Snowy Chang'an Road

Chapter 28 Suspicious
  Listening to the noise outside, Pei Ying turned over. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and saw Wei Shao changing clothes.

In the candlelight, Pei Ying couldn't take his eyes off his strong and tight back and the smooth muscle lines on his arms.

Wei Shao changed his clothes and turned around to see Pei Ying staring at him motionless.

"When did you wake up?"

"I forgot."

So just now, when I was changing clothes, was she witnessing the whole process?
  Before he could ask any more questions, there was a hurried knock on the door. Soon after, Wei Shao rushed to the bed and lay down next to Pei Ying.

"Enter."

"Sir, there is a life outside. My master asked me to tell you not to leave the room at will. He is preparing to dock to report to the officer."

"Okay, we get it."

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Wei Shao sat up suddenly.

"Sir, why don't you lie down?"

Hearing her words, Wei Shao felt guilty and was about to get out of bed, but before he thought, Pei Ying grabbed his clothes.

Wei Shao turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

Pei Ying smiled and replied: "Nothing, just teasing you."

"boring."

"Have you found out the identities of those people?"

Wei Shao took out the token from his waist, which had a dragon pattern on it.

"Those people are from the palace."

"Is it your Majesty?" Then can you find out why they are following us? "

"They attacked me ruthlessly. In order to protect myself, I had no choice but to resort to ruthless attacks and kill them with one blow without having a chance to interrogate."

"That shouldn't be the case. Since you are from the palace, how come you don't know that you are the King of Peking?"

"I also feel very strange."

"Do you recognize this token?"

"Mr. Ma Xi, but I have no grudges against him. Why would he kill me?"

"Ma Xi is your Majesty's man. He only obeys your Majesty's orders. But your Majesty has no reason to kill you. So these people can only be sent by your Majesty to monitor you."

"Why does Your Majesty want to spy on me?"

"Then why does Your Majesty ask you to monitor the Marquis of Huainan?"

Wei Shao's heart was wandering, and he seemed to have an answer, but he was not willing to believe it.

"Your Majesty does not trust you. He sent you to monitor the Marquis of Huainan and also sent people to monitor you. In other words, your Majesty does not trust anyone, but this is human nature. If I were your Majesty, I would not trust anyone either."

As soon as these words came out, Wei Shao's heart began to waver.

A murder occurred, and people on the ship were panicked. The boss of the ship docked at Xunyang Ferry and reported to the Xunyang County Government.

After hearing that eight people had died, the Xunyang County magistrate rushed to the ferry overnight. After autopsy and investigation, they initially determined that the murderer was on the boat, so they blocked the entire boat and interrogated everyone on board one by one.

"What about your sword?"

"You can't throw it into the water."

"There are not many people with weapons on the ship. If the weapons found are matched with the wounds of the deceased, it will be easy to determine that it was you who killed him."

"I was the one who killed him."

Seeing his calm look, Pei Ying suddenly thought of a sentence: The emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is.

He, a murderer, is not in a hurry and he has done nothing, so why should he be in a hurry?

However, Wei Shao seemed to see through her thoughts and asked: "What? Were you worried about me just now?"

"So what? You promised to protect me. If something happens to you, where will I find another person like you?"

Wei Shao looked at her, couldn't help but smile, and said: "So I am so important to you, so I have to protect my life so that I can always protect my wife." "Smooth talk, let's get down to business. , people from the county government will arrive soon, have you thought of a countermeasure?"

Wei Shao called Bai Zheng, took out the token from his arms, and said: "Send this to the Xunyang County Magistrate and ask them not to disturb our purity."

"Yes."

Seeing him deal with it easily, Pei Ying was a little unsure and asked again: "Is it that simple?"

Wei Shao nodded firmly.

Not long after, Bai Zheng came to report, and the Xunyang County magistrate ordered people to send many treasures, saying that he wanted to see the noble man.

Wei Shao looked at the dazzling array of treasures in front of him, carefully selected a jade hairpin, and handed it to Pei Ying.

"For me?"

"Madam, I was busy traveling and I didn't take you to appreciate the customs and customs on both sides of the Yangtze River. I apologize for this little hosta, and Mrs. Wanwang will accept it."

Pei Ying took the hosta from his hand.

Wei Shao turned around and said to Bai Zheng: "Return all the remaining things and tell the Xunyang County Magistrate that I already know his intentions. I am involved in official business and it is inconvenient to meet him."

"Yes."

Pei Ying looked at the auspicious cloud jade hairpin crafted from mutton-fat jade and fell into deep thought.

After cleaning up the bodies, the boat departed from Xunyang Ferry and continued southward along the Yangtze River.

Three days later, at Guangling Ferry, Wei Shao and his party disembarked. Pei Ying was shocked by the prosperity in front of them.

Merchant ships ply on the Yangtze River, there are many tourists on the shore, and there are many vendors hawking along the river.

"Wei Shao, the Marquis of Huainan managed the Guangling Kingdom very well."

"That's natural. Although Uncle Qi is a military general, he loves the people very much. Under his rule, Guangling is the richest vassal state south of the Yangtze River."

"Your Majesty should really learn more from the Marquis of Huainan. If Chang'an can have such a scene, it will be an unparalleled achievement."

"You can say these things in front of me, but don't mention them again when you return to Chang'an."

Pei Ying nodded, and Wei Shao found an inn that could overlook the Huainan Marquis Mansion. They lived on the third floor and had a good view.

It will take about one or two days for the imperial edict from Chang'an to arrive. Before then, they can wander around.

The Huai River flows through Guangling, and the weeping willows reflect the long embankment.

Walking along the Huaihe River, Pei Ying looked at the dense weeping willows on both sides of the river, the cruise ships and merchant ships passing by in the water, and her body and mind were immersed in the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

"Wei Shao, if there is an opportunity in the future, we must plant weeping willows on both sides of the Bashui River leading from Chang'an to Yaoliu City. I can even imagine the spring breeze blowing in my face, and the white catkins dancing with the wind. Chang'an will definitely be a place by then. Wonderful scenery.”

"I'm afraid this matter will have to be left to the Yaliu County Magistrate."

"I believe you can."

Hearing her affirmation of him, Wei Shao was very happy.

In the next two days, Pei Ying took Yun Rou out to eat, drink and hang out. Bai Zheng also accompanied them. However, Bai Zheng couldn't get used to the bland taste of the food here and lost a lot of weight. On the other hand, Pei Ying and Yun Rou, the two masters and servants, I couldn't stop eating it all day long, and it looked much plumper to the naked eye.

In the inn, Pei Ying looked at herself carefully in the big bronze mirror.

"Wei Shao, I can't eat anymore. Look how fat I've become."

Wei Shao didn't answer.

Pei Ying turned around and saw him staring out of the window, and asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"

"Your father."

Pei Ying thought there was something wrong with her ears, so she walked to the window and looked outside.

Pei Kai took the imperial edict and followed a group of people into the Huainan Marquis Mansion.

　Princess and prince, please read the book!

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)