When Xiao Xiao returned to the palace, his expression still maintained a hint of anger and had to suppress his mood. It wasn't until he returned to the room and saw Qin Yining that he couldn't help but laugh.

"What's the matter, it's like this?" Qin Yining heard the movement and came out, and when he saw Xiao Xiao standing alone at the door laughing, he couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Xiao shook his head and sat on the side of Luohan's bed with Qin Yining in his arms.

"It's nothing, it's just that I think of Zhongyibo, and I think it's very interesting." Telling Qin Yining about the previous conversation between Fang Cai and Lu Heng, Xiao Xiao shook his head and smiled: "He should be scolding me for being a fool in his heart." ”

Qin Yining said funny: "Isn't that exactly what you want him to do?" ”

Thinking about a person like Xiao Xiao, who would rather be clear and robber when encountering problems, and gradually became proficient in acting and conspiracy, Qin Yining couldn't help but sigh: "From an outsider's point of view, whether it is you or Zhongyibo, you are both dragons and phoenixes among people, and characters with infinite scenery. If we are greatly wealthy, our status is more than a star and a half higher than that of ordinary people. But only we know how much we have suffered under the glamorous appearance, and doing drama is the easiest, and licking blood from birth to death is commonplace. ”

Xiao Xiao kissed Qin Yining's cheek, and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if you act, you can get used to it when you are born and die." As much wealth as people can enjoy, they will suffer as much sin as they want, and they should face it with peace of mind. Anyway, the future will only be better than the present. ”

Qin Yining smiled.

She wanted to persuade and appease Xiao Xiao, but she didn't expect him to think about it himself, so he persuaded her in turn first.

"It's good that you can think about it. In that case, I commanded the men to get ready, and we set out tomorrow. ”

"I'll go outside and discuss with Mr. Xie and Mr. Xu again." ”

Xiao Xiao and Qin Yining each prepared separately, and the next day, with enough manpower, the group drove the carriage and left Huichuan County with a swagger.

In addition to the carriage in which the two of them were riding, there were also a number of blue-curtained carriages and flatbed carts in the convoy.

The accompanying guards looked relaxed, talking and laughing, Qin Yining often opened the curtains and looked out, his leisurely appearance didn't look like he was going to run an errand, but like he was going out to play.

When Lu Heng heard the news, he and Lu Wenru stood on the street corner and watched from a distance to make sure that they were indeed gone.

Just from the open car window, I saw Qin Yining obediently and gently clinging to Xiao Xiao, the two of them talked and laughed intimately, thinking that even if they arrived in Danfu County, even if the sky fell, there would still be Qin Yining by his side, and Lu Heng's good mood would be reduced by half.

"Let's go." Lu Heng turned around and left with a calm face.

Lu Wenru didn't dare to ask more, so he hurriedly followed, but he understood Lu Heng's feelings a little in his heart, compared to Mrs. Bo, who is still in the mansion and often loses her temper, the pair of Prince Zhongshun and the princess is really too enviable.

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Danfu County is not very far from Huichuan County, for fear of delaying the business, as soon as the team arrived at the suburbs, Qin Yining discussed with Xiao Xiao to set off first.

Although Xiao Xiao had already made a decision, at this time, seeing Qin Yining put on an ordinary thin cotton dress and put on a white gauze hat, he couldn't help but be worried.

"Wouldn't it be good for me to arrange for some more Jinghu Guards to follow you? You only took Jiyun and Stinged the four of them, I really can't let go. ”

Qin Yining lifted the white veil on the hat, looked up at Xiao Xiao with a smile: "I'm just an ordinary businesswoman now, and it's already a big deal to be able to follow a servant girl and four guys by my side." If there are more people. I'm afraid that people will be suspicious, won't they be able to find out anything at that time? Besides, Jinghuwei is all dragons and phoenixes among people, and his appearance is extraordinary, and it is too eye-catching to go out, so it is not like stinging the four of them, he has been good at spying in the past, and he also has experience in this area, and he knows better how to stand out from the public. ”

Xiao Xiao knew that what Qin Yining said was right, and said helplessly: "Okay, it's all up to you." ”

turned around and instructed Tang Xiu: "You take someone to see if anyone is following." ”

"Yes." Tang Xiu responded, and took the Jinghu guards to check, and after a short time, he went back and forth, "Back to the prince, there is nothing suspicious." ”

Xiao Xiao helped Qin Yining to get into the carriage, and then went to order the four of them.

"Although it is important to spy on the news, the safety of the princess is even more important, if something happens, protecting the safety of the princess first is the first."

"Yes. Don't worry, I won't be dishonored. A few people saluted solemnly.

Qin Yining lifted the curtain of the car, smiled and said to Xiao Xiao: "Don't worry, I'm here to find out the news, and I won't cause trouble." Besides, when I'm dressed like this and wearing a hat, no one can see who I am, where is there any danger? ”

"I know what you're capable of, but I'm still worried." Xiao Xiao said helplessly, "Go ahead, evacuate immediately if something happens, and don't worry if the news can't be detected, I will go after it, I don't believe that Cheng Weimin can really resist the will." ”

"Got it." Qin Yining said goodbye to Xiao Xiao with a smile, and then ordered a few people to set off.

An ordinary blue-curled carriage, followed by two flatbed carriages full of daily groceries, slowly walked up the avenue.

Watching Qin Yining walk away, Xiao Xiao ordered his subordinates, "Let's also set off and slowly go down the official road." ”

The journey to Danfu County was very smooth, and in the early morning of July 13, the group relied on the road guide and drove the car directly into the city gate.

The summer weather is hot, the car window is open, there is only a layer of curtains inside and outside, as the march goes, the curtains show a wave-like arc, Qin Yining and Jiyun lifted the curtains left and right to look out.

As a large county with fertile land and developed agriculture, Danfu County looks much larger than Huichuan County.

"Madam, the atmosphere here looks very good, it seems to be more comfortable than Huichuan County, and there are more smiles on people's faces, and they all seem to be kind people." Jiyun said softly.

Qin Yining nodded, "Although we caught up with the waterlogging, the foundation of Danfu County is here after all." Ordinary people don't have to worry about whether they will starve to death, they are naturally relaxed, and only when they live comfortably and don't have to fight, can they be kind people calmly. ”

Qin Yining remembered Liangcheng, which was at the junction of the two countries. The war is together, and the husband and wife can't even take care of each other. Just eat it in one bite, whoever eats it can live, is it for yourself or for your relatives? She has seen many people with a warm and selfless side, but also a lot of selfishness and dark sides. There were not a few people like her who were forced to flee into the mountains. And not many people survived. She's really lucky.

Outside the carriage, the stunned and Xiaoman people had already begun to shake the bell and talk to passers-by, and began to sell the goods carried on the carriage.

Since you are a businessman, you naturally want to be a businessman.

The two trucks were moving very slowly, and Qin Yining's carriage was not close, so he stayed far behind, carefully observing the surroundings.

A few silver-faced spies, pretending to be businessmen, had no difficulty, one by one smiling and doing business with people, and many of the goods they brought were small daily items, such as women's household hair ropes, rouge gouache and inexpensive small jewelry, which attracted the attention of many people at once.

Some people gathered around and asked the price, and left because they felt that it was not suitable, and some stopped and hesitated, and the purpose of stinging them was to find out the news, and the price of the goods was naturally very flexible, and even accepted barter.

Soon, word spread that merchants had come to the city, bringing with them strange objects.

Qin Yining didn't show up, watching them do business from a distance, and by the way, he inquired about the things in the city without a trace, and it took more than an hour for the carriage to go to the next corner.

He took a moment to approach Qin Yining's carriage and said in a low voice, "Master, there is something wrong with the situation here. ”

"How?"

"There are three big clans living in this county, namely the Liu family, the Yuan family and the Yu family. The combined population of these three clans accounts for eighty percent of the county's population, and it can be seen from the dialogue that the people here are very united for this reason. They bring people peacefully, and they have the sincerity of the villagers. But whenever I waited for small talk and mentioned that the imperial tomb was going to be built nearby, everyone kept silent, and a few people who were originally very enthusiastic about buying things turned around and left after hearing the word imperial tomb. ”

Qin Yining's brows furrowed: "It can be seen from the roster that when the former governor built the imperial tomb, most of the people at that time came to Danfu County. There is no reason to hear that the Emperor Mausoleum is so cold, could it be that something went wrong with them in the first place? ”

"Perhaps." "At the current rate, it seems that it will take at least two days for our team to visit the entire county." Today, let's take the main road of east-west, what do you think? ”

"Naturally, it's good." Qin Yining said, "Don't be too deliberate, occasionally mention it by chance." ”

"Yes, don't worry, master."

The two of them talked briefly, and Shock, like an ordinary young man, happily returned to the cart.

The two carts took the lead, and Qin Yining's carriage followed, and the group continued to advance slowly.

After a short time, I came to the most prosperous place on the main street of Danford County.

Qin Yining looked out through the gap in the curtain, and couldn't help frowning slightly when his eyes fell on a big tree at the mouth of the alley.

At this time, under the tree lay a man in ragged clothes and a thin body like a bamboo pole. The man's temples were gray, his hair was like dried weeds, and his face was dirty, making it impossible to see the actual appearance and age of this man, only the bridge of his nose was very high, and he was holding an egg-thick bamboo stick in his arms, as if it was his treasure, curled up barefoot.

Seeing that Qin Yining's expression was wrong, Jiyun asked in a low voice, "Madam, what's wrong?" ”

"Look at that, there's a beggar." Qin Yining pointed to the people under the tree.

Ji Yun looked at it according to his words, and said, "Indeed." ”

"Don't you think it's weird?"

"What's strange?"

Qin Yining frowned and said, "This way, we haven't seen a single beggar." Only here is one. ”

Jiyun said with a smile: "No one comes to the main street, everyone lives in a remote land temple." ”