Chapter 38 Xiangzhou

Tang Lu'er sat on the clear oil carriage, the weather was hot, and she was not a faceless lady, so as soon as she got into the car, she rolled up the curtain of the car, and then sat happily outside, holding the two strings of sugar gourds she had just bought, and laughed while eating: "It's cheaper for five dollars of silver, and people have also assigned a coachman, if you are willing to bring a few more people, we can save more." ”

Tian Qi didn't pay attention to her words, not long after getting into the car, he suddenly had a feeling of panic in his heart, and many years of crisis life made his intuition of danger very accurate. He didn't pay attention to the pursuit of the government, so he knew in his heart that the sudden feeling of waiting for the heartbeat just now was definitely not from the government, could it be that someone else took a fancy to the ten thousand taels of gold......

Tang Lu'er didn't care about Tian Qi's increasingly gloomy face, after she gnawed half a string of sugar gourds, she handed the other string of sugar gourds to Tian Qi and said, "Don't you eat it, it's delicious, this hawthorn is very big, and the sugar coating is also very full." ”

Tian Qi shook his head, and then raised his eyes to look at the girl next to him, this girl's temperament is really unbelievably safe with what she encounters. At her age, she suddenly encountered such a thing, and so many things have happened in the past few days, and there is no trace of trouble on her face. The half string of sugar gourds just now was so wet that the corners of her mouth were stained with sugar and fat, and her bright eyes were smiling into a half-moon shape at this time. Tian Qi let out a rare sigh in her heart, this girl, even if no one pays attention to her, she can talk to herself and entertain herself, she is so stupid that she has no heart and lungs, it is really rare.

"You're not afraid of me?" After seeing Tang Lu'er take back the string of sugar gourds, Tian Qi looked out of the car and suddenly asked such a question.

Tang Lu'er just bit on the hawthorn seeds, she curled her tongue, turned her head and spit out the hawthorn seeds, and then while chewing the hawthorn fruit, she turned her head and opened her eyes wide and asked vaguely: "Even if you want to be afraid of you?" ”

Tian Qi was speechless for a while, it turned out that this girl didn't have the consciousness of fear in her mind at all, and it was estimated that she didn't understand the true meaning of the bounty of King Anyuan's ten thousand taels of gold. After Tang Lu'er swallowed the things in his mouth, he also figured out the meaning of this evil star's words, that is, he smiled and said: "Then, I am not a messenger of justice, I don't have that extra mind to eliminate evil on behalf of the moon all day long, someone can save me when I am in trouble, and those who go up the mountains and countryside all the way have not thrown me down, and it is too hypocritical for me to pretend to be scared." After she finished speaking, she looked at Tian Qi expectantly, looking at her own words of digging into her lungs like this, how much could she make this evil star show a little emotion, this is a tribulation to see the truth.

It's just that she stared at it for a while, but she was still disappointed, could it be that this guy was born with a poker face, and he wasn't worried that the muscles on his face would atrophy if his face was stiff for a long time! Tang Lu'er scolded unwillingly, then withdrew his gaze and continued to gnaw on his sugar gourd. It's just that she didn't realize that the moment she turned her head, Tian Qi's eyes faintly showed a bit of inquiry, this girl, I don't know where she got those strange words.

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The sun slowly walked from east to west, and the carriage had been running for most of the day, and it had a short rest at a small post station on the way, and even the horse had not taken a breath, and Tian Qi asked the coachman to set off quickly. In such an urgent hurry, although Tang Lu'er also felt that her body was a little unbearable, she didn't have a word of objection. Along the way, Tian Qi became more and more silent, and looked behind from time to time, which made her feel as if he was hiding from something. On the way, she also asked tentatively, but Tian Qi didn't say it explicitly, but that attitude made her feel like she was facing a great enemy.

God, I just escaped from the den of thieves, and now that I have entered the Sunshine Avenue, there will be no moths.

Tang Lu'er thought for a while, and sighed, this guy has such an identity, and the big reward of 10,000 taels of gold is on his head, and it is not surprising that something will happen after a while, but it has made her suffer.

The closer to Xiangzhou City, the heavier the cold air emitted by the evil star, and it was almost catching up with the refrigeration and air conditioning.

"Uncle, how long will it take for us to arrive?" Tang Lu'er twisted her body uneasily, last night, and most of today, she felt that her buttocks were about to get sores, but this evil star was still creating tension around her, so she couldn't help but ask again.

"It's here, that's ahead." The coachman shook the reins and replied with a loud voice.

"Ah, it's here!" Tang Lu'er hurriedly lifted the curtain in front of her, leaned on the window with her face and looked out, but no, about three or four miles away from here, the gray city wall and the city tower with the vicissitudes of time had already appeared in front of her.

The Sichuan valley is a hundred miles to the south, that is, the Xiangzhou where the king of Dingnan is located. This place is located at the junction of the north and south of Dajing, with a good geographical location and because the climate of this place is suitable for planting a variety of herbaceous plants, it has become a holy place for Dajing to produce spice plants. It is the exotic spices from the west, or the incense products from the south to the north, basically will pass through here, so over time, this place is conveniently named Xiangzhou.

Xiangzhou is not the fief of the king of Dingnan, the whole scene, more than 400 years since the founding of the country, can get a state or a county as a fief, and inherit the prince, but only five. And non-princes are not awarded, non-great merits are not awarded, and non-great virtues are not awarded, this is the royal ancestral training. And the only one who can break this royal ancestral training is the Marquis An Yuan, who was a master of high merit a hundred years ago. This person is not the emperor's dragon son, but because of his repeated miraculous achievements, the emperor has no reward, and finally overrode the public opinion, named him the Prince of Liu, the fief Liuzhou, after a hundred years, no one can get this honor. It's just that since the death of Prince Liu, when his son inherited the title, for various reasons, his prince's title was downgraded by one rank, and the one-word king number was reduced to the two-word king, but the rest remained unchanged, and still retained the Liuzhou fief, and this title was hereditary, which was the only exception to Dajing. In this way, the title of King Anyuan is not comparable to that of ordinary princes, even those few princes have to give up three points in front of him.

Although the king of Dingnan is a king with a different surname, the foundation of his family in Xiangzhou is not shallow, and everyone knows that the Yang family of Xiangzhou was a famous family here as early as a hundred years ago.

"Uncle, why are there so many people!" The carriage stopped a mile away from the city gate, and Tang Lu'er looked up and saw that the long queue-like carriage and horses parked in front of them were all waiting to enter the city. It's just that for some reason, the speed of entering the city is extremely slow, as if something is happening in front of it.

"In ten days, it will be the annual incense fighting meeting, and then it will be full of incense in the city, and it will not disperse for several months, but we will have a wonderful scene in Xiangzhou City. Now merchants from all over the world are rushing here, and there are not many people. The coachman put the reins and took a straw hat while fanning the wind and continued, "Also, a few days ago, I heard that the government wanted to arrest some Jiangyang thief, and the bounty was old Gaoli, and even the portrait was posted at the gate of the city, and now everyone who enters the city must be carefully interrogated and checked, which is not slow." ”

Tang Lu'er was startled, her eyes widened and she said, "There are also portraits!" Then, that uncle, have you seen the portrait of the Jiangyang thief, what does it look like? ”

"Hey, that's pretty good." The coachman glanced at Tang Lu'er as he spoke, and then stretched out a little finger and said contemptuously, "A little girl like you is worth a finger to others!" ”

Tang Lu'er, one finger, are you talking about monsters or giants?

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"Lao Tian, what to do, what to do, your portrait has been posted at the gate of the city! It's miserable, you've really become a celebrity, and you're going to be watched in a while! Tang Lu'er retracted into the car, pulled Tian Qi's sleeve and rubbed it nervously and said in a low voice.

Tian Qi glanced at the paw that was rubbing all the sugar and fat on his clothes, and reminded calmly, "You should call me cousin." ”

"Cousin!" Tang Lu'er hurriedly changed her words, but the rubbing in her hands did not stop.

"Wipe it clean, just let it go." Tian Qi said again.

Tang Luer: "......"