The shopkeeper greeted warmly, made tea for Wei Yu and his party, and served a fruit plate. It's still far from Jiangcheng, and the plague hasn't spread so quickly, so life here is still prosperous.

Wei Yu and Mingyue have one room, and Li Yan and the coachman have one room each.

After settling down, Li Yanlai knocked on Wei Yu and Mingyue's door, and asked through the window,

"County Lord, Concubine Niangniang, my subordinates are going to buy dinner now, what do you want to eat?"

Mingyue was a little hungry, and shouted angrily: "Xiao Yanyan, the county lord wants to eat crispy roast chicken, rock sugar lily chestnut soup, Longjing shrimp ......" The more she shouted, the more outrageous it became.

Li Yan patiently listened to the long list of dish names, and his heart was restless, but he was still unfazed on the surface.

"Yes, my subordinates will buy it."

Wei Yu hurriedly stopped and stopped Mingyue's farce.

"Don't listen to her, just buy some porridge and side dishes, and don't eat too greasy for dinner."

Mingyue glanced at Wei Yu aggrievedly, took the opportunity to hold Liyan's arm, and muttered softly: "Xiao Yanyan, the county lord is really hungry, is it okay not to drink porridge!" Can't get enough of it! ”

Li Yan quietly brushed away Mingyue's hand, his earlobes were slightly red from usual, and he nodded lightly and walked out.

At the hour of incense, Liyan brought back a large table of dishes.

Wei Yu was embarrassed, he thought that Liyan would buy more of Mingyue's favorite food at most, but he didn't expect him to basically buy all the names of the dishes just reported by Mingyue.

"Xiao Yanyan, you are too obedient! Brother Prince, did he give you many, many monthly examples, so many that you can't use them up! ”

Mingyue beckoned to Liyan again, and said, "Little Yanyan, let's eat together, we two women can't finish eating so many dishes." ”

Li Yan replied for a moment: "The subordinates know their identities, and they can't share dinner with the county lord's daughter." ”

Wei Yu also persuaded: "There is no distinction between the powerful and the noble outside, the plague in Jiangcheng is everywhere, and the people are hungry, so we can't waste food." ”

Li Yan sat down at the dining table with orders and Mingyue's eyes, and ate without saying a word.

Mingyue ate a lot of food, without the dignity of a royal county lord, even in front of her beloved man, she did not shy away from a chicken leg in her left hand and a duck paw in her right hand.

Wei Yu didn't have much appetite for the bumpy road, and after a few mouthfuls of porridge, he put down his chopsticks and didn't move, all he was thinking about was what Yuan Qi was doing on the other end.

"Liyan, according to the journey of His Highness's trip, where should they be now?"

Li Yan put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should have arrived in Sanyang City." ”

Yuan Qi and his party rode horses much faster than they drove carriages.

In Sanyang City,

Yuan Qi hurried for a day, and only arrived at the prefect's mansion in Sanyang City when the sun set, and there were many homeless people in the direction south of it, and when he asked, he knew that they were all rushing from not far from Jiangcheng to escape the plague.

Yuan Qi built a temporary shelter in the empty courtyard next to the prefect and provided some rice porridge. But the number of exiles was far greater than he had imagined, and he had to stay here for one more day before the situation stabilized.

After a long day of traveling, Yuan Qi rubbed his forehead tiredly, listening to the secret guard's report on the news of the Wei Mansion received today.

"Your Royal Highness, according to the secret guard who protected the side concubine Niangniang, Niangniang stayed in the house all day today, and they didn't dare to rush to disturb it. At noon, Dongqing, the personal maid of the side concubine Niangniang, invited the imperial doctor to come over to diagnose the pulse, saying that the side concubine Niangniang was infected with a little cold. ”

Yuan Qi's originally relaxed brows suddenly frowned, and said, "Wind cold, how can a good person be infected with wind cold?" ”

"My subordinates don't know, the guards are following your orders and staying outside the attic."

Yuan Qi's face turned blue, and he was silent for a while before he said, "Order them to secretly protect the side concubine." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Yuan Qi got up, pushed open the window, and let the cold night breeze of late autumn hit, his vision did not stay in the deserted courtyard, but a bright moon in the night sky, it was stained with some night pollution, but it was still pure.

I don't know if his little lady is better......

After Wei Yu had dinner, he rested for a while and went to bed early. She had a hard day, and slept soundly, until she was faintly woken up.

Mingyue ran from the other bed to her bed at some point.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, wake up, someone has been wandering around sneakily outside for a long time."

Wei Yu looked out of the thin window in a daze, there was a shadow swaying around, and he was scared awake in an instant.

"What should I do?"

Mingyue knocked lightly on the wall twice, pulled Wei Yu to lie inside, and said softly: "We can only count on Xiao Yanyan next door to hear it now." ”

Wei Yu opened the bed curtain a small gap, only to see that the dark shadow outside the window suddenly stopped, pointing directly in her direction, and she couldn't see her specific face, and there was only a darkness in the window, which was very annoying.

Wei Yu was startled, covered his mouth and leaned back, grabbing Mingyue's hand.

Mingyue was also scared, and hugged Wei Yu tightly in a trembling manner, and knocked her hand on the wall twice.

The dark shadow outside the window moved to the door, and there was a slight creak in the crack of the door.

Wei Yu was in a hurry, pulling Mingyue to pretend to be asleep, and let out a slight breathing sound.

If it was just bandits, it shouldn't wake them up, at least pretending to sleep is the safest way for now.

Sure enough, Wei Yu only heard the sound of turning over the box, although it was deliberately suppressed, it was still very abrupt in the particularly quiet night.

"Bang!"

The man in black fell to the ground suddenly.

Leaving Yan to step on the door, he was still holding a curved bow in his hand, and the black regular clothes were not easy to detect in the night, but at this moment, it was like holy light to Wei Yu and Mingyue.

"The subordinates are late to save the car, and they ask the county lord to atone for their sins."

Mingyue jumped out of bed, took the opportunity to hug Liyan tightly, and said with teary eyes: "Xiao Yanyan, the county lord thought that he was going to be hurt by that thief, but fortunately you came." ”

Li Yan's hand stiffened, but he couldn't bear to push away the county lord who was "sad".

Mingyue couldn't help laughing in Liyan's arms, but Liyan thought she was crying.

Wei Yu didn't get out of bed, and wrapped his body in the quilt, but said through the bed curtain:

"Liyan, is the thief dead?"

Li Yan replied: "No, my subordinates don't know that this person's intention is just to take ecstasy first, and he will wake up in about four hours." ”

Mingyue was chilled by the night breeze that came in through the wide open window, and she hugged Yan Yan and shivered.

Li Yan thought that Mingyue was still afraid, after all, she was just a powerless girl, let her hold her, and put her back on the bed.

"County Lord, Niangniang, you are resting at the meeting, and when he wakes up, you are torturing him about his intentions."

Wei Yu didn't feel sleepy at the moment, but he still forced himself to sleep for a while, there was still a day to go tomorrow.

"Well, you tied him up and let him escape."

Mingyue lay on the bed heartlessly and smiled, completely immersed in the generous embrace of Liyan just now.

Huh! If it weren't too cold, I'd like to hug it a little longer.