C26

"Second brother, you're going out." Hong Zhong pulled the backpack on her back and immediately went to welcome him. Because she did not know that Hong Zhan already knew that she had climbed over the wall, she looked at the unusual expression in Hong Zhan's eyes and laughed dryly: "I, I'm hungry, so I got up early and carried some silver to eat breakfast on the street. I wanted to bring some back for second brother as well."

When the servants behind him heard this, their faces were filled with disbelief. Was there a need to carry this bag of food after eating breakfast? How much money would he need for such a big bag of silver?

Hong Zhan already knew last night that she was going to leave with her bags behind her back, so he didn't pursue this issue too much. He patted Hong Zhong's shoulder and said, "Alright, the Emperor urgently wants second brother to enter the palace, so we won't accompany Zhong Er to eat breakfast. Zhong Er finished his breakfast and went back to rest early. At this lunchtime in the palace, someone from the palace will come to pick Zhong Er up! "

"Oh. "I understand." Hong Zhong obediently nodded his head: "Brother, you can go without worry. I'll take care of myself. "

Hong Zhan nodded and left with his entourage of guards.

After they had left, the butler of Imperial General's Estate stepped forward: "Miss, are you going to rest in your room now, or do you have any other instructions?"

"Hong Fu, I'm fine, just get someone to take my luggage back to my room first." As Hong Zhong spoke, he took off the bag on his back and handed it over to Hong Fu, then swung his arm. This bag was really heavy, when he thought about it, he put a lot of gold and silver inside!

"Yes, Miss." Hong Fu said as he accepted the bundle in Hong Zhong's hands, and passed it to the servant behind him.

"Hong Fu, do you know where the blacksmith shop is?" Hong Zhong swung his arm that was aching due to the pressure.

After Hong Fu handed the bag over, he turned and spoke in a respectful manner: "Young Master owns a shop that is made of iron. If young miss wants to forge a weapon, just send someone over to greet her. Hong Fu knew that his young miss had been practicing martial arts since she was young. It was understandable for her to think of forging a smooth weapon or something like that.

"No, no, I'm not building a weapon." Hong Zhong waved his hand.

"What's that?"

Hong Zhong waved his hand: "Don't worry about that, just tell me where there's a blacksmith shop."

"Most blacksmith shops are outside the Third Ring Road. It was over ten miles away from the general's manor. If Miss wants to go, old servant will send a carriage to take you there. " So it turns out that the streets of the Shengjing City were built around the Ying Imperial Palace. Outside of the palace was a place called the One Ring, where people with royal families and high status lived. For example, in the Shezhengwang's Palace, the Imperial General's Estate that Hong Zhong lived in was on the First Ring Road.

As for the Second Ring Street, it was occupied by nobles and high ranking officials, such as high ranking officials of the imperial government who were at least at the second rank, as well as wealthy businessmen.

In the Third Ring, the rank of the official was naturally lower, from the Third Rank to the Fifth Rank. The most bustling street was outside the Third Ring.

"That's good." Hong Zhong nodded her head, then spoke out: "Bring that girl Qing Ya here, and accompany me there."

"Yes." Hong Fu replied and immediately ordered his servants to prepare a carriage for Hong Zhong.

Under the guidance of the servants, an extremely luxurious carriage slowly moved forward. As he did not sleep last night, Hong Zhong was sitting in the carriage and dozing off.

Suddenly, the carriage stopped.

Hong Zhong frowned as she thought she had arrived so quickly. As she was about to pull open the curtains, she heard a gentle voice: "Young miss, it's the Chu Family's carriage. "Now that the carriage has left the Third Ring Road, the streets here are not as wide as the one in the inner city. Now that her carriage is parked in front of us, we won't be able to get across."

"Which Chu Family?" Hong Zhong frowned slightly.

"It's the leader of the Shengjing City's imperial guards, Lord Chu, Chu Xiaojie, who invited you to the Imperial Garden to admire the flowers was the eldest daughter of Chu." Yesterday, Chu Xiaojie said that she wanted to invite her young miss to the imperial garden to admire the flowers. Presumably, this Chu Xiaojie had something to do with this matter as well.

Since Qingya could think of it, Hong Zhong could naturally as well. She mused for a moment, then lifted the curtain of the carriage and went out.

Standing on the luxurious carriage, Hong Zhong condescendingly looked at the carriage in front of him. The person inside the carriage probably heard the servant's report, and opened the curtain to walk out, and the moment her eyes touched Hong Zhong, her expression froze, as though she did not believe what she just heard.

That unusual gaze naturally did not escape Hong Zhong's eyes, and coldly snorted in her heart: "Does Chu Xiaojie really care about why I'm here, or why I'm here?"

"Elder sister, you must be joking." At this time, Chu Qin had already covered up all the unease on her face. "Little sister, what you mean is that big sister just returned to the Shengjing City, why are you so free to come here to play? If you know that your sister has such intentions, then your sister should ask you out. "

"Hehe, last night, I wanted to ask Chu Xiaojie out, but I didn't expect that …" Hong Zhong suddenly stopped as she spoke, her watery eyes staring intently at Chu Qin's face. Seeing Chu Qin's sudden change in expression, her red lips lifted, this Chu Xiaojie is so cowardly, how dare she do such a thing?

"Yesterday, my sister was not feeling well, and so she did not make an appointment. I hope elder sister is not angry! " Chu Qin quickly said. It was true that she was the one who asked her to go to the Imperial Garden yesterday, but she was only following orders and was only responsible for inviting her over.

"Chu Xiaojie doesn't need to blame herself. Something unpleasant happened in the palace yesterday, so it would be good if you didn't go. If you were to meet them, it would not be good to be scared. " What sister, sister, she is not the Virgin Mary. She did not have a good impression of anyone who wanted to kill her or was suspected of having killed her.

He waved his hand: "I don't know if Chu Xiaojie has urgent matters to attend to, but if she isn't in a hurry, would it be possible to let me go first?" The meaning of the words was to discuss with Chu Qin, but the meaning behind it was indeed simple statement, with the exception of indifference, it was absolute certainty. She was the young miss of the middle stage General Zhenguo, her status was naturally higher than the Chu Family, so she could not possibly let Hong Zhong have the chance to do so.

Hearing this, Chu Qin smiled unnaturally: "Of course it's elder sister who goes first!" As she said that, she ordered the coachman to pull the horse carriage to the side for Hong Zhong to pass.

Qingya was also a thoughtful person. She immediately gave way to the carriage. He quickly instructed the servants to bring the carriage back to the destination. As for Chu Qin, he watched as Hong Zhong's carriage traveled far away before turning around and anxiously instructing the servants, "Quickly go back, I want to enter the palace!"

Time flowed on like water. Soon, the entire morning had passed.

When Hong Zhong returned from the blacksmith's shop, the people who came to pick him up had already been waiting for a long time. Hong Zhong did not try to refuse or make things difficult for them. Since she had decided to stay, he had to live his life well, but the precondition of living a good life, was that she had to preserve his own life first, right?