The first-level Zhaohua Thousand-level Hall

Chapter 79
"Miss, I actually don't understand why the old lady chose such a place to settle down. I asked Ah Song, and Ah Song said that Anshun Bridge is really as dangerous as the master said. There are many bandits and bandits there. Even the government can't deal with it there. Generally, no one is willing to stay there, unless it is a last resort. Most people take a detour or go directly. Miss, you said that the old lady insisted on going there to greet her, is it because of the It’s not so dangerous now? After all, Ah Song and the master haven’t returned to Wuzhou City for so many years, maybe all the bandits there have been wiped out.”

The carriage drove out of Wuzhou City, and gradually slowed down. After all, the road outside the city is not easy to travel. Baicao finally couldn't keep the silk sash to pass the time. He hesitated for a while and said this. At first, he was worried that he would start to go again later. A good place to think, to rest Xu Qingluo and her own heart, the A Song she was talking about was the boy who reported the letter yesterday, who also followed, and is now leading the way together as a guard outside the carriage.

Xu Qingluo was reading a book in his hand, as if he was fascinated by it. Hearing Baicao's hesitant question and the explanation that was obviously embarrassing for some people, he couldn't help but be slightly aroused. Lip corners.

The girl laughed softly: "I don't know if the bandits at Anshun Bridge have been wiped out, but I know that place is the most suitable place for killing people and throwing corpses. If people are killed near there, there is no need to do anything To destroy the corpse, you only need to throw the corpse into the river under the bridge, there is nothing cleaner for this person to disappear—”

"what!"

Before Xu Qingluo finished speaking, Baicao let out a terrified cry, her body shook, and subconsciously dropped the silk ribbon in her hand, and grabbed the girl's clothes: "Little Miss, what should I do? Otherwise, let people go back now and bring more people here. It’s too unsafe for us to have these few people around us now, no, you shouldn’t go to that kind of place, Miss, it’s better than me, I’ll go.”

Even though she was trembling with fright, Baicao let Xu Qingluo go back first, seeing the pair of big eyes inlaid with that pale little face full of worry and pretending to be strong, Xu Qingluo laughed dumbfounded.

Gently patting Baicao's cheek, Xu Qingluo's movements were very gentle, which made Baicao's heart involuntarily settle down.

The girl's nice voice sounded with a little smile: "Fool, I lied to you, you are a storybook and those market gossips will take this kind of words seriously, you don't even think about it, if it is true Terrible place, my lady, do I look as relaxed as I am now?"

When Baicao heard Xu Qingluo's words, she glanced at it, and saw Xu Qingluo leaning on the soft pillow in the carriage, with half of her hair draped casually, and there was a small table beside her with a warm There was a hot teacup with a wafting aroma. In front of the table was a small charcoal stove. With a few random flips, there would be a few red sparks. With the sound of the rattle, Xu Qingluo didn't seem like he was going to pick someone up in danger. It's like going on an outing somewhere to enjoy.

For a moment, Baicao was a little annoyed because she was easily deceived, and felt relieved: "Miss, you are the one who can make up such nonsense after reading too many scriptures. It is really, really annoying."

Baicao believed most of it in her heart, and any explanation Xu Qingluo gave was not as convincing as her leisurely look at the moment.

"Pu Chi, who told you to be easy to deceive, I will not deceive you, I will deceive anyone."

Xu Qingluo's vicious appearance made Baicao purse her lips: "Miss, you can lie to me hard, anyway, Baicao is stupid, as long as nothing happens this time, even if you lie to me many times, miss, I will admit it." !"

Listening to Baicao's sincere words, Xu Qingluo looked at her slightly puffed bun face, and couldn't help but gently pinch her pretty little face with her fingertips. Gentleness: "Baicao, don't worry, as long as your lady is here, the world can go anywhere—"

She will not let Baicao and the servants who accompanied her in the past really encounter danger, and really fall into the bandit den at Anshun Bridge. Xu Qingluo has no habit of sacrificing others to achieve her goals, especially those who followed the Xu family all the way. When it comes to the servants in Wuzhou City, she just has confidence that she can protect herself and the people she wants to protect.

As for the people she doesn't want to protect?

Xu Qingluo sneered, since the old lady likes it there, if she doesn't let the old lady form a lot of fate with that place, I'm afraid she is really unwilling.

The tenderness in Xu Qingluo's eyes turned into danger bit by bit, but Baicao never saw it.

"Okay, the fire in the stove is about to go out, quickly add two pieces of carbon, the further north you go, the colder it will be."

Xu Qingluo patted Baicao's shoulder. Baicao, who didn't know how to react at first, immediately came to her senses when she heard the girl's order: "My stove!"

Shouting, he hurriedly began to add charcoal to the stove.

The light and small stove instantly rose full of red.

Baicao was fiddling with the fire while looking for the prepared fur from the back of the carriage to wrap Xu Qingluo, it was ermine fur, and wrapping it on the girl's cheeks, Xu Qingluo's entire small face became more and more attractive. Looking at her young lady's pretty face, Baicao couldn't help being lost again.

"Look stupid?"

Xu Qingluo's five fingers waved in front of Baicao's eyes.

"Miss, you are so pretty."

Baicao murmured, and in the next moment her face turned red amidst the girl's brisk laughter.

"That means my uncle can stand your teasing, miss."

Baicao muttered softly.

Xu Qingluo and Baicao's relaxed conversation and laughter passed through the curtain to the outside. The servant who was driving the car was originally in a state of extreme fear, because the faint words and laughter subconsciously settled down.

Really, he is not even afraid of the two girls in the car. What is he afraid of? There are so many people behind him. What's more, they are not only the servants of ordinary medical households, but also the servants of the future general's wife Woolen cloth.

The horsewhip in his hand is like a flower as his mood stabilizes, which is very beautiful, and the pace of the horse pulling the carriage has also stabilized. panicked.

Many times, many things, in fact, affect the whole body by a single hair, which makes people panic, but also makes people calm down.

Before the battle between the two armies, one side was terrified, as long as one person had fear in his heart, the others around him would follow suit.

And when there is one person in one party, especially a person in a high position, who is always calm and safe, even if life and death are at hand, those followers will involuntarily follow An Ran, thinking that there must be a way out.

Xu Qingluo raised the curtain, looked at the team of servants and maidservants in her family who were much more orderly than before, and smiled sassyly.

The curtain fell, Xu Qingluo casually picked up the book that had just been turned upside down on the table, and started to read it again.

"Miss, what are you looking at so seriously all the time? It's better not to look at it while driving, or you may hurt your eyes."

Baicao refilled the hot water in the teacup on the table in front of Xu Qingluo, watched the newly added tea leaves stretch out her graceful posture, and noticed that Xu Qingluo was always reading with that book, don't worry What Anshun Bridge, I started to worry about other things.

"It's just a storybook. It tells stories about gifted scholars and beautiful women. What's the matter, Baicao, if you are interested, I want to listen to it."

Naturally, Xu Qingluo would not tell Baicao that what she was reading was the book that she found yesterday about the terrain, customs and legends of the Anshun Bridge.

Although I have heard of this place in my previous life, and even walked past it, I can't rely on the vague memories of my previous life. What Xu Qingluo needs to do is to be able to plan all the dangers in advance. , understand clearly, thus strangling.

Baicao snorted: "Miss, you mean whatever you say. Anyway, if you say it is true, Baicao will take it seriously. If you lied to Baicao, then Baicao will also take it seriously."

She doesn't know her daughter's temperament, she will read stories about gifted scholars and beautiful ladies unless the sun rises in the west, even if she really reads stories about gifted scholars and beautiful ladies, it must be for the purpose of criticizing, but she still remembers a girl once when she was young Bringing a book of stories to the young lady to ask for credit, Xu Qingluo's evaluation of those romantic stories is so sharp and vicious that she still can't forget it until now.

Of course, the girl who wanted to claim credit but flattered the horse's legs was fired by the Xu family. No matter how magnanimous they are, they would not tolerate the temptation of young ladies to see these things.

While humming, Baicao picked up the sewing basket next to her, and wove colorful silk sash again. Seeing Xu Qingluo always holding the dagger given by Wan Langsheng, she thought about weaving a beautiful pattern on the dagger. The embellishments made her lady at least look comfortable.

Xu Qingluo watched Baicao's slightly swollen cheeks gradually calm down as she concentrated on knitting, watched her fingers flip flexibly, and watched the pile of colorful silk threads take shape under her dexterous fingertips, There was a slight blur in the eyes.

At this time in the previous life, she was not on the way to Anshun Bridge, she did not have such a comfortable and fearless attitude now, she was still in Huai County at that time, still immersed in love with Yang Yunping.

Xu Qingluo still remembers that at that time, the old lady sent a letter suddenly saying that she would go to Huai County to visit Xu's father and Xu's mother. She remembered that the parents were both happy and frightened during that time. They expected the old lady to forgive them. The regret in the hearts of the parents is better to say that the old lady is the contradiction that they cannot resolve and dare not touch.

She still remembered that Xu's mother even fell ill at that time because she was busy packing up to welcome the old lady. The letter also asked Mother Xu to greet her.

The old lady stopped at a very remote place not far from Huai County. Although it wasn't as famous as the Anshun Bridge, there were occasional thieves cutting the trail.

Xu's mother was unwell at that time and could not travel far, and Xu's father had to prepare various reception matters at home, so he thought that Xu Qingluo would greet Xu's mother instead, but that time was different from this time, this time Xu Qingluo was Under Xu's father's firm opposition, she also wanted to go to Anshun Bridge, and in her previous life, Xu Qingluo didn't want that remote and low world at all, her whole heart was on Yang Yunping, and she still had an appointment with Yang Yunping, how could she be willing to leave that person? What about one step?

Xu Qingluo didn't want to go, so Xu's mother supported her sick body and went by herself.

Xu's mother came back, but she was carried back. The frail and sick person became aggravated because of the fright and running around.

Besides the old lady, Mrs. Zhou, the wife of brother Xu Liang, came back with Mrs. Xu, and Mrs. Zhou brought her own daughter, Xu Weiwan, by her side.

Xu Qing later found out that when Xu's mother went to that remote place to meet the old lady, she accidentally encountered bandits and was almost robbed by bandits. Let Xu's mother have an accident, the knife slashed on Xu Weiwan's arm, the cut was not deep, but it was enough for Xu's mother to feel extremely grateful for Xu Weiwan.

Xu Qingluo still remembers the moment when she met Xu's mother who just came back, there was a hint of disappointment in her mother's eyes. Thinking about it now, maybe there was a gap between her and her parents since then in her previous life. So selfish myself.

The little Zhou family can speak well, and Xu Weiwan is gentle and caring. The mother and daughter have established a firm foothold in Xu's residence in a short period of time. Whether it is Xu's father and Xu's mother, Xu's servants or even Xu Qingluo, at that time, the two mothers and daughters Her impressions are very good, especially Xu Qingluo, she was actually a little jealous of Xu's mother's subsequent defense of Xu Weiwan in every possible way, and she also showed hostility towards Xu Weiwan at the beginning, but she was even more grateful to Xu Weiwan for saving Xu's mother, so she came to her. He would 'forgive' her after Xu Weiwan made several good gestures, and he trusted her very much, so he would treat her step by step as a close friend in his boudoir, and step by step, Xu Weiwan would be unaware of being "lost" in the eyes of the world On the road, Xu Weiwan unknowingly allowed Xu Weiwan to destroy all her statements step by step, almost step by step.

At that time, I was really grateful, but now I think about it, but it is really funny, that kidnapping, that rescue, even if I didn't ask those details back then, even if I was not at the scene, now that Xu Qingluo thinks about it, Many flaws and coincidences can be found in just one thought.

There are too many coincidences so it's not a coincidence. Xu Qingluo thought about the confessions made by Xu Weiwan to herself before she died in her previous life, and sneered, laughing at herself who was so stupid and stupid in her previous life, and at the drama that she didn't know if it would happen again in this life. All that pervades is coldness.

She only hoped that this time, it was really just a simple old lady who came back and wanted to find fault with Xu's mother, instead of a good place like Anshun Bridge that some people specially found in the previous life, and wanted to play a bitter trick again!

Otherwise, Xu Qingluo looked down at her slender and beautiful fingertips, and slowly clenched them. She was looking forward to starting this game of revenge early, and she was looking forward to meeting Xu Weiwan, her good cousin, in advance!
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The carriage swayed along the way for a whole day, Xu Qingluo didn't express to speed up, and the servants of Xu's family kept their strength happily, and they didn't reach the post until evening.

Although it can't be said that people are tired and horses are exhausted, and everyone's physical strength is still good because of the slow walking, but everyone feels relieved when they see the station.

This Anshun Bridge deserves to be a place where bandits and bandits gather, not to mention other things, but there is no other family in the vicinity except this inn, so you can imagine the "prestige" of Anshun Bridge nearby, but it is not shallow.

The post station is quite close to Anshun Bridge, but there is a crossing river in the middle, not only there are no people, but even the boatman has never seen one, this is obviously beyond everyone's expectations.

When Xu Qingluo got off the car, a servant at home had already led the man in the inn to meet him. The man was amazed when he saw Xu Qingluo's appearance, but he didn't dare to look at it: "Little I have seen Miss, but Miss doesn’t know, the weather is going to change tonight, the wind and waves on the crossing river are violent, and none of the nearby boatmen are willing to go to sea. If Miss wants to cross the river, it’s better to rest at the post station for a night and go tomorrow. It’s also possible.”

The man's words fell in every direction, and a violent cold wind rolled up nearby, making people shiver, and even the river crossing in front of him also rolled up a wave. If it wasn't for Xu Qingluo's quick retreat, half of his body would be covered by that A burst of rolling river water soaked away.

Even the people who didn't care about the man's words just now believed him at this moment, and Baicao even pulled Xu Qingluo to retreat: "Miss, the wind and waves are too scary, and the boatman can't be found. As the second brother said, we are not in a hurry, why not go tomorrow to see if the weather is fine and then go later."

Baicao was full of murmurs to the old lady, if it wasn't for the one who suddenly stopped at Anshun bridge and refused to leave, she would have asked her to pick her up, why would her lady blow the cold wind here at night, let alone Xu Qing Luo really couldn't think about crossing the river in the middle of the night braving the cold wind and huge waves.

"Zhao Cheng, go to the vicinity to find a boat like this on the river, and give the boatman some more money. It would be good if the boatman can operate the boat, and you can promise to give him another silver coin. If it doesn't work, only the boat will do too." .I will cross the Anshun Bridge tonight no matter what.”

Xu Qingluo gave a piece of silver to a burly servant behind him, not to mention buying a boat on the river with a maximum of a dozen people, even buying another one would be enough.

The servant took the order to leave, and Baicao was extremely puzzled: "Miss, this is absolutely impossible. Let alone how to cross the river without a boatman, there are really boatmen who are willing to take it. It's safe, what to do if something happens."

Baicao hurriedly grabbed Xu Qingluo's sleeves and did not dare to let go, her face was full of uneasiness.

Xu Qingluo reached out and patted the back of Baicao's hand, smiling: "I only go if it's not safe. If it's safe, how can I show my filial piety to my grandma as a granddaughter?"

Xu Qingluo deliberately emphasized the word filial piety, and only she could understand how ironic it was.

"But Miss, if something happens to you, it will be disrespectful to Mrs. Madam and Master. Don't be impulsive, Miss. If you really can't be a slave, you can take someone there. Miss, you are waiting on the other side, and you are also coming to greet you in person—"

Baicao was unwilling to follow Xu Qingluo this time.

"Baicao, I know it well."

The inexplicable smile on the corners of Xu Qingluo's lips disappeared, her eyes were dark and deeper than the dark night, and the things contained in them were too complicated and heavy, so I don't know if Baicao opened her mouth to continue to dissuade her. What's the matter, but it can't be exported for a while.

"That's my grandmother, and I always have to go up to her myself."

That was her grandmother, also Xu Weiwan's grandmother, she had to show her sincerity in person.

Xu Qingluo's thumb rubbed against the inside of his palm, looking at the rushing river, his petite body stood on the bank of the river, but it was as tall and straight as an unyielding sapling, making people unable to take their eyes off for a while.

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Zhao Cheng found a small boat that could accommodate a dozen people, but no boatman was willing to cross the river. Although Xu Qingluo was a little regretful, he was not too surprised. There are not so many people who are really willing to risk their lives for money.

Faced with Zhao Cheng's expression of pleading guilty and handing her the remaining money, Xu Qingluo refused to accept it, and asked Zhao Cheng to take it all as a reward: "You are already doing well to find such a good boat."

It's really good, at least compared to the surrounding ships, both in terms of maintenance and workmanship, it is much better, and it can withstand wind and waves.

"Xiao Liu, Zhao Cheng, and Liu Bin, you guys will get on the boat with me, and the rest of you will go to the inn to stay overnight, and I will naturally return tomorrow."

Xu Qing ordered three people to take them onto the boat, and the three looked at each other in blank dismay: "Miss, we don't know how to row a boat."

"Miss, can't this boat accommodate more than a dozen people? You should bring more, and me, miss, why don't you take me on board."

Baicao is also protesting.

"Grandmother doesn't like crowds, three people are enough to protect me."

With the temper of the old lady, if she brings more people there, she will definitely cause trouble again.

"Miss, you can't leave me behind, I'm your personal servant girl!"

Seeing that Xu Qingluo didn't want to take her with her, Baicao ran to the boat in a hurry. The boat suddenly became unstable and swayed from side to side. Baicao screamed and almost fell into the river with the boat.

Holding Baicao's hand with one hand, a long pole is firmly propped between the running water.

"Little, miss?"

Baicao looked at Xu Qingluo in astonishment, and even the servants and maids of the Xu family who were on the bank were dumbfounded.

"Miss, you can even paddle a boat!"

This is really surprising. There are so many people at the scene, none of them can punting, let alone punting. It is difficult to find two people with good water skills.

"Your lady is versatile."

Xu Qingluo chuckled softly, under the cover of the moonlight, the entire beautiful face of the girl at the bow seemed to be outlined with a soft and beautiful glow, making people unable to bear the nostalgia at a glance.

In Xu Qingluo's previous life, she was really Miss Jiao who was raised in her boudoir at the beginning, but after going through so much, if she didn't have a few hands, let alone transfer from Yang Yunping to the prince, she later became the old emperor's man , After changing hands several times, it didn't work in the first place.

She has dabbled in archery, horseback riding and so on in her previous life, and she knows a little bit about watching boats and sailing boats. After all, Yang Yunping and those men like different tastes very much.

In the previous life, these things were humiliating to Xu Qingluo, but in this life, when the long pole in her hand firmly supported the rolled up wind and waves, and went against the strong wind and huge waves, Xu Qingluo only felt that her heart was full of humiliation. It is pride.

Those things are no longer humiliation for her, but a means for her to keep moving forward, but the capital of her pride and self-confidence. What she has to do is not to avoid it, but to enrich herself even more until no one can bully her.

In the darkness, the girl's eyes are brighter than the stars in the sky.

(End of this chapter)