Du Zijun originally thought that he would be able to eat a hot meal tonight, so there was only a little dry food left. He divided the dry rations into three portions, one for each of them, and he himself divided the least.

Bai Shuqin took the dry food and put it on the table, took out her mother's bone box and put it on the shelf on the side, lit three sticks of incense and worshipped.

Du Zijun also followed behind and lit incense and bowed, he wanted to call Beizhu together, but he forgot it when he saw her legs.

"Third Imperial Princess, you said that even if the pirates came, wouldn't it be ten miles from the sea? Are they so afraid? Du Zijun felt that they were too bold.

Bai Shuqin pushed open the window and let the afterglow outside illuminate the room, but the street outside was still empty. She turned to Du Zijun and said, "I'm afraid that this group of pirates wants to go ashore and become robbers!" ”

In the villain book that Du Zijun reads, the robbers are a group of gangsters who rape and plunder and do everything. It's just that he has been in the capital since he was a child, and although there are occasional bullies, he is nothing compared to robbers.

The sky was getting dark, because they couldn't light the lights, Bai Shuqin and the others rested early, and tomorrow they had to go to Bai Shuqin's mother's hometown.

Bai Shuqin slept in bed with Beizhu, and Du Zijun hugged the quilt and made a bunk. The tiredness of these days has disappeared most of the moment when the quilt is stained, and the three of them can finally sleep peacefully tonight.

In the middle of the night, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside, and the firelight downstairs faintly illuminated Bai Shuqin's room. Bai Shuqin was woken up, got up and leaned against the window, looking down at the outside.

Downstairs, there were about a dozen people on horseback, and five or six people with torches, parked in front of the inn. The leader was five big and three thick, and he had a deep scar on the right side of his face, which looked fierce and vicious. He looked at Bai Shuqin's horse, pointed to one of his closest subordinates, and ordered, "You go in and have a look." ”

The man rolled over and dismounted, slamming the door of the inn. The people in the inn were so frightened that they didn't dare to make a sound, and the middle-aged man whispered to blame his mother for not being kind enough to let Bai Shuqin and them stay in, which would bring them trouble.

"Hurry up and open the door!" The man shouted impatiently, and when he saw that there was no sound inside, he rolled up his sleeves and kicked the door open.

The people of the inn hid tightly behind the front desk cabinet, trembling with fear. When he heard the man's voice, he was about to come over, and he closed his eyes in fright.

"Guest, what's the matter at such a late hour?" Bai Shuqin's lazy voice came from upstairs, and the man immediately walked over, and the people at the inn breathed a sigh of relief.

The man saw that Bai Shuqin was wearing a white dress, and he looked really stunning, but his hair was shorter than that of a man. He pointed a knife at her: "Hand me over!" ”

Bai Shuqin chuckled and went downstairs: "Guest officer, I don't know who you are talking about?" ”

"Don't pretend to be garlic for me, whose horse is it outside?" The man said angrily.

Bai Shuqin wasn't afraid of him, but he didn't want to get into trouble just after coming here. She walked to the door, looked at the group of people outside the door, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, isn't this your horse?" It's so late, is it a tip or a stay? ”

The scar man led by the scar stared at Bai Shuqin with a smile, Bai Shuqin was disgusted, but he still smiled on his face, and smoothly pulled the hair in front of him behind his ears, revealing the hideous scar on his forehead.

The scar man's lewd smile instantly turned into disgust, and he turned to the others and ordered: "Go in and search me one by one!" ”

The others heard the sound and rushed into the inn in a swarm. Bai Shuqin also followed behind, standing by the stairs and shouting anxiously to the group of people going upstairs: "Hey, what are you doing here, guest officer?" There's really no one upstairs! ”

Upstairs there was the sound of them kicking open the door and flipping around, Bai Shuqin leaned on the side of the stairs, thinking that it seemed that her Jiangzhou accent was not bad, and this group of people actually didn't suspect her.

The scar man sat on the bench and glanced at Bai Shuqin next to the stairs. At first, he was excited to feel that he had met a peerless beauty who could be offered to the group of people above, but he didn't expect to have such an ugly scar on his forehead, which was really unappetizing.

After about a quarter of an hour, the group of people came down from the upper floors and reported to the scar man: "Boss, there is no one upstairs!" ”

The scar man got up from the bench, walked towards Bai Shuqin, lifted Bai Shuqin's chin with the back of the knife, and stared at her viciously: "Where are you hiding people?" ”

Bai Shuqin met his eyes innocently, his face full of doubts: "Guest officer, who are you talking about?" ”

The tip of the knife slid across Bai Shuqin's face and stopped at the center of her eyebrows, and the scar man's voice became even more vicious: "Let me ask again, where is the person hiding?" ”

Bai Shuqin swallowed his saliva, his voice trembling: "Guest... Guest, there's really no one! ”

The scar man obviously didn't intend to let her go, the tip of the knife was against Bai Shuqin's forehead, and at this time, a group of people ran by outside on horseback, shouting: "Chase!" ”

The scar man immediately put away the knife and said to the others, "Follow me!" ”

A group of people left the inn in a hurry, and rode after the group of people just now. Bai Shuqin followed them out to see that they were far away, and then came in and closed the door.

She lit the candle on the long table and said to the people behind the front desk, "It's okay, they're gone." ”

The middle-aged man was the first to come out from behind, followed by the middle-aged woman and others. Bai Shuqin said to them apologetically: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Now can you tell me what the hell is going on? ”

The middle-aged man looked at her embarrassedly, although it was because of the trouble they had caused, but if it wasn't for her just now, they were afraid that they would have died by now.

The middle-aged woman poured her a cup of tea, and the tea was already cold. The middle-aged man lowered his voice: "This group of people are all pirates!" Recently, it has become more and more rampant.,Every night I will go into the city.,I heard that it seems to be looking for someone else.。 ”

Bai Shuqin frowned: "Don't those officials care?" ”

The middle-aged man sighed: "It's not that they don't care, it's that they really can't take care of it!" The general who came from the capital some time ago was defeated by pirates. Even they can't do anything about him, so we have to hide. ”

Bai Shuqin remembered that she seemed to have heard Zhuo Jinxuan say this, but she didn't take it to heart at that time, and only then did she think about it.

The middle-aged man seemed to be afraid of the return of those people, and looked nervously at the burning candle. Bai Shuqin extinguished the candle and said to them, "Rest early, we'll leave tomorrow." ”

Back in the room, Du Zijun had already tidied up the messy room they had turned up, and as soon as Bai Shuqin arrived in the room, Du Zijun hurriedly asked her, "Are you okay?" ”

She shook her head and said to them, "It's okay tonight, rest." ”

Beizhu's nervous mood relaxed after hearing Bai Shuqin's words, and the appearance of the group of people rummaging around with knives just now frightened her. She was about to lie down, but she saw blood stains on Bai Shuqin's neck, she pointed to Bai Shuqin's neck and said worriedly: "Sister, your neck is bleeding." ”

Bai Shuqin touched his neck, a little bit of blood, it was injured by the scar man with a knife. The wound was so shallow that Bai Shuqin didn't even notice it.

Du Zijun hurriedly rummaged through the baggage for the ointment and handed it to Bai Shuqin: "Third Imperial Princess, rub some medicine." ”

Bai Shuqin opened the ointment, and a faint herb fragrance was applied to the wound, and the cool feeling made the already subtle pain disappear.

"These pirates are so rampant, they should have just taught them a lesson!" Du Zijun said angrily, he actually dared to hurt his third imperial concubine! has seen Bai Shuqin's ability, Du Zijun is very confident. His own kung fu is not bad, and two people are more than enough to deal with that group of people.

Bai Shuqin smiled and said to him, "There are at least a hundred pirates around here, are you sure you can teach them a lesson?" ”

More than ten people are okay, a hundred people, Du Zijun acquiesced in his heart.

Beizhu asked Bai Shuqin suspiciously: "Sister, how do you know that there are so many people around here?" ”

Bai Shuqin smiled and looked at Beizhu silently, Beizhu is a simple and well-behaved child, but the people behind her are not necessarily, and they can't tell her too much.

The first rays of sunlight shone into the room through the window in the early morning, Bai Shuqin stretched out his hand to block the sunlight, and opened his misty sleepy eyes, at this moment, last night's events were like a dream.

Bai Shuqin woke up Du Zijun and Beizhu, and today they were going to find her mother's hometown.

The inn downstairs has opened for business, and the middle-aged man is standing behind the front desk taking down the ledger. Bai Shuqin walked over and wanted to settle the cost of the three of them last night's stay.

The middle-aged man said to Bai Shuqin with a little apology: "Guest officer, I opened the door this morning and found that your horse was taken away by pirates last night. If you don't have any relatives in the city, stay in a small shop! ”

Bai Shuqin looked at him suspiciously, he hoped that they would leave quickly yesterday, why did he change his mind today. She smiled and refused: "I don't blame you for the horse, we also want to thank you for taking it in last night." It's just that I'm afraid that staying will cause you trouble, but I still can't. ”

Hearing her refuse, the middle-aged woman who was wiping the table next to her hurriedly stayed: "Girl, we're too embarrassed if you say that, let's stay if you don't dislike it." ”

Bai Shuqin knew that if they refused, they would definitely have to sleep on the streets at night. Pirates are so rampant at night that it is impossible to get a good rest. She hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Then I'll trouble you." ”

The middle-aged man's name is Li Wu, who is the shopkeeper of this inn, and the middle-aged woman's name is Zhou Yunxia, who is Li Wu's wife. It's just that pirates are getting more and more rampant this month, and the inn has basically no business except for some people eating during the day.

Zhou Yunxia brought some breakfast for the three of them, "People outside are avoiding Jiangzhou now, what are you doing in Jiangzhou at this time?" ”

Bai Shuqin thought that maybe they could know about her mother, so she said, "I'm here to find my mother's hometown." Do you know who are the people surnamed He in Jiangzhou City? ”

Zhou Yunxia put the steamed buns and porridge on the table, frowned and thought for a while, "There is no one surnamed He around here." I'm not familiar with Dongcheng, maybe there is a family surnamed He. ”

Li Wu interjected after hearing what she said: "Have you forgotten that our county master is surnamed He?" ”

After he reminded her, Zhou Yunxia hurriedly patted her head and smiled embarrassedly: "Look at my memory, the county master also lives in Dongcheng, you can go over there and ask." ”

Bai Shuqin thanked her. After breakfast, Bai Shuqin asked Du Zijun to send Beizhu upstairs to rest, and gave Li Wu some money to ask Lang Zhong to see Beizhu's injury. After everything was arranged, Bai Shuqin and Du Zijun set off for Dongcheng.

Dongcheng is not close to here, and it takes an hour to walk. Jiangzhou City is so big, Du Zijun feels that finding someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack, "Third Imperial Princess, did your mother tell you where her hometown is in Jiangzhou?" ”

Helan would only talk to Bai Shuqin about his hometown when he was in a slightly better mood, but after a long time, Bai Shuqin couldn't remember exactly where it was. She shook her head, "I don't know, if you ask a family, you will always ask." ”

During the day, the streets gradually become lively, and the doors of the shops on the street are also opened. It's just that pedestrians are in a hurry, and they don't seem to want to linger too much on the street.

People passing by were discussing that the pirates had captured a lot of people last night, and they didn't know what they were going to do. The people talking about it were glad that they were not the ones who were caught, and at the same time reminded each other to close their doors early at night and not linger on the streets.