After a while, Qin Yao'er came in with a tea bowl, walked to Luo Junyao and sat down, looking a little unhappy.
Luo Junyao looked at her puzzled and said, "What's wrong?"
Qin Yao'er said: "Girl, does this tea taste good?"
Luo Junyao glanced at the tea in the rough tea bowl in front of him and said, "It's okay, I can drink it."
Qin Yao'er looked at her in shock. Isn't the Princess Regent a noble girl? Hasn't she been well-dressed and well-fed since she was a child?
She has also seen it in the Prince Regent's Palace these days. The Princess Regent's expenses are all the best. Why can she drink such unpleasant tea?
Luo Junyao raised his hand and shook it in front of her to remind her to come to her senses: "I thought you shouldn't be afraid of hardship?" She had heard Xie Yan talk about Qin Yaoer's background, and she must have lived a hard life.
Qin Yaoer said depressedly: "Not being afraid of hardship and wanting to endure hardship are two different things." It was because she had suffered hardship that she no longer wanted to endure hardship at all.
Luo Junyao patted her shoulder comfortingly and said: "The nearest county is still dozens of miles away from here, and the mountain roads are still unsafe. I'll just stay here for one night today, and I'll treat you to a delicious meal in the city tomorrow?"
Qin Yao'er nodded listlessly. She had no hope for tonight's dinner.
If it really doesn't work, I still have some dry food, and I can make do with it for one night.
Although the environment of this inn is poor, the food is not that difficult to eat.
It's just that Ye Feng kept staring in the kitchen, which seemed to make the landlady unhappy, and his face was a little ugly when the food was served.
This small town is backed by mountains, and as the landlady said, you can still buy some game.
So their dinner still consisted of two meats and four vegetables, which was much better than eating dry food. However, the staple food was not the high-quality japonica rice that the powerful and powerful people in Yong Dynasty were used to eating, but the multi-grain rice eaten by ordinary people.
Everyone didn't mind it and simply sat down to eat.
After dinner, it was getting dark.
Naturally, a place like this would not have the bustling night scene of Yonghuang City. Although it was already dark, there were not many lights in the entire town.
Rural people can't bear to part with lamp oil and can't do much at night. They eat early and go to bed to rest.
There is also a saying that many people do not have enough food to eat, and if they sleep more, they will not feel hungry so easily.
This inn was located at the outermost location of the town. After dinner, Luo Junyao took Xie Xiao out for a walk to eat.
Others didn't have the habit of going to bed so early. Chen Xun took a book and sat under the lamp in the lobby to read. Gu Jue and Qu Fang didn't know where they went.
Only Ye Feng followed them not far or near, conscientiously fulfilling his responsibility as a bodyguard.
"According to our speed these days, we can reach Qingzhou in four days at most." Xie Xiao said, "What are the princess's plans after arriving?"
Luo Junyao looked back at him and said, "You have some plans? But you have to get to Qingzhou first and confirm whether Cao Mian is really gone before you can decide what to do."
Xie Xiao raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you suspect that Cao Mian has not left Qingzhou? Unless he wants to fall out with the court immediately, I am afraid he would not dare to fool the court like this."
Luo Jun shook his head and said, "No, the Empress Dowager's funeral is scheduled for early June. Cao Mian only needs to arrive before the funeral and it will not be considered a violation of the imperial edict and etiquette. With Cao Jie in Shangyong delivering news to him at any time, it is difficult to say that he
I won’t try to be mysterious..."
Xie Xiao suddenly understood, "Princess, you are saying that he deliberately spread the word that he had returned to Beijing, but in fact he did not?"
Luo Jun shook his head, "Master Dongfang suddenly disappeared in Shangyong. Cao Jie may not have thought that we might have gone to Qingzhou or Yingzhou." After all, her ambition for Yingzhou was too obvious and too aggressive before.
Xie Xiao looked at her with a half-smile but not a smile. If the princess wasn't too arrogant, how could the Cao family know about Young Master Dongfang?
"Don't worry, Cao Mian will do what he does when he is there, and he will do what he does when he is not there,"
Xie Xiao shook his head and said: "I'm not worried, I just think that the princess is very good at handling this kind of things. If the princess changes her identity, I'm afraid I will doubt your origin." The daughter of the Luo family, the regent's beloved concubine, naturally does not
It may be easily replaced by someone of unknown origin.
Luo Junyao stared at him and said, "How can the prince slander someone's innocence for no reason? I have an extraordinary talent, and ordinary people can't learn it."
"..." Then you are so talented.
"Girl! Girl!" Qin Yao'er sprang out of the darkness and quickly arrived in front of the two of them.
Luo Junyao looked at her funny and said, "You fool, where did you go?"
Qin Yao'er pulled Luo Junyao and whispered, "Girl, something doesn't seem right about this town."
Luo Junyao smiled and said, "What's wrong?"
Qin Yao'er glanced at the dark surroundings, only a crude lantern hanging on a tree on one side and a few lights not far away.
Qin Yao'er walked closer to Luo Junyao and whispered, "Don't you think it's strange? Even though this place is small... it can still be considered a small town. We've been here since the afternoon. How many people have you seen until now?"
Luo Junyao thought for a while, he really hadn't seen many people.
When they first arrived, they saw a few figures on the street, but after that they saw almost no one walking around on the street.
Xie Xiao said: "Miss Yao'er, don't worry, it's nothing. Maybe this place is too small. The streets are only lively when you go to the market regularly. Usually there are not many people on the streets."
Qin Yao'er said: "Then it can't be so quiet. Do the residents of so many houses only go out to go to the market? In addition, I found that it's not that there are not many people on the street, but that there are really not many people in the whole town."
Hearing this, Xie Xiao and Luo Junyao both looked at her. Qin Yao'er said: "I just sneaked over and took a look. Many houses were empty and there was no one at all. But they were very clean inside and the dust was not thick.
It looks like it was occupied at least two months ago."
Luo Junyao smiled and said, "Then what do Yao'er think it's because of?"
Qin Yao'er was a little confused and hesitated before saying, "Have they all moved away?"
Luo Junyao touched the top of her head helplessly and said, "It's quite careful to be careful. Can you think about it carefully?"
"I can't think of it," Qin Yao'er said.
Xie Xiao and Luo Junyao looked at each other helplessly, but neither of them answered Qin Yaoer's confusion.
"Then don't think about it. Don't sleep too hard at night." Xie Xiao said with a smile.
After all, Qin Yao'er was not a young girl who knew nothing about the world, so she immediately understood what Xie Xiao meant.
He couldn't help but open his eyes wide, "You mean..."
"Shh." Covering her mouth with one hand, Luo Junyao whispered: "Quiet."
Qin Yao'er looked around and found nothing strange, then she came to Luo Junyao and lowered her voice: "Princess, you have all seen it? Then why do you still need to..."
Luo Junyao sighed: "Otherwise, where will we stay tonight and what will we eat?"
"..."
It was late at night, and the inns on the street had extinguished their lights early and fell into complete silence.
In the darkness, someone approached quietly.
A thin bamboo tube was gently inserted into the paper window. In the dark room, wisps of smoke emerged from the bamboo tube and spread throughout the room.
The shadow waited for a long time but did not hear any movement from inside. In the dark night, his eyes finally showed the light of ecstasy and pride.
"How is it?" Someone came over in the dark and asked in a low voice.
Another person also lowered his voice and said: "Put them all down."
"We are really lucky. We don't know where this ignorant young man came from. He still dares to do this these days. He is unlucky if he falls into our hands. It looks like he can make a lot of money this time."
"No, those two girls are pretty good too." Someone else said, "They will definitely sell for a lot of money!"
"Really?" A voice suddenly sounded in the night, faintly like a ghost in the night.
The speaker was instantly startled and almost screamed.
After a soft sound, the fire flickered and lit up the backyard of the inn.
The people who were originally covered by the night and the people holding firelights were exposed to the light.
In the firelight, Gu Jue's handsome face looked a bit sinister and ghostly for no reason.
There were six people standing in the yard, including the seemingly honest and honest innkeeper and the young man from the afternoon, and the proprietress.
There were also three strange men, all of whom had weapons in their hands and looked at Gu Jue who was holding a fire seal with a very unkind expression.
Gu Jue looked at the people in the yard with a smile and said: "I didn't expect that I almost lost my sight when I was walking outside all these years, but I didn't realize that the three of them were still doing this business?"
At this time, the boss's face no longer had the original honest look, and he looked at Gu Jue with a fierce look in his eyes.
The young man stared at Gu Jue fiercely, holding a machete in his hand, and his eyes looked like some kind of ferocious beast.
"Since you have fallen into our hands, I can only blame you for your bad luck." The boss's wife said: "I advise you to be more honest and keep a message for your life. Otherwise..."
Gu Jue asked curiously: "What else?"
The landlady sneered: "Looking at your thin skin and tender flesh, if you make it into steamed buns... it must taste good."
Hearing this, Gu Jue's face suddenly darkened, "Have you ever eaten human flesh?"
The boss said: "So what? I originally wanted you to try it too, but unfortunately that guy kept a close eye on it. It seems that you don't have the blessing to enjoy this delicious food."
Gu Jue snorted, who are they? Qin Yao'er is also following him. If he doesn't even know what he is eating, then he should stop hanging out as soon as possible.
If these people dare to do anything with the food, they don't have to wait until midnight.
"Mom, stop talking nonsense to them! Kill him!" The young man held the knife and said fiercely: "I want that beautiful girl to be my wife!"
The landlady slapped him on the head angrily and said, "That girl is tender and beautiful. She can be sold for at least a thousand taels of silver. With the money, do you want any kind of wife?"
The young man refused, "No! I want her to be my wife!"
After saying that, he raised his knife and rushed towards Gu Jue. Gu Jue was speechless.
Even if he stayed in a hotel and lived in a den of thieves, this little thief actually coveted their princess.
If this group of thieves is not completely strangled to death here, where will the faces of the Zhenguo Army and Gu Jue be put?
Without thinking, Gu Jue kicked away the young man who was charging towards him.
The young man also had some skills, but he obviously didn't have the ability to open a black shop in such a remote place.
After being kicked away by Gu Jue, the young man tried his best to roll to the ground, but he still hit the stone steps of the small courtyard and groaned in pain.
This group of people obviously didn't have much knowledge. Seeing that they didn't look tall and tough, they thought they were ordinary rich people. They were shocked by Gu Jue's kick, and then they realized that the other party was quite powerful, and they all
He rushed towards Gu Jue, hoping to take him down with the advantage of many people.
Gu Jue didn't even bother to pick up a weapon. He gently kicked up a stick standing in the corner next to him, took it in his hand, and swung it towards those people.
In just a moment, the thief who looked so fierce just now fell to the ground, holding their stomachs and wailing.
Gu Jue raised his eyebrows and said, "With this little ability, how dare you open a black shop?"
"Ask them where the people in the town have gone." The closed door opened and Luo Junyao walked out.
Several doors nearby also opened one after another. Except for Chen Xun who was a little frightened when Ye Feng pulled him out, everyone else looked calm.
Qin Yao'er appeared on the roof and said down: "There is no one outside, it seems like these are the only ones."
"I really want to see a woman during the day?" Luo Junyao said.
Qin Yao'er shook his head and said, "They are the only ones around this inn. The others should be hiding in the house and not daring to come over."
"..." Seeing this scene, these people finally knew that they were really in trouble.
Originally they thought Gu Jue was just a fish that slipped through the net, but they didn't expect that not a single fish was caught.
"Didn't you say that this medicine works all the time?!" The lady boss couldn't help but glared at one of the men.
The man was also very puzzled, "I've used it before, and it works perfectly."
Luo Junyao and Xie Xiao looked at each other. With Qin Yao'er here, ordinary people may not have a medicine that can be said to be tried and tested.
Luo Junyao walked to the yard, looked down at the people on the ground and asked, "Where are the original people in this town?"
The landlady rolled her eyes and said, "What original person? I don't know, there are so many people in this town, so naturally they are sleeping at home right now."
Luo Junyao tilted his head slightly and gave her a sweet smile.
The next moment, he kicked her hard in the stomach.
The woman who had just recovered just now screamed in pain and curled up on the ground holding her belly.
"Mom!" When the young man saw this, he struggled to get up and rush over to see his mother, but a slender hand held his shoulder.
Qin Yao'er came up to him and said with a smile: "Little brother, don't move."
The young man's eyes widened in an instant, and he saw the well-behaved and pretty girl in front of him holding a scorpion with teeth and claws in its hand. Although he didn't know whether the scorpion was poisonous or not, it just looked scary.
Qin Yaoer said: "If you dare to move, I will stuff it into your mouth."
The boy was so stiff that he still dared to move.
What kind of people did they meet?
The boss, who was originally a simple and honest man but now extremely ferocious, said angrily: "Bitch! How dare you touch my son! I will definitely sell you to the lowest brothel and let you be..."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Jue swung out the stick in his hand and hit him in the chest with great precision.
The boss groaned and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Gu Jue walked to the yard and looked down at the man whose ribs were obviously broken. "Don't say such rude words to girls."
The boss wanted to curse, but the severe pain in his chest and the continuous flow of blood from his mouth made him too busy to care.
The proprietress struggled to crawl over to check on her husband. The young man stared at Qin Yao'er's hand tightly and did not dare to move. The other three were lying on the ground wishing they were dead.
Luo Junyao stood in the middle of the yard and clapped his hands and said, "Can you tell the truth now?"
