"fine."
Chu Qi put down the whip and lit the kerosene lamp for lighting.
He grabbed the reins with his right hand and controlled the horse to move forward quickly.
After riding for a while and coming to the next wider road, she signaled the horse to stop.
The horse snorted from its nose, moved its front hooves restlessly back and forth, and flapped its ears to drive away mosquitoes.
Originally in the same place as before, Chu Qi lit the mosquito repellent herbs.
The people were in a hurry on the road and had no time to light the fire, so the mosquitoes along the way wanted to hang on the horses and suck their bellies to pieces.
Chu Qi was lucky enough because she had her internal energy to protect herself, but Lin Yue was also bitten a lot.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Lin Yue hurriedly climbed into the carriage, reached out, clicked open a secret compartment, took out an anti-itching ointment from it, and applied it evenly on her ravaged white wrists and slender swan neck.
Chu Qi was not idle either. When he arrived at a new place, he first looked for some dry firewood nearby and used coal to make a fire for lighting.
Then they lit mosquito repellent herbal incense around the carriage and slapped the mosquitoes that were still clinging to the horses to knock them off.
With a fire and mosquito repellent incense, all the conditions for sleeping are met.
Without the harassment of mosquitoes, the horse soon lay on the ground, closed its eyes and fell asleep.
After all this, Chu Qi's sleepiness completely disappeared. Seeing Lin Yue nodding her head drowsily, she lifted the curtain and motioned the little girl to go in and sleep.
"Well, sir,... aren't you going to sleep anymore?" Lin Yue startled, opened his big eyes, and asked blankly.
"No, go to sleep."
"Okay..." Lin Yue closed his eyes, climbed into the carriage like a sleepwalker, lay down flat, and fell asleep in a well-behaved sleeping position.
Chu Qi also entered the carriage, resting her head on her arms, with all five senses fully open, paying attention to the movements around her.
In the early morning, the light is dim.
Lin Yue was awakened by the noise of pots and pans. She yawned, lifted the curtain and stuck her head out, and found that it was the young master preparing breakfast.
Biting her lower lip in annoyance, she hurriedly got out of the car to wash, tidied her slightly messy hair, put the hairpin back in, and applied rouge in front of the bronze mirror.
After looking again and again and making sure that there was nothing wrong, he happily walked over to help.
Women dress up to please themselves.
Lin Yue also hopes that the young master will see her as beautiful and glamorous.
After breakfast, the two continued on their journey.
After yesterday's lesson, Lin Yue consciously wore a hat and veil to cover her face.
Although the weather is slightly cold most of the time, it is quite hot at noon.
Wearing the veil was not very comfortable, so she carefully took it off a little. Chu Qi said directly:
"Evil people always have endless reasons to commit crimes against others. Beauty is just one of them. Just take it off. There is no need to cover it up too much."
"Ah, is that so?"
Lin Yue took off her veil hesitantly and pulled her hat even lower.
I didn't cook for lunch and just had some dry food.
In the evening, the two arrived at Niancheng, the town closest to the capital.
As usual, they found an inn to stay in, and the carriage was led by the waiter to the stable in the backyard.
Chu Qi was worried about Lin Yue's safety, so she asked for two adjacent rooms. If anything happened, Chu Qi would know by just calling out.
A small bird with jet-black body and fluffy feathers flew to the window and peeked out.
"Look, sir, there is a bird!"
Lin Yue was making the bed for the young master when she suddenly noticed a bird outside the window and exclaimed in surprise.
I have seen birds flying in trees along the way, but this is the first time I have seen them at such a close distance.
She smoothed the edges of the bed sheet while staring at the little thing curiously.
“Chirp.”
Blackbirds chirp.
Chu Qi brought dinner back to her room and saw the black bird. She was briefly surprised.
If she remembered correctly, this black bird was very similar to the intelligence bird raised by Death Soldier No. 1 in Xuanyuan Nan's mansion.
Of course, birds of the same species generally look similar, and some may even look exactly the same.
What surprised Chu Qi was that a hair stood up on the bird's head.
Chu Qi has only seen this special feature in the original owner's memory, which is the intelligence bird raised by No. 1.
The bird did not stay in the palace, but ran outside her room.
Proof that it was Number One who was looking for him.
Generally speaking, to be on the safe side, intelligence birds usually do not contain any important information.
Chu Qi put down her dinner, walked over and grabbed the black bird.
The latter did not resist, put away its fluffy black feathers, and allowed No. 7 to take the roll of paper from its paws.
Spreading the paper, there are two words written in very neat handwriting:
Come back soon.
“Chirp.”
Blackbird tilted his head.
Chu Qi calmly grabbed the black bird that was about to leave, and then stuffed the note back intact.
"Chiu?"
The black bird had a very human expression of confusion.
As if asking, why was it put back?
"Go back."
Chu Qi threw it out.
The black bird circled in the air for a few times, but its little head still didn't understand what this human was thinking.
The handover content of the training should be to take out the note and then not put it back.
Chu Qi's action of stuffing it back was beyond its training range.
So the little bird was completely confused.
But, since No. 7 had already read the note, Blackbird thought about it and decided to go back first.
At the same time, No. 11 and No. 12 followed the instructions of Blackbird and found the inn where No. 7 was staying.
The two men were dressed in black and stood in the distance observing for a moment before deciding to take action at night.
Their actions are very covert and difficult to detect for people without professional training.
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