nycdaug Chapter 254 New Moon
Chapter 254 New Moon
Gao Yi and Qian Er stayed in a private house for a quarter of an hour, and then they returned to the inn.
In the middle of the night, a man in night clothes flipped over and came to the wall of Bafang Inn.
The man in black looked around and walked gently to the guest room downstairs. His target was on the second floor. Jiang Yi suddenly opened his eyes, stood up and looked at Xue Qing who was sleeping soundly.
Standing behind the door, I heard a slight movement coming from the back window. I turned around and saw a finger poking through the window, and then a pipe came in, emitting white smoke.
Jiang Yi moved in an instant, took out a piece of cloth and blocked the pipe. As expected, the poisonous gas was completely inhaled by the man in black outside the window, and then a "bang" was heard.
The loud noise startled Cheng Niu. Before Cheng Niu could make a move, Gao Yi had already jumped out of the window and quickly captured the man in black. At this time, Qian Er and a few others also came to the backyard. The man in black was already unconscious. The few people tacitly carried the man in black on their shoulders and disappeared into the backyard.
When Cheng Niu arrived at the backyard, the man in black was no longer there.
Gao Yi was standing there, so he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder. "Brother Gao, what was that sound just now?"
Gao Yi turned around and said, "Someone went up to the second floor with bad intentions and fell down. When I came down, he was gone."
Cheng Niu looked towards the door with a puzzled look, then lowered his head to look at the footprints left on the ground. The footprints on the ground were messy, and there must be more than one person. Cheng Niu slowly followed the footsteps to the door, but there was no sign that the door was open.
I glanced around and heard chaotic footsteps. It seemed that there were at least two people.
Cheng Niu returned to Gao Yi and said, "Brother Gao, I'll go check it out."
Without waiting for Gao Yi to speak, he opened the gate and walked out.
Jiang Yi was listening to the conversation between the two people downstairs at the window, and a trace of doubt appeared in his heart.
Gao Yi looked up at the window of Xue Qing's room, then jumped back to his room through the window.
The man in black was thrown to the ground in the house. Qian Er picked up a bucket of cold water and poured it on him, waking up.
next day
When Xue Qing woke up refreshed, Jiang Yi was not in the room. He got up and packed his luggage. Just as he finished, Jiang Yi came back with breakfast.
"Qing'er, are you awake? We'll set off after breakfast." Jiang put the tray on the table.
Xue Qing has finished washing up: "I dreamt last night that a thief came to steal things"
Jiang paused. She was clearly sleeping soundly, or was she really dreaming?
"Oh? What did you steal?"
"forgotten"
The Western Region caravan left Longze Town and headed straight for Xinyue, a neighboring country of the Great Zhou.
Su Mei and the Guo brothers, who were waiting for news, stayed up all night, but when dawn came, no one had replied.
Su Mei couldn't sit still any longer: "Guo Shun, is the person you are looking for really suitable? It's already so late and he hasn't come back yet."
Guo Shun patted his chest and said, "Of course, no problem. This brother is also a well-known person in Quanrun County."
Seeing how determined he was, Su Mei felt relieved and waited patiently for news.
Guo Tong was very tired and fell asleep on the couch.
Su Mei looked at the sky and felt hungry, so she went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
They waited until dark but no one came back. Guo Shun realized that something must have happened.
At night, the small shop that had been open for several months had closed down, and Su Mei and the Guo brothers disappeared without any warning.
When Jiang Yi was taking a break at noon and went to the bathroom, he saw a man in the woods, and then returned to the camp as if nothing had happened.
Capital
Qian Kun looked at the Beijing investigation report on Gao Yi in his hand and fell into deep thought. He then wrote a secret letter and tied it to the leg of a carrier pigeon.
At this time, Xue Qing had already left the territory of the Great Zhou and entered the countries in the Western Regions. The first country he entered was the Crescent Kingdom, which bordered the Great Zhou.
The women here have fair skin, high noses and black eyes.
Most men in the Western Regions are burly, dark-skinned, and have thick hair that is naturally curly. Because of the geographical environment, they are good at riding horses and archery.
They entered a relatively large city in the Crescent Kingdom, but this time the inspection for them, the people of the Great Zhou, was particularly strict.
After the new moon, the caravans would move to different places. Ten days later, all the merchants would gather together and return to Da Zhou.
After many twists and turns, I finally stayed in the largest inn in the city.
The inn is of very typical Western style. The owner is a tall man with a beard who speaks somewhat broken Great Zhou dialect. He is very familiar with Cheng Niu.
"City Guard, welcome my friend!" The bearded captain gave Cheng Niu a warm hug.
Xue Qing stood behind and found it a little funny.
Cheng Niu introduced everyone to the boss one by one. When the boss saw Xue Qing for the first time, he said, "This must be a very beautiful girl."
Xue Qing smiled slightly: "Boss, you have good eyesight"
Jiang Yi couldn't help but move closer to Xue Qing, and the boss took out the keys from the counter and gave them to several people.
Jiang Yi protected Xue Qing and went up to the second floor.
In the evening, the bearded boss prepared a whole roasted lamb for them, which was specially made to welcome Cheng Niu and his group.
Xue Qing wanted to wear clothes from the Crescent Moon Country, so Jiang Yi went out and found another clothing store and bought a set of clothes worn by local girls according to Xue Qing's size.
When Xue Qing came down in the evening wearing local ethnic costumes, he amazed Cheng Niu.
The moment Gao Yi saw Xue Qing, he seemed to see his former wife.
The bearded boss was also amazed.
In the hall, everyone ate roasted whole lamb, local specialty naan, and drank local white wine.
The bearded boss gathered his mother, sisters, and some neighbors, and they all sat together eating roasted whole lamb and drinking wine.
After three rounds of drinks, the locals started dancing. It was not known whether it was the bearded sister or the younger sister who came towards Xue Qing with graceful dance steps, and pulled Xue Qing up and asked her to dance with them.
Xue Qing responded to their enthusiasm very generously. She was pulled into the dance floor and couldn't help but start dancing. It took her less than a cup of tea to go from being unfamiliar at the beginning to becoming proficient.
Not only the locals, but also Cheng Niu and Gao Yi were stunned, and Jiang Yi couldn't believe it.
How come Xue Qing is so smart? This dance is completely different from Da Zhou's, yet she mastered it so quickly and danced it with great grace.
There is a very difficult move in Xinyue's dance, which involves moving the head on the neck back and forth. No one expected that Xue Qing could learn this move in such a short time.
Gao Yi couldn't help but shed tears, she was indeed the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, so smart!
Cheng Niu was excited but also a little sad. He had never thought about how to be with her before, because he knew very well that Xia Xueqing had vision and courage, and he regarded her as a man in his heart.
Because her wisdom is indeed greater than that of ordinary men!
Ever since Old Madam Cheng told me about their relationship, he had started to have some thoughts about it.