Yuan Jiaqi carried the basket, Qiao Mai patted the little girl's head lightly, smiled and turned around and went back to the inn with Xianggong.

She used a large basin to pick out the good fruits, cleaned them, and ate them face to face.

"The children of poor families are in charge of the house early, and this fruit is good,"

"Did the lady want to take her?"

"No, what if that's the case with her grandmother?"

"I thought my husband was soft-hearted."

"I like hard-working, kind and simple babies, and I'm willing to give them some luck"

Yuan Jiaqi was stunned for a moment, remembering that she patted the little girl's head just now, "I see." ”

When it was dark, the rain did not stop, and the emperor and empress took a nap, and were in good spirits, and Qiao Mai divided the fruit into two, and gave the rest to the guards and servants.

It rained all night, and it cleared up the next morning.

The further south you go, the climate gets hotter and more humid, but fortunately it is very dry in the carriage, otherwise, Qiao Mai really can't stand such a climate.

She used the talisman to make several carriages comfortable, and only the guards on horseback enjoyed the damp heat without a word of complaint.

In order to observe the people's feelings, the group did not go straight south, but went around from the southwest to the south, planning to take the waterway from the southeast to the north, live in the north until April and May, and then go back to the capital and travel around.

The convoy did not go fast, and when they reached a city, they would come down to taste the local food and chat with the people.

Follow the famous landscapes marked on the map to explore.

When you encounter a place with beautiful scenery, set up camp on the spot, and guard a great god like Qiao Mai, what do you want?

Sometimes a few people will also fish, the old emperor has no time to fish, this fishing is also addictive, Yuan Jiaqi accompanied him.

The queen and Qiao Mai led the people to cook and rest on the spot, and made delicious dishes from the fish they caught, and everyone enjoyed the pleasure.

The sunspots on the roof of the car, Qiao Mai didn't care about it at all, and it was not uncommon to have such food without aura.

Looking down at it, seeing that the human was eating so deliciously, it involuntarily swallowed its saliva, jumped down from it, and came to Qiao Mai's side.

At this time, everyone found out, when did Princess Fu come out with her pet?

Not only that, Dong Zao, and the dragon's blood also ran to him, Qiao Mai made a large pot of spiritual grass from the space for the two horses, and she had a headache looking at the sunspot.

What does this tsundere thing want to eat? Everyone was also watching the sunspots.

"You want grilled fish?"

"Master, I'll catch one myself, and you will bake it for me?"

"Yes, go catch it"

I saw that the sunspot rushed into the river and disappeared, and everyone didn't have the heart to eat, they all stared at the water.

In two minutes, a black shadow rushed out of the river, with a fish of this size in its mouth, and Qiao Mai's face turned black.

Damn, it's so big, why don't you die of it?

Two guards hurriedly ran over, "Let's deal with the fish,"

Ten catties of big fish, the guards dealt with it, skewered it with iron skewers, Qiao Mai reluctantly got up and grilled the fish on the charcoal basin, and sprinkled seasoning on it while roasting.

Signed on the level of Kuroko, she sprinkled it with aura spices.

The aroma was overflowing, Kuroko's mouth kept drooling, and everyone else kept swallowing.

Kuroko glanced at the humans and bared his teeth at them, saying that this is mine, and you are not allowed to covet it.

The Yuan family started with a plate and fed his daughter-in-law on the side, looking at the sunspots complaining, how could there be a dog that let the master not eat and wait for his pet.

Half an hour later, Kuroko picked up his own food and ran to the roof of the car to eat, and the guards looked at the roof of the car several meters high, and admired it one by one.

This dog can handle things, and he is more flexible than a cat.

Do you want to be close to this dog? In the future, it will be up to you to catch a hare, hunt or something?

Ten days after leaving Beijing, they need to take the waterway, otherwise the road will not be easy to walk, and they will need to cross heavy mountains.

After consulting the emperor, Yu Bao began to arrange the boats.

Five carriages were quietly collected into the space by Qiao Mai one night, and she didn't say anything, no one dared to ask.

Some of the necessary salutes were left outside, and everyone rested for the night, and the next day went to the docks, rented two boats, and the next stop was Liangzhou City.

It takes more than ten days to take a boat, but fortunately, everyone is not seasick, and the rented boat is also large and stable.

The four of them sat at the bow of the boat, looking at the mountains and rivers, and they were in a really good mood, and they walked smoothly all the way, and they didn't encounter anything bad.

It is really the peace of the country and the people, even the ruffians and hooligans are much less, and the local officials are still doing things for the people, they are under the banner of caravans, and they do not alarm the local officials.

The emperor said proudly, "How is it, how is my country?" ”

"I'm afraid that I heard about your private interview with Weifu, and I didn't dare to raise my head with my tail between my legs, right?"

"How is it possible, I sent the Golden Dragon Guard at that time, swept from the south to the north, and dealt with a large number of people."

"How many cities have you passed? Let's eat, drink, and play, and this is just the beginning. ”

"Mother-in-law, it's not me, there are really not many Ming gentlemen like me."

"We'll see"

"We'll see, we'll see"

Qiao Mai beckoned to the captain, and a tall, stout man walked over.

"I've seen you all in Shimojotetsu"

"Well, Captain Zhuang, the long road is very boring, can you tell me some interesting stories about Liangzhou?"

Zhuang Tie was not polite, he sat down directly, Yuan Jiaqi poured him a cup of tea, and he took a sip first.

"Good tea! I wonder what you want to hear? ”

"We are in business, we want to hear about any bullies in Liangzhou City, so we should prepare early."

"Bully? Hehe, how to say it, which industry doesn't have it? There are wharf forces, and those of us who run boats have to pay them protection money on a regular basis, and there are street bullies on the streets, and we have to pay them protection money for doing business on the beach, so it's good not to provoke them to be obedient, and you can just give them protection money, anyway, it doesn't get to the point of forcing people to death. ”

"Well, this capital also has it,"

"Since ancient times, officials have protected each other, and the fees collected by bullies have also been handed over to the government, and the emperor has sent someone to clean up a wave, but it doesn't work, the original one is gone, but the new one has come up again, and the bad guys will never be clean."

Qiao Mai smiled and glanced at the embarrassed emperor.

"So if we people enter Liangzhou, what do we need to pay attention to?"

"After you go, what kind of work you want to do, just inquire first, don't act rashly, don't worship the wrong mountain, enter the wrong temple, otherwise you can only roll up the cover and leave."

Qiao Mai nodded and continued to ask, "Do you know what the prefect of Liangzhou likes?" ”

"That guy" Zhuang Tie glanced at them, thoughtful.

Yuan Jiaqi took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from his cuffs, "Just say it, we don't want to take a detour."

Zhuang Tie smiled and put away the silver, "That guy has a clean sleeve on the surface, in real time, there is a wife and eight concubines in the house, all of them are beautiful concubines, I heard that there are backers in the capital, and his wife is also related to the royal family, he likes silver and women, and everything else is not good, but he never goes to the building, and the eight concubines are all the daughters of rich merchants." ”

"They're all local wealthy merchants, right?"

"Yes, Liangzhou City is to put it bluntly, it is his world, he is the emperor of the soil there, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, ordinary people can't afford to provoke them, even high-ranking officials from the capital, they have to be taboo."

Yuan Jiaqi handed over another ten taels of silver, "Thank you captain for telling me." ”

Zhuang Tie picked up the silver, drank the tea in the cup in one go, then stood up and took a deep look at the four people leaving.

The emperor pursed his lips, frowned, and snorted coldly.

"If it's really as he said, I will pull him up by the roots, and even that backer I won't spare him."

"Don't get on the fire, let's see, come, drink tea, this is to go to the fire"

The emperor sighed, "Sometimes I don't know my heart, I don't know my heart, there are many people behind my face, I am not a fairy, when I enter Liangzhou, my mother must not stand by with her cuffs to watch?" ”

(End of chapter)