Turning around, Dongfang Shuyuan took out several more bundles from the house, which had obviously been packed early in the morning.
She was really determined to go.
"Auntie, please come back soon..." The three little ones also burst into tears.
After bidding farewell to everyone, the carriage finally headed towards the northwest frontier with Ah Qiu at the wheel.
Qiao Ancheng watched the carriage of three people go away: "No, I have to go to Duke Xu's Mansion..."
After all, Ah Qiu often hangs out in the county town, and he knows a little bit about the situations outside, so he is cautious along the way.
Qiao Chu wanted to dress up as a man at first, but after putting on men's clothing, she realized something was wrong: because she was pregnant, her bust began to grow, and her curves were too obvious, and she didn't dare to tie them up...
If you go out like this, as long as you are not blind, you will be able to spot a woman disguised as a man!
Forget it, I won’t pretend anymore.
Qiao Chu gave up on herself and put the men's clothes into the space.
Dongfang Shuyuan suppressed her laughter and asked Ah Qiu to buy two curtain hats. Whenever they got out of the car and saw people, the two women would wear the curtain hats.
It was still late autumn when we first started walking, but as we went farther and farther north, the weather became colder and colder, and then it actually started to get colder.
In the end, I could only wrap myself in a big sweater in the carriage and walk forward holding a hand stove.
Fortunately, Ah Qiu was born as an Orion, so this was not his first experience of suffering in the mountains. Whenever Dongfang Shuyuan poked her head out distressedly and asked if he wanted to rest, Ah Qiu waved her hands indifferently.
"I heard it's colder over the border. I'm going to join the army, not to be a young master. Should I also be hiding then?! It's better to get used to it now."
Having said that, Dongfang Shuyuan still forcibly put a fine leather cloak on Ah Qiu.
A driver, wearing a sleek cloak...
Ah Qiu felt bad and took off the cloak several times and stuffed it into the carriage, but Dongfang Shuyuan forced Ah Qiu to put it on again...
Along the way, they received countless appraising glances. When it was dark and they checked into the hotel, both Ah Qiu and Qiao Chu realized something was wrong.
The noise in the originally noisy inn lobby dropped by half the moment Ah Qiu led them in.
There are three tables of people in the hotel lobby, one table contains an old man, a young man and a young man.
At the other table were two plain-looking middle-aged men.
The remaining table was composed of four men, dressed in smart clothes and fur cloaks, with beards and fierce looks that could not be concealed, which made people stay away from them.
The moment Qiao Chu and his party came in, there was no sound at the same time. It was a table of four people.
Moreover, the four people exchanged glances at the same time.
A group of three people went to check out a room first.
Originally, the three of them were divided into two rooms, but when the shopkeeper asked how many rooms there were, Qiao Chu kicked Ah Qiu who was about to speak with her toes and asked first, "Is there a suite?"
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and nodded quickly: "There are some, but the price is a little more expensive."
"Open a suite." Qiao Chu made the final decision.
Ah Qiu reacted very quickly and nodded quickly: "Yes, one suite is enough."
"We are not..." Dongfang Shuyuan hesitated and wanted to ask, but Ah Qiu grabbed her hand and squeezed it, and Dongfang Shuyuan quickly shut her mouth.
At this time, even someone like her, who had never traveled in the world before, realized something was wrong, and suddenly felt uneasy.
"Oh, one man and two women share a room, brother, you can do it! One dragon and two phoenixes! Are you busy enough?" One of the men at the table of four asked with a strange smile.
These words were too explicit and were purely provocative in front of the female family members.
Ah Qiu immediately wanted to teach him a lesson, but Qiao Chu grabbed him by his sleeve.
Qiao Chu, wearing a curtain hat, turned around and glanced indifferently, then turned to look at the shopkeeper: "It's a suite, bring us food to the room."
The voice was cold and indifferent, as if he didn't seem to care at all about the men's teasing.
The shopkeeper looked at the four people, then at the three people, and finally took the money, but lowered his voice and said, "Remember to close the door at night."
Qiao Chu nodded: "Thanks for the reminder."
The suite was an inner bedroom with a living room outside. There was a couch in the living room where people could sleep. Ah Qiu took the initiative to ask the shopkeeper to give him an extra bedding, and he stayed on the couch in the outer room at night.
The room was indeed much warmer after the earth dragon was burned. After the three of them sat down and drank a cup of hot tea, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Qiao Chu looked at the door and took out two pills: "Both of you, take one pill each."
Dongfang Shuyuan was already very nervous when she opened a room at the shopkeeper's place. Now she saw that Qiao Chu actually asked them to take medicine, which made her even more nervous.
"Chu Chu, what kind of medicine is this?"
"For detoxification, eat it quickly." Qiao Chu's answer is always simple.
The two of them suddenly understood and hurriedly took the elixir.
"Why don't you eat?" After Dongfang Shuyuan finished eating, she realized that Qiao Chu hadn't eaten.
Qiao Chu also threw one into his mouth, but the color was a little different from what they both ate.
There is no way, pregnant women cannot take medicine casually, they can only use the elixir refined from the elixir in the fairy palace space...
Not long after, the waiter came over with the food, and the three of them finished eating hastily. After the waiter took away the dishes, Dongfang Shuyuan looked at the door that had been closed again, feeling very nervous.
"What's going on? Is it unsafe here? Did those people just want to harm us?"
Qiao Chu nodded slowly: "It's possible."
"Why?" Dongfang Shuyuan didn't understand.
"Maybe Ah Qiu was wearing a big cloak and rushing on the road, which aroused the covetousness of those people." Qiao Chu did not beat around the bush, nor did he sugarcoat things.
"This..." Dongfang Shuyuan's face turned pale: she didn't expect that her caring behavior towards her man might actually cause trouble.
"It's okay. Let's go to bed first. If they want to do something, they have to wait until midnight." Qiao Chu said, and forcefully took Dongfang Shuyuan's hand into the inner room.
"Chu Chu, it shouldn't be so serious, right? This is in the city, do they dare to do bad things openly?" Dongfang Shuyuan was simple after all, but she still couldn't accept such a cruel possibility.
"Well. It shouldn't be that serious. I'm just taking precautions before it happens." Qiao Chu didn't want Dongfang Shuyuan's thoughts to keep her awake, so she chose to deal with it.
As expected, Dongfang Shuyuan was comforted and fell asleep quickly.
In the middle of the night, there was indeed a sound of tiptoeing under the window, and then a thin pipe was poked through the window paper and began to blow white smoke inside.
Sure enough, it came.
Qiao Chu squinted her eyes in the darkness, watching the white smoke drifting in, while calmly pushing Dongfang Shuyuan inside again, and covering her with a quilt thoughtfully.
Dongfang Shuyuan was a light sleeper and woke up immediately, but Qiao Chu covered her mouth in time.
Dongfang Shuyuan just stared at the shadowy figures and the bamboo pipes emitting white smoke on the window illuminated by the moonlight, and she froze with fear...