burning nations

Chapter 69 Returning to the Imperial Capital

"Yaya, are you okay?"

"Huangmao, I'm fine." Zhang Cai shook his head lightly, staring fixedly at the word "Qizhou" on the city wall, with a sinister look in his eyes.

"Huang Mao, we will have to show our ID card when we enter the city later. I don't want those people to see mine, so show yours. As for me." Zhang Cai smiled sweetly, covered her face with a veil, and hugged wild Li Xiao raised his arm: "It's your wife."

"Okay, leave it to me." Ye Lixiao beamed with joy, that's a good feeling!
Even if the interrogation was fooled, they entered the city smoothly around 5 o'clock in the evening.Although Zhang Cai hated coming to Qizhou for various reasons, she still found the best inn in the city that was still open for business. With Ye Lixiao, a big money, Zhang Cai could go in with confidence and pride speak.

"Come to two upper rooms, stay for 2 days first, and bring me two servings of the best food and wine for three meals a day in the morning, afternoon and evening, and bring them to the room. The horses outside the door will feed me with good feed and live eggs, so that they can serve me well." , without your benefits!"

"Your tip!"

After finishing speaking, a dinar popped into the clerk's hand, showing the arrogance of the rich lady.

"Girl, take a look, our inn is the best inn in Qizhou City, and your accent is also a local, you are satisfied!"

The man took the money and went to arrange the room himself with a flattering face.

Ye Lixiao smiled: "I can't see that you are very experienced."

"Run here and there, learn by yourself without a teacher." Zhang Cai's expression could not be seen clearly under the scarf, but there was joy in the corner of his eyes.

"You should change to a transparent veil." Ye Lixiao said.

Zhang Cai burst into laughter, and said indifferently: "Then should I change all the clothes on my body into transparent ones?"

"Yes, it's better to tear it easily." Ye Lixiao added.

Zhang Cai blushed and punched the blond hair: "Bad guy, it's too early to eat me."

Ye Lixiao said to himself: "I will work hard."

While the two were talking, the room had already been arranged, and there was a special bag for Xiao Si to carry. After checking in, I don't know if it was unintentional or intentional, but there was a wall between the two of them, so close at hand.

Ye Li and Xiao Chong flinched at Zhang Cai, but Zhang Cai shyly ignored him.

Seeing a business opportunity, the buddy immediately came over to recommend medicines such as "Zhuangshen Pill" and "Yangyang Pill" to Ye Lixiao, but Ye Lixiao declined.

After checking in, it was already past 5:30, and it was dinner time. Zhang Cai went to the shop assistant and took out a bunch of dinars, about 20, and sprinkled them directly on the table, making a crisp echo.

"Help me run errands. There is an old shop selling ducks in the west of the city. It's called Laoyatou. Buy two roasted ducks. Remember to dip more. The rest of the money will be used for your hard work on errands." money."

Dude, is there such a good thing to hear?No matter how expensive the two ducks were sold, it was impossible to exceed 3 dinars. Running errands earned more than 10 or almost 20 dinars, and the face was full of smiles.

"Miss benevolent and considerate of us, you can rest assured that when the food is served, there will be two fat, big and warm roasted ducks. Miss, you have a good eye. shop, I have been to the state to see Hongyuan when I first saw you, but the earth leopards next to me don’t know that there are such delicacies.”

Hearing the buddy's compliment, Zhang Cai smiled, said nothing, and urged the buddy to buy it quickly.

When it was dinner time, the clerk delivered the meals to the guest rooms, and it happened that Ye Lixiao was planning a play route with Zhang Cai in Zhang Cai's room.The waiter brought both meals with embarrassment on his face, and then covered the door of the room.

Ye Lixiao glanced at the food and praised: "It's not bad, it's very rich!"

Zhang Cai looked rich indeed.There was a plate of beef to be dipped in salt and pepper, soup in a small plate next to a leg of lamb, a pair of chicken wings, three or four plates of cabbage, radishes, and other vegetables, and five wheat breads stuffed with butter, one The dish was peeled and wrapped in honey apple slices, plus some yellow sugar, a special product of Tangguo, and finally there was the roasted duck that Zhang Cai asked his staff to buy, with sweet sauce in a large box next to it.

Picking up the roasted duck that was still packaged, it felt not only warm, but also hot. It could be seen that the guys in this inn were trained well.

Ye Lixiao said: "Huangmao, try this, this roasted duck is specially bought by my buddy, it is a famous food in Qizhou, the taste is amazing! When I was a child, I dreamed of eating it every day, especially theirs. Sauce, roll a piece of duck meat with skin in the sauce, and then eat it in the mouth, the taste is better than that made by the emperor's chef, I still remember it vividly. Please taste it, brother."

Ye Lixiao was deeply skeptical about the taste of Zhang Cai after passing the game at Mount Qingcheng, but it was not easy to doubt his "food on the plate", so he tore open the wrapping oil paper and took out a piece of duck meat.

The appearance is very good, even the meat on the belt is golden and crispy, chewing in the mouth, it is not unpalatable, but it is not particularly delicious, so-so.

But Ye Lixiao still nodded frequently, saying to Zhang Cai that it was delicious, it was so delicious!
Zhang Cai smiled happily and motioned Ye Lixiao to eat with the sauce.So Ye Lixiao dipped the sauce into his mouth, and immediately his complexion brightened, his eyebrows twitched, he chewed slowly, swallowed it, and picked up the sauce to look at it.

"Huangmao, what's the matter?" Zhang Cai asked.

"It's nothing, I'm just curious about what kind of sauce this is, let's take a look." Ye Lixiao said.

Ye Lixiao couldn't stand the sauce. The duck was pretty good, but it was the kind of fat duck with fat meat. It tasted like an oily aroma that lingered on the tip of the tongue.But with this sauce, the taste is not so good.

Some of the sauces that Ye Lixiao had eaten were sweet, some spicy, some salty, some sour, but this sauce was not too sweet in the mouth, and there were faint bursts of spiciness.The fat duck is already greasy when wrapped in sweetness, but the spicy is still sweet and spicy, and it is not delicious when eaten wildly.

Zhang Cai didn't feel this way. She was very used to this slightly spicy and infinitely sweet taste, so she poured the whole sauce on it, and hugged the duck in a shapeless way and bit it.A piece of fat was torn off and bitten into pieces, oil and water splashed all over, and he gobbled it down.

If Zhang Cai could eat a whole duck by himself 10 years ago, he would wake up with a smile even in his dreams.

After climbing and picking, I was so hungry that I ate all the meals, including brown sugar and apples. The meals that are absolutely enough for ordinary people are full for martial arts practitioners like Zhang Cai and Ye Lixiao.As the saying goes, if you are poor and rich in martial arts, those who practice martial arts must eat goods. If you can’t eat, how can you have strength? How can a poor family afford it?
Fortunately, Zhang Cai is a hunter by profession, so he will not be short of meat.

After eating, Zhang Cai chatted for a while and fell asleep. Ye Lixiao went back to his room and lay down by the window looking at Qizhou City at night. It was a pity that he couldn't see anything. Just like Zhang Cai said, there is a curfew!In addition to the cold wind, the street is full of air, and Ye Lixiao fell asleep very disappointed.

In the following time, Zhang Cai accompanied Ye Lixiao on a part-time job as a tour guide throughout the whole process, and accompanied Ye Lixiao to play places in Qizhou. Watch, while secretly remembering yourself.

After playing for 5 days, Zhang Cai had to leave. She heard the wind and knew that the patriarch Zhang Kuang already knew that she was already in Qizhou.There is no way around this. No matter how strict Zhang Cai’s secrecy is, he always covers up when he sees people. After all, he has lived in Qizhou for 15 years. Although he lives in the mountains most of the time, there are always times when he is not in the mountains. Two years after Qi Qi's death. Even today, Zhang Cai's face is still more or less remembered by people, and it is inevitable to recognize it.

Now that he knew, Zhang Cai didn't want to stay any longer, and he didn't want to see Zhang Kuang and say a word. He had forgotten who his biological father was, so there was no need to mention it. He immediately settled the rent with Ye Lixiao, and rode away from Qizhou City.

When Zhang Kuang heard the news and sent someone to the inn where Zhang Cai lived, Zhang Cai had already left the territory of Qizhou, and Zhang Kuang was in vain.

On the way back to the Imperial Capital, Lu Zhangcai chose to take the route of Jiyun and Caobian, and went back no matter how he got here.Riding the horse and whipping the whip, the way back after leaving Qizhou was unhurried. Three days later, on January 3, 41, Zhang Cai and Ye Lixiao entered Tongguan, crossed Huazhou and rode horses to the outskirts of the imperial capital. Lishan, entered the city at 1:10 p.m.

Entering the city, the two immediately saw the notice board erected at the gate of the city. The two big characters of "WANTED" were shining brightly on it, which was particularly eye-catching. After reading it, the color on his face remained unchanged, and he was already secretly happy in his heart, so he resisted to leave.

Ye Lixiao was waiting for her in the distance, and when he saw Zhang Cai came back, he casually asked, "Yaya, what happened? What's written on the notice board?"

"The famous general of the empire, General Song Sheng, has passed away."

Zhang Cai did not forget to wink at him.

Ye Lixiao pretended to be shocked, then nodded calmly.

"Oh, that's right, what a pity."

"The notice board said that the cause of the disintegration of the ship has been found out. The remains of General Song have not been found, but the remains of the 2 sons and 3 granddaughters on the ship have been handed over to the family members. It is confirmed that they died of drowning." Zhang Zhang Cai said while walking.

"Any more?"

"It has been confirmed that someone deliberately glued the broken ship. Who doesn't know. There is no witness or physical evidence. The government is looking for it."

"Isn't this a headless case?"

"Who said no?"

The two sighed, but both suppressed laughter.

Look it up, look it up, turn the Yellow River over and look for it!
(End of this chapter)