Chapter 132: Meet the Princess Again
"You're going to the town to catch the market, young man!
"Thank you, uncle!" Wu Liang shouted and sped up. By the time Wu Liang arrived at the market, the crowd had already begun to disperse. Wu Liang stood on the side of the road and silently watched the crowd coming and going.
"Young man, how do you sell this cart of rice?" a man with a beard stood beside Wu Liang's ox cart.
"You give a price!" Wu Liang really didn't know the market.
"You open the rice and I'll take a look!"
Wu Liang unloaded a bag of rice and opened the seal. The man picked it up in his hand and looked at it, then picked up a few more and chewed it. Then, he spat out.
"Okay, I'll give you ten taels, will you sell it?"
"Add more! I'll send it to your home!" Although Wu Liang didn't know the market, he was not stupid.
"All right, twelve!!, no more!" said the man, gesturing with his hand.
"Okay, where is your home?" Wu Liang asked, jumping on the ox cart.
"It's in that col ahead!"
"Then you can come up too!" Wu Liang pulled the man. The man climbed into the ox cart and sat down beside Jiajia. Wu Liang's ox cart began to hit the road again.
"What's your name, kid?"
"What's your name?" Jiajia tilted her head to look at the man.
"My name is Liu San, and I'm in charge!"
"My name is Jiajia and I'm a child!" replied Jiajia, following the man's example. Wu Liang and the man were both amused by Jiajia's answer.
"What are you laughing at?, am I wrong?" Jia Jia looked at Wu Liang childishly and then at Liu San.
"That's right! That's right!" Liu San hugged Jiajia. This kid is so cute! If only I had such a son!
The car drove into the village in the col. Wu Liang came to a manor under the guidance of Liu San. Wu Liang helped Liu San and the guys unload the goods. Liu San gave Wu Liang silver money, and also took a lotus leaf bag and handed it to Jiajia.
Wu Liang got into the ox cart, asked clearly that it was Niuliu Town in front of him, and drove there. Jiajia sat in the car and opened the lotus leaf bag to see that it was a roast chicken. He happily unscrewed a chicken leg and handed it to Wu Liang. Wu Liang ate the chicken leg and stretched out his hand again. Jiajia gave him another chicken wing. Wu Liang finished eating, Jiajia looked at the chicken leg she hadn't eaten and stuffed it to Wu Liang.
Wu Liang didn't dislike it, and ate it in two bites. Jiajia nibbled on the chicken's neck.
There is a river in the east of Niuliu Town, called Fengshui River. If it rains on a cloudy day the next day, the river will become unusually turbid for the first day. On a sunny day, the river is crystal clear.
Wu Liang drove the ox cart past the river and was walking towards the bridge. Because the bridge has a slope, Wu Liang got off the ox cart and led the oxen. Jiajia sat in an ox cart and played with stones.
After crossing the bridge, Wu Liang saw a notice posted on the big tree next to the bridge. Wu Liang walked over to take a closer look, and sighed in his heart. It turned out that the notice was a wanted document. Wu Liang was suspected of killing someone from Xiaozhi Restaurant and became a wanted criminal!
Wu Liang didn't make a noise at the beginning because he was unknown and he had to be suspected by the government. So he took Jiabao and left. But I didn't expect that I still couldn't avoid it. It must have been remembered when I asked for directions. The person depicted on this sign resembles himself.
Wu Liang stood under the tree and thought for a while, then got into the ox cart and entered the town. It was getting dark, and the wind was blowing. Wu Liang knocked on the door of a house in the middle of nowhere. It was an old woman who opened the door. Wu Liang said that he had no money to live in the hotel with his children, so he asked to take him in for one night. The old woman kindly agreed.
The house was simple, but it was clean. The old woman also brought them boiling water and a plate of sweet potatoes. Wu Liang asked his mother-in-law if she could sell her ox cart. The mother-in-law said that she would help him sell it when the old man returned.
When she got up early in the morning, the old woman came. She said that the old man had found a buyer early in the morning. Then she gave Wu Liang the money from the sale of the ox cart. Wu Liang took out a piece of silver and handed it to his mother-in-law. Then, he walked out into the street with Jiabao in his arms.
Wu Liang covered his face with a straw hat. He went into a ready-to-wear shop and bought a local outfit to change into. He also bought a hat and put it on.
"Brother Wu Liang, I don't even know you anymore!" Jiajia stared at Wu Liang.
"Jiajia is good, brother will take you to buy food!" Wu Liang bought some rice cakes for Jiajia, and also bought a water bag to hang around his waist. Then he took Jiajia out of town and headed west. The mother-in-law said that to the west of the town is Daicheng.
Wu Liang felt that the farther away he was, the safer he was. Anyway, I can't go back now, so I'll hide outside for a year. At ten o'clock at noon, Wu Liang came to the east gate of Daicheng with Jiajia in his arms.
Wu Liang stood under a tree and watched the city gate check the soldiers and people coming and going. He decided to sneak into the city at night when no one was around.
"Brother Wu Liang, someone is coming!" Jia Jia saw through Wu Liang's shoulder that the coachman of the princess they had met was walking towards them.
Wu Liang turned around and saw that the coachman had already arrived in front of him.
"My princess, please come over!" said the coachman.
"Oh!" Wu Liang followed without thinking.
"My princess asked you if you killed the people from Xiaozhi Restaurant!" asked Wu Liang the woman in green beside the princess.
"No! When I went, they were all dead. I was afraid that the government would suspect me, so I didn't dare to report to the government. ”
The woman in green entered the sedan chair and came out again after a while. She got out of the car and walked to Wu Liang's side and looked at Wu Liang for a while.
"My princess said. He believes what you say. But you pushed our cart into the paddy fields and drove our horses away. So, you have to compensate us princess for a year as a subordinate. Can you say yes?"
"I ......" Wu Liang hesitated.
"If you don't agree, I'll call someone!" the woman in green raised her voice.
"No! I promise!" Wu Liang felt that it was not a bad thing to follow the princess. Otherwise, I really don't know where to go.
"My name is Lu Qiao! Give me the child!" Lu Qiao hugged Jiajia. The strange thing is that Jiajia actually smiled at Lu Qiao.
Could it be that he also likes beautiful women? Wu Liang sighed in his heart. Wu Liang followed the princess's sedan into the city. Not long after they left, they saw the city lord Minglan coming to greet them with the people in the city.
It seems that this princess is quite powerful! Wu Liang pondered in his heart. They followed the city lord Minglan to the city lord's mansion. The City Lord's Mansion is truly magnificent. Everywhere is brightly lit and fragrant. Exotic flowers and plants, antique treasures can be seen everywhere.
The coachman sat at one end of the jade railing. Wu Liang followed the princess into the flower hall. Lu Qiao and the other little girl took Jiabao to the backyard. The princess sat at the dining table and observed everything in the flower hall. Wu Liang stood behind her and watched silently at the door. He could already hear footsteps.
The city lord Minglan changed into a set of moon-white robes, handsome and extraordinary. Behind him were four men of varying degrees of weight and weight. They bowed and took their seats.
"Can the princess succeed in killing the traitorous slaves this time?" Minglan asked after taking a sip of wine.
"It seems that you can't hide anything from the city lord of Minglan!" The princess's voice was really beautiful. Wu Liang thought with a smile.
"Why didn't you let her go?"
"If she had been kind enough to ask for it, I might have fulfilled her. But she eloped behind my back, how could I allow her to break the rules?" there was a hint of anger in the princess's tone.
"But you still let her go!" said the city lord of Minglan lightly.
"You're spying on me?"
"Don't dare! It's just for the princess's sake. I don't want the princess to slip up on my turf. You're the heart of our lord!"
Wu Liang felt that this Minglan City Lord had bad intentions. He couldn't help but sweat for the princess.