Among the two children, the elder brother was more obedient, but the younger brother was much more lively, and struggled with his little hands to touch the curtain of the carriage.

Chu Luoci immediately straightened his face: "You can't watch it!" ”

The younger brother looked at his mother's stiff face, a little frightened, but he still asked in a small voice, "Why, mother, but those carriages are really beautiful!" ”

"That's the carriage from the palace."

At this moment, the two children did not dare to move.

Because my mother once told them that there were man-eating monsters in the palace, so they should not go to Kyoto in their lives, and even if they did, they should not be near the palace.

Chu Luoci looked at the two children hiding in his arms like little quails, and he was also a little distressed, but some things had to be ruthless.

The two children are the flesh and blood of Yan Que, that is, the royal bloodline, if someone finds out, she is afraid that she will have to take the children to a farther place.

And......

Chu Luoci looked at the two children in his arms with complicated eyes, and their eyebrows and eyes were more and more similar to Yan Que......

Chu Luoci could only secretly pray in his heart, hoping that the child would grow up to look more like himself.

Chu Luoci thought that lowering the curtain would cut off the two children from contact with the outside world, but he didn't know that he encountered another trouble when he was about to leave the city gate.

The battle for this trip was very large, and they had seen from a distance that there were already carriages entering the city gate, but in fact, some of the team were still outside the city and were slowly moving inside.

And Chu Luoqi and their carriage had already driven to the gate of the city.

Coincidentally, the carriages and horses traveling are all subordinates who open the road in front, and the main events are in the back.

So when Chu Luoci tentatively lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out, he saw a most elaborate carriage parked next to them, very close.

Chu Luoci guessed that nine times out of ten it was the carriage of the banquet.

Her heart lifted.

At this time, the soldier guarding the door was nodding in front of the luxurious carriage, as if to report something.

The people inside didn't know what to say, but the two men looked at each other, and called another team of people to come over and began to check on the side of the people's line.

"Huai Wang is righteous, I don't want to delay the people from going out of the city, everyone line up, and you can go out after checking them one by one!"

Chu Luoci and Zhou Ci glanced at each other, and both of them felt very anxious in their hearts.

Didn't you say it would only come tomorrow? Why is it here today!

And it was bumped into at this city gate!

Although the checks out of the city are not strict, they still require people in the carriage to get off the carriage to be checked.

How is it good that their carriage is so close to the carriage of the feast?

Seeing that the soldiers who were checking were about to come to their carriage, Chu Luoci's heart also rose.

In the end, Zhou Ci got out of the carriage first, "You sit inside, I'll go to the front and take a look." ”

On weekdays, the female relatives of high-ranking officials and nobles don't want to get out of the car, so they are inspected and find out the officers and soldiers of the city, and the meaning is over.

What's more, the Zhou family has such a good reputation in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the soldiers who go out of the city will not be embarrassed.

But today's banquet is on the side, where do they dare to do these things blatantly?

Shaking his head lightly at Zhou Ci with a bitter face, "Young Master Zhou, don't embarrass us, that one is sitting in the car now!" ”

Seeing that it was not feasible to make a dot, and the carriage on the side of the banquet, the curtain and door were always tightly closed.

Zhou Ci gritted his teeth, lifted the carriage curtain, and whispered to Chu Luoci, "Come down, it's okay." ”

After Chu Luoci got out of the car, Zhou Ci stood between the two carriages, trying to block Chu Luoci tightly with his body.

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers guarding the city only asked a few casual questions, and Chu Luo was silent, only nodded or shook his head, and finally ended this investigation.

It's just that when Chu Luoci just lifted the curtain of the carriage and got back into the carriage, there was a sudden movement on the side.

"It's really you."

Chu Luo was stunned and quickly climbed into the carriage.

And Zhou Ci reacted quickly, turned around and bowed: "The prince hasn't seen you for a long time." ”

In the carriage, Yan Que just opened the curtain first, and he just felt that the voice of the person who spoke was a little familiar, and it turned out to be Zhou Ci.

"Why didn't you just come to say hello?"

Zhou Ci pretended to be embarrassed, "It's not that I heard that the prince came to inspect on behalf of His Majesty, thinking that more things are better than less, and it seems to be enthusiastic outside, but others say that my Zhou family is clinging." ”

Yan Que nodded noncommittally, and glanced at the carriage beside him.

"Such a big carriage?"

Zhou Ci's heart froze, and between the lightning and flint, he thought of his original reputation in Jiangnan, so he showed a somewhat amorous smile.

"Alas, I bought a top card in the Qinglou a few days ago, isn't this afraid that my mother will be angry again? I want to find a house to settle people. ”

Yan Que didn't ask much, glanced at the carriage lightly, and finally withdrew his gaze.

"You're not too small, stop messing around."

I know, my lord.

Yan Que didn't speak, which was the end of the topic.

And Zhou Ci's back had already been covered with a fine and dense layer of cold sweat.

Waiting for Zhou Ci to also get into the carriage, Chu Luoci and Zhou Ci glanced at each other, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Yanque's carriage also moved, and the two carriages staggered by......

The breeze blew the curtain of Chu Luoci's carriage slightly.

The curtain of the banquet had not been lowered, and he inadvertently glanced at it, as if he had seen the figure of a child in the carriage.

Yan Que was stunned for a moment, and then understood.

No wonder you have to hide people, but you have children.

A mocking smile tugged at Yan Que's lips.

Thinking of the beginning, Zhou Ci did not hesitate to confront himself for the sake of Chu Luoci, but now only three or four years have passed, and he has also found another woman.

Thinking like this, the mockery at the corners of his mouth faded again, and his lips pursed tightly.

Zhou Ci seems to have come out of the past, so what about him?

The two carriages finally drove wrong, one in front of the city and the other in the suburbs.

It wasn't until the carriage had traveled several miles that the two children in the carriage finally dared to speak loudly.

"Mother, mother, is Uncle Zhou's other courtyard coming?"

Zhou Ci said with a smile: "It's coming soon, just in front!" ”

The carriage turned a corner, and a courtyard with a unique scenery appeared at the end of the road.

This courtyard was built in the suburbs, which was originally for the old lady of the Zhou family to escape the summer, and now it happens to come in handy.

Zhou Ci sent the mother and son off the carriage, and Chu Luoci waved at him, "Go back quickly, Yanque has come to Jiangnan, your family will soon have a move, you should visit, you should catch up, you are indispensable young master, you have been missing for too long, it seems strange." ”

Although Zhou Ci couldn't let go of it in his heart, he still left when he thought of a bunch of things at home, and he stayed here all the time, which would attract Yan Que's attention.

Chu Luo quit this and took the two children to the other courtyard.

Zhou Ci had already arranged for the servants to serve, although there were only two, but it was enough.

Chu Luoci touched the heads of the two children, "It's almost time to eat, you just play in the yard for a while, and my mother will make food for you." ”

It was children who had just felt the difference in the atmosphere when they first came out of the city gate, but now they had quickly forgotten about it, so they started playing in the courtyard.

On the side of Yanque, he has already entered the city.

On behalf of the Son of Heaven, he went down to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect, and naturally there were local officials busy to greet him.

Many people want to see Yan Que and explore his tone first, whether he is just coming to do superficial work, or whether he really wants to rectify the officials in Jiangnan.

It's just that they went one after another, and went to Yanque to send the post of the visit, but they were all closed.

Yan Que came this time, although the pomp was big, but he himself was not an arrogant and lascivious person, and he lived in the yamen here with a group of subordinates.

This is sad for the local prefectural order.

When they learned that Yanque was coming, they had already prepared a place to live, which was quite luxurious and atmospheric, and even trained a number of people, even the delicate Jiangnan woman had prepared several, but they didn't expect Yanque to not eat this set at all!

This made the officials in Jiangnan feel a little abrupt.

Could it be that this second prince came to Jiangnan to really rectify their officials here?

What they think, Yan Que also has some numbers in his heart.

After settling down, he didn't bring anyone, only brought two secret guards, changed into clothes, and prepared to go to the lively street market to see the customs and customs of the people here.

Jiangnan is worthy of being a rich place, the streets are extremely lively, there are lively small merchants and vendors on both sides, selling some novelties that Jingdong does not have.

And the faces of the people are also rich to the naked eye.

Today, the two secret guards were not in the dark, but dressed as guards and followed behind Yan Que.

Seeing this harmonious scene, I couldn't help but sigh, "Jiangnan is really rich, the people seem to be living well, and the local officials must be okay ......."

Yan Que shook his head, "Don't you think?" Is the harmony on this street a little too much?

"No matter how rich a place is, there are ruffians and hooligans on the streets, and there will be no shortage of beggars begging for money, even in Kyoto."

"Why does the street look so lively and harmonious when we come, and there is not even a trace of dirt in sight......

The Dark Guard touched his nose in a sneer, "Then you have to do some superficial work to know how much you want to come." ”

Yan Que said meaningfully, "It's understandable to do superficial work, but if you do superficial kung fu too well, it's worth pondering...... It's just that I want to stay here for a short time, so let's check it slowly. ”

A few people said, walking all the way forward, and saw people lining up in front of them.

Seeing that Yan Que seemed interested, one of the secret guards said, "You wait here, I'll ask." ”

After a while, the Dark Guard returned.

It is said that there is a medical hall in front, and the shopkeeper has a good heart, and on the sixth day of the first month of every month, he will send some free typhoid medicine to the poor people at the door of the pharmacy, but this month it seems that something has happened, saying that it will be moved to the end of the month. ”

This is not a big deal, the banquet has passed after hearing about it, and the other people seem to have gotten the news and dispersed one after another.

It happened that there was a child talking to a woman beside him.

He was a little anxious and affectionate on his face, "I don't know what's going on, my family really has no money, and I'm still waiting for this medicine to save my mother's life!" ”

The aunt seemed to be familiar with him, thought about it, and took out a few copper plates from her sleeve.

"There are so many in the eldest mother's hands, the pair of typhoid medicine from this medical hall is cheap, you go to the house to find out if there is any extra money, and first grab the medicine for your mother to drink."

The child looked grateful, "Alas! I know! ”

Then he hesitated, "But I can't read, and I don't know what medicinal materials are in that recipe......

The eldest lady touched his head and took out a prescription from her arms.

"My son is studying in the school, he is literate, he copied this prescription from the medical hall, you can take it!"

The child was really happy now, and ran forward with the prescription, but he ran in a hurry, fell down, and the prescription fell to the feet of Yan Que......

Yan Que picked it up and wanted to return it to the child.

But in the next second, he was attracted by the extremely familiar medicinal materials on the prescription, and then quickly froze in place.