Ruan Jiaojiao avoided his gaze and whispered, "I, I'll go and relieve myself." ”

You don't need to go this far, and you don't need to ......

"Why are you carrying a package?" Qin Zhiyan half-knelt down and met Ruan Jiaojiao's gaze.

At that moment, Ruan Jiaojiao's face turned red, but she was in a hurry, and deliberately said in shame: "You don't understand, it's a girl's thing." ”

Qin Zhiyan paused for a moment, and suddenly understood Ruan Jiaojiao's hint. Ruan Jiaojiao is too late, so it's time to become an adult.

Adult means......

Thinking of this, Qin Zhiyan felt that the blood on his body was boiling, and his face was red all the way to the root of his ears.

He has always been fluent in speech, and his speech has become stumbling: "Lin, the forest is very dangerous, although there are no large beasts, there must be poisonous insects, snakes, ants and the like." You don't go too far. ”

"Hmm." Ruan Jiaojiao sat on the ground, hugging her knees and curled into a ball.

Qin Zhiyan reached out and grabbed her ankle and pulled one of her legs over, which happened to be the one she bumped into. Sometimes Qin Zhiyan is so careful and proper.

"I have wound medicine here, where are you hurt? I'll wipe a little for you. ”

"No, just take a break tomorrow." Ruan Jiaojiao refused.

Qin Zhiyan: "If you don't rub it now, it will hurt even more tomorrow." I'm going to have to go tomorrow......"

"It's okay," Qin Zhiyan smiled, "If you can't leave, I'll carry you into the city." ”

"It's just a knock on my knee, you give me the medicine, I'll do it myself." Ruan Jiaojiao's voice was soft.

Qin Zhiyan was not reluctant, handed her the medicine, and walked to the bonfire to add firewood.

Through the jumping firelight, the handsome silhouette of the young man could be seen, and Ruan Jiaojiao sighed in her heart: Qin Zhiyan, you don't have to do this to me.

*

Yunzhou's Yuncheng, facing the sea in the east and having developed waterways, is an important water transport hub in Daqi. It is also the hometown of Xue Guifei.

In the early morning, as soon as the city gate opened, many carriages and horses were waiting outside the city, some of them were entering the city to do business, and some were carrying goods to the wharf. The long queue shows the prosperity of Yunzhou.

In the morning, long queues of people entering and leaving the gate were checked, and the officers and soldiers guarding the gate checked their household registers and directions.

Ruan Jiaojiao, who was dressed in men's clothes, lowered her head and followed behind Qin Zhiyan, watching them calmly take out the papers, since Qin Zhiyan was going to travel, he would naturally be fully prepared, even Ruan Jiaojiao knew that he secretly left Hongyan's household registration.

But today's officers and soldiers guarding the gate are particularly strict, Yunzhou is Qin Zhiyan's territory, he could have swaggered into Yunzhou, but because of Ruan Jiaojiao, he can only stand in the crowd and pretend to be ordinary people at this moment.

"Where did you come from?" The officers and soldiers guarding the gate spoke in a bad tone.

"Back to the official, I came to Yunzhou from the capital to visit relatives." The guards beside Qin Zhiyan handed over the household registration documents.

"...... from the capital" The officers and soldiers looked Qin Zhiyan and his party up and down, and their eyes suddenly fell on Ruan Jiaojiao.

Ruan Jiaojiao was born petite, and she was already smaller than the man.

"Who is this?" The officers and soldiers stared at Ruan Jiaojiao, "What's your name?" ”

Qin Zhiyan's hand reached into her arms, and Ruan Jiaojiao suddenly stretched out her two hands and gestured indiscriminately, "Ah, ah." Twice.

The guard reacted and hurriedly said: "This is my little cousin, who has been weak and sickly since he was a child, and he is still a mute. ”

Then he took out a piece of silver from his bosom and stuffed it secretly to the officers and soldiers guarding the door, and said in a low voice: "This is for the official to buy wine to drink." ”

The officer and soldier showed a satisfied look on his face, took it from the good flow, and waved his hand: "Go in." ”

Qin Zhiyan glanced at the officer and soldier more, and after entering the city, he said to the guards: "This is how the Yuncheng guards are on errands?" If the guards of the whole country are like this, then how safe is the defense of Daqi? ”

The guard wiped the sweat from his forehead, knowing that what His Highness the Seventh said was right, but then again, if it weren't for the officers and soldiers who "raised their noble hands", would they have been able to blend in? But that Ruan girl is a little quick.

The guards couldn't answer, but Qin Zhiyan frowned and thought, since he came to Yunzhou, he had to rectify the atmosphere of officialdom here.

*

Qin Yue stood in front of the window of the inn on the street, looking at the traffic on the street, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Master." Linyun cautiously walked into the inn.

"How's that, any news?"

"At present, no trace of Miss Ruan has been found at the waterway checkpoints." After finishing speaking, Linyun only felt a huge sense of oppression.

Qin Yue's temper has become more and more irritable in the past two days. Lin Yun understood Qin Yue and could see that Qin Yue was trying his best to restrain his temper. But this made Qin Yue's state worse and worse.

Qin Yue's emotions couldn't be stimulated too much, especially not anger. But Ruan Jiaojiao's elopement with Qin Zhiyan is an unbearable shame for any man.

Lin Yun actually didn't understand why Qin Yue suppressed this matter and didn't say anything.

He didn't even understand what Qin Zhiyan thought, could it be that His Royal Highness the Seventh was not even a prince in this life for the sake of a woman?

"Take the map." Qin Yue said in a deep voice.

Linyun came back to his senses and hurriedly spread out the map on the desktop.

Qin Yue walked over, his eyes fell on the map, Liuzhou City was turned upside down by Qin Yue, even if it was a sparrow, it should be found at this time.

Ruan Jiaojiao is obviously no longer in the city, so it is very likely that they are the people who escaped by boat.

Qin Yue's slender fingers dotted along the docks marked on the canal one by one. Qin Zhiyan didn't go to these docks guarded by officers and soldiers, and it was very likely that they would find a random place to dock on the bank of the river.

The Wujiang River meanders and spreads for thousands of miles, how can they find Ruan Jiaojiao?

Qin Yue knocked on the table irritably, and his eyes fell on a place where Wujiang passed: Yunzhou.

He suddenly asked Linyun: "Is Xue Guifei from Yunzhou?" ”

Linyun has followed Qin for more years, and he knows a lot about the things in the palace, he recalled it, and immediately affirmed: "Xue Guifei was the show girl selected by Yunzhou back then. And Yunzhou has to pay tribute to local specialties to her every year. ”

Qin Yue immediately said: "Set off for Yunzhou." ”

"Yes." Lin Yun didn't dare to make mistakes, Qin Yue's judgment of the enemy's situation on the battlefield was correct nine times out of ten.

Xue Guifei is from Yunzhou, so Yunzhou is a relatively safe place for Qin Zhiyan. Maybe he will visit his relatives in Yunzhou.

*

Entering Yuncheng, Qin Zhiyan was like a fish in water. Originally, he hired a carriage and wanted to take Ruan Jiaojiao directly to the other garden.

But Ruan Jiaojiao said: "I finally got to Yuncheng, didn't Brother Zhiyan take me around?" I'm going to go to that garden sooner or later, and I'm going to stay in it for the next few years. While you haven't returned to Beijing yet, can't you stay with me for one more day? ”

Qin Zhiyan did want to rush back to the capital, but that was also after settling Ruan Jiaojiao and confirming that she was safe. But when Ruan Jiaojiao said this, it was clear that parting was imminent, and she was reluctant to let him go.

Accompany her for one more day, how could he not agree to such a request?