The sunset fills the sky.
On the official road leading from Zhaohua City to Dongxu City, Li Chenan and his party were galloping very fast.
Li Chenan was quite surprised by this.
Because this was Zhongli Ruoshui's suggestion.
She seemed to be getting anxious now.
She had never been in a hurry before, and even wished to walk slower.
Of course Li Chenan had no complaints, but he was still a little worried.
"This will be too tiring. Xiao Wu said you can't stand such fatigue."
Zhongli Ruoshui was indeed a little tired.
Even the official road was very bumpy, and the carriage was really crude. Plus, it ran very fast and was bumpy.
Today, I only rested for half an hour at noon.
The basin of ice that Li Chenan made at noon had already turned into water.
The weather was still very hot, and even though she had taken off her mask, her face was still covered with beads of sweat.
Beads of sweat stuck to the hair on her forehead, and she looked really embarrassed.
But there was a smile on her face.
"It doesn't matter. It's already dusk. Let's go to bed early tonight."
Zhongli Ruoshui opened a corner of the car curtain, and the wind that blew in was also hot, mixed with the yellow sand on the official road, and there was an unspeakable smell in the air.
She lowered the car curtain again, looked at Li Chenan, and said:
"I hope I can get to the Sword Washing Tower as soon as possible."
"The day earlier we could have gone to Wangqingtai, the day earlier you could have meditated on the eighteen formulas of the Fuer Zhou Tian Jue, the day earlier I could have recovered, and the day earlier I could have been with you for the rest of my life with peace of mind."
What can Li Chenan say?
He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve pocket and gently wiped Zhongli Ruoshui's sweat.
"It will take two hours to reach Hexia County. How about we start later tomorrow?"
"No!"
Zhongli Ruoshui smiled slyly: "When we get to Hexia County, find an inn. Take a hot bath and have a raw meal at night. You should be more honest at night and you can recover early tomorrow morning."
Li Chen'an thought that I would be honest tonight.
Since Zhongli Ruoshui is so eager, as long as her body and bones can still hold on, then let her go.
But along the way, Zhongli Ruoshui would lift the car curtain from time to time and look back. What was she looking at?
Li Chenan did not expect that Zhongli Ruoshui was worried that the girl named Xia Hua would come after him.
Xia Hua did come after her.
It's just that she was careless!
She never expected that Li Xiaofeng would run so fast!
She didn't buy a horse in Zhaohua City!
Even if she is already a low-level master, her internal strength is not enough to support her continuous flying.
Therefore, she was flying and walking, getting further and further away from Li Chenan.
But she didn't give up.
She thought that she would have to rush to Hexia County at night and buy two better horses in Hexia County.
With such non-stop pace, as long as Senior Li is really in front, he will catch up to him sooner or later.
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At night.
Hexia County lit up with dots of lights.
This is a small county.
There is only one street each horizontally and vertically.
There is no Yuelai Inn here!
There is a Jianghu tavern here!
The restaurant is not small.
It has three courtyards.
The first entrance outside is the tavern, and the second and third entrance are the inn.
It was already dark when Li Chenan and his entourage walked into the Jianghu tavern. Red lanterns were already lit up in the tavern, and lively sounds could be heard from the tavern.
The waiter had already come over to greet him with a smile on his face:
"Sir, do you want to be a top-notch person or stay in a hotel?"
Li Chenan looked at the figures in the rooms on the left and right and said:
"Get the two best guest rooms, prepare hot water for bathing, and bring us the best wine and food. After eating the wine, we have to take a nice shower when we return to the room."
"Okay! Sir, follow me."
The waiter took Li Chenan and the four of them to a yellow-horned tree in the southwest corner of the courtyard.
There is a pavilion under this tree. There is a stone table and four benches in the pavilion.
"Sir, it's cool here, how about just sitting here?"
Li Chenan nodded, and the four of them sat down. The waiter picked up the teapot on the table and poured tea while saying:
"Sir, this is a place to stay... The three best rooms in the third room have been reserved by guests, but the two rooms in the west wing of the third room are actually not bad. If you don't mind it... "
Li Chenan waved his hand: "Okay, you can take us there after we eat later."
"Okay!"
The waiter shouted outside at the top of his lungs:
"Four of you... one pound of braised beef, one portion of shredded chicken and white fungus, one plate of diced eight-treasure rabbit, four bowls of green plum soup, one five-spice goose! Three pounds of drunkenness!"
There are four pavilions at the four corners of this patio.
There are four tables in four pavilions.
Except for Li Chenan's table, the other three tables were already occupied.
Two of the tables were the most lively, with seven or eight tough and strong men on each side.
They seemed to be drinking heavily, and the night on this hot day was still very hot, so there were a few with their bare chests and breasts exposed, and they were boldly following the drinking orders, drinking and eating meat.
But under the pavilion in the southeast corner it is completely different.
There was only one person drinking quietly.
Li Chenan took a look and saw that the man was wearing a dark suit and a bamboo hat. The bamboo hat obscured his appearance, making it impossible to tell his age.
There is a sword on his table,
A jug of wine.
A plate of beef.
Four steamed buns.
He also looked more polite when drinking, using a small cup instead of a bowl.
He drank wine in small sips, ate meat in small sips, and nibbled on steamed buns.
He seems to be more of a scholar than a swordsman.
Li Chenan withdrew his gaze. When the waiter brought a plate of beef, he asked:
"Are all the people who come to your Jianghu tavern come from Jianghu people?"
The waiter grinned and said:
"Most of them are people from the Jianghu, but there are also business travelers or officials from the imperial court."
Saying this, the waiter leaned over and whispered: "The guests in this courtyard, those two tables, on the right are the masters of the Baji Sect, on the left are the masters of the Sifanghui... They are all famous sects in our Wu Kingdom. .”
"But the really rich owners are like you, guest. In addition, the three best upper rooms are said to be occupied by a certain nobleman from Kyoto... Our shopkeeper doesn't know the identity of that person. Just ask us all to be careful and not to make that noble man angry."
Noble person?
The so-called noble people are of course either rich or noble people.
If he hadn't treated Zhongli Ruoshui, Li Chenan might have asked a few more questions.
But now he was in a hurry to go to Xijian Tower. He had no interest in this nobleman of Wu State, so he didn't ask any more questions.
The dishes were delivered one after another.
The four of them drank and ate.
The taste of this dish is quite good.
Or maybe it's because I'm really hungry on the road today.
But just when Li Chenan drank a glass of wine...
A person walked into the courtyard.
A very graceful woman in her twenties wearing a long white dress and carrying a sword!
Zhongli Ruoshui was startled.
She looked intently and breathed a sigh of relief.
Not that girl named Xia Hua.
A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, thinking that it was not the lady who was afraid of her summer flowers, but this cow. Even if she pressed his neck, he would not dare to take a bite of her grass!
But lately this guy seems to be getting more and more restless.
Sister Xiao said that he was at the age when he was most energetic, and he was practicing the Fu Er Zhou Tian Jue of the Most High Sun in the World.
Maybe he couldn't suppress the desire in his heart. What if he really saw a beautiful cow...
Zhongli Ruoshui glanced at Li Chenan.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Li Chenan was looking at the beautiful girl standing in the patio!
