Chapter 44: Walking by the Way
A horse-drawn carriage made of sandalwood and all blackened drove on the official road to Xichang, which was the second city from Mohe City in the Northern Desert to Dongyue, which was far away from Dongyue's political center, nor was it a place in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was relatively close to other countries, and it was a military pass in Dongyue.
At the speed of this carriage, it should be able to enter the city in the evening. From time to time, there will be some vehicles, horses, pedestrians passing by on this official road, some are caravans going to other countries, some are pedestrians in a hurry, some are dart masters escorting goods, and so on.
At this moment, Yun Moxi was sitting in the carriage with a book in his hand and reading it, he had a keen hearing and heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind the carriage early, and the horses overtook them after a while, originally thinking that it was the same as before, but it was just someone who had nothing to do with him.
Unexpectedly, after the horse exceeded them by about a hundred meters, it turned around sharply and came back, when Yun Moxi was curiously guessing what caused the horse to turn around, the horse was already outside his carriage, and the green shadow outside the car also held the horse rope, Yun Moxi frowned slightly.
"Childe." Sure enough, Qingying's voice immediately came.
"What?"
"It's the Pavilion Master." Qingying replied.
Pavilion Master? The sound of the blue shadow was like a stone falling from a great height, slamming at the calm surface of the lake. Lu Qianmo? Yun Moxi put down the book in his hand, lifted the curtain, and saw Lu Qianmo, who was dressed in men's clothes, smiling on a chestnut horse and looking at him.
"Yun Moxi, what a coincidence." Lu Qianmo was the first to speak.
My instincts told me that it wasn't an accident that the other person was here. "It's a coincidence."
Lu Qianmo looked the carriage, Yun Moxi, and Qingying up and down and asked, "Are you going back to Yicheng?" ”
"Hmm."
Lu Qianmo was very happy when she heard this, "That's really good, I just happened to be going to Yicheng, we can go by the way." With that, he jumped off the horse, smoothed the horse's hair with his hand, and then approached the horse lane: "It's so tiring to ride, or you will enjoy it." Since we're on the way, and for the sake of the friendship we owe me, wouldn't you mind giving me a ride? ”
Hearing this, Qingying just wanted to stop it, but suddenly felt Yun Moxi's eyes, so he could only keep silent.
Lu Qianmo saw that Yun Moxi had no objection, so he took the initiative to get into the carriage and find a spacious place to sit down. After Yun Moxi instructed Qingying to continue on his way, he lowered the curtain and sat back in the car.
Qingying looked at the tightly blocked car curtain in confusion, thinking about what was wrong with Shizi? Not only did he let the Pavilion Master Lu get so close to him, but he also let her get into the carriage. The prince would never let a woman ride in this carriage before, huh? Qingying stretched out her hand and scratched her head, not understanding...... I don't understand. "Alas~ It's better to catch the car honestly."
The vehicle started slowly, and Lu Qianmo observed the layout in the car. The body is padded with a very thick mattress to make it very comfortable to sit on, because it is summer, there is also a layer of mattress on top of the mattress, so that people will not feel hot because of the heavy mattress underneath. There are some drawers and boxes of different sizes on the wall of the car to store daily necessities. At this time, there was a small coffee table in the carriage, with a pot of tea and a teacup on it, and an unclosed book, which Yun Moxi was obviously flipping through just now.
Yun Moxi sat on the side, and saw that Lu Qianmo looked left and right and studied his carriage and had no intention of stopping, so he could only speak first. "Why are you going to Wing City all of a sudden?"
Hearing Yun Moxi's voice, Lu Qianmo replied casually: "For so many years, I have also traveled all over Xiachuan, but I haven't been to Dongyue's Imperial City, I think it's a pity, so I want to go and see it." See if Dongyue's Imperial City is the same as the other Three Kingdoms. When he said this, Lu Qianmo's eyes were still staring at the various fine settings in the car and studying them with interest.
"You're too casual." Yun Moxi evaluation.
"Each other, each other." You don't "travel far and wide" a lot, too.
Yun Mo saw that Lu Qianmo's eyes were still reluctant to leave those objects, and couldn't help but ask, "Are you very interested in these?" ”
"Not interested." Crisp and straightforward.
"And what are you?" What are you doing? I'm not interested, and I haven't stopped since I came in.
"I'm just more interested in studying how rich you are and how kind of material things you enjoy."
…… Yun Mo was speechless.
"The ancients just weren't the same." Taste is much higher than that of the 21st century.
Yun Mo was puzzled, "The ancients? ”
Realizing that he had lost his words, Lu Qianmo retracted his gaze, looked at Yun Mo and said, "What ancients? You must have heard it wrong. ”
Lu Qianmo yawned, and drowsiness hit instantly. "I won't tell you, I'll make up for sleep first, and wake me up when I enter the city."
On the day she left Shifang City, she went to the Red Mansion again, and the two old men prepared a send-off banquet, and after eating and drinking, Lu Qianmo left from the secret passage of the Red Mansion under the reluctance of everyone. After that, in order to catch up with Yun Moxi's carriage, she traveled day and night!
The woman in front of him appeared in front of him again without warning, although when he left Shifang City before, he had also wondered if this woman would continue to approach him? If he could, he could have saved himself some trouble, but if not, he would have to think about how to move on to the next step.
Although there was speculation, there was a trace of ...... in his heart when this woman appeared Surprise? Yes, surprise. This woman who can't see through him...... Yun Moxi shook his head, and then carefully moved the small coffee table in the car to a position so that Lu Qianmo had a spacious enough place to sleep, while he went out to sit with Qingying.
After coming out, he found that the horse that Lu Qianmo was riding had been following the carriage, and just now he noticed that this was a good sweaty and bloody horse, the same horse she rode when she was in the Western Tang Dynasty before. This kind of horse is mainly produced in the Northern Desert, and the sweat and blood horses in the Western Tang Dynasty, Dongyue and Southern Xinjiang are all introduced from the Northern Desert, and the quantity is limited, and generally only the royal family has it.
The Northern Desert has very strict control over sweat and blood horses, ordinary people are not qualified to ride, and there are many nobles who have this kind of horse, but it is forbidden to buy and sell them to other countries. The horse in front of him is not only a bloody horse, but also the best here, I am afraid that only the Northern Desert royal family can have it. Thinking of this, Yun Moxi unconsciously gave the horse a murderous look, and the horse on the side was psychic, feeling that Yun Moxi was not good, the horse's nose sneezed, raised the horse's head, and was a few feet away from the carriage with his toes high.
Qingying on the side was already strange that Yun Moxi came out to sit with him, and he was even more confused when he saw Yun Moxi competing with a horse, although he was curious, he didn't dare to ask directly, Qingying could only glance at the people next to him from time to time to find out.
Yun Moxi felt Qingying's strangeness, and said, "When did you become incompetent even as a coachman?" ”
Hearing this, Qingying was excited, didn't dare to peek again, looked ahead, and drove seriously.
……
In the second prince's mansion in the east of Xiliang City in the Northern Desert Imperial City, Yu Wenhan was practicing his sword, and Black Eagle came with a letter in his hand, and he was struggling with whether to give the letter to his master along the way. He still remembers that on the day Miss Lu left, he accompanied his master to Cangshan Peak, which was ten miles away from Shifang City, which was the only way to and from Shifang City, and no matter where Miss Lu came out of the city, she would pass there.
They waited for three hours at Cangshan Peak before they finally saw Miss Lu galloping by on the sweaty BMW sent by the master, and they watched Miss Lu leave.
As a subordinate, whether it is for the happiness of the master or for the sake of the master's great cause, he should admonish that he can't just let Miss Lu leave. So, he plucked up the courage to speak, "Master, my subordinates don't think we should let Miss Lu leave like this. ”
Yuwen Han didn't answer when he heard this, and he didn't slowly retract his gaze until Lu Qianmo's figure disappeared at the end of the road, and he muttered, "I hope I won't regret the decision I made today in the future." Then he went down the hill and went back to the city.
Black Hawk sighed helplessly and deeply. That night, after the master came back from Moyan Pavilion, he didn't say a word, and waved his sword in the courtyard all night, until the next day, Taishou came to the door to ask to see him, and the master returned to normal. Although he did not know what had happened that day, it was certain that it was not good for his master, and he could not do anything.
Now the news in his hand says that Miss Lu did not go back to Xitang but went to Dongyue, and the master knew about it...... Alas.
Yu Wenhan, who was practicing swords on the side, had already noticed the arrival of the Black Eagle, and it was not until he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the letter in the Black Eagle's hand that he withdrew the sword momentum, put the sword back on the weapon rack, and walked towards the Black Eagle.
"What's the news?"
"This~" Black Hawk didn't know how to speak, and hesitated.
Seeing this, Yu Wenhan was immediately annoyed, "What kind of news made you like this." He stretched out his palm and said, "Bring it." ”
Black Hawk was silent, bowing his head and presenting the letter.
Yu Wenhan opened the envelope, and the more he looked down, the anger in his eyes grew, and the letter in his hand was crumpled into a ball, "No wonder she left without Qin Wei this time." With that, he headed for the study, leaving Black Hawk alone at a loss.
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In the evening, when he was approaching Xichang City, Yun Moxi lifted the curtain and entered, and he didn't hear any movement in the car all afternoon outside the car, and when he came in, he found that Lu Qianmo really hadn't woken up yet. "I can really sleep." Yun Moxi evaluation.
After staying in the car for a while, seeing that the person in front of him had no sign of waking up, Yun Moxi kicked the other party's calf with his foot, but Lu Qianmo just frowned, turned over and continued to sleep. Seeing this, Yun Moxi kicked twice more, and this time Lu Qianmo was kicked awake, and immediately sat up, looking at the man opposite with sleepy eyes.
"It's almost into town." A short explanation, by the way, poured a cup of tea and handed it to the other party.
Lu Qianmo glanced at the teacup, but didn't answer it. Rubbing her eyes with both hands, she slapped her face a few more times, stretched her waist, and she was completely sober, and her stomach happened to make a gurgling sound at this moment. Lu Qianmo looked down at his stomach, thinking that he hadn't eaten for a day, he should be hungry, and he was about to enter the city.
Lu Qianmo rubbed her stomach and asked embarrassedly, "How long will it take to enter the city?" ”
"About a quarter of an hour." Yun Moxi saw that the other party had no intention of drinking tea, so he poured out the tea, and after putting the teacup back in its place, he took out a chestnut cake from a drawer and put it down, "If you're hungry, you can eat some first." ”
Chestnut cake? This is Lu Qianmo's only favorite pastry, so he ate two pieces unceremoniously. While eating, I didn't forget to thank you, "Thank you." ”
The carriage quickly drove into Xichang City, and Qingying found an inn to settle down and asked for three rooms. As soon as Lu Qianmo entered the inn, he asked the shopkeeper for a pot of warm water, and drank more than half of it before stopping. After that, the three of them had dinner in the lobby and went back to their rooms to rest. It happened that the rooms of the three of them were connected, Yun Moxi lived in the middle room, and Lu Qianmo and Qingying were on the left and right sides.
Late at night, Lu Qianmo didn't feel sleepy at the moment because he slept too long during the day, and the summer heat subsided at night, and the wind blew. Lu Qianmo jumped on the roof on a whim and sat down to blow the wind, except for the breeze that brought a slight surprise, there was no night view in the whole Xichang City, there were a few lights on the street sporadically, and the others were shrouded in darkness, and there was no moon and stars tonight, and Xichang City became more and more profound.
Lu Qianmo sat on the roof with her legs bent, letting the night envelop her. Time passed minute by minute, Lu Qianmo didn't know how long he had been sitting, and when he was about to go back to his room to sleep, he found that there was a group of black-clothed people surging towards the suburbs in the south of the city.
Since Lu Qianmo did not deliberately hide her actions, Yun Moxi and Qingying heard her movements clearly when she jumped onto the roof and finally left.
Lu Qianmo followed the traces of the man in black all the way, but because the distance was too far away before, there was no trace of the man in black after Lu Qianmo chased through a forest. Lu Qianmo searched near the woods for a while, and suddenly a very strong smell of blood hit with the wind, Lu Qianmo frowned, and immediately went in the direction of the smell of blood.