long live the queen

Chapter 11

Wei Yunqing pulled Yang Yi to talk about it so that he gave up the idea of ​​going to those gangs to settle accounts. She recalled that when she was still in the forest, although the little emperor was unreliable, he felt obedient. In the city, he becomes a time bomb, ready to explode at any time like now.

But this person is the only way for her to become well-off, and she really can't get rid of her easily.

Wei Yunqing once again suppressed the very tempting idea of ​​"losing Yang Yi" back to the bottom of his heart, and said sullenly: "A Yi, have you forgotten what I told you before entering the city? Expose your identity as emperor, It won’t do any good, it’s fine if others don’t believe it, but if someone believes it and secretly reports it to the Song army, do you think you can return to Beijing alive?”

Yang Yi lowered his head and said nothing.

Wei Yunqing felt a little tired, but still wanted to comfort him with nice words. Seeing that he seemed to have repented, she softened her voice and said persuasively: "A Yi, I also want to send you back to Shangjing safely, but if you don't If you cooperate, there is nothing I can do. I am now equivalent to a mortal, if you are really in danger, I may not be able to save you, do you understand?"

Under the offensive of Wei Yunqing's soft words, Yang Yi finally looked up and nodded slightly: "I understand."

Wei Yunqing reminded again tirelessly: "From now on, you have to pretend to be dumb no matter what, you understand?"

Yang Yi nodded.

Wei Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of fatigue and accomplishment as if he had just completed the Long March.She touched her flat stomach, and said to Yang Yi: "Come on, let's get some food."

Hearing that there was something to eat, Yang Yi's eyes lit up, and he immediately followed Wei Yunqing.She couldn't help laughing, he was still a child after all, after all, thinking about herself being five years older than him, the resentment she had just been angered by him seemed to have subsided a lot.

Although he returned to the original street market, Wei Yunqing stayed away from the previous restaurant and stopped at the entrance of a steamed stuffed bun shop on the other side.In the evening, there were not many buns in the bun shop, and the clerk sat lazily on the stool waiting for the customers to come to the door. When he saw Wei Yunqing leading Yang Yi over, he immediately jumped up and chased them away: "Hurry up! I don't have any buns here. I will give you things as alms!"

After these two days of trekking, the two of them now look worse than beggars. Didn't everyone who passed by them walk away quickly, holding their noses in disgust?
Wei Yunqing was afraid that people would beat her because of her indiscriminate attire, so she didn't dare to approach her, so she hurriedly said, "My little brother, we are not here to beg for food. You see, we are rich, so we are here to buy buns."

Wei Yunqing took out the smallest piece of broken silver and showed it to the guy.

The clerk squinted and saw that it was really a piece of broken silver, so he asked, "What buns do you want to buy?"

"Meat buns, six." Wei Yunqing said firmly.

The clerk looked at the broken silver in Wei Yunqing's hand again, waved his hand and said, "At most four."

Wei Yunqing was shocked. The piece of silver in her hand was at least five grams, right?That is, one qian is equivalent to one tenth of a tael, one tael of silver is about one thousand Wen, and this one is equivalent to one hundred Wen.One hundred coins can only buy four meat buns, is it a money grab?Isn't it always in the TV series that you buy a steamed stuffed bun for one or two copper coins?

Wei Yunqing was afraid of offending the other party, so he asked cautiously: "Brother, did you make a mistake in your calculation? It's impossible to buy only four for this money, right?"

The clerk crossed his legs and said, "It used to be that the buns stuffed with meat cost two cents apiece, but now that there is a war, everything has gone up in price, where is our bun shop the only one? If you can still buy buns, you should steal them." You laughed, go and see the city gate, how many people can only drink porridge?"

Wei Yunqing's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "The city still gives them porridge?"

"Yes, there is a rich and benevolent man in Xuancheng, and he paid for the thatched hut at the city gate!" The clerk Youyou said proudly, and then he gave Wei Yunqing a sideways look, "Do you want to go there?" You can drink porridge as you like, even if Qian Dashan has a kind heart, but there are so many people, there are only a few grains of rice in each bowl, like clear water, you can go as you want, I will not stop you!"

Hearing what this guy said, Yang Yi stretched out his hand and grabbed Wei Yunqing's sleeve nervously, fearing that she would really turn around and go back.

Wei Yunqing took a look at Yang Yi who was staring at the meat buns and swallowed, so he reluctantly handed over the money, then took off the water bottles on the two of them and handed them over: "Brother, this bun It’s so expensive, why don’t you give us two pots of boiling water? My brother and I are almost dying of dryness.”

"It's not that there is no well at the other end, you go dig it yourself!" The man took the silver but was unwilling to accept the kettle.

Wei Yunqing smiled obsequiously: "Brother, please give me some hot water. My brother and I are not in good health, and drinking cold water will cause diarrhea." In ancient times, there were no waterworks, and there was no chlorine to disinfect the water. How many germs and parasites are there? She really dare not drink the cold water here, what if she gets sick and dies!
Having said that, have all the cold water in the kettle boiled...

The guy frowned, and his rich imagination made him have a not-so-good association after hearing Wei Yunqing's words. He thought about it, and if he helps others, he will help them. At this time, it is not easy for everyone, so he first Four steaming meat buns were wrapped in oiled paper.

Unexpectedly, Wei Yunqing immediately said: "Pack the two in separate bags, thank you."

The man didn't expect Wei Yunqing to be so troublesome, so he raised his head and glared at her, but met her smiling face. He was startled, but the displeasure in his heart dissipated a lot, and he packed the two meat bags separately according to her request. Handed it to Wei Yunqing, and took the two dirty water bottles with a look of disgust.

"Thank you, little brother! You are rewarded for being a good person, and you will be full of children and grandchildren in the future!" Wei Yunqing hurriedly expressed his thanks.

The man blushed, picked up the boiling kettle beside him and poured hot water into the two containers Wei Yunqing brought, and muttered, "I'm not married yet!"

Wei Yunqing had a good ear, and immediately changed his words: "Little brother, you will definitely marry a beautiful woman who is as beautiful as flowers and jade in the future, and she will give you a dozen children! Six sons and six daughters, six are good! Live a happy and happy life. worry!"

The guy blushed even more, originally he just wanted to pour half a jug of hot water into it to deal with it, but after hearing such good words, his subordinates couldn't control it, and quickly filled Wei Yunqing with two full jugs and handed them back.

Touching the warm hot water, Wei Yunqing was so moved that he almost cried.She handed a water bottle to Yang Yi who was eating happily. Seeing that he had no time to take it, she had to squat down and tie the water bottle around his waist for him.

Yang Yi was eating meat buns, his mouth was full of greasy water, when he suddenly saw Wei Yunqing squatting down, he was slightly startled, he looked down at the way she was tying a water bottle around his waist, and suddenly blushed a little.

Sister Fairy actually condescended to help him tie things... His heart was beating so hard that he even forgot to eat the meat buns.

Wei Yunqing didn't notice Yang Yi's distraction at all, he tied it up for himself after helping him, and then ate sweetly with the meat bun.She also carried a few steamed buns on her body. Although these steamed buns taste a bit sweet, they are not as good as meat buns. Anyway, I still have money now, so I will eat two meat buns first to satisfy myself, and then I will slowly save money. Bar.

"Brother, let me ask you something last." Wei Yunqing asked the buddy while eating meat buns, "What's the matter with this Xuancheng? Isn't it a war? Why is the city gate open here, so I'm not afraid of people from the Song Dynasty fighting?" come over?"

"I don't know about this kind of thing!" When this matter was mentioned, the man also had a sad expression on his face, "However, if the sky falls, there will still be an official to support it! Our Lord Zhizhou is still staying in the government office, we What are you afraid of?"

"I see." Wei Yunqing nodded thoughtfully.

Finally, she asked the clerk at the bun shop about the location of the government office in Xuancheng, and she led Yang Yi to walk slowly in that direction.

Zhizhou Mansion is a little far away from Baozipu, and it may take about ten minutes to walk.Fortunately, there is no curfew in Xuancheng yet, and they are not afraid of being caught by the yamen servants when they are walking on the road at this time.

The situation in Xuancheng is too weird, and Wei Yunqing can't feel at ease if he doesn't figure it out.She was going to take advantage of the night to take a look around the government office to see if there was a chance to do something.She has only traveled here for two days, and it feels like two years have passed. It is too much trouble to cross thousands of mountains and rivers alone with a brat who doesn't understand anything. If she doesn't find a helper, she will definitely Will be exhausted and die!
"Sister, what are we going to do?" Yang Yi asked in a low voice after eating the meat buns.At this time, there were very few pedestrians on the road, and Yang Yi was not afraid of being overheard.

"Explore the situation." Wei Yunqing replied in a low voice, "But I want to remind you, don't mess around for a while, this time it's not a joke."

Yang Yi nodded solemnly.

When the two approached Xuancheng Zhizhou Mansion, the sky was completely dark, but to Wei Yunqing's surprise, there were street lights similar to modern times on both sides of the wide road at the gate of the mansion!But the difference is that this kind of street lamp is not too high, and the top is not an electric bulb, but a cluster of flames, covered with lantern paper, and I don't know whether it uses candles or kerosene.

This kind of street lamp in ancient times was not as bright as modern ones, but it was enough to illuminate the small road.Wei Yunqing saw a servant at the gate of the mansion, so he didn't dare to get too close, so he dragged Yang Yi to hide in an alley not far away.

Seeing all this in front of him, Wei Yunqing's bad feeling became stronger and stronger.This ancient time is not modern, resources are extremely limited, and few people will go around at night, so why light so many street lights in front of the government office?Is too much money burning for fun?

Secondly, she saw that the two servants guarding the gate of the government office were also very suspicious. Even if there were people guarding the night, they should generally be guarded in the gatehouse similar to the doorman, right?Standing upright at the door like this, and looking up from time to time... Could it be that you are waiting for someone?
The more Wei Yunqing thought about it, the more he felt that the situation was wrong, and said in a low voice: "Ayi, let's get out of here quickly, I have a bad feeling."

Because of Wei Yunqing's status as a fairy, Yang Yi attached great importance to her "hunch", panicked as soon as she heard it, and nodded repeatedly.

Just as Wei Yunqing was about to walk out of the alley, he heard the crisp sound of neat armor bumping not far away, accompanied by the sound of horseshoes, gradually approaching.

Is it the army?
But... I don't know if it's an enemy or a friend!
Wei Yunqing felt flustered when he thought of the soldiers, so he hurriedly dragged Yang Yi to the depths of the alley, in short, the farther away from those soldiers, the better!If you really want to inquire about the situation, come back tomorrow!
But what was extremely unfortunate was that after she walked for a while, she realized that this alley was actually a dead end!

There is a door at a distance on both sides, which should be a residential house, but Wei Yunqing dare not knock on the door. It is so loud and conspicuous in the middle of the night!
"Sister, there seems to be a fork in the road we passed just now!" Yang Yi whispered.

Wei Yunqing's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Yang Yi nodded hurriedly.

"You didn't say it earlier!" She hurriedly dragged Yang Yi back.

But before the two reached the fork, a small group of soldiers searched over, saw two figures in the alley, and immediately shouted: "Who are they?!"

Wei Yunqing was so frightened that her hairs stood on end. Because of the lantern in the opponent's hand, she could see clearly the pattern of the cloth armor the opponent was wearing at a glance.

——Soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty!
Yang Yi screamed, turned around and ran away in fright.

Wei Yunqing was taken aback for a moment, then cursed in his heart: Why are you running away!Isn't it more suspicious to run away!Besides, so many people over there is a dead end, can you escape?
(End of this chapter)