However, at night, everyone was still questioned by the police.

The detectives said it was just a routine check and they started walking into the dance troupe without waiting for the owner's consent. They carefully and seriously checked the identities of all the men and women.

Before they knew it, the inspection team had arrived in front of Ning Ning's carriage. Normally, it didn't seem like a big deal when a group of people walked together, but when they were doing a population inspection, it was really abrupt to see two ultimatums from the Central Plains among a pile of ultimatums from the Western Regions. To be honest, it was really abrupt.

At this time, all the officers and soldiers looked at Ning Ning and Shang Wenqi in the carriage with vigilance.

Shang Wenqi had not yet recovered from his injury. His pale and sickly face finally gave him the appearance of a delicate young man. At this moment, Ning Ning was serving him medicine. When she saw the constable coming over, she immediately respectfully put the medicine bowl aside.

The class leader also hurried over and said, "Sir, this is Miss Chu, the teacher of Mr. Xiao, the prefect of Qinzhou, who has been traveling with us, and her husband, Mr. Chu."

"Master Xiao?" The constable raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Oh, even Master Xiao would have to cooperate with us during our routine interrogation, but you, the little instructor, are so shameless that you refuse to get off the car. This officer suspects that you are related to a fugitive criminal. Come with us!"

"Your Excellency has misunderstood. My husband has caught a cold. I was boiling some medicine in the back. I had just loaded the medicine onto the carriage when your Excellency arrived. I really didn't notice it, and I wasn't trying to avoid you. Please forgive me, Your Excellency."

As she spoke, she hurriedly took out various documents, all of which were to prove her identity.

Ning Ning took the things and got off the car, with ten taels of silver in her hand.

As she handed over the documents, she stuffed some silver into the bag politely: "This is my apology for delaying the officials' work. Please don't bother with us lowly people."

I have to say that Ning Ning’s acting was very good.

The official looked her over and asked, "Are you really the tutor of the prefect of Qinzhou?"

"Yes, yes, it must be. This is the instructor that Lord Xiao personally entrusted to our dance troupe to take care of. When they left the stage, Lord Xiao and his wife and daughter saw them off together. Madam Chu and Mr. Chu also ate and stayed with our dance troupe along the way. There is absolutely no mistake."

Because Ning Ning had once saved the dance troupe's life, the troupe owner and others rushed to speak for them.

The official glanced at Ning Ning, then at the sick man in the carriage, and carefully checked various documents. In the end, he said nothing and left with his men.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Madam Chu, Mr. Chu, are you not scared? Well, I thought only our Western Regions were in chaos, but I didn't expect that Daliang would be like this as well. Bandits are rampant, officials of the imperial court have been killed, and criminals have escaped. I really don't know what will happen next."

It is indeed not easy for a foreign dance troupe to gain a foothold in Kyoto.

Ning Ning could understand their anxiety and paranoia. If she had the power and influence in the capital, it would be fine to help them. Unfortunately, she was also in a difficult situation. At this moment, she could only turn her thousands of words into a blessing.

I hope they are all well.

Almost from the first day she arrived in the capital, soldiers and officers came to check Ning Ning one after another. However, Ning Ning's money had been squandered and she couldn't take out a penny.

Also, because there was no money to bribe, subsequent inspections became increasingly difficult to deal with.

Moreover, as they approached the capital, the killer came again following the scent.

Of course, they didn’t recognize Ning Ning. Perhaps they just wanted to kill a thousand people by mistake rather than let one go.

Ning Ning and Shang Wenqi could only act regardless. They still ate and drank as usual even though they knew there were assassins. In order to make the assassins believe that she was really the Xiao family's instructor, she even practiced dancing with the dancers whenever she had time and sometimes gave them scientific and standardized body training lessons.

After all this operation, it really is no different from teaching.

Even the killers would be confused after seeing it.

However, one day before arriving in the capital, the dance troupe could no longer move forward.

Word came from the front that the foreign dance troupe could not enter the city directly like the people of Daliang. They had to live in a camp in the suburbs for seven days and undergo a detailed interrogation to ensure that they were innocent before they could be allowed into the city.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Daliang doing this. After all, they are about to reach Daliang's capital. What if these foreigners are assassins who have sneaked into Kyoto to assassinate the monarch or court ministers, or what if they are spies lurking in Daliang?

Therefore, they needed to be inspected by the Daliang Qingyun Left Cavalry before they could enter the city.

Ning Ning couldn't help but wonder: "What does the Qingyun Left Cavalry do? Are they so powerful that they can tell the difference between ordinary people and spies?"

The class owner and everyone else couldn't help but be shocked: "Mrs. Chu didn't know?"

"Even an outsider like me knows that the Qingyun Left Cavalry is the Daliang Royal Guard. It is said that they are the elite troops carefully selected from the Daliang Zhennan Army. Each of them is brave and good at fighting, and they can fight against a hundred people at once. Not to mention identifying spies, even if they are asked to destroy the Qiang and Hu, it is no problem."

"That's right!"

It is no wonder that they use Qiang and Hu as examples here, because Qiang and Hu are neighbors of the Western Regions, and there are no mountains between the two places. Wars often break out over competition for oases and habitats. At this time, everyone came to Daliang to avoid Qiang and Hu.

They have a natural hostility towards the Qiang and Hu, so whenever something bad happens, they like to use the Qiang and Hu as examples.

Ning Ning was no stranger to this kind of emotion. It was probably the same reason why Chinese people always used the trivial life to criticize others...

Of course, this is not the time to laugh at them.

Qingyun Left Cavalry, Royal Guards...

Ning Ning couldn't help scratching his chin. The storyteller said last time that the empress dowager's father and brother seemed to be the General Zhennan. So this elite force from the Zhennan Army should also be the empress dowager's men?

She unconsciously glanced at someone who had been pretending to be sick.

Shang Wenqi caught her gaze keenly and couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly. He felt that there was something wrong with the way this girl looked at him at this critical moment. Could it be that she had seen through his identity?

Ning Ning quickly withdrew her gaze and continued chatting with the class leaders.

"We are all doing our best, so why should we be afraid of being investigated? Let's just wade through it together."

"That's right. We are not afraid of being investigated. However, we came here to discuss this with Madam Chu and Mr. Chu. You are citizens of Daliang and you don't need to waste time with us. You should go into the city first to avoid delaying your journey. As for us, we will meet again after we enter the city."

Ning Ning didn't expect that the class leader would once again take the initiative to pick them out. In fact, having these two "local tyrants" would be much more convenient for them as they were unfamiliar with the place, but he selflessly pushed them out again and again to avoid involving them.

There are really not many honest people like this.

Just as Ning Ning was thinking about the problem, Shang Wenqi, who seldom spoke, spoke.

"It's okay. I know a few people from the Qingyun Left Riders. I'll go over and say hello. Maybe that will help you enter the city more smoothly."

"!!!" Ning Ning widened her eyes. Oh, this wooden man has changed his nature.

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