Xie Ruoling squatted down by the creek, lowered her head and hugged her knees.
When Yan Churong approached, Gu Qi couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong?"
Yan Churong just said lightly: "It's okay. I'll get in the car first."
"oh."
Zhao Dexun looked at Yan Churong's back and started gossiping: "Is it possible that there was a quarrel?"
Gu Qi waved her hand: "No. What are your plans?"
"What else can I plan? After I send you to Laozhou, I will return to my country."
"I mean, Feng Rui's matter."
"Oh," Zhao Dexun raised his foot and kicked the pebbles out, and said with a smile: "I am a rough man, I don't know how to measure the importance, so I just submit the memorial prepared by Master Xue. I will add more to your majesty's questions when the time comes. "
Gu Qi nodded and forced a smile.
I was a little curious about the content of Xue Peilin's memorial, but it was hard to ask.
That’s all, let’s take it one step at a time!
"Zhao Dexun."
Yuan Zhe opened the carriage curtain and shouted.
Zhao Dexun hurriedly ran over!
I saw Zhao Dexun carefully helping Yuan Zhe out of the car, and the two of them walked towards the open space a few feet away.
Gu Qi glanced in that direction before getting into the car.
After half an hour, everyone returned to their seats.
The carriage creaked again.
The journey was uneventful, and after two days of marching, we finally arrived at Luozhou.
Near noon, when we stepped into Luozhou City, the streets were bustling with activity.
"Sugar-gourd!"
Gu Qi poked her head out and saw a middle-aged man wearing a brown hoop hat, raising his hand and shouting. The candied haws on my back are shiny and red, making people salivate.
"Mom, I want that! I want that!"
Gu Qixun looked around and saw a four or five-year-old boy pulling on his mother's clothes and pointing at the candy man to act coquettishly.
Further on, the vendor was shaking a rattle, and the shelves were filled with brightly colored tiger-head shoes. A woman was holding a child in her arms and was choosing tiger-head shoes for her child in front of the stall. Gu Qi looked up and saw that the child was wearing a tiger-head hat and looked around curiously with his eyes wide open.
Seeing that she was fascinated, Yuan Zhe lowered his head and looked outside the curtain.
"It's time to catch up with the market. It will naturally be more lively than usual. If you like to join in the fun, why not go out for a stroll after settling down later."
Gu Qi turned around, her eyes shining: "Really?"
Yuan Zhe smiled and nodded.
There was a bustling crowd all around, so the carriage had to move slowly.
Gu Qi couldn't hold back, and frequently opened the curtains to look outside.
"parking."
The carriage stopped.
Zhao Dexun lay down on the horse and asked Yuan Zhe in the car, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"
"Which is the nearest inn?"
Zhao Dexun straightened up, looked forward, and replied: "Your Highness, the nearest one is the Yuelai Inn, which is across the street."
"Yes." Yuan Zhe straightened his clothes and pulled Gu Qi up: "I have some things to buy. You guys go to the inn first."
"Your Highness, there are so many people here that it might not be safe. Otherwise, would you like me to escort you?"
"No need." After Yuan Zhe finished speaking, he whispered to Gu Qi: "Get off the car."
Gu Qi understood and nodded excitedly.
When Zhao Dexun saw the two of them getting out of the car, he asked no more questions and said to the driver, "Let's go."
The carriage continued to move forward slowly.
Xie Ruoling was lifting the curtain and looking out, and saw Yuan Zhe and Gu Qi getting out of the car and walking towards the crowd.
"It's strange that they went down before we even arrived at the inn."
Yan Churong, who was taking a nap with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard this, and leaned forward to look outside.
"where?"
He searched anxiously, but saw no trace.
Turning his head, Danfeng's eyes widened when he saw a plain face, and his cherry mouth opened slightly.
Yan Churong was shocked!
Straighten up and lean back, "plop"! He fell straight down.
The coachman was startled and asked hurriedly: "Are you okay?"
Yan Churong rubbed his painful lower back and replied, "It's okay."
Xie Ruoling stared blankly for a long time. It wasn't until Yan Churong fell that he came back to his senses and his face turned red!
Yuan Zhe and Gu Qi had already squeezed into the crowd and were dazzled by the dazzling array of things.
After a while, Gu Qi held three bunches of candied haws, a handful of sesame candies, and two small pockets of candied fruits. She walked up to the vendor, bent down and picked the small bright red fruits into the basket next to her.
Yuan Zhe was always following, his eyes frequently falling on Gu Qi, with a smile on his face.
"Oh, you are not so picky!"
Seeing Gu Qi throwing out the defective fruit, the vendor became a little anxious: "You are so picky, what will other customers do?"
Gu Qi held the fruit in her hand, pointed at the black spots on it and said, "Look! These are bug eyes. Should I buy it back and eat the fruit or eat the bugs?"
The hawker took it back impatiently: "You can go buy it elsewhere! Don't wait here and delay my business!"
"You are so strange. You are here to let everyone choose!"
Gu Qifeng became so stubborn that even nine cows could not hold him back!
Gu Qi didn't lose the slightest bit in the back-and-forth exchange of words, but the quarrel made her cheeks turn red and her voice became louder and louder.
The people loved to watch the excitement, and they leaned over one after another. Some even stood aside with their arms folded, smiling as they watched the two quarreling.
Being surrounded by everyone is somewhat demeaning.
Yuan Zhe coughed dryly, raised his hand and gently tugged on Gu Qi's clothes: "Pei Qihuan, it's almost done."
Only then did Gu Qi remember that there was a gentleman standing next to him!
He quickly put away his temper and pushed the basket forward: "I don't want it anymore!"
After saying that, he was about to leave, but the vendor grabbed his hand!
"It took you so long to choose, and then you just leave like this? No! You have to buy it!"
Gu Qi was furious and shouted: "What? You're still buying and selling by force!"
"I don't care! You have to buy these! Otherwise I won't be able to do this business!"
Yuan Zhe frowned, stepped forward and grabbed the hawker's wrist, and secretly said with force: "Let go, I have something to say."
"Ouch..." The vendor let go in pain and became even more angry. He raised his eyes and knew that he couldn't beat this tall man, so he directly raised his fist and rushed towards Gu Qi!
"Bang"!
Before he even touched Gu Qi, he was kicked out by Yuan Zhe!
The vendor lay on his back, covering his chest with his hands, and struggled to get up: "I...I'll fight you!"
After saying that, he staggered forward and rushed forward. Yuan Zhe restrained him with one hand and kicked him in the knee socket. The vendor knelt down instantly!
"Brother Hao!"
A woman pulled a four- or five-year-old child and ran over.
The child held the candy man and looked at Yuan Zhe in horror.
Gu Qi recognized at a glance that this was the mother and son he saw when he entered the city!
"Su Ping!" Pain was written on the vendor's face, and he waved hard at the woman: "Don't come over!"
Gu Qi looked at Yuan Zhe. He looked sulky, but when he saw the child, he couldn't help but let go.
"Your Highness," Gu Qi barely reached her ear with her feet and whispered, "Forget it, let's go back."
"Okay." Yuanzhe released the vendor.
The woman named "Su Ping" rushed forward and held the hawker in her arms: "Brother Hao, are you okay?"
"It's okay." The vendor took the child's hand and looked at the woman with a grin: "You go back first."
"No more, I'll take you to see a doctor!"
After saying that, the woman stepped forward, picked up the fruits scattered everywhere, and gathered them together in one place.
Gu Qi lowered her head and looked at the woman kneeling on the ground picking up fruit, and frowned: "Zhou Suping?"
The woman paused, pushed her hair behind her ears in a panic, and continued to put it away.
Yuan Zhe saw that Gu Qi looked slightly ill and asked, "Do you know him?"
Gu Qi stared at the woman and shook her head: "You recognized the wrong person."
Then he took out a piece of silver from his body and put it into the bamboo basket containing the fruits.
Pulling Yuan Zhe to squeeze out of the crowd of onlookers, he prepared to go back.
"Wait a minute!"
The two turned around, and the woman trotted over carrying a bamboo basket.
"I'm sorry, I don't produce much fruit at home, and I didn't catch the insects in time, so the fruit was eaten by a lot of insects." The woman stuffed the bamboo basket to Gu Qi: "I took a look, most of the fruits in it are It is good."
Gu Qideng blushed immediately!
This fruit is chosen one by one by oneself, so it is naturally good.
"I'm sorry." Gu Qi handed the bamboo basket back: "We don't want the fruit anymore. The money is for his medical treatment."
The woman did not take it, but lowered her head and smiled: "We, a couple, support ourselves, how can we accept your money for nothing! If you don't like this fruit, I will return the money to you right now!"
After saying that, he started to take out the money. Gu Qi held the bamboo basket in his arms and said with a smile: "No need! I like it very much! Go back quickly!"
The woman lowered her head and pursed her lips, then saluted Yuanzhe and Gu Qiqian: "Thank you very much. Please go slowly, sir."
Take two steps back, turn around and leave.
Gu Qi raised her head and looked at Yuan Zhe, then lowered her head to look at her and Yuan Zhe's outfits.
"No wonder."
Yuanzhe didn't know why and asked: "What?"
Gu Qi pointed at the jade pendant on Yuan Zhe's waist: "Your Highness, you have exposed your secret."
"This woman is not simple."
Yuan Zhe became suspicious and wanted to catch up.
But she was stopped by Gu Qi: "I know who she is, let's go back first."
Yuan Zhe raised his eyebrows and didn't ask any more questions. He picked up the bamboo basket in Gu Qi's arms and said, "Let's go."
The onlookers dispersed, and through the crowd, they could see the backs of the two people getting further and further away.
"Suping. What's wrong?"
The woman sighed, changed her melancholy expression, and turned around: "It's okay, how are you?"
"It's okay, that person is not serious." The vendor picked up the pole and pulled the child: "Let's go home."
"Yes." The woman nodded, tears streaming down her face, but a happy smile hanging on her lips.
"Your Highness, why don't you ask me?"
"What do I ask you for?"
Yuan Zhe turned his head, looked at Gu Qizheng eating candied haws, and took all the candied sesame candies in her hand.
Gu Qi raised her head and said with a smile, "Thank you, Your Highness."
After eating two sweet and sour hawthorns, he continued: "Your Highness, what a coincidence, I just checked the list carefully yesterday, and today..."
Yuan Zhe looked at Gu Qi in surprise: "You actually remember all the names on the list?"
"Ah?" Gu Qi had candied haws stuffed in her mouth, her cheeks bulging, looking silly.
"No, no!" Gu Qi waved her hands, chewed the hawthorn in her mouth and swallowed it quickly: "How can I do that? By coincidence, when checking the list, three people's years did not match. Among them, There is a person named 'Zhou Suping'. I can't explain it right now, but I will tell you in detail when I get back to the inn!"
Yuan Zhe nodded.
The two of them walked along the street and looked around, and arrived at the inn before they knew it.
Yan Churong stood at the door of the inn, his face so dark that he could almost drip with ink...
