Chapter 344 Portrait

"Sister, sister?" Chen Xing waved his hand in front of Chu Liuzheng.

Chu Liuzheng regained his composure, suppressed his excitement, closed the system, and turned around to ask, "What's going on?"

"The young master has gone out and told us to leave immediately." Chen Xing handed her the most important bag and said, "Check the room again. I'll go and notify everyone."

"Okay." Chu Liuzheng slung the bag over his shoulder, walked around the room, and made sure nothing was left behind before leaving. He closed the door and went downstairs.

Feng Jing was waiting for her at the stairs and handed her a porcelain bottle: "Here, it's been repaired."

Chu Liuzheng didn't hesitate to take it, put it in his bag, and walked out with him.

Outside the door, Xiao Jingfan took the peanut candy handed to him by Zhou Yuande, put it in his palm and fed it to Wu Shuang.

Seeing Chu Liuzheng and Feng Jing coming out side by side, he was about to wave Chu Liuzheng to come over to feed the horses, but suddenly he raised his head and looked diagonally across, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Diagonally opposite the inn is a teahouse. The window of the private room on the second floor facing the street is open. Two graceful figures, one in white and one in pink, are standing by the window. They are the Huang sisters.

When Xiao Jingfan looked up, the white figure moved and seemed to take a step back.

"Master, what are you looking at?" Feng Jing came over curiously and looked diagonally across.

After seeing the people standing by the window, he muttered, "Aren't those the two young ladies from the Huang Mansion? Why haven't they left yet?"

Xiao Jingfan naturally recognized him, but he just glanced at him and then looked away. After feeding the peanut candy in his hand, he got on his horse, led his men out of the city, and continued to rush towards Xiancheng.

In the teahouse's private room, Huang Ting stood at the window in a daze. Although she could no longer see Xiao Jingfan and his group, she was still reluctant to look away and murmured, "It really is him."

With that look and demeanor, she would never mistake him even if they were far away.

"Who is it?" Huang Ying leaned out and looked into the distance, but didn't see anyone familiar.

Huang Ting didn't bother to reply. She turned and walked to the door of the private room, instructing the servant who had been following her yesterday, "Take two people out of the city immediately and continue to follow Young Master Wang. Follow him from a distance, don't disturb him, and remember to leave marks along the way."

The servant thought to himself, I have already given the thank you gift, why are you still following me?

"Miss, shouldn't you report this to the master first?"

"I'll tell Daddy when he gets back," Huang Ting said. "Just do as I say. Remember not to disturb me."

"Yes." The servant took the order and left. He picked two good men from the guards, rented three horses from the carriage and horse shop, and rode out of the city.

In the teahouse in the city, Huang Ying hugged Huang Ting's arm and swung it, dragging out her tone and acting coquettishly: "Sister, just tell me, why did you send people to follow that young master Wang?"

Huang Ting couldn't bear to pester her any more, so she gave in and said, "Didn't I show you the portrait?"

"Portrait?" Huang Ying was stunned. "What kind of painting—"

A light bulb suddenly lit up in her head: "Ah! Is he the guy from three years ago?"

"It's him." Huang Ting nodded, her cheeks flushed, but fortunately the veil blocked her face and it couldn't be seen.

Huang Ying curled her lips: "He is nothing like what I described. I hope you have made a mistake."

"I can't be mistaken, it's him." Huang Ting thought of the painting she had hidden in the secret compartment of her study. She took it out to look at it almost every day. She could recognize him even if she just saw his back, let alone his face?

Fortunately, she didn't leave and decided to wait and see in the teahouse.

In two months she will be twenty. If she misses it again like she did three years ago, she won't have another three years to wait, and she will miss it in this life.

Thinking of this, she raised her hand and stroked the thin veil, perhaps she could take it off soon.

Huang Ying lay on the table, resting her chin on the back of her folded hands, and tilted her head to look at her: "Sister, what are you going to do?"

"I want to follow him first." Huang Ting had made up her mind just now. No matter what, she had to at least get to know him first.

"But Dad and Mom are coming back tonight, aren't you going to wait for them?"

"It's too late." Huang Ting reached out and rubbed her head. "I'll go back and pack some valuables and then catch up with the guards. You stay in the mansion and wait for your parents to come back. Don't act naughty."

"No." Huang Ying pouted and grabbed her hand, "I want to go with my sister."

Huang Ting naturally would not agree. Huang Ying went all the way from the teahouse to the Huang Mansion and tried every trick she could think of, but Huang Ting still refused to give in. She was so angry that she sat down on the bag packed by the maid and refused to get up no matter what.

"What's wrong with you being like this?" Huang Ting was giving her a headache and reached out to pull her up.

Huang Ying refused to get up unless Huang Ting agreed to take her with her.

She hugged Huang Ting's legs and acted coquettishly: "Sister, good sister, just take me with you. I promise to listen to you and not cause you any trouble."

Huang Ting looked down at her: "Do you listen to me in everything?"

"Yeah." Huang Ying nodded repeatedly, tilting her soft, pale face up, with a very obedient expression.

Huang Ting sighed, finally compromised, and pulled her up.

Huang Ying skipped and bounded towards the study, saying as she ran, "I'm leaving a letter for my parents!"

Looking at her cheerful back, Huang Ting shook her head helplessly and told the maid to pack up her luggage as well.

There was a constant flow of carriages and horses on the official road.

The horse's hooves raised up billowing dust and galloped south.

Lu Fei drove his horse forward, walking side by side with Wu Shuang, and reported, "Master, the Huang Mansion has sent people to follow us."

Xiao Jingfan pulled the reins to slow Wu Shuang down, and asked, "How many people?"

"Three." There was a murderous look in Lu Fei's eyes. He strongly suspected that the Huang family wanted to assassinate the emperor.

Xiao Jingfan thought about it and said, "Don't worry about it."

Lu Fei was anxious: "But——"

Xiao Jingfan had his own plans, and before he could finish, he clamped his legs against the horse's belly. Wu Shuang spread his hooves and galloped away like thunder.

For the rest of the journey, the group did not stay in the city, but traveled day and night, taking a short rest in the middle, and relying on dry food to reach Xiancheng.

The sun in the sky is dazzling, and the power of the summer sun is beginning to show.

Seeing that everyone was tired, Lu Fei asked Xiao Jingfan for permission and asked everyone to rest for a while in a small woods three miles away from Xiancheng, and then enter the city after they had rested.

This day and night almost broke Chu Liuzheng's bones. When he got out of the carriage, he felt the ground shaking.

Chen Xing quickly helped her sit down and took out a folding fan to fan her.

Jiang Yao and Tong Niang also came out of the carriage, spread their cloaks on the ground, and sat down opposite the two of them.

With Feng Jing's help, the Shadow Moon Gu awakened, and Jiang Yao's eye and hair colors returned to normal. It would no longer release poison indiscriminately, and Si Yue no longer needed to watch over her all the time.

Tong Niang respected her, and since Jiang Yao had already agreed to cooperate with Xiao Jingfan to deal with Yin Lanci, she naturally would not object. After Jiang Yao recovered, she was untied and was responsible for taking care of Jiang Yao's food and daily life.

As for Ping Yu, after days of interrogation by Zhou Yuande, this guy finally said something useful.