It was the cool season of autumn, and the drizzle had been falling for several days, and the sound of the rain washed away the dullness of summer, but it could not stop the footsteps of the caravans.

On the official road, a team of cars and horses came slowly.

At the front were more than a dozen guards with knives, all of them with ape backs and bee waists with their shoulders folded, wearing dark short arrow sleeves, scimitars at their waists, riding on tall horses, their eyes sharp and indifferent.

Followed by a troika, looking very spacious and luxurious, the last is a dozen or so green curtain trolleys and unloading goods of the high-top carts, a team of people and horses came from the official road, the ruts rolled, the horses' hooves trampled the movement startled a forest of birds.

In the convoy, the high-raised curtains of the cars swayed in the wind, and the word "Annan" was embroidered on them.

This is the Peugeot of the Fang family of Qingwangfu.

In the wine shop next to the official road, the peddlers chatted and ate wine and tea, and when they saw this, they stretched their necks to see.

From here, you can only see the jujube wood hilts of the guards, which are getting colder and colder in the slightly chilly autumn rain.

"Man, add another pot of tea." The hawkers who were in a hurry to enter the city also reacted to the battle and listened to the news from the well-informed merchants.

"Shopkeeper Li, you have a wide road and a good ear, what news have you ever got? With such a big battle in the palace, what are you going to do? ”

The shopkeeper Li, who was asked, touched his gray beard, bowed meaningfully to the north, and did not answer, followed everyone for a while, then put down the tea money, said goodbye with a smile, and turned around and walked out of the teahouse.

There is a person in this wine shop, who calls himself Wang Laojiu, who has always known some of the background of the shopkeeper Li, and he can't take care of it much when he sees this, so he threw a few copper plates on the table, so he chased forward and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Li, wait a minute, brother." ”

"What's the king's shopkeeper doing?"

"Don't dare to do it." Wang Laojiu scratched his head, shook his hand with one hand, and smiled honestly, "There's something I want to ask Shopkeeper Li, you see?" ”

As he spoke, his wrist flicked, and an ingots had reached his sleeve robe.

Shopkeeper Li gently checked his hand, knowing that it was a silver ingot of ten or two taels, his steps had slowed down, and his longevity eyebrows moved, "Shopkeeper Wang is too polite, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly, as long as it can be said." ”

"Then the old brother won't go around the bush." Wang Laojiu asked in a low voice in his ear, "Our palace is going to the capital to congratulate the Queen Mother on her thousand birthdays?" ”

"You want to know what this is for? It has nothing to do with anyone like us. ”

"Hey, hey." Wang Laojiu seemed a little embarrassed on his dark face, "Brother will tell you the truth, I went to Yuyang this time to collect some new things, although it is not worth a few dollars, but it is rare to end, if it is...... Hehe, let's see if we can go a way. ”

Shopkeeper Li glanced Wang Laojiu up and down, and saw that he was wearing a green cloth scarf on his head, a short shirt on his body, a plain shirt, and a thousand-layer black cloth boot.

There are a lot of calculations in my heart, and the means are also active.

His lord's family is the leader of the worship room, so it is easy to get such an idea.

After all, it is not a big secret that people's hands are short, and it should be spread in a few days, but it is just a succession, Shopkeeper Li thought about it and said something in his ear.

"Then brother, do you know which nobleman in the palace is in that carriage?"

Shopkeeper Li slanted at the corner of his eyes, "Brother, it's not that my brother doesn't say it, there are some things that we can't reach with such an identity, I'm sorry." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Laojiu had a number, and he bowed and thanked him again and again, and the two dispersed.

Wang Laojiu got the letter of approval, and went back to the wine shop, borrowed a meal and wine to look into the distance, but saw that the leader of the guards had his legs between the horse's belly, slowed down, and leaned in front of the carriage to talk, he squinted his eyes and stared at the movement of the convoy.

"County Lord, there is a post station not far ahead, you see?"

Although the post station is a little simple and difficult to live, but at this time the sky is already a little dark, and the nearest Zhongnan Mansion is still two hours away from the road, and the road has to pass through the area of Yuyan Mountain, which is really not very safe.

In the carriage, Fang Xuan slowly opened his eyes, and there was a moment of confusion in his previously clear eyes.

She looked around, she was in a magnificent carriage, holding a large pillow with silver thread embroidered flowers in her arms, warm tea on the small table beside her, and a few soft and sweet snacks in a small dish of white jade and blue flowers.

In the corner of the carriage, in the hollow carved aromatherapy furnace with beads, her favorite warm incense is burning, light and elegant, and the most calm.

Fang Xuan squinted his eyes, and his extremely beautiful face was a little depressed.

"County Lord, are you awake? Brother Qin said that there is a post station ahead. The maid Sandalwood was holding one arm on the small table of mahogany openwork Luan and looked at the woman in front of her in a daze, and when she saw that she was awake, she hurriedly said.

"Here we are." When Fang Xuan heard this, he said lightly.

Sandalwood was puzzled, took a cup of hot tea and served it, and said curiously: "What did the county lord say?"

Fang Xuan's red lips were slightly raised, and the depression on his face dissipated in an instant, just like the March breeze coming, and he was stunned when he saw the sandalwood.

She chuckled and said, "It's supposed to come, it's always coming." ”

What should come will always come? Sandalwood tilted her head, she really didn't understand what her county lord's words meant.

It's just that the county lord has been smart since she was a child, and there are always some big truths that she doesn't understand, even the prince praises them, and the title is also a special gift from the queen mother, and she is used to it, so she doesn't ask deeply.

"Keep going." Fang Xuan took a sip of tea, her lips and teeth were full of fragrance, and she lifted the curtain and commanded outside, "Go and call Fang Ye over." ”

How can such a good opportunity be easily let go?

She has always been very assertive, and before leaving, the prince also commanded, and Qin Gan, the leader of the guards, did not refute much when he heard this, but just let the chariots and horses speed up, and strive to reach Zhongnan Mansion in time.

"The county lord is looking for me?" Fang Ye, who was following behind the carriage, scratched his head, "Brother Qin, do you know what's going on?" ”

Qin Gan kicked him lightly on the buttocks, "If you want to go, you will go, why is there so much nonsense." ”

"Oh." Fang also stepped forward with full doubts, Sandalwood had already lifted the curtain of the car and waited, took a note in his hand, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why is it so slow, the county lord said that you should send this to the front post station immediately." ”

"Got it." Fang Ye scratched his head again, muttering in his mouth, "I'm going to get there soon, why do you want to make a special trip...... and walked away.

In this compartment, Wang Laojiu watched half of the slender jade hand come out of the carriage, and he didn't know what to say to the guards, and after a while, the convoy sped up.

He was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that eight or nine were not far from ten, and he even used his strength to hold the teacup, but his face did not show his face, and he took another sip of tea, and then put the copper plate on the table and shouted: "Man, settle the bill!" ”

Out of the wine shop, he walked slowly forward, and saw that the convoy of the palace was almost gone, so he led the horse to turn around, and galloped towards the dense forest.