The middle-aged shopkeeper's eyes flashed, he looked at Xiaohu and sighed.
He said leisurely: "I was just thinking that not long after you left, there was a sandstorm. If we moved randomly, we might have been buried in the desert."
Xiaohu shook his head and then remembered the battle with the bandits in the capital that night.
In this way, these guys managed to escape by hiding in the pile of rocks. They were much luckier than the bandits.
Thinking about it, the middle-aged shopkeeper looked at Xiaohu and asked, "Didn't you encounter bandits that night?"
When he mentioned those unlucky guys, Xiaohu smiled and replied: "They have to ask the gods and Buddhas in the desert if they can eat to bless them."
The fat man snorted coldly when he heard this and said calmly: "Like a bandit killer in the desert, even if he died ten times, he still deserved it."
The middle-aged shopkeeper didn't know the fat man. He looked at Xiaohu and asked in confusion: "Is it possible that you still have to walk to the capital?"
"The road to the desert is there, who knows?"
Xiaohu didn't tell him his destination because he didn't want to follow these guys all the way.
He even said that if you set off tomorrow, then I would rather stay at night for two more days. The desert is his world, and he doesn't want to see the weird looks of the guys here.
???????????????Just when the two were entangled, the caravan man finished the formalities and came over and asked in a deep voice: "Shopkeeper, we can go back to the house to rest."
The middle-aged shopkeeper nodded and replied calmly to Xiaohu: "If that's the case, then it's a fate."
After that frightening night last year, the middle-aged shopkeeper had to take a high look at Xiaohu. After all, the lives and deaths of those bandits are unknown, but the young man in front of him is still sitting here.
This explains many problems.
Xiaohu saw that a guy he didn't like came to the inn, and he was not in the mood to chat with the fat man in the lobby anymore, so he took a bunch of food to his room.
The two entered the room, but Xiaohu sent a message to Li Xiuyuan: "Sir, the marriage caravan from the Imperial City of Northern Qi is here again and is going to the capital."
Li Xiuyuan was making tea with Shuzi in the house. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "It's just a caravan, what else can we do? Let them go and ignore them."
Xiaohu nodded and smiled: "This fat man is a friend I met with Sister Shuzi back then. Let's have a drink with Mr. in the evening?"
Upon hearing this, Shuzi couldn't help but interjected: "You are the only one who has many things to do. Go buy some food and bring it to your brother's house tonight."
Xiaohu chuckled: "That's natural."
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But it was said that the Northern Qi caravan had reserved the backyard of the inn.
The lieutenant who transformed into a clerk was in the living room with the middle-aged shopkeeper, discussing the upcoming troubles.
The deputy general's expression darkened, he looked around and said, "Shopkeeper, do you think we will encounter bandits on the road again this year?"
The middle-aged shopkeeper held a cup of tea and replied calmly: "I'm not afraid of encountering bandits, as long as I don't encounter storms anymore."
The deputy general thought about what happened last year and couldn't help but said: "Didn't I say that there are no storms in the spring in the desert? In this case, what are we afraid of?"
The middle-aged shopkeeper sighed, and Xiao Suo replied: "No matter what trouble we encounter, we must not forget the purpose of our trip? Otherwise, what if we have to explain it to the emperor?"
The deputy general nodded. No matter what kind of trouble they encountered, completing the marriage was their mission.
After thinking about the little tiger he met just now, the deputy general couldn't help but frown and asked: "That boy is a bit evil. Last year, the bandits had a narrow escape from death. This guy..."
The middle-aged shopkeeper shook his head and said in a solemn voice: "If he doesn't mess with us, we won't cause trouble."
The desert is full of unknown dangers, not to mention that a young man and two people can survive the murderous storm. In his opinion, this is more dangerous than bandits.
Fortunately, he didn't fall out with Xiaohu that night last year.
The deputy general also understood this truth. After all, when he saw Xiaohu today, there was a fat man beside him. It seemed that this young man was really from the desert.
And their current mission does not allow them to make enemies on the road.
When it was time to light the lanterns, Xiaohu asked the waiter to cut a pot of mutton, fry two side dishes, and send them to his husband's room.
Then he pointed at the fat man and laughed: "This guy is a monk from the Northern Qi Dynasty. He originally came here for marriage. After completing the mission last year, he is now hiding under the Tianshan Mountains and living in seclusion."
In Xiaohu's view, Fatty will no longer be considered a monk in Northern Qi.
After all, judging from the path he chose, no dynasty's wealth was as important as his own practice.
Li Xiuyuan has always seen no distinction between good and bad. He didn't want to see Beiqi's caravan simply because he was afraid of trouble, because Ashina in front of him was a trouble.
Fortunately, Xiaohu did not introduce Asuna's identity to Fatty, otherwise Fatty would have screamed in surprise.
If we come here, this inn will probably explode, and my profession will not be able to live in peace.
After listening to Xiaohu's words, Li Xiuyuan looked at the fat man and sighed, and said with a smile: "Even His Majesty the Emperor has only been in glory for a few decades, so what?????????????" Have you ever felt comfortable here?"
Don't talk about this truth to others, only Xiaohu knows it best.
Shuzi sitting aside naturally understood this truth. After all, like Xiaohu, she had witnessed the rise and fall of a dynasty.
The fat man couldn't help but sigh after hearing what his husband said.
After thinking for a while, he replied: "When I encountered difficulties in my practice, I owed a favor to the Imperial Master. It was not until I repaid the debt last year that I listened to Xiaohu's words and went to live in seclusion at the foot of Tianshan Mountain."
Shuzi sat up after hearing this: "So, you met a woman you like in that town? Do you plan to get married?"
Li Xiuyuan didn't expect Shuzi to know this guy, so he couldn't help but become interested.
At that moment, he took a bottle of wine and slapped it away, looked at Xiaohu and said: "Meeting is fate, so cherish it. After all, I don't know when we will meet next time."
Xiaohu sniffed the faint fragrance and couldn't help but shiver. He patted the fat man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Fat man, you are lucky to have met my husband."
After that, he didn't say much, he just held the wine bottle and poured wine into everyone's glasses.
The husband didn't say anything and took out the spirit wine because he wanted to give Fatty a chance. Although Xiaohu was excited, he couldn't clarify his words and could only make a haha.
Shuzi naturally understood that her brother wanted to make Xiaohu a rare friend.
After all, hundreds of years have passed, and Xiaohu's only friends back then were her, her husband, and Xiaohei.
Ashina fell in love with Li Xiuyuan's wine. She took a sip from the cup and laughed.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "Sir, when I go to the Imperial City in the future, can I learn how to make wine from you?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled faintly, pointed at Shuzi and said, "Your sister Shuzi knows how to brew, and Xiaohu has been learning for a few months, so she should be almost there, right?"
Xiaohu laughed and said, "I have given all my skills back to you, sir. I will have to learn them all over again with Sister Shuzi."
Shuzi patted her hand and smiled: "As long as you are not afraid of hardship, come to me when the time comes and I will tell you the address."
The same goes for Shuzi. She finally made a friend and didn't want to give up easily.
Although she didn't know whether Ashwa would eventually marry the emperor of Northern Qi or the emperor of Zhou, she heard some secrets from her brother's conversation.
In this way, Ashina will definitely be the queen of Zhou Dynasty in the future.
Considering the relationship between Xiao Hei and the current empress, it will not be a troublesome thing to leave and enter the palace when the time comes.
However, no matter how smart Ren Shuzi was, she never thought that Xiao Hei would no longer want to return to the Zhou Palace after her leg was broken, and even Li didn't want to see her anymore.
He was very close to dying on the battlefield of Northern Qi. Now Xiao Hei didn't have much favorable impressions of either Northern Qi or Zhou Dynasty.
However, this is all a matter for later.
It was only after Xiao Hei returned to the Imperial City and met Shu Zi that she realized that Xiao Hei had grown up overnight after not seeing each other for a few years.
He is no longer the little boy who follows her around all day and relies on his brother for everything.
That night, the fat man, who drank three glasses of spiritual wine, broke through two realms in a row and almost fell into distraction.
After being frightened, the fat man looked at Xiaohu who was lying on the bed thinking about his thoughts and asked: "Xiaohu, are you, sir, a god in the sky?"
Xiaohu smiled proudly: "That's right."
After thinking about it, he said: "I think I will stay for two more days tomorrow. I don't want to go with a caravan from Northern Qi."
The fat man patted his belly and sighed: "It feels like a dream...yes, if it were me, would I want to be with them?"
Xiaohu closed his eyes and said quietly: "Remember: Don't ask my husband tomorrow. If you go back and practice for another year or two, you may be able to break through to the four great masters of Northern Qi."
What the two of them didn't know was that the current national master was blind and was no longer an expert.
Asuna couldn't sleep well that night. She tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep.
Shuzi couldn't bear it any longer and asked, "Do you not want to see the Northern Qi caravan or do you not want to return to the capital?"
Asuna shook her head and replied softly: "I just don't want to be with these guys. It's inconvenient to talk to my sister on the road. It's so annoying."
Shuzi laughed when she heard this: "That's not easy. Let's stay here for two more days tomorrow. After they leave, we can go on our way slowly. We won't be in a hurry."
Ashina sighed and said quietly: "If my husband and sister hadn't wanted to go down the mountain, I would have really wanted to stay on Tianshan Mountain for a few more years."
Shuzi smiled and replied softly: "My brother and I came to the desert originally to look for the little tiger. Unexpectedly, it took several years after we arrived to find a younger brother at home."
Shuzi also knew that the three of them could not stay on the Tianshan Mountain forever, and her brother was still returning to the imperial city to see the changes there.
Not to mention that after all these years, Xiao Hei doesn’t even know what he has become.
"It seems that I am going to the imperial city of Zhou Dynasty."
Asuna sighed and smiled: "What if I don't even have anyone to ask for advice on spiritual practice in the future?"
Shuzi chuckled: "You can't talk nonsense. If you go to Dazhou, you will be the Queen. I have to see your mood if I want to see you."
Ashina knew that Shuzi was teasing her, so she thought that if it was inconvenient to leave the palace at that time, she could always invite you and your husband into the palace, right?
After all, she had been in the desert for a long time, and she didn't have as many etiquette as in the Imperial City of Great Zhou.
The two chatted for half the night, but in the end they didn't come to a conclusion. Shuzi promised to talk to her brother and stay in the inn for a few more days.
Because Shuzi didn't want Ashina to marry to Beiqi, otherwise the two of them might never see each other again.
The fat man was very happy to break through overnight.
He didn't sleep well all night, so he pulled Xiaohu up early and said he was taking him to eat the most famous local beef noodles.
Xiaohu didn't care, thinking that he could eat it himself and pack it for his husband and sister.
But what the two of them didn't expect was that when Xiaohu and Fatty finished eating and packed their bags and were about to leave, they saw the guy they didn't want to see.
"Hey, fat man, how come I can see you wherever I go?"
In the Northern Qi caravan that left early, the boy dressed as the deputy general looked at the fat man coming out of the noodle shop and joked: "When did even the fat man from the Central Plains fall in love with the desert?"
The fat man was a little angry. He looked at the other party sideways and replied, "It's so early in the morning. Are you looking for trouble?"
