Xingqing is still hundreds of miles away from the border pass, and it takes more than a day to ride a horse, so Xu Huaigu decided to take Yu Qin and Ruyu to Xingqing City.

Edgeworth was naturally much faster, but in half an hour, a few people could already see the water under their feet.

Downstream along the Qishui, there is another tributary into it, this is the Changyang River, Xingqing is located on the bank of this river, divided into two by the river, everything is still familiar.

The old rule is that flying swords are not allowed to enter and exit the big cities in the world. Xu Huaigu and the others found a secluded place in the suburbs and landed, and then walked into the city.

Walking on the official road into the city, Xu Huaigu found something unusual, it was too deserted. In the past, when entering Xingqing, you could still see a lot of caravans and caravans on the road, but this trip didn't even see a ghost, and it seemed that Xingqing was almost coming to an end.

When a few people walked to the south gate, they saw that the city wall was towering, and the soldiers guarding the city were more than twice as many as before, patrolling the city wall in the dark.

It can be vaguely seen that there are still many craftsmen on the city wall who are busy working, and judging by its appearance, it should be adding a strong crossbow to defend the city.

Even the soldiers at the gate of the city who checked the passers-by wore armor, not like soldiers guarding the gates, but like troops on the battlefield.

There were a few people waiting at the south gate to leave the city, but none entered the city. Xu Huaigu bowed his head and said to Ruyu: "After entering the city, you restrain your breath and don't show your demonic energy." There is no shortage of great monks in Xingqing City, so don't cause unnecessary trouble. Ruyu nodded, and hid all the demonic energy in his body according to what he said.

If he didn't investigate carefully, even Xu Huaigu himself wouldn't be able to detect it, so he was relieved. So they went up to the gate of the city.

Not surprisingly, the three of them were the only ones to enter the city, and the soldiers guarding the gate noticed them from a long distance, and as soon as they approached, someone stopped them and asked sternly, "How many of you came from, and why did you enter the city?" Xu Huaigu took out a document from his sleeve and handed it to the person, this was the customs clearance document that Lu Zijin gave them before leaving.

Now that Xingqing is under martial law, there is no paperwork, but I am afraid that it will be extremely difficult to enter the city. The man was illiterate, so he handed the document to the old master of a soldier behind him to read.

The old master looked at it for a long time, and then he saw a huge one in the lower right corner

The red seal of the word "Lu" suddenly changed his expression, and he hurriedly asked: "A few people are originally from the border pass, please come in, please come in!" When they heard this, all the soldiers beside them looked at them in amazement.

Someone hurriedly asked Xu Huaigu: "This brother, how is the battle situation at the border pass now?" Will it hit our Xingqing? Xu Huaigu only shook his head lightly, took back the paperwork, didn't say a word, and went straight into the city.

"Hey, brother, don't go, let's talk about it! Everyone is worried! Let's give a letter in the end! Someone wanted to step forward and grab him, but Xu Huaigu walked away quickly.

Yu Qin glanced at the man with a slight apology, and then followed, Ruyu followed, and several people quickly turned into the alley and disappeared.

The soldiers guarding the gate all hung their heads in annoyance, and complained one after another: "It's not a big deal, I don't even want to say a word!" ”

"I heard Aunt Zhao from the house next door to me say that their father-in-law Liu, who is in the palace, is already packing his luggage and preparing to run away! I'm afraid that the situation at the border is not optimistic! Sooner or later, you'll have to hit us! "Read

"Nonsense! There is a lady surnamed Xu on the street of my house, her husband is an official in the imperial court, is he not as well-informed as your eunuch? He said that the border pass was just a small fight, and it had nothing to do with our celebration at all. In the hundreds of years since the founding of our country, which two years have not been fought in the north, which one of them has hurt our Xingqing? ”

"This time is different! You see on the city wall, all the craftsmen in the city have gone to the city wall to make crossbows, if it is not to Xingqing, why do you want to make crossbows? ”

"Hey, in the past two years, I heard that the north has stopped, but the south has fought again, and it is impossible to live in peace. I don't know which country is in the south, and what to fight well. Everyone chatted with each other, but each had their own statements, and after all, there was no accurate number, and finally everyone looked at the old master who had never spoken, and asked: "Master Chen, you are well-informed, what do you say?" The old master named Chen Ye frowned and scolded: "If I knew, I would still need to wait at this city gate!" These days, the messy news is all over the city, and who knows if it's true or not! In my opinion, you might as well drink your own wine and find your own mother-in-law, whether Xingqing is dead or alive is not something that we little people can decide, and we don't have to give birth to so many troubles! Everyone laughed at this scolding, and continued to guard the door.

However, everyone felt that what Chen Ye said made some sense, regardless of his three-seven-twenty-one, he lived happily for a day.

There was still a commotion at the gate of the city, and Xu Huaigu and the others had already entered the city, so naturally they didn't know what they were talking about.

The first thing to do after entering the city is to find a place to rest. Xu Huaigu looked for several Xianjia inns that he originally knew, but all of them closed their doors without exception, and asked the people nearby, only to know that these inns had been closed for more than a month.

Calculating the time, it was almost the time when the demon clan began to invade the Dayu Kingdom. Sure enough, the monks were well-informed, and compared to ordinary people who didn't know how the border situation was going to be, as soon as the fight started, this group of innkeepers slipped away.

Xu Huaigu couldn't help but curse secretly, the businessman has made enough money, but it is really a shame. Since the Xianjia Inn had all closed, they had to continue to walk north of the city, and it took a long time to find a decent inn, which was written on the plaque

"Xiangyun Inn" four big characters. Xu Huaigu just walked into the inn, and before he could ask, the proprietress preemptively entertained and said, "What do you want to eat?" ”

"You don't have to eat, do you still have a good guest room? Bring me two. When the proprietress heard that it was a hotel, she shook her head again and again and said, "It turned out that it was a hotel, so please find another place." Xu Huaigu frowned and asked, "I'm not short of your money, why can't I live in the hotel?" The proprietress glanced at Xu Huaigu strangely and asked, "I'm afraid this gentleman is not a native of Xingqing, right?" Xu Huaigu replied, "I'm from the south." The proprietress glanced at the group of three, her eyes stayed on Ruyu's body for a moment, and she secretly praised a handsome child, thinking that this should be a family of three from the south.

Looking at the clothes and temperament of these three people, it seems that they have some savings, why are they so ignorant of the rules? She had no choice but to explain: "A few people don't know, now that there is a war in the south, the situation is very bad, and many people have fled to Xingqing." Although our Xingqing City is not small, it has its own use, and there is no spare place to take in outsiders. It's not that I'm talking about a few, but a few of them are naturally well-informed, but the rest of the refugees wander the streets all day long, and I don't know how many incidents have been caused. Therefore, a few days ago, the imperial court issued an order to vacate all the houses that can live in Xingqing City, take in these refugees to live, and the subsidized silver will be paid by the imperial court. Speaking of people, the inn is naturally the big head, and now my upstairs is full of people from the south, where is the free room? Although the imperial court also gives subsidies for silver, but little brother, you don't know, how much trouble these people have caused me? I'd rather not make that money. Xu Huaigu understood, thinking that this order must have come from Lin Cangyang.

"Sir, all the way into the city, did you see a few refugees on the street who had nowhere to live? Before you saw this order, the streets were full of homeless people. Let's also contribute to the court. Xu Huaigu suddenly said: "So that's the case." The proprietress sat down behind the counter, played with the long red nails on her hands, and said, "If the gentleman and his party are tired, you might as well eat some tea fruits, rest for a while and then go elsewhere." Yu Qin listened, a little helpless, and was about to take Ruyu out of the door, but Xu Huaigu grabbed her, and Yu Qin looked at him with some confusion.

Xu Huaigu took out a heavy ingots of fifty taels of snowflake official silver from his cuffs, and before he could put it on the case, the proprietress suddenly had her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly stood up, looked around, and saw that no one saw it, so she whispered a flattering smile and said: "Actually, I have two excellent rooms on the top floor, and it is a waste to live in those refugees, so I didn't tell Mr. These two upper rooms should be lived in by people like Mr. After that, she hurriedly wanted to take the silver, Xu Huaigu shrank her hand, scooped her up, and said, "Negotiate the price first." The proprietress had to be patient, smiled and said: "Let's open a small door of the inn, and hide these two rooms from the imperial court, the risk is not small." I can only manage the fifty taels of silver for three or three days, and the money for tea, fruit and rice will be on me, no matter how much I can't do. Xu Huaigupi didn't smile and said, "The boss lady has a good business." The proprietress knew that it was sarcastic, but she was not annoyed, but said: "In troubled times, who doesn't want to make a fortune for themselves?" Madame is so beautiful, is Sir willing to let her go to those little places outside to suffer? Although it is expensive here, it is a real first-class house. Xu Huaigu put down the silver and said, "Okay, I'm too lazy to bargain with you." This silver will be given you a deposit first, we are going to live for a long time, and the house will be kept for me, but it cannot be rented to others. The proprietress hurriedly accepted the money, walked out of the counter while smiling, and said, "I know, I know, a few distinguished guests upstairs, please." The proprietress led the three of them all the way to the top floor, and sure enough, there were two large rooms facing north and south, which were very clean.

Xu Huaigu and the three of them rested here, and after a while, the proprietress put all kinds of dim sum and fruits up. Xu Huaigu Guest House, the most pure thing she wanted, so she told her not to come upstairs when she didn't say it.

The proprietress was also happy not to serve, so she naturally agreed. Although a few people lived, Ruyu had a stomach full of doubts, and she couldn't figure it out.

Seeing that he was worried, Yu Qin asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Sister, there are a lot of things I haven't figured out."

"What is it to tell my sister?"

"When I was downstairs just now, the woman obviously lied to Mr., why wasn't Mr. annoyed? I lied, but the gentleman reprimanded me? Xu Huaigu just sat down and was holding a glass of water to drink, and when he heard this, he almost didn't drop the cup.

Yu Qin snorted and said, "Good sir, don't just patronize the cups, you can also explain?" Ruyu looked at Xu Huaigu, her eyes full of confusion.

Xu Huaigu secretly said that this gentleman is not easy to be. He coughed lightly twice, and said with a serious look: "Because you are my student, I only care about you." That woman and I have never known each other in our lives, what do I care about her? Ruyu, you must know that discipline is caring and being good to you. If you don't care about anything, you don't think there is anything between the two of you, so you don't care. ”

"Care about ......," Ruyu said to herself. He remembered his experience of growing up in the Demon Domain, as if no one had ever taken care of him, and no one had told him what was right.

Yu Qin also smiled gently: "That's exactly what happened. Your husband cares about you because he cares about you, so don't blame him. Ruyu hurriedly stood up and bowed to Xu Huaigu seriously: "Thank you, sir, I understand Mr.'s bitterness." This made Xu Huaigu stunned.

He looked like a jade, it didn't seem to be a fake, and he was a little moved in his heart. If this is a Terran child who grew up in the Middle Domain, I am afraid that if this truth is spoken, nine times out of ten it will be dismissed.

But here in Ruyu, who has never been disciplined much, he enshrines it as a proverb. Xu Huaigu looked at the child in front of him in a daze.

This is an uncarved jade, just placed in front of him, waiting for him to take a knife and carve it.