Chapter 233 Taking You Around

You have finally got back what you did to harm Jiang Jiu.

If Jiang Jiu wasn't such a kind person and you guys hadn't raised her to adulthood, Xiao Yimo would want more than just money now.

Of course, Jiang Jiu didn’t know about these things.

When she woke up, Zhao Zhuoxi had already returned.

Zhao Zhuoxi pulled a piece of dogtail grass and dangled it in front of Jiang Jiu's nose.

Jiang Jiu couldn't help but sneeze and woke up.

"The sun has set, it's dawn, let's go back."

Zhao Zhuoxi pulled Jiang Jiu up from the ground.

"I've made up my mind. Since you don't want to go back to the palace, and I don't want to go back either, I'll take you on a tour around the world, incognito, how about that?"

Jiang Jiu stared at Zhao Zhuoxi in a daze, and for a moment, he didn't react.

"I'm traveling around the world, and you're following me?"

Zhao Zhuoxi nodded: "I'm worried about you being alone."

Jiang Jiu frowned and thought for a long time before raising a very realistic question.

"That's fine, but you are the emperor, you have plenty of money, I don't. If you want to take care of my eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping in the future, then I will agree to let you follow me."

Lu Ming, who was following behind Zhao Zhuoxi, couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Zhao Zhuoxi smiled and rubbed Jiang Jiu's head with a doting look.

"I'll take care of it, and I'll give you 100 taels of silver every month. Do you agree to let me follow you?"

With food and lodging provided and money to spend, one hundred taels of silver was already a lot of money. Jiang Jiu thought about it for a moment and then agreed.

"But we have to set some rules."

Zhao Zhuoxi raised the corners of his lips: "Tell me about it."

"First, you can't restrict my freedom."

The main reason why Jiang Jiu was unwilling to follow Zhao Zhuoxi was that he was not free.

After all, he is the emperor and has a certain degree of leadership. If Jiang Jiu goes against the emperor's wishes, she is afraid of death.

It is said that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger.

"Okay." Zhao Zhuoxi agreed readily.

"Second, we are equal."

Jiang Jiu is a modern man and is not willing to follow the ancient hierarchy system. Moreover, Zhao Zhuoxi is now of the highest level.

She didn't want to kneel down when she saw Zhao Zhuoxi, as her knees would hurt.

"Okay." Zhao Zhuoxi agreed very readily this time, "You are my fiancée, so we are naturally equal."

"As for the third one... I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you when I have thought about it."

Seeing that Zhao Zhuoxi agreed so quickly, Jiang Jiu felt that there was a trap, so he kept it in reserve.

In the Guanyin Temple, Jiang Jiu recited the sutra devoutly, praying for his modern parents, family members, and good friends.

When he returned to the inn, Jiang Jiu found that Chu Yu and her man Xiao Yimo were also there.

Chu Yu took her pulse as soon as he saw her: "You are weak and need to recuperate. Take the pills for a while."

Taohua quickly agreed: "Okay, I'll go buy some medicine later."

Jiang Jiu withdrew his wrist, but found that there was a look of worry between Chu Yu's brows.

"What's wrong with you? You seem to be worried and unhappy."

Chu Yu raised her eyelids and looked at her, wanting to say something, but swallowed it back.

Jiang Jiu advised: "You should be happy now that you are pregnant. Otherwise it will be bad for the child. Your bad mood will affect the child."

Chu Yu sighed: "There was a problem in my hometown Miaojiang. My mother wrote to me and asked me to go back as soon as possible."

Jiang Jiu became interested when he heard this: "Miaojiang, is it the mysterious place in the west? I heard that it is the descendants of Chiyou."

Chu Yu nodded: "My mother is the chief of the Miao tribe. Women are respected in our tribe. But last year, Bai Yue, the daughter of the chief priest of the tribe, rescued a man from somewhere. Now that man is colluding with foreign enemies and kidnapped Bai Yue."

"Ah?" Jiang Jiu didn't quite understand the meaning of the high priest to the Miao people, and asked: "High priest? Can we get married?"

Chu Yu sighed, "Of course you can. Our high priest is chosen by everyone and is the one who is most capable of communicating with the gods. The gods have not said that people cannot get married."

It turns out that in Miaojiang, women are respected and are in charge of the tribe.

Men in the tribe mainly farm, work, and fight.

There is status, but it is not high, and it is a labor force.

Women serve as clan leaders and lead the entire clan. The main task of the high priest is to undertake annual sacrificial activities.

Chu Yu learned medical skills from the high priest. She and Bai Yue are good friends and they grew up together.

It was not until Chu Yu went out to travel as a doctor that he rarely returned to Miaojiang.

Last year, when Chu Yu and Xiao Yimo got married, she went back once.

However, because of Jiang Jiu's matter, he didn't stay in Miaojiang for long before being called back to the capital by Zhao Zhuoli.

Jiang Jiu was worried about having nowhere to go, so he made up his mind.

"Then we will go back to Miaojiang with you. I want to see what kind of stinky man is so bold as to kidnap the daughter of the high priest."

Everyone had rested in Xiang County for two or three days. Early in the morning, the weather was clear, and Zhao Zhuoxi prepared two

carriage.

If we want equality, we can't just treat Jiang Jiu as a maid.

Everyone simply got on a horse-drawn carriage and set off for Miaojiang.

Zhao Zhuoxi did not let Jiang Jiu recall the past again. Chu Yu was right, instead of always thinking about the past, it would be better to let her fall in love with him again.

However, Jiang Jiu has always been slow in feelings.

Zhao Zhuoxi found it difficult to make her fall in love with him again.

Miaojiang was not far from Xiangxian County, so they did not walk very fast because Chuyu was a pregnant woman and needed proper care.

Her carriage was the most spacious and the softest.

The carriage is equipped with various snacks and treats.

This made Jiang Jiu unwilling to stay in his own carriage, and he had to squeeze in with Chu Yu.

Xiao Yimo was extremely resentful, but he couldn't do anything about Jiang Jiu.

In the carriage, Chu Yu told Jiang Jiu about the customs and practices of Miaojiang.

It turns out that more than a hundred years ago, Miaojiang became a vassal state of Daning, but because the customs here were rather special, the Emperor of Daning let them govern themselves.

However, although the Miao area was exempt from taxation, it still had to pay some expensive medicinal materials to the imperial court every year.

The people in Miaojiang can go out and live in other places in Daning, but they seldom go out, and even if they do, they cannot adapt.

I will go back sooner or later.

But people from other parts of Daning cannot live in Miao area.

Not only do the Miao people live far away from Daning, they also raise pigs, snakes, and poisonous animals. Outsiders who go there are afraid of being poisoned to death by accident.

However, those people who raise pigs in Miaojiang are not allowed to go out, and only women in Miaojiang can raise these animals.

Jiang Jiu had never known that there were so many details to be elaborated in the Miao area in ancient times. Listening to it was like listening to a story. It was quite magical.

As for the high priests, what they worship every year are not gods or Buddhas, but Nuwa and Fuxi, because they believe that Nuwa and Fuxi are their real ancestors.

Our ancestor Chi You was also their descendant.

Jiang Jiu did not understand these ancient legends. He did not know whether he should treat them as history or stories.

Seven or eight days later, the group arrived at the foot of the mountain and saw Chu Yu pointing.

"After crossing this mountain, you will reach Miao territory. Most people can't get in because there is no way. I will take you in."