This shadow guard, you are enlightened

In the early morning of the next day, Qiu Su's sedan chair stopped at the entrance of Hongluan Inn.

But he himself did not get out of the sedan chair, after all, he is the leading young lady in Hualou, according to what the two of them said yesterday, there is obviously someone who is in charge at home, he was afraid that his sudden appearance would cause trouble to others, so he sent the waiter beside him People went to wait outside the Tianzihao room, and only when they heard movement from inside and knew that someone was up, did they dare to knock on the door: "Master, we brought you what you ordered last night."

After a while, the door was opened from the inside, Zhuo Ying stepped forward to take the bag, and handed the bank note to the man: "Please take this bank note back to your master."

Seeing the denomination of the bank note, the errand runner immediately thanked him repeatedly. Before he finished speaking, the door was closed, so he touched his nose, turned and went downstairs.

Zhuo Ying felt hot while holding the big bag, and immediately put the cloth bag on the table after entering the room.

Xing Chenmu was washing his face, and laughed at him when he saw this: "Ah Ying didn't open it to take a look, if it wasn't what I wanted inside, wouldn't the banknote be given to them for nothing?"

Zhuo Ying had no choice but to turn around and go back to the table to untie the knot on the cloth bag, and took a quick look: "Everything is there..."

"Let me see what this picture book looks like." Xing Chenmu said and walked towards the table, Zhuo Ying subconsciously covered the picture books, "Also, let's read it another day."

"Then Aying will watch it with me next time?" Xing Chenmu glanced at him, smiled and put the ointment into his luggage, and then reached out to Zhuo Ying to get those picture books, Zhuo Ying had no choice but to give it to him. He put it away together and didn't look at it right away, so he felt relieved.

Xing Chenmu packed up his things, shook his head and sighed: "You... Isn't it a matter of time? Do you want to hide for a lifetime?"

"You have to wait until your injury is healed." Zhuo Ying raised her hand and pressed her mask, and said quickly, "Ying Ba has already arranged a boat, we can go on the road sooner."

At the beginning, Xing Chenxiu only agreed to act as Xing Chenmu for two months. They must return to the imperial city within two months, so they can't delay too long on the road. Today they will set off by boat and go south along the Grand Canal.

"Understood, then let's go down." Xing Chenmu knew that Zhuo Ying was shy again, so he didn't poke it, and opened the door first to go out.

Yan Qing and Xiaoying at the door had already heard the noise one step earlier and were guarding outside. Seeing them coming out, they took their burdens and went downstairs together for breakfast.

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When the group arrived at the pier, it was getting late, and Yingba was waiting for a few people beside the boat.

A small boat is not as stable as a big one. Yingba ordered a medium-sized passenger boat on the canal. The boat was carved with fish heads and scales. Already in place, just wait for them to arrive before they can sail.

Both Xing Chenmu and Zhuo Ying had never been on a passenger ship like this before, and felt a little strange, so they looked back and forth before boarding the ship.

After several people sat down at the Eight Immortals table on the second floor, the boat slowly left the pier.

There were still a lot of people passing by on the shore to watch. After all, counting the guards, there were only a dozen people on board, not much luggage, and no cargo. For such a big boat, it looked like it belonged to a rich family. The master and son are going out.

Zhuo Ying was pouring tea for Xing Chenmu, when he suddenly keenly noticed a line of sight looking towards them, which was slightly different from the view of ordinary people watching the excitement, he immediately became alert, sat up straight, and looked in that direction.

I saw a few strong men standing among the crowd on the pier, who looked like workers unloading merchant ships at the pier, but as soon as they watched, those people boarded a small boat and sailed in this direction , followed them from afar.

Noticing his gaze, Xing Chenmu asked, "What's wrong?"

"It seems that someone is watching."

As Zhuo Ying said, Ying Ba also seemed to have noticed something strange, stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to send someone to deal with it?"

"No, just wait and see what they do." In fact, it's not difficult to understand. Those who can charter this boat must have enough money with them, and it's not too much to bring more than a dozen guards. Xing Chenmu thought a little After thinking about it, they guessed that they were targeted by thieves who only traveled by water.

"Yes." Ying Ba replied, although he didn't need to make a move first, but just in case, he called a few more shadow guards to guard on the second floor.

Xing Chenmu let out a soft "tsk", leaned into Zhuo Ying's ear and said, "At first, I wanted to take the picture book to observe while I was free, but now it seems that I have no chance."

The place on the second floor of the passenger ship is not too big, and the tables are not far apart. As far as the hearing of the shadow guards is concerned, no matter how softly Xing Chenmu speaks, they can still hear them. Zhuo Ying coughed, and no longer knew what expression to put on: "Why are you still thinking about that..."

It's not easy for Xing Chenmu to say it out, of course he has to think about it, but he can't say that, he really made Zhuo Ying anxious after a while, and he was the one who suffered, he said: "Isn't it just idle?"

Xing Chenmu is a diligent and good emperor, usually in the palace, apart from eating and going to bed, he only has to deal with government affairs.

From Shangyuan City to Jiangnan, at least it will take about [-] days. If there is a delay on the way, it may take longer. Zhuo Ying thought about it, it seems that there is really nothing to do along the way, but he can't really let him see Let's draw a book along the way...

Being in a dilemma, Xing Chenmu said again: "You don't want me to read these picture books, why don't I just draw them myself."

Zhuo Ying was startled when he heard it, but after he realized it, he felt that no matter how much Xing Chenmu teased him on weekdays, it would be impossible for him to paint "that matter" in front of so many people, so he tentatively asked: "Mu'er?" What do you want to draw?"

"You look at the people on the boat, who else can I draw?" Xing Chenmu pointed to the table next to him, "I can't draw Yan Qing, right?"

When Yan Qing heard this, he quickly waved his hands: "Second young master, don't make fun of the servant. If the second young master wants to paint, it is natural to paint the young master. The servant will prepare pen and ink for you."

Saying that, Yan Qing dragged Xiaoying downstairs, Xing Chenmu was amused, and pointed to the place next to the railing of the boat: "Brother, go and sit there."

Zhuo Ying had seen Xing Chenmu paint.

If Xing Chenxiu is talented in martial arts, then Xing Chenmu is good at painting and calligraphy. In fact, the two have their own merits, and it was only because of his mother and concubine's orders that they kept hiding their edge.

But after careful calculation, Xing Chenmu's last painting seems to be made during the prince's time, and he has almost no extra energy to spend on it after he ascended the throne. Seeing that he is interested at this time, Zhuo Ying is also willing to cooperate, getting up and walking to the seat pointed by the other party. Down.

Not long after, Yan Qing brought up pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and Xiaoying found Danqing again: "When I went out, I thought that the second young master might be useful, so I brought some with me."

"Xiaoying is really as careful as a hair." Xing Chenmu boasted, and picked several kinds of paintings from her hands and put them on the table.

When going out, Zhuo Ying didn't put on dark clothes anymore, but changed into ordinary people's clothes similar to him according to Xing Chenmu's wishes.

Today he is wearing a light blue shirt with narrow sleeves, with a brocade belt of the same color moiré around his waist, and his black hair is casually tied behind his head with a blue ribbon. Although he is still holding a long sword, it seems A little more bookish.

Seeing that the colors Xing Chenmu picked out were completely different from Zhuo Ying's, Xiaoying was taken aback, but before she could figure it out, Xing Chenmu glanced at her, and she immediately lowered her head and stopped caring, and just focused on serving pen and ink.

Xing Chenmu asked Zhuo Ying to turn his head to look at the water surface, leaving only a side face. After Zhuo Ying did so, he began to draw with a brush.

Halfway through the painting, not only Xiaoying, but even the shadow guards who don't know how to paint, felt that something was wrong. Although the movements of the people in the painting were similar to Zhuo Ying's at the moment, and the background was also on this boat, the costumes were different no matter how you looked at them. identical.

Xing Chenmu painted this painting until lunch time. This section is close to Luancheng, which is relatively prosperous, and there are many piers along the road. The boatman docked the boat at a temporary pier, waiting for them to disembark for dinner.

Before the painting was finished, Xing Chenmu was not in a hurry to leave, until the Danqing on the painting was almost done, he took another piece of paper to cover it, got up and walked to Zhuo Ying's side, and squeezed his shoulders: " Are you tired? Let's go down and eat."

"When we practiced in the past, we had to tie sandbags and stride for a whole day, so what's the point of being tired..." The people around were watching, how could Xing Chenmu squeeze his shoulders for him, Zhuo Ying hurried Take that hand off your shoulder.

Xing Chenmu let him move, but took advantage of his hands touching each other, turned his palms, and held his hand.

Zhuo Ying wanted to break free, but Xing Chenmu didn't let go, and he couldn't really use his strength, so he could only let the other party go, and the two went downstairs hand in hand.

Except for Yan Qing and Xiaoying who knew the inside story, and Ying Eight and Ying Nine who had somewhat prepared yesterday, the rest of the shadow guards who followed were all dumbfounded and looked at each other, but no one dared to ask more questions, so it was like this He watched the two of them helplessly.

It wasn't until he stepped ashore that Xing Chenmu finally let go, straightened Zhuo Ying's clothes, and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Zhuo Ying hadn't recovered from the intimacy in front of everyone just now, and said in a daze, "You...you decide."

"If you want to get to Jinshui City before dark, why don't you have something simple for lunch." Xing Chenmu said, looking around, there happened to be a simple noodle stall by the pier, and it smelled good, so he stretched out his hand to hold Zhuo Ying go there.

Several people ordered a bowl of noodles, sat in the shed for a short time and finished eating, and soon returned to the boat.

Zhuo Ying finally recovered a bit, and sat back to his original position to let Xing Chenmu continue painting.

When the boat stopped at the pier of Jinshui City, Xing Chenmu just finished drawing the whole painting, put down his pen, and waved to Zhuo Ying: "Brother, come and have a look."

Zhuo Ying got up and walked to the painting, it didn't matter if she didn't look at it, she immediately knelt down when she saw it.

I saw the man in the painting with a sterling silver face on his face, looking sideways at the water. I don’t know what he thought of, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. The most important thing is that the man in the painting is wearing a bright yellow robe, Dragon patterns are faintly visible on the robe.

In Ranying, not to mention that the common people wear dragon robes casually, even using this color of clothing without authorization is a capital crime of losing their heads.

Xing Chenmu never thought that he would react so strongly, he helped him up after a while and said helplessly, "Look carefully."

Only then did Zhuo Ying look at the painting again, the rust patterns on the clothes in the painting were indeed slightly different from the ones embroidered on the imperial robe, it seemed that all the dragons appeared in pairs, one was slightly bigger and the other was slightly smaller, the two dragons were connected to each other Tangled together.

"This is......"

Xing Chenmu smiled and said: "Silly Aying, according to the wedding ceremony of Emperor Ranying, on the day of the emperor's wedding, the empress needs to wear a phoenix robe of the same color as the emperor's robe, embroidered with the same pattern of dragon and phoenix on the robe, but the phoenix robe is still more delicate after all. It is suitable for women, so I will change it for you. It is double dragon pattern. The style of this robe is also different from ordinary phoenix robes, but it is more similar to what I usually wear. When we get married in the future, I will let people press it Make it look like in the painting, okay?"

The author has something to say: Your Majesty either thinks about that or getting married every day, tsk tsk tsk