Chloe looked at him confused, as if she didn't understand what he was talking about.
At this moment, the door curtain of the carriage was opened. Zhan Yuwu stood in front of their car and waved to Yan Zhong, "We need to replace horses and purchase dry food. Come with me."
Brother Qiye, please stay here and rest for a while, we will set off in half an hour."
Lin Qiye nodded, "Okay."
"I'll go with you too." Hu Jia thought for a moment and chose to follow Yan Zhong out of the car.
After all, he is a newcomer to the Evil Suppression Department, and Zhan Yuwu and Yan Zhong are both elders. How can there be any reason to let the elders run errands while he, a newcomer, rests? His status is far from as high as that of Lin Qiye and Huo Qubing.
Appreciation appeared in Yan Zhong's eyes, and he looked like a child with a teachable expression. The three of them discussed it before leaving in different directions.
Lin Qiye and Chloe got out of the car one after another. Looking at the snow-covered street, Chloe couldn't help but stretch:
"After sitting in the car for so long, my waist is sore... Is there anything interesting nearby?"
"This is my first time here, so how could I know this?" Lin Qiye shook his head.
While the two were talking, Gong Yangwan and Wu Quan also got off the carriage in front of them, but Huo Qubing was nowhere to be seen.
"I'm really sick." Gong Yangwan frowned and glanced at the carriage, his face full of displeasure.
"What's wrong?" Lin Qiye asked.
Wu Quan opened his mouth, but still said: "The Marquis drove us away... Oh no, please come out. He said he wanted to stay by himself."
"Why, this carriage is so big, can it only accommodate him?" Gongyang Wan snorted coldly, "The champion, he is such a powerful official."
Lin Qiye was startled for a moment, then glanced at the silent carriage, looking a little worried.
During the past few days of travel, Huo Qubing almost never got off the carriage. Even food and water were brought by Lin Qiye. Every time when Wuquan and the others got off the carriage, Huo Qubing would vomit blood alone in the carriage... waiting for everyone to finish eating.
When he got back to the car, he had already cleaned up the blood stains, as if nothing had happened.
Ever since he came to the Western Regions in the dead of winter, Huo Qubing's health seemed to be getting worse and worse.
"Master Hou must be tired... let's walk around." Lin Qiye seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Gong Yangwan, "Yan Zhong told me, are you from Qingshan County? Do you know a suitable place to stay?
Take a rest?"
"A person from Qingshan County?" Gongyang Wan seemed to have remembered something, a coldness flashed in his eyes, "I am not."
Seeing that Gong Yangwan didn't want to say more, Lin Qiye didn't bother to ask any more questions. He randomly picked a street that looked the busiest and led everyone there.
During this period, it was the coldest time on the border of the Western Region. The ground was frozen into blocks, and flying snow was floating in the air. There were almost no pedestrians on the road. They only walked on the road for a few minutes, and their hair and eyebrows were dyed with snow.
into white.
Lin Qiye glanced at the gray sky, walked to a store and bought a few oil-paper umbrellas to block the flying snow, but the cold air was still eating away at their bodies.
"Walking around like this on the street is not an option." Lin Qiye looked around, as if he wanted to find a place to stay as soon as possible.
Gong Yangwan followed the crowd, his eyes falling on a building at the end of the street, his eyes slightly narrowed, not knowing what he was thinking.
"I know a place." She suddenly said.
"Didn't you just say that you are not from Qingshan County?" Chloe said suspiciously.
"I'm not from Qingshan County, but I have lived here for a while... It doesn't matter. There is a place where you can keep out the cold, and there are snacks and drinks. Do you want to go?"
"Go." Lin Qiye said without any hesitation, "Is it far?"
"Right there."
Gong Yangwan pointed towards the building, everyone nodded and walked forward quickly.
…
"Twenty taels."
"Five taels."
"Fifty taels??" The old woman's eyes widened, "Chen Papi! Are you crazy and frustrated? I kindly sent you a golden chicken that lays eggs, and you just give me five taels of silver to send me away?!"
In front of the old woman, the short man sneered, and the scar on his cheek was extremely hideous.
He looked back at the wooden house behind him. In the dim light of the flickering candle, he could see a dirty woman holding a bowl of hot porridge, raising her head and swallowing it as if she hadn't eaten in several days.
.
"Who do you think Liu Qingfang is?" Chen Papi said in displeasure, "We are in the flesh business! If any female beggar can come to us to exchange for money, then wouldn't we become beggars?
Nested?"
"I have chosen female prostitutes for so many years. I can tell at a glance whether they are beautiful or not! Even though she is dirty now, she is definitely a beautiful woman!"
"You are born a beggar, no matter how good-looking you are, what does it matter? No more than ten taels, if you don't want to, take them out."
"...Okay! Ten taels is ten taels!" the old woman gritted her teeth and said.
Chen Papi took out ten taels of silver from his arms and threw it on the ground in front of him. The old woman immediately leaned over to pick them up one by one, her wrinkled face smiling like a chrysanthemum.
After giving the money, Chen Papi walked directly to the wooden house and kicked open the wooden door.
boom--!
Jialan paused with the bowl of porridge in her hand, then turned her head and looked at the strange man in confusion.
"Who are you? Aunt Zhou's son?"
"Bah!" Chen Papi spat, "Then the old bitch deserves a son?
Now that you have been sold to our Liuqingfang, someone will take you to bathe and change clothes in a while. Let me have a taste of it first, and teach you some practical skills by the way, and then you will be picked up by me!"
Jialan held the bowl of porridge and looked at him doubtfully, as if she couldn't understand what he was talking about.
"I'm not going anywhere. After drinking the porridge Aunt Zhou gave me, I should leave the city." Jialan shook his head.
"Do you think you have the final say on this matter?" Chen Papi snorted coldly, and slapped the porridge bowl out of her hand with one hand. There was only a crisp sound, and the floating rice porridge was mixed with the bowl fragments, covering the ground under his feet.
earth,
The next moment, Chen Papi's rough palm grabbed Jialan's collar directly.
Jia Lan frowned and locked his wrist with his right hand like lightning. A light blue light flashed through his eyes. Just as he was about to take action, an unhealthy color of blood suddenly appeared on his cheeks, and the light quickly dissipated.
"Cough cough cough..." She weakly let go of Chen Papi's wrist, and the latter took a few steps back and looked at Jia Lan with a look full of surprise.
"Are you a stranger?!"
Jialan wiped away the blood seeping from the corner of her mouth, and a familiar feeling of dizziness came to her heart again. She looked down at the scars all over her body and murmured to herself,