Right now, people in Licheng City, no matter how casual their thoughts are in their hearts, they still have to do a little work on the surface.The empress had just passed away, even the usually noisy and bustling city of Licheng was much quieter, and there were fewer pedestrians on the street.

In fact, it is not deserted, but obviously it cannot be compared with the excitement of the previous days.Han Wushuang cried bitterly in his heart, but smiled on the surface, and left the mansion together with Shang Fuheng. He wanted His Royal Highness Lang to see the prosperity of Licheng, but what he saw was the same as what he saw in Micheng. It was almost the same, so Han Wushuang had no choice but to introduce Licheng to Shang Fuheng in a painstaking manner.

However, Shang Fuheng couldn't understand Han Wushuang's painstaking efforts to not be cold, and after listening to it for a long time, he became annoyed: "Can you shut up, Shiwu?"

Han Wushuang: "...Okay."

In the end, Shang Fuheng chose a rather deserted tea house, and sat down at a seat facing the street on the second floor.

"This teahouse is also unlucky. When it opened, the location was pretty good. Opposite there were several ready-to-wear shops and rouge and gouache shops. There were a lot of people coming and going. Unexpectedly, within half a year, there was a shop on the opposite side that quit and took over. The boss is in the dead business, and all he buys in the store are paper money, ingots, candles and incense.”

After sitting down, Han Wushuang still couldn't help talking about this teahouse.

"Those clothing stores and rouge and gouache stores have been affected, but the adjustments are okay. But this teahouse is out of the question. Who would like to sit and drink tea while listening to the book, and the opposite is a store that deals with dead people. Then The owner of the Minghuo shop is not liked by the businessmen in this area, but they don’t care, anyway, there is business going on... Your Highness, it’s really deserted here, I heard before that this teahouse is about to close for resale, why don’t we go to other places? place to sit?"

Shang Fuheng, however, drank the ordinary-looking tea leisurely, still holding a folding fan that had never been unfolded in his hand, and the pendant swayed gently, Shang Fuheng shook his hand: "This lord likes this deserted place. This king likes the business of the dead even more."

Han Wushuang: "..." Come on, as long as you are happy.

……

Liu Lu visited Shang Fuheng in the Han Mansion, and after he came out, he went straight to the Guosi Temple in the north of Licheng. After discussing with the abbot and other monks in the temple about the ceremonies and prayers for the queen starting tomorrow, Liu Lu led the people back to the post station .

"How are the two Mr. Qi?" After entering the station, Liu Lu casually asked a subordinate who was busy.

"It's the same as before, there's no movement in the house, it's just that it's time for dinner, and the waiter brought the meal in."

Liu Lu nodded.

The post station is located in the middle of Licheng City, and the National Temple is on the north side of the mountain. It takes more than half an hour to ride a fast horse between the two places.For the next eight days, I prayed for the Queen's sacrifice, and it was obviously too troublesome to go back and forth every morning and evening.

And in view of Qi Wu and Qi Jiang's docile, quiet and non-provoking state of mind, and no matter how complicated the flow of people in Licheng, this inn is always safe...After considering all parties, it is obvious that Qi Wu and Qi Jiang should stay. In the post station, it will be more convenient for the rest of the people to live directly in the National Temple without having to go back and forth every day.

Therefore, tomorrow morning, Liu Lvhui will take the accompanying team of more than 20 envoys, the city prefect and other officials and their families to the National Temple, and will not return until the end of the blessing, that is, eight days later.

Inside and outside the inn, in order to take care of Qi Wu and Qi Jiang, Liu Lv arranged for two servants and two maids to take care of them. The cook who used to cook in the inn still stayed in the inn. Praying for blessings and chanting sutras, and being responsible for Qi Wu and Qi Jiang's three meals a day.

As for the officers and soldiers guarding the station, eight government servants who had no rank and were only used to pray at home were transferred from the government office.

"This is an official inn, and there are no valuables that would attract people to take risks. The two young masters live in the inn and are guarded by officials from the government, so you don't have to worry about safety." Before leaving for the National Temple, Liu Lu took Xie Jingxing to meet Qi Wu and Qi Jiang again.

Under the hood, Qi Wu blinked, thinking that you haven't carefully read the dowry list given by the Qi clan, and the sum is not ordinary valuable... But there is nothing wrong with Liu Lu's logic, the envoy They all went to the National Temple, and the two Qi people in this station were indeed of little value to others.

After all, they are just Qi Qi people who came from the backcountry.

……

After Liu Lu and his party left on horseback, the inn became empty and quiet.

Accompanied by the servant girls, Qi Wu and Qi Jiang went upstairs. Before entering the room, Qi Wu suddenly called Qi Jiang: "Do you have some books? Take them and lend them to me."

Qi Jiang froze for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I'll go back to the room and get it."

After entering his room, Qi Wu went to the window and looked down.

This post station is neither big nor small, with a total of two courtyard gates.Before going upstairs, Qi Wu had noticed that there were two people guarding the front and back doors.Liu Lu left a total of eight yamen servants in a team of four. According to Liu Lu, they rotate every four hours.

Although there are enough vacant rooms in the post station, these small servants of the Licheng government office are not eligible to live in, even under the current special circumstances, the government servants are not on duty and go back to their homes, and come to the post station after a shift.

There were not many people on duty, and they were all guarding the courtyard gate, so Qi Wu saw no one in the backyard downstairs, and the pigeons in the pigeon cage made a little noise.

Such a caretaker arrangement has both advantages and disadvantages.The advantage is that Qi Wu can go up and down the stairs through the window, avoiding the maids standing at the door waiting for orders, and he doesn't have to worry too much about being seen during the process. There are no ordinary people near the post station.The downside is that it can be difficult to get in and out through the door, and the walls around the station are quite high.

After watching the situation in the backyard, Qi Wu turned around and went to the closet, and took out the baggage that he had always carried with him.

There wasn't much in the baggage, except for the dowry bank notes, there was another set of Qi clan blue clothes, a simple coat that Qi Wu would occasionally wear in the room, and another set of Qi Wu's clothes. New clothes that have never been taken out on the road.

There was a knock on the door, and Qi Wu went to open the door, allowing Qi Jiang, who had brought the book, to come in.

Qi Jiang handed him the book: "My book over there, you haven't read it, you should just...are you packing your bags?"

Seeing the burden that Qi Wu opened and spread directly on the bed, Qi Jiangfang asked in a soft voice.

Qi Wu casually took the two books on his side, put them on the table and nodded at the same time, and said: "It's not considered tidying up, I just plan to change clothes and sneak out of the station."

Qi Jiang bit her lip.

Qi Wu planned to run away from marriage, Qi Jiang had this guess in his heart...or it was not just a guess, but a very certain fact, but he had never heard what Qi Wu said explicitly.

But even if it was something that both of them knew well before, Qi Jiang still felt a little startled when he heard Qi Wu say it so directly.

He was stunned for a while, until Qi Wu picked up a new set of clothes and prepared to change, then he suddenly came back to his senses, subconsciously turned his back.As soon as this move came out, Qi Jiang couldn't help but feel annoyed again, Qi Wu obviously just changed his outer robe, the people who changed clothes didn't make such a big movement, he seemed to have seen a ghost instead.

Thinking of this, Qi Jiang turned back slowly, stared at Qi Wu's back, and said softly, "Are you... planning to leave?"

After asking, Qi Jiang was afraid that his words would make Qi Wu unhappy, so he quickly added an explanation: "I didn't mean to stop you, but...Master Liu and the others just left, and it's daytime, there are guards outside So... if you want to leave, do you want to wait another two days, after nightfall..."

Qi Wu lowered his head and fiddled with his belt. Hearing this, he raised his head to look at Qi Jiang, then lowered his head and continued to fiddle.After finishing the belt, Qi Wu tidied up his clothes, and went to the bronze mirror to fiddle with his hair.

While arranging his hair, Qi Wucai said slowly, amid Qi Jiang's sad face: "I'm going to leave, but I didn't say it's going to be today, I just need to sneak out for a while... If I just leave like this, it will be obvious If you run away from marriage, if you escape from the marriage of Emperor Da Zhou, the Qi clan will not be able to please you, and you, a fellow traveler, will not be able to please you, and I myself will not even think about living a peaceful life."

"I want to escape because I want to live a comfortable life in the future, not to commit crimes and make myself a member of the wanted list... I, a person who doesn't care what's going on with the Qi clan, still think that I can't directly Run away, you have such deep feelings for the Qi Clan, why didn't you intend to stop me?"

Hearing that Qi Wu didn't intend to leave immediately, Qi Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, but then he was at a loss again when asked by Qi Wu.

"I..." Qi Jiang lowered her head and wrung her fingers, "I didn't think too much...you are going to leave anyway, I can't stop you. And...if you don't leave, you will be very unhappy in the future, I It can be seen... I am not qualified to stop you, and then let you do unhappy things... If you leave, the Emperor Da Zhou will definitely be angry, but... it shouldn't kill everyone in the Qi clan, right? ...We have money in the clan land, and the clansmen don't like to fight, even if the Emperor of Zhou doesn't like the Qi clan...it should be okay..."

Qi Jiang said, feeling a little confused.

Facing the bronze mirror, Qi Wu made a hairstyle for himself. His long hair was loose, and he only took a small bundle of hair and tied it up... It is a very simple hairstyle, but it is the result of Qi Wu's practice in the room for so long .He has a handicap, so he really has nothing to do with his long hair now.

Right now he was going to sneak out the door, but he only had the Qi clan's cap at hand, which obviously couldn't be used.I didn't have the opportunity to prepare a mask like a veil before, so I put my hair on to cover the mark on the back of my neck first.

After finishing his hair, seeing that Qi Jiang was still looking confused and confused with his head down, Qi Wu suddenly bent his lower lip, walked in front of him, stretched out his hand and gently lifted Qi Jiang's chin.

"Do you want to leave?" Qi Wu asked with a smile, "I told you frankly, I intend to create an accident and fake my death, so as not to arouse the suspicion of Liu Lu and the Great Zhou Emperor, and not to implicate other people... ...I didn't want to take you with me at first, after all, there are many people and many hidden dangers, but you have taken good care of me these days, so...do you want to leave?"

Qi Jiang stared blankly at Qi Wu who was talking and laughing at Yan Yan.

"I..." Qi Jiang parted his lips, and then took a while to continue speaking, "Would you...go with you?"

Qi Wu slowly withdrew the finger he used to lift Qi Jiang's chin, blinked when he heard the words, and then shook his head mercilessly: "We left together, but after we left, each went his own way, I like to be alone."

"I..." Qi Jiang fell into stuttering silence again.

"Then you can think about it slowly in my room, and tell me when I come back." Qi Wu still smiled, "I slipped out during this time, in case someone knocks on the door, you can help me deal with it."

Hearing this, Qi Jiang was a little anxious: "How are you going to get out?"

Qi Wu pointed to the window, and took out...a bundle of hemp rope from the closet.

Everyone in the inn station was in a hurry yesterday, preparing the necessary things to pray for the Queen's ceremony, because Qi Wu and Qi Jiang didn't seem to need anything in the room for the time being, so the waiters in front of the two of them were called Been helping for a while in the past.

Taking advantage of this time, Qi Wu walked down the stairs dignifiedly, slipped into the backyard with a fair posture, and quietly walked along with a bundle of hemp rope.Just like that, holding the hemp rope and hiding his hands in the wide sleeves, he went back to the room smoothly.

Everyone was too busy, and Qi Wu was so calm that no one noticed.

"Do you want to use this...to climb down?" Qi Jiang's eyes widened in shock, "You...you were fine when you went down, what should you do when you come back? Besides, there are people guarding the door, so you can't You climbed over the wall with a rope, and what if someone sees you?"

Qi Wu has already started to play with the rope.Tie the hemp rope to the pillar in the house, tie a knot, and then put it down the window.

"The maids and servants are all at the door, and the cook lives in the room next to the kitchen. He won't come out when he is free. He just had breakfast and there is still enough time before noon. As for climbing over the wall, I am not very capable, but I will I saw the wooden ladder in the backyard yesterday... Besides, I want to escape from the marriage of Emperor Da Zhou, and I also want to live without fear after escaping from marriage, and I don’t want to take any risks, how is that possible.”

Qi Wu usually talked very little with Qi Jiang, but now they started talking about running, and Qi Jiang felt very complicated: "...you told me, and you asked me to help you in your room... ...do you trust me that much?"

Qi Wu, who was standing by the window, turned his head back with a smile, and asked very sincerely: "Then will you go out and expose me?"

Qi Wu's expression was sincere and innocent, and Qi Jiang couldn't help stammering after being stared at: "I, I won't... I won't... You want to leave, but you were discovered, and I, I can't get any benefits... "

For the people of Dazhou, both of them are from the Qi clan. If one Qi clan wants to run away, no matter what the other Qi clan's attitude is, as long as this matter is known, they will be implicated and punished, which is of no benefit.No matter how indecisive Qi Jiang is, he is well aware of the seriousness of this matter.

"Then be good and work hard."

After talking and laughing in a serious tone, Qi Wu stepped on the stool and climbed to the window sill, grabbed the rope and wrapped it around his palm twice, and then slowly went out with his strength.

Qi Jiang watched his actions with bated breath.

The weight bearing capacity of the hemp rope is acceptable, but the material is very rough, and it hurts Qi Wu's palm, especially since he has to slide down quietly and slowly, the effects of physical burden and psychological burden are superimposed.

In his previous life, Qi Wu was really pampered and raised by gold and jade. He never worried about material conditions, and he didn't have a clear goal for what he wanted to do in the future. He wanted to try anything interesting when he was idle and bored.He went from riding a bicycle to driving by himself, and then learned to drive a yacht and a helicopter.From swimming to scuba diving, head to the deep blue ocean and meet the creatures there.I have tried everything from indoor rock climbing to mountain climbing... Although there are no protective measures at the moment, it is really not difficult to go from the second floor to the first floor with a hemp rope.

It's just that the hands really hurt.

The hemp rope was not long enough to hang down to the ground, but it was only about one meter short. When Qi Wu was at the right height, he quietly let go of the rope and jumped to the ground, then raised his hand and blew on his palm. .His hands are wronged.

Looking up upstairs, Qi Jiang was still lying on the window looking at him worriedly.Qi Wu pointed to the rope hanging in the air and asked Qi Jiang to take it back.Although there is no one in the backyard, if someone passes by the backyard halfway and sees a rope hanging outside, it is not good, it will only cause trouble.

After the rope was taken back to the room on the second floor, Qi Wu walked lightly towards the wooden ladder placed in the corner.

The wooden ladder looked old, and it was actually not long enough. It was still two palms away from the wall.But it was not a big problem, Qi Wu easily came to sit on the top of the wall, and leaned sideways to fish for the ladder.Although it's a small ladder, it takes some strength to lift it in the air with bare hands. It took some effort for Qi Wu to move the ladder from the inside of the wall to the outside of the wall.

But there might be some problem with the angle of putting it down. After Qi Wu let go, the ladder slid down the wall by itself, making a very obvious sound.Qi Wu was stunned for a moment, and then he jumped out of the wall regardless of how high the wall was.

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