Chapter 310: The Uninvited Guest (Three Watches)
Qin Ke felt a little itchy, twitched his nose, and frowned, but Cai Yan touched it relentlessly, making his nose itch more and more, and finally, he sneezed suddenly in his sleep.
He opened his eyes, and Cai Yan blinked his star-like eyes and was looking at him with a smile.
Qin Ke hurriedly stood up, and for a moment his head hit the pillar again, making a muffled sound.
"How are you?" Qin Ke touched his head, and also knew that his "guard" was not very competent, but in a short quarter of an hour, he actually fell asleep.
He coughed awkwardly, "Well, let's go back." β
"Hmm. Cai Yan wrapped his long half-dried hair in a towel and followed behind Qin Ke happily.
The village was small, and the houses were not far from each other, and after walking through a simple path, they heard a few barking dogs, and the two of them saw the candle flame in the inn window.
The stables were at the edge of the inn, and the donkey pulling the cart was still chewing hay, his eyes blank.
But Qin Ke suddenly became alert.
Before, there had only been a lean horse and a donkey they had brought with them, but at the time they left, it became crowded.
The four horses, although the color is not uniform, but from the outward appearance, these four horses are rare good horses, and they are a head taller than the thin horse brought by the poor ranger, and they are all fat and strong.
Although it is not as good as a war horse, it is not much different.
Is there any such a place where there is a gentleman who can ride such a good horse?, and listening to their still some rapid gasps and heartbeats, it is evident that the four horses have just been galloping violently.
Qin Ke stretched out his hand and touched it, the horses were wet, it was sweat.
"These people are also on their way. Cai Yan immediately made up his mind, "At this time, according to horsepower, there is no need for them to rush so much, and it is the same for them to stay overnight in the previous farm, there is no need to force themselves to come here to find an inn." Besides, seeing that they hadn't even taken off their saddles, it seemed that they didn't even plan to stay here, and they had to travel overnight. β
Qin Ke nodded, he didn't know who the owner of these horses was, but these signs made him a little uneasy, could it be that he was coming for them?
But who is it? His face changed, Abu and Gao Yishui were still in the inn!
He ran briskly, and as soon as he went up the steps, he heard a familiar voice say, "Master, this place has entered the Funiu Mountain Realm, do you want to rest for one night first?"
He's not dead!
Qin Ke was shocked in his heart and wanted to reach out to open the door of the inn, but soon his hand stopped again.
Through the crack in the door, he saw some fire in the cramped front hall of the inn, several people were surrounding the fire, eating freshly roasted meat, Lu Ming's face was a little tired, but his eyes were still deep and unpredictable.
Four horses, they naturally have four people.
Qin Ke knew Lupu's strength, and the person who could be called "master" by him would not be weaker than him, although he said that he had broken through the qi and blood realm again after that night, and had reached the third realm, but Qin Ke still had Cai Yan and Gao Yishui who didn't know how to practice, and he didn't dare to alarm these people rashly.
He subconsciously touched his waist and scolded in a low voice, he should bring the Bodhisattva out, at least, he can have a few more chances of winning.
The innkeeper stood behind a few people with some fear, holding Hu spicy soup and meat porridge in his hands, although he had seen many rangers with swords, but these people gave him a completely different feeling, in such a night, they galloped on horseback, and the movement looked like they were going to kill someone.
Lu Pu stretched out his hand, took the pottery bowl in the shopkeeper's hand, and handed the porridge to Lu Ming, who took it and said softly: "You must enter the mountain overnight, according to the time, the young man you said should have already entered the mountain." β
Lupu's eyes darkened, and he lowered his head, not daring to say more.
The four of them relied on eight horses to come all the way, for two days and one night, they almost didn't close their eyes, and halfway through, the other four horses could no longer run at all, so Lu Ming simply threw the four horses on the road.
There was no concentrate and no one to take care of them, and it was foreseeable that even if the four horses were relieved, they would not be as fat and strong as they had been at the beginning.
But Lu Ming didn't care at all, for him, these horses were just tools, since the tools were broken, it was no pity to replace them.
It's just that under such a long-distance attack, the four of them are already a little tired, but Lu Ming has a high status in the hearts of several people, and a few people naturally don't dare to have too much disobedience, so they can only bow their heads and quickly sweep the food on the table, replenishing their strength.
And Lu Pu's mood in his heart was even lower, he understood that he had lost Lu Ming's trust.
The last time the palace was in the palace, not only was he injured at Li Si's hands and fled in a hurry, but he also failed to walk out of the palace with the martial court. Although I don't know the whereabouts of Wuting now, since I am trapped in the palace, it is naturally more auspicious.
As for the few silk letters that Lu Ming wanted, he didn't get them, even if the whole process was full of many accidents, he still couldn't escape the blame.
Now, if he wants to redeem Lu Ming's trust in him, there is only one way.
Lu Ming had seen Qin Ke and Abu when he was performing martial arts in front of Jingwu Palace, and under Lupu's explanation, it was naturally clear who snatched the silk book, and they tracked it all the way here by relying on some information found in the Tang Kingdom.
If he can successfully recapture the silk book, or kill the kid to relieve his anger, his previous sins may be somewhat offset.
It's just that Funiu Mountain is so big, where should I find it?
Suddenly, Ashiura frowned, he felt a gaze circling around his body, and he looked up suddenly, but he couldn't realize who was looking at him like this. The shopkeeper who stood aside and waited for the order lowered his head and looked at his toes, and honestly he didn't even dare to say a word in a loud voice.
He lowered his head again, eating the roasted meat and the spicy soup in the clay bowl, it was always good to eat more, although the spicy soup in the countryside was not very good, it was better than the dry food on the road.
What he didn't know was that at this moment, the person he was looking for was standing outside the door, only twenty paces away from him.
Qin Ke retracted his gaze, his heartbeat was a little rapid, he quietly walked away from the door, walked to Cai Yan, who was standing in the distance, and said, "It's those mountain bandits...... One of them was still in the palace and had fought with me for silk books. β
Cai Yan didn't know much about this matter, but he nodded half-understandingly, and whispered, "What now?"
"Looks like they don't know we're here, and they're going to go into Funiu Mountain overnight. Let's hide first, wait for them to leave, and then go in and talk to Lao Gao. β
Cai Yan glanced at the door, hummed lightly, and quickly followed Qin Ke to find a high place suitable for observation.
Qin Ke even found some straw and spread it on the two of them, so that even under the light of the moonlight and stars, others would only think that it was a stack of straw, not two people.
It's just that in this way, the distance between the two has to be closer, and they are almost close to each other.
Qin Ke's heart was tied to the inn, so he didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing, just shrunk in the straw and carefully stared at the direction of the guest stableβif they were going to set off overnight, they naturally needed to go to the horse shed to get the horses.
However, as time passed, he faintly felt a faint floral fragrance surrounding him, and when he sniffed it carefully for a while, he found that this floral fragrance actually came out of Cai Yan's body.
It's just, where did she get this smell? It's a sachet?
Cai Yan sensed Qin Ke's abnormality, and also took his gaze back from the inn, stared at Qin Ke, and said, "What's wrong?"
Qin Ke, who was broken, was a little flustered for a while, hurriedly lowered his head, and stammered, "No...... Nothing ......."
Cai Yan didn't doubt him, and continued to look at the stable, not knowing what he was thinking. It's just that her neck seems to be dyed with a few red halos.