The two of them rode out of the city in a low-key manner, taking shortcuts along the way. They mostly took small roads. When they were tired, they found a place to rest for a night near a water source, eat something, and then continued on the road. After a few days, the two of them worked hard and soon they were on the road.
We arrived at a small town on the northwest border close to the original Dongmeng.
"Jiu'er, let's find an inn to wash up before entering the customs."
The two of them did not enter the city at this time, but stopped not far from the city gate, eating dry food and carefully observing the people entering the city. When they saw nothing unusual, Su Rongan said.
Along the way, the two of them hardly contacted any hidden stakes, just for fear of exposing their whereabouts. If any link was missed, the news of their trip to the northwest would be leaked. Therefore, after discussion, the two decided not to contact any hidden stakes at all.
Anyway, Su Xuanyan will follow the two of them to deal with it, and he will naturally handle it carefully after he knows that they have not contacted each other.
"good."
Su Jiu nodded. It was fine when he was on the road a few days ago. He could almost find places with water sources to cope with it. But the further north he went, although it was summer, there were less and less vegetation and less and less water sources. Even if
When they found it, the water was also very turbid. After a few days, the two of them were unkempt and looked almost the same as beggars on the street.
It got to the point where Su Jiu even disliked herself.
Su Jiu glanced at the city gate not far away. This was a small border town between the original Beiyan and Dongmeng. If you wanted to enter the border of Dongmeng, you had to enter the city first and get the city's exit documents. Only then could you enter Dongmeng.
Mongolia, but since Su Lixun unified the four countries, there has been no such rule.
However, most well-behaved people have to pass through this city.
When entering the north, everything must be done with caution. The two decided to abandon their horses before entering the small town and hire an ox cart in the city.
"Yeah!"
"I clicked. It should be here soon."
"Yes, fifth brother is a hard-spoken person but a soft-hearted person."
Su Rong'an was a talkative person. He felt that the room suddenly became quiet, and he felt very uncomfortable. He insisted on picking up the topic that had been dropped, "Jiu'er, what do you think happened to Emperor Dongmeng?"
"Jiu, Jiu'er...what's wrong?"
In the words of the previous life, the foreign trade economy was very developed. Unlike the desolation outside the loess city wall, it was still very lively and popular inside.
Of course, Su Jiu heard these things from her master, and she has never eaten them.
Thinking of Jiu'er eating dry food without changing her expression these past few days, without any sign of complaint or disdain, she unconsciously thought about the hard days Su Jiu had lived in the mountains over the years, and how much hardship Jiu'er had suffered in these years.
?!
Su Jiu felt that the way Su Rongan looked at her seemed a little strange. Just when she was about to ask, the waiter brought the food. There were many cattle and sheep in the northwest, and the meat was extremely delicious. Even the sheep didn't have any odor, but had...
It has a faint grassy aroma and tastes plump and juicy.
"I'll look for the bullock cart tomorrow. Jiu'er, you can rest a little longer and I'll call you when I come back."
I'm really craving her these days.
Su Rongan listened and nodded in agreement. There was almost no difference from what Fifth Brother analyzed. Why couldn't he think of it?
"Then if you say this, wouldn't Fifth Brother be more merciful?"
"good."
Not to mention anything else, just the amount of meat makes me very satisfied.
Su Jiu was immediately distracted by the food. She had no time to look into Su Rongan's eyes. She picked up her chopsticks and started eating immediately.
Lanshou, shiitake mushrooms.
After taking the throne for so many years, apart from being a little wary of Su Yunqing, everyone else was serving him good food and drinks. There was almost no harsh treatment in the fiefdom and official positions. Even Su Yunqing only took away the main military power.
He blurted out: "Jiu'er?"
The journey is a little slow, but it won't be too noticeable. To balance it with the fast and non-stop days ahead, it's not much different from the plan.
The small town is called "Loess City". As the name suggests, almost all the buildings are made of loess. The city walls are made of loess. Most of the people's houses are also made of loess. It is often windy at the border, so that everyone looks yellow.
Yes, the air is filled with an earthy smell.
The horses Su Lixun prepared for the two of them were all very spiritual. They would find their way home on their own. Even if they couldn't find it, they would still be able to find a place nearby and wait for their owners to arrive.
Su Jiu expressed her guess.
People in the northwest are trapped by wind and sand all year round. Their skin color is yellowish and very rough. Almost all men and women wrap their hair with cloth to prevent sand from being blown into their hair. They need to wash it frequently. But as I just said, this place is short of water.
It is very frugal for daily use, let alone used to wash your hair frequently. This can be described as "luxury".
Thanks to the embarrassed appearance of the two men, the guard guard couldn't help but cover his nose when he saw them, showing disgust on his face. He let them in without even checking them carefully.
Su Rongan couldn't help but ask.
Su Rongan was stared at by Su Jiu. Although the two of them shared the joys and sorrows these days, Jiu'er was so independent that Su Rongan failed to talk to Su Jiu. In Su Rongan's mind, the relationship between the two
It's only slightly better than it was ten years ago.
Su Rong'an nodded in agreement, he was well aware of Fifth Brother's hard words and soft heart.
After the two had lunch, they slept for almost the whole day and didn't wake up until midnight.
It is summer now, and mutton is too nutritious, so Su Rongan only ordered some braised beef and stir-fried yellow beef, plus a plate of green vegetables, which was just right for two people.
The two found an inn to take a rest.
"Have you ordered? I'm almost starving!"
Su Jiu's makeup was based on the characteristics of people from the northwest, except that Su Jiu added some more freckles and moles, so she looked slightly ugly, especially when compared with Su Rong'an's fair and clear face, it was particularly tragic.
"But the battle for the throne is a life-and-death battle. Now that something happened in the palace, I'm afraid it has to do with the remaining party members."
After entering the northwest, water resources are very precious. Unlike Jiangnan Inn, water is free. Bathing and tea here have to be charged separately, and the price is not cheap.
Naturally, the small border town here does not have curfew rules like the capital city, so in the middle of the night, you can still hear the sounds of small vendors, especially food stalls.
In order to travel these days, the two of them almost always gnaw on dry food, which is the kind of hard naan that gets chewier and chewier the more they eat, but it is a bit troublesome for teeth.
"You look too ostentatious. Come to my room later and I'll give you a disguise."
Of course, it's too hot now, so few people do this. When winter really comes, I'm afraid you will only see all kinds of hats and masks on the whole street.
Su Jiu had never been so embarrassed since she came down the mountain, but thinking of the unclear situation on the fourth sister's side, she resisted forcefully, and even Su Rongan admired her.
Su Jiu felt that even though the fifth brother was worried about her when he let the other brothers go, in the final analysis, the fifth brother himself was a kind-hearted person.
Su Rongan coaxed her hard, her tone a bit doting and distressed.
"good."
Su Rongan washed away his embarrassment. Although he was wearing coarse clothes and linen, his outstanding appearance still attracted a lot of attention. When Su Jiu devoured the food, he felt hostility coming from all directions. In the eyes of others, the two of them had something to do with each other.
They were talking, laughing, and behaving intimately. They must be a couple, but this is also the most irritating part. This man has the appearance of a jade-faced scholar, but why did he find such an ugly woman because of his bad eyesight?
This is simply a flower stuck in cow dung!
Originally, Su Jiu wanted to disguise the two of them, but now seeing Su Rongan's embarrassed appearance, she felt that it was not necessary. Of course, needless to say, she herself was probably not much better.
Su Jiu only felt that after taking a bath, she felt much lighter immediately, and her whole mood improved a lot.
Although Su Rong'an was raised in the palace since childhood, she was also served with good food and drink. She had never suffered such hardships. The two of them wolfed down like victims of a disaster who had been hungry for several days. The people around them were dumbfounded. It was immediately clear why the two of them were eating.
They became a couple, and it turned out that their hobbies in cooking were very similar! After all, they were shallow.
Soon, the two entered the city.
It's just that the two of them have been tired for so long, so they naturally don't care about it. Su Jiu also washed up well, followed the example of the person she just saw on the street, found a piece of khaki-colored cloth to wrap her hair, and then drank some homemade
After applying the potion, the whole person's skin suddenly changed from gleaming like jade to sallow and sallow.
There are many people during the day, so if someone sees Su Rong'an entering Su Jiu's room with a clean face, and then coming out looking rough and arrogant, it would be self-inflicted.
"Then do you think Su Jing...fourth sister is still alive?"
The room fell into silence.
The two of them didn't know what others were thinking about Jiujiu. After eating and drinking, they quickly went back to their rooms.
Therefore, the two decided to have a good rest first and then dress up again at night.
However, since it has always been a diplomatic city between the two countries, although it is small, there are inns, restaurants, fireworks places, etc. as long as you can imagine it. There are all kinds of pedestrians in very different costumes. Su Jiu even saw
A blue-eyed Westerner, the vendors on the street sell a wide variety of gadgets, some of which have never been seen in the capital.
Su Jiu was originally a martial arts practitioner and was extremely sensitive to the sights around her, but she didn't care much about it. On the contrary, after eating, she looked at Su Rongan with a thoughtful look in her eyes.
"I don't know, but there are just a few of them, usurping the throne, rebelling, forcing the palace..." Su Jiu said in a calm and smooth tone, "Based on my impression of Brother Xuanyuan, although he sat on the throne of Eastern Meng, he would definitely not
Kill all the original eldest prince and second prince, and even the original supreme emperor may still be alive."
The meal ended with the two of them finishing two large bowls of rice.
Su Jiu was stunned, as if she didn't expect that talking about Dong Meng would turn to Su Lixun.
He had never even seen Jiu'er call him sixth brother alone.
Su Jiu was obviously used to her sixth brother's hammer blowing from east to west, so she answered smoothly: "He must be still alive. Now Dongmeng is no longer the country it used to be, but a vassal king. What does the fourth sister say?
She is also the biological sister of the fifth brother. If those people dare to touch the fourth sister, Dongmeng will definitely be held accountable. It is uncertain whether the name of Dongmeng will be retained by then, so those people will never be so stupid."
Su Rongan was a man, and he washed up much faster than Su Jiu. He drank two pots of tea, and then he saw a strange woman wearing Jiu'er's clothes sitting opposite him with a smile. Su Rongan was stunned, especially when she was opposite him.
The woman's smiling and cunning almond eyes always felt very familiar.
Su Rongan sat in front of the dressing table in the women's wing of the inn, closed her eyes, let Su Jiu play with her face, and said softly.
Su Rong'an obviously noticed the gazes of the people around him, and was shocked to realize that he was indeed too ostentatious. At the same time, he secretly sighed at Su Jiu's intelligence and adaptability.
Of course, having a large number of people also means that it is not easy to manage. Killings, robberies, and dog robberies often occur. Generally, the real culprit cannot be found, and you can only admit that you are unlucky when you encounter it. Of course, this is limited to the streets. If someone
The nature of a robber who dares to break into a house is different. The punishment methods and systems are much more severe than ordinary ones, so the overall public security is pretty good.
Therefore, just now Su Jiu saw many vendors on the street wrapping their heads with gauze, and some even simply covered their mouths and noses, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
However, Su Jiu was a little strange. Dongmeng, Dongmeng, logically should be in the east, but why is it in the northwest instead? I don’t know how the emperor of Dongmeng was named after it.