Three days away, plus last night's ferry, there are about two days left to reach Daikoku.

Ruofei fidgeted excitedly all the way, the little girl's family was very curious, and it was the first time she left the palace, so she lifted the curtain from time to time to look around.

Originally, I just wanted to take Xiying to Daiguo, but Ruofei, the little girl, was in tears for several days, thinking that she was lively and good at relieving boredom, so she asked Su Yanqing for someone to come over.

Following the side curtain she lifted, she caught a glimpse of a slender and upright figure on horseback, and somehow the lingering and gentle kiss of that morning came to mind again, and the pinna instantly burned.

"This envoy is really handsome." Ruofei turned her head to look at me, and the words turned again. "It's perfect for our Hibiscus girl."

"Don't talk nonsense!" I tapped her forehead warningly with my index finger, and she playfully stuck out her tongue and continued to look around.

Xiying has been silent since she came out of Nanjing, occasionally talking a word or two. is obviously the best age for girls, but she always has a calmness that does not match her age.

"Oriole?"

She subconsciously replied, her eyes calm and waveless.

"Are you unwilling to let me go to the country?" Cautiously probed, this sentence was finally asked.

She looked at me blankly for a long time before she looked away.

Ruo Fei's mind was clear, she noticed a different atmosphere, and said that she wanted to go down to breathe, so she and I were left alone.

"My life was saved by Miss Hibiscus, so I will follow you in this life." After a pause, he said: "It's not that you don't want the girl to go to the country, on the contrary, I am glad that you have made such a decision." It's just that...... I was always afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, but ...... But he is indeed a good man to be trusted. ”

She tilted her head sideways, her gaze through the curtain of the carriage, and she did not know where she fell. "This life is not easy, how short. It's better to go with your heart, pleasing the people. ”

"So...... It's true that I met him early on, didn't I? Who the hell is he? ”

She lowered her head and muttered, and before I could wait for an answer, the carriage stopped suddenly, and I could only hear the retinue leading the way outside: "My lord, there is a town ahead, I am afraid that it will rain tonight, it is better to find an inn to rest." ”

Outside the curtain, he asked in a low voice, "What do you think?" ”

When I got out of the carriage, everyone looked tired. "It's good to take a break."

From a distance, I saw the smoke curling from the town in front of me, and there was a smell of fireworks in the world. This is close to the border of Daikoku, there are all kinds of pedestrians coming and going, in order to make the carriages and wagons run smoothly, the ground is paved with faded blue bricks, and the sound of horses' hooves will clatter, which should be the rattle of some caravans, which is very good.

There are inns and restaurants every other way, specially prepared for people passing here, but the prices on the door of each house are not low, and the economy is still full of people.

Originally, our group of people and horses was afraid of disturbing the residents, but fortunately, there were many caravans from various countries, so we were not so abrupt.

After walking for half a distance, I found a relatively idle restaurant, in which a few people were eating and drinking.

Ruofei muttered that she was about to starve to death, and drooped her head. I pretended to be indifferent, but in fact, I was hungry with my chest against my back.

Beiyu Jinchen stopped Xiao Er who poured herbal tea, whispered twice, and after a while, the shopkeeper held a red date and ginger tea in front of me. The sweet and warm aroma of red dates envelops the slight spiciness, and even the white gas is the unique taste of red sugar.

"Your Excellency the Envoy is really careful." Ruofei sighed, "Take pity on me and Sister Xiying, you can only drink herbal tea." ”

I shoved her, but she just stuck out her tongue habitually. Since leaving the palace, this little girl has become more and more bold.

"Impossible...... How could the regent of Daiguo be......" The short-clothed merchants at the table behind me gathered together to chat, and as soon as I heard Daiguo, I immediately became interested. Quietly moved the stool and leaned back so that he could hear more clearly.

"How is it impossible, my uncle's father-in-law is an official in the country, and I heard that there is an official who curry favor with the regent and sent two naked people in, all of them are beautiful and fragrant, but they were carried out intact."

The young man in green waved his hand and lowered his voice. "That can't be a fetish for broken sleeves, the servant of the Winter Ballad Pavilion, the top card has been pestering him for a long time, and I heard that he almost broke his leg in the end."

Just as he was listening with relish, Beiyu Jinchen coughed twice and motioned for me to pull the stool back.

I made a silencing gesture at him to stop talking.

"It must be that it doesn't work, it's obvious inadequacy. It is said that this regent is fairer and better looking than a woman, and he must be pale because of kidney deficiency. That's why they retaliated by annexing the city......"

"Shhhh

Before I could hear enough, they ended the conversation in a hurry, and only vaguely received some news: the regent who held power in the kingdom was a pale-faced and immodest man.

"Jin'er, come here." Beiyu Jinchen handed over the small bowl of fish soup, and sprinkled a small handful of chopped green onions on the milky white soup, the color was attractive.

I took a sip and found that he had picked out all the little thorns on the fish.

A bowl of lower abdomen, the stomach is much fuller, and those behind him have already packed their things and checked out and left.

Beiyu Jinchen seriously helped me pick up the vegetables, and on a whim, I asked, "Is your regent really suffering from the disease of inaction?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiying choked on a sip of tea and almost squirted out of her nose, she rarely lost her manners, I don't know if it was because she thought my question was inappropriate or she was really choked.

The movement of his hands stopped, and his voice sank a little. "What do you think?"

I took a bite of the peach blossom cake and felt that his reply was inexplicable. "How do I know, I don't know him again."

He raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a bit of banter in his starry eyes. "It's okay, you'll find out later."

……

At night, the border gets colder and colder, and you need to wear a coat to feel the slightest warmth. Nanjing is everywhere like the warmth of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, even in winter, it has not reached the level of cold, but the closer it is to the country, the temperature gradually decreases.

The moonlight shrouded and spread a place of silver light.

If Scarlet and Xiying live next door, there are always people keeping vigil in the dormitory on weekdays, but today only one person is a little lonely.

I wanted to reach out and close the window, but the cold wind whistled, and a strange feeling suddenly rose in my heart.

Before I could get back to it, a moment later a dart was firmly in the window, no more than a fraction of my finger, the back of which had been cut by the wind the length of my thumb.

It was too late to close the window, and if I wanted to reach out to the candlestick to defend myself, a wide knife was already on my neck, and the cold light was reflected into the pupils, which was in a trance.

The man with the knife was dressed in a red robe, and his face was tightly covered, but there was more than one red-robed assassin who came in through the window, and at a glance, there were nearly eight or nine people.

"I didn't expect you to be alive, Liu Sujin, don't come unharmed?"

A weak woman's voice came from behind me, she walked up to me gracefully, also dressed in red, except that the upper half of her face was covered by a hollowed-out gilded butterfly mask, and only the pointed chin and slightly enchanted lips were visible.

"I'm afraid you're looking for the wrong person."

She covered her lips and smiled, her dancôme-stained fingers pinched my chin fiercely, she was obviously a slender woman, but her strength was amazing, and the pain was screaming all the time.

"You're still pretending to be confused as always, I can't sleep day and night to wait for you." Her gaze wandered, and the hand holding my chin gradually loosened and rested on my abdomen. "Heh, the child is gone, do you feel heartache?"

"I said, you recognized the wrong person. While no one finds out, please go back from where you are, and everything that happened today is not to blame for the past......"

She suddenly became furious, and her hands grabbed my neck almost crazy. "No blame?! You tell me that you are not to blame! Hundreds of people in my Zhang family died because of you! But you live freely! ”

It became difficult to breathe, and even my vision began to blur.

In another moment, she suddenly let go of her hand, and I gulped in the fresh air, and I saw a dagger firmly stuck in her arm.

The door of the bedroom fell in response, and along the moonlight, the tall figure in front of him was stained with a little silver light, and the scattered three thousand green silks had not yet had time to be curled.

The retinue swarmed in, and the soldiers were bloody.

He pulled me into his arms, covered my eyes with his hands, and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

"Beiyu Jinchen, the hatred between me and you will be counted one by one in the future." The woman in red dodged and jumped out of the window and disappeared into the night.

His eyes sank slightly, and he said coldly: "Chase, whoever takes the head will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold." ”

His entourage responded one after another and came out in an orderly manner.

The ensuing silence lasted for a long time, and for a moment there was a trance, as if everything was going to be a dream. It wasn't until he walked me out of the bedroom and his fingers gently caressed the finger marks on my neck that I felt the truth.

I don't know if it's because of the injury, or because of the dry throat, my voice is a little hoarse. "Tell me, who am I?"

His movements stopped, his pupils froze slightly, and he didn't say anything.

"You call me Jin'er, but it's not the hibiscus of the first hibiscus, but the brocade of Liu Sujin." His thoughts gradually cleared, "I'm Liu Sujin, right?" ”

He stood there, still and picturesque.

The candlelight in the inn flickered and flickered, obscure and dodgy.

After a long time, his voice sounded again, and he was a little bitter in his hoarseness: "Yes." ”