Chapter 45 Looking for Her
During the day, Zheng Zhou worked as a rickshaw driver, which not only earned money but also made him familiar with the streets and alleys of Xianfeng City. He returned at night and happened to see the light in Wuchun's room on, which was on for a moment before going out.
Zheng Zhou came back early today, holding a box in his hand and handing it to Wuchun.
Madam Huang Cui, who was decocting medicine, joked, "Hey, whose lover is back! Who knows, he might have been thinking about you outside all day!"
Wuchun blushed and said, "Madam, stop teasing me. I don't believe that you have never had a man."
He opened the box, and inside was a bag of mung bean crisps and a lotus bud with a few drops of dew on it.
Huang Cui then said, "Hey, what you said is right. I'm twenty-six or twenty-seven years old this year, how could I not have had a man? But later that man went to the imperial capital, and I wanted to contact him, but I couldn't recognize a few words, and I didn't know how to write a letter. I had to ask a scholar for help, and I asked him to write it. In the end, the man never replied to a single letter, and I ended our relationship."
Zheng Zhou still had a cold face, "I won a reward from a rich man today, and I bought it with some extra money." He lowered his head and touched the tip of his nose uncomfortably.
Wu Chun ate a piece of mung bean cake and smiled at him, "It's delicious. Thank you, Zheng Zhou. I really don't know how to thank you along the way."
Zheng Zhou raised his head, "There are so many ways to thank me."
"Don't worry, if you are willing to stay in southern Xinjiang, I guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life." Wu Chun liked the mung bean cakes from the people of Daliang, and his mouth was bulging. Zheng Zhou's heart was moved when he saw it, "Compared to promising me status and money, there are other ways."
At this time, Cui Niang's eyes turned cunningly, and she retreated silently, leaving only the two of them together.
It was just the beginning of summer, and the wind was warm on the face. Zheng Zhou was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and the faint smell of sweat and the unique male hot breath lingered around Wu Chun.
Zheng Zhou saw that although Wu Chun was wearing a headscarf and ordinary cloth clothes, she could not hide her beautiful appearance. A few strands of hair under the headscarf were hanging down like flower stamens. Her sleeves were rolled up to reveal a section of slender snow arms, and her Adam's apple rolled.
Wu Chun was really grateful to Zheng Zhou, but she also knew at a glance that Zheng Zhou probably had feelings for her. There might be many places where he could be used on the road. She neither said that she liked him nor that she didn't like him.
"Other ways? What ways?" She smiled innocently.
Zheng Zhou took a step forward, and Wu Chun subconsciously shrank his neck back, but his feet were controlled and did not move.
"Do you really want me to say it?"
Wu Chun blinked, "You want me to marry you?"
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. Zheng Zhou stopped talking.
Wu Chun said, "I ran away because I didn't want to live with my previous man. If I want to marry again, I must be able to live better than before. Can you marry me? Three letters and six betrothals, eight-lifted sedan chair, fine clothes and delicious food?"
Wu Chun looked at the deflated man and sighed, "You can't."
Zheng Zhou refused to accept his fate and straightened his shoulders, "I can't now, but it doesn't mean I can't in the future."
After saying that, he went out.
A month passed in the blink of an eye. Wu Chun had packed up and was ready to set off again, but Cui Niang suddenly caught a cold, so Wu Chun stayed to take care of her. After a few days, Zheng Zhou suddenly brought back news.
"Do you remember the group of Xiyou people hiding in the mountains? After we escaped, they sent a lot of people to hunt us down, but now there is no news about us."
"Did the Daliang court send troops to suppress it?"
Zheng Zhou stated truthfully, "That's right. I didn't expect the court to do anything this time. The one leading the troops this time turned out to be a nobleman, the third prince."
Hearing the words "third prince", the medicine soup in Wu Chun's hand spilled all over the floor. He came to his senses when he felt a tingling sensation in his fingers, and picked up the wooden bowl on the ground in a panic.
Zheng Zhou frowned, "What's wrong? Don't move, go apply some medicine on your hand first, I'll do it."
Wuchun applied medicine on his hand, and Zheng Zhou refilled the medicine soup and sent it to Cui Niangzi. After coming out, he asked, "Who is the Third Prince to you?"
Wuchun did not answer but asked instead, looking quite flustered, "You said that the Daliang court never cared about these Xiyou people who oppressed the people, why did it take action this time? And it was... the Third Prince leading the troops."
"Then I don't know." Zheng Zhou looked at Wuchun calmly, "Are you afraid of the Third Prince?"
Wuchun clenched his hands tightly, his face pale. Zheng Zhou then pulled apart Wuchun's hands, and Wuchun saw that the place where he was burned was bleeding from being pinched.
"Look at me and answer me."
Wu Chun pulled back his hand and murmured, "I have a grudge against him."
Zheng Zhou looked at his empty palm and insisted, "Why would you, the daughter of a general in Southern Xinjiang, have a grudge against the third prince of Daliang?"
"Don't ask! This has nothing to do with you!" Wu Chun said sternly.
She was so emotional that Zheng Zhou was stunned by her screams. Wu Chun raised his hand and stroked his forehead, "Sorry, I just remembered some unpleasant things. I want to move on. Don't ask me about the third prince anymore. Let me rest for a while."
Wu Chun returned to his room. Jing Lian and Yu Li had just boiled water for bathing. Seeing Wu Chun's face as pale as paper, they asked, "Your Highness, what happened to you?"
"Shen Sui found out." Wu Chun was full of despair and seemed to be hoarse when he spoke, "He found out that I was not dead, and found Xianning Mountain, and killed all the Xiyou people there... He has passed Xianning Mountain. It is less than ten days' journey from here. If he hurries here, he may find me at any time!"
"It might be a coincidence that the Third Prince killed Xi Youren," Jinglian was a little panicked, "Don't think too much."
"How can it be a coincidence? He is still investigating the case of Concubine Xie, and it is convenient to be in the imperial capital..." Wu Chun stopped talking abruptly. She could not tell Jinglian that Shen Sui was going to rebel. "Anyway, how could he run so far to kill Xi Youren! He must have found some clues!"
Jinglian comforted him, "Don't panic, we will hurry up tomorrow. Cui Niang's illness It's almost healed. The troubles we've been through these days are enough for us to move to another state. As long as we stay away from Ningzhou, it will be difficult for the people in the imperial capital to find you. "
That night, Wu Chun naturally slept uneasily, thinking about the days in Yuning Palace - if Shen Sui knew that she had deceived him, according to his personality, wouldn't she be trapped in Yuning Palace for the rest of her
life? Regardless of the fact that she has always longed for a free life of wandering around the world, as long as she is in Yuning Palace, she may repeat the past life when Shen Sui ascends the throne in the future. There is no Shen Gong in this life, but there is also the possibility that someone else will kill her!
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she felt. The next morning, Wu Chun packed up her things and prepared to leave. When she hesitated and knocked on Zheng Zhou's door, the door creaked open.
"Let's go. How can you girls go to such a far place without a man?" Zheng Zhou didn't ask anything, and walked out with a sackcloth bag.
Wu Chun felt that she seemed petty and mean. "Zheng Zhou, thank you. I was wrong yesterday."
The group set off. Fortunately, they did not encounter the officers and soldiers of Daliang. After three days, they left Ningzhou and only had three states to go.
Shen Sui arrived in the evening of the day they just left the clinic.
It was very difficult to find this area. Shen Sui rode his horse and stopped in front of Huichun Pavilion.
Shen Sui could naturally think that after Wu Chun was kidnapped by the Xiyou people, the first thing they took away was her property. I don't know how she escaped. After searching Xianning Mountain, she couldn't find her. She must have left for a long time. Since she had no money, she had to make money on her own if she wanted to return to Southern Xinjiang. What skills did she have to make money?
Medical skills.
Shen Sui asked almost all the clinics along the way. Wu Chun was good-looking, and every shopkeeper he had seen had some impression of her. After asking all the way, he even got a general idea of her route. The
only one left was this rejuvenation hall.
Chang An got off his horse and knocked on the door of Huichun Pavilion. The doctor inside seemed to be sick. He coughed twice and then opened the door. When he met her eyes, Chang An was stunned.
"Cui'er?"
Huang Cui was also surprised. "...It's you?"
It turned out that Chang An was Cui Niang's ex-husband! Later, when he followed Shen Sui to work, he had no contact with Cui Niang again.
Cui Niang's eyes were filled with tears. "What are you doing here! Why are you running to me when you are not living your carefree life in the imperial capital? If you are sick, find another doctor, don't come to me! I can cure anyone, but not you! Dead man, ungrateful man!"
Chang An couldn't explain himself in a few words. Thinking of what happened in the past, he felt guilty towards Cui Niang. Just when he wanted to explain, the door was locked from the inside.
"Cui'er, open the door. I'm here for business. The Third Prince wants to question you!"
"Who cares if he's the Third Prince or the Second Prince? As long as you're here, I won't see him!" This book is exclusively
compiled Chang An smiled at Shen Sui embarrassedly. Shen Sui's brows were already furrowed. Chang An had
no choice but to say, "Cui'er, no matter our grudges, your life is at stake. The Third Prince is not someone he can afford to offend!" There was no sound from inside, and Chang An said in a good-natured voice, "You don't have to open the door. The Third Prince just wants to ask you, have you ever seen a girl who is... about as tall as my nose, with a slim figure, a pretty face, and about seventeen or eighteen years old?"
When Cui Niang heard this, she immediately thought of Wu Chun. Wu Chun told her when she left that if anyone asked her about it, she should say she had never seen it, otherwise her enemies would come and her life would be in danger.
Madam Cui shouted, "What girl? From your description, this girl is pretty, right? I can remember any beautiful girl I've seen, but I've never seen this girl you're talking about."
Chang An turned around and shook his head at Shen Sui.
Shen Sui got off his horse and said, "Ask her to open the door and search inside. If she doesn't open it, I'll have to chop her with a knife."
Madam Cui slammed the door open, "Is this how you nobles do things?!"
Shen Sui didn't have time to argue with her, and led people inside. When they went up to the second floor, they looked carefully at each room, and Madam Cui's heart was lifted.
On the bed in a room, Shen Sui found a few strands of hair. He picked them up and looked at them, then waved his hand, and the black hair fell to the ground.
Shen Sui sneered, "Have you ever had a patient here?"
"Is it rare for a patient to live in a hospital?"
Shen Sui suppressed the irritability between his eyebrows and looked around the hospital. He saw the traces of the wooden board on the ground that had not been wiped off by the medicine soup. He looked at it for a few more times. Just as he was frowning and thinking, the sound of horse hooves rang out outside.
"Your Highness, General Cheng sent a letter saying that something happened in the imperial capital. The emperor was seriously ill. The uncle of the king has made a lot of connections. He is afraid that something unexpected will happen. He asked you, the prince, to return to the imperial capital as soon as possible to protect the Shen family!"
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. Shen Sui retracted his gaze and said coldly to Madam Cui, "You'd better tell the truth."
He walked out of the door, and Madam Cui's heart finally fell.
This man is too scary.
Chun Meizi said it was her enemy, but how could a girl like her make such a noble family her enemy?
Could it be her ex-husband?
If so, then Chun Meizi was really brave - she actually dared to escape from under the nose of such a person!
Cui Niangzi didn't dare to think about it.
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