Volume 1: Swan Goose Chapter 387: Don’t Use the Waves in vain (2)
The delegation continued to move forward and soon entered the city. However, there was no welcoming team here with much fanfare.
There was only one guard guarding the city. After collecting a few pieces of silver from Gu Jiyun, he reluctantly led everyone to the inn and left in a hurry.
Daming Mansion is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with a prosperous population and rich products. It is a major tax city in Beiyu.
But this can't be seen at all from the Daming Mansion's Guanyi.
Although the large courtyard with several entrances and exits is very neatly built, with carved beams and painted pillars and elegant furnishings, it still gives off a sense of desolation and dilapidation.
In particular, the receptionists inside were all sad and listless. When they found out that the delegation would be staying for a few days, they even looked impatient.
Gu Jiyun was a little displeased and felt that he was being neglected, so he pulled someone over and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on with you? Your Majesty, the Chief Assistant, is an imperial envoy from the capital. Are you so negligent?"
The postman yawned and said calmly: "The conditions here are like this. If you are not satisfied, you don't have to live here!"
"you!"
Gu Jiyun grabbed his collar and said angrily: "Where is your prefect? Why don't you see him come to greet you personally?"
Yi Cheng actually smiled coldly and said like a scoundrel: "The prefect is not in the city, and we don't know where he has gone."
Gu Jiyun was startled and looked back at Xia Yunqing, only to see him shaking his head.
So he had no choice but to keep a straight face and reprimanded: "First arrange a room for us, and then get some food! If you dare to neglect me again, be careful with your head!"
The postmaster shrugged his shoulders and didn't take it seriously. He led everyone to the yard and began to allocate wing rooms.
After everyone had settled down, Yicheng suddenly stopped in front of the last wing.
He looked back at Hu Qi, Lu Ning and the other four people behind him, and said with a malicious smile: "I'm sorry, four! There is only one wing left, so you can live together!"
Hearing this, the four of them were startled.
Toto rushed over in one step, grabbed the collar of the post office, and shouted: "Fart! Such a big post office only has a few rooms?! Do you look down on us?!"
Guanyi's whole body trembled, and he curled his lips and said, "It's useless for you to rush to me! There are indeed other wing rooms, but those rooms cannot be occupied by people! So I have to live with you all!"
"Why is it locked so no one can live in it?" Hu Qi couldn't help but speak up, looking very unhappy.
Yi Cheng rolled his eyes at him and said coldly: "How do I know that this is what the prefect ordered! I will just do it! If you are not satisfied, just wait for the prefect to come back and ask for it yourself!"
After that, he left a few people behind and left.
"You!" Toto waved his fist and was about to hit someone.
"That's it, brother!" Lu Ning grabbed Toto and persuaded in a low voice: "Since the other party knows our identity, but still dares to be so negligent, even if you beat him to death, it will be useless. Let's find a way on our own!"
Toto pointed to the wing and spread his hands: "It's just one room, what can we do?"
But Hu Qi quickly calmed down and walked around the room before saying, "Brother Toto, don't worry! This room is very big, and there is a wing next to it. We can definitely live in it!"
Although the penthouse is not big, the matter was finally solved for the time being.
Throwing the baggage to Tuotuo and Hu Qi, Mu Qianqian rushed in the door first, threw herself into the bed, and sighed lazily: "After traveling for so long, I can finally have a good sleep! There was nothing on this journey.
No matter how much you steal, I feel like I’m about to wash my hands of myself!”.br
Hu Qi looked around and warned with a vigilant look: "There are weird things everywhere here, we still have to be extremely careful."
Lu Ning pulled up a chair and sat down. He breathed a helpless sigh and said, "It's indeed a bit weird here, but it's better than living in the same courtyard as that corrupt official. It's much better."
Hu Qi poured a bowl of hot tea for her and said considerately: "I'm really wronging you! However, I will discuss it with Master Xia.
It will take a few days to repair and then hit the road as soon as possible.”
Lu Ning took the hot tea and looked at him with a smile.
Along the way, Hu Qi's tenderness and consideration for Lu Ning had already made her have a vague love for Hu Qi.
Mu Qianqian, who was enjoying herself, saw the two people flirting with each other, and immediately jumped up from the bed, sat down between them, and deliberately separated their hands.
"Oh, please don't fight around here, it makes me so sour!" She snatched the teacup from Lu Ning's hand and took a sip, curling her lips and saying.
Hu Qi looked at Mu Qianqian, who had come to join in the fun again, and muttered half-truthfully: "I have long heard about the touching and thrilling love story between Qianqian Nvxia and Commander Yan. If Qianqian Nvxia misses her sweetheart, why not send me
Let me send you back..."
"How can that be done!"
Mu Qianqian interrupted him with a blushing face, and said in a pretentious manner: "There are so many difficulties and dangers on this journey, how can you leave out a smart and intelligent heroine like me! Besides, I have to protect Lu Ning personally!"
When Lu Ning heard this, he couldn't help laughing and exposed her mercilessly: "Isn't the number one heroine in the world only good at light kung fu? It's enough for escaping from trouble, but how can it be used to save people!
"
As soon as they finished speaking, Totuo and Hu Qi couldn't help laughing.
Mu Qianqian's face turned red and white, and in a fit of anger, she pouted and shouted: "Humph! It's not that the whole family doesn't come into the house! You two are so mean! I finally followed you here, and you want to send me away now,
No way!"
Toto's stomach rumbled at an inappropriate time.
"Hey, I'm hungry! Come find some food and come over!"
"I'll come with you!" Lu Ning said and stood up.
As soon as the two of them left, Hu Qi's face immediately darkened. He stared at Mu Qianqian and asked, "Speaking of which, you followed us this time and repeatedly sabotaged us. What is your purpose?"
Mu Qianqian was startled. She didn't expect Hu Qi to be so direct.
She rolled her eyes around in a panic, pretending to be ignorant and said, "You, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand you?"
"Stop pretending!"
With a confident smile on her lips, Hu Qi said firmly: "As long as Lu Ning and I are intimate, you will immediately come over to make a joke and separate the two of us. I really don't believe it if you say it's unintentional! I know my cousin
Xia will not do this. Someone must have tempted you to do this! After all, who was the boring person who made you do this!"
Mu Qianqian had never been good at lying, and she couldn't hide things in her heart. After hearing his thorough analysis, she could only bite her lower lip without daring to say a word.
Hu Qi looked at her carefully, taking in all her expressions.
He raised the corners of his lips slightly and said seductively: "How about this, no matter what conditions the other party uses to instigate you to mess with me and Lu Ning, I will pay double! As long as you don't harass us anymore!"
"Really? As long as I don't cause any trouble to you, you are willing to give me double the amount of money!" Upon hearing the double amount of money, Mu Qianqian's eyes suddenly lit up, and she threw away King Yi's instructions and warnings.
back.
Hu Qi immediately took out two thousand taels of silver notes from his sleeves and placed them in front of her generously: "Your Majesty Prince Annan, of course you keep your word! These are the deposit. For the rest, after we arrive in Annan, how much do you want?
I will satisfy you!"
"Okay! It's a deal!"
Mu Qianqian picked up the two banknotes, looked at them carefully for a long time, then put them under her lips, kissed them excitedly, and put them into her clothes with satisfaction.
Immediately, she put her chin in her hands and winked at Hu Qi: "Your Majesty is so generous, I'm very optimistic about you!"
Hu Qi picked up the tea cup and took a sip, smiling and saying nothing. Although Mu Qianqian was a little noisy along the way, she was lively, cute, clever and weird, and she was really annoying.
Suddenly, there were several coughs outside the door, as if someone was reminding them: Walls have ears!
Hu Qi was startled, looked at each other with Mu Qianqian, and quickly stood up and walked out of the house.
As soon as the door was opened, Lu Ning walked in with two plates of food and drinks. He deliberately glanced at the two of them with a look of confusion on his face.
There is a faint sneer.
Hu Qi pulled her sleeve and asked cautiously: "Did you hear everything we said?"
Lu Ning looked at Mu Qianqian and scolded: "On the way, I felt that Qianqian was a little strange. She really is hiding something from me."
Mu Qianqian pouted and looked away guiltily.
Lu Ning turned to look at Hu Qi again and said meaningfully: "I didn't expect you to accompany her to fool around! Use this way to please me!"
"sorry."
Hu Qi was full of apologies, with helplessness and annoyance in his tone: "I cherish this opportunity to be alone with you, and I really don't want to be ruined. I had no choice but to make this move..."
Seeing that he spoke so sincerely, Lu Ning could only sigh softly: "Xiao Qi, please go out first. I have something to ask Mu Qianqian!"
Hu Qi glanced at Mu Qianqian and said, "Okay, then you all have a good rest. Toto and I are right next door. If anything happens to you, just call and I will appear immediately!"
Lu Ning sent Hu Qi out and closed the door carefully. As soon as he turned around, his face changed: "Mu Qianqian, tell me! Who sent you here?"
When Hu Qi exposed the truth just now, Mu Qianqian was still a little panicked.
At this time, she was not afraid of Lu Ning's anger and questioning.
Because, she has found a way to make money: as long as she makes good use of the emotional entanglement of the three people, she can make a fortune and wash her hands of the golden basin!
Mu Qianqian smiled and said nonchalantly: "As the saying goes, thieves also have their ways! Although I am a thief, since I have accepted other people's banknotes and promised to do things for them, I cannot betray them! So, although we both have
Sister, I have no comment!"
Originally, she thought that Lu Ning would be like King Yi and Hu Qi and bribe her with banknotes. If he told the truth about all this, she would be able to make a lot of money along the way.
Unexpectedly, Lu Ning looked at her and smiled coldly, and said bluntly: "Even if you don't tell me, I know that the person who asked you to deliberately cause trouble is the person who is the prince in the capital!"