Jianghu chaos

After running two streets away, Ruan Xi stumbled as soon as he stepped on the wall of the second street. He accidentally slipped and brought Ye Fushu down, and hit the ground with a bang, throwing up thousands of dust.

Ye Fushu was thrown to the ground, he raised himself up with difficulty, and when he turned around, he saw Ruan Xi buried in the dust and hadn't moved for a long time. "Mr. Ruan?" Ye Fushu crawled to his side with all his hands and feet, and pulled him with difficulty, "Mr. Ruan, how are you?"

Ruan Xi's face was covered with dust, and his heart was ashamed: "Miss Ye..."

Ye Fusuo breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as you are fine..."

Ruan Xi quietly rubbed his stomach as his upper abdomen throbbed. For the first time, he really understood what his elder brother taught before going out, "When traveling, you can do without everything except money".

"Mr. Ruan, stop using lightness kung fu." Ye Fushu supported him, "Let's find out how to get to Luoyang first."

Ruan Xi sighed deeply in his heart, got up and patted the ashes on his clothes, and rubbed his face by the way.How can a man be so weak and let the girl comfort him, how can he look like a hero, not even a salted white shrimp!

Thinking of brine white shrimp, my stomach seems to be more hungry.

Ruan Xi shook his head, tried his best to keep all the food out, led Ye Fushu all the way to find it, and soon found an inn.In a small county town, the post station is also very small. There is only one postman and two coachmen, and they seem to be very idle.Ye Fushu seemed to deal with these people often, so he stepped forward and lowered his body with ease: "Both brothers, where is this place? How can I get to Luoyang City?"

The postman glanced at her and said, "Didn't you look at the boundary marker when you came? Is this Luhun County, Luoyang City? Go north and walk along the official road for three or four days."

"To the north..." Ye Fushu frowned, turned to look at Ruan Xi, and asked him with a glimmer of hope, "Mr. Ruan, the direction we came from...isn't it also north?"

Ruan Xi thought about it carefully, and then his heart skipped a beat—the place where he fled all night was in the north!The people in Sunset City are probably on the only way to Luoyang. If they go back, they are throwing themselves into a trap!

Ye Fushu thought for a long time, pulled Ruan Xi out of the station, seemed to have made up his mind and said: "Mr. Ruan, why don't you go back by yourself!"

Ruan Xi was startled: "What?"

Ye Fushu looked heroic: "I don't know martial arts, and the young master will only drag me with me. I thought about it. With Lingshuang's lightness of stepping on the snow, it shouldn't be a problem to sneak back to Luoyang from the people in Sunset City!"

"What about you?" Ruan Xi looked around for a week, "You are alone and have no money, what will you do if you encounter Sunset City?"

"There are so many people here, they may not be able to find me." Ye Fushu said in a low voice, "I thought of a way, why don't we go to a restaurant to have a big meal first, and then you will use the excuse that you forgot to bring money and put me there. Just go back to Luoyang and find a helper to pick me up!"

"How can this be done!" Ruan Xi flatly refused, "Even if you use lightness kung fu, it will take a whole day at the fastest to go back and forth. If you stay there alone, what if you are bullied!"

Ye Fushu said anxiously: "I will find a way! It's much safer to bet on the biggest restaurant than to live on the streets. Besides, it's only for one day, just think of a way to procrastinate."

Ruan Xi shook his head heavily, pulled her up irrefutably and walked back to the post station, and shouted to the postman with a sullen face, "How much money do you need to hire a horse-drawn carriage to Luoyang?"

The post station has always only done official business, and it was the first time that a commoner came to ask the price, which was really novel.The postman sneered: "Boy, do you dare to ask the price for the imperial court's post?"

"Business in post stations is not a new thing, you just need to ask for a price!" Ruan Xi poked his neck, holding Ye Fushu's palm was sweating a little bit, "The lychee at Lingnan station, the seafood at Mingzhou station, even me Once the common people have heard about it, the emperor will know about it too. If there is no investigation for so many years, it is clearly tacit consent, so don’t worry.”

The postman jumped off his seat, squinted his eyes and looked him up and down carefully: "Where did you hear that?"

With a guilty conscience, Ruan Xi tried to maintain a calm expression, speaking in a normal tone: "Mingzhou Rong'an Chamber of Commerce, have you heard of it?"

The postman's expression changed.

Judging by his expression, he knew there was a door, Ruan Xi continued: "Do you want to do this business?"

The postman pondered for a while, exchanged glances with the two coachmen, and said, "Ten taels of silver."

Ruan Xi was overjoyed: "I'll pay you 20 taels of gold, and I'm leaving immediately!"

The postman raised his eyebrows and asked half-believingly, "Where's the deposit?"

Ye Fushu hurriedly answered, "If you send us to Luoyang, someone will pay for it."

The postman looked at the two suspiciously, but did not answer.

Ruan Xi became even more nervous, trying to strengthen his confidence, and said in a deep voice, "It's true that we don't have that much money, but we are in your hands, are you still afraid of repaying our debts?"

After thinking for a long time, the postman raised his hand and threw the whip to a coachman: "Deal, old money, you go."

A heart fell to the ground, Ruan Xi thanked him, pulled Ye Fushu into the carriage, wiped the cold sweat from his brow while doing it: "Finally..."

Ye Fushu whispered in his ear: "The people from Sunset City are also on that road, will we be taken back?"

Ruan Xi closed the carriage curtain and said with a low voice: "This is a government carriage... No matter what the people in Sunset City are, they should be cautious. Besides, Ming Yuan promised clearly that as long as they can get out Zhuangzi will not pursue..."

Ye Fushu was worried: "Do you think this is true?"

Ruan Xi hesitated: "Forget it, let's do it...he seems quite reasonable..."

Ye Fushu opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.Ruan Xi was frowning and thinking carefully, but didn't notice her strangeness.

The carriage jolted out of the county town and onto the official road. Through the gaps in the curtains, one could vaguely see that there were only a few pedestrians on the official road, and the trees on both sides were verdant, just like they had walked before.Ruan Xi felt like sitting on pins and needles, he reached out his hand several times to lift the curtain of the car to look outside, but he didn't dare, for fear of being caught by Sunset City and caught back.Although it was stated that Yuan had promised, he was not afraid of ten thousand but just in case. He promised Caoqin to bring Ye Fushu back safely.

As expected of an official post station, although the car is simple, the horse is a good horse. Under the urging of Ruan Xi's restlessness, the horse raced all the way, and rushed to the place where it was staying before the sky darkened - located in the north of Luhun, Luoyang Yique County in the south.

If the guess is correct, this should be the place where the two were imprisoned before.

It was dark at that time, and Ruan Xi was running mindlessly, not paying attention to the surrounding environment. As soon as he entered Yique, he only vaguely felt that the Sunset City stronghold was nearby, but he couldn't confirm which direction it was.Yique County is neither big nor small, every place may be the stronghold of Sunset City, and everyone may spy on them secretly.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of a restaurant, and the driver casually threw the whip to Xiao Er, and walked towards the carriageway: "You two, come down and have a rest."

Ruan Xi nervously protected Ye Fushu, stood up in front of her, and forced himself to be calm: "Didn't you agree to hurry up? I, I see, just, don't rest..."

The coachman let out a hey: "You don't need to rest, this horse needs to be fed? I can't afford to pay for the official's horse if it runs away to death!"

Ruan Xi hurriedly said: "I'll pay, I'll pay, you just have to hurry!"

"Both..." The coachman frowned, and lifted the curtain, "You two, didn't you cause some trouble?"

Ruan Xi subconsciously said: "Absolutely not! It's just, it's just that I have something important to do, so I have to, I have to hurry!"

The coachman looked at him suspiciously for a while, "You can go on your way if you want to, but don't talk about horses, people have to be fed too! A meal can delay many things, and we can go on our way after eating!"

Ruan Xi had no choice but to stop people from taking a rest, and it really didn't make sense, so he could only sigh silently in his heart, and nestled in the carriage together with Ye Fushu and did not move.

The coachman was even more surprised: "You don't eat?"

The two didn't dare to say anything. After being hungry for a whole day, their stomachs twitched and twitched, and it became a habit. When they stood up, stares appeared in their eyes, as if a muscle was being pulled by someone. It was really uncomfortable.

In the restaurant, there was a scent of food wafting out of the nose, which made the stomach feel even more uncomfortable.

Ruan Xi looked at Ye Fushu who was curled up unconsciously, got up and grabbed the wall of the carriage, jumped off the carriage, blushed and bowed deeply to the driver, and whispered: "You, do you have any money?"

The coachman looked at him even more strangely.

Ruan Xi blushed and said: "Let me tell you the truth, we were robbed on the road, and we lost a tael of silver... But don't worry, when we arrive in Luoyang, there will be no less than 20 taels of gold! It's just now, now Can you lend me some, and I will repay you double! We both have been hungry for a whole day, so I’ll just let it go, Miss Ye is a girl, how can she endure such hardship..."

The coachman's eyes widened: "You boy, you dare to pretend to come to the post station to rent a carriage when you have no money? You really have the courage! How do I know that you will not renege on your debts when you arrive in Luoyang?"

"How dare I..." Ruan Xi muttered, "Trust me once, I'm really rich! In this way, when I arrive in Luoyang, will I make up for you with ten taels of gold? As long as, as long as you buy us a few A steamed bun..."

"Hey, the young master of the Rong'an Chamber of Commerce has fallen to the point of begging for steamed buns?" A loud laugh came and gradually approached behind him, causing Ruan Xi to froze in shock, and the cold air shot up from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, "Look It’s because the reception in the poor house is not good enough, and you have neglected Young Master Ruan!”

Ye Fushu jumped out of the carriage at once, pulled Ruan Xi up and was about to run: "It's Hua Rulian!"

However, before they could take a step, two people suddenly appeared, blocking them one after the other.

Ruan Xi blocked Ye Fushu with one hand, watched Hua Rulian and Jian Ling approach step by step, and said bravely: "Ming Yuan said that as long as he can get out of that Zhuangzi, he will not pursue it anymore!"

Hua Rulian played with his fingers, and smiled charmingly at the driver behind them: "Originally, you can stop pursuing it, but who made you fall into the trap again? It seems that your family didn't teach you well, and deliberately set fire to the house, do you still want to Pretend it never happened?"

The coachman took a step back, frowned and said, "You are..."

Jian Ling glanced at him: "Don't meddle in the affairs of the rivers and lakes."

The sword was unsheathed little by little, and the cold light reflected in his eyes was very familiar. It was the family heirloom sword given to Ruan Xi by Xie Chaohan, and it was taken away by Sunset City. Right now, the sword is slowly gathering momentum in Jian Ling's hands.

The strength was weak, and the true energy could not be condensed. Ruan Xi watched the sword completely unsheathed, and the sharp air rushed towards his face. .