[Crossing Sword III] Call me Your Lady Queen

Two years later

Chang'an West City

It was noon, and in the bustling Yuanlai Inn, two well-fed Spike officers stroked their greasy mouths, hiccupped, looked at each other with a satisfied smile, stood up and were about to leave, and the little girl carrying the plate beside her Seeing it soon, he quickly stopped them: "Hey? You two masters, you haven't paid me yet."

Surprised by these words, the two Spike officers turned their heads and looked at the little girl who was holding a plate and was not half as tall as themselves. They were not angry, and they roguely touched their empty pockets and said with a smile: " Ouch, it's broken, I don't have the habit of bringing money with me when I go out, what should I do, it's broken now."

The two fumbled in their pockets with playful smiles, but they didn't find any copper coins for a long time. The little girl carrying the plate looked at them and frowned: "You guys, don't you want to eat the overlord's meal?"

The charming voice of the child was heard in the ears of the two elders. They were too cute, and they laughed for a while: "No, no, are we the ones who eat the overlord's meal? But it's not a momentary inconvenience, just forget it Bring money, look, the little girl is angry, what should I do now."

"Charge it to me."

A laughing voice came from the second floor, causing the little girl to look up in surprise, but she didn't say anything, she pouted and went to the side to deliver the dishes. The two officers listened to the voice and glanced at the corridor on the second floor. Seeing the handsome young man in the light blue shirt smiling, he immediately said haha ​​​​as usual: "Oh, it's still the shopkeeper Qiu who is refreshing, haha, then we brothers have something to do, so let's go first, see you later."

"You two go slowly, the girl is ignorant, offended, don't blame, don't blame." Qiu Yanruo went downstairs with a smile.

"Haha, it's easy to say, easy to say, little girl, how cute, see you later."

The two officers who ate and drank for nothing swaggered away. Qiu Yanruo stood on the counter downstairs for a while, and the little girl with the plate over there ran over unhappy: "Boss, they eat for nothing." You don't care about drinking in vain?"

Qiu Yanruo picked up the ledger on the side and flipped through it, and said indifferently: "It's not a day or two, just get used to it, next time you see her dressed up, just serve her well, don't ask for money, understand ?"

The little girl was not convinced, but she didn't dare to refute. She nodded aggrievedly and continued to send empty plates to the kitchen.

Qiu Yanruo flipped through the account book twice expressionlessly, looking at the rows of white rice eaten by the Spike officers, no joy or anger could be seen on his handsome fair face, and then threw it back casually, looking back and forth in the inn Seeing that nothing happened, he went back upstairs slowly.

Unexpectedly, he had just left here, and the guests who were a little closer and saw clearly what happened just now couldn't help muttering to themselves.

"Hmph, the dog leg of the Spike Army, really shameless."

"Hey, the thighs are really tight. Ask us for a price, but they won't charge you a cent. Bah, what is it?"

"It's not a day or two since Shopkeeper Qiu has been fawning on the Wolf Fang Army. Is there any need to make such a fuss? Eat, eat."

"Hmph, if he hadn't been so ingratiating, how could this broken inn be so peaceful? Let me tell you, they are all rebels who forgot their surnames and are only looking for profit."

Occasionally, unpleasant comments reached the ears of the waiter, and the guys looked at each other, shook their heads slightly, and then went on to work on their own affairs.

Qiu Yanruo went down the second floor to the backyard, turned around the rockery pond, and came to the door of the quiet and quiet account room. She reached out and knocked on the door. After hearing the response from the door, she smiled and pushed the door open: "Why? So, is there any discomfort in your body today?"

Ye Qi, who was sitting at the table checking the accounts, looked up at him, with a slight smile on her thin and fair face: "Fortunately, I have lived in peace these days and nights, and it is rare that I can sleep well."

Qiu Yanruo came to the table, looked at the account books on the table, rubbed his temples: "Have you finished checking today's accounts?"

Ye Qi put down the ledger in her hand and put it on the stack of books on the other side: "This is the end."

"Let's go when it's over, this room is boring enough."

As Qiu Yanruo said, she came behind him, reached out and pushed the wheelchair under Ye Qi, and slowly walked out of the room.

"I was away a few days ago, I heard from Xia Ming that you fell ill again in the middle of the night?"

"No, that night I got up to pour water to drink, and I couldn't hold it steady, so it burned. I felt uncomfortable for a while and then I was fine."

"Next time it's okay to call Xia Ming for this kind of thing, isn't he right next door?"

"What are you shouting in the middle of the night, besides, it's just a burn, so there's no need to make a fuss. Is there anything going on in the inn today?"

"No, it's just that the two wolf tooth soldiers ate and drank for free, which made little girl Ye Lin unhappy."

"Hehe, Lin'er, it's really hard for her little daughter to come here to do rough work at a young age."

Talking and laughing, the two walked slowly in the yard, and walked towards the main house in the backyard. After finishing their daily conversation, the two fell silent for a while. With a wry smile: "Today, is there any news?"

"Yes." Qiu Yanruo pushed him and said, "It's just trivial matters. Recently, the rumors have become tighter. To be cautious, the people over there have not contacted for a short time, but I see these few days Oh my god, there are more and more Jianghu people coming and going in Chang'an City."

Ye Qi listened quietly, without any reaction, and waited for Qiu Yanruo to finish nagging about the trivial matters of the past few days before asking: "No more?"

"It's gone, what else?" Qiu Yanruo was a little surprised.

"I heard from Lin'er that she saw Luo Guo when she went to Chang'an East City to deliver things the day before yesterday."

"..."

"Hasn't he heard from them either?"

"Uh...Actually, I wanted to ask, but Luo Guo was very vigilant towards me, and we quarreled without asking a few words. In order to prevent the situation from becoming too serious, I withdrew first." Qiu Yanruo Some embarrassingly explained: "But I don't think there will be any news. It has been two years and there is no news at all. What can a Luoguo know?"

"...Really." Ye Qi looked at her numb legs and lowered her eyes.

Two years ago, the person who promised to come back as soon as possible never came back.

It happened that he fell ill just after he left. Fortunately, in Xiufang, Miss Lao Yunshang spent two or three months of time and energy to barely save her own life, but her legs were crippled.

Not long after, due to some reasons, he and Qiu Yanruo came to Chang'an, opened this inn, and served as the underground contact point of Tiance Mansion, and this contact lasted for more than a year.

But those two people seem to have evaporated from the world. No matter how much time and energy they spend on inquiring, they can't find any information. They can't see people alive, and they can't see dead bodies...

In this way, once it disappears, it will be two years.

Today, they have almost given up hope, so whenever Mo Yao or someone asks about this, Qiu Yanruo, who is a little more open-minded than him, will answer very simply:

The two of them have eloped, and they are lingering and going to the end of the world...