This sleep is also sound, if it weren't for the cold bath water and being frozen awake, Su Xiaojiu felt that he should be able to continue to sleep for seven or eight hours.

When she woke up, there was a knock on the door outside, and it was Lu Cheng who came to call her for dinner.

Reluctantly responded, she got up and dressed, and the long hair that was over her waist couldn't be wrenched, so she simply braided two strands of braids on her chest, looked in the mirror, and the clothes were surprisingly matched, and then turned around and went downstairs.

There were only two people sitting in the empty hall, Lu Cheng and Shao Chongxian.

A table of eight immortals, the two of them face each other but did not communicate, but looked at the position of the stairs from time to time, waiting for her to eat together.

Jue Ying stood behind Shao Chongxian, and the other guards were all squatting around with bowls, and when they saw her appear, dozens of people looked at her in unison.

The girl who had just bathed was lazy with a nap, two shiny braids hung down to her waist, and there were strands of hair hanging down her cheeks, because they were half-dry and a little curled, fluttering slowly as she descended the steps, adding a bit of style to her thin body, and her originally small face was lined smaller, looking more delicate and smart.

And every man's eyes were straight.

Rao is Shao Chongxian has seen countless beauties, but he has never seen her like this, she is obviously green and simple, but she has a temptation that makes people want to move.

Being stared at by such a big man, it was inevitable that he was a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't show his timidity, Su Xiaojiu tried his best to control himself from going down the road, and quickly walked to the table and sat down, not forgetting to greet them, "I'm sorry, I'm late." ”

"Then I can sleep, like a pig."

"It's okay, we've just arrived."

Su Xiaojiu glanced at Shao Chongxian, and looked at Jue Ying, "You don't eat together"

Jue Ying glanced at Shao Chongxian, and said coldly, "No need, stand guard outside." ”

Weirdo one

The master of the family is nothing, and she naturally will not let the Virgin come out to save her, muttering, "Don't eat and save"

Seeing that the red rope was back on her white neck, Shao Chongxian suddenly felt bored again, why did he just return the broken thing to her instead of throwing it away

Lu Cheng handed over the dishes and chopsticks very considerately, and said, "In the countryside, there is nothing decent, and you have to grieve the county lord." ”

She had already swallowed her saliva and quickly skimmed through the dishes on the table, which was already sumptuous compared to noon.

Stir-fried goose eggs with green onions, braised cabbage with pork belly, stir-fried dried radish, braised lamb chops, and a pickled pickle.

The steward of the post station introduced very attentively, "This is our local specialty, salted and brine flowers and peppers, which taste fresh and salty and fragrant, and have a unique flavor." ”

She had eaten this side dish.

Ripe peppercorns will be purple-red, and this pickled peppercorn should be made while the peppercorns are still fresh green.

This is the way to eat in grandma's hometown, and it is also one of grandma's favorite foods.

When she was a child, she always disliked peppercorns and refused to eat them, and then her grandmother died, and she occasionally thought of the feeling of being full of numbness, and she would secretly regret why she didn't taste it with her heart

When I want to eat, I just can't eat it.

I didn't expect to meet here.

Like when she was a child, she tried to pick up a small piece scattered next to her and slowly put it in her mouth, but she didn't spit it out in a hurry as before, but chewed and chewed, and sure enough, in the slightly astringent taste, she tasted a trace of sweetness.

Heartily sighed, "It's delicious." ”

The steward's eyebrows smiled, bowed down and said, "It's rare for nobles to like it, this dish is slightly astringent at first taste, but there is a fresh fragrance and sweetness, and it can only be eaten in this month, and when the pepper is old, it can't be done." ”

Su Xiaojiu nodded yes, and said, "This flower pepper can not only be pickled into a side dish, but the fresh pepper leaves are fried in flour, which is also a rare delicacy, and adults can try it if they have time." ”

The steward was flattered by this voice, and praised him, "It is really rare for the noble man to know how to cook, and there are ready-made pepper leaves in the kitchen, if you want to eat it, the villain will try to make it." ”

Su Xiaojiu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't bother, these are already very good." ”

When the steward walked away, the two people next to him invariably stretched out their chopsticks to the pepper plate.

Fang Yi entered, and frowned in unison.

Lu Cheng was better, although it was difficult, but he swallowed it anyway, but he praised it with a very reluctant expression, "This dish is indeed unique." ”

Shao Chongxian was not so hypocritical, he spit directly on the ground, and looked at Su Xiaojiu like a monster, "Are you sure this thing is eaten by people?"

There is a feeling of suffocation that if you swallow it, you can return to the west.

When she was a child, she ate this expression of doubt about life, so she didn't express dissatisfaction, but just nodded and said, "Many things don't make people like it when they come into contact with it, but after a long time, they can naturally taste it, and even make people want to stop." ”

"Eat a meal, but I have an insight."

Shao Chongxian looked sneering again, and Lu Cheng was very uncomfortable, so he lowered his head and ate silently.

It's really his face, which is too similar to Xiao Jing.

Who would have thought that he suddenly nodded thoughtfully, "But think about it carefully, what you said also has some truth, just like when this king saw you for the first time, he thought that he was a small palace person who was intentionally clinging, at most he only had the intention of teasing, but now that he knows deeply, he feels that even if he is the princess of this king, it is more than enough." ”

This flirtation came unexpectedly, and Su Xiaojiu choked on a pepper in her throat, and the whole post station was her earth-shattering cough.

Shao Chongxian wanted to pat her on the back, but what he said made Su Xiaojiu couldn't help but kick him out, "Why is this king just casually praising you, is he so moved?"

"Touched your sister"

Slapping his paw away, she drank a few sips of water and rushed the pepper down, and asked, "By the way, why are you still here and not going home in a hurry?"

Seeing that Shao Chongxian didn't even have the intention of leaving after eating two meals, Su Xiaojiu couldn't help but secretly be on guard, worried about what bad intentions he was going to make.

Obviously dissatisfied with her attitude and tone, Shao Chongxian snorted coldly and said, "When it's time to go, I will naturally leave, and don't miss this king when the time comes." ”

The more he was like this, the more suspicious Su Xiaojiu became, looked around and didn't see Jue Ying, and asked, "Why didn't I follow you after menopause?"

Lu Cheng also looked at him, but Shao Chongxian got up unhurriedly, raised his eyebrows and said, "This king sent him out for something, what's the matter, do you still need to report to the two of you?"

After saying that, he went upstairs.

Hearing him close the door, Su Xiaojiu leaned closer to Lu Cheng and said, "This person is insidious and cunning, you'd better send a few people to keep an eye on them, especially the one who is menopausal and has strong martial arts, maybe he will go out and do something bad, you have to pay attention." ”

"Don't worry about it, it's here, if there is anything the county lord can say directly."

Jue Ying said as he came in from the outside, giving her a contemptuous look.

was caught talking badly about people, Su Xiaojiu was not embarrassed at all, but was very straightforward, "Just say it directly, I warn you that you had better keep to yourself, otherwise don't blame us for being polite." ”

Jue Ying smiled contemptuously, withdrew with his master, and went straight to Shao Chongxian's room.

Su Xiaojiu couldn't get used to seeing him look very dragged, so he got up and went back to the room to sleep.

It's just that the more I think about it, the more I feel that something is wrong, when Xiao Jing's true identity was announced, Shao Chongxian should still be in Dayuan, and it should be easy to guess Xiao Jing's move to return to Nanxia, if he didn't hurry back to take care of the court, how could he have the heart to drag it out here

Lying in the quilt, the suspicion in her heart became bigger and bigger, she couldn't help but sit up in her clothes, walked to the window and opened a gap, and looked at the cold moon in the sky in a daze.

The moon was not big tonight, but it was very bright, and the ground of the post station seemed to be coated with a layer of frost, except for the occasional patrol procession, and the surroundings were quiet and silent.

She thought about all kinds of possibilities, but she really couldn't think of any reason that could stumble Shao Chongxian's footsteps.

After many years of hard work, he finally wanted to boil Emperor Shao to death, but in the middle, he suddenly killed a nephew who could rightfully inherit the throne, but he was afraid of who he would be, and the first thing to do was to find a way to get rid of people

And before that, Shao Chongxian was obviously going to take himself back to Nanxia.

Or, during the time he was rescued from the carriage, something happened that made him have to stay in Dayuan

Most likely.

Thinking that Jue Ying had gone out for more than half an hour at dinner, she was even more convinced of this idea.

Suddenly, I saw a black shadow flying out of the post station, and I disappeared on the official road.

She rubbed her eyes to make sure that she was not mistaken, that direction was clearly Shao Chongxian's room, and the person who went out must be Jue Ying

Immediately afterwards, a few black shadows flew out of several hidden corners of the post station, following the direction that Jue Ying left, which should be someone sent by Lu Cheng.

The fog was so heavy that she didn't have the heart to sleep, so she simply wrapped herself in a quilt and waited by the window to see when they would come back.

As a result, after a while, a dark shadow came back, because he was wearing a night suit and a face towel, and he couldn't see who it was.

Afraid of making a movement to attract the person's attention, Su Xiaojiu didn't dare to move, hiding in the shadow of the window to observe carefully, the man turned around the post station, and suddenly left in the opposite place from when he came, and seemed to glance in her direction before leaving.

He shouldn't be able to see himself, but Su Xiaojiu still froze on the ground suddenly, it was Jue Ying

This guy is so cunning, he must have found himself being followed, and deliberately went around in circles to throw people away

Then she was even more sure that there must be something unspeakable about him going out

This feeling of discovering a conspiracy and not being able to stop it is powerless.

For a person who is bent on getting the throne, what he is most concerned about besides the throne is related to Xiao Jing

But Xiao Jingming has been walking for many days tomorrow, and at his speed, maybe they have already arrived.

She took out the whistle depressedly, looked at the moonlight, and tried to blow it again, but the copper whistle still did not sound, but only in this way seemed to be able to settle down a little.

Sitting until the sky in the east was faintly white, and the people who went out had not come back, she finally couldn't hold it anymore, and pushed the window to prepare for a nap, otherwise it would be easy to arouse Shao Chongxian's suspicion by going down with the eyes of the two pandas.

At the same time, he made up his mind, since he didn't know what bad things he was going to do, then simply let Lu Cheng detain them secretly

Before, in order to avoid people's eyes, Shao Chongxian deliberately released the news that he had returned to Nanxia, he must have never imagined it, and in the end, he planted himself on his own fake news, hum

Just as she was walking towards the bed, the window behind her suddenly opened again, Su Xiaojiu frowned, she didn't feel the wind, or she didn't close it just now

I was about to go back and close it again, but a hand reached in from the outside to block it.

With just one glance, Su Xiaojiu recognized it.

"Shaw"

"It's me."

The owner of the hand turned in from the window, and it was Xiao Jing who should have been in Southern Xia.

Su Xiaojiu covered his mouth in surprise, but the tears flowed uncontrollably, "You, didn't you go to Nanxia, how could it be?"

Xiao Jing closed the window vigilantly, and held the girl who had been thinking about it day and night in his arms, "What happened, why did you come here?"

"Me"

She wanted to answer truthfully, but she was afraid that Xiao Jing would be worried, but she didn't know what to say in order to get over, and she began to shed tears again.

Xiao Jing was even more distressed, and her slightly cool big hand wiped away her tears, and she didn't dare to wipe her more for fear of rubbing her skin.

After Su Xiaojiu vented, he grabbed his sleeve with his hand and wiped it on his face, sniffed and said, "I'm fine, but I can't help it when I see you suddenly, tell me quickly, how did you find me, aren't you going to Nanxia?"

Xiao Jing pointed to the red rope around her neck, "It's a message from Xuan Crow, I'm afraid that something will happen to you, so I found it all the way here." ”

"Ah, didn't you say last time that the three hundred domesticated crows were all shot by Xu Mang?"

Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, but we still have the Xuan Crow in training, this time I went to Nanxia, I didn't worry about you, so I released a batch in advance, and fortunately, you blew a few more times, so I can find here." ”

As a queen, she will never leave Beijing if she has nothing to do, and now that she appears at the post station, how can he not worry

It turned out that a few days ago, as soon as he came out of Beijing, he was chased and killed by a mysterious person, and he didn't look like a person from Dayuan, so he guessed that it must be a master sent by Shao Chongxian.

And there was more than one batch, so the trip was delayed, and when he received the message for the first time, he actually didn't go much longer than Su Xiaojiu and the others.

"I always feel that something is wrong, if Shao Chongxian sent a killer at the first time, why didn't he come back with him, but lurked for a few days and specially arrested me from the palace?"

Xiao Jing immediately frowned and said, "He caught you here."

Su Xiaojiu nodded, "Well, he originally took me all the way to Nanxia, but he was chased by Lu Cheng, and he walked to Heishuiling in a panic, and then he was trapped in the mountains, and finally came here to rest." ”

Xiao Jing pondered for a while, and guessed, "Since he sent a killer, he must keep in touch at any time, calculate the itinerary, and the few days that dragged me down happened to be the time when he was lurking in the abyss, so he didn't want to be relieved to witness me being killed",

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