"It's really surprising." Xue Zhiyi said.
Faced with this change that had never happened in her previous life, she was very much looking forward to the next development.
After thinking for a moment, she added, "So, investigating Fu Wei would save us the trouble of long and arduous journey."
"That's right." Huo Wuyou agreed.
As he spoke, he stood up and stretched lazily: "Let's go, while it's still early, go out for a walk."
"Where are you going?" Xue Zhiyi asked him.
Huo Wuyou smiled brightly: "Of course, you agreed to hang out with me and have fun."
Seeing Xue Zhiyi unmoved, he asked, "Why? You haven't left the palace for so long, don't you miss the freedom and bustle outside the palace at all?"
After thinking about it, Xue Zhiyi realized that it had been a long time since he had visited the streets of Huajing, so he might as well take the opportunity to buy some things.
Before she could agree, Huo Wuyou thought she was going to refuse again, so he leaned over, propped his elbows on the table, and looked Xue Zhiyi in the eye: "I'm about to start my new post at the Dali Temple. I'll have a lot of free time like this. Go for a walk, just for me."
After saying that, he winked at her with a smile.
“…”
Xue Zhiyi: I originally wanted to go.
"It's so stuffy wearing a veil outside all the time."
Seeing her raise her hand to take the veil, Huo Wuyou snatched it away with his quick eyes and hands.
"you……"
Before Xue Zhiyi could get angry, Huo Wuyou said, "You just said that we can't appear at the same time. You think the veil is stuffy, but I don't. It doesn't matter who wears it, right?"
Xue Zhiyi hesitated: What kind of nonsense is this?
Before she could object, Huo Wuyou put the veil on her face and tied a knot at the back of her head.
With the lower half of Huo Wuyou's face covered, his sharp jaw could not be seen, and his pair of phoenix eyes appeared even more colorful, less heroic and more bright.
She was also wearing a woman's veil... like a young prostitute.
Xue Zhiyi couldn't help but chuckle, but quickly stopped.
Seeing her smile, Huo Wuyou was not displeased, but laughed with her.
"Let's go?" he said.
Having said this, Xue Zhiyi's mood subtly improved. Unable to find a reason to refuse, he could only nod.
When walking out of the teahouse, Yangui looked at Huo Wuyou as if he was looking at a ghost.
Huo Wuyou winked at him, and Yan Gui understood what he meant. He could only lie with his eyes open, "My Lord, your horse needs to be fed. The carriage horses and the grooms are hungry too."
Huo Wuyou nodded: "I understand, you can go back to the mansion first."
Yan Gui bowed and said goodbye, and took the coachman away.
Xue Zhiyi looked at him and thought to himself: What a coincidence, she is hungry just by listening to it.
She didn't reveal it, but just wandered around aimlessly with Huo Wuyou.
On the street, Huo Wuyou was excited in his heart and in person. He walked with light steps and was half a step behind Xue Zhiyi.
The veil still had a faint scent of rouge, and the part stained with a little lipstick seemed to touch his lips lightly, causing a little bit of an itch in his heart that was hard to touch.
Xue Zhiyi also planned to take the opportunity to buy some things, so she went into a shop. When she was picking things, Huo Wuyou was beside her.
When Xue Zhiyi didn't notice, Huo Wuyou's eyes changed quietly.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he vaguely felt that someone's eyes were lingering on him.
But the shop was big and there were a lot of people coming and going inside, so in order to avoid alerting the enemy, Huo Wuyou just quietly observed while picking things out.
The waiters in the store were introducing this year's new arrivals to their respective customers, but there were two people who seemed to be listening absent-mindedly, their eyes wandering as if they were looking for someone.
There were two men wearing veiled hats. They pointed at the inkstone in Xiao Er's hand and said, "We want this one. Wrap it up."
The waiter went off to pack things with a cheerful look on his face. One of them then muttered to the people around him in some foreign language, "I clearly saw him enter the teahouse just now, and he disappeared when he came out. We wanted to ambush him outside the teahouse, but he was so cunning and even wore a mask. We almost lost him. Fortunately, I had sharp ears and eyes, so I didn't let him escape."
The other man calmly glanced at Huo Wuyou, who was picking things around, and whispered in a foreign language, "Wait until there are fewer people around before we do it. It's too crowded here and it's hard to get out."
On this side, Xue Zhiyi had picked out the things and was about to pay when Huo Wuyou handed his purse to the shopkeeper.
Xue Zhiyi was stunned: "No need, I can pay for it myself."
Huo Wuyou smiled, picked up a carved bronze mirror, and placed it among Xue Zhiyi's belongings. He said, "I bought this for A Yu. Please bring it to her for me. The rest is your reward for running errands for me."
Before she could refuse, Huo Wuyou stuffed his purse into the shopkeeper's pocket and said without hesitation, "Pay the bill."
After paying, Xue Zhiyi walked out with several bags of things, large and small, and whispered, "Marquis Lin'an, there's no need to be so kind. My daily salary is more than enough. Now that you've paid for me, I have no choice but to give all this to the princess."
Beside him, Huo Wuyou complained, "Why are you arguing with me so much? I can spend my money on whoever I want."
Xue Zhiyi was about to say something when Huo Wuyou suddenly grabbed her wrist.
She raised her eyebrows and saw that Huo Wuyou, who was teasing just now, now had a pair of eyes exposed outside the veil, which were now sharp as cold light.
Huo Wuyou once again felt the sense of being watched. He said to Xue Zhiyi in a deep voice, "Someone is watching us. Let's go!"
Not wanting to bother with him about a few taels of silver, Xue Zhiyi nodded lightly, followed his pace, and quickened his pace.
Huo Wuyou held her hand all the way to the bustling downtown area, squeezing into places where there were many people, trying to shake them off.
Xue Zhiyi moved her body closer to him to ensure that Huo Wuyou could hear her words.
"Did you shake it off?"
"No." Huo Wuyou said coldly.
No one knew who was following them, nor which one of them they were targeting, but they knew he had bad intentions.
If we can't get rid of them, we can only lure them away first and not let them mingle with the crowd, otherwise they might hurt the people.
Xue Zhiyi understood this principle himself.
So after Huo Wuyou whispered "Let's go", Xue Zhiyi followed without hesitation.
They went around to the back of the street. Unlike the bustling downtown area, it was much quieter here, with only a few scattered civilians. They could escape in time when a disturbance occurred. Not only that, this place was along the river bank, with a wide view. If anything happened, people on the other side of the river would quickly notice it, allowing the people from the Imperial City Bureau to arrive in time.
"Zhi Yi." Huo Wuyou said softly.
Xue Zhiyi hummed.
Huo Wuyou put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist: "If they come for me later, find a place to hide."
Xue Zhiyi could clearly feel that Huo Wuyou was holding her hand, and his palms were sweating.
She understood that she had no martial arts skills, and as long as she did not drag Huo Wuyou down, that was enough, so she just said, "Be careful!"
Hearing her words, Huo Wuyou chuckled imperceptibly: "I know."
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