Dragon Queen

Last night, Zhezhu promised to think about it. If that kind of talk is just a polite refusal in normal times, it's just that someone took it seriously, and the speaker will inevitably answer it seriously.

"I don't know the way, how to walk together."

On the surface, these words are talking about whether the roads are the same, but last night the two of them had already set the itinerary, and they were on the same road, so the meaning of these words is not as simple as it seems on the surface. .

Zhao Zhouxing is not a fool, Zhezhu can tell, she can understand, but deliberately pretended not to understand anything, said: "You said last night that you are going to Nanzhao. I will go to the southwest, to Bianzhou Before, there was no other way. Why is it now a different way?"

Another moment of silence.

Zhao Zhouxing clearly heard her sigh, but the voice was too shallow and could easily escape the ears.

After this shallow sigh, Zhezhu seemed to have made up his mind, and said: "Zhezhu has decided to change direction, please don't pester Your Excellency."

After all, she didn't want to stay for a while, but when she opened the door, she saw Liu Mo standing outside, with one hand hanging in the air, not embarrassed or embarrassed.Zhezhu nodded slightly, walked around Liumo and left.

Liu Mo naturally withdrew her hand, and instead of going in, she stood outside and asked, "Has the princess made any plans for today?"

Zhao Zhouxing thought for a while, and said, "I planned to stay in Luan City for a few days, but now I have changed my mind and will leave the city today."

Liu Mo asked: "Leave now or wait?"

How could Zhao Zhouxing wait any longer, the longer Zhezhu went, the harder it was to chase him.She concealed this little thought, and only answered Liu Mo's question: "Let's go now."

The itinerary was set, so she didn't say much, Liuzhu hurriedly packed her luggage, and when she was packing, she caught a glimpse of Zhezhu's forgotten cloak, and when she was hesitating whether to take it away, Liumo called her from outside.He wouldn't be exhausted if he brought an extra piece of clothing, so Liuzhu simply folded the cloak a few times and stuffed it into the bag, and then trotted out to catch up with Zhao Zhouxing.

They went out from the inn, and the way they walked was completely wrong.This road runs from east to west. If you want to go out of the city to the south, you should definitely not walk along this road.Liu Zhu didn't know what her master was thinking, she rolled her eyes, seeing Liu Mo seemed to have no doubts, so she suppressed any doubts in her heart, and never asked.

Zhao Zhouxing seemed to be in a hurry when she came out, but after she came out, she slowed down and looked at the passers-by on the street with interest.

The prosperity of Luan City is worthy of its name. This east-west street should be the most spacious because it connects the gates on both sides, so it is convenient for cars and horses to pass through.However, as far as the eye can see, there are crowds of people, shopping and carrying burdens, hawking and selling, white hair hanging down, and Pan Anluofu, all in sight.

On both sides, there are people selling melons, fruits and vegetables, as well as people playing with hairpin flowers and wood carvings. Young students hang up paintings and calligraphy, and veteran craftsmen blow up a row of sugar figurines.

They walked out along this street until they reached the city gate. It was as if they had walked from the downtown to the wilderness in an instant. The merchants were all gone, and there were only seven or eight soldiers standing staggeringly at the gate of the city.Because Luan City is a north-south passage, the gates on the east and west sides are rarely visited by people, and they are always so deserted.

This person has already reached the west city gate, Liuzhu couldn't hold back her curiosity, and said hesitantly, "Princess, this is the west city gate..."

Zhao Zhouxing looked back at Liu Zhu, and smiled, "I know."

Liuzhu felt strange: "But shouldn't we go through the south gate?"

Zhao Zhouxing replied casually: "The same goal by different routes."

While they were talking, some guards had already seen them, but after a quick glance, they returned to their previous lazy appearance.When they left the city, they didn't question them any more, they just did a routine inspection hastily.

"There's not much going on in Luancheng recently." Out of the city, Zhao Zhouxing said suddenly.

Liu Mo echoed, "If there is a major event, the guards will not be so relaxed."

Zhao Zhouxing seemed to sigh and said: "Taiping."

Liu Mo said: "Luan City is located in the hinterland of Zhao State. The war at the border has nothing to do with it. It is naturally peaceful. It's just that Dad once said that no matter how calm the river looks, there is an undercurrent surging below it."

Zhao Zhouxing suddenly fell silent, and after walking for a while, Fang said: "Your father's name has only been heard from the mouth of the father, but it's a pity that I don't have the chance to visit in this life."

Liu Mo changed the subject, "Your Highness, there is no need to be sad, the important thing is to hurry. Your Highness took this road to catch up with that person from yesterday."

Zhao Zhouxing chuckled, pulled the horse over and rolled on the saddle, his tone filled with endless expectation and pride: "I put a 'thousand miles' on her. She refused to go with her yesterday, but it's a different road, so it may not be her. It's all over."

Liu Mo asked, "Why does Your Highness want to chase that man?"

Holding the rein of the horse in his hand, Zhao Zhouxing replied speciously: "Probably because she is too unique, and I am too curious."

After saying that, he let go of the rein, and with a soft drink, he went forward.

The three left with whips, but they didn't expect that there was a tail hanging far behind.Who is this "tail"?Could it be the brother Mu who instigated the waiter to give the medicine, and Fang Shuo who followed him.

Na Muyu followed on horseback: "Are you sure your medicine is effective? They have traveled a long way."

Fang Shuo said, "Whether the medicine is good or not is the second priority. Brother Mu always follows them."

Mu Yu was a little unhappy, "It's true to say so, but—"

Fang Shuo interrupted him: "Brother Mu, don't forget why you came here."

"Hey, you..." Before Mu Yu could finish his sentence, he saw Fang Shuo riding away in the dust. He hurriedly urged his horse to follow, and shouted while chasing, "Fang Shuo! Wait for me!"

At this time, in the Sifang Inn in Luancheng, someone had just asked about the guest in Xiao Ertiangui's room, and instead let a white pigeon out from the window.

From the east of Luan City, about a few hundred miles away, it is a small town, not big, and the streets paved with bluestone slabs are relatively smooth, but there are some shallow imprints on both sides. Judging by the width, it seems that there are often baggage carts and horses passing by.

This city is called Qingshi City.

The small town is not a traffic hub, the people who come and go are all locals, there is only one inn, and the place is not big, the business is very little, looking around, there is only one shopkeeper, one waiter, one accountant, and one cook.These four are all the same person, and this person is the proprietress of this store.

The proprietress looks very charming, with a pair of charming fox eyes, a little tear mole under her eyes, pink face with spring, and a smile on her mouth.Occasionally, guests who stay in the hotel will inevitably have special thoughts about such a woman who lives alone.It's strange to say that this store has been open for more than ten years, and I have never heard of anything that happened to the proprietress.

This day, the rare business in this small inn was booming. First, in the evening, a short girl came. She had a pretty face, but she seemed difficult to talk to.

The proprietress had just settled the little girl, and three more people came, all of them were not bad looking, and listening to their talk, they seemed to be from the capital.These girls were much more friendly than the previous one. They found a place to tie up their horses, asked for two rooms, and ordered food and wine. They sat in the lobby, looking very informal.

The proprietress was trying to figure things out, when two people came to the door, this time two men.One of them seemed to be smiling, and the proprietress felt that this person was not as kind as he appeared on the surface.The other is a young boy with greasy hair and white face. He looks handsome, but his eyes are rolling around, as if he is always thinking about something bad.

The white-faced young man came up and asked how much it was for a night, and the proprietress immediately put on a smiling face and held out a finger.

Mu Yu tapped the palm of her hand with her fan, and said hesitantly, "Ten taels?"

The proprietress smiled, "100 taels."

Mu Yu opened her mouth exaggeratedly, and repeated the proprietress' words word by word, "One, one hundred, two?"

After finishing speaking, Mu Yu's expression changed, "Are you stealing money?"

The proprietress smiled and said, "This is a small shop that costs 100 taels a night. If you think it's too expensive, you can stay here. However, there is only such an inn in Qingshi Town. After passing this village, there is no such inn." Yes. As for you, guest officer, you should think about it."

Mu Yu raised her eyebrows, and suddenly leaned over to pick up the proprietress's chin, looked around, and teased, "This room is so expensive, is there something else—hmm?"

The proprietress stretched out her hand to remove the fan, and said with an annoyed smile, "What else?"

Mu Yu touched the landlady's white and tender hands, "Naturally—"

"Brother Mu." Fang Shuo called softly behind him.

Mu Yu was disturbed, and impatiently turned to Fang Shuo and said, "What's the matter?"

Fang Shuo showed a little helplessness on his face, and shook his head slightly.

Muyu rolled her eyes, retracted her hand, put on another expression on her face, and laughed a few times, "Of course I was just joking, the lady boss won't mind. I don't think 100 taels is too little for this night." Well, haha."

"Oh?" The proprietress still had the same smiling face, but this time, in Mu Yu's eyes, the smile only contained the word "terrible".

Just as Mu Yu was about to answer, Fang Shuo beside him said calmly, "200 two rooms."

The proprietress sighed with a smile, "This guest officer is really fussy. But I'm not a black shop, and I definitely won't ask you to pay 200 taels per room. ——Two, come with me?"

The proprietress took the two of them upstairs to choose a room, and when they went down, they were rubbing shoulders with Fang Shuo. Where Mu Yu couldn't see them, the two looked at each other, one with the same smile, and one with the same expression as usual.

Let's say the proprietress ran up and down three times, and she was standing on the stairs, beating a water snake to soften her waist, when another guest came outside.

This time it was a woman again, but she didn't look like someone from the Jianghu, she was wearing a water green silk dress, she looked like a lady from some family going out, but she didn't have any maids and servants around her, she was the only one who came into the shop.

The proprietress hurriedly put down her waist-beating hand, walked over with three steps, and smiled coquettishly, "Are you? Are you staying at the top?"

The woman said: "Stay in the shop."

The lady proprietress stretched out a finger while talking: "Although the shop is small, the money to stay here is a bit high. It costs 100 taels a night, and it's easy to deceive. If you don't believe me, you can ask a few guests over there."

She was talking about the three of Zhao Zhouxing. The woman looked at it, her eyes flickered, she untied her bag and took 100 taels of silver to the proprietress.

The proprietress took it and led the woman up to look at the room.The woman asked for some additional meals, and the proprietress agreed, before leaving, she said, "Aren't you afraid of stealing with so much money?"

The woman frowned, but the proprietress had already floated downstairs like the wind.