I don't know why, maybe it's because the autumn in Shu is originally cloudy and rainy, and the weather has not been sunny for more than two days since we left the Yan family, almost always rainy and continuous, and we walked for a month when we could have walked in more than 20 days.

By the time we arrived at Sanjiangkou, it was already October.

It's getting colder.

Fortunately, before leaving the Yan family, Yan Qingchen had already asked people to prepare winter clothes for us, Pei Yuanxiu and I both put on jackets, and Li'er also changed into a beautiful little jacket, the crimson satin fabric made her skin more and more white and tender, delicate and lovely.

But this lovely person has a sullen expression.

The tooth she lost before had already grown, but on the way out of the river, two more were lost in succession, although she knew that it would grow soon, but it still couldn't save her love for her. Often for a few hours in a line, she didn't even say a word, and when she opened her mouth again, her mouth was stuffy.

At this moment, she was sitting on her knees on the mat against the window, rubbing a small object in her hand, and I took a closer look, it was the delicate purse that Mrs. Yan threw to her when she left the Yan family.

The contents had already been taken out, an empty purse, and she had kept it.

In fact, as soon as she got in the car, she opened her purse, but she was startled, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

I don't know what Mrs. Yan thinks, she actually stuffed a full forty red bills inside.

Even if Pei Yuanxiu and I don't care, this money is enough for her to last a lifetime, and by the way, she can prepare a dowry.

Then I remembered what she said.

The daughter's family should be rich......

No wonder she said that.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile lightly, Mrs. Yan and I are not reconciled, after all, there are some knots in my heart that have not been untied, and some knots in her heart may not be so easy to untie, but at least she did not count the grievances of the previous generation on Li'er's head, and it is fair to my daughter, this is already the best step we can take.

The money, I put it away, of course, the pocket money for Li'er doesn't have to use my money, let alone rely on her father, but Li'er doesn't seem to care much about this, and still concentrates on rubbing the small purse, which contains the two teeth she lost this time.

I thought she was still worried about her beauty and ugliness, and was about to comfort her, but just now I reached out and put my arm around her little shoulder, and before I could speak, the carriage stopped.

We both shook for a moment, and I hurriedly reached out and grabbed her.

Pei Yuanxiu glanced at us, then opened the curtain and jumped down, I listened to the movement outside, it seemed that the convoy had stopped, and many people got out of the carriage, but after a while, Pei Yuanxiu walked to the window, lifted the corner of the curtain and said to us: "It's here." ”

Arrived?

It's time to Sanjiangkou.

After walking for so many days, we were all shaken by the carriage and were a little dizzy, as soon as Li'er heard about it, he immediately got up with his hands and feet, climbed on the window and looked out, I also looked out, and sure enough, I saw that the surrounding scenery was different from the previous mountain road, the avenue was smooth and smooth, and there were many houses and markets on both sides, which was lively.

Even, I can already feel the thick fishy smell of river water in the air.

Li'er's spirit was also lifted, and she was about to look outside, when suddenly, she quickly shrank back.

I was a little stunned, and when I looked out, I saw that on the carriage behind us, Liu Qinghan was getting off with Wen Fengxi, he moved his stiff neck, and just looked at us. When the eyes met, he and I were stunned for a moment, and he immediately turned his head to look at the other side, and I frowned slightly, and when I looked down, Li'er had already pursed his mouth and shrunk in the corner, as if his hands were ugly, and his feet were ugly, as if he couldn't see anyone.

I couldn't help but frown.

Although I have been listening to Pei Yuanxiu, I myself believe that if it is natural, her little thoughts will slowly fade over time, but after so long, I haven't seen her have any thoughts of withdrawing from this kind of thoughts.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little heavy, but I still said patiently: "Li'er, we are here, get out of the car." ”

She looked up at me with a pitiful look in her eyes.

Along the way, we spent most of our time in our respective carriages, and even if we stayed at night, we naturally lived separately according to our respective forces, and she and Liu Qinghan naturally had less time to meet. But now, there is no way to avoid it.

I got out of the carriage and lifted the curtain to look at her: "Hurry up." ”

“……”

She pouted, but at last she slowly moved over and jumped out of the carriage by the hand.

This is a village and town closest to the Sanjiangkou wharf, the place is not big, but it is an important transportation hub between Shu and other places, so it is very prosperous and has a lot of population.

It was not too late, just after the time of application, but everyone was very tired after sitting in the car for so long, so they decided to eat something here and rest first.

The servants immediately opened the way for us, and after a while, we found a fairly clean restaurant in the town, and a group of us went in, and the boss also had some eyesight, and when he saw that Pei Yuanxiu was not an ordinary guest when he saw his clothes and demeanor, he immediately came forward and welcomed us to a private room by the window on the second floor.

Rushed these days, eat dry food, even if you encounter a populated place, can eat some hot soup and rice, it is absolutely not enjoyable, everyone is inevitably a little greedy, the men are even more hungry, so they ordered the best wine and food here, everyone chatted a few words, after a while, the bead curtain on the door was opened, and two young women with a lot of color came in with wine and food.

"A few guests, it's been a long time."

"This is the best spicy beef made by the shop, so you should enjoy it."

"And this pepper sesame chicken, the specialty of the small shop!"

……

While serving the food, they enthusiastically introduced, and when the food and wine were all served, after they withdrew, everyone looked at each other.

After a while, Wu Yanqiu said with a smile: "It's the first time I've seen a woman in a restaurant doing a shopkeeper." ”

"yes."

"They're not afraid of people."

While everyone was talking and laughing, they began to drink and eat, and I also put a little food on her plate for Li'er, and then smiled: "Actually, this is nothing in Xichuan." The women of Xichuan have a spicy temperament, most of them are in charge, and this looks like a small business, and the proprietress is probably not afraid of people. ”

"It seems to be true." Wu Yanqiu said as he looked down from the window, and there were also many sesame oil shops and tofu shops on the street, and you could see women standing at the counter, and even the fish sellers who came back from the riverside were mostly fisherwomen shouting to buy.

He smiled: "Everyone says that Xichuan is a daughter country, and this is really true." ”

"yes." I smiled, looked at Liu Qinghan on the side, and said, "Last time Lord Liu entered Sichuan, didn't he also sigh that there are many beauties in Xichuan, and it was too early to set up a marriage?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the people at the table were stunned for a moment.

Liu Qinghan was also stunned, and looked at me in amazement, as if he was surprised at how I suddenly "betrayed" him, but when I looked down at Li'er beside me, who had changed his face, he immediately understood.

He smiled awkwardly, but he was still kind: "Madam, what's the matter, I mentioned this again." ”

“……”

"However, my fair lady, good gentleman, this is the words of the Book of Poetry, the ancients still regarded it as elegant, and the official is not abrupt."

When he said this, the men naturally understood, and everyone laughed in agreement, and raised their glasses, and the matter naturally passed.

But the children beside me buried their heads lower.

We were all full of food and drink, and when we left the restaurant, it was already twilight.

People in remote towns often turn off the lights early, and the streets that were still busy before seem to have experienced a day of lively sleep at this time, leaving only a few restaurants and pawnshops that have not yet closed, and the red lanterns swaying at the door reveal a faint warmth in the night.

Under our feet, there are elongated shadows, which sway with our steps, appearing mottled and messy.

At this moment, Xiao Yusheng, who had been quiet and silent, suddenly said "um", stopped and turned his head to look.

It was a deep night.

We all looked at him a little strangely.

He seldom spoke along the way, and when we were talking and laughing, he seldom got involved, just sat with a faint smile, as if it had nothing to do with our group, and I had been quite taboo about him since I learned about his murderous brother, and I didn't have much to say.

But at this time, his actions made everyone pay attention.

Du Yan immediately stepped forward: "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Yusheng didn't speak, but kept looking at the dark night.

The people around him immediately became vigilant.

In our group of people, it is not modest to say that none of them are cheap, and the head of any person is worth at least a thousand gold in the hostile forces, and for Pei Yuanxiu and Liu Qinghan, Xichuan is even more of a Longtan tiger's den, even if Yan Qingchen does not attack them, it does not mean that there are no other people who are hostile to the imperial court and Jiangnan who do not have murderous intentions against them.

What's more-

I looked at Pei Yuanxiu, and his expression immediately became solemn.

At the beginning of Jixiang Village, the arrow that almost killed him!

That's definitely something he can't forget until now, and more importantly, the person behind that incident hasn't shown up until now. That person spent so much effort to assassinate Pei Yuanxiu, and even lurked near my house for almost a year, if he knew that the target he wanted to kill was still alive, would he do it again?

Not only him, Wen Fengxi also pushed Liu Qinghan behind him.

Thinking of this, everyone's breathing tensed.

Xiao Yusheng stood there motionless, our breathing was rapid, but his breathing was long and even, and in such a quiet night, it was unusually clear.

I suddenly realized that he was using the Tuna technique of Xishan Academy.