The imperial city is only a day away from here, but it's almost dusk when they catch up. Next, they must go all night.
However, they didn't chase Miss Zhou and Fu Xitang on the road for most of the night.
It's clear that these two people are riding in a carriage. They must be slower than them. They should have caught up with each other long ago.
Shen Zhou gritted his teeth: "is that servant deceiving me?"
Xu Qing: "will Miss Zhou never leave the dock at all? She wants to deliberately lead our people away with high martial arts. "
Shen Zhou: "what does this woman want to do? Does she want to threaten Fu Xitang? "
Li Changting: "there should be no problem for Fu Xitang to protect himself."
Xu Qing: "who is right? Since he met Shen Zhou, his IQ seems to have been eaten by dogs."
Shen Zhou
Shen Zhou coughed softly and said, "should we continue or go back now?"
Xu Qing guessed: "is there any path leading to the imperial city?"
Shen Zhou didn't know, and Li Changting's first visit was even more unclear.
Li Changting: "I suggest that we continue our journey and go directly to the imperial city. Qing'er guesses that Fu Xitang's innocence may not be guaranteed, and the possibility is not high. Although the Zhou family is the imperial relatives here, they are still far behind the Fu family. If they want to use fu Xitang as a strong weapon, they should be prepared to be retaliated by Fu Xitang in the future. "
"So I guess they don't dare to mess around. The most likely thing they can do is to invite Fu Xitang to the Zhou family. The Zhou family may have any preparation or assurance to move Fu Xitang. If they move Fu Xitang, then they will be taken away after taking medicine. Naturally, Fu Xitang won't care with them."
"To say the least, even if they didn't move Fu Xitang, they would go back and make a good apology and return the person. Although they hurt some of their kindness, they would not offend Fu Xitang completely. Last time we came, Miss Zhou tried every means to ask Fu Xitang out, but Fu ignored her. This time, it's not surprising that the Zhou family used some special means. "
Hearing Li Changting's reasonable explanation, Shen Zhou immediately cast a look of admiration. He was afraid that he would never be able to match his eight ingenious and exquisite thoughts.
Compared with Xu Qing's wild guess, Li Changting is obviously more reliable.
Then they continued on their way and arrived near the gate of the imperial city at the next day's light.
The three did not enter the city, planning to ambush on the road they had to go through outside the city gate.
Miss Zhou and Fu Xitang can't ride a horse. They can't get there by carriage until noon at least. If they detour, it will be even later.
Xu Qing took out the snacks in her pocket and ate them separately. After driving all night, Shen Zhou and Li Changting were OK. She was nearly sleepy. After eating something, she leaned against Li Changting and fell asleep.
It's a little cooler here than the cocoa tree. After a long sleep, Xu Qing wakes up to find that the sun is almost to the West. He has been sleeping for a long time.
The people they had to wait for had not come yet. Of course, Li Changting and Shen Zhou didn't just stare at the carriage. Other Tibetans looked carefully.
But maybe Miss Zhou really spared a long way to avoid them. When the sun was setting and the three people were hungry, she didn't wait for the Zhou family to show up.
"If it's too late to close the gate, we'd better go first. Anyway, the Zhou family can't run away." Xu Qing suggested.
"Well, let's go get something to eat first." Seeing that Xu Qing was hungry, Li Changting felt sad.
The three men went to the city before closing the door. There were many peddlers from other places here. They didn't have to check their identities during the peace period.
I found a good restaurant in the city. Xu Qing asked for a private room and ordered three meat and three vegetables. It's rare to come here once and try more dishes.
After having enough to eat and drink, they found an inn to live in, and those who were not familiar with the place could not ask for any news. Fortunately, the Zhou family was from DAHAO, and the simple DAHAO language of the shop here could still understand, so that they could eat and live in the Inn smoothly.
Shen Zhou wants to visit Zhou's family at night, but Li Changting says he doesn't have to take a day off. He will wait tomorrow, but he won't go to visit Zhou's family at night
Xu Qing: "you didn't sleep last night. You'd better conserve your energy first. Otherwise, how can you handle the fight?"
Shen Zhou nodded. He could only calm down and have a good rest tonight.
The next morning, the three men went out after the gate was opened and went to the original place to ambush.
This time, Xu Qing brought a few packages of melon seeds and nuts to pass the time, so as not to get dizzy with hunger.
In the middle of the morning, they saw a gorgeous carriage driving slowly towards the city gate. The guards were all DAHAO people, and they were conspicuous among the foreigners who came and went.
There is no doubt that this carriage belongs to the Zhou family, but I don't know if Fu Xitang is in it.
The three went out and stood in front of the carriage.
"Who is it?" The guard saw the faces of the three people in front of him and spoke their mother tongue directly.
Xu Qing cried, "is Fu Xitang here?"
When the curtain of the carriage was lifted, a young man came out. When the curtain was lifted, Xu Qing saw that there was only one man in the carriage.Tut, I think it's wrong.
"Are you friends of the Fu family?" The man came down with a friendly smile on his face and asked politely.
Xu Qing: "yes, what about others?"
Man: "master Fu is now a guest of the Zhou family. Since you are friends of master Fu, please come with me."
Xu Qing was stunned. How could they They've been here for two days, but they've already gone in.
The man saw their slightly stunned expression and laughed: "the Zhou family is the emperor's relative. They can go in and out of the city gate at any time."
This explains why Xu Qing did not see Fu Xitang's carriage, because it was most likely that they went in after closing the city gate last night.
The man said with a smile: "in next week's Siyang, it's a child of the Zhou family. If you don't dislike it, you can go to the Zhou family with me."
Li Changting: "so, thank you, Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Siyang said with a gentle smile: "you're welcome. I'm the guest of the Fu family."
Zhou Siyang borrowed two horses for them. They entered the gate and went to Zhou's house together.
Xu Qing and Zhou Siyang were brought into Zhou's house as guests.
The architecture of the Zhou family is similar to that of DAHAO. In a pile of white walls, it is like standing out from the rest of the crowd, with an indescribable sense of disobedience.
Zhou Siyang's meeting with his family members needs to go through the communication and be allowed to enter. Generally, he can only be arranged to wait in the guest room.
After sitting in the guest room for a while, Zhou Siyang said, "as usual, I'll be called by the messenger soon. It seems that everyone is busy today."
Shen Zhou became more and more uncontrollable, and once wanted to rush out to find Fu Xitang.
Xu Qing advised him: "the Zhou family is so big. It's strange that you can find it in the past. Let's find another way."