Chapter 149
After traveling for two days with Ashira and the others across the vast desert, Fan Xiaoxiao and her companions finally saw the gradually thickening forest.
At dusk that day, Ashira and his companions stopped in their tracks: "The border of Shenzhou is not far ahead. There is a small town there, guarded by Zhou Dynasty troops. We will not see you off any further!"
After saying this, they bowed to the Ghost Doctor with a grassland salute, spurred their horses on, and turned to leave, departing in a very carefree and decisive manner.
Fan Xiaoxiao glanced at their retreating figures with a hint of envy: "Riding horses does look pretty cool."
Little Black, standing to the side, shook the carriage reins: "What do you mean by 'handsome'? Lady Fan, you've never seen the Master riding a horse! That's what you call handsome!"
How did Gu Chongtai ride his horse? Fan Xiaoxiao tilted her head back and thought for a while. Gu Chongtai left and returned at night, so she really didn't see his horse riding movements clearly. At most, she could only see him mounting and dismounting.
But thinking about that face that could bring ruin to a country, it's hard to imagine him not being handsome when he's doing something.
Fan Xiaoxiao unconsciously uttered the last sentence aloud. When she realized it, she found that everyone in her carriage was looking at her with amusement.
"W-what are you doing?" Fan Xiaoxiao shrank her shoulders, her voice a little weak, not understanding why everyone was looking at her like that all of a sudden.
Xiao Hei gave her a teasing look and said, "Miss Fan, you wouldn't happen to have taken a fancy to our master, would you?"
Fan Xiaoxiao's face flushed bright red instantly. She abruptly pulled down the curtain and sat back down: "What nonsense are you talking about! How old am I!"
Her body looks only twelve or thirteen years old! What is this kid Xiao Hei joking about!
Xiao Bao blinked and stared intently at Fan Xiaoxiao, making her heart flutter with a sense of unease: "Xiao Bao, what are you looking at?"
Tuanzi waved to Fan Xiaoxiao, her two chubby little hands forming a small circle near Fan Xiaoxiao's ear: "Auntie, your face is so red! Actually, Brother Gu is very good to you. He even asked you for spices! And he's so handsome!"
Fan Xiaoxiao felt the heat that had just subsided on her face suddenly flare up again, and her heart skipped a beat: "Yu Xiaobao!!!"
"Oh!!!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The sounds of laughter and chatter from the carriages behind reached the front, and the Ghost Doctor curiously poked his head out: "What are they talking about? Why are they so happy?"
Bai Hua glanced at him: "They're talking about how Lady Fan likes the master."
"Huh!?" The Ghost Doctor's eyes widened, and Master Lu also glanced at Bai Hua again.
"You're not kidding, are you?!"
Bai Hua glanced at the two of them with some confusion. He had just heard Xiao Hei say exactly that. Could he have misheard?
As it turned out, he had misheard; Xiao Hei's sentence was a question, but he had misheard it as a statement.
The Ghost Doctor and Master Lu had no idea about all this. The Ghost Doctor smacked his lips and returned to the carriage, where Gu Zhongtai was resting with his eyes closed, leaning against the carriage wall. He stroked his beard, and just as he was about to sit down, he saw the other man's eyelashes tremble slightly.
Hey, this guy wasn't asleep! He heard them talking!
The Ghost Doctor's mischievous impulse flared up immediately. He coughed twice and then spoke to the person outside, "Hey Little White Flower, you can't joke like that. I really like that child! What a wonderful child, he can cook and even brew wine! You must have misheard me."
I was even planning to let her spend more time with the little black boy! Maybe I can set them up someday! They're both fun! One can keep me company while I eat good food! The other can cook! They're both skillful and good-natured dolls. To pair them with your master... tsk, what a waste."
Gu Zhongtai's eyes flickered, a strange displeasure rising within him.
The white flower outside frowned as well: "Little Black? How can he compare to the Master?"
"Little White Flower, you can't say that! Little Black Boy isn't bad-looking either! He's hardworking, and most importantly, unlike your master, he doesn't hurt himself when he goes crazy. Tsk, if a girl really takes a liking to your master, poor little lady!"
"..." Bai Hua realized the Ghost Doctor's intention and shut his mouth. His intuition told him that if he answered, his master would definitely not let him off easily.
Sure enough, just as the Ghost Doctor was smugly shaking his head, a gleaming dagger was placed against his neck.
Turning his head, he saw Gu Zhongtai looking at him with a half-smile: "Going crazy?"
The Ghost Doctor chuckled dryly and moved his neck away slightly: "Old man, what I said is true!"
Gu Chongtai did not stop him. He sheathed the dagger and leaned back against the carriage wall, his face unusually serious: "That dirty girl is not yet of marriageable age, so don't talk nonsense. The people of the Central Plains are different from us; they value purity extremely much."
This was a rare sight of him being serious, and the Ghost Doctor was taken aback. A strange thought suddenly popped into his mind—this guy really does like that doll.
The Ghost Doctor was about to say something, but Gu Chongtai closed his eyes again. The former clicked his tongue; it seemed this brat hadn't noticed his feelings yet. Well, the little one was still young anyway; he could wait a few more years.
After thinking about it, the Ghost Doctor shrugged and leaned against the carriage to recuperate.
Two days later, the carriage crossed the border of Shenzhou and officially entered the territory of Youzhou. The weather was also gradually turning to autumn…
On this day, Gu Zhongtai stopped the carriage and asked everyone to rest by the river. The water source was gradually drying up again, and most of the riverbed of the huge river had already been exposed.
Fan Xiaoxiao got off the carriage, intending to fetch some more water. But when she reached the riverbank, she suddenly smelled a familiar floral fragrance.
"Sister, did you smell any fragrance?"
Ms. Fan, who was washing clothes, stopped what she was doing, sniffed the air, and said, "It smells somewhat like osmanthus."
"It's osmanthus. There used to be a big osmanthus tree at the entrance of the village, and it has this fragrance."
Aunt Wang confirmed Fan's statement, and Fan Xiaoxiao put down what she was holding.
If it really is osmanthus, then the osmanthus wine I promised Gu Zhongtai must have the raw materials!
She was overjoyed and began searching everywhere. After Xiao Bao and Xiao Yu heard that she was looking for flowers, the three little ones also started searching in the surrounding woods.
"Auntie! Auntie! Here! Here!"
"They're here!"
Fan Xiaoxiao responded and followed the sound, only to find that it was an enormous osmanthus tree covered with small orange flowers.
It turned out to be an osmanthus tree!
"Auntie, this tree is so tall!"
Xiao Bao pulled Fan Xiaoxiao up to look at the osmanthus tree. The three of them looked exceptionally small under the thick tree.
"I'll go call them for help." Xiaoyu's voice had recovered quite a bit, and she was the first to go and call the people behind her for help.
Just as Fan Xiaoxiao was about to say no, the little girl had already run far away and returned with Xiao Hei in no time.
"What's wrong? Do you need any help?"
"Auntie wants some hot flowers!"
Xiao Bao beat Fan Xiaoxiao to it, pointing to the osmanthus tree and speaking first.
Xiao Hei glanced at the tree, nodded, and leaped up to the top in a few bounds.
"You guys continue down below!"
After saying that, Xiao Hei didn't listen to Fan Xiaoxiao's reply. He broke off a branch and threw it down. Without even seeing which direction it was going, Fan Xiaoxiao watched helplessly as the branch fell to the other end of the tree, and then she heard a girl scream.
"Ah! Who is it!"
(End of this chapter)
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