Early the next morning, Chu Nian and Ming Xiu had already packed up and prepared to go to the street, and Xi Chu Yueling had already prepared a carriage to and from the market, but to Chu Nian's surprise, the dignified princess actually drove the horse herself.

At this moment, the carriage was driving very smoothly, Chu Nian and Ming Xiu were relatively silent sitting in the carriage, until the noisy sound of the bustling crowd sounded outside the carriage, and the two of them suddenly woke up from their respective contemplations.

The carriage stopped, and the voice of Xichu Yueling came from the front, "Two, it's here." ”

Today, Chu Nian changed back to a daughter's dress, still wearing a plain white long skirt that formed a strong contrast with the inky black robe that had not changed for thousands of years in Ming Xiu.

Dressed in plain and indifferent surroundings was Ming Xiu, who was wearing an ink-colored robe, and at this moment he was looking at Chu Nian at his side with slightly sideways eyes, and the knife-like silhouette did not look cold and hard at all, but was extremely soft.

Xichu Yueling stood silently not far away, wearing a red dress, but his eyes were slightly dark, compared to Mu Qing's flamboyance when he wore a red dress, Xichu Yueling's red dress was inexplicably gentle.

"Last night the Five Princesses told me to ask at the candy man booth." Chu Nian looked sideways slightly, and his gaze fell on a small stall not far away, there were all kinds of sugar people on the small stall, there were little monkeys, little rabbits, little birds, and even a few big monks and heavenly fairy daughters, but there was no kind of painting on them by the five princesses.

Xi Chu Yue Ling walked beside Chu Nian with some doubts, "Could it be that the Liang Palace Master didn't let the good palace master do it, but went to the market to sell candy?" ”

Chu Nian's eyes flashed slightly, remembering the mysterious appearance of the little girl talking about this yesterday, Chu Nian couldn't help but smile, she shook her head gently, "I don't know, but with the intelligence of the five princesses, maybe she herself has already found some clues." ”

Xi Chu Yue Ling was thoughtful, at this stall, Ming Xiu's face on the side was slightly gloomy, he looked at Chu Nian sideways, and pursed his thin lips.

Sensing Ming Xiu's strange appearance, Chu Nian's brows furrowed slightly, and Xi Chu Yue Ling obviously felt something, but he said a little helplessly: "It's just some little mice, if they are willing to follow, just ask them to follow, anyway, now they don't know what we are looking for, if we react, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of Xi Chu Lu Ning." ”

The imperial city of Western Chu is very lively, and before noon, the market is already full of people, bustling with people.

Chu Nian and his party walked on the side of the road, but they avoided the trouble of being crowded, and the small vendors on the side of the road saw this line of people who seemed to be dressed very luxuriously, and their eyes lit up as if they had seen a big fish, and they did their best to solicit.

Halfway through, Ming Xiu's footsteps stopped, he stood in front of a stall selling trinkets and was stunned, when Chu Nian and Xi Chu Yue Ling came back to their senses, they saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pick up a wooden hairpin from the small stall that looked not very valuable but good-looking.

The hairpin is inlaid with a lifelike orchid, the pendant is made of ordinary stone white beads, and the lines are clearly visible on the petals of the orchid.

"Good workmanship." Ming Xiu glanced appreciatively at the little vendor in front of him who was looking forward to it.

The small vendor suddenly smiled, and said continuously: "It's all a small business, and the materials don't make any money, that is, a craft, if Mr. likes it, this wooden hairpin only charges you ten cents, and it should be regarded as a thank you Mr. for this appreciation." ”

Ming Xiu looked sideways, his gaze swept over Chu Nian lightly, took out a silver ingot from his arms, and put it on the stall of the small vendor casually, "Bought it." ”

As soon as the words fell, the man had already turned away, leaving the vendor alone, staring at the ingot of silver on the table, his eyes straightened.

The three of them who walked away, Xi Chu Yueling looked at the orchid hairpin in Ming Xiu's hand curiously, "If you like this kind of thing, there are many better materials and workmanship in the palace, I will go and find it for you when I go back." ”

Ming Xiu raised his eyes and glanced at her, did not speak, lowered his head and continued to fiddle with the orchid hairpin in his hand, Chu Nian looked at Xi Chu Yueling standing in place embarrassedly, and said helplessly: "His thoughts, ordinary people don't understand." ”

"Yes...... Xi Chu Yue Ling smiled awkwardly, and then changed the topic and said, "There is also a sugar man stall over there." ”

Soon, one noon passed, and at noon, Chu Nian and the others found a tavern to prepare for dinner, sitting on the table and looking at the table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, but Xi Chu Yueling had a worried look on his face.

"Let's look for such a stall one stall after another, we have to find when, this morning, but there is no gain."

Chu Nian frowned slightly, at this stall, Ming Xiu on the side said the first sentence of the morning, "Divide up." ”

When these words fell, when Chu Nian and Xi Chu Yueling looked sideways, they saw that the person was just drinking tea quietly, and without further words, Chu Nian and Xi Chu Yueling glanced at each other, and Xi Chu Yueling seemed to think for a moment, then nodded and said, "This is a good idea." ”

After the three of them had eaten, Ming Xiu and Chu Nian were ready to go north, while West Chu Yue Ling walked towards the south of the city alone, looking at the back of West Chu Yue Ling who seemed to be a little lost, Chu Nian frowned slightly, this stall, he saw Ming Xiu casually beckoning four secret guards, looking in the direction of West Chu Yue Ling, the four secret guards suddenly understood, a few dodged, and disappeared into the crowd.

Chu Nian breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

The two of them walked towards the north of the city, and the people on the road were still bustling, but it seemed to be a little less than in the morning, and Chu Nian saw that there was a sugar man stall not far away, so he pulled the sleeve of La Mingxiu.

Ming Xiu's eyes flashed slightly, and he let the little hand pull his arm forward, until he walked near the candy man's stall, Chu Nian took out the drawing paper in his hand and put it in front of the stall owner.

The stall owner was an old woman, she was thin, her wide clothes hung over her like a human kite, and her hair was tied up high, leaving two sideburns scattered haphazardly on her shoulders as if only a skeleton remained.

When Chu Nian and Ming Xiu arrived, she was sitting upright at the back of the stall with her eyes closed, and when she heard Chu Nian's voice, she raised her eyes slightly, which was considered a response.

"Old woman." Chu Nian watched the old woman who still didn't want to pay attention to her when she took out the drawing paper, and spoke patiently again, "Do you have a candy man like this in your stall?" ”

The old woman finally opened her eyes, glanced at Chu Nian expressionlessly, and saw the expressionless Ming Xiu standing next to Chu Nian, she seemed to sneer, and only then did her eyes fall on the drawing paper in Chu Nian's hand.

Seeing that the five princesses had some clumsy painting skills, she frowned without a trace, and immediately stretched out her hand and flicked her sleeves towards the sugar man on her stall, "Look, all the sugar people I have here are here." ”

Chu Nian frowned slightly, lowered his head and looked at the sugar figures on the stall, the sugar figures on this stall were all very exquisite, I don't know what pigment was used to dye the color, each sugar figure was lifelike.

And there are a lot of sugar people in the portrait, Chu Nian even found a sugar man who was exactly the same as Xi Chu Yueling in a conspicuous position, and there was even a sugar man, how did Chu Nian think it was Mu Qing.

But there is no Liang Palace Master.

Chu Nian frowned slightly, this old woman made her feel extremely wrong, but she couldn't say what was wrong.

Glancing at Ming Xiu beside him, Chu Nian turned his eyes to look at the old woman again, "Mother-in-law, you really haven't seen this kind of sugar man?" ”

The mother-in-law raised her eyes and glanced at Chu Nian, and her voice suddenly became cold, "I haven't seen it." ”

Chu Nian frowned, and just wanted to say something, when he saw the mother-in-law suddenly stand up, pick up the broom on her side with one hand and smash it towards Chu Nian and Ming Xiu, the two of them flashed, dodging this attack, but it was also a little dust on the plain white robe.

Seeing this, Ming Xiu's face sank, but he was caught by a jade hand.

Chu Nian raised his eyes, his eyes flickered and shook his head, seeing the annoyance in Ming Xiu's eyes slowly extinguished, Chu Nian turned his eyes to look at the mother-in-law.

At this moment, the old woman was raising the broom in her hand, and looked at Chu Nian in front of her with angry eyes, "If you don't buy candy, get out, don't delay my wife and me to do business!" ”

Chu Nian frowned and leaned over slightly, "Mother-in-law, don't be angry, let's leave." ”

After that, she grabbed Ming Xiu's wrist and walked towards the south of the city without looking back, and Ming Xiu followed behind her, silent.

Chu Nian frowned and looked back, "Do you also think that mother-in-law is wrong?" ”

Hearing this, Ming Xiu bowed slightly, and between the two of them, their eyes were full of doubt, and at this time, a noisy voice not far away told Chu Nian and Ming Xiu to temporarily put down the old woman, and turned to look at the noise on that side.

I saw a group of women in armor around the street not far away, these women were surrounded by a richly dressed, fat woman, at this moment this woman was grabbing a wrist, and looking along the wrist, it was a thin and delicate-looking man.

The woman looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, her round face was so squeezed by flesh that she could barely see her eyes, and the man looked seventeen or eighteen, and was caught by the woman's arm, and her beautiful face was full of disgust.

There was a discussion of onlookers.

"Oops, this pig girl is looking for a male pet on the street again."

"Really, which Xiao Langjun is you looking at this time?"

"Oh, that's not it," the speaker stretched out his hand and pointed to a plaque above his head, and the three big words "Xuanmotang" on the plaque were particularly conspicuous, "This little Langjun was picked up by the shopkeeper of Xuanmotang a few days ago, I guessed that I wanted to keep it for myself as a male pet, but I didn't expect that it was unfortunate that I was seen by the pig girl today." ”

Chu Nian's gaze swept over the person who spoke, and fell on the fat woman, well, it did look like a pig.

But after all, this is Xichu, it's better to find less trouble, and besides, looking at this Xuanmo Hall's façade is so big, it is definitely not a good stubble, they still don't want to be bored on other people's turf.

Ming Xiu on the side seemed to have the same idea as Chu Nian, and the two of them rushed through the crowd, but they didn't notice that a pair of eyes kept staring at them, and at the end, their eyes lit up as if they knew something.

At this point, Chu Nian suddenly felt that his waist was empty, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the short blade he had hidden in his waist had been grasped by the delicate man.

Chu Nian frowned, and saw that the man hid the dagger in his sleeve, and at the same time raised his eyes to look at Chu Nian, with tears in his eyes, "Sister, help, I'm your brother, you don't know me!" ”

Ming Xiu on the side raised his eyebrows slightly, "That's the one I gave you?" ”

Chu Nian glanced at him helplessly, and then turned his gaze to the clever young man, with a little anger on his face.