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Because it was official business, the two entered the palace the next day and bid farewell to Qi Lang.Qi Lang was quite satisfied with Zhou Lanmu's handling of the Jin Mingjing case last time, so he talked to the two separately for a while.

Wei Shuqing would definitely send someone to do it on the way, so the two didn't take the usual official route, but took a lot of trouble, walked to the pier not far upstream of the Shichuan River, and then abandoned the car and changed the boat.

Fortunately, it was still early winter, and the Jiwang River was not frozen, but there were some broken ice faintly floating on the surface of the water.Zhou Lanmu obviously felt disgusted when he saw the black-padded boat that Chu Shao raised his hand to greet: "This boat is too small, I'm cold, I'm afraid I can't bear it."

Chu Shao gave him an annoyed look: "Satisfied, the eldest son found this low-key route with great difficulty in order to let you avoid the pursuit of Duke Wei, and you still want me to give you a whole ship for the emperor to go on tour?" A three-story dragon boat?"

Zhou Lanmu put his shoulders on his shoulders, jumped onto the boat nimbly, and said with a smile: "Actually, I'm not afraid of any pursuit. After all, Duke Wei can only send the parrot guard out."

The two got into the dark cabin together, and Chu Shao asked curiously: "The Parrot Guard is the number one hidden guard in Great India, haven't you been hunted down by them before, are you not afraid now?"

Zhou Lanmu yawned: "Knowing yourself and your enemy is nothing to be afraid of. If it wasn't for the knife they slashed at me last time, I wouldn't be so confident."

The small cabin can only accommodate two people and a brazier. The punter is a small child who is dressed in gray linen and is called "Little Gray" by Zhou Lanmu.

Xiao Hui spoke a strong local dialect, but he was very excited. After boarding the boat, he respectfully said to the two of them: "You two, please stay on the boat for a while, about one or two hours, and we will reach the River of Death."

The two of them went to the pier at night, and they didn't stay because they were afraid that the night would be long and dreamy. Among the boatmen on the shore, only this boy was willing to punt the boat at night, so Zhou Lanmu stuffed several taels of silver.

"It's cold and boring on this boat," Zhou Lanmu complained, holding the fur hand warmer he carried with him, "Yuan Jia has been in the frontier for many years, and it's common to eat and sleep in the open. Tonight just happens to be free. Can you tell me something interesting about being in the western region?"

"The border is bitter and cold, so there is nothing interesting about it." Chu Shao hugged his sword and nestled opposite him, "You are so weak, you are all on this boat. If you go to the border, you are designated to die on the battlefield on the first day."

Before Zhou Lanmu had time to speak, Xiao Hui shouted from outside the boat: "My lords, you have to cross the torrent, be careful—"

This section of the journey is a bit dangerous, so the group of boatmen are not willing to go out at night.Before Chu Shao could react, he asked Zhou Lanmu to grab the sword in his arms and put it against the brazier under his feet.

The boat suddenly turned twice on the spot, Chu Shao was unaware, and leaned over and threw himself on Zhou Lanmu due to the bumps. The space in the cabin was already narrow, so the sound of breathing and heartbeat were within reach, and Chu Shao even He could smell the perennial incense on Zhou Lanmu's clothes.

Before he had time to think, Zhou Lanmu put a hand on his shoulder and chuckled softly, his voice was low and sounded a bit ambiguous: "Although Yuan Jia insists on guarding the frontier, don't take the boat, no wonder it will be like this look."

The palm was warm, and it seemed to have a reassuring taste. Just as Chu Shao was about to answer, the boat tilted again, blocking back what he had just said.

"Be careful." Zhou Lanmu firmly grasped his arm, his words were undisturbed, and the warm breath spewed into Chu Shao's ears, making his ears tremble.

After the boat stabilized a bit, Chu Shao moved away from him with some embarrassment, and sat down on his side again.

The two were sitting opposite each other, but now they were squeezed together, and Chu Shao seemed to be able to hear the restless heartbeat in his chest.He turned his head to look at Zhou Lanmu, the fire in the brazier was sporadic, unable to illuminate the darkness around him, only his smiling eyes could be seen.

Caught off guard, there was another shake.Zhou Lan Muben was supporting the brazier under his feet, and at this moment, he accidentally tipped over to the bow of the boat.

In desperation, Chu Shao had no choice but to embrace him with one hand, and the other hand to grab the sword he had just dropped and put it against the brazier under his feet again. Because he was worried that he would hit the boat canopy on both sides in such a bump, Chu Shao had to awkwardly hold him Hugged for some balance.

He is really thin, he can't be seen in the loose white robe that he wears every day, but now that he is hugging him, he feels that this person can almost be described as a graceful grip.

Chu Shao lowered her eyes and scolded herself for thinking wildly, but suddenly heard Zhou Lanmu's breathing in the dark, which was always calm, became a little messy, and then felt him turn around, open his arms and hug her tightly.

Chu Shao was startled, subconsciously wanted to push him away: "Fourth Young Master..."

"It's okay, it'll be fine after a while, and it's safer this way." Zhou Lanmu seemed to have calmed down, and said calmly, and then Chu Shao felt his face pressed against his chest, and his voice suddenly Put it down very low, "You said last time that you want to know what happened in Qingyuan's 21st year..."

Trying to ignore this ambiguous gesture, Chu Shao coughed lightly: "Huh?"

"I thought I was going to die that year." This posture was really good. Even if the boat was bumpy, the two of them hugged each other and could maintain relative balance. Zhou Lanmu lay on his chest, as if recalling, "Later you Here you are, you saved me."

Chu Shao frowned, but he had no memory of what he said: "Really? There were so many people in Zongzhou back then, I can't remember clearly."

"So it wasn't an accident that I bumped into your house that day." Zhou Lanmu didn't seem to care what he said, and just said to himself, "I wanted to visit you that night...unexpectedly something happened on the way , Fighting with the people who came to chase me for a long time, wasting time."

Chu Shao felt that he was a little different from usual, but his words were too ambiguous, so he didn't know how to answer them for a moment.

The two fell into an eerie silence.