In a dead end street in the capital, Zhang Xiu weighed the golden cudgel in his hand with a sneer on his face.
The eldest princess squatted in the corner, curled up on the ground and shivering, with tears in her eyes. In order to maintain her dignity as a princess, she stubbornly refused to cry.
Zhang Xiu showed a sinister smile and asked, "Do you still dare to trouble me in the future?"
The eldest princess shook her head quickly.
Zhang Xiu hummed with satisfaction, and then asked: "Do you still dare to whip people with a whip in the future?"
The eldest princess shook her head again like a rattle.
Zhang Xiu continued to ask: "Then will you pay me the protection fee on time every month in the future?"
The eldest princess was about to agree when she suddenly realized something was wrong. She put away the tears in her eyes and stared at Zhang Xiu fiercely.
Zhang Xiu didn't care. He coughed dryly and said: "The atmosphere has just reached the point where I couldn't help but say something smooth. Your Highness, please don't mind. You can leave now."
The eldest princess secretly glanced at the iron rod in Zhang Xiu's hand and said with a vigilant look: "You go first, I'm afraid you will attack me from behind..."
Zhang Xiu suddenly took a breath: "Can you read minds?!"
The eldest princess choked her voice with inexplicable grief and anger: "@#￥%￥#@..."
You really want to make a sneak attack! !
Zhang Xiu shrugged helplessly, turned and walked out of the alley, looked around, and found that the others had lost track of him, and the scenery around him was also very unfamiliar, which made him frown for a while.
The eldest princess obviously also discovered this situation. She looked around and saw that there was no one there. She immediately boasted: "It's all your fault. Now I can't even find anyone asking for directions."
"Um?"
Zhang Xiu's eyes squinted, and the eldest princess immediately shut her mouth obediently and looked at him with a look of help.
Zhang Xiu sighed, looked at the "Gaofu" plaque of the house next to him, walked up and knocked on the door.
There was a knock on the door, and the door opened with a creak, and an old man dressed as a housekeeper came out. He glanced at Zhang Xiu and the eldest princess, and said with a smile: "You two distinguished guests, are you here to see my master?"
Zhang Xiu saluted and said: "This is my father-in-law, my sister, the imperial concubine, and this is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. The two of us...we have lost our way while traveling, and would like to ask how to get to the Luzhou Guild Hall. If I can get a car, It would be better if we send you off in a carriage."
The butler quickly saluted, bowed and said, "I don't know that my uncle and your highness the princess are here. I've neglected my etiquette. Please forgive me!"
"You two distinguished guests, please come in quickly. I will ask the master to come out to greet you!"
With that said, the housekeeper let Zhang Xiu and the others into the hall, entered the inner courtyard, and invited out a thin middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man took a look at Zhang Xiu and the eldest princess, then walked to the eldest princess, paid homage and said: "Gao Xuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, pays homage to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!"
The eldest princess glanced sideways at Zhang Xiu proudly, and then said in a calm tone: "Sit down."
Gao Xuan stood up, and then raised his hand to Zhang Xiuyi with a smile on his face: "I have met my uncle. I don't know that two distinguished guests are here. I am sorry that I missed you from afar, but I hope you will forgive me."
"It's already noon, how about you two stay at Gao's house for a light meal, and then I'll send someone to escort you back?"
The eldest princess felt that after running for a long time, her stomach felt a little empty. Just when she was about to agree, Zhang Xiu said: "No, we have to go back quickly to prevent the palace people from looking around."
When Gao Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but show a regretful expression and ordered to the housekeeper: "Old Gao, prepare the car."
The butler took the order, turned around and walked out.
Gao Xuan and Zhang Xiu exchanged pleasantries and asked about the emperor and the queen mother's recent physical condition.
After chatting for a while, the carriage and horses were ready, Zhang Xiu and the eldest princess got into the carriage, and the coachman drove the carriage slowly out of the alley.
In the carriage, the eldest princess looked at Zhang Xiu with a dissatisfied look on her face: "It's okay if you don't stay to eat. Why don't you even let me drink the water? Gao Xuan is the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Are you still afraid that he will murder us?"
Zhang Xiu did not answer her question, but looked forward faintly and asked, "Do you still remember the pseudonym I used yesterday?"
The eldest princess frowned slightly: "Your name is Zhao Ji... eh? I remember you claimed to be the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs?"
Halfway through the words, the eldest princess was suddenly stunned, "What's going on? How come Gao Xuan's son is called Zhao Ji? Isn't Zhao Ji his biological child?"
Zhang Xiupu said happily: "You have to ask Zhao Ji's mother about this. But I can tell you for sure that there is only one Minister of Civil Affairs in the court, and his surname is Zhao."
The eldest princess took a deep breath, a look of fear appeared on her face, and said in a voiceless voice: "Did we really encounter a bad person?!"
Zhang Xiu took a deep breath and said: "It may be more terrifying than meeting a bad guy. I still remember a few years ago, there was a minister of the Ministry of official affairs who was executed by your father. It seems that his surname was Gao..."
As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden click outside, and the car's shaft hit the ground hard.
Unprepared, the two people fell out of the car and fell to the ground.
Zhang Xiu stood up, pulled the eldest princess to his side, and looked around cautiously.
The eldest princess was dizzy from the fall. When she recovered and regained her composure, she suddenly froze in place with her hair standing on end.
The horseman who had just driven the carriage had disappeared. The originally gorgeous carriage had become dilapidated and covered with dust and cobwebs. In front of the carriage, there was still lying quietly... a complete horse bone. !
"ah!"
After being stunned for a moment, the eldest princess let out a scream that could pierce her eardrums, and grabbed Zhang Xiu's arm: "There's a ghost!!"
Zhang Xiu looked around with a solemn expression. The dark road in front of him was endless. It was clear that it was sunny just now, but now it was filled with gray fog.
Not far away, an inn was lit with dim lights, and two human skeletons hung in front of the inn door. It didn't look like an inn for living people at all!
"What the hell is this place?"
The eldest princess's body was trembling slightly. This time she was not pretending to be pitiful in front of Zhang Xiu, she was really scared to tears.
Zhang Xiu frowned while looking at the inn and said, "I feel like this should be a place similar to the Yin and Yang Realm, the gap between the underworld and the Yang Realm. It's probably Gao Xuan who sent us here."
"The good news is that the resentment caused by the Gao Xuan family being executed by your father should only open the way to a place like this. Otherwise, they could just open a door and send us both to the underworld."
The eldest princess looked at Zhang Xiu pitifully, grabbed his arm and said, "Then how are we going to go back?"
Zhang Xiu shook his head and sighed: "I probably can't go back. With my current ability, the most I can do is send you to another place."
Hope suddenly ignited in the eyes of the eldest princess, and she said excitedly: "You can send me anywhere, as long as I don't stay in this ghost place."
Zhang Xiu showed a confident smile: "I can send you to the West!"
The eldest princess: "@#￥%￥#@......"
In a place so close to hell, don't make such hell jokes! !
