Bai Yulan sensed that Peony had something on her mind, so she said, "You are so sad that I don't look very happy, and it doesn't hurt to say anything." ”

Peony frowned slightly and said, "Peony knows that she can't hide anything from Madame, and she does have something important to tell Madame." ”

"Tell me about it." Bai Yulan sat on the stone bench in the courtyard.

Seeing this, Peony said slowly: "Peony was originally General Ye's dead soldier, because he was ordered by Hou Ye to come to Liancheng to protect his wife's safety, but the day before yesterday I received a letter from Hou Ye that he was in trouble, and now Hou Ye is in danger in the capital, so Peony wants to leave Liancheng and go to protect Hou Ye."

"You said Ye Mingting was in trouble?" Bai Yulan was a little shocked and immediately became worried.

"Madame don't have to worry too much, Hou Ye is safe for the time being, but the situation Hou Ye is facing is more complicated, and I can't know until I go over." Peony comforted Bai Yulan and said.

"And when are you going to leave?"

Peony thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow morning." ”

"It's a long way to the capital on this trip, so I'll prepare something with you in case you need it." Bai Yulan looked at Peony and sighed, Peony, it's really bitter for you.

"Thank you, ma'am."

"When was the last time you bought clothes?" Bai Yulan suddenly asked.

"It's been more than three months." Peony thought for a moment.

"Let's go shopping today, and then go to the racecourse to pick a sweaty BMW for you." Bai Yulan stood up, "Let's go." ”

The two of them left the White Mansion and walked all the way to an arms shop, "You don't have any weapons for self-defense, so let's pick one." After Bai Yulan finished speaking, she said to the bearded strong man who was striking iron inside: "Master, is there a weapon suitable for women?" Can you recommend this? ”

The bearded strong man immediately walked out, took a sword from the wall and handed it to Bai Yulan, "Madam, please look at this Qingluan sword." ”

Bai Yulan stretched out his hand to take it, indeed, the sword body was extremely slender, extremely light, and the sword body had a simple pattern, and an emerald was inlaid at the hilt of the sword, which looked atmospheric. Pulling out the sword again, the blade emitted a burst of cold light, Bai Yulan put a strand of hair on the blade, blew a breath, and the hair was immediately broken in two and fell to the ground.

"Do you like peonies?" Bai Yulan turned around and asked.

"The peony is all up to the lady." Peony also likes it.

"Good!" Bai Yulan immediately said, "I want this sword, there is one more thing, master, take a look at this, can you do it well tonight?" ”

Bai Yulan took out a drawing from his sleeve and handed it to the bearded man, who took it and saw that it was a structural diagram of a hidden arrow.

"Is this a multi-shot Hidden Arrow? It can be done, it may take some time, can the lady come and get it tomorrow morning? The bearded man said, "Together with the sword, the price is twenty gold, and I will give my wife five darts." ”

Bai Yulan handed the gold to the bearded man, without a little distress, twenty gold was enough for an ordinary person's family for three to five years.

The bearded man also sighed: If she is really the wife of a big family, she is really generous.

Out of the shop, the two of them came to an open space, Bai Yulan handed the sword to Peony, "Come, try a new weapon." ”

Peony took it, pulled out the sword and played swordsmanship, sometimes the sword was fierce, sometimes the sword edge was gentle, a complete set of swordsmanship down, Peony took the sword back into the scabbard.

"It's a good sword, thank you, ma'am." Peony, who had received the new weapon, smiled happily.

"If you like it, let's go and pick out two clothes for you." Bai Yulan said, "There are a few newly opened tailor shops in the south of the city, and it will only take a stick of incense to walk over, so let's go there and have a look." ”

"Okay." Peony nodded.

The two chatted while walking, and Bai Yulan said to Peony seriously: "Your name is the Oiran of Baihuafang, but you are actually the dead soldier of Ye Mingting, and now you are not young, have you walked in the sinister rivers and lakes all your life?" ”

Peony also replied seriously: "The peony that Mrs. said naturally understands in her heart, but Brother Ye is kind to Peony, and Peony has to repay it for the rest of his life, and Peony has no complaints." ”

Bai Yulan sighed in her heart, "In fact, women's lives are very hard, so they need a sense of security, who doesn't want to live a stable and stable life, it's just that everyone's mission is different, do what you want to do, and you can be happy." ”

"Peony understands."

The two of them chatted about some other trivial matters, and then went to the door of the shop.

As soon as the two stepped into the shop, the proprietress greeted them warmly. "What kind of wind blew you, Madame Bai, what kind of style do you want this time? I've got a new batch of cloud satin, and I'll show it to my wife. ”

"Bring some bright materials, and make two clothes for my sister." Bai Yulan pointed to the peony on her right hand, the expression on her face did not change in the slightest, she had seen too many of these people's faces.

Peony also looked at the proprietress at this time, she was slightly obese, with a professional smile on her face when she spoke, and there were some traces of wind and frost in the corners of her eyes.

"Okay, I'll go get it." The proprietress went into the back room.

In less than half a tea time, the proprietress came out with a few horses.

"Madame Bai, you still like these ingredients, this is the best material in our store." The proprietress placed the cloth neatly on the long table.

"Trouble the boss, you can help my sister measure the size, and I'll pick the fabric." Bai Yulan turned to Peony and said, "Go ahead." ”

The proprietress still greeted her warmly, and since she was Madame Bai's person, she naturally couldn't slack off, "Please come with me, girl." ”

Bai Yulan touched the material, the touch was soft, the embroidery was large, it was really the best, there were three colors of red, black and bean green, the skin of the peony was relatively white, and the three colors were suitable.

It didn't take long for the peony to come out, and the proprietress then came out and said, "This girl's figure is excellent, and her appearance is also good-looking, I'm afraid she looks good in that color." ”

Bai Yulan said in her heart: That's naturally, peony is the famous Oiran of the Hundred Flowers Workshop in the world, and his figure and appearance are not comparable to others.

"Just make one set of each of these three colors." Bai Yulan sat in the guest chair next to him.

"Ma'am, will there be more...... Peony was a little surprised.

"Not much, you can wear one set when you leave tomorrow, bring one set, and I'll keep the rest for you." Bai Yulan said slowly.

"Madame Bai really has a good eye, then I'll start doing it now." A big deal was negotiated, the proprietress said happily.

"Hurry up, I'll send it over in the evening, and I'll give you two taels of silver at that time." Bai Yulan reminded her.

"Okay, this is not a problem, I hired three people to make clothes, and I can definitely get out, please rest assured, Madame." The proprietress said confidently.

Out of the shop, Bai Yulan felt a little more steady, "Let's go, let's go to Nanshi and buy a horse for you." ”

"Okay, Nanshi is some distance from here, let's hire a carriage to go over." Peony suggested.

"Yes, you can." Bai Yulan nodded in agreement.

"Then sit under the pergola first, and I'll go find the groom." Peony said and turned and walked away.

"Okay." After walking for a long time, Bai Yulan felt a little thirsty, so she asked Xiao Er of the tea shop to put on the pot of Pu'er and drank it slowly.

Listening to the gossip at the next table, whose chickens were stolen, and whose wife cheated on them...... Bai Yulan slowly tasted the tea, which was really pleasant.

In less than a cup of tea, Peony led the coachman back. "Madam, I've already negotiated the price, let's go."

"Let's go." Bai Yulan took out two taels of silver and put them on the table, paid the tea money just now, and walked to the carriage.

After getting into the carriage, the three of them staggered to Nanshi.

"After walking for so long, Madame should be hungry, this is the lotus root cake I just bought, Madame try it while it's hot." Peony took out a pack of lotus root cakes wrapped in brown paper from her back.

Bai Yulan immediately became interested, "So, I'm really a little hungry." As he spoke, he pinched a piece with his hand and put it in his mouth.

"How's it going, is it delicious?" Peony also couldn't wait to pinch a piece and put it in her mouth.

"Burnt on the outside and crispy on the inside, soft and glutinous and fragrant, delicious!" Bai Yulan praised.

Then the two of them feasted and quickly ate the lotus root cake.

"When we get to Nanshi in a while, let's go eat something first, it's almost noon, and it's time for lunch." Peony said greedily.

"You remember the most when you eat." Bai Yulan laughed.

"Hehe, why don't you sleep madam, I'll call you when it's time."

"Well, that's fine, then you can rest for a while." Bai Yulan collapsed on the seat as she spoke.

"Okay."

The carriage was bumpy all the way, shaking the peony drowsy, and after finding a comfortable position, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

In her dreams, someone kept telling her, Peony ...... Run, Peony, ...... Run away, it was raining heavily at night, and there were many, many people chasing her behind, so she could only run forward with all her strength...... However, no matter how she ran, she couldn't run to the end, only an endless darkness, and finally, her feet were empty, and the whole person fell down......

Peony opened her eyes and found that she had burst into tears at some point, and she quickly wiped away her tears, afraid of being seen by Bai Yulan.

I don't know why, I still have such a dream, Peony was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was dreaming, she turned her head to look at the sleeping Bai Yulan, and her intuition told her that this was not a dream, Bai Yulan was indeed in front of her, within reach.

Peony felt a little bored, so she opened the curtain to look at the scenery outside, which was passing by a small road, and the weeping willows on both sides of the road were within reach, and Peony was in a slightly better mood.

After a while, the road gradually widened and there were gradually pedestrians.

"Are you two going into that city?" The coachman pointed to the castle tower ahead.

"Yes." Peony replied.

"Those two remember to come out early, there is a curfew in this southern city, you must come out before dark, otherwise you will have to spend the night in the city." The coachman kindly reminded.