C21

The next day, after the opening of the market, Lu Qing placed Han Shuo at the inn. With a hundred gold coins in his pocket, he and Xue Yan went out together.

This place was close to Hu Dian, and many of the items sold in the market were all Hu Feng's. There were also many ordinary Hu Dian merchants. Under Xue Yan's suggestion, Lu Qing bought a few soft leather jackets, saying that it was very cold in winter, so these things could be used.

Then, Lu Qing bought some snacks for Han Shuo.

"You don't want to buy something for yourself?" Xue Yan looked at a jewelry stall. Although they were all inferior items, there were still a few that could see through.

"He's still poor." Luqing curled his lips and continued walking forward.

She still had a little more than twenty cents left in her pocket, and she didn't want to waste it.

Xue Yan pulled her to a quiet corner and said, "If I had asked for a reward for you and Lord Ci Shi, you wouldn't be so short on funds. However, this would also expose that you killed a stone …"

A hand suddenly covered Xue Yan's mouth. Lu Qing glared fiercely at him.

"Just pretend this never happened. I don't care about the reward. I just want to be safe and sound."

Xue Yan looked at the slender finger in front of him. Somehow, he remembered that Lu Qing had already bitten his finger twice. Thus, he also bit it.

It was very light, and he had only grinded it with his teeth.

Surprised, Lu Qing quickly retracted his hand. He discovered that his finger had a slight bite mark and some traces of water.

"Is it a dog?"

Lu Qing turned around and walked towards the busy city. However, Xue Yan noticed that Lu Qing's originally white ears had turned completely red.

The corners of her lips curled up. Xue Yan followed Lu Qing and continued to accompany her shopping.

It was almost noon. Just as Xue Yan was about to lead the Blue Luan to eat something good, he saw the street suddenly become chaotic. A large group of soldiers rushed over from the street.

There was a man in the middle riding a big horse. He was very handsome.

Lu Qing couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. This man completely fit her aesthetic standards from back then. He looked around thirty years old, and he was handsome. He also had a touch of gentleness in his demeanor.

Xue Yan stepped forwards to greet him.

"General."

Xue Yanli bowed at the side of the street.

The man saw Xue Yan and his eyes lit up. He gave the order for the team to stop and he jumped down from his horse.

"Little brother Xue need not be so polite, are you able to return the favor by going to Longxi?"

Xue Yan glanced at Lu Qing, and then whispered into his ear.

That person also looked at Lu Qing from time to time, astonishment in his eyes.

It's over, he must have told this handsome old man.

Sure enough, very soon, Xue Yan came to her side with a smile, but told her that she was fine.

Lu Qing was brought back to the inn by Xue Yan with an unsightly expression on his face. He hurriedly ate his lunch and then heard some noise coming from outside. The handsome old man had arrived.

On the way back to the inn, Xue Yan had already told her that this man was the former Qin Prefecture General Ci Shi and the former Pingxi General Zhang Mao. Now that the Qin Prefecture was in chaos and had almost been taken over by the Hu people, he had come to Liang Prefecture to guard the northwest with his father and brother.

Lu Qing thought about it for a long time. He finally remembered that the surname of the family in the sixteen kingdoms was Zhang.

Xue Yan walked out to greet them. He called out to Lu Qing to come over, and then the three of them entered a room together.

Zhang Mao sat, while Xue Yan and Lu Qing stood.

"One cannot judge a book by its cover. A mere weak girl was actually able to kill Shi Hu alone. I'm impressed!"

Zhang Mao smiled warmly and looked at Lu Qing with appreciation.

"It was a pure accident that I killed Shi Hu. After killing him, I would not dare to believe it. However, I am afraid of bringing disaster upon myself. General, please be magnanimous and do not speak of this matter."