Coming out of Tongguan, they galloped all the way, and ran for more than thirty miles in one breath before they finally slowed down their horses.

"You two, I was killed by you, when did I become such a wolf, I was so angry!" Yan Xiao gasped, so tired that she couldn't speak.

Mental tension and physical exhaustion made Li Zhen a little unbearable, he waved his hand, "Let's settle accounts later! It's getting dark, let's find a place to settle down first." ”

"Lao Li is right, find a place to eat something first, I'm going to starve to death soon. ”

Jiu Zhi looked around, only to see the barren mountains and mountains, where there are people, he touched the horse bag again, and the dry cakes were also eaten, he suddenly remembered that he had planned to replenish dry food in Tongguan, but he was too nervous and forgot about this important matter.

Jiu Zhi had to take two sips of water with a sad face and asked, "Lao Li, do you have any dry food there?"

Li Zhen touched the horse bag, and his dry food was empty, "I'm sorry! ”

"You two are really a pair of living treasures, and I have no problem with you. ”

Yan Xiao handed them two dry biscuits, "Pad your stomach first, the front is Ruxiang County, five miles at most, let's go to the county to find a wine shop to eat." ”

Jiu Zhigang took a bite of dry food, and when he heard that there was a wine store in front of him, he immediately stuffed the dry food into his sleeve and wanted to keep it on his stomach to eat.

The three of them urged the horses to walk for a while, and a county town appeared in front, and the three of them were in great spirits, and immediately accelerated their horses and ran towards the county seat.

Although Ruxiang County belongs to a small county, but the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, the population breeds, even a small county has a population of tens of thousands, at this time the night has just fallen, the streets of the county are very lively, people come and go, all the wine shops are full of guests, laughter continues.

Li Zhen and the three of them found a random wine shop near the city gate, and the three of them sat down, almost at the same time, and it was only at this time that they finally recovered from the horror of Tongguan.

The bartender got a tip, he was very enthusiastic and respectful, "The three of you want to eat something, the best signature dishes of the small shop are Tongguan roast meat and Ruxiang vinegar fish, the roast meat is fat but not greasy, the vinegar fish is smooth and tender, the three must not miss it." ”

Li Zhen said casually: "Then let's have one of the same, you can look at five or six of the others, and another pot of wine." ”

He glanced at Yan Xiao and said, "A few more seasonal fruits and vegetables." ”

"Got it, three of you, wait a minute, the dish is coming!"

The bartender walked quickly, and Yan Xiao stretched out his hand to Li Zhenyi, "Show me again!"

"What?" Li Zhen looked at her puzzled.

"You have a letter of recommendation from Wang Xiaojie, I don't know. ”

"Aunt Yan, we've only known each other for a long time, how can you know everything about me. ”

Li Zhen was angry and funny, took out Wang Xiaojie's letter of recommendation and handed it to her, "There is a seal on it, don't open it." ”

Yan Xiao took the letter and glanced at it twice, threw it to him again, and pouted: "When you are a baby, who is rare!"

Jiuzhi didn't listen to the two of them, he craned his neck and stared at the kitchen anxiously, why didn't he serve the food?

"The dish is here!" Jiuzhi shouted excitedly as he watched the two bartenders come over with the food and drinks.

Yan Xiao was stunned, this dish came too quickly, it was estimated that it was made in advance, and it was served to them as soon as it was hot.

Her face sank and said, "Lao Li, Jiuzhi, let's change to a wine shop! I don't like this wine shop." ”

"My aunt, I'm dying of hunger, how can I pay so much attention!"

Jiuzhi didn't care about her, stood up and put the wine and food on the table, lifted the chopsticks and devoured them, Li Zhen was also hungry, just bowed his head to eat and drink, and didn't want to say more.

Yan Xiao picked up a fresh pear and chewed it slowly, her eyes glanced at Li Zhen from time to time, I don't know what she was thinking?

After dinner, they went to the inn next door to ask for two upper rooms, Jiuzhi was tired, and fell asleep, Li Zhen was sorting out his luggage, and suddenly heard a knock on the door outside, he quickly got up and opened the door, only to see Yan Xiao standing outside the door who had just been freshened, she had taken off her mask.

"It's so late, aren't you resting?"

Li Zhen saw that Yan Xiao was a little worried, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "What's wrong, it doesn't seem to be very happy?"

"Brother Li, I want to talk to you!"

Li Zhen has already touched her rules a little, if she calls herself Lao Li, ten of them are sarcastic and ridiculous, and she is called Brother Li, if it is not because she is in a good mood, then there must be something serious.

"Then come in!"

Yan Xiao heard the snoring in the room like thunder, and frowned, "Why don't we go out for a walk." ”

Li Zhen glanced back at the disgusting Jiuzhi, and nodded, "Okay! ”

The two came out of the inn and walked slowly along the county street, in early autumn, the night breeze was light, which made people particularly refreshed.

Li Zhen saw that her beauty was draped over her shoulders like a waterfall, her face was pretty, and she had a bit of the charm of a mature woman, and when she first saw her, she thought she was a young lady.

Li Zhen thought of Wang Qingyu again, but it gave him the opposite feeling, these two little ladies were really funny, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"What are you laughing at?"

Yan Xiao glanced at him, and said angrily: "Laughing weirdly, are you comparing me with a woman you know?"

Li Zhen was startled, and hurriedly said, "No, I'm thinking about going to Luoyang." ”

"Duplicity!"

Yan Xiao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and after walking for a while, she asked again: "I seem to have heard you say that you want to participate in martial arts?"

Li Zhen nodded, "I came to the Central Plains from Dunhuang to participate in the martial arts next spring. ”

"That letter was written by Wang Xiaojie to the Ministry of War, does it have anything to do with your participation in the martial arts?"

"It was a letter of recommendation from him to me, otherwise I wouldn't have entered Beijing yet. ”

"Oh! I see. ”

Yan Xiao stopped talking, the two walked for a while, Yan Xiao asked in a low voice, "Brother Li, what kind of person do you think I am?"

"It's hard to say. ”

"Tell me what's in your heart, I want to hear the truth!"

Li Zhen scratched his head and smiled: "If you want to listen to the truth, then I will say it, sometimes she is as fierce as a tigress, and sometimes she is as good as a bodhisattva, it depends on your mood!"

Yan Xiao's eyes widened, standing in front of him, crossed his waist and asked fiercely, "Tell me clearly, when will I be as fierce as a tigress?"

Li Zhen turned around and couldn't help laughing: "For example, now!"

'Poof!', Yan Xiao covered her mouth and laughed, she waved her hand and said, "Okay! ”

At this time, Li Zhen saw that there was a teahouse next to him, so he smiled and said, "Let's go have a cup of tea!"

Yan Xiao glanced at it, shook his head and said, "No, there are too many people, I'm noisy, let's go again!"

The two turned the corner and walked down another road, Yan Xiao said in a low voice: "Actually, I am very careful now, when you passed the checkpoint, you gave me twenty gold coins first, and when you had dinner today, you actually thought of ordering me a vegetable and fruit, but why don't you ask me directly about something, you have to hide it in your heart?"

Li Zhen knew what she was talking about, so he smiled and said, "I've always been like this, I don't like to ask others, if you don't want to sue me, why should I ask more?"

"Yes, I didn't want to say it, but I think it has something to do with something important, and if I don't say it, I can't mention it, so I'm going out for a walk with you tonight. ”

Li Zhen nodded, "Say it!"

Yan Xiao said slowly: "Actually, when you passed Tongguan, you knew that I was the daughter of an official eunuch, but you never asked me. ”

Li Zhen laughed, "I thought you were pretending, and I was about to praise you for your cleverness, let us be our entourage, and save us the trouble of talking." ”

Yan Xiao was angry, "As for me pretending to be the daughter of a court official? Just like I never knew who Sisi you and Jiuzhi were talking about, and I didn't know who Miss Wang was when you went to find him? Who is my father, do you know?"

"So, your father is really a high-ranking official of the imperial court?"

Yan Xiao looked at him for a long time before he said quietly: "My father is Di Xiangguo." ”

Li Zhen was stunned, "It turns out that your father is Di Renjie!"

He suddenly realized that something was wrong, how could he call the other party's father's name, it was so rude!

He hurriedly said: "I have always known Di Xiangguo, and the elders often talk about him, I didn't mean to mention Lingzun's name." ”

"It's okay, I know you didn't mean to. ”

Yan Xiao sighed and said: "Actually, my name is not Yan Xiao, my name is Di Yan, my name is Xiao'er, I am my father's youngest daughter, I like to run around, I am spoiled by my grandmother, and my father can't control me." ”

Li Zhen didn't expect Yan Xiao to be Di Renjie's daughter, which really surprised him, he thought for a while and said, "You really shouldn't be involved in the relics case, the struggle here is too complicated, and it will affect Ling Zun's position." ”

"I know, so I will return the relics to you, I will no longer participate, as for the master's side, I will go and explain it to her, but I want to talk to you about the conditions between us now?"

'Conditions?' Hearing these two words, Li Zhen suddenly felt that Yan Xiao had become very strange, they fled together, suffered together, and in the end, in exchange for Yan Xiao's conditions, Li Zhen couldn't help but feel an indescribable disappointment in his heart.

"Say it!" Li Zhen said lightly: "I promised you something, I won't forget it." ”

Yan Xiao hesitated for a long time, and finally she bit her lip and said, "My condition is that you give up martial arts and be my father's personal guard for a year." ”

Li Zhen was silent for a long time, and slowly asked, "Is there any relationship between the two?"

"It's August! It's August now, and in October, you will go to the military department to report, and then you will be isolated and trained until March next year to participate in the martial arts, if you pass the exam, you will be directly assigned to Wang Xiaojie's army, how can you be my father's personal guard?"

Yan Xiaoqing became excited, "Do you know? My father is about to be killed, I want to find an upright and trustworthy person with strong martial arts skills everywhere to protect my father, I finally found you, but you want to participate in the martial arts, what do you want me to do?"

Li Zhen saw that there were tears in her eyes, and she couldn't bear it, so she asked softly, "Did something happen to your father?"

Yan Xiao looked at the sky and said: "This spring, Wu Chengsi tried to become the crown prince, desperately lobbied the saint, seeing that the saint wanted to agree, but was repeatedly persuaded by my father, the saint dispelled this idea, can you imagine how much Wu Chengsi hated my father, two months ago, my father was assassinated and almost died." ”

"In that case, you should let the emperor send guards to protect your father. ”

Yan Xiao gritted his silver teeth with hatred and said: "The person who assassinated my father is the guard sent by the Holy Lord to protect him, if I hadn't been right next to my father, my father would have died, who else do you think I can trust?"

Speaking of this, Yan Xiao lowered her head again and said, "I actually don't want to force you, let alone put forward any conditions, but I'm really worried about my father, Brother Li, can you understand?"

Li Zhen looked down at his feet, and said for a long time: "I can completely understand your feelings, but I am still a wanted criminal now, how can I protect your father, and after I ask Gao Yanfu to help lift the wanted notice, I will give you a clear answer, is it okay?"

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