There was a faint sound of noisy footsteps outside the door, and listening to the sound, it was getting closer and closer to his room, Xiao Nai hurriedly put away the boxes and put them in the makeup.

Fu tidied up his clothes again, and suddenly the voice of the maid came from the door: "Miss, are you asleep?" ”

Xiao Nai calmed down and raised his voice: "What's going on outside, why is it so noisy?" ”

The maid heard that there was nothing unusual in Xiao Nai's tone except for a little arrogance, so she relieved herself and said, "I heard that there is an assassin—"

Xiao Nai's heart was already flustered, and the palm of her hand slowly came out, and she said, "That-the assassin was caught?" ”

The maid shook her head and said: "No, it's just that these people don't seem to have a purpose, the prince is also investigating, and let the slave and maid confirm the safety of the young lady, the prince is really interested in the young lady." ”

On weekdays, Xiao Nai likes to listen to such words the most, but today it sounds very harsh, Xiao Nai said coldly: "Okay, I'm sleepy, you go down." ”

The maid didn't know that she had offended Xiao Nai with her words, and she was reprimanded for no reason, and she couldn't sleep a little aggrieved, but she dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so she could only retreat as a promise.

The silence in the room was restored, but Xiao Nai was not sleepy, she opened the brocade box left by the man in black, just glanced at it, and screamed, what kind of medicine powder was there, but a live worm, the whole body was red, and it was constantly twisting and squirming her body.

By Xiao Nai's movements, the brocade box fell to the ground, and the insect also fell out, Xiao Nai couldn't help retching, but the bug seemed to be inseparable from the brocade box, even if it was thrown out, it would still climb back again.

The maid hadn't gone far when she heard the voice in Xiao Nai's room, and hurriedly turned back and said urgently, "Miss? Miss? But something happened. ”

Xiao Nai was shocked, and hurriedly put away the brocade box, and said, "It's okay, you can go down." ”

The maid was a little suspicious in her heart, but since Xiao Nai had already said so, she could only retreat.

Early the next morning, everyone was tidy up and planned to return to Beijing, Tuoba Yue saw Xiao Nai's face was extremely bad, so he said, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Nai looked up at Tuoba Yue, her eyes were slightly red, she was very entangled in her heart, she struggled for a long time, and still said: "It's okay, it's just that I'm a little reluctant to be here." ”

Gao Yuan and Tuoba Yue's expressions changed, and Xiao Naifu covered the non-existent tears in the corners of his eyes and said: "The meaning of this place for Nell is different, in the future, Nell will build a big mansion here, Brother Yue said okay?" ”

"Okay." Tuoba Yue's voice came from Xiao Nai's side, revealing an indescribable lightness, he hung his head, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Several people got into the carriage one after the other, because Tuoba Yue's body was not completely improved, so it was convenient to take care of, Gao Yuan took a carriage with Xiao Nai and Tuoba Yue, but fortunately, the carriage was very spacious and did not seem crowded, but even so, Xiao Nai still stuck to Tuoba Yue, the atmosphere in the carriage was very dull, Gao Yuan just lowered his head, trying not to look at the two people in front of him.

However, Ryan was still young and couldn't stand such a boring environment, so he crossed his fingers and said, "Master, how long do you think we can stay in Beijing this time?" ”

Gao Yuan touched Ryan's head and said, "Do you like to stay in the capital?" ”

Ryan pursed the corners of his lips, looking like he was really thinking, and after a moment he said: "Actually, I don't like it much, but compared to Miao Yu, it's better in the capital." ”

Xiao Nai squinted at Gao Yuan, and suddenly she said, "I heard that there are a lot of strange insects in the Miao Domain, isn't that the case?" ”

Ryan nodded and said, "Yes, I never dare to go out myself, for fear of being bitten by some bug, I won't be able to come back, Master, when things are dealt with, let's go back to southern Xinjiang, okay?" ”

He is moderate and childlike, and Gao Yuan has always been generous to Ryan, he nodded and said, "Okay, when the matter is dealt with, we will go back to southern Xinjiang to live for a while." ”

The two of them almost completely ignored Xiao Nai, but Xiao Nai didn't seem to care at all, and she continued to ask, "Then Mr. Gao knows that there is a kind of insect that is slender and long, and it is still red——"

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment and asked, "What Miss Xiao Nai is talking about is a Gu worm?" ”

Xiao Nai's face was a little sneering, Yu Guang glanced at Tuoba Yue, only to see that he was resting by the carriage with his eyes closed, I don't know if I heard the sound here, she cleared her throat and explained: "Actually, I don't know what Gu worms are not Gu worms, I just listened to the chatter of the people, and listened to the strange and scared, so I asked casually." ”

Gao Yuan was still a little puzzled, Xiao Nai didn't treat them so close to them on weekdays, how could he ask such a topic.

He shook his head and said: "There are thousands of kinds of Gu worms in this world, except for the natal Gu of some Gu cultivators, most of them are some harmful things, and there are many people like Miao Yu, but there are many kinds of insects that Miss said, and it is not easy to make a judgment before you see that Gu worm."

Xiao Nai was a little disappointed in her eyes, obviously she didn't get the answer she wanted, Xiao Nai stopped talking, Ryan chattered Gao Yuan again, and suddenly, Ryan said: "I don't seem to have seen Miss Hexi for a long time." ”

Because He Xi has now entered the palace, it is a little inappropriate to call Miss again, they are not from the court, and it is a bit nondescript to call the little master, so Ruian simply changed his favorite title.

Speaking of He Xilai, Gao Yuan's eyebrows showed tenderness, but there was also a faint worry, Ryan didn't know what was happening in the palace, Gao Yuan said: "When I go back this time, I'll meet you, but, Ryan, if you see it, don't talk nonsense, ugly her-she died." ”

"What? You said Sister Chou'er-" Ryan screamed, the little boy's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he said in disbelief: "Master-you-you're lying to me, right-Sister Chou'er, she-"

Ryan was already a little incoherent, Gao Yuan nodded, touched Ryan's little head lovingly, and said softly: "Miss Hexi must be very sad, if you see it, don't talk nonsense, do you want to make her sad again?" ”

Gao Yuan explained seriously and gently, he seemed to be able to feel Dao Hexi's pain, he couldn't bear to see her crying, watching her frown, and couldn't bear anything unbeautiful in the world to disturb her, but what she experienced was the most cruel parting of life and death.

Gao Yuan curled up his palm, if he could, could he protect her?

Several people had their own concerns, and suddenly the carriage shook violently, Tuoba Yue stretched out his hand to protect Xiao Nai, Xiao Nai's heart was sweet, and his face was a little red.

But Tuoba Yue only retracted his hand for a moment, and he raised his voice: "Yue Qi, what's the matter?" ”

Hearing the footsteps approaching, Yue Qi had already walked outside the carriage, and he said in a deep voice: "Back to the prince, there is a child outside, saying that he wants to see you." ”

"Kid?" Tuoba Yue frowned unhappily, as if he was recalling whether he knew a child.

Lu Ran, who followed behind Yue Qi, said: "Back to the prince, this child was one of the refugees at that time, and his family and sister died due to the epidemic, so he wanted to follow us." ”

"What a fool of yourself to think of us? After giving a few silver taels, we still have to hurry. Xiao Nai didn't have a good attitude, but he had a hostess posture.

Yue Qi looked at Tuoba Yue's expression, and saw that he didn't refute it, which could be regarded as acquiescence, so he retreated.

The carriage moved one after another, and after walking for half an hour, Yue Qi came over and said, "Lord Wang, it's been half an hour, and that kid has been secretly following behind our carriage——"

Tuoba Yue frowned slightly, but Ryan said with some distress: "With such a long journey, I will be tired from walking for half an hour." ”

Tuoba Yue half-closed his eyes and said, "Don't care, you will naturally retreat when the time comes." ”

In this way, until the evening, everyone found an inn to rest, and Ryan took advantage of everyone's inattention and asked, "Brother Yueqi, is that kid coming?" ”

Yue Qi nodded Ryan's head and said, "You are young, what are you pretending to be old?" What child? It's not too big, it's not too small, it looks like it's bigger than you. ”

Ryan stuck out his tongue naughtily, and said unrelentingly: "Then did he come along?" ”

Yue Qi said with some regret: "No, you don't care about this matter, hurry up and go in to rest." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the sharp voice of the inn's junior two shouting, "Hey, what's the matter with you?" We're here at an inn, do you really think this is your home? Come on? Get out of here, get out of here—"

Ryan frowned and glanced in the direction of the door, only to see a ragged young man standing in the doorway, his body and face were stained, and his feet were not wearing shoes, and his feet were full of blood blisters, some of which were dripping with blood.

Ryan tugged at Yueqi's sleeve and said, "Brother Yueqi, look, is it the person you said?" ”

Yue Qi turned around suspiciously, and when he saw the young man, he couldn't tell whether he was worried or relieved, he walked to the door, and the shopkeeper saw Yue Qi coming, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this guest officer, this person has no face and no skin, I will drive him away immediately, and it will not affect you and a few nobles to rest." ”

Yue Qi waved his hand, took out a little broken silver from the purse on his waist and said, "Give him a room, get a clean set of clothes and shoes, and send it over." ”

The shopkeeper looked a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect that the two of them still knew each other, but fortunately, Yue Qi didn't blame himself.

He accepted the money and said with a smile: "Okay, the little one must do things well." ”