What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 105 Is this a place for people?
In the weather in August and September, the capital is still mixed with the residual heat of summer and the coolness of autumn.

The autumn wind is already blowing in the north.

After walking for more than half a month, the two arrived at the first relatively large city, Tongzhou, before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This is the largest traffic fortress on the way from customs to northern Xinjiang.

There are many merchants and caravans selling goods on the street, and local people also display various souvenirs along the street.

Lin Ximeng took a look and found that it was similar to modern yam eggs and big potatoes.

The two rode horses from the north to the south of the street, and from the east to the west, before they found a relatively large inn.

It was getting late, the two called for hot water and food, and took a rest after eating.

Only the next day did Lin Ximeng have the chance to take a good look at this hub town.

In fact, it wasn't too small. The towers and walls were well repaired, thick enough and strong enough. There were soldiers patrolling outside the city, and several soldiers were stationed on the towers.

The sense of security suddenly exploded.

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, what should I buy?"

Lin Ximeng, who was dressed in casual men's clothing, tilted her head and asked Xie Chenyu.

The other party was looking around at the surrounding people, as if he had never seen the world.

Holding a robe embroidered with gold thread, he walked over to ask the vendors one by one.

"Auntie, what are you selling? How much is the price? Can anyone buy it?"

"Little sister, what are you? Is it delicious? Give me some"

Lin Ximeng's eyelids twitched, thinking that this gold-rimmed dude didn't know nothing about human fireworks, he seemed to know something.

After buying some potatoes and yam eggs, the two walked back.

The moment Xie Chenyu turned around, his expression changed, it was dark, as if someone owed him 300 taels of silver.

"If you don't like it, don't buy it at all. What are you doing with such a long face?"

“Potatoes are not that bad”

"I can make mashed potato mooncakes for you when I go back. It shouldn't be unpalatable. I brought rose marinade."

Xie Chenyu: "Do you still remember the disaster in the north?"

"Remember"

Xie Chenyu was responsible for the relief of the victims and the allocation of money and food. He left early and returned late every day. In the end, the results were good and he was rewarded.

"Those who took the silver and returned to their hometowns all died of strange diseases within half a year, one after another, silently"

There were a few uncles who sold vegetables just now, and there was an old lady who lost her only son.

Their son and daughter-in-law all died in that disaster, and the white-haired people gave away the black-haired people.

"I asked them how many survived"

"They say one out of a hundred survives"

"What kind of strange disease is so severe?" Lin Ximeng was shocked.

In ancient times, there was no biochemical crisis, and no matter how severe an infectious disease is, it would not be 100% fatal. This is probably man-made! !

"What do you think of the prince's character?"

Lin Ximeng: "..."

Turning the subject too quickly is a bit like a tornado.

"Perhaps the character is good", anyway, the heart is black.

She, a woman in the backyard, didn't provoke him or provoke him, and she could cause a murder.

She will never forget the fear of death before drinking the poisonous wine in this life.

"Don't worry about it in the future, that kind of thing won't happen again"

"Of course, you have been dormant for so long, and you finally got engaged to the Wang family, so your status is naturally not the same."

Lin Ximeng tried her best to flatter her.

Xie Chenyu didn't speak.

Lin Ximeng thought he was about to make amends when he said something wrong, so he said again.

"The status is high, the wind and rain are coming soon, are you afraid?"

"It's useless to be afraid, my life should have died long ago"

Finally, it comes to the core of the problem.

Xie Chenyu secretly kept Chen Cang and Miss Wang engaged, Xie Chenke would never be happy.

The identity of the little brother back then was self-defeating, and there was no possibility of concealing his ambition.

From now on, the two brothers will be real swords and guns.

"Speaking of which, the emperor agreed to this marriage first."

"Is it possible that the emperor already likes you, but it's hard to tell?"

Xie Chenyu was silent, looking in the direction of the capital with blurred and complicated eyes, it took a long time before he said something.

"Maybe"

With indifference and unwillingness.

-

That night, Lin Ximeng spent [-] yuan to borrow a kitchen pot and made a mooncake stuffed with mashed potatoes and yams.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the capital must have been bustling with festive lanterns like a sea.

The small city of Tongzhou had a curfew early.

The two were lying on the narrow bed, covered with a quilt, staring at the top of the tent, their minds wandering like the sea.

What Lin Ximeng was worried about was where her luggage was and whether she could arrive in northern Xinjiang on time.

Xie Chenyu was thinking about the gentle and watery woman in his dream.

After living for eighteen years, I can dream of that woman every year.

Dressed in white, full of eyebrows, warm in her arms, and full of fragrance, she would call him with a smile in her dreams.

"Yuer, my baby"

"Yu'er, let me see if you are full? Have you gained weight?"

Like a young mother gently coaxing her child.

She should be my mother.

It is said that she passed away early, how did she die.

He also asked the people around him, and everyone seemed to be secretive when they heard it, and the queen would not say much.

But what is the truth?
Unknowingly, even breathing came from around him.

Looking sideways, the woman was sleeping soundly, occasionally frowning and rubbing against her body, the brows would relax again.

Xie Chenyu squeezed her soft cheeks with her big hands, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

He hugged her subconsciously, rolled her up with the quilt, and warmed her with his body.

Lin Ximeng, who was playing chess with Zhou Gong in the dream, suddenly felt a warm spring returning to the earth, bubbling with happiness.

-

They stayed in the same state for two days, and when the luggage caught up, the two set off again.

Without resting on the way, he left the pass and arrived in northern Xinjiang.

The journey was difficult, and it took more than a month in the middle, and it was already mid-October when we arrived in northern Xinjiang.

Standing on the high wasteland, Lin Ximeng finally understood why the prisoners were sent here.

I finally understood the true meaning of the phrase 'no blade of grass grows'.

how to say.

There is no normal land on the ground, it is full of large and small stones, piles and piles, high and low, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Lin Ximeng tried her best to climb up the highest hill, wrapped in thick animal skins, blowing the north wind mixed with gravel and ice, and looked around the surrounding terrain.

"Is this really a place for people to stay?"

After a few years, you can become an old lady at the age of 30, a real time accelerator.

Xie Chenyu followed and threw her another animal skin.

"It's windy, it's freezing and cold, don't make noise and feel uncomfortable"

Lin Ximeng wraps it up.

In fact, she had already wrapped several animal skins, but the wind was too sharp, like a knife, and it didn't work at all.

"What kind of colorful stones are there in this ghost place, let me see where you can find them"

"Do you need to remind me?"

Xie Chenyu rolled his eyes.

There is no such thing as finding a man-made one.

"Where are we going next?" Lin Ximeng asked him, tilting her head.

"There is a village fifteen miles ahead, stay overnight there tonight, and arrive tomorrow."

Lin Ximeng's heart tightened, she jumped down from the hill, climbed onto the horse and followed Xie Chenyu, and continued to walk forward.

The wind and sand all over the sky curled the ponytail, spinning around and around.

Xie Chenyu looked back from time to time, and occasionally led the horse for her.

(End of this chapter)