Because they were both going to the southern border to supervise flood control, although one was in Nanjun and the other in Bajun, Xu Zhi'ai and Xu Pingyan were traveling together for a while, so the two carriages traveled together for the time being.

Jiang Si was sitting in Xu Zhi'ai's carriage, while Bai Fu was still sitting outside the carriage with Bo Ying. Xu Pingyan was originally alone and did not even have a concubine, let alone any female relatives. When the Zhao family was extremely powerful,

Xu Pingyan and his cousin Princess Qinglian also went to a banquet for the princes and ladies of Chang'an. However, the spring peony banquet seemed like a huge conspiracy, which actually uprooted the entire Zhao family. The general with military power,

The promising Crown Princess, the noble Lady Gaoming, and the young girls waiting to be married were all included.

His poor cousin didn't know who he offended, but she was innocently implicated. Now she is not in good spirits and seems to be crazy. In order to prevent anything from happening when she ran away, she was imprisoned in the Buddhist hall at home. Although she will not be a teenager.

I prayed to the Buddha with lanterns, but with gradual treatment, I can finally get better. But if I want to marry, I don’t dare to ask for a good family. I wait until I wake up, find a small place, change my name, and marry an ordinary family.

That’s all.

Therefore, Xu Pingyan only had two guards with him.

Although it is an ordinary carriage, the interior is spacious. In addition to seating four people on the left and right sides, a low table can also be placed in the middle. Compared with Xu Zhiwei's Wang Qinggai's carriage, although the appearance is not as luxurious, the interior is

It's not bad at all.

The carriage drove out of Chang'an, and except for the occasional merchants and pedestrians, there were not many people in sight.

Jiang Si remembered that the first time she got on Xu Zhi's horse was in a place like this. From then on, she and Xu Zhi were entangled. He always took things by force and put pressure on her everywhere.

He stepped under his feet and stepped into the mud, calling her humble and despicable. But he also forced her to learn to kill, and he also admitted that "you did nothing wrong."

When Jiang Si and Xu Zhi'ai rode in the carriage together, they always walked on thin ice. When he closed his eyes and rested his mind, she dared to breathe a sigh of relief. But he always said a few words, which made her nervous from time to time.

Just like this, he had already closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep, and suddenly said, "Ah Si."

Jiang Si hugged the bundle tightly, her heart trembled, and she quickly replied, "Master."

"Is there anything important in your baggage?"

Jiang Si shook her head, "No."

Xu Zhi'er's eyes were dark, "Then why are you hugging me so tightly?"

Jiang Si didn't want to annoy him, so she quickly threw the baggage aside, as if it was hot to her hands.

A hint of smile flashed in his eyes, and he teased for a moment, "If you keep the jade comb in this way, you won't lose it."

Although he didn't punish her for losing the jade comb, he still remembered it in his heart.

Jiang Si said in a low voice, "I will never do it again."

He looked uncertain, paused, and said, "In front of others, you don't need to call me master, and you don't need to call me slave."

"Yes." She was extremely meek.

The clouds and mountains are green, the wind and springs are cold. The mountains are lovely and the spring water can be heard. The carriage swayed toward the south, but because of the long distance, it was boring in the end.

One time, Xu Zhi'ai said to Jiang Si, who was sitting opposite, "Come here."

Jiang Si looked at him blankly and saw him patting the soft mat beside her.

She didn't understand what he meant.

He squinted his eyes and said with a cold expression, "Come and sit."

Jiang Si said "yes" and hurried over to sit next to him.

She was still cautious, but she didn't expect him to say, "If you are tired, just lie down."

Jiang Si blushed. Who could bear this? She quickly said, "I'm not tired, slave."

Xu Zhi'er looked gloomy, looked at her seriously, and pulled her to lie on his lap. She was thin and could easily pull her over.

Jiang Si's cheeks suddenly turned red.

She froze and tried to sit up, but was held down by his long and strong palms, "Go to sleep."

Jiang Si's heart was beating wildly. Her thin body looked more and more delicate lying on his long legs, "I don't want to sleep."

"You don't have to be a slave!" he scolded.

He was filled with the vague fragrance of Du Heng, but she knew that he disliked her. Jiang Si didn't dare to look at him. She curled up stiffly and didn't dare to move. On the contrary, she was even more uncomfortable than when she was sitting just now.

tired.

Xu Zhi'ai lowered his eyes, looked at the girl holding her breath in his arms, and said calmly, "If you don't want to be in the car, go and let Bai Fu in."

Only then did Jiang Si slowly relax. The wheels were turning, and the man's body was solid and warm. She had not slept well at night, and she had been sitting upright for most of the day. She was already tired, and she fell asleep unsteadily at this time.

When they arrived at Ba Ling, the carriage and horses stopped. Bai Fu opened the curtain and said, "Your Highness..."

Seeing Jiang Si sleeping soundly on Xu Zhi'er's lap, she suddenly stopped.

"Where are you?" Xu Zhi'ai asked.

Bai Fu calmed down and then said, "When we get to Baling, we can find an inn to stay."

As he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Jiang Si.

"What are you looking at?" Xu Zhi'ai sat still, not looking at Bai Fu, but asked in a calm tone.

Bai Fu hurriedly lowered her eyes, "Your Highness treats her really differently."

"How is it different?" He turned away to look at her with a half-smile, and asked curiously.

"If it were me, it would be His Highness who could sleep so soundly." Bai Fu forced a smile, lowered the curtain and retreated.

Until Jiang Si woke up and saw Xu Zhi'ai still sitting upright, looking at her quietly with lowered eyes, "Are you having a nightmare now?"

Jiang Si didn't know how long she had slept, but she lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes and replied in a low voice, "No."

*

Except for being on the carriage, Dajian stayed with Xu Pingyan and his party when they stayed at the hotel. Since the governors of the two counties had begun to control the floods and resettle the refugees, the journey was not in a hurry.

When we rested on the road, we were in a wilderness with no village in front or back. It had obviously been hit by floods here, but we could see that thousands of hectares of farmland had been flooded and there were groups of refugees in the distance. Xu Pingyan's two guards burned firewood.

The wine was boiled. Bo Ying hunted pheasants and wild rabbits, boiled them in boiling water, peeled off the skins, put wooden sticks in them, and left them for Bai Fu and Jiang Si to roast.

Except for Xu Zhi'ai who was resting on the carriage, the others went to drink their horses and collect firewood.

Bai Fu went to the carriage from time to time to listen to Xu Heyi's instructions. If there were no instructions, she would prefer to stay in the front room of the carriage. She didn't want to roast pheasants and hares and get disgraced.

Although Jiang Si was the only one to roast it, she felt happy. The aroma of roasted pheasant and rabbit came from the oil, and the guards sang a rough tune. It was just that the journey of several days in a row was full of people.

She wanted to vomit, but even though the smell of meat overflowed, Jiang Si couldn't smell it, not to mention that she was hurriedly rubbing her face into dust.

But I heard a loud voice behind me, and someone smiled, "Miss Jiang."

Jiang Si quickly stood up, smiled lightly and said, "Fourth Young Master."

Seeing wood ash on her cheek, Xu Pingyan subconsciously stretched out his hand to wipe it gently. Jiang Si was stunned for a moment, he put down his hand and said with a gentle smile, "There is ash."

Jiang Si smiled.

The gentle sunlight hit her face, and it seemed like she hadn't smiled like this for a long time.

He then heard Xu Pingyan say, "Girl, your smile is very beautiful, but I have never seen you smile before. It shows that I am not happy to be walking with my second brother."

Hearing him mention Xu Zhi'ai, Jiang Si hurriedly lowered her head and suppressed her smile.

He stood in the breeze and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid of him."

Seeing that she didn't speak, Xu Pingyan smiled and said, "The girl usually dresses poorly and is running around all day long, so her face is really bad. I saw a rouge seller yesterday, so I bought it for the girl."

"If you don't dislike it, please accept it."

Jiang Si had never been in contact with Xu Pingyan before. At this time, he smiled and handed her a box of rouge, which she could not refuse.

She followed Xu Heyi, and others thought she was Xu Heyi's, so she never received any gifts. At this time, she didn't know how to refuse, so after a moment of hesitation, she accepted it.

What girl doesn’t love rouge and gouache?

This time she went out in a hurry, so the orchestra didn't put any rouge on her. After running around for several days, she didn't apply any rouge either.

So he smiled at Xu Pingyan and said, "Thank you, Fourth Young Master."

Bai Fu came over at this time and said with a smile, "Fourth Young Master, the rabbit is going to be burnt." Jiang Si hurriedly stuffed the rouge box into her sleeve, knelt down and roasted the wild rabbit. The rabbit meat was roasted to a fragrant aroma, and Xu Pingyan smiled.

, he went to drink somewhere else by himself.

Seeing that Xu Pingyan was far away, Bai Fu also knelt down by the fire and reminded her in a low voice, "Your Highness treats you well, you must be content."

Jiang Si just responded in a low voice, "Yes."

"Do you know what I'm talking about?"

Jiang Si turned away to look at her. Her face was dark and unclear, and Jiang Si did not answer.
Chapter completed!