Hua Qingxue was both excited and nervous along the way.

She went to Fengle Building first and asked the shopkeeper Shen of the restaurant to help exchange the two pieces of silver for copper coins.

Originally, this kind of thing should have gone to the bank, but she saw that the people who went in and out of the bank were carrying boxes and boxes, and her own piece of broken silver...... Forget it, let's ask the shopkeeper to help.

The shopkeeper Shen acted fairly, and gave her a balance - this piece of broken silver was actually less than one or two, but it was not far off, and in the end he gave Hua Qingxue nine hundred and thirty-six copper coins.

Hua Qingxue stretched out her hand and lifted it-

Ooh! …… It must be fifteen or sixteen pounds!

Hua Qingxue was overjoyed.

The bearded man waited outside Fengle Restaurant for a while, and then saw Hua Qingxue walking out happily with a basket on her back.

He knew it in his heart and guessed that Hua Qingxue was looking for the shopkeeper to help exchange copper coins.

She is also smart, and she knows that she put a few steamed buns on the back basket and half-covered it with a cloth, who would have thought that there were more than a dozen catties of copper coins under her head?

The bearded man followed behind and looked all the way.

Hua Qingxue in front of her was gray and not slippery, wrapped tightly and seamlessly, and she couldn't see her waist, because the weight on her back made her whole body lean forward slightly, as if she was going to fall down at any time.

The bearded man felt that this was a weak little woman, unlike those village women who were accustomed to doing hard work.

He pursed his lips and said in his heart, "You, a woman, are not afraid of being crushed to death by money?

Hua Qingxue changed the money, and she was not in a hurry to go back, but began to go shopping.

She first went to the pharmacy to buy a bag of sulfur, and then began to ask around the street where quicklime and miscanthus were sold, and finally someone pointed her to the old hunter, who had long since stopped hunting, but had a good skill in salt, and he had some lime and miscanthus in his house all year round.

Hua Qingxue happily went, bought lime and miscanthus salt, and rushed to the grocery store to buy sugar, salt and other seasonings, and then bought rice, flour, oil and grain next to the grain store.

Hua Qingxue walked home with a little excitement, with a full basket behind her, holding an oil pot in her arms, a bag of radishes around her arms, and a bag of white rice carried by the guys in the grain store.

The bearded man followed her all the way, and he didn't see her make any contact with the Liao soldiers, and the doubts in his heart had dissipated a lot, but he thought of the special identity of the prince, and the origin of this woman couldn't be found, even if it wasn't a secret nail of the Liao people, it could be the Western Xia......

However, the prince likes her, as long as she can't hurt the prince, it doesn't hurt to keep it.

The bearded man thought so, and with a thought, an inconspicuous small stone under his feet had already flown towards Hua Qingxue! ——

"Yikes! - "Hua Qingxue screamed loudly!

She only felt that her knees were numb, and she had lost her center of gravity, and the whole person staggered and fell to the ground!

My oil!!

At the last moment of falling, Hua Qingxue looked at the oil pot that flew out of her arms without blinking! Thinking that all this oil was about to be spilled on the road, her heart hurt like cutting flesh!

The oil pot stopped halfway through! ——

Not only did the oil pot stop, Hua Qingxue felt that she had also stopped, and her whole body seemed to be lifted up by a force, and when she looked up again, Hua Qingxue found that there was an extra man in front of her!

She didn't know what this man looked like, but because she was so close, Hua Qingxue could only see a thick and dense beard and a slightly undulating chest.

This man is so tall......

Hua Qingxue was a little dazed, and when the man's grip was released, she took two steps back, only to find that the man was still holding her oil pot in his other hand.

When Hua Qingxue saw the oil pot, she couldn't help but smile, her eyes were bent into crescent moons, and her whole face was bright, "...... Great, the pot didn't fall......"

These were the first words they had when they met.

After many years, the bearded man couldn't forget Hua Qingxue's appearance at that time, wearing a messy set of clothes, combing the simplest braids, looking delicate and soft, but carrying something about thirty pounds on his back, when he stood beside him and spoke, his voice was soft and his face was bright and gentle, but unfortunately the eyes didn't look at him, just stared at the oil pot in his hand with great heat.

She said, "Great, the pot didn't fall......"

The bearded man returned the oil pot to Hua Qingxue, and the guy next to him praised him: "This big brother is very skilled!" ”

Hua Qingxue looked up at the beard at this time, and saw that this person had an extremely eye-catching beard, narrow eyes under the sword eyebrows, dark pupils as dark as cold stars, and a gray-brown cloak covering his whole body, which made the whole person more and more tall and mighty, and faintly exuded the coldness of the idler.

Hua Qingxue was stunned, and couldn't help but feel that the temperament of this person in front of her was extremely outstanding, and for the first time, she could see the majesty of being invincible in a person......

After staying like this for a while, I suddenly forgot to thank you, and I was a little embarrassed for a while, and there was a little pink on my white little face, which made the color of the whole person brighter.

"Thank you...... Thank you, big brother. I don't know how this dynasty should say thank you, Hua Qingxue said thank you.

She felt that she was very insincere, after all, the other party saved her pot full of oil.

Hua Qingxue tried hard to think about the wording, and then said: "If it weren't for this big brother just now, I'm afraid my oil would have been spilled, hmm...... I have some radishes here, so why don't you take them back and eat them......"

Before she finished speaking, Hua Qingxue became annoyed again!

What kind of radish to give?! …… Who doesn't save dozens of catties of cabbage and radish in this cold day? It's better not to say that!

Hua Qingxue glanced at the rice bag on the shoulder of the guy in the grain store, she felt that she was so unproductive, what could be more sincere than sending this white flowery rice?

But she had been eating brown rice and grains some time ago, and now she finally bought a bag of polished rice, and she was really reluctant......

Her heart struggled this time, and her little face became redder and redder.

The bearded man looked at the radish handed over by Hua Qingxue, and his mood was complicated, but the guy from the grain store was laughing hard next to him, which made him very embarrassed.

However, he only froze for a moment, and quickly reacted, took the bag of radishes in his hand, and said in his mouth: "It's cold and slippery, girl be careful on the road." With that, he turned and walked away.

He silently confirmed a fact in his heart: this woman doesn't know martial arts, but she can be guaranteed.

Hua Qingxue looked at the back of the bearded man leaving, her posture was as tall as a pine, and her steps were as brisk as an arrow.

She was a little stunned, and thought to herself: Although this man looks cold and ruthless, he has a good heart.

And at this moment, Qin Lao Wu was standing respectfully in front of Li Jingnan-

When Qin Lao Wu and the bearded man entered Renqiu City, they were disguised as the guards of the caravan, and they had already mapped out the road, and when the caravan's road was completed, they could leave the city.

Generally, the merchant team will stay in a city for ten days and a half months, and now there are seven or eight days before the day of leaving the city, as long as there is no fault in the middle, it should be able to send the prince back to Beijing smoothly.

Qin Lao Wu meant to let Li Jingnan prepare for these two days and go out of the city with them at any time. As for Hua Qingxue, this woman's identity is unknown, so it's better not to bring it. What's more, Li Jingnan is just a child, it is easy to hide, but Hua Qingxue is a woman, and there are women in the ranks of merchants, which is really eye-catching, in case the prince can't get out of the city smoothly, it is even more inappropriate.

After listening to Qin Lao Wu's persuasion, Li Jingnan felt that his throat and eyes were a little dry, and the joy of seeing Qin Lao Wu for the first time cooled down little by little......

"She's not a spy......," Li Jingnan sighed, "When I picked her up, she only had her last breath left, and Sixteen said that if I were a quarter of an hour late, she might have frozen to death in that mountain...... You say, where in this world can there be such a stupid spy? What's more, if there is a heart lurking by my side, her master will inevitably arrange a reasonable identity for her, how could she come out of such an unknown origin. ”

Qin Lao Wu scratched the back of his head, a little helpless, "Your Highness, if we want to take her out of the city, the risk is too great, in case ......"

Li Jingnan waved his hand, there was no excessive expression on his face, and his voice was flat, "I know, but she saved my life, you call General Fu to see me, I don't want to embarrass you, I just want to ask General Fu face to face, if you really can't take her." ”

Qin Lao Wu was also entangled in his heart, listening to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince say this, even he himself felt that it was really inappropriate to leave a weak woman alone, just leave it alone, anyway, he is just a messenger, the eldest brother is in charge of everything, what the eldest brother says, he just does it.

By the time Qin Lao Wu returned to the inn where the merchants had settled, the bearded man had already returned.

Qin Lao Wu was a little surprised when he saw a lot of radishes piled up by the door, "Big brother, where did the radishes come from?" ”

The bearded man didn't reply to him, but only asked lightly: "What did Your Highness say?" ”

Qin Lao Wu closed the door with his backhand, cautiously looked at the bearded man's face, and said, "Your Highness wants to see you, and I want to ask if I can take that woman out of the city with me." ”

Yes, this bearded man is General Fu, who the little prince is looking forward to the stars and the moon.

General Fu's real name is Fu Tingye, is the eldest son of Fu Sheng, the Marquis of Great Qi Weiyuan, his father and uncles are all military generals, so he began to go to the battlefield with his father at a very young age, before the invasion of the Great Liao, he has been guarding the west of the Qi State to resist the barbarians, a year ago the fall of Sanzhou, the emperor sent him here, the closest place to the Liao.

Fu Tingye seemed to have anticipated the prince's plan a long time ago, and he didn't find it strange. "More is better than less, go according to the original plan."

Seeing him say this, Qin Lao Wu's expression froze, "Could it be that she is really a spy?" "Otherwise, why is the eldest brother unwilling to take her out of the city?

The bearded man, that is, Fu Tingye, shook his head slightly, "I tried her, she has never practiced martial arts." ”

Not only has he never practiced martial arts, but his body is extremely weak, even as good as an ordinary village woman.

Qin Lao Wu put his mind at ease and asked, "Since she is not a spy, let's find a way to bring her, I see that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince values her very much." ”

Fu Tingye shook his head.