over and sat beside him, I don't know why, I always felt that Xiao Si was like a shy child, and maybe because of my brother, I always felt that among all the people here, Xiao Si was the most kind existence.

Xiao Si noticed her every move, and the flush on her face became more and more intense.

"Since it has been raining heavily in the last few days, let's rest for a while, and when the rain is over, it will be sunny every day, and we have to speed up the pace of hurrying." Sheng Xuanhao said.

"Okay, listen to Sheng Gongzi's arrangement." Liuli said with a shy face.

Sheng Xuanhao and Shen Le'an turned their heads to look at her at the same time, and then glanced at each other, Sheng Xuanhao coughed.

"Little Er, Little Er, prepare a horse for me, I'm tired on the road, I want it now, give me another pot of water." A middle-aged man at the door suddenly broke in wet and went straight to Xiao Er.

"Okay, guest officer, you wait first, and the little one will go get you water immediately." Xiao Erli poured a large bowl of water and brought it over, and the man lifted it up and drank it all, "Another bowl." ”

Xiao Er hurriedly ran over and poured him a full bowl and handed it to him: "Guest officer, you can drink slowly." ”

The man was almost drunk and felt better, so he was going to the backyard to choose a horse, and Xiao Er took him to the backyard.

Shen Le'an glanced at their backs, and then asked Sheng Xuanhao, "Are most people like this?" Come and go in a hurry every day? ”

Sheng Xuanhao glanced back at Xiao Er and the middle-aged man who had long since disappeared, and then said to Shen Le'an: "Most of them, I'm afraid you have to go to the slums to see what it looks like, let's eat." As he spoke, he put a piece of meat for Shen Le'an into her bowl.

Liuli's eyes shone slightly, taking in this scene.

"Guest officer, can you, we are all small businesses, and we really live on this money."

After a while, I saw the sound of Xiao Er's crying and crying coming from the backyard, Shen Le'an and Sheng Xuanhao glanced at each other, and then the middle-aged uncle walked in from the backyard, he led the horse, and Xiao Er hugged the horse's legs fiercely.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you judge the reasoning, as soon as this guest officer comes in, he pours water for him, he pours it well, and if he chooses a horse, he doesn't want to give money, how can there be such a thing?"

The middle-aged man glanced at him: "I said that my money bag fell on the road, and I will send it to you when I turn around, why don't you believe it, if you hold it like this again, I will ride out of the horse later, and I will tell you that you are going to die." ”

"Without silver, the shopkeeper will beat me to death, rather than die horizontally and vertically, it is better to be killed by the guest officer, but it shows that I am loyal to the shopkeeper."

Shen Le'an couldn't help but stand up: "Xiao Er, let go, don't hurt yourself, I'll give you his silver taels." ”

The middle-aged uncle glanced at her: "Girl, my money bag really fell on the road in a hurry when I came, you pay me first, I will go first and I will definitely give you silver taels when I come back." ”

Shen Le'an stretched out his hand in front of Xiao Si, Xiao Si quickly took out two ingots of silver from his pocket and handed them to Shen Le'an, Shen Le'an turned around and handed them to the shopkeeper.

Xiao Er let go of the horse's legs with satisfaction, "Thank you for this girl." ”

The middle-aged man saluted Shen Le'an with a fist, and then hurried out on horseback.

Xiao Er stuffed the silver into his arms, and then shook his clothes, "Girl, you are really too stupid, how could he come back to give you silver taels?" Foolish. ”

Shen Le'an ignored him, sat down and continued to eat.

Liuli couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Er, Miss Shen is afraid that you will be injured for this broken silver tael and lose your life, why don't you thank her and blame her for being stupid?" Is your life not as important as this money? ”

The shopkeeper was afraid that they would be angry, after all, they were guests living here, so he hurriedly explained: "The girl misunderstood, the little one is very grateful to this girl for saving her life, but ah, this broken silver tael, sometimes it is really more important than the life of the little one, you are the children of a rich family, naturally you will not understand our daily hard life, or your life is good, the small one is not good, you have to work hard to make a living, where are there so many good blessings to live safely." ”

"I ......" Liuli was speechless by the shopkeeper.

Shen Le'an's hand paused, and then continued to eat.

It is true that they can't go out anywhere in the rain, and in addition to coming down to eat regularly every day, they each stay in their rooms to either read or sleep, or just practice like Shen Le'an.

Shen Le'an finished practicing several times, and then lay on the bed and thought carefully about Xiao Er's words, "This broken silver tael is sometimes really more important than the life of the little one, you are the children of a rich family, naturally you will not understand our daily hard work." ”

The world begged for a few taels of silver, just to live, it turns out that some people have spent a lot of effort just to live.

Sheng Xuanhao had just finished reading the book and was about to lie down and sleep for a while, but Xiao Zhuozi quietly walked in: "Childe, you let the small investigation of Pingle Village have arrived." ”

Sheng Xuanhao nodded at him and motioned for him to continue.

"Pingle Village, was built by Shen Lu a few days ago twenty or thirty miles away, to be precise, Shen Lu was already thinking about it two years ago, so he sent people to dig it into a small village every day, he planned to slowly expand the surrounding places into his own hands, and finally surround the palace, and then take the palace in one fell swoop."

Sheng Xuanhao nodded, "Who is Shen Lu?" ”

Xiao Zhuozi lowered his voice and said: "It is the elder brother of Empress Shen of the previous dynasty, it is reported that he has been suffering from a serious illness since he was born, so his family specially sent him to the temple to raise him in order to save him, so it is not on the genealogy of their Shen family." ”

"Then why did he appear out of nowhere? Do you want to kill An Fu and seize the palace? ”

"Five years ago, Empress Shen asked for a good medicine and wanted to give it to her own brother to help him recover as soon as possible and leave the temple to go down the mountain to become a biological child and reproduce. Shen Lu did recover from this, but he disappeared without a trace when he came down the mountain, even Empress Shen didn't know where he went, the secret agent said that the night before Shen Lu disappeared, he saw the queen mother in the palace, and this matter was more or less inseparable from the queen mother. ”

Sheng Xuanhao looked at Xiao Zhuozi in surprise, they settled down, and the relationship was really not an ordinary chaos!

"Two years ago, Shen Lu suddenly appeared in twenty or thirty miles, and he took a fancy to the ease of defending and attacking that wasteland, so he decided to use it as his base for entering the palace, and began a detailed and careful plan."

"You say, did he decide to take revenge because he missed Empress Shen, or did he want to enter the palace because he coveted the world of An Jia?" Sheng Xuanhao asked suddenly.

"This, it's hard to say, it's better to let Miss Shen meet with him and take the opportunity to test him."

Sheng Xuanhao nodded, Xiao Zhuozi's idea was indeed very appropriate, and he could test what Shen Lu's purpose was, "However, do you think he will know that Shen Le'an, who is in the way, is still alive, and will find a way to do her?" ”

Xiao Zhuozi's eyes widened suddenly, "No, it won't be, right?" ”

Looking at his surprised appearance, Sheng Xuanhao couldn't help laughing: "Okay, when the rain stops, we will leave for Pingle Village, and I found that Shen Le'an's horse's leg seems to be a little lame, you go back and see if there is something in the way of it." ”

"Yes, Childe."

also said that he doesn't like people, isn't this the love of the house and the horses of the Wuzhi people? Xiao Zhuozi retreated in his heart.

Shen Le'an got up and walked out of the door, she came downstairs, Xiao Er just finished wiping the table and went to fetch water and mop the floor, she was very diligent, but it suddenly made her think of Xiaocui in the Blowing Flower Building, that girl was also very clever and diligent, and very well-behaved.

"Won't you take a break?" Shen Le'an asked.

Xiao Er smiled at her and said, "Don't dare, after finishing here, I have to go to the backyard to feed the guest officer's horses, and then I have to clean the horse pen and prepare enough horse feed for the backyard, so I have to be too busy." ”

Shen Le'an smiled: "Why don't the shopkeepers recruit more people?" ”

"Isn't it because you can't afford that little salary? He'd rather eat a little more for himself than take a little more for us to do the hard work. Xiao Er wiped the sweat on his forehead and said.

"Why don't you see the shopkeeper? Where is he? ”

"The shopkeeper, just gambling every day, visiting brothels, this girl, just playing, I always remember to come back every night at the third watch to check the health and backyard, and always quietly go through the account books to check the money two every day, for fear that we will give him food."

Shen Le'an smiled, she had already described in her mind the appearance of a chubby, fat, pot-bellied shopkeeper with a big belly and a mustache according to the words of the shopkeeper, which was very cute.