Fujian, on a road leading to Fuzhou.
Su Zixuan was chatting with Ji Xing and Shopkeeper Chen, completely unaware of what was happening in the capital.
More accurately speaking, it was telling a story to Shopkeeper Chen while she and Ji Xing were listening from the side.
"I went to the Southern Champion Kingdom some years ago," Manager Chen stroked his beard, "In terms of mountains and rivers, she is much more beautiful than our Da Qi Kingdom."
Back then, the Dong Clan wanted me to manage my business dealings with the Southern Champion Kingdom, but not long after I went, I became infected with miasma. In the end, I repeated myself over and over again; I truly had no other way to return to the Da Qi Kingdom. A look of nostalgia appeared on Shopkeeper Chen's face. At that time, although he was tormented by illness, he still remembered the beauty of the Southern Champion City in his heart.
As the two listened, they chatted along the way. At this moment, they were talking about Shopkeeper Chen when he was young.
"If they were to fight, there would be no peace in this world." Shopkeeper Chen's tone was filled with sighs. From his point of view, it was a loss for who knew how many people if he placed the Southern Champion under an iron hoof.
If it was possible, he still wanted to go to the Southern Champion City and see it again.
"Is the Southern Champion really that good?" Su Zixuan asked from inside the carriage. She was eighteen years old, and this was the first time that she had been so far away from the capital.
To her, the Southern Champion was only a one-sided impression. She only knew that the two countries had been constantly in conflict with each other recently, and that the spicy seeds bought by the Southern Champion were especially spicy. Chu Yixuan had occasionally mentioned this before, but most of them weren't good words either.
Shopkeeper Chen gave a calm smile and pretended to be mysterious. "Good and bad, I'll have to personally see them before I know."
"I think that's good," Ji Xing interrupted, realizing that both Su Zixuan and Shopkeeper Chen were staring at him.
"The citizens of the Southern Champion Kingdom are all very simple and honest, and the mountains and rivers are all extremely enchanting. The current king is also a virtuous and virtuous person …" Ji Xing was talking nonstop, as if he didn't even know what he was talking about.
"How did young master Ji know?" The southern part of the Southern Champion Kingdom's Da Qi Kingdom was not as prosperous as the northern part over the years, and as a result, it was somewhat isolated. Under such circumstances, the people that were raised were rather simple and honest.
However, there was no way for him to know about the Duke of Ming's matter. From what he knew, the current Emperor of the Southern Champion could only be considered as not working.
Su Zixuan was also puzzled. Ji Xing didn't look like someone who had traveled a long distance. Otherwise, why would he be so noisy along the way? She smiled with a hint of amusement. "I'm afraid I didn't see it in Journey!"
Ji Xing had just been dumbstruck by Shopkeeper Chen's question. Just as he was about to say something, he seemed to have suddenly recalled something and shut his mouth. He then heard Su Zixuan's words.
His expression was somewhat uneasy, but he didn't refute Su Zixuan's words. How could he not see through this?
It must be what Su Zixuan meant.
"I don't know which family's travel notes you're looking at, but why haven't I seen them before?" Su Zixuan was sitting on her horse. The scenery outside was very beautiful, so she didn't want to sit in the carriage any longer, so she mounted her horse.
Su Zixuan looked at Ji Xing, but didn't catch the flash of hesitation in his eyes. She really wanted to know. After all, she was also reading some travel notes. The local customs and traditions that were different from the Da Qi family all made her interested.
However, it seemed that she had never read the travel notes regarding the Southern Champion before. Since Shopkeeper Chen and Ji Xing both admired the Southern Champion so much, she wanted to see them for herself.
"Not much of a big family," Ji Xing embarrassedly touched his nose, "It was my family's servant. He was originally a Southern Champion. I don't know how he was sold to my family."
Saying this, he did not try to cover it up anymore, "In the past few days, I was thinking of visiting all the countries, and since I knew that he was someone from the Southern Champion Kingdom, I asked him about the local customs and traditions of the Southern Champion Kingdom."
Ji Xing looked at the smile on Su Zixuan's face and felt that it was full of meaning. He didn't even bother to hide his mischievous gaze.
He refused to accept this and continued, "That's what he told me."
When Su Zixuan heard this, she withdrew her gaze. Su Zixuan found it funny that he said he wanted to travel all over the country. Sometimes, the thoughts of a young man were too wild and unrestrained, leaving her at a loss as to what to say.
However, for someone like him, what he firmly believed in were the words spoken by his family's servants were extremely rare.
That servant was a Southern Champion. Thinking back to his hometown, naturally, everything was fine. However, Ji Xing was completely ignorant and never thought that his actions would lead him to believe that what others said was true.
Seeing that Su Zixuan had finally stopped bothering him, Ji Xing let out a sigh of relief in his heart. He landed on the ground and stared at Su Zixuan's back. Just now, he had thought that she had discovered something.
When he heard that she had stolen the explanation he had prepared earlier, he had thought that it would be more or less the same, and there was no need to explain any further.
However, when he saw the serious look in Su Zixuan's eyes, he felt as if his heart had been lifted, and thought that she had discovered something. Only then did she decide to change the story so that even if she wanted to continue investigating, she could just let him make it up for himself.
If he asked her questions about his servants, she would naturally not be by his side. Naturally, she would let him display his skills.