Siwu went next door to report to the leading young man, the popular figure in front of the prince, Mr. Yijiu, before following Shu Li out of the city lord's mansion.
The streets in the border city are roughly consistent with the map, with three main streets running vertically and crisscrossing lanes.
The city lord's palace is in the center of the border city, looking south to the city gate and to the north with mountains rising.
As the two walked on the street, the people setting up stalls on both sides looked at them, but they didn't show any goodwill.
Shu Li didn't squint her eyes, Siwu said in a low voice next to her: "It seems that the people in the city have heard about your highness coming to the border city for peace talks. The general who just brought us into the city lord's palace was so loud that your highness's identity is self-evident. .”
he is very smart.
This is also what Shuli thinks.
The general kept claiming that he was on duty, but he sent the group of them into the city lord's mansion, which had already been prepared, with great fanfare.
The border town is far away and the conditions are difficult, but because of the peace talks, a so-called nobleman from the imperial city has been welcomed, and things and accommodation have to be specially prepared.
If I were a citizen from a border town, I wouldn't have a good impression of the visitor.
But if this happens, Shu Li's plan to pry for information will come to nothing.
"How many truths do you think we can hear from the people's mouths?" Shu Li asked softly.
Siwu rolled his eyes and said, "If your Highness wants to hear the truth, then you won't hear a word. If it's a lie, it doesn't make any difference whether you listen or not."
Shu Li's eyes fell on him again. This man was really smart.
Thinking this, Shu Li stopped.
She looked around and saw a noodle shop and a fabric shop.
Then, under Ruoyouruo's non-hostile gaze, she walked directly to the noodle shop.
It's said to be a noodle shop, but it's actually just a small room with some tables and chairs, and the stove used to cook noodles and side dishes is set up outside.
Compared with the outside, the inside of the house can only block some windy sand hanging on the sides, and it is no different from the tables and chairs outside.
Shu Li sat down on her own, and the boss outside the door followed reluctantly.
"What do you want, noble man?" The boss looked to be around forty or fifty years old, but the border town was full of wind and sand, so just looking at a person's appearance couldn't tell much.
Before Shu Li could say anything, Siwu who was standing beside him choked back: "What you boss said is too ridiculous. Since I entered your noodle shop, I naturally came here to eat noodles. Is it possible that I can also cook it?" For clothes?”
"This... is... this is..." The noodle shop owner looked a little embarrassed and rubbed his hands uncomfortably.
Then he asked: "My noodle shop has nothing to entertain you. I wonder if you want some plain noodles or something else?"
"Boss, you have to tell me everything you want to eat. Why don't you just sit here and talk about what you want to eat? If my master wants to eat shredded chicken noodles in golden soup, can you make it?"
"Shut up!" Shu Li cut off what he was about to say: "It's not easy for the people in the border town. In the past, it was just a world apart. Now that we live in the same city, we naturally eat and walk together."
The fourth and fifth side admitted their mistake in a low voice and apologized to the boss.
Shu Li also said: "Don't blame me, old man. It's true that I was easy to bully in the past, so people around me will inevitably have a strong temper and words. Please bear with me."
"I can't bear your words." The boss nodded repeatedly, waving his hands: "Actually, it's not that I don't say it, but that everything is scarce in our city, and there is nothing new in my noodle shop. thing."
"In the past, when soldiers and big guys came to visit businesses, most of them would ask for plain noodles, but they would add a handful of wild vegetables picked from the mountains behind, and sprinkle a thick layer of spicy pepper on it. That's enough."
When he said this, there was a trace of doubt in Siwu's eyes, obviously he didn't understand.
If Shu Li was really His Highness, she wouldn't understand.
"But after blanching the wild vegetable leaves, put them together with the cooked noodles, and then season them with spicy pepper?"
As soon as these words came out, the hostility in the boss's eyes seemed to diminish a lot. He seemed surprised that Shuri could understand what he was talking about.
"That's exactly what the noble man said. We live in a border town, and we just want to be full and not hungry when it comes to food. We don't pay much attention to it."
Shu Li was silent after hearing this. It was only when her boss thought she had said the wrong thing and became panicked that she sighed heavily.
"Sure enough, hearing about it is different from seeing it with your own eyes." Shu Li put on a sad expression: "Although I know the hardships in the border town, I don't know what it is like. Even if I see it with my own eyes, it may not be as good as experiencing it in person. More productive.”
Then, Shu Li looked at the boss: "In the past, you could just serve me two bowls of whatever the soldiers and civilians liked to eat the most."
The boss responded and turned around stiffly to go out.
"Your Highness? What do you mean?" Siwu scratched his head: "Can you find out the news after eating two bowls of noodles?"
"Even if I can't, I will let them know that the people who come are not just some noble people who only want to enjoy happiness, but at least are people who are willing to understand their hard work."
"Is there any difference?" Siwu said with cupped hands: "Your identity will not change just because you eat a bowl of noodles. Peace talks are always imminent."
"But I also said that I must at least know first, what are the wishes of the people?"
"Is this important? Don't forget, although you are here to preside over the peace talks on behalf of the Crown Prince, you do not have the power to decide this matter."
"I will have it." Shu Li raised her head and looked at him quietly.
Frankly speaking, Shu Li still didn't understand why the dungeon arranged for two NPCs with identities and background stories to be around her.
And everything now is different from the record in the book called "Qi General Zhi" seen in Puppet Town.
Siwu didn't continue to speak, because the boss came in with two bowls of noodles.
To be honest, the noodles in the bowl don't look very appetizing.
The noodles in the bowl don't look like they're made from white flour. Just looking at the color, they actually look more like buckwheat noodles.
The noodles are not smooth either, they are bumpy.
It's not good flour, and of course you can't knead any good noodles.
There was unhidden disgust on Si Wu's face.
Shu Li's face remained normal, and she took the chopsticks from the boss's hand.
The bowl of noodles, which is slightly dark in color, is generous in portion and covered with a layer of brown wild vegetables, which are cooked very well.
But the boss probably thought that this noble man couldn't eat spicy food, so he only poured half of the spicy food on it.
Shu Li pulled one of the bowls in front of her, mixed it a few times, and then put it in her mouth.
Si Wu hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him: "Your Highness, I haven't tested the poison yet."
The boss glared at him, but before he could speak, Shu Li scolded him: "Apologise."
"If you continue to speak so openly and disrespect the people in the city, you can return to the imperial city immediately."
