Tangled

Chapter 78
"In that case, let's go."

In the end, he still compromised.

Shen Qiqi looked at Mu Chengze, and seeing him give a thumbs up, she couldn't help showing a bright smile.

Gu Tingshu hugged her and put her on his horse. As soon as he rolled up and sat down, Mu Chengze couldn't help but speak.

"Ash, this seems a bit wrong. I brought my cousin, so she should ride a horse with me."

"Does Your Highness want to talk to the minister about the kidnapping of the minister's cousin?"

"Your Highness, don't forget, as far as Shen Qi is concerned, His Highness is a foreigner."

Mu Chengze had nothing to say when he said that he was a foreigner. He touched his nose and took the lead to drive away.

Ash is not easy to offend, he is a vengeful one, if he argues with him again, he doesn't know how much he will suffer along the way.

Anyway, I'm really a foreigner, so I'd better listen to him, and listen to his words, so that I can have a safe journey.

It was already late than the scheduled time, Gu Tingshu didn't delay any longer, pulled Shen Qiqi's bracelet around his waist, and raised the whip.

After walking for more than half a day, after leaving the boundary of Kyoto, they turned in a different direction, and then slowly stopped.

All the way to the south of Jingdu City, the farther the road is, the more deviated the road is. When it is almost to Ningzhou, there are only rugged mountain roads left, not even official roads.

Every time you go in and out, you have to pass through the mountain road, even adult men have to walk for more than ten days.

Leaning against the big tree, Gu Tingshu watched Shen Qiqi digging for something next to the grazing horse, thinking that when she got there, she might regret today's persistence.

Mu Chengze took out the dry food, first handed one to Gu Tingshu, and then sat down to watch Shen Qiqi while eating pancakes.

"Look at your cousin, and then look at yourself, don't you feel that you have aged a lot in an instant?"

"One is fresh and lively, and the other is lifeless. If you don't know, you might think you are in your seventies or eighties."

The more he talked, the more disgusted he became, and finally he didn't even want to sit with Gu Tingshu, so he got up and patted his buttocks and turned to the other side.

"Cousin, come and eat something, and I have to hurry later."

They had to find a place to stay before dark, or they would have to spend the night in the wild.

They are not taking the official road, so there is no post station on the road, so they have to pay attention to the time along the way.

Shen Qiqi responded, and then carefully looked at the dug grass before getting up and facing Gu Tingshu.

"Cousin, look, is this ginseng?"

Her words made Mu Chengze who was drinking water amused, "Cousin, where does the capital grow ginseng?"

Even if there is, such a remote roadside, it must have been discovered and dug away long ago.

He shook his head and laughed, and when he turned his head to look over, the smile that hadn't been retracted froze on his face.

"Oh, this is really ginseng!"

Mu Chengze shook his head as the ginseng the size of two fingers was held in her hand.

"Cousin is really lucky. This wild ginseng has been talked about for decades."

Just by the side of the road, people came and went without being discovered for decades, but she found it just by digging.

Gu Tingshu didn't expect her to be so lucky. He took the wild ginseng and wrapped it up. He reached out to pat her on the head, and his tone finally softened.

"When I arrived at the inn, I cooked it for you to eat."

Mu Chengze nodded in agreement, "That's right, you should make up for it."

"Just don't cook it all at once, if you overdo it, my cousin may have a nosebleed."

He had a playful face, and as he spoke, he wanted to reach out to shave his little muddy face, but Gu Tingshu slapped him away without thinking.

Gu Tingshu brushed off the mud on her face, and gave her a bun from the package.

"Eat."

"Have you eaten, cousin?"

Gu Tingshu nodded, "Eat."

Just as Mu Chengze finished eating the pancakes, he looked at the buns in Shen Qiqi's hand and curled his lips.

He didn't say that there were steamed buns, so he could only chew on the hard pancakes.

No wonder she didn't eat the pancakes when she asked her cousin earlier, it turned out that Ashu had given her a little treat.

He pulled two handfuls of grass indignantly, and then he leaned against the big tree and closed his eyes.

After resting for a while, they changed horses when they resumed their journey, and Mu Chengze walked side by side with them, sighing to the sky.

He deliberately picked a good horse, but now it is cheaper for others.

"Cousin, at this speed, we probably won't be able to reach the next town. I'm afraid we'll spend the night in the wild."

I thought she would feel scared, but when I looked over, I only met a pair of bright eyes.

Mu Chengze was taken aback for a moment, then laughed.

That's right, how could he have forgotten that Ashu's cousin is different from ordinary women.

She dared to break through so many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the miasma forest, how could she still be afraid of this dark night?
When Li saw it, he thought it was a dodder flower, but it turned out that he had misread it. This is not a dodder flower, it is obviously a vine with strong vitality.

"Have you ever eaten roasted hare, cousin? If we can't reach the town at night, how about we catch rabbits?"

Shen Qiqi didn't say yes or no, the hand around Gu Tingshu's waist slightly tightened.

Gu Tingshu turned his head and looked at Mu Chengze, "If Your Highness likes it, I can catch some for His Highness."

Mu Chengze said "hehe", he is not a pig, how could he eat so much.

Besides, if he really ate that much, he would be the one with the nosebleed.

After all, they did not sleep in the wild, and finally arrived in Yunchuan County before night fell.

Several people found a waiting room to live in, but when they opened the room, they found that there were no connected rooms.

Mu Chengze glanced at Shen Qiqi and then at Gu Tingshu, gritted his teeth and took out the guide he had prepared in his arms.

"Official family, this is my mother...my cousin and his wife's, this is mine."

There were people coming and going in the waiting room, and the people staying in came from all over the world, he couldn't guarantee that it would be safe for Shen Qiqi to sleep alone, so he could only make a bad plan.

Originally, he wanted to talk about his wife, but he couldn't tell when he met Ash's murderous eyes.

The official checked it carefully and recorded it in the book, then took the key and asked Xiao Er to lead them upstairs.

"Several guest officials try not to go out at night. They must be in the house during the curfew. There will be waiting guards to check. If the few are not there, the younger ones will also be punished."

"Understood, you go get some food and fetch some warm water."

Mu Chengze tasted a few coins from him, and seeing him leave happily with his back bowed, he looked at the room.

Just after taking a look, I met a pair of ignorant and unkind eyes.

He rubbed his nose and sat down with an awkward smile, "Well, it's for convenience."

He also prepared another guide. If there were several connecting rooms, he would not say that they belonged to husband and wife.

"If you don't want to, I will come next time."

Gu Tingshu looked away and turned to Shen Qiqi who had the same expression on her face. Seeing that she didn't think much about it, she stretched out her hand to ask him to take out Lu Yin.

"It's not safe to put this thing on you, take it out."

(End of this chapter)