Chapter 8: The smoke of gunpowder is darkened, and the thoughts are different
The sun was getting brighter, and the bright sunlight shone through the layers of leaves, shining on the city wall, the vermilion city wall was so red that it burned people's hearts, and this city wall was stained with the blood of countless ancestors.
Walking out of the carriage, Xia Jinyan's gentle eyes turned, and there was a majesty in her eyes, and the gorgeous clothes and brocade clothes attracted the eyes of countless visitors as soon as they appeared, noble and self-controlled. Huan Yan followed closely behind Xia Jinyan, and the childishness on her body also dissipated without a trace.
In the crowd, Meng Lixi withdrew the hand that was placed on the scimitar, and his sharp gaze fell on Xia Jinyan's body, how could she be here?
Xu is Xia Jinyan's own temperament, and the people at the back of the team no longer look forward to the excitement in front of them, but look intently at this noble woman who suddenly appeared. is like a beautiful flower, she deserves to be a rich flower in this world.
All the masters hidden in the crowd have recognized her, and their hearts have withdrawn from the bottom of their hearts. Quietly hide in the crowd and wait for things to unfold.
"Clumsy, I know the wrong person, I hope the girl doesn't mind." Qi Yuanchu was reluctant to apologize, but when he saw Lin Chen's gentle knife-like eyes, he still leaned over.
It's just that he wants to make big things small, and small things are small, but the woman in the car is unwilling. The corners of her mouth behind the veil were raised, her watery eyes smiled, more beautiful than peach, and said coquettishly: "The little girl is very curious, who does General Qi recognize the little girl as?"
As soon as these words came out, the scene that had finally calmed down became tense again. Everyone knows the purpose of Da Yue, but she is the only one who says it as clearly as Shui Xiyan. The crowd once again paid attention to the three of them, and more silently paid attention to Qi Yuanchu's reaction.
Xiang Yu stood aside, the folding fan in his hand shook more happily, and said jokingly: "Dare to face the chief general of Dayue like this, this woman is interesting!" With that, he turned to a small soldier beside him and asked, "You really don't recognize this woman?"
The little soldier rolled his eyes impatiently, why did the person in front of him talk so much! He is just a small person watching the city gate, and he can recognize General Qi Yuanchu only because of his reputation.
"Okay, I don't have to ask you, I'll tell you." Xiang Yu put away the fan, his face was proud, his narrow eyes rose, and he said softly: "Shui Xiyan, the palace master of the Plum Palace of the Heavenly Imperial Sect, have you heard of this person?"
The soldier's eyes widened in disbelief, his voice trembled a little with excitement, and the spear tassel in his hand shook, "Could it be that she is ......?"
Xiang Yu nodded with satisfaction, pursed his lips, obviously satisfied with the reaction of the little soldier, took the fan and shook it in the air, and said, "The son can be taught."
Lin Chen's hand hidden in the cuff moved imperceptibly, and a light wind blew over the sword spike on Qi Yuanchu's waist. Qi Yuanchu didn't say anything, and immediately looked back at Lin Chen, "What's wrong?" ”
"Nothing." Lin Chen signaled to Qi Yuanchu with his eyes, and regardless of whether he understood or not, he turned to Shui Xi and said: "The water girl should be in a hurry to enter the city, Lin and Brother Qi will not disturb the water girl's errands, and will leave first."
Shui Xiyan didn't plan to let them go, his lips behind the veil were raised, and he was about to speak, but he was blocked by Lin Chen's words. "Everyone is in a hurry to enter the city, Lin is inconvenient to say, and I hope that the water girl will not mind."
Thinking of the sect leader's advice to her, Shui Xiyan suppressed her true thoughts, and raised her voice: "I won't, meeting is fate, if I can meet again when I enter the city, the little girl is in charge, how about inviting the two of you to be guests in the dust building?"
"Very good." Lin Chen's eyes flickered, making Qi Yuanchu silent, and walked back to the car by himself.
Seeing that Shui Xiyan didn't mention himself, Xiang Yu didn't care, he wished he could stay away from this woman. It is said that women are like tigers and cannot be provoked, and the women of this Mei Palace are even worse, especially this palace master, I don't know how many men have died under her Broken Soul Qin.
Unexpectedly, a farce ended like this, everyone had different thoughts, and their fear of Da Yue became more and more serious. Meng Lixi's gaze followed Qi Yuanchu to his carriage, and summoned a man who was also dressed in exotic clothes and whispered a few words in his ear.
The soldiers defending the city were secretly relieved, but fortunately they didn't make a fuss, otherwise, for a while, they wouldn't have been able to shake these people. Exhaling softly, they looked up, and they saw a familiar figure.
Several people glanced at each other, and hurriedly sent one person to greet them. Because it was far away, when Xia Jinyan arrived, Shui Xiyan had already entered the carriage, and the groom was whipping and was about to leave.
"Meet Madame." The little soldier knelt down on one knee in front of Xia Jinyan and respectfully hugged his fists.
"No need to be polite, what is going on, so noisy?"
"Mrs. Yu, it was Da Yue who recognized the wrong person and caused some contradictions, which are now resolved." The soldier didn't get up, still kneeling on the ground, bowing his head and reporting.
"I see, it looks like I'm late." Xia Jinyan shook her head regretfully, and then said: "You have also worked hard, go and guard the city gate, don't worry about me."
"Yes, ma'am." The little soldier responded loudly, and his eyes lowered to receive the prompt from a soldier behind, and then spoke: "Madame's side door has been opened, Madame can enter the city through the side door."
"Okay." Xia Jinyan's beautiful eyes turned, and sure enough, she saw the side door that was opened, and beckoned Huan Yan to step forward and asked her to hand over the bamboo basket she was holding to Xiao Bing, "These are some small items I found in the city this time, they are a special product of Lianguo, you can take them." ”
Xia Jinyan is kind and charitable, this is known to everyone in Qincheng, every time she goes out of the city to find interesting small objects, she will always bring some to the soldiers guarding in front of the city.
"Mrs. Xie." Taking the bamboo basket, the soldier asked, "Where is Madame's carriage?" Do you need a subordinate to lead the way? ”
"No, you just guard the gates."
"Yes."
After speaking, Xia Jinyan turned around and walked to her carriage, and the little soldier raised his head and looked at Xia Jinyan's departing back when he heard the footsteps in front of him getting fading away and weakening.
The onlookers, who didn't know Xia Jinyan, whispered, "Who is this lady?" ”
Immediately, an insider replied enthusiastically to their questions, saying: "This is the wife of the city lord of Qincheng, Xia, who is the most understanding, and the city lord of Qin is even more affectionate, and I don't know how many little girls envied their story at the beginning!" Now it's still the same as it was back then! ”
"There's a story here, tell me about it!" Waiting for the time to enter the city was really boring, and when they heard this, everyone's interest rose, and they gathered around the insider, listening to him talk about the old things of the year.
Xiang Yu sat in the carriage, and in a blink of an eye, he saw the figure of Xia Jinyan walking by, he leaned against the window of the car, and opened his lips lazily, "Why did this Mrs. Xia just go back to the city?" ”
Qi Yuanchu was angry that Lin Chen didn't let him speak, and he was angry when he talked to Xiang Yu, and said, "You don't care what others do!"
Xiang Yu was not angry, chuckled, and said, "I'm still nosy, you better think about how you can find that Qin Shu."
"Now that all forces have gathered in Qincheng, we haven't heard half of the news about Qin Shu, if someone else preempts it, you can wait for Yue Jun's anger." Xiang Yu lowered the curtain and spoke quietly.
"You don't need to say more!" Qi Yuanchu's eyes widened angrily, and he no longer paid attention to Xiang Yu.
"For the pianist, no one else knows that we still have an advantage." Lin Chen continued to analyze the current situation, raised his head, looked at Qi Yuanchu, and said, "However, we must not act too recklessly and expose ourselves."
Qi Yuanchu knew that Lin Chen was talking about himself, and said dissatisfiedly: "This Qin City is so big, how easy it is to find an unknown person!" It's better to cast a wide net, and it is better to kill by mistake than to let go! ”
"Wrong." Xiang Yu shook his slender white fingers and said, "It's a catch, not a kill."
"It's all the same!" Qi Yuanchu waved his hand indifferently and spoke impatiently.
"This is far from it, a living person and a dead person, Yue Jun wants a living person." Xiang Yu paused for a moment, and then said, "If this Qin Shu is really as distracted as rumored, you and I still need to be well received."
Qi Yuanchu raised his chin and said with disdain: "A little woman, no matter how powerful she is, what can she do!"
"If you go into the city and meet the water tide, you will know why the woman should not be provoked." Xiang Yu didn't refute Qi Yuanchu's words, some things were only understood after experiencing them.
Qi Yuanchu was born as the son-in-law of General Dayue, and the people he came into contact with were all women in the court, most of whom were tender and dignified, but he didn't know that on the rivers and lakes, he never distinguished between men and women, only on strength. Shui Xiyan sits as a woman as the master of the first palace of the Heavenly Domain Sect, and her strength cannot be underestimated.
Here, Xia Jinyan returned to the carriage, said a few words to Qin Shu, and then ordered the coachman to set up the carriage and walked to the side gate of the city wall. Everyone knew Xia Jinyan's identity, and they didn't say much about her special treatment, just looked at the four white jade carriages out of their sight.
With Xia Jinyan's help, before it was dark, Qin Shu had already entered Qincheng, because it was Xia Jinyan's carriage, and the people guarding the city did not do an inspection, so they were directly released.
Entering the city gates, the carriage swayed leisurely through the bustling streets. On both sides were all kinds of craftsmen from ancient times, and there were many people standing in front of the paralysis, both men and women, young and old, some amiable, and some with fierce faces.
Xia Jinyan leaned on the carriage and pretended to sleep, Huan Yu packed up her things, and Huan Yan excitedly introduced Qin Cheng to Qin Shu, "Miss Qin is the first time to enter Qin City, right?" ”
Qin Shu smiled, and the eyes exposed outside were clean and clear, without a trace of impurities, which made Huan Yan stunned again.
After coming back to his senses, Huan Yan continued: "We don't want to go out of the room when Qin Cheng is over, this time is all the time for those extremely vicious people to act, and if you meet a random person, your hands will be stained with blood, Miss Qin, you must remember."
"Also, Miss Qin, you'd better buy a curtain fence to cover all your face. During the day, they will not do anything even if they are moved, because there are city rules to suppress it, but in the middle of the night, the city guards are also powerless. ”
As he spoke, Huan Yan glanced at Qin Shu again, her smart eyes were full of amazement, and then said, "Miss Qin's temperament is like a cloud, so it's better to be cautious."
"Thank you Huan Yan for telling me, Qin Shu wrote it down." Qin Shu's right hand, hidden in the cuff, fumbled for a token, and her heart moved slightly.