After passing the area with sky lanterns, we soon arrived at Night City.
Yeliang Kingdom is indeed an unusually small place. Even in the capital of the country, Night City, there is no city gate.
There is only one checkpoint in Yuancheng to enter Yeliang Kingdom, but the national border is unobstructed.
"We're here." Lord Zhang, who was leading the way, stopped his horse, "This is the Xianyun Inn in Night City, and other Xiahou family businesses are not far away."
Mu Lingbo got off the carriage with Xia Houyan and looked around. Although it was not as cold and empty as the far city looked, it was still not too popular.
Xia Houyan smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for taking care of me all the way."
Mr. Zhang cupped his hands and said, "Take care."
Xia Houyan and Xiao Qiao entered the inn directly.
"Sir Zhang, wait a minute." Mu Lingbo stopped the man who was about to leave and asked with a smile, "Sir Zhang, I want to ask, why doesn't this place seem too lively?"
Master Zhang simply replied, "There are not many people in Yeliang country. Most of them live outside Yecheng. They come here to buy things and leave before dark, so it is not surprising."
"I see, there's a curfew here?"
"No, but we don't do much at night."
Mu Lingbo nodded, "I have one last question. Before entering Night City, I saw some children setting off sky lanterns. Why is this? Is it a festival?"
"It's nothing, I'm just praying for blessings." Mr. Zhang said calmly, "There is a prayer day every month, and children will come out to release sky lanterns for about three days. You foreigners should just watch the fun."
After Mr. Zhang took the people away, the street immediately seemed a little deserted.
On the spacious and clean street, the few pedestrians who occasionally passed by only looked at this direction and left in a hurry.
Soon, people from the inn came in to carry the things on the carriage.
"The young master is finally here." The innkeeper Wang, a lean middle-aged man, said politely, "I never thought that the young master would arrive at this time. It is my fault that I didn't send someone to meet him."
Xia Houyan took the tea from Shopkeeper Wang and said, "I couldn't help it. Someone kept urging me, so I hurried a little faster."
"Fortunately, the young master has entered the city. At this time, it will be difficult to enter the city gate of Yeliang Kingdom."
Xiao Qiao complained, "Isn't it? It took a lot of effort!"
Shopkeeper Wang nodded and bowed, "It's my subordinate's fault. However, the young master didn't see Miss Weiyang?"
"Weiyang?"
"Miss Weiyang has already arranged various matters here and told the young master that he is coming, but there are some urgent matters that he has to leave. She said that she would go to the young master's way. If she meets the young master, she will tell the Yeliang Kingdom that they cannot enter the city after sunset.
Didn’t the young master see the matter?"
Xia Houyan said strangely, "I really didn't see it. I just said that Weiyang shouldn't be so indifferent to us."
Xiao Qiao, who was sitting on the Taishi chair with her legs crossed, immediately sat up when she heard this, "Sister Weiyang isn't here? It's urgent?"
Shopkeeper Wang said, "I didn't say what it was specifically. It seems to be related to some business somewhere."
"What kind of business can make Weiyang so anxious to go there in person?" Xia Houyan wondered.
Xiao Qiao pouted, "Who knows, but Sister Weiyang has always done things safely, so there shouldn't be any problems."
"I hope so."
Seeing Mu Lingbo and his son coming over, he immediately put on a flattering smile and said, "You have been working hard for a long time, and I have already ordered the wine and food to be prepared. Shopkeeper Wang must remember that all their requests must be met as much as possible."
Shopkeeper Wang saw his attitude and understood the importance, so he immediately ordered people to prepare the best room.
After dinner and wine, Xia Houyan said, "It's late today, so let's go to bed early. Why don't I send out the secret code given by the big devil tomorrow?"
"You don't have to wait for tomorrow. It's not advisable to delay for too long." Mu Lingbo said, "If there is any signal or something, you should be ready tonight. If someone arrives, come directly to my room to find me."
"So urgent?"
Mu Lingbo raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you curious?"
"Of course I'm not curious, I'm just worried that if you don't get enough rest, the big devil will say that I didn't greet you well..." Xia Houyan immediately put on a smile.
"Don't worry, if you do this well, you will certainly be rewarded." Mu Lingbo said with a half-smile, "Although we, mother and son, are a bit difficult to deal with, I won't embarrass you too much in the future."
Xia Houyan breathed a sigh of relief, "Let me just say, although our friendship is not a life-long friendship, our friendship has lasted for more than ten years, and we have experienced hardships and wealth together."
"Huh? Uncle Xiahou, I know that we share weal and woe. I was stopped by Uncle Ji at that time. But do we share wealth and wealth? Don't lie to others casually!"
Xia Houyan was afraid of his little head and didn't know what he was thinking, so he immediately said, "Didn't I give you all the business of Yeliang Kingdom? This doesn't count as sharing wealth? Don't worry, Xiaobao, I will see you tomorrow
Tell everything."
Mu Xiaobao touched his chin and thought, "Why doesn't Xiaobao have a feeling of wealth? I still think Uncle Xiahou is richer, and Xiaobao is far behind, so we can't share it."
Xia Houyan sweated furiously, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Xiaobao is so humble... Why don't you go back and rest first?"
"Good night, Uncle Xiahou. Xiaobao will go back in the evening and think about sharing wealth."
He trembled and said, "It's better not to think too much before going to bed..."
After returning to the room, Mu Xiaobao couldn't sleep well and rolled around on the big bed.
Seeing that Mu Lingbo still hadn't paid attention to her, he came up to her and said, "Mother, you have something on your mind!"
All five fingers covered his face and pressed Mu Xiaobao into the quilt, "You know how to sleep to attract wealth, so don't bother with it anymore! Also, don't use such profound words indiscriminately, mother."
I was thinking about other things."
"Is there a conspiracy?" he asked with great interest.
"You're a big-headed ghost!" She tucked Xiaobao into the quilt again, "Mom, wait for the others, you go to sleep first."
"Oh." He muttered quietly and stopped talking nonsense.
Almost a night passed, it was quiet, no one came near this room, and naturally no one was waiting for the so-called responder.
"Xia Houyan, did you do what you were asked to do? Did you send out the signal yesterday?"
When Xia Houyan saw her, he hurriedly said, "Let it go. It's true. I'm surprised there's no reaction. I haven't slept all night!"
"How did you notify me?"
Xia Houyan spread his hands and said, "Actually, it's just a signal bomb. If you release it, people will naturally see it. I released three of them in a row for fear of being missed. It should be very obvious at night."
Mu Lingbo was silent for a moment, "Then wait a little longer."
Ever since I arrived in this country of Yeliang, all sorts of things have gone wrong.
