As soon as Jimo and Ao saw the shadow of the grass in the night, they used their internal force to hold Jiao Yuzhen and jumped out of the torrent.

"Qingbao, are you okay?" Jimo and Ao stood up and looked at Jiao Yuzhen, who was pressed under him.

"I'm fine." Jiao Yuzhen wrapped the dirty clothes on his body tightly, but it was impossible for his wet body to be free in this winter night.

Jimo and Ao looked at Jiao Yuzhen's bare feet again, and they didn't know if they had been soaked in the water for too long, and they were a little swollen, which made his eagle eyes pass a touch of tyranny, he held back his anger and hugged Jiao Yuzhen: "Let's find a dry place to dry our clothes first, so that even if they find us in a while, we won't lose our temper." ”

Jiao Yuzhen didn't refute, let Jimo and Ao carry her to a big tree and sit down, and then watched him turn around and go to the bricks and wood to make a fire, but after she was constantly chilled by the night wind, Jimo and Ao didn't raise the fire!

"Your Majesty, the ...... Drilling wood for fire should at least cut the wood, right? You think this should be called a drill branch for fire, right? Seeing that Jimo and Aodu had been working for half an hour without any effect, Jiao Yuzhen couldn't help but speak, "Otherwise, we'll put our clothes on the branches, it's windy at night now, and we can dry it in a while." ”

"That's fine." Jimo and Ao threw away the branches in their hands, he was an emperor who didn't know how to drill wood to make fire, and all he could do just now was to think that everyone else could make fire if they said so, so he did this, but he didn't expect to toss for half an hour and couldn't get it right, so he could only take out all the clothes in the bag according to Jiao Yuzhen's suggestion and dry them on the big tree one by one, and then came over to hold Jiao Yuzhen in his arms and dry the clothes on Jiao Yuzhen with internal force.

After staying up under this big tree for an hour, Jimo and Ao felt strange, he had been missing for so long, Xu An naturally wanted to take the guards around to look for him and Jiao Yuzhen, but he didn't know why he didn't come to them now?

"The emperor is thinking about why no one came to us?"

"Qingbao, you will always be so smart."

"I think even if Gonggong Xu wants to look for us, he can't find here, we have been drifting in the dark river for so long, this place should be far away from the Jiao family's farm, so even if they look for it, it is estimated that they will not be able to find it here." Jiao Yuzhen said as she got out of Jimo and Ao's arms, and she was surprised to find that the clothes on her body were really dry for seven or eight points, "Since it's already dry, let's put on our clothes and walk north." The Jiao family's farm is in the south of the capital, although we don't know the direction now, but if we see the official road to the north, we can find the way back to the farm. Even if Gonggong Xu sends someone out to look for us, he will always leave someone waiting at the farm, and we will be fine when we go back. ”

"But how do you know where the north is?"

"Look at the stars." Jiao Yuzhen pointed to the Big Dipper in the sky, "Aren't the stars in the sky guiding us?" ”

For the first time, Jimo and Ao heard that ordinary people could also look at the stars and find their way, and there was never anything he mentioned in the palace, so he took down the clothes from the tree: "Okay, let's change our clothes and leave." ”

Jiao Yuzhen wasn't sure if the star in the sky was the Big Dipper, but she instinctively walked in one direction, anyway, she felt that all roads led to Rome...... Well, they are now going back to the Jiao family's farm, and this road is not her walking, but lying comfortably on Jimo and Ao's back enjoying the treatment of the emperor!

Jimo and Ao are both martial arts practitioners, although they tossed around hungry for a night, but he didn't feel very tired, and after walking for another hour, he saw the small town of Yido, but after seeing the small town, he could be sure that they were going in the wrong direction!

"This is Yashao City?" Jimo and Ao raised their sword eyebrows slightly, but remembered this town, "This is at least fifty miles away from the capital, did we drift that far just now?" ”

"It turned out to be Yashao City." Jiao Yuzhen smiled slightly, "There is also my biological mother's Liu family's property here, so I also know that this city, although it is only a small town, is still very prosperous." Even if we don't have any money with us, we can get a little money and then stay. After dawn, they showed their identities, so they didn't need to worry about Grandpa Xu not finding us. ”

"Nope." Jimo and Ao immediately rejected Jiao Yuzhen's suggestion, "Our identity is special, since we want to serve for private patrols, once our identity is revealed, we can only return to the palace." I returned to the palace at this time, but I was afraid that I would fall short. ”

Jiao Yuzhen suddenly understood, and then glanced at the closed city gate in front of him, since Jimo and Ao wanted to hide their identities in a low-key manner, then it might be easy for them to attract the attention of others at such a late hour, but they were cold and hungry now, and they finally arrived at the city gate and couldn't enter, this is simply ......

"Both."

Suddenly, there was a voice of someone talking behind him, Jimo and Ao hugged Jiao Yuzhen and turned around, and saw a man with a somewhat hunched back, gray and sparse hair, and a burlap shirt, the man smiled at them, grinning out a row of yellow teeth, which provoked Jimo and Ao to instinctively take a step back.

The man with yellow teeth smiled at Jimo and Jiao Yuzhen, and then those small eyes turned up and down on the two of them: "The two must have met robbers on the way out, although this is not far from the capital, but the security is not very good after winter...... You see that the little lady in your arms must be frightened, at this time the city gate is closed, wouldn't it be very pitiful to let such a little lady stay in the wilderness? Why don't you spend the night at my old man's house, which is in the small village ahead. As long as the two of you can give a little silver......"

Jiao Yu Zhen Xingxing's eyes turned, and she knew the meaning of this old man, she also followed Xin Pengyi to a lot of places in the previous year, and often saw some poor villages where people would go around at night to recruit some merchants who missed the time to enter the city to stay in their homes to earn silver, which is like the prototype of the 21st century homestay, but today this old man is a little strange, because the average villager will find some caravans to solicit, because there are many people in the caravans, and there are many goods, and they are often extremely generous. Therefore, the villagers will not recruit some zero-ding travelers, but maybe it is because of the luxurious clothes on her and Jimo and Ao, so this old man will come to talk to them, but ......

"How far is your village from here, old man?" Jiao Yuzhen of Yashao City had been here, so she knew very well that there didn't seem to be such a village near this to attract caravan travelers, so she kept an extra eye.

The old man didn't seem to expect that Jiao Yuzhen would speak before Jimo and Ao, because in Qingguo, men have always been inferior to women, and even if a woman in a rich family, even if she is the head of the house, she has no right to speak in front of the master, let alone speak in front of her husband, but this old man is a very smart person, although his eyes are small, but they are shining, he turned his small eyes, and then responded with a smile: "It's not very far, just a little ahead, although the village is barren, But my house is still good, old man, just go over and take a look, old man, the price here is much cheaper than the inn. ”

"Silver is not a problem." Jimo and Ao were naturally suspicious, but this old man's words were also reasonable, he really didn't want Jiao Yuzhen to sleep in the wild, so he could only nod, "You lead the way in front." ”

"Imperial ......" Jiao Yuzhen took the words back, and didn't know how to call Jimo and Proud for a while.

Jimo and Ao smiled at Jiao Yuzhen in his arms: "The lady doesn't need to worry, there is a husband." ”

"Yes......" Jiao Yuzhen nodded, and then looked at the old man leading the way in front of her with the corner of her eye, she didn't look at it, but at first glance, she saw that the old man was wearing a close-fitting black short shirt under his burlap shirt, and the sleeves and trouser legs were tightened, this was obviously the dress of the Lian family, but the old man's face looked no different from an ordinary farmer, and it was a little hunchbacked, so she didn't think that there was a problem with this old man at first, at most she felt that he was an old farmer who took advantage of the fire to rob. But if it's an old man who has deliberately disguised himself...... I have to guard against it!

"Husband." Jiao Yuzhen raised his head in Jimo and Ao's arms, "There is something wrong with that person." ”

Jimo and Ao were very happy by Jiao Yu Zhen's "husband", but he was not carried away by happiness: "I know, but don't worry......"

"Hmm." Jiao Yuzhen knew that Jimo and Ao knew martial arts, so not only was she worried about her own safety, because she saw a new wound on the hunchback behind the old man, maybe this was the old man's weakness, if there was really something for a while, she could still help, thinking of this, she put her mind at ease.

The old man led Jimo and Ao to a forest outside the city gate, and after walking for a while, he could faintly see the form of a house in the night in the forest, Jimo and Ao also felt very strange in their hearts, even if he was not very familiar with folk affairs, but he also knew that poor people could not afford such a good wooden house, and the house was very large, if it was in the forest, it should be a hunter, not a farmer, but just now this old man ......

"Two of you, in front of you is the old man's house. After the death of the old man, I lived with my son, and the house was clean, so let's come. The old man walked quickly to the wooden door of the house, stretched out his hand and put it on the door, but there was a different emotion in his little eyes, as if he was ...... Some impatience.

Jimo and Ao put Jiao Yuzhen in their arms on the ground and let her stand firmly beside her, and then looked at the old man: "Didn't you say that you live with your son?" We also want to meet your son. ”

"Ah...... The dog has poor legs and feet, and has been resting in bed, and if the two of them want to meet, they still have to go in first. ”

Standing at such a close distance, Jiao Yuzhen can not only see this huge wooden house clearly, but also see the things around the wooden house clearly, in the cover of the night, except for the road they just walked on, there are thin silk threads between the trees in other directions, the silk threads look tough and sharp, as if they can kill people invisibly, and the soil around the wooden house is silky, and there is a strange smell floating in the air, she knows the smell...... That's lard!

Jimo and Ao didn't get close to the room, his instinctive instinct told him that there was danger here, so it seemed that he didn't guess wrong from the beginning, this old man really had a problem, so he took a step back and completely blocked Jiao Yuzhen behind him: "I think if your son is inconvenient, then we shouldn't bother, it's not early, let's go first." ”

As soon as the old man heard Jimo and Ao's words, a trace of killing intent flashed in his little eyes, and then he quickly turned around and pounced towards Jimo and Ao!